Star.
London, England, 1824-05-18 00:00:00

DlAl'Ott V. HUMPHRIES.

This action was brought by the plaintiff", who is a
surveyor, residing in Baker-street, near the Regent's
Park, against the defendant, for r..7ligently and im-
properly driving a stage coach, in c:nsequence of which
the wheel came off. the plaiatiff was thrown:from the
roof, and his ancle dislocated.
Mr. Mayor, it appeared, pot upon the coach at the
Bank, in September last, to conveyed home. They
drove through Finsbury-square, and in the City-road
the defendant atteMpted to go from the wrong to :he
right side. In that effort the wheel came off, and the
plaintiff received the injury. It was pn,ved that the
style of driving was improper.
Mr. Seartt.Err, for the defendant, endeavoured to
prove that the linch-pin had been taken out of the de-
fendant's wkeel by some evil-disposed person, and that
the driver, being ignorant of the circumstance, was
not guilty of negligence.
The Jury, unJer all the circumstances, found a ver-
dicifor the plaintiff—Damages 401.
ARCHES COURT, MAY 17.

RIOT IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF NEWINGTON.
This was a suit instituted by the SurroAate against a
person of the name of Roffey ; for that he did, on the
Ist of April, 1823, in the pi esence of the Hector and
Parishioners, duly assembled in the Pa:ish Clint eh, for
the purpose Of electing Parish Officets, broil, chide, and
quarrel, and did in an angry tone address himself to
Mr. Joseph Hurcomle, using towards him several op-
probrious terms, and tin eatening to horsewhip him. Tne
charge extends to several articles.
In support of the charge, the depositions of fifteenin-
dividuals were this mot ning read, which were met oft
the part of the respondent by the depositions of nineteen
other individuals, severally denying the articles alleged
against the defendant.
The whole affair seems to have originated in a strong
party feeling with respect to the management of the
parochial affairs, and it appears that at the Vestry at
which the dispute now in the Ecclesiastical Court took
place, many intemperate speeches and personal allusions
were made. The reading of the depositions occupied
the Coact the whole morning.—No decision was given.
BOARD OF EXCISE, MAY 17.
Richard Alderton, alias Richard Durant, was con-
victed in the penalty of 1001. for having a private still
at wo k on certain premises in (1:1111am-street, Newini;-
ton. The materials were also seized.
David Bradley, a grocer, was convicted in the miti-
gated penalty of 201. tOr having in hi, po,:sesion a ve-
getable substance other than coffee ur cocoa, which he
accounted for, by saying that a person some time since
b rrowed a one pound note of him, awl -left the article
seized as a secutity; that he was informed by the
person who left it that it was 'a curious French drug.
James Gatratt, a tallow-chandler, in Whitecross-
street, was convicted in the mitigated penalty of '251.
for refusing to admit an officer into his house at half-
past one o'clock in the mornirg, for the purpose of
taking a survey of Li, stock.

The "private husines," of the tiotpLe of Commow,
has accumulated, at this advanced period of the Ses.ion,
so much, that on Friday there were thirty seven Com-
mittees sitting on Private Bills; the day pieceding, there'
were Chitty -jinn ! This accession of business is in con-
sequence of the new Colippanie;, and Lite lax enforce-
ment of the standing coders regarding the presentation
of petitions for private B All the usual Committee
Rooms were occupied, so that some of the Committees
had to a,semble in the Court yErchequer in Westmin-
ster Hall! It has been found nccessary to enlarge the
time for rrtsenting the Reports of Committees on these
ITivate Bills, from tho 17th till the 21th of May. The
oppositionists to the St. Katherine's Dock have closed
their case ; the defence of the Bill commences to-day.
The Stockholm State Gazette contains two Royal
Proclimations, dated on the 29th ult. One relates to
the equal advantages to be enjoyed reciprocally by
English and Swedish merchantmen on the importation
and exportation of goods to and from English and
Swedish polls; the other relates to the reciprocal treat-
ment of Swedish and English ships, which are placed
on an equality with respect to the expenses of salvage
and other charges.

FEROOIoUS ATTACK ON THit GOVERNOR OF.' THE DE-
vox Consry JAM—Saturday, the Bth instant, Tons, and a prisoner
named William Thanuu alias thorn (against whom also sentence of
death was recut:led at the last Assize:;), persisted in calling
loudly to each other, by which, though in different divisions, a
conversation was kept up. With a view of getting rid of this
annoyance, Mr. tide, on Sunday morning, gave orders to change
their cells, and place them in parts of the building so remote as
to prevent the possibility of their holding communication; this
was effected with regard to Thomas, bat resisted with dread-
ful imprecations by Turns, and Mr. Cole going himself to
enforce it, was struck senseless to the floor, by a bbnv
on the forehead; from a brush, with which the miscreant bad,
armed himself, and slipping from his jacket, which he left in the
hands of one of the turnkeys, who had seized him, bolted over the
stairs to the day-room, ea:ling on the other prisoners to join
him, which some of them, confined fur serious oflincei, seemed
disposed to do, but the others, as well those fur niiid,gnean-
ours as fur offences against the Excise Laws, to th-ir great
credit, immediately volunteered their services in support of the
Governor and his assistants, and rendered nffectual aid in se-
curing their refractory comrades. T. Combstoek, a prisoner of
the latter description, fix, iced some very severe blows in the con-
test. During this alarming state of things the prison bell had been
rung, um hearing which, the 14th Dragoons, in the barracks, turned
out with a celerity ;!tni promptitude that reflect the greatest ctcdit
on the Officers and mete of this highly disciplined regiment, anti a
party of them arriving let the prison, the desperate villains were se-
cured. Mr. Colt, the Governor, is recovering.

Loao N.'s GAME JUKE —On being informed, last
autumn, of the elopement of Mrs. M—, whose maiden
name was W--, his Lordship said, " Then we must
look out our flzecy hosiery."—" Why so, my Lord:"—
" Because," said his Lordship, "it is an nitwit% sy rap-
tom of a sudden, long, and severe winter to see, so early
iu the season, the woodcocks forsake the moors."