Star. — London, England, 1826-07-08 00:00:00

COTIONEn'S INQUESTS. - - ttRIZADPIII. MISTAKE. Thursday, an inquest wss held at the Coadh and Horses, in 13ruton street, Grosvenor square, nn the body of Mrs. Sarah Coates, the wife of Mr. Gorge Coates,livery stable keeper, Barlow Mews, Bruton-street. Mr. Gelrge Fenwick examined—l am a veterinary surgeon.. This morning I was in my counting house, when Mr. Coates came to me, with a phial in his hand, and asked me rb let him have some mixture to take a splint out of one of his horse's legs. I said that I had none by me at the time; that my friend Ssepherd was making up some, and as soon as it was ready I would send some in the phial which he had left. Soon after I filled the phial and sent it by my son to Mr. Coates's house. My son returned, saying be had left it with the man in the stable, desiring him to say it came from Mr. Fenwick, for Mr. Coates. Soon after Mr. Coates came to my house, in a great fright, and said that the preparation I had sent had been given to his wife by mistake. 1 said, " Good Gon! have you administered the white of an erg ? it is an antidote against it." Mr. Coates mule no answer, and I hurried off with him to his house; but on our arrival the deceased Lady had cea•ed to exist. Master George Fenwick examined—l am son to the last witness. This morning I went into my father's drug room. My father was there; he said " this bottle is to he taken to Mr. Coates." I took it accordingly, and ihr first person I saw was a little gitl on the stairs. the daughter of the deceased. I asked her if her father was at home. She said she thouq4 he was in the Mews. I sent into the stable, and the little girl foUovied me and asked one of the men if her fa:her was about the premises. He said " No," and asked what I wanted Leith him. I said I had brought this phial for him. The man said " I will take it, and give to.him." I gave it to him, and desired him to give it to Mr. Coates. In going down the yard I read the label on the phial— it said " This draught to be taken directly." My father did not tell me what the phial contained, nor did I know. Tie phial had been used, I believe, for human medicines before, and had been supplied by Mrs. Coates' medical attendant, and the label had not been torn off sir obliterated. Henry Huff examined—l work for Mr. Coates. as hostler. 1 was aware that Mrs. Coates was indisposed. This mornimg the last witness came to the stable door and inquired for Mr. Coates. I said he was not at home; but I would go and find him. I accordingly sought him, but he was not about the premises. I then asked the lad what he had got for my master; he 'hewed me a phial. I read the label; and said; " Oh, this is a draught for Mibtress."—l gave the phial, on reading the label, to my master's daughter, a little girl abo it fouiteen, saying it was medicine for my mistress, and the little girl tt , ok it up stairs directly. Mr. Fenwick said that it was not usual, in his pro fession, to adopt that precaution of labelling their medi cines. No Gentleman, if he knew it, would allow poison to be applied in ally way to his horses; anitin that case phials were so labelled, they would be in pinsession of the fact, and it would be ruination to the profession. He ceit iinly took blame to himself. inasmuch as that he had not erased the label, but he declared to GOD that he rever read it. Mr. John Barrow examined—Toe deceased was my patient, and had been unwell twodays. The phial was sent from my shop a day or two ago, and contained a draught for the deceased. On the phial was written " The draught to be taken directly." Yesterday she vas cnnsiderably better, and did not require my ats, tendency; . but this niorniqg I was seat for in a very great htirry to attend upon her, and before I could get ready to goo second messenger came. lo st po. time in - gbing - ; ii on iiaching the house I beheld one of the most . appalling spectacles the human mind can imagine. The unfortunate Mrs. , Coates was Ijing stretched'on the bed a corpse, and her husband, seven children, and several other members of the family, sur rounding and clinging to her in the agonies of despair: the husband was like a madman, and cried repeatedly, 44 o ' l, my dear, dear, Sarah I" and the children were weeping over their ill-fated parent. Slch a scene he never before witnessed. The . baneful decoction was handed to hint by the husband, and there could be no doubt. but that had caused her dissolution. Miss E. Coates, a little girl about 13 years of age, was next exAmined. On being led into the room, sue burst into a flood of tears, and sobbed aloud. She stated that she was the daughter of the deceased, and was the eiJett but one of seven children. She said that on re. ceiving the phial from the hostler, she took it up stairs, and gave it to her eldest sister, who is about 12 months older than herself. Her sister chewed it to her mother, and reading the label, she