Star.
London, England, 1826-04-06 00:00:00

• ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
YORK, Aram 4.
Voßwritit D. PEARSON AND OTHERS.

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This was an action to recover a convensation in damages for an
Injury sustained by the plaintiff, in consequen,:e of the negligent,
and misconduct of the defendant's servants.
Mr. ScAnt.Err stated the ca.e to the jury.—The
plaintiff-was a flu-dresser, and owner of a flax mill,
residing at Knaiesborough, and the defendant (Pearson)
was the keeper and owner of an hotel, at Leeds. In
consequence of some of the coaches having been removed
from the defendant's house, he had, with the other de-
fendants, set up an opposition coach called the Reta-
liator, to run down the other coaches on the road.

There were two modes of effecting such an object—one
was by a reduction of the fares,which was advantageous
to the public; the other; by driving at an increased rate
of speed, which was dangerous to the public. On the
13th April last, the plaintiff having taken his place as
an outside passenger, left Leeds by the defendant's
coach, on his return to Knaresbornugh, with several
other passengers ; from Leeds to Harewood the coach
had been driven at such an extravagant rate down bill,
without locking the wheel, as to excite the apprehen-
sion of the plaintiff, who remonstrated with the coach •
man, but to this caution he paid no attention. At Hare-
wood they changed horses, and proceeded at the same
degree of speed down a steep hill, called Harewood
Bank. The plaintiff in vain requested the coachman
to pull up, he continued to drive at the same furious,
rate, and about a quarter of a mile further, on a level
piece of ground, turning into the Knaresborough road,
the coach• was upset with 'great violence. The plaintiff's
thigh was fractured, and be received several severe con-
tusions. A boy, an outside passenger, was killed, and
two Ladies, who were inside, were severely bruised.
The plaintiff was taken up and removed to a neigh-
bouring public-house, where he was confined by the
effects of the accident for eleven weeks. Oae surgeon's
bill amounted to upwards of 401. another to upwards of
121. the costs of his residence to 371. 17s. besides other
expenses, in the whole producing to him a total of 1001.
out of pocket. This was an absolute loss to the plain-
tiff, besides his time and the severe sufferings he had
endured, and the conviction that he would remain a
cripple for life, one leg being now two inches shorter
than the other, from the fracture he had thus sustained.
To say that the plaintiff was not entitled to be repaid the
money out of pocket, was in effect offering a premium
to coach proprietors to put the lives of their passengers
in danger. The plaintiff was entitled to receive a libe-
ral compensation for the sufferings be had undergone,
and would be satisfied with such a remuneration as any
of the jury would be ready to accept under similar
circumstances.

Timothy Hunter, aged sixteen, was an outside pas-
senger in April last, by the Retaliator coach, from
Leeds to Knaresborougb, and sat between the plaintiff
and the coachman on the box. Between Leeds and
Harewood, the coach was driven very quick, and the
plaintiff asked the coachman to lock the wheel in going
down the hill, or some accident would happen. He re-'
plied, that there was not such a load that he need be
frightened. The plaintiff again begged the coachman
to pull up, in going down the hill out of Harewood ;
but he took no notice of his request, the leaders were at
that time cantering, and shortly after the coach was
thrown over. The coach was going at that time from
ten to twelve miles an hour. When, witness recovered
from his tall, he found himself two or three yards
from the coach, and the plaintiff on the ground very
much hurt.

Crass-examined by Mr. B1100.1311•14—No accident occurred tun.
til we had changed horses. Harewood-bank is not so steep as the
other hill we bad gone down. Witness did not see a cart in the
way, but there might have been one; all the four horses were can-
tering when they came to tbe turn. The coachman bad not pulled
up 'when he came to the level ground at the bottinn of the bill ; the
coach was overturned passing through the gate.
Henry Houseman, a farmer, residing near Knares-
borough, was a passenger by the defendant's coach on
the 13th of April, and sat behind the coachman and
the plaintiff. They drove rather quick from Leeds to
Harewood, where they changed horses ; in going down
Harewood-bank, they went at a smartish canter. Wit-
ness did not hear plaintiff speak to the coachman ; the
coach was not going so quick when it upset ; the lea- 1
ders were through the toll-gate at the time. the wheelers
were not. The accident was occasioned by the speed
and swing of the coach in turning. Witness saw no stones
in the road, but witness saw a cart:
Cross-examined by Mr. Ammutsow.—Witness had said there
was no blame to be attached to the coadaman except the speed
be drove at. -

Mr. Bacsanass, for the defendant, here consented to a verdict
for the plaintilf—Datnages,3ool.
The bu►iness of the assizes concluded this day.
CHESTER CITY SESSIONS, APRIL 3.

