... A.LEGBD PrncHa3N 01' FrOPrzTy BY THERCALR.- DONIANa RAILWAY ComPAN . -It was stated in town yesterday, upon good authority.. that the Caledonia i taillway Company had concluded the purchase of 1 Seafield House and grounds, the residence of Jatmes T. Caird, Esq., under conditions, the purchase money btiag stated at £15,500. I TuE RICIOUR OF WINTER.-Large flocks of wild 1 ducks have been ...

... HOS.P5TAL FOR CHILDREN, -2'o the Etifor^ of the Glasgowo Hera&L Glasgow, Feb. 19, 1836. Sia,-As mrac discussion has taken place in your columns o-f-late on ?? important subject, I have to ask a place for this contribution of mine, whicb pretends to take at least an na- biasesd view, though it does not hope to decide the question-for it is difficult to convince those who have coveted an object, ...

... .ENG11, A:ND 3I NwsIA'xr.sB.-Accordiag to the NYcxspapcr E Pytsa -Directory, there are now established 0 within the United Kingdom 127i newspapers, a an increase in ten years of 523. In London a there are now published 220 journals; in the f provinces, 707; Wales, 43; Scotland, 139; Ireland, 128; British Isles, 14. Of these there t are 52 daily papers published in England, 1 in t Wales, 12 in ...

... TEE IN/FIMARY-TREATMENT OF I ~~CHILDREN. To the Editor of the Glasgow Herald. Glasgow Royal Infirmary, February 12, ISS,. SIB,-Not alone on public grounds, but from my connection with this Infirmary, I have watched with interest the discussion which your leader of the 7th inmt. has evoked. I did not intend to enter into the dispute myself, however, till I read the letter of Dr. A. M. Anderson, ...

... SALE OF A COMIC SINQGER! Yesterday afternoon, a novel sale, by public auc. tion, took place within the rooms of Messrs. Hutchi. son & Dixon, West Nile Street. For several days placards may have been observed i the city an. nouncing the coming sale of the services of Mr James Taylor, described as The Champion Comic of Great Britan On certain conditions Mr. Taylor proffered his services for ...

... [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] I FRANUE4' PARIs, Feb. 22.-The Bank of France returns for the week ending to-day shows the following changes compared withithe previous account:- Increase-Cash, 22k millions; current accounts, 700,000. Decrease -Commercial bills, 531 millions; notes, 30 4.5ths millions; advances, 600,000. THE BANK OF PRUSSIA. BERLIN, February 22.-The Bank of Prussia has reduced its rate ...

... THE SQOTN' DboUrTIO.T To EARL RUSSELL ON. REFORM. The foaowing froem the ais~ flle rh account of the preliminary proceeidg t the deputation on Monday to'gEazrl.Russell. : w noble;n Earlts peich was itself given hibstantially by tele. O.n Monday aftbrooii . a ?? appointed. at the gret public meeting heldiutie City Hal, lasgow, on the 28th of last montb,'wated upon Bail Russell fit his ifioa n ? ...

... THE.-NWAVY ESTIM&ATES ?? I! 3 'SL ,4 1. . S 1 !very ?? r~thelv h qastqeired ;oirdek ol& xb'libl mnohinery, and repairs;- and: £t4j77bditibihl' tand abroad. OtheP, ;t'eidit~ incefe1nSf1 £5s,208 yarfdepartrentnW charges','£2.,693'forj .iliwftly pe'ibaii 'aiid' 'allowa~ncqe5; £l0,804t'if dhioneS aid medical 'iitr;, 0804forcivil pgemiif3 knd 'lsdoevahedlii, abrozad' w ith' on'e loi WtUmAer r'5m W ...

... MAMMAR Y. Sir Charles Phippg, the Keeper of her Ma. jesty's Privy Parse, died on Saturday after a short illness. The melancholy event will cause some alteration in the arrangements for the forth. coming levees of the Queen. The Irish authorities are taking full advantage of the suspension of the IHabeas C'orpus. In Dublin, Cork, and Belfast arrests are of daily occurrence. We learn from ...

... = ' L '. ryT IN HONOUR OF I, B OP STRAIN. a:, VP, H~eunessey, W. Corbett, J. Grant, Edvard I.. ?? &a;an the ealy, J. MaCeod, A. Fo waeell e ad b 6; following ?? Rt. M. W nitham of Ku Iy con mpll, Mr A. V. Smith 91io o Of 6M~~f ldib r F Maxwell' Ofs ,. Roman ?? ?? the ,G Gilmour, J. ,ue H~ail'~ ?? reoq oormpiieel X imthe to Strin ?? ea larg umono i! hae R F. Coyne, rW. nave. C. on i During ...

... HONEST lIAGO' AGAIN. HONEST IAGO bai been 'mnaking another desperate effort, in the old style, to.deceive BO. many'of the Edinburgh public as canpoq'remem- her facts, and do not care totake the trouble 'of f searching them out. Ih the hope probably of bamboozling the Lord'rpyvist, who, it seprs,,31. was absent from.. th sibj on ?? ,piring of 1860, and'i therefoyrev 'iththe, cotsmrnas cue ...

... THE CATTLE PLAGrUE. 'til CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Sl Tlf nliouid weekly nireeting of the Cultral Commzittee wos eil ielld ili the lil eliibatics' 1hall Buildings on Friday-Mir the IM'Cellliie, Tillyfeir, in the chair, ski Tfh; ItONMOI.t1iY O'CcRETrA1;Y'S r.EPORT. sil hir BARCIAY, the Hon-o011Iry Secretary, read his report for anl thIe week, ats follows:- Slt I 11gla rlhld to relo)ist that there lies ...