The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-24 00:00:00

THE REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH.

At a 1111111STOIS and highly influential meeting of
the Liberal aosaraittoe of the electors of the City of Edit-
burgh, held i• the Waterloo Hotel, on Tuesday current.
the Lord Provost in the chair, the following resolution was
adopted with sualasation

"That Adam Black, Esq., has strong claims upon the
electors et Edinburgh, from his long and disinterested pub-
lic serviwes, to be one of the representatives of the city in
Parliament ; and is a moot fit and proper person to fill the
venom caused by the retirement of the Bight Hon. T. B.
Masmsiey: T►at, accordingly, a requisition should forth-
with he addressed to Mr. Black, requesting him to allow
himself to be pat in nomination at the ensuing election."
The Scotsman says of lir. Black:—" In •very department
Of life he has merited the title and the rewards of • good
eitisen—to all of as his manner of life is known from his
youth upwards. But in politics, or rather in all public
affairs, he has shown an aptitude and ability even above his
opportunities. Few men, taking so active and so firm a
part In oostreverted questions, have, by mental force and
moral uprightness, subdued the prejudices of ee many oppo-
ser's, and retained sash increasing troops of friends. Lat-
terly he has neither sought nor shunned public life. If,
therefore, an apparently preponderating portion of the
eitisens shall he found inclined to request his services in
this new and higher capacity, we cannot believe that he
will decline a duty so obvious and an honour so splendid."

la Ws famweliwords, Mr. Macaulay, it will have bees
seen, indicates that this step would have beam taken owner,
had he act bees dissuaded from it—ffret, by hopes of better
health, sad, later, by the shames of any symptom of &ma-
tisisetion swag the coustitneney. We (Seeman) believe
that it 6 tree, sad that it justice to Mr. Macaulay that
the truth should be twain, that he has not here stated all
the dissuade= by whisk ha wee !effected. At seven] earlier
periods, we usdentand, his desire and determination ien-
medistely to taiga bad been communicated to especial
Maids samiag the sosatituancy, and he was &gala and
again pomaded to retain his seat Indy by their Timm-
streams sad satresties. The motives under which
them entreaties wars made we sea easily cohesive
—4er a time, perhaps, a more hopeful otiinioa of Mr.
Messulay's health elms he possessed himself ; for a barer
period, the probability that the unstable condition of poll-
deal affairs sad parties would bring on an early dissola-
Mea, sad eoatequatly that a little delay would save the
sits from Wag plunged La two elections is dose seem-
eke ; sad not lout, we should infer, the knowledge that
me party among the constituency was desirous of, or pre•
pared for, any °hangs that could be postponed till a
more eoavessient season. Possibly, the we motives
might have cautioned to operate for yet a little longer,
if Mr. Mseaulsy himself had not become quite mar
lute against say farther delay. We as scarcely believe
however, that, even without this esplanation, there could
be a Magic member of the eonstituency iodised to charge
with anything like subssoming tenacity • mss who has
serried a proud sessitiveness nohardened and unsubdued

through all the roughness's of a troabled political life. Aad
we are gaits ear& that. bitter and unhappy as some of oar
matroversiee have been, them is not a man among as, or at
beast a rasa whom good will or good word is worth ha•iog,
who follows Mr. Macselay into his retirement with any
other fselinp than pride, affection, sod regret.