... Tatebonian --- ---- -- Atuarno a EDINBURGfH, T'HURSD4Y, DEMEBER 23. n A SECOND'EDITION of the MERCURY is published every o Monday Atternoon, containing Reports ofthe LondonCorn e and Cattle Markets of that day, the state of the Funds, and all other intelligence received by Telegraph. Tbh Second Edition can be forwarded, in mest instancesto anyI part of the Country by the Mails ofthar Evening. ...

... (Prom ir SwpeciaiCol o d nouendt.) LoSoox, TursDoar Evzmereo. Her Majesty opened Parliameiet this day with the. usral formalities. The attendance of Peers and Peeresses was as usual very numerous unon this interestiiig occasion. Her Majesty looked extremnely well, and read the speech with that clearness and precision for which she lhas been so remarkable, since she ascended the Throne. Of the ...

... A meeting of the members and fitiied of the Protestant Alliance was held on Friday at Freernasons' Hall, Lon- don. The Right Honourable the Eatl of Shaftesbury, who was in the chair, said they were met not to oripinate but to extend an assoeciation now in existence, viz., the Protestant Alliance. The object of the association was to defeat she crafty attempts of the Church of Rome in this ...

... 1l. tvprial larltallItCt. HOUSE OF LORDS. a MoNrnor, Ju-Ns 23. Their Lordships met at £ve-o'cloek - Lord LYNDHURST moved that it be referred to the Com- mittee of Privileges to consider and report what course, havingi regard to the privileges of that House, ought to be pursued for obtaining the attendance and advice of the M2aster of the i Rolls and other judges of the Court of Chancery. upon ...

... RAOILWVAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. AazLnDEEzuw ILLILVAY-72 7 iles ope-nea. W.Veek ending June 134. Passengers, . .1 .93 7 9 Goods, &c . 732 0 0 £1609 7 9 Corresponding wSeek In 18.1 . 1. CALEDOXNIAN PIALW AY-lO0 Miles opened. Week ending June 15. Passengers, 1SS60-Rece'qpts . £2919 8 2. Goods, &-c . 758 9 9 £667M7 17 11-. Corresponding reels in 150, ...

... In our last wae stated that a summons had been issued to command the attendance of the Cardinal to give evidence be- fore the Committee of the House of Commons. now inquiring into the law of mortinnin. The following from the Lon- doe Record shows that the wily Cardinal is not forthcom- t ing:- ' Our readers wvill be surprised to Icarn that Cardinal Wise- man has left England and betaken ...

... The following description of Coleridge occurs in the Life of John Sterling, by Thomas Carlyle, and is a most cbarac- it teristic specimen of that writer's style of thought and expres- tsi on e Coleridge sat on the brow of Highgate Ill, in those years, looking down on London and its smoke-tumult, like a sage escaped from the inanity of life's battle; attracting to- wards him the thoughts of ...

... THE PROVINCIAL CHEMICAL AND SURGICAL ASSOCIATION Of ENGLAND-HO:M1MOPATHY. The nineteenth anniversary of this association was held in the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, on the 13th inst., when there was a more than usual gathering of the profession, upwards of 300 medical men from all parts of England being present. Dr HIorme of Hull, the former president, having resigned the chair in favour of Dr ...

... Mrthanke EM1TO1RATio-, ON A LARGE SCALa.-The C'ork Exami jur of yesterday contains the following remarkable statement:- We were informed, no later than vesterday, even on the authority of the clergyman himself, that several thousands of the people of an extensive district within ten or twelve miles of this city have expressed their determination to quit the country Stu ill e(arnoestly ...

... ESECND-..E.DITIONS BY ELECTRIC TfELEZGPH. MERCURY OFFICE, FOUR O'CLocK. Lo2n-_oNT, -MONDAY M1%osRrn. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. -Antyerp, 27h ijust., ex- change on London, 25 25; . Ainsterdama, 26tb, 1195 Berlin, 27th, II159. THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH. 1nfelligence received at the South Foreland, at 6 PM. on Sunday, by the Submarine Telegraph itself, of its satis- factory completion to the French coast ...

... Joret-431 filtelltaralre. | THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE. Tuesday night passed off in Paris in the most tranquil man- ner. The greater part of the capital wore its accustomed as- pect. It was only about the theatres of the Boulevards that crowds were to be seen conversing in cheerful and animated terms, but with little appearance of excitement. Although there was a banquet and reception at the ...

... THE CENSUS FOR 1S51. 1'romn the summanaries of the 40,000 enumerators employed in taking the census a series of tables leave beenl comipih-d, and presented to both houses of Parliamelit, showinlg the popula- tion and houses in the divisions, registration counties, and districts oif England anid Weales, in thei coulities. cities, and burghs of ScotLand, and iul the Islands in thoe IBritish Seas ...