At a meeting of Marylebone Liberals on Wednesday, Colonel Thompson
in the chair, it was resolved to set on foot a subscription to defend the seat of Sir Samuel Whalley against the Tory petition.
A meeting was held at the Crown and Anchor on Wednesday, to celebrate the anniversary of the Polish Revolution ; Mr. O'Connell in the chair. On the platform were Colonel Thompson, Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. Scholefield, Mr. T. Attwood, Mr. Charles Buller, and Dr. Birkbeck. Speeches were delivered and resolutions passed ex- pressive of sympathy with the sufferings of Poland, and indignation at the barbarity of Russia. The Members of the Irish Society dined together, at the Albion, in Aldersgate Street, on Wednesday; Sir Matthew Wood, the Governor of the Society, in the chair. The chief guests were, Lord Mulgrave, Lord Morpetb, and Sir Robert Ferguson. The speeches were com- plimentary, and the proceedings unimportant, save and except the de- molition of a superb dinner.
The Court of Common Council agreed, on Thursday, to petition Parliament to strike out of the Municipal Act the declaration which excludes Jews from being members of the Town-Councils.
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