... DEPARTURE OF THE RATLWAY ¶-PEAUS . STEAMERS,A&C.,.FROM.EDINBU.G : : . . -. n, AY. . . . . - WAT'REinYa 'BRIDGE TZRIUNUSn OF NOhRTH BR2TLIJ h5LA 1EDINBUROH, PawrnnmPrni AWYE, ~ 4)IlAN NTE RAXLRATEIMWAT. AtO LAGO ~S - Cem. ij 4.ALWd Aberd;an (S. ) m630 1 - Arbro,~ S P. ?? am. 6.ao, I-p:m AUllt der l5Y7~ - 10 2 a0 6 j ,Ahtrdr(S.C.) a.m. aPn1' 4 60 46 3 .Aytou.(N.B.) rn97 -62,t,.552,- 610 0 I'7 4 ...

... A, of I t VI ,S, ??.v fri I 4 :?R - : ? I I ? ?A , ?l I- . AFFiAIRS AT THE C APE.A (PROM THE TIMES.) The 'siaie,'of our affiairs3 at the Cape, as desrb B on Friday: nighlt, is nut encpo.raging. It is~ not but .. Iwhat the colony is a valua~ble olony-very valuable In indeed, withr an almost unlimited expansibility~isalu7. St brius lilat, rodct~-e sil, ifintenatural hd-' vanage, ad, n's'or, 'll ...

... BY'ELECTRIC TELEGRIA-PR. ?? patliall~telt. HOUSE OF COMMONS-XVWDNEEDAs The Kinrosssbire Railway Bill, and the Leslie Rail- way Bill were read a third time and passed. - Mr HEADLAM moved the second reading of the Medical Profession Bill (No. 1.) Mr CRAUJFURD objected to the Bill, that it was in opposition to the recommendation of a Select Com- mittee upon a very important point, that of the con ...

... I- :. :! ' :,:Si : i: X, ?? :- ?? - - DEPARTUBE OF THE RAILWAY 'RAINS STEA)ERS, ?? FROM -EDD.BURGI.' 'W A mTHRL Y ,BIUDrj . TEIpm IOTs Or on e 1 v1 f lt LW E f ,- Bn AY,- 2 ~ . WUG- *ET~ AX., Dux nRAL Fy-~ u R 2,- 43 -S O . C - .- tm . ! 1 2 Abardeen- (8 C.) am.. 300 6 -p 21 (1 o, c4 , Aberdoen (. P. .D.) am. 6.30,13 : 1 16 S1l 1 ,t2-,4,6 ;0 e 4~~1 3112 ._ Arbroath jEL B.) 1 9.) am; 9.5- nO41 ...

... ,spirit ff ttt 1Tus. THE PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL. (FRos THE DAILY NEWS.) I The sort of preliminary debate which took plece last night on Lord Palmerston's motion for leave to bring in a Parliamentary Oaths Amendment Bill, though brief in its duration and limited as to the number of those who took part in it, was not with- out features of interest. The speech of the Pre- Mier was eminently ...

... AGENTS FOR THE CALEDONIUN MERCU1RY. Aberdeen . Messrs A. & 11. Milne, Athenvsani. Do. ?? s L & J. Smith Do,. M r W.'Panton. Do. Messrs D. Wyllie & Son. Aberlady ?? :Mslitchell. Aloa . ?? Mr J. Lothian. Arbroath . M ?? Mr James Smith. .Do. ?? Mr G. Sutherland. Auchterarder ?? Mr Lawrence. ,Bathgato ?? ,,.fMr J. Johnstone. Do. ?? James Fergason. .Berwick North ?? ?? ?? Hope. Berwick-on-Tweed ...

... ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS- CONVERSAZIONE. The fifth and last of these interesting meetings was held last night in the Surgeons' Hall. Invitations had been iss~ed to about 450 persons principally belong- iug to the medical faculty. Among those present were Dr Maclagpn. ?? ProfessoTs Gregory, Simpson, Balfonr, Wilson, and Allman, a majority of the members of the College of Physicians, and the ...

... et rcu r. ztlc ou all EDINBURGH. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1857. t The MERacURY is Published DAILY, PRICE TaRER-SALPPENCE or 9s 9d ' Quarter, if paid in advance. 11s credit. Stamped a Penny extra per Copy. Stamped Copies of the Caledonian Afercuryare forwarded bypost for a subscription of 32s 6d Half-yearly, or i6s ad Quarterly, pay- able in advance from any date. Three Papers can be forwarded ...

... I f ,I -al ., grxtll?t'llr 1?11t? I'li, - I REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE FOR THE PAST WEEK. (FROM THE ifARK LAINE E XPRERS.) During the past week, although the temperature at its commencement was lowered, with some quantity of rain, vegetation has scareely been checked 'in its progress, and the corn fields continue as promising as can be desired. The pastuies also are well cov'erer and artificial ...

... -,Fiat F.NGLA.ND. Tim FurNCII IN Ct11NA.-A letter from Toulon announecs that a Company of the 4t'i Regiment of Marines bave received orders to hold tihemselves ready to embark in the Imperial corvette Duranee, which is to proceed to China. Two gunboats, fully equipped for war, are about to sail for the same de- stination. D'URrEY's TAnLET.-Iul enlarging the Church of St James, Piccadilly, they ...

... The ?? letter has been communicated by the t eminent German astronomer, Von Litirow, to the Vienma Gazette.- Inquiries have been so often made of late about a the great comet, the arrival of which has been ex- TI pected. that we think it desirable to'state briefly.the actual state of -the case. About the middle of the lest century. observers first perceived the resemblance between the orbit ...

... ED rNBUR G H. ART MANUFACTURE ASSOCIATioN.-Last night, a full-dress promenade took place in the National Gal- leries. There was a numerous though by no means crowded attendance. LECTURIS1 ON LIFE AssunA.cn.-Last night Mr Edward Sang delivered the first of a course of four lectures on Life Aqsurance, under the auspices of the Faculty of Actuaries, in the upper lecture room, Queen Street Hall. ...