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PEARZF D. linFmN.

Mr. Serjeant Put stated this to he an Whin brought by
the Plaintin; it 110 lies an iudustrurus v against
the Defendant, who *us an estensive si barflitger, in Thaines•
street, to recover damages lor the injury he etnteined lay a
compound fracture of his arm, rowing to the improper dos to
Ls Defendant's sersatit of It dray in Eust Cheap. un the loth
of December last. They would hem the farts ft om the eel-
deem, and he would nut excite strong prejudice by giving
them a vokuring which might assay their I...chess in homilies
but Lebec the it it 'losses lett Conti, tee had nit doubt the Jury
would see thejestiec attiring hear, and exetriplarytiamagcs.
He was sorry to say that both the Defendant and bib ser-
vant had not acted as became Diem a lieu the result of this
inffortinatte occident was known ; but he should rather the
Jury *unlit deride the arse 11;11)11 the et ideate which Caine
duly before them, than ou any °peeing statement it was in his
power to offer.
Samuel Baldwin deposed, that he was in company with the
Plaintiff last December, un tit a quarter be-
fore hour o'clock; thaw turned tip Easteheap, where they ob-
sertool a dray at the moment standing is (*be as possible to
the curb stone on the left side going towards St. Peas. At
this thee a weggen was corning ;it East Cheap where they
were ; it was loaded and drawn by three horses; he saw it
emote into ceetact. With the dray,.ll,l'llich was le ruck Its the till
wised ; u °timber of people hallooed out; the force W. LIM
wag *.t I drove the near wheel of the dray on the pat cutest;
the eitoon-driver did not step his horses, but, nn the
twice Iluitaed than ; the .consequence was, that the
hind wheel of the e aeon .caught Use bed of the droiyottid
forced th, back part of it against Witness and the,Pluintiff.•
There was an iron post between the estrb and the lotteetneel,
slid the Plaintiffs right elbow was /tweed against that part,
and brake in two plates. Witness telt the Plaintiff *older Die
care of by -slanders, and pursued the (Iris cr. lie told him
that he bad broken a ?stung man's arm, and meat ire bit
umet•.end number; he said lie bad dune no such thing, slid
was on his right side of the read; and, e ith an oath, he said,
that neither wittiest nor any other person *lucid lope bisi
Dumber, otriking oiler*, on the breast at the same therneit.
ti ititess being unable to lied his mnism- at the side strike
waggon where he stood, went round to the sippositeside,and
White lookina there for the number, the drivel struck nt hint
with his whip. Seeing the name of Thomas Wilson un the
%same, witness salted if that was his master's 11.11110 i be said
nos, but that be drove for Allan Mesen, and that his can imam
ass Richard Stuttr. The Platetiffstaatirst Liken into a doc-
tor's shop, mitt front thence to St. Thomas's Hospital, where
be remained in confinement upwards of.s.s nicsatio,
In his cross-examination, he slid, that the honr was not
later than four o'cliesk ; it was not dark when the accident
happened, although rather dealt!. ,The iron 'post rejabl be
two yards from the corner of the street. The plaintiff was
positively s.alking on the pavement ot the time. Witness was
then clerk to Mr. North, the brewer.; the dray Iras hit inas-
tree, and he ass fullowing it at the thee Die waggon came into
emitted. with it. The width of the street was about 1s feet
where the accideht happened. The Plaintiff's arm was toot
folded round the post. The shiver, though be refused to give
his name at first, said it might be had (*rum the waggon.
Re.eratnined•-etber carts and 'waggons had prerioutly
passed the dray.
Joseph Mitchell, a licensed victealler, deposed that he
saw (be welched; the dray was in its proper place add *idea
close to the curb, when the wham struck it; willies* mad
others issteutly called out to the dower a stop; he slid net
and the couseguetice was, that Ise drovitithe dray leach epee.
the pavement,' sad broke the 'Phdittllr' ertn. Willies's bil-
lowed to atop the waggon, anti tots:ldle cloister what injury he
bad dune, and be gate in retest' a,v,stley of eiNi".ol and said be
would not stop. Wit ne-s then /;tit{ hold of. one of the horses'
reins, and the driver at once teseffbis whtp•severely Melt upou,
witness said the horses, and tilt:saki placed him in• -perilous
situation. The waggoner siturtly,eitgr ittaspedwitere ber luta
going to stop, anti then tiny gut his name; e itu tta knew nee
tiring of the parties. •
Cruss.esautined—lt was net shank at tieier. 'Witness'
knew nothing "olse width of the .street qr tittles dray.
James Barter deposed, that tre'his the driver' of the dray
which aas ale tick by the waggon ; • be lasts Servant of Mr.
Nest ; be: dray wrath-awn up ishateito On pavement, in East-
eht it.
Cries.moneineit—lt Rs just in'lthe Rusk of the evening,
stud be hail bold of his berme Maid, and was going at a
blit% pace.
1110:11AS Crouch, a surgeon • cop,
,St. Thomas'. Hospital.
He sass Um Plaintiff when hrthreMe duhh( judo Mr. Siiiittea
(sorgeotr's) shop ; the bone on htereppirr anti ems broken. anal.
the flesh was very much lacerated; Ahem was .ii compound'
Irsettire.
Henry So" nab of the MHOftlhilliireviers'a St. Thontiss's
lluseital, saw thedruclured stansisf tits:A Plaint ire tem., Wit-
tiest attended him from the entlsot December until time nib of
Jttne, in the hospital. He hail teen since :listens-
charge froth (be hospital ; be lithfutst,t4en yet the use (This
arm, and trod only a alight motions/Ott _
Cross examined—The bo'e eras legisty.steitedaltbougla,the
joints were stilt
Re-examinede-Rittiteted4eyee:lnftetlt the same power at
arm ishietehe bad beliore..
Mr. J. 11. (preen a surgeon I:rum St. h u inns 's Horientaf,
also described the iererefy foreireti•klate of Plitintaff's erre;
An Die same terms as the precierliog whom a,eed said the
elbeerioint %mild never lave Kuper play agent..
Mut Cook deposed that be was the employer of the Hain-
tin; who bed served his time to hie/ ; he coed caen ass. or
333, a week, in Die ordinasy.ital beeieess. The lousiness
required a strolls use (tribe arm, end eithwitottengllt in that
!it was impossibto fur him to work at his bustricos.---)n tics
ersiss-eisaituatiun he said there were lighter ;tarts in the bti-

