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London, England, 1851-06-04 00:00:00

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FALSE WI;IGATS. AND MEASURES.

, AMermita WiLd return of Mr.
:ott and Mr. ! tro r,sp.-cfors cf weights
m •asures f,,r the city of LAiliutl, lie said that the col.-
poration +unds c ult not halo any respect rnore utefeay
_expended_ thAti in the appointment and employment of
• these insect-totem led regtitiirly_attenikd pc tty.
session' held for ridjudic.iting upon complaint' matte 'by
them, and the extent to which.iobbPriee:were
• 'upon the iii4igeot ell: des of our fellow-eitlvps poritti not,
he asraretl-the-Ctiiiif; le imagined by those.*hcK were
- • not presea-during the investigations, ,-At these:investi-
,:- ga done the practices unprincipled -tradestfien ib wing"
abort weights, by which persons who were net able to
purchase more tears aiew-ounces (41. es, a quarter of a
pound of butter, or a mutton.chep, were m' sr cruelly
im-
posed upon, were-fully develoPt.d.- tae oioreparti--
eularly to the tricks of grocers, who not cerly distiegnished
themselves by the use of short waglats and nica6ures; but-
- - fey the most foul adulteration. it appeared to be cot at all
d tubtful that a tradesman in considerable business would
b 3 more benefited by paying pepalty after penalty. than
- Is, altering the- base conditions of his trading movements.
- There had bet,ii one case b f •re Mak in which he Lad
• fined a tradesman time after titre till the, penalty
amounted to-54;--and- thierviu order to brit4 • above
change, he was obliged to tell the Unprincipled customer
at the petty sessiuns that, if,another complaint -should be
established againv, him, the City Solicitor should tie
directed us level a Ott-leery ot indicements agaitt- him itit
a common cheat.—(lleari heer.) - The iioiircturs 'bad
during the hat year paidgreat attention to the drliveiy
of coals, and bad obtained 179-- cunvivti-its of various
lands. In their statement the .wards had been ciessi tied,
_ and each-alderman-would see who the publicans Were
Who inbis -ward had disgraced their avocations by using
Mort measurer, and what oiler tradesmen cheated :hair
ITor neighbours by using false weights.—(Her,
Unfortuntitely.these convictions did not irequenfiy meet
the public eye. He regretted that fact the more, as from
his experience he well knew that nothirg was so much
oalculatt d to check frauds upon thee par.r as the putthce-
tion. of the names of the trading impostors from timeto
time. Alderman Wilson-concluded by moving that the
return be printed, and copies be sent to the sidemen.
, Alderman COPELAND, in seconding the Motion, said
that no act of his public life gave him higher gratifies-
tion than that of hating been mainly instrumental to the,
appointment of the two cificers whose exertions had
_ac-
complished so much good to the poor inhabitants of the
city of London.—(Hear, hear.) The Court would be
pleased at hearing that merely in consequence of-the-vi-
gilance of the inspector of weights and measures a'grest
number of tradesmen's shopi -in Which 'cheating used to
be extensively carried on against the labouring 'classes
had been closed altogether. He was delighted to find,
that although the offices required unwearied exertion,
those who filled them performed all the duties with. the
utmost zeal, energy, and talent.—(Hear, hear.)
.Alderman HOOPER also euit g:zed the appointment,
and by the unanimous vote of the Court gratuities were
then granted to the inspectors.
Alderman WILSON took that occasion to express his
hope that Alderman Copeland, who had done so much
good by causing the appointment of inspectors of
.weights and measures, would try what further good he
could sffect to society by appointing inspectors of om-,
nibuses and cabs, which constituted in softie respect the
greatest nuisances which could spring up in a large
trading metropolis.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir I'. ,LAunra said the use of the word " nuisances"
brought to his mind a new nuisance of a very remark-
able kind indeed, about which as he walked along Cheap-.
side -he had been spoken to by several tradesw h. He
meant the prodigious machine which had been dragged
by horses to the western end of Cheapside, and left
there for the convenience of some people and the scandal
of Otherit.—(Laughter.) It looked like a travelling om-
nibus, was- distieguibed by a variety of. gaudy coloUr,,,
and addressed itself in several languages to the necessi-
ties of the travelling public.—(Laughter.) He wished to
know whether the Lord Mayor had given permission to
any person to bring in such a visitation upon the inha
Wants.

