SCOTLAND.
Lord Medwyn has not taken his seat as third Judge of the Court of Session since the Christmas recess, though much recovered from the in- disposition he then laboured under. It is rumoured in Edinburgh that he has placed his resignation in the hands of Government.
A meeting of the " workmen" of Edinburgh, called by the Lord Pro- vost, and held on Monday night, has appointed a committee to make ar- rangements for the holding of sectional meetings of the trades in further- ance of Prince Albert's Show of Industry by All Nations.
It is in contemplation to establish apprentice schools in Glasgow, on the plan which has been adopted with remarkable success in Edinburgh. —Witness.
The whole of the engine-men and stokers of the North British Railway— in number ninety-eight—have left the service of the company, after giving a fortnight's notice, in consequence of an intended reduction of wages. The places of some were supplied by men from the workshops ; but the strike has produced a critical state of matters.
A large portion of the extensive print-works of Messrs. Black, at the vil- lage of Milngavie, have been destroyed by fire ; a disaster which will neces- sarily throw many hands out of work.
In the Edinburgh Sheriff Criminal Court, last week, Sir John Dick Lauder was convicted of a violent assault on a railway-guard, who detained him on finding extraordinary damage done to the furniture of a railway-carriage in which Sir John had travelled on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. The Court sentenced the Baronet to pay a fine of 101. or be imprisoned thirty days. The guard had already gone to Sir John's house stated his case, and re- ceived 51. for the injury ; which, however, the inflicter said he was " not conscious of having done."
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