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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1865.

GRATIS
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sented GRATIS (with a Supplement) a MINIATURE
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an entirely new applicati, ‘a of the Art of Photography.
Orders received by all Newsagents, and at the " Sun"
Office, 112, Strand, Price o t the paper (with Supplement and
Photograph) 4d. ; stamped by post, sd.

KIN A HAN'S LL
RANDY W lISI Y V. COGNAC
This oclebrated Old IHISLI WIIISKY rivals the finest
FRENCII BRANDY,

tation to-day is 1574. Exchange on London, 1704,
on Paris, 3 28,1. Stocks depressed. New York
Central, 100 ; Illinois, 1011 ; Erie, filk ; 5-20
Bonds, 105 g. Cotton dull. Middling Upland, 50c.
to 52c. Flour, wheat, corn, and provisions declin-
ing. Coffee, sugar, and molasses very dull. Pe-
troleum dull. Crude, 33 ; refined, 55.

It it Puret Alilk feilow, Deliolous, and very Wholesome.

Sold in Bottles, 3s. 84., at the Retail Houses in London; by
the Agents in the principal towns in li;nglAnd ; or wholesale

3, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
Kinahan's LL Whisky."

TIR. and Mrs. GEP ;INIAN REED, with Mr.
JO lIN PARRY, will appear in their new entertain-
ment, entitled A PECULIA FAMILY, by Mr. William
Brough. New scenery by T. a Ord IL Grieve. Every Eveninw,
exerpt Saturday, at 8. Satur day afternoon, at 3. ROYAL
GALLERY OF ILLUSTRA 7,'ON, 14, Regent-street.
Unreserved seats, is 2s. ; st alI j. Is. ; stall eltaire, ss. May
be secured at the Gallery with, )ut fee.
OPERA. DI CAMERA, et 'et' Tuesday and Thursday
Morning, and Saturday at 8.

GREAT FIRE IN LEICESTER-SQUARE.
SALE. Oto THE SALVAGE STOCK.

STA 3G and MANTLE respectfully announce to their
numerous customers and the public that they are now SELL-
ING OFF, at a farther immense reduc'ion, the remaining
portion of the SALVAGE STOCK of Silks, Shawls, Mantles,
Dresses, Calicoes, It ibbons, Hosiery, Trimmings, itc., which
must be immediately. cle,kred to make room for the new
Spring Goods. Doors open at Ten o'clock.

T HE 0 X FORD,
6, OXFORD ST REET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury IT: dl Company (limited).
ORPIHE AUX ENFERS. F.A. UST, and NORMA will
be peribrmed during this week. P rinc:pal art'stes :—Mona.
Lavessiere, Signor Spagnoli, M.y. Green, and Misses Ellison
and Barrie, with full Band and ( •)rus, conducted by Mr. F.
Jonghmans.
Comedy, by Mr. George Ilodsort (the celebrated Comedian
and Mimic), W. Randall. Little - Bob, Miss Kate Balle, Les
Freres Talliott, and the Grotesque D'Aubans.

•
IVEIV. ZEALAND G,OVERNMENT
TREASURY BILLS.
The undersigned, acting on behalf of the Government of
New Zealand, notify that t'ley will receive till Twelve
o'clock an MoND Al next, the 3d of April, al plications for
the unallotted balance of the Treasury Bills, offered under
their advertisement of the 18th March last, viz.:— .
Of the 2d series, £122,300, at and above the minimum' of
418 s. per cent. premium.•
Of the 3d series, Z,4:3 200, at and above the mTnimuni of
.16s. per cent. premium.
The TREASURY BILLS will be allotted to the highest
bidders, ant a pro rata distribution on Tenders at equal
prices will be made.
Agents appointed
by the Governor of
FALCONER LARKWORTHY, New Zealand for the
R O BERT PORT ER,
• issue of Tieasury
WILLIAM SM ELLIE GRAHAME, Bitlsunderthe"De-
benttues Act,lBol."
Bank of New Zealand, GI, Old Broad-street,
London, March 31, 180.

Conduotor, Mr. F. • Jonghmans.
Every Evening at Half-past Sev en. Admission—area, Gd.;
stalls and balcony, ls.; private bos es, 10s. Od.

CA,NTERBURY HALL.
The Oxford, and Canterbury F [all Company (limited).
HODGE F ODGE,
•
(According to Act a Parliament).
- •
CANTERBURY II EVERY EVENING
at half-past 1 im e o'clock.

