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office, had, for a day or two, been kept in confusion,
by the starting of some new twopenny omnibuses, to
run from King's-cross to the Elephant and Castle.
Everyone was, annoyed with the touting for cus
tomers, and some persons were almost forced into the
omnibuses by the rival conductors. He had received
directions to lock up any conductor who misbehaved
by laying hands, in this way, on a female. The de-
fendant's omnibus, after drawing off into Newgate-
street, stopped, and there was a contest for a lady who
was about to get into another omnibus, but the de-
fendant caught hold of her arm, insisted she had
hailed him first, and handed her into his omnibus.
Witness immediately took the defendant into custody.
Mr. Norton cross-examined him, to show that he
ought to have taken both conductors into custody,
and that he was showing favour to the old proprietors,
who bad had the monopoly of the road, and wanted to
keep up the price. He called the driver, to show that
the lady, in fact, hailed his omnibus first.
Some letters from the inhabitants were put in,
complaining that they could not get carts up to their
doors to take up or set down goods ; that the footway
was constantly crowded and in confusion ; that the
coachmen and cads abused each other in a most offen-
sive manner ; that five or six omnibuses stood in a
line at the same time, and that they paid no attention
to the police.
Sir P. LauarE said if the lowering of the fares
much increased the number of omnibuses, it must be
considered whether they and the cabs should have all
the thoroughfares to themselves, or whether some
limit should be put to their number. A magistrate
must depend on the testimony of a disinterested eye-
witness. He must believe the policeinan gave a con-
scientious account of what he saw, till he was shown
to he corrupted by one side or the other; and he
should, therefore, support the authority of the officer.
He fined the defendant ss.
IYESTMINSTER.

on the abdomen, from the effects of which she has
been suffering ever since, and her life, at one period,
was considered in danger. She was, however, suffi-
ciently convalescent, on the 'present occasion, to
attend, and in the course of her examination she
stated, that on the day the assault was committed,
she stood merely as a silent spectator of what was
going forward, when he ran towards her, and with
a shoe on his foot (produced) studded with nails, he
inflicted the injury which had ever since confined her
to her bed, and from the effects of which she was
still suffering.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT NEAR
HADLEIGH.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.

HADLEIGH RAILWAY STATION, SATURDAY EVEN-
ING.—As yet all the sufferers are alive, though the
recovery of one of them (the wife of a labourer), is
still deemed doubtful.

Messrs. Growse and Mudd, the two surgeons of the
place, attended upon the injured, a duty which the
large number rendered in no slight degree laborious;
the assistance of Mr. Storry, the druggist, which
was most kindly rendered, being all the additional
aid that could be procured, either in the town or
neighbourhood.

The prisoner said that he regretted what had oc
curred.

Mr. COTTINGRAM, in strong terms denounced the
unmanly conduct of the prisoner on the occasion,
and told him that had the girl died in consequence of
the kick which he had inflicted on so dangerous a
part of her person, he should assuredly have com-
mitted him for murder. As the law at present stood,
and that there was every probability of the ultimate
recovery of the complainant, even under such cir-
cumstances he deemed it his duty to send the pri-
soner before a jury, instead of dealing summarily
with him, and inflicting a fine, which was quite
inadequate as a punishment for such an offence as
that with which he had been charged. The prisoner
was then committed for trial for the assault at the
present Sessions at the Central Criminal Court.
A few days since a person named John Hall, who
described himself as a solicitor's clerk, and who was
to have been tried at the late Surrey Sessions on a
charge of obtaining money under false pretences from
a poor woman named Malin attended to prefer a
charge of threatening to do him some bodily harm,
against Mrs. Malin's husband, and a man named
Sherreff, who was to have been a witness for the pro-
secution. It appeared that on Saturday last Hall
was put upon his trial at the above sessions, but his
counsel took an objection, which was fatal to the
indictment, and the prisoner was consequently dis-
charged, but the prosecutor was informed by the
Chairman that she had it in her power to lay a fresh
indictment against the accused person. Prior, how-
ever, to the proceedings taking place, Hall attended
at this Court and complained that the husband of the
prosecutrix and a man named Sherreff had threatened
him with their vengeance, and that he went in bodily
fear of them. The Magistrate, on being made ac-
quainted with the facts, accordingly ordered Hall's
information to be taken in writing, and summonses
were accordingly issued against the parties, to attend
this day to answer the charge. The accused persons
were in attendance, but when the case was called on
Hall did not appear, and the accused parties coin-
plained loudly that the complainant was absent, and
declared that there was not the slightest ground for
the charges which he had alleged against them. They
requested to be informed whether they could not have
some redress for the scandalous way in which they
had been treated on the occasion.
Mr. COTTINGHAM said that he recollected Hall's
application to him on the subject, and his having di-
rected that that person's information should be taken
in writing, in which he charged the defendants with
threatening his life. As Hall, however. neglected to
attend on the present occasion, the defendants were,
as a matter of course, discharged; and he added, that
in the event of their wishing to institute any proceed-
ings against that person, they should be furnished
with copies of the informations which he had laid
against them.

