We understand that a deputation from the merchants of London,
connected with the Canadas, waited on Sir John Colborne last Saturday, to congratulate him on his safe arrival, and to present their most cordial thanks fer the eminent services performed by him in Canada, to which they were mainly indebted for the preservation of the colony to the Crown of' Greet Britain, and to acknowledge also his uniform kind- ness to the pour emigrants, as they reached his province.—Brighton Gazette.
A deputation respecting Church-rates had an interview with Lord Melbourne on Tuesday, at his (Alicial residence in Downing Street.
Our obituary records the long-expected death of Lord Brougham's daughter and only child. The funeral took place on Wednesday ; the place of interment being the burial 'ground belonging to the Benchers of Lincoln's Inn. Three mourning coaches and six noblemen's and
gentlemen's carriages followed the hearse. Among those present ; the funeral, were Lord Brougham as chief mourner, Lord Demean, Chief Justice Tindal, Mr. Vizard, Mr, Miller of the Bankruptcy Court, and Mr. Charles Phillips. " This," says the Sun , " is the only instanee ou record of the interment of a female in the burying-place of Lincoln's Inn. Hitherto it has been reserved exclusively for the resting-place el the Benchers of the inn ; but the noble and learned lord made an applies. tion for permission to have his daughter laid here, accompanied lva statement that it is his intention to be buried in the same grave bee, sell'. A special meeting of the Council of Dem:hers wits celled al Monday last to take the application into consideration. They unars. mously agreed that the privilege asked for should be granted ; aeml Which hems Lieu regarded as a -mark of' the highest respect and estesin in which Lord 13rougham could possibly be held by that learned leak, Lord Erskine applied to the same tribunal for liberty to have his heiv buried in the same place ; but, though he was also a Bencher of lhe radii's bum, that request was negatived."
A few days since we announced the munificent donation of fees, M, from a clergyman and his sister, in aid of' the fund for building elnirehms. &c., in the parish of Bethnal Green ; and we have now the saiisfactMlei to learn that an additional anonymous donation of 2,000/., under it title of " Commercial Prosperity," has been paid to the same fund, tee trust that by the munificence of others, who have been blessed with similar commercial prosperity, the sum of 32,000/., still required to cm. plete the 75,0001., will not only shortly be realized, but that individeres will be feund to supply the churches proposed to be erected ss ith ade- quate endowments in a dietriet
w.iere poverty precludes the hope of all other sources of income to the elergymen.—Stand«rd.
At a meeting of the Marylebone Vestry, on Wednesday evening., a resolution was unanimously passerlens-1----me 25,000/. for the servicet of the parish.
Yesterday afternoon, a Church- cat in the parish of Christ- church was concluded. The num— the close of the poll, which lasted two days, were—for the rate, 471 ; against it 329.
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