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A Court of Directors was held at the East India House on Wednesday; when Mr. Robert Grant took the usual oath on being appointed Governor of Bombay. Mr. Grant afterwards dined with the gentlemen in the direction, at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate Street.
Considerable improvements are now in progress in some of the offices attached to the Bank. The room where the Dividends were paid bus been entirely gutted, prior to the intended alterations ; and the Dividends are now in course of payment in' a temporary apartment in the garden. The new apartment will be loftier than the former one, and the roof will he supported by a double range of handsome fluted columns. On both sides there will be counters, where the clerks will pay the Dividends; and the public will be much better accom. motcd than they have been. It will be some months before the improvements will be completed. A meeting was held one day last week at the National School, Grosvenor Street, to petition for the abolition of military flogging. Sir Francis Burdett had been requested to attend, but took no notice of the application. Several speakers made severe remarks on his inattention and lukewarinness in the cause which he formerly advocated with such zeal. It appears however, from a note addressed by Sir Francis to the Secretary of the meeting, that he did not receive the application till it was too late to attend the meeting, being then residing at Wokingliam. Sir Francis concludes his note with these words—.
" I need not say that no effmt of mine shall be warding to aid in effecting its object ; far which purpose I shall immediately return to London, in order to be in readiness to present the petition to Parliament before it breaks up (in ease one should be decided upon), to abolish the most ignominious punishment that can be indicted on man."
The remains of the poet Coleridge were interred on Saturday in the vaults of Highgate Church. The funeral was strictly private, only a few friends following the remains.
Some serious accidents occurred on Monday afternoon, in consequence of a mad cow being driven from Smithfield in the direction of Calthorpe Street, by a parcel of boys and idle fellows. Several persons, men, women, and children, were tossed by it, and some severely hurt. The principal sufferer was a Mrs. Brown, of Great Audley Street, Pentonville, whose neck was much lacerated.
By the new Chimney-sweepers Act, which came into operation last week, any person crying " Sweep" is liable to a penalty of 40s.
Mrs. Ferrard, the wife of a tailor in Whitcombe Street, came to her death on Thursday, by taking an over-dose of opium pills, made IT herself, from economy.
The important cause of Wharton versus the Earl of Durham was decided in Chancery on Tuesday. The question, which was decided by the Vice-Chancellor, and brought by way of appeal to this Court,. was whether a portion of 13,0001., given to Susan Lambton, the wife of plaintiff, by her father, General Lambton, was to operate in redemption of a legacy left her by General Lambton. The Court below decided that it was not, and this decision was affirtned by the Lord Chancellor with costs. His Lordship, in giving judgment, observed i that Lord Durham stood perfectly above reproach n this matter; neither could any blame be said to attach to Mr. Wharton or his wife.
At the Middlesex Sessions, last week, Edwards, the blind man, who assaulted Mr. Gee, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in Newgate ; but the Governor refused to receive him, amid his place of confinement was changed to the House of Correction. It appears that the City authorities deny the right of commitment to Newgate by the Middlesex Magistrates ; and a special meetilig of the latter body is about to take place to determine the question. The Westminster Magistrates are also in opposition to those of Middlesex respecting the claimed right of the latter to the New Bridewell. Mr. Cope states that Ile acts under advice.
At Queen Square Police-office, on Monday, Mr. T. Hentheum, an engineer, was charged by Miss Amelia Preston, residing at Lambeth, with endeavouring to gain her ulffections by force, andto coerce her into consenting to marry him, by knocking at her door at all hours of the night, and by making such a disturbance round the house as not to allow her to base aay peace. As the defendant would not pledge himself to abandon this system of "agitation," he was ordered to find sureties for his good conduct.
John Card, who was in the employ of Mr. Edmonds, silk-mercer, of Milk Street, Cheapside, was charged at the Mansionbouse, on .Monday, with embezzling money received from different customers, to the amount of 2223/. His system was, when he received money on account, to enter the amount received considerably under the real sum, and the remainder he entered to the credit of some other person's account, to make up previous deficiencies, when those accounts were expected to be balanced. He was remanded.
A young man named Towers complained to the Lord Mayor of having been dumped by the celebrated Joseph Ady, to whom he paid 17s. in expectation of receiving valuable information that would be of great advantage to him ; but the only information he obtained was, that a bill for the abolition of Church-rates had passed through Parliament. The complainant was recommended to summon Ady for the amount to the Court of Requests.
A man-servant of Sir Harris Nicolas was committed from Bow Street on Monday, for purloining a 10/. bank-note from a letter which he was directed to deliver to his master by Messrs. Stillwell and Co., the agents of Sir Harris. The prisoner decamped with a suit of livery as well as the money.
One of the City Police was dismissed from the "force" on Saturday, for extorting some money from a poor Welehman, under pretence that he had been fined five shillings for getting drunk, whereas the Lord Mayor had dismissed him with an admonition only.
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