31 DECEMBER 1831, Page 12

The infant son of Viscount and Viscountess Falkland, was baptized

on Monday afternoon, at the Palace, by the Bishop of Worcester, in the presence of the Court. Their Majesties were the sponsors.

The King has been pleased to grant a charter to the Law Society. The style is, " the Society of Attomies, Solicitors, Proctors, and others not being barristers, practising in the courts of law and equity of the United Kingdom."

DrEr..—A meeting took place yesterday on Wandsworth Common, between Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Gill, Lieutenant of the King's Yeomen Guard, and D. Finlaison, Esq., in consequence of a very seri- ous dispute which on :nye(' between those gentlemen at one of the Clubs. The parties were accompanied to the ground by Sir J. Wed- derburn, I3art., and Lieutenant Walsh, Royal Artillery ; and after re- ceiving Mr. Finlaison's fire without effect, Sir Robert Gill fired in the air; when an explanation took place, satisfactory to the seconds ; and the parties, after becoming reconciled, left the field.

LONDON THEATRES.—The Minor performers—or rather the per- formers of the Minors—were attended at their meeting, on Thursday, by two solicitors, gratis ! This is an indication of sympathy which augurs well. On Tuesday next, an M. P. is to take the chair. When Charles Kemble made his appeal to the public, he could get no higher than an auctioneer. The Minors are majors in this respect.