The LORD MAYOR said he knew nothing at all about
the :1)1.11i° of which S'r P. Laurie spoke.
'Alderman HUMPLIERY said the condemnation of the
experiment was premature. In all probability the ma-
chine would have the effect of abating to a very greet
extent 'innumerable nuisances which naturally 'presented
themselves in a large population.—(Hear, hear.)
Alderman COPELAND hoped the machine would be re-
moved, but it was because it was calcul,ted to obstruct
the transit of carts and carriage.; for things sere so

contrived in the City that whencne great thoroughfare
was diaturbed in its pavement all the rest appeared to be
under the necessity of inirs,ediately following theexmple.
—(Laughter.) As such happened to be exactly the case
at present, it would be advisable to prevent any new
mode of impediment.

Alderman Wlmute said he believed that although the
vehlcle,described might to deemed a nuisance, it would,
in all probabiliqy abate, or perhaps entirely remove,
nuisances of long standing and much more intolerable.
Alderman HUMPHERY-It may with advantage be
placed in the "nook" in which the smithfieldqnatket
model was deposited fur exhibition.
Alderman SaLostoss—Why not plice it im Smithfield-
market? That appears to me to be just the pace for
such a thing.—(A laugh.)
The conversation on the subject ended without being
embodied lu a resolution, the Court seaming to be of
opinion that Abe power of interlacing Lay With another
department of the Corporation.
Adjourned.

