... 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 ...

... ' 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 ...

... '16ttig-a- Zt.ttIllpirt. FRANCE, The Chevalier des Arrbrois', Sardinian Plenipo- im tentiary to Zurich, arrived at Paris on Thulisday, b3 und on Friday he was received by Count Wa- ti lewski.' The Count de Persigny is said to have a deferred for a day or two his return to London. on do ITALY. The Dictator of Modena has convoked the popular assemblies. All persons competent to read asnd write, ...

... 4f.eidx juttIligenat. - 4 -- FRANCE. Granier de Cassagnac, whose pen passes for an L imperial implement, comes out in the Constitutionel with a violent tirade against the fortification of Antwerp. He rakes up the Walcheren expedition, and broadly asserts that England is at the bottom of this Belgian undertaking. If any provocative were wanting to make the project intensely popular, it is the ...

... COLONEL FERGUSON AT R | (FnlO OUR HLEPORTE1f Y.l Yestartdayel en ng',11atseven o'clock Colonel , glson, member of Parliament for the Ferk burghs,. addressej i ifneeling of his onl isa the Town Hall. Iirkcca]dy. The tit which was very nimlicrously attendled tating sided over bv' Prolost Bevelidge. lsire. The C0IAIRDIAN, in introducig the gallant Colonel, remarked that since last he bad a, the ...

... M-R -LNT'DSAY -AND JUDGE HALIBIYRTON ON STRIKES. A testimonial and address was on Tuesday night presezts- at Tynemouth to Mr W. S. Lindsay, for- p] merly M.P. for that borough, now representative for int *nderland. In his address to the assembly, I Mr LINDsAY said there were strikes in olden times, m and, if knowledge has done nothing, it has done n this-that whereas in the strikes in olden ...

... THE LIFE-OF GENERiAL GAlIffAtDl callaON THE ATHIEtAUKt.) a Garibaldi is the son of a sailor, and was born at' Wh Nice. With characteristic simplici~sy, he assures us h that, his father' arnd mother were tbe- best, in tle my wvortd,-that as a child lie weptifor hours because of ,he. had broken the leg of a grasshopper,--and, as ia Of heay, saved a poor woman fronm drowning; thar,w~hen cat ,,t ...

... TIME OF TRAINS LEAVING EDINBURGH FOR UNDERMENTIONED PLACES.-JULY 1859. O* Tnsa. ?? wthin parenthesi-(Cal.), (S. C) (E and G.), (N. B.), (E. P. and D.)-signify Caledorien, S~omsh Cerntral, Edinburgh and Glasgow, North British, and Ed=aburgh, Perth, and Dndece Ras lways respectieiy and intinate that the trains start from t'ae terminI u these railways in Edinbrrgh at the h..r.state& Aberdeen, (S. ...

... TIMF. OF TRAINS LEAVING EDINBURGHB TFjI UNDERUIENTIONED PLACES.-AUG. 1859. ?? The abbreviations within parenthesis-(Cal.), (S6.) (a G.), (N. B.), (E. P. and D.)-signify Caldonian, Scot je Central, Edinburgh and Glasgow, North Briti Edinburgh, Perth, and- Dandee Railways reipetis and intimate that the trains start fros the termW these railways in Edinb argh at the hours stateL Aberdeen, (S. C.) ...

... AGENT&S Aberdeen .-A. & R. Milne:fPddington.,J. Millen. Do. ._L, & J. Smith. i Do. -G. Smiles. I Do. _..D.Wylie& Son.llHawick -.R Black. Aberlady .-Mr F. Mitchell. Do. .De. J. Dalgieleb, Alloa ?? Lothian. Inveresk ?? Gordon. Do. ?? N. Morison. lnverkeithg.. MWs Campbell. Do. J. Wingate. JedburghA. & W. Eaetezv Arbroath ..James Smith. Do. -T. Smail. Do -G. Sutherland. Kelso.-JameB Lavwne ...

... 0lm~c~ in-e a. WANTED, MORE STEAM. TO TILE EDITOR OF Frau CALEDONIAN MEtCURF, * SIR,-I am not one of those who experience doily disappoinrnett because everything does not go on: to perfection in this sublunary sphere. . Hav;1,7L a ?? wkolesome sense of iimperfection6 in nqself.' I lare eharity wtthout end for a great. val ty of shoteormings, both in indi- viduals and corporations. Neverthelewr ...

... gEFECT OF THE ACT 21 AND 22 VICTORTA, CAP. 56. (FROMI TUE MERCANTILE TEST.) WILL nEQUEATHIING ENGLISH PROPERTY, VOID By VE LAW OF ENGLAND, MAY BF BADE VALID BY TIE LAW OF SCOTLAND, AND pROVED IN SCOT- 1AD, AND TUBE ENOLISEH PERSONALTY CARRIED tof UNDER THE SCoTiCO PROBATE. In two recent articles we gave a practical illustra- .on of the necessity of mercantile men and their 50licitors. on each ...