The Sun.
London, England, 1807-06-16 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Ju

COX y. GOULDING.'
The Plaintiff, Mr. Cox, is the owner of the Cam-
berwell stage coach, and on the night of theBlit of
April last was-driving his'OWn coach through Wal-
worth abbut the hour of dine o'clock, wlien the
Defendant, Mr. Goulding, a Gentle Man of fortune
in London, was, with. his wife and nephew, driving
his gig from CamberWz..ll into town, and.in driving
against the Plaintiff's coach, by means. of the pole
of the gig running under the shoulder Of -one of
the Vaintiff 's horses with great torce, the Plaintitf's
horse, valued at 20 guineas, in a few minutes After
dropped down dead near the _Turnpike at Wal-
*worth. By this dreadful collision, in a very 'dark
nighl the three persons in the gig
,were thrown • out,
and Mrs. Crouiditg was left senseless on, the road ;
her husband lifted her. in his arms into an opposite
green-grocer'S shop,. and a cry was heard for a
Doffor from some person 'in the road : ,the company
in and upon the stage coach escaped unhurt,. but
Were much alarmed. This action was, brought to
recover the value of the horse; which appeared in
evidence to have had two eyes, but no power to see
with either. .

The first witness, Mr. William Hammond, tai-
lor, an outside passenger on the hind part of the
coach, stated, that Mr. .Goulding
.turned his gig out
of his proper side of the road,•and drove it furious-
ly against, the Plaintiff's coach, and drove the pole
of the gig into the,loins of the Plaintiff's horse, by
which it way killed. This witness was very inticli
confused, andOn,his cross-examination, stated, that
the cause of his riot seeing the 4t'air More distinaly
was, that all his attention was diretied towards the
lady in white, who was: thrown from the gig, but he
could not tell what became of her, nor did he go to
her assistance. .

On bell df of the' Defendant it was contended
andiswern, that he had kept on his proper side of
the, road, .and, that the Plaintiff broke out of the
right.line, and came to the Defendant's side of the
road, and dashdd against the^ gig,, which occasioned
'the evil: It Was settled,-.that accident was out of
the case, and that the whole' turned upon. the, tiia,
which of' the parties had quitted his proper side of
the road, in driving, as the lac on.that head was
:fully settled ,? •

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The witnesses, on both s:(lOs, so positively and
direaly contradidet one another, that it was left to
the Jury to tfrelieve which they please..l.
Verdict for the Dt,..tendant.

GROOM V. NORRIS.

T,l* Plaintiff,' Mr. Grown), is an Attorney, living
Zit ahester, in .the county of Somerset, and brought
this action against a Mr. Norris, an innkeeper or
publiCan of the same :place, for slanderous and de-
famatory- words, uttered by. *.the •Defendant to the •
Plaintiff's face, in the'presence of a witness, who
was the only person present at the time the words
were spoken-, at the DefendanCs house, it) Normber, 1805; and the only witness produced' on this
...The Defendant laidliis'damages- at 10001.
The Defendant: pleaded the general issue,' .but no
justification of the truth of the libel, by which means
the amount of the damages was the only question
f)r the Jury ; the Plaintiff was entitled to a verdia
for some damages, at all events, by this plea.
!Tile slanderous words were these : " Dare you
Oppose Mr. Tuson ? (another Attoiney at Ilchester.)
Mr. Tuson has forgotten more law than i6u. have
la,your head. You are -'a scoundrel and a cheat,
and know no more law than the
.chair I sit upon.
Wby don't you return to the place you came from ?
He must be a fOol Who: wotild employ. you. • You
hifre been in prissonfl'-
1 , The objection to; this anion was, that' the Plain-
tiff having had three opportunities., of trying it in
Soipersetoince the cause. of adtion had arisen, had
•
otmtleg .so to du, .and instead of trying it-there;
vhere 1141charader was best known, and where it,
rqplo..
be, tried with so much less. expence, had
brought it here, t 50.tniles distance, from either of
the two motives,. :which were equally unworthy, to
heap 'expence -.upon the Defendant, or 'to 'have it
tried where no opecould duly appreciate the 'merits
or character of the parties. •
• Mt. ABBOTT, Counsel for the Defendant; strong-
ly urged these Considerations ; stating, that' these
words, .however improper, were -spoken in heat,
upon the spur- 41. the Occasion, and but once; to
-the Plaintiff's tiice, - presence of .one person only,
and not by way of backbiting him,.orcirculatitig
defamation, which 'would be a different -Considera-
tion : and lastly, as the Plaintiff had proved no
pecial damage or injury sustained by him in con-
sequence of such slander, he trusted'the Jury would•
feel it their duty -to find 'a
verdia for the' Plaintiff,
for.what in justice and ct.-4)science he thought Would,
be stitlicient,in a eake.ot- this complexion;by send-
ing him back to ilchester with a verdia only for
three and sixpence-.
The,Jury, after six hours consultation, found a
verdid for the Plaintiff---damages 501.

