... Tlhe decree of the French Government, per- chic m.itii.g thle importation of foreign corn, expires it t, on the 30th instant. Considerable anxiety is then now felt on the subject ; the fear being that, if fron the decree is not renewed, the obsolete sliding bod' scale will be again revived. thro sires Further news has reached us from Valentia as scru tci the unfortunate Atlantic cable. The ...

... GENEAT POST-OFFICE, EDINBURGH. Boxes Close. |Dl've General Reeeiv'g P. 0. in Edin. P. Ofiee . Houses. Leith. L 1eitlh. MAa. -_ __ Aberd'n, Dundee, Perth,) 5 45A. 10 OP 10 OP 6 40A Stirling, A1lo4 &c. . . a7 20P 7 Or 7 OP 630P Berwick and E. of England, 1 SOP 11 Or 1 OP 6 40A Berwick, Dunbar, Had-) dington, &e., S. of Eng-- 5 15P 4 30P 4 30P 3 OP Carlisle, Liverpool, Ma- lO IN 64A lheter W7.5 f ...

... Aberdeen .-A. & R. Milne Greenock..-YMrn Owen; Athenanam Eaddington..J. Millen. Do. , T. & J. Smith. Do. -G. Smilea. Do. ?? Panton. Hawick ?? Black. Do. -D. Wyllie & Son. Do. ?? Dalgleish. Aberlady fr F. Mitchell. Inverek TJ. Gordon. Alloa ?? Lothian. luverkeithgMiss Campbell. Arbroath .-James Smith. Jedburgh..-A. & W. Eastea Do. -G. Sutherland. Do. .-T. Smail. Auchterarder.Mr Lawrence. ...

... (}xoY Hu-lTCHiso ANSD Co.'S CIRCULAR.) The crop being now substantially secured all over tbc county, and as we have had sufficient deliveries of the new grain to enable us to judge of its quality, and from oar own observations, aided by the best in- formation we can obtain, to form an opinion of its extent, we now do ourselves the pleasure of submit. %ieg to you the following observations:- In ...

... DRAINAGE OS FORTOBELLO. Yesterday afternoon, a public meeting of the inhn- bitants of Portobello, called by the Provost, Magis- trates, and Council of the burgh, in conjunction with the Town's Committee, was held in the Independent Chapel, Wellington Street, with the View to the final settlement of the drainage question. Provost Johnston occupied the chair, and those on the plat- form were ...

... The telegraph forwards a cart report of another art great victory gained by the Russians over the piat Circassians. The source of the intelligence is 1st, not indicated. rep. wat The French and the Russians are manifesting new a decided intention to avail themselves with all the speed of the advantages opened up to them by 3d, the Treaty with China. General Mouravieff, it is Bui said, will be ...

... AG E NTS. Aberdeen .-A. & R. Milne Greenock ..-rs Owen. Athenaeum Haddington..J. Millen. Do. -L. & J. Smith. Do. -_G. Smiles. Do. ..W . Panton. Hawick R. Black. Do. -D.Vyllie & Son.J Do. J. Daigleisl. Aberlady .-Mr F. Mitliell. iluveresk ?? Gordon. Afloa ?? - J. Lothian. luverkeithg ?? Miss Campbell. Arbroath .,James Smith. ?? & IV. Easteal Do. -G. Sutherland. Do. -T. SmaiL Auchterarder.Mr ...

... IHOUSES FOR THE WORIXING- LASSES. Last evening a public meeting wash hold in Br!iguton fiW Street Chapel, to receive the report of the committee ber appointed at a recent meeting held in Buecleuch tie Street Hall, to express the feelings of working-men ( on the present overcrowded and uncomfortable state ali of their dwelling-houses. The area of the chapel ra'1 was wall filled, with an ...

... . Mr William Donnelly, the registrar-general, whose yearly returns respecting agriculhure in its various 3 branches have become so important a feature in Irish statistics, has just issued his general abstract for 1857-8. in anticipation of the reaular blue book of details. The enumerations procured by the consta- bulary have in former years proved substantially cor- rect, so that these tables ...

... THEE CHINESE TREATY. The Cbinese Treaty is published; it contains 56 articles. The following are the precise details of some of the most important points:- British merchant ships are to be allowed to trade up the great river (Yangtze), hut in the present dis- turbed state of the upper and lower valley, no port is to be opened for trade with the exception of Ching- Kiang, which is to be opened ...

... OUll LONDON LETTER September 25, IS58. At a time when the editors are mendicant of necws, the columns of the metropolitan press, so dreary at this season of the year, are, you will observe, in some degree enlivened by the strife existing in the camp cf the Atlantic'Telegraph Company. The embroglio ap- pears every day more involved, and, on the whole, it is? a pretty little quarrel as it ...

... ARatal anb IgUilitary 4hittilig-mut, WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, September 24. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards-Sergeant-Major James Russell, from the 5th Dragoon Guards, to be Riding Master, vice Kirke, deceased. 3d Light Dragoons-Cornet Reginald Piffard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fawcett, promoted' 9th Light Dragoons-Thomas Smales, Esq., late Chief Paymaster of the Turkish Contingent, to ...