... 2piti oft1A t vrm, ell, THE RELATION OF A CAPTAIN TO HIS vi, PASSENGERS. CLi (lmotOM TIJr T I tES.) ch Spread as the interests and alctiots of this corin- on try are over so large a portion of the habitable globe, ge none of us can feel quite sure that we may not be ea called on some day to undergo that most dreary Vi( of all ordeals to a man's temper, spirits, and self- co command, a long ...

... TIME OF TRAINS LEAVING EDINBURGH FOR U-NIDERMENTIONED PILACES. AUGUST 1858. *g The abbreviations within parentheois_((CsL), (S, C.), (E. ac G.), (N. B.), (E. P. and D.)-aignify Caledonian, Scottish Central, Edinburgh and Glasgow, North British d Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railways ?? and intimate that the trains start from the termini it these railways in Edinburgh at the hoars stated. ...

... FARIS, Friday.-The plenipotentiaries met on Thursday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to sign the Convention relative to the organisation fE of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. R The exchange of the ratifications of the said Con_ r vention will take place at Paris within five weeks or earlier, if possible. It is only after the ac-a complishment of the formality that the text of ...

... A CHfAPLAIN'S MODE OF LIFE IN INDIA. An interesting letter from an armya chlapilaa at I Ilaneegunge his been published, of which the follow- Re i ng is ain ext ract :-the CAMPO, I{ANECGUICO, June 1 6.-It is quaintly Thc illastrati-e of thle nccidental and Oriental world, that Ge ?? letter to me should have been commenced at ad( half-past ten o'clock at night, and that may answer to M it ...

... TO THIE EDITOR OF TOWE CALEDONIAN 3[ERCORY. SIRt,-The recent destruction of a wool mill in thi a neighbourhood by fire, caused, it has been supposed, by spontaneous combustion, as reported in your impres- sion of Tuesday, a few remarks upon the causes which tend to produce spontaneous combustion may not be uninteresting. Although it is well known to vroollen manufacturers that the mill waste ...

... VETaVRIfARY INSTRUCTION The Royal College of Veterinary Surneons in Lon- don was incorporated in 1844 by a charter which re- quired that the candidates for membership should produce a certificate that they had completed the prescribed course of study at the Veterinary College in London, the Veterinar.y College in Edinburgh, or at such other schools as might obtain the recognition of the ...

... F1RO-I FU'T'EHGEIUR TO DELHI. The Times special correspondent gives the follow- iag description of his visit to the city of the Great Mogul At sunrise on the morning of the 5th, a milestone informed me that it was ten miles to Delhi. The country around was, if possible, more stale-looking, fat, and unprofitable than that traversed the preced- ing day. Itvyas impossible to lolo at it for ...

... MULIERES CAUDATM. (FROM PUNCH.) My DEAR. PuNCu,- You can be serious when you please; and there is one subject on which IL wish that for light satirical comment you would substitute -grave animadversion. I allude to Crinoline. When men wkite about Aemale. peculiarities, and especially women's clothes and ornaments, I know they are ex- pected to write; as it were, in a titter. ' In many cases ...

... As we (Ban shire Journal) anticipated, the moors promise to stand out well this season. The birds had attained that strength on wing by the 12th which pre- vented a flush of success at first, in the semni-murder- ous slaughter of a lot of cheepers, yet grouse are not unplentiful; and, when the weather is favourable, the probability is, that for a considerable time to come- until the birds get ...

... SECONID EDITION OF FRIDAY. LONDON. MR PsLIarP RosE is appointed treasurer of the Derby County Courts, in room of Mr James Dis- raeli. THE Russian squadron at Portsmouth is not per- mitted to enter the harbour. TnE entire stud of the Earl of Derby will be sold on September 18th. LORD PALMERSTON has had an interview with the Emperor of the French. Tit: intelligence from Mexico shows that the ...

... fjffrd,?qlt &t0lifftlut. PRUSSIA. A review of the garrison of Potsdam was held on the 17th instant, in honour of her Majesty Queen s Victoria. After the review a dejeuner took place in the Castle, to which the principal officers were in- vited, as well as the suite of her Majesty and the Prince Consort. On the ISth the Queen was to pay another visit to Berlin, when she would honour the opera ...

... cour DE PERSIGNY'S STREECH. The session of the Council-Generi,%l of the depart- ment of the Loire was opened on Monday by Count de Persigr.y, who has been appointed its President. a Upon that occasionthe Count made an eloquent and t( very remarkable speech, in which he reviewed the political situation of France, and especially referred to the English alliance. After some preliminary ob- P ...