Star.
London, England, 1818-08-01 00:00:00

JrLY 29.-'-'IWRIOUS DRIVING.

Jvnes Bel was indicted for feloniously killing and
slaying William Dolman.
Mr. Pewee NS stated the case to the Jury, ;u1 it vras
subsequently detailed in the following evidence:—
Lieutenant Joseph Dewsnap, of Greenwich Hospital,
stated, that on the 4th of May, as he was walking
in Romney-row, he saw a coach drawn by filur horses,
driving down towards him at a full gallop. As it
reacbed the corner at the bottom of the declimity,

the ecru:, upset by the velocity of the motion; the
road was perfectly smooth and even and without
rut; there was a man sitting on the box with the
coachman ; witness immediately ran up to give as-1
sistance, and reprimanded the coachman severely.l
The latter replied he was perfectly sober, and that if,
drunk he might have deserved a reprimand ; there
appeared to have been four or five outside passen-
gers; he found one of them crying violently, and
saying he was much hurt, his head having come in
contact with the ground ; he heard that the man after-
wards died.

Mr. NV. H. Renwick, a Surgeon, was called in to
see the deceased soon after the accident. Ile had no
external wound, but seemed to labour under a severe
concussion, and had a bleeding from his left ear. He.
died two days afterwards of a concussion of the brain,
occasioned by his fall from the coach. •
Mr. Thomas 'Este, the master of Greenwich Work-
house, merely deposed to the fact of the deceased hav-
ing been taken in and having died at the workhouse:
• The case for the prosecution being closed, the
Learned Judge observed, that this was quite a now
case. He knew very well that if the coach was driven
over a man passing in the street in the open day, then
the assault would unequivocally be the act of the
driver; but here, however indefensible the hard driv-
ing might be, yet he was at a loss to see how the
death of the man was the direct act of the prisoner.
Was there any casein point?
Mr. PEA RA ss replied, that a Greenwich coachman ,
had driven against a cart; upset it; and the man in
the cart lost his life.—Lord Ellenborough held it
manslaughter, at the last Assizes.
The Caunr —Yes ; but there you see the coach-
man violently upset the cart, and was directly the
cause of the death. There can be no jnstillcation for
the hard driving. of coachmen ; but I feel great diffi-
culty, as this strikes me to lie a new case.

The Jury, after a short consideration, returned OA,
following Verdict—" Guilty of violently driving the
hnres, thereby over urnin3 the coach, and killin
thz deceased:; but nc: wi:liany felonious intention.

The Clerk—Tuis is a verdict of acquittal.
The Counr—Prisoner, I hope the merciful consi-
deration of the Jury, in your case, will be for ever a
warning to you in your future conduct. You see
what has been the dreadful consequence of your care-
lessness ; and to yourself; were it not for the inter-
position of a point of the punishment would
have been most serious.
. The prisori-m was then discharged.
CIVIL staL.--Lewts V. CLENIECT.

• This was an action by an Attorney of the Court
of Kiog's Bznch, against the defendant, as Proprietor
of Ti..e Obser.vr Sunday and Monday Newspaper,•for
publishing a scandalous and defamatory libel of and
concerning the plaintiff, contained in a report of err-
rain proccedicgs in the Insolvent Del.tors. Court, in
the case of a min named William Carter applying
for the benefit of eva Insolvent Act, tending to spew
that the plaintiff was a dishonest and wicked Attor-
ney, and r.-as guilty of gross oppression and cruelty
towaridi the Insolvent. The declaration cortained a
great many counts, to which there were as many
pleas respectively—l st, the general issue, not guilty;
and 2d, a justification that the alleged libel was a
fstliful and correct report of what occurred before
the Insvlvcr.t Debtors' Co,irt in the case in question.
'Co these pleas there were replications traversing the
truth of the report, on which issue was joined.

