The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-07 00:00:00

CHANCELLOR V. LADY MARY SING.

Mr. Locke and Mr. Keyser appeared for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Beaden for the defendant.

This was an action brought to recover the sum of 8/.
for damage done to the plaintiff's carriage, by the wil-
ful conduct of her Ladyship's coachman in insisting in
breaking through the ranks, and endeavouring to take
up out of his turn. The plaintiff is an extensive job-
master at the west-end of the town, and he let one of his
carriages for the season Op Lady Charles Somerset. On
the evening of the last Derby-day a select party was
given by Lady I'hilips, at her residence, 12, Hill-street,
Berkeley-square, to which both Lady Charles Somerset
and Lady Mary King were invited. The party broke
up at midnight, and Lady Somerset's carriage was called
to take up by the linkman, when the coachman of Lady
King, who had been previously called, attempted to
" cut in," by which means the carriages came in contact
with each other, the wheels getting locked together, and
on the coachman of Lady King endeavouring to back
out, considerable damage was done to the carriage of the
plaintiff, the panel was broken and the wheels injured, so
much so, that Lady Somerset refused to have it any
longer, and another carriage was sent by the plaintiff for
her ladyship's use.
The Learned COUNSEL called several witnesses, who
completely proved his case, among the number was the
linkman, who kept the Court in a roar of laughter during
the whole time he was giving his evidence.
John Mayer said, he had the honour of being ap-
pointed linkman to her Majesty's nobility for these last
thirty years, and his son-in-law was his deputy and man
of all work.—(Loud laughter.) He did not see the ac-
cident occur, but he heard the cry of " Linkman, bring
your light," and ho then saw the two carringes con-
tracted together.—(Great laughter.) Lady King's
carriage had smashed the panel of the carriage
of Lady Charles Somerset ; her Ladyship's (the
defendant's) carriage had come out of its turn and broke
the ranks. The coachman had come the artful dodge of
"cutting in," and witness told him that he had got in a
pretty mess.—(Loud laughter.) A regular aristocratic
coachman-would have quietly waited until his lady called,
and not have been out of the way when he was wanted,
by which means he was sent to the bottom, and lost his
turn.

Cross-examined—Then, I suppose you are the " light
of other days."—Yes, a very ancient linkman, and was
first brought out in well-bred society by a celebrated
lady of rank.—(Laughter.) Didn't wonder at accidents
happening now-a-days, they called things such rummy
names, as wasn't illegitimate.—(Roars of laughter.)
They had Broughams, buggys, flys, sulkys, and such like
jimcracks, instead of the real nobleman's illegitimate car-
riage.—(Convulsions of laughter.) My Lord Duke, or
her Grace, in going to parties, was no sooner in than
they were out again ; and that wasn't so when George
the Third was King.—(Continued laughter.) That's
the way these here accidents occur, for as one's coming
the other is going, and that creates confusion. There's
always great smashing at the Opera.
The Learned COUNSEL then addressed the jury at great
length, and contended that the servants of the defendant
were not to blame, and Lady Somerset's carriage drove
up when it was not called. The Learned Gentleman
called three witnesses ; but they totally failed to esta-
blish his defence, and the jury, without giving the
Learned Judge the trouble to sum up, returned a verdict
for the plaintiff—Damages, BL, being the full amount
claimed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.

On Thursday a messenger of the Great Western
Railroad establishment was robbed of about 1,3001. in
Bank-notes, sovereigns, and silver, in the following
manner :—lt has been for some time his practice to
take a blue bag with a considerable sum of money in
it, from the railroad station at Paddington to Sir R.
C. Glyn's banking-house, in Lombard-street. On
Thursday, at about three o'clock in the afternoon, he
got upon the roof of the railway omnibus with his
blue bag, in which were wrapped up in a leathern
trunk 800 sovereigns and 500/. in Bank-notes. A
gentleman at the station having occasion to say a few
words to him, he got down, leaving his valuable
parcel on the top of the omnibus, and the moment he
was on the ground, five men mounted and occupied
the whole space. These men got down at different
places between the terminus and Marylebone Church,
and the messenger, upon arriving at Lombard-street,
took what he considered to be his parcel to the bank-
ing-house. He soon found that a very unwelcome
exchange had been made, for the blue bag, which had
keen made to resemble his as closely as possible, was
filled with old pieces of lead and copper. Imagining
that his bag was still on the top of the omnibus, he
ran after the vehicle to the Brighton station, but
there, to his dismay, he ascertained that there was no
parcel of any kind.
The Bank-notes were ordered to be stopped at the
Bank, and immediate intelligence was given of the
robbery to John and Daniel orrester, the officers.