SCOTLAND.
There was a grand dinner in Edinburgh on Tuesday, held for the purpose of avowing the sympathy of the People of Scotland with the oppressed Poles, and their indignation at the infuriate tyranny of the Russian Autocrat. The Marquis of Breadalbane was called to the chair ; and among the distinguished guests were Prince Czartoryski, Count Zutnoyski, and other Polish exiles ; the Earl of Buchan, Sir George Warrender, Mr. Ferguson of Raith, Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. P. M. Stewart, Mr. Gillon, Sir J. Gibson Craig, Sir T. D. Lauder, Lord-Advocate Murray, &c. Lord Breadalbane, in a very energetic oration, denounced the conduct of the Czar, as "scarcely to be paral- lelled in the annals of human infamy, and such as inspired disgust and indignation in every civilized state." Prince Czartoryski expressed his gratitude for the reception be had met with in Scotland, in feeling terms ; and assured the company, that though Poland would not waste her strength by a partial and untimely burst of indignation, she would be ready when the day of action came to make any sacrifice to recover independence. Among the other speakers were Lord Dud- ley Stuart, Mr. J. A. Murray, and Count Zamoyski. The same spirit of indignation against the atrocious tyranny of Russia, and of sym- pathy with its victims, which was so fervently expressed by Lord Breadalbane, marked the whole of the proceedings. It must be mentioned to the disgrace of the Edinburgh Tories, and as characteristic of the real policy of the party to which they be- long, that when invited to attend this dinner, they declined, unless one of the regulations should be abstinence from all disrespectful mention
of the Emperor of Russia. These men know who are their friends : Miguelites in Portugal, Carlists in Spain, they are tenderly alive to the reputation of their ally the oppressor of Poland. Toryism is Ab- solutism under another name.
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