... IECOND EDITION MERCURY OFF, TrntsoAy, ELTMz OIOM NAPLES. tAs, Wednesdayv Jan. 7tb, 4 P.M.-The Nea- n war steamer Charles the Third has blown up. men arc killed. ITALY. CoN, Wednesday.-The Session of the Piedmon- Chambers was opened this morning by the King salt. s lajesty's speech was greeted with a most en- ltic reception; especially the allusions which it nired to the great national cause of ...

... AGENTS kFORT 'ILE CA.LEDONMN MERCUU Aberdeen ?? Messrs A. & It. Dilne, Athemieumr Do. ?? Messrs h, & J. Smith Do. ?? 3 r W. Panton. Do. ?? M SSrB D. Wyllie & Son. Aborlady ?? Fh F. 31itchelL Alloa ?? . 1Mr J. Lothian. Arbroath ?? ilr James Smith. Do. ?? r G. Sutherland. Auchiterarder ?? Mr Lawrence. Bathgate ?? Ar J. Johustone. Do. ?? Mr James Ferguson. Berwick North ?? r Thomas Hope. ?? A. ...

... G{IEATr SALE OF' CATiTLE AX KEIR. The sale of splendid ohort-horn ?? and purc-- ?? sheep, the property of William Stir- ling,-Esq., of1 Keir, M.P,. took place- on Taesday at Xsir. The sale commenced at eleven, o'clock fore- noon.- A large attendance was on the ground, with , numnerous vehibes from all parts of the surrounding country. Subjbined ?? prices of ?? slshorthorns, some of which were ...

... flortip 311WHAna. FRANCE. The Univers contains the following trashy prognos- tications :- England is at this moment passing through one of those moments of crisis which decide the fate of nations. In order to reconquer and pre- serve India, she must employ far more troops and civil officials than hitherto. As her revenue will be diminished, she will be compelled to reduce, to a con- siderable ...

... VINDICATION OF THE CHARACTER OF THE LATE LA. L'ANGELIER. (CONTINUED FtcZ)t OURi LAST.) in (From Charics Lane, Esq., Bdad~gemore Castle, sib oxfordsttiiC). thE Badtgemore, Aug. 26, 1857. ful Siy-NWe w-'re iwiped 1gin] to fin_', from you ev letter, tim' eteps were pr~vscud for selieving tile opt character of the Ie-'e unfirturiate Mvr Emile P. L'Ange- utt lier from the aspersions wvhich I ...

... jutign ?Iltflliqnrf. PRUSSIA. The very unmistakeable signs that have manifested themselves at Charlottenburg of the total insuffi- ciency of the King's cure, as at present attained, have compelled a renunciation of all idea of his resuming power fer a long time to come. It is stated that the King of Prussia and his sister, the Dowager Empress of Russia, will go to Italy to- gether in the month ...

... o250e 9 u IIAetlte. MR HODGES, of the Western Circuit, has been ap- pointed Chief Justice of the Cape Colony. SAMUEL LovnL, author of s Rory O'More, &c., has a new work in the press upon the Lyrics of Ire- laud. His time of late years has been almost exclu- X sively devoted to its compilation and annotation. w Tsa ATLANTIC TtLEGRAPH AT GREENWICH-An t extensive winter shed is being ...

... The annual meetings of the Society for the P~ro- pagation of the Go; .psl rhedo Monday, in thle Music Hall at Chester, under tile presidency of the th bishop of tbe diocese. The Bishop of Oxford, in t, seconding one of the resolutions at the afternoon meeting, thus referred to the present state Of affairs 'I n India :-It is hardly now tine for'lus to venture to at speak out. We feel it is ...

... THE M-ONETARY CRISIS IN AMUHRICA. The letters 'oy the last Am erican steamer, while f they show that the panic has--assumed nroportions 1- Ha which the most timid had fail-ed to contemplate, con- I tain nothing to salter the view that fright alena is the An main cause of the daily ruin, andsihatthereisnotlhing Eli in what is now passing which will for any-ylength ot i time interfere with the ...

... GENEX.POST-OFFAE EDINBURGH. Asberd'n, l£>un Stirling, Alsn Berwsviec -and E. Berwick, Dunl dihgtos, &C. larnd . CurUsle, Liver chester, W. land Cairrie, Slatefo tone Dalkeith, Lass lin, Penicti phine Dublin, and S( land7 Dunbar, Haddi nent, &r. Dunternslisse,' Quleengferirv k'thing life, 1st, Kirke St Antdrewm ,te. Fife, 2d, Kirkec St Andrews,. (;alashiels, 1-1s burgh, Iele Stowve, &-c. ...

... 44,1 ff nit ? 11 ff tit ft. TnHE directors of the Commercial Bank of London have declared a half-yearly dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, free of Income-tax, payable on the 24th inst.' THE serious symptoms of Alderman Farebrother's recent indisposition have subsided, and his medical attendant states that he has strong hopes of his ul- timate recovery. THE OPENING OF PARLIAME;NT ...

... H HOUSE OF. CQMMONS-WEDNE:SDAY. The House met at 12 o'clock. X Numerous private Bills were read a second time,' among which vere.the .Birkenhead Dobksa(UoAitruAc- tion), and the Birkenhead Docks (Management) Bills. MERBESY CONSEIvWAToity DOCKS B3lL. - On the motion for the. second reading of the Mersey Conservatorv Docks Bill,: Mr. HORSFALL movbd that the Bill be read a second time that day ...