The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-10 00:00:00

BO W-STREET.

CASE OF MR. BANKES.—Soon after the commence-
ment of the ordinary business of the Court yesterday
morning, Mr. Thomas Sneezum, jun., the person who
had been accepted as one of the suretiesfor the appearance
of Mr. Bankes to answer at the Central Criminal Court
the charge recently preferred against him, entered the
Court, and addressing Mr. Jardine, the sitting Magis-
trate, said he had come forward for the purpose of pub-
licly vindicating his character from the aspersions
which had been cast upon it by Mr. Sneezum, his uncle,
on a former day, with reference to the proprietorship or
tenantcy of the pre:nises in Smith-street. His uncle
had stated in this Court, that he (the complainant)
was not a householder, and accused him of having per-
sonated the former, who was, he alleged, the real pro-
prietor of the establishment. Now, this lie (com-
plainant) utterly, emphatically, and distinctly denied ;
and he could bring several respectable persons, house-
keepers like himself, who were ready to come forward to
confirm the statement which he was now making, and
fully to satisfy the magistrate that he, and he alone, was
the owner of the premises which Ito occupied in Smith-
street. He could also produce, when necessary, the re-
ceipts for rent and taxes (in fact, he now held them in
his hand), to prove the truth of his assertion ; and, fur-
thermore, he could produce summonses which lie had
received to attend on Coroners' and other juries, which
he thought of themselves enough to remove doubts as to
his credibility, and prove the sufficiency of his bail.
Mr. JARDINE said he could not but feel the utmost
astonishment at the statement which he had just heard
from the_ lips of Mr. Sneezum, jun., for his uncle,
Mr. Sneezum, sen., had not only made declarations to
the very contrary effect of what was now stated when
he attended with his solicitor, but he haAl yesterday
been put upon his oath as to the truth of his asser-
tions, when he repeated the statement that he was the
proprietor of the premises in Smith-street, and that lie
employed and actually paid weekly wages to his nephew,
the present complainant.
Mr. Sneezum, jun., said that he could not conceive
his uncle's object for making such a statement. There
were certainly outstanding accounts between. them, in
the settlement of which some difficulties existed, but lie
knew of no other grounds for his making a statement
which must prove so prejudicial to his character with
his friends, and so injurious to him as a man of business.
Mr. JARDINE again expressed his surprise at the coun-
ter-statements of the parties, and said that he doubted
not that thesame publicity would, through the press, be
given to the present statement of the complainant as had
been given to the allegations made against him by Mr.
Sneezum, sen.

The complainant thanked the Magistrate fur his cour-
teous attention to his statement, and retired.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Yesterday Mr. Fitzgerald, surgeon, of St. Giles's, waited
upon Mr. Hardwick relative to a Swiss Catholic Priest,
named Waters, who had been apprehended on a charge
of obtaining money under false pretences, but who was
presumed to labour under a delusion respecting a mission
to convert the Chinese, and consequently unfit to be out
of the controul of his friends in Switzerland.
Mr. Fitzgerald stated that agreeably to the desiro ex-
pressed by the Magistrate, of procuring the Rev. Mr.
Waters to be sent to his native country, Dr. Griffiths,
the Roman Catholic resident, had commissioned him
(Mr. Fitzgerald) to offer the individual 10/., besides
having his passage paid from another source, if he would
consent to return to Switzerland. This offer had been
absolutely refused ; and Mr. Fitzgerald said he was in-
clined to believe that the de'endant was guided in his
determination by motives of interest.
Mr. HARDWICK thought this was very likely, as there

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• appeared so much cunning mixed up with the zeal he
professed for the spiritual welfare of his Celestial Ma-
jesty and his Celestial subjects. .A's the defendant had
refused the offer, no further lenity could be extended to
him, forif again apprehended under similar circumstances,
the law would be allowed to take its course.
Mr. Fitzgerald then retired.

KENSINGTON.
•
Yesterday Edwin 111-61coltn, the driver of one of,Cloud's
Hammersmith omnibuses, appeared in discharge of his
bail before Mr. G. Clive, the sitting Magistrate, with
whom was also Mr. T. Poynter, on a charge of having
occasioned the death of Thos. King, and also to a sum-
mons for furious driving.
The first charge was not proceeded with, the Jury at
the inquest on the unfortunate man having returned a
special verdict, which has been construed into one of
accidental death, with a deodand of 2.5/. upon the omni-
bus and horses.

