SCOTLAND.

The Earl of Durham has been visiting the Marquis of Breadalbane, at Taymouth Castle ; and Lord Kinnaird, at Rossie Priory. While staying at the latter place, he received the invitation from Glasgow to the public dinner which the inhabitants proposed to give him. Lord Durham at once accepted the invitation ; and the dinner is to take place on the 29th of this month. A Committee was appointed to make the necessary preparations ; but, though several places were mentioned, it seems that there will be some difficulty in obtaining a room sufficiently capacious to hold the persons who intend to be present on the occasion ; and a separate building will probably be erected. Mr. James Oswald, -Member for Glasgow, will take the chair. The Trades of the city have resolved to give some " public demonstration " of their admiration of Lord Durham's public life and services in the cause of Reform. From Rossie Priory, Lord Durham seems to have gone to Camper- down House ; and on Saturday last, in company with the Earl of Cam- perdown and Lord Kinnaird, he entered Dundee, where the Town- Council had resolved to present him with a burgess-ticket, and the Political Union with a complimentary address. On his entry into the town, the horses were taken from the carriage, and it was drawn amidst the cheers of the multitude to the Town-house ; in front of which, temporary hustings had been erected, as no covered building in the town "could possibly," according to the Dundee Chronicle, 1‘ contain one- sixth of the immense number who crowded around his Lordship." Provost Kay, after some appropriate preliminary remarks presented

the burgess ticket; and Bailie Christie, the banker, as remarks, of

the Political Union then came forward. He said-

" I hold this a proud day indeed for Dundee. seeing that we have amongst us the very choice of the Peerage. Amongst the members of the House of Peers there is not one whose merits and good qualities wind him round the hearts of the People like Lord Durham. All entertained the same deep affection for Lord Durham in the House of Peers as they had done for Mr. Larnbton In the House of Commons. Others have changed their minds, but he has not done so. At the Gathering in Edinburgh, the other day, I was never so electrified as at hearing the reply of his Lordship to an individual who pleaded hard for the Do-as-little-as-possible ejortem; and I would refer at present particularly to the crowning remark in Lord Durban's speech on that occasion 'I re- gret every hour which passes over acknowledged and yet unreformed abuses.' This sentiment gave a tone to the meeting at the Gathering, which certain parties did not expect, nor wish, nor like. Much good, I hold, was done at Edinburgh, though I have

been blamed for being there, and for having compromised my Radical principles : but I have to say that I have not, and never will compromise principles which I believe to

be sound. I contend for equal rights and has s to all : and Lord Durham does the same. The declaration I allude to has. I ain sure, taken hold of every memory, anti will descend to posterity as a marked saying of the first Earl of Durham.

After some allusion to the state of Ireland, Bailie Christie read the following address from the Political Union; which, he assured Lord Durham, spoke the sentiments of ninety out of every hundred in- habitants of the place.

" My Lord—The Dundee Political Union, and generally the Operatives of Dundee, rejoice in the opportunity which your Lordship has afforded them to testify their grafi- tude to your Lordship for your able, consistent, and unwearied efforts in the cause of good and cheap government. In the present age, when some men who have been raised to power and wealth by pretending to advocate the rights of the People, sem to hare forgotten the principles and opinions they formerly professed, we rejoice to see that your Lordship has, for honesty and liberality, sustained your high character throughout the various situations in which, by birth and fortune, you have been placed : yes, both as a Commoner and as a Peer, we still find you the same stanch, able, and uncompromising advocate of the rights and happiness of mankind. •• For your rssistance in preparing the Reform Bill, and your powerful advocacy of its principles in the House of Lords, the new constituency owe you their hest thanks; and although it, provisions are such, that but very few of the working classes are en- franchised—yet, knowing the interest, the power, and the prejudices with which you had to contend, they too (although for the present excluded) thank you for the boor; and hail it as a first step towards the attainment of those rights which are so dear to every Briton, and of which a Boroughmougering Oligarchy have so long de- prived us. " In the way of Reform, much yet requires to be done. The Reform Bill itself has yet to be amended. The streams of Knowledge are wickedly dammed up. We are still oppressed with Monopolies of various descriptions : the Corn-law monopoly in particu- lar, bears hard upon the rights of industry—the beneficial circulation of the bounties of Providence is thereby prevented. The Corporation-laws are also peculiarly oppressive; for by means of them all hope of rising in the world is almost taken away from the working classes. Our Taxation is enormous, as well as unnecessary, to a great extent. It bears uuequally on the different classes of society, pressing proportionally lass on the rich than on the poorer awl the middle classes. Law to a great extent is a mockery of justice. Our Established Churches are nests of sinecures; and their ministers for the moat part abettors of the powers that be, whether good or bad. Indeed, our whole institutions still swarm with abuses and corruptions.

" May your Lordship long enjoy health and strength, to enable you to aid in sweep- ing away such abuses and corruptions, and in diffusing peace and happiness amongst the human race.

" By appointment and desire of the Dundee Political Union and other inhabitants of Dundee. "W. CHRISTIE, Chairman,"

Lord Durbam then presented himself, amidst entbiniastic cheering, and spoke as follows.

