SCOTLAND.
A number of the citizens of Glasgow have adopted a memorial to Lord John Russell praying that in dealing with the Italian question he will stand fast on the principles he enunciated at Aberdeen, and stretch British influence to the utmost to procure the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Italian soil. They regard the question of European liberty as at stake in the Congress; and ask, "if the States of Central Italy are to be enforced to act against their own recorded convictions, why may not any other States be compelled to exist under like subordination to a few paramount Powers ?"
The elevation of Lord Duncan to the peerage, in consequence of the death of his father, causes a vacancy in the representation of Forfarshire.
The Edinburgh folks have discovered how to drink whiskey on Sundays without incurring the penalties of the Forbes Mackenzie Act. A club is formed. The members arc admitted without ballot, by paying 2s. admission fee. Each member can introduce two friends. They have a club-master at a sale?". The police were ordered to enter the club, and they were refused admission. M'Arthur, the club-master, was summoned, but Sheriff Ilallard very properly decided that the police had no right to enter a club.
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