As eloquent and poetical supporter of Mr Macandrew invited " the writer ia the " Times to dip his pen in the deepest, 11 dirtiest gall he could." We are sorry to disappoint this gentleman; but we prefer to write about Mr Macandrew's candidature with ordinary ink from our ordinary inkstand. There is no necessity to be " vituperative" or to " slander," the question is a plain matter of fact one ; too much so indeed it Ecems for those who support Mr. Mac andrew to condescend to deal with it in intelligible terms. Mr M'lndoe talks about "a certain amount of shadow " upon the past career and history "of Mr, Macandrew." A very eu phemistic way of putting it, but one which doe 3 not aid the answer to the simple question, Have the transactions which caused Mr Macaudrew's removal from the Supcrintendetitship yet been cleared up ?

It is well that there should be aa under standing of the nature of the chargea which led to that result. The owner of the idea about the shadow contends that Mr. Macandrew is ready to defend himself. It will be an aid to him in that case, that those who are to listen to liis defence, should be in possession of the accusation. For public information, therefore, we pub- | lish the report of Dr. Knight, who was the Commissioner appointed to examine into the case. We are not able, in this issue, to give the evidence, but we will do so from day to day until the official documents are exhausted. In adopting this course, we pursue one which Mr. Macandrew should hail," if he is indeed ready to afford the explanation which his supporters promise. But, it should be added, vague generalities will not suffice. In the very clever address, for instance, which he pub lished two daya a^o, he lays much stress upon the fact that he has derived no " pecu " niary benefit" from the public. In other words, whatever his faults, he has not en riched himself through them. No one, we believe, ever supposed otherwise. It was quite notorious that he was prompted to the acts he committed by the pressure of pereonal difficulties. It was not contended ! that he attained power with the deliberate intention of abusing it. 