The Committee appointed by the Corporation of London to inquire

into the expediency of removing several churches in the City of Lon- don, "in order to improve the streets, and thereby benefit the trade," were railed together a few days ago by the Lord Mayer, to receive the following communication from the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London.

Lave (an I, in particular limn the parish or Allimllows the (:leat), they are to h::t the■ shoe t his reline in MI11111011 With many respeetable .i,h.,1,0:11,!. of I lie eit 01 Lone low At the sane• time they itsittire his Lordship, that. 'oolil plan be brought Mrward witietaing and heautil-:i ing the streets of the t -it feasonable expeittat ion of its tieing carried into immediate effect, they would tii' riiiese to consider proposals its It•spect to any particular clout 11 which might .:!I lie St ay of any great or necessary improvements. atfil which might be

• id ititionvenicuce to the pari,hionerit, and with their cotbient."

A meeting, preparatory to the formation of au Anti-Corn-Law As- sociation in London, was held on Tuesday eveniug, et the Crown and Anchor. Sir John Scott Lillie was in the chair; and among the gen- tiemen present, were Colonels Pcrronet Thompson and Leicester Stanhope, Mr. J. C. Loudon, Mr. Fearon, Mr. Pommy, and Mr. Nicholson. Resolutions were passed declaratory of the injury inflicted upon all classes by the operation of the Corn-laws, and pledging the met tiog to make strenuous exertions for their gradual but total repeal. Colonel Thompson, in moving the fourth resolution,—to the effect that a free trade in Corn is most conducive to the prosperity of a trading people, producing higher wages to labourers and higher profits to capi- talists,—spoke as follows.

With respect to high wages being the result of a free trade in corn, it was so palpable a truth, that it was unnecessary tin- him to go into any proof of it. ' !liar capitalists were labourers of a certain sort, was equally irrefutable; for they laboured with their heads, as others with their hands. Then, with regard to steadiness of price, the proposition contained in the resolution might be de monstrated, even to a chihl. how did we produce a steadiness of price in cof- we and wine ? By letting our merchants import those articles from all quarters, and allowing all to sell them who chose. Who could produce an argument to show that such would not be the case in the article of corn ? The resolution referred to the higher wages which would he obtained by labourers, and the greater profits of capitalists, under a free trade in corn; but it omitted to notice one effect of such a system, which, like the statue of Brutus, made us think of it by its absence—that is, the higher rents which would accrue to landlords.

Ile then alluded to a mistake of the author of England and America, who in remarking upon a passage in Colonel Thompson's Cateckient of tim Corn. Laws, had represented hint as stating that these laws were be- neficial to thelandlords.

There were two passages fixed upon by the author of England and America ta support this charge ; and he admitted that they were not quite so clear as they ought to be. The insertion of the wotd " intended," where he said the Cormlaws were for the benefit of the land.owner, would remove all doubt upon the point. It had also been objected to hint, ;hat he had stated that a land- owner being kept at the public expense, was still a loser ; but he thought the proposition quite maintainable. A pond might be filled at the expense of another pond ; and yet, by the manner in which it was supplied, and drained of its simply, be a loser. That landlords and farmers did lose by the Cormlaws, and would '.rai a by their repeal, he had no more doubt titan lie had of his own ex- istence. The gain might accrue in a circuitous way, but it would not be the !cis certain. If, when a man gm 600/. instead of 500/. and had 1,000/. to pay —which in the latter case he had not—the getting the 6001. was a source of loss. He felt this in his own case as a landlord, which he was to a small extent—say to the extent of a county qualification; but none of his children could expect to write pamphlets gratuitously, as he did. lie could not expect his property to stippoi t six children in equal ease and comfort with himself. His father was tenant to 31r. Wilberforce, and got that property, which now made him inde- pendent, by trading in those vulgar things hemp and iron ; but it would be vain fur him to send forth his sons to make their fortunes, or earn their liveliluxxl us his father had done; for the channels of industry were choked up by the Corn- ltws, and the first thing he should expect would be to see their names in the Gazette.

