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The Lord Mayor's show was performed with the usual ceremony on Thursday, but with finer weather than usual. The remarkable circum- stance in connexion with the show was the absence of any striking novelty or diversity—for such had been expected. The pageant had some reference to the ruling ideas of the day, and warlike emblems took the place of the peaceful or commercial emblems. The Lord Mayor, Mr. Francis Graham Moon, was introduced to the Barons of the Exchequer by the Recorder, with the customary biographical sketch of the new functionary ; who became a member of the Common Council in 1831, and whose successful career as an enterprising print-seller is well known. The Recorder and the Chief Baron reciprocated hopes that neither the Corporation nor the pageantry of six centuries would be abolished. The banquet was provided as usual in the Guildhall : the chief novelty in the decoration was the display of the English, French, and Turkish banners, with a transparency typifying the alliance of the two great Western States in support of Turkey. Ministers on their arrival were very loudly cheered, and so was the French Ambassador. The banquet was not less tasteful or sumptuous than it always is. The speaking derived interest from the position of the speakers and the succinctness of their discourse; and in most cases the reader can tell exactly what would be said,—as by Lord Hardinge returning thanks for "the Allied Armies and Navies of England, France, and Turkey" ; by Count Walewski, acknowledging the compliment paid to the French Ambassador and the Foreign Minis- ters; by Lord John Russell, returning thanks for the Commons, or Lord Palmerston, proposing "the Ladies." Lord Aberdeen's speech in ae- knowledging the health of "the Earl of Aberdeen and her Majesty Mi- nisters" was more peculiar-

" My Lords and Gentlemen, in acknowledging the cordiality of my recep- fion, and in returning thanks for the honour which you have been pleased to confer on my colleagues and msself, there are various topics to which, per- haps, I might without impropriety advert; but I wish to do so in a few words, and to allude only to that subject by which the minds of all men are at this moment almost entirely engrossed. My Lord Mayor, on this day last year, when I had the honour of being present in this hall and addressing those who were then assembled, we still continued to enjoy a state of peace. It is true that the prospect was then threatening, but as war was not im- minent, and as the policy of her Majesty's Government was a policy of peace, I declared that no effort would be wanting on their part to endeavour to pre- serve peace. (Cheers.) I know it is the opinion of many persons that those efforts were too long protracted, and that we ought much earlier to have had recourse to the arbitrement of the sword. So far is that from being my opinion, that, in spite of the justice of the war, and in spite of its dis- interested objects, I am perfectly persuaded that it never would have re- ceived the universal support it has met with in this country and the sympa- thy of Europe, had it not been clearly seen and fully admitted that every effort was employed to avert the horrors of war. (Cheers.) I think it not improbable that many of those who have been eager for war may perhaps be found easily discouraged by those vicissitudes to which a state of warfare is proverbially liable; but I trust that you will never find anything of that sort on the part of her Majesty's Ministers. (Much cheering.) We are determined, under all circumstances, to persevere in the endeavour to perform our duties in such a manner as we think our Sovereign and our country have a right to expect from us ; keeping steadily in view the great objects of the war, and looking to the permanent interests of this country. Acting, too, in strict concert with our great ally, I cannot entertain- doubt that we shall be enabled to bring this contest to a happy termination."! (Loud cheers.) Mr. Apsley Pellatt met his constituents of Southwark on Tuesday evening to render his annual account of doings in Parliament. In Sis speech he referred to the different public bills passed in the last se8. mo sea to sew that were loet. The Bribery Act he considers " sh4ow and a Ahem." One ef the most sucoessful measures—thanlcs to the exertions of the Liberal party—wee the Oxford University Act : any one will.now be able to take a Bal. degree without swallowing the Thirty. nine Articles. He thinks the Deer Act should be reconsidered. After Mr. Pellatt had concluded, an elector denounced "the tyrannical and unjust" Beer Act, and the meeting cheered him. A resolution was passed approving of Mr. Pellatt's public conduct.

The Society for Improving the Dwellings of the Labouring Classes in- vited several persons interested in such questions and the representatives of the press to inspect a row of houses in Wild Court, Great Wild Street, Lincoln's Inn, which the Society is about to purify and repair. Hitherto the profit derivable from model lodging-houses, 5 or 6 per cent, has not been sufficient to encourage their imitation by trading buildera; the re- fitting of existing houses is more profitable, yielding about 16 per cent; and the Society is active in that direction. Wild Court is a short flag- paved alley, in the midst of a very poor and close neighbourhood. Tke houses taken by the Society are thirteen in number ; they contain 108 separate rooms, and are reckoned to have afforded lodging for 200 fami- lies or 1000 persons. The inhabitants are many of them street-dealers in fruit, Sus ; the bulk appear to be honest ; some are known thieves ; others are of equivocal character, but very poor, sleeping at night on the stairs and paying actualise no rent. The buildings are solid structures of brick and oak ; but they have scarcely a whole pane of gluts in the win- dows; and the drainage is abominable. In the upper stories, the drain- age is effected by the roof, and thence through the rain-Eipes to the drains. The communication from the gutters between the gables to the rain-pipe in front is a wooden trough that passes through the rooms; this trough in some cases being covered, in others uncovered. About ninety or a hundred pounds will suffice to make each house habitable and healthy.

