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London, England, 1842-09-09 00:00:00

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RIER MAJESTY'S -ARRIV AL AT the part of the municipal authorities, to which her
SCONE PALACE. Majesty is entitled. • -
• • <a- • • ' "That the whole arrangements connected with her
PERTH., TUESDAY l'l-IGIIT.—The demonstrations of Majesty's arrival in the city having been devolved on
loyalty and gladness which everywhere greeted her a Committee of the Council, it is necessary to inquire
Majesty from the metropolis to the river Forth, into their proceedings, and therefore the Couacil
awaited her on its northern shore, which she reached I hereby appoint the following members as a Committee
about eleven o'clock. The towns and villages through I to make the necessary investigation, and to report
which the Royal cortege had to pass in her Majesty's 1 pain przern."
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journey northward vied with each other is decorations Mr. BLACK said the Town Council ought to put
and devices in honour of the Queen,- and their popu- itself right with the public in the matter. He had
lation, in holiday attire, sent forth one continuous written out a statement of facts connected with the
shout of joy. landing of her Majesty, and if Mr. Deud would
At the confines of the county of Perth, and about permit. him, he would read that • statement, and per-
ten
miles distant from the ancient city, the road in- haps it might be found to answer the purpose they
tersecta the Willi hills through Glenfarg. The glen had in view. Mr. Black then proceeded to read the
is a narrow ravine, formed by an opening or breach statement in question, which was to the following
through a mountainous chain t'rom three to five miles effect :
in length, and gently descends from south -to north. "in the brief statement of facts connected with the
The Farg, an inconsiderable mountain rivulet, mean- landing of her Majesty in. Scotland, the most of which
ders down the glen to whichit giVes its name : and so came under my own observation, it is not my inten-
narrow is the pass. that in many places there is barely tion to throw blame upon any_ one, but merely to
room for the road and the brook to keep clear of vindicate the Magistrates and Council from charges
each other. Although not possessed of the sublimity recklessly made, but which I shall be able to show are
and grandeur which belong to many of the inoun- entirely groundless. This explanation I consider due,
taro passes amongst the Grampians, Glenfarg affords not only to the members of Council who had not the
a delightful drive, being closely hemmed in on either same opportunity, of . observing the transactions as
side by cleft hills of considerable height, richly myself, but it is especially due to our constituents,
wooded to their summits; and the many tortuous who have a right to see that the affairs of the commu-
windings of the road present an ever-varying variety nitv are not unmanaged by their representatives.
to the eye of projecting and Over-hanging. rocks ;of a I may premise, that as far as her Majesty was
cascades of foaming watersS. fringed. by birch; and concerned, you all had thefullest proof of her kindness
hazel bushes ; or more placid spots, where " the pure and condescension, and her desire to gratify the
limpid stream glides smoothly along, in gentle eddies wishes of her Scottiah, subjects, in the readiness with
through the underwood, sweet murmuring." Emerg- which she altered all her previous arrangements, for
ing from this defile the luxuriant and richly variegated the purpose , of accommodating the inhabitants of
vale of the Earn opens gradually upon the view, em- Edinburgh.
bracing an extent of champaign country from 20 to " When it was understood that the Queen intended
30 miles in length, and varying from 10 to 6 miles in to visit Scotland, • the Town Council resolved on
width. making such preparatiOns for her reception as might
This fertile and delightful strath is enlivened and he most respectful to her Majesty and most grati-
enriched by the mansions and parks of a number of fyinss to the inhabitants. Although this intention of
the nobility and gentry, exhibiting all that cultivation her Majesty was generally reported in the public
and refined taste can add -to natural fertility and journals, tha Lord Provost had no official information
beauty. Her Majesty kept the Great North-road, on the subject, and much doubt and uncertainty pre-
cutting rightacross the valleyuntil the cortege reached vailed both as to the fact itself and as to the time and
its verge, then turning off by the base of the northern manner of her progress.
