The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-20 00:00:00

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH-Pm 39.

After Term Nisi Prins sittings at Guildhall.—(Before the
Lord Chief Justice and Special Juries.)

WILLIAMS V. THE LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.

This was an action for personal injuriesreceived through
the alleged negligence of the defendants' servants.
Mr. O. Seymour, Q.C., Mr. Bridge, and Mr. lihrofee
were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and
Mr. Charles Pollock, Q.C., were counsel for the defendants.
The plaintiff, who is about fifty-four years of age, has
been a corn meter of the City of London for the last thirty
years. On the afternoon of the 13th of September last, as
he was going home, he hailed the defendants' omnibus near
Aldgate Church. The plaintiff's case was, that as he was
getting into the omnibus the latter removed on and he fell
on hill knee, and as he was holding on by the rail be was
ctngtri
a distance of 15 or 20 yards, when the conductor
et
him by the collar, and pulled him into the omnibus.
He got out when opposite the London Hospital,
and went into that institution and had his leg examined,
when it was found that he had broken one of his knee caps,
and he had to remain in the hospital for nine weeks. His
knee wasrmanently injured.
The defence was, that the plaintiff contributed to the
accident by attempting to get into the omnibus whilst it
was in motion. The plaintiff said that the conductor, at
the time of the accident, said the coachman was in the
habit of driving on without notice, but it was denied by
the conductor. The whole of the facts were in dispute,
and the evidence was of the usual contradictory character.
The jury ultimately returned a verdict for the plaintiff—
damages 7501.

COURT OF XXCHEQUER.—FEB. 19.
Sittings at Nisi Prius at Guildhall-(Before the Lord
Chief Baron and Special Juries.)
COOPER V. WELLS.
This cue was resumed to-day.

The plaintiff, Miu Emily Cooper, had been a governess
in the service of the defendant, a surgeon, practising in
Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square and having a resi-
dence at Hampstead, and she sued for damages for an
alleged improper dismissal. There was also a count in
trover to recover lettersbelonging to her, which, she said,
had been improperly detained.
Mr. Serjeant Robinson and Mr. Joyce appeared for the
plaintiff ; and Mr. Serjeant O'Brien and Mr. Beasley for
the defendant.

The defence was substantially that the plaintiff had
written to Mrs. Wells and henget a considerable number
of anonymous letters of an improper and disgusting
nature.

Mrs. Wells, the wife of the defendant, and the defendant
himself were examined at length, and the witnesses for
the defence included several '` experts."

At the conclusion of the evidenCe'
The Lord Chief baron said he should tell the jury that
there had been a dismissal of the plaintiff from the de-
fendant's service, but if it wore found that she was the
author of these letters, that would be • perfectly justi-
fiable cause for such dismissal, and upon this issue the
defendant would be entitled to a verdict. He should also
tell the jury that the letters were the plaintiff's property,
and that the refusal to deliver them to her amounted to a
conversion ; but if the jury thought she wrote the letters.
he would reserve leave to the defendant to move
to enter a nonsuit. The court above would then say
whether, under the peculiar circumstances of this case,
there was such a property in letters of this description as
would sustain an action for trover.

The learned counsel on each side then addressed the
jug:
The Lord Chief Baron carefully summed up the evi-
dence, and
The jury found at once that Mrs. Wells dismissed the
plaintiff, and that she did not d:muiss herself. Under this
head the jury gave U. damages, to cover board and lodging
till Christmas. They then retired, and after • long
absence in their private room found that the evidence did
not suffice to establish that Miss Cooper was the author of
the letters. Under this bend they 'messed the damages
at 1001., to be reduoed to ► nominal amount if the lettere
were given up.
Tho jury were locked up until near eight o'clock.
SECOND COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron Pigott and • Special Jury.)

RYDER V. THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.

This was an action to recover damages for personal inju-
ries. The defendants had paid SOW. into court as suffi-
cient compensation.
Mr. Serjeant Ballantine and Mr. Wiles were counsel for
the plaintiff ; Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Day were
counsel for the defendants. _ _

The plaintiff is a grocer and general dealer, carrying on
business at Bioester, in Oxfordshire. On Whit-Monday
last the plaintiff was a passenger by an excursion train
from Bicester to London, and when near King's Langley
the train was shunted on to a siding, and in doing so it
came into violent collision with some empty carriages, and
the plaintiff was so seriously injured that Dr. Solly and
other eminent medical men doubted if be would ever re-
cover. When he arrived at Euston-square he was almost
insensible, and he had to be put to bed at the Euston
Hotel, where be remained for 19 days, after which he was
conveyed home, and had been very ill ever since.
The case was port heard yesterday, and to-day at the
sitting of the court the learned counsel said the defendants
would consent to a verdict fur I,ODUL over and above the
sum that had been paid into court.
Verdict for the plaintiff—damages 1,500/.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
FEB. 19.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
ctrummea v. canal:Dieu AND GORDON.

