SCOTLAND.
A meeting of the working classes was held at Perth on the 19th ultimo, to adopt the National Petition and the People's Charter, and to appoint a delegate to the London Convention. The Perthshire Chronicle reports the numbers at from eight to ten thousand. De- puties from Dundee, Errol, Scone, and other places attended. The people assembled on the South Inch, and marched in procession to the North Inch ; where hustings were erected, and the speeches were deli- vered. It seems to have been a spirited affair.
Three hundred and fifty Tories of Aberdeenshire dined together at Aberdeen on the 26th ultimo, to celebrate the anniversary of the forma- tion of their Conservative Association. The great men of the day were the Marquis of Huntley and Mr. Horatio Ross; but the Mar- quis does not seem to have said much ; while Mr. Ross was evidently glad of an opportunity to hold forth. With one or two exceptions, however, his speech was a tissue of Tory commonplaces. The remark that the Reform Bill was carried "by the People for the Whigs," was happy and true. He insinuated an excuse for his own desertion of the Liberal party, by confounding that party with the Whig Ministers— Ate we now nuietly to submit to be dragged through the mire by such a set of degraded imbeciles as the present Government, merely for the fear of being taunted as reregades? To those who are wave, ing, fearful to go on with ther present party, but larking courage to take the bold step of joining us, I would say, look at those who now support Conservative principles; and if you find, as I maintain is the ease, that almost to a man the clergy and upper classes are ranged on our side, that moat men of large lauded and funded pro- perty, a large majority of thase who are engaged iu commercial and manufac- turing pursuits, an equal propoition of those who have distinguished them- selves as own of high y attainments, and that dai:y the middle classes of society—all, in short, who lave any position to maintain or property to lose— are flocking to our standard as the only patty in whom they have confidence— when sou see this, I would ask, is it not enough tir decide your doubt? I would further humbly endeavour to impress Oil them, and indeed upon all, that we are one great family—that this country does not depend for its wealth and greatness on feudal barons, but on the commercial enterprise of our nier:hants, the industry and skill of our mauufacturera and agriculturists—all working to. gether as one machine ; and whatever legislation is injutioua to any one of these classes must be felt by all others. Awl, although I must approach the remark I am about to make with every feeling of reverence and oh awe, I do say, must we not all some day appear bifore the same great to atonal. where the wealthiest peer and the humblest operative will be judged alike ? Would it flat then be madness, with a view either to our eternal happiness or our temporal interests, to pursue a system of injuatice to any dim of the community ? And when we see such a decided majority of those who, from their position in so• ciety, their education, and their means of acquiring information on political subjects, uniting as you have done in support of Conservative principles, have we not a right to say, that upon the honest working out of these principles de- pends the welfare of all classes in this empire ?"
[Thus it appears, that to be comfortable in this world and happy in the next, there is only one course fur Radicals—to du as Mr. Ross has dune, abandon Liberalism and turn Tories.]
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