The name of Mr. John Deneistoun, M.P., was struck out
of the of Directors at the recent exhibition of the highland Society in scour : Lord William Beritinek, M. P., was treated with such marked eeetect, that, although he came to Glasgow for the express purpose of
attending the dinner, he left town a few hours before it task el_ The reason assigned for striking out Mr. John Dennis that he does not reside in Glasgow: neither does Mr, el fereat bell, the Chairman of the Local Committee. We are tolr..t " nothing personal " was meant by the exclusion of Mr. Dennis We believe it ; but was nothing political meant? We believe aim was, by slighting both the Members for Glasgow, to lete lehtiketl° both away from the dinner, in order that the lot of returning sheet_ " The Members for the City of Glasgow, and of the Burghs with the district,'' might fall to Mr. Colquhoun of KillermoZ-3 may be wrong in our belief; but the facts upon which we have to this conclusion are before the public—every man can judge foil self. We believe that no blame in this matter attaches to the men and gentlemen of the Society: they are superior to suchliteee- It is in the bosom of the local Committee that we must look for de paltry intrigue. It is from that quiver comes the arrow of insuleeT. at the Reforming community of Glasgow.—Glasgow Argus. The Argus also gives an amusing account of the proceedings see dinner above mentioned. The Duke of Sutherland appears to bee: among a set of ill-bred bigots, when intending simply to join s from which. in common decency, religious and political differese-1 should have been excluded.
" In the days of old, the Church contrived to get drunk soberly tad now, however, it manages to disturb the harmony of a whole dinneopetTee swaggering, roaring, and hiccuping that it will be drunk. And, noteem with being drunk after a gentlemanly fashion once of a night, it insisnou Domitian or Commodes, upon getting him the same pickle twice is taw, evening. " Oo Thursday evening, the Duke of Sutherland proposed from the ektt in the due cnurse of rotation—' The Church.' [The toast of old, window, sions, was' the Church of Scotland: ' but the rampant behaviour of the lint, rend Mr. Yorstouu, at Dumfries, last year, has forced the noblemen midge* men of the Highland Society to admit the whole Christian Church, in tick", that superior numbers might keep the sect dominant in this country in or The toast was drunk, Mr. Colquhoun cheering most vehemently; but, u Chairman subsequently, with excellent taste, remarked, ' without the honest the sentiment being or too solemn a nature fur such a boisterous lacunae, meat.' At a later period of the evening, the Marquis of Tweeddale tore, a with becoming solemnity expressed regret that a very important toast ladle,: omitted : the Chairman (the toast not being specified) did not understand she the noble Marquis would be at, and the business of the evening proceeded After a considerable interval, the Marquis again rose, and expressed Live that the Church' had not been drunk : the Chairman informed him that itie been drunk in the order of succession assigned to it in the list. And awl yelping broke loose of 'the Church, the Church !' so much to the annoyances the company, that the Chairman good-humouredly observed, that to plenetio gentlemen, lie had no objections to drink the toast over again. Accord* the Church was toasted a second time, amid yells of triumphant jubilation. It was expected that this concession would restore quiet; sod the Dub, resuming the evening's routine, called upon Sir Charles Goldoni to read theft of premiums. lint yielding to rude Mamma uniformly encourages the illdori to greater misbehaviour ; and accordingly, Sir Charles was interrupted by mit yerking voices calling out ' eleLeod, APLeod ! ' An indignant countemay • The report,' wae elicited by this additional piece of impertinence. And Et clamour of contending cries, Dr. 3PLend rose, but was hooted down. 11! Chairman, in hopes of appeasing the brawl, said, with a sigh, that he shoulent happy to hear what 1)r. 3Platool had to say : and the ex-Moderator addeoof to the company a tissue of buffoonery, in excellent harmony with the Unity cis moor which had obtruded his unwished-for oratory upon it. He prattled alsa ' breeding,' as if, had lie understood any thing of breeding, lie could then his been talking there. He talked of the Highland breed (human) being deterio rated by crossing, us if he wished to insult the Ch similar', who is a cross. We apral to even y rational man, whatever his religion or his party pima may be, Is this overbearing, factious brawling for high planes at feast, th spirit of religion? It is a worldly spirit ; it is a vulgarly win Idly spine The besetting sin of the !towel ful classes is a despotic spirit, extenuated by refit. meut of manners. file besetting sin of the unprivileged classes is contstoto redeemed by sturdy independence. From the eatliest period of its history eel to the present moment, the character of a majority of the clergy. of thedse nant and domineering sect in Scotland, has been a combination of the bad tee ties of both classes, without the redeeming qualities of either. They rut blended in neatly equal proportions the boorishness of the unlettered cleanse the arrogant despotism of the occupant of the Papal chair. " The Church will be drunk.' It is drunk : daily and hourly; mania noon, and night, it is drunk ; drunk with arrogance and selficoncent. No gentleman Calm hope to enjoy elegant sociality where these clowns are allowed.a intrude. "' The Church' toasted early in the evening was the Christian Chortle, will the brawlers of Thursday evening explain the nature of the Chord which, when ' warm with wine,' they were so anxious to obtrude on the on of the company ?" It is said that the Duke of Wellington will be the next Lord R. tee: of Glasgow University. There is something very ridiculous in tit choice of a soldier, who makes no pretension to learning, for theist of our colleges.
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