SCOTLAND.
Mr. Rutherfurd, the Lord-Advocate, has accepted the judicial seat va- cant by the death of Lord Monereiff ; and Mr. Monereiff, the Solicitor- General, a son of the deceased judge, takes the post of Lord-Advocate. Mr. John Cowan, advocate, is mentioned as the successor of Mr. Monereiffi The new Lord-Advocate is a candidate, on Free-trade principles, for the vacant representation of the Leith district of boroughs. The election, which is unlikely to be contested, takes place on Monday.
The gross income of the several turnpike and bridge trusts in Scotland in the year ending Whitsuntide 1849 was 306,1607., and the expenditure during the same period 329,5164 The debts due by the trusts were 2,123,4284, and the total arrears of income amounted to 140,2651.
A passenger on board the Lapwing steamer got his foot entangled in rope with which the vessel was fastened to a post on entering Kytra Loch, and the foot and part of the leg were torn off by the sudden tightening of the line. The limb was amputated above the knee, but the patient died.
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