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purposes defined by that section. Sir G. GrE
that he feels great doubts upon this point. He ims 4trtm-
necessary to refer to all the instances in which, as it appears
to him, it may be contended that the Court has exceeded the
power intrusted to it by the act. He will refer, for the sake
of example, to a few instances only. By-law No. 2 prohibits,
during certain hours any vehicle drawn by more than tour
horses in the stree's—that is, in ail streets without any
restriction or limitation. By by-law No. 6 the delivery of
coals, beer, wine, or other liquid in casks is prohibited dur-
ing certain hours in certain streets. By by-law No. 12 the,
sale of a variety of at titles carried upon vehicles is forbidden
in certain streets. By by-law No. 15 the Court not only ap-
poins standings for shoeblacks, but delegates its authority in
that rsspect in future to the Commissioner of City police.•
Sir G. Grey cannot find that any express or implied power
is conferred by the late act which authorises these regula-
tions, and he therefore requests to be informed whether tho
by-laws have been submitted to the legal advisers of the
Corporation cf London, and, if so, whether they are of
opinion that all the by-laws are in conformity with the act,
and can be enforced by the penalties therein provided."
Upon the receipt of this letter the Recorder and the Com-
mon-Sergeant were catapulted with special reference to the
objections urged by the Secretary of Sate, and they gave
it as their opinion that the draught regulations, with thu
exception of the proviso to the 15;h, relating to the power
given to the Police Commissioner with respect to shoeblacks,
which should be expunged, were within the power conferred
upon the Corporation by the act,

The Attorney and Solicitor General, to w'.orn the pro-
posed by-laws have since been submitted bythe Home Secre-
tary for their opinion, express their regret that they cannot
agree with the opinion given by the Recorder and Common-
Sergeant. They go on to say, "Of the by-laws in question
the Ist, 4th, s[ll, 16th, and part of the 15th, down to the
proviso, are clearly conformable to the act, and may be
enforced by the penalties therein provided ; but the rest of
the by-laws, however proper and expedient such regulations
may be in themselves, seem to us to be beyond the scope of
the authority given by the Act, and therefore not liable to
be enforced by its penalties." In support of this view the,
law officers of the Crown proceed to give reasons. The
opinion of the Recorder and Common-Sergeant has since
been fortified by those of Mr Brand, the Controller of the
Corporation—Mr Corrie, the Remembrancer —ant-Mr—
Nelson, the City Solicitor. There the matter rests for the
present, the Court of Aldermen contenting themselves with.
giving effect to the three by-laws out of the 17 cited above.

Inspection of the Civil Service Rifles by the
Prince of Wales.

The inspection of the 21st Middlesex (Civil Sere
vice) Rifles, which, in consequence of the presence
of its honorary colonel, the Prince of Wales, will
be registered as the annual official inspection of this
excellently--drilled corps, took piece lest evening is
the quadrangle of Somerset House, before a large
and distinguished assemblage. Every preparation
to do honour to the auspicious event was made. The
quadrangle was tastefully hung with a varied series

of Admiralty signals, interspersal with union jacks-
and standards; on either side were ranged tempo-
rary seats for the accommodation of visitors admitted

by tickets, while on the west tide of the square a
raised dais, decorated with bunting and covered
with a delicately white awning, over which floated

the Prince of Wales' standard, was erected for the
reception of the Prince and Princess. Soon after

three o'clock a body of the A Division, under the
direction of Superintendent Durkin, assisted by
Inspector Denning, were stationed at the entrance
gates and in the enclosure.

Half-past five was the appointed time for the
arrival of his royal highness, but long before that
hour every seat was occupied, the fair sex being the
most numerous. At four o'clock the various com-
panies assembled in the quadrangle, to the number
of 400 rank and file.

The men having been put through a preliminary
drill by Major Mill, assisted by Captain and Adju-
tant Lombard, Lientenant.Colonel Viscount Bury,
MY., took command, and rehearsed the men in the
movements through which they subsequently passed
before his royal highness, leaving them formed in
wings in readiness to give the royal salute, &c.
During the interval that elapsed between this and
the arrival of the Prince and Princess, Viscountess
Bury, accompanied by the Countess of Albemarle,
Lady Suffield, Mrs. Loyd Lindsay, Lady William
Compton, Miss Compton, and Lady Augusta Koppel,
took their seats on the dais behind the chairs of
state. There were also present, amongst other dis-
tinguished'personages, the Earl of Albemarle, Lord
Suffield, Lieutenant-Colon:31 Loyd Lindsey, &c.
A little before 6 o'clock distant cheers armounced
the approach of the Prince and Princess, arid im-
mediately afterwards the • royal carriage dreva
through the lines of volunteers to the dais. Upon
alighting their royal bighnessfA were received with as
royal salute, the men prescnting rams and the band

strikirg up the firbt bars of 111; N.,ziLn?.l
The Princess wcs rce:ived Ladi :131213- and ushered
to her seal., while the Prince, upon etcending the
dais, graciously acknowledged the general greeting
accorded him by all present. The Prince, who wore
the undress uniform of a general officer, was attended
by Gen. Knollys and Cpl. Keppel. The Princess
was attired in mourning, and attended by Lady
Carmarthen. The Prince, accompanied by Lord
Bury and followed by Gen. Knollys and Col. Kep-
pel, walked down the lines and inspected the men ;
he then returned and took up his pOsition on the
dais, and the manoeuvres, directed by Lord Bury,
were commenced. At their conclusion, the Prince
stepped into the centre and said, " Gentlemen, I
need hardly tell you the great pleasure I feel at
being present at this inspection, and the satisfac-
tion I have experienced in witnessing your
manoeuvres. Under the able tuition of Col. Lord
Bury, you have had great opportunities of becom.
ing efficient in your drill. It occurs to me from the
great steadiness you have acquired, that you must
have paid great attention to drill. I had this square
formed so that I might presen!. you with my chal-
lenge cup, and I have great pleasure in doing so."
The Prince then handed the challenge cup to Lord
Bury, and a cup to the winner, Mr. Burroughs, of
the Whitehall Company.

Three cheers were then given for the Rance,
three for Denmark, and
the Prince and Princess
drove away amidst the cheers of all present.

THREATEN ED OUTBREAK AT DARTMOOR PRISON.
—On Monday
morning last, when the body of convicts at
Dartmoor were marched out of their prison to their labour
on the Moor, it became apparent that a mutinous combina-
tion had been formed amongst them, and that a serious
outbreak had been planned. On being told to break off for
Work, not a man moved to fall out of the ranks, and the
order was answered with a defiant murmur and a dogged
refusal to perform any work at all. A ringleader met
every persuasion or order of the warders with the most
dreadful imprecations and threats. But every available
precaution had been taken. The armed civil guard, which
had been augmented and posted within hail, was called in,
and the ringleaders and most prominent malcontents were
at once marched back to prison, where they were locked in
separate cells to await the punishment which will be
awarded by Captain Gambier, the visiting director. The
cause of the mutiny was the application of the new reduced
scale of diet. For some months past the governors of con-
vict prisons have had orders to adopt the reduced scale of
diet, which was approved by the commission of doctors
under the authority of the Secretary of State. Up to
Sunday last these orders had not been adopted in Dartmoor
prison, and the old scale provided by the late Sir Joshua
Jebb was adhered to. On that morning, however, it was
announced to the convicts that the change was to be made.
The dissatisfaction soon became apparent, and some well
disposed convicts gave the prison officials early information
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that a serious mutiny was contemplated, Prompt measures
were therefore taken to prevent it.
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