hills, proceeded to Dupplin Castle, the seat of the "On the 16th of August the Council remitted it
Right Hon. the Earl of Kinnoull, which was reached to the Provost's conunittee to make the .-necessary
at two o'clock. In this splendid mansion the Queen arrangements for her Majesty's reception, and from
did the noble family the honour to partake of a sump- that time they met daily in the Council-chamber, to
tuous dejeuner. Dupplin Castle commands one of the he prepared to act as soon as they received autho-
best views of the valley of the. Earn, both to the cast ritative intelligence of the Royal movements. The
and west.' Seen from that spot, this extensive tract of only member of the Cabinet then in Scotland was the
country has the appearance of a well-cultivated garden, Duke of Buccletich; whose guest it was understood
fenced in by hills on the north and south, and divers'. her Majesty was to be while in this quarter. The
fled with lawns, and woods; and cultivated fields; Lord Provost applied to his Grace for information
while its serpentine river traces its capricious course, on the subject, and was told that it was the
with many fantastic windings, towards the Tay. intention of her Majesty to come as privately as
A deputation of the Town Council, consisting of possible on this occasion of her visiting Scotland. As
the Lord • Provost, Magistrates, and city clerks, was soon as the 'Committee received this information,
received at Dupplin, and had the honour of present- being persuaded that it was impossible that her Ma-
ing an address to the Queen. jesty's first visit to the capital of . one of her king-
From Dupplin eastward to Perth the most striking doms could be private, they appointed a deputation to
and prominent object is Moncrieffe-hill. This moun- wait immediately on the Duke, and to represent to
taro rises 756 feet above the level of the sea, and is him the injudiciousness of any such arrangement ;
under cultivation to a considerable altitude, its heights and after consulting:his Grace, it was agreed to send
being richly wooded, with here and there bold pro- a memorial to the Home-office, strongly urging a
minences of rock protruding themselves. At the ells- public entrance to the city, which memorial his Grace
tance of about three miles. from Dupplin the road is kindly offered to transmit, and it was sent off on the
carried over the western shoulder of Moncrieffe-hill, 17th of August ; but no answer to this memorial Wits
now reduced to the height of 182 feet. Before ever received. The consequence was, a continuance
ascending this eminence, the view northward is en- of doubt and uncertainty in regard to the whole pro-
tirely shut out by the line of hills which flank Strath- ceedings ; all that had been ascertained by this time
earn, but upon gainingthe summit a scene bursts at was, that her Majesty would land at Granton, and it
once upon the view which for panoramic effects may was expected she would arrive on Wednesday, the 31st.
be held as unsurpassed, if equalled, by any within "At the meeting of Council on Tuesday, the 30th,
her Majesty's wide spread dominions. Upon reachs it was resolved to send a deputation, consistirg .of
ing this spot the invading legions of Rome were so Bailies Richardson and Thomson, Treasurer Drys-
enraptured with the sight as ,simultaneously to dale, and Councillor Black, to Dalkeith, to endeavour
exclaim,—" Ecce Tiber, ecce Campus Martins,"— to see some of her Majesty's Ministers, who were
"Behold the Tiber, behold the _held of Mars !" expected hourly to arrive at Dalkeith.
Here her Majesty paused for a time to enjoy the " A letter was immediately despatched, craving an
lovely landscape which now stretched out before her, and audience of such of her Majesty's Ministers as might
appeared to be highly delighted with the scene. The be in Scotland, and the messengers were desired to
surprise excited by the first blush of the exquisite pro- wait the arrival of the Ministers, if not already at
spect now unfolded gradually yields to admiration 9f Dalkeith.
its component parts. On the right, the massy and " About one o'clock in the morning of Wednesday,
lofty hill of Kinnoull, rising 600 feet above the level the messenger returned with an answer saying her
of the sea, attracts the eye, its western side studded Majesty's Ministers would be prepared '
; to meet the
with cheerful villas and luxuriant parterres, and its deputation at Dalkeith, at half-past nine o'cloCk.
southern front presenting a perpendicular
breadth, while their a range of There were present with the deputation at this con-
of Dover ; it is fermi- exceeds that of the cliffsrugged rocks, half a mile in lti- ference Sir Robert. Peels the Earl of Aberdeen, and.
the Duke of Buccleuch. •- The•menibers of the depu-
nated to the east by the magnificent policies of Kin- Cation pressed a s strongly. as they could upon her
fauns. The foot of this sublime mountain is la,red b aj!sty's Ministers the importance of the Queen
the pure waters of the smooth' gliding Tay, a strealyn
per
rktng her entrance. into_ Edinburgh_ in such a man-
which pours more water into the ocean than any other
as-
river in Britain. Lifting the eye off this delightful
So-
scene, and following the course of the river, the an- verei6m.
soiursaßndesbetrot ppaey theirs respects to their So-
sembaisednottbto disappoint the ardent desires of the
hseurr eAdi a
jtehset y
,deputation,
cient city of Perth arrests the attention, with its that from what lie l nesbvelofa
stately bridge, its towering steeples and spires stand- disposition, she would.' e prepared to make her en- ,
ing out in bold relief, and still: adorning the place trance to the city in. whatever way would be most.
