SCOTLAND.
The Scottish Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures connected with Ar- chitecture was opened at Glasgow last week ; the Lord Provost and the Corporation taking a conspicuous part in the inaugural ceremony. The exhibition consists of specimens of house-furnishing, other varieties of ornamental and decorative art, and a chronological history of architec- ture by means of casts, drawings, and models.
At the present time extensive districts on the West coast of the counties of Inverness and Ross are threatened with famine. The potato crop has failed ; and the barley crop, scanty in many districts, has been spoilt by bad weather. The people in the Islands are dependent on Glasgow for meat and provisions ; yet two steamers have ceased to ply.
The movement against public vehicles plying on Sundays is spreading : the Dundee cabmen and their masters have agreed that cabs shall not be let out on Sunday except when life or property is at stake.
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