Lord Joa R last night postponed the consideration of the
79th clause of the Alunieipal Bill, at the request of Sir WrithaNI FOL- LETT and oll:■•1* AleillbCTS, till ..M011daV next. Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT said it as the most important clause of the Bill ; and indeed, without it, the Alortieipal Reform would be little better than a farce : it enacts, that all the "rents and profits of all hereditaments, and all monies, ehattrls, and valuable smithies" belonging to existing Corporations, shall he placed at the disposal of the Town-Couneil, to form a bo- rough' fund, out of which the salaries of municipal officers and other expenses are to be defrayed. The clause also empowers the Town- Council,: to lay a rate on the inhabitants of the boroughs to make up any delic'enry of the fund.
It is not to be supposed that the Tories will allow this clause to pass without strong opposition; and it is therefore necessary that the friends of the measure should be mustered in full force, in order to carry it by a derisive majotity. el'here k no t •11,• or of t'.. ot 'wing brou2.ht 144e.%%.1111 in the I`ct."1•1',',' ,■ int !orstaa,lit . • 1..a-1.1' it.; !I.,' •-t o .1 to i••• odt -t liii1t.
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