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In the Court of Common Council, on Thursday, Mr. Dakin presented the reports of the Royal Entertainment and Exhibition Committee. The general result was, that the expenditure had been kept so rigidly within the original estimates, that out of the sum voted, 52501., a balance of 1291. 58. 3c1. remained to be repaid into the City treasury. After present- ing his accounts, Mr. Dakin made a general defence of the Corporation and its doings, against recent attacks by the Times newspaper. On the one hand, he showed the inferiority of the example of the French Municipality of Paris as a model for the English Corporation : on the other hand, he answered the Timees suggestion that the whole metropolis should be thrown under a single municipal body, by this ques- tion—" What influence would the representatives of 2,250,000 of Metro- politan inhabitants have upon the Imperial Parliament ? How would that influence be consistent with their free deliberations, or the free ex- ercise of the functions of Government ? " The report was adopted. In the continued debate of the Council on the franchise propositions of the Freedom Committee, it was resolved that the qualifications of Alder- men and Councillors should be the same as those of electors ; and then, by way of amendment on another proposition, it was resolved that the "Aldermen shall be elected for a period of seven years only,"—the ob- ject being, to give the constituents a stated "opportunity of getting rid of an obnoxious Alderman."

The members of the London Temperance League made a great demon- stration in Exeter Hall on Monday evening. Mr. Lawrence Heyworth was to have presided, but was prevented ; so the benevolent artist Mr. George Cruikshank worthily filled his place. Mr. Cruikshank was very earnest in his recommendations of increased exertions on behalf of inebri- ate or bibulous mankind; declaring off at once from "politics," and hoping

they would say nothing about " even the Peace Congress," "which, though a most excellent and important question, ought to be let alone at this time." Mr. Kellog, an American Teetotaller, whose oratory proved very acceptable to the audience, told them that in the State of Maine the sale of spirituous liquors is " prohibited" ; and in another State, if a man got drunk, his wife could sue for damages the publican who supplied the liquor.

Dr. M'Hale, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tuam, has been a short time in London ; and on Sunday he preached a sermon to the con- gregation in the Roman Catholic Chapel in Rosamon Street, Clerkenwell. The text was not especially significant, and the sermon was less remark- able for any allusion to the times than for its illustrations; which were of a sort that one would think English Catholics of London would not so readily receive for authentic as the Irish Catholics of remote Connaught. The Albigenses were referred to as a sect " profligate in their private manners, and enemies to the throne "who " not only threatened the destruction of all religion but aso the sub- version of thrones." Another assertion' that for the heresies of Nes- torus " God Almighty occasioned his tongue to be eaten out with worms," caused (say the fuller reports) " great sensation and counting of beads amongst the congregation." The miraculous communication of the result of the battle of Lepanto to the Pontiff at the instant it was won, was circumstantially repeated, and seemed to meet with devout ac- ceptation by the congregation. The conclusion of the sermon was an im- passioned series of invocations to the Mother of Jesus, that she " pray for sinners now and at the hour of death."

The " Sisterhood" formerly settled at St. Barnabas, Knightsbridge, under Mr. Bennett, and latterly resident in Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, were publicly received, in a body, into the Roman Catholic Church at Islington, on Sunday evening last.—Tinier.

The last week of the Exhibition of Industry has been unparalleled in at least one point—the number of the visitors.

Miters. Receipts.

Saturday, October 4, .... 29,640 .... 2862 14s. Od. Monday, 6, .... 107,815 .... 5175 16 Tuesda 7, .... 109,915 .... 5231 10

Wednescly,

ay„", 8, .... 109,760 .... 5283 3 Thursday,

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IP 9, .... 90,813 .... 4344 7

Friday, 10, .... 49,913 .... 4914 1 6 The maneuvering of these vast anhies has proved a task not beyond the ability of a Superinteildent of Police. These hundred thousands of people daily marched into Hyde Park, and even into so small a portion of its whole area as is covered by the Crystal Palace ; they circulated for hours in the grovehle mazes of the building ; and they withdrew from the Palace and the Park, and found, every one of them, their homes in London or its suburbs, or even in distant counties joined to London by the iron rail, with a celerity, and a perfect freedom from any important casualty, that must be miraculous to such military minds as supposed that a hundred thousand men could not be got into the Park and out of it again in a single day without a probable sacrifice of life or limb. Sin- gularly enough, the Duke of Wellington was himself present on Monday and saw something of the spontaneous solution of this great tactical problem. His experience was, it must be allowed, not wholly without risk.

" When, the crowd assembled within the building was at its culminating point, it was suddenly discovered that the Duke of Wellington was present. Instantly the manifestations of public admiration arose. Hats were taken off, and loud cheers burst forth, which were prolonged with immense energy. Those who were at a distance, surprised by an unwonted agitation which they could not understand, fancied that there was something wrong, and rushed towards the doors. The Duke also felt the awkwardness of his posi- tion, and beat a retreat. His great age does not now permit him to execute such movements with the precision and firmness which in former days were his characteristics ; but he made his way nevertheless to the South entrance of the transept with surprising alacrity, followed as he went by the most vigorous demonstrations of popular regard. Superintendent Pearce, with great tact, stopped the rush towards the places of exit ; and by his judicious management, the fears of the most timid spectators were in a few minutes effectually quieted."

