... (Mhark Lane Exp)ess.) The changeable character of the weather has again been experienced during the present week, in the sudden return on Monday night of rain, and since then a continuance of a mild and humid atmosphere. On.two. days it was as sunny and warm as often is the ease in April. The plough has consequently been extensively at work, the, ground turning up with much mellowness, and ...

... 6.0 tit's as to fat t;?, WHEN AND: BY WHOM WAS SCOTLAND ROBBED OF. TIHE 408 FRANCHISE? . ither with all a patriot's care comnes he Who owns the little hut thatn akes him free Whose yearly, forty shillinga buy the smile Of mis gxtiermen, and hever waste the while; - - Who feels his freehold's worth and looks elate- : A little prop and pillar of the StateI TO THB PEOPLE OF SCOT.ltND.. Mr ...

... . RE1LATIONS .OF THOMSON THE POET.-Manchcster has at present a majority of the surviving relatives of the authorofthe sSeasons. There'are heretwogrand- daughters of Lizzy,thesister of-the poet; three great grand-daughters, and three great great.grandsons; in all eight. There are only seven other relatives living. The poet left three sisters, who married respectively Mr Bell, the parish ...

... ELECTRIC ?? ELEGRAPH. THE CONFERENCES. The Conferences at Paris will probably tneet again on Saturday or Sunday. The Mfoniteur a-nnone s that the Senate and Legislative bodies are convoked for the 1 6th of February. EVACUATION OF THE BLACK SEA, The Times' Paris correspondent says, it was rumoured that the question of the evacuation of the Black Sea was mooted at the Conference om Wednesday, ...

... Pbuindal Allitillgenct. WHI1TE CaOW SHOT.-A pure white crow was brought to the ground on Monday last, from a tree on the outskirts of a plantation on the Lees estates near Coldstream. The bill, legs, and feet are of a bright yellow colour, and altogether it is a beautiful and rare specimen of the feather tribe. ABERDEEN, PETERHEA1D, AND F 1RSEARBRIGH RAIL- ?? case of the Aberdeen, Peterhead, ...

... - 6- Her Majesty's steam blockship Pembroke, 60, Capt. Fraser, will be paid down or ' advance this day atfPortsmouth, after which she wvill proceed for Leith Roads on Coastguardiservice. Her Majesty's steam sloop Hermes, 6, Commander Gordonj embarked a party of Royal Marine Artillery on Tuesday morning at Portsmouth, and left Spitheed in the afternoon for the Cape of Good Hope. ' ...

... ,- I T ; I0 f t 1) t7 .e i - I p u5s. - OUR CONlrICT ARMY OF OCCUPATION. (Times). In a few weeks Parliament will again meet in ses- bion. During the recess what have our legislators done or determined npen the subject of transporta- tion? A settlement Of this question is one of the. necees Lies-it is, pcrha ps, the prime necessity-of the time. What do Rlussians, Persians, Chinese, or other ...

... MERCURY OFFICE, SATUIWAX, ErLSVE odCLCM AUSTRIA. Virnnz&, January Is.-His Majesty the Empertor of Austria made his solemp -etry into Milan at 2.30 P.M. yesterday. SWITZERLAND. Puus, Friday.-A private telegraphic despatehb from Berne, dated 4 o'clock to-day, announces that tho consent of the States of the Second Chamber ad- bered to-dy to the vote of the National Council by 33 votes aonst3, ...

... bjooe I tietI IeIce. ENGLAND. MR SPuEGEON has published a sermon entitled Turn or Barn, and a placard on the dead walls announces the fact in a very conspicuous way. CouNT MoeNT is, it is said, about to marry the daughter of the Princess Trowbetzkoy of St Peters- burg. THE proposed meeting of merchants and bankers of London regarding the state of the law in relation to warrants for goods is ...

... I v r 16, ? - ?? i,. lIttIligg'atf. 0 IRCIR : -A, A VlIrKi' RELIC OF , IEUDAL Tis-S -sore time ago, whilst reclaimirig a piece of lwaste lad be- hinrI the smithy:!at l 11c1;, for Mr Mason, the en- terprsing tenint, nbabstleaxe. was found, coagulated appardntly with blTadptWW wahihh iere is ! portion of human hairaffixed. :,In; tbe t immediate neighbour hood,.n fearful earnaee at: one :Sime ...

... I sira I 1 ?j t lit ig t 11 k . pu a. . ?? A- ''RANCE. The assassin Verger (whose name some people now say is spelt, not Verges, as at first, bnt Verge) has tl been transferred hom Meazas to the Conciergerie. to I await his trial. He is au secret, and watched night b. and day, to prevent him from committing suicide. It is confirmed that the trial will take place on Satur.- I day, the 17th, and ...

... .GERMAY 4N, ;THE; BALTIC. . (FRGMI OftS. ow1E cOORESPiOD~t^T.); HAmsBuRG, 19th Jarkary; S Tharfanget ; : of the Eastern qiiosisiiATt- that 1waris gonference, and the settlement oft e. Ysuian nd -SiJs misunder- ?? on the a7farairjo~f Xeufcibhtel save alimtist en-: tirqly;absorbe the int erest. felt here in any p itiiai., question., Alljthst ,emains of tbhis kindafis eopleo, 'talk about is ...