sioess.
Plaintiff's ease beiog closed,
Mr. Serjeant VAL:COHAN addressed the Joey for the Defend-
ant. lir anid, that whatever may be the r•-sioll. of Ibis reese,
i/U 11u e.L to IIOtkirtAILICO {be .elleut• of We 110.012ty
which the Plaintiff had unfortonatel% sustained. lie had no
WitheloSHA to utter, for be knew none if ha could throw a liYlt
upon the neeurreuee, except the driver, who was Dan oesii-
petent witness, . .
r. Serjeant PELL hero expressed his readiness to give tj*
wan a release.

Mr. Scrjeant V complained of this interreptibn; And
said, thia even w ill' a release he knew tun lu iicil of the gems;
eel business of his profession to put into the bus irwil Gess to
iendmivour to nods. the effect of the nertligent conduct n bleb
ties imputed tolionsell; and already spoken to by other wit-
nesses. Nab respect to tile,llelennwit, Joe had, fetus the he.
ginning, evinced the utmost synipath), and desire to repair,
rs Parr ho sould repair, the injure caused, not by his ours
fault, but Ly the negligeuec of tits monist. lalthen eon•
tended that the real uq:dgenee wits ul the
Yhtiy; whose duty it was, its be was in the act or entering the
street, to base given way a little, and left titC'eleuraind pro-
per rirdn fir the waggon to pass, sslthuut copsius la eootact.
Lotto Cuts', 3 eirric t: asked it the Jury +visited him to
sum np the it% idenee? They replied in the negative.
Ile Leiritship remarked, that at both aides the ease blit
1,014 teilipe.,itely conducted, and that tt wets, oefortunatelts
the CUE! Isere: that the person who read} had nothing directly
to do with the cause of the injury, was, by the Pettey of the
law, uovertbelcurresponsilde fur the Orgill:melee eirloi. sof-
tent . The J ry would take tbr cm° into their one.
aideration. The plicio or had, tilitbrtunatply. sustained:ol
serer? Loney, and they would gie bissejvit and temperate
retrieution lin' it.

