OPEIVING or LONDON BainuE.—The following are the arrange- ments at
present agreed on. " The Royal tent is to be pitched at the London side of the Bridge, near to the place on which Fishmongers' Hall stood ; and will command an unobstructed view of the whole line of road to the Southwark side. The Royal table will be laid for about twenty persons. On the left of it, extending to one of the entrances from Thames Street, will be laid two tables for the noble persons who • arcompany their Majesties. One of these tables will be laid for sixty- eight, the other for seventy-six individuals. A large space will be left open at the right of the Royal tent, it being the intention of their Ma- jesties to disembark at the Grand Wharf on the right of the Bridge; and the Committee having appointed that the procession shall go for- ward from that spot at the moment-their Majesties land. A double row of tables will be ranged, on each side of the wide space through which the procession is to pass, for the accommodation of the other visitors ; whoare to be admitted, if we may judge from the present appearance of the arrangements, to the .number of 1,560. The awning, which is to be placed over the long table, will extend to the length of about four hun- dred feet ; there are to be three roofs to the large awning, so that the company will be as effectually secured against bad weather as if they were to be shut up in the Guildhall. Flags and colours, with emblems
and deviees, n will wave above the heals of the company, and canno will be fired at intervals ; bands of music will perform during the core. ninny ; and every thing that can contribute to render the spectacle de-
lightful the public will be done, at least so far as the Committee may he able to satisfy the public curiosity. The Lord Mayor has given up the authority over the River for the day of the ceremony to Sir Byam Martin, and the arrangements on the water are to be under the direc- tion of the Surveyor to the Navy. Their Majesties are to go on board the Royal barge at Whitehall ; and the procession on the Thames is to be as follows—first the Trinity barge, then the Victualling Board barge, the Navy Board barge, the Treasurer of the Navy's barge, the Board of Ordnance barge, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army's barge, the Admiralty barge, the Lords of the Treasury barge, the Royal barge, the Royal Family's barge, the barge of the Lords and others in attend- ance upon his Majesty. From Somerset House to London Bridge, barges splendidly decorated will be moored on each side of the River ; and between the barges so moored, room will be left for small boats, so that immense numbers of persons will be enabled to see the water pro- cession. No vessel or boat will Ise seen to move in the line of procession, with the exception of those which are to form the procession itself: In the barges moored along the line of procession, seats are to be fixed for the accommodation of the public. Barriers are to be fixed at Fish Street Hill, Little Eastcheap, Gracechurch Street, in Cannon Street, in Miles's Lane, and in Upper Thames Street. The Thames. POlice are to take their station onthe River to prevent accidents.
rORTSOKEN Iirann.—Owing to the rejection of Mr. Alderman Scales by the Court•of Aldermen, the inhabitants have refused to pay the rates; on the ground that no rate can be legally demanded" unless signed by the Alderman of the Ward: The Trustees of the Watch and Sea- vengering, and Common Council, &c., who opposed Mr. Scales, in conse- quence of this resolution of the rate-payers, find their exchequer without money sufficient to pay even the next week's salary to the half-watch- men ; and have convened a meeting, to be held on Monday next, with a view to adopt measures on the subject. The objecting party, however, seem determined to abide by their resolutions. CUEISEA DISTRICT.—The inhabitants of Chelsea met yesterday for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to be allovied the privilege of return- ing a member. The business was opened by the Honourable Captain Cadogan, R.N.; and other respectable gentlemen took part in the pro- ceedings. The strength of the case made out for Chelsea lies in the fol- lowing extract from the petition to ParliaMent—" That, according to the census of 1821, Chelsea contained 26,860 inhabitants ; being more than is contained in any one, and generally in any two; of the twenty-six districts newly enfranchised under Schedule D of the Reform Bill, and equal to the total population of twelve of the retained Boroughs in Schedule B. That Chelsea contains, according to the same census 3,636 houses, of which 3,600 at least are worth 10/. a year and upwards.- That the re- spectability of the inhabitants of Chelsea is proved by its payment, in Assessed Taxes, to the amount of 23,4691. Os. 71d., being more than is rated on any one of 212 out of the 217 places now sending members to Parliament, and more than tile total amount assessed upon 34 out of the retained Boroughs in Schedule B put together." MAJOR CARTWRIGHT.—The bronze statue of the father of Parlia- mentary Reform, which has been for some time past erecting in Burton Crescent, was uncovered on Wednesday ; and in the evening about five hundred and fifty admirers of the principles which the Major spent a long life in inculcating, dined together in the great room at White Con- duit Tavern. Mr. Hume was in the chair ; supported by Sir Francis Burdett, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. D. W. Harvey, Mr. Bulwer, Alderman Wood, Colonel Jones,- and others. The meeting was far from being a silent one; and, rather whimsically, the noise and interruption seem to have arisen, in the first place, entirely from a desire on the part of certain of the company to discuss the toasts as well as drink them. When the first toast—" The People"—was proposed, a Mr. Savage got up, amidst considerable opposition, to impress its importance on the meeting. When Sir Francis Burdett gave "The Freedom of Nations," a Mr. Warden, one of the circumambulatory .pouters at all the public meetings of the metropolis, would treat the company to an argument with their wine; but they took their wine and let Mr. Warden take his argu- ment. These interruptions were, however, trifling, compared with the uproar that manifested itself when Mr. Hunt made his bow in order to propose "-The Liberty of the Press." He was saluted with such a min- gled din of hootings, whistlings, and cries of " Down ! Off ! No more!" that, for- once his life, the member for Preston seemed abashed. He
obtained a brief and unsatisfactory hearing with great difficulty, and only on Mr. Hume's' euitting the chair and threatening to quit the room. The remaining toasts -weiZsaot over with some show of regularity. • Major Cartwright died at his ,.'.`'We in Burton Crescent, on the 23rd of September 1824.
TILE LONDON UNIVERSITY.—This instau:; seems destined to be .
t on euiry into the case never at peace. Our readers are aware, that after
of Professor Patteson, the Council, came to a determinate,,...,. that there was no ground for the charges which had been got up against Min; -414 so satisfied did they seem with him as a teacher, that they gave him an additional class. A meeting of Proprietors,' however, some time ago ap- pointed a Committee to inquire into various matters connected with the institution ; and the majority of this Committee, without ever hearing Professor Patteson, have recommended that he should cease to belong to the University. The report of the Committee is, we understand, to be laid before a meeting of Proprietors on Saturday ; and Mr. Bingham Baring is to move in the Council the dismissal of Mr. Patteson. Nearly all the Professors are, we hear, indignant at this summary mode of get- ting rid of a Professor, without any impeachment of his conduct, and have expressed themselves in the strongest manner on the subject. This affair may be said to be a remand of the ci-devant Wardenship ; which, while. it subsisted, seems to have had a most unfortunate intluenceon the peace of the University.—Morning Chronicle.
Sin COLIN HALKETT.—On Wednesday, a Court of Directors was held at the East India House ; when Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Halkett was . appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Company's forces on the Bombay establishment.
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