The authorship of this admirable poem is com monly attributed to Vnterdyck, hut tho surtniso in not universally regardod as being well founded. SrACHIN's RIGHT- OS 1 - WAY. Thin, evidently, is a savoury nook, judging from the deliverances of our worthy Magis trate. I don't know where it is. I don't know whether the R. M. has honoured it with a tour of inspection, but it must be somewhere. Was it the scene of the follow ing incident ? A woman, named Alice Hawlpy, died suddenly yesterday, at her residence, in an alley adjoining tho London 'Tavern, No inquest will be held. No inquest will be held ! Good Heavens, just the very case for ah inquest, I should think. Sudden death — woman — alley — London Tavern — no inquest — as my friend Jingle would put it. But Jingle would pro bably add, " Great shame — mysterious — oughtn't to be tolerated." And I agree with Mr Jingle. What would my magis terial friend J. B. say if the circumstances came out incidental^' before him ? "Is this Machin's right-of-way ?" Ami then would follow that genuine burst of approbative laughter which the habitue" of Police Courts know how nicely and so delicately to indulge in. Or, perhaps^ my magisterial Mend might say — "This is another case of divided authority." Unfortunately, it is not. It is a scandal that an inquest has not been held. But, it so happens that whenever that sort of inquiry takes place, resulting, as a rule, in a fioding asainst some one, there is an outcry against divided authority, asif thematterwere a mere point of precedence or controversy between a Magistrate and a Coroner, instead of being, as it is. something concerning the well-being of tbe community. I don't suppose any coroner is likely to put himself unnecessarily in the way of meeting rebuffs over little points of divided authority or contested jurisdiction. An easy solution of the whole difficulty will be found in ap pointing my friend the R. M. Coroner, Inquisitor General, and Sitter General on dead bodies, with power to exercise the functions of both Coroner and Magistrate. There would be no divided authority then ; and in every doubtful case in all probability an investigation would take place, to the relief and satisfaction of my friend the public. 