Star.
London, England, 1826-09-15 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE SIR EDWARD BANKS
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OLD BAILEY-THIS DAY.

At ten o'clock the Judges took their Nation the Bench.
CHARGE OF MURDER—MAIL COACH DRIVING,
Richard Wells was put to the hir, on an indictment
charging him with feloniously, wilfully, and maliciously
killing and slaying, on the 19th of—Jone, at the pariah
of East Barnet, Frances Farbridge.
The prisoner was the coachman of one the Mails
horsed by Mr. Waterhouse, and on the day name] hi
the indictment had the c ire of the mail coach so question.
Mr. Annetws opened the case, and stated the facts of it to the
Jury. The Learned Gentleman called the following witnesses:
Henry Farbtidge stated, that on the da) iii question,
he, in company with his wife, in a one-horse chaise, were
on their return to London. My mother, with an infant
in her arms, was seated on a fixed seat In the middle of
the chaise. At the time of the accidcnt it was quite
light. The chaise had no head to it, n:,r was it a very
low chaise. I heard a coach approaching from behind
us ; I'heard the sound of a horn when we were opposite
to Barnet Church ; I was then On the proper side of the
road. Them was a foot-path on the side of the road,
from which 1 n as about three feet, and I think there was
sufficient room for a waggin to have passed. At the
moment I tuned my eye I saw the leaders, and ear
immediately aware that I must receive some injary ; I
looked at the. coachman, who male no attempt to
pull up ;" I tried to get closer to the footpath, but
before I could do so, the fore-wheel of the coach caught
the wheel of my chaise, and turned the t.orse's head
round to the net side, and threw the chaise completely
over. The shafts were broken, and my wife was thrown
between the wheels of the mail coach. I fell behind the
after-wheel of the coach. The coachman at this time was
in the act of stopping. Supposing that my wife was
Letters to the end of July'have been received from dead, ~ I said, you villain, you have been the cause of
Napoli di Romania, at which time the greatest gloom this;" to which he replied--44 Me, my guard blew the
hung over the unfortunate inhabitants of that last bed- horn, and you should have got out of the way." He,
wank of Grecian. independence. The sailing of Lord the prisoner, also complained that there was not room,
COCHRANE, the arrival a the Perseverence steam man of and I went round the mail and said, Li Why here is
war in Sardinia, and the useless state of her machinery almost room for another coach," the space aas six or
were known, and the idea that their cause had been be- seven feet. My wife was taken to a neighbouring
trayed, filled them with a strong conviction that the fate house. After asking him a second and third time, the
of MSssolonghi awaited their city. prisoner got down and gave his name. The road was
The American Consul at Vera Cruz has given public a flat level. I was travelling at the rate of seven or
notice that no ship of war or merchant vessel will be eight miles an hour; the evening was as light as noon-
allowed to take passengers from Mexico without a cer• day. My wife, shortly before, had expressed herself to
tificate, and the fact being announced publicly. be in the enjoyment of better health than she had enjoyed
Letters from Gibraltar of the 24th ult. state, that one for some years. She remained at Barnet el ,en days,
of the prizes taken by the Colombian privateer, had and was then conveyed to Bethnal-green, where she died.
sailed from Gibraltar the preceding week for Colombia, Cross-examined by Mr. Bat:it:melee—Die road is
and had been recaptured in the Straits by a Spanish twenty-three feet wide; I do not think thee is a post
revenue boat. According to these account, trade was that projects from the path-way; my mother sat before
reviving at Gibraltar, and the general advices from me, but 1 could manage the horse very sell; at the
other parts of the Mediterranean received there are of moment I glanced my eye round the leaders' heads had
a more cheering nature. c 'me abreast of me, and then passel on ; my eye was
Accounts from Alexandria, of the 19th July, state then on the leaders, to see if the coachman was about
that the Sarah, from Leghorn, had arrived there on the to pull up; my wife's head lay tear tie hind wheel;
Bth; she had be n boarded on the sth be a Greek a e had been at the Wellington, where we had stopped
privateer, and plundered of her provisions, stores, Ste. about three hours and a half; we had had tea; I had
The accounts from the majority of the trading and only drank one pint of ale, and tasted a little wine and
manufacturing districts continue satisfactory ; business water ; we had not started more than a minute when
increases slowly, but we hope surely, though we are the occurrence took place; my pony was fresh at the
sorry still to say prices are little or no better. In Black time ; Dr. Morrice attendel my wife at Barret, and it
burn employment becomes more plentiful every week, was ag-anst his wish she was removed ; her constant
and if prices were to 4, get up," we have no doubt the cry was, I know I shall die, and let me die at home;
effects of the late depression would soon disappear, the distance to my house is twelve miles, and my wife
leaving only a salutary lesson behind. was removed in a glass coach.