which was once dignified with the name of the metro- agreeable to the inhabitants. The programme which
polls of Scotland, and which ranks in point of prece- had been previously drawn up by the Town Coun-
dence as the second Scotch burgh. cil was shown to Sir Robert, the plan proposed
Beyond Perth, and on the opposite bank of the for the deliverance of the keys of the city, and
river, stands the ancient Royal Palace of Scone, once the order of the procession. all which met with
the residence of the Scottish monarchs, and still a his acquiescence; and so kindly and courteously
princely fabric, peering out of , the thickly-wooded did Sir Robert and Lord Aberdeen andthe
policies in which it is embedded. Here the Sovereigns Duke of Baccleuch enter into the plans proposed,
of Scotland were crowned in days of yore ; and with that they agreed that if there was no notice of the
many interesting events in civil and ecclesiastical his- Royal squadron appearing in the Frith till it was
tory Scone is Intimately connected. As the eye doubtful if her Majesty would be able to pass through
stretches northward, the distant views assume an the city before it wits too dark, that arrangements
alpine sublimity and magnificence. First the lower would be made for postponing the procession till the
range of the Grampians borders the expansive plain succeeding day ; and if notice could be received of her
in the body of the scene, and behind them rise in Majesty's approach at.a time when it was doubtful
towering grandeur the lofty summits of the upper whether her ogress could be :wide through the city
range, until the view is bounded by their cloud- advantage° r not,, that they would consult the
piercing peaks. Never was this sublime and splendid deputation : liesproceedings to be adopted; and it
scene beheld by human eye under more auspicious was agreed that a portion of the deputation should wait
circumstances than it was this day seen by Queen in the Council:chant:el- and a portion at Granton,
Victoria. The sun, which, throughout the day shone from three o'clock till haff.:past four : and if by that
forth in all its brightness, had now reached the far time there was no signal of her Majesty's approach, it
west, casting his mellowed rays at a gentle angle was understood there was no possibility of the arrival
over the enchanting scene, and producing the perfec- of the Royal squadron before dark, and the deputation
tion of light and shade on its hills and plains ; the first would not be called to attend her Majesty's Ministers
tints of autumn have enriched the foliage of its stately to receive instructions. •
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trees, touching them with its enriching auburn ; and : "On the return of the deputation from Dalkeith,
a full flowing tide fills the bed of, the noble Tay, bear- they issued a notice to the public, that her Majesty
ing on its glassy bosom barges and vessels of various would make her entrance into the city in such a
burden, all glittering and gay in honour of the Royal manner as would be most gratifying to the inhabi-
visitant. tants. An:other placard was issued by the Lord
Descending from this commanding and delightful Provost and the Sheriff, stating that her Majesty
could not arrive that day, and that due notice would
eminence, the Queen approached the ancient city of
Perth through the splendid avenue which intersects be given to the public to be in readiness. This was
the South Inch, one of the spacious city parks.. On not an act of the Council ; but after what had taken
the high grounds in the neighbourhood of the city, place, the Lord Provost and the Sheriff were justified
and along the line of road, multitudes • of delighted in expecting that theyo'clock on 'Wednesday evening,
would be enabled to give due
spectators greeted her Majesty as the Royal cortege warning. About ten
moved along. At the South Port the Queen was re- Bailies Richardson and Thomson and Councillor
ceived by the Magistrates and Town Council, and the Black, accompanied by Mr. Sinclair and a Lieu-
Lord Provost, in elegant Court. • attire, presented the tenant of Police, went down to Granton to inquire if
keys of the city, which were graciously received and there were any tidings of the Royal squadron, and
returned by the Sovereign. Ihe gates of the city before going down Mr. Sinclair had engaged printers
were now thrown open, and her Majesty and retinue to be ready at any hour 4 the night to print such
passed through under a magnificent triumphal notices as it might be necesSav to publish to the in-
arch which had been erected for the occasion. It habitants.
is almost incredible that a structure of such e'.e- "No signal having been seen of the approach of the
gance -and beauty could have been ompleted within Royal squadron, the Lieutenant of Police was desired
Ito remain at Granton throngh the night, and as soon
the brief period of ten days. The city architect has
as tidings were received of the squadron being in the
the merit ofthe design, and lie has completely succeeded
in the formation of such an edifice as to do honour Frith, to hasten to Bailie Richardson with the infor-
to the town, and to be not unworthy of the dignified mation. This he did about three o'clock in the morn-
occasion. Its contour resembles Napoleon's triumphal ing, when Bailie Richardson immediately -went down
arch at Paris. The city arms were emblazoned on its to Granton to receive the instructions of her Msjesty'a
capitals, and the Royal standard, surmounting its lofty advisers, that they might be immediately conveyed to
height, waved in the gentle breeze. Outside the gate, the Magistrates and Council. The remainder of this
and close to it on one side, the -Lord Provost, Magiss statement I give upon the authority of Bailie Richard-
trates and Town Council occupied a platform ; and on son, who was informed by Lieutenant Stevenson, a
the other side the ministers and elders of the Pres- messenger from the ' Duke of Buccleuch, that the
bytery of Perth had similar accoannodation, the Royal squadron was in Aberlady-bny, while, in fact,
ministers dressed in their gowns and bands. The they were afterwards discovered to be on the opposite
Magistrates and Council, in carriages guarded by the side of Inchkeith, but.concealed by the island.
