... SECOND EDITION OF YESTERIDAY. THE PIIESENT POSITION OF POLITICAL PARlTI'S, The lierahl welcomes Walplcds motion 'with especial pleasure- because it ansvers ?? COi- plutely to the wishes which we expres 1 yester- (lay, and must ulnite the votes of all men who ae, honestly desirous of retrenchmelnt. The Coner. vative party has consulted its dignity, anil given the public a pledge of its ...

... THlE GREAT TAYLOR CASE. There is profound wisdom in the old Latin sentence, Quema Dens vult perdere derentat prius -whom God wishes to destroy he first de- prives of his senses ; and this truth the Conser- vative party is illustrating at every step that it takes. The great obstacle to the return of the Conservatives to power is the suspicion almost universal throughout the country that their ...

... CITY OF EDINBURGH AND KID- LOTHIAN RIFLE ASSOCIATION. TIE COMPETITIONS AT MORNINGSIDE. W. - ?? THIRD DAY. J. The competitions at Morniingside, under the J. 8uspices of this Association, were resumred yester- J day morning shortly after nine o'clock. The A. weather was again extremely unfavourable for A. ?? there having been a bright sun and high I vind all day. So boisterous, indeed, did the ...

... CALENDAR OF GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR X THE ENSUING WEEK. (iVRiTTEN EXPRbESSLY won THIS JOCRNAL.) HtOTHOUSE FIRUIT DEPARTMENT. by VNEunEs.-Where vines and greenhouse plants are grown together, which is very common in the neigh- of bourhood of all large towns, the past three weeks will th have puzzled their caretaker how to manage theda so as sh to preserve the health of the plants, and ensure a ...

... AGENTS, Aberdeen rLA. k R Milue. itawick .. Black. Do. -_.T'ihos, itlenzies,j Do. ?? Dalgleish. _- Castle St. Innerleithen ..Robert Small. Do. _ .v J. Smih. lnverkeithing.Missl CampbelD, Do. ?? Wyllie & Son.tJedburgh~__A. a NV. Easto Alloa_..3_.J. Lothian. I Do. ?? Small. Do. ?? N. Morrison. IJuniperGreen Mrs Meikle. Do. ?? Winga.te. Kiinross--G. Bamnett, Anatruther ?? Russell. Do. ?? r. Ewing ...

... ' 14t 0,tat. HOUSE OF COMMONS-WEDNESDAY. The House met at twelve o'clock. CHURCH--RATES. t Mr S. ESTCOURT gave notice that he would take his third resolution with respect to Church- rates as the first in order, to allow the House to discuss the whole subject. t SALE 01 SPIRITS BILL. On the motion for going into Committee on the Sale of Spirits Bill, Mr W. FORSTER moved that it be an instruc- ...

... OAIEDONIAN MERCURY. SECOND EDITION. AMERCURY OFFICE, MIONIA.AY, Eleven o'clock. FRA.NCE. A French paper states that Said Pacha, Viceroy of Elgypt, at present in England, is shortly ex- ,ttd at Cherbourg, where he is to be received 1;;h Roval honoirs. AlMERICA. The Tics's correspondent at New York says: (;eneral M'Clellan is not at the head of a force sufflcient to risk an attack upou the ...

... The Goenstitutionnel publishes the following article in prominent type, signed Paulin Litnay- rac: - From the numerous extracts from the English newspapers, which we have published day by (lay, it is visible how the idea of a mediation in Amne- rica has gained ground in England. In France that idea has been no less warmly received, and we have before us more than 100 provincial jour. nals ...

... Ifflas to Ot _ bitur. e THE TREASURERSHIP OF GEORGE WATSON'S g HOSPITAL, is SIR,-I regret to observe from a letter in your yes- i terday's paper that there appears to have been some pre-arrangement in favour of Mr Archibald Craig, of . the firm of Craig Brothers, as a candidate for this g situation. Far be it from me to say one word against 0o Mr Craig; for although he is unknown to fame as a ...

... (FROM THE (iLOBE.) It would be idle to deny that the first announce- ment of the rejection by the Canadian Parliament a of the Bill for organising the Militia, and other- wise providing for the defence of the Colony, gave Is rise to a very unpleasant impression. Taken by itself, the fact appeared to show that the people of Canada were unwilling to take any share of the r responsibility of ...

... Under date June 21, the Times' correspondent at Turin writes that the recognition of the Italian Kingdom upon the part of Russia is with very great confidence announced as imminent by the friends of the Rattazzi Ministry. This event is deemed certain, in other well-informed foreign circles. There is immense excitement at Toulon in consequence of the preparations for the Mexican Expedition. One ...

... A PH.YSIOLOGTCAL VIEW OF THE ?? _ER., (moss 't E LATHTE ) A medical journalist can do no nore appro- priate service than by giving prominence from time to time to a good specimen of fine old age. Lord Palmerston certainly claims that attention t at our hands. All part) and political considea- tions aside, we pionbunce the Premier a physio- logical phenomenon. politics only half explain Lord ...