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On Tuesday morning, according to annual custom, the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and Aldermen, attended by the officers of the Corporation, proceeded in state from the Mansionhouse, to proclaim Bartholomew Fair, at a little after eleven o'clock. The procession arrived at the gate leading into Cloth Fair; when the proclamation for holding the fair was read ; the shows then struck up the national anthem, and the various amusements commenced. The company returned to the Man- siouhouse ; and in the afternoon, Lord Peter's servants dined together at the Sword-bearer's table.
The whole of the surcharges which were made by the district Crown Surveyor on the inhabitant householders of St. Paul's, Covent Gar- den, have been withdrawn, by the direction of Government. This prdehding has of course given great satisfaction.
The improvements contemplated in the removal of old St. Dunstan's Church and widening Fleet Street, are in active progress. The Law Life Assurance Company have purchased from the trustees of the pa- rish of St. Dunstan, the site of ground on the west side of the new church, opposite to Messrs. Hoare's, the bankers ; and are erecting a building, which it is intended to complete in a splendid style, in which they will carry on the business of their establishment. On the eastern side of the church, it is stated, a treaty is on foot for the purchase of a large plot of ground immediately behind St. Dunstan's house, on which a building is to be erected for a deposit banking establishment. The widening of Fetter Lane, under the act for rebuilding the new church, will shortly be carried into effect.
On Monday, the gates of the British Museum were closed against the admission of the public, and will continue so till October.
The first annual meeting of the members of the Cartwright Club was held on Monday night at the Crown and Anchor; the Reverend Dr. Rice in the chair. The Report of the Committee stated, that after defraying the expenses incurred by the usual meetings, the annual din- ner, and the extraordinary meetings of the Club, there was a slight balance due to the Treasurer.
The respectable house of Bischoff and Company, Bucklersbury, stopped payment on Thursday. The liabilities of the firm are stated to be 150,0001. A large dividend is expected. Besides the London house of business, the firm had establishments at Gibraltar, Cadiz, Mexico, and other places abroad. They dealt principally in wool, and were also extensive general merchants.
The Exchequer and other Government offices are about to be re- moved to new buildings at Whitehall, opposite the Council Office. The contemplated range of building will be continued to the Foreign Office, for which purpose the south side of Downing Street will be pulled down.—Court Journal. On Wednesday evening, the Southwark Auxiliary Bible Association held their meeting in the Ladye Chapel, on the first public occasion of its being used since its restoration. There were not less than 2,000 persons within its walls.
The valuable living of St. John of Wapping has lately become vacant by the death of the Reverend Mr. Parsons, who, owing to infirmity, had not appeared amongst his parishioners for several years. He died last week at a very advanced age. The living of Wapping, a rectory in the gift of Brasennose College, Oxford, is one of the most lucrative of the metropolitan parishes, and is said to be worth (though the Rector's rate is low) upwards of 7001. a year. The Reverend A. T. Gilbert, D.D., the Principal of Brasennose, has been named as the next incumbent.
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