The following is a list of those requiring medical
aid :

UNDER CARE OF MR. MUDD.

Mr. John Staines, fractured collar bone, and other
injuries. His child, contusion of leg.
William Sheldrake (a boy), fractured thigh, and
extensive wounds of head.
Eliza Arms, concussion of brain; and her sister
Sarah, wounded eye and knee.
Maria Jo4in, fracture of ribs and wounds of face.
Thomas Theobald, concussion of brain, and wounds
of head and arm.
Amelia Gray, wounded head and contused shoulder.
Mr. Robert Hoddy, wounds of head and contusion
of eye.

Mr. Charles Fenn, contused ankle and hip.
Nis Hannah Lamb, injury to feet and con-
tused eye.
Miss Louisa Lamb, wounds of head and legs.
Miss Emma Ray, woand of head and contusion
of back.
Elizabeth Scrivener, injury of the foot.
Sergeant Hornsby, one of the railway police,wounds
of the head and chest.
Mr. Seagrave, wounded head, and his daughter
contused leg.
Charlotte Double, injury to head and shoulders.
George Double, wounds of leg, ankle, &c.
Ann Snell, contused arm and leg, and wounded
hip.

Dennis Lalley, an Irish labourer, was charged with
the following unprovoked and violent assault upon
Richard Alexander, the proprietor of the Coburg
Arms, Coburg-row, Westminster.
Complainant, whose arm was in a sling, and who
appeared to be in great pain, said that at about half-
past eight on Saturday night he was informed that
the defendant was making a great disturbance in the
taproom, and on going there entreated him to be
quiet, and leave the place. Defendant, however, posi-
tively refused, and taking off his coat declared that he
would remain there all night, and that nobody should
remove him. Complainant, after again endeavouring
to persuade the man to leave the house peaceably, laid
hold of him gently by the breast, observing, at the
same time, " Come, my good man, you had better
go ;" when defendant seized him by the arm and
twisted it so violently that it became completely dis-
abled. On complainant turning away from defend
ant, the latter struck him a blow with so much vio-
lence on one side of his head, that blood gushed out
of the opposite ear, as also from his nostrils. Defend-
ant then endeavoured to get away, and on being fol-
lowed by complainant's little girl, knocked her about,
kicked her, and tore her clothes. After some trouble
defendant was conveyed to the police-station. Com-
plainant, in conclusion, said that although his medical
attendant had dune all that skill could suggest, his
arm still remained perfectly useless.
Defendant, in reply to the charge, said that he had
no remembrance of what had occurred, but he did
not think he had treated complainant in the way he
had described.
Mr. BRODERIP said the case was by far of too
serious a nature for him to deal with summarily, and
ordered defendant to find bail to answer the charge
at the sessions.
Defendant was locked up.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Elizabeth Cook, contusion of body.
Eliza Cook, extensive wound of knee and other
injuries.

Harriet Cook, contusion of ankle.
Charlotte Greggs, wounds of head and face.
Harriet White, wounded head.
Eliza White, contused eye and wounds of head.
Ellen Arms, bruises of the body.
Mary Durrant, contusions of forehead and ankle.
Jane Theobald, contused head and arm.
Susan Eighteen, fracture of right leg and con-
tusion of left knee.
Ann Ratcliffe, contusion of legs, arms and face.
Edward Buckle, wounded head, and contused leg
and arm.
Daniel Grainger, bruises of face and shoulders.
UNDER CARE OF MR. J. GROWSE.

Sarah Brooks, fractured ribs and wounded head.
Charlote Brooks, contused face and feet.
Harriet Pittock, wife of a labourer, fracture of
both legs, and wounded head.
Mary Ann Payne, fractured thigh.
Seth of Paone, bruises of foot.
Louisa Payne, general contusion of body and
limbs.

Harriet Wilding, lacerated wrist and other bruises.
John Sibbons, contusion of arm.
Susan Faulkner, contused face and wounded ankle.
Mary and Elizabeth Pittock, and Sarah Cross,
general injuries.
Thomas Hawes, contusion of knee and wounded
ankle.

The defendants having thanked the magistrate,
then withdrew.

