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The Lord Mayor's pageant on Saturday last had unusual features of attraction. The usage of parading a man in scale armour, which is said to have cost a life per annum for a generation or two past, was discarded, and our modern neighbours across the Channel were emulated in the attempt to organize a processional feature, emblematic of the widened dominion of man over nature, and especially illustrative of our own civi- lization among the nations of the world. The idea of thus improving the civic pweantry is ascribed to Mr. Godwin, the editor of the Builder : the practical organization and conduct of the new arrangements were in- trusted to Mr. Batty, the successor to Ducrow in Astley's famed eques- trian theatre.

The procession moved from Guildhall soon after eleven o'clock. It was led, as usual, by groups of officials from the Companies of the two Alder- men who last served the office of Lord Mayor —in this instance, Alder- man Humphery the Lord Mayor of 1849, and Alderman Farncombe the Mayor of 1850. Then followed the officers of the City Corporation, in- cluding the remaining Aldermen—those who have not passed the chair, and those who have passed the chair, in separate groups, divided by the Recorder, and each alone in his particular carriage. The late

Mayor, now simple Alderman Farncombe, followed these civic groups. Immediately after him came the new and characteristic portion of the pageant, of which our readers will desire to see the formal programme.

Trumpeters of the Sixteenth Lancers.

Two Pages, bearing flambeaux filled with burning incense.

PEACE,

(Personified by a female attired in a White Satin Robe, with Wings, bearing in her right hand the Olive Branch, mounted on a White if:

Palfrey, profusely adorned with emblematical devices),

having in her train

a.

Ell:RIPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AND AmERICA,

Represented by Male and Female Equestrians, tastefully clad in 12. National Costume, illustrating the Four Quartets of the Globe. Two Pages, richly attired, bearing flambeaux filled with burning incense.

THE HORSE OP EUROPE,

(Supporting the Arms of her Nations, emblazoned on a Shield with ghttering trappings, plumes, and other devices.) Two Arabs conducting

TIM CAMEL OP ASIA,

(Supporting an elaborate device, containing the emblems of the Asiatic Nation and Arms, head plumes, and velvet trappings, &c.) Two Pages bearing flambeaux, &e. Negroes conducting

THE ELEPHANT OF AFRICA,

t>, g (Supporting an appropriate device, formed of the Palm Tree, various Birds and Fruits, together with the Colours of the Nation, the animal richly caparisoned). • 4 Two Pages bearing flambeaux, &c. Indians conducting Two DEER or AMERICA, (Supporting the Symbols of the Nation, &e.)Two Pages, holding Laurel Branches, conducting the F:ro E. a: tst

Holum (Caparisoned, Plumes, &e-) .?...

ES Bearing Attributes of Industry—the Beehive and Agricultural

Implements. g 'Od

0.7 2 Two Pages, with LaureHleBraimaches, conducting the a.=

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ptme and Emblems of the Fine Arts. Two Bearing tba Attributes ef Art . Two Pages, with Laurel Branches, conducting the

Timms ?: (Caparisoned, Plumes, &c.)

71 Bearing Attributes of Commerce—a Ship in full sail over a Globe, F.

Anchor, &c.

Two Pages, with Laurel Branches, conducting the

= Hos (Caparisoned, Plumes, &c.)

Bearing Attributes of Manufactures—Machinery, 8m.

A MILITIJLT BAND. A SPIMIDID ALLEGORICAL CAR,

Drawn by six cream-coloured horses, superbly caparisoned with Crimson Velvet Trappings and variegated Plumes, the Car representing an elegant

STA= BARGE,

Rowed by British Tars.

Tritons and Dolphins at the stem, supporting the Civic Shield, the Sword 3 of Justice, and Mace, together with a a Royal Standard and Union Jack; in the centre bearing a

GIGANTIC GLOBE ;

with

BRITANNIA AND HAPPINESS,

Personated by Young Ladies, allegorically robed; the former at the foot,ie

and the latter seated on a Throne on the summit of the Globe, fo

bearing Symbols of Peace, Sm.; large handsome Ban- ners and Flags forming the stern of the Car.

