SCOTLAND.
About a hundred of the Perthshire lairds and their tenants as- sembled at Perth, on the 28th February, to form themselves into an agricultural association. The Earl,of Kinnoul was in the chair ; and the meeting was almost unanimous in supporting the Corn-monopoly, which appears to be the real object of the association. Mr. Kinloch of Kinloch (the son and successor of the excellent patriot) and Mr. Graham of Easthaugh were the only gentlemen present who enter. tainted different opinions ; and the anxiety manifested by the noble Chairman and his friends to prevent the dissentients from speaking, was very amusing. One of them said that the meeting was not called for discussion ; Lord Kinnotal, at the very outset, declared that the asso- ciation was already formed, therefore there was no use in arguing against the policy of limning one : but it happened, unfortunately, that this assertion was contradicted by one of the resolutions. Mr. Kindoe.h warned the meeting of the risk they ran in obstinately supporting the Corn-monopoly, and reminded them of the consequences eta bad har- vest and a high price of wheat. On the resolution moved by Mr. Dundas of Dunint—" that the agriculture of a nation forms the chief source of its power, prosperity, and independence "—he proposed an amendment, "that the agriculture, commerce, and trade, of a nation, form the chief source of its power, prosperity, and independence ;" but the wise men of Perthshire held such a doctrine in abhorrence, and re- jected the amendment. Almost every speaker at the meeting earnestly declared that he wanted no exclusive privileges--" live and let live" was their motto : nevertheless they insisted on retaining the tax on bread, and would not listen to an additional resolution proposed by Mr. Kinloch- " That an opinion having gone abroad that the objeet of this and similar societies was to keep up of numoi my in the price of corn, this society declare they have no suds, object.
Altogether, the Perth meeting probably beats even the Kelso one. The speeches must be handed over to our admirable ally, the author of the Corn Catechism.
Dr. Wardlaw's chapel, in West George Street, Glasgow, was com- pletely filled oil the evening of Thursday week, by a meeting of the in- habitants favourable to a complete separation of Church and State. Numbers were obliged to go away, being unable to obtain admittance. Seven Glasgow clergymen were on the platform. Mr. James John- stone was in the chair, and opened the business of the meeting. Dr. 1Vardleiw spoke at length, and with much energy, on the subject of the evils which religion endured from the union of Church and State ; which he denounced as utterly unscriptural. Several other gentlemen delivered similar sentiments ; and a string of resolutions was passed in which they were embodied. A petition, to be presented by Lord Brougham to the Lords, and by Mr. Gillon to the Commons, was agreed to; and a committee formed to procure signatures to it..
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