SCOTLAND.
The Empress Eugenie is now in Scotland. Her object in travelling, according to the Noniteur and the Post, is to dispel the " overwhelm- ing despair " caused by the death of her sister. The Emperor positively urged a change of scene and air, and this course resolved upon says the Post, "the selection of the country in which the Empress should travel, was, it appears, quickly made, and every one will be glad that the choice fell on England. It has been stated that her Majesty is on her road to Hamilton Palace. This, however, it seems is an error. The Empress is simply travelling in England and Scotland, and will not become the guest of any subject before her Majesty pays a visit to Windsor." Her Majesty has been visiting the sights" of Edinburgh this week- Holyrood, the Castle, Melrose, Abotsford, and Dallteith Palace. The peo- ple have received her with cordial welcome : when she went to the Castle, the garrison furnished a guard of honour; and the Town Coun- cil, on the motion of the Lord Provost, drew up and presented an ad- dress to her Majesty at her hotel. The Lord Provost, Mr. Brown Doug- las, said that her Majesty must have witnessed the interest which was felt and manifested, in herself personally ; and he hoped that this had not inconvenienced her Majesty, but would rather be regarded as indicating the gratification which was felt at the confidence manifested by the Em- peror of the French in the good feeling of the people of this country.
At a meeting of the Peers of Scotland, assembled at Holyrood Palace on the 15th, Baron Rollo was unanimously elected a Representative Peer, in the room of the late Earl of Levan and Melville.
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