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The Tower Hamlets election took place on Saturday, at Stepney Green. The Universal Suffrage party issued a placard, intimating that as the pre- sent Parliament could not be of long duration, they bad resolved to allow the election of Colonel Fox to pass without opposition; but that at the next general election Mr. Laurence Heyworth and Mr. George Thompson will oppose the Whig Members. Colonel Fox's nomination was moved by Mr. G. Offor, and seconded by Mr. Martineau. The speakers were very com- plimentary to the Colonel for his support of Mr. Villiers's motion at a time when the abolition of the Corn-laws was neither fashionable nor likely to be soon accomplished. Mr. Box, a schoolmaster, put some questions to Colonel Fox, touching his willingness to support Universal Suffrage, and to assist in dissolving the union between Church and State. Colonel Fox answered, that he would not give specific pledges as to his future conduct, although willing to explain his general principles; that he would not pledge himself to universal suffrage, but as to an extension of the right of voting, he should be inclined to support such a thing—when education had made a greater advance. He would not pledge himself to separate the Church from the State. No opposing candidate having been put in nomination, Colonel Fox's election was declared.

A subscription in aid of the Cobden Testimonial has been commenced in London, under the auspices of a Committee appointed at a meeting of bankers, merchants, and others, held at the London Tavern. Of this Com- mittee, Mr. Jones Loyd is the Chairman, Mr. W. A. Wilkinson the Deputy Chairman, and Mr. William Prescott the Treasurer. Up to the 15th in- stant, the London subscriptions amounted to 6,5651.

At a Court of Common Council held on Wednesday, Mr. Ashurst gave notice of a motion for the next Court-day- " That the thanks of the Court and the freedom of the City, in gold boxes of the value of 100 guineas each, be presented to Richard Cobden, the Honourable Charles Villiers, John Bright, and Colonel Thompson, for their eminent public services." Also, " That the thanks of the Court be given to Sir Robert Peel, Bait., for his eminent public services in introducing and supporting the bills for the repeal of the Corn-laws, and for the reduction of taxation."

These notices were received with marked applause.

Mr. Anderton adverted to the proposed visit of the Lord Mayor to Ox- ford with the view of holding a Court of Conservancy on the Thames, and protested against the City being burdened with the expense—

The Lord Mayor and the Corporation of London had no more business at Ox- ford than they had at Rotterdam; and it would be just as rational for them to "o to the one place as to the other. The limit of the Conservancy authority of the City was known to be at Staines, and it would be a most wanton expenditure of the public money to dispose of it by junketting at Oxford. That the Court had the power of stopping so unwarrantable and ridiculous a diffusion of the City means, there was no doubt. In the year 1769, 1001. per annum was the limit of the Conservancy expenditure; subsequently the sum was increased to 2001.; and at the present moment he believed the amount expended was something about 2,0001. In 1839 a septennial visit was paid up the river, and the cost of that freak was 1,0991. 68. 6d. The visit, which used to take place but once in fourteen years, was thus become septennial.

Dr. Lynch entertained similar sentiments—

The Court had seen that the Conservancy expenses had raised themselves up from 1001. to 1,1001., for an absurd and useless piece of ridiculous pageantry—a parade of gilded buffoonery for the delight of Aldermen's wives in general and the glorification of the Lord Ma or in particular. A high-minded man would not condescend to cut a dash at the expense of the Corporation under such circum- stances. It was only at intervals of once in fourteen or fifteen years they read of a man having brass enough to be guilty of such an enormity.

The Court ultimately agreed to postpone the discussion to a day to be Bud by the Lord Mayor.

