The Press.
London, England, 1857-10-03 00:00:00

Volittral.

A CABINET COUNCIL was held on Thursday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury
in Downing-street. The Ministers present were
Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl
Granville, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey,
the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood,
the Right Hon. R.I Vernon Smith, and the Right
Hon. M. T. Baines, and Lord Panmure. A second
Cabine.; Council was held on Friday.
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN held a Court of Privy
Council at Balmoral on the 24th ult., at which were
present the Prince Consort, Earl Granville, K.G.,
President of the Council, Lord Panmure, and Lord
Stanley of Alderley. At the Council a proclamation
was ordered appointing Wednesday, the 7th October,
as a day of national fast and humiliation.

THE EARL OF FIFE has been granted by the Queen
the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom, under
the title of Baron Skene of Skene.

A PARLIAMENTARY Buie nook upon India, con-
taining official reports of considerable interest from
Barradcpore, Rohnee, Cawnpore, and from General
Barnard at Delhi, has just been published.

Altiropolitan.

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.

SLR R. was elected Lord Mayor of
London for the ensuing year, by the liverymen, on
Tuesday last. Mr. James Anderton opposed the
election, on the ground that Sir Robert was opposed
to the admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr.
Anderton concluded his address by proposing the
re-election of the present Lord ➢Mayor. The show of
hands in favour of Sir R. Carden was incontestable,
and a short time having elapsed the sheriffs an-
nounced Sir R. W. Carden, M.P., to be Lord Mayor
elect. Sir R. Carden, amidst the cheers of his
supporters, vindicated his conduct with reference to
recent circumstances, and the proceedings ter-
minated.—The election this year' has been accom-
panied with some curious circumstances. Sir R. W.

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Carden was the next alderman on the list for the
civic office. On Saturday last he applied to the sitting
Lord Mayor for a summons against one Thomas
Rose for an attempt to extort money under pecu-
liar circumstances. The election of a Lord Mayor has
of late years subsided into a mere formal ceremony,
that dignitary being chosen by rotation instead of
election, so as to avoid the inconvenience of any
contest which might occur. It appears, however,
that this agreeable formality was attended by a very
disagreeable imposition in the shape of a demand
for a certain sum of money by a man named Thomas
Rose, who professed to be the agent of and to have
such influence over the lower class of liverymen that
he could, if his demands were not complied with,
force the Lord Mayor expectant to submit to the
expensive process of a poll. This levy of black mail
appears to have been submitted to for some years ;
but Sir It. W. Carden determined: to resist Sand to
expose the whole thing. From the statement of his
counsel on Saturday, Air. Rose announced to Sir R.
Carden that 4,000/. had been subscribed to oppose
his election, and demanded 1,500/. as the price of a
compromise. On finding Sir It. Carden firm in his
indignant rejection of all offers of arrangement, Mr.
Rose's claims subsided gradually to 2001., and then
to 150/. At that he made a stand, and the result is
that Sir R. Carden is elected, while Mr. Rose will
doubtless be prosecuted.

MR. ALDERMAN LAWRENCE AND Mn. ALLEN have
been elected and sworn in as Sheriffs for London
and Middlesex for the ensuing year. The usual
presentation at Westminster took place on Wednes-
day. Alderman Lawrence has appointed an
Unitarian minister, the Rev. T. Madge, of Essex-
street Chapel, Strand, to be his chaplain during the
yea' of his shrievalty. Mr. Sheriff Allen has ap-
pointed as his chaplain the Rev. Thomas Grose,
Curate of St. Peter's Church, Cornhill.
THE COALWHIPPERS attached to the Coalwhippers'-
office of the port of London, and those employed by
agents, have struck for an advance of wages to 9d. a
ton. The men assert that the office had suddenly
lowered the rate of whipping from 7d. to 6d., and that
that is an amount of remuneration they cannot sub-
sist upon. It is stated that there are 1,500 men on
strike.

THE WOODWORK OF DR. JOHNSON'S CHAMBERS,
No. 1, Inner Temple Lane, was sold by auction on
Thursday. The timber floor, windows, doors, panel
partition, &c., realised 10/. ss. The staircase has
been preserved by the Benchers.
THE METROPOLITAN MEDICAL ScHoor.s connected
with the metropolitan hospitals were formally opened
ou Thursday, by inaugral lectures by distinguished
professors. A large number of students have be-
come connected with the schools, and at the various
hospitals where the lectures were delivered there was
a good attendance, and the lectures excited deep
interest. The lectures generally were of a very
scientific and intellectual character, and replete with
useful and practical suggestions for medical students.
THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S RETURNS exhibit an
increase of deaths last week. They rose from 946
the week previous, to 1,002. This, bowever, is con-
siderably below the average, which would reach 1,363.
The births amounted to 1,706.