... A~very novel and huge kind of vessel, with a breadth of beam larger even than the Great Eastern, was launched on Stturday afternoon, at the Thames Iron Shipbuilding Works, at Blackwall, and excited a considerable amount of interest. She is the first vessel, ornrather Patent Floating Derrick, which has been constructed in this country, for the purpose of carrying out Bishop's patent for, ...

... THE BIutL OF THE BALLOT SOCIETY. A Bill to cause the votes of Parliamentary 4lectors to be taken by way of ballot haar been issued bv the Ballot Society. Alter the preamble, clause 1 would enact tha- the returning ficer cause booths to be erected At each polling-place. and to sapply ballot-boxes, and to fur- nish. each booth with copies of register of electors. Other introduieory clauses ...

... A general meeting of the Commissioners of Sup- M ply for the County of Linlithgow was held yesterday1 C in the County Rooms, Linlithgow-AMr Norman Wt Shairp, convener, presiding. REPORT OF FINANCE COXtMITTER. rf The.report .of the Finance Committee was read by _m Mr Blair, the chairman. It began by stating that, in pursuance of the remit made to them at the April meeting to report on the ...

... A brief despatch received from the Austrian | Lloyds declares the defeat of the Gwalior rebels by b Gen. Roberts on the 14th to have been accompa- 0 mied with immense slaughlter. The enemy lost all v their ganus and ammunition. A destructive flood has occurred on the Upper Indus, and several 0 smart shocks of earthquake have been felt at P Simla.n a fhe accounts of the revenue for the quarter ...

... I , . ?? .. .. On Wednesday night the usual Michaelmas ban- quet took place in the hall of the Fishmongers Com- pany in London. After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, which were hononrel with the utmost enthu- siasm, the Prime Warden proposed The health of Lord Stanley and the Members of the Council for India. Lord STANLEY, who was loudly cheered, said- Your chairman has been pleased to ...

... BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH-. HAMBURG. T:he steamship Invincible, on her passage -from Crenstadt, with a funl cargo, was- entirely lost on the 2Btb inst. near Gottland. The passengers:. andlerew were saved, and have ard'ived at Stock- - holm!. boim. : , ROME. The. cloth and silk fair at Rome. exhibited co'n-' siderable improvement,' and it is- believed 'that coarsewoollen cloths- can now be. ...

... ?? isitdayi according to previous arrangement, the ,deputation appointed at the late meeting on the, Calton Hill of the unemployed artisans and mechanics, of Ediniburgb, again waited upon the Lord Provost and .Magistrates., in. the. Council. Chambers. The Lord Provost stast(d that the MIgigistrtates of the city, along with himse'lf, wee desirous of doiie all in their power to relieve cases of ...

... TDE; OF TRAINS LEAVING EDINBURGH PNOR UNDERMENTIONF1D PLACE& OCTOBER 18M V The abbreviations within parenthesis.(CaL), ( (s Abo , (N. B.), (E. P. and D.)-8ignify Caedenlan, Sotiam Central, Edinburgh and Gm.gow, North BrItiS6, ag& Edinburgh, Perth, and Dun dee Railways respeouively,. and ititmaste that the trains start from thle termhal of these railways in Edinburgh at the hours stated ...

... 'Who knows? Bat do yo noti ,know ?: Have you a .ver eard;?, Are- there, so tradittons of, yonr tribes? 'lell, yes, there are traditions ;; bout you had better go ad asksonme of our old men-aboat it, bteause we know nothin g.' That is about the ex- teat of what you can gain from them.; B th tey are C not without thein religiop, inprsiops at times, and ! tl in the same, way that the ...

... SYNOD OF THE EPISCOPAL CiHURCIL APPEAL OF THE REV. MSR CHEySE. A meeting of this body was held in George Street Hall yesterday, for the purpose of hearing the ap- peals in connection with the case of the Rev. Mr Cheyne, Aberdeen. All the bishops were present, with the exception of Bishop Terrot, who is labour- ing under severe indisposition. The Bishop of Argyle and the Isles presided. The Rev ...

... -art and ?? Balmoral, September 29, 1858. *Her Majesty the Queen, H.R. t. Princess Alice, and RH.fH. Princess Helena, attended by Lady Churchill and the Hon. Miss Stoprord, rode to the lake-on Loclhnagar. . H. .th.e Prince Consort went out deer-stalking. E.R.If. - the Prince of Wales and ?? Prince Alfred, .tteaded ?? Ponsouby, Major Teesdale, and Lieut. Cowell, ascended the mountain of ...

... 6 t t 5 Z t ut t. NORTH LEITH CHURCH. P TO THE EDlITOR OF THE CALEDONI&N MERCURY. tI Src,-I have read with surprise several letters in b your paper, and others, about North Leith Church, b and the great influence Mr Graham has in the parish. h To put the public right in regard to the matter, per- e mit me to state that about 1203 of the Haitl Inha- a bitants have signed' the presentation to Mr ...