Star.
London, England, 1827-08-10 00:00:00

TOWN-HALL

Coatrours or Tit AVELLIMI.—A case of Interest to the public,
yesterday came on, pursuant t • 1111113100011. The plaintiff, James Dyer,
being the 0 cad" of s 1 stage coaches, calling at the Bricklayers'
Arms, in the Kent-road for passengers, and the defendant, Bobcat
Ryder, coachman of one of the Deptford and Greenwich itages ;
and this, the nature of the dispute, the Magistrate was called upon
to decide between these two worthies.

The plaintiff, who, pleasantly enough, would have passed himself
as a bookkeeper, seeing two Ladies in search of a conveyance to
Blackheath, attempted to forestall the defendantrwho was driving
up at the time, by introducing them to the , there to await
the coming of one of his employer's coaches ; and this, in the
opinion of the defendant, being an unfair intetference, he took it in
dudgeon, and inflicted the summary revenge of a severe horse-
whipping, followed by a chuck under the ear that drew blood,
which the defendant made no attempt to deny.
The legal part of the question being decidedly in favour of the
plaintiff, the Alderman (J. J. Ssueu) ordered the defendant to find
bail, in the event of not being able to come to terms, when the
latter being effected, the worthy hlagi,trate (it being proved in
the course of the evidence that the defendant's coach went no
further than Greenwich), took occasion to observe that he had
personal experience of the frequent impositions practised on tra-
vellers by short stages, who, getting up in the expectation of
bring conveyed to their destination, were set down at a consider-
able distance—this was particularly applicable to the Greenwich
coaches, who set the passengers to Blackheath down at the foot of
Lewisham.hill, to find their way there in the best manner they
could. This was a grievance, independent of the annoyance oces•
sinned to passengers by disputes like the present, calling loudly for
notice.—" That it does, your Worship," said a Gentlemanly-looking
auditor, " for I myself have been taken up at the Elephant and
Castle, to be conveyed to the City, and set down at Charing-cross."

LAMBETH-STREET.
Last night, the driver of a cart belonging to a Mr. Casco, was
brought before Joint Cuava, Esq. the Sitting Magistrate, charged
with having, on the afternoon of yesterday, at about a quarter past
three o'clock, negligently, and wantonly, driving his cart over the
body of a young female, aged nine years, the daughter of respectable
parents residing in Brunswick-street, Commercial-road, and thereby
occasionin: her death. The accident, for such it appeared to be, took

place where many before have occurred, at that corner in the Ease
End, where Church-lane, Alle-street, and Lambeth-street, unit*.
The cart passed directly over the child's head, and absolutely
crashed it into atoms. Previous to this occurring, she was playing
around a metal pillar placed at the corner for the prevention of
carts or waggons wheeling on the flog-way. Her mother was with
her when the accident occurred, and so stunned was the heart-
stricken parent, that with another infant in her arms she started off
almost in a state of phrenay. The deceased was taken into the
house of an eminent surgeon in the neighbourhood, where all those
remedies in his absence that could he adopted were applied by his
pupils; but yet their skill was Inoperative, for the child died in four
minutes after it was brought in. The evidence given was expidna.
tory of the above, and the Magistrate thought that front the high
character the prisoner received, bail might be taken, which was in
heavy sums, and it being given, the prisoner was discharged.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
Yesterday evening, the brother of the unfortunate young man,
named John Ford, the mad Quaker, who has recently appeared at
sevctal of the Police-offices, applied to 1). W. GRIZORIE, Esq. re-
specting his brother, then in St. Margaret's watchhouw, on suspi
cion of being a deserter from the 54th Regiment of Foot.
It appeased that on the preceding evening the young man went
into the Rose and Crown in Dartmorth-street, Westminster, when
meeting with Serjesnt Bateman of the 1 lab Light Dragoons, wanted
to enlist with him. The Sergeant asked him if be had ever been it
:be army ?he replied yes, the bath Foot, and had been d!wharged.
The Sergeant requested him to skew his discharge, hut instead cs
doing so, be took to his heels and ran off : this conduct caused him.

and Seri. ant Wright to to p et he had dear t d from the R, fitment,
and they went In pursuit and stet2ila..4 him on suvitton.
'rite brother said, that be bad been in the army, and he had Casa
-'O(. fur his diselurge. About three weeks ago he left York, j.„l
went to Rochester ; since that time, however, he had been st rol!it
about the streets of the metropolis. He was settled at Leunnti.
tier, its Hertfordshire.
James Gilmore, the chief constable, said that he bad been it
the watchbouse, and ordered the young man every retre.hmear,
He had better remain there for the present : he could have a g.se,i
bed at a trifling expense.
The brother acceded to the offer, saying he would call in the
morning, at ten o'clock. This morning the brother caste, anl
arrangement etas made to send hint immediately by the coach to
his plate of settlement.