Alf Elt A.

•
ROYAL CAMBRIDsCr:E MUSIC HALL,
Commercial-stre en, Shoreditch.
(Close to the Great Es stern Terminus\
Sole Proprietor, Mr..,G. W. NUGENT.
Operatic Selection, SONNAM-BC LA. Prima Donna, Miss
ELIO .6041.
Comic --NELLY POWER, 11(ARRIETT COVENEY. J.
G. FORD& WEST, FRED. FRENCH, Madlle. CERITO
SYLVES TER. The BROTHERS A I.TOFF, from the
Theatre Desarta, bonen, and ate ELLISTRAIS, from the
Crystal Palace.
Stalls; Is. ; balcony, 6d. ; area. Ad. Open every evening at
Seven o'clock.
Manager and Conductor. :Mr. C. GREVILLE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
'/'he following appeared in our late Edition of yeaterda
evening :

ARRIVAL OF THE CUBA.
The following are the heads of the news brought
by the Cuba.

NEW YORK, March 22, Noon.
Sherman is marching on Goldsboro'. It is un-
reliably reported that he had occupied it.
Lee is reported to be in command at Raleigh.

MADAME . TUSSAIM'S EXHIBITION,
established gs years at the Bazaar,:Baker-street.
NEW ADDITIONS.—A Full-llength PORTRAIT MODEL
of MULLER, taken from. Me., and corrected from the Cast
taken by Doctor Donovan; also a full-length MODEL of
KOHL, taken at his trial—are now added to the Chamber of
Physiognomy.
Open, It till dusk, and 7 1111 10 evening.
Admittance, One Shilling:l extra rooms, Sixpence.

Sheridan has reached Whitehouse. The Confe-
derate Congress have passed the measures recom-
mended in President Davis' message.
Affairs in Richmond are reported gloomy.
Gold, 1571.

Sherman left Fayetteville on the 14th and was
marching on Goldsboro', after destroying the cotton
mills and the arsenal containing all the material
taken from limper's Ferry. Unreliable reports
assert that Sherman had occupied Goldsboro' and
formed a junction with Schofield, while other re-
ports assert that the Confederates had evacuated
Goldsboro', and moved towards Virginia.
The Richmond Sentinel publishes a rumour that
four divisions of Sherman's army had been repulsed
near Fayetteville on the 16th with heavy loss.
Hardee retreated from Fayetteville with 20,000
men towards Raleigh, where it was reported that
Lee was in command, having brought with him a
large force from Richmond.
Sherman's and Shofield's armies were receiving
supplies up the Neuse river. The herald says that
Sherman's army is in possession • of three-fifths of
the personal property of the counties through which
he has passed.
Great activity continues both in Grant's and
Lee's army. _ _ _

ARGYLL ROOMS.-NOTICE.-RE-
EN GAG E tIENT of J. LEVY, the celebrated Paga-
nini Corn( t-a- Piston, will appear EVE itY EVENING, at
Nine, Ten, and Eleven o'clock, and perform on Distin's
Patent Light-Valve Cornet.
Conductor—M. LUIGI CURTI.
Manager— -M. GRENET.

rIThE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND
GLOBE FIRE and LIFE tN6URANLE COMPANY.
Offices Dale-street, Ltverpool ; 20 and 21, Pouttry ;
7, Cornhill ; and Charing-cross, London.
PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY SINCE 1851 ;
Year. I Fire Premiums. I Life Premiums. l Invested Funds.

185 t
1856
1861
1864

451,305
1:22,279
3'.0,130
741,671

£27,157
72,781
135 974
23 %,241

Z502,8:4
821,061
1,3 1,901
3,212 30)

=Fire Policies falling due at Lady Day must be renewed en
or before April 9.
SWINTON BOULT, ftranaging Director.
JOIIJ ATKINS, Resident t eeretary, London.
Life claims arc payable in 30 days after they are admitted..

A.D. 1720.
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
(Egtablished by Charter of his Majesty George the First)
FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES.
Offices, Royal Exchange, London.
Branch Ofice, 29, Fall-mall. •
OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor.
JAMES STEWAhT HODGSON, Esq., Sub-Governor.
CHARLES JOHN MANNING, Esq., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS.

It is reported that the Confederates attempted to
blow up Fort Nell. The Federals had
~previously
evacuated the fort.

