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THE STAGE IN EDINBURGH

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 26 May 1859
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3651 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

SUMMARY

... The latest intelligence from the Continent is the of a more peaceful character; several of the Paris sig correspondents of the London journals, notwith- we standing, are still warlike in tone, and ready to thc believe in the breaking out of hostilities at an pO early date. sol lat By the Magdalena, just arrived with the West ste Indian mails, we have the announcement of the .capture of a ...

Published: Monday 21 March 1859
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 6698 | Page: Page 2, 3 | Tags: News 

AGENTS

... AG ETS. Aberdeen ?? & R. kilue;Haddington..J. HMillD. Do. -L. & J. Smith. ! Do. -G. Smiled. Do. ). Wyllie & Son. awick 2, Black' Aberlady ?? r P. Mitchell. Do. ,_J. Dalglei& Alloa _J. Lothian. Iiveresk --J. Gordon. Do. ?? N. ZMorison. ,lnverkeithgMi-g Canibell Do. - -J. Wingate. . Jedburgh..A. & W. Ec11il1 Arbroath .-James Smith. Do. ?? SmaiL Do. -G. Sutherland. Kelso . J Jaraes ?? ...

Published: Thursday 14 July 1859
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 431 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

SUMMARY

... 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 ...

Published: Tuesday 09 August 1859
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 5325 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

BRITISH FISHERIES

... ' 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 ...

Published: Tuesday 09 August 1859
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1934 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

THE WAR

... [LAEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] rr 1-1 -M vr -& 1=V,. PEACE CONCLUDED. l PARIS, TiUesday.-A message posted up at the Bourse announces that a treaty of peace between Austriarand France has been signed. DRESDEN, July 12.-An extra sheet of the Dres- denjournal publishes a despatch from Verona, an-* nouncing the preliminary conditions of peace signed to-day by the two Emperors. FRANuFORT, July 12. ...

Published: Wednesday 13 July 1859
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1863 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

TRANENT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 08 September 1859
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 555 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

GENERAL POST-OFFICE, EDINBURGH

... t - : I Bo es Close. ; gA'mL . ?? |SbcelV'rat ?? ,POOffce. Soses |Leith.. E din. Aberdeen. , . . . 15A.±10 OP 1o0 OOP 7 OP Do. (On,SundayVat4P.oL) 720P - 7 Op 7 Op 10 5r I * Berwick , ?? .I 715! 10 OP 10 Op j * Do. CInclud'gN1. '.DiI- i 1`30P 11 OA 1 Op 11 21A Do. I vision of.Engrd. , 5 15P 8 Op 5 OP 8 35P - Dalkeith, Peebles, &c. . 5 15A 10 OP 10 OP IS OA Dnblin &,S. of Ireland 5 40P 5 OP 5 ...

Published: Thursday 21 July 1859
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 485 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

THIRD EDITION

... 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 ; ...

Published: Saturday 11 June 1859
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 185 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

SECOND EDITION OF MONDAY

... FRANCE. The Emperor returned to St Cloud at eleven o'clock on Sunday morning. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Sunday-The representatives of Austria, France, and Sardinia, will soon meet at Zurich to conclude a treaty of peace. There will be no con- gress, as the two Emperors have agreed to settle their differences without the intervention of the neutral Powers. TIIH STATE OF AFFAIRS IN ITALY. The Horning ...

Published: Tuesday 19 July 1859
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 986 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

SUMMARY

... 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. ...

Published: Thursday 15 September 1859
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2527 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

SECOND EDITION OF MONDAY

... , SECOND EDITION OF M ONDAY. FRANCE. PARIS,. Monday.-The Moniteur contains the following ?? Correspondeni bas re-- ceived a first warning for an article, by Count de Monalembert, entitled, the Pope Pius the Ninth, and France in 1849 and 1859. The Afoniteur states tho reasons of this advertisement, namely, that in condemning the war carried on by France in Italy as having caused the ...

Published: Tuesday 01 November 1859
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1260 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News