11

ALDERMEN. TILE OtIiZiNES, &c.
held ter the dispatch of bu-. BLAcK (ii)l4
Ailed by his &,-0 heti cad p- e coot -i.:.uterse....Qtrist.9_-_
plee' eat month lo fu:ne,h atib,:.etiPers
wi;h vee wor thy ot . his reputation. With: the
leaf] mown Utle cowed to ti. 4 the prest*t.mAd
number of Blackwood. Foremost among the &triples
cunapris-d in it must be mentioned one attribuoilde co
our el;c It,an the 'hi.,toriu ot. ..Eer,?pe, Archibald
.L is to schelaily: and ah.:qati.t.--disquisnien On
'tt.°"`i"U"." literary coal-ostiour.:titled very :ug-
gestTely " '.lE5Chy his, Shakspere, and gehille;." Several
eaquesite fragments from toe ,neasterptedes of these
three divinist of playwrights are scattered through the
paper by way of quotations. Sorgetimeerin the liniry,ol
hisvery fluent -and soh-or-Otis sty±e; it .`would be
Mr, Alison weak& tretirecatetully the, abealinablie:vice
of tautology, as where he squ Studeepele (p. 647)
" That he was acquainted - with, . every even
the:' -most secret jrajOu,,y,' is winced
-in : the - astu _ewes ^of ligo'S ,arr, and the
-pangs of the Moor's 'suffering ; or, aga.in, where he
says, tilumertelog the prix-.,f a a dr:omot.o talent given of
late e eara among r ye s 650.7." Sheridan
-IL4mle3 has Written- some, effective; dramas; Bulwer
some chartniug dramatic ti4fitrguished
get,ltii, pathos,- and ineigireatioi?; and very.
recently Mr. Aerofoil gas prott.;,ht -forward an ie-
stitteting t. agedy, ill Which the ireportent pert
uuhaPp) Qat-11-Ma-tie de Mutu,°..ie ha* been Fitsri'ilthill
by the last of these great actresses with equal twee,
dignity, and pathos." Agent, awl, yet. egain, ee would
mince: and implore Mr: Alison to avoid in future this
-beeettrue fault of tautoivgy, ty liter4ry blemish us
as diiist:or ~nt note in music or the set (mitting of a rill ty
ti ;g, . () ce atrc oily it will be obeervede thet. lb
this nurnlxr of B/aCkwood the .name of 'Biitlwer
has- mentiOned, natiiely, hi 4 cb.,„rac:er
a dramatist, In ,the very same Contribution' tie:
meet with it again, namely, is reference to his poweiei
as a pet and as a transhitore thitels to say when the
wrWr alludes to his version of " Schiller."e As an delta
Alone' testimony of—(we. were going, to sax 0e
lity, but 'we recollect his, tipeeeli as, caairmate of the din-
ner to Afecreatly, and substitute. the.more correct and to
him mere agreeable expressiou)—the comprehensive
mess of his genius, we find the same instalment of
Ebony 'an article bight "The, Experiences ofYrge
Trade,'" being it panegyric upon his last political pam-
phlet; besides; whidh the magazine owes to him its prin-
cipal attraction in the new instalment afforded ,by him
or his charming "Novel." The tenth part—the one be-
fore 113—is perhaps the very. best that has yet appeared,
It closes With the separation of Lenny and his mother
from their wealthy relation,. Richard Avenel,. in conse-
quence of a quarrel in which the last-mentiened comes
off rather shabbily, but still with a eurprisiCg display of
cleverness. ,Colenel and Mrs. Pomply are admirable
daguerreotypes of people from that vulgarist ,of all vu;gar
sets, the highly genteel. The scene about Mr. Digby is
capitally drawn. That unfortunate is left at R roaetsitle
inn, evidently dying; and the quarrel whichimmediately
precedes this, between a honiceopathist arid a regular
praCtitioner, will be found a delicious bit of burlesque..
Ditto the love scenes between Richard Avenel and the
Hon. Mrs. Bleeatchiey. The dejcic ie dunsant;bowevPr,::
is the grand feature of the instalue it, and in its deli-
neation Sir Bolwer Lytton has again afforded a brilliant
evidence of his ability. A comical string of verses
precedes "My Novel," entitled "The Vision.
of Polyphemus." Before this, moreover, we . are-
treated to a rather interesting and curious account
of certain " Vestiges of ''the Ancient Inhabitants Of
Scotland," a paper of-course doubly iptereeiing to ohr
countrymen beyout the Tweid. Somebody ia the course
ot thenumber writes a letter to the...editor anent ". Our
Commercial and Mantifecn,ing Prosperity." HOW,'
saye's " Sketches and E;sa) ti," are passed in agreeable
.review by a critic who appears to be delightfully cen-
genial, though wisely fastidious. Modernbiare
Trials," being en elabora!C notice of the work so "'Called
by its lamented author, William Charles Townsend, the
late Recorder of Macclesfield, and a seri,s ot. papers at-
tributed by many to Samuel Warren, are in the June
number of Blackwood brought to a conclusion. They
havebeen throughout so peculiatly enthralling in in-
terest and so strangely powerful in composition that we
cannot but regret. parting wish one whom we regard
under the light of en old and well-beloved favourite:
Such is the ehateetfr of the contents of the current
number of Blackwood.

B.b.,IVTLEY.

The opening article of the.,Ataseekany for this month
is entitled " horsce Walpole .and the-Literary World of
the 'Eighteenth Century ; it is illustrated with a por-
riait or Gray the fot-t, engraved by Greatbach,,troin
the original ,by Eckardt, which formed part, el the
Strawb rry-hill collection;
.the pa[er COIIIBII4 at.veral
interesting extracts; from the correspondence of Horace
Walpole with Mason, in the course of which Walpole
enters at length into the hist9ry of his metnor.ble tour
with Gray as his tutor. Ihe Lord of Str,..berry• hill
also gives us some very - characteristic anecdotes of
Gibbon, and most amusingly quizzes the inatte'poinpoSi-
tis of the Deulogorgou, as be, facetiously calls the great
Lexicographer. In " Z-)okgical Notes and Anecdotes"
we have au elaborate and carefully-written history of
habits and haunts of the 'humming-birds, illustrated by
several entertaining anecdotes of the doings of these
stars of the tropics. " The French Translator" we-,
transfer to our columns, and can vouch that 'tSe;
Flenchakan'• translaticli from Shakepere is net one whit
more abiurd ihan (Le translations from the Englifh,
which u:a) be met with every day in the French Let+s-
l.ahara. -

" TOR FRET CO TRANSLATOR.