FTenry Bainbridge, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Ilibbert, Esq.'
Robert Barclay, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq.
John CI arratt Cattley, Esq. Nevile Lubbock, Esq.
%Truk Currie Close, Esq.' Geo. F. Malcolmson, Esq.
Edward James Daniell, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq. Hon. Josceline W. Percy.
Thomas Dent, 14:sq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
l'redk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Charles II closchen, Esq. Joseph Somcs, Esq., M.P.
Riversdale W. Greuiell, Esq. William Wallace, Esq.
Lob,. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq.
Medical Referee, SAMIJEG SOLar, Esq., F.R.S.
NOTIC E. —The itsirtl fifteen days allowed ior payment of
F1R14.1 PR EMIU3I6 falling due at Lady-day will expire
on 9th April.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this
,:orporation on advantageous terms.
FAR 51ING-STOCK.—No c tra charge is made fo, the use
of a Steam Thrashing Machine.
The Reversionary Mums on British Life Policies has ave-
raged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
payable by persona who preferred that form of Bonus.
The divisions of Profit take place every Five years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.
This Corporation affords to the Assured—
Liberal participation in Profits—with the guarantee of
a large invested Capital Stock, and exemption, under
Royal Charter, from the liabilities of partnership.
The advantages of modern practice,—with the security
of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex-
perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A DALY.
ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
RO BT. P. STEELE, Secretary.

CITY SHOW-ROOM
FOR
GLASS AND CHINA,
117, ITOUNDSDITCII.

JDEFRIES and SONS' TABLE GLASS,
• Cut and Engraved. of the choicest designs.
T DEFRIES and SONS' DINNER, DESSERT,
• and Tea Ware, of the newest patterns.
---
T DEFRIES and SONS' LUSTRES, TAZZAS,
• and Flower Vases for the present season.
T DEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS,
• the Dining-room, in Bronze, Ormolu, and Silver. .
---
JDEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS'•
in Crystal, for the Drawing-room, for Gas or Candles.
JDEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS,
• in Crystal, in the Venetian and Grecian designs, for
India.
J.DEFRIES an
ind SONS' SPECIAL
India. DESIGNS
Lamps for
DEFRIES and SONS' WALL LIGHT
• Chandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered).
JDEFRIES and SONS promptly execute CLUB
• Mess, and General Furnishing Orders ofShina, Glass,

• Beauregard and Johnston are said to be com-
manding before Richmond.

Sheridan has arrived at Whitehouse. On the
18th he moved to join Grant, and destroyed all the
bridges of the James River between Lynchburgh
and Richmond, and all the railroad bridges be-
tween Stanton and Charlottesvile.

The Richmond papers state that the damage done
by Sheridan can easily be repaired.
It is reported that Grant has sent Kantz's cavalry
to open the communication with Sheridan. Kantz
encountered a heavy force of Longstreet's corps
near the Chickahominy, and returned without ac-
complishing his object.
Deserters report a small Union cavalry force at
Burkeville, at the intersection of the Richmond,
Danville, Petersburg, and Lynchburg Railroads.
There has been a severe storm in Mobile Bay,
and several transports were stranded. The Moni-
tors attacked and silenced two batteries defending
the bay on the 11th.
Lieutenant Forrest has made a naval expedition
up the Tennessee River, and destroyed Roddy's
camp and the Confederate communication at Lamb's
Ferry. He found much Union feeling up the river.
The New York Times says that the Confederate
Congress, prior to its adjournment, empowered Pre-
sident Davis to seize the specie banks for supplies,
and also empowered the Secretary of the Treasury
to procure specie frOm the different States, upon
terms agreed upon with the State authorities.
The writ of habeas corpus has also been suspended.
• The Secretary of War at Richmond has authorised
the raising of companies of coloured soldiers for im-
mediate service at Richmond, and he recommends
the arming of slaves, but opposes their emancipation.
The fall in gold has seriously affected trade
throughout the country, and several failures have
taken place. The Government securities are unfa-
vourably affected. $20,100,000 of 5.20's remain un-
sold. It is reported that Maccolloch will not im-
mediately anticipate the May interest payable in
gold on the bonds. The New York Tribune an-
nounces, on the highest authority," that Mr. Mac-
culloch will issue no more gold bearing bonds.
The Herald says Grant believed Richmond would
be evacuated in ten days.
The Herald states that owing to the gloomy state
of affairs at Richmond, Lee and Davis had deter-
mined to abandon the contest.

