The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-11 00:00:00

THAMES.

RECKLESS DRIVING IN THE MILE-END-ROAD.—George
Histham, a farrier, was brought before Mr Paget, charged
with being drunk, disorderly, and furious driving in the
Mile .end-road.

In consequence of the furious and reckless driving of the
Cockneys along the Bow-road and the Mile-end-road every
evening, and the numerous accidents which have happened
by this most scandalous practice, mounted policemen have
been stationeed along the road, and orders given to take all
offenders into custody, On Sunday night the driving is
very reckless, and every person with a vehicle endeavours
to pass the one in front of him. The confusion and alarm
last night were very great, and many persona were stopped
and their names and addresses taken, with a view to further
proceedings, The prisoner, who was driving furiously, and
had charge of a horse and cart, was intoxicated, and was
pursued by John Clark, 199 K, who was on horseback. He
galloped a mile after the prisoner and overtook him near
Mile End-gate. The prisoner was intoxicated. A woman
and child in the same cart were nearly thrown out. The
pollee-constable was of opinion the prisoner was driving
his horse at the rate of 14 miles an hour.
Mr Bowdler, the second clerk of the court, said that
furious driving was on the increase. It was attended with
great danger, and many accidents had occurred,
The prisoner said the pony he was driving could not
travel at the rate of more than eight miles an hour. There
were two vehicles in advance of him, and they went on at
a tremendous pace.

Mr Paget—And the policeman took you for going slow,
and allowed the people who drove fast to escape P
Tho prisoner—Yes, sir, that's it ; I was driving very
slowly. (A laugh.) _ _

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Mr Paget-, the police-constable, had to set spurs to his
horse and gallop after you. It is a very bad case. You
were drunk, and driving along a crowded road. I shall
inflict upon you the full penalty of 40s,
The penalty was paid.

DANO-GERMAN WAR.—STETTIN, July 5.
According to a despatch received hero to-day from Elsinore,
the Glen Grant (English vessel), from Stornoway for this
port, or Colberg, with herrings, has been seized and taken
to Copenhagen for attempting to break the blockade.
MR BERNAL OSBORNE'S BRILLIANTLY HUMOUR -
OUS SPEECEI OF FRIDAY, as described in the Daily
Telegraph :—lt was fortunate for Mr. Osborne that his
purpose of speaking earlier in the debate had been frustrated;
fA. his jocularity had become mellow, and there was a
richness of flavour in it which was the result of keeping.
Unquestionably he never was so roundly humorous as now,
and, with a boldness equal to that of the genius who con-
ceived the idea of extracting sunbeams from cucumbers, he
fell upon the proctocol of the Conference, the dullest and
most sententious of reading, and struck flashes of fun
out of it which tested hardly Lord Palmerston's power
of maintaining his gravity, though Mr Gladstone's
face grew sterner and sterner, and that rigidity of
muscle which becomes a Minister who is being " roasted"
was developed with admirable consistency. In fact, Mr
Osborne was more truly impromptu than usual, one or two
interruptions which he had to undergo being turned to
account with dashing rapidity. His asking Mr Layard
to stake his office on the accuracy of a statement which
he had made was a tremendous hit, and caused the
Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs to fold his arms tight
and thrust his head deep into the collar of his coat,
When he quoted a portrait of Lord Palmerston, drawn
by Mr Gladstone in days when the right hon. gentleman
hung so damagingly on the flank of the noble lord's then
Ministry, he fairly overcame the Premier's gravity. The
personal sketches of members of the Cabinet, which
Mr Osborne than drew, were duly accepted and enjoyed by
those who escaped the infliction of the hard lines made by
his pencil. How perfectly successful from its peculiar point
of view was this latest ebullition of Mr Osborne's comic
vein, which may be called the scathing comic, may be
gathered from the fact that the whole house went out in a
body when he had concluded, to talk over his speech in
pleasanter gossipping places than their inner chamber—
and this, notwithstanding Mr Whiteside presented himself;
for, as every one knows, this right hon. gentleman generally
commands an audience, since he has the h,ppy knack of
interesting his friends and irritating his enemies in no corn
mon degree, and is therefore a master of Parliamentary
titillation•