'6 6 All sciencis a kiioah;'
Thus Johrisou wrote %itla truth and urged with
bate;
And a hard task a Frenchman lately chose,
In his twigue our Shak,pere to iniedatc;
Aud treusing of the line ()Aiello speaks,
6 Sir, ehe can turn and turn, go on and turn,'
(I`,,und in the teen° wire public'y mitt-Peaks
The jeilous rage that in his bout ciid burii),
Saw but one cau..e tor turns so quick and ?trance,
And raider'd it, 'Elle waze tout comma une ange.'"
" Rambles in Stos( x" ate cuotiumd, and .4entley
gives us 66 A Pipe of Tobacco"—a glorious pipe—a hien
we recomtneud to the attest ion ot all stuAters. We
have also a very pleasant notice of the Royal Academy
Exhibition, and a critique on the Devonshire Home
Theatricals, written in a kindly spirit, besides several
reviews of books.

• - S

L=NDON

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, TUESDAY.
• Uor..Mjeity_ind Prince Alt ert and the Court idt the
Castle, ut twenty-five nliow.es, before one o'clock, for
• A m!(,!, Rieee to-day. •
~....141e,..Royzi1 parry left the Castle in the.following

An open barouche and Attu, conveying her Majesty
the Qi.t;cn, Lear Royal flightless tbe.Princess Rola!,
tier hoist HighCoss the Doehiss of like Coburg GOOD,
andlis—R.4sl Highness Prinee" Reury of 1,141-,Nether,-
,
lands. . .

An open landau and four, conveying their Boy.al
Highnesses-the Prince 'Aliiert; the Prince of Wales 'the
Dukeof Cebtvg Gotha, , the Duke of Cambridge
and Duke Ernestiof Wurtemberg. •
iku.open landawand four," conveying the Duchess of
N rfolk. ;he Duchcss of Sutherland, :his -Serene High-
t-issibet Prince of,Leiningen..andthe Duke of Norfolk.
An open landau and four, conveying the Marchioness
of-Westminster. the. Viscoun,..s Jocelyn, the Duke of
• Devotshire' and the Duke of Newiasile. .
, An'open landau and :four, conveying Lady Adeliza
Fitzalan Howard, Lady C,,nstance Leveion Goyier. the
'Countess of Bessbcirough, and the Marquis of Abercorn.
Au'.('pen .lanchu and. four, c,inveying Lady Oct,ivia
Grosvenors , ~Baroness de Warigenhim, Lady Grey, and
'Lord Dafferi,l; •
A 4!onY lanchu and four, conveying the Hon. Matilda
Hon. Mary Seymour, Lord William Paulet,,
.and toe ItigLt Hon. Sir-Get.rge Grey.. ,
•ArOJny landau um! four, conNeying the Chevalier Van
RapPard, the Chevalier„ V-411 Casembroot, Captain May,
lead M. B. de Trcskow.•
A. pony lardrie 'and fcur,
,conveying' Sir Frcderivk
Sts.vin aud•Kr. Bitch.
llkik, s,t Buccleuch rode on horseback in -h the
Royal party, and the Equerries in Waiting on the: Queen
and the'PrirCo.(Ganeral Waniy.as and Coloyel Bouverie)
attended en horseback.
Thelloyal cortiye was preceded by a number of out.;
riders,. in scarlet and gold.
. Ttre Earl, of Besaborough left the Castle on horseback
for, jhe race,courEer shortly before twelve o'clock. The
Lord Steward and the Lord Chareberlain also preceded
her Majesty to the races, .in art open carriage and four.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert and their illustrious
visitors returned to the Castle at •five minutes past five

Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, Princess
Alice, and the younger members of the Royal Family,
tole. their accustomed exercise to-day in. the Home
Park;

