50,0001., through the exertions of the Lord Provost, had given
in their adhesion to the terms proposed ; and hopes are entertained that creditors for the remaining sum of between 50,000/. and 60,000/. will
accede ; by which the amount of four-fifths of the whole debt, the proportion required by the Act, will be obtained. —Caledonian Mer- cury.
The Scotsman of Saturday contains an expose of the means of coer- cion resorted to by the Tories to influence the Municipal elections in Edinburgh. In the Fifth Ward, oa that which comprehends Melville Street, Charlotte Square, Moray Place, and the adjoining streets, they procured the Poll-books of 1835, and selected the names of sixty shop- keepers and tradesmen who had voted for the Liberal candidates. These names were printed and transmitted along with the following circular to the whole phalanx of Tories in the New Town : "Should you have influence with any of the following electors, you are requested to exercise it in favour of the Church candidates, Messrs. Alexander Watson, surgeon, 51, Queen Street, and Robert Ritchie, ironmonger, 54, India Street." The list does not contain the name of a single ad- vocate, writer to the signet, accountant, or landed proprietor ; so that the hind of influence intended to be exercised was obviously not that of moral persuasion, but of pecuniary damage. To the credit of these sixty electors, whose names are published in the Scotsman, and whom we highly honour for their virtuous independence, fifty-six voted in the election just terminated for the Liberal candidates, and not one for the " Church (that-is the Tory) candidates." One was disqualified by change of residence, and three did not vote.
On Monday, the price of the four-pound loaf in Edinburgh was raised a halfpenny; the ready money price being 81d. and the credit price 9d. Flour is 3s. and bran 9d. per stone.
The election of Lord Rector of Glasgow University was decided on Tuesday; when Sir Robert Peel was chose by a majority of 321 to 221 over Sir John Campbell. Scotland's "selectest youth," as the delighted Standard calls the Glasgow students, have proved that the "intelligent mind" of Scotland is Tory. What a consolation for the misfortune that the full-grown men of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aber- deen, and Dundee, are Liberal! Alas, the " selectest youth" cannot elect a Member to the House of Commons.
Provost Kay has received a letter from Sir Henry Parnell, autho- rizing him to contribute 100 guineas, in Sir Henry's name, towards de- fraying the debt on the Dundee Public Seminaries.
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