George Marriott, alias Metcalf, alias Mellish, the swindler who obtained goods from tradesmen by a very artful scheme, was brought up for reexamination at the Mansionhouse on Thursday. The two charges formerly urged against him were more fully investigated; another one was also adduced—he had obtained a quan- tity of stationery from Mr. Craggs. The system adopted was this. Marriott and a man calling himself Neill took ready-furnished offices in Austinfriars for the firm of " Neill and Mellish "; Marriott also hired a warehouse in Great Trinity Lane for " Marriott and Son, ironmongers." The prisoner applied to tradesmen for goods for the ironmongery firm, referring to " Neill and Mellish," who were mer- chants; to Mr. Craggs he gave a bill of exchange, remarking, that the referees would discount it for 5 per cent if desired 1 While living at Stockton as "Mr. Metcalf," the accused attempted to get a quantity of beer from Calvert's; but he did not succeed. A Policeman proved that the prisoner had been confined in the hulks for obtaining goods under false pretences. He was again remanded. At Dow Street Police-office, on Teeeday, Mr. James Wyld, the map-publisher, salb? Charing Cross, appeared to answer an information laid by Sir henry Ellis, the Principal Librarian of the British Museum, for having neglected to send, 'ander the newly-amended Copyright Act, a copy of certain maps to the Mu- seum within a month after their publication. It was proved that four maps had not been forwarded. For the defendant it was urged, that the maps were not new ones, but merely corrected copies of former works; they had also been used for books. With respect to the latter plea, if was proved that the maps had been sold separately in the shop. The Magistrate, Mr. Jardine, fined the defendant

one pound for each offence, (the full penalty being five pounds,) and the value of the pound

At the Thames Police-office, on Tuesday, Frederick Weise, a German labourer at the Mint, his wife, and a step-daughter were charged, the man with stealing gold and silver from the Royal Mint, and the two females with receiving it. Two pieces of silver were found on Weise when arrested at the Mint; and at his house a quantity of Chinese silver and two pieces of unwrought gold were seized in a reticule which the step-daughter was attempting to make off with. The pri- soners were remanded for a week.

James Lloyd, a dairyman, living at St. George's in the East, has killed a boy, eight years old, by striking him with his fist: the boy's head came in contact with a wall. A verdict of " Manslaughter" has been returned against Lloyd by the Coroner's inquest.

A good deal of excitement has been caused at Hounslow, by a report that a soldier who died in the Barracks there was killed by flogging. It is said that the death was kept as secret as possible; and it was reported on Tuesday that the body was to be buried on the following day without an inquest having been held: the Magistrates and parochial authorities, however, bestirred themselves, and the result was that an inquiry was commenced on Wednesday evening, before Mr. Coroner Wakley.

The deceased was Frederick White, a young man, a private of the Seventh Royal Hussars. The Jury went to the Barracks to view the corpse. It was in a coffin; and on being turned round on its face, the back, from the nape of the neck down to the Joint., presented a deep purple appearance. In the middle of the back, between the shoulders, where the greatest inflammation had evidently been, a great piece of skin, nine inches one way and eight inches the other, had been cut away. The Coroner inquired where the skin was, and by whom it had been cut. off; and was told it had been cut off by Dr. Read, who had been sent down by the Horse Guards to perform a post mortem examination of the body: it should be looked for. Mach delay was occasioned by the search; and eventually a piece of skin was brought, which, however, was not a fifth part of the whole. On the reassembling of the Jury in their room, the Coroner inquired if any of the relatives of the deceased were present? The Adjutant of the regiment said there were not: he had not written to them on the subject; it was "only known from the deceased's attestation where they were to be found." Mr. Wakley ad- vised an adjournment, in order that the relations of the man might be present, that two military surgeons who had examined the body might be summoned to give evidence, and that a surgeon nominated by the Jury might examine the corpse. This was assented to, and the inquiry was adjourned for a week.

The rumours are, that White was sentenced to receive one hundred and fifty lashes for striking. his sergeant; that after the eightieth lash the surgeon de- clared further punishment would be dangerous, but Colonel Whyte ordered the remainder to be inflicted; and, lastly, that the two military surgeons declared. that the man died of ossification of the heart.