The Sun.
London, England, 1819-10-19 00:00:00

the frantic feeling of the mob. They demanded
the release of the person who I►ad been taken into
custody by tl►e. Mayor, as well rs' ►he surrender
of the Officer of Marines, uho, they contended,
had taken refuge in the house,. Tire man was
very prudently set at liberty ; but the Ofiker not
h-iog in the tiont,e, they were *flowed to search
for him, which they did very slightly, and then
retired, and in a few minutes all was perfectly
tra!!quil.

Shortly after a small party of dragoons arrived,
but :heir evrl,•ic..4 were then wholly unnecessary.
At ID O'clock 4rarcely a man was to tre„seenin the
streets. The Mayor of Newcastle did every thing
in h'isprwet;q-o-ke'ep the peace : but assailed by
~u.lof,tri3ted mob, and shut np as he was at the
Northoroherlan4 Arms, it was impossible for him
to make any pirectilBl exertion for flit restoration
of petee and order. This morning all continues
quiet, hot large bodies of sailors pre prowling
about, awl bitterly complaining of the conduct of
he Magistrates in not granting warrants for-the
apprehension of the ni4rine;nr officer of marines,
'rho, as they say, so prematurely and inhumanly
tired upon 'Le people.
A Coroner's Inquest was held npon the body
to day, but eTter the examination of three wit-
nesses, the proceeilings have Keen adinfirned till
to-morrow. Enough, however, already appears
to 'exonerate the officer from any charge of
having himself been the pet's-oil who shot the un-
fortunate man. Much anxiety is-felt fur the re-
sult of the inquest. The Jurris very respectable.

LAW INI ELLIOENCN.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, .Oc•t. 19.
STAGE COACH ACCIDENT.
BIRD V. WILLAN AND OTHERS.

The plaintiff, a tradesman residing at Hoxton,
brought this action against Mr. iVitlan and other
proprietors of a stage coach., running between
London and Stroud in Gloucestershire, to recover
a compensation for expence incurred in conse-
quence of an injury sustained by his wife, who
Was an outside passenger.
It appeared that Mrs. Bird, on the 17th of Oc-
tober, wns proceeding from Stroud to London on
the defendant's coach. They bad neatly reached
Abingdon when the axle-tree broke, and•the coach
fell on one side. Mrs. Bird was n►nch injured by
the fall; her collar-bone was broken, and her
shoulder hurt. A post•chaise being procured, she
was -conveyed to Abingdon, where she obtained
medical and surgical assistance. Mr. Sherwood,
a professional man attended her, and called in the
assistance of Mr. Higgins, of Oxford. After
she wrs able to bear the fatigue of travelling, she
was taken to her house at Hoxton, and attended
by Mr. Weston, of Kingsland-road. It was
stated by one of the witnesses, that Mrs. Bird
was not then recovered, the motion of the point
of her arm being restrained. She could not move
her arm to a right angle. The expellee incurred
by the r laint ill. in the payment of medical men,
the travelling to Abingdon, and loss occasioned
by the inability of his wife to conduct ibeif ordi-
nary business was estimated at 541.
Mr. SCA HIATT, for the defendant, called a num-
ber of witnesses, and contended Mr. Wdlan was
not liable for the accident. It was stated that he
had used every precaution by a previous. inspec•,
llon of the axle-tree, to prevent accident. The
plaintiff's witnesses proved that the axle-tretbruke,
in consequence of sit old fracture which had been
overlooked by those whose ditty it was to inspect
the coach. The witnesses for the defendant stat-
ed, that the axle-tree bad been tried by_ fire, and
as far as the eye could go, no expectation of acci-
dent was to be entertained.
After much conflictit, testimony,. the Jury
found a verdict for plaintiff, damages 541. •

THE ASSIGNEES or WILCOX V. AUSTIN.

This was an action brought by the Assignees
of a Bankrupt against the indorser of a Bill of
Exchange for 2751. dated the 14th of. May,e.lBls-
- hand-writing of the indorser •was proved.
The defence vas, that the bill was,vitiated by
usury. it appeared that Austin had occasion to
raise 2251. fur the purpose of liquidating some de-
mands, and having seen in some of the public
papers one of those advertisements from 'gentle-
men, who offer to advance money on !Omni.; terms,
he intornred •a pet son named Neale that his oh•
ject was to raise money, also that he had no ob-
jection to take goods to the amount of 501., if he
could get a bill of 2751. discounted. Neale, after
inquiry respecting the.names on the bill, approved
of it, and introduced him.to a person supposed
to be Wilcox, but who proved to be a Mr. Balleu-
tyne, sent by Wilcox. Austin received for his bill
225/. in cash mid 250 gross of buttons. An Offi.
cer in the. Militia, who went witl► Austin, said
the b►tttons were not worth two-pence, and ad-
vised bin) not to consent to snake the sacrifice.

The question was, whether this Wa3 an OSiiri-
MIS transaction, inasmuch as the agent of
hail taken mote than fire per cent. for discount.

Mr.GuRNBY, who conducted the defence, com-
pered the bargain made by the defendant; to the
well-known barg.,iin for the green spectacles,
made by George in the Vicar of Wakefield. It
was, he contended, a clear case of nsury.—The
Jury found, a verdict for the defendant.

Bow-STiteeT.--Hightvay.trumen.—Hannah Da•
Os and .'Farah Smith were fully committed to
Newgate for a highway robbery, on the person
of W. Wharton. It appeared, by the evidence
of the prosecutor and others, that the women
accosted him about ten o'olock on Sunday night,
near the end of Buckingham-street, in the Strand.
They first asked him to give them someu hat to
drink, and upore his declining to -.do to, they
drugged hint into a passage, threw him on the
ground, and took from the pocket of his trowsers,
three It. Batik note• and some silver, with w!iich
they attempted to tug off, but he succeeded in
holding them both till a watchman carne up and
took them into custody. As they were being
taken to the watch-house, one-of them, Davis,
slipped some pipers into the hand of the watch-
man who bad her in charge, telling hie.) to keep
them. On their altiYal at the watch-!louse th::
'watchman produced these papers to the constable
of the night, and they turned out to be the iden-
tical three notes which the prosecutor had lost ;
he haying previously described them to the con-
stable. The prisoners, in their defence, said the
prosecutor was drunk, and k Pied forced them to
hare the money front hint I