SCOTLAND.
A public meeting, called at the instance of 220 of the electors of Edin- burgh, was held yesterday week in the Waterloo Rooms, for the purpose of passing resolutions in support of the Reform movement lately set on foot by Mr. Hume and Mr. Cobden in London. A requisition had been pre- sented to the Lord Provost, requesting him to call the meeting ; but as he declined to do so, the requisitionists summoned it themselves, and Professor Dick was elected chairman. The hall was crowded; but more than half of those present were Chartists. The Chartists of Greenock resolved to hold an open-air meeting on Saturday last, to hear addresses from Mr. Ernest Jones, Dr. Hunter, and Mr. Adams, who are now going through the towns of Scotland on a mission to explain the principles of the Charter. A procession was also intended. Notice was duly seat to the authorities; who replied, that the meeting might be held, but the procession would not be allowed on any account. The Chartists persevered; held their meeting, and attempted to commence a procession; but the authorities, prepared to act up to the reply they had given, had called out the special constables and brought some troops into the town. The processionists were turned aside at seve- ral points and at last hemmed in and brought to a stand-still. They
were inflicted, and one man suffered from a fracture of the thigh. The disturbances were quelled, without necessity for bringing the military into action.
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