§ Mr. Kennedy, in rising to present Petitions from several parts of Scotland, praying for Reform in Parliament, took occasion to say, that nothing could be more unfounded than the assertion that had recently passed current, namely, that the people of Scotland were indifferent on the subject of Reform. The petitions which he had then to present most completely falsified that assertion. The first which be brought up was from the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of the Burgh of Ayr. The next was from the prin- 1044 cipal merchants and other inhabitants of Ayr; then followed petitions from the nine Incorporated Trades of that town; from Kirkcudbright; from the Merchants of the city of Edinburgh; all praying for Reform. All these petitions also prayed for Burgh Reform, and the hon. Member begged to assure the House that the desire for Reform was universal in Scotland.
§ They were severally laid upon the Table.