Star.
London, England, 1830-04-15 00:00:00

PEDESTRIANISM.

The great foot-race of 200 yards for £4OO was run on Haley
Common on the 12th inst. and won by Hall, who beat his anta-
gonist by one yard. The task was performed in 20 seconds.

Yesterday morning, as a female in the service of Mr.
Gear, landlord of the Globe public-house, Lisson.grove, attempted
to cross the road in Stephen-street, Paddington, she fell down, and
the wheels of a cart, which was at that moment putting, went over
her, and also over a fine infant belonging to Slr. Derr, which she
carried in her arms. The infant,which was two years old, was killed
on the spot,and the woman was seriously injured. The driver, who is
in the service of Mr. Walters, of Bankside, was taken into custody.
Early on Sunday morning a most daring attempt was
made to break into and plunder the premises of Mr. Innocent,
a silversmith and jeweller, near the Cambridge-heath-gate,
in the Hackney-road ; but was frustrated by the vigilance and
good conduct of the police constable on duty, No. 75, N, named
Kimber. The officer was passing Mr. Innocent's house about
three in the morning, when he heard a slight noise proceeding
apparently from the rear of the premises. The noise, although
slight, was unusual at that early hour, and excited his suspicion.
He went round to the garden at the back of the house, and looking
cautiously over the wall, discovered three men in the act of breaking
into the house. One of them was mounted upon a ladder, and
working a hole through the brick-work immediately under the back
parlour window, about six feet from the ground; but another, who
appeared to be on the watch, saw the officer's face, and giving the
alarm to his companions, they immediately scampered off. Two of
the robbers escaped, but the officer pursued and captured the other.
The villains, when detected, had worked completely through the
wall into the parlour, and, in the course of two or three minutes
more, would doubtless have been in the shop, which contained a
valuable stock. The captive proved to be a known thief, named
Ormesby, one of those who were charged with the extensive robbery
of plate at the residence of Prince Polignac.
An investigation, which lasted four hours and a half,
took place at the Three Castles, St. Andrew's-hill, Blackfriars, be-
fore the City Coroner, respecting the death of Sarah Goulding, the
wife of a labouring man residing in Ireland-yard. A number of
witnesses proved that the husband of the dec. mid had for a num-
ber of years treated his wife In a brutal manner, often threaten-
ing her life, and using the moat obscene language, repeatedly
turning her out of his bed at night into the public street in a
state of nudity, and that in the most inclement season. Several
times the witnesses heard him say he would be the death of her,
if he was hung at Newgatc for ft.—The landlady of the house
in which the deceased lived stated that she had never seen any
blows struck, but had heard the deceased often cry out " Mur-
der !" and often heard her fall on the floor as if knocked
down by her husband. On Saturday week she was delivered of a
child only four months gone, and on last Saturday she died.—.l
surgeon stated that he heard the deceased say " Goulditig, you know
you have been the cause of my death—you have knocked me down
like a bullock ;" to which the husband made no reply. Witness
having examined the body since her death, has found no marks of
external violence ; but she being a weakly woman, a blow would
have caused her miscarriage. 'Mere was inflammation on the left
side of the pleura of the membrane covering the lungs, and slight
inflammation around the upper orifice of the stomach. The cause
of her death was the inflammation mentioned, combined with fever
and miscarriage. The Coroner left the case to the Jury, who re-
turned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against the husband of the
deceasel—An immense concourse of persons were assetubled out-
side during the investigation.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Aran 14.
Sittings before Lord Tsirraitpux and Common Juries.
ASSAULT MID TAUT imenesoxnzxr.
ILTDIENAT S. YOUXTAIN. _

The OM for the plaintiff, as stated by Mr. TaLFOUID, and
made out by three or four witnesses, was, that the plaintiff was a
waternuut at Hammersmith Suspension Bridge, and the defendant
a tavem.keeper, at the Middlesex end of the bridge ; that on the
17th of September, 1827, a riot took place before the defendant's
door, but the rioters were dispersed, and soon after a dispute arose
between two persons on the bridge, near the Surrey end; that the
plaintiff was at that time sitting on a stone with some persons at the
Middlesex end of the bridge, and had nothing to do with the dis-
pute ; that while there the defendant came up in a state of excite.
ment, and said that the plaintiff was one of the rioters, and ordered
a constable to take him into custody. The constable took him to the
house of Mr. Scott, a Hammersmith Magistrate, who was just going
out,and could not hear the case. The constable then kept him all night
in the cage, and next morning took him to Bow-street, where Sir R.
Birnie dismissed the charge as frivolous. The plaintiff being a poor
man,could not bring his action immediately,but he soon did bring it,
although some delay took place from circumstances not necessary to
be mentioned. The action was brought to recover compensation
in damages for the assault, false imprisonment, loss of time, and
character.