In the streets of London, the spectacle of the going and returning myriads has been itself a great wonder. At such points of concentration as the Elephant and Castle, in Southwark, there was a dense crowd of thousands at eight o'clock at morn, beginning the journey with the earliest omnibuses, and this congregation lasted each day till noon ; and it was again renewed from three or four hours after noon till late in the evening, when the vehicles deposited their loads of tired and weather- marked travellers on their return homewards. In the Strand, the stream was visibly great at seven in the morning ; while the returning crowd was like that of dispersing theatre audiences, from five in the afternoon till eight or nine at night. The enormousness of the number on Monday fired the betting circles in sporting quarters, and on the speculative Stock Exchange ; and it is said that hundreds of thousands of pounds were staked on the probable numbers of the following days. Thursday was backed on the Stock Exchange for 150,000 ; and it is still thought that the dismally wet wea- ther alone prevented that number being attained.

The inquest at Camberwell on the Faucetts was resumed and concluded on Wednesday. Mary Ann Faucett, the little girl who escaped alive from her father's violence, was examined. Her father had sent her up-stairs from the breakfast-table to fetch a collar; he followed her, took her by the head, and cut her neck, but said nothing to her. She ran down stairs; and when he came down presently after, he took another knife from the table and again cut her on the neck ; still without saying anything. Mrs. Faucett gave evidence. Her husband had been porter to a confectioner ; he took the shop in the hope of bettering his condition. On Tuesday morning several customers came in. "One of them was a young man unknown to us, who began talking to my husband, and quite disheartened him about the business. I heard the young man say, that he was very sorry my husband had taken the business, for that it was no business at all. My husband, who had been very low and dull from the previous Sa- turday evening, only shook his head, but made no reply. Similar re- marks had been made to my husband by other people on the previous day, and he was quite disheartened." Mrs. Faucett was not absent from the house more than seven minutes. When she found the doors closed, she had an apprehension that something fatal had occurred, as her husband had been in a "dreadful state of excitement" since Saturday. For twenty years he had not been in a sound state of mind, but he had not been placed under restraint. He had been bled and cupped a great many times. Mr. Bridg- man, confectioner of Wigmore Street, stated that Faucett had been in the service of his firm for twenty-three years. On the 17th July, he attempted to drown himself, and he was on that account discharged from his situa- tion; but Mr. Bridgeman had allowed him 11. a week while he was not earning anything, and at last gave him 501. to go into business. Of late years, he had acquired intemperate habits, and he was very excitable when he had been drinking. Faucett's brother deposed, that three weeks ago the deceased's conversation convinced him that he was not in his right mind. His father died blr his own hand. The Jury consulted for a considerable time, and then gave this curious verdict- " We find, that the deceased Emily Faucett was wilfully murdered by Anthony Faucett, her father; we further find, that the deceased Frederick Anthony Faucett was wilfully murdered by Anthony Faucett, his father ; and with regard to the said Anthony Faucett, we find that he destroyed himself while labouring under a fit of temporary insanity."

It is mentioned that Mr. Lee, a journeyman printer living in the Wynd- ham Road, has given an asylum for a time to the widow and wounded child. A subscription is spoken of.

William Harmer, a painter of Walworth, on Saturday inflicting shot him- self with a pistol, in Cold Harbour Lane, Camberwell, nflicting a wound in his mouth ; and then ran with great speed towards Dulwich, and the Forest Hill station. He was pursued, but distanced those who followed him ; at last, approaching the Forest Hill station, he ran up an embankment on to the line, put himself before an approaching train, and was killed on the spot. He has left a widow and three children.: At the inquest, it appeared that he was in utter poverty, and that this had unhinged his mind. The dis- tance he ran after shooting himself was nearly three miles. The Jury could not pronounce whether he was killed on the railway " by accident, or by his own wilful act."

Mr. Frederick Robert Bolton, a Customhouse-officer, whose duty it was to "test" imported spirits, &c., has been poisoned by tasting tincture of aco- nite. A case of medicated spirits was received from Scotland ; one bottle was wrapped in paper, with no label or writing on this covering. Mr. Ben- nett, a gauger, poured a small quantity into a glass, dipped a pen-holder into it, and drew it across his lips. Mr. Bolton was sitting by, and Bennett asked his opinion about the stuff. Mr. Bolton took the bottle into his hand, said he believed it was a "bitter," and returned it to Bennett. Bolton must have tasted the liquid from the glass or the bottle. A superior officer tore the paper from the bottle, and then a label was visible—" Fleming's tincture of aconite ; poison." Mr. Bolton said, he did not believe that he had swal- lowed any of the poison, and it does not appear to have taken any effect on him while at the office :Mr. Bennett went to a chemist's and got some medi- cine, but had a burning sensation in his throat all the evening. During the evening, Mr. Bolton was conveyed to a surgeon's by two persons ; he was much exhausted, but perfectly sensible. He said he believed that he had swallowed a teaspoonful of the tincture—enough to kill five persons. The surgeon saw that the case was hopeless, but gave what medicines might afford relief : the unfortunate officer soon expired. At the inquest, Mr. Brain, the chief in the deceased's department, stated that Mr. Bolton and Mr. Bennett had not been long employed in that department, and were not well acquainted with the various compounds : the unfortunate accident arose from the outer covering not having been removed. The Jury gave a verdict that the death was ac- cidental; but suggested to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, " that when any article of a poisonous character is imported, the permit should bear the word poison,' as well as the nature of the article itself."