MR. DUNLOP AT GREENOCK.

Mr. Dunlop, Member for Greenock, regaled his constituents with a speech on Tuesday, mainly occupied with a retrospective glance upon the past session, but also looking ahead on some points of public policy. Upon Reform for instance- ' So far as regards the franchise, I expect that the Government measure

will farther than is generally looked for. In the Reform Bill of 1832 the Tories carried the tenant-at-will clause, and maintained the privileges Of the freemen in burghs. Something of the same kind may be looked for now. Take, for instance, Mr. Locke King's ten pounds occupancy franchise meounties. Without some qualification as to buildings of a certain value, this would be substantially reducing the tenant-at-will qualification from 601. to 101. Then there are other clauses, both in counties and burghs, proved by experience to be very open to the immense property and the arfiect purse, which an extension of the franchise might be made largely to !nihrace. The Government bill, therefore, even though plausibly liberal In many of its provisions, would require to be narrowly watched to secure that it shall be a real and trueand not a sham reform. In this view the question of the distribution of, seats is one of vital importance, though I .1ilet guard myself against being committed to any absolute rule, which, if earned out without qualification, would give London as many members as Scotland, the number of whose representatives I trust to see adequately mereeaea,"

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Mr. Dunlop is opposed to the ballot, . which heisaye we-ad-prove-7Th

cloak 9f corruption."

The University of Glasgow. has eleeted..Sir Rdward •Lyttou La rd Rector-for the third lime. Although not of frequent oteurrenco thin fidelity is not unprecedented. Lord Cockburn and Thomas Campbell were both eleeted'Oitee times. There wore- on this occasion three °midi- dates—Sir Edward Lytton, Lord Shaftesbury, Wand Mr. Charles Dickens. The Tote was as follows—

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It is understood that Sir Edward was chosen from a feeling of grati- tude—that lively sense of favours to come. These are measured by his past services. He has paid great attention to the affairs of the 'Uni- versity ; founded munificent prizes ; a Ceylon Writhrsbip ; to be ethaf- peted for exclusively by Glasgow students ; and, above all, he did great service in securing to; the students the continuance of their right to clefs the Lord Rector, which was intended to be abolished by the Bill of the Lord-Advocate.

A large factory at Glasgow, six stories high, and containing 84,000 spindles has been destroyed by fire; eutailing a loss of 90,0001., partly covered by insurances, and throwing 400 people out of einploymeut. The factory belonged to George Grant and Sons.

Shaftesbury. Dickens.

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