5 SEPTEMBER 1868, Page 3

The Nonconformist publishes a remarkable account of election prospects in

Scotland. There are 60 seats, and of these 32 will be filled by Liberals without a contest. In 15 more the only con- test will be among Liberals, three are Tory property, and of the ten contested seats, we shall win at least four, without counting Haddingtonshire, which ought to be Liberal. The total result will, therefore, be 51 Liberals to nine Tories. Toryism, in fact, is nearly dead in Scotland, where the people have had 200 years of education, and have organized their churches on the principle that the body of the laity has a right to define its creed, and make the clergy follow it.