... 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 ...

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... GENERX -I 'OST-OFFICE, EDINi.UlUG ii. Boxes Close. e |General ?? P. 0 in Ldiln. iP. Offee. Blouses. Leitli. ;5:Leitll. MiA ILS. I ?? ! _ Aberd'n, I'ardee, Perth,) 5 45A 10 Orl lO 01 6 G4A Stirling, Alloa, Bc. 720a , 7 O 701 G0P Berwick ?? E. of England, 1302 7 ll, O Cr 6 40 Berwick. Dunbar, i adl-> dink ton, .tc., E. of Eng- j5 ISP 4 30C 4 30P OP ia a . . aZ . . . . . CarlislAean-), 4 CT ...

... SECOND EDITION OF TUESD)AY. LON'DON. The Duke of Cambridge will preside at t loe 'i user given by the members of the United Service Clut! 'IO the Duke of Mqlakiffon Thursday next. Lord Cowley arrived in London yterday ?? Paris. COMMENTS OF TilE LONDON PAPEIN. The Times in a leader on the Budget says, 'T;e only point of importance in this speech is the cellor of Exchequer's viow of sinking ...

... AGENTS YOR TUE CA1X!)OtlA-N MUERURY. Aberdeen ?? & R. :1ilneXClasgow --FW. Love, Ea Athenncum I E ocl Square Do. .L. & J. Smith. Greenock ?? lrs Owen. Do. -W. Panton. 'fladdington..J. Msllen. Do, ?? WyLie andL : Do. -G. Smfles. Son. I1awick - R-1 Black. Aberlacly .-.Mr ?? 3Iitolie!'L Do. -J. Dalgleish. Alloa - J. Lothian. inveresk ..J. G-ordon. Arbroate ..-James Smith. llnverkeithg..3iiss ...

... BY ELECTRIC _TLEGRAPH :.I u)p trialt arli tixtllt. el - -it HOUSE OF LORDS-TunuSDAY. Their Lordships met at five o'clock. A. TEE KING OF OUDE. i; The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented a petition, go signed by 12,0e0 inhabitants of Manchester and Sal- mi ford, in favour of the restoration of the Xing of Oude, an and gave notice that, on the 12th of May, he would co move the following resolution ?? ...