MR. PHILIPPS (Lanark, Mid)asked the Lord Advocate, Whether his attention has been called to the fact that no Councillor of the Burgh of Hamilton is allowed to take his seat till he has paid two guineas for a burgess ticket, which practice tends to prevent working men from coming forward as candidates for the Town Council; whether the charge is a legal one; and, whether he will endeavour to get it reduced or abolished?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. P. B. ROBERTSON) (Bute), in reply, said, that as there had not been time to receive from Scotland the necessary information to enable him to reply, he should be obliged if the hon. Gentleman would postpone the Question till next week.