There has been a mysterious disappearance in Scotland. The Lord
Justice Clerk (Mr. Patton) went to his estate in Glenal- mond, Perthshire, this day week, and on Monday morning went out before breakfast for a walk, and has not since been heard of. The Almond river has been dragged, and the moors searched, but up to last night nothing had been discovered except a necktie and an empty razor-case, said to have belonged to Mr. Patton, which were found on the bank of the river. It is also said that marks of blood have been found on the branch of a tree overhanging a precipitous bank of the river. Only a month or so ago the elder brother of Mr. Patton died suddenly while shooting on the Glenalmond Hills. Mr. Patton was to have given evidence before the Bridgwater Commission as to the election of 1866, but a final plea in arrest of his evidence seems to have been put in.
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