The commission for remedying the blunder made by the Middlesex
Magistrates, has at last been issued by the Lord Chancellor. The Judgcs named in it are—Mr. Justice Littledale, Mr. Justice James Parke, the Recorder, and Common Sergeant, Mr. Const, the late Chairman of the Middlesex Sessions, and the senior Magistrates of each of the eight Police-offices. The commission will be opened on Tuesday, the 13th, at the Middlesex Session-house, where the Grand Jury will be charged ; but the trial of the prisoners will take place at the Old Bailey. There are seventy prisoners for trial ; of whom all but twelve were tried at the last Sessions, before the error which annulled the proceedings was discovered.
One of the consequences of the late blunder of the Middlesex Ma- gistrates is, that the inhabitants of Mile End parish, who in a contest with the overseers of the parish had succeeded in getting 360/. struck off from their accounts, and 931. for costs of the suit, will have to try the question over again, as the overseers will not submit to the decision given against them.
A meeting of the Proprietors of the London University, the Duke of Somerset in the chair, was held on Wednesday, to sanction the Council in mortgaging part of the estate of the University. The debts and engagements of the University amount to 3,7151. With a view to discharge this debt, the Council have entered into a treaty for a loan, by way of mortgage on the estate of the University, for 4,0001. for a period of five years, with interest 41 per cent., to be increased to 5 per cent. in default of payment within two months after the stipulated time. The City of London Gas Company has consented to make a reduc- tion of 201. per cent. in the case of those who use gasometers, and 101. per cent. in the case of those who only burn gas.
The late Mr. Wilberforce was buried in Westminster Abbey, on Saturday last. The funeral procession moved from Cudogan Place, accompanied by an immense crowd of people, who flanked it on either side, to the Abbey. When it reached Westminster Hall, it was joined by a considerable number of Peers, and about a hundred and fifty mem- bers of the House of Commons, all dressed in deep mourning. The pall-bearers were, on one side, Lord Brougham, Mr. Manners Sutton, Lord Bexley, and the Marquis of Westminster ; on the other, Mr. Charles Giant, Sir Robert Inglis, Mr. William Smith, and the Duke „ of Gloucester,—who, according to etiquette, was the last on the ex- treme right. The procession of the Peers, as they entered the Abbey, was headed by the Dukes of Sussex and Wellington; then followed the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Chichester, and others. When the coffin was lowered into the grave, the Dukes of Sussex, Gloucester, and Wellington, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lords Broughain, Lansdowne, Rosslyn, Althorp, Auckland, and others, formed a circle round it. The grave is close to the tombs of Fox, Pitt, and Canning. The funeral service was performed by Dr. Hol- combe. Upon the coffin-lid is this inscription—" William Wilberforce, Esquire. Born 24th August 1759. Died 29th July 1833."
A fancy fair was held on Wednesday and Thursday, in the Egyptian Hall at the Mansionhouse, for the benefit of foreigners in distress. Great numbers of people continued to come and go during the day, but the room was never uncomfortably full. Among the variety of attrac- tive articles, was a piece of tapestry representing an urn of flowers, presented by the King of the French, said to be valued at fifty guineas. Tuesday's Gazette contains a notice, signed by the Secretary of State, offering a reward of 1001. for the discovery of the murderer of John Peacock Wood, the waterman who was killed in Shadwell.
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