high constables, in a handsome uniform, escorted the " Bailie Richardson remained on the pier, where
Sovereign and retinue through the city, passing the Duke of Buccleuch and Sir-Robert Peel also were,
through Prince's-street, St. John's-street, and George- and expected instructions front them. While waiting
street, to the bridge. 'Throughout the entire line the there, about six o'clock the Royal fleet was discovered
streets were occupied by . various incorporations, to be on the other side 04.' Inchkeith, and about half..
trades and professions, in distinguishing uniforms past eight the Royal yacht was moored alongside of
and liveries. The high constables and peace-of- Granton-pier, when the Duke of Buccleuch and Sir
ficers, aided by one thousand operatives, each Robert Peel went aboard, and on their returning- to
bearing a white rod, preserved admirable order the pier the Queen landed and entered her carriage,
throughout. • Every opening in the streets were about nine o'clock. .
platforms, and every window crowded "'The Duke of Buccleuch and Sir Robert Peel then
population. As her intimated to Bailie Richardson that her Majesty
Majesty passed along, the densely thronged multi- found it necessary to proceed immediately to fitted
with a upW welilt•hdressed and joyful
Dal-
tudes rent the air with their deafening cheers, and keith, consequently, instead of being able to ye
the waving of handkerchiefs from the. casements in- previous warning to others, he followed her Majesty
dicated the universal joy. . Her Majesty appeared in to Edinburgh.
excellent spirits, and received and returned the gratu- " The first notice given to the public was by the
quartersgrace.
The firing of the two guns . from the Castle at half-past
rhe
ss
ed condescensioni
nte
Perth
fromand ali
seven o'clock, which was understood to be done by an
mlatuilotnsitudNev
.throughout the course of the
during the night, and
than from order from the Duke of Buccleuch ; but had that
precedent. Not fewer preconcerted signal been attended to, the Queen
day, was beyond all
iwthliinchupe
added to the .populit- .
40,000 to 50,000 strangers were would not have landed till half-past 9 and before she
and order, and peace, and could have arr. • dat the b. ••• • in Sherprogress, it
1“,
tion. All was regularity
000 gentlemen would have been about ten o'clock, by which time
no accident occurred. In the eveninghr County-hall, : hall, ‘t.‘l.l(em inhabitants(
sat down to a sumptuous banquet int
e bonfire 3- and " Frot t; took
would have been generally assembled
in honour of the Royal visit, while place at the conference s f their
heights.deputationwhat '
neighbouring with her Majesty's Ministers, the Council
coloured lights illumined the
of
afield by were
Earl pia justifiedin expecting that due warning would
Her Majesty honoured the
Earl
She is to have been given of the time when the Queen intended
. ht o clock.
dining at Scone Palace at eight
'
sleep in the same Royal residence.' •to land. The Council took, every means in their power
to get this information—not so much for their own
sake, as for the sake of the public—but no notice ofthe
expected time was sent to the Lord Provost, or to
any member of Council. Whether, then, the disap-
pointment was occasioned by some unaccountable
misunderstanding, or in consequence of mismanage-
ment, it must be obvious to every impartial inquirer
that the Town Council at least, are entirely blameless."
Mr. MACAULEY said, that the statement they had
Just heard read might be satisfactory to some members
of Council, but was not so to him. .The Council
wanted the Queen to - do what they would ask no
friend or relative to do. Mr. Black had said that the
island of Inchkeith shaded her Majesty from view,
bpt had they not an. observatory ?—(bear, hear, and
laughter') - There illtS it talk of mist and fog, but he
believed the Royal squadron had been been at a much

EDINBURGH TOWN COUNCIL.
THE LANDING or HER MAJESTY.
The Town Council met on Tuesday, and as it was
understood that a, discussion would ensue relative to
the landing of her Majesty on Thursday last, a good
deal of interest was excited, The Lord Provost was
in the chair.