The case for the defendant (who had pleaded a justification,) as
stated by Mr. Guaxey, was, that about 20 persons had, on the
occasion in question, assembled riotously before his door, and were
obstructing the footpath to his house, and disturbing his family
and his guests ; that he sent for a constable, who desired them to
disperse ; on their refusal to disperse, the constable took one of them
to Mr. Scott, the magistrate, who was not at home, and that the
constable then desired the man to make an apology to the defendant,
which he did, and was discharged. The rioters, on the apprehension
of the man, became more violent than before, before the defendant's
door, and ied very abusive language to him and his family. The
constable who had been desired to attend ordered them again to dis-
perse. The plaintiff said he would be cursed if he would move for
any one, and in saying so stepped aside and sat on a stone at the
end of the bridge, and the constable followed and took him into
custody, and lodged him in the cage. Ile did not take him to Mr.
Scott's, as he knew that Mr. Scott was not at home. Nest morning
he took him to Bow-street,where the charge was dismissed. The case
was made out by five witnesses—the constable, two and two
sons of the defendant. The action, as Mr. G. statedwould never
have been brought, if the plaintiff had not found out an attorney,
who was the best fellow in the world, and undertook the cause on
the principle of " No cure no pay."
Mr. TALTOUID—The mountain has been for some time in la-
bour but has brought forth nothing but the fabled progeny.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, One Shilling.

THE HON. MISS POWYS V. OROILL.

Thu was 1111 action brought to recover a sum of about 301. the
value of some wearing apparel booked at the defendant's coach
parcel office, to be conveyed to Westbury, in Wiltshire. The parcel
never reached its destination, and had not been accounted for to the
plaintiff: The booking of the parcel at the defendant's office, be.
longing to the Gloucester Coffee-house, Piccadilly, was proved, and
also the value of as much of the articles as came to 101.

The defence was that the address was not sufficiently specific. It
was "The Honourable Miss Powys, at Mr. Longs, Chalcot-house,
Westbury." There were five or six Westbury. in the kingdom,
and in point of fact the parcel had been sent by the defendant to
one of those places, from which a coach proceeded to two of the
Westbury., and the defendant having done that, Mr. J. NVILLIAIII,
bis Counsel, contended that be had done all that was incumbent on
him to do, and that he was discharged.
The Hon. Miss Frances Powys proved that the address was merely
" Westbury," without mention of Wiltshire.
There was a good deal of confusion in the evidence from the cir-
cumstances of two parcels having been sent addressed to plaintiff,
Westbury, about the same time—one on the 19th, the other on the
92d May last. One of these appeared to have been sent to the Old
White Horse Cellar, to be sent by a coach called the Traveller
which plied on the road to the right Westbury, and it appeared that
one of the parcels went right. The other was sent to the Belle San-
vage, Ludgate-hill, and they being somewhat at a loss, sent it by a
coach called the Independent, which went to Manchester, the family
of the Powys's being well known residents at Manchester. The
parcel having driven about to different places, no owner could be
found, and from Manchester it was returned to Loudon. This, it
was proved, was the parcel which had been lost, and so far the
matter was clear of the confusion of the dates.

Lord TYNTEIIDEN thought that if the defendant had sent the
parcel to the proper coach office he would have been discharged, but
he was of opinion that there was evidence in the defendants books
to show that the last parcel ought to have been sera to the Old
White Horse Cellar, and not to the Belle Sauvage.
Verdict for the plaintiff for 101.
HILLS O. HILLS AND OTHER,.
_

The plaintiff, whom the ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated to be a
very respectable pawnbroker, sought for damages for an illegal dis-
tress. His father, it appeared, had left 3,9501. to his family, of
which, the shire of a sister was 1,3141. which plaintiff secured to her
by a bond and warrant of attorney. He became concerned in ac-
commodation bills to the amount of 4001 and unfortunately, al-
though his ability to pay was unquestionable, he made himself
scarce, as the phrase was, to avoid proem on one of these bills, and
the sister, without any intention to injure him, was advised to sue
out a Commission, which she aid, and the plaintiff's goods were
taken to the amount of 6,000. He then brought this action against
the sister, the messenger, and another person concerned in the
commission. The object of the action was merely to try the va-
lidity of the commission. l'he sister bad suffered judgment to go
by default.
For the other defendants, Mr. Pottocir contended that the/
were not in fault, as the commission was evidently, a good one. He
then proved the act of bankruptcy, which was the very question in
dispute.
Verdict against the sister for One Shilling; the other defendants
Not Guilty.

