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London, England, 1836-05-30 00:00:00

electing town-councillors ! Why, gentlemer, the Tories
say that Daniel O'Connell is the master of the empire—
Daniel, the Irishman—oh, how he sticks in their teeth !
and yet they will not allow Daniel's countrymen wit enough
to choose town-councillors. We are told that the Lords
are firm unyielding men, men of spirit, who have taken
their stand, and will not move an inch. The question will
soon be tried ; but of this I am certain, that if they will
not give way voluntarily, they %yin be pushed aside, and the
road for good government shall be free for the people of
England.—(Cheers.) The Gallant Colonel concluded by
moving the 4th resolution, which was seconded by Mr.
Murch.

The fifth resolution was proposed by Mr. Shenstone, and
seconded by Mr. Crisp.—The Meeting then separated.

PUBLIC MEETING AT EDINBURGH.

MUNICIPAL REFORM.

On Friday a public meeting called by the Lord Provost,
on a requisition from a large body of the inhabitants, was
held in the Waterloo Rooms, for the purpose of considering
the alterations made by the House of Lords on the Irish
Municipal Reform Bill, and to petition Parliament in res-
pect thereto. Upon the platform we observed Sir A. M.
Gibson ; Sir T. D. Lauder ; Colonel Mayne ; and Mr.
Horsman, M.P.
On the motion of Sir A. M. GIBSON' Bailie Macfarlan
(in the absence of the Lord Provost, from indisposition)
was called to the chair.

The CHAIRMAN said, enjoying themselves the privileges
and advantages which resulted from freedom of election,
were they desirous to extend these benefits to the sister
island, or were they not ? If they were so desirous they
would now have an opportunity of manifesting that feeling,
and showing to the Legislature their anxiety to have the
benefits enjoyed by England and Scotland, extended to
Ireland.—(Cheers.) He felt quite satisfied that they had
no selfish feeling on this subject, for he knew that the be-
nefits which they themselves enjoyed they would wish the
whole human race to enjoy—more especially their fellow-
subjects—subjects of the same Government—members of
the same community.
Sir THOMAS DICK LAUDER said, they were asked what
was the use of making such a fuss about this question ? It
was an Irish question. In answer to that he should like to
ask his Right Hon. Friend, the Lord Provost, who was
prevented from coming here by the gout, whether his foot
had not to be obliged to his hand for administering relief to
it. But this was a more important question than one affect-
ing the hand or foot, for it affected the very vitals of the
constitution.—(Loud cheers.) Whatever affected Ireland
affected them, and the more so, from this circumstance,
that they knew all the evils of the Constitution lay there.

Mr. A. MILLAR seconded the motion.
Bailie STODART said we have a Government at present
disposed to do ample justice to Ireland—(Cheers)—who
were prepared to carry out the principle of Catholic Eman-
cipation, and admit to all offices of the State, and to muni-
cipal offices, Catholics as well as Protestants. Bailie S.
then alluded to the measure of reforming the Irish Corpo-
rations, upon which, he said, the Lyndhursts, the London-
derries, and Winchilseas had attempted to put an extin-
guisher for the present. Were these infatuated men never
to learn sense—would they not see that the system upon
which they acted had been the bane of Ireland for the last
hundred years? But these sapient statesmen would find
that the majority of thn Lords were not so strong as the
majority of the people of England, Scotland, and Ireland.—
(Great applause.) The majority of the Lords must and
would yield to the more powerful majorities ranged against
them. He concluded by moving the second resolution.
The motion having been seconded,
A gentleman, in the body of the meeting, who gave his
name as a Mr. BARON, requested to be heard in dissent
from the motion. The first was, why should Ireland have
a larger measure of municipal reform than England or Scot-
land? He then proceeded to argue against giving the people
of Ireland municipal government, because Ireland was not
so civilised as Scotland—(Great hissing) ;—because they
were under the dominion of the priests ; and because they
needed a solid and useful education. _ _

Mr. Aytown, Councillor Robertson, Mr. J. T. Gordon,
Advocate, and the Lord Dean of Guild having respectfully
addressed•the meeting in support of resolutions condemna-
tory of the Lyndhurst scheme, a petition founded on these
resolutions was adopted.
Col. MAyNE, C. 8., then moved the thanks of the meet-
ing to Bailie Macfarlan, after which it Separated.
It is said that the meeting was less numerous than might
have been anticipated.