The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-29 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. gb•

DEATH AND MAIMING BY FURIOUS DRIVING'
LLOYD P. NEEDIiAM.
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serious injury she sustained in consequence of the defetidaul:
negligence in driving his gig, the effects of which she would
carry with her to her grave. The plaintiff's husband was_ ;F%
merly an extepsive silk-mercer in Cranborne-court, butnotben
prosperous in business, he discontinued dealing on his men
on
count, and for some time employed himself in selling silks .
commission for others ; that business getting bad, he beentlii.
Trecohevpelar
Livntmiff;penhsae
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still farther reduced, and it became necessary for the Plain
to assist in their mutual support by her own personal exerti.en
On the evening of the 12th of August, the plaintiff and her i n fil
band went out to take a walk together in the Regent's Ps";
and as they were crossing the road in front of the Park It
the defendant in his gig drove furiously over them bothlo.
which they were both so grievously injured, that the plasintTat
husband, who was immediately taken to Middlesex 1109"71
died within the hour; and the plaintiff herself, althoug°
escaped with life, had suffered long and painfully before. Aer__.
could even leave her bed, and was likely to suffer the rems Flu
of her life, having lost the use of her right arm. A
inquest was held on the plaintiff's husband, and they brait,
in a verdict of manslaughter against the defendant, on
charge he has since been tried at the Old Bailey an.,ILIII‘'
quitted; but the verdict on that trial could have no elm. o',
the present action, which was brought for the injurr-001:
tamed by his negligence. One could not, indeed, but
der that Mr. Needham, who is an opulent brewer and eye
merchant in the Borough, keeping a country house at NIK;)
ting-hill, near Kensington, should not have takensteps to render such an action unnecessary • he had,
deed, on the 18th of August, six days after the accident hitZ
pened, sent a person with a check for ten guineas, whiell ••
laid on the plaintiff's bed as a compensation for her injttrle.,'
which check still remained in the possession of her attorney
He was sorry Mr. Needham had not, from his own fe elir
come forward to make the poor and deeply-injured Plain.iL :
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reasonable compensation which the feelings of the jorY,_""tipo;
now do for him : they could not take into their consio'sile
the loss of her husband ; but they would consider the PI!, rya:
had suffered, and was likely still to suffer, the expenefiinered
at, and the great and lasting effect of the injury which
her unable to procure her future support. A t. pia
Mr. ADOLPHUS, who was Counsel for the defenuatt-1ed....
his client was by no means the rich man he was rePreserreadt)
and he had a family of ten children ; still he was awat.esent
to do, from his own motion, what was sought by the ,rW,
action ; but it was impossible he could have done it` been,
he was threatened with a prosecution, when it might have.
considered an admission of guilt. if by,
The CHIEF BARON proposed to Mr. Adolphus, tilt jait
client were disposed to render the action unnecessary br----hpo
the plaintiff a reasonable compensation, that he (Mr. AdeltSd be
should then name a gentleman of the bar to whom it
referred, to determine what the amount of the comb
should be.
Mr. ADOLPHUS said his client had already offered t° P'
all the expences occasioned by the lamentable accident ; fur,
would, from his own feelings, have made the plaintiff al I e re .
ther compensation that he could think consistent with a 'ft ds.
gard for his own family ; but he did not think that he (w.pd.
fendant) would choose to be bound in the manner stigge""
The CHIEF Banoss.—Then let the cause go on. 004
A great number of witnesses who saw the fatal transaeoun%' aso
that the defendant drove his gig in a very furious maim_Weiglf
that he appeared to be intoxicated. As the evidence has w'd the,
been given in the account of the Coroner's Inquest 21° of,
trial at the Old Bailey, it cannot be necessary to repcSt ltd:feed''
Mr. ADOLPHUS called witnesses to prove that tite rote
ant was perfectly sober at the time the unfortunate
took place, and that it was entirely accidental- t 4, ital.
The CHIEF BARON read over all the evidence to...calet
and charged them, that whether the defendant wiagAntiffbi
or sober at the time he so grievously injured the P'"gibes,
driving over her, could make no difference in their ',Wet/
they believed the injury was the consequence of his ne
careless, and improper driving, as laid in the declaration. t then
deed, they believed he was drunk at the time, they °ply, be'
,
at once come to the conclusion that he drove imPr°l\;;aiir
cause it was impossible that it could be otherwise; but
also drive improperly and be answerable for the eonse.,'t-ted.--4_,
sober,cation
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fte could were
b epnerofejcudstyifi ofas 'treindeeofefnthdaentv,itnifesststueittielivogirde
that, at the moment the accident happened, he vitts - s-
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stop his horse, if by his previous improper driving ke,i, dut:
that impossible ; and it was in evidence that he fistiv— for;
ing furiously, in such a way as no man ought t° 7.sstatin-
considerable distance, before he drove over the tum-
plaintiff. 'Wish to
•
The Jury, after a short consultation, said it was Ueir
give the plaintiff 2001. over and above all expenses; „would be,
The CHIEF BARON said the best way of doing ;;inteon'
to find their verdict for that sum and the amount of die tiff
bills. - Pl/1111 •
The Jury immediately returned a verdict for t
for 235/.

