... SECONT)_EDITION.s MERCURY OF~ETC SATOEIAT, E{ EVEnS O'CLOCK SIR JAMES OUTRAM REPORBTE:D WOUNDED>. TE:mT3m, Friday, Nor. 13.-The steamer Calcutta arrived on the 13th at 7.45 A.3x., in 140 hours. She brings th'e following despatches, dated Alexandria, dated. Nov. 6:- The mails per Hindostan leave ta-morrow morning wvith dates from (lalcntta of Oct. 9; Madras, 14; Ceylon, 1.8; Hong Kong, Sept. 25 ...

... MERCURY OFFICE, Tim=n O'CLOCK. LONDON CORN MARKET. English wheat less plentiful. Demand better, and last Monday's prices fully sustained. Flour scarcely unaltered in value. Oats less plentiful, but rates about the same. Demand large. Barley steady in value. Fine sells readily. Malt rather cheaper. Beans and pease were a slow sale. Arrivals:- British wheat, 5760; barley, 1893; malt, 9457; oats, ...

... THE MERCH{ANT COMPANY'S DIN.NER. SPEECHES OF MESSRS ADAM BLACK, M.P., AND CHARLES COWAN, M.P. Last night, the dinner of the Merehant Company., to which the members for the city were invited, took place in their ball, Hunter Square. The passage, staircase, and hall were decorated in the ?? recherche style. The entrance was turned into a sylvan arcade, the arches being formed of spruce and yew ...

... f, Ott ig a.Iddligna. FRANCE. It is said that the proposal made by the French Government to refer the question of Holstein to the Paris Conference has not succeeded ; the German t Powers, with Austria and Prussia at their head, have declared that it is for the decision of the Germanic Confederation exclusively. The last accounts from Mexico state that the situation of that country is such, ...

... TME; OF TRAGNS LEAVING EDIWBURGH FOR UNDERDIENTIONED PLACES. NOVEMBER 1.7 ?? The abbreviations Within parenthesis--(Cap., (S. C.), (E. and G.), (N. B.), (F±. H. and 1.)4-signify Caledonian, Scottish Central, Edinburgh and Glasgow, North British, and Edinburgh, Perth, anad Dundee Railways respectively, and intimate that 'hea trains start from the termini of these railways in Edinburgh at the ...

... C?ERAL I'OST-OFFXCfl, ?DINI3URGIL . ?? ?? Boxces Close. IDP( $- Gencral Receiv'g R. 0. IS Bdh;il.: P. Oldice. Houses. L~it.JL I ALei M.AILS. -- - - I Ahe-,dhn. Dundee, Pertlh,) a40A. 10 Os' 10 Or I 40X; StnIrieog, Aioa, be. . j af 7, 20r 7 OP . op ! 301P BEmeerloic and E. o~f Blnglaud, 1 30r ll Os' 1 Op 0 40Ak Bor~wiek, Dunbar, IHsd.L dingtou, ac., E. of ng-t k lS 15 4 SOY 4 30r' 3 OP land . . ...

... HALF-HOLIDAYt ASSOCIATION. The second musical reunion, under the auspices of hec Saturday lialf-holidav Association, was held on Saturday ~e'senbig, in the Music Ha'll. Bailie Black- adder occupied the chair; and on the platform Were -Piofessor Miller, Mr Duncanu 3'Laren, Mr John Hoe Mr George Rloy of Glasgowv, aluhor of G~ene- ralsliip,; SXr Oliver, of Messrs M'Laren &; Oliver, Mr St-ewart ...

... Strange to say, we are still without a word from India. Under ordinary circulmstances, we ought to have had a telegraphic despatch oal Monday. A The cause of the delay is not knowrn, Lord Pal- a merston himself, at the Lord Mayor's banquet on ?? evening, having expressed his disap- r pointment that he w as not able to announce the . gratifying intelligence which he expected to have .received' ...

... ,R ?31 altb M?4i itary a , I WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL,' Nov. 6. 2d Regiment of Life Guards-I-eutenant H. Dal- ton Wittit Lyon to be Captain, ivithout purchase, vies Foantaine' Hogge Allen, ?? and Sub-Lieutenant John Grahamn 8iith has been per- G mitted to retirefrom the servie by the sale of his r' commission. 1st Dragoon Guards-Constantfie McDougall Moorson to be Cornet, wvithout purchase. 6th ...

... ?? Playfair has addressed the following letter to the Society of Arts' Journal:-In your Journal-asp- pears an interesting report, by Messrs Longridge, h Armstrong, and Richardson, on the consumption of mn smoke in marine boilers. They obtained by their 1, experiments an evaporated value of 10 lbs. to 12 lbs. of water for 1 lb. of Newcastle coal, and they draw , attention to the fact as ...

... LORD) PATLMESTCON OS I NDIA. On Monday the civic reign of Sir R. WV. Cerden, L~ord Meyer of London} was inaugurated in the usual manner. At the banquet ia the evening, to which the diplomnatic corps and members of Government were invited, Lord PAXxMTLRE, in reply to the toast of the Army and Navy, alluded in w arm terms to the bravery of both arms of the service, and congratulated the com- ...

... (WRITTEN FOR THE CALEDONIAN MERCURY.) With favourable weather at this season farm operations gain an advance that is seldom lost during the winter. This advance seems to be gained at pre- sent. During the past month all kinds of field work progressed steadily with little interruption, and have not been conducted undersuch promising circumstan- ces for some years; potato-lifting was concluded ...