SCOTLAND.
An address, signed by nearly 6000 persons, including the Lord Provost and the Members for the city of Glasgow, having been forwarded to Lord John Russell, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, complimenting his lordship and the Government for the conduct pursued by them in -relation to the affairs of Italy, has called forth from his lord- sWp the following reply, viz.—
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A few weeks ago an appeal was made to the benevolence of the public to snake up the deficit of 700/. in the funds of Dr. Guthrie's Ragged School caused by the limitation of the Privy Council allowances, the alternative being held out of the dismissal of 70 children to the streets. So well has the appeal been responded to, that Dr. Guthrie now announces that he has already received not 700/. but 2165/. "In this way," the Reverend Doctor says, "the public have most emphatically pronounced their _judgment on the case of Ragged Schools venue Committee of Privy Coned! on Education, and have furnished us with means which, added to our moral annual sub- scriptions, will enable us to maintain our schools in their present efficiency for three years, before the expiry of which time, I have no doubt, the Go- vernment will have had their eyes opened to the error of their ways." In Kirkcaldy and some other towns, the reduction of the grants has led to the closing of the Ragged Schools.
Patrick Lunney was convicted on Saturday, at Glasgow, of the murder of James Caesiday, at Alexandria, near Glasgow, on the 11th of November. He was sentenced to death.
John M'Fadyen was found guilty at the Glasgow Circuit Court, on Satur- day, of the murder of a child named Alexander Shields. His counsel craved a verdict of insanity. The jury accompanied their verdict with a strong re- commendation to mercy on the ground of imbecility. He was sentenced to death.
The Reverend Sir Henry Moncrieff, Bart., has been appointed successor to the late Dr. Robertson, as Secretary to the Bible Board in Edinburgh.
The Queen, it is said, will purchase the Highland property of Glengarry, as a Highland residence for the Prince of Wales. The estate belongs to Mr. E. Ellice, M.P.
" Foreign Office, December 26, 1860. " have received with Feat satisfaction the address of nearly 5000 of the inhabitants of Glasgow, including the Lord Provost and the Members of Parliament for the City. The support which is thus given by the flourishing and enlightened city of Glasgow, to the principles by which her Majesty's Government have been guided, and the policy which they have announced, cannot fail to give encourage- ment, and add strength to the just cause they have espoused. I beg you to accept my cordial thanks for your letter accompanying the address, and have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant,
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