man. That g entle m an was accordingly returned on. Tuesday. ' CAITHNESS.--11 - r.

Home, the Conservative candidate, has ret'i'red from Caithnessshire. He says, " From the existing combinations,E cannot hold out to my friends an assurance of success ;'and I should therefore ill requite their kindness were. I to occasion them unavailing inconveniency and trouble." CLACKMANNAN AND Knenoss.—Mr. Bruce will muster about :30 or 40 votes in Kinrosssbire, where the constituency is nearly 400. Clackmannanshire, where he resides, he is still more unpopular than in Kinrossshire ; and this is evinced by the fact, that in the parish, of Tulliallani where there are 100 electors, and the chief town of which is within a couple of miles of Mr. Bruce's residence, he has not bgere able to muster above two votes.—Scotsman.

DUMFRIES BOROUGH.—Sir John Malcolm has withdrawn from the contest.

DUNDEE.—The nomination of Mr. Kinloch and Mr. Guthrie took place on Monday. It was preceded by a ceremony which had beenac- cidentally omitted up to the morning of the nomination-the election of Mr. Kinloch as a burgess of the borough. The Town- Council was hastily assembled for that purpose ; and when assembled, se o€ Mr. Guthrie's friends seemed disposed tceplay I9d -theenhAesdieqaon trick of protesting against the legality of the proceedings, on account of the shortness of . the warning that the Council had received ; button: the advice of their leader they abstained. Their protest must have liven useless, and that Mr. Guthrie probably knew. There is not, that i;re know or ever heard of, any law which compels a candidate to be a bine gess ; it is only in his capacity of member, that he is called on tO pps- sees that or any other qualification of a member. Mr. Kinloch could have been made a burgess the morning after the nomination, as well as- the morning of the nomination. It is indeed doubtful, whether being- a burgess is a necessary qualification even of a member. The burgees- ship having been finished, the Sheriff proceeded to open the hustings in form. Mr. Christie, the banker, then stood forward to noininete Mr. Kinloch. His whole speech is an admirable specimen-of menby eloquence, and clear, intelligible argument. We can only give a .sh,e' se, s and a small one : we quote from the Dundee Chronicle, a new Liberal paper, where the report of the day's proceedings seems exceedingly well given. Mr. Christie said- " When we reflect for a moment on the magnitude of the interests-inVolved in this election, we have no occasion to marvelatthe great:anxiety displayeib by the many thousands of this great community, who are looking with intense in- terest to see the manner in which their trustees do. their duty. All eyeslare upon us. Our doings in this matter, be assured, will be put on record. ,Since Dundee obtained the right of being directly represented, much talk has _taken place, and some writings have been put forth, with a view to show the necessity of having a member to represent a particular interest ; and-the interest co4o- scended on has been .chieflythe shipping interest; the vast importance of Wliach I should be the last to deny. The representation of the shipping interest,thsre.. fore, no doubt, is very plausible, and well received by many. engaged in 4hat branch of industry ; but I hold that the advocacy of an excleswe inter is very fallacious. Such an avowed advocacy, too, betrays the school from.ni ch it emanates: the old, exclusive, monopolizing, corrupt system of legpla- tion—the interest of the few promoted at the expense of the many. EnFpry own part, I see but eee great. interest, and that is the interest Of:the cominunity... I have for a long peiiod been sick at her.rt to hear and see the contentions-,gang forward, at one time in favour of the sanded interest, at anothei time tfie.ctn- menial interest, the manufacturing interest,- the banking or monied intereatelthe shipping interest, the East India interest, the West India" interest, and'salon. This is very- un-English, for, When honest-John Ball perceivei parties shtining fight to each other, he lustily bawls forth; A free stage entleefavoutetRaSo say I. Give all interests a free stage and no favour. Let all unite in billaging about a good and-cheap government; and good results to all. interests will in- evitably follow." We must also give a bit from Bailie Symon, who.seconded the.nomi- nation-, " There is just one thing more I beg to add. I know that if many-of :1-m are not possessed of what my worthy friends on the left would call high respect- ability, you are possessed of what I consider of infinitely more importance, intelligence; and although you do not at present possess the privilege-of a- ect voice in the election of a representative, I trust, before I am many years -older (I am not yet an old man), that this Privilege will be extended to many: ha now hear me, who do not .yet possess it; and I am sure that it will need be abused by the great majority of the Scottish People." Mr. William Gray, merchant, ,nominated, and; Mr. George flirlr, shipowner, Seconded.Mr. Guthrie. When the candidates had, severally addressed. the. meeting :dlr. G.uthrie-amidst named interruption), a, gentleman naed Davidson„epse to catechise: Mr, Kinlocla.i.esrieluestions of the, semi-clerical -ate- chiser were very ingeniously fritised, but . the catechumen got through his answers bravely. We give a specimen—

