... THE WARt. co TnE military genius of Napoleon III., whatever it may afl prove in the end, is clearly of a very different kind el from that of the Great Napoleon, His tactics are of ap very deliberate and prosaic sort-as much so as those of the Austrians, who seem to do everything by rule ml and precedent, and sit down contented if they have it gone scientifically to work, whatever the result ...

... Wuis.TxvEn be the cause of the uninterrupted series i of defeats which the Austrians have suffered, C whether incapacity on the part of -their Generals, or t inefficiency or lack of numbers and sPirit on the part of the army, it is becoming very doubtful whether they will hold their ground at all, even be- f hind the fortresses of the Adige, unless powerfully rein- forced. It is whispered that ...

... 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 ...

... A GENT Aberdeen .- A. & R. Milne Haddington ..J. Millen. Do. ?? & J. Smith. t Do. -G. Smiles. Do. - .D.WyLie&Son.!: awick YR.Black, Aberlady Mr F. Mitchell., Do. _J. DalgileSi. Alloa J J. Lothian. Inveresk ?? Gordon. Do. - S. N. Morison. inverkeithg Mis CaruitelJ Do. - J. Wingate. IJedburgb ?? & W. EsstSt I Arbroath .-Jsneg Smith. j Do. ?? SmaiL Do. ?? Sutherland. IKelso.__James Lawric ...

... A grand baniquiet was given at Merchant Taylors' I Hall on Saturday to her Majesty's Ministers. The Earl of DERBY, in responding to the principal toast of the evening, ?? thankingyou for your gr et kiadness, this only will I say for ray colleagues and myself, that having accepted office under circum- stances of no ordinary difficulty, and at a time of no ordinary anxiety, we have laboured ...

... TlIE F TRANS LEAVING ADT.U i> OR 1INDEB2nENTIO2NED PLAODS. MAY 1859. m*w The abbreviations within parenthesis-(Cax.), (S. C;, (B.%054 G.), (N. B.), (E. P. and D.)-3ignify Caiedonisn, Scoteib Central, Edinburgh and Glsgow, North British, sna Edinburgh, Perth;, and Dunce Railways respectively, and intimate that the trains start from the termtnj ay ,these railways in Edinburgh at the hours stated ...

... ?? . ?? - (ESTABLISHIED ANNO 1737.) i BELFAST: . THURSI)AY, TJUNE 2a3, 1186!9 Tim disturbances at Venice, of which some par. ticulars'will be found amongst our latest news, were of a rather serious character. The next intelligened from the seat of Wvar is looked'for with intense i$terest., in Paris as a great battle is daily expected. Two divisions of troops at .Chalons have received orders to ...

... . Tis judges met yesterday, and made the following arrangements for the onsuing Assi2es: - HOM CI U CiROU.T- ?? of tihe Queen's Bench arrd the Chief.Jnstice of ?? Pleas. NottH-EAsT.-The Chief-Baron and Mr. Justice C~hristian ?? ?? .. . NIUNSTEr.-Mr. Justice Keogh and Mr. Justice O'Brien. : CONNAUGHT.-Mr. Justice Ball and Baron Greene. LEINSThR.- Mr. Justice Hayes and Baron Fitz- gcrald. . ...

... LORD DERBY3!S FOREIGNTPOLICY.. - - . l. . J d. I I . . M'a W irtted, yesterday morning aiselection from ?? vfuifi\oiius bi4.b kl: :icli has ?? boien issusued containing the entire of the despatches indd 'cores- podehdefdtela6 thI 't6 he' present Edi'rolcihn' crisis. We shqowed, by pjttdir4 theawortl of, Lord5 PninerstoiV ttide by sido with the-nmanly and outspokenl desp-atchtes of LordI o ...

... . :2, _ .~ , ?? ' ; -: ' : ?? . ' i ' - : ?? , ~ ! HOU8E'O0ftORDS-2FR~TDAY 'p T jtosef Losre-assembled Ao-daynfteri the The L'OD CIIANOELLO3L took his sent , 'back'a. flveb''clock. T1E DIS LUTLON AND :THE NEW GOVERN- 0 ?? .. EN2;T.y. - . - i ThcEatliof DERBY, after a fewpetitions had ben. presetiteh;tsal1-flofore' pioceddinj to' nnj oiher ile marks-I- maype'rbaps be indulgeid under the ...

... FlREE DRINKING FOUNTAINS. IT is now very generally admitted that the want of' free drinking fountains in large cities is a real and very great privation to the poolr; and founde(l on this admitted fact, many philanthropie persons in the large cities of England, and especially in London, are endeavouring, and with great success, to supply a necessity which has been so long and so widely felt. ...