The equipage of the Lord Mayor himself, preceded by the band of the Life Guards, some civic officers, and a cloud of liveried servants, and protected on the flanks and in the rear by a guard of honour from the Sixteenth Lan- cers, and a guard of state from the City Mounted Pollee, formed the last link to the procession. The cortege took the usual route to the foot of Blackfriars Bridge ; thence, according to ancient usage it went by water to Westminster. In Westminster Hall, Recorder Stuart Wortley did the honours of introduc- tion, with a brief biographical note setting forth the industrial career of the Lord Mayor. " He had to present to their Lordships John Musgrove, Esq., Alderman and citizen, and a member of the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers, who had been unanimously elected to serve the officeof Lord Mayor in the coming year. The Lord Mayor only afforded another instance among those many bright examples of men who, rising from a comparatively modest origin, attain to the highest elevation among their fellow-citizens, by force of a life characterized by industry, integrity, and probity. Himself the son of a citizen distinguished in his time, Mr. Alderman Musgrove inherited his freedom, and at the early age of twenty-one devoted all his energies to an industrious life ; and in the business of a public auctioneer, was intrusted with the transfer of large masses of property ; necessarily, therefore, enjoying the confidence of those whose property was confided to him. At the same time, he was brought prominently into public observation ; and he not only, in the course of the thirty years during which he had exercised business, had the satisfaction of gaming the confidence of his fellow-citizens, but also attained to that position which had enabled him to retire from business, and to devote himself to public affairs, and to the maintenance of the rights and privileges of his fellow-citizens." Glancing forwards into the coming year, Mr. Wortley made a happy allu- sion to the Congress of Nations in London, which in 1851 will throw especial responsibility on the chief magistrate of the city. "It was now nearly thirty-six years since the sovereigns of several nations met together in this country with the great commander whose renown eclipsed their imperial honours. Thirty-six years had now nearly elapsed, during which England had enjoyed the longest peace in the records of history ; and on the coming year this country would have to receive not the sovereigns, but the nations themselves. That event, when it came' would necessarily throw a great amount of responsibility on those intrusted with the maintaining the order and peace of this great city ; and the citizens of London believed that they had selected a gentleman for the high office of Lord Mayor who would not only maintain order during that event, but contribute splendour to his year of mayoralty." On this the first occasion of his appearance in his present function, Mr. Wortley of course did not omit a tribute of respect to the late Recorder— whose qualities were known to their Lordships in the intimacy of private friendship; and who not only discharged the duties of his office with

and efficiency, but usually lent to the proud ceremony of this day the grace of oratory and the most refined elocution.

Chief Baron Pollock congratulated the Lord Mayor and the Citizens alike, on the election which had given the one so high a dignity and the others so good a magistrate. He echoed Mr. Wortley's mournful and eulogistic allusions to the loss of Mr. Law and also of Sir Robert Peel—

The best tribute they could pay to the memory of that great man, would be to remember what his life had been, and to follow the example he had ever displayed of patriotism and devotion to his country. (A suppressed of murmur approbation here sounded through the court.) The Chief Baron concluded his remarks with an enlogium on the great event of the coming year. " On the subject of the approaching gathering of the works of all nations, I entertain the opinion," said the Conserva- tive but liberal-minded judge, "that the beneficial results will be incal- culable."

After the usual invitation from the Lord Mayor to the Judges for the evening banquet in Guildhall, the Corporation officers withdrew, and re- turned by water to Blackfriara Bridge. Here the Lady Mayoress's car- riage was received into the grand cortege, and the procession wound its way back to Guildhall. The citizens and their country cousins crowded to the streets in numbers beyond precedent, to witness the new allegorical display. The innovation seemed to gain all opinions ; and it is plainly destined to inaugurate a yearly show that may be made to rival the old ovations at Rome for variety and interesting display, if not for barbaric triumph and wasteful dissipation of wealth.

