Sir Robert Peel has accepted an invitation from the Glasgow
Tories to dine with them on some day in the month of January, when lie will repair to Glasgow to be installed Lord Rector of the University. On the subject of the Rectorial election, the Caledonian Mercury observes- " If our opponents are determined to consider this election as a purely political triumph, then we will meet them on their own ground. We too consider it a triumph. It is the triumph of Peel, not over Campbell so much as over Lyndhurst. It is well known that this notorious nobleman was not only put in momination, but actively canvassed for ; and it was only when his supporters became aware of the irrepressible disgust which the bare mention of Lynd- burst's name created in every quarter, that Sir Robert Peel was thought of as a derider resort. As for Colquhoun, no one ever seriously thought of him— Lyndhurst was the pet man of the exalted Tories; but he would not go down, and so Peel was set up. The Standard hopes that Peel will accept the bonour and the dinner, and that he will fetch his friend 0) Lyndhurst along with bins. We fervently concur in these hopes. Friend, indeed ! This is very pleasant. The man who took the reins out of his hand, and sneered at 14 the man without pluck, grandfather," tee. We do not think both will come. Perhaps neither. But should they, forgetting old feuds, consent to journey northwards in company, we expect a rich treat. We expect Peel ta repeat to the tailors of Glasgow those advices which he so earnestly impressed on the tnerchant-tailors of London. It will do good to Lyndhurst to hear on such good authority, that the Peers are impotent to resist a serious pressure, and that the fate of the country must be decided in the House of Commons."
The requisition to Sir Robert Peel received about 1200 signatures : A deputation proceeded with it to Sir Robert at Drayton.
There was a Protestant meeting at Aberdeen on Wednesday week, the notorious Crotty being the most prominent among the performers. From the account given in the Aberdeen herald, it seems to have been st most riotous assemblage. Crotty's language was disgusting and beastly, if not blasphemous. There was more swearing and cursing than can be imagined, without a perusal of the account of the meeting, which is not fit to transcribe. This Crotty was expelled from May- booth, and afterwards fined and imprisoned for riotous conduct. He performs a sort of mass of his own manufacture, and refuses to state distinctly what creed be intends to adopt till he has collected money to build a chapel. This man is a chosen apostle of the Roden cabal to convert Catholics to Orangeism and Proteetantism, and the Times tells him the " virtuous" Crotty !
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