... iIThED EDMO.N. MERCURY OFFICE. THREE O'CLOCE. LONDoN CORN XMARET.-English wheat not much .n request, and is to 2s lower than on Monday last, though small supply. Not much business in foreign. Flour inactive. Barley steady, but sales limited. Oats in large supply. and trade slow, at a small decline. Beans and pease not much wanted. Malt dealt in cautiously. Arrivals-British wheat, 3253 ; ...

... LORD ELLENBOROUGfl ON THE -ITALIANI I QUESTION. ' - ?? The Earl ot Ellenborough, who presided at a meet- i ing at Cheltenbam on Thursday, assembled to pro- ( mote the organisation of a rifle corps, ?? knew l not that it was necessary for hih, if he were to speak e at all, to say anything of the nature and character of P the present war. But there was one point connected a with it about which ...

... TEE STAGE IN EDINBURGE. The Theatre Royal has row fulfilled the purposes for which it -as built. It is about to be re- moved, that its site may be occupied by a new Post ofice worthy of the capital of Scotland ; it occurs to uI, therefore, that this is a fitting occasion to give a short cutline of its history, with some general re- fgclions on its rise and fall. The introduction of regular ...

... TRiE UNITED CONSTABULARY OF CANON- GATE AND CALTON. On Tuesday last, the following gentlemen, agree- ably to the rules of the Society, were elected office- bearers for the ensuing year, viz., William Taylor, Esq., St John Street, Chairman; William Donaldson, Esq., Montague Street, Vice-Chairman, Thomas Fraser, Esq., Treasurer and Secretary, and George Swan, Esq., and William Lowriejun., Esq., ...

... A GENT Aberdeen .- A. & R. Milne Haddington ..J. Millen. Do. ?? & J. Smith. t Do. -G. Smiles. Do. - .D.WyLie&Son.!: awick YR.Black, Aberlady Mr F. Mitchell., Do. _J. DalgileSi. Alloa J J. Lothian. Inveresk ?? Gordon. Do. - S. N. Morison. inverkeithg Mis CaruitelJ Do. - J. Wingate. IJedburgb ?? & W. EsstSt I Arbroath .-Jsneg Smith. j Do. ?? SmaiL Do. ?? Sutherland. IKelso.__James Lawric ...

... THIRD EDITI ?? ON. IMERCURY P - - e Tmm~u' -- zx. c_ i. . ...

... FRANCE. FPARIS,, Sa1day.-The French journals have I I become more warlike, and war is popular, except among the commercial classes. The division under General ?? is said to be destined a for the Adriatic. The question of the Regency a is agitated. Prince Jerome or the Empress are spoken of. Stagnation of affairs continues. Wheat advancing in all the markets, except a Orleans. Appearance of ...

... MR BAXTER M.P., AT ARBEROATH. Mr W. E. Baxter, M4.P. for the Montrose district of burghs, commenced on Wednesday to solicit a renewal of the confidence of his constituents, by ad- dressing a large meeting ot electors and non-electors in the Corn Exehunge, Arbroath. Mr BAXTER ovai well received. He characterised the Government Reform Bill as a retrogressive mea- sure, and defended the course ...

... Aberdeen ?? lo R Milnes1addIngtoa.J. FihO. Do. , 8c J. Smnith. ' Do. ?? SIaio. Do. Wyltie&Sou.!Jawiok _ R. Blaci. Aberlshy d._r F. Litehell. Do. ?? DalgliiUb h~oa . J Lotlua. Inveresk _J. Gordon Do. -S. N. Morison. 1naverlkeitlg ..h-S3 Causbe Do. - Wingate. Jedburgh ?? & W. Es . Arbroath .-James Smith. Do. .-T. Small. Do. __G. Sutherland. Xelso- - Jarnes Lavnt Auchtererder.Xr Lawrence. Do. . ...

... TIME OF TRANS LEAVIG EDINBURGH FoR UNDERMENTIONED pLACES. MAY 1859. %~The abbreviations within psranthesjs.-(Cal,4, (S. C.4, (E. ane G7.), (N. B.), (E. P. &ad D4-signify Caledonian, Seotnjla Central, Edinburgh and Glasgow, North British, axd Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railways respectivel, and intimate that the trains start from tse termini e2 these railways in Edinburph at the hoars stated, ...

... A grand baniquiet was given at Merchant Taylors' I Hall on Saturday to her Majesty's Ministers. The Earl of DERBY, in responding to the principal toast of the evening, ?? thankingyou for your gr et kiadness, this only will I say for ray colleagues and myself, that having accepted office under circum- stances of no ordinary difficulty, and at a time of no ordinary anxiety, we have laboured ...

... Naval altb R,?Hlitarg ?.Ilttlligmzt, WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Feb. iB. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards-Captain Ar- tbur Cooper, from the 6th Foot, to be Captain, pay- ing the difference between infantry and cavalry, vice Stillman, who exchanges, receiving the same. 2d Dragoon Guards-Cornet John Grieve to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Moodie, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 4th Light Dragoons- ...