... 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 ?? ...

... 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, ...

... 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 ...

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... Aberdeen ?? & R. Milue,lGlasgow ?? Love, Et Atheauneu I Enoch Square Do. 1,. & J. Smith. Greenock ..-Mrs Owen. Do. WV. Faliton. *Haddington..J. Millen. Do. D. Wyllie and Do. -G. Smiles. Son. I'Hawick ?? Black. Aberlady .--r F. 3lit~U1. IDo. -J. Dalgleis. Alloa J . Lothia.l Inveresk ?? Gordon. Arbroath ..-James Srpith. lnverkeithgM.3ss Campbell. Do. -G. Sutherlhand. Jedburgh ?? A. & W. ...

... 6U z t HINTS FOR SOME CLERGYllEN; TO THE EDITOR OF THE CALEDONIA'J lERC CRY. So't,-In asking you to publish the following S, gestion, I have no other motive than a good one, vh to effect an improvement to the Kirk. It is this, ra' ministers request their congregations lo be seated , settled by the time named for the service to be' also that the clergymen give out their first psalm i loud ...

... I- _ _ Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, who for a number of years represented the city of Lincoln in Parliament, on Monday night last delivered, in connection with the Mechanics' Institution, a lecture on the early history of the Eastern nations, especially those mentioned in the Old Testament. There was a crowded audience, and the mayor presided. The hon. baronet's lecture constituted an outline of the ...

... Tile Paris jonrual the Patrie contains a longr article on the decrease of the population in France, and the decline of the physical powers of the people. It attributes this result to the insufficient food of the working classes, and to the disuse of gymnastic exercises. It is reported in Paris that the French Govern- ment contemplates a project of demanding a supplementary credit to some ...

... flortigil ?Iltflfignm FRANCE. A Bill is, by order of the Emperor, to be presented to the legislative body for granting pensions to the families of the persons killed in the last attempt on his Majesty's life, and to the persons who were in- jured. It proposes pensions of 1000 francs a-year to the widows of Dablen, Garde de Paris; Haaz, trades- man; Raffin, hotelkeeper; Madame Riquier, widow of ...

... TIME OF TRAINS LEAVING EDINBURGU FOR I UNDELRIENTIONED PLACM.t APRIL 1S.3S *: The abbreviations within parenthesis-(Cl.), (S. C_), E. ana G.), (N. B.). (l. P. and D.)-signify Caledonian, Scottish Central, Edinburgh and Glasgow, North British, and Edinburgh, Perth, and Dandea Railways respectirely. and inttiate that the trains start from the termini of these railways in Edinburgh at the hours ...

... SPECIAL EXPRESSI (FROM THE 1 TIMES.) FALL OF LUGKNOW. 2000 REBELS KILLED. 117 GUNS CAPTURED. GOVERNMENT DESPATCH. The Ganges arrived at Suez on Monday even- ing from Bombay. March 24, 3 P.M.-Lucknow fell on the 19th. One hundred and seventeen guns captured. About 2000 of the enemy slain. During the siege Mrs Orr and Miss Jackson rescued. Eight officers killed. The townspeople and villagers ...

... i MERCURY OFFICE, MONDAY, ELEVEN O'CLOCK. -,\:^NIsGTON WAInD.-At ten o'clock this morning a meeting of the eiectors of this Ward was held in the Old Chap'! of Ease, Baccleuch Street, for the ?? of nominating a member of Council in room of Mr Mlatieson, resigned. Bailie Stephenson occu- jjid ?? chair. -:Ir John Mood of Roseliall was proprwed, secondei, a:nd unanimously approvtd cf, as fit ...