At the evening banquet more expectation was provoked than gratified. The Ministerial guests were numerous, and some further sign was ex- pected on the exciting topic of the day—the Pope's rescript: but what sign came was from unequarters, and was none of the most dig- nified or effective ; from the himself fell only a very restricted allusion, and an illustration that has po7eled the Standard as much as one passage of his letter to the Bishop of Durham puzzled ourselves. The company began to arrive very early—soon after five. In an hour and a half, the great hall was filled with guests anxious to make a Protestant demonstration in acknowledgment of the Premier's "noble letter." At half-past six, Lord John Russell crossed the hall, amidst a vociferous chorus of cheers. Besides the Premier, there were present the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Carlisle, Viscount Palmerston, Sir George Grey, Mr. Fox Maul; the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench and other Judges, Mr. Lawrence and some others of the Foreign Ministers, Lord Wharncliffe, Lord Dud- ley Stuart, M.P., with other Peers and Members of Parliament.

After the formal toasts, the first health that produced a marked reply was that of the Lord Chancellor. Lord Truro made his personal ac- knowledgments the introduction to a declaration, quite unexpected from the highest judicial officer of the realm-

" No member of the law who knows anything of the customs of this great city ought to feel indifferent to its welfare ; for the city of London has very frequently been the first to discover and encourage talent and merit in the members of our profession. The first step to honour and distinction on the part of some of the greatest men that England ever bred, some of her best friendsin her time of trouble, have taken that first step to honour by the dis- crimination of the city of London. I therefore, in common with every mem- ber of my profession, feel the greatest satisfaction and pleasure in attending your festivals and witnessing your prosperity. But, my Lord Mayor, I have also peculiar reasons, which you have adverted to. I am not one of those who have succeeded to the privileges which I so highly estimate by birth. I obtained the freedom of the city of London by servitude. I honestly served my apprenticeship in the Worshipful Company of Turners, but the sort of turning I adopted was that of the quill, an instrument which has produced as singular transformations as that of any turning-lathe ; and I think that I myself am not the least striking instance of that transformation. R is also true, that in one of your great establishments in this city, I, in common with my valued and learned friend the Lord Chief Baron, received my education. There I first imbibed those feelings and that affection for the Reformation which became endeared to me as my understanding ripened, which I learned and still continue to value, as intimately connected with civil and religious liberty,—a Reformation which, I am sorry to say, at this time calls more than ordinarily on every true-hearted Protestant in the empire to maintain inviolate. It calls on every true-hearted Protestant to maintain and defend it against insidious friends within and open enemies without. There are some who have thought it right to depart from that simplicity of Christian worship which our divine Saviour adopted and left us an example of, and who seek to approximate as near as possible to Romish forms, and would almost seem to invite that very invasion with which we have been recently visited. You are called upon to watch the progress of that invasion. Protestant England is now informed that she has come under a :Roman Catholic hierarchy. The hymn of triumph for admission to an equality of civil liberty has given place to a note of insult and triumphant domination by the announcement that we have come under a Roman Catholic hierarchy. Considering the language of the document to which I refer, and consideling the truly Romish construction which some attempt to put upon the oath of supremacy, it would seem as if some were acting in fulfilment of the ancient prophecy that the Cardinal's cap would equal the crown of the Queen of England. If any such event is anticipated, I would answer them in the language of Gloucester, This cap we will tread under our feet, in spite of Pope and Church dignitaries.' I thank the city of London for the knowledge and love of the Reformation which is inculcated in me, and I beg now to return my hearty and sincere thanks for the compliment which has been paid me. I hope my Lord Mayor, as you have begun in peace, so your mayoralty will end in peace ; that you will gain renown for your hos- pitality, and the manner in which you have shown how the arts of peace may conduce to the happiness of alL"

