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The Court of Common Council assembled on Thursday, having been specially summoned to consider the Report of the Committee on the Reform of the Corporation of London. It appeared, however, that nothing had been done since the last meeting of the Court ; that the Corporation Commissioners had made no report; and that there bad been no communication with Lord John Russell on the subject. So it was decided, by 35 to Jl, to postpone the consideration of the subject.
On Tuesday evening, a meeting was held in the Vestry-room of St. Olave's Church, Southwark, Dr. Kenny, the Rector, in the chair, to consider the causes of the inefficiency of the means employed to extin- guish the great fire near London Bridge on the 29th ult. ; and the fol- lowing resolution was adopted- " That, in the opinion of this meeting, there does not appear to have been any positive deficiency of water at the late fire, and that in supplying the same there was no greater delay than was reasonably to be expected ; and that it appears to this meeting, from the evidence that has been examined, that the present force of the Fire Brigade is too small, and otherwise in some degree in- efficient for the execution of its general purposes ; and that this inefficiency is increased by the present mode of remunerating the firemen by a fixed salary, instead of the former method, in proportion to the extent of their services and exertions."
Copies of this resolution were ordered to be sent to the different Fire-offices.
A correspondent of the Courier mentions, that one of the pulpits of the Scotch Church in London is now vacant ; and advocates the ap- pointment of a preacher of talent and estimable character, intimating at the same time that the practice hitherto has been to choose those who had interest. The result has been, says the writer, that the attachment of the Scotch to the purity and simplicity of their church is deadened.
A meeting was held at the Mansionhouse on Wednesday, the Lord Mayor in the chair, to make arrangements for erecting an equestrian statue in honour of. the Duke of Wellington in Southwark. A com- mittee of twenty-one gentlemen was appointed, and it was resolved that a public meeting should be called on an early day. The southern side of London Bridge will probably be the spot fixed upon for the statue.
There is reason to expect that Fnrringdon Market, which, notwith- standing the enormous sum of money expended upon it, has failed as a market, will be converted into a gaol, on a very large scale, in which criminals may be confined under such restrictions as that the less shall not associate with the more depraved. In this event, Newgate will be exclusively appropriated to untried prisoners.—Standard.
A correspondent of the Morning Chronicle says, that a church in the neighbourhood of London remains unconsecrated, because the Bishop demands fees which the congregation will not pay. The Bishop sub- scribed 20001. towards the fund for building fifty new churches he will get it all back again, with interest, if he charges the usual conse- cration-fee on each.
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