" Gentlemen, I will thirly own. that although any honour which might have been confrried on no by the authorities of pew town would not have been without value, even if acconipauled by no other, it would have been deprbed of the peculiar value attach to it in connexion with the affectiouate receptiou I have received 'rum the trades and wurkiug classes of Mullett. Although one of the prisileged class. I have never recatdeel my privileges as worth any tiling, if, along w WI them, t did nut enjoy the affection of all classee in the community—if I should exercise them for my own bene- fit, and nut for the heuelit of all. Gentlemen. I cannot claim the exelnsive merit the Provost has been pleased to assign me. I am not the only individual member of the House of Peers w ho has ulaays proved himself worthy of the approbation of the People. I see around me noble Lords who have always cordially acted pith me: I mean the Earl of Campo-dont, and Lord Kinnaird, and that excellent patriot whom I observe on the opposite side of the street. Lord Panmure.* (Great cheering ) I have never yet strulgled for the People without receising the cordial assistance of these Peers ; and therefore I cainiot upply any compliment to myself at their expense. But am willing to share it with them ; and I repeat my own sentiments. as aell as theirs. when I say that they and I wish nothing which is not compatible with the rights and privileges of the etournimity. Gentlemen, allusion has been made to the Reform Bill. I alit not deny that to me was introsted the preparation of the Reform Bill—(CFieers) —aitled by others; and we prepared such a bill as in the state of the times we could expect to carry.—a bill which. though mutilated, conferred on the People of this coun- try a degree of liberty and freedom which never before existed in any country, and err. *Aunty not in Scotland, where the People coahl not be said to possess any political fno- dom at all. But do I ascribe any peculiar merit to myself on this account ? No ! I am not so vain. I know that ill honouring me, you are doing honour to the cause of Reform ; and that when you reward a public servant, it will be to consecrate the prin- ciples of Reform. and to vindicate your on consistency. With this disclamation of any peculiar merit on my part. I still not deny that I have exerted myself in the cause of the People ; and I am thankful for the honours done, awl the affectionate tribute now paid to me. (Great cheering.) Gentlemen, it would not be becoming in me to close the proceetlitigs of this dav w ahead adverting. not only to the address of the Magis- trates and Town.Couneil of Dundee, and the freedom they lia‘e conferred on me, but also to the address of the Political Union. I have never yet. nor ever will. conceal my sentiments, whether addressing Radicals on the one hand or Tories on the other. (Cheers.) I have ever stated and avowed what my principles are. (Great c.heeringl I confess, that if I believed all that is stated in the address of the Political Union, I should tlesp.tir of the proaperity of my country. But I du not believe that every thing is in such a state as is there represented. Much I know remains to be done ; and, with your assistance. it shell be done: but I do not believe that all is so bad and rotten in our institutions as is set forth in this address. My object is not to destroy and recon- utruct, but to ameliornte and amend. There is much that is good and valuable in our institutiona, if it were fairly drawn out ; but MUCK of what is good in our institutions hue, through Tory misrule, been perverted to other purposes. But I hold that, in our forni of Government by King. Lords, and Commons, there will be found a greater de- gree of liberty than met existed in any other country of the world, and as much rational liberty ae any people under the sun can or ought to enjoy. (Cheers) I ask you of the working classes, who are the sinews of the State, what would be the consequence of any system calculated to produce confusion ? I am not aware of any class that would stiffer inure from such a btato than the operatives. An thing which tends to derange the laws which regulate the employment of capital and labour, must necessarily tend to destroy the mercantile and agricultural prosperity of the country ; and if you take my advice, you will take care that when y on ameliorate you do not destroy. (Cheers.) Gen- tlemeu, having thus frankly stated that I will not go the length set forth in the addsess read by my honourable friend Bailie Christie, I may be allowed to state, that I am an advocate for the most determined and speedy correction of all abuses ; and that, where. ever any abuse can be pointed out, it ought to be immediately reformed. When I en- tered your town, the first thing that struck my eye, was the magnificent appearance of your new Docks. But I would not content myself with always admiring the beauty of the masoory, or the skill of the architect. I would wish to see the waves flowing into it—the navies of the world riding there ; and thus manifesting the increasing prospe- rity of the town. So it is with the Reform Bill. It is not sufficient that the People have the power of electing their Representatives —they want to see the fruits of it. The Representation of the People is not yet perfect ; but It is better than it was, and the People must wait till they see if the edifice w ill effectually answer its purposes. (Great cheering.) Gentlemen, we have bevel told that there is danger of going too fast, and of acting without due deliberation. Now, while I admit that every meaaure should be well considered, since due consideration alone is effectual. I cannot see why time should be lost in beginning to deliberate. I cannot, for the soul of me, see why. instead of inane- mediately deliberating. we should stop in our progress. Should any person from Perth be here, he would doubtless come by the steamer ; and I would ask what he would have said if the man at the helm had called out, when they were in the middle of the Tay, 'Stop her ' (Laughter.) Ile would never have arrived at Dundee. lie would have been in the middle of a romantic and handsome river, no doubt ; but this would not Live satisfied him for not gettiug to the end of his journey. Therefore he would say, that the man at the helm of the State should not stop his course, but guide his vessel speedily, and safely to port. (Great cheers.) Gentlemen. I ought not to have detained you so long. Since I ceased to represent the county of Durham in l'arliament, I have not beets accustomed to address so large an assemblage; and I was in better wind for it then than I am now. (Great cheers.) I cannot, however, resist the opportunity af- forded, by the allusion of Builie Christie to behind. of saying a few words about that country. though Ills not immediately connected with the anours which have been done me. But I cordially agree, that the prosperity of Ireland is intimately connected and bound up with the prosperity of England and Scotland ; and that we ought to put shouhler to shoulder in order to remedy the evils which exist in that unhappy country. Centuries of misrule have not deadened a desire amongst the Irish People for good government ; and we have only to pursue a sound line of policy towards them to make that country the source of riches and contentment, while. at present, it is merely a drag on the other parts of the empire—an army of thirty thousand men being required to keep dean a people having eee common interest with ourselves. With these feelings I dismiss this subject, grateful that at length the Government are anxious to do kis- tice to the People of Ireland. In Edinburgh. I said that I would not then enter mi- nutely into a discussion of the grievances of Ireland—and I say so now ; but I cannot allude to it without agreeing in the necessity ocsornething being done for the prosperity of that country. And now. Gentlemen, allow me to take leave of you. Although I did not cross the Border in the hope of receiving any personrd honours from the People of Scotland—although I came for the purpose of doing honour to one of the most il- lustrious statesmen that ever lived—I should pot have the feelings which every man possesses, if I were to repudiate the testimonies of affection and esteem I have received in Scotland; aud if I did not assure you, my fellow citizens of Dundee, that there is no mail in your town, or in Scotland. more anxious for your prosperity than I am. If health and life should be spared to me, and if opportunity occur. I will endeavour to carry into effect those principles which I have contended tor." (Great cheering.) s Lord Durham then withdrew ; after which, three cheers and one cheer more were given for him, and three cheers each for Lords Camperdown, Panmure, and Kinnaird, and Provost Kay. The party partook of some refreshments provided by the Magistrates in the Hall ; where, the Dundee chronicle says, there was some good-humoured skirmishing between Lord Camperdown and Bailie Christie; Lady Camperdown and ninny other ladies were present.

