... 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. ...

... DINNER TO ARCHD. HASTIE, ESQ., M.P., FOR PAISLEY. On Thursday evening, the friends and supporters of M r Archibald Hastie, M.LP. for Paisley, entertained that gentleman to dinner in one of the flats of a large building recently erected in connection with the Saucel Distillery. The hour of meeting was five o'clock, and by that time the apartment was filled by upwards of 400 gentlemen, chiefly ...

... THE EAST. Admiral Lyons, with several men-of-war, quitted' the Bosphorns on the 25th March fbr Malta. The stipulated day was the 30th. The rest of the ships would follow on the 31st March. Riza Bey is appointed Turkish Ambassador to the. Court of St Petersburg. THE PRINCIPALITIES. JAssy, March 18.-The reading of the firman for- the installation of the new Kaiinackan of Moldavia has taken place ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... ?? rovilidal ?',-R'Atffl!qfvrt. INTRODUCTION oF Gn.RAYLING.-Tbe West of Scot- I land Angling Club have recently deposited 20,000 ova, brought from EnglAnd, in a properly constructed hatching pond at Abington on the Clyde. pi SUNDAY TRADING IN GLASGOW.-The Magistrates 01 of Glasgow,' in consequence of remonstrances ad- w dressed to them in regard to the opening of milk, a confectionary, and ...

... V- ?? ?,Ilttlligtllft. THE labourer, named Patrick MwCann, who was stabbed at Milngavie on Friday last, died on Monday. THE CLYDE SUSDAY STLAsArna.-The Sunday steamer Emperor made her first trip for the season down the Clyde on Sunday, as far as -Dunoon and Kilmun. The passengers were limited in number. TEn LANDS VALUATION AcT.-The Monarose Standard ?? learn on good authority that it is in ...

... A Treasnry warrant published in last night's Ga- zeUS repeals the warrant dated the 14ith 'day' of August 1856, and the several rates of postage, and the several orders. directions, and reegulations therein mentioned and set forth, relating to the transmission, by the post, of packets, consisting of, hooks, publica- tions, or works of literature or art,' within the United Kingdom, are' to ...

... (FROM THE SIECLE.) In both countries an equal number of sheep, is bred; this number is about 35,pO0,000 head. The- 35,000,000 in the United- Kingdom live on thirty- one million hectares'(2i acres), while the 35;000,000 in France live on 53,000,000 hectares. It theefbore results that on an equal extent-of territory the Eng- lish breed two sheep where we only breed one. This is not the sole ...

... iNSURRE:CON -t SARAIWA.i: We (Tuska) ha4b;en fav>ed with the tollowie@ letter from Sianj Brook%.addressedtoa warm per- sonil iri wid; ad descri ing the eventgf ~fthe late in. surrection, and the steps taken to suppress it:- Balidah, March 15. I may now relate more circumstantially the events of the last few weeks. Sarawak was as peaceful as it had ever been, and there was no cause to excite ...

... I'rovincial -liddlipuff. v ?? REDUCTIOx OF DUrY ON SCOTCH HEnRRix-S EN- TERINr RUSSIA.-The new Russian tariff reduces the ditty on Scotch herrings from 70 copecs to 40 copecs per pood. The pood is equal to 40lbs imperial. The copec is about the third of a penny; 40 copecs are equal to Is 3d sterling. A FORTUNATE MINERt.-We (Banffshire Journal) are informed that a nugget of gold, weighing 235 ...