... GENERAL POST-OFFICE, EDINDT.TRGII. Bones Ciosc. j General Receiv'gI P.. in Edin. - P. Offl.ce. fouses. Leit. a Leith. MAILS. Aberdn,. Dundee, Perth,) 6a A8. 10 Or 10 Oi' 404 Stirling,-Alloa, &c. 7 a 7 20P 1 Or 1 O -6 lS0 ' Berwick and B. of England . 3OP 11 OP 1 eP 6 40A Berwick' Dunbar, Had-) sp 3~O ington, &c.B'E. oflng-n- * 5 15r 4 305' 401r 3. Or laud. . . ?? . . . Carlisle, Liverpool, ...

... GERMANY AND, TE sBALTIC. . o. ( OII 0WiV CORNESPONDEST. . .HIABbMG, August 19, 1857.-The ;Iolstein Diet has :at last commenced its sittings, and 3M. Lewetzan, who has been appointed. Royal Commissioner, by the King of Denmark, as I had informed-5ou he would ibe,:has opened -the sittings with a very-conciliatory speech; so that hopes .are more genera.ll4entertained * than they have hitherto ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-THURSDAY.D THE OrIUM TRADE. In reply to a question from the Earl of SHAFTES- BURY, relating'to the opinion of the law-officers of the Crown upon the legality of the sale of opium in China by the East.India Company, : The LORD CHANCELLOR stated, that, accord- ing to his opinion, there was no illegality in the manu- facture and sale of opium, but that it might be expe- dient that ...

... GENERAL POST-OIEICE, EDINBIRC-. MA S., Aberd'n, Dundee, Perth,). Stirling, Aleoas &c . . I Berwick and E. of England Berwick, Dunbar, Had.) dlngton, &c., E. of Eng-> land. ?? ?? Carlisle, Liverpool, Manx- cheater, W. &S.ofEng.. land ?? ?? ?? Currie, Slateford, Coling-) ton . . . ?? . ?? Dalkeith, Lasswog, Ros-) din, Peniculk, Corstor- phine ?? . - . Dublin, and South of Ire-l land . . Dunbar, ...

... I - SECGND EDITI WN OF SATURAyw-. *p:. *, - LL)NDON-, Oite,,~ ?? Bombiayportion 'of the 'Indian mail has' noe ,arived.. This,,isis occasionne cousiderable ineon. n; -7euiene,-' It may, however, be epected 'this after- The' Sarah Sands steamship, .wbich waes :to have embarked the head-quirrers of the 54thW'teginent; ae Potttsmoutb, 'has been reported incapable ;o! re~- ?? qcivingithe.troope ...

... STATE AND CHURCH, THE COURT.-Her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the Court em- barked on board the royal yacht V ictoria and lbert, on Monday afternoon, on a cruise to the Channel Islands. The royal party ar. rived in Cherbourg harbour on Monday evening. Admiral Count de Gourdun, prefect maritime, came on board shortly afterwards to pay his respects to her Majesty, and had the honour of being ...

... IRELAND AND THE IRISE. I (FiOU OUR OW: CORRESPONDEIN.) DUBLIN, FRmIAY-He is a wise man in his generation who with all his wordly affairs running tolerably smooth, and having a fair mount of money in his purse, or a respectable balance at his bankers, akes his departure from walled cities or crowded and unhealthy towns, and determined to enjoy rural scenery and tranquillity during this fleeting ...

... THB MIDDLESEX ELECTION, The election of a representanve for the county of Middlesex, in the room of Lord Robert Grosvenor, will take place at Brentford, on the morning of Thursday next. At present the only gentleman in the d is the Hon. George Byng, who wras recently elected member for Tavistock; but who, yesterday, vacated his seat to become a candidate for the netrop.3litan county. Mir. Byng ...

... Fishing-Latheron, Caithness, August 10.-The fish- ing of the past week on the Caithnese coast has been a moderate. At Wick the fishing averages about 9 V crans a boat for the week, and 29 for the season; at a Lybster, 10 crans for the week, and 20 for the season; t at Dunbeath, 12 crats for the week, and 24 for the season. Helnsdale is the only station in this quarter V that has been heavily ...

... A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon . at the official residence of Lord Palmerston, Downing Street.-Globe. RlRepresentation of Oldlzam. -Several meetings of electors have already taken place in reference to the vacancy caused by the fatal accident to Mr. Platt; l and we understand there is a strong feeling in favour r of nominating Mr. Cobden.- Globe. Thee Militia.- The following ...

... (From the Illustrated London Ne-ps.)- The mortal remains of the late Right Hon. John Wilson Croker were consigned to their last resting place, at Moulsoy Church, Surrey, on Monday. The funeral was of a private character. f Lieut-teneral Pennefetleer, in command of the. forces at Malta, has assumed the administration of the civil Government in the temporary absence of the Governor. The monument ...

... AceQ isnA Xr- .IA ?? n lA .. The annexed extract from the provincial journals received are important at this period:-- Libmniciz.-The crops are being fast gathered in throughout the country, and everywhere we find that the yield is most abuidant, and beyond that of late years. The wheat crop is abundant; but the oats are short in the straw. Reaping is general throughout the south of Ireland, ...