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Irg the cattle, and unexceptionable food.—(Hear.) What-
ever the Court said, or the public might think upon the
subject, the complaint prcv:d in the strongest mann( r that
the heart of the city of London was not the place for
tlaughter-houses.—(Hear.) If the beasts were slaugh-
tered in Northampton, they would not be over driven in
London, and there would have been no occasion for the
present discussion ; but while the present corrupt sys-
tem prevailed, the abuse could never be expected to be
removed or diminished.—(Hear, and cries of " Oh.")
Mr. HICKS said that if the beasts wero killed at
Northampton, or at any other place, they must be fasted
one day before they were killed to be worth any thing.—
(Hear, hear.)

THE ROYAL EXCHANGE AND GRESHAM TRUSTS.
Mr.LAWRENCE, in the absence of Mr. L. Jones, brought
up the following Report :
To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
and Commoners, &c. &c.
We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, your Com-
mittee, in relation to the Royal Exchange and Gresham
Trusts, do certify, that since our detailed Report, pre-
sented to this Honourable Court on the 22d day of
October last, of the several proceedings of the Joint
Committee on Gresham affairs, from the 14th of May to
the 16th of October last, we have had laid before us the
further proceedings of the Joint Gresham Committee,
connected with the re-building of the Royal Exchange,
and the arrangements for letting portions of the struc-
ture to some of the former tenants of the late Exchange,

and other public Companies; and William Tite, Esq., the
architect of the new building, having made arrangements
for appropriating part thereof for the Gresham Lectures,
an intimation had been made to the Joint Committee

that a public body was desirous of treating for that por-
tion upon terms highly advantageous to the trust ; and,
under these circumstances, they deemed it most advisable
to find some other suitable accommodation for the Gres-
ham Lectures ; and having conferred with the Lecturers
upon the subject, the Joint Committee entered into a
treaty with the London Bridge Approach Committee to
take a plot of ground at the corner of Cateaton-street
and Basinghall-street for the purpose of erecting a hall
for the Gresham Lectures, and ultimately agreed to take
the same at a rental of 1801. per annum, and to purchase
the fee-simple thereof at thirty-two years' purchase, sub-
ject, nevertheless, to the approbation of this Honourable
Court, and of the Mercers' Company, the joint trustees
under the will of the late Sir Thomas Gresham, and also to
expend a sum not exceeding 6,0001., in equal moieties, in
the erection of such College, subject to the like sanction
and approbation.
That we, your Committee, having taken the said pro-
ceedings into consideration, agree therewith, and recom-
mend this Honourable Court to give their sanction ac-
cordingly, the Company of Mercers having already been
pleased to agree to a similar recommendation from their
Committee.

And we have caused extracts from the proceedings of
the Joint Committee on Gresham affairs, so far as the
same are connected with the re-building of the Royal
Exchange, to be made, and to be hereunto annexed, for
the further consideration of this Honourable Court, and
in continuance of our before•.mentioned Report of the 22d
day of October last.
R. L. JONES. W. STEVENS.
JOHN JOHNSON. W. CROUCHER.
JOHN EVANS. JACOB G. COPE.
E. EYTON. L. REDHEAD.
JOHN LOCKE. THOS. CORNAY.
WILLIAM C. PRIOR. JOHN KNILL.
HENRY J. ELMES.

Mr. R. TAYLOR moved the following amendment,
seconded by Mr. IV. JONES,—" That in order fully to
enable the Court to form a correct judgment as to the
most advantageous provision to be made for the separate
establishment for Gresham College, there be laid before
the Court, and printed for the consideration of the mem-
bers, a statement of the cost and of the extent of ac-
commodation to be afforded by the proposed building in
Basinghall-street, and likewise, together with such state-
ment, a copy of the Report made to the Joint Grand
Gresham Committee on the 10th of October, 1839, by
the Sub-Committee appointed on the 4th of January in
the same year, to confer with S. J. Capper, Esq., and
Miss Hackett, relative to Crosby-hall being taken for
the purposes of Gresham College, and to which Sub-
Committee was also referred a memorial of the Profes-
sors for the re-establishment of the College, the said
Sub-Committee having, after full inquiry and considera-
tion, and in furtherance of the business entrusted to
them, resolved, That Crosby-hall is a suitable situa-
tion for the College,' and therefore directed a communi-
cation to be made to Miss Hackett that the Sub-Com-
mittee would recommend the purchase of her lease of
ninety-six years for 2,5001., which terms were acceded
to by her ; when the negotiation was suspended and
postponed from time to time, in consequence of the
urgent business which engrossed the attention of the
Committee connected with the building of the Royal Ex-
change. Also, that the Royal Exchange Committee be
directed to lay before this Court, along with copies of
the said Reports, a statement of the accommodation to
be afforded by each of the two sites, and an estimate of
the cost of each ; and that the further consideration of
the Report be deferred until the said statements have
been laid before the Court."
After considerable discussion the amendment was
negatived by a majority of 2, the numbers being, for the
amendment, 20 ; against it, 22.
The Report was then agreed to.
CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

