... t. I-, t 5 g ? a t frr t. CURIENCY-SLLF-REGULATING AND ELASTIC. TO TrZ EnDITOR- OF THE CALEDONIAN MIERCURY. Smr,-Your paper of 7th inst. contains a notice of a work lately published under the above title. As the author of Tleat work,d have to return you my best thanks for the favourable tone of your criticism; but I hope you vill pardon my remarking that you hare hardly donte mejustive, when ...

... LATEST LIVERPOOL, NEWS. (From our own Corrospondent.) EABEZZLEMENT-MURDER-TOWN DUES- SUNDAY QUESTION. Liverpool, Wednesday Evening. There seems to be no end to crime in Liverpool. 'We have this evening to record two very serious offences against pro- perty and person, viz., the embezzlement of £5000 by a confi- aential clerk and another murder. A few days ago a reward of £200 was offered for ...

... ILATEST INEWS. HERALD OFrICE, Friday Morning. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Marseilles, Thursday. The steam-frigate Sane has arrived with Aali Pueha, the Turkish plenipotentiary to the Paris Conferences, on board. He leaves for Paris this evening. The Countess de Caumont Laforee was murdered by her ser- 3 vant in Paris on Tuesday night. * The Post's Paris correspondent writes.:- ...

... HOUSE OF COMMONS-THURIDAY. Mr. HARDIE took the oaths and his seat for Leominster. An immense number of petitions were presented from all parts of the country against opening the British Museum and dtie Crysial Palcep on Sundays. Many. also were presented with a contrary prayer. I On the motion of Mlr. HAvfln, a new writ was ordered for Sligo, in place of Mr. Sadleir, dkcessed. Lord J. RUSSELL ...

... The followving is the Report (slightly abridged) by the direo- tors to the thirty-sixth half-yearly general meeting of share- holders, to be held on Thursday the 28th day of February, 1856:- As the time has now arrived when your directors think it proper to include the receipts and expenditure of the Stirling and Dunfermline Line, and charge the rent payable for it in the same way as has been ...

... THE CONFE HENCES. PARIs, Sunday, Lord Clarendon and Lord Cowley arrived in Paris yesterday evcning. At two o'ulcok to-day, Lord Cla- rendon had a private audience of the Emperor. Count Buol arrived duriog the nigbt. flaron lianiderstrom, the S wedish minieter, has arrived from Vienna. PAuls, Feb. 19. The Conferences will open on Monday next if the Turhigh Envoye should arrive as expecced, ...

... 1. St Chrysostom, whose prayer is read every Sunday in all churches, says.- After the congrega- tion is dismissed, every man may apply himself to his lawful business.-Homi. v. on lfMatt. i. 2. St Athanasius ?? keep no Sabbaths as the ancients did, except an eternal Sabbath, which shall have no ?? de Sabb., p. i83. 3. Eusebius, the ecclesiastical historian, speaking of the Patriarchs, says :- ...

... NAVAL AND MILITABY [MEMoOANDU)C I IORSE GUARDS, Fse. 15. Officers on leave from Suta r or the Critmea on their private affairs, who reqniocet cor immediate toth East, are desired to repert thems at the Adjutant-Genoeral' Office, in order that they masy be provided with passage in a vessel which has bee~n chartered for the purpose by her Ma1tjesity's governMEnt. _As the accommodation is limited ...

... T'Tu Road to Ruin, a favourite play in our younger days, has just been revived with great effect the chief performers are the heir a to a dukedom and a scientific M.P., and the t road to ruin is-the raiLroad. For some days past the morning papers have contained an angry controversy between the chairman of the North-Western and other associated railways, and the chairman of the Great Northern ...

... In the HOUSE of LoRDs, yesterday, The Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill was passed through committee. The Trial of Offences Bill was reported, as amended by the committee, and ordered to stand for third reading on Monday. Lord PAwmuRE stated that a board of general officers would be nominated to examine the report lately presented by the Crimean Inquiry Commis- sioners, in so far as it ...

... London, Wednesday. There Is reason to apprehend that ithe IfOuse of Conimons is carving out for itself more work than it mill be able to aecom- p1dhintish o in many succeeding sesaione. Thtere is no end to tite introduction of measures ; every Private member who has a hobby, is throwing it into thle shape of a bill ; aod for almost every social griesance ?? enactment or other ia pro- posed as ...

... t¶OUS:E -OF LORDS. TnniaSnaY, XFBn-2L. T. 1h& use met at five o'clock. Tain EUDIntAN J'UEreow tCord-PANMTJ1iE said, Government would appoissi ,a Board -of General t'fflcers to toinonire into, the '.dharges contained in the report of the Crimean Corn- -missioners, and that ithe Board would be autborised 4t0 receive such explanations as the ozcers implscated shad to tiffer. In reply to the ...