... 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 ...

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

... 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, ...

... TENUDE OF FREE CHURCH SCHOOL- MASTEBS. (FRtOl TEE PERilstaiE ADvENtasana.) Can a Free Church schoolmaster be dismissed by a deacon's court, of kirk-sessiok, at a dav's notice and without any reason assigned? This question was discussed by the Free Synod of Perth and.Stir- ling at its meeting in Stirling on Tuesday last week. It came before the, Synod by appeal from a judgment of the Free ...

... ADVANTACIES OFl NAVAL -SERVXCE.' ! , - .7 1 Y l I Tho following' brief sultnaty, shawirngtbepresent stE ra-e f p4y and collateral adyantages1 at'.ching to Y ?? ?? itc the RoyA Nav'sy,1i chiefly baded an upotI' EL dlc lrrnent presented to the Mdoniing Commiv- In sioo by Sir `RidlcardBrnmles, the AceountaTlit-General K iof iie Ny. Assumving that the same were offered to men now enreriog for the ...

... [REUTER 'S TELEGRAMS.]. T-IEi WAJ.R FIGHT BETWEEN AUSTRIANS AND FRENCH AT MARSEILLES. MARSEILLES, Thursday Morning.-Advices from Constantinople to the 4th ?? is increasing in the Turkish provinces, especially Bosnia. Turkish troops increased to watch Bos- nia, Servia, and Montenegro. Austrian vessels are advised merely to navigate the Danube and the Dardanelles. The Austrian Government have ...

... AG ENT S Aberdeeu .-A. & 1f. Mlilne Haddington..J. Millen. Do. ?? & J. Smith. Do. -G. Sriles. Do. ._D. Wyllie & So. Iiawiek _R. Bick. Aberlady -.\lr F. Mitchell. Do. ?? Daighlio a ?? Lothian. inveresk --J. Gordon. Do. _S. N. Slorison. nlaverkeithg Miss Caiupbcii. Do. WiJ . Wngate. ?? & V. s:es> Arbroath .-James Smith. Do. -T. Smail. Do. ?? Sutherland. :Kelso _.Janmes La r - Auchterarder ...

... TIMEg OF TRAINS LEAVING EDINBURGH FOR UNDERMENTIONED PLACES. M1AY 1859. ?? The ?? within parenthesis-(Cal.), (S. C.), (Fi. agd G.), (N. B.), (E. P. and D.)-signify Caledonian, Scottls~. Central, Edinburgh and Glasgow, North Britisb, ana Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railways respectively and intimate that the trains start from the termn at these railways in Edinburgh at the hours stated. ...

... This fashionable meeting commenced yesterday on the race-course, Musselbargh. The weather was most auspicious, and a considerable number of persons assembled to witness the proceedings. On and around the Grand Stand we observed, among others, the following gentlemen :-The Earl of Wemyss; Lord Melville; the Earl of Buchan; M3r Wauchope of Edmonsrone; Sir Archid. Hope ; Major Fletcher of Saltoun ...

... BY ELECTRlIC TEILEGRAPH. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] OFFICIAL BULLETIN. TURIN, 11th May.-On reaching Vercelli the Austrians ceased their retrograde movements. The Austrians to-day made excursions towards Desana. Yesterday two batteries, and thirty carts with sick and wounded, returned to Pavia by Gravellona. Count Cavour leaves to-day for Genoa to meet the Emperor Napoleon at that town. Some ...

... ; LETTER OF.MR DUNCAN MILABEN TO LORD ELCHO, M.P. We have been requested to insert the following important letter, addressed by Mr Duncan M'Laren to Lord;Elcho, MP. Edinburgh, May 4, 1859. DEAR LORD ELCnO,-I have read with much 3ur- prise in the Edinb urgh i'papers of yesterday (the Cour'ant, Scotsman, Mlercury, and Express) the folb lowing remarks, reported to have 'been rmade by your ...

... FI'IM OF' TRAINS LEAVING EDINBURGH 1Oa UNDEIUIENTIONED PLACES. MAY 1859.. %*The abbreviations within parentlieais,-.(Cal., ~, C.). (E. ant, G.), (N. B.). (I. P1. and D.)-oignify Caledonian, ScotUish. Central, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Nnrth British, and Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railways ?? and intimate that the trains start from the texrial e;, these railways in Edinburgh at the hours stated. ...