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London, England, 1865-04-01 00:00:00

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HOME ClRCUlT.—Knoirros, MARCH 31.
(Beton the Lord Cud Ikree end • Spedal Jeff

/MOW= V. TRIC BOUT" 111.11171 N EAELVIAT COMPANT.
This cause, elision out of the Weise:Meet that took place
in the Blackheath TO2OIII, and in which the damson were
laid at 20,000., was resumed this receslog.
Mr. &mild, Q. 0., Mr. C. Pollock, sad Mr. Willis pia
appeared for the plaintiff ; blr. Limb, Q.C., Berisant Balks-
tioe, and Mr. White Were for the defendant'.
The one for the plaintiff wee ootieluded on Thursday
'menhir!, sad this moronic the ceas tog the defendant/ was

pmeseaid with.
lir. Lush, is his Wars to the jury, said that canes of
this description were, ender all circumstances, of the most
difficult clam that could be brought before the eassideration
et a jury, and the preset was the moat difficult ate dud
had come within his knowledge, beanies it would be his
dirty to lay before the jury the evidence of medical ems of
the highest eminence who would give dianicitscally opposite
evidence to that which had been given by thom.gestleass
who had bass celled as while's. for the pleudiff. He
could sot help extrudes his opiedon that it would be mina
better U some plan were adopted by width, in a ease like
the parent, the patient could be watched by some mediae'
gentleman of Gallen* selll some decisive °Saks could be
formed reepectieg the injury that bad been received, indeed
of which the only course that meld be takes at present
wee to lay before the jury the oontradidery 'videos, of •
somber of medical men, pad the jury had to grime their
way to • ccedusiou. The liaised amasel them retested to
the modest evidence that had bees adduced oil the psi of
the Oiliest!, and said he should be pawed to show that
every one et the symptoms that bed bees spokes to niche
be aecribsd to the shock to the eserons spasm that the
Mlitiff had remind, and from which be would in all pro-
Lability, eventually, entirely recover, and that there was
so reel paddy& is the OM. Bethat eaid be • thresh%
he had a right to complain the pinata
test, as it was termed, had bees applied to the
without the knowledge of sealed gastlessee erLill dosa•l4cr ere
watching the cam on behalf of the compasy, sad wain sow
spangly, had so opportheity et observieg the melee ; but
be said he should be in • 'caddies to lay Widen°, before
them to show that early one d the molts that had bee*
spoken to were more emeistent with the nseledy of lank
paralysis, from whisk, is thee, the plaietiff would
almost eertaWy receverohen paralysis arida" from Wary
to the lira* which would be permits** Ia isonchathos the
learned counsel said that the eseopany Amide* they were
liable, sad did sot desire that the wt et &nage"
should be armed with any sips rd haad,_let at the ewe
time he said be ISM sure that the jury would agree witik dine
that it was their duty to avoid the payseset d an eintsys•
pat araiseat of dame.* for as injury whisk might tun out
to be only of • temporary Wad, althoegh atemseted by Primp-
tans of a most distressing and serious 'Weals&
Yr. Adams. the seeks et the Landes Hospital,and am of the council of the wilds of ihampesee, was tits
mamboed, and his avid's* divested of tethated rents. was
to the effect that the plaintiff was set mamba taw por-
ted paralysis, and that the cape was a arable am. He at-
tributed all the symptoms to • sheik to the nervous
sad =peered a pawwvis epision that the Worth" LitTlet.
&ries from a lesion of the laths.
In answer to a clues** segginted by the jury, this gen-
tleman stated that be wee Officially &Meshed to the Beath
Resters Railway Commay. bet be added le reply, toSerjeant
Ballaellea that, ado hie advise, • great many claims for
accident& bad been settled, without cawing into emit.
Kr. Headland, en sedient gesend preditioner. Yr.
Oritsbie, one of the eurgeaes unsaid to the Ophthalmia
Ho, sad Dr. B—thMe, the sealersealerserge= ot the Itse-
ISiespitil Hospital, were else examieed ca behalf et the dells-