said, al mother, here's som:thing to do you good—you must take it imme diately." Her mother, on seeing the bottle, said, "Oh dear, why will the D tentr keep sending so much stuff. when 1 am getting well?" Her sister urged her to take it, saying, "I am sure, mother, it will do you rod — now do take it ;" and, so saying, she poured out two sp.).sluls of the draught, and putting it into a wine gl.t,s, handed it to her mother, who swallowed it, and tl.e next moment she exclaimed, "Oh! my dear girl, 1 an, pois ,, ned, I am poisoned." The Jury returned a verdict—That the deceased Mrs. Sarah Coates came by her death by being accidentally poisoned, Yesterday evening J. W. Uswri, F.sq. and a most respectable Jury, assembled at the Crown and Anchor, Cireshire-street, Bethnal it ern, to inquire into the clicumstances attendant on the death of Ars. Faubridge, the Lady of Mr. Fatibridge,s Gentleman residing in that neighbourhood. It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses, that as the husband of the deceased' wis driving a- pony. ch.ake, containing himself, the deceased, his mother, and a child, :bout nine o'clock iu the evening of Tuesday three weeks, front I laJley to Barnet. the Liverpool mail-coach drove violently against toe chaise and overturned tit. The Lind wheel of the coach came against the head of the deceased and kiiled•hrr. 'llse pony-chaise was all the proper side set lily road, and there was plenty of room for the coach to have .passed without coming in contact with it...— A verdict of Matuteogaiet was returned against Richard Wells, GI It/Cr of the Liverpool mail, and a warrant was immediately issued tor•his appr.hension. The Diik- de MoNrtiaztmo, son of the celebrated Marshal LANNLS. Comic de MONTALIVIIiTi a Peer of F . anC.', Colotiel MARLOIOW 4 Aid•de-camp 40 General J‘itytioaN, and several other distinguished Carrigan's, .•a:rved in Cimbridge University during the Flesent ureic, and expressed the bighesi gratification at their visit to this repo • ned :ea , of learning. FA timer 'FAlL—Yesterday, according to annual custom, it bsing the hr t Friday in July, the festivities of Faiths!, cosainenced at an early hour, and continued t'.taughqut the day with great spit it. The •ery layout- , ab e state rrt the. weather (the heat not being so op pressive as in the earlier days of tie week) occasioned inametnis citizens and their wives to congregate around the celebrated oak, wLich is novr " fast mouldering to ovcay"—scarcely a vestige or relic of this once famous cal remaining, to tell of its forme! greatness. ST. OLAVES, ITART-STREE-T. Thursday. a Generai Meettng . of the Inhabitants the Parish of St. Olives, Harte•street, was held in t Vestry, pntsnant to ‘e nequisiffiih.7 fur dte plopose of receiving the Report of the Committee in relatio9. Tithes, nnd the Advowsons of the Parish. A little before the tune of meeting, IN. Owen at. tended, and to k possession of the Chair, by vistse of his right, as Rector. The Report was read by the Ch4rman. It detailed the prlceedings which bad taken place on the subject since the former Report, and represented that she enor mous grievance under which this and other pari,hes suffered, in respect of Tithes, was now beginning to be appreciated by all classes.—Upon the presentment of the Petitions of the parishioners to both Houses of Parliament, those •ehement supporters of what were called the tights of the Church discontinued the lan gna3e with which the complaints of the inhabitants we,e first met, and they were now no long-r called spoliators. The Report recommended that the sufferers under tithe exactions should carry their complaints, from time to time, to Parliament, and make known some of the con stant cases of extreme oppression. The Report com plained that the inhabitants had suffered greatly !roil the misrepresentations made by the Bishop pf through, undouhteally, communications from the Rec tor. His Lordship had stated that he was ignorant of any bargain, or proposed bargain, between D►. Owen and the parish ; but the Committee were enabled ti state that they had the proposal from the Doctor him.elf. Dr. ()wen —Where is it? I shoul4l like to see it. Mr. Jones (the late Churchwarden)—There it is, signed, Doctor, by yourself. It is as follows: " Dr. Owen to receive for his life 1,0001. per annum. For Al tithes above that sum br. Owen is willing to ac cept the sum of $,OOOl. The public bodies then to be on a footing with all the rest of the parish. This plan h understood to depend upon the concurrence of the Bishop of Louden, but Dr. Owen is willing to use his influence with his Lordship, to obtain his consent. (Signed) " H. B. OM EN. " E. H. JONES." The CHAIRMAN stated, that they had proposed to give the Doctor 6,0001. instead of 8,0001. provided that the Bishop of London would consent that the stipend of the future incumbents should not exceed 8001. instead of the exorbitant sum of 1,8001. per annum, and pro. vided that a Bill was carried through Parliament to this effect. They wrote to the Bishop, and expte•sed their hopes that he would consider the proposed stipend for the present and future incumbents liberal, when he recollected that the living was vested in the Elders of the parish for the inhabitants. His Lordship acknow ledged the receipt of their letter, but seemed to think that their proposal could not be entertained. What was their astonishment on hearing him express his surprise in the House of Lords that it had gone to the extent mentioned, and declare that tbere was but one course left for him to pursue with respect to it—namely, " to stigmatize it with his • most decided reprobation."