The Sun.
London, England, 1835-06-22 00:00:00

OWEN V. LEA.

Mr. RICHARDS (with whom was Mr. WORDSWORTH) stated
the case. It was an action brought by Francis Owen, a boat-
owner, against the defendant, to recover compensation for
damage sustained by the negligence of the defendant's ser-
vants. The circumstances were as follows :—On the 29th
October last, the plaintiff's boat, the Diana, was coming
through the Regent's canal, from Limehouse to London,
laden with 25 tons of coal, and near Cambridge Heath Bridge
she was met by the defendant's barge going the contrary way,
empty. The people in the plaintiff's boat hailed the other,
and desired them to " hold out," as the rule of the canal is,
that empty boats must give way to laden ones. Notwithstand-
ing this the defendant's boat held on its course, run foul of
the other, and sunk her. Thomas Barker, who was steering
the plaintiff's boat, deposed that it was nearly dark at the
time the accident happened. He saw the barge when he was
about fifty yards off, and repeatedly hailed her. The horier
towing the defendant's barge was not stopped until the
sion took place.
Hatton, by whom the boat was repaired, stated that she r►
six weeks under repair, and that the cost was between 60/. ani
601. About 301. of that sum was for repairs of the front of
the boat. A new boat would cost about 1401., and last twenty
years. Plaintiff's boat was between twelve and fourteen years
old.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with whom was Mr. HEATON)
addressed the Jury for the defendant. He contended that
from the position in which the barge was, she could not have
turned either to the right or the left. The defendant's barge
was coming through the bridge, which is merely wide enough
to allow a boat to pass; and it was the duty of the plaintiff's
servants to stop their boat until the other had cleared the nar-
row part of the Canal.
Two of the defendant's servants were examined upon this
point. It appeared they had both left the defendant's service
since the accident.

The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages,
421. 12s. Bd.

POYER V. SIMPSON.

Mr. PLATT said this was an action brought to recover an
amount in damages for the wrongful conversion by the defen-
dant of a dog belonging to the plaintiff.
After the examination of witnesses, from whom it appeared
the dog had been lost since 1832, the Jury retired for nearly
an hour, and then gave a verdict for defendant.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

TENBURY RACES—TVEDNESDAr.,
A Maiden Plate of 501. Two mile heats.
Captain B. Davies's Mirth, 4 yrs . . 1 1
Mr. Thorne's Rosini, 3 yrs
Mr. Alston's Emma, aged
Mr. Careless's Luck's All, 5 yrs... 4 dis
The All-aged Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 10 sovrs. added by
the Town. Two miles. 5 subs.
Mr. Pakington na. Lady Harrington, 6 yrs 2 0, 1 1
Sir E. Blount na. Shelah, 4 yrs 1 to 2 dr
Colonel Lygonna. Calubra.,3 yrs 0 0 3dr
The Farmers' Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with Purse added- 5 subs.
Mr. Lowes's Nothing-at-All, 5 yrs 4 1 1
Mr. Nott's h. f. by. Piscator, 5 yrs.
Mr. Patrick's Harry, 6 yrs
Mr. Powell's Rossini, 5 yrs 42 dr
Mr. Hammond's Daphne, aged

NEWTON RACES, Ju P: 19.
The-Slirigley Cup, value 100 sovs, given by William. Turner, Esq.,
M.P., added to a Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft. The second
horse to receive 25 sovs. from the Stakes. One mile and a half.
Mr. E. Mostyn's Birdlime, 4 yrs... ...... ...Temptleman
Mr. A Bower's Lady Stafford, 6 yrs., Bst. 51b ......... 2
Mr. Dawson's Prince, by Figaro, 6 yrs . . 3
The following also started, but were not placed :
Sir J. Gemrd's Billinge, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b.
Mr. Pottinger's Whitefoot, 4 yrs
General Yates's Syren, 4 yrs
Mr. Tomes's b. h. by Sir Gray, 5 yrs
The Warrington Purse of 50 sovs., added to a Handicap Sweep-
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stakes of 5 sows. each. One mile and a distance.

Mr. Turner's Fearnhurst, 4 yrs
Sir J. Boswell's Lady Moor Carew, 5 yrs
Mr. Dawson's Prince, 6 yrs
The following also started, but were not placed :
Mr. F. Price's Buccaneer, 4 yrs
Mr. Hobson's Radical, 4 yrs
Sir G. Pigot's Miss Chester, 4 yrs
Mr. Bower's Bucephalus
Mr. Thompson's Lord Francis, by Predictor, 3 yrs
Mr. Nanney's b. f. Ayesha, 3 yrs.—One paid.
The St. Helen's Purse of 50 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 15
sovs. each, 10 ft. ; for two yrs old, 6st. 71b ; three, Bst. 101 b ;
fillies allowed 31b. The second horse to receive back his stake.
The Golborne Course.
Lord Derby's Verbena, by Velocipede Wright 1
Mr. Houldsworth's Hectic
Mr. Price's Ludford, 3 yrs
Vulture, Lady Blessington, Fidelio, and Lady Francis also started.
—Three paid.
A Plate of 70 sovs. Three years old, 6st. 71b ; four, Bst. 21b ; five,
Bst. lelb • six and aged, 9st. Heats, once round and a distance.
Mr. E. Peel's Tamworth, 4 yrs
Sir R. Bulkeley's Lambkin, 4 yrs 2 0
Sir T. Stanley's Young Tarragon, 4 yrs
Mr. R. Turner's Fearnhurst

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