A large party of Lord Teignmouth's friends celebrated his Lola-
ship's triu itpli in AIarylebone, by a dinner on Thursday, in the cote* room of th • Colosseum. About 700 persons were present; arid atoll them Sir Francis Burdett, Sir George Sinclair, Lords Winclelsee Ingestrie, Courtown, Bandon, Kenyon, Bereeford, and Stafford. Threi chief mat rs were Burdett, Ti ignnmoemmhu, mid
Teignmou in oveltiowed with modesty and gratitude ; Lord Wieetilsse eulogized the House of Peers; and Sir Fiancis Burdett railed at nisters and at "the detestable Irish agitatot " Mr. 1)aniel Mr. William Magnay, "citizen and stationer," was elected Alder- man of Vintry Ward, on Wednesday, without opposition, in the room of the late Mr. Winchester.
At a meeting of proprietors of East India Stock, on Wednesday, a letter was read from the Marquis Wellesley, thanking the Directors and the Company for their donation of 20,000/. The Marquis alludes to the refusal of the Court to pass a vote of approval of his conduct in India at the termination of his Viceroyalty in 1805, and expresses great satisfaction at the handsome, though long-deferred, acknowledg- ment of his services, which accompanied the communication of the recent grant of money.
Mr. Poynder brought forward a motion respecting idolatrous worship in WM. It was rejected by a majority of 60 to 25; and the following resolution, moved by the Deputy Chairman, carried without a division-
s' That this Court deems the continued public discussion of questions affect. -leg the religious feelings of the natives of India to be fraught with danger, and that the regulation of such matters may with more safety be left to the respon. albite executive." A correspondent, who noticed a remark in last week's Spectator, that at Kensington "to ascertain a rate" was probably to learn the produce thereof, has taken the trouble to send us a copy of part of the local Act by which Kensington is regulated ; from which we gather that to " ascertain a rate," is " to ascertain the sum or sums of money necessary to be raised" previously to the imposition of the rate.
A number of labourers employed by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, have been for some days at work on the island in St. James's Park, making some alterations which were applied for by the Ornithological Society. Pools are formed in concealed parts of the island, the banks indented with little bays, and the earth taken out is so placed as to form shallows for the wading-bids, of which a consider- able number are now collected. It is intended to heap up piles of stones and rock-work for the gannets, gulls, &e. and to introduce sedges and all sorts of aquatic plants for the numerous water-fowl to breed in. These alterations, which are essential to the flourishing of the Society's large collection, will materially contribute to the pic- turesque effect of the Park.
On Monday evening, as the Marquis of Sligo and Lord Seaford were proceeding in a cab along Parliament Street, from the House of Lords to A udley Square, the horse became restiff and unmanageable, dashing the cab from one side of the street to the other; at last the infuriated animal reared on his hind-legs, almost perpendicularly, and, overbalancing himself, fell to the ground ; the groom with great pre- sence of mind threw himself over the neck of the horse, and secured him until assistance arrived ; at this moment Lord Seaford threw the reins down and leaped from the cab, followed by the Marquis, who both escaped. The horse was secured, and with the cab, which was broken in pieces, taken riome.— Times.
There was another irruption of water into the Thames Tunnel on
Tuesday morning. No lives were lost ; but, says Mr. Britnel's account sent to the newspapers, " water gradually filled the tunnel."
James Robinson, a stoker, employed on the Victoria steamboat, died on Tuesday afternoon, from the scalds he received in On. house. This is the fifth death from the giving way of the boiler in that vessel.
nn Saturday night, je.vellery. watches, and other property, worth
s‘veral thousand pounds, re stolen from Lori Charlemont's house in Lower Grosvenor Street, by a thief who entered the house by the attic window, and went thence to Lady Charlemont's dressing-room. Robberies of plate have also been committed this week at Major Keppel's, in Lower Brook Street, and Colonel Millie', Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square.
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