The Marquis of Waterford is not in all the "
rows" which disturb the peace of his Majesty's lieges. Olt Alonday, the Morning Post charged his Lordship with being one of a set of disorderlies, who tore off knockers, broke windows, and committed other outrages on the night of Thursday week at Eton ; but the Marquis, indignant at the imputution on his character its a Peer and a gentleman, lost, no time in sending the following contradiction to the offending journnlist.
Sir—I read in your paper this day an article headed • Shanwfal Proceedings.' The whole statement, as regards me, is false ; I therefore beg )0? willrettact every charge you letve made against me, and refrain for the fulutv front imputing to me the offences of others merely ou the authority of some insolent informer.
" I remain sour obedient servant. ° WATERFORD. " London. 13th June 1637.
P. Si. I request you will insert this contradiction of the lie to which I have re- ferred."
One of the parties in the disgraceful transactions with which Lord
Waterford denies that he was mixed up in any way, Las been secured. He is a Mr. John Heneage Jesse, a clerk in the Admiralty, and son of a gentleman who has a lucrative office in the Woods and Forests. He was examined before the Magistrates at Eton on Wednesday, and charged with wrenching the sceptre from the hand of the statue of Henry the Sixth. What took place on this occasion is reported as follows— Mr. Jesse expressed his deep contrition at having taken away the sceptre, which he said was an act of folly on his part ; and he declared that he had no Intention of causing any injury to the property of a college in which he had passed the happiest years of his life. Ile assured the Magistrates that he had committed the act while he was excited ; and that he bad returned the sceptre before he was aware of the reward being offered, or of his knowledge that his name was mixed up with the transaction. Hs had also accompanied the return of the sceptre with a note of apology to Dr. Hawtrey. He declared that he had nothing to do with throwing a knocker in at the window of a lady who was ill on Thursday night. This lady was the wife of the Reverena Mr. Cookesley, who is since dead, and who, while ill, was greatly frightened by a knocker being thrown late at night through her window.] Dr. Ilawtrey said, he believed Mr. Jesse not to have been of that party. The knocker was girown from a nobleman's carriage. The Magistrates determined to proceed with the case as one of felony ; when the evidence of the Reverend Mr. Carter, the Reverend Dr. Hawtrey, and several of the Eton scholars was taken. From this it appeared, that late on Thursday night, Mr. Jesse and a friend of his, whose name was not made public, went to the window of the ' lower chamber' of the College, and gave some of the scholars some wine; that he asked for the loan of a rope, which was given to him ; and with it he contrived to wrench off the sceptre from the statue. The evidence being complete, the Magistrates deemed it their duty to send the ease to the Sessions; but consented to admit the accused to bail, himself in 100/. and two sureties in 50/. each. The bail was soon found, and Mr. Jesse was liberated."
• [Of course lie will be off: Mr. Heneage Jesse is a gentleman, and will escape the punishment which would be awarded to a clown.]
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