The members of the Householders' Association of St. Martin's. in-
the-Fields met on Tuesday night, and passed resolutions expressive of their full approbation of the conduct of the meeting on the 8th instant, at which Mr. De Vear presided ; when it was resolved to oppose the reelection of Sir Francis Burdett for Westminster.
A considerable number of merchants, officers of the Navy and mer- chant-service, and seamen, assembled on Thursday, in the Mariners' Church, Wellelose Square, for the purpose of founding an hospital for the relief of decayed masters, mates, and seamen in the merchant- service. Mr. G. F. Young, M.P., presided. He stated that 182 masters and 115 mates were already pledged to give every assistance to the undertaking Mr. Robinson, M. P., Sir John Franklin, Cap- tain Young, and Captain Barber, addressed the meeting upon the benefits of the proposed institution ; and resolutions were agreed to preliminary to the purchase of ground on which to erect an asylum, and other necessary steps. It is intended that sixpence a month shall be contributed by each seaman towards the maintenance of the esta- blishment. A special General Court of Proprietors of East India Stock was held on Wedeestfay. The Directors proposed a grant of 5000/. to Lord Clare. late Governor of Bombay, as a compensation for certain extra travelling expenses to which he had been subjected. Consider- able opposition was made to this motion, and a ballot will take place on it 'text Wednesday. The Court decided, that Captains Newell, Glasspoole, and Barrow, were entitled to pensions of 200/. a year, under the scheme of compensation to the Company's discharged mari- time officers; also that the claims of other maritime officers excluded
from compensation should be considered by the Dirctors. The son of Tippoo Seib was at this meeting.
A deputation from the Commissioners of the Westminster Court of Requests waited on Lord John Russell on Wednesday, to call his Lordship's attention to the propriety of introducing a bill into Parlia- ment for extending the jurisdiction of the Court to all sums under 101., and for providing for the security of the funds. It was urged that 101. now was not in fact a larger sum than 40s. in the reign of George the Second, when the Act establishing the Court, and limiting its jurisdic- tion to sums not exceeding that amount, was carried. In proof of the necessity of having security for the sums in the hands ot the officers of the Court, it was mentioned that a defalcation of 2300/. had recently occurred. Lord John Russell gave no decisive answer to the applica- tion; but promised to consult tie Attorney- General on the subject.
A crowded meeting was held in Woolwich on Wednesday evening, — Mr. Barnard, M.P., in the chair,—for the purpose of reprobating the practice of military flogging. The death of Ramsay, the man who was seized with lockjaw after being flogged at Woolwich, and the evidence of the military witnesses at the inquest, seems to have excited horror and disgust among the inhabitants. A petition to Parliament, praying for the abolition of the punishment of flogging, was agreed to unani- mously, after several speeches had been delivered.
Among the subscriptions for the relief of the Irish Clergy, are 1001. each from the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Melbourne, Lord John Russell, and Lord Palmerston. The boys of Merchant Tailors' School have contributed 100/.—that is to say, their parents have subscribed that sum for their children—to the same fund.
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