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Charlottetown, 12th Dec. 1853.

(From the London Illustrated News.)

For a whole century Scotland has been with- out a grievance. Ever since the Battle of Col- lodeu put an end to reholliou—-and introduced the law into districts where write, and purch- ments, and the oflicers of justice, were matters of vs no rumour, sometimes witnessed south of the rampiaus, but never permit _ no- trate into the sacred retreats of the Celtic abo- rigines iu the far North and the savage West-— Scotland has been a prosperous and a copteu- ted country. Ilor national pride was satisfied by the accession of Her Royal house _to the t tone of England; and when revolution set aside and exiled the male representative of that illustrious line, it was in virtue of their descent from a female branch of the house of Stuart that the family of Hanover were elected by the Supreme Council of the ation to oocu the vacant throne. Undcrn settled form of Govern- ment the cnergies of the Scottish ople soon began to develop themselves. Ediu urgh, it is true, descended to the rank of a provincial city, and come of scarcely more political import- tiinco than York or Chester; but instead of Edinburgh, there cross the city of Glasgow, which, next to London itself, is the finest, the richest, the most thrivin , and the most opu- lous city in the British Is es. Even Edin ur h did not suffer like other modimval cities in t a southern parts of the Island. Situated near the noble estuary of the Forth, she had a port in Loith, which enabled her to maintain a commercial position, and to assume and hold a

igh rank in the encoura ment of art and lite- rature. In nil those fertile counties north of the Tweed, where that rich “ Doric” dialect of the English language commonly known its broad Scotch is spoken, and which are inhabited by a eople descended from the same Saxons ndiuuvians that occupied Cumberlnldr Y_0|'K' shlre, and the other English counties, s ricot- ture improved, manufactures were intr ucod, and trade and commerce flourished to an ex- tent which, though equalled. was not sur ed, in England. In all the great fields o hu- man thought and enterprise Scotcbmsn were compo ’ . The records of art, of science. of literature, of philoso by, of divinity, of the army, of the navy, of) t c diplomatic service, and of the most extensive commerce in the world, show the names of illustrious Scotcbmeu who have become eminent in each. No disabi- lity. civil or religious, ailiicted the Scotehman. No impediment to his success ever stood in his way that did not stand equally in the way of an Englishman. To all intent and purposes the English and Scotch became one people. If there be a dark side to the glowing picture, that might be drawn of the progress of Scotland, subsequent to the “ '46, ' t e darkness is no result of vernmentor of politics, but is solely attribute to to blood and race. scarce- ly be expected that the Colt could prosper in t e same degree as the Southron : his tempera- ment is diiferent; he speaks a barbarous lan u- ngo, and is ignorant of the noble speech t at prevails in over other part of the island exeep.t amidst the ru e and remote fastuesees of t mountains. By these unfortunate circumstan- ces he is shut out from much of the civilisation of his time and nation. Like his unhappy brother in Ireland—sufi'sriu from the some causes—be lacked energy,an lived coutentedly upo tatoee, while a man of the south would have nteditsted rebellion, unless he had d beef. its increased, and multi ied, and replen- ished the eartb; and at last oaud, to his ear- row, that bis means of subsistence had not in- creased in an thing like the same ratio. Hence arose the on y real misery of Scotland. But the operation of these causes stopped at Glen- falloch and the Grampians. It wits never felt at Perth or at Dumbarton,and no more atfiicted Edinburgh or Glasgow than it did Liver l or Southampton. With thiseneeptiomthe istory of Saxon Scotland is but a history of peaceful pro ess. In fact, Scotland-like the kin in the stern fable, or like a rich hypoohon isc —has been too happy. There was not it single screw loose in her w ole machinery—therli was nuts button of her garments to torment her. She was sound in wind and limb ; had her own say and her own we in religion and in politics; bed comfortable be cos at her bankers, and ad nobody in the world to coerce or ovorswo her. But, alas, for the vanity of human wish- es! Neither men not nations will be ha y_ when they may. Scotland, in the plethora 0 her well-being, has discovered in the year 1853, that there is something wrong in her. She has found out a grievance, and determined to make herself duly miserable about it. Taking an ex- ample front the late Daniel O'Connell, she has resolved to s ‘tats, to got up petitions, to hold monster meet rigs, and oven to talk of a repeal of the Union, unless she be properly huinourcd in her demands Before nextsaturdny the peo- ple of Scotland, or a few zealous individuals claimln to representatives of the national wish, will have assembled in solemn consists in the ancient city of Edinburgh, under residency of one of the most illustrious of tchtnen, the representative of the a tent house of Moutgomcrie-—tbe Earl of Eglinton and Wintou, the medlmvnl champion, the redouht- sble lord of the tournament. The machinery of the press has been emplo for some months

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Est in Scotland in repa_r rig the national mind r be it

this great meal sststtos, and speeches will nods. steel that will he passed. sad peti-

tions will be ado ted to show that the burs of tho old Scottish t istle are by no means flaccid, but can prick and sting as venomously as of yore. But the English reader will naturally enquire whence oouies all the outer 1 And are the ttish people, or any portion of them, really in earnest. We believe that there can be no doubt of the earnestness of those persons who have taken u the question of what they are leased to cull t e grievances and the wrongs We shall endeavor to show as briefly as we can of what those wrongs and ievauces in reulit consist, even upon the s owing of those w 0 have taken upon them- selves to agitate in this matter.