— The public were led by these observations to suppose tit►t they had entered into some surreptitious or im proper bargain with the Doctor. As the proposal ori ginated with the Doctor, they had sent a respectful letter to his Lordship, reminding him of his knowledge of the transaction; that he had not previously thought it one deserving of reproba ion : and expressing a hope that he weuld do them the justice of vindicating them from the aspersions to which they were subject in con sequence of his erroneous statement. To this letter they received no answer.—(Hear, hear). It was moved that the Report should be received and adopted. A long discussion ensued, in the course of which Mr. Saunders addressed the meeting on some legal proceedings, against the intro duction of which Dr. Owen gave in a written 'protest. It was moved then by Mr. Younger ? seconded by Mr. Clife. That the Report of the Commiuee, together with the correspobd enee to which it teferred, should be received, adopted, printed, and dreulated. This motion was carried unanimously. On the motion of Mr. Bukbunb, seconded by Mr. Southey, it woe resolved, That an early Vestry should be conveuekto consider what further measures should be adopted. BAMBOOZLING A BOOTMAKER. • A shoemaker, who does not live a hundred miles from St. Martin's Lane, being of a convivial turn-, frequented a house in the neighbourhood, where he met with some kindred spirits. Theman of leather paid for his admi• ration of the wit and humour there displayed, not only in the direct way of discharging all tavern bills, but in suffering other bills, hopeless of payment, to be run up at his shop. Among others, a Gentleman, whom we shall call John-a-Nukes, did the bootmaker this favour. Time, however, altered his mind, and he ceased visiting the accustomed haunt. A couple of years thus pasted without their having met; but one day the bootmaker, being at Guildhall, saw a Gentleman whose features he thought were not unknown to him—in fact, it was his old customer and boon companion, Mr. Nokes. At the end of the important deliberations whech usually take place there, the bootmaker joined his quondam friend, just as he was vanishing into the street. " Sir," said the bootrnaker, " is not your name Woke'?" " Yes," said the Gentlem an, who did notimmediately recollect his man. 0 And your Christian name Is, I believe, John, commonly called Jack r - --- Our friend's reeollection bad by this time revived a little, and be answered, " No, Sir ; my name is Peter." " I think," said the boot•maker," a cuuple of years ago you fre quented tbk (mentioning the mane of the house.) " Ob r said Mr. -Notes, " I now know, Sir, about whom you ask—be was a cousin of mine." " I never saw such a resemblance." " Yes," said blokes, "there is a great family likeness among us all. He was a drunken dog, that fellow of whom youspeak." " Why, rashers.," said the bosmnsaker. . - el Soo4witat blacipardisk bible mousers r " Yes, somewhat. AIN poor fellow, he was a sad enemy to liiittelf, and a curse tp his family. " " Why, Sir (said Nolte.) be ran fool a rig here, that we were glad to get hint out to Trbtidad as a dave.driver ; for which be was very ht. being just the eat of it. and be died live months ago of the yellow fever. 1 cannot say that any of us were sorry for him." " I am sorry for him (said the disappointed boutmalter), for he owed me 141. as. id. Have I any chance of Wog paid r u Ott, theta be owed you money, too! Well there never will be an end of that fellow's debts. I assure you, Sir, I paid away an immensity of them, and yet every day I ass called upon still. But in fact I cannot afford it any longer ; and though it is with re luctance, Sir, that I see any Gentleman defrauded by any member of my family, yet it is impossible for me to to on paying for ever. I really, Sir, must wish you a good morning." " Well, said the boot-maker, that is the greatest likeness I ever saw. Dead theseive months! driving the blackamoors in Trinidad ! Well, I'm sorry for him any how, for, if be was a bit Oa black guard. he was a pleasant fellow over a supper table for ail that." Within the last few days a great quantity of silk ma chinery has bees purchased at Alaccksheld far some Sestets basses. Wednesday moniing, about half-p.st slit o'clock, part of the extensive coach-manufactory of Mr. Tudor, Wol verhampton, fell in with a vemendous crash. The ac- cident is opposed to have occurred from the premises' being overloaded, the out's. walls having given way.