Two explosions have occured almost simultaneously m different parts of Edinburgh, which show.' that a deliberate outrage 1 has been .carried out. A parcel, about fouiieen inches, lopg, by seven m breadth, r and 'two'in^depth, and Wrapped m ' rafrwif 1 'pAjpbv, wUs' ; delivered- at ' the residence 'Ot' ! ; ;Mr Alexander Wtacddnald.'pblice coui t agent, Hill place. , On, taking off. t the wrapper, a box covered with" pictures was 'foun&'iMdev ;' The'boV contained thre'e 0 drawers, arid"ati effort was made to' open these at the ends, (b.u|'jsißj th,ey .were stiff .^he, , centre drawer was next tried, when} as it earn® ■ I Bwayi f ■ a frightful i axplosion [Oppura-pd., , ,Mr. Macdonald was severely burned^ 'aria* ' bne :l o'f 'ln"s eyes 1 ! is, it is feared, 1 < permanently injured. His mother, a erirl'bf about four years of age, and a woman residing m Dock-street, Leith',)'wh!oiwaa.ph ,jv visit to the family, were also severely burned, afid 1 Mr' 1 Msicdonai^s^theif,- who was n the act' 1 of coining into the rooni-at.|ih.e tipoje, w.as o knocked down m lobby J ?ind r u rendered y ins'en sible. The hitWior of'tfie'tfwellu^g-house, which , is on ,the street flat, Avas con iSidgr^biy.damaged, and th,e'mndow shattered. ' A window at. $Ie" back of the Koyal Princess " Theatre, which is close upon the house, was also blown m. In the other case, the ejpjosion qccurred m Sftnth St. James street m a h6use occupied by l^frs John Barrqn. She received a box of .a similar, description, ..tad on its being opened she and a son laud a daughteMn-law were all in jured. Two windows of the. house, whioh is on the third flat, were blown out, and clothes of the three persons caught fire. They all rushed.out of the ; hpuse^ jyhile m flames, which were extinguisheiJ by the neighbours. ''■' Tlieir injuries were attended t9 at a, neighbouring apothecary's, and, from there^they were removed to the Eoyal.infirm ary. The police have archie to the perpetrator of the outrage, and are busily engaged making the requisite investigations. Trace has been ob tained of the delivery of the bo xes from the Waverly station, at which they arrived, by train from Glasgow and they are believed to have beeii sent from there by a person belong ing to Edinburgh out of revenge. 