A new cemetery—that of the London Necropolis and National Mauso- leum Company, at Woking—was consecrated and inaugurated on Tues- day. The Company hold 2100 acres ; of which 1700 are applicable for burials : the total of all other cemeteries around London is but 282 acres. At present, only 400 acres are fenced in for immediate use. The ceme- tery lies on the South side of the South-Western Railway ; and a branch line runs into it. On Tuesday, the Bishop of Winchester consecrated that part of the ground intended for the reception of the remains of persons who have belonged to the Church of England. There is a small church or chapel on this part ; and near at hand a similar chapel for the use of Dissenters, the ground around which is not consecrated. After the cere- mony by the Bishop, the visitors partook of luncheon in the reception- room ; and the Directors, their friends, and the officials, returned to town. In the evening there was a dinner at the Albion. The Company will undertake burials of four different classes at prices varying from 17/. 4s.

to 21. ass—that is, from the station in London on the railway, where coffined corpses will be received; and a special train will start, once a day at present, with the bodies and the mourners for Woking, a distance of twenty-four miles. But, if desired, the Company will undertake at fixed charges the whole funeral from the residence of the deceased.

The conduct of the Greek commercial residents in London has attracted particular attention. On Wednesday and Tuesday last week, at the Corn Exchange and Stock Exchange respectively, certain Greek merchants ex- pressed their undisguised exultation at the resorted success of the Rus- sians. This conduct created a feeling of Indignation; a correspondent denounced it in the Morning Chronicle; and other examples of Greek faith have been alluded to. A feeling prevails that Government will not be able to help interfering.

The Court of Queen's Bench decided on Wednesday, after argument, the question whether the Philosophical Society of Cambridge is exempt from poor-rates under the act 6 and 7 Victoria c. 36, which exempts any society instituted "for purposes of science, literature, or the fine arts exclusively.— The Society expends annually 3041. in newspapers, and only 1171. in scien- tific publications. The fact seems to have settled the question ; and the Judges unanimously affirmed the liability to pay rates. The ease of Tidman versus Ainslie came to Si somewhat abrupt though tardy conclusion on Wednesday. Among the witnesses examined on that day, vas Mr. Edwin Starless the clerk in the Home department of the Loudon Missionary Society, who picked us the letter addressed by Mr. Davies to his wife in 1845. Mr. Stacey found it lying open on the floor of the Mission- house, on the 4th of November; he picked it up, read certain passages that were underlined, then read the whole; - showed it to a fellow clerk, made a copy in duplicate, gave one to Honey the fellow clerk, and kept the other himself, to use in case anything further should come out against Mr. Davies. When he showed the letter to Henley, that person suggested that he should make the copy ; on which Stacey said "Yes; I never saw so filthy a letter in my life." He afterwards regretted that he had made a copy, but ten times more that he had not handed the letter itself to the acting secretary. Next day, he put the letter into an envelope, superscribed it "Mrs. Davies," and gave it to her with two other letters that came with the London de- livery, when she called as usual at the London Mission-house. "he read a few lines, and seemed pleased, with smile upon her countenance," and then she folded it up. Nothing, however, occurred in the evidenoe of this day to elucidate the nature of the case, and Mr. Edwin Jamea arrested its further progress by making a statement on behalf of Mr. Ainslie. That gentleman had found reason in the progress of the evidence to doubt his belief in the innoeence of Mr. and Mrs. Davies : he, therefore, apolo- gized for charges which he had made against Dr. Tidmans of perjury, forgery, and other improper actions ; and he undertook to indemnify the parties to the ease from costs. The same offer was made in the ease of Stacey versus Ainslie. On behalf of Dr. Tidman, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins declared that his client was willing to take Mr. Ainslie by the hand. Hero the arbitrator intimated that these eases were closed. He expressly ab- stained from asking Mr. Davies what course he intended to take in the case of Davies versus Front; wishing Mr. Davies to reflect upon his position.

A cue came before the City Police Committee on Saturday, which forcibly illustrated one inconvenience arising from the new Beer Act. Mr. Mundy, a, publican' was summoned for sending out beer at three o'clock on Monday morning. The legal offence' was not denied. Mr. Mundy supplies the work- men of the Times; he keeps a man specially to take refreshments to the QifiC8 ; a large number of men are engaged from ten o'clock on Sunday night to roar or five o'clock on Monday morning in produciog the paper of Mon- day; these people Mr. Mundy supplies, contrary to the new law, but he does not sdl liquors to other persons, and he conducts his house in an orderly manner. 'Mr. Buncombe asked the Aldermen to dismiss the complaint, on the ground of tbe " necessity " that the workmen shoulithave refreshments. But Alderman Rose observed that he could find nothing about " necessity" in the act of Parliament, which expressly says that public-houses shall be closed from ten o'clock on Sunday night till four on Monday morning : there are other places where men work during the night, and the law must be broken for them if for the Times office. Could not the men be supplied on the premises of the Times? Mr. Buncombe said that would not be con- venient. He referred to a judgment of Mr. Jardine, who dismissed a summons against a publican for serving printers after twelve o'clock on Sa- turday night. He asked the Alderman to take time to consider the ease, and to consult the City Solicitor. Alderman Rose declined to do either ; and inflicted a fine of five shillings.