The health of Lord John Russell and her Majesty's Ministers was re- ceived with cheering again and again renewed. Lord John said-

" I return my most grateful thanks to the Lord Mayor and his distin- guished company for the honour they have done us. I trust we deserve the praise he has been pleased to bestow on our endeavours to protect the best in- terests of the country ; and it is a source of great satisfaction to us that at this moment the tranquillity of the country and the general state of trade be- token a state of wellbeing and comfort which we cannot but look upon with the highest gratification : and, gentlemen, if, as I am sorry to say, some of the powers of Europe seem disposed to interrupt this peace, which has hap- ' y prevailed for so many years, I can only say that the best endeavours of her Majesty's Government will be applied to preserve that peace; that we trust we may be successful in our endeavours; and that, at all events, a deep and heavy responsibility will rest on those who wantonly incur the miseries of war. With regard to this country, we can have no hesitation in pro- nouncing that we are preserving terms of amicable relation with all the countries of the world, and we trust that these relations may be maintained. The Lord Mayor, in speaking of any merit which her Majesty's Ministers may have, has alluded to the declaration which has recently been made on my part. I can only say, gentlemen, that that attachment to the religious fre.om of this country which I have hitherto felt will always continue to animate my breast, and that it will be my duty to maintain to the utmost of my power the supremacy of our Sovereign—(I loud and general burst of cheering)—and the religions liberties of the people, from whatever quarter they may be assailed. Let me add, however, one thing further. When perils much more grave, much more imminent, impended over this country, a wise princess, who at that time ruled her destinies, thought fit to call to her aid all those, whatever might be their religious persuasion, who were faithful to the throne and true to the interests of the country. Such was the conduct of Elizabeth in times of as great danger as ever occurred to this country. Such conduct is worthy of imitation ; and I believe, with the re- lieous liberty established in this country, persons of all religious persuasions, while obeying the dictates of their conscience as to the mode of worship they think right to adopt, will rally round the institutions of the country, pay's grateful homage to the Crown for the protectioi they receive and rejoice that they live in a land where freedom is general, and where, I trust, it is permanently, established. Gentlemen, I thank you for the honour you have done me and my colleagues in drinking our healths on the present occasion ; and I fervently hope that the prosperity of this city may continue, and that it may not only be distinguished by the immensity of its population and the greatness of its trade, but celebrated as the most free and enlightened city on the face of the globe." The toast of the House of Lords was acknowledged by Lord Lans- downe with cautious good taste. The health of Lord Campbell and the Judges produced a jocose reply, which reminds one by contrast of the sort of acknowledgment which the late dignified Chief Justice would have made-

" My Lord Mayor, any Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen—Her Majesty's Judges return you their grateful thanks for the honour you have done them in drinking their health, and they are extremely obliged to the Lord Mayor for the kind manner in which he has proposed the toast. Having said so much, it would be the most expedient course perhaps for me to sit. down ; for I observe there is only one topic, in the present state of affairs, to which you are disposed to listen, and that it would not become me to touch. I have the honour to hold the distinguished office of Chief Justice of her Maj Court of Queen's Bench, and his Eminence the Cardinal Wiseman and

Holiness Pope Pius the Ninth may perhaps be tried before me—(Laughter and cheers)—and if his Eminence and his Holiness should appear at my bar, they may depend upon an impartial trial. (Cheers aid laughter.) My Lord has said that justice is equally administered in this country to persons in all classes and in all situation; and if the Pope should appear before me. with his triple crown, he shall receive the same justice as if he were a humble parish priest. (Laughter and cheers.) I will only further add, that we hear with great satisfaction the praise bestowed upon us by the Lord Mayor. The good opinion of our fellow-subjects is the best reward for our labours and anxieties ; and I will say that I believe that the pure administration of jus- tice in this country has been its glory in days gone by, and I hope that in other times that glory may not be dimmed. It gives us great satisfaction to think that there Mils, from the remotest times, been a familiar and friendly and cordial, and I would say affectionate intercourse, between the Judges and the Corporation of the city of Loudon. We arc now associated with you in the high commission over whichyou, my Lord Mayor, preside : we fre- quently have the satisfaction and pleasure to partake of your splendid hos- pitalitv : I am sure that all my brother Judges desire with me that our friendly intercourse may continue." Lord Palmerston, on the House of Commons, was, as ever, ready with effective elocution. The "youthful fair" who formed partof the com- pany assembled in the antique hall gave him the opportunity of a happy point-

