4 APRIL 1835, Page 12

Mr. ANDREW JOHNSTONE absented himself from the division of Friday

morning ; and lust night alleged as an excuse for his backslid- ing, that he wished to give Ministers a fair trial, and that the Opposi- tion was a rope of sand. Now, we leave Mr. JOHNSTONE'S constitu- ents to judge whether such conduct and language are consistent with what he said and premised to do at Cupar—when, with the Spectator in his band, he complained of being inserted in the Doubtful list. And we ask those who called upon us to remove him from that list, on the faith of his distinct promises to oppose the WELLINGTON- PEEL Cabinet, whether our distrust of the man was not well-founded ?