SCOTLAND.
We are glad to learn that, in a letter to the Very Reverend the Principal Macfarlan, Lord John Russell has accepted the unsought honour which has been conferred upon him and that he now is Lord Rector of the Uni versity of Glasgow. His Lordship states, that in consequence of the pressure of public business, he is at present unable to name a day when he can visit Glasgow for the purposes of installation.—Glasgow Aryls.
The Senates Academicus of the University of St. Andrew's have unani- mously conferred the degree of LL.D. on Lord Campbell, formerly an alumnus of that University.
The Commission of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and the Commission of the Free Church Assembly, both held their stated meetings in Edinburgh on Wednesday sennight. In the Assembly of the Establishment, a resolution applauding the conduct of the Directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, in closing the line on Sundays, was pro- posed by Dr. Muir, and carried, in spite of some resistance on the part of Mr. Cassels and the Procurator.
At tha meeting of the Free Church Commission, a discussion took place on the existing destitution in the Highlands and Western Islands. Several speakers having commented on the extent of the destitution, Dr. Candlish proposed a" deliverance," enjoining a collection to be made on Sunday the .6th December in all the congregations and mission-stations; a committee to conduct the distribution of the funds so raised; and a deputation to proceed to London to lay before the Government the present condition of the Highlands, with the view of obtaining some measure of relief.
A verbal report was received from the Sabbath Observance Committee, expressing gratitude to the Railway Directors for their decision. This was afterwards embodied in a resolution, supported by Dr. Candlish, and carried unanimously.
The Duke of Richmond has given permission to the Free Church con gregation of Inverhaven to erect a wooden church within half a mile of that part of the parish where they had requested a site.—Edinburgh Wit- ness.
Sir Edward Coffin has been engaged in Shetland, inquiring into the state of the poor.
Referring to the present dulness of trade, the Renfrewshire Reformer observes, that "the business part of the community are in a more sound and healthy state than at the commencement of our former depressions-
" As a proof of this, warehouses are more in demand than they have been for the last six years, and a general rise of rents has been obtained by the landlords. To accommodate this demand, some new buildings have been resolved on, and some of the contemplated premises are already let. We also hear of some new factories or public works whidi are to be erected in town."
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