Davis has decided to leave the arbitrament ques-
tion to Lee and Grant. Seward and Lincoln held
a consultation over the latter proposal—Seward
favouring and Lincoln opposing it.
The Tribune says that Lee informed .Davis that
it was impossible for him (Lee) to make head against
the forces concentrating for his overthrow.
The Richmond banks have; in anticipation of the
Government, secured their gold, disposing 'of the
same for the redemption of their notes in circula-
tion.

JDEFRIES and SONS supply MERCHANTS
• with Pattern Books and Special Designs.
JDEFRIES and SONS have just added Five
• New Snow-Rooms to their extensive Manufactory.
They have now on show the largest assortment in the world
of the above goods or their own manufacture.
MANUFACTORY AND SILO W-ROOMS,
147, Houndeditch.

lit AIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, high Holborn,
ILL London.--ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls
Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold
at as, 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine,
is. 6d., or 20 stamps.

GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.—
ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma-
nently.- Ladies' Hair from 7s. ed. ; Gentlemen's from O.
The Dye is sold at As. 6d ,or sent free for 51 stamps. it I e
most easy of use.

DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn,
JUL London.—ALEX.'ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes,
without effect to the skin. superfluous hair from the face,
neck, and arms. as. tid.; sent the same d,ay;as ordered by post
for 51 stamps.
•

SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in
ALEX. ROSS'S CANTIIARIDES OIL, which speedily
produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent free fors4
stamps.- ALEX. ROSS, 218 ,lligh Holborn, London. Essay
m Hair, id.

TEETIL—Mr. ESKELL'S exclusive PATENT.
The right to this patent was secured t ) Mr. Eskell,:ot
8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street, by a Royal seal (July 17,
1860), a d can only be procured at his residence, where speci-
mens may be seen, and every information can be obtained.
Under this patent, artificial teeth, to last a lifetime, are
made, and fitted in a few hours without pain or extractions.
They support loose teeth and protect tender gums; their re-
semblance to nature is perfect and undetectable, and they are
guaranteectior mastication and articulation. Treatise on the
subject sent for seven stamps. Consultations free. Terms
staidly moderate.-8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street

LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN
EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels
or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad-
mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving
cow'hs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con-
sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty
pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which
provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption
effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or
even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief
In a few minutes atter taking it. Prepared only and sold by
W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-Wlliam-street, Charing-
cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles. 130., and
three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask
for Lambert's A sthmatic Balsam, The name and address are
engraved on the stamp.

The Augusta paper says that Stephens has not
spoken since the last news from Georgia, but his
silence will not continue.

A large popular meeting has been held at Wil-
mington. At the call of the Mayor resolutions
were passed that the rebellion was hopeless, and
that the people would do everything to restore North
Carolina to the Union.
Martial law is abolished in Missouri. The
destructive floods throughout the country are sub-
siding. The New York Central Railroad bridge at
Rochester has been swept away, the Erie Railroad
injured for a distance of 100 miles, and property to
the value of several million dollars has been destroyed
in Rochester.
20,0001 b. of Sea Island have arrived at New York
from the Bahamas.
A privateer was reported to be off Massano on
the 14th. Her name is supposed to be Confederate
States.
The Tullahassee was at Bermuda on the 11th
under a new name.
The blockade runner Bat has been captured.
The steamer Colonel Lamb ran into Galveston
and carried out 1,500 bales of cotton.
The steamer Golden Gate left San Francisco on
the 13th with $1,140,000 in specie, of which

$BOO,OOO are for New York, and the remainder for
Mexico and England. Victoria had opened the
coasting trade to foreign vessels on equal terms with
British ships.
The steamers City of London, City of Washing-
ton, City of Cork, and Borussia have arrived out.

7.!; S
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• I
peered to him that it might as well have hen dayedOr
two or throe months, by which time some more conclusive
opinion might have been formed of the condition of the
plaintiff.
The jury wished to know whether they bad the power
to return a verdict that would secure an annuity to the
plaintiff so long as he should continue in his present con-
dition, and 'whether it Was probable that his situation in
the War-offleo would be kept open for him in the event of
his recovery.
The Lord Chief Baron said that with regard to the last
point it was very probable that the situation would be
kept open, but ho did not think the jury had the power to
give a contingent verdict. -All they had the power to do
was to say what amount of damages the plaintiff, under all
the circumstances, was entitled to.
The.jury retired to deliberate upon their verdict., and on
their entrance into court they found for the plaintiff—
damageS, £5,550.

PRICE 4d.,
STAMPED sd.

The University Boat-Race.

