15 JANUARY 1848, Page 5

S COTLAND.

. Messrs. P. and EL Ferguson and Rhind, of Glasgow, have issued their annual statement of the Scotch pig-iron trade for the past year. The production of 1847 is 40,000 tons under. that of 1843; and although there Las been a considerable falling off in the iron sent coastwise, so as to make the shipments during 1847 less by 6,491 tons than in 1846, the ex- port to foreign countries shows a considerable increase: in 1845, the quan- tity was 54,671 tons; in 1846, 119,100 tons; in 1847, 143,460 tons.

Another riot of "navigators " has occurred at Stonehaven, on the line of the Aberdeen Railway. The men, who had been paid their wages on the 5th instant, began late at night to ill-treat the villagers; towards morning, they broke open several houses, and ransacked the butchers' and bakers' shops and the spirit-cel- lars. In one house, a young man was so severely handled that he died in a few hours. Two companies of soldiers were sent from Aberdeen, and quiet was re- stored. Many of the ringleaders have been lodged in gaol.