The Courier of this evening says- . " Verily the
Caledonian Mercury was right, and the Spectator was wrong, m the character each of those journals gave of the Glasgow meeting. It will turn out for the Tories, and particularly for Sir Robert, a complete frilure." " Verily !"—it is easy to say "verily ;" but the only evidence the Courier produces to prove that the Glasgow dinner was a "complete failure," is a Conservative speech of Mr. BANNERMAN of Aberdeen ; who, in the presence of four Whig parsons, made some remarks upon Sir ROBERT PEEL'S oration at Glasgow. As reported in the Courier, Mr. BANNERMAN'S harangue was bald, disjointed, and illogical. As to the "failure "—when will Lord JOHN RUSSELL have such a "failure" got up to do him honour? We are no eulogists of PEEL or his people ; but "verily " it is mighty silly to attempt to rail down a demonstration on the pan of our opponents, so remarkable in its num- bers, at least, as to be unexampled in this country. A dinner cannot overturn a Ministry, or perhaps gain a vote already pledged; but few dinners have done more to demonstrate the strength of a party than that of the Tories at Glasgow.
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