. The Oxonians had anothet_ trial over the course from
Putney to Mortlake yesterday afternoon, and whatever
may have been said with reference to the style of rowing
throughout• the
„boats we are assured, from our expe-
rience, that if they remain in the 8/11113 excellent con-
dition as at 'present it will take a very good crow to
boat them. They started at a little after four o'clock
from the bridge,, on a nice • flood tide, with the water
exceedingly smooth. They commenced at 36 strokes
per minute, taken with Moro care apparently than here-
tofore, and were a few seconds longer in getting to the
point, but from-th-ore they gradually accelerated their Pace,
and in Cornoy Reach and throughout the remainder of the
course increased their number to 59 and 40 strokes per
minute, the ti'melbeing 21 minutes 17 seconds, while we are
-assured that the .almost inerediblo time noticed in our last
of 21 minutes,s seconds as occupied on Thursday over th -
same distaiacd, wits Correct. It must not be assumed that
there was any falling-off in their work yesterday, as we ropes,
they rowed with more care and somewhat slower. At the start
there was no very marked improvement in their style, but
as they pregressed it was manifest that they rowed in bet-
ter form. They have always swung well together, but there
has been a roundness of .action in some of the men which
was lessened yesterday, and is still competent of further
improvement': for although all their oars aro in the water
at the same moment, yet at„the conclusion of the stroke,
when they lean forward for the next; soma of the blades
are raised much higher than the others, but they are a fine
strong, lasting crew, who can row all the four miles.
By a communication received from Cambridge, yesterday,
we learn that on Thursday the crew rowed over the short
course to and from Birtsbito, as ono or two of the men are
not quite up to the mark, having caught cold. Their now
boat was loaded up onThursday night and sent to Putney,
where she will arrive about noon to-day (Saturday), when
the Cantabs will make their debut over the metropolitan
course. It was determined to use an old outrigger at Cam-
bridge yesterday, and row from Chesterton back to Birth-
bite at a quickened stroke without easing, so that no oppor-
tunity might be afforded of comparing their time over the
three-mile course with that of preceding crews, who inva-
riably rowed the same course during the last six days of
their practice here at about 40 strokes per minute. Both
crews, after the race, are invited, as usual, to dine with the
Thaines subscription Club at Willis's Rooms. Betting is
5 to 4 on Oxford, with plenty of takers.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—KINGSTON, March 21.

(Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.)

BROWNE V. THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

This cause arising out of the fatal accident that
.took
place in the Blackheath Tunnel, and in which the da-
mages wore laid at £20,000, was resumed this morning.
Mr. Bovill, Q.C., Mr. C. Pollock, and Mr. Willis again
appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Lush , Q.C., Sergeant Bal-
lantine, and Mr. White for the defendants.
Mr. Lush, in his address to the jury, said that cases of
this description were, under all circumstances of the most
difficult class that could be brought before the considera-
tion of a jury, and the present was the most difficult one
that had come within .his knowledge, because'it would
be his duty to lay before the jury the evidence of medical
men of the highest eminence, who would give diametri-
cally opposite evidence to that which had been given by
those gentlemen who had been called as witnesses for the
plaintiff. lle could not help expressing his opinion that it
would be much better if some plan were adopted by which,
in a case like the present, the patient could be watched by
some medical gentlemen of eminence until some decisive
opinion could be formed respecting the injury that had been
received; instead of which the only course that could be
taken at present was to lay before the jury the contradictory
evidence of a number of medical men, and the jury had to
grope their way to a conclusion. The learned counsel
then referred to the medical evidence that had been ad-
duced on the part of the plaintiff, and said he should be
prepared to show that every one of the symptoms that had
been spoken to might be ascribed to the shock of the ner-
vous system that the plaintiff had received, and from
which. he would, in all probability, eventually entirely
recover, and that there was no real paralysis in the case.
Ile said he thought he had a right to complain that the
galvanic test., as it was termed, had been applied to
the plaintiff without the knowledge of the medical gentle-
, menwho were watching the case on behalf of the company,
and who, consequently, had no opportunity of observing
the result ; but he said ho should be in a condition to lay
evidence before them to show that every one of the results
that had been spoken to were more consistent with the
malady of hysterical paralysis,, from which in time the
plaintiff would almost certainly recover, than paralysis
arising from injury to the brain, which would be venni:-
font. In conclusion, the learned counsel said tho company
admitted they were liable, and did not -desire that the
amount of damages should, be assessed w:th any niggard
harid ; but, at the same time; he said he was sure that the
jury would agree 'with him that it was their duty to avoid
the payment, f an extrava.gant„amout of damages for an
injury which might turn out
.to be only of a. temporary
kind, although attended by symptoms of a most distressing
• •
and serious character. _ _

