The Bishop of London, with a deputation consisting principally of
merchants, bankers, and solicitors in the City of London, attended.. at the Treasury on Wednesday, to present a memorial to Lord Melbourne against the transmission of letters through the London Post-office on Sunday, as recommended in the Report of the Committee of the House of Commons. Lord Melbourne, and Mr. Spring Rice, who was also present, said there was no intention of acting on that part of the Report which reconn»euded the delivery of letters ; and they reserved their decision as to the transmission of letters to the country ; but a general expression of opinion from the provincial towns ag,ffinst such a trans- mission would be conclusive.
Adolphe Nourrit, the celebrated French tenor-singer, has committed. suicide, at Naples, "in a fit of frenzy."
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