... 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 ...

... FRANCE. The Times' Paris correspondent says, the state of the relations between the French and Swiss Governments is beginning to be viewed with some ?? in Paris. The fatality that was so near bringing about a rupture with England seems present on this occasion. The Minister of Public Safety will make an official toni' through the departments in the summer. Owing to the state of the finances, ...

... GF'ffiRAL TOSW-OFFICE, EDNBURGlI, BoxesICoaC sl Delvery C General Ree iv'gl P.O. i. EdOOS P. Of fce. Houses. Leith.. Lelih. MATILS. Aberd'n, Dundee, Perth,) 5 46A. 10 OP 10. OP r 40.' ( Stirling, Alloa, &c. . S a 7 20P 7 OP 7 O- 6 S0P Beiviek and E. o0f'England, 1 30P 11 OP 1 0r 6 40A Berwvial, Dunbar, lHad-) dington, t&c, K of.Eng- 5 U 55P 4 Sop 4 30P' 3 Op Carlisle, Liverpool, Ian-) 4 OP 15 ...

... T IiID EDIT[ON. MERCURY OFFICE, THirEE O'CLOCK. VDINB13RGH CATrLE MAR1KET. April 7. 'The supply of sheep this morning was 3387, being 322 iass than last market. Demand good, consequently sales wers easily effected, at higher prices. Best blacklaced wedders, from 7d to 8d; best Cheviot do., from 61d to 71d per lb., middling and inferior, from bid to 6d. A good elearanee. The number of cattle ...

... GENERAL POST-OFFIGE, EDENBURGH. Boxes Close. |Delvry Geseral lieceiv'gI P. O. 'in Edin ip Offlce. Houses;I Leith. bLeith. MAILS3. - Aberd'D, DPadee, PertIl,) 5 45A. 10 OP 10 O1 !p 40A Stirling, Alloa, &c. . j 7aVO7 . 7 Op 7 OI 630P Berwick.and E. ofEngland, 1 3OsF U Op 1 C1 6 40A .Bclvrwk, Dunbar, II:d-) 4d dingtoln,&c., E. of Eng-k 1;P 43OP 430P 34OP land. . ?? .. .. Carlisle, Liverpool, ;Man ...

... MAir DUNCAN M'LAREN N *IE rORBES MACKENZIE AC Last night, in Queen Street i, Mr Duncan 0 M'Laren delivered a lecture on the ing of the e Forbes Mackenzie Act ; Bailie Steve n, in the t absence of Bailie Blackadder, fromn indisposition, in 3 the chair. a Among those wbo accompanied the lecturer to the t platform were -Thomas Koox, Esq. ; Councillor a Brown Douglas; Rev. William Reid; ...

... It is our melancholy duty to announce the total destruction by fire of Donibristle House, the charming old residence of the Earl of Moray, and the ancient seat of the Moray family, on the Firth of Forth. The fire broke out between seven and eight o clock yester. day morning; and by ten o'clock, such was the devour ing-nature of the flames, the whole building was a mass of ruins, nothing ...

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... Last night the annual ball of the Civil United Service Club came off in the Music Hall,-which was fitted up in a most elegant and tasteful manner for the occasion by Mr Scrymgeour. The Assembly Rooms were also decorated in a very becoming man- ner; indeed, they never before presented so gay and fascinating an appearance. The si~de rooms were likewise a feature of much attraction, from the ...

... Now LORD JOIIN RUSSELL, inimediately after the holi-' days, will resume the occupation of his residence in Clhesham Place, just ?? by Lord Panmure. TUE Wave of Life has arrivrd at Portland. She left Sydney oil the 2d January. Shc is not believed to have brought any gold. LEITERs from Sr Petersburg allude to reports lately current in London of a contemplated Russian loan, and states an ...

... (FROM o001 OWN CORRESPONDENT.) HANBUzRt, Mfarch 30, 1858.-The subject of the Crown brand on Scotch cured herrings has recently created some commotion in this neighbourhood, and it is not at all unlikely that the circumstance out of which it has arisen may lead to some important changes in the mode of transacting business in that article. A cargo of herrings of inferior quality, which could not ...

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