" It is indeed natural that the connexion which exists between the House of Commons and the city of London should be present to the minds of those who are assembled in this hall on this occasion ; for the House of Commons is the guardian, if I may say so, of political liberty, and this hall is the centre of that commercial principle which is identified with the city of Loudon. Political liberty and commercial prosperity naturally go hand in hand ; for without political. liberty commerce can never prosper ; and where there exists commercial prosperity, there you will always find that intelli- gence, that activity, that spirit of inquiry, and that independence of mind,

which are the best elements of political liberty. In these days, when we see nations all around us involved in calamitous internal struggles to obtain and to secure their civil and political rights, it is a proud consolation to us to feel that we are tranquilly enjoying as an inheritance from our forefathers those invaluable blessings which others are purchasing at the expense of their dearest blood. And, indeed, there is an analogy between this venerable hall in which we are now assembled and that glorious constitution of which we are so proud ; for in this hall the foundations are ancient, the super- structure is solid and durable; nevertheless, although reared by the hands of former ages, it is adapted to the wants and habits of the day, and it does not refuse the enlightenment of the age in which we live. But, gentleman, there are other lights which shine upon us besides those to which I have just alluded. There are other Ornaments that grace this board in-

dependently of those which derive their merits hens, antiquity. We are here surrounded by numberless bright eyes, and this board is adorned by graceful forms, whose merit lies in their youth and not in the antiquity of their existence ; and that consideration leads me to anticipate the wish which I am persuaded is felt by all who hear me, that we should drink to the health of the Lady Mayorese." This toast was of course " drunk with enthusiasm." Mr. llasterman, in acknowledging a toast to the City Representatives, gave a hearty ad- herence to the Protestant Minister— - He would take leave to add, that the whole town—the whole country— felt that they had got a Minister who let them know in a straightforward manner that no encouragement would be given to Popery. It would give him great satisfaction to aid his noble colleague in all measures for the bene- fit of the empire. Sir Peter Laurie, replying to the toast of the City Magistrates, begged to say that the citizens were quite ready to follow the Ministers in protect- ing the Protestant religion, if the Ministers would show them the way : if there was any difficulty on the part of the Ministers, the citizens would show them the way. Whether Ministers led or followed, one thing was certain—" Britons never would be slaves," either to Pusey or the Pope.

The City Commissioners of Sewers lately proposed to divert the whole of the house drainage which at present falls into the river Ravensbourne, if the Kent Waterworks Company, who would chiefly benefit by the di- version, would subscribe 5900/. towards the cost. The Company has agreed to give the 5000/. ; and the Commissioners, last Tuesday, voted the sum of 14,6301. (less 50001.) which the works will cost.

The Board of Health has published a report by the Honourable William Napier on the gathering-grounds of the proposed water-supply to the Metropolis. Mr. Napier, it seems, was commissioned to gauge the streams and make a careful reexamination of the capabilities of the country for the purpose intended. At first view, he rather feared he should not find sources that would yield as much as the present supply—equal to a canal nine feet wide and three feet deep, flowing two miles an hour throughout the day and night • but a month's search has produced the result. He gives a table of forty springs which yield at their source nearly forty mil- lions of gallons per day, of a quality at and under one degree of hardness, equivalent to the supply of more than half a million houses, at the rate of seventy-five gallons for each house per day ; and he can answer for at least ten more millions of gallons per day at and under two degrees of hardness. He gives the names of these springs, in a table showing the yield and hardness of each. Mr. Napier's researches, however, have thrown so much doubt into his mind in reference to the plan of gigantic reservoirs for storing the supply of months, that he proposes a plan of tile-drains which shall catch the waters as they issue from the earth, and lead them to a main trunk that shall flow into a covered reservoir on Wimbledon Common, large enough to contain two days' supply against any emergency, and throwing its waste into the Thames. In a future re- port he will develop the details and cost of his plan.

