The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1867.

tab, Intelligente.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—Dnc. 3.

Sittings at Nisi Prins in Middlesex.—(Before Lord Chief
Justice Novill and a Special Jury.)

VAN ()ELDRED, V. THE NORTH LONDON RAILWAY
COMPANY.

This was an action to recover damagee for injuries suf.
fared whilst travelling upon the defendants' line.
Mr. Huddleston, 9.C., and Mr. Kemp appeared for the
plaintiff ; and Mr. Field, Q.C., and Mr. F. 11. White for
the defendants.

The plaintiff, a young man nineteen years old, on the
morning of the 26th June last went with a drover to
fetch a bast from Laycock's Lairs, Liverpool-road, Isling-
ton. They took tickets at the Broad-street station, and
just before they got to the Share:Bich station there was a
violent jerking, caused, it was said, by a coupling chain
breaking. The plaintiff was thrown forward, and hie face
was struck against the opposite seat, but be did not know
at the time that there was any serious injury. Pain, how-
ever, soon after set in, and on the plaintiff being examined
by a doctor a few days later, it was found that he was
ruptured. Ile was confined to the house for six weeks,
and would moat probably have permanently to wear a
tram.

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The plaintiff was called, and he stated that he was in
partnership with his brother, who was twenty-four years
old, In the business of a carcase butcher, which was carried
on at the residence of their father, in Aldgate. Their
father had been there for about eighteen months, and the
of witness and his brother had been for the last
year 1 • week each.
Other witnesses were examined, but there was no dis-
tinct evidence as to how the accident happened, whether
by the breaking of • coupling iron or in any other way.
The Lord Met Justice, after some discussion, reserved
for the full court the question whether there was any evi-
dence of negligence on the part of the company's servants
to go to the jury.
The case for the defendants was that no coupling chain
had broken, and that what happened was this. Im-
mediately on leaving the Shoreditch station • strap-bolt of
an eccentric gave way, and there was no jerk of any kind.
The engine simply failed to do its work, and came to a
standstill, and the train had to wait until another engine
was obtained. On that day there was no complaint of an
kind made by plaintif or by any other passenger, although
the plaintiff saw the station-master at Highbury, and ob-
kilned from him a certificate that the train bad been de-
layed. The drover wanted this certificate to show in the
event of being charged with driving the beast through
Islington after time.

In-the course of the defendants' cue, the jury said that
they had made up their minds in favour of the defendants.
One juryman, however, said that they were not unani-
mous upon the matter.
After hearing Mr. Ruddleston on behalf of the plaintiff,
the jury found a verdict for the defendants.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Dze. 3.
(Before Mr. Registrar Pepys.)
RE NICHOLAS P. ?ACHIM.
The bankrupt was a merchant of Rood-lane. This was
the first sitting. The unsecured debts are about 8,0001.
Mews. Clarke, Anated, and Co.. of Mincing-lane, are re-
turned as secured creditors for 15,4091., holding as security
bills of lading cf consignments, valued at 10,0001. The
lonian Bank is stated to hold bills of exchange, accepted
by the bankrupt, for 7,7001., against consignments of equal
value. Some proofs of debts were taken, but no choice of
assignees was made.

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Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent.. 811.
Australian Mort. Land and Finance (Limited), 5.
Berlin Waterworks(Limited), 121,1.
Bombay Gas (Limited), new, 21.
Credit Fonder of England (Limited), 215.16.
Crystal Palace, 23 21.
General Credit and Discount (Limited), 51.
Hudson's Bay, 154.
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London General Omnibus Comp. (Lim), 1 15.16.
Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 581, 1.
Peninsular and Oriental Steam, New. 1855, 58/t 4.
!Peninsular and Oriental Steam, New, 1867, 61, 1, 4.
Rio de Janeiro City Improvements (Limited), ISt, 1.
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance (Lim.), 151.
Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance (Lim.), 5, 41.
Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada, 44.
Vioeroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 73.

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