Arakain Stows, who was convicted on Sat urday of robbing Mr.
Marsden, so the King's highway, under circumstances of great ag-
gravation, this day received sentence of death, and no hope of re.
minion of the sentence was held out to hfln.
Joseph Ihlbert, a Derbyshire man, convicted on Saturday of rob.
bing Jam Lloyd, Zsq. Prothonotary of the Court of Great Session►
of Chester, also received sentence of death, but was strongly re-
commended to mercy by the prosecutor.
Robert Itavo. indicted for stealing fowls. and for 'breaking into
Mr. Gregory's cheese warehouse, received sentence of seven years'
transportation for each offence. •
Jabs &Ina, for stealing a silver spoon, to be transported for
KIM pow .

It appears from the city accounts just printed, that;
out of the monies amounting to 154,6611. provided for'
the building of the new Lond.m-bridge, 182,5301: has
already been expended, leaving a‘bliance of 22,0001.
There is a bill before Parliament to allow Government
to advance money to promote the works on the Br idge-
house estates, &c. •
It appears, by the census taken in 1821, that there
are a greater number of persons above 90 years of age
in eve county of Ross than in any district of equal popu-
lation in the kingdofn. In the parish of Contin, three
men died withifi the last ten months, one aged ninety-
nine yeas and nine months, another 96, a third 94, and
two women upwards of SU years of age.
A new female penitent, with naked feet, appeared on
Saturday in the streets of Paris, and appeared to direct
her steps to St. Genevieve, but the mob and their shouts
soon obliged her to rake refuge in a milliner's, from
which she went away in a &Acre.
Yesterday mottling, a lad named William Pitman,
17 years of age, was whipped in tte Borough Cotnpter,
pin suant to his sentence at the. Southwark' Sessions, for
stealing two loaves at bread from the shop of Mr. Kerr,
baker, in Tooley-street. Mr. Holmes, the High Bailiff,
of Southwark, superinten led the punishment, to witness,
which a crowd of youths who assembled mind the door
of the prison Were admitted, to whom it was hoped.the'
example would probe benefiCial.
Anbther extensive robbery took place at Acton on
Monday night' Mi. George Wood had forty-eight fat
.deep stolen out of a fold in which were sixty.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
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• MANSION HOUSE.-
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Yesterday, a stout middle-aged man, named Mg/dimple, was
linevibt before the LORD MAYOR, on a charge of felon
Mr. Charles Wright stated, that several weeks he was
aittinr in the Dolphin Chop House, Ludgate-hill, a letter.
He took out his watch and chain, that he might seal it. The pri-
soner, who was a customer there, took them off, as if In joke, and
made of with theist. %Ir. Wright expected they would have been
returnee, but be made repeated applications for that purpose with-
out effect. At length. he found it necessary to obtain the aid of an
officer. to apprehend the prisoner for the felony. --
Martin. the officer, stated that the prisoner was one of a firm
named Nightingale and Co. and that their counting-house was at
No. 5, Nag's Head-court, Staining-lane. He (Martin) had waited
there for nearly a fortnight, to take the prisoner into custody. At
length be succeeded, and upon searching his place, he found a num-
bee of documents of an important nature, besides the duplicate of
Mr. Wright's watch.
The Lou blaroa questioned the prisoner closely as to the na-
ture of his employment.—Tbe prisoner said he was an agent for
the sale of goods manufactured in the country. About three months
ago he had sold three dozen of shawls for a person. He assured
the Lord Mayor that it was quite correct that he was engaged as
ass agent with respect to bills, but was not desirous of stating for
whom.

The letters found in the possession of the prisoner displayed
an extensive system, which will, perhaps, be soon publicly de-
veloped. One of them, read by the Lord Mayor. was written to
the prisoner from Manchester. It stated, that it was highly neces-
sary for the prisoner to be at his post, and be regular in his mea-
sures with respect to the bills, in order to give confidence to the
Hankers there—that he must open a counting-house, and have boxes
marked with the words bills paid, accounts settled, books, and all
the externals of businss—that be must take care to have a seem-
ingly respectable reference, and to hold out that they had a hoar
at La Guira, and another at Smyrna. It exhorted him to make as
great a show of independence as he was master of, for if they suc-
ceeded in one transaction, both of them would be made comfort-
able. There was the name of a man who Appeared to be acting
with the firm at Manchester, mentioned in the letter; there was
one letter signed by three parties, who appeared to be of the firns,
complaining Of the prisoner's inattention to the performance of
things requisite on his part, and threatening a dissolution of partner-
ship. Another contained a long list of bills to an enormous amount.
which had been issued by them. It appeared that here one bad
been paid. The prisoner was particularly desired to be strictly
punctual, and to make a high appearance of independence. With
the letters were a number of Sash notes, made to resemble Bank
notes, for two and three hundred and a thousand pounds. The
landlord of the counting-house occupied by the prisoner came for-
ward and expressed his regret that his premises had been in the oc-
cupation of such a firm ; within a short time persons had been there
with bills to the amount of upwards of 1,8004 which had not been
paid.; persons came there every day. He had got no rent.
The Loan Mayon said, if was evident that the prisoner had en-
gaged with a nest of others in a most extensive system. His Lord-
ship ordered the prisoner to Ise remanded until Friday, that further
enquiries may be made.