Question—". Are- you sincerely an adVocate for the abolition of the preient National Church of ',Scotland?"

Answer—". No ! At any rate not at present; but the time may eeme When every man shall beobliged .to support. his own; church, as he now uays hisselwn doctor, instead of being obliged to pay ecclesiastical doctors. in whOre , no confidence. The People of Scotland are not prepared for the se,paration.of ir Church from the State; for in Scotland the system works well; but in-Enil d- 'it'is otherwise. I will support no' such changes unless they bedemanded

- People themselves."'

Question" Will yinisupport, as fir as-in yon liesi the present niixedfarne- of government in its three estates—King, Lords, and Commons?" . , Answer;--", Speaking theoretically„ conaider Republican feral of govern- ment the best ever devised by the wit,of, Man; .but, in, the iipplieatiOn of eny . system, we must look to existing, ci4innstanees. This country is not in a ationto Adopt the RepubliCan form of giVieriment,- and I .4 not think It ever ' be rio• in Mir day. ' Besides,' yOu'may be sure I have too greata'stake in the State to countenance any measure tending M convulsion or revolutioi3. , therefore, support the present form of government, being perfectly satisfied With it; With the exception of the Lawn: Sleeve gentry,' whom I would expel from the. Upper House'. . . .

It is pleasant to contrast the readiness of thesmreptios, ..from a plain 'country gentleman with the hesitating, doubtful replies ofiVIr. Guthrie, the man of the world, to the questions put to him.: • He was asked if he would vote for Triennial Parliaments ; and answered, that he would vote for the repeal ofthe :Septennial Act, but he thought four years or

- five. Years. would do as well as, three. He Was asked. if he would vote for the.Ballot ; and replied,; that he would Vany undue influence were, f. exercised during, the present election. • g Mr. Christie asked if .Mr. Guthrie would have any objection to appropriate a

part of the Church lauds to the exigencies of the. State? , •

Mr. ,Guthrie said, that he, would go as far as most .men would,, in curtailing the exuberancies of the Church of England and Ireland. As to the question, whether Church property be actually State property, he was not altogether pre- pared 'to answer ; but hd would not take from one man what he was legally en- ' titIdd to, Until evidence was adduced' in COurt to substatitiate•that Church pro- petty was State. property : he would decline giving any opinion till the matter

'was actually brought to the ordeal of the Courts. - •: •

There was. One question, • however, whit* the honourable candidate

Wag 'quite 'prepared to answer--;. '

Mr, Cruikshanks asked Mil Guthrie, whether he Would Vote for the repeal

f-f.of•the laws regarding.. the impressment of seamen. Mr. Guthrie proceeded to answer this question with peculiar promptness. As a shipowner, he could have no possible objections to the abolition .olthe laws referred to, because his .own interest prinerpally sufered iu consequence of it.

The pollingeornineneed On Wednesday:, A meeting took 'place at' Dundee, last week, which strongly marks the difference between the character of the Scotch and English .

in their • views of the Reform: The English non-electors con. tent themselves with assembling, and hooting or applaoding the dif- lerent 'candidates, or with creating creatng a row; if they be in a mischievous humour,, and breaking'and getting broken heads, for the honour of their • party. The Scotch neinelectors,'on the contrary, hold grave and well- -considered meetings and pass regular resolutions;- in which they remind the electors of their duty; and urge • them- to its performance ; and these meetings are -attended by magistrates, and held in the principal < Churches, which the authorities surrender for their accommodation. At = , the Dundee meeting to which we allude, Provost Lindsey appeared, and stated, that the object of the meeting had been heartily approved of by the Magistrates, and the use of the Steeple Church was at once

granted— •

The Magistrates had always been, and he trusted would ever be, most willing to meet the wishes of the community, when the object in view was a good one. The ,present meeting he held to be a most legitimate one ; for Me non-electors had as great an interest and as good a right to be heard in the election of a member of Parliament as the electors themselves.