Bow Street Police Court was actuall1;filled with prisoners on Tuesda.y—no fewer than 114 "sporting characters were introduced to the Magistrate by Superintendent Pearce. They were seized at the Sun public-house, in Long Acre, which is kept by a Mr. Morby, and were charged with having assembled for betting purposes. The Police have long watched the Sun ; it was known that a regular system of betting on horse-races was carried on there, each person paying sixpenee for the privilege of admittance. On Tues- day, the Police invested the premises, entered, and heard and saw enough to shoe? for What purpose the people within had assembled. After evidence had been given by Policemen, Mr. Jardine adjourned the matter for a week ; bolding the army of accused to bail in their own recognizances.

On the same day, the Lambeth Magistrate held four persons to bail on a charge of keeping a betting-house--ostensibly a tobacconist's shop—in New- ington High Street.

At a meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers, on Tuesday," tir., fine of 100/. was inflicted on Mr. Hart, of the Pig Hill distillery, Battersea, for illegally unstopping a drain which had been stopped by order of the Commissioners; and the officers were directed to stop it up again. It appears that a noisome wash is discharged into the public drain from Mr. Hart's premises; the people in the neighbourhood complained, and the Commissioners stopped up the outlet ; but Mr. Hart reopened it.

jullien Cromartie, a young man, is in custody for uttering a forged cheek for 251. He presented the check at Messrs. Cocks and Co.'s; it purported to be drawn by Lieutenant Helyar, in favour of Mr. Gale ; the prisoner repre- sented himself to be Mr. Gale. It seems he has assumed various names— Lieutenant Helyar, Lieutenant Barber, and Cornet Chambers—and thus got introductions to families.

George Matthews and Patrick Mullins, ticket-of-leave men, have been frustrated in an attempt at burglary in Howland Street. Policeman Choune detected them, and he had repeated and desperate struggles with them ; but eventually more Policemen came up, and the desperadoes were captured.

Isaac Hart, an elderly Jew, is iu custody for receiving stolen plate. A butler and another man stole plate belonging to Sir Hyde Parker and Gene- ral Eden, valued at 7004.; they have been tried and convicted ; Hart, who bought the plate of them, escaped capture for a time. The son of one of the convicts engaged in the robbery has given very explicit evidence showing that Hart bought at least three parcels of plate, paying some 501. for each parcel.

The Police effectually prevented the usual Guy Fawkes saturnalia on Tower Hill on Monday last. Every one attempting to let off fireworks was quickly seized, and fifty prisoners were made. One was a little boy, who ran into a Policeman's arms with terror after setting fire to a squib ; another was a merchant, who carried a large stock of fireworks in a leathern ease at his back ; and a third was "a lady. The Thames Police Magistrate fined them in various small sums; which were paid with good-humour. The proceed- ings were taken because many accidents and disturbances have arisen from thousands of pumas assembling on Tower Hill on the night of the Fifth.

Among the figures which were paraded in the streets of London on Guy Fawkes Day—or rather on the day after, Monday—was a gigantic effigy of the Czar, led captive in chains by a diminutive representative of Britannia.

Five persons perished by a firework-explosion early on Monday morning. Watson, a milkman living in Coleman Street, St. George's in the East, was in the habit of making fireworks for sale on Guy Fawkes Day. During Sunday night, he, his wife, and a daughter, were at work, Watson left the house for a few minutes; he beard a erg. of "Fire !" explosions followed, and the house was quickly filled with fire and smoke. A sweep who was passing got Mrs. Watson and an infant out of the house—both so badly burnt that they died during the day. Watson tried to ascend the stairs to rescue three children, but he failed ; and all three were burnt to death. At the inquest, held on Thursday, it appeared that Elizabeth Ford was employed by Watson in making fireworks; that she snuffed a candle with her fingers, dropped the burning wick on an unfinished cracker, and in a moment the fireworks around were blazing and exploding. The girl herself *as very badly burnt ; she was taken to the London Hospital, in a danger- ous state. The Coroner explained to the Jury, that Watson was the person primarily liable—he had unlawfully made fireworks, and death had resulted. The Jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against Watson.

Ann Chambers, a young woman has died in St. Mary's Hospital from dreadful burns : she had been reading in bed at night, and the bed-furniture caught fire.

The late Mrs. Ann Presbury has bequeathed 1001. for the poor-box of the Mansionhouso Police Court.