... 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., ...

... 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- ...

... GENERAL POST-OPFICE. EDINBUR(GH. The foilowing important Alterations will take place. ir. the Mail Arrangements on and from the lt February 18359. | Boxes Close. MA . LGnersl geeeiv' P. O. rat - P. Off d lou | Leith, Ediu. * Aberdeen ?? 5 1. 10 OP 10 O0; 7 Op Do. (On Sundays at 4p.) 7 20 7 7P 7 Or 10 S6P * Berwick ?? ?? 715A 10 OP 0 Op * Do. t Includ'g N. E. Dl- i I S0 31 A O A OP 11 21A Do. i ...

... The annual meeting of the subscribers and friends of this Charity v as held yesterday in the ball of the Institution-the Lord Provost presiding, Mr CLARK read the eighteenth annual report of the Directors. It stated that the number of applications for admission during the year was 9648. *Of these 120 were rejected on account of being in a state of drunkenness, making false ...

... AGENNTS. Aberdeen .A. & .L Mfilne-Greenock-.-..reOwee Atheuurm, lHaddington..J. 91illea. Do. -L. & J. Smith Do. -G. Smlsed Do -W. Panton. Hawick 1. BlaO. Do. D. WyUie & Son- Do. J. Dalgleilt. Aberlady ..Mr F. MitchelL Invereek .J. GordOL Alloa ?? Lothian. ,ln3verkeithgMie Campbdl. Do. - S. N. Olorison. Iedburgh ?? & WV. EOSODI Do. --J. Wingate. Do. _T. SunaiL Arbroath .-James Smith. ._elso ...

... onerat Ntelliputt. PRIVATE BILLS IN PAELIAMR1SNT.-From a cor- rectedl tht of appica ion fer private bills, issued by the louse !t. Commons, iL appears that the number amourts ti, 272. Tu11r FRENCH PAlrItLET.-The first edition of 10,001) of the Imnerial m.;niiseto on Italy being exhau red, on Sunday a fresh edition was issued, but without a particle of change Exal]RITLIN OF Woitis or ART IN ...

... GENERAL POST-OFFICE, EDINIBLUGH. Boxos Close. Arrival MRm. deneral Receiv'g P.O. at P. Omiee. Houses. Leith. Edin. 4 Aberdeen 6 . 5 1A. 10 OP 10 OPl 7 O I Do. (On Sundays at p.OL) 7 20P 7 OP 7 OP 10 35P *Berwyick .7. . . T15 10 OP 10 OP 4 Do. Ineludgg E. E Di- 1 BOe 11 On I OP 11 lin Do. J vision of Eugl'd. 1 5 15Pl OP S OP 8 35P Dalkeith, Peebles, &c. l oS 10 OP 10 OP S O . Dublin & S. of ...

... ,ft ug litti . PRANCE. The Paris correspondent of the Times says the new system of artillery which has been under examina- 'tion for more than two years past is, I em'assured, completed, and the last-experiments have decided its adoption. The various calibres that before ex- isted are, according to this plan, reduced to two- 112-pounders or siege guns, and 4-pounders, field- guns. The pieces ...

... 6. clicul ??Ixtffliylxm Tus Times thinks that the sooner the new ill- advised Post-office regulations for returning letters not prepaid to the writers is rescinded the better. 5 RE-ELcrTIon (v Mr GLALISTONE FOR OZEour.- c The formal ceremony of electing the Right HOD. Wil- b liam Ewart Gladstone, member for Parliament for t the University of Oxford, for the fifth time, took place on Saturday ...

... ' FRANCE. The Globe's Paris correspondent says that from Vincennes, Metz, and every arsenal in Fiance, gnus and stores are on the move 'for the 'Mediterranean and Lyons. Swiss- volunteers are enrolling for service with Piedmont, and Ba- varla has demanded permission to place war steamers on the lake of Constance. War and peace rumours fluctuate considerably in-Paris. ITALY. A Turin telegram of ...

... TOWS COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The Town Council met yesterday-the Lord Pro- ,ets in the chair. THE PRINCE5S FREDEERCK WILLIAM Or PRUCSSIA. After the reading of the minutes, The LORD PR!VOST callvd attention to the birth of a son to their Royal Highoesses the Ptince and princess Frederick William of Prussia, as an event pregnant with interest to the British nation. It has been suggested to me, he ...

... TIME OF TRAINS LEAVING EDINBURGH FOB UNDERMEENTONED PLACES. FEBRUARY 1859. ?? The abbreviations within parenthesis-(Cal.), (S- C.), (B.,al G.), (N. B.), (E. P. and D.)-signlfy Caledonian, Scottia Central, Edinburgh and Glasgow, North Britsb, and Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railways respectively and intimate that the trains start from the termii these railways in Edinburgh at the hours slted. ...