We extract, as a specimen of the way in which the operative classes can reason, a sentence or two from the speeches made on the occasion. " We tell the electors," says Edward Buik, " that we bare a right to inter- ' '• fere because it is'inn' representative as well as their's that is to be elected. We pay taxes ; and' km happens that our taxes are more in proportion than what is charged to the other classes. • We are•amenable to the laws, and, of course, have a right to interfere in the election of those who make them. But why dis- trust us, say sonieelectors? Our answer is, we distrust you, because you deny

• our right to state 00 opinions; and we tell you farther, that the right of election , • would never have been in your hands had it not been for us. The Bill was carried from the attitude we assumed,. and the determination we expressed: Some of yotrmay yet become non:-eleetors, and"some of us may become electors ; and it may assist yourjudgment a little to consider what you will think when circum- stances are thus altered.' You have noiv the power in your own hands ; but, if • that' power be abuSed, We IniVe the sane means in reserve which enabled us to • confer on you the boon, and we have Only to resort to the same constitutional •

-means tb find outs remedy." •

[Py the by, why will our excellent contemporary the Dundee. Adver- tiser Mister" these Worthy boneat men? Every kitchen-weneh .inisters her felloii-servant. We hope, the lads of Dundee are not ashamed of the titles that their fathers and the minister gave them ?].

The following remarks are from the speech of John Penny-

▪ 4,-We pay taxes, 'are amenable to the laivs; and have a right to state our senti- ments regarding those who impose the taxes and frame the laws. Now it ii ne- • 'teasarythat the man should be pledged who is to represent us in Parliament ; for, however willing a man may be to discharge his duty, it is necessary- he, should. know what the community requires him to perform... ,What did we ask 7 the Reform Bill for, but to have the power, of .dohig this? ; But we must have

4. some additional security over and Above an implicit acceptance of our pledgee.

r.. We must be like the banker .who discountshis bills at so much per cent. ; but we know that there is a difference betwixt presenting a bill, and getting it dis- ,.. counted. The banker must have previous, knowledge of the. parties, ere he give his good money in exchange for the' promise to pay.' So it is with us and a member of Parliament. There are,some men who will swallow all your pledges ; but let them, once get seated, and you will hear no more of them. If the electors ▪ not diserimititite liOniistly, we have the remedy in our own bands; and they . may rest assured Nies shall not fail to use it, for their benefit as well as our own. If we find that'the trust is hilt conscientiously discharged; toe shall' regret the • efforts we made to put it into their hands. •The boon was wrested from one of -the most powerful tend' unprincipled factions 'that ever existed in any country'; 4.,,,,and we have only to resort lathe same means' to get quit of our nerogrtevance." This penny-worth of wisdom the •electors:and members also would. i•aalo well to treakite up: The pledges,. which these nomelectors- of the' North wish the members to come under, are all practical, with the • :,.■.0.-xceptiorr perhaps of one about •entails and primogeniture, which smell' • of the Doctrinaire school of politice ' Some, of them are singularly sa- Vicious. -They -Would have candidatei, if merchants, to leave off bUsi- ' ' ',fess in order to Cirmlify them for attending to their•Parliarnentery duties ; , !'.• and they call 'on the'eandidateS to originate or slipped some Plan fOr giving 'publicity- to 'the Preeeedings 'of the''HOuse. This is the fink: • We have seen :this. most important -subject noticed in, any; Public . . , :nomination ,took lace on. Monday. • .The,hrist- hie were erected,at the Cross. The , 7nburgh pope's. are diffuse. in their descriptions, of ,the acene,which..tbe ,High .Street presented; . and its, novelty as well .ps Interest may ,excuse.theta. ' We tquote.from the Alinhargfi ,Observer--,a Conforming journaLland..thgefore not in- ' dined to paint the Lord Advocate's party in too bright colours-77 .