We have not before us all the documents that have been issued upon the subject: but we think we shall be enabled to state without much dan- ger of having our accurac impugned, that the “ grievances” of Scotlan amount to live. If there be any more we shall be glad to rectify the omission on the behest of any ultra-Scot who may consider himself or his country ag- grieved or insulted by our neglect or misinter- pi-station.

The first grievance is an heraldic one. It appears that the old lion of Scotlaud—for Scot- land has a lion as well as a uuicorn—has not that place on the national flag which these jealous Sootcbmen consider to be his inalienable and imprescriptible right. He plays a subordi- uste put, his nose is put out ofjoiut, and the dignity of the noble brute is sorely wounded- of course to the great discomfort of all triio Scotchmcn.

The second grievance is of it similar kind, and must have taken ii. very keen eye to have discovered it. It a pears that on the new coin, the fioriu, the shield’ of Scotland is laced in a

ition inferior to the shield ot England.

or this also the doughty champions are in arms; and, to obtain redress, the lance of Eg- linton and the sword of Lion “ King-at-Arms" are to be aimed against all who gninsuy or den . Whether the outraged honour of Scot- lau will be satisfied with anything else than the withdrawal of the obnoxious coin remains to . The third grievance appears to be that the ancient Palace of Holyrood has been sufibred to fall into decay, and that ui rdly and ty- rannical England begrudges tie money to re- pair it. It is true that a palace more splendid than Hol rood is risin at Balmoral, but this fact has Seen overlooked by the Scottish agita- tors. But we must confess that in this item our sympathy with the Scottish cuuso,infinitesi- mitl though it he, begins to be excited. It seetvisao tss that it would be a judicious ex-

enditure of the ublic money to restore

olyrood to as high a pitch of splendour as it ever attained in the palmiest da s of the Stuarts. We hope that the thing wil be done, and that Lord Eglinton may hol another tour- nament within ite precincts, and that we may be there to see and to illustrate it.

The fourth grievance is, tlintscotland is “ dc- nied the honour of ii. guard-shilp at any of her ports; and that thus the cupita of Scotland- which might have sent her own fleem to sweep the wntei-s—is degraded to a mere sea rt town or fishin village." But it is not on y on the point of nour—-although that is something- that the Scotch are dissatisfied in this respect. “A gunrd-ship,” says one of the newspaper organs of the isntfected, “ is something more than a more point of honour, for the constant victuulling. the pay, &c., of a crew of live or six hundred ofiicers and seamen, are a perma- nent benefit to the town where such a shi is stationed." Here the triumphnntspiritof s op betrays itself and the " douce and cannio” cha- racter of the nation is vindicated as it on ht to

. We, therefore, hope thnt Leith wil have a guard-ship, and Greeuock and Cromnrty to

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But the fifth ievance appears to be the most serious one. u h ‘ tland, as we learn from the authority already quoted, “ was the birthplace of James Watt and Henry Bell, yet England retains all the dockyards and great naval arsenals, as if she were jealous of en- trusting the Scotch with it share in building their own wooden walls, or as if they were ig- norant and unable tonchisve their construc- tion.” This, howevcr, strikes us as being a grievance that Yorkshire, or any county on the coast, might as well put forward as Scot-

lt isa reat uestion whether the Go- vernment woul not 0 wisely to relin uish the trade of ship-building, and have its ships built b rivate contract, as the mercantile commu- nity of England and Scotland is glad to do. We believe that by such a course the Govern- ment would be provided both with better and with chea r ships than by the present system. lfscotlau coul . under such circumstances, build cbea r and better mon-of-war than can be builtin nglaud, she would, no doubt have her fair share of all the work that was ing. But in such a cause must the sword of Fig inton and Winton be necessarily unsheathed. shall we re the Union on so vile and un- satisfactory s pretext? Scotohmeu are too “ canuie“ and sensible todesiro such an nbsur- " But," say the agitators, " there is it time comiu . Scotland is ewsking from erlcthar S e is aboutto throw ofi the incubus t at so long has weighed her down, and the voice of the association for tho vindi- cation of Scottish rights has gone throughout the length and breadth of the land, like the summons that went with the tier cross of old." 0n the 2d of Novcmber—oventfu day ! Scotland will require the redress of these grievances in a manner which we are told “ shall startle the dullest echoes in Downing-street." Seriously, we did not think that there were twenty men in wise and thritly tl who could make such fools of themselves.

( From the Supplement to the Illustrated London News.)

