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A deputation of the Marylebone tradesmen waited upon the Marquis of Normanhy, at the Home Office, on Saturday last, to complain of in- jury from i.e construction put by the Metropolitan Magistrates on the 7th section of the 60th clause of the new PdiCC Act. Several hundred tradesmen had been fined on the charge of a common infbriner, "for the alleged offence of exposing goods for sale on the outside of their shops, without taking into consideration how far the operation of the clause was modified by the concluding sentence—' so as to cause any annoyance or obstruction in any thoroughfare.' " The Marquis of Normanby said, be felt that a very vexatious interpretation had been put upon the clause ; but if the matter were left in the hands of Govern- ment every practical cause of complaint would be removed.
Mr. Benjamin Wood's friends held a meeting at the Black Bull Tavern, Free School Street, in the Borough, on Thursday. The prin- cipal topic was a statement put forth by two influential electors, Mr. Anderson nod Mr. Gillham, that they had been offered :100/. each by Mr. Walter's agents, as the purchase-money of their support; al- though Mr. .1.11:1 Day, an active friend of Mr. Walter, had declared in a published handbill that those persons had offered to sell their sup- port for the sums mentioned, but that their offer had been indignantly refused. Mr. Wood said that he had put the case into the hands of counsel, to ascertain whether legal proceedings could not be instituted against Mr. Walter and his agents. An advertisement in the 7inies this morning, signed "John Fitch ju- nior," contains a counter-statement, charging Anderson and Gillham with offering their influence for sale.
' The interior of the House of' Commons is filled with carpenters,
painters, who are employed in making the necessary alterations preparatory to the introduction of the Bodo light, which is to be tried on the first (iNy it the session. The chandeliers have been removed, and in 1,:'11.1. 111 rive effect to the light, the workmen are making the cei I i et white.—Globe.
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