The Sun.
London, England, 1827-03-15 00:00:00

lets to Whitehall, at one or two o'clock, to saunter away my arms thrust through the spokes. .After my master recovered,
a few hours in reading the newspapers, and to receive and he came to the pony's head, and said to the coachman, "YoU are
answer their private letters, know . ver well. Who is a pretty sort of a fellow to use me so." The coachman made no
y
there that can wonder at the delays, the blunders, and the answer; but Dr. Timbrell, who was in the carriage, said, "You
insolence of office," which is every day witnessed, who
must be a pretty sort of a fellow to drive against my carriage.
Mr. Agg said, " I gave you all the road ;" and to this the Doctor
sees the laxity which prevails in too many of our public de- replied, " Don't talk to me, you don't know who I am." Mr.
partments ? At the same time it may be asked, who is Agg, on this, said, " I don't care who you are ; I'll make you
there so villainously gothic in his ideas as to suppose that know who lam before I have done with you and your coach-
a man with 1,5001. a-year ought to labour like a clerk at man."—Dr. Timbrell replied, " Come, sir, dark% talk to me, or
a pound a week ? Such an idea would be preposterous I will commit you."—(The witness gave Dr. Timbrell's part of
and absurd, and can only enter the perieranium of those the conversation in a formal pompous manner, and a grunting
anti-sinecurists, the race of whom are happily almost ex- tone of voice, in imitation of the Reverend Doctor, which ex-
tinct.cited much laughter).—While I was under the wheel, Mr.- Hatton
We are led to this train of observation by a report
which wepublished a few days since of a trial in the Se- came up, and by his assistance Mr. Agg released me from under
p
condary's Office, of an action brought by a stamper in the thenthwheeer hle.
n'ofthbeisDcoocatonbrrodaid n
tnodt
ergedt
an as
ofshis carrie jure,
Aann.d
Post Office, against a person who, by inclosing a quantity
went up to the carriage, and saidtehat( "
heDotctocr.would haveg
of detonating powder in a letter had caused a fearful cala- acted more like a gentleman if he had told his coachman to get
mity to the unfortunate man of letters. One of the items down and give assistance; and the Doctor said, " I told you not
of damage which he proved to the Jury was the sum of to talk to me, or I would commit you. Mr. Agg was pitched
61. 195., we think, paid to a substitute during his absence, on his shoulder and a good deal hurt. He was forced to hire
occasioned by this untoward accident. This, we con- another gig, for which he paid 1/. 12s.
fess, did excite our astonishment, and gave rise to Mr. George Hatton said, I saw the carriage wheels locked to-
the reflections we are now giving vent to. We should be gether, and Mr. Agg'e servant on the ground. There was abun-
glad to find that the matter has been mis-stated ; but ,dance of room for two carriages to pass. The plaintiff (Mr.
given, as it is, as part of the evidence in the case Agee) gig was on its proper aide of the road. Mr. Agg said,
, " You are a. pretty sort of a coachman—what the d-I,d,i;sl you,
we can hardly imagine how that can he. And
taking it, for argument sake, to be correct, we can hardly wean by
ymouy.!tig
Mir.
Agg
Dboacdtonrotsaisdw,
sworn so as
oyr Ir shalli ng
commit against
imagine any thing more unjust than that any man, whe- to shock the Doctor's Christianity. Ne Doctor said, " You
ther rich or poor, high or low—but more especially the don't know who you are talking to ; lam DOctor Timbrell."
latter—undergoing great bodily and mental suffering from lam not quite sure whether the Doctor said he would commit
an accident occurring in the performance of a public ser- the defendant, or said he would convict him.
vice, shall be called upon actually to pay the public for the Moses Langston said—l am a coachman to the defendant, and
' injury he has sustained. It is not sufficient, forsooth, that have been so twelve years. I was driving at the rate of four
his wife and family, if he have any, shall watch over his miles an hour. The gig was going at the rate of nine miles an
an hour. Was on my own side of the road, and one side of my
bed of sickness, and anxiously administer to his increased
carriage wdas? drawn off the road on to the till. The shaft of the
wants, but the means of administering to them, as well slit en
of supplying their own. absolute necessities, are to be taken g
a'agu weans(' the ersotnweeweneretheitscphoedk"ouotfotfhetbheind. wheel loostethdetblaenn;
away. If this be true, we do-not hesitate to pronounce it whether they were mad or drunk, to drive gilrf such a way. I
the very acme of injustice ; and we should consider it the heard the Doctor ask them if they knew who they were talking
more unjust, because we do not believe it is applied to the to. I did not get off-the box, nor did the Doctor get out of his
better-paid kind of clerks, to whom we above alluded.— carriage.
If it be true, we trust that the Chancellor of the Exche- Cross-examined.—The gig was drawn by a pony.
uer, tvhose humanity and kind feeling no one doubts, William Dance said—l came up and saw the shaft of the gig in
will inquire into the matter and see it righted. If this the carriage wheel. Mr. Agg said, "D—e, you would not
