The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-08 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Sir R. Douglas, of Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park,
summoned the driver of one of the Paddington om-
nibuses, before Mr. Hardwick, for having driven
against his carriage, in Oxford-street, a few days ago.
From the evidence of Sir R. Douglas and his coach-
man, it appeared that the collision took place in con-
sequence of the negligent driving of the defendant.
On the part of the defendant, it was asserted that
the accident was owing to the want of due care on the
other side. Instead of the omnibus having been
driven against Sir R. Douglas's carriage, the carriage
was driven against the omnibus ; and in proof of this,
he (defendant) would appeal to the plaintiff's coach-
man, who had called upon him and asked to be al-
lowed to settle the matter.
The coachman admitted that he had called on the
defendant, and had offered to settle the matter ; but he
did so because he thought it was better to spend a
few shillings than have anl further trouble.
Sir R. Douglas complained that he had been sub-
jected to much abuse by a large crowd of persons,
which the transaction had caused to assemble.

The coachman corroborated the statement of the
abuse on the part of the mob.
Mr. HARDWICK, after a patient investigation of the
evidence on both sides, dismissed the case.
IMPORTANT TO LODGERS IN ST. JAMES'S.—MT.
Roberts summoned a person lodging in a house in
Poland-street, for poor-rates, under these circum-
stances :—Mr. Roberts, the parish collector, said the
landlord of the house in question was about taking
the benefit of the Insolvent Act, and therefore it was
useless to require payment of the poor-rate from him.
By virtue of the 7th and Bth clauses in their local
Act, the parish authorities of St. James's were em-
powered to proceed against either owner, landlord, or
lodger of any house, as the case might be, for payment
of parish rates. Acting under this power, the de-
fendant had been summoned. It was the first instance
of the kind, he believed, which had taken place, and it
was doubtful if persons occupying lodgings in the
parish knew that such a power existed.
Mr. HARDWICK looked at the clauses in the local

Act, and intimated his opinion that the collector was
perfectly correct in his statement.
Mr. Roberts said the remedy which the lodger pos-
sessed was to stop the amount of the rate out of the
rent due to the landlord. _ _ _

The order for payment was made on the lodger ac-
cordingly.
Mr. Belcher, the Official Assignee to the Court of
Bankruptcy, was summoned by Mr. Roberts, under
the 73d clause of the Paving Act, for paving rates on
two properties in the parish to which he had been ap-
pointed assignee.
Mr. Belcher pleaded, in the first instance, his non-
liability.
Mr. liannwicn looked at the clause exhibited by the
collector, and then decided that Mr. Belcher was liable.
Mr. Belcher said the clause provided that payment
of the rates should be made out of the first assets
collected. Now in the instances in question there
were no assets.
Mr. Roberts said he must call upon Mr. Belcher to
produce the balance-sheets, to substantiate his plea.
Mr. Belcher said, if the Magistrate insisted on his
liability, he would pay the rates.
Mr. ILtunwicx said he had no doubt of Mr.
Beicher's liability in his character of official assignee.
The rates were then paid.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Lewis Jennings, landlord of the Skinner's Arms
public-house, in Skinner-street, Bishopsgate, was
charged with insulting two respectable young females.
It appeared from the evidence that two young girls,
named Mary Ann Fryfold and Sarah Vickers, were
engaged in nursing some children in Charles-street,
City-road, when the prisoner crossed over from the
opposite side of the street, and having placed himself
before them, he deliberately committed the offence
with which he stood charged. The lady of the house
in front of which the outrage took place, happened
to be at her window at the time, and on observing
the prisoner's abominable behaviour, she commmuni-
cated the circumstance to her husband, who immedi-
ately went out and detained the prisoner until the
arrival of a policeman, when he gave hi in into custody.
In his defence, the prisoner said that he was inno-
cent of the charge, and that the witnesses must have
mistaken him for some other person.
Mr. BROUGHTON said that a clearer case had never
been established in a Court of Justice, and the public
was very much indebted to the lady rho had sacri-
ficed her own feelings to a sense of duty, in causing
it to be brought forward. To spare her the pain,
however, of appearing in another et urt, he should
deal summarily with the case, and sh ould commit the
prisoner to the House of Correction„ to be kept to
hard labour, for three calendar month s.
The prisoner, who appeared astoun .ded at the sen-
tence, was then locked up.
Frederick Hawkes Nottage, the author of an un-
published work, entitled " An A(ldress to Youth,"
was finally placed at the bar, cl large d with having
fraudulently obtained possession of.' an immense num-
ber of books belonging to the prwrieto, rs of different
circulating libraries, &c.