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Mr. Law. the Common Sergeant, was unanimously elected Recorder, by the Coon of Aldermen, on Tuesday.
A meeting of the Common Council is to be held tins day, at which
Mr. Charles PeafS-011 Will iii Vi' that it (7011111littee Iii ppOilited Ill in- quire into the relative qualifications of _\ Ii'. Hill and Mr. Mirehouse for the office oftommon Sergeant There is good sense in this proposition, It is fitting that every information should be obtained respecting the
Mirehouso has " garnered up'' his talents and acquirements for so many years in order now to exhibit them with unexpected brilliancy, and that Mr. Hill is no match for him in professional acquirements or judicial aptitude, why then, certainly, we shall most sincerely desire that the election should fall upon him. and shall recommend Air. I fill to apply for the then vacant (Alive in the Sheriff's Court, the atmosphere of which must be so favourable to the intellectual growth of its occupants.
The householders of the parish of St. Pancras dined together on Wednesday, at the Chalk Farm Hotel, to celebrate the return of Vestrymen and Auditors of Accounts in opposition to the efforts of the Select. Mr. Murphy was in the chair. Sir Samuel Whalley ad- dressed some remarks to the meeting on the subject of his experience in the House of Commons. He said, that "the levity of conduct, amounting to all but beastiality, the shoutiog and yells commenced and continued when an independent member offered to address the House in opposi- tion to the views of Ministers, were such as would tend to disgrace a meeting of the lowest uneducated people in this country." Mr. %rigors, Lord Dunboyne, Sir John Scott Lillie, General Barton, and other gentlemen, also made speeches after dinner.
The new Hungerford market was opened on Tuesday for the admis- sion of the public. The number of persons who attended to view the ceremony was very great. The river was crowded with boats. Flags were flying from all parts of the building; an awning was spread over the terrace upon the roof of the great hall; and rows of seats and other accommodations were prepared for the visitors. A brief address was delivered by Mr. Courtney. Guns were fired repeatedly d tieng tile day, and there was a display of fireworks and a ball in the evening. A balloon ascended about five o'clock, and there was a rowing-match in the evening for a boat given by the Hungerford Market Company.
candidates previously to (ducting- either of' them to ail office of so itineli which, if conducted with discretion and impartitility, the friend, or Hill would wish to see hiln undergo. If it shall appear that Air.
A meeting was held on Wednesday, at the Hanover Square Rooms, the memorial of the Grand Jury who had been refused permission to to consider the best means of securing African Colonization and the inspect the prison to Newington, to the Alegistrates assembled at the abolition of the Slave-trade. The Duke of Sussex was in the chair ; Sorry Sessions. Considerable discussion arose respecting the right and several members of the Anti-Slavery Society, who are opposed to the colonization system, attended. The discussions were voy stormy, was so decidedly against the del», that Mr. Hawes finally withdrew and the Duke was quite unable to preserve decorum. The resolutions tile memorial.-
proposechby the gentlemen who had called the meeting were carried by An appeal against the eharge of 544/., made by the overseers of
an immense number of spectators. She is to run between Edinburgh been robbed in September 1830, when attending a political lecture and London, and is expected to perform the voyage in thirty--eight given by Mr. Cobbett at the Rotunda. Mr. Crockford received
hours. Extreme length, 206 ft. in. ; width of deck, 37 ft.; the note from a person at Epsom races, of whom Ile knew nothing, width outside the paddles, 54 ft. 4 in.; length of keel in the tread, not being in the habit of taking an account of money received in that 166 ft.; length on the deck from the stem to the taffrail, 193 ft.; way.
Saturday at the Crown and Sceptre Tavern, Greenwich. Lord Albe- marle was in the chair; and, with the exception of Lords Grey and Holland, nearly ail the members were present. The Duke of Sussex attended as a visitor. Among the members who (lined, were the Mar- quis of Tavistock, Lord Dundas, Lord Panniure, Sir R. Ferguson, Mr. Ferguson of Raitb, Mr. Ellice, and Lord Howick.
The Monarch, a splendid steam-ship, the largest ever built in this country, was launched on Saturday from the ship-building yard of Messrs. Green, Wigram, and Green, at Blackwall, in the presence of depth in hold, IS ft. The extreme length is within two feet of the largest ship in the British Navy.
A sale of useful and ornamental sverk was held on Tuesday at the grounds of Elam:), House, for the benefit of the Putney and Roe- hatopton Charity Schools; upon which oecasion the gentlemen of the Leander and Falcon Clubs gave a purse (It' sovereigns to be rowcd for by fourteen picked watt:town. Seven boats. each rowed by two water- men, started, and the winners received fifteen pounds as their prize; the second boat xvon five and the third three pounds. All the othec competitors were itISO remunerated.
The Direetors of the East India CoMpany have presented to the So- ciety of Apothecaries, for their earden at Chelsea, a valuable collection of plants and seeds, tint its Of India and China. The plants, a few only of which died on the voyaee. came over in square boxes, enclosed in frames glazed with the shell of the pearl oyster.
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