... The committee re-assembled on Thursday at noon -Mr Clive in the chair. I- Mr JoN0soy, counsel for the Border Counties DI, Company, stated that his clients had resolved to ask the committee to affirm the preamble of their bill in conjunction with the line of the North British from 3 Hawick to Riccarton. 4 Mr DLNisoN, on the part of the North British C Company, requested the committee to ...

... MERCUBY OFFICE, THnEEr O'CLO0E. LONDON CORN MARKET. Good supply of English wheat. Trade slow, and in some cases rather lower rates taken. Supply of foreign larger, business small, but scarcely any change in value. Flour quiet, and prices about the same. Business in barley small, and common rather cheaper. Oats more plentiful, trade slow, and terms easier. Beans and pease in good demand, and ...

... jzmt N~-wLAsSOCcAcriox ?? THlE PROMOTION OF Tarit SisflAx SctErrtc.-A numrber of gentlemen interested that tl ;E ?? conference mret the secretary to the tyii -jbe azsooietiouk (Ur Hlastings',, at the IR yal Institu- in genef ioLiverpool, on Wednesday, whflen, after some ex- crops a -~nztions from that, g-itleman, a committee was Turn fo~rzzed io make the niecessiary arrangements for the tiots ...

... Gff rtspff ab e. MANAGEMENT OF TRE TIIEATRE. b TO THE EDITOR OF THE CALEDONI1AN MERCURY. C Sin,-In a letter addressed to a contemporary, I I find the following strictures on the management of tb the Edinburgh Theatre:-Not only is the style of to the pieces performed very inferior to those to which n lovers of the theatre had been accustomed under I former managers, but since the removal of the ...

... c(z rD s R! ?? V t Ie. NEW INDIAN ARMY. TO TIlE EDITOR OF TIlE CALEDONIAN 31nRCURr. SIR,-Having heard the opinion of an old Indian officer on the subject of the new Indian army that muit be raised, I cannot resist sending it to be printed, as it appears so good. Thus, form African Infantry, 20,000 Ghoorkus, . 20,000 Sikhs, . 15,080 Sweeper east, . 15,000 Rajpoot, &c., &c., 10,000 80,000 No ...

... THE NEW POST-OFF'ICE. The revised plans for the new Post-Office, which have b en forwarded by the Board of Works for examination by the city officials, are now before the public. The designs have been prepared by Mr Robert Matheson, architect of ?? for H. Al. Works for Scotland; and as they have been frm:nled with a careful regard to the capabilities of the proposed site, and the distinctive ...

... FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE TEEN'T VALEY I R.AILWAY. I' ?? This deplorable accident occurred through the simple straying of a cow upon the railway at the. small village of Attleborough, about one mile and a half south of the Nuncaton station. The animal hlad recently lost its calf, and was pastured in a narrow field by the side of the railway, together with a horse-; and there are witnesses who, ...

... AGENTFS OR.T1{!. CALEWNIAN REH-URY-. Aberdeen .-A. & R. lilue,.Giesgow --W. Love. S~ Athennumn. . Eso0h Squa Do. L. &8J. Smith. &9-eenockMrs.Owen. Do. -.Vf. Banton. Eaddington..J. Utllem Do. D. wyllie and Do. -G. Smiles. ?? flawick R-Black. Aberlady .Iffr. F. Mitchell. Do. .J. Dalgleisln Alloa . othian. Inveresk ?? Gordon Arbroath ..James Smith. InverkeitlgMias CampbeE. Do. -.G. ...

... BY ELECTRIC TELEGIUXPH. :FRANCE. P~ns, W-ednesdy Moay ?? Movdfeur oontains the following with regard e Turk'ey and Mgutenegre: --Turkey threatens to invade Mon- tenegro. The French Government, in order to avoid a confict, invited :England to o-ooperate wad prevent nostilities. It has been decided to send comnmissiossers there to arrange difliculties. The article conwhdes by hoping Ressia and ...

... ! SPECIAL (FROM TIHE 1 TMIES.) INDIA AND CHINA. The following telegram from Mr Acting Consul Green was received at the Foreign Office on the 9th of May, at five o'clock ?? ALEXANDRIA, May 6th.-The steamer Bengal arrived at Suez on the 4th instant from Calcutta. She brings no later news from India than that received by the last mail fromn Bombay. There is nothing of importance from China. The ...

... TOW-NY COUNCIL OF EDINBURGH. ycsterday a special meeting of the Town Council was held for the purpose of considering the Univer- sities (Scotland) BIll-the Lord Provost presiding. The LORD Pr.ovosir said the subject of the Uni- Versity Bill was remitted to the College Committee, with power to consider the same, and to report. t Since that remit was made the Pill had appeared be- t fore ...

... [SUPPLEMENTARY TO TBLEGRAP11.] 3Q Mr CAIRD, in moving for leave to bring in a Bill wtatu asiiaetecounty frnhs of Scotland with sau to asiiaete y rlci nE, that of England, said hie did not seek to introduce Small any new franchise, but wished to extend to Scotland frn those privileges find rights wbich were enjoyed in thisfrn country. A brief statement would suffice to show mass4 the ...