Mr. Adams, the senior surgeon of the London Hospital,
and one of the council of the College of Surgeons, was then
examined, and his evidence, divested of technical terms,
was to the effect that the plaintiff was not suffering from
perfect paralysis, and that the case was a curable one. He
attributed all the symptoms to the shock to the nervous
system, and expressed a positive opinion that the injuries
did not arise from a lesion of the brain.

In answer to a question suggested by the jury, this gen-
tleman stated that he was officially attached to tho South-
Eastern Railway Company, but ho added, in reply to Ser-
geant Ballantine, that, under his advice, a great many
claims for accidents had been settled without coming into
court.

Mr. Headland, a general practitioner, Mr. Critchie, one
of the surgeons attached to the Ophthalmic Hospital, and
Dr. Ratcliffe, the senior surgeon of tho Paralytic Hospital,
were also examined on behalf of the defendants, and their
evidence was of a similar character to that given by Mr.
Adams.

Mr. Lush, in summing up the case for hie defendants,
repeated what ho had previously said, that the plaintiff was
entitled to damages for the injury ho had received, but he
argued that, after the evidence that had been adduced on
behalf of the defendants, the jury ought not to regard the
case as one in which recovery was hopeless, but that, on
the contrary, the probability was that, with rest and the
removal of anxiety, the plaintiff would in a year or so be as
well as ever, and he asked them to assess the damages upon
that principle. • _ .

Mr. Bovill made a powerful reply on behalf of the plain-
tiff, and he drew a vivid picture of his former condition and
the state he was in at present; with his mind and memory
completely gone, unable to dress or wash himself, to take
food, or to sleep, and, as had boon proved in the course of
the case, sitting.listlessly looking out of a window picking
his fingers. Before this unfortunate accident the plaintiff
was a fine young roan, 32 years of age, and six feet high,
possessed of great literary attainments, and who might rea-
sonably have expected to rise in the public department in
which ho was employed, and to obtain eventually a salary
of £BOO or £l,OOO a-year ; but now all his hopes and expec-
tations were entirely destroyed, and the question for the
jury to decide was, what amount of damages ought to be
given under such circumstances. The learned counsel
then commented at considerable length upon the medical
evidence that had been adduced on behalf of the company,
particularly remarking upon a statement made by one of
them that before he saw the plaintiff it had been intimated
to him by some one that the case was one of " ontire sham,"
and that the plaintiff was being "killed by kindness." He
then proceeded to argue that there couldnot be the slightest
doubt that the plaintiff had received the most frightful in-
juries, from which, in all probability, he would never re-
cover, and that no amount of money could compensate him
for the loss of position he had sustained.
The Lord Chief Baron, in summing up the case to the
jury, said that it was undoubtedly one of a very remark-
able character, and the principal question for their con-
sideration was whether the plaintiff would ever recover
from the injuries he had received; and this was the point
upon which the amount of damages they gave ought
to be regulated. His lordship went on to say that it
appeared by the evidence that the plaintiff was not married,
he had no children, and as there lens no evidence that he
had any parents living, if he had been killed upon the spot
at the time this accident happened, as the law at present
stood, the defendants would not have been liable to pay a
single farthing ; and therefore they would have to consider
what damages he was entitled to for the injury he had sus-
tained iu his position through this accident. llis lordship
then remarked upon the medical evidence, and observed
with regard to what had been said about the plaintiff hav-
ing walked for some distance immediately after the acci-
dent, that a case of manslaughter had occurred at the pre-
sent assizes, in which it was proved that a chisel had been
thrown at the decesed, and that the poinehad actually en-
tered the brain, but nevertheless the deceased was not
considered to be in danger for several days, although he
ultimately died from the effects of the injury. In the course
of his further observations, the learned judge said that he
concurred with Mr. Lush, that it would be very advisable
if there were a power, in cases like the present, to adjourn
the inquiry until the condition of the patient was actually

decided, or else that the jury should have the power to give
a conditional verdict ; so that, if damages were given upon
the footing that the party would never recover, he• should
not receive those damages unless this fact was realised, or
in the event of his getting well of the injury. In the pro-
sent case the action was brought in February. and it ap-

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