The Sun.
London, England, 1814-08-30 00:00:00

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Parliament. r` ssod tine `_Btzi -if
Jutlyy
ltaliset,Acttherif
coachei were to be-in 'full fOrce aiier Sunday
hut we now hear that the , ,
selves
Hielxl Fine; 6tclel'bi 'c(6al.(:l::":';'":'iL:isli:et°l9ll.e.4ll-"'st' iti.:l‘.7l'os. I c_lc,.;"'l:l7.:S°!
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How far this may he c" fell; hue
how are the Com n
misioers " ,
-u'o a ji-nitik‘i
Act of Varliarnent; or Clete:. its Oper.-ts.-ion ?
~.. • •
Tho first clause in the Act 'pirovale, ihat el.lyv. harl;nev
coach Over shall be provided 7 stifficitut of
Notes or Tickets, bearing his I,.lajosty's. arms, the ininiher 01
his coach, the name and i',..idence of the prop!!etOr ;ni, dri-
ver; and that on some of {liefe Notes -nr shad also be
printed in words or figures " One Siiiiling ;" and on others,
the words or figures " One Shilling an.: Sixperice."
The second clauie is important. :It iS aS follows A 1
be it further enacted; that as. iin,•er (whit ier he l.e
the owner rit-nc,t).of anysnth licemed liackni-y,coacri shall be
entitled to receive or be ii4id the amount of his fare, ;,n any.
occasion of his coach being Wired, he sh'all deliver, whil,,r
the same. be required or not, 15 the person ;or if thi.:-e Shall he
snore than one in compauy, 'then to one of such' persons)
whom he shall have driven in his coach, infoly of s.te!t.
Notes or Tickets, so pro: ,-1:v filled up, as shall, or may,
'the. sums iii-inted thereon, make up the aggregate aid fall
amount of such-his fare."

The third clause provides that no person shall, be entill,!,l
to any redress, or be beard before anyOinunisioner or Ma-
gistriite against any driver, whether for over-charge, or foe
inisLehaviouri unless he pro;h.‘ce some one or more of the.
aforesaid notes or tickets which he shall hare received, or
might and aught to have received by virtue of thi,
The bill further enacts, that on complaint or inforroscion,
the number of the coach on such tickets may be reeeivec „where
the evidenceas to the number of the coach may be otherwis,3
defective, as auxiliary and corrobora,ive, but as' indis
potable and conclusive evidence of identity. The Commis-.
stoners are to appoint 'a printer of 'these notes, which-1)01,0(1y
else is to print under the penalty of 3001. The forgery of such
tickets by any owner 'or drives is liable to a penalty of 30.-
and imprisonment .for not longer than 12, nor less than
There are other provisions anti penalties for the
security of the proprietors against the frauds of the nriv,i:s.
The number of persons to be carried in a hacliney-cOaelf is
limited to fon r adults or grown up, (and not' being ehitdve:l
in ar,ns or lap) and a servant outside ; but if the driver sinifild
agree to carry more, he may for every. such. person deonmd.
(not being a child in arms or lad) lone shilling on the fare.
Every iver of the hackney chari,,ts,which may be licensed
to the number- of--200, may .refuse to carry inure than two
adults within, arid one servant without. The whole ;Amber
of licensed coaches and chariots is not, however, to exceeett
1100.

PEDESTRIANISM, ,t,c.

On Monday John Charlton, of the co'o of
Durham, and William &crick, of Leek oilfield,
Yorkshire, ran the match, two Ini:es, over Ic.naves-
mire, which was Krell contested.„ Charlton., took
the lead--betting 6 and 7 to 4 on him : a :!Bill
having drawn up one of the chains
.across flicT
course, the Durham man stooped .under, and Es
crick attempting to leap, his toot caught and he..
fell ; he afterwards made up to his antagonist,
and they ran breast and breast for a quarter of a.
: Charlton .then gained about a yard : a boy
being thrown down, Escrick had to over
him, whereby' he lost -some. strides, and was beat
at the end about ten yards. The two miles- were
run in 10 minutes and 17 seconds.

The 'match against time made by ROBERT EL
LERBY, of Wold Newton, in Yorkshire, to go 1-00
miles in 18 hours on Knavesmire, he taking 100
guineas to- 5 gu:iieas that he accomplished the
performance, was attempted. He started a quar'-'
ter before eight on Thursday evening,, and gavt!
20 minutes past 12 yesterday, in conscquencC of
his-legs being much swollen, atter having- gone
87 miles ; of course one hour and twenty-five
minutes only remained ttl perform the thirteen
miles, had he been enabled to preceed.
Mr. THOMAS KNIGHT, of Tewkesbury, has un-
dertaken, for a wager of 200 guineas, to perform
the astonishing pedestrian feat of 100 miles in 19
successive bouts, either to walk or run, but with.
out any - assistance whatever. The matt)) was
made on Monday se'nnight, to he performed with-
in a month—Seven days notice of the particular
time of starting to be given Great stims,of money
are pending on the issue of the contest, and has
are at present even. The scene of action will be
on the turnpike-road between Tewkesbury and
Worcester.• Knight, a short time ago, won a
considerable wager by walking 50 miles a-day for-
six successive days.