The ;Queen. gave a grand banquet in St. George's
'Haiti The Royal- guests and noble visitors included
her.-`Royal Highness the. Duchess of Kent, his Royal
Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands, their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
BAxe Cobourg Gotha, his Royal Highness •the DUke
of Cambridge, his Royal Highness Duke Ernest .of
Wartemborg, his Serene Highness the Prince of
Leinitigt n, the Duchess of Sutheiland and Lady Cos-
stArce L- ve son-Gower, the Puke .aad Duchess of Norfolk
and Lady Aerelizs Fitzalatt Howard, the Duke of Buc-
ch-uch, the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Devonshire,
h. Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Newcastle, Lady
Fmmy Howard, Baroness de Wangenheim, Lady
Caroline Barrington, Baroness de Speth,the Marquis and
Marchioness of Westminster and Lady Octave, Gros-
v, nor, the Marquis of Breadalbene, the Marquis of
A bercorn, the Varchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl and
Countess of Eglinton the •Earl and Countess of Chester-
field, the Esti and Countess of Bosborough, the Earl
and Countess of Wilton, the Earl and Countess of Glen-

gall, Earl Granville, Viscount Canterbury, Viicount
Duvkalin, Viscount , and Viscountess Newport, Lord
Bitinley, the .Right -Hon. Sir George . and Lady Grey,
Lady Isabella Wemyss, Lieut.. Colonel the Hon. C. B.
and .Mrs Phipps, Colonel the Hop. Charles and Mrs
'Grey and Miss Barrington, Colonel and Mrs. Bathurst,
110 u. J. MapdOnald, Colonel •Hon. George and Mrs.-An-
an Mi. C. .Greville, Mr. R. Otivei, Mr. J. Stanley, Mr.
Drs Vmux, Mr._ Payne, Mr. Lawley, Mr. F. Villiers, the
Chevalier; de Casembroot, the. Chevalier Van Rappard,
Cap,ain. 4,114, M. B. do Treskow, Lord William Paulo.,
the Commanding Officer of the Grenadier Guard, (Lieut.-
Colonel •Akteli), and the Commanding Officer of the
Royal Horse Guards. . •

The bindofCl:le R, oyal Horse Guards attended during
:dinner arid played the following pieces:—
Overture, " Egmont"
Sehotton, " Propike"
Waltz, " Faust Diaboliqae" -
Aria. " Robert Devereux" • • Donizetti..
March," Stamboul"

Her Majesty had afterwards an evening patty. The
following had the honour of receiving invitations
Earl and Countess of'S!rathmore, and Miss Barrington,
the girl of Uxbridge, Vise •unt Maidstone,. Viscount and
Lady :Elizabeth Last:o,llc,, Lord and - Lady Briclport,
LAY and the two Misses Bateman, Lord and Lady F.
Gordan, Lord Paget, Captain Blithe and the Viscountess
Glentwoith, Count ~Harrach and Count Harrach, jun.,
Hen.- Mrs: Villiers, Colonel and Mrs. Challoner, Lieu-
4n:int-Colonel and Lady. Mary Hood, Lieutenant-
Ci.l reel avd Lady Emily Seymour, Mr. and Lady:Emily
Cavt-noicu,. '.,rs, Bouverie, Captain and Mrs. So)mour.
ant Miss Seymour, Mr.-and Mrs. Adair,- Mr. and Mies.
Ricardo. Mr. F. Standish, Mr. G. Sturt, Mr. Birch, Mr.
.Wells, Miss Lethbridge, ' two Misses - Goddard, Miss
.Batbritelcand-Miss-Sykes. •
H•a.-Iddjosty's private bind attended in the Castle
srer dinner yesterday (Monday) evening, and performed
the following sekca•sn
Overture " Lestccq"

A übe r.

March and Selection " Z Lliyre" ' It. 11. the Duke of
Saxe Coburg.
Adagio and Polonaise" Grins an
Wittermann.
das Vaterland"