It ep rs that we have not done full justice to Lor Eglinton and the Scottish agitators. Their grievances amount to more than the live we stated, and are not by any means so entirely heraldic at the hard-hearted English have been led to sappose. At thelikiinbnrghmeedng held lastw .Iard lgltntoasndotlisrsptakere

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explained more fully what was meant by the phrase of “Justice for Scotland.” Although we do not nd, with the exception of Lord Eglinton himself, that any Scotch nobleman of wealth or influence has joined the cause; although we see in the list of its supporters, no great Scottish manufacturers or employers abour; no literary celebrities, except Sir Ar- chibald Alison, who ma be considered as the lust Protcctionist left in t at part of the coun- try; and although the Scottish members have cautiously refrained from giving any counte- nance or an -port ‘ “ ‘,_, ‘ " ‘ be su posed that the cr ofjusticc for Scotland, woul not be heard wit attention in England, ifthe agitators had in reality any case on which to rel . With all due respect for Scotland and Scotc men, we must confess that it more unsub- stantial and visionary catalogue of wrongs was never ut before the world by an body of men who c im to be in earnest. in addition to the injuries said to be iuflicted both upon the pride and upon the purse of the nation by the “ English " Government, in consequence of the live insults and omissions which were specified in this journal on the 29th ultimo, Lord Eglin- ton, as the spokesman ofthe Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights, has cited several others wliicb, in his opinion, are still more gnlliug and unjust. Scotland not only claims her own Lion and Unicorn, hut desires it national mint tor the perpetuation of these devices u on the coin of the realm. ‘ e re- quires a argcr portion of the public money to be spent on Scottish ruins, and on Scot ' policemen, than has hitherto been employed for those urposes. It is wrong, in the opinion of the agitators, that no more than a £5 note has n expended upon the Royal Palace of Lin- lithgow, while no one knows how much has been expended upon Ham ton Court ; and they think it a national iusu t to a sensitive and hi h-minded people, that, while Windsor Park is avislily maintained at the general uxpensc, the grounds of llolyrood Palace should be let to it market rdcucr. But it rrcatcr grievttncu is discoverc in the fact that, while Scotland contributes £0,000,000 r anuuui to the notio- nal exchequcr, only £4 0,000 of that sum finds its wa ck it in to the north of the Tweed. There are other grievances which do not bear uite so much of a pecuniary impress. There are ocks and harbours of refuge on the east coast of Scotland: and the Russians mi ht swoop down from the Baltic, and suck Ediu urgh and Glasgow, before any ofiicient means could be adopted to repel and punish the invader. When we add, that the Lord Advocate, who tnisnnges Suuttieli busllltlsl Ill IDDGOD, )8 not hold to be an ofiicer of suliicieut respectability or dignity for the ur ose, and thiits Secretary of State for Scot an is needed to satisfy the leaders of the a itation; and that the notable fact is discovers that Scotland is not fair] nor fully represented in Parliament, and ou t to have seventy-eight members instead 0 fifty- threc, we have exhausted the catalogue ofin- suits and injuries. We think Scotchmert them- selves would lnugli if the Welsh or the Manx- mcn resolved to agitate on similar preteuces. As much might be said for the goat and the look as for the unicorn and the thistle, and Wales is surely as much entitled to a mint as Scotland is. And, not only Wales, but Lanca- shire or Kent might put forward a plea as cod —or as bad—-as the one urged in behn fof Scotland for it. greater share in the expenditure of public moi.cy. The risb of St. Pancras contributes a large annue sum to the national Exchecquer, not one fnrthing of which is ex- pended iu St. Patterns for Paucrasiau purposes; and Lnncashire and Yorkshire together contri- buto even more titan Scotland, without thinking themselves aggrieved that the money is expend- ed on national, and not on local, ob'ects. If it be a fact that the east coast of Scotland is not properly defended, the Scottish members and the Scottish newspapers vs but to make it known in a proper manner, and a remedy will be applied in due time. But why all the hub- bub of a ular. if not seditious, agitation should he raised on such a question, is diflicult to imagine. he Lord Advocate may, or mu not. be an ineflicierit oficer for the dischar e of Scottish duties: but as the Secretary of tats for England, is also Secretary of State for Scot- land, and as he is fully competent to the task of managing what is called the Home Depart- ment of both countries, there can be no reason for establishinghpn further division of vern- ment between gliind and Scotland, a thou b there may be many reasons for abolishing t e filitical functions at present exercised by the rd Advocate. The question of the Parlia- mentary representation of Scotland might well have been left in at eyance until Februttry ihxt, when Lord John Russell will introduce his new Reform Bill. Yet, it might have struck even the Scottish agitators, that if the representation is to upon numbers alone, London has a for greater claim for additional members than Scotland can have. If Scotland, with 3,000,- 000 of oplc, sends fift -three members to Parliament, the metropo tiau districts, with their 2,250,000 inhabitants, ought at least to send forty. But the fact is, the ievances of Scotland are no grievances at a , and Lord Eg|ittton's agitation is a mistake. There may be oversi on the part of the Government as re rde tlaud, as there may be with regard to 'ales or the Isle of Wight. But such over- si hts can re irod without a penis tothe spirit of nations ity, or attempted revivals of snimosities and hostilities that went to sleep more than a century ago.