-- One man is very 4autgerausly hurt, but three others have providentially escaped! ttiNINIER ASSIZE* N 0 RT RAM PTO Any 6. The Loao Curet Bartow, eV entering the Court _morning, ordered Qalitehdl, alias Captain tilasll, ' placed at the bar,Land pronounced upon him the sentence of the law, withoth, however, naming on which it was.to take place. His Lordship t the prisoner to make the Most of his time in this world, in Order to prepare himself to meet his Ceravon. The arimeof the prisoner was marked with such atrocity, th it all hopes of mercy in this world mint be denied him, lend he therefore earnestly exhorted him to prepare fur , the world to come. , The unhappy man seemed to hear his sentence with somtthing worse than indifference; and it was not a little curious is hear by standers offer wagers that the Captain, notwithstanding all his ex giloits. would not die " game." sHERARD V. WOOD AND JANI22. This was an action to recover compensition in darn triages for a libel, priblished by the defendant% in a newspaper called the Huntingdon, Northampton, Bed ford, and Cambridge Weekly Journal. The plaintiff is an attorney of c snsiderahle practice in this county, and is also clerk to certain Justices of the Peace. The libel imputed vlri•lus malpractices to Mr. Sherard, and particularly stated that he ap; ro priated certain penalties to his own use and profit which should have gone to the po r of the pa , ish. The defendants pleaded a justification, but called no witnesses to support their plea. Mr. Heaven, for the defendants, admitted that no ground ex isted for the imputation cast upon the plaintiff.; and Mr. Cf..% RIM for the plaintiff, said he was satisfied to take a nominal verdict, accompanied with the apology of his Learned Friend. • • . Verdict for the plaintiff—Danmges Is.; costs 40s. OXFORD, ;rice 7. James Arnett was indicted for wilfully and maliciously murdering Thomas Maley, by firing at and against him a Certain gun loaded with gunpowder and leaden shot, at Ensham, in this county, on the 17th of April last. Mr. CURWOOD said it was his melancholy task to de-. tail to the Jury the circumstances of the case, in which the prisoner was charged with an offence, not only by the law of England, but by the law of all other nations, and by the law of GOD, pronounced in thunder from Mount Sinai, ranked as the deepest and the blackest in the catalogue of human offences. The Learned Counsel then went on with a statement of the facts, with a remark that in his judgment the present was but a case of manslaughter. Charlotte Smith was then called, and stated th it she lived at Ensham, in this county. She remembered the 17th of April last, and on the evening of that day, at a little after eight o'clock, she was opposite the pri sorter's house, who was a respectable farmer at Ensham. There were a great many persons near the house at the time, and among them the deceased. She heard ia Murder" cried in the hon,e. Mrs. Arnett, the pri soner's wife, presented herself at the down-stairs room window, and cried out, "Do pray come in, or I shall be murdered to-night." She requested tie deceased. Thomas Maley, particularly to go in. The deceased Maley then got over the pales, and took the key of the little gates from Mrs. Arnett. He came back, and un locked the gates, and others Went in also. The deceased entered at a window, which Mrs. Arnett pushed up, while she had a candle in her hand. Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Pease—lt was dark at this time, and there were a good many people in the street; but I did not heat any of them use any galling or jeering expressions to the deceased. He is at times-irritable, but at others a very kind and good-natured man. Mary Ana Smith, the sister al the last witness, corroborated her evidence. • Several other witnesses were called, who proved that the prisoner fired' through the kitchen door after the deceased had uttered, and shot him dead. At the time the prisoner 6 - red, a woman was pulling him .back by the collar, and the prisoner's face was not towards the dole through which he fired. The Aram then summed up the evidence, after which the Jury retired from the body of the Court about ten minutes, and returned a verdict—Net Guilty ?Murder—Guilty e Mandasigker. The pri soner thanked the Jury.