The National Register. — 1821-10-28 (London, England)

WILLAIA. This was an action brought by the plaintiff. ahe rmides at Worcester, imainst the defendants. who were proprietors of the Worcester mail, to recover the value of a parcel lost by the negligence of their servants. The cause was tried at the Sittings after Trinity Term, 1520, and a verdict found for the plaintiff. Tat plaintil4 ins the 17th of September, 1819, a rote a letter to his comb. pondents, Messrs. Moore mid Stranger, desiring them to send a quantity of sarsenet, of the value ofial. The article was accordingly packed in the form ore parcel, and carried to the office of the Bull and Mouth Inn. It was then conveyed by the Worcester mail to the Green Man and Still, Oxford•Arect, where it was taken out and left ut the defendant's °thee, to he fora arded by another coach, called the h.-avy coach. The parcel was lust out of the said henry couch, but it did not appear by what means. Before it wan booked, the defendant exhibited the usual notice, stating that the coach proprietors would nut be answerable for any parcel above the value of live pounds unless specially insure d; and the question for the opinion of the Court was, is hethcr the plaintiff was entitled to recover in this action, Ike pared haring been booked in the usual way, and not paid fur, as being above the value of SI.? If the Court should be of opinion the plaintillcould recover, the verdict was to stand;. but if they decided un the contrary, a nonsuit was to be mitered. The Cowl, haviug heard Mr. Chitty for the plaintif, and• Mr. Potluck fur the defendant, gave judgment. They lwl4, that it was clearly a case of gross negligence on the part of the defendant's servants. 1u case the parcel had gone by the mail the low would not then have happened. It was met to be considered a loss by accident or mistake. The parcel Bas Carl-1011 to the Mike and booked fur the mail. It did not howevor go by the mail, but was scut by another roach.— That was au act done by the defendant's servants for hi, benefit, nod the Court would lose sight or common &ruse it titcy did not consider the plaintiffentitled to recover. The verdict, under all the circumstances, was entered fur the pluintifC. dieveral °Mee special questioas were argued, but none of public importance.  On Thursday afternoon last, between four and. five o'clock, an old house, corner of Maddox-street, Regent. street, which had formerly bee 'swell known by the name of the Saallowiistrcet eating-house. fell with a tremeadous crash, by is hick a tioinan.reinued Glanville, is tile her intent, fine child aboett Ibmontha old, were killed. The husband of Mrs Glanville was as carpenter employed in building she new houses in Regent-street, and lived with hi, faintly in the house which fell, for convenience. Ile had paid no rent for sonic knee past, as the house was condemned.—Some person had previously told them it would fall in twenty-four hours, and they made up their minds to quit it an Thursday morning. The husband was at work, and ut she time above mentioned it wets observed the walls were giving way. Mrs. Glanville heard a creak, mid her eldest son, 14 sears, instantly ran out; she seised the infant, and another child, two years old, to follow, but she only reached the door when the hawse fell in, burying herself and the latent in the ruins. The other child tins pitched into she street, and was taken to Mr. Brookes's. by Gook, the constable, when it was found he had received na see ion, iiiitery. Gook and Westbrook, and as officer of Marlborough-street, procured some men, who dug out the dead bodies of Mr,. bilaterale and her infant. While they were engaged he se doing, a gentleman named Cassamajor, win) was accidentally passing, and onserviug them he 0 perilous situation, under the party.% all, which was on the point of falling, gave the officers a guinea to procure more men to prop it up, which was intascdeately done. Wednesday morning an inquisition was taken in the bed-roan's of the workhouse art the Liberty of the Rolls. in Breant's-buildings, Chancery hoe, before T. Stirlisl4, El. Coroner. on we body of W.Ciirton, a point between ly and Ito. It appeared, that oil Monday last. the deceased attended the hincral of a persan who committed suicide in Houghton-street, Clare-market. lie atter%vards went amongst his acquaintances, and, shaking hands with them, took his leave, saying, that he done something, that wile') they were lola titey would lie surprised at, and they wouldree hint na emir:. lie ilecu went honer to his mother, who lives in Swats-yard. White's-alley, Chancery-lase, wlizte he was seized with student pants and vomiting; he laid himself on the bed, and calling his mother, told her, that on Isis way home from the funeral lie hats purchased a pennyworth of arsenic at a cliyati4's :atop, which lie had Cal Mil of the paper as he walke.l alote.t. The deceased assigned no cause for the rash act, but the circumstances of haven.; attended the hineral above related, together with the observations of the persons assembled to witness die unterment, which had worked upon ins brain, its a Mall. tier lie could not account tor. Mr. Owen, a medical gentleman, in Chancery-lane, attended, anal ailment*. erred a strong emetic, whieie althoitAle it operated very powerfully, had no eftrt, the dice ist..l expired in grit aptly jbOlit esss hour .dieiws,;(l,. .liery returned verdict—that the deceased iontself 111 a tit of deranzent,:ta.