" Long- before the hour, of nomination,- every winder', ; house-top, or other situation from Whielt 'a View/. Of the 'hustings could; be obtained, , was thieldy planted with anxious crowds. Before 'the election einimienced,' an ininierne as- semblage had accumulated hr front of the htistings ; and at twelve o'clock, the High Street presented a greater.body of 'people than we ever before witnessed, ' the-crowd-forming One continued mass frbm, above the entry to the Parliament Square to, the Commercial Bank, a, space of not less than several 'hundred yards.. The flat roof of the Royal Exchange was seated for the accommodation of spectators ; and among the crowd on thatelevated position, there was a num- ber of ladies. The Committee of Mr. Jeffrey and Mr. Abereromby assembled in the Merchants' Hall early in the forenoon, and proceeded in carriages to the residences of these gentlemen, whom they escorted-to the. Committee-rothn, where the two candidates arrived in an open carriage, 'in which: were Sir James GibsOn.Craig and Mr. A. Black, and were loudly cheered; by the-populace. At half-past eleven, the candidates and Cotranittee walked in procession, preceded by a. baud of • masic and ttvo banners Rif buff and blue : all the gentlemen who accompanied. them wore favours. of thesanie ,kind on their breasts, and numbers iii the crowd displayed 'similar colours. Mr. Blair's Committee,assernbled in M'Ewen's. They wore no particular emblem, and arrived shortly after the Conimittee: of Mr. Jeffrey; by whom, as they eat:ended the hustings, they were received with-cheers, as also by the populace, mingled with hisses,' To some of our readers it maybe necessaryto reMark, that' the Crass, or rather the place' where the Cross once stood,' where this, magnificent show took place, is situated, towards-the upper extremity-of the High -Street, Which run's-along the sloping ridge, more than a milein length, which forms the backbone of'Old Edinburgh. It"isi crowned by the Castle rock at one end and terminated by the Palace' of`' ficilyrood. at

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the 'other'; the inclination' of the street s' little lessAlirotighout than that of Holborn Hill ; and the dark massy "stone lionses on each side rise for the most part 'to six and in not a 'fewiliStarices to eight 'stories 'in height.,' The High Street is rich. intissociations. 'The satire :coignes' of vantage Which gave to the gazers'of IVIOnday a view of the hustings; had been 'occupied tenitiries before by their-"eurchied" grand- mothers, to witness the contests that so frequently took place between the fierce 'followers of the feudal barons when assembled' in Edinburgh to render faithless liomage' to their feeble King. The Window which • was on ;one'reinarkable oeepsforr-occupied hy Knox in addressing the citizens of Edinburgh andronsing them to the vindication Of that liberty whose fruits they are now reaping, is within full view of the spot frinn which Sir James Craig recommended to the notice of the electors the claims of his illustrioris friend, Francis' Jeffrey.

We give one passage of Sir James's speech-

" The Lord Advocate is one of. yourselves—born in Auld Reekie—has been all his life among you, and is well known to you all. • He has been advanced' to the highest office in this country, not so much by his splendid talents as by that straightforward courseof independence which he has pursued through life. No man has done so much to improve the condition of all classes, to promote ethics- tion, and to advance their interest: in every possible way, as Francis Jeffrey. No man has done so much for Reform : he has laboured in the obtainment of it for forty years ; and on this last occasion, he , had the honour to assist in pre- paring the Great Charter of your liberties, under which you are now met. to elect your representative. Gentlemen, I should consider it.unworthy of your- selves, unworthy of the great 'privileges which it has been yOur anxious desire to obtain, were you to elect any other person inhis stead, Through life the Lord Advocate has maintained.the-principlescwhieh be 'now Maintains. He has not risen to his preSent eminence by any. abandonment*Of principles or by any sacri- fice of friends. He never lost a friend-and he never abandoned a principle. His principles arethe same now' as they ever were, and he will carry them with him to the grave. No doubt, if you electlinvyou: will. confer upon him the greatest honour you can possibly bestow ; but you will also do honour to your- selves. You will show your gratitude for thefaveure he has done you, auclim.t pose on him the additional obligation' of, maintaining, as he has hitherto done, the free principles of our. Constitutionof confirming the splendour of the Throne, and preserving inviolate the rights and privileges of the, People."