MANCHESTER, Seer. 12.—The demand for yarns is Mr. John Robinson, a farmer at Barnet, described
still continued up to this period, and within the het week an ad-
vance has been obtained on particular numbers of both mull and seeing the prosecutor's gig, and the mail pass him. Saw
the latter str ke the former, which was overturned ; I
water twist, probably so much as 4d. per lb. and that has chiefly
arisen from the steady demand for cottons in Liverpool, considered
l, although the gig in danger, but there was 44 great
the shipments to Russia and Germany of that article have been very plenty" of room for the coach to have passed without
great. Piece goods also have experienced an improvement; cali-
coes, prints, and shirtings, in particular. Gray cloths have advanced touching the gig ; I stopped the horse with the chaise;
as much as 5(1. per piece. There are abundance of buyers in the I saw a man put his shoulder to the coach wheel to put
market, and a corresponding demand for goods generally. it back. The mail was going at the rate of ten miles
As raonome.—The planet Mercury, which is myth°. an hour, at the time of the accident ; I cannot swear
log:calls, termed the Messenger of the Gods, is, on positively that I heard the horn, but I think I did so.
account of being situated neatest the Sun, very seldom D. Morrice proved,
vt.halt the deceased died from inflammation,
seen to advantage; but to-morrow morning (the 16th) oce ieonpruonyeerxsatetrdi
in his defence that he was driving at the tiniest
a most favourable opportunity will occur, the planet a steady rate. He had driven the mail twenty-three years, and op-
ining then at its greatest elongation, or angular ap- til the present time had never had an accident.
parent distance from the sun, as viewed from the earth. Mr. Hudson, the postmaster, gave the prisoner a
It rises at four minutes past four o'clock, preceding the most exemplary chat aster. Ile considered the prose-
rising of the sun by one hour and 40 minutes. tutor to be an inexperienced driver.
At the parish of Winnall, near Winchester, there have Edward Rands stated he was the guard of the Liver.
been only two marriages within the last two years; and, pool mail, the coach in question. Witness continued
in both instances, the brides committed bigamy, having blow.ng his horn for some time previously to coming up
each another husband living at the time. to the gig. The coachman also called out loudly to
Some of the cattle of Somersetshire have been visited the prosecutor. The forehorses cleared the gig, which
by the murrain, which has in several instances proved stopped or .' gibbed" back against the coach. It was
fatal, occasioned, it is supposed, by the protracted the step of Vat c ach and not the wheel that struck the
drought. Mr. KEEN, a young man but recently em. chaise. The pi iscner had the horses so tight in hand,
barked in business, and living at Gcsdney, near Glas. that the wheel did n"t pass over the deceased.
tonbury, has experienced a severe loss in the death of Cross-examined.—Cannot say whether the step was
six valuable cows, and a relation of his has suffered con- turned up. The accident sees occasioned by the chaise
adorably from the same causes coming against the coach. I saw the chaise 150 yards
Some mortar having accidentally blown into the eye
of a bricklayer, a brother of the hod advised him to put have backed we
before we came in contact; I think there might have
been three feet space. Had the gig not
s piece of brick in with it, and he would then have a
should have passed clear. A Gentleman was on the
wall eye I This has been called a pun. box with the coachman, but Ido not know who he is.
A little girl was lately rescued from a wolf at a vil. As soon as assistance was procured, the coachman got
lage in Croatia, by the herd which she was attending down and gave his address. I did not go before the
attacking him horn and hoof, and so successfully as to Coroner, as I had no notice, nor did I know of it until it
beat him off, and save his prey. was over. When the accident occurred we were not
Mr. Liddington, residing near Knutsford, whilst going at the rate of more than "ii miles an hour.
working at Macclesfield, lately, dreamed his wife was Re-examined by Mr.Bitonearce.—l never saw a more
dead. He returned home in consequence, but found
her in good health. Oa retiring to rest, at night, how- sober. I knew nothing of the Coroner's Inquest untildriver;
1
ever, his wife made a dismal noise, and died. saw it in the Morning Papers.
