SCOTLAND.
The Scottish legal appointments have now been completed. The office of Solicitor-General of Scotland has been again conferred on Mr. Edward Maitland, who held it under the last Liberal Government. Mr. A. R. Clark, Mr. D. Mackenzie, Mr. F. M. Heriot, and Mr. W. Ivory have been chosen as Advocates-Depute. Mr. Monerieff presented his com- mission as Lord Advocate to the Court of session on Friday week.
Mr. Alexander Russel, the able and esteemed editor of the Scotsman, newspaper, is about to receive from his political and other friends a tes- timonial of a substantial and gratifying kind. At a meeting held at Edinburgh on the 19th of May it was resolved-
" That Mr. Russel by his able, consistent, and powerful advocacy of en- lightened political principle; having largely contributed to the diffusion of sound Liberal opinions in Scotland, a testimonial be presented to him in recognition of these services to the community, and as a mark of respect for his honourable and independent conduct in public and private life."
The subscription list then opened has now been published, showing an amount already subscribed of 12911. The list is headed by the Duke of Roxburghe and the Earl of Stair for 501. each, and among the other names appearing on it are Lord Macaulay, the Earl of Minto, Lord Melgund, Lord Panmure, the Right Honourable Mr. Ellice, M.P., and about twenty present and former Scotch Members of Parliament, s large unmet' the citizens of Edinburgh and of the leading supporters of Liberal opinions in the East and South of Scotland. The liquidators have taken the first step in legal proceedings against the Directors of the Western Bank of Scotland by causing them to be served with a summons, calling upon them to make good the enormous losses sus- tained by the bank in consequence of their acts. The acts referred to ex- tend as far back 1847, and forward to the fall of the bank; and the sum claimed is reckoned by millions. It is alleged that the balance sheets of the bank between 1847 and 1857 are false and fraudulent, and on this ground redress is demanded.
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