Colonel Leicester Stanhope said, that with respect to the landowners, "their fortunes, rank, and station in the country, were put in jeopardy by the Corn-laws."

A Committee was appointed to carry the views of the meeting into effect, by the formation of an Anti-Corn. Law Society; and a sub- committee, consisting of Colonel Thompson, Mr. Rosson, and Mr. Franks, was also appointed to prepare resolutions to be brought for- ward at a future meeting.

not having arrived, the dedutation was ecoopelliol to tvait as cen-ic i ,air time for hug; and at length sent t his house, to say they were waiting his arrival. His Lordship was at breakfa• t, but promised to see the deputation at two o'clock. At that hour he toeved ; and after some demur, in consequence of his expressing a wish to see only Messrs. Vigors and Crawford and Dr. M'ade, the whole deputation were ad- mitted. The resolutions were laid before his Lordship ; who, after reading them, said—

The first, he found, was strongly condemnatory of himself, and be supposed they did not exrect him to express his 5-sent thereto. The second contained charges against certain Magistrates; arid he need not tell them, that if those

gentlemen had acted inegilly, or had, AM' W.1V, exceeded their authority, they

were amenable to the law our their condoei. IL: had no power over the Ma- gistrates: nor was it, indeed, fit that the crown should possess any such power. Their presentment should be properly inquired into; and having said thus much, lie presumed he had answered all they could require from hint.

Some further conversation ensued. Mr. SilVklge entered into a long detail of the circumstaimes attending the arrest of the two parishioners.

Lord Melbourne promised that the proreedings of the officers should be inquired into ; but said, he had no control over the Magistrates. He was sorry the gentlemen had been kept waiting; which should not have been the case if they lo cl made an appointment with him. Ile also observed that it could not he expected that lie should admit that a seizure for taxes was an act of oppression.

'Mr. Wood said, he considered in his case it was an act of very great op- pression.

Mr. Young, his Lordship's private Secretary, oh,erved. that Mr. Wood could not have understood what his Lordship said. Ilia Lordship did net say that a seizure for Assessed Taxes was not an act of oppression, but that it centle! hot be experted lie should tvIni it it to be one. Lt rd Melbourne repeated, that the complaints preferred should be fully in- quired into.

After this the deputation thanked his Lordship for the courtesy with ivhich he had treated them, and withdrew.

The Central Committee of the Westminster Association for pro- curing the Repeal of the House and Window Taxes had a meetiog on Thursday night, at which it was resolved that every exertion should be made, constitutiomdly and legally, to procure the repeal of those itn- posts. A special general meeting is soon to be held, and the inhabi- tants of the Metropolis are warned of the necessity of being on the alert.

A meeting of the inhabitants of Poplar and Limehouse was held, on Tuesday, at the Town-hall, Poplar, to consider resolutions with the view of checking, by 1.1.ems of a code of regulations, the continued acts of misconduct on the part of the drivers and conductors of the omnibuses plying in that extensive commercial district. The resolu-

tions were adopted, and a Committee formed to frame the intended re- gulations, which are to be proposed to the omnibus proprietors for their sanction. In the event of their not adopting and acting on them, it is the intention of the parochial authorities to enforce the law and com- pel them. An omnibus proprietor present adverted to the utility, both to the public and the class to which he belonged, of a similar code of regulations adopted at the West-end of the town. The meeting was a most numerous and respectable one ; the chair was filled by Mr. G. F. Young, M. P.

We have reason to believe that all the canvassing for Marylebone is premature, and that no intention exists on the part of Sir William Horne to produce a vacancy for that borough.—Gbibe. [Sir William himself, we believe, stated something to the same effect on Monday, in one of the Courts. Has Mr. Crawford's address alarmed the Govern- ment; or is this but a ruse, to throw the Independent party off their guard 7] • mr,

The galleries in St. Paul's Cathedral were illuminated on Sunday evening for the first time with gas. The effect was brilliant and im- posing. A handsome drapery of crimson morcen has recently been put up in these galleries, much to the accommodation of the public, who are now sheltered from the draughts of cold air to which they were formerly exposed from the dome.