GUILDHALL

Mr. Procter, of the firm of Curling and Co. of Cheapside, ap
peared to shew cause why he refused to pay is. 2d. for the por-
terage and carriage of a parcel from Ipswich. Mr. Proctor's ob-
jection was, that he supposed an extra 9d. was always added to the
real charge for carriage, for booking in the country, or some such
pretence, and he therefore refused to pay the 2d. that he might be
coovineed of its legality by the production of a scale of charges.
The porter declared that of the charge in question, 6d. was for
orterage from Aklgate, and the whole of the ft. fkl. for carriage
only ; but be had no scale of charges, nor way-bill to prove this.
Sir Josue Paulus said, that if theinnkeper chose to chargells.
for the carriage of a parcel one week, and the next to raise his de-
-1 mend for the like size to 21. he was at liberty to do so ; and the
only remedy left to the Public was, to send their goods by another
conveyance. The pester demanded ls. lid. for carriage, and be
the Magistrate) was bound to enforce the payment of it.—Mr.
Proctor then paid 21. W. with Ss. costs.

BOW-STREET.
Yesterday, Main Hooky, Xs. of 28, Gloucester-place, New-
road, Mary-labotme, was brought before Mr. HALL', on a war-
rant. by Bishop and Bond, charged with sending a threatening letter
to Captain Robert James Harrison, f the Oxford Blues, with in-
tent to provoke him to a breach d the peace. The examination
took place in a private room.
Captain Harrison stated. that the defendant was related to him
by marriage, and in consequence of family disputes, some quarrel-
nag bad taken place between them, and personalities had perhaps
been rather freely dealt in on both sides. At length the witness
received from the defendant the letter which be made the subject of
the present charge, and which he really believed was intelidadto
provoke him to fight.
The following is the substance of the paragraph of the letter
which was so construed by Captain Harrison c—" You have
driven me to extremities and therefore must take the consequences,
which I assure you will be very unpleasant whenever we meet,
unless, indeed, you anticipate me by going to Saw-street—a place,
by the by, which I cannot help thinking would be much batter suited
to your genius than the Mess-room of the Blues."
Mr. Hanley at once admitted sending the letter, and stated that
some years ago he married the sister of Captain Harrison, whose
father, at his death, left his widow executrix and residuary legitee to
his property. After his ( Mr. Henley's) marriage, he became involved
in pecuniary difficulties, and was thrown into prison. While there'
his mother-in-law offered him a gift of 4081. on condition that hel
would sign a release of any claim that his wife might at any time
have upon her father's estate. He requested that sum as a loan,
but it was refused, and to get out of prison he at length consented
to sign the release. He then received only 5001. on account. Lat-
terly his wife had been dangerously ill, and he had incurred heavy
expenses, and money being an object with him' he had applied for
the balance but could not get it, Captain Harrison answering for
his mother that he had no claim whatever, and should not be
paid a farthing. Mr. Henley described Captain Harrison as having
"bullied him."
Mr. HALLS said he had nothing whatever to de with the disputes
which might have given rise to the letter. AU that he had t•ii do
was to take care that the peace was not broken, and to secure that
object he must call upon Mr. Henley to give il, himself in 500/.
and two sureties in 2501. each.
Mr. Henley immediately found bail and was digrhuged.
HATTON- G ARDEN.

A young man who called himself: Edmund Forteagwe lustace,
but whose real name is supposed to be Ray id, was charged with
improperly secreting Minkel( under the bed of the cook-maid in
'the house of Mr. W. H. Bodkin, the Honorary Secretary of the
Mendicity Sudety. The prisoner had a sneaking kindness for Mr.
Bodkin's cook, and visited her as her brother. Mr. Bodkin left
biome on Tuesday afternoon, stating that be did not believe he
should return that night. He returned, however, at eleven o'clock,
and found the prisoner under the girl's bed. It appeared that she
had given him leave to sleep in Mr. Bodkin's bed, as she was fear-
ful of sleeping alone in the house; but it is but justice to the girl to
add, that she had retired to her bed on the third door. Mr. Bodkin
discovered that his bed bad bee* lath in by the clothes being dis-
, ordered. He called in the watchman, and gave the prisoner is
charge. He was ordered to And bail.