The Edinburgh Evening Post states, that " at a snug
hole-and-corner meeting of Ultra Whigs, held the other day," it was resolved to invite Lord Brougham to a public dinner in that city. Mr. O'Connell is to be invited to a public dinner in Edinburgh after the close of the Parliamentary session. A preliminary meeting, very respectably attended,—Mr. Tait in the chair,—was held on Tuesday last week ; and the necessary arrangements were commenced. Dr. M'Crie, the Seceder clergyman, celebrated as the historian of Knox and Melville, died at Edinburgh on the 5th instant, after only a few hours' illness. Dr. M'Crie had discharged the duties of the ministry with unremitting zeal for about forty years. He was univer- sally respected, for his excellent moral qualities, as well as his talents and learning. The " Preachers" and Divinity students of the Esta- blished Church were to attend the funeral in a body,—an extraordinary compliment paid by the sincere adherents of one religipus sect to the steady and strict patriarch of another community. The result of the labours of the Reform Association of the Eastern district of Renfrewshire is, that 157 new claims have been filled up ; 96 of the claimants are Liberals, and 55 Conservatives ; but it is ex- pected that at least five of the Conservative claims will be rejected. At the last election, the constituency of this district was 359; this year, it will number nearly 500.
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