The Sun.
London, England, 1807-05-22 00:00:00

midwife: residing' "til, Pall iatWil t.- stvoet , nixit the- r; it--
Ifendant a coach-owner,. and proprietor of the hack-
. ney-coach. No. tk, driven -at the time by a man of
the name of Becket. 1n July last, about ti o'clock in
the evening the- Illaintitf was driving his wile and
two infant children in his one-horse- chaiseoro. slow
pace, along the Caniberwell .road, .and= very pear
that village; keeping at his own side of the,road,
when the lfackney -coach in question, .conii,ng faint,
Camberwell. towards. London, was dtiling,.ar a fu-
FiOUS rate,- the coachman (,Becket),_ being,intoxi,.
cated,, and having a. man. with his arms round ;43
neck on the coach-box. As he,,came near the
Plaintiff, the latter perceived his danger; and drew
up to the - pathway as close as- he could; not:
• withstanding which.. precantion, the coachman
crossed the road, and upset the, Plaintiff's. chaise,
the horse. was thrown down, the Plaattilf and his
wife were thrown, out on the,ground, one.:4)f the
children fell under the horse, aid the. other got
entangled between; his. legs; ' 'The mother and-
children, ho,wever, had, a most provideoial, escape ;.
the younger of the children.. about two. years
old,, having. only two of her teeth knocked, out,
end. her. month.. cur ; but- the PliVtutiif himself
NIZ:1, most seriously. injured.. .He fell upon his,
head," and received such a:concussion on the brain.,
that, it was upwards of a week betbre the, fata
could declare him: out of danger, .and.he.was not
sufficiently recovered to attend, his business for up,.
wards of a month:after 5. Dr. Morris and„Surgeon
Lynn giving him. ;their constant attendance. He
was, then ordered to sea-bathing,. but before lie was,
nearly, reco'vered,' the perS'on whO:rnanaged his. bu,
siness in: town dying of a. btain, fever, he wa Olin '
liged to. return, to towa,. in artier,. to, prescßY,c:baT.
business. might be left foP, him.
On the.part of the Defendant,. the coachm*,anizt
some ($llO persons were called, who endeavcnred,
to show, that the,accident was entirely owing to,the
unskilful driving .of the
.Plaintitt, and the. unsbund-
ness, of the timber- which .composed the shafts of his
chaise; but the facts appearni*eptirely otherwise,
the- Learned Judge„; in semining-np the 'evidence to
the Jury, observed, 'there could be no; doubt as to
the fails themselyeS4, and•the only question was, as
to the damages, which, they -would 'appreciate ac,
cordino- to the circumstances of the case,.-
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. . The Jury retired for about half an hohr, and then
returned - with, aNerdiki of 1.40,1. damages for the i
I:lain tiff:.

.(:,OURir of EX,CIIEQUER,

SITTAki„S BEFORE THE 40/(D C-I.IEF.I.I.ARPN.._

TH,E Ktl4o V. rsHoins..

This. was,a prosecution against the Pefendaut, a
tanner, for omitting to insert in ,the account of his.
stock gi.ven to the .Excise-Officer,,thirt,y-eight hid s,
concealed on his premises,. The Pe.feudant's ser-
vant en4eay.oured to. bribe the Officer to. connive .at
the concealtuent of the hides, with intent to cl,efrau,d
the revenue; but .the Offieer conAmunicated, thn
transaCiion. to the Board of Excise, who direaect.
seizure to be made on the Pefen.dant's: premises:7-,
Ap..e,:•idenc6 who had: been employed as foreman to,
the Defendant, denied .that any bribe had heel'
offred to the Officer.. I3,ut the jury, uncifg Alt the
oircuingances„ found a verdi.t. for the King. ,
The Chief 13,-tron, Sir A..IIIAcDo con.idered
the Officer's conduet deserving of praise, for inform-
ing his superiors of the attempt made to
prcfneditAted, fraud..

-Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London, be-
fore the light Honourable Sir JAMES MANSI:'4ELD,.
Knight i Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court
of cOmmon Pleas, at Westminster, in and afw:,-
Trinity Tern-i

Saturday - May 3!
riday lune s
Thursday -
AFTER
Tbuxs,.4y lune' 7,3

Ust TERM,
LoNnolkt.
Monday - - rune i
Saturday - - 6
Friday - -
T E RM.
Friday

- June

Aeßgy.v,abe Embarkation of tx.frips fOr the
Grand Expedition has cornmq.:-.,!7...1" with .the Royal
Artillery,' of
.whom a 1::w;i.; aivision has just been
shipped on board vessels provided for their re,
ception. 71.....mbarkatiort of the foreign corps will
imrws.';`Aely follow at Ramsgate,, Margate and Deal.
- transports which lately.conveyed to Ireland
the toot, commanded by th.p Hon. Colonel
COLVI“E ; and the 26th, or Cameronians, Lord .
.Et.ettugsg-oNE's Regiment ; are to bring back some
of the regiments trot, that country, destined for the
Grand expedition.

,
General CALVERT is at Portsmouth taking leave
of his fine Regiment, the 14th Foot, previously to
their embarking on foreign service—after the es-.
of His Royal Kighness the Duke of
Sir ,141,mr VtJLTE'EY, the gallant Sir .Totll4Doy,t.E.„
and all the distingui;hal Colonels 'whose Rei;iments
have lately gone on service.

Reinforcetuents of troops for South America,, as
well as for the Cape, and the Est India a
will soon be sent Out.

•

On Friday se'nnight, the -Cl.tarZot,te, of Trenton,
an American vessel, was lost near Tonningen, 'on
the sands., loaded with flour.: • It yvas occasioned by.
a black buoy being mistaken fot A white one, owing
to the sun shining very bright upon it. The Crew
were all saved, and the principal part of the cargo,
owing to its being in casks.
The Packets are in future to go to Tonningen, in,
stead of Husum,. in consequence of its being -found.
.to 1p a much safer and quicker passage:. One, of the
King's IVlessengers went in• the first 'Packet to that
place, about ten days since, with Dispatches to Kiel.
A letter from a Passenger'on board the Ship Asia,
Capt. WAp;ER, from London, bound to Swinagt,
captured and carried into, Quadaloppe, dated Point-
a-Petre, the 13th -.of April, 'states, ‘f Since I have
been here, the Privateers have captured nine capital
Prizes, supposed to be worth 300,0(41."
Saturday evening, doping the. Performance at the
Theatre, Rochester, some person threw two glass
quart bottles from the Gallery of the Theatre upon
the Stage, which severely cut and Wounded L. N.
LONG, V:sq. of the Coldstream Guards. •
Yesterday. being Bow Fair, nearly 1300 carts were
had in requisition, to convey the Belles of the,east,
ern part of the metropolis to this celebrated mart 01
beauty. . .