... >p,:; t ir t1 t tlr- cS-S. THE DEBATE ON CHINA. (FROst T1t11 TIMES.) In what light will these debates on the Chinese question appear to the bistorian who is ,considering the question some twenty or fifty years heuce ? The two Rouses will have each devoted man'j' valuable hours to the lorcha Arrow and 'its register,-. to the justice or injustice of demnanding an' ini'erviewy'' with ...

... dmirt Ato j astiolr. WINDSOR, Feb. 7.-The Queen walked and drove in the Home Park this morning. Prince Albert and the -Princess Royal accompanied her Majesty. The Duchess of Sutherland and the Right Hon. Sir B. Hall left the Castle in the foresiion. Her Majesty held a Privy Council at half-past twelve o'clock to-day. Pre. sent: Prince Albert, Earl Granville, Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, ...

... 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 ...

... s -orti4 -- .teliftit FRA&CE. ' The following' is; from the Paris correspondent of the Globe-The Grand Duke Constantine has actually laughed ! This event, which surpasses in importance all such trifling considerations as amnesties or auto- grabhic notes, did really take place, and no later than Thursday last. 'The entire Court of the Tuileries can testify to the fact, should 'Sir' Robert Peel ...

... AGENTS kFORT 'ILE CA.LEDONMN MERCUU Aberdeen ?? Messrs A. & It. Dilne, Athemieumr Do. ?? Messrs h, & J. Smith Do. ?? 3 r W. Panton. Do. ?? M SSrB D. Wyllie & Son. Aborlady ?? Fh F. 31itchelL Alloa ?? . 1Mr J. Lothian. Arbroath ?? ilr James Smith. Do. ?? r G. Sutherland. Auchiterarder ?? Mr Lawrence. Bathgate ?? Ar J. Johustone. Do. ?? Mr James Ferguson. Berwick North ?? r Thomas Hope. ?? A. ...

... 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 ...

... ; ?? oF PuNHe. y i Sonumntxo.-, Pat (Boots at the Bri- tish ?? tae your hotw Hater, sfr:i'- Sir re *Uo~in- AIllright. I'-ve bieemready a long time. i A HEBO'S ?? brevity is the soul or' wit, Sir .to iolin r'Capisell,; whben, in answer' to the 0 teestion .in how soon- be could' star.t for India, he answered, To-' rT morrow i uttered one of the smartest'recorded pieces of ready it.. - ; .R ...

... AGENTS FOR T1EE CALEDONIAN MERCURY Aberdeen. ?? Messrs A. & P. Milne, Atheneum. Do. ?? Messrs L. & J. Smith Do. . ?? Mr W. Panton. Do. ?? . Messrs D. Wylie & Son. Aberlady ?? Mr . Mitchell. Allo a ?? Lothian. Arbroath .UIr James Smith. D o. UG. Sutherland. Auchtera r e ?? Mr Lawrence. Bathgate ?? ?? 3ir J. Johnstone. Do . ?? Mr Jamees Ferguson. Berwick North ?? Mr Thomas Hope. ?? A. Henderson. ...

... 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 ...

... 'Vm iltdal A'attiliP Tt c 9. Tim CLERGY AND THu FIARS PRICEs. - The Arbroath News says a number of the parochial clergy- men, our readers know, are at present agitating for an alteration in the-mode of striking the fiars, with a view to increase their stipends. They bave memo- rialised the Sheriff on the subject; and the 16th has been fixed for determining the question. To farmers the ...

... 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 ...