Star.
London, England, 1824-12-07 00:00:00

CITY STATE BED.

Since the Mayoralty of Alderman Staines, the Lord
Mayors of the first City of the world have had, as well
becomes their civic dignity, and more especially, their
civic hospitality, one of the largest bed! tb He on that
is .now extant. It seems almost equal to the Great Red
at Ware, in- which we are told 26 butchers and their
wives slept on the night of King William the Third's
Coronation. But even in sleeping, men are degenerated ;
and since the nights when those mighty City heroes,
Sir William Curtis, Sir Charles Flower, and other Ma-
gistrates of similar eating and sleeping capacities Siled
the great bed, it has been scarcely used. Nay, to such
a pitch has this degeneracy been carried, that the
I worthy Alderman and his Lady who possess at present
the privilege of sleeping in the great Pazinar, have
proposed that it should be got rid of, put up to aut.
tion and sold, and a 'snug, comfortable, ordinary, clean
bed be substituted in its room. Some of the Members
of the Corporation, who aim at rivalling their great pre-
decessors, and look forward somewhat confidently to
th.: honours of the largest bed in the City, do not, how.
ever, approve of the proposal; and accordingly it has
been discussed in the Councils of the Civic Rulers of
the East end of the world, with all that good sense and
wisdom which ever distinguish their debates. The case
was first agitated in a Committee of General Purposes,
a deputation was appointed to visit and inspect the
bed, and after their report, the matter was regularly)
argued in all its beatings. The cost of the bed was
stated to have been £3,000, and if it were brought to the
hammer it would not fetch a hundred, that it might bes
cleansed, fumigated, to-dyed, and repaired; the curtains
could be neatly patched with the window-curtains, and
new window-cut tains purchased for the very moderate!
sum of 1.:800. The Committee of General Purposes;
after hearing opinions, and collecting evidence, decides'
accordingly, that the old bed should be repaired. Butj
one deliberation on so very large a matter was by ne
means sufficient. T'le Court ref Common Council agaiai
sat in deep deliberation on it own iday last, and sonsel
more light having been thrown on the state of the bed;
it being considered imposSible td remove all the tenants;
who possess its honours without being elected by the
citizens, it was finally resolved to expel it and theM
toll
her from the MAnsion-house. Thus future Lord,
'Mayors and Lady Mayntesses are to be condemned; byl
the degeneracy of one Magistrate, to sleep in an ordii
nary bed, as if they sere no more than a man and wo-:
man. The State Bed, with all its ornaments, living and'
dead, is accordingly to be sold by 'auction.

. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
Al A NS lON-HOUSE.
A coachman, named Maori, and two cads, who hang about
hackney-coaches for the purpose of picking up all they ran get,
honestly or dishonestly, were brought before the Loan MAYOR, on
suspicion of having robbed a Gentleman of his watch. A Gentle-
man named Darton, stated that he saw the two cads and the com-
plainant, who was quite tipsy, in a coach. The complainant wished
to get oat, but the cads prevented him, and the coachman seemed
to be a party to the detention. The witness, perceiving that the
object of the cads and coachman was no good, determined to follow,
and watch their motions. The, coachman drove through several
streets, and at last stopped, the complainant having put his head out
at the window, and called out altud to those who were passing,
that he was robbed of his watch lad thirteen sovereigns. Witness
interfered with the coachman for the purpose of doing justice to
the Gentleman, and told him the cads were robbing him, or had
robbed him ; but the only reply the coachman made was, that he
was curried it he cared, so that he had his fare. Nothing was found
upon the cads, but the complainant's watch was found amongst the
straw, in the coach, tbere they no doubt • bad placed it.—The
Loan Maros discharged the prisoners, as the evidence was not suf-
ficient to convict them, but told them he expected to see them again.
BOW-STREET.
Yesterday, shortly after Sir R. Bicess had taken his seat, Mr.
Piston made his appearance, we understand to complain of the re-
port in one of the Morning Papers of the proceedings relative to
the assault on Mr. Poole, the author. After consulting, in rather a
low tone, with Sir Richard, Mr. F.ll::,ton cast his eye at a Gentle-
man connected with the Paper alluded to, to whom he beckoned,
and they left the Office together.
As they were walking out, Sir Richard suggested to Mr. Milton
that he had better state the real case.
Mr. Elliston—l never state anything but the real case.
Mr. Elhiston remained with the Gentleman for some time in the
Office, no doubt correcting any error that might have crept into
the Paper.