A COAL
STEAM ENGINE AT THE BOTTOM OF ;A, Toof.,
Prr.—The following very extraordinary application 0' "701; in
wonderful of modern inventions, the steam engine, tcrojeled
our immediate neighbourhood, and is, we believe, n_AnFiTi-ep 110
in the United Kingdom. An engine pit of 1474 Pulwckpef.ift'
been sunk upon the Black Mine in Newton,_ near
of F.
by Messrs. Bateman and Sherratt, upon, the ff —from bel°,7
Astley, Esq. and finding it practicable to win c'7,-nre eat f;
the deep level, little or no water interfering, ~,—.rnitvof
they have erected an engine at the bottom of Lee
following description :—Power, twenty-eight ~,h(""'-.„.tEir of j
of stroke, five feet—Length of beam, 16 feet---ifiri'"-- soi'
fly-wheel, 16 feet—Boiler, 25 feet long by si feet woe-- fasof
house, 33 feet long, 13A high, 17 feet 2 inches wide'l al feet
measure—Engine-house, 10 feet wide, 30 feet long, in "tiiick";
high to the top of the arch ; the brick-work, threegfi
the quantity of bricks consumed, upwards of 309,v"`": driven
engine winds the coal up an inclined plane of 233 Ynr7"ht • the
in the mine, by an endless chain about five tons in We'gsrcig at
average angle of inclination is 37 degrees, equal to 76 Yo Anti
100 yards. The engine was made by J. and T. SiZ,rrail and
set up under the immediate inspection of Messrs. D'a freo
Sherratt's agent. Mr. J. Wilde, of Dukinfield Bnloctetl
the success with which it works, and the difficulties enuwode:
with such an undertaking, reflects great credit on Yr'

—( Stockport Advertiser.)
Tov°'
The late lamented and respected 0-r• woo',
of Acton, when the Act was put in force for writing the a
name at length on Taxed Carts, instead of
AMOS TODD ACTON A TAXED CAlrri
• caused the following anagram to be inscribe
u
A MOST ODD ACT ON A TAXED CART.

BIRTHS.
Esoq.n,
othf ea 2dßatthighintsetri, at Falmouth, the Lady of Charles
Lately, at Brussels, the Lady of Joseph Fieldent
irsic
Fitton, near Blackburn, of .t daughter.
Peggy Rath, wife of a working shipwright in Dub,hlin; hs°_,
lately delivered of three childen, all likely to live. ,y,OlO o'
eleven more children, and all depending on the dailY ""---
the father.

MARRIED. of Vali
Yesrenlay, at Clapham Church, Mr. N. Dana°, &W Am et
bury, Clapham, and Cheapside, to Caroline, second
the late John Hewitt, Esq. of Clapham-cowon•
Of 141"-
Yesterday, at Tottenham, John Foster, Esq. 04 01
Catharine Matilda, only daughter of the late Thonos
Esq. of Riverhead, -Kent.

DIED.
East Ann India Company's
Cwoitndopwanoyf,tsh(e7olamtemißssarobieartt CDepartureattsspt.6— 0
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On the 28th instant, at Brompton, aged 70, -,heft iv,*
On the 18th inst. at Pakenham, the Rev. John sprig Cg
Tbc4ll"
borne, vicar of Old Newton, Suffolk. a
On Friday morning last, after a protracted illneSst-, -bart.
John, Esq. one of the Capital Burgesses of Truro, ,alw.'.'
ner 'iti the Miner's Bank.
On the 21st inst. Mr. John Bartram, who had been falfsfel•
years employed as a check-taker at the Theatres itt .t2:17-d
(Jr
wich circuit; he dropped down suddenly in the stree, 't Malt
tributing the play-bills at Colchester, and expired' initniy.,
CoDpliaenddh,eLreLoun.tpherolfeostshorinost.tasnat,tuirnal 7p4hthilasyeoaprhyo.finbiS .ris.
th!aiiii
chal College and University, in which he has tang/A rif,,,,ex,
reputation and success, for upwards of fifty year"' 110 IP-
tion was also devoted successfully to other sciences' ingol
the first who brought into Britain the discovery 4 b1r7.437,0 a
the oxymuriatic acid, which had been shewn hiro, 1ne''.,,54004
curious chemical experiment, by the celebrated PrOfesa2;TyArf
sure, of Geneva, and which has since benefited tbPd altnSat
so much. Till within a year of his death, he en„i0,0..„,,e pt.
ominterrupted good health. His remains on TuesosY "V;,-, die
tended to the grave, from the Hall of 31arischal Colle,glNlyer.
Students walking in procession, the Professorate bom r nu.
cities, the Magistrates of Aberdeen his relives, an
merous company of citizens.—(d Chronicle.)

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