... l The Don is distinguished as a salmon stream. The earthquake made the fortune of the river. Deep and dark with rocky ledges full of sediment, the chasm is just such an aqueous, shady bower as the salmon love. It is about a mile from the sea. Just as there are families of hereditary salmon in the Don, there are families of hereditary fishers upon its banks to catch them. Surely it is a curious ...

... Galpbollutil LlIttrilril. EDINBURGH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2,1856. SECOND and THIRD EDITIONS are Published containing all the Latest Ncws of impoitance. WE give elsewhere the REVENUE RETURNS for the quarter and year just ended. From these it will be seen that there is an increase on the quar- ter, as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year, of L.1,477,645. Upon the year, there is an ...

... ,?R#rffilg iddli-plia. ASCOT HEATH RACES. On Friday the foul weather marred the sport, and caused the meeting to be concluded somewhat drearily. The contrast presented by the stand and the course to the gay and busy throng which crowded them yester- day, was striking and peculiar. The enclosure was thinly attended, and the members of the Ring pursued their operations under dripping umbrellas. ...

... ' The Perth races, lover ?? 16eb, came off on '.Thursday and yesterday; There was -a good attend- ance of spectators on' both days. The result of the races was asfollows THURSDAY, 16tb inst. TakE PERTIH HANDICAP STAKES of 7-sovereigns each, with 50 sovereigns 'added.b'y William Stirling, Esq., of Keir, -M.IP4 for the'county.' Mr Merry's br f Uzella, . . . . . Mt R. Wilson's b h The Caliph, 2 ...

... PE'RSIA AND HEERAT. F- From the advices brought by the Overhlnd Mail, o it would appear that 11cerat has not fallen into the g power of Persia, but simply into the hands of a fac- tion or family, whose claims to the sovereignty were supported by the Shah. The Delld Gazette, of the , 20th of December, contains the' following letters from l. Cabul and Bokhara - ,F CABUL, NoV. 30.-From H1eerat, ...

... I S THE EAST. The Post's Paris correspondent telegraphs on Tuesday evening:- Accounts received from Constantinople of the 20th, state that the English fleet remained in the Black Sea. Preparations for despatching a force to the Persian Gnal dontinued; The Persinas were fortifying Herat. The French Minister had recommended a pacific course to the Shah of Persia. SPAIN. MADIRID, Monday.-There is ...

... - Thear.ces of the Lothian Racing Club were con- cluded .yesterday over the Musselburgh Course. The atteudaneuiwas much the same as on the previous day. The first race was as follows The Bnoexvccxcs STAIKES of 5 Sovs, eMCh, With S0 Sovs. given by his Grace the Duke of Baceleuch, Lord. Lieutenant of the county. The winner to be sold for L.300, if demanded in the usual manner, and to pay five ...

... ,?Vovfillg ?Itfflfignm PAISLEY RACES. This celebrated race meeting commenced on Thurs- day. With the exception of a slight shower near the close of the day, the weather was all that could be desired. The stewards on this occasion were-Archi- bald Hastie, Esq., M.P. for Paisley; Sir M. R. Shaw Stewart, Bart., M.P, for Renfrewshire; James Merry, Esq.; William Sharpe, Esq.; George Baird, Esi, ; ...

... On Saturday the annual races of the Mid Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry came off on Musselburgh Links. The day was one of the finest, and there was a large concourse of spectators. The following is the result of the races:-- EDINBnURGI SQUADRON CuP. (Heats, once round and a distance.) Mr R. B. Crundall's hr g Woodlands, I I Mr R. H. Law's c. g. Sir Astley Cooper, . 2 2 MUSSELBaURGH SQUADRON CUP. ...

... The Kelso Race Meeting this year commenced on Tuesday (yesterday) on the Race Course at the Berry Moss, a'nd was, so far as it has yet progrcssed, quite successful. The entries for the races of to-day were large, and the sport generally was good. One or twoof the races were exceedingly well contested. The grand stand and course were thronged with a crowd of eager spectators, and, as the day ...

... Our contemporary, the Inveraess Courier of Satur- day, gives us some further reports of the doings on moor, forest, and stream, which we subjoin:- We have numerous letters written before the 12th, anticipating that the sport. would be wretched, and the .birds not worth shooting- but the actual returns re- .ceived to this date do not by any means warrant the L cenclusion that there is a great ...