The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-15 00:00:00

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THE PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE.—
The proposed boat race between the University of Oxford
and the University of Cambridge, United States, seems
likely to fall to the ground, as the Americans stipulate for
• straight course of three miles and no coxswain ; or sug-
gest that if it is an advantage to have • coxswain, they
will give the Oxonians the banedt of that advantage, and
row without one themselves. These stipulations will, it
is thought, be • barrier to the proposed race, as the
peculiarity of the English rivers renders the service' of •
coxswain indispensable ; while for the Oxonians to carry
eight stone more than their opponents would be seeking
inevitable defeat. lf, therefore, the match comes off, we
understand it will be on terms already suggested by Mr. '
Willan, the president of the Oxford University Boa.
Club, via., on the same conditions as the annual inter-
university boat race, the question of place and distance
to be mutually agreed upon. The committee of the
Oxford University Boat Club have, we learn, just
apprised their transatlantic brethren of their decision on
the subject, and on their answer tho race will depend.
A few days since two young greyhounds, while
chasing a hare at Kimiueridge, in the Isle of Purbeck, fell
over • cliff several hundred feet in height and were killed.

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COURT OF QUEEN'S BENOH.—Fing. 14.
SECOND COURT.

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watfito e. TIM NORTH KAMM ItAILMAT 00InUT.
Justice Lush sat this morning by of eanemewe
complete the trW of this case. It wee 40111Millillidi 111•
Monday, December 23, the last day of 111•0•111110111 whir
term hitch/Amu sittings, but not bow Air to Yak it
on that day it had to be adjourned WI bpakr. It wee
an action for personal injuries. The niketited
the negligence, and the case resolved ileeli We 4110, far
the assemment of daniages.
Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., Mr. Garth, Q.C., and Mr. Cramp-
ton, were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Mellish, Q.C.,
and Mr. Kempley appeared for the defendants.
The plaintiff is no eminent medical man, residing sad i
practising at Sunderland, and he is also surgeon to the ,
ophthalmic and other charitable institutions in that town.
On the Bth August, 1866, plaintiff end his wife
were passengers by the defendants' line from Sunder-
land to Brighton by the express train, and on its
entering the central station at Newcastle it tame .
into violent collision. The plaintiff and his wife were
riding in the 'tempo, and the shock was so violent that the
plaintiff was thrown forward, his head going through the
thick plate glass ; he tenon Lis knees, and then satinet the
back of the carrisge. His bead and face were eat in
several places, and bled profusely ; his eyes flashed fire ;
be was cut underi the chin, and very much shaken, and he
was unconscious for some time. Ho was removed from
the station and seen by Sir John Fife and Mr. Hain, two
medical gentlemen, and since then he had been examined
by several eminent medical men, both in London and the
provinces. The sight of his left eye had been seriously
Injured, and it was getting worse, and he was now unable
to perform such delicate operations as previous to the
accident. HL practice had since decreased between 3001.
and 4001. per annum. Plaintiff's opinion was that the I
optic nerve in its track from the retina to the brain had
been injured. He was 58 years of age, and he had no
hope of his eye getting better. It was shown that pre-
vious to the accident plaintiff was a moat efficient operator,
and had one of the best practices in the town of Sunder-
land.
Three witnesses having been examined this morning on
behalf of the plaintiff,
Mr. Coleridge said ho bad to announce that terms
had been offered, but a difficulty arose as to whether the
damages should be 2,2501. or 2,0001., and they had agreed
to leave it to his lordship to say which should be the
amount.
Mr. Justice Lush said he did not think 2,2501. too much.
A verdict was then entered for the plaintiff for that
amount, on the understanding that the action brought by
the plaintiff's wife should be abandoned on the payment
of costs.