... Gort Spil t AC THE EXCISE SALARY QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CALEDONIAN 1jERSCURY. SIR,-I was disposed to hope that my late letter to you, concluding with None else to enter, would have been my last on the subject of the salary ques- tion. Will you, however, permit me, as an old offi- cer, to state how pleased I am to find that iln satis- faction you expressed with the tuernese made to ...

... The Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Act Amend- ment Bill, bronght in by AMr Dunlop, has been thrown out on the second reading. Lord Duncan, MIr G. Dindas, and the Lord Advocate strongly opposed the measure. It is Dow generally believed that the Indian Loan will be for L.5,000,000, in four per cent. debeufures, payable in five years. It is said that no difficulty will be experienced in raising ...

... BY ELECTRIC TELEGrAPHI INDIA AND CHINA. - THE CALCUTTA MAIL. F OREIGN OFFICE DESPATCH. The following telegram from Acting Consul- General Green to the Earl of M1altnesbary, was received at the Foreign Office on 23d March at 10.30 ?? ALEXANDRIA, 19th March 1858.-The steamer Nubia arrived at Suez from Calcutta on the 17th iDst. at 10.30 P.m. She brings no intelligence from India more recent than ...

... TIME OF TRAINS LEAVMG EDINBURGH FOR UNDLRME NTIONED. PLACES. MARCH 1958. ?? The abbreviations within parentheSis-(Cal.), (S. C.), (F. and G.), (N. B.). (E. P. and D.)-signify Caledonian, Scottish Central, Edinburgh and Glasgow, North British, ard Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railways respectively, and intimate that the trains start from the termini these railways in Edinburgh at the hours ...

... Hills cr ial I a t I i a Ia t it t. LBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.] HOUSE OF COMINIONS-WEDNESDAY. The Dundalk and Enniskillen and the Midland Great Western of Ireland Railways Bills were con- sidered and agreed to. On the motion of Mr KINIPAIRD, the evidence on the trial of the King of Delhi was ordered to be laid on the table. Mr DUNLOP moved the second reading of the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) ...

... flatip 31ttt'llipm. GERMANY AND THE BALTIC. (FROm OUR OWN CORRESPONIDENT.) HAMBeURG, March 20th, 1858.-A thaw set in at the begining of this week, and as we have ever since had mild weather, with a westerly wind, the frost may, -for this season, now be considered as at an end. There was no sooner the appearance of this being the case than it was resolved that some of the most powerful steamers ...

... MERCURY OFFICE, THURSDAY, ELEVEN O'CLOCR. TURKEY. CONSTANT'rNorI.E, 14th Marcb.-800 M1on- tenegrins have violated the Austrian Territory and penetrated the Herzegovina. Forty of them entered Sutsrina, and have burnt everything COMMENTS OF THE, LONDON PAPERS. The Times thinks the English nation may be fairly gratified by the appointment of Marshal felissier to the post of Ambassador in London. ...

... said( allb ?,Ailitau 'WAR-OrFICE PALL-irALL, March 23. 2d Regiment or _Dragcon Guards-Cornet R. L. Betty, from the 2d Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Foster, promoted. 2d Dragoons-Ensign Charles Williams, from the 5th. Foot, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Betty, appointed to the 2d Dragoon Guards. 3d Light Dragoons-Ensign David W. Balfour Ogilvy, from the 34th Foot, to be Corrnet, vice Tee- ...

... GEINERAL POST-OFFICE, ED'BURGII. Boxes Close. 'Dcl'very General Recelv'gl P. . |in .Edin. MIAO~s. P. Offlce. Houses | Leitlo. &Leitj. AILS. __ _ ?? Aberd'n, Dundee, PertD,) 5 46A. 10 OP 10 Or 6 40. Stirling, Aloa, &c. 7 20r 7 Op 7 OPi 6 3)p Berwick and E. of England, 1 30s 11 OP 1 Op [ 6 40A Berwielk, Dunbar, Had- dington, E. of Eng- -5 lP 4 30P 4SOP 3 P Carlisle, Liverpool Man-) 4 O S1lp a 3 ...

... AGENTS FOR THE CALEDOANUN MLERCURY. Aberdeen ?? & R. Milne Glasgopw_ _W. Love, S: Athenwum Enoch Square Do. L. . & J. Smith. Greenock ..-rs Owen. Do. -_W. Panton. Haddington..J. Millen. Do. -D. ?? and' Do. G. Smiles. Son. ?? .It, Black. Aberlady .QVlr F. MAitchell. Do. J. Dalgleish. Alloa - J. Lothian. Invresk -J. Gordon. Arbroatlh James Smith. . ?? Campbell. Do. --G. Sutherland. Jedburgh.. ...

... THE ISLINfON TRWEEDY. '.Cc:nrary to geaeralce:pectation, Mrs Osborne still uises, b>ut to use tbe language of [)r }31ichardson, ticr. life i rangs uponi a thlead. Mrluichirdson, through- ouit'tie whole of Tesesdasv, was constant in attendance, 4and 6`fi all that his great skill could suggest to alle- 'iate tae sufferings of. the unfortunate woman. Eler condition was - much tiie same as that ...