Upon the reading of that portion of the minutes
which referred to the proceedings of the Council with
reference to the landing of her Majesty,
Mr. Dzun rose and submitted the following motion
on the subject :
" That the Council deeply deplore the untoward
occurrence of Thursday morning, whereby tha
entrance into, and progress through the city were un+
accompanied by those ►eal and dutiful attentions on

past repairing, which the Affgharis have inflicted
upon us. They are not ours ; we do not hold them as
ours; we should not give thlm back as ours; and
we earnestly hope that no arrangement will male
them ours. -13efore concluding, we cannot re :ist call-
ing our readers' attention to one part of our India:
correspondent's communication, which, in the most
unsuspicious way, evidences the audacious falsehood
of Lord Palmerston's famous boast, that by this war
Lord Auckland had opened to our merchants the trade
of Central Asia. Arguing earnestly against the po-
hey of a retreat, our correspondent tells us that " with:
the exception of those who fear that their emoluments
may be lessened by the increased expenditure of the
war, and of some mercantile egotists
,who care more
for having the market imnzediately opened it Alfghan-
istan than for the honour of Great Britain, or the
security of India, the general desire is for obtain-
ing justice from the Atfghans," and that we are
not to regard as the unbiassed opinion of India " the
clamour of interested speculators, who are eager to
seed their goods instantly into Central Asia, in arch?. it
make large profits there, even at the expense
honour." With such persons we are far, indeed from
sympathizing. But this their clamour does show
most palpably, that a trade existed with those regions,
which Lord Auckland's war, far from having created,
has interrupted and continues to interrupt; that In-
dian trade and Indian merchants, tar from profiting
by it, are energetically—nay, are accused of being
dishonourably anxious for its termination at all
hazards; and that an interruption of commercial pros.
perity will have to be added to the other responsibili-
ties of a Government which prolongs it one day beyond
what honour and justice demand.
CHRONICLE.—It is a very edifying spectacle
for honest people to see the rogues who have cheated
them quarrelling amongst themselves. . A contention
is just now raging amongst the Irish Tories respect-
ing a vacancy which has taken place in the repre-
sentation of Dublin University by the elevation of
Mr. Jackson to the Bench. As it is necessary for
the business of the Government to have an Irish law
officer in Parliament, the new Solicitor-General, Mr.
Smith, very naturally offers himself for the vacancy.
Unfortunately for him, however, the Government
happened to be most cordially disliked by a large
body of its own .supporters, and they are rejoiced at
an opportunity of inflicting upon it a signal humilia-
tion. Violent attacks on the Maynooth grant, and
the National Board of Education,- were effectual in
exciting much useful fanaticism in favour of Sir H.
Peel when he was in opposition, but his Government
necessarily support both. Even this might have been
fOrgiven- to a Tory Government, if it remembered
its friends, but some hot partizans amongst
the legal chiefs of the party, who had almost settled
with themselves in what Courts they were to assume
the judicial ermine, find unexcectedly that high
professional character and sonic approach towards
moderation in opinions are considered so desirable in
candidates for the bench, that they are not likely to
be entrusted even with the duties of assistant-barris-
ters. These personal mortifications do not answer
veri well for public grievances, and therefore the old
topics of Maynooth and the Education Board are
again resumed, and employed against the present
Government with as much virulence of language as
was formerly used against the Whigs. This Tory
opposition party has its candidate for the university
in the person of Mr. G. A. Hamilton, a . gentleman
who has not even the recommendation of having been
educated within its walls. This point of university
etiquette is waved in consideration of Mr. Hamilton s
being ready to "go the whole hog" against the
Government. He is supported by the Dublin
Evening Mail, the organ of the Orange party,
which in an article on the subject, after attack-
ing Lord Eliot as the " assailer of the
Protestant clergy," says that the conduct
of the Government in opposing Mr. Hamil-
ton is at least consistent. _Lord Eliot's high character
is pretty well known in England, and the manner in
which he is assailed by the disappointed party in Ire-
land will confirm the general estimate of the value of
similar attacks on Lord Normanby and Lord Mos.
peth. The Mail then goes on to inform Mr. Smith
that his success is physically impossible: What the
physical. obstacle is to be we are not told, but we pre-.
sume it means the bludgeons of the under-graduates,
whose conduct has so often rendered a contested elec-
tion in the Irish University a disgraceful scene of up-
roar and confusion. The reliance on these physical-
force men, who have no votes, seems to imply some
distrust of the parties with whom the election would
legally rest. The Mail then proceeds to exhort its
Tory brethren of the Press to be up and doing
against the " common enemy," meaning the Govern-
ment, and reminds them in prose heroics of the opi-
nion of Cicero—" That the surest way to the at-
tainment of true glory and authority in :my country
was to sustain the good and virtuous when they hap-
pened to be oppressed by the great and powerful,
and his proudest boast was that he himself had
acted upon that principle in defending Roscius against
Scylla." Noble, truly, is the spectacle of these good
and virtuous men, to whom Sir R. Peel has not given
as many places as they desire, combining together in one
great act of self-denial, at the imminent risk of forc-
ing the Government to recognise their claims. We
must, however, object to the implied comparison of
Scylla and Sir Robert Peel. Sir Robert is certainly
so far like Scylla, that he is, according to the best of
his abilities,- a dictator, and, like Scylla, he got into
power, at the head of an unprincipled aristocratic
party, many of whom expected unbridled licence un-
der his regznie;.but he did not, like Scylla, give
free play to the infuriated passions of his sup-
porters, and this is his unpardonable crime, in the
eyes of those who recklessly fought for him in Ire-
land, and who now as recklessly fight against him.
