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Laboratory, Woolwich, on the 10th of May last,
for the energy and zeal displayed by them. Lieut.-
Gen. Peel requests that the Secretary of the Ad-
miralty, to whom the letter is addressed, will move
the Lords Commissioners to cause the expression of
his thanks to be conveyed to Lieuts. Le Breton
and Emra and the men under their command for
the valuable services which they rendered on the
occasion referred to.

ller Majesty's surveying ship Nassau, commis-
sioned at Woolwich by Capt. Richard C. Mayne,
yesterday received over her crew, and a detachment
consisting of one corporal and seven privates Royal
Marine Light Infantry, in readiness for sea.
A letter received yesterday at Woolwich by Col.
Maxwell, commanding the Royal Marines, acquaints
the division that the director of education for the
Admiralty has recommended that the attendance of
non-commissioned officers at school after they have
obtained a second-class certificate, should not be
made compulsory, and that privates obtaining a
second-class certificate should be excused from school
in case of promotion, unless they may volunteer to
attend. To carry out this proposal quarterly exa-
minations for certificates will in future be held, at
which men, whether they have attended school or not,
are to be encouraged to attend, a report being made
to the director of education of the numbers of non-
commissioned officers and privates who will present
themselves for examination in order that the questions
in arithmetic and the papers for dictation may be
sent down by Dr. Woolley, to whom the presenta-
tion books are to be sent for examination, the read-
ing being estimated by the chaplain or other officer
selected by the candidate.

TS PA PE R

adoption of the following resolutioi, sAL 7;,"
court, in accepting the resignation of Mnbil der.itan
Mechi, desires to record on their proceedings their
regret at the causes which have induced him to adopt
the course he has taken, and at the same time to
express their acknowledgments of the invariable at-
tention he has devoted to the duties of his position
as a magistrate and as a sheriff of the City and of
the county of Middlesex, and also for the courtesy
and kindness he has at all times manifested to his
brethren." (Loud applause.)
Mr. Alderman SALMONS, M.P., claimed, as the
next senior alderman in attendance, to second the
resolution just moved by Sir J. Musgrove, with
whose sentiments on this occasion he entirely con-
curred. The services of Mr. Alderman Medd
in the cause of agricultural improvements had been
universally acknowledged ; and he (Alderman Salo-
mons) only regretted he had not remained amongst
them in order that, on attaining the chief magistracy,
he might, as Lord Mayor, have received the agricul-
tural body as guests at the Mansion House. There
could be no doubt that Mr. Mechi had been a most
useful man, not only in the county in which he re-
sided, but also in the metropolis, where he had hon-
ourably discharged many important public duties,
and therefore he deserved well of this court, of
which he had been so long a member. But Mr.
Mechi had a further claim upon their recognition of
him. He had been seen by them under most trying
circumstances, but even then no individual had at-
tempted to raise the finger against him as having
done anything unworthy of his character as a man
of honour. (Hear, hear.) He only retired from a
feeling of true delicacy, that should he retain his
gown and succeed to the office of Lord Mayor, he
could not maintain that office with that degree of
dignity and extent of hospitality which had charac-
terised some of his predecessors in that high posi-
tion. He was a worthy example as an honourable
man, and it was with the greatest pleasure and
satisfaction that he (Mr. Alderman Salomons)
seconded the resolution. (Applause.)
The resolution, briefly supported by Mr. Alder-
man Rose and Mr. Alderman. Finnis, was carried
unanimously, and ordered to be drawn up, signed
by the 'town clerk, and forwarded to Mr. Mechi.

The formal record of the acceptance of the resig-
nation was then directed, and the Lord Mayor was
requested to issue his precept for the election of an
alderman for the ward of Lime-street, in the place
and stead of Mr. John Joseph Mechi,.resigned.
This terminated the proceedings, and the court
adjourned.