Reports were brought up, on petitions from merchants
and others, for a new street from the Mansion-house to
Southwark-bridge, and on considering the practicability
of forming an avenue from Great Eastcheap to St. Mi-
chael's Church. They represented that at present the
state of the funds would not admit of carrying into
effect improvements so desirable ; that the extensive im-
provements in progress from Lad-lane to the Post-office
occasioned an expenditure so considerable, as to prevent
any of the City cash being made available for these pro-
jects ; but that it was hoped the former would soon be
undertaken, and that other great improvements would
follow as speedily as possible.
After sonic observations from Mr. Wire, Mr. .Ander-
ten, and Mr. King,
Mr. R. L. JONES said that the Southwark Bridge Im-
provement was an object of great consideration and in-
terest in the Parliamentary Committee, before whom it
would be revived early in the Session. There would,
however, be no use in throwing open that bridge without
having proper avenues to it.—(Hear, hear.) In the
Committee it was ascertained that the improvements at
the west end of Cheapside and at Southwark Bridge
could be accomplished for the sum of 20,0001., and that
sum was not considered any serious bar. He regretted
that the Corporation had not larger funds at command to
go on with more extensive improvements, in proportion
to the increase of the commerce of the metropolis ; but it
should be recollected that a vast deal had been done
within a few years.—(Cheers.) He trusted and believed
that much would be done.
Mr. LOTT declared that the Court was pledged to widen
Watling-street, which was a more dangerous thorough-
fare than any that had been or could be mentioned, be-
fore it would consent to make any other improvement,
and he appealed to its humanity to commence operations
in that place before it listened to any other suggestion.—
(Hear, hear.) There were, in Watling-street and its
neighbourhood, accidents occurring daily, and deaths
occurring periodically. For his part, he should oppose
every other improvement until that which was so loudly
called for by humanity was carried into effect.
• • The reports were then severally agreed to, upon the
understanding that all the improvements alluded to
should be undertaken as soon as the Corporation funds
could be made available for such purposes.
INTERMENT OF TEE DEAD WITHIN THE CITY.
_ .

Mr. ANDERTON said that he rose to submit a motion
of interest and importance to rich and poor. He was
able to show, if the Court thought it necessary, that there
was the most unanswerable arguments for applying to
the Legislature to prevent the sepulture of the dead in
future in the City of London, the only great city in
the world, he believed, in which the practice was per-
mitted.—(Hear, hear, and cries of " Refer it at once to a
Committee.") He should take the hint, as the Court
appeared to be unanimous on the subject. He then
moved—" That it be referred to the City Lands' Com-
mittee to examine into the means of sepulture in the
City of London, and the state and condition of all the
churchyards, places, and vaults, for burying the dead
therein, and also whether it is expedient that an end
should be put to the interment of the dead within the
City, and to report thereon to this Court."
The motion was carried unanimously.
Sir PETER LAURIE gave notice of a motion, " that it
be referred to the Committee for general purposes, to
consider the propriety of removing the unnecessary end
unsightly attic projecture over the pediment of the por-
tico of the Mansion-house, and to report their opinion
thereon to this Court."—Adjourned.

PoisoNs:—Considerable sensation hasbeen cre-
ated in the scientific circles by the report of the commis-
sion of the Academy on the experiments performed by
M. Orfila for the discovery of poison in the human body
by the use of Marsh's apparatus. The commission, which
is composed of the first chemists of France, unhesitatingly
declares that the pretended proofs of metallic stains pro-
duced by this apparatus are for the greater part fallaci-
ous ; in other words, that the persons condemned to
death on charges of poisoning upon the experiments of
M. Orfila, without other proof, were judicially mur-
dered. M. Orfila having frequently declared as a wit-
' ness on the trials of those persons that his experiments
were infallible,—a declaration which carried conviction
to the minds of the Juries, he naturally attempts to ion-
trevert the opinion of the commission; but he does so with
Much feebleness, and for the present, at least, he is lost
in public opinion. You will remember that in the case
of Madame Laffarge, the counsel for the defence were
triumphant until M. Orfila went down to perform his
experiments, and that the Jury returned a verdict en-
tirely on his evidence, although several eminent scientific
men then declared, as the commission now does, that his
experiments were not proofs. But for M. Orfila, Madame
Laffarge, against whom legal proof was wanting, what-
ever might be the moral impression of the Jury, must
have had an acquittal ; for in her case the circumstan-
tial evidence bore as much in her favour as against her.
The feelings of M. Orfila now are not to be envied ; for
although no man doubts his conscientiousness, it is the
general opinion that in the endeavour to establish his
theory, and convey to the public the impression which lie
himself' felt as to the certainty of his experiments, he
bore in all cases with unrelenting severity upon the ac-
cused. So great is the sensation produced by the report
of the Academy, that it is not probable he will ukain
have an opportunity of turning the scale of justice in
favour of the prosecutor by such evidence as has hithezto
been received.—Letter from Paris.
SERIOUS ASSAULT AT KILMUN.-A serious
assault was committed at Kilmun last Monday, between
two respectable gentlemen connected with Glasgow.
One of them drew his knife, and stabbed the other.
Some say this was in the heat of anger, others that it
was in self-defence ; but both of them have been appre-
hended and remitted to the Fiscal of Inverary.—
Reformer's Gazette.