The second charge was proved by the evidence of Mr.
John Ayliffe, of Twickenham, and Mr. R. J. Todd, of Ken-
sington, from whose statement it appeared that on the
afternoon of Saturday, the 24th of July last, about five
o'clock, the defendant was driving his omnibus down the
road, and when near the Park-gates, close to Kensington-
turnpike, he stopped for the purpose of setting down a
passenger. Just as he had done so, one of Powell's om-
nibuses going the same 'direction came along, and the
defendant on seeing it, started immediately, and whipping
his horses endeavoured to cross the road, and get through
the turnpike before it. In doing sJ, he ran against a
cart loaded with grass, which had just come through the
turnpike in the direction of town, by which the horse in
the cart became unmanageable, and running the cart
'against F. latepposit, Thomas King, who was riding
en the top of the grass, was thrown off, and his leg
broken, from the effectscts of which he afterwards died in
St. George's Hospital. The defendant, notwithstanding
the accident, still continued his course, and at the turn-
pike-gate came into collision with Powell's omnibus, to
the great danger of the outside passengers, and passing
through the gate, drove off without ascertaining the ex-
tent of the damage he had done.
The defendant called a person named Thomas Pearce,
of No. 10, St. Martin's-lane, and another witness, named
Jordan, to prove that he was not at all to blame in the
transaction ; but

Mr. OLIVE said he must convict the defendant in the
full penalty of 40s. and costs, or a month's imprisonment.
The defendant paid the money, and was discharged.

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
FRIGHTFUL COLLISION ON THE NORTH
UNION RAILWAY-ONE PERSON KILLED
AND NINE INJURED.

BUXTON STATION, WEDNESDAY:A frightful colli-
sion took place yesterday at this station, distant six
miles from Preston, between a coal train and the stage
coach running from Chorley to Southport, which ended
in the death of the Rev. Robert Ivy, an Independef t
Minister residing at Duckenfield, and the serious injury
of the' coachman, seven passengers, and the keeper of the
station-house. At this part of the line the railway
passes over .• the turnpike-road leading from Bolton,
Chorley, and other parts, to Southport. There is a
gate on both sides, and a than named Nixon resides at
the station-house, whose duty it is to see that the
gates are regularly closed against anything passing
along the turnpike-road every time a train is ob-
served coming along the line. Yesterday the coach, which
belongs to Mr. Howarth, of Manchester, arrived at the
station at 20 minutes to one o'clock. It rained heavily
at the time, and Nixon was in the house, taking his
dinner, when he heard the coach coming, and looing
througlh the window he saw a train of empty coal-wag-
gons, belonging to Messrs. Pearson and C0.,0f the
Spring Colliery, at Ince, near Wigan, coming own the
line, at such a speed as to lead him to conclude that the
coach could not get across the line before 'the train
reached the station. Unfortunately he had omitted to
close the gates prior to taking his dinner. Seeing the
danger likely to accrue, he ran out of the station-house,
and calling to the coachman to pull up, made a rush
at the leaing horse (it was a unicorn team), but
missing it, he caught hold of one of the wheelers,
and had scarcely stopped the coach, when .the train,
which was driven with the tender before the engine,
came in contact with the wheel horses, and, drag-
gin.' them on the line, next caught the coach,
and splintered it to pieces. The fore horse broke
away, but the two wheelers were killed on the spot. The
paSsengers were found for the most part in a state of in-
sensibility, lying amongst the broken portions of the
coach. The Rev. Robert Ivy was picked up dead, at a
distance of 40 yards from the station. He had evidently
fallen among the waggons, 'and had been carried along
the line that distance. The railway was strewed with
the broken particles of the coach for a distance of full
170 yards, and one of the horses was dragged a greater
distance.

The-7.11.6;4,6%, wid ne found et correct list of the suf-
ferers, and the nature of the injuries they received

KILLEI%

The Rev. Robert Ivy, Independent Minister of Duck-
enfield. His two thighs were dreadfully fractured, and
the left leg severed from his body. The Rev. Gentle-
man was on his way to Southport, accompanied by his
wife, and was to have preached there last evening. He
has left a family of two or three children.