... A Paris correspondent, writes on Saturday that the officers of a division of the army of Paris were summoned on Friday to the quarters of their re- spective colonels, and informed that they were to hold themselves in readiness to march, as the division was to for^t part of the army abont to enter on a campaign. The Governmeni have in- quired as to how many men could be trbasporte| lper day by ...

... ftural THE international congress on telegraphls, which met last year at Berne, is to meet this year at Paris, at the request of the French. Gobvernment. MR COBDEN IN Totocime-The last Canadian papers report the arrival of Mr Cobden at Toronto, where he had paid a visit toe the Par liamneut now in session there. ?? had escaped the horrore of a public reception. SUICIDE AT THE BAYS OF ENeosor ...

... jortigil 'Niddliplift. FRANCE. The Sieale contains the following reflections on the subject of the approaching Congress -- If we exa- mine into the favourable conditions with which a Power enters a Congress, we must not overlook the choice of diplomatiets. It is not an easy task to regu- late the interests of nations. The elevation of ideas, the amount of knowledge required, is immense. A ...

... BY ELECTRIC TELEGIRIPI. HOUSE OF LORDS-Tnrsix.m The House met at 5 o'clock. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH withdrew the ?? relief Bill, which stood for second reading. DIVORCE COURTS. The Lord CHANCELLOR in reply to Lord Campbell, stated that great inconvenience had been experienced in disposing of the business of the Divorce Courts, in consequence of the difficulty of -obtaining a full Court. ...

... The Times believes that the Ministry will neither resign nor dissolve. They will simply retain their Offices, and await the result of their determination in the same spirit of meekness and long-suffering in which they have formed it. The excuse for their remaining, will, it is apprehended, be the threatening state of foreign affairs and the necessity of the pre- sence of Lord Malmesbary at the ...

... A G T 2 I S. Aberdeen .A. & R. Milne Haddingiton..J. 6lillen. Do. --L. & J. Smith. Do. -G. Smiles. Do. ?? D.WyUie &Son. Hlawick ?? Black. Aberlady .--Ur F. Mitchell. Do. J. Dalgleisn. Alloa J . Lothian. Inveresk G Gordon. Do. - S. N. Morison. InverkeithgMiss Cambell. Do. J . Whigate. Jedburgh..-A. & W. Easten Arbroath ..Janes Smith. Do. -T. SmaUl. Do. -G. Sutherland. italso .- James Lwrlve ...

... MERCURY OFFICE, THtESDAY. ELEVEN o'CLocK. Mt BE~uxELEy will bring forward his motion on the Ballot on Tuesday next. ELEcTlON INTaLLIGoENOe-Baron Rothschild and Mr Crawford again stand for the City of London. Messrs Cox and Duncombe stand for Finsbury. Mr Ingram stands for Boston. Samuel Smith comes forward, as a Liberal Conservative, for Aylesbury. Sir W. Heatheote retires from Oxford ...

... .BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHI| I1- PARIS, Saturday.-Six divisions of the array are about to be placed. on a war footing. Th6 regiments 'to be reviewed on Suuday will already have received the fouri battalions which were to be added to them. It is_ reported that a corps of observation is forming at Relly, in the imnme- diate neighbourbood of Culos (department Ail)5 the junctiou of the Swrdinian and ...

... , FIRST ANNUAL REPORT'rOF THE GENERAL 4 | BOABD OF LUNACY. This Board have just issued cthe first annual report regarding the condition and management ?? M in Scotland. The report, which extends over 79 in~ closely printed pages, with an appendix of 1-59 pages,or bears the date ?? 1859, and-is addressed PC to the Homne Secretary. It bears the signatures of the cc five Commissioners-Lord ...

... i We have been requested to insert tile following zo nmunication addressed to the Lord Provost by A. jinniang TMonro, Esq., Rutland Square - l 2S Rutland Square, 30th March IS59. Mv LORD,-Having last week attended a meeting of the feuars of Rutland Stret and Square on th{ sualject of the proposed Sinclair Fountain, I am induced to take thc liberty of addressing a few E words of ...

... THE APPROACHING HANDEL CENTENARY I COMMEMORATION. This musical festival, which has been looked for- ward to for so long a period, is to take place during this week. Some of Handel's finest music is to be performed, upon a scale worthy of such an anniver- sary. The selection made is varied in character and excellent in quality, as respects both the sacred and secular pieces on the list, and ...

... THE WEATHER AND CROPS IN TFHE MID- I LAND COUNTIES OF ENGLAND. (WRITTEN FOR THE CALEDONIAN dERCIJr.) After a week of the most severe and wintry weather we have had this season, with a regular snow-storm I on Wednesday and sharp frost continuing for several days, it is again milder and more spring-like thaI ever. The frost on Thursday night has howevere| done considerable injury to the apricot ...