For the last two days the water in the Regent's Canal
In.. hfliwasza desiredbetb Kin g saw the prosecutor on the wrong side of the
road come on the right side. The wrong rein
has been rendered obnoxious by the discharge of the was P pulled, and the chaise was upset. Every attention was paid to
refuse lime-water, or gas washings, from the works of the deceased.
the Independent Gas-light Company. The eels and Other witnesses were called, who in substance bore out the cue
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other fish in the canal were caught floating on the sure
for the prisoner.
wax summed up the evidence 0 the Jury,
face in a lifeless state, in pails and baskets ;and the wa- Mr. Justice Liv-rce
.N'S Guilty.
ter found the prisoner y.
ter from opposite King land, and thence downwards 'pie case excited very considerable interest.
for some distance, was of the colour of milk. It is said Yesterday, Joins Norton was indicted for assapking Robt. Hughes,
that no parliamentary regulation can reach t
Tile prosecutor state , that on the 14th of August,
sance, unless the acts of Parliament for incorporating
this nui- on the highway, and stealing fdromhis persona watch and seals.,
he hired a coach at Shoreditch Church, to drive to
the Canal Company afford a protection against it.
The farmers on the moor lands in Somersetshire rear Clerkenwell-green, instead of which the coachman drove
vast flocks of geese, chiefly for the sake of their feathers, him to Chapel-street, Pentonville. Prisoner, who had
which are mercilessly stripped from them five times got on the coach, came down when the coach stopped,
a-year. By this practice, the owners obtain, in the told witness to come out, caught him by the collar, tore
whole, one pound weight of feathers from each bird his coat, snatched his watch, and then knocked him
yearly. Tuesday week was the period of plucking for down ;he afterwards got up again on the box, and drove
the fifth time, in the neighbourhood of Westmoor, near off with the coachman. This was about half past nine
Langport, and the geese were immediately turned out
coach door identified the prisoner
on the common. The rain descended that night in tor- a. Ththee rmmaaantewhoan who
goton
tshut the
in the evening,
box with the coal chman.
rents, and the air was chilly ;in consequence of which Hall, the officer, took him into custody, but the watch was not
the flocks, having been divested of their natural protec- found. Prosecutor said he was not drunk at the time.
tion from the weather, suffered so severely, that, in Prisoner in his defence denied all knowledge of the
Westmoor alone, from 1600 to 2000 geese were found robbery, and added, that the prosecutor came to his
. in the morning dead, and a very considerable number house the next morning, saying that he had lords his
besides are so languid, that their recovery is doubtful. watch, and offered a sovereign it lie could give him any
Wednesday night, as Miss Dawson was passing along intelligence of it. He also said that the prosecutor had
Bedford row, a fellow cut her dress, andanade tiff. a admitted that he was drunk at the time, and did not

greatest anxiety has been felt very numeroui pardon of
the mercantile communitg for of the above 'ticket, be•
longing to the General Steam N: Company, plying between,
Haniburgh and Londoe, The packet would have arrived in due
course on Monday, but, in consequence of the prevalence of very
strong North-west gales, was obliged to put into Cuxhaven, which
plate she left on Monday night, at twelve o'clock.
. She arrived this day at twelve o'clock off the Custom-house
Stairs, all welL All the passengers express themselves in the highest
terms at the seaman-like conduct displayed by the Officers and crew
during the whole of the dangerous passage.

THE FRANCIS FREELING PACKET.

GITZINSZT, SEPT. 11.—We are sorry to announce that very
painful apprehensions are entertained respecting the safety of his
Majesty's packet Francis Freeling, Capt. FRIIDNIIICS WHIM She
left Weymouth on Wednesday evening, with mail and passengers
for these Islands, and has not since been,heard of. This intelligence
was received by the Countess of Liverpool, Capt. ROBERT W HIT;
which arrived Isere yesterday with Friday's London mail. It ap-
pears,that Capt. Faatizeict Wirers had gone to London on business
connected with the steam packets. It was stated as a probable fact
that she might have taken shelter at Cherbourg, as the wind was
favourable for running into that port; but we learn by the Mary,
which can:e in here last evening ftom Cherbourg, that she had not
been seen or heard of in those Islands.