drive against a man like this." The Doctor said, "He did not
ill-judged kind of economy is peculiar to the Post Office,
know who he was talking to ;" and Mr. Agg said," He'd be
and adopted for the purpose of swelling its revenue, we
if he cared." I did not hear the Doctor threaten to commit
tilimmnrorcconvict him.
are sure we speak the sentiments of the public when we —4.
Signs .of
say that no one wishes to see the public revenue aug-
. Puru.dirsn—a Me r. Taunton.n hadon complainedt of &sem.
merited in such a manner. If the principle be true at all,
soon
afte: ticershoiLelf
Itumr,
used gallmsoade
of
vituperation
defeanteilonant, kutstvez
the wounded soldier and sailor may as well be called upon
to find substitutes—a thing too absurd to be even thought witnesses, and also against the plaintiff himself;per anCllgablenreally
Of. But if it is to be tolerated in any way, or in any de- could not see why an honied auctioneer was not as good as a bard-
partment, let it at any rate be applied impartially; or driving Archdeacon. The Doctor had said, "Do you know
rather, we should say, let a general fund be formed at the who I am?" and no doubt thought it a great honour that the
expence of all, to meet the casualties that all are subject man's legs should be broken by a man of the high rank he pos-
to ;in which case the indolent and the well-paid would be seised. Suppose the poor man's legs had been broken, be would ,
have had to go home to his wife lame and upon crutches', and she
compelled to provide in the hour of unavoidable calamity
would no doubt have said, "My dear, you have got both your legs
for the wants of their less fortunate brethren in office.
But, in truth, we should rather say " reform it altoge- broken."--"0h, yea," would the poor man say, "but consider
r," and let the public set the example of that justice ho did it—it was done by Doctor Timbrell, the Archdeacon, and
the
'lM.agistrate of two counties!" Having disposed of the statement of
which it requires from indis iduals.—Morning Herald. thedefendant's Counsel, he would say a few words as to the evi-
The Times has a daily article, which it calls the dence. The coachman swore that he asked Mr. Agg whether he was
" Money Market ;" and we are reminded by a correspon- mad or drunk. No other witness spoke to this, and it was clear that it
dent, that, some three or four weeks ago, it was editori- never was said. It was proved that the plaintiff's servant was entre.
ally announced, that whatever appeared under this head Bled in the wheel. It would have been well if this respectable Divine,
was not to be considered as put forth upon the authority this Archdeacon, this Magistrate, had just said to the poor man, "Are
of the paper; much in the same way as it afterwards ye hurt ?" The coachman sat still on his box, and for aught this
classed its Private Correspondence beta credible and non- venerable Clergymen knew, the life of a fellow-creature was in
credible. This Money-Market-article, therefore, may be dan and yet he never got out of his indolent carriage to ascer-
tain w ger,
hether that life was the forfeit of the carelessness of his
considered as a sort of refuge for the destitute, open for
truly
or not, but, instead. of rendering any assistance, he, with
the reception of friendless rumours, and orphan reports.
Sometimes they are received with much kindness by the of Zia oaffmenardedtandfieellutr The witness
thepmnoaliel
said,
ah
ttetvetilliegeßanevce
head of the establishment ; but more comrno7!ly - they ex- Defendant threatened to commit Mr. Agg. And Mr. Hatton
perience no other attention than that of being simply al- proved that he either said he would commit him, or convict
lowed house-room, as it were. This latter treatment, him. Now he was a witness who spoke the truth so as to he
we observe, has been shown towards a very sturdy inmate beard. He was unlike the defendant's witnesses. He did not
whisper perjury as if he was afraid his own conscience should
who has taken up his abode for the last two days, and swag-
overhear him. On other points, the defendant's witnesses had
gers away in stoutly denying that any reinforcements are on
their route to Portugal. But to drop the metaphor, and come sworn too much—they had overdone the case.
to facts. The Time:, in this same repudiated Money- Mr. Baron \rano HAN told the Jury, that the question for their
consideration was, whether the accident was attributable to the
market-article, alluding to the detachments belonging to negligent
bif. conduct
i.et of thet defendant's. servant, or of the plaintiff
various regiments, which will-embark for the Peninsula in . be cklaanufC...Darnsees, 71.
the course of the present week, observes, with much
cautious sagacity, " if it should turn out that a few troops
left behind at the original embarkation, and recruits actually
belonging to the various regiments now in Portugal, form
the whole of the present ' reinforcement; it may be fairly
said," &c. &c. Certainly, if it should so turn out, there
will be no denying the inference ; hut, we suspect, military
readers will be apt to laugh at the discovery of sending
" recruits" to reinforce an army intended to take the field'.
They are more likely to be found in the Birdcage-walk,
learning to handle a musket, than in Portugal, counter-

