REFORM IN PARLIAMENT.-The...
The Times, 1824-05-10T00:00:00

REFORMI 1.; PARLIAMENT.-The Right Hon. the Lord Ala! or. in consequence of a requisition for that purpose, has ap- joii;ted a Special Court of Common Council to be held at the Guild- haU on Fnday next, to take into consideration " the proprietv oi petitioning Parliament forthwith to instituteaninqairy into the state of the representation of the peopic in the Ilouse of Commons, and ot representing more especiallv tile glaring inequality that now cx- ists in the representation of thc *listrict comprising the city of Lon- don, tlic coontyof :Middlesex, the city of WVestminster, and the borough of Sou:hwark. comnparedl with that of the restof the King- dfom, as it regards population. propertv, ortaxation,-that district re- turning only 10 members to Parliament, wvhile the restof the king. doma reurns "f48; <and to obtain such reform as may be founded upon the true principles ofthe British constitution." RO-,AL WVESTMINSTERt INFIRtMARy FOR DiSeASES OF TIIE EYE.-This charity celebrated its anniversary festival on Sa- turday last, at the Thatched-house Tavcrn,George Bvng,Esq., .M .P., in the chair. supported hy the Hon. E. Petre on his rihCt, and on hig left by Sir John Swinburne, Bart. A number of other respect- able gentlemnen wvere also present. After the usual introductory toasts were drank, that of Prosperity to the Charity was proposed upon which the Surgeon of the institution rose, and in an excellent speech detailed the various advantages which resulted from it, Since the year 1817, no less than fom 8.000 to 9,000 personas had been cured or diseases of the eye. of whlom between 200 and 300 wvere Tesmtred to sight who had been totally blind. And since thie esta- blishmelit of the institution upwards of C00 students had been edu- catcd there, who afterwards dispensed its blessings in aU parts of the world. .Ve regret to learn, that some commercial failures took place last week, at Burnley, in Liancashire, and, we fear, of serious impor'ancc to that district.-Leeds Mlfercury. A \Jechanical Institute has lately been formed at Nlew- .astie.upon-Tyne; and last veek a large room. formnerlv used as an auction-hall in that town, wasfittedup asa library for the'subscribers, between two *nd three hundred in number. A great many valuable books have been gratuitofu8ly presented to the Institution. On Satur(lay considerable curiosity wvas excited in Black- friars-road, by two men, one very stout, and the other an extraordi- nary thin Personage, whlo wageredl to run against each other from the (Obelk, rnear the Surrey Theatre, to the Obelisk in Bridge. street, Opposite Fleet-mnarket; buit that the lank racer might be equal to nis fleshy competitor, it was determ;ned that he should car- ry a brewvers ma3sh-tub on his head; and at the proposed time the parties started. At first the tat O)e kept equal pace with his oppo- nent 4but he had not run falr when the man with the tub zot a-head o)f himn, andl continued so until le arrived at the place of destina- t on,gXheO he received the wager. WGED 0R XOT HIANGED.-The following letter has been airessed to thie editor of the Iri./h Observer " Sip- tpaper called the Limerick Chronicle, which was re- c ived in the county of Cork on the 10th of April, stating that I was hangeti on that day, which was the cause i f great grief and other in- convenience to my rclations, the O'Sullivans, in that county. Now ,this is to request that your Worship would be so good as to allow me to say, contrary to any thing that the Limerick- Chronicle may allege to that , ffect, tnat I atn not hanged, nor was not hanged upon that day ; lor 1 am stll alive and well, thank God, though the Chro- aice was so good as to give tiy dying declaration. Now, Sir, fur- ther to prove that I am alive, Ibeg your pardon to state that the paper, as I am told, which gave an account of tnv execution at two o'telcJk vwas printed a: ekveie the samne day; and tfiis. I think, is full confirmnation of the factof mr bteing alive, seeing that the gentlemen o f rhc ctronlel newspaper could not k-now at eleven what took place at two. So, Sir, yoer humble servant to command, 'THFO AS O'SULLIVAN. " County Gaol, Limerick, April 30, 1824. Noutabene_1My first cousin, iorty 0-, went into mourn. antd Judy, mly aunt's sister, vwas murdered with the grief. See w.at come of fhdse news, Sir." On Saturday night an inquest was held before Thomas Shelton, lBsq., coroner, at the Feathers public-house, near the4se rate of ite Teniple, on the body of a female unknown, wlih/war tken out of the water of the river Thames, at the bottom of the np1e-gardens, on Friday nightlast, by a waterman named Whirt titk. The deceased had no botnet on, and it was remarkable that be had only one boot on, and that was laced; a slight mark of vio- esrce was observable over her left eye, but not ef a nature to occa- ,d1n death. Her gown was Norwich crape. It was stated by a per- no present tbat she was supposed to be a female who leaped off Wa- inIao-bridge about three weeks ago. No evidence being brought srwax&W .dentify.the body, or to prove by what means it came DSOthe water, the jury rehitrned a verdict of " Found drowncd."' ~Advertisement. 2-r.LawreRcePeel,of St. John's Col- e, Carnbridgc, M. A- was on Friday last caled to the bar by the g. Society of tbe AlideIle Temple.