... (rnot THE CONTINBNTAL RLVIEW.) There can be no question but that the pnobhbility of Austria and France coming into Speedy collision on the plains ol Lombardy besomes every day greater. There are numerous stories curre-t to show how open the separation bet-ween lie two counctries has become, and the emperor, rarely as he allows his policy to be divined horn his personal conduct, is said to have ...

... In the House of Lords last night, the Royal t assent was given, by Commission, to the Scottish Jury Trials Amendment Bill, and a number of other bills. The Marquis of Nor'manby drew at- d tention to the policy of the Government with reference to the late negotiations for peace, and declared that Lord J. Russell's conduct had been r entirely one-sided, and had exhibited no real 2 desire to ...

... ' F~rom the Report by'the Commissiohers for the Bri-, ?? tish Fisheries for the year 1'858, which has just been presented to Parliament, We learn the following's fkatsb-:- . O 0 THE CaLtFfOH3r 8&8. -r The herring fisheryfor the year:1858 proved about, an average catch. The Mqtuantity of fish cured was 6aM,1t24 barrels, being upwards of 55,'000 barrels rt more than were cured in 1867. The ...

... '16ttig-a- Zt.ttIllpirt. FRANCE, The Chevalier des Arrbrois', Sardinian Plenipo- im tentiary to Zurich, arrived at Paris on Thulisday, b3 und on Friday he was received by Count Wa- ti lewski.' The Count de Persigny is said to have a deferred for a day or two his return to London. on do ITALY. The Dictator of Modena has convoked the popular assemblies. All persons competent to read asnd write, ...

... 4f.eidx juttIligenat. - 4 -- FRANCE. Granier de Cassagnac, whose pen passes for an L imperial implement, comes out in the Constitutionel with a violent tirade against the fortification of Antwerp. He rakes up the Walcheren expedition, and broadly asserts that England is at the bottom of this Belgian undertaking. If any provocative were wanting to make the project intensely popular, it is the ...

... The wise men of Zurich have come upon a new obstacle to the progress of their paci- . ficatory labours. The Austrian Government, it appears, during its occupation of Lom- bardy, had carried off to Vienna a large amount of trust funds left for the benefit of orphans. The French and Sardinian pleni- potentiaries maintain that this plunder ought to be restored in annexing the country to Piedmont. ...

... TIIANENT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. I The autumnal show of this Society was held -in the schoolroom of the village on Tuesday last, under very favourable auspices. The com- petition for the prizes was very spirited and close, the productions being in most instances verv creditable to the skill and taste of the com- petitore, and giving unmistakeable proof of un- remitting energy and steady ...

... GENERAL POST'OIF'ICE, EDIBNJBRGH. Boxes Close. MAILS. General Recelv'6 P. * rat _ _ _ Of Hcz Bouses.Leit. din. * Aberdeen ?? . 615A. 10 OP 10 OP 7 OP Do. (On Sundays at 4 ?? 7 20P 7 OP 7 OP 10 3'P + Berwick . 7 15A 10 OP 10 OP * Do. Includ'g N. E. Di- 1 SOP 11 OA 1 OP 11 21A Do. J eision of Engl'd. 5 15P a OP 5 OP 5P Dslkeith, Peebles, &c. 3 1SA 10 OP 10 OP 3 0. Dublin a S. of Ireland . 5 40P ...

... - LE1TH'TOWN COUNCIL. , j ?? , ar , , ! The Leith'Towzi`' CouncIl inet yesterday- Prbv6st2 avlor presiding. , 5SUENT FOR; T!U!CBilfEXT. I7AR. . ,rA ,repor~t ,was read from the Finance Commit-'i tee, reconmmending that the asesismeut for police purposes for thse nrrentityetiashould:'be levied at th'e raiteo 4id pet pouiid, the sdme'as last year; a:ptdj on the.,,mtion ,of, the Provost, this was ...

... 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 ...