6 APRIL 1839, Page 7

An Edinburgh correspondent, a keen observer of political move- ments,

directs our attention TO the decline of mere Whig influence in that city. He notices, that when the Whigs called meetings for the Ballot and the Repeal of the Corn-laws, the Chartist opposition was powerless but when their object was to keep Ministers in office and set an example of a movement in their favour, to be followed elsewhere, the Liberals of the Middle classes " turned out but in a laggard fashion," and the Chartists, rimier the same leaders, beat them. He says that the more knowin Whigs, aware that their influence was on the wane, would not allow Sir JOHN CAMPBELL, during Isis last stay at Edinburgh, to confront his constituents in a public meeting, as Sir Jonx himself desired.