23 MAY 1857, Page 6

SCOTLAND

The movement in behalf of Italy makes progress in Scotland. On 'Thursday sennight, a large meeting was held at Paisley, under the chairmanship of the Provost. Professor Nichol attended by invitation, and was the chief spokesman. The meeting resolved that the armed interference of foreign powers in independent states does not secure them happiness or prosperity ; that in Italy such interference is " the cause of -serious alarm to Europe " ; and that it behoves Great Britain-to use -every just and expedient means "to obtain the cessation of existing interferences" and prevent the like aggressions in future. In support of these views they determined to petition Parliament.

Mr. Henry Salmon, agent at Falkirk for the Commercial Bank of Scotland, has absconded after misappropriating some 30,000/. of the bank's money, spite of the searching inspection of accounts customary with banks in Scotland. He managed his frauds by not entering deposits in the bankbooks : doubtless he kept a private register of them, so as to know what interest was due, and thus escaped detection for a time by paying the depositors their interest. He had been connected with the bank for forty years.