The Jury returned a verdict fur che Plaip
One Hundred Pounds.

We haVIII heard, from what we conceive good Mahe-
fitly, that Susi:rot; died on Saturday morning, in,
consequence of the bruises he rectivt4itl the fight,
last week, near St. Albans.
EHATUII.—In our report of the tdide the HeaCent,,l
the evtdtwice of the woman, PnAntcts MAct:nr, Waal
accidentally omitted. We give it new in order to'
make that very important trial coMptete. Her evi-
dence clenches the falsehood of tfre deliberare Ind
maltgraiht libel of the Gentlemen-Tortes of Etlihtnir6h
upon Mr. Glltsrele, u Whig.
• Frances `ackay, eramined by Mr. MONCRlrrr.—Was ac-
cused of haring uttered torged notes. She Winks It 11:14 in the
year ISIS. Johnson Cool, was suspected at the *rne them
Was eau:id:led first before Captain ; then before the
SheriE. Wnc eanmined inure than once before the fi'verlir.
Her declinations were taken down to writlny. *the st.trird
them with her name. Tito dlierilf gave her no warning Woe*
he askial her to sign her confession. When first esadined
heftire Captain Brown, she iehl him she was determined to tell
the troth. She said that btlng taken with two of the notes in
ber eicu she was determined to confess ell, as she saw
there was no chance of getting of. aihe wane a. similar/ eon.
fession before Sir William Rae, the Fiteritr, to the effect of her
hasher forged notes of the Bank (§f tngland in her possession,
without lawful evense. Does ink' knot', If Mr. tilbson arts
present at her first osaminalon before the Sheriff, Mtn saw Min
there several times. Never spoke tee. Mr. Gibson he her life
till she was eaatitioed in his °Dieu a fortnight pgc, Mr. u itmcm
never made her any promise: she never 'looked for any thing
etele than to be Irk* hilt she evloseted Mtb ctpttat to
be Mid aside. Does not knew herd many eliorrs were against
her. Thought she Mai very leniently treated...eked.
Creisserainimsl by Mr. 1101:kitTSON.-4Vas, examined see.
cern' times before the Slice:C. .It the first examination she
made a felt mates,ion +shoot herself. The aitbseght‘dt cetaml-
natii re,Ferted herself. At her eassaltission heron
Brown she spoke of Johnson Cook and Wdotisthek ;
a:so metioned them betore the Sheriff, but Rot, pplicularlV
Did not employ any Comesel ; had friends who Wished itl but
her father did not think It of any rise.

POLICE.

. • i Fftli- IP 4.11,9!„.
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On , Rat tiritay r.s. Pabef r • disking fille de- joie, well
known on t heron pf Bath, 4oressittia handsome taco mitt ,
attractive lliisohi sith raft' •tn much of the entlimpeint,
aim boo übtsinol outsider:4We notoriety in Life ill London by
her nSetoirnsulsruMenading in public, within the saloons
rif onr.vrinter theatres, and at also tlie fled' Subscription
House, Brydres-street, w ns conducted into this oilier, under
the proteetion of the night constable of St. Pawl, Covent-
garden, charged with having committed a robloiry io an in•
famous brothel. kept by a fellow named Willis, in Ruse-street,
Limg•acre, un the same morning, about the hour of two
o'clock, a.m.
A Mr. Williams, who resides. near Berkeley-square, -met
the impure. and ierempaitild her to Viitlis's, and a hilt; he
lay asleep in bed she possesed herself of fourteen shillings,
which he bail in one of his smallulothes pockets, chanties.
tinelv left the house; with the property, And MAJI apprehended
in about an hour afterwards. She strongly protest., d her in-
nocence of the charge.
The Magistrate fully'enminitted her to Newgat re fur trial.
INFORMERS V. PUBLICANS.
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The Jendbird of the Blue Poits Ta‘ern, Repert•strect,
Haymarket, appeared to ansu tn. the information
the hoar htndell informer, chin gin; him is kb a mire ring
" lipplim;" in his bowie on the afternoon ot' Sunday, the alit
instant, daring divine service.
1$ dhow Sint:viz, a common lutornser, and *kali to John-
sen, being sworn, slatrd, that on Sunday the bth instant, et
tour o'clock in the afternoon, be entered the Defendant's
horse, and saw five persoes atingle the tap-room driaame ;
he also saw tar, persons vitae out tithe bar as he aria Mtn
the house; he sat Lot sore whether' the perions in the tap-
room were nice er
_ .

