... ffrre~polh ettct. ^ THE PEOPLE OF LEI TH AND THE ANNUITY-TAX. To THE EDITOR OF THE CALEDONIAN MERCURY. SIB,-Yon seem to have a correct knowledge of the public mind of Edinburgh relative to the Lord Advocate's Annuity-tax Bill, and you have also shown that you are somewhat conversant with the various movements for or against the bill. Perhaps you may be able to enlighten the public of Leith as ...

... THRE LOSS OFYTHE ONDINE.: Richard Burke,. second mate,. with two of the passengers of this unfortunate vesse', arrived at *Portsmouth on Monday, morning. on, board a. pilot boat, which had taken, thqum; 9nloard from the screw steamer. Thetis, in St :Heles Roads, wbere she had aaicbored at;.a late ,hour ?for the purpose of landing the men. .Fromi;owhat has. been Icaint from the men, it appears ...

... SUMMSARYi.. Sardinia, it will be: observed, under the orm of re-arranging, is puttiflg her army on a war footing. The negotiations between the Spanish and Moroccan commanders, on the conditions of -peace, bave -terminated, as was foreseen ancj prohbably intended, without result. ?? r; The DailyXews'?Paris correspondent states 'that, with thealleged moti6fpleasinO gia :d sPrusia, Loie~ris ...

... 4,orrimoldt ?? THE CASE OFIEDWIN2.THOMAS d ,SALT, -THE CoCNviiCr. r ro TIi EDITOR OF TH8 CALIKODONUM;XEaCUB?. SnR 1-! observe with ruach intfest, and all a the. ldasure possible' in the cireugiances, &hat a miemorial to te H.ome Secretarla eo be for-, varded from. this city praying for tion o of the extreme penaityct .4eaLh whi was the ,e, sentenee i proaqounced - on. .EdwinD .thon ' Salt, d ...

... . -SECOND EDITION -, TURSDAY I, ., , - . 1. t, i. . . . . I . . : : : 1-3?BANCE;:.. ! 5 PJ~fls, WY~dnesry..The~ Post abys-. Franceo. and England aief be~. th point.of aixgaig a con- vent~ni~tnreltive An the Xprize« rgrhioh reset from:. the approaching expedition against China. This contradicts the rmincr that the two powers would postpone the expedition. is. I .EWSO.-Thae .agus, wth Peninsular ...

... I SECOND IETION. MERCURY OFIdCk, SATURDAY, Li! EVEN OVCLOCE. -The parliamentary reports of last night oc- cupy .28 columns of the Times, a fact; almost , unpreceden~tI. DIVISION ON, THE BUDGET. The Times ?? majority of 116 in a very full L ouse against the Mr Du Canes' mo- tion,: is just what might be expected from the remarkable fact that no one of its supporters, however ingenious or ...

... AG E N T S. &berdeen..A & R. Milne addington -G. Smiles Do. L. & J. Smith Hawick.._R. Black Do. W ?? Do. T _JDalgleisth ?? Lothiar, InnerleithenRobert Smail Do. -S . N. Morrison Inverkeithing.Miss Campbell Do. -J. Wingate Jedburgh__A. &W. Eastet Anstruther-L. RusselL Do. -T. Small Arbroath --James Lindsay Kelso---James Lawrie De. -J. Mactaggalt De.. Pattison Auchterarder.Mr Lawrence JKinghorn ...

... [ . r :TsfrEIRA I ] AUSTRIA -AND FRANCE. ; [.eb~ru~y~l 2a'Trljted Afetternich tqmit.ed, ysststae~dv t9,3{. uv~el'an -ex~plna4 it'ry'nmeesage cg~taiu~ig..the. aspp of' :Aistria to~t~be- hcr points of the EnIiehjp~ropo~i2~ Tfie. tVie'nt1^ ablne# espife~s~e&-its~egret~at iiot'being a basis. for ulterior negotiations between the great Powers r :. VIF;NBA, F~ebruary 23.-The crirbearer of the ...

... courtd nalb RS1)iont * c-e I -b.o .. 'Her Majes; theQ n hd hoyal Elighs the ?rlnce Consorl;. aceomp9b4ed .rthe r~rintee E1ice, ad attended by the Co ot~ esart, Lorc iirlea 3l2X-ey, and LieuteAt.-ionert-le Honp.P R, iacuosed Mr Thee i~h nat:$bt ~g ustud oq%^enN 2iotta 8treet, Csovendh Square ~uday aernoon. I'auce Arthur and the Princ c Loute honoured Ca- Vent Garden Theatre with thel n e. , iJ ...

... REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SUPER- VISION FOR SCOTLAND. The fourteenth annual report of the Board r of Supervision for the Reliet of the Poor in Scotland, dated in August 1859, and just pre- P sented to Parliament, has been issued. ASSESSMENTS. t Since the date of the last report, seven pa- (I ri1ches which had previously raised the funds for h tlse relief of the poor by voluntary contributions 6 ...

... AQ E N T S. Aberden-__A L l ftms Haddingto._.T. Sm4ei° Do. - r. & J. Smith Ow1Ck - a.,R Black Do. _ D. Wyllie &Son Do. .J. Dalgleish Alloa j. Lothian Innerleithen.Robert Smail Do. S-S. N. Morrison Inverkeithing.Miss Campbell De. - -. Wingato JedburghA. he W. Easter Anstruther..L. unsseeD. Do. --T. Sorall Arbroath -James Lindsay Kelso ..Jr mes Lawrie Do. -J. Mactaggart Do. J. Pattison ...

... MR DUNCAN MLAREx AND THE i LORD ADVOCATE S BILL Jull Alepgthenedletter from the pen of Mr Datican E) M'.Laren ot , this, city appeared in, last night's r London Star. A considerable portion of' it is 'devoted to an analisid of the Lord Adiocatb's inj Bill, -with which- our readers ' are already da jfamiliar; the foll~oing, however, i8 BO vrl'- Bl | timed and to the point, that tbough Inuch ag ...