SCOTLAND.
Mr. Inglis, Dean of Faculty, was elected, on Saturday, Lord Rector of King's College Aberdeen. His opponent was Colonel Sykes, the Member for the city of Aberdeen. The numbers were—Inglis, 235; Sykes, 102. The election was caused by the death of the late Lord Ellesmere, and Mr. Inglis will complete the term for which that nobleman was chosen ; the next election will be in 1860.
At the sitting of the Glasgow Spring Circuit Court,. on Saturday, Patrick 3Peruire was charged with stealing a box of tea from the shop of Atting Atli, a Chinaman. The counsel for the prisoner objected, that as we are at war with China, Atting Atti could not give evidence against a native of the United Kingdom. The Court declined to decide that we are at war with China; but assuming that such were the case they should reject the objection—if allowed, it would be very dangerous to justice. Eventually, Iii‘Guire was convicted without tho necessity of taking the Chinaman's evidence.
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