AN IRISH TOWN COUNCIL.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 409, 21 November 1868, Page 6

AN IRISH TOWN COUNCIL.

An extraordinary scene occurred at a late meeting of the Carlovv Town Commissioners. After some considerable verbal skirmishing had been permitted among several members of the Board, the Chairman (Mr M. Tynan) addressing Mr Rowan M'Combe, said: I must say that you are out of order. 11 will make you keep order. Mr j M'Combe : Will you ? I'll clear the room in two minutes if you put me to it. Chairman: You have a voice big enough, but you shan't put me down. Mr M'Combe (menacingly): I'd knock you down. Chairman: You'd knock me down ? Mr M'Combe : I wouldn't think it worth my while. I'd take you in my thumb and finger and drop you out of the window. Chairman : I'll take a note of that, and make your voice quieter, as big

as you can roar. Mr M'Combe: Don't be bothering us. Chairman: I'll make you quieter. I'll take a note of that. Mr M'Combe : Take a note of the d Chairman : I'll call upon every one of you as to what he has said. Mr M'Combe : Tou want a lawsuit, do you ? Chairman : I'll make your voice quieter, and what it ought to be. It is really disgraceful that you could not hear a statement. After a further exchange of personalities, several members of the Board in the meantime, according to a local paper, " standing roaring together," the meeting was adjourned. A large crowd of persons, says the same paper, were collected in the street, attracted by the uproar, which could be distinctly heard at a distance.