The Mail is obviously in sad despondency as to the
result of this election, hilt puts a bold face on the mat-
ter. It thinks it necessary, however, to hint to the
clergy, with friendly bitterness, that if they support
the Government their motives will be suspected ; and,
after imploring them to form diocesan committees
for managing the canvass and the election, concludes:
"We tell the clergy that this audacious attempt at
converting the college into a Government borough is
not only calculated to prove a heavy, blow and great
discouragement to Protestantism,' but is the deepest
wound ever meditated against the Church of Ireland."
In this we have only to admire the tenacity of exist-
ence, so much beyond that of the feline species, which
the Irish Church establishment possesses. Not nine,
but ninety lives must an institution have which
has survived so many heavy blows, and great
discouragements, and deadly wounds.' And still
she flourishes, ready to receive as many more mortal
stabs as it may suit the views of her supporters to
have inflicted. Her gashes heal so kindly, that we
have no fears for her at the present crisis. Emanci-
pation Acts, Tithe Acts, Corporation Acts, May-
nooth Grants, and Education Boards, every one an
" infernal machine" made for her destruction, have
all exploded harmlessly. This pop-gun affair of the
College election, even though Sir R. Peel's Solicitor-
General should succeed, will not be fatal. Having
braved the Whigs in power for eleven years, and
having been left by so many Whig measures in
peaceful enjoyment of health and revenues, the
threatened establishment may coolly look Mr.
T. B. C. &c. Smith, or as he is called for shortness,
Mr. Alphabet Smith, in the face, and say, by the
Classic assistance of the Mail, " Contempsi Catdinm
gladios, non pertiniescam tuos."
HERALD.—It has been noticed as remarkable,
and exulted over as significant, that among the Minis-
ters and elders of the Church of Scotland who pre-
sented the Address at Dalkeith Palaoe to her Majesty,
on her visit to Scotland, from the commission of the
General Assembly; the names of Dr. 13ryce, Dr. ,
Grant, and Mr. Robertson, of Ellon, are not to be
found. Tile explanation, we understand, may easily
be afforded. These gentlemen.—some of them cer-
tainly not the least known among the moderate party
in the Kirk—were shut out by the dominant majority
of the Assembly from taking a part with their brethren
on this loyal and gratifying occasion, because they
are sympathising with and supporting the ministers of
Strathbogie in yielding obedience to the law of the land,
as laid down by her Majesty's Judges—that is, being
explained—because they are refusing to receive the
interpretation of civil statutes it the hands of the
Church Courts in opposition to the decrees of the
secular tribunals ! The cause of the exclusion of Dr.
Bryce and his friends from honours enjoyed by others
of their order, coupled with the occasion on which it
occurred, presents a somewhat remarkable feature in
the picture which the Protestant Kirk of Scotland is
now exhibiting to the country. Some may think
that this cause ought to constitute the proper pass-
port to such honours ; and that, when sought from
the hands of a Protestant Sovereign by those who
would overturn the very foundations of every Protes-
tant throne in Christendom, they were not at least so
very well deserved.

greater distance. Nothing was more easy than for
the Lord Provost and Council to have told the ihha-:
bitants that they could not say when. her Majesty
would land, and then the people would have been. pre-
pared, and no disappointment would have occurred.
Bailie I'HOMSON said Sir R. Peel stated it depended
entirely upon 'the time .of her Majesty's arrival when
she would land.
Mr. MACAULEY did.:'not mean to say that the in-.
l tentions of the gentlemen of the Council were not
good, but there -was blame somewhere. -He believed
Sir R. Peel answered something in this way :—" My
Lord Provost, her Majesty's Ministers were all there
(Granton-pier), the military were all there—and
then Sir Robert added, very mildly, he could not see
why the Lord ProvOst and the Magistrates were not
also there.—(Hear, hear, and cries of " Oh, oh!"):
Now, that was the time to have met Sir R. Peel, and
to have told him that he knew they were to have a
proper notice, and that they begged to tell him he was
mistaken, although he was the Minister of a great na-
tion.—(lfear, hear, and laughter.) But there \vas no
such attempt made. to justify their cOnluct. They
coon:), pocketed the affront, and now they came for-
ward with a justificatory statement. But his Lord-
ship and the Council were grossly affronted in coining,
from the Palace at Dalkeith. ,He (Mr. • MacauleY)
had the misfortune to put hiS foot into his Lordship's
carriage, end, although he had no hand in the trans-
action at all, he was hooted, being mistaken, he sup-
posed, for his Lordship .or one of the Magistrates—a
great mistake certainly.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.)
Mr. URQUIIART observed, that the question was,
whether the Council had done their duty ? Her Ma-s
jesty's Ministers had been blamed; but, humble as he
was, he denied they were to blame, and that no pro-
mise had been made that they would give the Council
notice.