Sir Francis Walker Drummond nominated Mr. Blair ; and•Mr. A. Black, Mr. Abercromby. The three 'candidates. then addressed the smtoeodeting. The Lord Advocate spoke .first, and was followed by the rest in their order. The Lord Advocate alluded; in his • happy way. to the contrast between the pending contest and that which he had last "Without going back to the many instances of favour which I have met at your hands for the last twenty years, I cannot but for an instant glance back to that memorable scene transacted in, this' neighbourhood at the last: election for the city of Edinburgh, in order, not so much. to advert to my own condition;- where, although an upsuccesiful candidate, I stood in a proud and triumphant attitudebut to mark'the 61)lendid contrast exhibited to-day., I then, in -that opposite building [the Royal'Excliange is'elose to the Crass, and the Irian-14s fronted it], in a little, pent, choky room, in a fine summer dak; Si* seventeen men with rueful and gloomy countenances, conieious of •the utter antipathy between ex- isting table the petition of seventeen_ thousand, and pro- tult them- by throwing over the

isting tween their sentiments and the gr,eat masa of 'the people, silently ni

ceed 'with equal despatch to nominate and elect as the representative of Edin- burgh, an individual for whom none petitioned,--an individual, I have no doubt, of great moral worth and respectability, but an individual with whom not above twenty of -the inhabitants of Edinburgh Were acquainted, for they had never seen him before, ainthe has hot,:ta nay linoivledgeexhibited himself. among you since thatMemorable day. But' I1Q* 41g scene changes, and we are here met under the canopy of Heaven, And .uiader'the eye of Heaven, in. the public street, in the face Of the whole community, to address sminds, that hardly can reach one thonsaricf of the many elecuirs that have succeeded to the seventeen of the Town-council; where every man is entitled to be heard, and where every man is exposed to the interrogation of all those who have a. right to judge of the qualifications of their Candidates. I need net say, that if I do not succeed now, when you have become electors, that either you or I are widally changed 'shwa last'year. As for' myself, I am conscious of Itochange ; and from any thing I have seen, I feel equally certain thatnwehange hai occurred in you.

'Mr. Blair apOloglied for his inability to speak; which, however, he

consiciered.to.be but a 'trifling qualification in a' member of Parliament-- alltbat was,necessaryvias to be able to express himself in plain:intelli- gible-language, which lie felt atsured be could-altvays do.' The follow-

Ing,specimen will suffice.— • • ." ' • • • .• • ' ' • " Gentlemen; it gave me greit-pleasare'io ibis:iris,' in the eirdise of my Yer..-

sonal canvass, that while in many parts of the country it has been the practice to demand from candidates specific pledges in regard to those important mea- sures which are likely to come under the consideration of the next Parliament, the electors of Edinburgh appear, in general, to disapprove of such a proceed- ing. I say, gentlemen, it gave me great pleasure; because, with every feeling of respect for the motives of the electors in requiring such pledges, I feel that I could not conscientiously have given: them. Indeed, I do not see how it is• possible for any honest man to pledge himself either to support or to oppose any measure until he shall have had an opportunity, of learning and carefully weighing the whole evidence which may be brought to bear upon it. Almost all the, questions to which I have alluded are of an extremely difficult and in- tricate nature, and require much study and reflection before deciding upon them. This I have never yet had a fair opportunity of giving; nor is it likely that I can have until they. are brought Pejore Parliament. • But, should you do me the bOnour of sending me.there, do pledge myself that it will be my first and most important duty to spare no degree of labour in investigating these ques- tions; and that, having done so, I will, without regard to individual interests, decide according to what I shall believe to be for the general good."

