EDINBURGII.—On Thursday, the Assistant Sheriff settled the im- portant point
as to the admissibility of the votes of lodgers. The lodger's claim is held good in cases where the bare walls of the apart- ments he occupies, exclusive of furniture and attendance, are of the annual value of 101.—Edinburgh Evening Courant.
PERTHSIIIRE.—Some strong resolutions were lately passed at a gene- ral meeting of the Reformers of Crieff, called by the Reform Com- mittee there, in regard to the letter of Lord Balgray. We quote one of them, as curiously indicating the spirit of the times. Had it been r. trsed twenty or thirty years ago, we can hardly doubt but that the parties would have been hauled before the" Fifteen"— " That such conduct on the part of one of our Supreme Judges, must he viewed as highly culpable, and inconsistent with his high judicial character under Government ; and pretty clearly shows that little confidence in future can be re- posed in one who openly and avowedly prognosticates principles so directly hostile tu the views and determinations of that Government under which he acts, and by whom he is supported." The inference drawn by the electors flom Lord Balgray's support of Sir George Murray does credit to their 'shrewdness- " 4th. That Lord Balgray having accompanied Sir George Murray in his canvass to Crieff, Cosnrie, and Muthill, when Sir George pretended that heWas all along a friend to Reform and declared his entire satisfaction with the mea- sure which has become the law of the land,—and this being stated in Lord Bah- gray's immediate presence, without contradiction, is either a gross violation of the sacred principles of candour and common honesty, or a foul attempt to prac- rtise deceit upon the public mind, for the purpose of attaining a certain faiourite object. a 5th. That Lord Balgray having thus developed his views upon the subject of Reform, and publicly identified himself with Sir George Murray, by the emus- . , tenance and support given him, it is now evident that the professions hitherto made by Sir George are most hollow and insincere, and in unison with those ex- ,
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