... 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, ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... gatip ?Ilfdliyllm - 4-- FRANCE. The Paris correspondent of the Globe says:- The long-vexed contest between Professors BrewsteX and Wheatstone as to the first discoverer of stereoscopy, has been judicially set at rest by a sentence of the Civil Tribunal of Phris, in the lawsuit of Dabosque versus Gudin. The date of Wheatstone's first inti- mation of that natural phenomenon to the public, ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... GENLUAI. POST-OFFICE, EDINBUR(GHl. Boses Close. General Pecoiv'gj p. O. !In Ediin. P. Office. Heocsa. LeitiL. &Leith. Abprd'. Dundee, Pertl,l 5 45 tiP 10 tbp t40. Stio~omt, Alloa,.&c. . j a 720P 7 OP 7 OPi. 6 SOP Berw..x'ic ard E of England, I.1 SOP l O 1 OI 1 6 40A Berwiek, Dunbar, Had- 2ington, &e., E. of Eng- * 5 l~ 4 I, 4 30P O d ?? . . . Cartisle, Lsvcrpooi, Man-) 4 Or 01-Or Sor 6 40.s ...

... Last night, a public meeting of those favourable to the reduction of spirit licenses was held in Queenl Street Hall-Professor Miller in the chair. There wvas a crowded attendance. Armong those on the platform were-Rev. W. Robertson, Greyfriars; Rev. William Reid; Rev. James Robertson; Rev. Mr M'Intyre; Councillor Hope; Dr Andrew Wood; W. G. Cassels, Esq., Blackforil House; Captain Bur- nett of ...

... 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 ...

... COMMENTS OF THE LONDON PAPERS, The Thnes disapproves of Lord J. Russell's propo- sition of last snight with reference to the India Bill. The same paper ?? statement that the Rus- sian minister in London had protested against the title of Duke of Malakhoff is absurd. The Herald considers Lord J. Russell's course in- telligible anrd useful. THEa DoiWy News prefers delay in settling the India ...

... W6-01ttt agX Pfastion. The Queen and Prince Consort, Princess Alice, Princess helena, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the -domestic household, attended Divine service on Sunday morning in the private chapel. The Rev. Mr Tarver offi- ciated. THE CALEDONIAN MERCURY, TIMF LARGEST DAILY PAPER IN EDINBUPG1J, PUBLTS~riD AT ON N E P E N N Y. The PRPPItIETORS of the CALEDONIAN MERCURY, ...