The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-06 00:00:00

Ut ann•

WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 5.
The Queen, with Prince= Helena, walked and
drove in the grounds this morning.
Prince Christian of Sliniric-Holstein, attended by the
Gentlemen in Waiting, went shooting.
Her ifajesty held a council to-day, at 1 o'clock, at which
were premot Fed Granville, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl
of Clarendon, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, and the
Right Hon. W. Gladstone.
Kr. Chichester Fodor= was presented to the Queen, at
an audios= by Sir Gems* Grey, on being appointed Chia
Secretary for Ireland.
Earl Granville, Lord Clarendon, and she Right Boa. W.
Gladstone, bad audiences of the Queen.
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COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
After Term NW Prim sittings at Weatminster.—(B./.0
the Lord Chid Justice and • Special Jury.)
LAI(D01711 e. TER SOUTII UMW RAILWAY COMPANY—
wrerthottlam ACCIDENT.
This was • writ of inqaci
_to moon the duns.; an
defendants admitting their natality. Stich an inquiry is of
rare occurrence in the superior courts, the untruth&
being to area the damages upon a writ of inquiry won
the sheriff&
Mr. Hawk*, Q.C., and Mr. Murphy, were mute lot
the plaintiff ; Mr. Serkaat Saluting and Mr. Poland sees
counsel for the defentkate.
The plaintiff, who is a Frenchmen, about 55 yens of ege,
had resided in the orandry about 25 years, sad he eeetoid
himself Wore 1862 as a teacher of langusace. In 18M is
was appoiated by the English commingling over.
seer said- manager of the French department of the
Great Exhibition, and after the Exhibition be el..
tamed the agencies of several merchants residing abroad,
and he had autos then serried on the bases
of • commission monk sad aloe that of • MT"te inquiry
office in Agaretroet, Snead, on which no stigma soak in
attached, and he was employed by the Freon Cassel.
General here and other payees of respectability, in tow
solvency and other makes of persons residing here. Se me
earning up to the time of the sodded about 8001. pa
annum. He had a wife and three children, ens of than
being • clerk in • bank. It appeared that tin
plaintiff had been amino in Paris on basins tad ce
the 9th of June last he left for Leadia
by what m known as the tidal train. He arrived at Falk
stone in the aftersoins, and left by the ezprin
t sin. es
travelled safely until about two mike this side of Sean
bunt station, when he felt as oscillation of the maw
sod he suddenly found himself precipitated ova tie
bridge down • depth of 15 feet into • brook or sera
of water. After considerable difficulty the phi.
tiff, who wan cut and bruised, sad binding key
much, part of the flesh of one of his legs bengtail
adhering to the woodwork al the carriage, hiss
able mean
can himself from kin perilous pointer+, and after ins*
some of his felloweimgers he fainted. On none*
he found himself bring attended by a medical Fallen&
residing in the neighbourhood, and afterwards he weeded
by other medical gentlemen from London. It was nodes
to thiuk of removing him that night to Leedom, gad In
remained that eight tat
the Cm" 1•211, Bialto
hunt. On the following morning tenni
home, and immediately he was attended by Ws
own indica man, Mr. Eastman. It was then fund tin
he had received several wounds on the head, his rye on
cut and had to be sews up. There was • large wood*
the left leg, and several operations had to be perform'.
He had not since been able to attend to his naken, tad
he had been put to considerable expense in
gong abed
for change of air. It was tot coutanud that the
plaintiff had received permanent iajruy, hut
was of such a character as would incapnitats
him for some time from conducting his busmen
as usual, and consequently damages were claimed for the
loss that would &rine in consequence. Whoa spoken&
was made to the company for compenntice, ha was rated
by Mr. Adams and. Mr. Clapton, medical gentlemen, a
behalf of the company, and they, with Mr. Eastman, tin
plaintiff's medical man, and Mr. Lawson, who was milled Ma
his behalf, aped • cresificate to the following effect : ',We,
the undersigned..after careful examination of the phiatirs
case, are of opinion that he has not sustained any prow
nest injury to any pad of his body
Having, how and that negtusily he
will entiray recovehowever, due regard to the
severity of the accident and the mode et ita occurrence.
an entire reoovery gamut be expected nail after 12
months' from the time of the accident. The plaintiff also
claimed besides compeoration for the loos of his business
and personal suffering between 4001. sad 5001. upon
he had been put to in consequence of the accident.
The plaintiff was called, and detailed the circumstance
of the accident and his sufferings and the enema be ea
been put to in ceneequenee. He also 'tend that his igeme
from his business was about 8001. per annum, gad his per'
moat expos* Wile between 4001. and 500/. per annum.
In erceumandaation by Mr. Serkant Ballantiee, plaudit
said he had 3 guineas per week during the exhibition. RI
MANSION-HOO3II.—(TEILS DAY.) duty was to stand at the estrum of the fornt eign dm:u iltmost
