5 MARCH 1859, Page 7

SCOTLAND.

The Edinburgh section of Bright Liberals, headed by their chief's con- nection, Mr. Duncan M'Laren. held a meeting on Wednesday. They denounced the Ministerial bill as " most objectionable, most unconstitu- tional, and incomparably more revolutionary than Mr. Bright's bill." The meeting resolved to petition against the Government measure.

The new Masonic Hall, George Street, Edinburgh, was consecrated and inaugurated as the Freemasons' Hall of Scotland, with im= solemnities, on Friday aennight. Besides the office-bearers of the Lodge of Scotland, about two hundred metropolitan and provincial lodges were represented at the ceremony.