LAMBETH".

John Cresse ant James Cheddy,
_alias Holmes.

were charged before Mr Elliott with entering the
dwelling-house of Mrs. Elizabeth Field, of Henry-
street, Kennington-lane' and stealing therefrom a
qnantity of plate and other property.
From the evidence it appeared that the family of
the -presecutrix were from home, and the female in
care of the house having gone out for a short time,
the prisoners, taking advantage of her absence, un-
locked the door with a skeleton key and entered the
house. A person living opposite, suspecting their
intention. gave information to the police, and on com-
ing out of the house they were apprehended, and a
quantity of plate, with other property, a number of
skeleton keys, and a " jemmy" were found on them.
They declined saying anything in defence, and
were remanded.

Susan Scowen, bruised feet.
Eliza Barnes, bruised ankle.
Mr. May, fractured leg.
Elizabeth Martin, contused head.
Susannah Baker and Susan Abbott, bruised head
and face.
Mary Baker, wounded head.
Thomas Brown, general injuries.
Beason, contusion of feet.
Mr. George Grim wood, general bruises.
James Bateman, injury to shoulder and arm.
William Bateman (his son), serious wound of scalp.
George King, contusion of head and back.
Mr. Benjamin Bare, hair-dresser, bruised head and
arm.

Frederick Miller and Theodore Blomberg, two well
dressed young Germans, were placed before Mr.
Hardwick, charged with being drunk and riotous.
Police Constable 111 C, stated that he was on duty
in the Haymarket, about four o'clock this morning,
when his attention was called to the defendants, who
were singing in a tone of more noise than harmony,
accompanying their vocal abilities by dancing in a
very uncouth manner on the pavement. He went
' up to them, and requested them to desist and go home
quietly. They, however, would not obey him, and
intimated that they should amuse themselves as long
as they thought proper, and contended against his
authority to remove them. Seeing that they were
determined to kick up a row, he took them into cus-
tody and conveyed them to the station.
The defendants, in answer to the charge, said they
were perfect strangers in this country and ignorant
of the law. They admitted being in liquor, and were
sorry for acting in such an unbecoming manner.
Mr. HARDWICK fined them ss. each, and recom-
mended them to keep sober in future.
Henry Sims and William Rogers, two sturdy young
fellows, were charged by Mr. Smith, one of the over-
seers of St. George, Hanover-square, with creating a
disturbance at Mount-street Workhouse, and refusing
to go away.
It appeared that, on Saturday evening, the defen-
dants applied for admission into the workhouse, but
in consequence of the place being full they were
refused, and told to go elsewhere. Instead of doing
so, they became very abusive and applied several
filthy epithets to Mr. Smith. They had been dis-
charged from the house on Thursday last, in conse-
quence of their incorrigible laziness and general bad
conduct, and work had since been offered to them, but
they refused to accept it.
Mr. HARDWICK, after giving them a severe lecture
upon their conduct, discharged them with a caution.
MARYLEBONE.
Jane Carpenter, not much more than ten years of
age, was charged with having robbed Miss Linton,
Bayham-terrace, Camden-town.
Prosecutrix deposed that on Saturday evening last
she went to the shop of Mr. Johnson, a grocer, in
High-street, not far from her own dwelling, to make
some purchases, but finding that the place was so full,
and that there would be a probability of her not
being served for a considerable time, she was about
to make her egress, when she was stopped by a con-
stable in plain clothes, who asked her if she had lost
anything. She immediately put her hand into her
pocket, and discovered that her purse, containing a
half-crown, two shillings, and some copper money,
had been stolen.

Mr. J. T. Garnham, draper, contusion of shoulder
and arm.

Mr. Joseph Smith, who describes himself as a so-
licitor, but whose name does not appear in the law
list, appeared to answer to a summons charging him
with assaulting Mr. George Frederick Carden, a bar-
rister, residing in Gate-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields,
by spitting in bis face. The short facts were these :
—The defendant, who represented himself as the so-
licitor of Messrs. Dowd and Co., auctioneers' agents,
&c., of 12, Wormwood-street, City, and 4, Bury-
street, St. Mlry Axe (the places where he, Smith,
represented his offices to be), had been negotiating
with the complainant for delivering up to him some
premises in Lambeth-walk belonging to him, and
some disagreement having arisen between them, the
defendant spat in the complainant's face.
Mr. ELLIOTT observed, that the act of the defendant
was one of a very filthy description, and convicted
him in the highest penalty of at., or, in default of
payment, to one month's imprisonment.
The defendant was locked up.

William Scowen, contused face.