George Cole, a young fellow having the appearance and see that the*proper persons only eered. e
of • tramp, was brought before the Lord Mayor for further before that engaged in business with a gentleman in the
examination upon the chug* of having unlawfully decoyed City.
a girl only nine years of age, named Mary Anne Humphreys, Mr. Salient Ballantim—What is his name.
from the custody of her parents, without their mutant, for Plaintiff he would not like it to be known.
an immoral pupae& Mr. flerjeant Wendt's—We must know.
The circumstance, under which this charge was Plaintiff—His same k Smith. (Laughter.)
•Be "Old
orignally preferred, it will be remembered, were plaintiff to become his partner, but he declined beam
of a very singular character. The little • 1 Smith had no bungee. (Laughter.) It was lucky
in question was the daughter of e office. Plaintiff paid 13a. 6d. per week for his office k
perents, who carry on the business of a grocer Apretreet. He lived at one time in apartments at Ms
in St. Mary-axe, md on Monday morning, the 10th of liewanatoos 'treat, hut he did sot leave Mrs. Gent
November, she was sent to school but did not Mare. Her without paying her rent. (At first plaintiff had so
parents were, of course, in • state of great alarm and recollection of having lived there.) Hr. Smith tig
consternation at her absence, but notwithataadiog not turn him away on account of his ocioduct at Jersey. Be
the inquiries made by themselvem, and also those loath heft Smith because he did not pay him regularly. Be bed
toted by the polim, nothing was heard of her paid the landlord's bill at Jersey. He paid. him 41. es se
until about • week afterwards, when the prisoner count before legv*, and he had since paid the tam&
with the child in his arms made his appearance The accident took place oft • Friday, one on the Meal/
at • low lodging-house in Flower and Deanstreet, %Mal. follow* he went in • cab to Mr. Williamson's 411,
fields, and asked to be acoommodated with • double bed. The Lime-street, and told him he had not been killed, la
manager of the house, an Irishwoman named Lee, who that he wag too to give him any mond
seemed to have acted very properly in tha matter, had • sus of the badness he had transacted for him in Perte. gems
picion that something was "from and e told the primer air weeks in Paris, and during that time he had tie cm to
that she would not allow him to campy sh
ee game bed with attend to his business in Agar street. Mr. Williamson
the child, and if they stopped there they mud have asps. paid him three guineas a day and hie expense& He
rate bed& Some of the other lodgers also, who were Sc- was paid 2501. by Mr. Walkman. Be was paid by
quainted with the prisoner and were aware that the child cheques. He never bad • banker's account. He hid spent
was not his, were very indignant at his 000 duct and were between 4001. and sow.
tout
expanse 'atributable to this
about to inflict summary punishment upon him, but accident were about 2001. out of that sum. He kept use
he ran out of the house, leaving toe child bathed books, but they auto a very imperfect account his
him. At this time she appeared to be in • semi. monetary trepanned's.
unconscious condition, and it was found necessary to remove Re examined by Mr. Murphy—He was in Greece in 18114.
her to the London Hospital, where she was discovered about two months. A large proprietor of marble quarries
by her parents, and at the next examination • untie. there employed him to endeavour to get up a marks was
can from one of the house dirgeons waa put in paoy in this country. He received 2001. and expellees heat
stating that she was too ill to attend and give Mr. Rogers for what he did in Greece ; that was in Anne
her evidence. When the prisoner was taken Into custody, 1864. Sochi°, of Paris, had paid him 10 per neat. os the
he appeared to have admitted that be Ind acted iodocently gale 1,0001. worth of brandy and wines.
to the child, but said that all they could do with him waa Mr. fierjeant Salentine submitted that this saddle
to give himd,
six months. should have boon given in tbe plaintiff's evidence in chief.
The following additional *adonis was this morning ad. The Lord Chief Justioe —Or rather in the crier examiner
diced. Boa. It ought not to be left for the judge to do what ins
Mr. Dove, one of the rumens of the London Hospital, the duty of the counsel. Had I not pointed out the now
deposed that the child was brought to the hospital about shy of showing these facts the jury would have been left to
2 o'clock in the morning of the 26th November. She en. the dark about it.
peered in an unnaturally sleepy
_ixedition and it was dices Plaintiff then went en to say that Mr. Edward Lorin ot
cult to arouse her. He cmld not dig:ever any traes Marlborough-street, bad paid him 30!. or 60/. for businsil
of violence upon her person. On the following morning transacted for him in Park. Mr. Nlcholsoo, • ooliciteri
he administered an emetic, and the contents of the had employed him to go to Paris on behalf
stomach had been ed for the purpose of analysis. an English noblenna relative to earns decal
day s
ago. was 4" from the hospital about three that had bean purchased by •• lady. The cond.