Sir George and Lady Grey left town on Monday af-
ternoon on L. visit tot er Mejesty at Windsor Casil,.
The C ,uticil or Chairmen of J uries of the Royal Com-
f..r the promotion of the Exhibition or the
Works of Industry of all Nations had a meeting at the
Exhibil ion building on Monday. Present:—
Class 3. Mr. Edwarrl Lode.
Class 5. (A). Earl Jersey.
Class 6. thnoral Porn4er.
Class .7. Mr. I. K. Brunel.
Class 8. Baron Dupin.
Class 10. Sir David Brewster.
Class 10. (A), Sir H. R. Bishop.
Class 11. Mr. Phillip Ellison fir Sir Jas. Anderson.
Class 12. Hprr von Hermann.
Class 13. Mr. a T. Kemp.
Class 14. Cunt Von Harrach.
Class 15. Mr. J. R. Levauchy for Herr von Hoe-
garden.
Class 16. Hon. Col. Anson.
Class 18. Mr. Henry Tucker.
Class 19. Professor Bolley.
Class 22. Hon. Horace Greely.
Class 25: Due de Luynes.
Class 23. Duke of Argyll.
Class 26. Professor Reesner.
Class 27. Signor B. Pistrucci.
Class 29. Viscount Canning.
Class 30. Herr Von Viebahn.
Viscount Canning occupied the chair.
Dr. Lyon Playfair and Lieutenant Ward were in at•
teedance.

A deputation of the Directors of the Great Peat-
woiking Company of Ireland had an interview with the
Right Ilon. Henry Labouchere yesterday, at the Board
Tistie," on the subject of the charter of the company.
The deputation cousisted of Professor Anstead, Mr.
Nathaniel Bland, Mr. Thomas Burnell, Mr. John
Gwynne, Mr. Richard Henry Holland, and Messrs. Pri-
chard and Collette.

Lord and Lady John Rafael!, accompanied by Mr.
Chadwick, inspected Prinee Albert's Model Dwellings
yesterday.
The Oxford University Commission met yesterday at
cfficiat residence of the First Lord of the Treasury,
Downing-street. Present—the Bishop of Norwich, the
Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, J. L. Dam-
pier, the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S.
Johnson, arid the Rev. A. P. Stanley (Secretary).
Lord Montfagle .had an audience yesterday with Lord
John 'tossed, at ids offizial residence, Downing,street.
Thu' ISofteittsr-General had also an interview with his
Lord-hip. •
The Attorney-General for Ireland, Sir M. Barring-
ton, Sir R. Ft-rguson, and Mr. Fosttr, M.P., transacted
bthiness yesterday at the Office of the Commissionsra of

TO THE SECRE TAR Y OF THE BRADFORD
REFuRM ASSOCIATION.
(EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.)
Sir,— On Monday the 2 od. signific:snt tokens appeared
.f a desire to escape from the promised Select Commit-
tee on the Income Tax; the whole pointing at the
probability there always is, that an attempt on the part
of a few individn,:ls to have things all their own way,
will" clid in their htaing something very dtfferent from
what they intended.

An opposition was raised to the Minister's three
years'income Tax, on the ground that it should only be
gr,(nted for one year and the interval should be ex-
pended in inquiring- what could be done to make the
tax what the actors denominated " fair." It was
doubti'ul whether they knew what they meant
by the term ; or at all events whether they could
explain the causes or, grounds on which the justiee of the
denomination was tlependent. But they were lull of the
prrsuasion they could du something ; and so they threw
over the Minister's three years' Income Tax, by a ma-
jority of fourtt en. And now there is considerable ap-
pearance that their turn is come to be thrown over
tacm,elvets. The Government does not vote against the
appointment of the Committee, but it is plain that no•
body is xealcus for it but the mover. A month has teen
quimly, 1°64 the Committee was first talked of
~.nd the chance is conto quently small, that much will
be done before the time comes round for debating the
subjeut in the House. The fact is, the Gowniment had
rather sue it debated there, than in a Committee. Their
reason prcbabiy being, that they know that in a Com-
mittee they cannot prevent the insertion of an active
majority of their enemies, whereas in the House they
will take their chance.

On the game evening the second clause of the Eccle-
siastical Titles Bill mane such advance as consisted in ne-
gativing a couple of amendments by majorities of six or
seven to one; which is called reporting progress, and the
Committee sits again on Friday. The proposals for in-
sertions going beyond the measure of the Government,
were , withdraw n.
On Tuesday there was no House. The zeal for volun-
teer revisions of the Constitution, is considerably damped
by the promise of the Government.
I am, Sir, yours very sincerely,
AN OLD REFORMER.

Lona( n, June 4, 1851.

"We regret to announce that a failure occurred on
the:Liverpsiol Stock Exchange on Saturday,, the liabilitiea of
which are reported to be 18;(1001.6;ticeiPool Olga.