In this case the Judge Ordinary made the decree nisi
ahsolute. and ordered that s,ooof. of the damages awarded
against the co-respondent be paid to the petitioner, the
children, who were largely provided for by the settlement,
taking the remaining 2,0004

K EARNS V. STORKS. —This case having ended in
a compromise, it has been announced by the solicitors of
Mrs. Kearns that they will shortly prosecute Sir J. 011iffe,
physician to the English embassy at Paris, and one of the
medical men who signed the certificate that Mrs. Kearns
was insane. Here is another illustration of the dangers
to which our profession is exposed. If Mrs. Kearns or
her lawyers failed to show that Mr. Storks improperly
confined her in a lunatic asylum, what possible ground
can there be for an action against the physicians who gave
their opinion that she was a fit person for such restraint!
—Medical Press and Circular, Fob. 20.
CRERTAL PALACR. ORB Banana DAT.-.-
TEISDAY, Fn. 19. Admissions on payment, b9S ;
dit4o, by mom tickets, 934. Total visitors, 1,332.

Mr..iiMes Miller, of Bishopagate•street, was called, and
said he sold the diamonds to the prosecutor in December,
a few days before they were stolen. The diamonds he sold
for GO/., and a watch locket for 19f.

The Assistant-Judge—What are the diamonds worth!
Witness—l ooasider M. a fair price for them, and if
they were broken up and sold to the trade they would then
be worth 451.

The Assistant-Judge—We will consider whether Mr.
Praagh shall be indicted for receiving these things. We
cannot allow such a system as this to go on.
The ()sae was then adjourned until this day.

THE JAMAICA PROSECUTIONS.

FURTHER EXAMINATION OF COLONEL NELSON
AND LIEUTENANT BRAND.

After our report left yesterday,
Mr. Lewis continued—l cannot find it on my notes, but I
distinctly remember Gordon saying, " May I be permitted
to call Dr. Major as to the state of my health, to show why
I was absent from the vestry?" The president replied,
" He is not in the court or in the bay."
Sir Thomas Henry—lt must be on the depositions that
witness does not find this on his notes.
Witnem—l stated before the commission that I would
not be responsible for my notes after they left my posses-
sion. They may have been tampered with. I was present
at the trial of Paul Bogle, which was after the execu-
tion of Gordon. I was not at Bogle's execution. After I
had taken these notes I immediately returned to my
lodgings, and at once made a report of the trial from my
notes and from memory, which occupied me about 35 or
40 minutes. I sent them on to Kingston to the proprietor
of the paper. I afterwards got them hook, and sent them
to a friend in England. They are in England now.
In cross-examination by Mr. Poland, he said the popula-
tion of Jamaica was 400,000. He did not know the pro-
portion of whites and blacks. Witness considered that
Gordon had a very patient trial, and said so at the time.
Witness considered, however, that the trial ought to have
been adjourned to allow him to call Dr. Major.
After some further evidence had been given, the pro-
ceeding, were adjourned till Saturday.

