11 MARCH 1854, Page 7

SCOTLAND.

All the seaports are anticipating a complimentary visit from the Rus- sians. Leith harbour is undefended ; but by the erection of a battery on Inchkeith Island, at a cost of 30001., it is said the harbour might be se- cured and the navigation of the Firth of Forth commanded on the island. The proposition is to have a revolving battery, mounting twenty-four 68-pounders.