21 JANUARY 1860, Page 5

SCOTLAND.

The Members for Glasgow, Mr. Dalglish and Mr. Buchanan, made spirited speeches to their constituents in the City Hall on Wednesday. The Lord Provost occupied the chair. Mr. Dalglish discussed the Re- form Bill, the Italian war, our national defences, and the Spanish- African war. He told them, on "very good authority," that "the Ad- miralty never felt themselves more comfortable than at the present mo- ment in respect of what has always been a great difficulty with our Navy —the supply of seamen." Touching Volunteers, he recommended the enrolment of artisans. Those stout, elderly gentlemen who will not make good riflemen, but who have stout purses should subscribe—" those who are not able to join the corps should b the men to pay." If there were an invasion, these would be the very men, who in an agony of fear would give their thousands and tens of thousands for safety. Mr. Walter Buchanan made a statesmanlike speech on our foreign relations, inculcating vigilance and a state of complete national defence, and the duty of che- rishing the germs of liberty wherever they appear. The Members for Glasgow, Mr. Dalglish and Mr. Buchanan, made spirited speeches to their constituents in the City Hall on Wednesday. The Lord Provost occupied the chair. Mr. Dalglish discussed the Re- form Bill, the Italian war, our national defences, and the Spanish- African war. He told them, on "very good authority," that "the Ad- miralty never felt themselves more comfortable than at the present mo- ment in respect of what has always been a great difficulty with our Navy —the supply of seamen." Touching Volunteers, he recommended the enrolment of artisans. Those stout, elderly gentlemen who will not make good riflemen, but who have stout purses should subscribe—" those who are not able to join the corps should b the men to pay." If there were an invasion, these would be the very men, who in an agony of fear would give their thousands and tens of thousands for safety. Mr. Walter Buchanan made a statesmanlike speech on our foreign relations, inculcating vigilance and a state of complete national defence, and the duty of che- rishing the germs of liberty wherever they appear.

Mr. Crum Ewing made a speech to his constituents at Paisley on Tuesday. It was, like others of the kind, mainly retrospective, but at the end he referred to the news of the day—the French Emperor's let- ter. After speaking favourably of the volunteer movement, he said- " But while I think we should continue to maintain our defences, I trust we may dismiss all fears of invasion—the sentiments contained in that most important letter of the French Emperor to his Minister of State, published in the papers of yesterday, gives the best guarantee for the peace of Europe. The propositions set forth by this extraordinary man in this communication far surpass in boldness and wisdom any former conception even of his. It was always considered that the two most powerful parties in France were the Church and the Protectionists, but he sees that the freedom of his Go- vernment is not compatible with the high pretensions of the one, and that the industry and prosperity of the empire cannot be developed while the other exists. He at once proceeds to free his country from that ecclesiastical tyranny which the history of every nation tells us has been hostile to free- dom, and he relieves commerce from those restric•ions which have hitherto crippled all its efforts. If such ideas as these propositions must suggest are carried out in their integrity, the rivalry of France and Great Britain will cease to be which shall invent the most destructive weapons of warfare, and continue to exist only in the cultivation of those arts which tend most to the happiness, peace, and prosperity of each other, and of the world.

The Scotsman of Thursday contains an ample report of the proceeding s at an extraordinary meeting of the Commission of the General AssemblY of the Free Church on the Cardross case. The meeting agreed to corn ply with the order of the Civil Court, and produce the sentences of the General Assembly on Mr. M'Millan. The spirit of opposition to the in- terference of the Civil Court is as strong as ever.