The Law Amendment Society held its first meeting of the present ses- sion on Monday. Mr. Stewart remarked that the Society was about to enter on the sixth year of its existence, and he took the opportunity to move for a return of former reports in illustration of the results gained

When the return is made, it will be strikingly evident how large a por- tion of the legislative improvements recently effected were due to the pio- neering of the Law Amendment Society. The act for Abolishing the As- signment of Terms was specially founded on their report ; their plan of Real Property Registration, founded on a map, is sanctioned.brant Commission on the subject, will be brought forward by the Attorney-Gesiseal next session, and will be supported by Mr. Henry Drummond in behalf of the landowners. Mr. Pitt Taylor's act on the law of Evidence was founded on their report. The Society first recommended Captain Maconochie's plan, and he is now carrying it out in Birmingham Gaol under Government sanction. Their re- commendation in reference to Public Bills has met with the approval of the whole body of Judges. Two trains, numbering seventy carriages in all, were employed to bring excursionists from Birmingham to London on Saturday last, to see the Lord Mayor's show. The fare to London and back was 7s. first class, and 5.1. second class.

At Guildhall, on Tuesday, Alderman Challis mentioned that " the Ameri- can Ambassador had some friends in St. Paul's Churchyard to see the spectacle on Saturday, who at one period were much amused by a fight that arose between two men. A ring was formed, and about 600 or 600 persons congregated round them in a very short space of time. In the heat of the engagement a Policeman came up, and, pushing through the crowd, touched one of the combatants with his walking-stick ; and he directly turned away, and in about three minutes there was not the slightest sign of the previous crowd. There was only one Policeman to upwards of 500 people, and yet such was the great respect they appeared to show for the law, that the fight ended and the crowd dispersed as soon as the officer showed himself."

The Lord Mayor, sitting at the Mansionhouse, on Wednesday, tookloccasion to praise the admirable conduct of the Police on Saturday. It came out that some "gentlemen" by no means emulated the general populace in propriety of conduct. A number of persons at the windows of respectable houses in Cheapside, near Bow Church, created great confusion and annoy- ance by flinging copper money among the mob to be scrambled for and by throwing flour, dirt, and pipe-clay, upon the people beneath. Inspector Mitchell said, he had seen several persons tumbled upon the pavement by the blackguardsbelow, who were excited by the blackguards above ; and at one moment he saw a lady and a gentleman who were standing together actually dashed upon the stones. The Lord Mayor, expressing an opinion that the proprietors of the houses could not have been cognizant of these disgraceful proceedings, said he would immediately communicate with them to stop any future annoyances of the kind.

An accident occurred at Westminster Bridge during the embarkation of the Lord Mayor. A great number of persons persisted in crowding upon a wooden bridge connecting the steam=boat pier with the shore ; a beam broke, many persons fell mto the mud beneath, and the leg of a child (Mr. Pitcher's, the bookseller in Parliament Street) was broken.