[These proceedings at Dundee speak strongly against the Chan- cellor's notions on the subject of Ministerial performances last session: the 1)o-little doctrines are not in favour in Scotland—except, perhaps, among the Whigs of Edinburgh. The honours paid to Lord Durham at Dundee were the consequence of his manly exposure of Lord Brougham's sophistry at the Edinburgh Dinner ; and it is delightful to see the hearty approbation which a straightforward and consistent course of conduct elicits from all whose approval is worth seeking. The tone of Lord Durham's speech at Dundee, the sentiments he professed, and the principles he laid down, were worthy of the author of the first Reform Bill. What a contrast, in freshness and sincerity of feeling, does it not exhibit to the cut-and-dried witticisms, the verbal jingle, the special-pleading, and wordy sophistry of Lord Brougham's Scottish speeches! The imagery was suggested by the associations that sur- • Lord Panmure was sitting at a window in Reform Street,

rounded him and the picturesque scenery he had just passed through, and the topics of his reply by the addresses just presented to hum There is only one part of his speech to which, perhaps, exception might be taken. There seems little to object to in the address of the PAU. cal Union,—because, excepting that passage wherein the corporations are mentioned as preventing the success in life of industrious workmen, the whole of it is literally true : it contains, indeed, scarcely a single proposition which Lord Durham himself has not at one time or another laid down. We suspect that somebody—perhaps his friend Lord Cam. perdown, who took up the cudgels with Bailie Christie in the Town. hall—had possessed his ear before the Bailie spoke, in regard to the views and objects of the Political Union of Dundee ; and that Lord Durham replied in reference to the impression thus made, rather than to Oat the address actually contained.]

About a hundred and fifty gentlemen of the counties of Lanark, Stirling, and Dumbarton, gave a grand dinner at Cumbernauld on Tuesday week, to Admiral Fleming, M. P., previous to his departure to take the command at the Nom. Politics were expressly excluded from the speeches ; and the whole affair, though exceedingly compli. mentary to the gallant Admiral, seems to have been somewhat dull and prosy.

The Highland Agricultural Society held their annual meeting at Aberdeen on the 3d instant. The principal persons present were the Dukes of Gordon and Buccleuch, the Marquis of Tweeddule, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir Thomas Brisbane, Mr. Fox Mantle, Sir Alex- ander Bannerman, &c. A number of prizes were distributed to the owners of the best specimens of cattle, roots, seeds, and implements. After the business of the day was over, the Society dined together, or rather in three separate rooms; the Dukes of Buccleuch and Gordon, and the Marquis of Tweeddale, each presiding in one of them. The company seems to have been exceedingly jovial. The Conservatives are making much of the political feeling displayed, and especially of the reception of a jeu de mots uttered by the Duke of Gordon—that the Duke of Wellington was the best driller in the empire.