Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-18 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

BREACH OF PROMISE.—A :BLACK LIST. •
In the Queen's Bench, Dublin, on;•SatUrclay evening,
counsel applied on behalf of Mr. Stewart, of Belfast, that
he should be allowed to pay into court the sum oflsoo,
awarded againstlim in the late trial for breach of pro-
mise of marriage, without 3 judgment being entered
against him. He' was also satisfied to lodge £lOO
towards the costs, and give an undertaking to pay
.them
when taxed. What he wanted was to prevent a judg-
ment appearing on the files of the court, as he was a
.mercantile man, and there was published in that town a
"Black List," in which was comprised,the names of all,
parties against whom judgments had been recovered in.
the law courts.
Counsel for Miss Trowsdale—the plaintiff—said no
notice had been served of this application, and he saw
no reason why the usual course should not be adopted
in this case.
The Chief Justice considered that this was an arrange-
ment which the Court Ought to carry out, even. if the
,
plaintiff's counsel were not present, for entering the
judgment could give' the plaintiff no further adVantage.
He had been surprised to hear that such a publication
had been issued as the--" Black List." To publish any
list of the kind,' affecting the'reptitation of traders, was
a very improper proceeding, and nothing could justify
strangers coming into the offices of the courts, and
searohing there to enable them to ascertain matters
affecting the position of third parties. The Court
would take steps to prevent such' 'an abuse being con-
„tinned, so far as it had the power, for the publication of
a list of the kind mentioned would be calculated to
:unjustly injure the reputation of 'many persons in 'the
mercantile world. .
Counsel for the plaintiff intimated that his client
would be. satisfied with the terms proposed, and not
enter judgment ou the files, of the court. - •
The Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench is 'probably
not aware that there is published in London and Dublin
a paper. which gives 'weekly lists of all the judgments,
sequestrations, and bills of sales which are registered in
Ireland, Scotland, and England. It is almost 'needless
to remind your legal and commercial readers :that
judgments are commonly entered' r.gainst men -of large
means, arising' out,of family,settlements, securities, &c.,
which by no means affect their solvency. Yet the
BelfaSt " Black, List" is .partly Made up from that
journal. I have frequently heard wealthy merchants
complain of it as' libellous:" Yet it is to be found at the
Dublin Chamber of Commerce and other public reading
rooms openlY 'exhibited. '

FATAL 40IDENT.---On Tuesday evening an, aceident
took place in the vicinity of Balleydehob, in the county
Cork, which resulted in the death of one individual, and
injuries 'of so serious a character'to another, that his life
is despaired of. At about:five in the evening Mr. Henry
Justice, shopkeeper, Biilleydehob, left the town of §kib-
bereen in a gig, accompanied' by Mrs. Dyiscell, of the
same place, for the Purpose,of returnint home. They
proceeded without accident as far as Ki coe, about two
miles from .13alleydelioboyhere the road is excessively
narrow, Crooked, and
_preeipitous. At this point the
Mare took fright, and rushed at a fearful pace down
the hill which terminates In. ike" crooked bridge." The
road is bounded in one portion by sharp rocks projecting
out at various ;points, and in,another by a steep rocky
preeipice, ' In, rushing along the road the ,gig was
dashed violently againstthe projecting rock and upset,
and the'bccupants were pitched, a considerable distance
on the road. Mrs. Driscoll received, injuries so severe
that, she was killed On the .spot, her, neck, thigh, and
arm being:broken. M. Justice,was severely injured on
the head and body, and , was. .conveyed home in a very
precarious condition. He is still stated to be in great
danger. . The brigge where, the casualty took place is.
one of the most perilous in the entire county—no fewer
than seven serious accidents baying occurred there within
the last few years. A., horse and vehicle were pitched
over its side and into the precipice underneath not long
since, and a lgr; SWeetnam, a farmer, had his leg
, broken in the same locality a short time previously.
DisAsTnovs -Expxosiox AT A FIREWORK FACTORY.
—On Monday evening, the inhabitants of Regent-street,
Lambeth 'Walk, were thrown into a painful state of
excitement in consequence of the fearful explosion of
fireworki taking place in the premises belonging to Mr.
• • from the back workshops at once convinced'
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nnephe* of Mf.,DarbY , and.one. of the ,wthase
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work-
men, were in the-premises on fire, added to the ;conster-
nation of the neighbours.' These persOns with the as4st-
ande of the landlord of the Globe Tavern opposite, and
Several-other parties, were extricated, but upon being
surgically attended, , were pronounced; to be, badly
injured,
~ , , , e, so y,
and in Rich a precarious ccinflitiOn, that their
removal to the, hospital was deemed indispensable, and
the three unfortunate men 'were accordingly taken to
the hospital.' In the course' of a very few, minutes after
the disaster the poWerfnl engine belonging to Messrs.
Hodges and Co., the : distillers; arrived, followed by
several others of the parish and London brigade, from
:Waterloo-road, Southwark-bridgerroad, and other
stations. Fortunately a plentiful supply of the Lam
beth Company's water having been obtained,
the firemen, under, ,the. direction of Mr. Foreman
Henderson and Engineer Holloway, set their port-
able engine into play, but.the fire could not .be extin-
guished until the place ' was burnt - out, The disaster
*happened in the fitting room, from what cause is not
precisely known, but it is generally supposed to have
been from friction by running the composition into cases,
-if not during the process of mixing the ingredients used
in the trade, or from a spark flying amongst the stock
in the building. .Two or three other casualties have
taken place, in the, same premises during the last few
years, and the neighbours, thinking the danger so great
from that trade being carried on in a densely populated
district, intend to take steps to remove, it entirely.
Owing to the stringent measures adopted by the authori-
ties in the adjoining parish to suppress such nuisances
1
only one trifling explosion occurred during the year,