The plaintiff's case was conducted by Mr. MAR-
itYATT, Itr. GcnxiT, and Mr. CitarrY, and the de-
fendant's by Mr. Anocrovs and Mr. PLATT.,

The gift of the alleged Abel went to shew, that
Mr. Levis, in.his conduct towards Carter, had been
grossly oppressive and cruel—that he had brought
writs of error without the consent of the Insolvent,
for the purpose of putting costs, into his own pocket—
that he had induced the Insolvent to mortgage his
property to hint, at a sum far less than its value, and
without his knowing the effect of the Instenment he
had signed—that he had by these means reduced him
to starvation and beggary. 'The article in question
was headed—" Shameful conduct of an Attorney ;"
and concluded with an observation, that the decision
of the Court in favour of the Insolvent produced ge-
neral satisfaction to a crowded Court. •

Mr. ADOLPIIVS on the part of the defendant, con-
tended, that if ti:e plaintiff' could succeed in this
action, the liberty of the Ness must be completely
destroyed, in so 'far as corcerned the fair reports of
proceedings in Courts of Justice, which was as im-
portant to the moral welfare of mankind, as religion
itself. He undertook to thew, from the most tit
questionable evidence, that the statement in question
was a far, impartial, and accurate detail of the case,
of which it professed to be a report.

To prove the defendant's justification, Mr. Bassett,
Mr. Norris, Barristers, practising in the lnsolv,ent
Debtors' Court, Mr. Corkell, the Attorney for the op-
sing creditor, against Carter, and several other wit-
nesses were examined:. and their evidence went to
shev:, that the statement published in The Observer
was substantially true and faithful, but none of them
ventured to speak-to the accuracy of it in positive
terms.

Mr. hIA navarr addressed the Jury in reply:
Mr. Justice ABBOTT summed up the case with the
striczt impartiality, but abstained from giving.anv
opinion upon the important question, as to the right
of Newspapers publishing proceedings in Courts of
Justice, conceiving that that point was not necessary
to discuss on the present• occasion, the issue being
whether the defendants justification had been made
out? His Lordship was of opinion, that upon some
of the counts the plaintiff was entitled, as a matter
of course, to a ve;dict, inasmuch as the evidence in
support of some of the pleas did not support the de-
fendant's • justification. He particularly remarked
upon the absence of the Gentleman from•whose notes
the report of the case was published, es a circum-
stance prejudicial to the. defendant's defence. His
Lordship, however, put it to the Jury to say whether
the justification had, in substance, been made out? for
if they were of that opinion, the Learned Counsel on
each side would agree on which counts the verdict
should be recorded for the plaintifi; and which for
the defendant.

The Jury, after considering the case for a quarter
of an hour, found for the defendant generally; upon
which it was agreed-that the verdict should stand for
the plaintiff on the Ist, 2d, and 6th counts► and for
the defendant on the retnaiuing counts.

POLICf:.

BOW-;Town-47corge harms, a you,
genteel appearance, was charged with
stealing four curtains and a pair of sheet
land's Coffee-house, in the Strand, when
Thursday night, having stated that he
rived in London from the country ; he IL
with him when he entered the house,
left yesterday mornini;,. ha was taking it
the same ac. ay ; MI .. Willi:tam, the Ur
house, happened to go into his bed-r...
after he had paid the charge against hi
left the house, when sl.e instantly missed
and sheets; she gave an alarm, and he
through the Strand, with the cry of
He was come up with on Waterloo lit:,
property in his possession, and on his cc
was detected, he threw it away. The bt
into the house with him, proved only to
Several other charges were exhitnied
from the Bath Hotel ; the Bell and Cr
born ; the Griffin, in Villiers-street, in di
all which places he had takar. in bundles
carried out valuable property, }lc was
mined for trial on Mrs. Williams's char

