The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-13 00:00:00

COURT OF REQUESTS, JULY 30.

THE RIVAL BARBERS.—The parties in this matter,
Ephraim Hoppy, plaintiff, and Benjamin Lovejoy, de-
fendant, are rival barbers, carrying on business in shops
situate vis a vis in the Broadway. The sum sought to be
recovered was twenty-three shillings, for medical atten-
dance furnished to the plaintiff for the cure of his nose,
damaged by the defendant under somewhat ludicrous cir-
cumstances.

The plaintiff for some years has taken the inhabitants of
he Broadway by the nose, with great success, and has
wielded his razor and brush with so much reputation, that
most of the surrounding operatives came to his shop to
have their hebdomadal chin excrescences cleanly mown for
the moderate charge of three-half-pence. About three
weeks ago, the plaintiff, who, like the Turk, " could bear
no rival near the throne," to his greatindignation discovered
one morning that an opponent had made his appearance
in the Broadway, and had put forth his pretensions to pub-
lie favour on a conspicuous board, announcing that
" shaving on an entirely new principle, in all its scientific
branches, was expeditiously executed at the reform price
of one penny." Finding his customers henceforward flock
to the new-corner, and being justly alarmed at the rising
renown of the interloper, the plaintiff spread about a
report that the defendant was entirely ignorant of the true
principles of the noble art of shaving, and that he would
shave with him for any wager, from a pin's head to a pound
of bacon. This challenge having reached the ears of the
defendant, he proposed, that on the following Sunday
morning the plaintiff should come to his shop, and have a
trial of skill in the presence of their customers. Accordingly,
at the time appointed the plaintiff made his appearance,
and submitted to be lathered first ; the terms of the wager
being, that he who shaved in the shortest time, and the
most workmanlike manner, was to be deemed the most ac-
complished artist. While the plaintiff was waiting, ears
deep in suds, for the approach of the razor, the defendant
came unawares upon him, and seized his nose with a pair of
hot nippers, giving it at the same time a wrench which bid
fair to keep that needful organ warm for a month. The
plaintiff bellowed with pain and rage, but well knowing the
folly of five feet two settling an affront, vi et armis, with five
feet ten, he resorted to a Magistrate, and caused the de-
fendant to be fined 20s. for the comical assault. Having
sustained considerable injury in his nasal projection, he
found it necessary to call in a doctor, who effected a cure
for the amount sought to be recovered.
The defendant pleaded that he had already sustained
considerable punishment by the fine and expenses inflicted
by the Magistrates, and added that the object of the plain-
tiff in bringing this forward was to give him a " tie up," he
being jealous of his success, and knowing that he could not
pay the sum claimed. The plaintiff, who had monopolized
the chins of the inhabitants for a long while, was a Tory in
politics, and when he came forward on Reform principles,
the majority of the plaintiff's customers, who were " Whig-
gish" in their characters, naturally preferred getting dressed
by a shaver of congenial politics.
The COMMISSIONERS, having scrutinized the charge in
the bill, retrenched some of the items, and ultimately ad-
judged the defendant to pay the sum of 135., with costs.

CHOLERA.—The season having arrived when,
among other pre-disposing causes to intestine complaints,
we may rank the free and almost irresistible indulgence
in fruit, the necessary consequence of which is an in-
creased demand for pure Brandy ; it may not be amiss to
renew in the recollection of the public the knowledge of the
fact that, during the prevalence of the Cholera in 1832 and
1833, one of the greatest safeguards was found in the use of
BETTS' PATENT FRENCH DISTILLED BRANDY ; which, upon
the acknowledgment of many of the most eminent medical
men in London and elsewhere, was declared to exceed French
Brandy in its medicinal properties. One reason which alone
sufficed to justify this preference was the entire absence, in
the Patent Brandy (as certified by several of the most distin-
guished chemists), of those acids which are known to exist in
the foreign spirit ; and which extensively counteract its other-
wise beneficial qualities. J. T. BETTS and Co.'s sole esta-
blishment is at the Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield Bars, where
the Patent Brandy may be obtained, either Pale or Coloured,
in quantities not less than Two Gallons, at 18e. per Imperial
Gallon.

A serious accident befel the Stamford and Birming-
ham mail on Sunday morning as it was leaving Birmingham.
In passing over the bridge one of the leaders, a very spirited
mare, became restive, and started off with the others at full
speed. Mr. Berkeley was driving, and there was another
coachman on the box with him, Jo! their united strength was
inadequate to rein in the hor',:es, and coming in contact with a
milk cart, the coach W upset, and smashed almost to pieces.
Mr. Berkeley had his arm broken ; Mr. Smith, merchant, of
Spalding, was seriously injured, and a lady who was booked
for Lincoln, and, who sat on the near side, .vas so seriously
injured as to be unable to be removed after she was taken to
the nearest house. Another lady, and the coachman who was
on the box with Mr. Berkeley, escaped unhurt. We are in-
formed that not the least blame is attributable to the coach.
man, who bears a uniformly good character, and is a skilful
driver.—Stamford News.

A great instance of self-possession, and of the ad-
vantages of swimming well, occurred on Wednesday, at the
Needles. J. Saunderson, Esq., of the Royal Yacht Squad-
ron, in his yacht the Neuha, was coming through, in a heavy
sea, when his vessel was struck so violently on the quarter by
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the sea, that it caused the mainsail to jibe, the boom knocked
Mr. Saunderson overboard, and snapped asunder.
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contrived to pull a his heavystunned coat, and endeavoured to to
off his trousers. Saw Lord Yarborough's yacht and a coasting
vessel passing ; but, from the force
of
the waves, he could not
obtain their attention, and at last had sufficient strength and
presence of mind remaining to caution his crew not to lower
his assistance, and saved himself by a rope
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