SCOTLAND. it is said that the Government have determined to
appoint a Royal Commissionto Inquire into the State of Education in Scotland, and that in the meantime the capitation grants, which were to be extended to Scotland this spring, are to be suspended till the result of the commis- sion be known.—Daily News.
After an absence of twenty years, the Seventy-eighth Highlanders are again quartered in Edinburgh. On their coming being made known, the city bells rung; the Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers, the Midlothian Coast Ar- tillery, and the Leith Rifles, turned out "to line the way and give them a military salutation." The progress of the gallant Highlanders from the station to the castle was made amidst the most enthusiastic congratulations. They have just returned from India.
On Monday morning, the Edinburgh express train 10.15 a.m. came into collision with a goods train near Greenhill. Some thirteen or fourteen of the passengers were cut and bruised.
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