A considerable bet was made last week that the
Subscription Coach could not perform the journey
from London to Oxeter in 19 hours ; but, extraor-
dinary to say, it completed the distance (164 miles)'
in 16 hours and 55 Diluntes, including 20 minutes
allowed for breakfast. Tbe-eoach brought pine
.passengers, besides coachman, guard, and fire.
cwt. luggage. •

NEXT THURSDAY the Lottery begins Drawing,
and as there are -no fixed Prizes, it is possible
that all the Capitals may be drawn the first•dav •
an early purchase is therefore recommended at; - ,
WEBB'S Fortunate Office, 17, Ludgate-streer, near
St. Paul's, where Tickets and Shares are selling
considerably cheaper than for many years. W E 41.3
sold in Shares No. 3252,2 a Prize of 20,0001-and
eight other Capitals; in the last twelve months.
Last week.a handsome woman, of genteel ap
pearance, approaching her accouchement,
wards,in
her place in the Chester Mail front London,
go to Chester, and horn thence to Ireland, where
her husband," who is an Officer in the Army, and
had recently returned front Bourdeaux, kiwait:ll
her arrival, having received orders to p)'ucued
with his regiment to America. On her arrivalmt •
Oxford on Sunday morning, she compiained of
be
unwell, but recovering her spirits soon after--
she, determined to proceed on her journey.
'There
were three Gentlemen in the mail with' •
her. She had not long passed Wolverhampton,
however, ;;when her
.indisposition returned, and'
she soon had reason to lamed the precipitancy
of her progress, for she was assailed by the
pains of labour ; the Gentlemen instantly quitted
the coach, and sent a young woman, who happen-
ed to be on the outside, to their fellow travel-
ler's assistance. She was so much alarmed, and
so little experienced in such scenes, however,
that she -was of little service. Fortunately an
elderly female accidentally passed at the moment,
and being.called, with her matronly care, a lime
boy was ushered into the world. The mail was
detained half an hour, but the L4dy and her off-
spring were safely conveyed to the lodge o( Sir
Joss WROTTESLEY, between Wolverhamtpton
and Stafford, where she now lies, to use a technical
phrase, " as well as can be expected," The child
is also doing

Tile CHANCELLOR yi steiittypronouneed
rent in this case, which was ;in
, application
intra
p, of the latc house of Stein 7--,„1
to be .1 • re.easc
at Whitce:-.7:'d,irom the (ibliga-
tions Of an agre°lle.",t'''''ilered into between him
iseusington and Co. with re,
'rerence 291,000/Jwoved by the latter
in the bankruptcy of Steinf and Co., and upon
which his Lordship bad directed an issue to try
whether or not the debt was affected by usury.
It appeared, that there were two houses of
Stein and Co. in Fenchurch-street,' and Stein and
Liptrap, distillers, in IVhitechapel. Since the
bankruptcy of -Stein and Co. Mr. Liptrap had
purchased. all the effects of the other house, and
tuiw stood both as to debtors and creditors in
the situation of Stein, Smith, and Liptrap. ,In
the course of the dealings and transactions be-•
tween Stein and Co. and Kensingtons the bankers,
the debt supposed to heusurions had been contract-
ed., and tlie assignees of Kensington now held eight
bills of 12,0001, each, drawn by the house in Fen-
thurtb-stret, and accepted by Stein, Smith, and
Liptrap, which had been lodged in the hands of
Xensington and Co., as securities for their debt.
These securities, joined to an overdrawn cash
account, and a sum due to the assignees,
con .tittrted an entire debt, to which Mr. Lip-
trap han incurred the liability, of 114,4001. In
• discharge of this, and all other claims whatever,
Mr. Liptrap had offered a compromise,. and agreed
to pay the sum of 63,9591. subject to an arrear of
-excise duties amounting to 20,0901.• This. agree-
ment had been drawn up, and was now in his
Lordship's possession ; the question therefore
Was, whether this agreement. was binding, the
debt for which the bills were given as -securities
being to he tried at law aa.an
_usurious contract.
The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that it was
clear that Mr. Liptrap, who had become liable in
the place of Stein :111(1 Co. could have become no
farther or otherwise liable than they were; and if
their debt should prove tainted with usury, he who
bad succeeded to that debt mnstbe equally ditr-
charged from it; nor could the bills •be withheld
from him the acceptor, as against the drawers: But
the point here was, whether, whilst this Measure
was depending, Mr. Liptrap Pas not competent to
enter into an agreement by which he should bargain,
that instead of abiding by the result of that trial, and
in order to secure lihnselfagainst what might be its
tvent,.he should pay one-half, or any other propor-
tion of the sum claimed.: To him it appeared, that
whatever might, lie the equities between Liptrap
and Stein and .Co. such an agreement had all the.
requisites of validity, and that there was no ne-
cessity for placiug Stein and Co: in media, to im-
pede the execution of this agreement on'the part
of Liptrap. It was neither. more nor less than
the purchasing off a law suit. By a proviso in the
agreement, this_ opinion of his derived great •con-
firmation, for it was therein.stiptilated, that this
agreement Shonld affect no claims of Liptrap
against the other patty. It appeared to' him,
therefore, that he could not make the order pray-
ed for, but that the petition might be reheard after
payment.