SCOTLAND.
A Mr. William Feehney Black, of London, has been invited by the Perth Tories to become their candidate at the next election. Mr. Black's brother is minister of Kilspindie, and some thirty years ago his father was Provost of Perth. The Perth Chronicle ridicules this Tory movement and Mr. Black's pretensions.
'flue Reverend Dr. Lee, an excellent Hebrew Scholar, has been ap- pointed head of the Committee for Superintending the Printing of the Bible in Scotland, to insure the perfect integrity of the text.
The Ghtsrpoo Argils contains a long account of proceedings at a pub- lic dinner given on Tuesday to Mr. Weir, lately editor of the Argus, by a numerous party of the principal Retbriners in Glasgow. Mr. Dixon of Govanhill had postponed a journey that he might net as chairman on the occasion ; hut, unhappily, a sudden indisposition kept him from the dinner, and his place was taken by Mr. Fleming of Clare- mont. Mr. Weir delivered a manly and eloquent speech—full of bold truth. Allusion having been made to the apathy of Reformers, Mr. Weir improved the opportunity to state how it happened that Liberals were disappointed and listless ; and his explanation included a brief but animated history of parties during the last ten years, in the course of which be spared not the Whigs, Mr. Weir was not disposed to view the present state of politics with despondency, bearing in mind the still greater apathy in which the country was steeped, when the French Revolution of' 1830 startled the people into action. Now there were stronger incentives to exertion, and greater need of it, than in 1823 and 182% For himself, Mr. Weir said that, except by a silent vote, it was not his intention for ninny years to take part in political struggles—though to the call of duty he would never he deaf.
The other principal toasts were "Extension of the Suffrage, Triennial Parliaments, Vote by Ballot ;" "Education of the People ;" "Mr. Charles Knight, and cheap Knowledge for the People;" "'Thomas Campbell ;" " Lord Ebrington ;" " Mrs. Weir "—responded to by her husband ; "'The free Intercourse of Nations ;" and "Reform of the Church." Mr. Weir gave the concluding toast—" A cordial Union among all classes of Reformers." A handsome " testimonial " was presented to Mr. Weir in the course of the evening.
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