SCOTLAND.
There are no materials to complete the summary of the Scotch Municipal Elections, on account of the same defects that we have no ticed in the case of the English; but we add a few to those reported last week— Aberdeen. The Nonintrusionists are said to have gained strength. Airdrie. Three Tories were elected and one Liberal.
Anstnither Easter. The election makes the Council composed of eleven Liberals and eight Conservatives. Crail. Seven retiring Councillors were elected without opposition. Cupar. The Conservatives took no part in the election. Dumbarton. Six Conservatives were returned without opposition. Dunfermline. The Council is said to be composed of thirteen Radicals, one Whig, and eight Tories ; but the Radicals have lost ground by the election. Dundee. The successful candidates are thus classed—Nonintrusionist, three ; Dissenter, one; Moderate Tory, one; " Sturgeite and Voluntary," two. The struggle lay mainly between the Complete Suffragists and the Non- intrusionists ; but the election has not affected the relative position of parties in the Council.
Falkirk. Four Liberals were returned without opposition. Greenock. It was a compact between the Liberal and Conservative patties that the outgoing Councillors should be returned; and five out of the six were so; the sixth being returned by a party who are accused of treacherously breaking the compact. Inverness. The election turned upon a local matter, the sale of some town- lands ; to which all the successful candidates were opposed.
Kilmarnock. The Tories gained five out of six. Lanark. The Tories returned two out of the seven new Councillors; at which the Liberals express surprise. Perth. The struggle lay between two sections of the Liberals, Nonintruaionist and Moderate, and the Nonintrusionist party gain one by the transaction on the whole, however, they are still in a considerable minority. St. Andrew's. All the successful candidates were Tories.
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