THE BROUGHAM DINNER.
Lord Brougham has responded to the invitation of the Edinburgh &a to attend a banquet in his honour. His letter, dated "Provence, .:eember 18," and is addressed to the Lord Provost, is as follows- " My Lord—I have this morning had the honour of receiving your lord- .p's letter with the enclosed address, and I have no words which can press how deeply I have been affected by it. Believe me, my lord, I did t read either that or your letter with dry eyes. I refer not merely to the sional kindness of my highly-esteemed fellow citizens (as the honour merly bestowed, entitles me to call them), but it is an unspeakable grati- ation to find all the great community under your lordship's care appro- ng, without distinction of class, or party, or sect, those measures to which, to the very moderate extent of my powers, my life has been devoted, for improving as well as preserving our institutions, raising the character of our people, and furthering generally the progress of human improvement. The sickness which has visited this family, and the uncertainty of the meeting of Parliament, at which I must of course be present, prevent me from naming the time at which I can hope to have the happiness of meet- ing my friends in your city. As soon as this can be ascertained, I shall have the honour of again addressing your lordship. Believe me to be, with great respect, your faithful servant, Bitourimalt."
Some privates of the Sussex Militia created a riotous disturbance in Edin- burgh on Christmas Day. They were drunk, got into a scuffle with the fre- quenters of a public-house ; and when the police interfered, the soldiers, reinforced, fell upon them. The police arrested two ; a Militia picket "res- cued" them, and resisted all the attempts of the police to make a recap- ture. The next day, the police went to the castle and identified the rioters,
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