The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-07 00:00:00

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00ORT OF WIZEN'S BIN OH.
t Term Nil Prins SOW. at GoildbalL—(Before
Lord Chief Jostioe and Special Juriss.)
/bony v. elm onam namirml RAILWAT OM:PAW.
We wan an action to rower emapineation in damages
for Works reesived Ares& the alleged negligence of the
defaidents. Them wan • claim for special &amen is ma-
gmas°, ef hie having lost his appciatesent m drawing-
/nester to bar Majesty's ship Britanala. The daferiderits
admitted their liability and the intli•it7 was therefore
to 1111K411 the damages. The phintiff claimed
merelyl. damps.
Mr. O'Malley, Q.CL, aid Kr. Tamer, were cease& for
the plaiatiff ,• Mr. Kardska, Q.C., Mr. serjeaat Bellentine.
aod Hz Bidder were counsel for Use defendsate.
Mr. O'Malley in stating the CYO to lb. lacy mid the
plaintiff wee at 'Met, aad at the time of the oxides° be
was 35 years of age. lip to that time he was an artist of
greet Muniments, high promise. aid considerable activity
and energy, both of ailed and body, but lie was sow • poen
feeble, broken-dews, and ruined am. TM sesident tech
place on the 13th July , 1864, at Bradfieldona the Manikin-
tiee and Harwish breech at the Groat Beaten Railway.
Originally the branch was constructed for the Harwich
tmtlic and it was • 'lngle line nay, and sothing bad bees
done to strengthen the lime dace the ~ eatehlialusset
of Harwich as a port of departure mad snivel
betwent this ocuatry sad Iteeterdent. Oe the
day Ia question the 'plaintiff, who was Mersin
from a trip up the Rhine, was coining to Leedom
from Hann& in a secood-claas carriage, sad when the train
reached Bradfield the line gam way, and the testa vas pre-
enlisted does • very steep embankment. The plaintiff
hot ell mod* eta for • time. and Mien be monsra
he found etandinusinst me of the eardagen He
felt prostrated acada
but le was not thee *went
of the merinos iajuries he snakeined. and sitar &AM
sienstance to some at iris fellow-teavellers, who wire men
helpless thaa himself ; he was well enough to make arm&
sketch of the accident on • card. He then Promeded
London, intending to go to his rimidenne, nesillertemath,
the next day. In the meantime be celled at the
Illustrated News office, and acreage& to weal/
them with a drawing of the seine and as mesa!
of the accident, but he wee almost howmilekely
unable to carry out his arrangement from the pewees of
his mind and body becoming paraljeed. wse then
obliged to go to his father's residence at Islington, where be
was attended by the medical man of the family. He was
now shush paralysed co the left Ids, the heals woe molter
um, arid there wee every memo to believe be would sever
recover, the nerve= system being completely peortrated.
Plaintiff was a pnpil of Mr. Dunces, the ealeheated wine
painter, for six yeses. At the age of 17 be exhibited a pic-
ture at the Royal Arediany Se titicw. and before he wee
twisty years al age he had distimuisied himself by paint-
ing the pcotraits of several well known ohs/enters. ra
1857, having married early, and having • wife and seven
children dependent spat him, he was obliged to relinquish
thebigher alined his profeenon.and bewasappoiatd teacher
of denim on board the Illustrious, a *hip fee the usetzustioa
of naval cadets, which bad aims been trassferred te the
Britansis. He received a eatery 4001. per annum se nth
teacher, omit as he had time for the exercise of his proles-
shin, be saanaraing 5001. a year at the time of the oxides&
The plaintiff therefore claimed subetantial damage'. By
the government tables his life was worth 7,000 i.
-a—id it was
not Manion °Doddered too mach to ask theto give
him 10,0004 The plaintiff had been lly excused
by several mahout men or the part of the company, mid •
guano° was to be mimed, he believed, relative to the boos
Ades of the case. It WA also likely that ROM (MOW"
would arise between the two schools cl nod ichie—the he-
inceocethin and the allopathic, and the Lamed counsel said
be felt too grateful fur himself and family far the benefits
they had derived from homceopathy, not to say • word is
its defence if it should be needed.
[The ease was proceeding when our report left.]

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
KANTON V. lIMITOII Arlo erirmsrs.
Mr. fierjeant Tozer and Dr. Speaks for the petitioser
Mr. Beanie for the reepoedest ; the Qaeen's-Advocat• sad
Dr. Tristram for the 00-respondent.
The petitimer, who wee the eisoir-master of Christ-
, oboe*, Notting-bill, married the respoadeot In 1854 ;
and they lived happily together till 18K whets the respon-
dent became intimate with the landlord of the
Hotel, High-street, Beesington. It was slimed tiflre
had seduced her while he own wife was lyiag oa
but her death
bed. The husband claimed 1,0001. damages ;
the respoadeste denied the charge.
[Tbe awe wee proceeding when our report Wt.]