... D ~5vidtrit tilt Vat OUR HOME DEFENCES. (rucarrit: T11 -;S.E According to Lord. Ellenborough, the efforts abso- lutely necessary to recover India leave us almost de- fenceless at home. We 'have now 38,000 fewer.C armed men in this country than we had during Xhe Crimean war, and that when, on all ordinary; rules, I we are mfuch more exposed do European attack than r we were then; for however- ...

... SUMMfARY. Our telegraphic despatch has brought a few of the names of the unhappy victims of Nena Sahib's brutality at Cawnpore. This is the second cold- blooded massacre perpetrated by this m'an. On a previous occasion, one hundred and thirty-two persons, chiefly women and chil- dren, were killed in a mass in the parade-ground of the city; and a larger number have now 'been cruelly murdered by ...

... GENERAL POSr-OFFLCE. EILNBURGR. - Bo.xes Close. - ; General Ileceiv'gl P. O. !in Edin. I P. Offlce: Honses. Leitb. & Leith. MAILS. _ , Mberd'nl, Dundee, Perth,) o. 45A.1 10 OP 10 OP 6 40A Stirling Alloa, &c. . Ie 7. 20r 7 Op I 7 Oe 6 30r Berwick and E. of England -1 0e SO OP 1,- OU G 40% Berwick, Dunbar,, Hlad- . dington, &c., E. ofEng. 6 15 4 D OP 4 30P 3* Op zand ?? . 'arlisle,. Liverpool,. ...

... .STATE.OY.THk MARRIAGE LAW IN O ?? . ?? AUSTRALIA. ' S A (F 6A1'THE IlORNiNG ADVERTISER.) -: 0 Wahile -arliament is occupied 'with a most impor- lett tault lawin regard to divorce, adfi devisng t'o prevent of mo'nst'roris in-jatic to married women for' the future, 'the, the lawv-offibers'of Austrailia are initerpreting the law coU of-bigamy'in such a manner as must, if:they are cor- 'but Irect ...

... .? e? $,sart: EXPENSE OF THE EmBODIED MiLITA.-The Sup- plementary Army Estimate (1857-58) contains the estimate of the expense of the embodied militia. It appears that the probable amount required to defray charges for the embodied- militia to' the 31st March 1858, is L.200,ooo. TEE REPRSEsTATION oF BIRMINGHAM. - Mr MaGeachy has issued his address as a candidate in the Conservative interest. ...

... TIME OF TRAINS LEAVING EDllBURGH FOR *~ U-LNDFRMEKIIONED PLACES. AUGUST 18'57. %, The abbreviations within parenthesis-(CaL), (S. C.), (E. and G.), (N. B.), (E. P. and D.)-signify Caledonian, Scottish Central, Edinburgh and Glasgow, North British, and : Edinburgh, Perth, and Dandee Railways respectively; and intimate that the trains start from the termini of these railways in Edinburgh at the ...

... calld site fashion., The Duke End Duchess of Hamilton are entertaining a distinguished circle at Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran. I The Earl of Dalkeith, M.P., left Montage House, on Thursday, for Scotland. THE CALEDONIAN MERCURY, 'i THE LARGEST DAILY PAPER IN EDINBURGH, 'i PUHUSgID AT I .0 N E' PE N N Y. I The PROPRIETORS of the CALEDONIAN 1EHCLt'RY, f gratiled at the success which has attended ...

... SECOND EDITION OF WEDNESDAM se ?? ' - ALGIERIS. t Taus, Aug. 13.-Intelligence from Tunjs, stasea that there had been in that city a ferogjons ?? of on the Jews. - The Christians themselves' hsd-been but threatened. Several persons were killed. The Brie- ort. tish. Cons. late was inulted. Military measuxs for ary 'repressing the outrage were taken very tardily-. a X :LONDON. m- New colours were ...

... SEC OND) EDITI ON. MERCURY OFFICE, SATURDAY. ELVE= O'Cno. MUTINIES IN INDIA. The following telegraphic despatch received through her Majesty's Consul at Cagliari, August 21, 7.45 AxExswDmIA, Aug. 14, 9 PEv.-The Nubia arrived at Suez to-day. She brings dates from Calcutta to July 21; Madras, 25th; Galle, 28th; Aden, 8th instant. The telegraph message from Suez is meagre and confused, and there ...

... We lay before our readers the following original k communication, written froum the scene ofi-.nutiny- in a1 Bengal, by a young gentleman of this city, who ob- l tained an Indian appointment two years ego, at 'the b first examination of the lately-constitditd Board h The writer has held for the last nine nmonths the 0 situation of Assistant-Commnissioner, and has tad; a providential escape at ...

... SECOND EDITION OF WDESDAEY e; -, 0 FRANCE. The Empress and Emperor will quit the Chatean of St Cloud to-morrowi, on their way to OsbQu e, the residence of the Queen of England. Their Majesties will set out on their return on Tuesday next. A UT-TRALIA. The passengers and mails have been landed at Dartmouth from the- S'iitsure, Captain Price which has made a passage of 96 days from Melbortrne, ...

... low IT is now undefstsod that Parliament will not rise before Wednesday next, if even then. SiR F. KELLY, M.P.-Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M.P., whose health has suffered somewhat from the severe pressure of his Parliamentary and professional duties, has left.England for Grermany. IRISH TlA¢QuiFLItY2 AS a gratifying instance of the progress of Irish tranquillity, it may be men- tioned that the ueonty ...