THE DISTURBANCE IN WOLVERHAIIPTON.—WOL-
vERHAvrros, TCESDAT.—Two Irishmen were brought
before the magistrates in Wolverhamn to-day charged
with wilful damage on the previous nightpt in the Agricul-
tural Hall, but as they were only seen by the witnesses
brandishing or throwing portions of the riven chairs at the
lecturer and his supporters, and were not seen breaking,
them up, they were dismissed. Mr. Murphy, the lec-
turer, was accompanied on the platform on Monday night
by the Rev. Dr. Armstrong, rector of Bursiem, and by ,
Colonel Brockman, chairman of the Protestant Electoral '
Union, and also of the Protestant Evangelical Association.
Mr. Murphy was struck on the hand, and the Rev. Dr.
Armstrong on the leg ; but no one appeared before the
magistrates to prefer charges of assault, and the wit-
nesses were confined to the police, who were introduced
into the room when the disturbance commenced. Pre-
viously they were guarding the outride of the building ;
for in addition to about a thousand inside, there were
several hundreds outside. The lecturer and the other
two gentlemen named applied for police inside, but they
were not granted till after the commencement
of the disturbance. The authorities had, how-
ever, obtained the assistance of a reserve of
thirty county policemen. Tonight the number
of county officers is to be increased to fifty, under Major
McKnight, the deputy chief constable of the county.
Lectures are advertised for all the week, but to-night the
meeting is to be an indignation one, to protest against
the proceedings of the previous evening ; and thirty
officers will be posted in the bhilding. Yesterday, Murphy
was molested in the street, and a young gentleman who
was with him on the platform on the previous night was
about to be set upon by some Irish women, when he was
defended by a puddler and escaped. Considerable excite-
ment prevails in the town, and protestants are volunteer.
ing to defend the lecturer and his party. (By telegraph.)
—The lecture was resumed to-night. Six thousand
people, chiefly Irish, assembled round the hall, apparently
bent on mischief. They threw stones, which broke the
hall windows and struck the stipendiary and police com-
mandants. The crowd was then broken up by police and
volunteers into four parts. The stone-throwing and
uproar continued at intervals until the streets were cleared
I at 10 o'clock. _

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GENERAL EXCHANGE BANE.—A numerously at-
tended
meeting of the shareholders in this bank, which is
in course of compulsory liquidation in the Court of Chan-
cery, was held last night at the Whittington Club, Strand,
to receive a report from the committee of directors ap-
pointed some tune ago to watch over the proceedings of
the liquidation. Mr. Frederick I'iercy, the chairman of
the committee, presided. He stated that it was proposed
to resuscitate the bank under the title of the London and
Exchange Bank (Limited), and the directors had Pre-
pared a report on the subject, which would now
be read. In this document the directors stated that
their efforts in forming the new bank had been
most successful, about two-thirds of the members of the
General Exchange Bank having transferred their interests
to the new undertaking. In addition to the support re-
ceived from shareholders, the directors had received the
hearty co-operation of a very large body of the creditors—
the proposab of the new bank having been opposed by not
one creditor chose claim could be admittetl Notwith-
standing this unanimity of shareholders and creditors, the
Court o. Chancery had refused to sanction the offer of the
directors. The conclusions arrived at by the directors
were to hasten by all means the payment of the debts,
and to place all the capital they could spare of their own
in the bullion business, that it might not be starved and
cramped, as it bad been in the hands of the official liqui-
dator. The directors sympathised with the shareholders
in their aversion to heavy calls and were convinced that
if obstructions were not placed in the way no such calls
need •be made, and that enough could be rescued
to carry on the business, and make it one
of the best of its kind in London. The chair-
man 'novel the adoption of the report, and added that
with the funds in the hands of Mr. Cowper, the official
liquidator, a further sum of 30,00 W. or 40,000/. would
clear off nil the claims upon the bank, and enable them to
start afresh with ILL a share fully paid up. Mr. l;rown
seconded the motion. Mr. Wales, who represented the
Yorkshire shareholders, moved, as an amendment, that
the report should be simply accepted, and reserved for con-
sideration at the general meeting to be held in March. Mr.
Peckover seconded the amendment, and after several
hours' diecumion it was agreed to, and the report received.
Mr. Bouffies moved a resolution censuring the solicitor for
making the liquidation compulsory instead of volun-
tary. Mr. Unvnek seconded the resolution proposing an
addition calling for the removal of the solicitor from office.
Mr. C. H. Edmunds, the solicitor, pointed out that the
compulsory liquidation was an inevitable step until the
opposing creditors could be disposed of. He was con-
cerned for the official liquidator, and he had done nothing
whatever contrary t r the interest of the shareholders, or
at variance with his instructions. After some discussion
the resolution was carried. The chairman then moved
that the shareholders' committee be empowered to apply
to the Master of the Rolls for leave to call another meeting
of the shareholders, with the view of submitting to them a
racial for the speedy payment of the creditors of the
, which was seconded by Mr. Bennett, and unani-
mously pasia.d. Thanks were then voted to the chairman,
and the meeting separated, having lasted upwards of four
hours.

SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 19.—The North German
Lloyd steamship Union, from New York on the 9th inst.,
arrived this evening. She brings 14$ passengers for this
port, Hoyle, and Bremen, 44 sacks mails for London, and
1,000 dela and a general cargo for tremen.