A man named Charles Toole was apprehended in
Dublin,la,t week by the chief Peace Officer 'Wu.-
SON. It was in this man's- house .Mr. WiLsos
discovered some (rays agO the very extensive maim-
fadory for ,forging b.llll;-.notes. Toole had ab,
sconded ; but by the atik:iiy of that Officer he has
been taken, and committed to Kilmainhatu Gaol
for trial,

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Wednesdajr was oelebi.ated u the Theatre,
orpinernqraltoa et 14.7(.10er:4.4111
llenefaaors of the finiyersit7—when the hqu,..;r,,r,);
degree. of D. C. L.was conferred On
Esq: OkApPleton, forMerly, Ge.o,
COrn. of ctueep's College, and, honoray
and on JOHNIIURII/DGE CIIOLWZCH, -
ingdon. House, Delon, fOrmerly Gent. Com. f
Exeter College, and honorary M. A. both
sented.by the Rev. -RICHARD LAIIAENCE, D. C.
Of Uciversity College, and Deputy ProfcAiJ:
Civil Law. ,The honorary degree of M. A. ~••
conferrq on WILLIAM BARNARD, Esq.
Ll.tibi HOLTON, &q. Gent. Coals. of i);,,ii(-
College, presented by the Rev. FrtorisHA .)o •
sow, M. A. and Fellow of the same Collge.; :.1.1
on CHARLES HENRY HOtCHKYNS,
Com. of Exeter College, presented' by the •11,..•,',
JOAN JAMES LAKE, M. A. and Fellow of the same
College. •

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Th-e Oreweian Oration was spoken by the
Enl.vAar) COPLESfON, M. A. Fellow of Oriel. C) -
lege, Professor of Poetry, and une of the Proaurs
the-University. , .
The' Chancellor's Prize Compositions were 1.-e..
cited by the Gentlemen to whom they were_adjdg:
ed, viz. the Latin Verses—" Flinn:2s • ?Lau
Mr. LAW, Student of Ch. Ch.; the
Essay-,-"On Duelling,"—by Mr., J. T.,
B:A. of Brasenose College ; and the
Moes; under the dice lion of Divine
conduaing the Children of Israel from Egk,..)t
Promised" Land"—an additional Prize, of an un-
known .-benefactor, by Mr. MATT.
Scholar-of UniVersity College.
The Theatre on- this occasion was excectlitvY.ly
crowded. Among . the company present we on,
ticed her Grace.. the Duchess of MAitceoltutiGni
Lady AMELIA SPENCER, the Couhtess of Oxrdito,
with ..her young family, and a great number of
gam and fashionable slrange.rs.

CAII,IBRIDGE.7--TDe late Sir Ww. ERQWNE'S iliTeg
gold 'pedals, value five guineas each, are this zear
adjficiged aS follows :—To Mr. ThomAs HuGpnsi of
St.,,John's- College, fiir the Grefk Ode; to Mr. Jut-IN
LONSDALEj of King's College, for the Latin Ode
and to Mr. EDWARD ALDERSoN, sen. of Caius C.() 1.•
lege, for the epigrams.