In addition to the above, some, who reside at a dis

tance from the town, are attended by their own medi-
cal men. Amongst these is Mr. Hewes, farmer, Nay-
land, who had his leg fractured, and who is under the
care of Mr. Fenn.

It will be seen from the nature of the wounds that
many of the cases are of a dangerous character,
though we are happy to state that they are generally
going on so well that, with one exception, no fatal
consequences are at present apprehended. The case
alluded to is that of Mrs. Pittock, the wife of a
labourer, who had both her legs broken, and her head
severely wounded and contused ; to-day her case wore
a more favourable appearance, but recovery is consi
dered very precarious.
Several remarkably narrow escapes occurred, in
one of which Mr. Mudd, the surgeon, was himself
the party ; he, like many others, had gone upon the
platform to witness the starting of the train, and was
standing at the edge of the platform in front of the
wall in question, when he observed it crack, and only
saved himself from being crushed under it by a
vigorous spring on to the line. It was most fortu-
nate that the train which was intended to convey
the excursionists had net been backed up to the ,
station, or the platform would have been so hemmed
in that there would have remained very slight chance
of escape, and the consequences would probably have
been much more serious.

Leaving out of calculation comparatively trivial
injuries, the sufferers on the occasion cannot be rec-
koned at much less than seventy. The list given
above comprise siztythree, and we understand there
are several resident in the adjacent neighbourhood
who are not included.

Though in no degree blameable, either by them-
selves or officers, for the occurrence of the accident,
the directors have manifested the greatest regret at
the occurrence, with the strongest commiseration
for the sufferers, and through Mr. Bruff, their en-
gineer, and Mr. Martin, the traffic manager, they
have given orders that nothing may be spared which
can conduce to the ultimate recovery and intermediate
comfort of the patients.
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the hurricane ; but, as some proof of its force, it
may be mentioned that a large tree in the vicinity
was blown down ; a point-turner was carried com-
pletely off the line, and numbers could scarcely keep
upon their feet.
It is scarcely necessary to add, that throughout the
town the greatest commiseration is felt towards the
sufferers.

Hilladen, 42 S (the constable alluded to) said that
he distinctly saw the prisoner draw a purse from the
pocket of prosecutrix, and pass it from her left to
her right hand. Witness laid hold of her, and on her
hearing the lady declare that she had been robbed,
she (prisoner) dropped the purse on the floor; she
cried and begged to be forgiven. It was further
stated by witness that he had on the same evening,
and at the same shop, seen the prisoner attempt to
pick the pockets of other females while waiting to be
served, which induced him to continue to watch her
movements.

The purse and money were here produced; the
former was identified by the owner, and the sum
therein corresponded with that which was lost.
The prisoner on being asked what she had to say,
replied that she was very hungry, and that two or
three other girls had induced her to do what she did.
Mr. BROUGHTON remarked that he was sorry
to be compelled to send one of such tender years
for trial for felony, but he could not do otherwise in
this instance than adopt that course.
The prisoner was accordingly committed.
Thomas Hill was charged with having, on 24th
June last deserted from 40th regiment of Foot, at
that time stationed at Sheffield.
Dafter, 215 D, deposed that from information
which he had received, he went to No. 3, White
Lion-place, Edgware-road, and in one of the back
rooms found the prisoner, who on being told that he
must consider himself in custody as a deserter,
clasped his hands together, exclaiming "some kind
friend has done this for me ;" he was taken to the
station-house, and on his being examined there, the
letter D was found branded on his left side ; when the
charge wa,s made against him before the inspector,
he denied that he was a deserter, and gave his name
John Jones. On the road to the station, he remarked
to some persons who were following him, " they have
done it for me.. "
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Mr. Jones, the usher, who was desired by the Ma-
gistrate to look at the prisoner's side, did so in the
passage leading to the court, and he reported that
there was the mark of a D, but that it was very faint.
In addition to the description of the prisoner in the
Gazette, it was stated that the present was a second
desertion, which fact accounts for the " branding," as
it was termed by the policeman.
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S'OI7THIVARK.
Richard Haines, a tall powerful man, who has been
in custody since the commencement of July, was
brought .up for final examination, charged with seri-
ously injuring Jane ill'Casland, a girl of sixteen
years of age, by inflicting a kick on the lower part of
her abdomen.

It appeared that in the early part of July, the pri-
soner, while leading a woman along 'White-street, in
the Borough, was followed by a crowd of boys and
girls. The complainant, who was passing along at
the time, stood for a moment to look on, whn the pri-
soner dragged his charge on the pavement, and
running up to
the poor girl gave kw a severe kick

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LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING-, SEPTEMBER 21, 1847.