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The Lords of the Privy Council again asseirbled on Saturday shortly after three o'clock, and continued in deliberation respecting th fire in the Houses of Parliament, for nearly two hours. The meeting which was attended by fifteen Privy Councillors, was conducted wit more than customary privacy ; so much so, that up to the time of their Lordships' arrival, neither the office-keeper nor the individual whos duty it is to prepare the Council-Chamber for their accommodation were aware at what time they would assemble.
The Lord Mayor on Saturday gave a splendid entertainment at the Mansionhouse, to the Lord Chancellor, the Judges, Aldermen, and
Sheriffs of London. to celebrate the opening of the new Central Criminal Court, which took place on that day. After the usual rou- tine of loyal toasts had been gone through, the Lord Mayor proposed Lord Brougham's health, in a speech complimentary to his exertions in establishing the new Court. Lord Brougham spoke his thanks briefly, The bealths of several of the other Judges, and of the City functiona. ries, were given ; and soon after nine the company adjourned to tte drawing-room to tea.
Mr. Jardine, one of the Corporation Commissioners, sat at Guild- hall, on Thursday, for the purpose of giving Mr. Jupp, the Clerk of the Carpenters Company, an opportunity of answering the assertions made against the Company on a previous day, by Mr. Simmons, who was one of the members of the Court of Assistants. Mr. Simmons had asserted that the expenses of the Court on excursions of pleasure were very great ; that in his year of office they were 145/. for a trip to Godaltning to inspect property held by the Company, which hrough in only 100/. per annum. For post-chaises and one entertainment alone at Godalming, he had paid 69/. The average given away in charity by the Company, he said, was not 50/. in his year of office ; while 600/. was spent in feasting. On Lord Mayor's Day, a large plum.cake, and 11 to buy ribands, were given to each person who dined to carry home to his wife. Mr. Jupp, in answering these charges against the Coinpany, complained that Mr. Simmons had greatly exaggerated the amount of the expenses, and had not stated the full amount given in charity. He said the expenses of the visit to Godalming were now reduced to about 45/. and the amount distributed in charity was upwards of 421/. The charge of the plum-cakes and the ribands he admitted, and said it was an ancient custom. It appeared that the Court of Assistants had con stilted Sir N. Tyndal whether the violation of the oath of secrecy which Mr. Simmons had committed, would not justify them in ex- pelling him. The opinion of Sir N. 'ryndal was in favour of expul- sion ; and the Court had since acted upon it, and expelled him from their Court. Among other circumstances mentioned in the course of the inquiry into the affiiirs of the Carpenters Company, it was stated that the Company possessed the power, under the charter of Charles the Second, to enter and examine materials used in buildings, and to stop the progress of such buildings if the timbers were bad. The Coin. pany had power ta condemn such faulty timber, but these powers were now never exercised.
Upwards of a hundred friends of Radical Reform dined together at Radley's Hotel, Blackfriars, on Wednesday, to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the trial and acquittal of Hardy and his associates in 1794. The Reverend Mr. Fox was in the chair; the usual toasts were given, and the evening was pleasantly spent.
The members of the Stock-Exchange, who have frequently suffered by speculators out of the house, in refusing to pay their differences, but who have had hitherto no sort of remedy against them as against the individuals of their own body, have resorted to the expedient of placard- ing defaulters of this class also, expecting probably that through dreid of such an exposure they would be able in many cases to obtain pay- ment. An exhibition of this kind was made to-day at the Stock- Exchange. The individual, whose name we domot think it nec sary to give, moves in fashionable circles, and bears rank in the Army. He is also said to be a Knight of the Order of the Bath. The mode of doing this is cautious, and does not express the actual default of the party ; 'merely intimating a wish that any brokers who have transacted business with him will communicate its nature to the Committee of the Stock-Exchange. The Committee themselves, if the first exposure is not found to answer, will probably publish the name of the individual alluded to.— Times. Dr. Southey delivered the first of the Gresham Course of Lectures for the season' on Monday, at the Royal Exchange rooms : it was on the Practice of Medicine, and of about twenty minutes' duration. The whole auditory, including two or three reporters, consisted of Owl persons. The room would hold about 150. Dr. Hope was yesterday elected Assistant Physician of St. George's Hospital, by a majority of' 158 to 89 over his opponent, Dr. Dunlap. An Assistant-Surgeon to the same Hospital was also chosen yestet: day. There were three candidates, Messrs. Cutler, Lane, and Palmer; who had respectively 179, 99, and 28 votes. Mr. Cutler was of course elected. Government have agreed to grant to Mr. Brunel a sum of 9.L0,(101. bearing an interest of three and a half per cent., for the completion o the Thames tunnel. The Committee appointed to raise a subscription to en ct a monu- ment in Westminster Abbey to Kean the actor, held a meeting on Saturday. It appeans from a report of what passed that the entire ex- pense of the monument would be about 1000/., and that 4601. had been already subscribed by several noblemen and gentlemen; among whom the Duke of Bedford, the Duke of Devonshire, Lord Segrave, and Lord Kinnaird were the most liberal donors.
On Saturday, a large placard was affixed to the Police-station, Totten- ham, stating, that in consevence of the Overseers of the Poor having refused to collect the Police.rate, the Police-constables were with- drawn, and the Police-station would be closed. In pursuance of this notice, the Station-house was vacated by the Police, and locked up.
At a meeting of the Parochial Reform Union, on Tuesday evening, at Bethnal Green, a very gratifying statement was made by Mr. Shevil, one of the trustees of' the poor of that parish, that the weavers in that district were all now fully employed; that the rates were now well paid, the revenue exceeding the expenditure above 1501. per week ; and that 6,500/. had been paid off the parochial debt within the last two years.
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