The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-03-08 00:00:00

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SOI;Til Pro N.— The Mails, Mardi 2. The
Royal Mad Company's steamship La Plata( Captain
C. G. Weller, took her leparture to-day, with the
WaltlulL klexii.xi. and Pacific mails, 93 paasengors
(including Mr. A. Ker, Chief of tioninica,
and Lieutenant Stewart), £760 in specie, jewelry
value J:15,500, ant a fuH cargo. The Peninsular
and Oriental Company's screw-steamer Ellora. Cap-
tain Hicks, left to-day for the klmlitemmean, to
relieve the Entine, on the klarseillos and Alexan•
dria station, the latter vessel coming home for
repairs.

110 V ERN MINT EMIG RAnow.—Her Majesty's Eini•
gration Commissioners chartered two ships on Thurs.
ley afternoon, the 3rd inst. —viz., the Bride, 563
tolls, to sail from Southampton for Table Bay, Cape
of (boil Hope, at 4:13 17s. per statute adult; and
the Telegraph, 1,11 t 4 tan., to mil from Liverpool for
Melbourne, Victoria, at £l4 Ms. M., the former yes.
ad to be ready for the reception of passengers on
such day as may be fixed upon between the 11th and
Pith of April, and the latter between the 13th and
2.lth. The commissioners have I(iven notice of their
intention to receive tenders next Thuralay, the 10th
Inst., for ships to proceed to Adelaide, South
Australia, and to Algid Bay, Cape of Good Hope ;
both vessels to be ready for the reception of pawn.
gen any day the commissioners may appoint between
the Pith and 2Sth of April. In ships over 11110 tone
there is now a graduated reduction of the crew.
Biailorsroits.—lfalsey v. South. Western Railway
Company. —At the Court of 'innmon Pleas on Fn•
day, before Mr. Justice Crowder and a special jury,
an action was brought under Lord Campbell'a Act,
by the widow and ailministratix of William Halsey,
to recover damages for the death of her husband,
caused by the alleged carelessness of the company's
servant& at Ilishopetoke station, on the 20th of June
het. Mr. Tindal Atkinson, Mr. .1. Milli's, and Mr.
littler were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr.
Bovill, L.C., Mr. Milwanl, and Mr. M. Smith for
the defence. The accident by which the deceased
met his death was attributed, on baled( of the plaintiff,
to the rockier speed at which the train (an excursion
one, from Portainouth to London) entered Bishop
-
stoke station on the evening in question, and the
fact that a quantity of gravel had been suffered to
accumulate about the rade at the station, plinv.l there ,
from time to time to facilitate the starting of
trains by enabling the engine wheels to " bite," and
which, it was dated, had reached to the level of the
rails. It also appeared that • train from Southamp•
ton wes nearing the Bishopstaike station at the same
time (the Portsmouth and Southampton branches
converge near the Bishopetoke station), and
several witnesses for the plaintiff gave it as
their opinion that the two trains were
I racing for precedence into the station ; the Ports-
mouth train going, as it was alleged, at the time of
the accident at e rate of 43 miles an hour accord-
ing to some of the witnesses, and 60 according to
others. The consequence was that the carriage in
which the deceased was • passenger was thrown off
the bite, and himself killed. For the defence it was
contended that neither of the trains was proceeding
at sat undue or tuiusual pace, and it was proved by
one of the inspectors of the line that he had visited
the spot but a few minuted previous to the sentient,

at which time everything M 44 in ita usual order, Anil
no cause whatever appomreil fur apprehension. It
was 11140 sworn by tuo or three of the company's ser•
wants that the train at the time of nearing the station
was not travelling at a greater spood than eight or
nine miles an hour, and that it was impossible to
account fur the accident. His Lordship having gone
minutely through the evidence on both aides, the
fury retired, and, after • short consultation, found a
verdict for the plaintiff, with £750 damages.