days ago. general of France had paid hien about 50/. ; that pads
The Lord Mayor inquired how long the child wag under
airan had introdooed him to others for whom he had
his charge. one burins's. Those were inquiries for a father about bur
The witness replied about ten days. inn who had left him, or a wife who had rum away from his
In answer to further questions, the whom said he had husband.
so reason to believe that any violence had bees offered to Dr. Eastman said be was called in to see the plaintiff au
the child. He also said that he could not swear that any the 10th, at his residence in Ms rylebone-road. His systole
noxious drug had been administered to her, but the date of was much shacked, and be was suffering free, • 11111.
stupor she was in induced him to believe there Wiesen lacerated wound in the metre of the forehead, sad fear
A polke-constabie of the H division mid that he found five aupsrfieial wounds on the top of Unlaced ;he an
s
the child in the charge of a man mined Brewster, es the lacerated wound on the outer side of the right eye, io whin
thhitethapel.road, and the woman Loss was also posses& two stitches had been placed before he saw him, the WO
The child appeared to be dead. He could not discover say around the wound were much bruised. On the order gas
pulse, and be took the child to the hospital. of the left leg, a little below the knee, there wu rat
The poor little girl was then placed in the witnese box. walla, extending downwards, about 24 inches from
She is • very pretty child, and gave her evidence in a very portion of skin and flesh bad been toga. On the lower
artless and straightforward manner. , part of the same leg, a little above the auk, wee 11
The effect of her statement was that she was sent ; slighter laceration and the left log was also much brand's
to school an the 20th of November about 9 o'clock, and I the neighbourhood of the wound. Be attended him dab'
stopped at school until 12, and was going home when 1 for three or four weeks. The wounds in the head healed le
she meta may who told her he would bey her a doll if ' about a fortnight, and also the wound near the eye. no
she went with'him. wounds ea the leg progressed satisfactorily for the lord two
The Lord Mayor asked her if she knew the man. or three stages, when they beam* much more inflamed
The poor little girl at once pointed to the prisoner. and painful ; the infiansatioa extended, and in a few dais
She went on to say that they walked shoat all day, acid 1 it became evident that matter formed under the timid
she wanted to go home, and the prisoner said be would 1 man the thin felt uneasy about it, and 110_0 Ms
2°2
buy her a doll, Late at night they went to • public. lin Dr. Luken. of Middlesex Hospital. He visited
house and slept than, but she did not sleep with the plaintiff with witness on the 22nd, and they were of opiate
prisoner, but with a female belonging to the house. The it wag neeeneary to make • free opening so as to
text day they again walked about all day. but the prisoner allow the matter to escape ; that was door, and a geed
did not give her myth* to eat till the afternoon deal of matter win discharged ; the progress of the lower
when he lave her soma bread aid butter, gni wooed after that was satisfactory, end it healed in • week
because she mimed to eat it, he opened her !or 10 days ; the upper wound was relieved for • time. he
mouth and pushed it down. The prisoner ;it Weems unhealthy and lieot heal. He probed the wand
told her that her father sae dead, and her mother wee is , and knoll there were sin, and it became necerwarf.
the workhouse. They slept that night and the fol. to ky the woond freely open to allow of tho emir a
I low* night at • ooffoshouse, but they did not • queetity of deed tisane which existed under the skin to
sleep in the num bed. She had nothing to eat al wooed after that slowly belled and was well about tde
PARIS, Dec.c gave her some 10th August. Plaintiff's general heath was much reduced.
toast soinmathtea.e imThneyingaftethrwes stayed all night at the and he could get DO rest without opiates. The Pleb,"
DL Behic, the Minister of Agriculture, has ad- same mffilinhousa, but she slept with a little girt. The was in bed foe about tan days. The 'Oise ba
for d escsa
to ssoi!
dressed a report to the Emperor, in which he an-
primmer gave her Dotting to eat all day. All she had wan pima shock, aad it would lee him
nounces that two gazellee brought over from Eng- geese toast sad tea in the morn*. On the Saturday under medial gam for some time; It was mpossiblo 11
the became quite senseless, sod did sot remember anything • time for his reervery, but he eventually might rumor lo
land had infected with the contagious typhus that occurred till she found herself in the heoplimal. las te resume his busker about another nix manias.
divan animas in the Judie d.Aedimetinn. An After eons further middies the prisoner was vemeadee. ; The Cffianeallor of the Oonsulate-Gesord of France ha
to afford aa opportunity for the anteritad the donna to this sena* proved that they had a high minion of the
imperial decree has consequently been published, be amilyeed. plaiatiff. earl that be tree employed to raske rink ir

