30 AUGUST 1845, Page 1

Scotland steals from England for the nonce some sparks of

vitality,—to wit, those lively sparks who go a-shooting in the moors. The electors of Linlithgow elect Mr. Millie, of Polkem- met,—a very amiable young gentleman ; who duly takes, not his seat, but his gun ; passes, not bills, but hills ; and is embarrassed, not by packed committees, but packed game. Who cares now for the Speaker's bell The time has come to leave child's play and attend to the real business of life. And the work of sport goes on merrily, Irish fashion, with some accompanying stimu- lants. The Free Church has selected the shooting-season for a campaign in the Highlands—a General Assembly at Inverness, to discuss the subject of spiritual destitution in the Highlands. It is a gathering of the reverend clan on a kind of deer-stalking mission—a plan for surrounding the holyday-makers and shaming them with spiritual importunity out of alms for the relief of the destitution aforesaid. Also there is some rioting about wages at Dunfermline. So that the annals of Scotland this week are, not so dull as usual.