SCOTLAND.
The Town-Council of Edinburgh held a special meeting on Tuesday, and adopted an address of congratulation to the French Emperor. It contains the following passage- " We hail with delight the advent of a prince allied to our country by hereditary descent, and destined, we trust, to draw still closer than even hitherto the bonds of amity which have so long subsisted between the French and the Scotch people. The efforts to restore tranquillity which are now being made by France and Great Britain, in conjunction with our allies, will we earnestly pray, be crowned with success, and thus constitute the prince the harbinger of peace to the world."
In connexion with the recent proceedings of the House of Lords on the subject of Appellate Jurisdiction, the Faculty of Advocates have met and resolved-
" That whilst acknowledging the many. benefits derived in times past to the law of Scotland from the intervention in the Court of Appeal of the dis- tinguished English lawyers who have advised the House of -Lords in giving judgments in Scotch cases, and whilst anxious that these benefits should be retained, the Faculty are of opinion, that in any changes which maybe in contemplation, with the view to improve the arrangements for disposing of appeals in the House of Lords, it is highly expedient that provision should be made for securing the presence in the House of an eminent Scottish lawyer to assist in the hearing of appeals; and that a Committee be appointed to take what steps may appear to them proper for promoting the object in view."
Mr. Layard has been again elected Rector of Marischal College and University, Aberdeen. On Thursday he was installed. At a public breakfast given in his honour on the morning of that day, he made a speech on the conclusion of ,peace. He said he had no confidence that the peace would be " upon the whole satisfactory." There is scarcely a man from Land's-end to John-o-Groat's who would not like another year of war : a statement received with a burst of cheering.
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