—To be imprisoned 12 calendar months. WINCHESTER, JOLT 6. Thos. Derby, an ironmonger at Gosport, was charged with having in his possession a number of copper bolts and bars, marked with the King's broad arrow; hut it appearing that the articles had been brought to Derby's premises in his absence only half an hoar before they were seized, the Jury acquitted the prisoner. Aaron Roam was charged with having in his pos session a quantity of cordage and a deal plank, con taining the King's mar The prisoner, with another person, was seen in a small skiff, hovering about Portsmouth harbour, before day. break, on the morning of the 15th May. This circum stance excit. d the suspicion of the Preventive water. guard, stationed at Stoney Steps ; they ,kept the skiff in view until the prisoner and his companion landed, when the officers entered, and discovered that about forty fathoms of rope, bearing the Government mark, and a piece of deck plank, marked 'with the broad arrow. Neither the cordage nor the plank appeared to have been used. • Mr. Minnie, for the prisoner, shortly addressed the Jury, urging the insufficiency of the evidence. . The prisoner was found Guilty.—Sentence not passed. HERTFORD, Juur 7. John Parsons was tried yesterday on a charts of, h"rse stealing. He is about the age of 20, and will be entitled, on coming of age, to a freeh3ld property of abs value of 2,0001. His education appears to have bees wholly neglected, and his appearance indicates no very striking symptoms of care having been bestowed on his early years. Although the heir to such a property as this, end though receiving a portion of no inconsiderable amount at this moment, yet he has but recently filled the office of coachman to Mr. Preston, a gentleman of fortune in liertfordthire; and at the period of his ap prehension followed the occupation of a horse breaker. In the calendar he was deacribed as a hone dealer. The present predicament in which he appeared was the result of his too strong sporting pro f ensities. Ou the 3lst of May last lie was strolling about Mr. Batty's yard (the Blatt Lion, at Hoddesdon) when he saw quite a beauty of a horse coming into the yard: The horse belonged to Mr. Simon Allen, of Doctors' Commons, and had keen driven up from Brighton to London the day before, and from thence, on the above day, to Hoddesdon.— The prisoner took an opportunity of quietly taking the horse out of the stable, and seeing that he wanted a pair of hind shoes, he conducted the animal peaceably to a neighbouring forge, and there held him while the shoes were making and fixing on. He then took a bridle out of his coat pocket, and arranging it on the horse's head, he mounted and rode off, bate backed. According to his own account he rode a circuitous route of siren) miles, in ,order to get &obis own place at Sawbridg, worth. Here, about half-past eleven o'clock, the growl: and a constable arrteed. They knocked up the prisoner who quietly gave up the horse. They made attempt The prisoner received an excelknt thatacter froth several wit. maws, and the Jury acquitted him. Wald Holliagnuorth, Richard Challis. and Joseph Clapper, were in.ticted for a' urgtary.in the dwelling house of Phcebe Driver, at Stocking Pelham, in the night time of the Bth May last, and stealing therein a silver watch, four hams, and two pigs' faces, tier In rt. perty ; a purse, containing five sovereigns, the proi.etty of Sarah Salmon, and a fowling piece, the property of Charles Salmon. The case for the prosecution rested mainly on the testimony of an approver, Samuel Ricketts, a youth of 17. It appeared that the prosecuttirt is a respectable -Iderly wom in, occupying a lone house, in the parish of Stockton Pelham, hec family consisting of a grand son and grand-daughter, and servants. About one in the morning of the Bth May, the house was beset by four men, who effected an entry by means of breaking op n the brewhouse window. Alter making a light, they proceeded to the bedchamber of the family, and demandei their money, using *abusive language, but offering no violence. They obtained from the pio. secutor's grand-daughter A purse, containing tour so vete gas, and alter rifling the hour!. of the other pro perty mentioned in the indictment, they decamped. The booty was afterwards divided among them. Nst day 'the prisoner Hollingsworth was apprehended, and the others in a few days. afterwards, when Ricketts made a voluntaiy confession, implicating the prisoners. None of the stolen property was found upon• any of the prisoners. According to theevidence of the acomplice, the prisoner Hollingsworth had planned tWe 'robbery ; at his house the others met on the night of the robbery, and had some beer. In the details of the circumftances of the robbery there was some yr istion between tr e account given of it by the accomplice and that by the other witnesses. He stated that the purse containing The sovereigns was delivered to his companions by Sarah Salmon, whereas the witness, Charles Salmon, stated that he had given it, having received it from his sister. He was, however, confirmed in other particulars of his evidence. Mr. Justice Hocaorci summed up the ease minutely. The Jury deliberated about half an hour, and found all the pri soners Guilty.