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A Court of Common Courail was held on Thursday, at width the Lord Chancellor's bill for improving the administration of justice in the Metropolis was the subject of some discussion. Mr. Wood, Sir Peter Laurie, Mr. Charles Pearson, and Mr. Richard Taylor, ex- pressed their satisfaction at the introduction of this measure; which was referred to a Committee, with instructions to do all in their power to give it on et.
A petition signed by two hundred persons, praying for the removal of Smithfield Market, was presented to the Court ; hut it was violently opposed, and instead of being referred to a Committee, was ordered to be on the table.
The next business was the presentation of the freedom of the City, in a box of British oak, to Captain Ross. Sir .lidees Shaw, the t :hem- berlain, made a coloplimentary speech on the ce-casion, titul C.:ill/till!!
B oss very briefly returned thanks. The Court their broke up.
The Lord Mayor gave :el entertainment, on Sete:day I. r, to his Majesty's Ministers and a select pat ty of friends. /It set en o'clock the company sat down to dinner ; emu:lest them %viee the laird Chan- cellor, Earl Grey, the Earl of Ripon, the Duke el* Richmond, the Bari of Surry, Viscount Palmerston, the Bishop of London, Lord Auckland, Mr. Littleton, the Members for the City of familial, Mr. Jim, M. P., several of the Aldermen, tke.
A Vestry meeting was held, on Monday, in the Church of Sr. Bo- Bishopsgate Street, the Rev. Dr. Russell in the chair, for the purpose of proposing a church-rate for the present year, applicable to the repairs, tee. of the church. Considerable discussion was pradueed by the proposition ; and, amongst the various objections urged to the rate, was th, expense of keeping the organ in repair, :teni the salary of the organist, both which the Opposition contended, inielit be dispeased with. The sense of the meeting was, however, agitinst this sugges- tion; and u rate of fivepence in the pound was ultimately agreed to.
A meeting of the members and supporters of the Trades titian took place on Monday, at the Mechanics' Institution in Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, for the putpose of petitioning fur a remission of the sentences passed at Dorchester on six men for administering andawful oaths. Dr. Wade was in the Chair; and the speakers on the occasion were Mr. Robert Owen, Mr. Savage, Mr. Duffey, Mr. Cer- penter, Mr. Abrahams, &e. Resolutions were passed, recommending all the Trades Unions in the kingdom to adopt petitions to Parliament to procure the remission of the sentence. The speeches were ex- tremely violent, and three groans were given in honour of Mr. Baron Williams. —Morning Post.
The British Museum is closed for the holydays : it will be opened again al Monday sennight.
A noble lord, once the associate of royalty, and giving dinners in St. James's Square, may be seen wandering about the Park in a state of ahoost complete destitution. —Herald.
A decently-dressed man, accompanied by a woman, paraded the Strand and Fleet. Street, on Sunday morning ; the former having two large posting-bills pasted on boards, suspended by a blue silk ribbon, before and behind hint, on which was printed " Tim MESsIAlt IS sow 011 EARTII. John Day, the annointed and appointed of God, to reveal bis holy will, will deliver a lecture," &c. &c. The exhibition, of course, excited a good deal of attention.
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