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The Lord Mayor's annual dinner to the Queen's Ministers was given, with the usual civic magnificence, on Saturday evening. The Marquis of

Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, Lord Palmerston, Sir George Grey, Sir Charles Wood, Lord Auckland, and other members of the Government, several Foreign Ministers, some Bishops and Judges, and many persons East and West of Temple Bar, were present. The usual licence of the oc- casion, to verge a little from social and complimentary topics and touch light- ly on points of general politics, was hardly at all indulged. Lord John Rus- sell took occasion in answering suggestive remarks of the Lord Mayor, to say that Lord Palmerston appreciated as highly as any citizen could do the advantages of peace with foreign nations. Lord Palmerston backed this engagement; and with characteristic strenuousness pledged his best en- deavours, not only to keep us at peace with other countries, but also to keep other countries at peace with each other— "in every case, by our advice, offered or solicited, and our influence, we shall endeavour to preserve for other countries the blessings of peace, and to restore those blessings, if; for the moment, they have been lost in the horrors of war." Lord Palmerston drew an illustration of the progress of peaceable i principle. in Eu- rope from the fact that convulsions on the Continent, which n former times would have produced universal war, are now limited to particular,regions. He firmly believed these partial and local eruptions would be only temporary; and confidently hoped we should soon see tranquillity restored.

The other speeches were of a complimentary character: the health of the Lady Mayoress was, of course, a toast given to Lord Palmerston; and was proposed by him with a personal gallantry and eloquence that brought especial applause from the numerous and distinguished fair who were present.

A quarterly General Court of East India Proprietors was held at the Company's house on Tuesday ; Sir James Law Lushington in the chair. Some members endeavoured ineffectually to obtain information as to the intentions of the Court of Directors regarding the territory of Sattarah since the death of the last Rajah. A conversation on the Bombay Railway Company occurred, in the course of which the Chairman said that the Court was anxious to promote railways in India.

The Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law held its annual meeting, at the rooms in Regent Street, on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Com- missioner Fonblanque presided. The report congratulated the members on the effects which the Society was producing—claiming for it the author- ship of many improvements not brought forward in ostensible connexion with it. From its commencement there had been a sLeady increase of members and funds.

A fancy fair was held on Wednesday and Thursday in the grounds of Chelsea Hospital, in aid of the fund now raising for the erection of an say mm for decayed and aged governesses. The bands of the Guards and the juvenile band of the Duke of York's School were in attendance. The visiters were very nurierous.

An address to the Reverend Sir Henry R. Dukinfield, on his tesignation of the living of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, was voted by his parishioners in vestry, on Tuesday. Many lords and gentlemen spoke in terms of admi- ration and affection of Sir Henry; and Mr. Wilson, on behalf of the Din. senters of the parish, declared that Sir Henry's conduct on trying and ex- citing occasions had much endeared him to them, and would cause them sincerely to regret his leaving the parish.

At the Central Criminal Court, on Saturday, Henry Inman, and nine other prisoners, were tried for their part in the riots of the 4th of June in Bonner's

Fields. The prisoners were all concerned in the attack made on the church of St. James-the-Less, and on the constables there quartered: Inman especially WA proved to have been active in beating the police with an iron bar. They were all convicted; but excepting Litman, the Jury recommended them all to mercy.

On Monday, Inman was sentenced to two years and the other prisoners to shorter periods of imprisonment with hard labour.

Fidler, who on Thursday week pleaded guilty to charges of forgery and em- bezzlement, was on Saturday sentenced by Mr. Justice Pattison to ten yeans' transportation.

William Branch and T. Tamer were charged at Lambeth Police Court, on Sa- turday, with firing a pistol in the face of Haynes a labourer. The evidence was contradictory. Branch and Turner were labouring in a field at Norwood: Haynes and Martin passed through a lane bordering the field: Branch and Tur- ner stated that they, as London workmen, had been ill-used by Norwood labour-

ers; that they were attacked by Haynes and Martin; and that the pistol was fired by Branch in self-defence—with a random aim. Martin gave a more incul- patory version of the affair. Both prisoners were committed, but Turner ITU admitted to bail.

At Worship Street Police-office, on Tuesday, George Hart, a young man, appa- rently a Jew, was charged, on his own confession, with having been concerned 111

the murder of the child Henry Lazarus. Hart called at the Heaton Police-station, and made a statement to the officer there. He said he and another had fallen in with the child at night; his companion strangled Lazarus, stripped the body, and then the two carried it in a bag to the place where it was found. The murderer afterwards told him that he had sold the clothes to a woman in Petticoat Lane. Before the Magistrate, Hurt declined to say anything. He was remanded; and was ordered to be watched lest he should lay hands on himself. At Worship Street, on Monday, William Smith was finally examined on the charge of shooting Sarah Anne Luff. This was the case mentioned a fortnight since, in which a young man presented a pistol at his sweetheart in ignorance that it was charged, and fired it in her face. Luff had been in hospital since the accident on the 28th of May: she now appeared, and refused to make a charge against her lover; who was therefore discharged.

At Marlborough Street, on Thursday, H. F. Whitton, a pawnbroker's assistant, was charged by his employers, Messrs. Rochfort and Co., with embezzling sums due to them, amounting to more than 5001. Whitton had confessed his crime and begged mercy of his employers. On Saturday, his father offered to make good his defalcations if the prosecution were abandoned: this offer was accepted, and the prisoner was discharged by Mr. Hardwick.

An inquest was held on Wednesday, near Belgrave Square, on the body of Lady Elizabeth Moncrieffe, who died in consequence of burns received six weeks before. She was seventy-eight years old: one evening, her screams alarnied theeervanta, and on hastening to the drawingroom they found their mistress's clothes on fire— probably from a match used in lighting her candles, but she never explained how it had occurred. The verdict on the inquest was "Accidental death.