SCOTLAND.
A requisition is on foot, calling on Sir Henry Parnell to resign his seat for Dundee, in consequence of his absenting himself from the division on the Bailee—Dant:cc Courier. [When it was mentioned last week that no movement wns taking place in Dundee relative to Sir Henry Parnell's conduct on the Ballot, we had only before us the Dundee Advertiser, which said nothing on the subject. The Dundee Chronicle, a Radical paper, and time Courier, a Conservative, both men- tion the fact of the requisition. It is not likely, however, that Sir Henry Parnell will resign his seat at present : be has proved himself to be far from sensitive with respect to the good opinion of the Dundee Reformers. When his previous high character, and the expectation of independent conduct justly founded on it, are taken into consideration, Sir Henry's dereliction must be deemed more inju- rious to the character of public men than that of Sir John Hobhouse, or any other deserter. But whatever may be the result of the call upon
him to resign, it is almost certain that Sir Henry Parnell will never again be returned for Dundee. The effect of his evasive and trimming behaviour has been to break up the once powerful and united body of Reformers, and to give the Tories a local predominance, which will probably lead to the return of a representative of their opinions to the House of Cominons.] The real effect of the proposed measure for endowing the Scottish Church, will be to produce a prodigious number of converts to the Voluntary Church cause. It will prove a touchstone of the motives of the Tory proprietors, who have so zealously backed the Clergy in calling for Church extension. It will try the disinterestedness of the Clergy themselves ; for they will oppose the measure as tending to di einish the fund from which they may obtain futiire augmentations of their own stipends. It will prove an apple of discord to the Church mnd her supporters, which will work her ruin.—Edinburgh Correspondent of the Courier.
Meetings have been held in Edinburgh, and other places, to petition against the further endowment of the Church.
Ministers propose, in lieu of endowments for the Church of Scot- land out of the public purse, to surrender the Bishops' teinds (which are part of the public purse), and to repeal the act of 1707, so far as to render parochial teinds available for the erection of additional churches. The first part of the scheme will revolt the Dissenters; the second will rouse the landholders and Established clergy. When the latter asked for additional endowments, they did not mean a divi- sion of what they have already among a greater number. When the
landowners supported their petition, they did not expect to be the only parties called upon to pay in the event of its being granted.— Glasgow Argus.
A protest as been got up against the election of Lord Brougham as Rector of Murisehal College, Aberdeen, by the Lyndhurst party there. The appeal and protest are forwarded to the Duke of Richmond, the Chuncellor.
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