The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-20 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

CHARGE or MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST AN ()SINUSES:
DRlVER.—Yesterday ff illiam Gilbert, driver of Mountain's
omnibi,s, No. 4.216, running from Paddington to the Bank,
wa4 charged before Mr. Long with having caused the death of
Mr. William Flatten, an old and respectable inhabitant of
Hendon. Mr Lewis attended for the prisoner.
The Hon. C. L. Butler, 39, Grove-end-road, St. John's-
wood, said, on Saturday afternoon, 6th inst., I entered the
omnibus driven by the prisoner, at the top of Harley-street ;
we went on at a fair brisk pace till we got to Tottenham-
court-road, at the end of which we stopped for about a minute
and on again moving on an other omnibus name parallel to
ours ; they proceeded at a rapid rate, and each crossed the
other frequently ; on arriving at Euston-square they pulled np
together, and in about two minutes they started off at a furious
rate towards King's-cross. I took the numbers of both the
omnibuse4, and shortly after I had entered them in my pocket-
book the vehicle in which I was riding came in collision with
a chaise driven by deeeased, who was pitched out into: the
road ; the chaise was on its proper side, and the near wheel
was not more than six inches from the curb.

Mr. LONG—Did 3ou speak to the driver with reference to
what had happened ? Witness—l called to the conductor to
stop, but he took no notice ; I spoke to him a second time, in-
sisting upon his stopping, and after the omnibus had gone on
forty or fifty yards further, it was pulled up. I got out of the
omnibus I was in as soon as I possibly could, and I then saw
the deceased, who was in a most deplorable condition, taken
into the shop of a surgeon close by. I told the prisoner it was
a most shameful case of racing; to which he replied, "God
bless you, Sir, we were not racing at. all." I saw deceased's
wounds sashed and dressed ; the scalp was laid bare to a con-
siderable extent. _ _

By the MAGISTRATE.—The prisoner might have passed the
chaise without running against it. I saw no impediment to his
doing so.
Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis.—The " crossing" of the
vehicles which I have spoken of was not for the purpose of
I
taking up passengers. won't swear that the prisoner crossed
more than once. I did not see him get down to assist the
deceased into the doctor's, but I observed him standing at the
door.
Joseph Lowe, 17, Bidborough-street, Burton-crescent, said
—Deceased, who had a person with him in the chaise, passed.
him in the New-road. He was going at no greater rate than
four or five miles an hour. Two omnibuses were coming along
at a good pace, and in an instant he saw deceased lying upon
the ground. Witness assisted in picking him up, and remov-
ing him to the surgeon's. The chaise was not overturned.
Cross-examined-"-The omnibuses were going from nine to
ten miles an hour. The deceased's vehicle was not far enough
towards the middle of the road to allow of any other carriage
passing between it and the kerb. The prisoner had got nearly
100 yards from the place where the accident occurred before
he stopped.
Mr. John Symmons, surgeon, King's-cross—Deceased was
brought to him last Saturday week. He had laceration of the
scalp extending from the nose to the crown of the head ; there
were also other lacerations. Witness dressed the wounds.
which he did not at the time imagine would prove fatal. De-
ceased was in liquor.
Evidence was given that deceased died on Tuesday last.
Mr. Lewis called several witnesses, from whose statement it
appeared that there was no furious driving, and that the fatal
occurrence was entirely owing to deceased having at the mo-
ment of the prisoner's omnibus passing pulled the wrong rein,
and was thus the cause of the collision himself.
Mr. Long remanded the prisoner for further examination
till Friday next. Bail for his appearance on that day was ten-
dered and accepted.

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PROMISSORY NOTES.
(From Last Night's Gazette.)
An account of the average aggregate amount of Promissory
Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been in eirettla-
ticm in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those circulated by
the Bank of England, by Private Banks, and by Joint Stock
Banks, in England and Wales by the Banks in Scotland, by
the Bank of Ireland, and by all other Banks in Ireland, and of
the Average Amount of Bullion in the Bank of England, daring
the four weeks ending the 6th day. of January, 111144, pus .
suant to the Act of 4th and sth Victoria, cap. 50 :
ENGLAND.

Bank or England _ £15,964,000Y
Private Banks 4,829,675
joint Stock Banks

SCOTLAND.
Chartered, Private ,and Joint Stock Banks 2,901,746

IRELAND.

Bank of Ireland
Private and Joint Stook Banks...

Total
Bullion in the Bank of England
HENRY L. WICKHAM.
Stamps awl Taxes, Jan. 19, 1844.

COURSE OF EXCHAN
Amsterdam CF. 12 6k
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam —2 U. 12 6i
Antwerp
Hamburgh M. B. 13 15
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 75
Ditto, 3 months 25 95
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 26 0
Frankfort on Maine 122

GE.--( YESTERDAY. )
Gibraltar
Leghorn .... ......... 30 93
0
enoa

Milan -
Venice 47
Naples
Palermo, per oz
isbon ..... ... b2I
Oporto ...........
Rio Janeiro
'Bahia ..... .............. 23
'Buenos Ayres ..... —
New York, days sight 46i
Philadelphia ..... ........ 4Q
'PRICICS. OF BULLION, 'Ex 62.
Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin.. 3 17 5
New Doubloons .....0 0 10
New Dollars 0 4 9A

i;etersburgh, 3 Us. ...
Berlin ..
Vienna, effect. ft. 3:51 959
Tri;ste, ditto I 0
Madrid ........ ... 36,1
Cadiz
Bilbao ................. 3Q
Barcelona
Seville ......... ......•

!Silver in Bars... .... .0 4 lii

Mr. Vivian, M.P., transacted bminess yesterday at the
Home-office.