The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-17 00:00:00

THE DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1861.

SHERIFF'S COURT, LONDON.-,-NtSTERDAY.

IMPORTANT NEWSPAPER CASES. MOORE V. WHITE-
HEAD—THE SAME V. ANOTHER PERSON—HOPCRAFT
V. JACKSON.
In the first two cases the plaintiff sued as publisher of
the Attrig newspaper, to recovetian amount for advertise-
ments inserted in that journal.
His Honour—ih6 Molre
Witness—He is the registered P'ubti'sVcf.
His Honour-,lie cannot 'sue then. The propitetors
must sue.
Witness—We have always sued and recovered in the
West-end court.
ifi Honoar--Let me see the orders for insertion.
[The oidei:cf:e?i'ir ha'ttdecl up, proved to be an order to
the proprietors.] Bi's temarked that so far as
the registered publisher was conceinej ft 6 tav a party
who could be sued in any criminal offence, bur he liad
no right to sue for moneys due to his employers.
Plaintiff nonsuited.

R ' 6I EIIFSCURSION OF WORKING

i'ft's Pm is.

On Tuesday evening a public mectleg f'a'x 1416 a
Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street, London, in furtbei:alie
of a movement for promoting an excursion of working
men to Paris. Mr. Merriman presided.

The Chairman said he bad received a letter from Mr.
Cdnyrigham, M.P., approving of the proposed excursion.
He had also received a number of other letters in favour
of it. The scheme WoUId t'e eminently successful ; the
difficulty was not to obtain the teen to join them; but to
regulate the details. They were at present in negotia-
tion with the railway companies. The maximum price
for taking the excursionists to Paris and back would be
£l. The committee would select the cheapest route
consistent with comfort.

Mr. Jones said he had just returned from Paris, and
he found that public opinion among the inhabitants of
Paris was greatly in faxonr of the excursion. As lodg-
ings would no doubt be expensive in Paris, they would
eudeatour to obtain the the of one of the barracks for
the excursionists. He had not the slightest doubt but
that the excursion would tend to prOrnote good feeling
between the two. nations. flue editor of the Sice/e had
undertaken to form a committee of reception In Paris.

Mr. Cassell said he anticipated great and beneficial
results Would follow from the movement.

A resolittion was then agreed to, approving of the
offer of the Sieelt to form a committee.

Several details having been distiissed, the meeting
separated with a vote of thanks to the ehairdat.

FEARFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR
LINCOLN.

An accident of a fearful character, which was
attended, we regret to say, with loss of life, happened a
short distance from Lincoln on Monday evening, on the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway. It
appears that the down train from Hull due at Lincoln
at 7. 45. p.m., entered the Greetwell cutting a little
after its time. On reaching the Lincoln end; the tire
of the engine wheel came off, and the engine slipped oft'
the rails, rushed over the other line of rails, and ran
into the bank—at this place several feet high—and
toppled over, the cleaner, a young man named Frederick
Taylor, who resides at New Holland, falling off, the
lower part of his body being underneath the engine.
The driver was pitched upon a hedge, his head being
severely cut. The tender was also upset, but it lay in
such a position as to form an arch, under which the
stoker crept, by which means he escaped uninjured.
Next to the tender were three vans laden with fish,
all of which were thrown over, the contents being
strewn about in all directions. After the fish vans were
the passenger carriages, in the first of which were
several passengers. On either side of the seat nearest
the engine two men were sitting, one of whom were Mr.
Charles Clarke, wheelwright, of Horncastle ; the son of
this gentlemen sat on the seat opposite. The passengers
were first aware that something was amiss on hearing
a loud bump. Mr. Carke at once jumped over the seat
in front of him, and no sooner had he done so than the
middle of the end of the carriage was forced in with a
terrific crash, Mr. Clarke, jun., having both his legs
severely injured. The father escaped with a few bruises,
but there can be no doubt that had he not taken the
precaution to move from his position he would have
been crushed to death. None of the other passengers
were injured. Both the lines of rails were completely
blocked up by the shattered carriages, and consequently
the guard (Pearson) at once proceeded to Lincoln, the
majority of the passengers accompanying him. On Mr.
Hawkins, the station-master, being made acquainted
with the particulars of the accident, he at once sent for
Dr. Lowe, and that gentleman, with two assistants,
proceeded to the scene of the melancholy occurrence
about a quarter of an hour afterwards, accompanied by
a greaenumber of persons employed at the station and
others. On reaching the spot the terrible nature of the
accident was at once apparent. Fish and portions of the
broken vans were lying about in all directions, the
" smash" being as complete as could well be imagined.
The poor cleaner was found under the engine, the whole
weight of which was upon the lower part of his body,
and upon examination it was found that his head and
shoulders had been frightfully scalded; there can be no
doubt, however, that his sufferings were only moment-
ary. It was found impossible to extricate the body, there
not being means at hand to raise the ponderous engine.
The injured man, with the remainder of the passengers,
were then brought to Lincoln, and the wounds of the
driver were dreseed in the refreshment-room at the
station; Mr. Clarke, jun., being, in the meantime, re-
moved to the Lion Hotel. On examining him this
morning Dr. Lowe found that the outer side of the left
leg, from the hip to the knee, was bared to the bone,
and that splinters of wood penetrated completely through
the underneath portion of the leg, the whole of the
muscles being severely lacerated and much bruised, and
the principal artery torn. The leg was also consider-
ably swollen. A consultation of the medical officers of
the Lincoln County Hospital was accordingly called, and
it was found :necessary to amputate the leg from the
thigh, it being thought that if the operation was not
performed the swelling would ascend into the body, and
that mortification would ensue. The operation was
skilfully performed by Dr. Lowe, the sufferer being so
weak from loss of blood that it was thought he would
sink under it. Up to the time of writing this no hopes
were entertained of his recovery. It was found this
morning that Mr. Clarke, sen., had also received severe
injuries, although not of so serious a nature as his son.