SCOTLAND.
Mr. T. H. Miller, advocate, was gazetted on Tuesday as Sri Depute of Selkirk.
A meeting of the admirers of Sir Walter Scott was held on Pijclay in Edinburgh, at the great Assembly Room, for the purpose of doing honour to his memory, and to consider of erecting to it some lasting monument. Noblemen and gentlemen of all parties and polities as sembled to do honour to the illustrious dead. Among thoie most pro- minent, were the Duke of Buccleucb, the Marquis of Lothian, Earls Rosebery and Dalhousie, Lords Balmeny and Meadowbank, the tool Advocate, Sirs G. Clerk, J. G. Craig, W. Rae, J. Dick Larnder, J. Forbes, G. Ballingall, Professor Wilson, &c. The Lord Provost-was in the chair. The resolutions were moved and seconded by the Duke- of Buceleuch, the Earl of Rosebery, the Lord Advocate, Profeksor Wilson, Lord Meadowbank, Sir George Clerk, and Sir John Forbes. It was determined to erect a monument in Edinburgh,. and a Com- mittee to conduct the subscriptions was appointed on the spot. . Sic- John Forbes, on behalf of the banks of Edinburgh, creditors of Sir Walter, subscribed 500/. towards the object of the meeting; and before the close of the meeting 1,1001. was subscribed from twenty-four indi-
viduals alone. Committees were then nominated for Edinburgh, Glasgow, and London. The following are the terms of the principal resolution—" That this meeting, in accordance with what they believe to be the general wish and hope of his countrymen, are of opinion that a public memorial should be erected in the metropolis of Scotland to the memory of Sir Walter Scott, on a scale worthy of his great name, and fitted to convey to future times an adequate testimony of the esti- mation in which he was held by his contemporaries." It was moved. and seconded by the Lord Advocate and Professor Wilson.
The Morning Chronicle says, there are funds sufficient to cover all. the debts of Sir Walter Scott without touching Abbotsford. " Mr. Cadell, the bookseller, has undertaken to pay 26,000/. for the publica- tion of the remainder of his works, on the plan which had been so far proceeded in. This will clear off all the claims. A near relative of Lady Scott some time ago left 60,000/. to the children of Sir Walter, and the eldest son received a large fortune with his wife. The pnblie therefore, are spared the pain of knowing that the family of one to whom they are so largely indebted are left in a state of destitution."
The Duke of Buccleugh presided, on Thursday last week, at a meet- ing held in Kelso for the show of cattle and agricultural implements, under the patronage of the Highland Society.
A voluntary Dissenting Scotland-was
for the West of Scotlanwas formed on Thursday morning. Between three and four hundred Dis- senters, who appeared from their leaders to belong to the Relief, In- dependent, and Secession bodies, assembled at breakfast in the Black Bull Hall ; the Rev. Dr. Dick in the chair. A series of resolutions were then agreed to, the Association formed, and a Committee ap- pointed.—Scorsazan.
The present Magistrates and Council of the Royal burgh of San- quhar have publicly intimated their resolution to throw open the elec- tion at :Michaelmas to the inhabitant householders, who have been re- quested to make up and lodge with the Town-Clerk, on or before the 26th current, a list of the individuals whom they desire should beap- pointed office-bearers and counsellors for the ensuing year, in orderthat such individuals may be elected in a formal and legal matiner.—Clas- now Chronicle.
Four bodies were lately takenfrom the Kirk-aldy burying-groom!, three of which were cholera subjects. A boat was taken from'the beach during the night for the purpose, it was supposed, of transpOrt- ing the cargo to the opposite side of the water. The boat was found by some of the Newhaven fishermen, who returned it to the owner upon his paying the salvage.—Scotsman.
On Wednesday, a most atrocious murder was committed by .rohri Stewart, woodranger, at Cally, near Dunkeld. All his children having been at out-of-door-duties, he seized that opportunity to get hold of an axe, with which he deliberately murdered his wife' having apparently inflicted at least three tremendous blows on her face and head. • On one of his daughters coming to the house, she met him rushing froth it in an infuriated state, and with some difficulty escaped with her life, he having threatened to stab her with a knife which he married. The family immediately alarmed the neighbourhood, and on proceeding to the house, the poor woman was found lying on the kitchen-floor life- less, and a bloody axe in the lobby. By this time, the monster had fled to the woods of Craigybarns ; and the authorities having requested the inhabitants to assist in searching, they, to their credit, notwith- standing the day n-as exceedingly wet and stormy, immediately went in search of him. After a pursuit of five hours, they succeeded in-appre- hending him, and despatched him to Perth Gaol.—Caledonian Mereury.
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