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At a Court of Aldermen, on Tuesday, the Lord Mayor read a letter from Sir George Grey, announcing the Queen's safe delivery of a Princess. Sir Peter Laurie, as the oldest member present, moved an address of con- gratulation; which was seconded by Alderman Kelly, and carried and voce. Alderman Salomans declared that every part of the population joined in the loyal feeling of the Corporation of London. In a Court of Common Council, held on Thursday, a similar address was carried with great enthusiasm by the unanimous Councillors. Subscriptions have been opened at Messrs. Drummond's bank, Charing Cross, towards a fund to reward the Police force employed in the suppres- sion of the Trafalgar Square riots on the 6th, 7th, and 8th of March.
At the Mansionhouse, on Wednesday, John Dobbin, a clerk at the Edgebill station of the London and North-western Railway, was charged with having been concerned in forging a will. It may be recollected that, a little time ago, Lieu- tenant Peregrine Bowen was charged with forging and uttering a will purporting to have been made in his favour by his half-brother, Mr. Musgrove Bowen; but the proceedings against him were cut short by his suicide in prison. There were two attesting signatures to the false will, one of them "John Bell "; and Dobbin was accused of having written that. The evidence proved that he was intimate with Lieutenant Bowen; that he had received letters from him addressed "John Bell "; and that the signature of the same name in the will resembled his usual writing. His counsel could urge nothing against such testimony, and the man will be committed for trial.
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