SCOTLAND.
The Edinburgh Evening Post claims a triumph for the Tories in the recent municipal elections. The fact is, that they have gained ground in Cupar Fife, owing to the strenuous efforts of the neighbouring gentry ; and have succeeded in one of the wards of Glasgow : but in other places 'bey have been utterly defeated ; and in no one in- stance that we can discover have they acquired an ascendancy in the Councils. In Dundee, the Tories, although assisted by certain reputed Liberals, malecontent on a local dispute that nearly touched their breeches-pockets, did not succeed in electing a single member, though they contested every ward.
One of the remarkable incidents of the Dundee election, is the voluntary adoption of the Ballot by the Guildry,—that is to say, by the merchants of Dundee; not by the poor and dependent, but the wealthy class. The following account of their mode of voting is taken from the Dundee Advertiser.
At the upper cud of the Councittable was placed a canister of considerable size, with a alit on the top for the reception of the voter's card; and at the loner end was the clerk distributing tickets to the membern and keeping a note of the individuals' names. A number of desks, adapied fur the occasion, aere placed throughout the room, and printed instructions were lying about for the guidance of those interested. The voter, after threading his way through the crowd of spectators, applied to the clerk roc is card, upon which the names of both candidates were printed. and than repaired to one or the desks, where be strew his pen through the name of the candidate he rejected. Ile next moved too ants the canister ; and when he reached it. he placed the card into the slit, when it found its way to I he bottom. A clerk was here stationed to take a note of his name. It sometimes happened that the card sleek in the nay, but the teller took care that a passage was cleared for it. The voter then left the room, or remained to swell the concourse."
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