DOE, DEN. GAUEIEL, V. CARKON.

A person of the name of White had entered into an agreement
with the defendant to grant him a lease of certain premises in
Spite'fields. Before the lease was granted he conveyed the pre.
miser to Gabriel, who brought this ejectment. As the lessor of
the plaintiff had the legal estate in the premises the ejectment was
held bustainable.—Verdict for the plaintiff, Damages One Shilling.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

ELY ASSIZES.
Before Chief Justice Sroaxs.

Joseph Jones was capitally indicted for having feloniously
cut and stabbed one Thomas Longman in the neck and throat,
in order to prevent the lawful apprehension of him the said Joseph
Jones.

The prosecutor, Longman, is town inspector at Wisbech, and part
of his duty consists in preserving the property of the Corporation
and the good order of the town. About twelve o'clock on the night
of the sth of March Longman was going his rounds, when he heard
the 11011 C of the breaking of a lamp a little distance off, and imme-
diately afterwards he saw the prisoner running towards him very
fast ; and when lie was about a dozen yards from him (Longman,)
he stooped down, picked up a large atone, and threw it at another
lamp, which was dashed to pieces. Longman sprang forward to
seize the prisoner, who ran away, but was followed and taken ;
when a desperate conflict ensued, which lasted altogether for
fifteen or twenty minutes, each 'being alternately on the other
as they lay on the ground. While they lay upon the ground
Longman felt the back of his right hand cut cotr.pletely across with,
some sharp instrument by the prisoner ; immediately afterwards he
received a deep cut in the neck, just above the carotid artery, and
'another transverse cut on the right hand. He bled profusely, and
being uppermost, he held his head over that of the prisoner, and
" almost quackled him by the blood flowing into his mouth."—
, When he was nearly exhausted from the loss of blood a watchman
came to his rescue, and Jones was secured and taken to the " cage ;"
where the prosecutor said, " If you had not come up just as you did,
the rascal would have murdered me, for he has cut my throat." To
this Jones replied, " How could I do that when my knife is in my
pocket ?" His pockets were then all searched, but no knife was
found, and on searching the spot where the conflict had taken place
the watchman found a clasp-knife, which was shown to the pri.
soner, and admitted to be his; it had no blood upon it, and was
shut. The surgeon said that if the wound on the back of the neck
had been a little deeper it would have caused death by dividing the
carotid artery.—By an Act passed in 1810, any person who sees
another break any of the public lamps in the town of Wisbech is
authorised to seise and detain him, for tho purpose of taking him
before a Justice of the Peace.

The prisoner said nothing in his defence.
The CiitEr JUSTICZ left It to the Jury to say if the evidence
sati.tied them that Longman had actually seen the prisoner break
the second lamp, and that the prisoner Inflicted the wounds on the
prosecutor which he had exhibited.
The Jury found the ptisoner Guilty.
His Lordship said that, before he petard sentence on the pri-
soner, he would carefully re-examine the evidence in the case. If
he were satified, upon such examination, that the wounds inflicted
on the prosecutor had been given by the knife which had been pro.
duced, he should feel it to be his painful duty to arty the law into
its full extent.

Sentence of Death was afterwards molded, and he will be trans-
ported for life.
Henry Smills, aged only 10 years, was convicted of breaking into
the dwelling-house of \Vat. Towson, at March, and stealing Us. and
other ankles ; but was strongly recommended to mercy. The boy

was in tears during the trial, and it was understood that belted bee.,
several times in want of food and the common necessaries of life,
from the Inattention of his family.
The Learned Judge strongly condemned the inhuman treatmer,t
which the boy bad experienced from his father, and said he should
be happy to &sward any communication, so as to place him out o:
the reach of such an unnatural monster. At present the only course
was to record sentence of death.
POLICE INTELLIGENCE.