... AGENTS FOR THE, 'ALEDONlA.Y MERCURY. A'ordeeu .-A. & R. 3EIne, Glasgow -AY. Love .St Attleneurm. Iieoci Sj liare Do. --L. & J. Smith. Greenock .31ra Owen. Do. --et. Pantou. lladdiligtanJ. MiLlen. Do. -D. Wyllie aud' Do- -G. Similes. So!I. Ilawick _I. Biack. ! Aberlatly . Nr F. 3I5:chlsl. Do. -J. Dalgleish. A|lloa - -J. LothkLn. 1nyersk.~S. Gordon. ?? ..-James Swith. tnvczskeit)lgMiss ...

... FRAI?.TCE. PAtREe, Thnrsday.-Tbe Bank of 3Fi'aee hasM reduced the rate of' discounit to 8k per cent. The Paris corresponldent of the Times learns that an additional article to the convention be- tween Nicaragula and Costa Rica and M~itlanld & Company, declares that the convention will not be valid unless .Stepheis & Co., of New York, who have a previous coatract, allow June to pass over ...

... U 6 WALLACIi MOT0INUMENT. TO TrIta EDITOR OF TilE CALEDONIAN MERCt'IY. in Sir,-Freon two or three lettcrs wlhich have 3p- di' peared in you'r columns, I notice that the subscribers ye gcnerally are beginning to think that to place the wi nlonunent ot the Abbey Craig would destroy the th beautv of that hiIi, atiretc looking about for a more mi Euitablc site. In this conclusion I heartily concur ...

... Yesterday a number of gentlemen met in the ap: Chamber of Commerce, for the purpose of hearing a Ne report from the deputation sent to London, on the Vn' subject of the 'Universities Bill, by the inhabitants. On the motion of Mr Duncan A'Larcnj Dr Greville to took the chair. fm Mr ROBERT CHADsnuRs made the fol.lowing report on behalf of the deputation :-In compliance with ex your wishes, I ...

... FRANCE. PARIS, Weduesday.-At one o'clock to-day the Conference met for the second time at the Minis- ti try of Foreign Affairs. p The Minister of War has sent a very strong tc circular to be read to all the officers in the service fc relative to the late duel. It silently admonishes officers to avoid any quarrels with civilians, and imperatively prohibits officers corresponding with newspapers ...

... APPREHENSION OF CHINESE OFFIC[ALS BY THE BRITISH. Tke Tirnes publishes a communication from Hong- Kong, dated 5th May. It states,-Peh-Kwei, oar Viceroy of Canton, the Tartar General, the Hoppo, and another high official of our setting up were takee into custody this week, by order of Mr Parker and the other Commissioners. The charge against them was probably undeserved, that of intriguing with ...

... g4t (Civil 5trmu. .A- A FoIrUTxm CiviL SERnvCic Or'rosxLE.-A CtS- C tomis official, dealt with rather summarily by the ders Board,, hs been made acquainted with the fact of for t his heirship to twenty or thirty thousand pounds. OfNi Tun PORT Or LONDoNDERRY.-The following is a Dur summary of the Customs' duties received at this port Bro, in the two years ending March 31, 1857 and 1858, to I ?? ...

... IMPORTANT POINT UNDER THE NEW POOR- LAW ACT AND LUNACY ACT. Can a lunatic, having no parochial settlement in Scotland, who has become chargeable since the New Lunacy came into force, be removed to Ire- land, the place of birth, under the provisions of the 77th section of the Poor Law Act ? Or, does the lunatic fall to be supported by the parish whence the removal to an asylum tcook place A ...

... In the h-ouse of Lords last night the Royal a Assdlnt wvas given by commission to a number of g B1ills. The Jewv Bills were postponed, owing to the indisposition of Bord Derby. In reply to the v Duke of Bucoleuch, Lord Hlardinge stated that a additional militia regiments would be called outlt far traininrg in the course of the autumn.E In the House o f Commons the consideration of a the ...

... The latest American advices report the arrival at New York of a British steam-yacht from Ber- muda, bearing despatches from Sir Hoaston Stewart, wlhicii were at once sent on to Lord Napier. The despatches had reference to the recent proceedings in the Cuban waters. The New York papers assert that the commanders have incurred the displeasure of the British Admiral by their want of discretion. ...

... The committee re-assembled on Thursday at noon -Mr Clive in the chair. I- Mr JoN0soy, counsel for the Border Counties DI, Company, stated that his clients had resolved to ask the committee to affirm the preamble of their bill in conjunction with the line of the North British from 3 Hawick to Riccarton. 4 Mr DLNisoN, on the part of the North British C Company, requested the committee to ...

... 'TH11E OUDE PROCLAMATION. Ihe rollowing is the correspondence between Sir dralies Outramn and Lord Cannin-T relative to the Oode Proclasmation, of which a brief surmmary was givx. in our telegraphic report of Saturday. Froni George Couper, Esq., Secretary to the Chief : ,unmissioncr of Oude, to G. F. Edmflonstone, Esq., . 6rotary to the Government of India. D. Camp, Chimlut, March 8, 1858. r, ...