11 MAY 1861, Page 4

The Dublin Corporation desires complete relief from the police tax.

Alderman Reynolds warns the Government that if they do not grant this boon to Dublin, Lord Derby will. Terrible alternative ! In fact, it seems to be an "inseparable accident" to a meeting in Ireland that a demand should be made on the national exchequer. At a meeting in Drogheda, on Monday, attended by everybody, reso- lutions were passed in favour of a uniform union rating, instead of a divisional rating, the payment of poor-law officials out of the Consoli- dated Fund, and the judicious extension of outdoor relief.