Bailie TI OMSON would suppose the entire Council
had been at Granton to receive her Majesty—he would
suppose such a case, but what then ? How were the
public to have notice ?—(Hear, hear.) Would they
have had time to inform them
thought it was fortunate they had not been at Gran-
ton, and had not been placed in that: pOsition, for in
such a case the public would have blamed them for
deceiving them.—(Hear,hear.) , (Hear, heir.) Ile
And if they had all
been at Granton, they could not have done more than
his friend Bailie Richardson had done.—(near,)
, Sir W. DRYSDALE said the Council had heard a
variety of statements as to the landing of her Ma-
jesty, and the public, he believed, were satisfied that
the Council were not to blame.—("
«I\o, no.") Hear, Lear," and

Mi. BANKS wished to know whether Mr. Black's
statement was to go forth to the public ?—(Hear,
hear.) When the information was given to the Com-
mander of the Forces of her Majesty's arrival, he
rose and dressed himself, and got his troops under
arms. The police had also their men ready. Why,
then, were the guns not fired, and notice given to the
Council. There was a flag also to be hoisted, and
Mr. Hamilton, who had been written to, informed
him (Mr. Banks) that he did not receive the letter to
do so till two hours after her Majesty had landed.

. Bailie. TuomsoN said he was present when the
whole of the signals .were talked over, and the Duke
of Buccleuch was to make them through Major
HoOper.
,This having been done, the Council were
not to 'blaMe for any error that occurred in that respect.
Mr. GRIERSON MB of opinion that in the interview
they had had with Sir R. Peel and Lord Aberdeen,
Sir Robert admitted by . his manner that there had
been a premature landing.—(" hear," and " No.")
Mr. LOTHIAN said he had come to the Council to
support -a motion for an inquiry, but after what had
occurred, there was so much excitement exhibited,
that he did..riot knoiv hoW he could select any parties
present to conduct such inquiry.—(Hear.) He cer-
tainly could not select Mr. Macauley or Mr. Deud.
Mr. MACAVLEY said, he considered it very impro-
per
and unfair to say that any member of the Council
could act in a partial or unjust manner, and he hoped
Mr. 'Lothian would'retract his statement.
Mr. LoirmAN said, on the previous evening, on the
Wednesday, it was admitted that notice was to have
been given by Ministers to the Council in the event
of her Majesty arriving.—(" No,
• no ;" "Yes, yes.")
Mr. BLACK said it was so, and when they were to
have had notice on the IVednesday evening, it was
equally necessary that they should have had notice on
fiedl‘ltrh.
Thursday morning.
Supposim: the
conceivedallini,AcinAuhLisLy.opinion,was very creditable to the
that the lovers of fun
among the public had been much excited by the pre-
sent meeting, and they had been much further grafi-
Ceuneil•—(Hear, hear, and laughter)
Council could bring the civil and military authorities
before them, what could they do to them ? What
,result could they come to? He thought that after
all that had been done—the beautiful arrangements
they had made, on Saturday, the order and good con-
duct of the people during the illuminations, and the
anxiety of all parties to do what was right—that re-
crimination" should not now be indulged in, and. that
a good understanding would prevail —(Hear.)
Mr. Gun( did. not intend to bring any accusation
against Bailie Riehardstin. ' He should simply like to
the Duke of 1-3ueelench on the pier on Tursday morn-,
know whether tbiq Bailie.. asked Sir Robert -- Peel or.
Bailie Ricu:tansox
'inn at what bow the Queen would lands? —(Hear.)
went down to
the pier at' a- quarter past three o'clock on Thursday
morning, 1-ntving- had an' intimation that the Comman-
der of .thei Tomes had, received orders to keep the
troops under Grans. When the Royal yacht got along-
side the pier, Sir
.Robert Peel and the puke went on
board, and when they came on shore
replied, that he
all that was
said by Sir Robert wtis that her shore,
found it •
absolutely necessary to land ' immediately proceed
, and
to Dalkeith.'

e
The discussion was at length terminated by
Mr. ROBINSON moing threvious question—the
best way, he thought, of
settinpg rid of a debate which
had not, he conceived, done the Council much credit.
If continued, he thought it might lead to a further
indulgence of personalities, which might not terminate
agreeably.
A general assent having been given to Mr. Robin-
son's proposition, the previous question IVSS csreed to,
and the subject dropped.

PUBLIC JOURNALS.
SPIRIT of the PUBL
FROM THE MORNINAI pApEns OF THIS DAY.