COIONEfeIf Imautt,r.--Yesterday ec
quest was held at the Seven Stars. h.
on the body of Elizabeth Mackie, who,
was murdered by her husband on Tees,
her residence in Blue Anchor-yard, WU
appeared that on Tuesday night the
been with Ann Silvester, as far as Tr
eet, and on her re:urn she compLi4ted
and a pain of the stomach, and v.• 1; of
supported home. The folibwinr;
bind of the deceased called on her, s:'
was dead, and requestedhcr to t,e

and he would order a coffin. 'W.t.
washed leer, andlaid her ott. SL

on the ked with her clothes o;t, ewe,.
and stockings, ant saw no marl:4
person. The ni7o!lt before thcv v•c; c
ling; and about one o'clock iu the r,
band gave her a trernetifku• blow.
exclaimed, 6, Oh, my Gr"i r"f.,,

deceased had h3en murdered; be;

neighbeiurhood, a vas: cancour

round the houtt., so as to rerdc:

able ; and'on -Thursday nig:lt to
see the body (having called aver.i:

but bring refused icimittanc:. by

ever, she gaiv)ed, admittance. an,i

found a bruise on her shouhler
then bruise upon her fdrehead, and a tri
from her nose. She asked the husbanc
He told her that the deceased fell .!aw
asked him if he had riot (scot bee'lks:
knowledge! he had.-:.The Cyr.ltn
that in consequence of the I oji
was, it was impossible fur the at to 1-et
murder, as the surgeon could net
of death. The best plan fur them to al
return such a verdict as would aut'
Court to enter into an investigation.
turned a verdict of—" Found dead, Ist
deceased died a natural death, or a viol
is no evidence before the Jury to prow

11 en r n nut tit a.—The N beat
nerally commenced throughout this c 4
have never u ;messed a more forward
both as to qualiry and quantity ; it is
harvest, and will, we hope, richly rew,
of that most re,pectable, most valuab
society, the farmer. The hop-yards i
tibns have assumed a luxurious anJ
pearance, almost mthoped for, and the
also the quality, if the weather is propi
are confident, exceed all expectation.
and oat crops have been greatly reviv,
Rains, and promise to be abundant, a!
toes. The orchards, in many situath
wise a most gratifying appearance ;
loaded without being burthened with fr
common care and skill are exerted,
will be made.

COUNTRY MARKET:

thaimas,JulY W.—Wheat. per load £l7
Barley, per quarter, 44$ to 52o—Oats
604 to 80o—Pets„ --e to --a—Rye, 00, to

BILWItiatV, July 50.—Whet Bs. 041. to 10s 6d•
to 10s ad—Vetches, Os ud per bushel.--.llstl.
—Oats, 38s Od to 48s Od per quatter—Etc
poek—Flour, 68s to Oas pts sack.
°areal., july 30.—Tbe price of a &sled
11411-prek Loaf, Wheaten, 2s 10.--)

BIRTHS.
On the 30th ult. near Consort, the Lad) of
of a son. _ _ .

Saturday, at Clay-hill, Beckenham, the wilt
grioe Courtenay, Fs+ MX. of a Stoll.
On the P. 1.1 June, at Lisbon, the Lady of
Coo Arentaschild, K.B. of a daughter.
La,t week the wife of a s4plierd employed
of Newport,- Itlonnsouttasho., was delivered
two zirls at a birth, wbi, h are all ha a thriving
art very poor, and leap than its coal baskc:a ias

DIED.
July !4, at Sherboru, aged Tf, Ik.. Utak
late Dr. heather, M. 11. of Rath.
Mouthy, Mr. Walk4r, of the Percy CZ-v.
Oaee aged 6a.
Thursday, at Nights°, aged 39, :Nfargard
13adhana, M. D. F.ll. S. .

At Dtindee, in the 100th year of lilt a;
native of Strathspey, ;•ud me of the few rem.
Prince Charles Sluart--having fought undei
Prince during the whole of the rebellion in
was buried at the church-yard of Logic ; and
attended his remains to the grave followed en
v.-stunt of thinking some bottles of whitkv
burying ground.

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Cons. 77} 77
Si per Cent. 66.1
4 per Ct. 91
Navy 1056
Long Ans. 2O 11.16

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