SCOTLAND.
We are sorry to state, that the number of unemployed weavers in Glasgow is still on the increase ; so that the necessity for raising sub- scriptions in their behalf is greater than ever. Under these circum- stances, we are sore that the wealthy part of the citizens will lose ito time in contributing to the Relief Fund. In the mean time, prepaia- tions are making for erecting a few soup-kitchens in the city, for the relief of those who have not yet been so fortunate as to get employment. —Glasgow Argus.
The 'Treasurer to the Operative Relief Committee has received from the Lord Provost, 100 guineas, transmitted to him by Lord William Bentinck, as his subscription in aid of the unemployed hand-bout Weavers.
On its being known at Inverness and its neighbourhood that Mr. Ellice was returned Member for Huddersfield, every one, young and old, assembled, and soon collected a splendid bonfire upon ail eminence, from which it was seen by most of the country. It was delightful to see with what cheerfulness and spirit old men and infirm women carried burdens of wood to the place of mirth, where there was no want of mountain-dew.—Inverness Courier.
An Edinburgh Quaker sends to a brother Quaker in London a sheet of letter-paper, containing nothing whatever in the writing way, save a note of interrogation, thus (?); his friend it:turns the sheet, adding, for sole reply (0). The meaning of the question and answer is" What news ?"—" Nothing !"
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