... THE POTATO DISEASE, Tothe Ebn'Oltbf 7h Au.&EIMZEJidhxA . ?? 3 Saa,-I take til-libarty of bringing- before your ?? proposed remnedy'for this widely-spreadhalamity, 'which may not have been hitherto thought of or tried, and which~ has -redck, be g ted by Mr James Drummesnd, gardener ~neaT .lesois, disease seems very rational, the firsb.%eiig- aatrrlbed'tor the- ~Soe St, Bmembered portions ...

... TlHE ROYAL JOURNEY TO HADDO HOUSE. This morning, at half-past eight o'clock, her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and Prince Alfred, and attended by Sir George Grey, the Hon. General Grey, and suite, will leave Balmoral for Haddo House. They will post, under the direction of Mr Ross, Ballater, to Indego, Tarland, where the first ...

... THE IMROVEHENT3 AT H.LflOOD HOUan. I-Early as the departure of her Majesty and the royal family from our miet-cuveloped city took Place on Friday mo~rning Weeka an hour earlier still the Prince Cn mad tour of t extended grounds surrounding ?? ad thenour ofb at Benjamin Hall, who pointed out to hias Roenal dged by Sir various improvements now in progressih 5a1ll of which he expressed the ...

... . ed R lnts s-he standard. for recruits is to be reduoeil'to l .Ie, in five feet fouirinches in-the infantry, and five feet five inches o e in thd cavalry., Thef age; is to be extended. to thirty yaTAn. it' 'and a further nillitia force of 10,000 men is to be called out' a ie maki~g the total number of militia emb~odied 25,000. men. . Mi n- T 79HHGHAeEs-ineunclnel Richard inc LIS' J ~~y C has ...

... THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND ENDOWMENT SCHEM;1K d - de AN English friend once remarked to us, half jocularly, was so I i. When I see a new church. building, I'm always have B31S 4t sure some colony of Scotchmen' have a hand in it. before tl e Indeed, in many English towns,. youv will find Scotcb We d' a Kirks rising, and Scotchmen making large contribu- mtch tb jj tions to the work--chiefly, we ...

... anct w TEu news telegrapheld on Sunday is the first that can and tl be called satisfactory since the mutinies commenced. aveng There is no small cause for disappointment in the sir- topol, cumstance, that it has not been possible to relieve they c Lucknow ; but, at the sametime, there is good reason mome to believe that the condition of the British in the for- go all tress is better than was ...

... PLARISCaAL COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY. BURSUR'E COMPETITION. sn THE Annual Bursary Competition commenced on Monday, gi and the result was declared at a meeeing of the Town Coun- pi oil, held in the Counoil Chamber yesterday evening. There h were, we understand, 96 competitors-fewer than last year h which, however, was exceptional-bub more than the pre- n, VioUe year. The average age was 15 years ...

... THE tINDIA MAIL. T~n public have been- for' several'days in possession of Ji s complete' details of the news. telegraphed -last.week., I ss These are in every particttlar as satisfactoryas t thel& s graphic news led us to expect. The defeat of the ye- bels at Nujuffghur by Brigadier Nicholson :on the 26th Auuat-the pproach of the etege trai o '32pi'i, ?? onitstiflg of' 24'pouide&, 10inoh ...

... POLICE COMMISSIONM. M AMorndacy, Oct. 19. . e 1 The first meeting oft 'e ?? was' held this day- w f the Lord Provost presiding. us 12 PRESENT : - The Dean of Guild ; City Treasurer; Dn a Messrs Buyers, M'Donald, Sutherland, Urquhart, as W. Keith, H. Fraser, Stirling, Dewar, Rainnie, a, Ness, Forbes, 'Sherar, Eddie, P. Keith, and Dr pi Jackson. is I THE BOARD CONSTITUTED. *! The minutes of ...

... MUNICIPAL ELECTIOS.-WARD mETINGs. Mieet~ngs of the electors of the several municipal wards taih were he'd onl Monday evening-that of ~the: first ward in tile But n. Court-House, the second in the -pubijo olass-room of thle theS ?? School, the third in the saloon of the Royal Hotel. mner, FRSTa WAliD. l 0 The ineeting of thu electors of this ward was neither sin_ and 0 mroue nor of long ...

... SCOTLAN-p. MARsRirAGE IN HIGa LiFE.-A marriage is 01 the tris between the Hon. Charles Hay, Fusileer Guards, second setp of ?? and Coumtcess Of dahugher ofd th beautiful1, ll Arabella Meyrick, one of the o olonel and tr James Meyrick, and niece to the Duke of CluvelarJ W' VALUATION OF THE COUNTY oF EDINBiURO lf lowing is an abstract of the valuation f o e e landward and extra-burghab districts ...

... -FROM THE 'LONDON GAZETTE.U 0i aT Office, Oct. 28, g 7th DragooniGuards- erjantt-M11Jo1 I4wstrd-Fraacis,.Weavor, n from the 1st Dragoons, to be Cornet, widthout p'urchsaes.^.,: ?? 3r 1st Dragonrs,-.sptaio MDichael ~tocks to be ajor, ,by purchase,. al, vice.W. de .Car~ionual E5hmsall, wlotrettreB; IAenteoisnt John Glass 0 Bsndemnu to be Captao, by pnrchasevtca Stooks s0 ith .pragoone ...