SCOTLAND.
The Commission of the General Assembly of the Church of Scot.. land have decided to petition against the Scottish Universities Bill, by a vote of 57 to 21.
Among the voters lately registered for the county of Selkirk, is Williamson, the Duke of 'Buceleueles celebrated huntsman. The Duke's exertions in registering his dependents have been noticed with satisfaction by the Liberal party in the county, who very truly consider it a symptom of the weakness which the Tories can no longer conceal.— Morning Chronicle. [This is queer reasoning. The Tories are not weak in Selkirkshire. At the last election they returned their candi- date by a majority of 206 to 175; but, no doubt, they are using every possible means, in that county as elsewhere, to increase their strength.] Mr. Andrew Johnstone has published an address in the File Herald to the electors of the St Andrew's Burghs, declaring his intention of standing again as candidate at the next election ! Andrew possesses astonishing powers of face, no doubt ; but this is going rather far,— unless, haply, he may be able to show a second decision in his favour, by those impartial judges, Lord John Russell and Mr. Spring Rice.
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