SCOTLAND.
The entertainment which has been projected at Dalkeith for some weeks past, in honour of Sir George Clerk, has now entirely failed. Toryism in that quarter is nearly extinct. We understand, how- ever,,that a dinner will be got up for him at Penicuik, which will take place some time in the course of next month.—Caledonian Mer- cury.
A tardy avowal from Mr. George Sinclair, M. P. for the county of Caithness, of his intention of again standing for the county, has reached his constituents. It bears manifest evidence of being wrung from him by the importunities of' relations and party ; being dated so late as the 6th of October, though his arrival at Leamington was well known, from private letters, to have taken place early in September. We need hardly again enter upon the political grounds on which Mr. Sinclair, who has already notoriously forfeited every claim to the confi- dence of his constituents, attempts to come forward. The following are the principal passages of this address- " Having accompanied my father thus far, on my way to Scotland, I con-
sulted a very eminent physician, who at once informed me, that I could not, without great risk and imprudence, proceed on my journey ; and that a long Interval of rest could alone restore to me such a measure of health and strength, as are essential at all thins, but especially at the present crisis, for that unre- mitting attention to public business which the people have a right to expect at the hands of their Representatives. I have been exposed to much obloquy and misrepresentation, on account of the line of conduct which I have deemed it indispensable to adopt: but I have the consolation of reflecting, that no selfish or sinister motive can, with justice be imputed to use; and that the glory of God, and the security of his Church, have been the objects which I have been most anxious to promote. Since the breaking up of Earl Grey's Govern- ment, I have acted in concert with Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, and those able, virtuous, and independent statesmen, who at that time were impelled by a sense of duty to secede from the Cabinet. I am decidedly hostile to the alienation of any portion of the Church property, in any part of the empire, from ecclesiastical to secular purposes; and am resolved to resist any attempt to encroach upon the privileges of the House of Lords." [We do trust that the Caithness constituency will ignominiously reject this canting Tory.]
We mentioned last week, that Mr. Chalmers of Auldbar had been .entertained at a public dinner by his approving Forfar constituents.;
and we learn from the Montrose Review of the 2,:!d instant, that Ile has since received other testimonials to his independence and activity as the Representative of' the Angus Burghs. An address from the Pro- vost, Magistrates, and electors of Arbroath, was presented to hint last week, in which they express their high sense of the faithful and consistent manner in which he has discharged his duties in conformity with the public declarations be made at his election. It will be long before Andrew Johnston, or George Sinclair, will be greeted by their constituents as Mr. Chalmers has been deservedly by his.
About 160 of the Liberal constituency of Perthshire dined with Mr. Fox Maule, at Doune, on Tuesday week.
The Reform Association Committee met at Kirkcaldy on Saturday, Mr. Ferguson of Raith in the chair. The following is the substance of the state of the county representation in this district, according to the Secretary's detailed report which was laid before the meeting Reformers 402
Tories 106
Neutrals 20 Total constituency 528
At the last election, 282 Reformers voted for Captain Wemyss, and only 62 Tories for Colonel Lindsay; 83 Reformers, 12 Tories, and 18 Neutrals remained unpolled.
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