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The Lord Mayor gave his Easter entertainment at the Mansion- house on Monday. There was a grand dinner in the Egyptian Hall, at which the chief guests were the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Den- man, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Exeter, Sir John Camp- bell, and several of the Foreign Ambassadors. The toasts and speeches were of the usual complimentary and unmeaning character. After the dinner, there was a dance ; at which Lady Mayoress Kelly was, of course, the presiding genius, the admired of all beholders.
There was a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Lambeth at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, on Monday, to petition Parliament for the abolition of Church-rates. :Mr. Samuel Palmer was chairman, and addressed the meeting in an energetic speech. The first resolution was proposed by Mr. Northouse ; who, in the course of his speech, stated that the Churchwardens of the parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, altlic,ugh they had requested payment as a favour, were not able to collect the suns of 16/. Os. 10d. due from Sir Robert Peel for arrears of Church-rates. [ Why don't the Churchwardens get a Magistrate's order and seize Sir Robert's grand piano, or a landscape by Cilyp ?1
Resolutions, deelarin; Church-rates to be unjust and oppressive, were passed unanimously; and a committee was appointed to draw up a petition to Parliament for their abolition.
The election of parish-officers in the Metropolis has been going on during the week. There was a good deal of squabbling about Church. ratesand Churchwardens ; but, generally, the opposing parties effected sullen compromises, rather than waste their time in polling. The Closest contest was for the Churchwardens of St. Martin's-in-the- Fields. The polling lasted three days ; when the numbers were— for Mr. Smith, 1,054; Mr. Cuff, 976; Mr. Simpson. 766; Mr. Fenn, 424. The two successful candidates are Tories. The real struggle was between Cuff and Simpson; and by far the larger number of per- sons voted for the latter, though Cuff had most votes. The contest for Churchwardens in the parish of St. Saviour, Southwark, was terminated yesterday, by the election of six Tories,
Andrew Hubbard took place on Thursday evenirg ; the Rector, the Reverend W. D. Rodber, in the chair. The nrst business of the Vestry, namely, the election of officers for the ensuing year, having been disposed of, the senior Churchwarden, Mr. W. 11. Kemp, moved a resolution that no church or poor rate be made for this quarter. The Churchwarden stated, as his reason for proposing this resolution, that there were in hand ample funds to meet the demands of the church and of the poor for a much longer period than three months. After some slight opposition, this resolution was passed unanimously.
The Kensington Magistrates were employed on Saturday in issuing warrants for the collection of Church-rates from a large number of re- cusants in that parish. About 1,000 persons arc defaulters ; but, it appears, without any legal plea whatever for refusing payment.
At Kensington, yesterday, five gentlemen opposed to the Poor-law were elected Trustees of the Poor under a local act.
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