... The tolloaiog is the paper read by the Rev. Dr Begg before the Social Economy Section in the Na- tional Association for the promotion of Social Science on Friday last:- ;; In so far as the towns of Scotland are concerned, there are no features of very marked peculiarity. The same physical degradation which characterises districts of all the large cities of Britain, perhaps reaches its maximum ...

... EDINBURGH. A meeting of the Commissioners of Supply for the county of Edinburgh was held ?? Trotter of Mortonball in the chair. Sir Geo. Clerk moved that the assessment for the General Prison for the current year be Id and 1-8th of a penny per pound. This was agreed to. Sir George then moved that the assessment for the police for the current year be 2d per pound, and for rogue money 4-d per ...

... OUR, LOaNDdiN LETT'ER, October. as, RS58. o The incidrzts-of the week are the arrival of her Majesty, all happy-looking and blooming,. froun her Hi ghland retreat, and; the elevation,. not of Big n Ben, but St. Stephen, to his plaee in the clock- 1 tower of the Parlinmentary palace at Wostmiiuster, g from wbicel he is to Live tongue to. the metropolis, tl and, during, the Session, ...

... . ENGLISH MI1SSES AND FRFNoU MADEMOISELLES. -The dsfference between them is this :-Your English Miss flirts before she isrmarried; your French Mademoiselle gets married first, and flirts afterwards. mi Neither plan is safe, and both are objectionable. Ph N',um 00en POOR IME!s.-Ir Costs a deal if money Sh to be rich, and it is a question if so much is worth so bus little ? After all, is wealth ...

... TIME OF T VG EDINBURG FOR UhDE EDT1N HLACE OCTOBERt 1856 .*I The abbreviations within parenthesis-(C;aL), (a C.), (Lane G.), MN. B.). tE. P. and D.)-signify Caledonian, Scotils Central, Edinbuirgh and Glasgow, North British, and Edinburgh, 'Perth, and Dundee:Railways respectively,. and inlituate that the trains start from the teraminil these railways in Edinburgh at the hours stated. Aberdeen, ...

... (Lo rr Zs Po it t t II f e. SCOTLAND AND THlE TIMES. TO THEr EDITOR OF Trin CALEDONIAN 1uBRCuI1T. S1t,-N-With reference to Q. S.'s communication on Saturday, I have merely to remark that he and his friend M Mr Binks greatly under-estimate the regis- tration and influence of the Times, however ill- founded. Q. S. objects to my saying that Binks' expressions were rather low, and opines ...

... 'Raval aut Itilitarl ~L WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, October 15. T 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons-Lientenant v Charles Talbot Goff to be Captain, by purchase, vice C Sitwell, who ?? John Ormsby Phibbs to S be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Goff.. 13th Light Dragoons-James White to be Cornet, I by purchase, vice Lethbridge, promoted. C Royal Artillery-The undermentioned Gentlemen E Cadets to be ...

... GENERAL POST-OFFICE, EDINBJURGH. Boxes Close. I B General Receiv'g P. O. i P. Office. HEouses. Lelth. & Leith. C MIAILS. _ C Aberd'n, Dundee, Pertbl 6 45A. 10 OF 10 OP 6 40A C Stirling, Alloa, &c. . f a 7 20P 7 OP 7 OP 6 soP C Berwick and E. of England, 1 30P 11 OP I O? 6 40A C Berwick, Dunbar, Had-l C dlngton, &c., E ofEpng-. * 5 15P 4 SOP 4 SOP a OP C land . . ?? . I Carliele, Liverpool, Man ...

... THIE NEW ARMY WARRANT AND ITS CHANGES. In' consequenee of the promulgation of the new D'c Royal Warrant. regulating promotioit the higher la ranks of tbearmy, the following impor~taiut changes, will be rnmediately gazetted:- ba to. MajirwGenerfls J. Home Home, Sitr W. R. Clay- se ton, John Spink, Sir James Jackson, ?? B. C. Mansel, John Prummond; James Freeth, Sir Charles O'Donmell, John ...

... 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, ...

... ourt aub tasqyinou Balmoral, October 16,155. it lfer Majesty the Queen. H.R.H. Princess Alice, and e H.R.H. Princess Helena, attended by the lion. Miss Stop- ford, drove to Alt na Gussach. I( Mr and Mrs Clark had the honour of receiving invitations to dinner. Balmoral, October 17, iS58. ti Her 517jesty the Queen and H.R.J. the Prince Consort, fi accompanied by the ladies and gentlemen in ...

... FRANCE. Prince Napoleon left Paris on Monday for the Carmp of Chalous. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, October 5.-Brockhausen, Ambas- sador of Prussia at Brussels, died last night at Baden, where lhe had been staying for the reco- very of his health. LORD Buity's VISIT TO BRITISH NORTH AMIE- RICA.-Tlie Globe believes that Lord Bury's visit to British North America will be for strictly private reasons. ARMiY ...