SCOTLAND.
We understand that at the approaching general election there is every probability that the Earl of Dundonald will be proposed as one of the six-, teen Representative Peers of Scotland.—Caledonian Mercury.
The contest for the Stirling Burghs has undergone another change. Some time since, the state of Captain Spiers's health led to his withdrawitli and a requisition was then got up in favour of Lord Dalmeny, the preterit, Member. This requisition, although very numerously signed, his Lordship, has declined; and the candidates now left in the field are Mr. Alison and Mr. J. B. Smith.—Scotsman.
The new Liberal candidate for the Haddington Burghs, Colonel Sir Henry Robert Ferguson Davie, is prosecuting his canvass successfully.
There appears to be a "split" among the Liberals of Glasgow; some supporting Mr. John Dennistoun, one of the sitting Members, to the pre- judice of Mr. Macgregor, and vice versa. The merits of the dispute have not been brought completely before the public; and it is mixed up with a squabble about a change in the editorship of a local Whig paper.
Mr. Welford, the candidate for East Lothian, has withdrawn, in favour of Sir David Baird.
The Honourable E. J. Elliot, brother to the Earl of Kinto, has offered, himself for Roxburghahire, as a supporter of the present-Government.
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