SCOTLAND.
The Highlands have been visited by storms of wind and rain ; and the Queen, like her subjects, has been put to some inconvenience. In spite of the rough weather at the close of last week, the Queen drove to the falls of Garr Valt, to Birkhall, and Penni& Wells ; but on Sunday the fury of the storm prevented her from attending church at Crathie. She was present on the banks of the Dee when the river was at its height. Fears were entertained lest the workmen engaged on a new bridge near Balmoral should be swept away, and the Queen directed that they should leave the works.
Except on Sunday, her Majesty was not constrained to remain in doors, but visited the Lynn of Dee, the Falls of Garr Valt, and Lady Agnes Duff at Corriemulzie Cottage. On Tuesday, the Queen gave her annual ball to the servants, keepers, and gillies on the estates of Balmo- ral, Abergeldie, and Birkludl. Her entrance about ten was the signal for dancing. Sir George Grey and Miss Nightingale were present.
At a meeting of the Commissioners of Supply for the county of Edin- burgh, on Tuesday, Sir George Clerk drew attention to the condition in which the failure of legislation on the part of the Government has left the Scotch schoolmasters. He described the Government as visiting on the schoolmasters vengeance for the failure of their educational mea- sures; and said that the object of the refusal to continue the arrange- ment with respect to salaries was to force the views of the Lord Advo- cate on the Established Church. He moved and carried the following resolution-
" We, the Commissioners of Supply of the county of Edinburgh, take this opportunity of expressing our regret that no act has been passed in the last session of Parliament to secure to the parochial schoolmasters of Scot- land the same amount of salary as they have received since 1828. We deeply sympathize with them on account of the painful position in which they are thereby placed, and which we are desirous to alleviate so far as lies in our power. We confidently trust that the heritors of the several parishes throughout Scotland are all equally disposed to protect this deserving body of men from loss, and that they will cheerfully continue to pay them the same amount of salary as heretofore until some legislative provision is made for permanently improving their condition."
Mr. Cowan, one of the Members for Edinburgh, and Sir William Gib- son Craig, concurred with the resolution, hut dissented from the political views of Sir George Clerk .
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