eld at Plaistow on the body of John Luck, one of wned off Limehouse when the Duke of Cambridge their boat down. The evidence was very contra- blame due to the people in the boat, and to those ly, the Jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter " the pilot of the Duke of Cambridge. At the Mansionhouse, on Tuesday, Mr. Williams, a tradesman, of 211 Re- gent Street, was brought before the Lord Mayor. On Friday last, sixty pieces of plain and fancy silk were stolen from the warehouse of Messrs. Watts, in Gutter Lane ; the silk was of peculiar manufacture, and was worth from 5001. to 6001. On Monday, Mr. Williams applied to Messrs. Shoolbred and Co., of Tottenham Court Road, to know if they would buy a quantity of silk ; he produced twenty-two patterns ; the price asked was la. 9d. per yard; he said the goods were to be sold that evening, and that he sold them for himself. The " buyer" at Shoolbred's recognized in the patterns silk for which Messrs. Watts had asked him more than as. a yard : he desired Williams to leave the patterns for a time • a communication was made to Messrs. Watts, and the patterns were identified.. The Police were informed of the matter. Persons went to Mr. Williams's in the evening, and made further inquiries about the silk. He now said that he had only the patterns, but he could communicate with the person for whom he wanted to sell, in an hour's time. When the Police appeared, he could give no good description of the two men from whom, he said, he received the patterns. Mr. Northover, clerk to Messrs. Watts, identified the patterns before the Lord Mayor : the price of the silks varied from 3s. to 4s. 6d. a yard. Mr. Clarkson, for the prisoner, urged that it was not likely that he had been engaged in Aurglary ; and asked for his liberation on bail that the real offenders might be taken. The Lord Mayor decided that bail might be put in on a future day—two sureties of 2501. each, and Mr. Williams in 500/.

At Marlborough Street Police Office, on Monday, the four men charged with the burglary at Mr. Holford's were finally examined. Mitchell, who was so badly wounded, appeared to have made considerable progress to re- covery. The only witness examined was Mr. Wakefield, the surgeon at the House of Detention, who has had Mitchell under his care. He described the wounds he found upon him—in the body, the arms, the neck, and the scalp ; he thought sixty or seventy shot had taken effect. The riddled and bloody hat found in the grounds was shown to Mr. Wakefield, and he thought it probable that the shot-holes had been made by the portion of the charge which entered the scalp. When all the depositions had been read overt the prisoners were asked if they wished to say anything ; but they declined. Mr. Broughton discharged Robinson, who was not proved to have been en- gaged in the robbery, but who had been the companion of the other prison- ers, with advice to quit evil companions and get his living in an honest way. The other men he committed for trial, upon what he considered to be as clear evidence as ever went before a jury.

The persons charged with the robbery of jewellery in the Strand have been again remanded by the Bow Street Magistrate, as the Police have not yet got hold of a man they are searching after.

With the exception of a few articles, for which persons have made claims, the whole of the property taken by the Police from Mr. Sirrell's premises has been restored to him ; his solicitors having applied for it to the Commis- sioners of Police.

At Marylebone Police Office, on Tuesday, Mr. Joseph Turnbull was charged with assaulting Mr. Joseph Bourne, an "ecclesiastical student going into the ministry of the St. Alexis Roman Catholic chapel," at Kentish Town. Mr. Turnbull went to the chapel on Sunday, when there was a thanksgiving for the recent appointment of an English hierarchy. He stood within the doors with his hat on. Mr. Bourne desired him to take it off; he did not ; then, it would seem, the complainant knocked it off; upon which the de- - fendant struck him. As the complainant had knocked instead of taken the hat from Mr. Turnbull's head, on his persisting to wear it, the Magistrate dismissed the complaint. It was mentioned that the Roman Catholics have been of late much annoyed by persons entering the chapel without uncover- ing their heads.

A fire having occurred at Bermondsey, by whioh some poor people had their furniture destroyed, Mrs. Bennington applied to the Southwark Ma- gistrate for aid. Publicity caused a large amount of subscriptions to flow in for the relief of the family ; in the mean time, the Magistrate found that there had not only been some exaggeration in the statement made to him, but that the Benningtons quite forgot to mention that other people living in the same house had suffered by the fire equally with themselves. Under these circumstances, Mr. a'Beckett has stayed for a time the application of the funds, to see if the donors will permit him to divide their contributions between the Benningtons and the other family who have suffered. For the future, any persons sending funds for charitable purposes must leave him a discretion in their application, or he will send their contributions to the dead. 1