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LAxcAsTEB., MARCH 12.
CROWN COURT.

Mr. Justice BA ILICY entered the Court at 10 o'clock this morning.
Isaac Longworth was indicted for feloniously intermarrying
with Jane Armstrong, his wife, Hannah Nightingale, being then
alive.—The prisoner said nothing in his defence. He was found
Guilty, and sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour
for six months. _

Samuel Ashcroft and Daniel Graham were indicted for as-
saulting James Nuttal on the King's highway, and taking from
his person and against his will, two coats, one Bible, one pair of
pliers, and fourpence, his property.—The Jury found a verdict of
Guilty.
There are two other indictments upon which the prisoners have
yet to he tried, in which they are charged with similar offences.

marching, and firing one. The rest of the in—formation is
upon a par with this specimen—and so we dismiss it.—
New Times.

LENT ASSIZES.

CIVIL SIDE..-...4R. WAYEFIELD.

Mr. Sergeant Cnoss, at the rising of the Court, stated to his
Lordship, there were two indictments standing at the head of
the second list, for the trial of which it was extremely desirable
that a particular day should he fixed. He wished to know
if it would suit his Lordship's convenience to take them on
Monday next.
Mr. Baron HuLt.ocx—l fear not. They are special juries, I
suppose.
Mr. Sergeant CROSS—They are, my Lotd. As they stand at
the head of the second list, it is probable that they will come on
in regular order before that day ; but we wish to have a day
fixed, in order to let the witnesses know when they ought to be
in attendance.
Mr. Baron HuttocK—My fear is, not that Monday will be too
late, but that it will be too soon. Of course I cannot delay the
other suitors of the Court on account of these trials. Would
it not be better to fix a later day ?
Mr. P. suggested Wednesday or Thursday. The object
of the application was only to have some day fixed.
It was ultimately arranged that the trial should stand fixed for
Wednesday the 21st of March.
The cases tried in this Court to-day were, with one exception,
undefended, and did not possess the slightest interest.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—SALISBURY, MA twit 13.
Thomas Moller and James Cowden were indicted for uttering
a. 5/. note, purporting to be a note of the.Bauk of England, knowing
the same to be forged.
There were four counts in the indictment ; the first, for felo-
niously uttering and putting away a 51. note, purporting to be
of the Bank of England, knowing it to be forged ; the second, for
uttering and putting away a promissory note ; the third and fourth,
for committing the said offence to defraud the Bank of England or
James Weeks.

The Jury consulted for ten minutes, and then found both the
prisoners Guilty.
The JUDGE addressed the prisoners, and said that the time was,
when it would have been impossible for a Judge to hold out to men
so convicted of this heinous crime any hopes of mercy. The crime
had, however, become of less frequent occurrence, and this county
was almost free from instances of its commission. He strongly
suspected that they were the dupes of another, and what was
highly favourable to them, though it could not go to the jury, was
the respectable names attached to a paper concerning their pre-
vious good character. The prisoners were then withdrawn from
the bar.
In the course of this trial, which lasted nearly the whole day,
the Judge was perpetually interrupted by the pressure of the crowd
the opening of doors, and the noise ou the outside. Oa one occa-
sion, when he left the Court for a few moments, he returned, and
said, he had to pass through above 500 people, and to wait in the
street, through the carelessness of the officers of the Court. It
was really infamous, and he had resolved never to come the circuit
again if the county did not provide come more suitable accom-
modation. It was scandalous to the city, and disgraceful to the
county.

THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON.—The fire of
1666 destroyed, beyond hope of recovery, no inconsiderable por-
tion of the light and fugitive literature of the preceding age. In
the wide and deep vaults under St. Paul's lay thousands and tens
of thousands of pamphlets, novels, romances, histories, plays,
printed and in manuscript ; all the amusement, and alt the satire
of Nash and Harvey, of Lodge, and Peel, and Green, and innume-
rable others, which even then made up the principal part of the
humble libraries of the day. Here they had been placed for se-
curity, and here, when the roof of the Cathedral fell in, and the
burning beams broke through the floor, they were involved in one
general and dreadful conflagration.— Gifford's Dramatic Works
of John Ford.
MODES OF LIVING IN NORWAY.2-Thefrokost,
or breakfast, which is quite a separate meal, consists likewise of
coffee, but with the more substantial accompaniment of a hot dish
of some kind of roast or hashed meat, either rein-deer or mutton ;
which, with the addition of a glass of brandy, enables you, with-
out much difficulty, to support nature till one o'clock, when the
dinner hour arrives. What is eaten at this meal lasts you till the
coffee in the evening, about four ; after which you begin to feel
some symptons of returning appetite for the mad, which
makes its appearance about seven, and is oily to prepare the
stomach against the meal that concludes the round of eating, the
supper, which is as substantial as the dinner ; after which,
nothing further is taken till the approach of morning, which begins
with what has just been mentioned. The above is the constant
routine of eating and drinking, agreeably diversified with a little
occupation, just sufficient to create an appetite.—Brooke's Tour
through Norway.
AN ANIAZON.—I crossed the Tarkali-oogan, and
arrived at a small village in the afternoon. On dismounting, my
stirrup was held by a fair and handsome-looking person, who
proved to be a female. Admiration of a military life had induced
her to deprive herself of her fair tresses, and to wear the dress of
a man, preparatory, as she said, to offering her services to the em-
peror as a soldier. Hearing I was in the army, she told me, that,
if she had been a little older, she would have accompanied me.—
I told her that she would be rejected, from her feminine appear-
ance ; but she said, she would cut off her breasts, whenever they
were too large for concealment. On taking leave of this little
Amazon, I gave her an old aiguilette, which she accepted with
great delight, and strutted off with it on hr shoulder, to the no
small l
amusement
of
the
""KePPera Journey from India.

WORCESTER, MARCH 12.
AGO V. TUMBREL, D.D.
Mr. JuSTICE opened the pleadings.
Mr. C. PittLugs' stated that the plaintiff resided at Evesham,
and carried on the business of a silk-throwster, for which purpose
be occupied mills at Overbury. The defendant was a dignified
Clergyman, and the Rector of a very lucrative parish, and a Ma-
gistrate of two or three counties. It would appear that on the
evening of the 4th of October last, as the plaintiff was returning
home from his mills, he met the landau of the defendant. The
road was at that part 16 feet wide. The plaintiff was on his
proper side of the road, and there was a heap of stones at that
side of the road. It was getting dark, and the coachman of the
Rev. Doctor was driving at a very rapid rate, and when the car-
riages approached each other, the plaintiff's servant cried out, but
the carriage of the defendant continuing its pace, it was driven
against the plaintiff's gig, which was overact, and himself and his
servant thrown out, and the coachman of the defendant attempted
to drive away. From the width of the road the carriages might
have passed and have left four or five feet of room to spare. He
was in possession of facts relative to the conduct of the Rev.
Doctor, which, out of delicacy, he would forbear to state, but
when these facts were proved, it would be quite clear that the
delicacy he used was quite gratuitous on his part.
Charles Poole—l am servant of Mr. Agg ;he resides at Eve-
sham, and is a silk-throwater by trade. The accident happened
about two miles from his mills, at Overbury. It was on a foggy
night. My master was driving, and I heard a carriage coining
at the rate of ten miles an hour, or more. Mr. Agg cried out,
" Gently, coachman, the road is rather narrow here." We were
on our proper side of the road, and the coachman,
instead of al-
tering his pace, bore his horse? heads right against our pony, and
locked his hind wheel in our wheel. The wheel of our gig was
pulled half way up the side of the carriage, and Mr. Agg and my-
self thrown out—my legs were thrown under the gig wheel, and