SCOTLAND.
The rustic pleasures of the Royal Family have been varied by their pre- sence at the clan-gathering at Braemar to witness the games there played; also by the sport of "leistering salmon" in the Dee, and by a night's so- journ at the romantic hut on the border of Loch Mulch. The gathering at the castle of Braemar on Tuesday was as gay as that which her Majesty witnessed last year. Prince Albert appeared in philabeg and scarf with a buckle ornamented by a "brilliant cairngorum." We mentioned last week that her Majesty ascended Ben-na-bourd it seems that she distinguished herself by superior activity over her mas- culine consort. In the little struggle who should be first at the top of the crag which the Royal party climbed, the Queen sturdily used her hands as well as her feet, and by such resources gained the prize of ap- plause from the courtiers. Prince Albert continues his shooting : the Earl of Carlisle and Sir Ed- win Landseer have been congenial companions on the moor and in the forest. The Dutchess of Kent occasionally drives to Balmoral from Aber- geldie, and joins the circle at dinner.
An arch projected at Dundee in 1844, to commemorate the Queen's visit in that year, is almost completed. It is of solid masonry, with stairs leading to the summits ; the style Saxon, with ornaments emblematic of the intention. The structure forms an imposing gateway to the principal docks. It is, we believe, the only permanent memorial yet erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's Scottish progresses.
Forty-six churches have been erected, and fifty clergymen added to the Roman Catholic mission in Scotland, during the last ten years.
Two fishermen of Portsey are in custody at Tain under auspicious °ironing stances. They were found alone in their boat by the Preventive Service men, though there ought to have been a crew of five ; and there were marks of blood on their faces and about the boat. The only admission made by the prisoners is, that the whole crew got drunk, and then two fell overboard : but three are supposed to have perished, after a fight. One of the missing men was a brother and another a cousin of the fishermen in prison.
The Glasgow Daily Mail denies the truth of the story of cholera-impos- ture detailed by the Daily News. The clerk in question did die of cholera ; there can be no doubt of the fact, for several medical men attended him while expiring. It is true that some deficiency in his accounts was dis- covered, but that was fully made up from property he left. His brother, whose name was injuriously introduced in the story, wished to have the coffin exhumed to prove that the clerk was really buried; but the authorities have declared it to be quite unnecessary.
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