SCOTLAND.
At a special meeting of the Edinburgh ToWn-Council on Saturday, the Lord Provost presented Dr. Merle D'Aubigne with the freedom of the city. In acknowledging the compliment, the reverend Doctor seized the occasion to bear his testimony to the worth and piety of Prince Frederick William of Prussia.
The unhappy strike of colliers in the West is at an end. Every- where the men have returned to work at the prices offered—fairly starved out, having sold their furniture to keep up the struggle thus far. It is supposed that the loss to the men in wages must have been 500,0001. Coals doubled in price in Glasgow, though large quantities were brought from England and the East -coast of Scotland. it is said that agitators, committeemen, and " spouters,"• prevented an early close of the dispute : the miners would have got better terms some time since if they would but have returned to work. Of course the employers, both in the coal and iron trades, have been heavy losers by the strike. The colliers re- turn to their labour with a bad feeling and in a gloomy mood.
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