The Earl of Caithness sod Ltssatenans•uoml2o4
were the Lord and Groom in Waiting.
Mr. Helps was Clerk of the ConneiL
The Berl of Osithnem sad Liestenant-Colonel Eingscote
have succeeded Lord Methuen =lithe Bon. Mortimer Back-
' villa West as Lord and Groom in Waiting.

-
At the °ethical held by the Queen at Wiedeor Castle
yesterday afternoon, her fifejeety declared her °meet to
the marriage of the Princess Helm Anoints Victoria,
Primers of the United Kingdom, to the Prince Frederic
Christian Charles Auguste(' of Slat wig-Holstein Sander-
burg Augustesbarg.
At the Queen's Council held yesterday at Windsor Castle
parliament war ordered to be further prorogued from
Thursday, the 28th instant, to Thursday, the Ist of Fe-
bruary next, then to meet for " the despatch of beelines."
The final proclamation was at them time ordered to be
made for Gatlin the parliament together on that day.
Sir Richard Graves MacDonell, C. 8., Governor of
Hong Koog, had an interview with the Bight Hon. Edward
Cardwell at the Colonial-office yesterday.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester-
day at the Council Chamber, WhitebalL Present—Lord
Chelmsford, Sir Coleridge, Six KV. Willisnui, and Sir
J. Colvile.

The Earl and Countess of Dudley have arrived
at Dudley House, Fark-Isne, from Paris. Ina day or two
they leave London for Willey Court, Worcestershire.
The Earl and Countess of Stamford and War-
rington's shooting party assembled at Ermine Hall, Std•
fordshire, one of the family residences, and not at Greville
Hall, as stated yesterday in error.
His Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame
Van de Weyer have arrived at their residence in Arlington-
street, from their seat near Windsor.
The Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., the
newly-appointed Secretary for Ireland, will leave town on
Saturday, accompanied by Frances Countess Weldegrays,
for Dublin, to enter upon his official duties.
The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P.
is expected to arrive from Ireland on Saturday next. Lady
Emily Peel is in town.
Lord Brougham left Brougham-hall, Cumber-
land, on Monday, for his &Mean at Canoes, in the south
of France, where the noble lord purposes, as usual, to
spend the winter.
Dersaruuk or QWEEN EMIILL—Her Majesty
Queen Emma, of the Sandwich Islands, attended by Major
Hopkins, left Claridge's Hotel yesterday for the south of
France, where her Majesty will pass the winter.

gnu.
General Fisk has made a speech, stating that
President Johnson had informed him that he
intended to carry out the late Mr. Lincoln's views,
and see the freedom of negroes guaranteed.
He might not believe in their ultimate
attainment, but he meant that they should
have a fair chance. The Freedmen's Bureau
would be continued until the Southern States were
resolved to deal honestly and justly by freedmen.
A radical republican meeting has been held at
Dr. Cheever's church, New York, at which
speeches were made denouncing President John-
son's reconstruction policy, and declaring him to be
the counsel for the rebel States and the upholder
of the Secession doctrine.
_ Mr. Seddon and ex. Governors Magrath and Lub-
beck have been released on parole.
The United States Circuit Court of Maryland
has decided that the government tax cannot be de-
ducted from the interest due to foreign stock-
holders of American railroads.
Mr. Mackenna, the Chilian Envoy to the United
States, has made a speech at Panama, denouncing
the conduct of Spain as a pretext for obtaining a
foothold on American soil.
A cargo of slaves has lately been landed on the
north-western coast of Cuba.
The steamer Gambia left New Orleans on the
24th inst., with 1,700 bales of cotton for Liver-
pool. •
A steamer has arrived at New York with 3,000
bales of cotton from Apalachicola, Florida.
The British ship Mariannus has been wrecked
off the coast of Georgia. The crew were saved.
A British barque, coal laden, name unknown, has
been driven ashore and abandoned off Savannah.
OOKYFitcLIL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25, MORNING.
Money abundant ; gold, 147 ; Exchange on Lon-
don, 160 ; ditto on Paris, 3.524 ; Stocks steady ;
New York Central, 97 ; Illinois, 133 ; Erie, 921 ;
5-20 Bonds, 1011. Cotton dull. Middling
Upland, 53. Flour firmer ; wheat heavy. Corn
quiet. Provisions declining. Coffee steady. Sugar
good inquiry. Molasses t'ulL Petroleum, very
firm ; crude, 41 ; refined, 66.
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 23.
Cotton dull. Middling Upland, b2c. to 53c.
Sales to-day, 2,200 bales.

Cotton, limited demand.
50c. To-day's sales, 800 bales.

MEXICO.