Th e Directors of the East India Company have just ordered
their museum to be opened to the public every Suturday, from eleven to three, free, and without tickets.
Yesterday, at a meeting of the parishioners of Lambeth, a church- te of a penny in the pound was proposed. The usual motion for ra
adjournment was put amid v•arried by a great majority. A pull was
demanded, and commenced immediately.
In the Central Criminal Court, oft Tuesday , 6 men were sentenced
to be transported for ; .3 for fifteen years ; men and 1 woman for fourteen years; LS men tor ten ; 2ff men and 16 womee for seven years. At the Marlborough Street Office', on Tuesday, Mrs.
lady of Dr. Paris, charged IS Legeett, coachman to Sir .1.em Flower, with an assault. The conduct of the prisoner seems been quite atrocious. Mrs. Paris was walking (low a Boild :7:fleet tat Friday last, with her three daughtms, when she wile sadden:y In-hed
across the face by the prisoner, from the box of esir i'lma ii'e
carriage, which wits standiug lii the street, the hins.es liectic sti:1. The fellow looked at her must insolestly, atel in it lode t one said sonic- Wag she did not bear; and drove hi, cairiage away. la Denton Street,. the same cat tinge and combine:1 were recoettized ; and theii- toner lumped front liles box, seized Mrs. Pale by the arm, teal he.l.ilez
under her bonnet, said, " Oh, you wata a tend, au via? you have one." Mrs. Pa: is called to her servent, forgetting she was u
tind exclaimed, " Good Gout is a lady to be treated in this tirottit rly a conehman?" Dr. Pada addressed a complaint to Sit' .1.1: itO 110 .ver ; who apologized for his coachtnates inadeerteuce ; but as Dc. Paris wenhi tot allow the offence of the r to pass for inativvrtence, he de- termined to bring him before a court of jestice. Sir Jaince Power gave his coachman a good character for sobriety end hoot-sty ; aud peid a fine of 4/. which .Mr. Conant indicted on him. 111 this Sir Jinn( s Flower retain the prisoner in his service, We hope the fellow mav con- tinue to get his master into a similar ecrape At the Guildhall, on Wednesday, the Reverend Iluth,rt Chapel Street, Bedford Place, mod; ed for a euenn ms Met Cie imit. fishers of the John Bull, It et,'„ru I ri..v.itch, and other Sinidav joereela, for selling their papers on ties Seel...tin It appeared that Mr. Smith
had resolved to put down the eel, of newepapers Stieday, es 'dell lie maintained was illtatral as well as irteligi. tte. The newseaper-people
laugEed at him, but he vets resolved to persevere. Si Cleomme Marthall considered the readieg of a newspaper very harmless, and advised Mr. Smith to desist from his attee pt. The reverent: gentle- man would not follow the advice; but it teal eared that he had tea com- plied with some formality in making the applieation for ettimeoasee, and left the office re iofietti.
William Si nnomds, a bricklayer, aged forty-eight, died in Horse- monger Lune Gaol on Sunday last. De was it prisoner for debt, the sum being 14s. 6t/. !
Previous page