The above bcini reed over to dm oilers*, he said it was
all perteitly true.
tttringle eross.ctatnined.—fie did not driak himself in the
heave. The door wail open when 'Reentered the bowie. 110
could not say bow many women were in the top-roots, nor
how many men ; there were Iftc &Rog: ther; ono of them
might have been a yertne perms% be could not say.
)Landlord.-11 ill you venter to swear that any of the per-
sons in the tap-roam wurc drinking, or bad liquor, ur eveu
empty pots before them?
Mr. *n01,111.-110 has sworn it.
Have 1, pkilf ?
Mr. Miushull.—Yel, you hare, and the clerk 'ball read it
over to you

' Mr. Woods, the clerk, arin read the evidence, in which
tbe.aitness had sworn" they were driutiu.g." •
Mr. Minsholl.—New Sir, please to say If they were drink-
'log or net, end be particular?
Wituess.-1 canned exactly recollect ; but I Nip not swear
they uere drinking, now I. come to consider.
Landlord—The persons who were in my taproom when
the informer entered were rn; se r, wife, a rehit!trn. and
two elms ebittlerm, midi am ready to make oath that we
u cr. not drialMeg ; there u ere nv pets before may ofns. ?air
drank
bad we any thing after dinner at two o'clock, and the
charge is uoly,preferrett for the purpose of making a property
or _ _

Mr. M.inslasill reprehended Ilse informer for swearing they
Lucre drinkieg, and °motioned him to be careful in Morn.
'le advised the landlord to keep his house closed, and Ilion
informers could not get in to lay ilifornhatiess against him.
inforinatilua vas dismissed.
The !nudism-of Apr the Duke of York tavern, Frith-street.
Sulu), was sisuisstossed fur keeping upon his house during
Divine Servicoun ouuday, the eth instant, at half-past four
._114!
The laudlortl im hit ,defenee said, that the serviee was over
at Si. Anies Church at a quarter pest four, and that Si seen
as be evened his house the inhowers rushed in, ht/ti threat-
card a.pan infOrmation.
The informer denied.that the service was over ; he deelar.
ed that hexame fi MI) the ehureli direct hi Dmandant's house,
and the service was ou %%lieu befell the church.

)lagiolvate said, that a quarter pest Nur was so n'ar
the tinie ofthc conclusion of Divine Service, that he should
not ucuviet OK: Defendant, nod dismissed the information.

NOCTURNAL SPRBMS ANTI RAMBLES.