TlMES.—Though we
think the re-delivery of our
prisoners by Mbar- Khan a sine qua non for ' the
effectuation of any arrangement, and though we are
also inclined to consider that with those prisoners safe
in our hands, there
Would be very little further
reason for carrying on the war, or retaining pos-
session of one foot of the Affghan territory; yet
we cannot agree with a C6ntemporary in arguing as
if it were almost indifferent by 'what means the
were effected. It is and it is not true that the' only
captives were liberated, .: So
or main object of our advance would be to save these
persons. 'The main immediate'oVect it is; but its
etsheatßsrtintkih,
(tilomvuergrilithent,
long as that liberation
importancels denied, not from the intrinsic value of
ate that
savage and civilized, the knowledge that a
importance, Godl)ut
from forbid
the that
duty Ns.e shouldwhich
for the sake of future
world,
England would have been bound to go
ituihenesdoel
rinN;
British
generations of its subjects, to enforce upon the
subject is never
.deserted by his Govern-
case of M'Leod's arrest at
: Not because his life
would have been of equal value to those of the tNmoeelx:B:n.Yr Toinraik'lleistjhdeenfellnaclel.lle-11.' hy. '
hun-
dreds, or perhaps thousands, who might have perished
in that contest, but in order that every English sub-
ject, in whatever country his lot is cast, may be pro-
tected by the consciousness on the part of himself and
r any indisputable wrong
hlaiimst„hethpaotec to force redress, though it
o
may require the gigantic powers of the British
tee hint around
he
empire to pursue it with ..—e-f fl
eet. Every ()Teat
nation is hound to teach the world that to maltreat
one of its subjects, is always, and everywhere,
and inevitably, to. draw on therw:elves the whole
power of his country. It is for this individual im-
munity from wrong, that national greatness is prin-
cipally valuable - to tin honourable and unambitious
people. The assertion of this immunity it is, and
not the mere anxiety -to avert certain bodily evil
from M'Leod, or Shelton, or Mackenzie, which
justifies the terrible remedy of war. Is the care ex-
ercised by this country over all her subjects—her
unshrinking readiness to assert all their rights and
redress all their wrongs, at' whatever cost of danger
backi this determination e ;
Meneed in buying
from the hands of an enemy, media.e.v
t or iin
mediately, the persons of . those whose detention we
consider to have been effected by a treacherous viola-
tion
of all natural and conventional law ? Are we not
by such an act holding out an invitation rather than a
warning to future transgressors—a Prospect of reward
instead of punishment to wroog-d,Oers---teaching our
enemies to fleece, not to respect us? No, it must be by
menace, and by performance, if necessary, of that
menace, not by ransom—, ve/ro non auro"—that our
countrymen must be regained. And
as we are con-
tent to risk our armies, to sacrifice our treasure,
rather than leave them imviudicated, so must they
submit, grievous as such a thwilt is, to an extension
of their bitter captivity, rather than that their
country should descend to unworthy concession for
their redemption. Ilere, however, we must guard
ourselves against one possible misconception. The
relinquishment of what we as present hold in All.
ghanistan we do not count antong concessions. In
occupying Candahar and Jellahbad, or, if it so hap-
pen, Cauhul, we are not sppr.priating those cities,
nor in restoring them should we be making any pay-
ment to the "haus. we lion them as pledges till
justice is- done us ; . they
~ire 'vintage ground from
Which we dictate the terms of aeangement. Justice
satisfied, and our countrymen lelivred, we have no
further p',ea for retaining then', and they fall back,
of course, to -their old masters. Unless, indeed, by
any evil. destiny the permanent-pssession of any of
these territories should form tart of the satisfac-
tiq 4rnanded b' our rulers , fo! those injuries, now

MELANCHOLY DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN AM) MIS
WIFE.— The Rev. S. R. Carver, incumbent of Stunning.
ton, was thrown out of his carriage on Monday, near that
place, and killed on the spot. Mrs. Carver, a lady of
fortune, to whom the deceased was only united in De-
cember lust, was also thrown out, and so severely hurt
that she expired on Friday afternoon. '1 he unfortunate
couple had just set out for a drive in their cne-horse
chaise from Stannington to Sheffield, when the hone
Started off at full gallop towards Malin•brid,;-e' a Very
dangerous construction, narrow and crooked, almost
the form of the letter S, and xvith large pre iecting cop-
ings. One. of these stones caught the wheel, thrmi mg
the carriage over upon the deceased. The bridge has
preViously been the scene of two fa'al accidents, and will
probably now be taken down and • rebui It.—Lirerpool
PANTZIC, AUG 25.—The news of the bankruptcy of
the house of Borker, in London, has (-mused a great con-
sternation here. This bankruptcy has given occasion to
the present state Of things, since the 12,000 lasts of
wheat which belonged to that house must be brought to
Market to satisfy the creditors that the decline of every
shilling per last caused a loss of 35,000 dollars to that
English house. The failure is fur 400,0004-sterling,--
Dutch paper,