den* sad their 'videos" was of • dander cshareeter to that
given by 'ems'
Kr. Lads, is sarandeg Up the awe fee the defesdants.
repeated what he had previeeely said, that the plaietiff wee
entitled to damage' for the Wray be bed reeslled, but
he •ald that, alter theevideses that had been addeced as
behalf et the ddresisele, injury aught set to regard the
tees as sae Is whisk reemery was hopeless, bet that, ea the
seettery, the probability was that with Ma, sad the re-
moval of anxiety, the plaintiff wield in • year cc se be as
well as ever, and he asked thews to mow the demos epos
that principle.
Kr. Herrn made • powerful reply ea behalf of the Oath-
tiff sad be drew • vivid picture GI his farmer meditice
and the state be was in at presses, with kis mind and me.
mory completely gam, neat to dress ar wash himself, be
tat, food or to deep. eied, as bad been proved in this ammo
of the ease, ends( Untimely lathing mad • windeweithing
his Bogies. Before this unfornmete eeekkat the *Motif
was • Bee young man, thirty-tee years et age and id: feet
high. pasared of great literary attains's* sad who
might temonably have expected to have risen to the piddle
&palmist in which he was segioved. and to hese eb-
taisd salary et SOX ar 1,0001. • year ; but
now all his bops* and expeetatiers were entirely
dm d, sad the question ter the jury to decide
was whet amount of damages eight is be gins under such
aciratnuices The leaned .seed thee caransentedst
o hie length open the ardiedevideece that bedtime*
addend en Isbell of the smarmy pardeelarly resserthig
npos • eratenmet node by ems et imasailhat before he saw
the plaintiff it had Wee intimated to by some ass that
the ewe was one of "entire sham," sad that the plaintiff
was being "kill by Madsen." He else . proceeded to
ups that dare could sot be the slightest doubt that the
plaintiff lied rewired doused frightful Jejuna, from whist,
{sat all probability, be would warm remover, mid that no
mown et mosey,
_could compeniste him far the lem el
position that be had sustained.
The jury wished to hew whether they bad the power to
return • verdict that would secure as &assay to the plain-
tiff so beg as he should matinee in his present oosdition,
and whether it wee probable that lib &adios in till We:-
office would be kept open for him in the event el cis le-
every.
The Lord Chid Baron mid that with mope* te tioo bit
point. it was very probeble that the simetio• would behest
opal, bat be did sot think the }any had the power to give •
contingent verdict. All they bed the power to do was as
say what amount of liallagea the plaintiff, order all the*.
cumsesnese, was wedded to.
The jury retired to deliberate upon abide veal* sad cm
their return into court they found for the plaintiff-
-"gm 5,6601.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT—layszrom, Maws 31.

NM PI MOM OMIT.
(Before Mr. Aides likes and a Special July.) •
STIMING e. 41,61111131 AND 017136.
This ewe was resumed upon the sitting of the soon this
morning.
At the close of the plalatiffe ease Soma eagamagst
mend between the legal se to whether
or not the evidenoe which ballasalesenisTrded proved the
counts cm which the plaintiff naiad. and his br&h* at
length said it did not appear to him that the material part
was proved. He should -hold that it had not bees proved.
After this intimation the legal pelts.= on sitar side
I held a private aonsaltation, and It was afterwards intimated
that the dolsisdasis had *Mod to the withdrawal al ta
furor, the Attoratraeneral withdrawing the isapalation
about that" gigeatio imposition." atiti latpat be renset lar
apply teen to the vessel. said that se.
thing weld be more handsome than the amass whisk bad
been adopted In the settlemeot of the MIS eating,
concurred in the propriety of it. It seemed to him that the
*zonations set forth in two or Wee of the aeon* wale
rather expreseions of hope—too confident expeotatioso,
than statements of a fart. He did not think a jury amid
be* arrived at the couched= that they wets intended to
&hand.