• The idea of making the House of Commons a sort of infant school , for the training of 'suckling- legislators, is not Mr. Blair's, but it is fair in him to avow his adoption of it.

- Mr: Abercromby placed his claims on a ground which few Scotch-

men will.queition_ • "If I 1Vere 'disposed to 'place my pretensions, however humble, upon any particular transaction of my life, I should endeavour to call to your recollection, that during the twenty years I. have served in Parliament, I have been at all times ready and willing to afford all the assistance in may power to my unrepre- sented countrymen."

He riclierted" to the two questions which fornied the subject of correspondence between him and Mr: Aytoun, when the latter candi- date withdrew; to preVent a division among the Reformers-

" Two questions have been propOSed to me, to which I beg to Allude, as my answers may not have been thoroughly understood. These are—the duration of Parliaments, and the Vote by Ballot. My opinion of the duration of Parlia- ment is not founded on any abstract theory, but on conviction. Is there any one of you who does not think that it would be extremely desirable that the duration of Parliament should be shortened? Is there any one who does not think that if it were to continue for seven years, duffing which time the candidate was to be master of his own conduct, he would not make smaller exertions than if the period was of a shorter time ? You all know that short accounts make long friends. Short Parliaments, in my opinion, would therefore be an advantage. As to thedmilot, I am no friend to it. I wish to see every man come forward openly and honestly. to give his vote; which mode is best calculated to raise and elevate the character of the people who enjoy, the franchise. But have said if this franchise cannot be exercised truly and independently, I shall be quite ready to support the ballot."

In the course of the proceedings at the nomination, the Edinburgh Tories, through their well-chOsen mouthpiece Mr. Robert Forsyth the . advocate, stated a formal protest against the legality of Mr. Aber- cromby's election, on the,- ground of, his being—a pensioner of the Craw* I . Mr. -Forsyth is one -of the best actors at the Scottish bar; bid the effort _of countenance required on this occasion must have

tried his powers severely. . .• •

Far:it:14.—W Forbes, the. Conservative candidate for the Linlith- gow district, has-retired. The contest is now betwixt Mr. Gillon and

gr. Murray: - . .

*FivEsitntE.--Colonel Lindsay has withdrawn; and in consequence Captain Werhyss will havenb.opporient. %GLAsGow.—The nomination took Place on Monday, in front of the Town-house. All the five candidates were proposed„Mr. Dixon, Mr. ENVing, Sir D. Sandford, Mr. Douglas, and Mr. Crawford. ' The show-of hands was decidedly for Douglas and Sandford.

LEITH.---Mr. J. A.' Murray, one of 'the honestest and heartiest of the entire Whig party of Scotland, was elected on' Tuesday, without opposition ; Mr. Aitchison, his opponent,whose assurance of success his foolish friends have so confidently dwelt upon for the last six months,.having given up the contest as hopeless. It is only justice to this gentleman to say, that he retired with a good grace, and with ex- pressions .o£ warm, and wehave,no . doubt sincere, respect for Mr. Murray. Nothing in the struggle became him "like the leaving it." It is worth while to give even the form, then for the first time observed in Scotland, of the electiOn of a free candidate for a free constituency.

The Sheriff—"Mr. Aitchison having retired from the contest, there is only one candidate before you. I therefore have to ask-if you wish Mr. Murray to be your representative to Parliatrient."

'Every hand almost was raised for Mr. Murray, accompanied with loud and repeated cries of " Murray for ever !

‘The Sheriff—".I declare John Archibald Murray, esquire, to be the repre- sentative in Parliament for Leith, Portobello, and Musselburgh."

..A.fter the, election, 'a chair was called r, and produced; and Mr. Murray was borne in triumph. through the streets of the borough. Fancy a chairing in Scotland ! Had such a thing been imagined by some crackbrained elector under the old system, the " puir, daized, and doited bodies," who composed the constituency, could not have mustered sufficient numbers to raise even a Conservative light-weight

frOm the ground. •

PERTH.—The canvass. of Lord James Stuart has been attended with such success as to justify the anticipations of his obtaining the honour of being the first representative of the city of Perth in a Reformed Parliament.