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The Committee of the Court of Common Council met on Saturday, and passed several resolutions, in the form of recommendations to the Court, which, if acted upon, will have the effect of throwing open the Court of Aldermen to the public on all occasions, except when Police matters are under consideration ; of diminishing ;he number of Com- mon Councilmen ; and of placing the election of the Lord Mayor in the hands of the whole City constituency, instead of the Livery only.
On Tuesday, the Court agreed to resolutions in favour of the aboli- tion of all sinecure offices in the City ; and of the office of Ale.conner, which was deemed rather worse, if possible, than a sinecure. On Wed- nesday, resolutions were passed declaring the necessity of reducing the expenditure of the City and the allowance of the Lord Mayor and other functionaries.
Last night, a meeting was held at the Crown and Anchor, to petition the King and the House of Commons in behalf of the Dorchester Unionists. The room was completely filled immediately after the doors were opened. There was a tremendous rush from the crowd, and vast numbers were unable to gain admission. The Times report says that there were three thousand persons assembled. Colonel Evans took the chair. Among the gentlemen present, were Colonel Butler, Sir S. Whalley, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. D. W. Harvey, Major Beauclerk, Colonel Thompson, Mr. Richard Taylor, and Mr. Fergus O'Connor. Petitions to the King and the Commons were agreed to ; and the meeting—which was both spirited and orderly_ then dissolved.
The sixtieth anniversary of the Royal Humane Society was_held at the London Tavern on Wednesday ; Sir L. Shadwell in the chair. The sum of 1400/. was subscribed in tire course of the evening.
The twenty-first annual meeting of the Westminster Auxiliary Bible Society was held on Monday evening, at Exeter Hall. The report stated, that during the past year 1543 Bibles and Testaments had been distributed ; which was less by 400 than the preceding year. Their receipts amounted to 54111., which was also a falling off.
A Convocation of the Dissenters of both town and country is about to be held in London, for the purpose. of pressing their claims with greater effect on the attention of the Legislature.
At a meeting of the Middlesex Magistrates, held on Thursday, it was resolved by a majority of 14 to 10, that the Chairman's salary bill should not be proceeded with.
Mr. Hale Thompson was elected Surgeon of the new Westminster Hospital, on Monday, by a majority of 169 to 100 over his competitor, Mr. Maitland.
An inquest was held on Saturday, on the body of the boy who was killed by the falling of the scaffolding at Messrs. Combe and Dela- field's. Mr. Cubitt, the builder, said that he considered the scaffolding safe ; he had passed under it himself only a few minutes before it fell. He had been employed for twenty years on the most important public buildings, and never had an accident of the kind occurred before. The Jury brought in a verdict of Accidental Death, with a deodand of 501. on the materials of the scaffolding ; and added to the verdict that, in their opinion there had been gross neglect on the part of the builder.
The workmen at Buckingham Palace, amounting to nearly forty men, struck from their work yesterday week, having joined the Trades Union. They were immediately paid all the wages due to them, and every endeavour made to procure men to supply their places.
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