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In our second edition last Saturday evening, we communicated from sources of our own, ample information—at that time wanted in Lon- don—on the proceedings of Glasgow for filling up the vacancy in the representation. The choice of the united Reformers fell upon Mr. John Dennistoun, brother of the stanch Liberal Member for Dumber- tonbire. Mr. Dennistoun, in responding to this call, issued an ad- dress avowing himself the advocate of Ballot• voting, Triennial Par- liaments, Suffrage-extension, Peerage.reform, and the abolition of the Corn-laws. According to their custom, the Tories circulated slanders against the Reform candidate : they in particular trumped up a ridi- culous story about his having burnt the Bible. Mr. Dennistoun gave the lie to tiis story; and three of his friends traced it to the printer of a placard—who had it from a Mr. Ewing—who had it front a Dr. Macconechie—who could not tell where he heard it, and would not father it himself. This is a specimen of the manner in which the Tories are carrying on the warfare. Their candidate is Mr. Mon- teith the Younger of Carstairs ; for they set aside poor Mr. Colqu- houn, to the mortificution of the Church party. Mr. Monteith was brought from Torquay, where he had been staying, and arrived in Glasgow on Tuesday night. It seems that this .young gentleman passed as a Radical at Cambridge, and he admits that he sup- ported the Reform Act. The only reason suggested for his change of opinions is, that Sir Robert Peel " put up " at his father's house on his visit to Glasgow. In his speech to the electors, young Mr. Monteith gave as a reason for restricting the iisht of voting, that the suffrage was not a privilege, but a burden, which ought not to be imposed upon anybody. as long as the existing consti- tuent body did its duty. A bright genius this Mr. Monteith seems to be : if the franchise is a burden, it ought to be equally shared. The day of nomination was Thursday, and the election was to take place yesterday. There was a good prospect of Mr. Dennistoun's success.
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