The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-23 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday Thomas Burt, the driver of a Peckham om-
nibus, was brought before Mr. TRAILL, charged with furi-
ous driving and endangerinc, the lives of the public.
Two young ladies, the endangering
of Mr. Capper, of the
Alien-office, got into the omnibus of which the defendant
was the driver at Peckham, with the intention of coming to
town. When the vehicle reached the Kent-road another
omnibus happened to come up, and the drivers of both
commenced racing one against the other, evidently with the
view of seeing which would reach the Bricklayers' Arms
soonest. During the race, and when the vehicles arrived
at a place called Kent-terrace, the drivers of them suddenly
pulled up, and here a contention arose between the conduc-
tors as to which of them was entitled to have two female
passengers who were proceeding to town. The Misses
Capper were desirous of leaving the vehicle altogether, in
consequence of the danger they were exposed to, owing to
the furious manner in which they were driven, but they
were prevented by the conductor, who expressed his deter-
mination not to allow any of the passengers (they were all
ladies) to alight before they got to Westminster, unless they
paid the full fare. It was further stated, that the ladies in
the defendant's omnibus at the time were so alarmed at the
rapidity with which they were driven, that they screamed
aloud, but no notice was taken of their condition.by either
the defendant or the conductor of the omnibus.

Edward Riley, a policeman of the R division, stated
that he was on duty in the Kent-road, when he saw the
defendant, who was on the box of an omnibus, driving along
at a most furious rate towards town, both horses being in a
full gallop. When the vehicle arrived nearly opposite to
where he (the policeman) was standing, he heard a lady
call out to open the door, saying that she was in danger of
her life. At this time the omnibus pulled up to take in
other passengers, and he heard the conductor say that he
would be —if any of the passengers should alight unless
they paid the full fare to Westminster. The conductor
then desired the defendant to drive on, and the hint was
immediately taken, and he commenced lashing the horses,
which set off at as full speed as before, until at length he
was compelled to slacken his pace on reaching the Brick-
layers' Arms, in consequence of the number of coaches and
other vehicles in front of that house. Here the ladies
alighted altogether from the omnibus, and as there was no
gentleman in the vehicle during the journey, the policeman
was called upon to notice the circumstance, and to be pre-
pared to give his evidence in case it should be required.
Mr. Capper described the difficulty of getting'hold of the
omnibus and cab drivers who misconduct themselves, and
said that in consequence of the defendant's discharge from
his situation, owing to his conduct on the present occasion,
it was some time before he was taken ; but he (Mr. Cap-
per), for the sake of public justice, determined upon follow-
ing it up for the purpose of having the offender punished.
Mr. TRAIL said that it was one of those cases which was
very properly brought before a Magistrate ; and if the
drivers of those vehicles who misconducted themselves were
oftener complained against, it would have the effect of in-
suring more safety to the public than they hitherto have had.
The defendant admitted that he drove very fast on the
day mentioned, and said that it was owing to the opposition
on the road.

The Magistrate inflicted'a penalty of 40s. and costs on
the defendant, who refused to pay the fine,, and he was
therefore committed for six weeks to the House of Cor-
rection.

A gentleman who employs a great many hands in a
manufactory in the west of England, in order to encourage
his work people in a due attendance at church on a fast day,
told them that if they went to church they would receive their
wages for that day in the same manner as if they lid been at
work upon which a deputation was appointed to acquaint
their employer that if he would pay them for over hours, they
would attend likewise at the Methodist chapel in the evening.