The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-05 00:00:00

THE ACCIDENT ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY.

17pos Inquiry yesterday at the Grenadiers' Hoapital,
Rochester-row, Westminster, our reporter was authorised
by Mr. Blenkin, the Surgeon• Major, to state that all the
sufferers under his charge are doing well, and that the cases
which were at one time considered hopeless Sr. now looked

upon an very favourable.
Yesterday Colonel Yolked, the government inspector of
railways, was engaged for nearly six hours in investigations
and examinations of vitamin ea to the cause of the acci-
dent. The officials examined were ?deem. Wilma and
Richardson, looomotive inspectors, Walker the guard, and
ueder-guard Farley. The witnesses stated that the train
was only four minutes late at Croydon, and that no undue
pressure had been put upon the engine. It wan confidently
warted by all who were examined that the train did not
travel at the rate of more than 30 miles per hour.
The whole of the company'. lines are gone over and in-
spected twice each day, by 'ganger (foreman) of platelayers,
before the departure of the first and the arrival of the last
train. This duty. it appears, had been performed on that
part of the line where toe accident happened, and the rails
were reported as being in good order. A good deal of
evidence was taken as to the quality and weight of the
engine ; but all tended to prove that it was in good and
woad condition, having beth eocatructed in 1868, for the
express purpose of running on that part of the line where it
wan employed when the accident took place.

Tau SOI7THWAEL Ledbitter,
aged 60, for many yeses carrying on business as a cabinet-
maker and co?Fres' fitter, of 28, Borough-road, South.
work, was t before Mr. Combs yesterday for
further exmr.inatson, charged with the wilful murder of
Martha Ledbitter, his wife, aged 89, and Daniel Ledbitter,
his son, aged 17, by cutting their throats with a razor. The
court was rather inconveniently crowded during the ex-
amination, and the prisoner was allowed a seat in the dock.
He remained the whole time with his bead clasped in hie
hands. Several witnesses were examined, but their evidence
brought out no new facts in connexion with the case, and
the prisoner was remanded.
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HOUSE OF LORDS.—.JuNa 4.
APPEA La.
LORD HIGH OTZWASto OP 111114HD...

Their lord7hips met this rooming to consider a cWm al
the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot and Earl of Waterford
in Ireland to the °flies of High Steward of Ireland. The
claim is founded on the fact that the odlos has always been
rushed to the Earldom of Shrewsbury and Waterford ;
and some documentary evidence having bean given, the claim
was allowed.

EQUITY COUTITS.—.7trxx 4.
(Before the Muter of the Rolle)

This was a forecloe;;;;IT, the plaintiffs being the rust
mortgagees. The second mortgagees were two joint tenants,
a father and eon named Wadbrook. The father was 83
years of age, and though he could understand a question
his memory could retain recent facts but a very short time.
Mr. Bowriag, for the plaintiff, moved for the appoiutment
of a guardian ad litem for this defendant, whose f►milywere
desirous that the son should be appointed to that office.
Mr. Jowl appeared for the defendant's family.
His Honour appointed the son his father's guardian.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—JuNs 4.
Sittings in Banco.—Before Lord Chief Justine Erie and
Justices Williams, Willes, and Bylee.)
QUILTIII V. JON'S AND ANOTILZR.—CONNISSION UPON

8081/1188 DONIS AT CHARLZBTON.

Thin was an action to recover commons= for introducing
to the defendants business with s person carrying on opera-
tions at Charleston, in the Confederate States, and in the
course of the trial it became necessary to give evidence as
to au agreement which had been drawn up, but the docu-
ment itself could not be produced. A witness was put in
the box who stated that last year he went from Nassau to
Charleston, and thence home to New York. At the custom-
house, however, all his papers were taken possession
of, but subsequently they were returned, with the
exception of this particular agreement. He afterwards
asked for the agreement, but was told that it had
been seat to Washington, and he made no more
inquiries about it. The learned judge admitted secondary
evidence of the contents, and did not yield to the argument
that there was not sufficient evidence that the original
could not have been produced. In the course of the term,
the court granted a rule nisi for a new trial upon the ground
that the learned judge bad improperly admitted secondary
evidence of the agreement. The question now was, whether
this role should be made absolute.
Sir George tionyman and Mr. Shaw appeared to show
cause against the rule ; and Mr. DWI Seymour, Q.C., to
support it.
The court held that the evidence had been properly
admitted, and discharged the rule.