The demonstration against Romanism by the county of Wilts, yester-
day, joined by seven Members of Parliament, was marked by a declara- tion from Mr. Sidney Herbert of a very distinctively tolerant character. A letter from the Marquis of Lansdowne, in excuse for non-attendance, said that the Marquis felt it would be improper to fetter his discretion by a public demonstration, but expressed a firm determination to uphold the Establishment.
The metropolis of Scotland came out strongly against the Pop on Thursday. The resolutions were moved by leaders of the Establishment and of the Free Church ; and the reporter of the Times says, that though scarcely any of the old Presbyterian Dissenters were there, the meeting may be regarded as the manifestation o( the two great religious parties, and as "the leading step in the agitation in Scotland."
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