SCOTLAND.
Mr. Macaulay was formally put forward as a candidate for Edinburgh, by Mr. Adam Black, at a meeting of the "original Liberal Committee, held held on Monday. Mr. Black pledged himself that if they elected Macaulay he would serve, and serve them faithfully.
"If Mr. Macaulay has a fault, it is that he is too straightforward—too open. He uses no ambiguities in order to disarm opposition. By many, his early, his eloquent, his constant, his consistent advocacy of civil liberty, is forgotten, while a few unconsidered words are constantly harped upon, But what are these few trifling drops, compared with the streams of pure, and beautiful, and profound wisdom, with which he has charmed the Senate and adorned the literature of Britain ? They will appear but as motes in the sun, which will not offend the sight of any wise man." The Committee adopted the proposal with enthusiasm, and set about their arrangements in a hearty spirit.
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