—Sentence of death was recorded. DREADFUL FIRE AT LIVERPOOL. FROM GORR'S LIVICRPOOL ADITtEt.TISCR. Thursday morning, soon after 12 o'clock, the neigh. bourhood of the Salthouse-dock experienced great ..larm bi the appearance of fire in the extensive warehouse of Mr. John Aspinall, Orford street. The fire commenced in a cotton-room on the second floor, and in-a few mo ments threatened destruction to the neighbourhood, which consisted chicfly of warehouses. The alarm-bells were rung, and in a short time all the. eigines in town hastened to the scene of conflagration, by which time the fire had extended to other premises. Mr. Aspinall's warehouse is situated at the corner of Orford -street; and Under the warehouse were several offices, into which it was found impossible to enter, with a view of saving the.books, &c. among them, we understand, were Mi. Cyrus Mortal's office, and also ,thst of. Mr. John (ahe.. The fire, notwithstanding the exertions of the firemen and others, reachel several other warehouses, amoigst which were. those of Mr. Joseph Leigh, Mr. Ri'ey, sail maker, Messrs. Rankin and Co. Mr. C. Fletcher, and others whose names it was impossible, from the confu sion which existed, for us to collect; suffice it to say, • that at one period were presented to the gas, of the thousands collected to the • spot, Mr. Aspinall's ware. house. at one corner of Orford-street, the warehouse of Mr. Gibbons, at the opposite coiner, the other ware houses for forty yards in • Orford -street, and a ware house, the back of which was in Fixtun-lane. The ap pearance of the fire for several hours was awfully grand. The engines of the different fire-offices did all in their power to prevent its further progress, but it was impos sible to stop the rage of the fire, situated as those build ings were, and the general fear seemed to be for the lately of the private dwellings of the neighbourhood. The police dficers were quickly on the spot, and ren dered the most effectual services ky their well.tinned_ arrangements. The Mayor in a short time arrived at the scene of desti uction, and by his decisive measures a great deal of the property in the adjacent warehouses was conveyed beyond the reach of the file. Soon after his worship arrived on the spot, a great part of the crew, and all the marines of the Bittern sloop of war, landed, and owing% to the efficient arrangements of Captain Price (the acting nivel officer of this port), and Lieut. ltochford, R. N. (commander of the Bittern), a great dell of property was saved from the destructive element. Mr. Harrison, the quarter master, stationed at the rendezvous, was called out at an early hour, an" rendered a most essential service in this. c simony. Arthis moment (three o'clock) the fire is still raging to a most alarming extent, and threatening destruction to the neighbourhood. THURSDAY EVENING.—The fire continued to • rage with undiminishedlnry, until near six o'cl4ek, when it began to abate, not so much from the labours of the firemen, as from all the timber and combustible matter in the buildings having been destinyed. We have not heard of a single individual being hurt during the fi e. The warehouses are not more than twenty yards fr•bm the Salthouse Duck, the vessels in which could scarcely have escaped destruction, had not the wind fortunately blown from the south ores , . As it was, they were in 'imminent -peril; but the dock not being very full of vessels, they were drove to the opposite or west side, out of the reach of the danger. Various statements have been given of the value of the property derroyed by this calamity ; but it cannot be less than 150 0001. of which nearly 100,0001. it is. said, is insured in the different fire offices. The present is the most extensive fire that has taken place in Liverpo.)l since the yc6ir 1801, when the Gorse warehouses weie destroyed. Thursday the LORD MAYOR gave a sumptuous dinner to the Court of Aldermen, on occasint of Sir PETER LAURIed accession to his new honours as Alderman of the Ward of AldersgatP. It is rumoured thin an attempt will be made in the next Session of Parliament to obtain permission for dis posing of Waterloo Bridge by way of lottery. dpon the principle of its being thrown open 10 the public in a much shorter time than can now be eipecte.l. After the debate in the French Chamber of Peen, on the subject of Otreiwto's contracts, Tat4gy_maso lOC "We 'nee heard a great deal hi the al* alma a gr , criminal : for my part. I rig b k i o a peas annixim i (the Duke of Ammo/Lam . • '4O- a o- , rfl • , to induce lam .to entberal hiresel4 but he refused ; 'lid all tbreigetting bp eiikthe puot hope, the prisoner being . n the middle (in nitro tidisSistini; thought the consta- 'null this ble) they rode back to Hoddesclon. The prisoner des h, to be clued that the Ict was the result-of dt ukbnoess--thAt he awful he was very sorry for what. h.cl happened, and de: the day dared that he would be the last man to do such a thing Conjured in his sober senses. I