SCOTLAND.
The two Scotch elections have terminated in favour of the late Members.
The Honourable Francis Charteris met- with no opposition in Redding- tonshire ; and in due form he was on Tuesday, declared elected. There has been, however, a slight opposition to Viscount Drumlanrig; the origia of which he explained to the electors, at Loekerby, on Wednes- day sennight. Sir William Jardine, of Applegarth formerly the proposer
of Lord Drumlanrig, had then just issued his address. Referring to this, Lord Drurnlanrig said—
He would tell them a somewhat remarkable story : he would give them a plain unvarnished tale, without any comments upon it ; and on this they could think and draw theirown conclusions. He would ask any one present,
when they had first heard of this opption ? (A voice from the erowel.t "Lest Saturday.") Well, on Thursday last he was in London. Ife calla,
in at the Carlton Club ; they all knew, he supposed, what that Was—it was a place where Tory electionS were managed under the superintendence of Ma- jor Beresford. They had heard of Mr. Frail, and others like him. It was a place where a rod in pickle was kept for naughty boys who would not sup- port men like Lord Derby. When he went in, he met there a Dumfries- shire gentleman—he would make no secret of the matter, but give his name —Mr. Butler Johnstone. Mr. Johnstone was a good Mend of his. He said, "Conic here, Drumlanrig, I want to talk with you. Do you expect to be op- posed in Dumfriesshire ?" Lord Drumlanrig said he did not think so ; he did not see any reason why he should be opposed now. "Well," said Mr. Johnstone, "I can tell you, you will be opposed. It was all talked over here last night : several names were mentioned, but it was not settled who the
man was to be." Lord Drumlanrig could have mentioned all these names, but he thought it better not to do so. So, then, the independence of the county was to be kept up by the Carlton Club ! Now he could most so- leml- assure them that all these statements were facts.
Su sequently, Sir William Jardine withdrew. On the day of nomina- tion, Wednesday, Mr. Butler Johnstone appeared on the hustings. He denied that the Carlton Club had any more to do with the election than the "man in the moon"; but he did not substantially contradict the con- versation reported by Lord Drumlanrig. He adopted a different course : he advised the electors to keep an eye on Lord Drumlanrig as to May- nooth and Jewish emancipation. In the main he was laughed at. This was all the opposition which Lord Deumlamig encountered, and he was declared to be duly elected.
. The Honourable Colonel Lauderdale Maule having been appointed Sur- veyor-General of the Ordnance, a new election must take place for Forfar- shire; hat the writ cannot be issued till the reassembling of Parliament. There is not likely to be any opposition to Colonel Maule's reelection.— Bootseten.
A man accidentally lost his life at the Paisley railway station on the night of Monday last. He arrived there by the seven o'clock train from Glasgow, which consisted of two engines, twenty-four carriagest and two vans. He was in one of the far-back carriages, which, on stopping, stood opposite to the parapet of the bridge over the Cart. On coming out of the carriage, he stepped on to the parapet, possibly taking it in the dark for a platform, and immediately disappeared into the river. His wife and other passengers were in the act of following ; which Mr. Wodrow, acting station-master, ob- serving, rushed forward and prevented, otherwise more lives would in all probability have been lost.—North British Daily Nail.
Six fishermen have been drowned at Burnmouth by the upsetting of a boat when not far from the shore.
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