A would-be swell wills a rueful countenance, uncombed
locks, and unbruslicd Noiscry, a !woe linen, or rather the part
of ft n Well was not (or the itetleienrj of that necessary article
which iras)ooriceakd by art from the vulgar gaze. as as once
white but pow presented a very orriawctiloured hue, and evi •
dent.) had not skin lip anterior of „a wash tub fur sonic time;
Whose bristle iftinikM just peeped plane the top of his
ateepte-collared beajosithi, was brought • from the slime jag
(watch-liuuse, so celled, (reing4 stone building), in Covent-
garden wjrket, by hula ,widsh/r, niilityseistatile,pharged
'with having, in it la
'with Spree, laid 311 Payne in
the kennel' litiientletrtent, Oen ent-gar en,.at the hour of one
&clork in4hetritirhihg.'
Free' the statement of the New-street watchman, it np
peered that feom the Pi zzai in Covent Oardcu to Piccadilly ;
thr.loth New-street, • Conitorne Alley, and, Leicester-
square, was a hightty. promenade, Or rionbie, Coe all sorts of
iousciish, 'tiler.. seen the inock.unuslest nod the ingh.
rouged Ablnititttig ir-raged lag
,ladder i the siMpArisig, Miss,
thebltt trAdee, the vile,procincss, Greek audpagitonsal, the
green and the' darted) tirie, with b.ts of rionalcr-ibippers, who
pass for C'orsiilkenis s. ids tlicir master's blear, and of * me-
ellpstirat, who 'ape the gectieman a ills logyerg Usq have got
Upon; tie*
. Whet sre.yen? eto the Prisoner) his Worship.—l am,'
by trade, a replied Um hero of the it...we-iron, who was
suffering I oellie preceding night's dchatieb.
A tailor ! eritetrthc JuSlice. Oa, very well. thou low
could not the ioung woof' Much thirmi—The Prisoner
did not join in thriftugh, but he answered; "I arm the young
roman, your l'ership, no, purer ; 1 ;liver ititinded to do arm to
kidiodi. 1 *atm ilsoirid hive toothed the kin Of ber garment,
had she notsalkxl me a cebeayiny osiitli part of 4 .021ble ants
took bold of 'my hand (the dexter one of course) apd pulled
me IS the pavement, to I giro her a shear uff the shopt,ocrd
I omen the stir, •u 4 she fe'A in the getters !."
o other tailors by trade crone forward to corroborate bin
statement. flue'thdm was sitibtli n needle) anal declared
MMs Payne used viery earring Isni.,,estre before she irks pushed
by Jim Prisoner,. aoil,she iusulted 'Aida. by calling him bodkin'
sli;iska and crib the robb,,ye.
'llMe Magistrate said bolt styli language was very insulting
no doiiteosot tasty would not have *1 ti, themselves to it
if, they, had been, in bed, as they aught to have been at one
ereloet id the *Morning. Ile .111(1%4. d the Prisoner to satisfy
the Compininant tor the Injury she bad received, and the'
watchman for his trouble, ansttlum, after on admonition, sent
hint about hit business.
• A tfAlltp tAttr:.
We are inferroed that tinvoitose trf the• delay in the, legal
proceedingsinstatuted by Mr.:fivx,', the Pruedir in the Ad-
miralty f;ouri, in the case of Lottylio e. OuptAio Broviu, 6or
wages due td the Orrtic.r, by the taller, when eertilig on board
the IPcimel merchantman, inairld tram London to Tangiers,
ills presents to the guipornt of Morocco, is entirely:owing
to the absence of witnesses Who ale al pea; and to no fault
*beeves On the pert of Mr. Box.

IidITTON-UA R DEN.

tkm £8 111

linanult Norwood and Mark Barret were hroualst op so the
eiettody of William Coll on, a constable and charged by him
inith being eotortion ntlerers of hate earn. He deposed, that
, in consequence of infurreationt he rooeived, be f.4lOrred the
prisoners from shop to shop iiiiperceived, since they loft ren
tamale, to Tultenham-court-rvad, where they went into a
pvlato shop, and at-terrroortenntrlngpotales into the scale,
he came 111 .11111 pugied them into the parlour. atiflop joiug
to search them Mars flitYret fork a hag from her reeket,eod
threw it in the Ira .arr took up and found it contained Tour
bad hall-eroans arid fire bwi aiapeoces, which he thew pro-
duced. They lied previously passed a bad half eronu at n
public-house for litplorb which he Made the landlord mark auJ
put by separately.
The charge been; taken. the Prj_SOnef3 weft remanded fur
farther enramtowtidn,- wherrthe .WwWeltor a the 'tint and the
purism ohofeeeireil the find holf.crown wilt attend.