7 MAY 1859, Page 9

SCOTLAND.

I It is wit extreme regret that we announce the death, in his 80th year, of

the Very Reverend Principal Lee, which took place within his house in the College at early hour on Monday morning. Principal Lee was one of the few survivors of the old race of Scottish divines and scholars, and many will miss from our streets and book-stalls his venerable and well-known figure. In 1840 he was elected by the town-council to the high office of Principal of the University. In 1844 he was elected to the chair of Divinity in the Uni- versity, which he held in conjunction with the principalship. Principal Lee was one of the deans of the Chapel Royal, and a Fellow of the Royal Society.—Fdinbargh Courant.