15 MARCH 1851, Page 6

SCOTLAND.

The Reverend Robert Eden, D.D. Oxon, lately elected to the Scotch Episcopal " see of Moray and Ross," vacant by the resignation of Dr. Low, was consecrated to his office by the "Bishops of Edinburgh, Argyll, and Glasgow," on Sunday last, in St. Paul's Church, Edinburgh.

The average number of persons in custody in Scotland in the year 1849 was 3143; in 1850 it was 2990. The total expenditure incurred on ac- count of the various prisons in Scotland, during the year ended the 30th Jane 1850, was 47,496/. 128. 6t/.