SCOTLAND.
The result of the Orkney and Shetland election was not known at Kirkwall till Tuesday; when the numbers of the whole poll were stated to be—for Anderson 209, for Dundee 183 ; majority for Anderson 26. Tho excitement during the polling was intense; and one bedridden man, aged ninety, was conveyed in a cart to Lerwick, supported by his daughters, to vote for Mr. Anderson.
It is intended to give a public dinner to the Earl of Dalhousie at Edin- burgh before his departure for India. The Duke of Buccleuch is at the head of the list of friends who invited him.
A Dutch fleet, consisting of four frigates and a schooner, under the com- mand of Prince Henry, the youngest son of the King of the Netherlands, arrived at Leith last week. The Prince was received with due honours by Major-General Riddell, the Commander of the Forces in North Britain. After looking about him in various parts of the city, he proceeded to visit Sir John Hope at Pinkie House, and Lady Milne at Inveresk.
The annual gathering of Highlanders at Braemar, Aberdeenshire, took place on Thursday sennight, with more than the usual eclat. Amongst the numerous circle of distinguished visitors was the reigning Duke of Nassau, who accompanied the Duke and Dutchess or Leeds. The games consisted of the usual routine. After the prizes had been awarded, there was a banquet given by Sir Alexander Duff; the festivities terminating with a ball.
Mr. William Chambers is endeavouring to get up a movement in Edin- burgh against the Government scheme of education in so fax as it does not propose to abolish tests for parochial schools.
The storm which greeted the Queen's arrival at Ardverikie was very severely felt all round the North coast of Scotland. Accounts from the Orkney Islands mention the probable loss of the Queen's steamer Mastiff, off the Island of Sander, near Kirkwall. This vessel, which had been en- gaged in surveying the coast, was driven from her anchor and carried on shore during a most violent gale. Fortunately, the officers and crew are all saved.
Another ship, supposed to have contained three hundred emigrants, and described as the Canton of Hull, was wrecked on the Sunday, on the rocks at the " Far-out-Head," in Durness. All on board are supposed to have perished. Seventeen bodies had been washed ashore; all sailors. There have been minor wrecks at Thurso, Fraserburgh, and Lerwick in Shetland, with considerable loss of life.
At the half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian Railway Company, held on Tuesday, it was decided that there should be Sunday trains. The vote stood-6.428 for, 2,874 against; majority 3,554 votes. Besides proxies specially sent in favour of Sunday trains, the directors had 636 Votes sent for discretional use.
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