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A Court of Aldermen had been summoned for Wednesday to consider the propriety of presenting the address of the Court to tha Queen on her marriage, without the Sherffs : Only eight Aldermen, however, appeared, and no Court could be formed.
Addresses of congratulation to the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Dutchess of Kent, were agreed to on Wednesday by a Special Court of the East India Company.
A very numerous meeting of the rate-payees of St. Leenerd's, Shore- ditch, was held on Monday. Petitions to Parliament for the alteration of several clauses in the New Police Act were adopted : and the busi- ness was closed by the following vote of censure on Dr. Luebieglen and Mr. Clay, Members for time Tower Hamlets, of which borough St. Leonard's form part- " That in consequence of the great neglect of Arr. Clay and Dr. Lushington to support the petition sent from a Public Vestry of this pal.iele intrusted to theta, against the Police Act and the Police (neat Act. as clearly sot forth itt that petition, which they were instructed to oppose in their places:hi the House of Commons, they hare forfeited the confidence of this Public Vestry ; and that the Vestry-Clerk be instructed to inform then: by letter, enclosing this resolution."
A deputation from the Council of the Anti-Corn-Law LeaL:nellas arrived in London, and has met with most satisfactory encouragelitent from the leading men in the City. Rooms for the business of the Centrel Association have been already taken at No. I at, Strand, (opp.:site to St. Mary.6 Church.) to which all communications to the Metropolitan branch of the League May he addressed. A Committee will be daily in attendance, to urt.tiiige meetings, and answer applications fur lectures and other business. The rooms will form the head-quarters of the League in London, and all meetings of the London branch will be held there. Many of the loading men of time Metropolis have already signified their consent to become members of the Association.—Morning Chronicle.
Several City ward meetings have been held during the week to pess resolutions against the imprisonment of the Sheriffs. In Billingsgate, Bishopsgate, and Broad Street Wards, resolutions to that effect were carried; but in Portsoken it was resolved that " the question of tie. further confinement of the Sheriffs should be left to the wisdom of the Rouse of Commons."
The tenth annual general meeting of the Marylebone Savings Bank was held on Thursday, at the otlice in Welbeek Street ; the Reverend Dr. Spry iu the chair. It appeared from the several reports read to the meeting, that the progress of this bank continues to be of a very rapid description ; no fewer than 2,608 new deposits having been made in the last year ; 11,9:35 deposit accounts remained open on the 20th of Novem- ber last, of which 7,981 held balances averaging less than 1/. 1e s. each. Upwards of 226,353/. was then invested with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Yational Debt. This amount has since risen to 231,1531., and is rapidly on the advance.
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