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A camp part
of immediately to he formed on that frit
of the Pht:An ix Park, Dublin, situate between the Phu.-
nik and Castleknock-road, 'leaf to the gate-nOt 1:;;:g
since ereded; readhig to the Rusial'Cahal;
quantityof furl* has been drawn for the use of. .1!1,
camp, and is wider the. Care of the military, Who
are already plated there With theii tents.

• WitITECHAPEL.—.-Eryant and Carrick, the t'wo
men.who were apprehended some short time since,
and who underwent a private examination at "Lis
(Nike, on Wednesday se'unight, upon a charge of
having robbed the Bristol Waggon about. a fortnitht
ago, in Fligh Holborn, and desperately. wouutled
a watchman, and several other persons who ,:at-
tempted, to lake them into custody, were
.again
broughi• Up for private examination, yesterday, as
were also two other Prisoners, named Pinch _mud
Jcines; whO were appreliepded at their lodginzs in
Itobertes-place, .Cotnniercial-road, Whitechapel; on
Sunday Morning last, is accomplices in the sane'f(--
lony, and in consequence of softie dis.coeries
upon the -examination of the farmer Prisoners.
The examination of the whole, yesterday, vas
private, no person being admitted but the f olive Cat=
ricers 'and necessary witnessed; and continued t.mrii
three hours. . .•

It transpired, however, 'that the waggoner per-
fettly recognizes each of the • parties charged.
two last-mentioned,2risoners; Finch and Jones, w. rc
not secured without a desperate. resistance. In con-
seqUence ofthe private intimation received respect-
ing their haunt,, Griiiiths, and a party of olh .r Po-
lice Officers,
.Proceeded to
,itobert's-place, 'on Sa-
turday night,' to reconnoitre, and remained upon
the watch there the whole night, in hopes of being
able to entrap their meu upon their reulro home-
wards; btit they did not quit their hiding-place, At
.half past ten, on Sunday morning, they made seve-
ral attempts, 'first by siratagein, and next by, fOrce,
to enter the hotie ; 'but were fired ukiu fi'Om
the windows- by one of the 'Prisoners. The Officers
returned tbe.fire, which was rot some time mutually
kept up, and Griffiths, the leader of the Police -pet y,
had his icheek grazed by a, ball. A fte,r several
at-
tempts to force the door, the Police Officeits at
'length' obtained admittance ; and, after a very (faring
resistance, secured the Prisoners, and brought them
in custody to the strong MOM behind the Police-
Office.

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They are old and notorious desperadoes, and Flitch
has lately returned from transportation, before the,
expiration of his sentence.

The further exaMination of the Prisoners was de-
ferred to the latter end of the week.
Pun LI C-OFFI CE, HATTON GA EDEN.--Yesterdav
a iteeruhine Serjeant, of the name of John Conu/a7;
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was committed to Clerkenwell, charged with cutting
two men with• a sword, in Charlotte-buildings,Grarb-

The folloWing very melancholy accident happened
on Tuesday ai-the Marquis of Bath's Seat at Long-
reat :--A sailing boat having been purchased at
Portsmouth, .was brought down to thelake at Long-
leat, under the care of a seaman: and was rigg,:d
and fitted out under his dire6tion. He had emp,o.y.
ed more than tea days in making the necessary pre-
parations, and the launch took place on Tues. cEy.
It.was then intended to work her up to her bnchoNle
in the middle of the water, when she unfortunat6v
upset. There were five persons in her, viz. the sat-
b r,another.man Who had formerly been in the sea-
service; a labourer and his son, and Mr-. Wade, the
principal artificer at Lungleat. A boat, whh .several
persons in her, ,followed close to afford any as,i,t.
ance that might be reqUired, and coming lunedii.t.
ly to the spot; took up the labourer's son. Another
boat which was at a distance came up and savvd,the
labourer; but the two seamen and Mr. Wade wn.,
unfortunately droWned. Mr. Wade has left a ‘"ife
and eightchildten. _
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Last week, the. wife of a labourer, nartied
Tutt, was delivered of three children, at Bus
At the time of her delivery she had six children that
could nut walk, and lour of them under 12 ill(11;,‘::;
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