The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-07 00:00:00

QUEEN-SQUARE.

Saturday John Brown, the driver of the hackney
coach No. 166, was charged with negligent driving,
and wilfully damaging the carriage of Sir Henry Rus-
sell, Bart.

It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Russell, jun.,
that on Thursday evening last, about 10 o'clock, he
was in his father's carriage, with his wife and child.
The coachman was driving in the middle of the road,
when, on passing Palace-yard, the defendant, who
was with his coach on the stand, drove off suddenly,
and ran with great violence against the carriage. The
pole of the hackney-coach entered the pannel of the
carriage door, and one of the horses' heads went
through the window. The defendant, as soon as the
accident happened, immediately whipped his horses,
and endeavoured to make his escape, but was stopped
v the police. Had the pole of the coach entered the
aide oannel instead of the door pannel, his wife and
child', m'ist have been killed. There was plenty of
room for the defendant to pass, or even three carriages,
and he was convinced he must have either done it
wilfully or through negligence.
Mr. Barrow, of Abingdon-street, corroborated the
above statement, declaring that it appeared to him to
be the most wanton proceeding on the part of the de-
fendant that he had ever witnessed.
Sir Henry Russell's coachman also confirmed the
stawient.
The defendant complained that the pole of his coach
was broken in two, and said Sir Henry's coachman
was to blame,
The coachmaker's bill for the damage to the carriage
was handed to the Bench, and which amounted to
71. 17s. 6d.
Mr. \VHITE fined the defendant 5/. and costs.
Mr. Russell then told the defendant's master, Mr.
Hattersk‘y, that if he chose to pay the coachmaker's
bill he wOu:d hear no more about it ; if, however, he
refused, an action would be commenced against him
forthwith. It wo.llld operate as a caution to hackney
coachmasters to employ proper men to drive. We
understand that Mr. Hattersley undertook to pay the
bill.

UNION-HALL.
William Edwards, a clerk in the employ of Mr.
Blackall, a merchant, was charged with embezzling
money to a large amount, the property of his employer.
Mr. Ramson, a gentleman residing at Camberwell,
stated that he paid the prisoner the sum of 261. ss. on
account of his employer, and received the receipt now
produced for the money.
The complainant stated that the prisoner did not
account to him for the above sum.
There were several other cases against the prisoner,
but the above was selected from amoust them, and on
that he was committed.

In Gravesend workhouse, one of the pau-
pers, a girl of eighteen, who bad refused to work,
was dressed in a dashing print dress of red and green,
with gigot sleeves, a silk band, a large golden or gilt
buckle, long gilt earrings, and a laced cap turned up
in front, with bright ribands in the fashion of the day,
a high comb under the cap, and abundance of curls.
OUR Towx.—The dramatis personce of
" Our Town " come forward, each true to the charac-
ter, with a vividness that no other painting but that of
eloquence could produce ' - but it is the eloquence of a
very peculiar style, and comes as near to original
writing as anything we have lately seen issue from the
press. There is a felicity of expression conveying an
archness of meaning that makes the narration sparkle
like champagne, whilst the whole contains a body of
good sense to which port wine is an apt similitude.
This work, in its line, will be found excellent. We
are really taught how to be merry and wise, yet the
reader will find to his delight that merriness predomi-
nates ; laugh, and that heartily he must—will he, null
he—and wise he may grow if he chooses when his
laugh is over, by the means of a little reflection upon
that which has given him so much delight.—Metropo-
litan,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, May 6.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool-
sack at five o'clock. • . .

The Duke—OT'WELLINGTON presented a petition
from the Protestant Dissenters of London-wall, for the
better observance of the Sabbath. The noble duke also
presented a petition for the support of the established
church.

MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.

Mr. Ewma and others brought up two private bills.

The Duke of CUMBERLAND 'asked the Lord Chan-
cellor a question relative to the hour of commencing public
business during the inquiry upon the Warwick Bill ?
LORD CHANCELLOR wished he could answer
the illustrious duke's question, for he wished very
much to know at what hour the public business was to
commence. He had thought it was to be four o'clock, andhe
had accordingly broken up the Court of Chancery at that
hour in order to be in their lordship? house. He thought
it had been understood, that until the other business was
over, the Warwick case, which was the regular order of
the day, should not be proceeded with. The illustrious
'duke would probably recollect, that he had made that sug-
gestion some nights ago, to which he (the Lord Chan-
cellor) at once acceded, and he certainly thought that that
was to be the course of proceeding. Originally, it
was intended to proceed with the Warwick case from
three to five, then to take the regular business of the
night, and as soon as that was over, to go back again
to the Warwick business. But the illustrious duke sug-
gested that it would be better to take the ordinary
business first, and then to go on with the Warwick
case, and not to proceed farther than ten o'clock. That was
what he understood to have been agreed to. Their lord-
ships must admit, in fairness to those noble lords who were
absent, that that was an understanding come to at a
late period of the night, and when there were not many
noble lords present. Probably it would be better that
their lordships would say what course they intended to
pursue ; it signified not what that course was, but
some course having been agreed upon it should be made
known, and their lordships should adhere to it.
The Duke of CUMBERLAND had merely put the
question, because he thought it had been understood that
the business of the house should be proceeded with at five
o'clock.