The Tories are making much ado about their success in
the Regis- tration Courts, and quote the following results. In Peehlesshire, they claim a gain of 40 votes ; in Roxburghshire, 3; in Haddingtonshirc, on the registrations of last year and the present, 82; while in Berwick- shire and Caithness-shire, they profess to be considerably strengthened. The amount of all this is, that they may possibly gain a vote in Had- dingtonthire, while in the four other counties they only maintain their ground. Against the possible gain of Haddiagtonshire, they should put the certain loss of Edinburgh county—and then where would be the ground for triumph ? But trill they turn out Mr. Robert Ferguson? We shall not believe it, until we see that gentleman's name lowest on the final poll. At the last election, he had a majority of 37 to be de- ducted from the alleged Tory gain of Fel; and it must be remembered, that the Liberals were taken by surprise then, and had the Government influence opposed to them.
Mr. Macleod of Cadboll addressed a numerous meeting of the elec- tors of the Inverness Burghs, at Inverness, on the 3d instant. lie made a good Whig speech, which suited the Mackeuzies, Grants, and Frasers, who were present, exceedingly well. Mr. Macleod has an ex- cellent chance of taming the Tory interloper out of the representation of these Burghs.
Mr. (Mon addressed a large assembly of his constituents, at Airdrie, on Monday. The at:, mint he rendered of his stewardship was received with loud cheering, and a resolution to support him at the next election was agreed to with great cordiality.
The great Argyllshire Protestant (Mr. Campbell of Monzie, op- ponent of Mr. Campbell of Islay) has been figuring after dinner at the Perth races. lie protested against any allusion being made to Admi- ral rs'apier's addevements in the Portuguese service, when that gallant commander's health was given : and when the Admiral, in returning thanks, called Miguel an "usurper," Monzie rose to " resent" the application of such language to a Prince of a country in alliance with our own. Whoever denies the applicablity of the term to Miguel, as. setts its applicability to Maria ; and if this be not insulting to the country in allianee ►%It h our own, we know not what is. What renders this tantrum of Mouzie still more inexplicable is, that Miguel is the special prot44": of the Papal Court. Nobody seems to have minded the silly boy.—Glavair Argus.
The Fife dinner to Sir John Campbell was to he given in the County-hall in Fife on Thursday.
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