WOOLLEN.—LErns, FEB. IV.—There Is no new feature of
importance to notice with respect to the condition of trade to
the Cloth halls this morning. The attendance of bnyers has not
been large, and those a ho were present have again bought spar-
ingly, and have satisfied themselves by making purchases simply
to supply their actual wants, which, witb the adomice of the
season, do not appear to be on the into-ate. The parcels which
bare been transferred hare consequently been small In amount,
and net in any way numerous. No doubt the =favourable state
of the weather during market hours would greatly Impede the
transfer of light Moused .urine fabric,. The demand in the
ooloumi hall has born of a eery miscellaneous character, a
sprinkling of moat descriptions of goods having changed hands.
Tweets amt coatings bare been mostly In request, though the
amount of business alone in these makes has not been so exten-
sive as is customary at this period of the season. The inquiries
for plain cloths have not beim animated: a few small parcels
hare changed heads simply In the way of sorting up stocks. The
white market has varied little. The demand for _.out qualities
of hairllsts continues in a nue installers pretty brisk, though the
aggregate amount of business transacted has not bees of a satis-
factory, character. [Vices are u Mout alteration.

MANUFACTURE:3.—E 19.—Some of the
first-class country bower hove been represented ito.day, levides
a few of the usual Leaden buyers. They have been eliiedy on
the look-out for something new lu good fancy's and stripes and
other patterns suitable for trougerinua Their pure hates. however,
have not been heavy, alining more at variety than quantity In
the other elepArtments the same dulness prevails w liteh haaw been
apparent for some weeks back.

WOOLY.—llnimerwintn, Fen. 11.—There 1n been a
more doing in colonials, hut In order to Induce sales deakrs
have to make some c.mees.lon in prices. Wools generally are
espcvted to rule a little easier on commencement of sale in Lon-
don next week.

CORN.—Brit, Frs. lo.—At to-day's market a fair supply of
Engllrh wheat the hest qualitl. of red are fully as dear -say
Ma to bee. per 5041 AL to the grower ; hut secondary and damp
descriptions, of which the ledk of the simply consists, are fully
per qr. cheaper. Foreign unaltered, with nett to nothing
doing. Barley of malting quality fully Is. per qr. lower, whilst
minding, from scarcity, hilly supports late rates. Beans, peas,
and oats all very dull, but scarcely to be quoted lower. Arrivals
for the week :—Wheat, foreign, 6,CSO qrs. ; barley, 4.614 ; oat;
150: beans, 27 ; peas, 1,001: Urea 673; Indian corn, 2,272.

I pelvic'', h'sa. 19.--The supply of wheat was again very
small here to-day, and all In fair condition sold readily at the
full prices of last week. Barley comes more sparin.:ly, but the
demand being checked by the dulner In the malt trade, buyers
supply themaclies au easier terms, Beane and pea' u before.
Laces, nit 19.—Today we have ler demand for wheat
than ever, and u there are ➢o buyers at reasonable prices,
holders are not In a position to foolishly force asks at random
figures. For other articles of the trade the Inquiry is equally
restricted, and prises ➢ominally unaltered.
L/YFIPOOL, FEB. 19.—We had a good attenda➢ce at our mar-
ket to-day. Wheat continues in good cons➢mptive request at
the extreme rates of Friday. Flour dull and unchanged. beans,
barley, oatmeal, and oats steady. India➢ corn dull, and 6d. pet
qr. lower.
LYNN, FEB. 19.—100 had a short show of wheat at today's
market; the trade was slow at last week's prices. Barley—
choke malting parcels In request at full prices, c, minion quali-
ties slow rie and somewhat easier to buy. Beans and °ate
prices firm. Per Imperial quarter to the grower:—Wheat,
white, new, 6111 w. to Ofihs. per Imperial bushel. Cl* to 645. ;
ditto, red, COP*. to falba, 57a. to 61s. ; barley, best 'Chevalier
malting, bylba to Saba.. 465. to bls. ; Otto, runs, Chevalier, ditto,
6111*. to 53110., 415, to 44* ; oats, Vila. to 3.1 b.... Its. to Xs.;
beans, gat* to bghs., 440. to 440, ; peas, maple, Calb.. to C,4lbs.,
17.. to 4la.
NewcsmE-ox-Trne FEN. 19.—At our market this morning
we had a moderate show of wheat from the growers as well as
from the coast, but owing to the flat report from Mark-lane,
:Akre evinced little disposition for business, and where It was
incumbent to realise ex ship, and conditlo➢ was wanting, a re-
duction of about Is. per quarter had to be conceded. Foreign
being held firmly, was not lower. Flour inclining cheaper. In
other articles we have little variation to note.