The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-22 00:00:00

B 0 TV - S TRE E T.
William Mitchell, a driver of Cloud's Haminersmitii.7
'omnibus, came forward to answer the complaint of WiH
Ham Hastings, Esq., of the Custom-house, who stated:-:
that, on the evening of Sunday week, he was proceeding
lalong the right side of Piccadilly, riding a very spirited.'
land valuable mare, and, when passing the corner of Bond-
street, he was met by the defendant, driving an omnibuFK,:t
at a furious rate, at the wrong side of the' street, and co ',.1
ierring another, which was following to overtake it. 14 .
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'moved on to the curb as quick as possible, but the secont.H
omnibus coming up so rapidly he was unable to avoid it.fti
and his mare was knocked down with great violence, and,t,
from the contusions she received, has since been attended
by a veterinary surgeon, and is not expected to recover. ' :'
i While the mare was struggling on the pavement, be could`:
snot extricate himself, and the wheel of the vehicle actually
!grazed his cheek, when he was taken up. Several gentle-
,:lien who witnessed the occurrence gave their cards, in cast
"their testimony should be required.
In answer to the complainant, the defendant said there!was a place at that side of the street where the omnibu:.;_,
usually stopped, and he was going there to get some re.
1 freshment. .„
Sir F. ROE—The public have nothing to do with your •,
;private regulations. This is such a serious charge, that
;I think it but just to inflict upon you a penalty of .51.•
with costs.
costs.
A summons was ordered to be served on the other driver.f)
.i, In the course of the day the Magistrates took thekl
?oaths of office under the Commission. It was administered
Nby Mr. Parker Gelby, Deputy Clerk of the Peace for .71
4 Westminster. -

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
The adj ourncd case relating to the Royal Institution,
Albemarle-street, came on yesterday for final decision, before
..Nlr. DYER and Mr. HALL. The question at issue was A-7,
Iwhether certain pilasters were necessary to the support oft!
a cornice which the Society proposed to erect for the pur-k
!pose of embellishing the institution and rendering it more
conspicuous.
Mr. Vulliamy, the surveyor, produced a model of the
contemplated alteration, and showed that if he erected thci'll
cornice, a proceeding which the Building Act authorized "'
him to do, it was absolutely necessary for the security of the
cornice that the pilasters should be likewise erected. Ce
Mr. Foxall, the surveyor of St. George, Hanover-square,f
paid the pilasters would no doubt form a very beautiful de-4.
coration to the building ; but, looking at the 49th section
of the Building Act, he could not, conscientiously with his 7...
public duty, allow the alteration to take place without first ."4.,
taking the opinion of the Bench.
Mr. Daniel, on behalf of the institution, remarked that .
the Building Act -vas viewed by the magistrates of thc7i
Sessions, not so much in the light of power given to re-
strain decoration as of an authority to prevent those kind
of ornaments which were likely to add to the danger in',
cases of fire.
Mr. DYER was glad to hear such was the feeling, as hh
own private opinion of some of the provisions of the Act r
was already known. The evidence had sufficiently estab-
lished the circumstances that the pilasters were necessary,
'to sustain the cornice, and the information must, therefore,
dismissed.—The parties then retired.