SCOTLAND.
The Elgin Courant mentions that a requisition has been got up in the burghs which compose that district, to Mr. Fox Maule to continue as their representative ; and that it is understood Mr. Maule has consented to contest the burghs with Sir Andrew Leith Hay and Mr. Duff at the next general election. Sir Andrew has been busily canvassing the electors.
A meeting was convened at Dundee last week, to petition Parliament for the abolition of patronage in the Church. The Chartists determined to thwart the objects of the meeting. According to the Dundee Advertiser- .. The first step they took, was to get tickets prepared exactly like those issued by the parties calling the meeting, and have them extensively circulated among their friends. This forgery having been discovered, it was announced by the Intrusionists that a reissue of tickets would take place, and that no persons except those holding the new tickets would be admitted. This, of' course, led to great confusion ; and before the hour of meeting, the turmoil had arrived at such a height that it was found necessary to shut the gates leading to the church. In short, a more disgraceful scene of outrage and confusion has not for a long time occurred in Dundee. When another meeting for such a purpose is to be held, we would recommend the da'light as a time far better suited for the purpose than the evening. Two individuals charged with being parties in the riot have been remitted to the Fiscal."
Three labouring men were found near Dumfries, frozen to death during the late severe storm. They were discovered in a sitting posi- tion by the roadside.
The two brothers Michael and Patrick Wallace, who have been com- mitted to Newgate charged with feloniously losing the ship Dryad,' are the sons of Andrew Wallace, long known as a respectable storeke*r in Leith. He was for many years the faithful servant of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, father of the late baronet ; and, from gratitude to his respected master, named his three sons after the family of Ardgowan. This will account for such names being associated with the late criminal proceedings against the Wallaces.—Greenoch Advertiser.
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