SCOTLAND.
A correspondent of the Times, writing from Edinburgh, mentions that the Governors of Heriot's Hospital have effected the much-desired reform in management of that institution-
" The House Governor is now to devote his whole attention to the Hospital, instead of, as formerly, more than dividing it with certain out-door duty totally unconnected therewith. The men-servants are no longer to exercise the functions of mastership; but instead, one of the three principal teachers, who are to take the duty in rotation, is to assist the House Governor in the surveillance of the boys during play-hours." Several minor reforms have also been introduced. Meanwhile, the fifty boys expelled for contumacy have been taken back.
The Inverness Journal states that the recent food-riots in Scotland were not connected with want of food, but want of work, arising from a long period of unfavourable weather. In support of this view, it mentions some facts respecting the composition of the mobs, and the general prevalence of intoxication among those engaged in the disturbances.
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