The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-18 00:00:00

IEB US DEPARTMENT.
Noteiiesued

Government Debt £11,015,1( 0
Other Securities 3.634,t+00
Gold Coin & Bullion 13,2-1,ii0.1
Silver Bullion ....

L 2? 82.:2,531

,L27,592,'C0

percruzio
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tal
£14.553.000
3(84
PublicDeposits(in-
eluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, COMDlib-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

EPARTM ENT.
Government SCCd-
rites Sinciuding
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nuity) .,
.£10,584,209
Other 6eourit;es „. .2i,07.014
Notes
Gold and :silver 937, 83
Coin

counts) 5,326,46:1
Other Deposits 14,a62,7c 7
seven Day and
other Bills 515,160

£33,926,841
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£38,920,811
MILLER. Chief Cashier.

Aug. 17, ISCS.

HEAVY DAMAGES AGAINST A RAILWAY COMPANY.

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—Yesterday, at the Leeds Assizes, Miss Cheetham,
a young lady of Lancaster, a teacher of music and sing-
ing, brought an action against the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire Railway Company, to recover damages
for an injury sustained in a collision on the company's line,
by which an engine and three carriages were thrown off
the metals. Defendants admitted the negligence, and had
paid into court £2OO as sufficient compensation. Plaintiff
is the daughter of a Doncaster builder, and is 24 years of
age. At the time of the accident she taught music and
singing, and had a large number of pupils. She was alsc
the organist at Arksey Church. Oa the 17th Jan. she left
Doncaster for Mexborough, intending
to visit a friend who
resides at Adwick-le-street, and at Womersley Cliff the
accident occurred. Plaintiff received a violent blow on the
back of the head, was thrown forward andthen backward;
striking her head against the woodwork of the carriage,
and she became insensible. She had to be restored by sti-
mulants, and was conveyed by the next train to Mex-
borough, where she was observed to be so indisposed that
tho station-master took her to his own house, supplied her
with tea, and witha conveyance to take her on to Adwick.
She passed a restless night. and had to return to Doncaster
next day. A surgeon was then sent for, and by him she
had been attended up to the present time. The pain from
which she suffered was first in the legs, and afterwards in
the back of the head, attended with numbness of the
joints. She was unable to sleep at nights; her feet were
cold—she was unable to walk without assistance ; was
very suspectible to touches on the head and back ; was
subject to fits of fainting ; her appetite was gone ; and as
she was unable to sing or play she had lost all her pupils
and her situation as organist. The medical evidence was
to the effect that plaintiff was suffering from slight con-
cussion of the spinal cord, and inflammation of certain
parts of the spinal column, and that a length of time
must elapse before she would recover. Mr. Manisty, for
the defence, called Dr. Fletcher and Mr. Teale, of Leeds,
who stated that plaintiff had apparently been very much
frightened and excited by the accident, that she was suf-
fering from nervous excitement, which had deranged the
stomach, and which induced vomiting after meals; and that
there was no symptom to indicate concussion of the brain
or spine. Dr. Fletcher considered that plaintiff's feeble
state was due to the effect of emotional excitement, which
disturbed the general condition of the body. The pain of
which she complained was the result of an exhausted state
of the nervous system ; but he saw no reason to doubt her
recovery within a few mouths. Mr. 'Peale came to the
same conclusion, stating that there was a non-existence of
spinal or cerebral concussion, and of any sprain ; and he
also expressed himself confidently as to her speedy reco-
very. After an eloquent speech from Mr. Seymour, the
jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages, £l,lOO.
QUEEN ANNE'S COM3IISSION.—An active move-
ment has been set on foot among the beneficed clergy
of the diocese of Lincoln in opposition to Queen Anne's
Commission, and a petition signed by upwards of 700
clergymen, beneficed under £2OO a year, will shortly be
presented to the Queen, as the successor of the royal donor
of the fund. The petitioners allege that an injustice is done
to the incumbents of those livings which stand most in need
of assistance, being wretchedly small in value, and with a
poor population, by the condition which requires that every
grant from the fund shall be met by a benefaction of corres-
ponding amount. They object to this rule being inflexibly
acted upon in cases where it is known to be utterly impos-
sible to raise any money from private sources, those being
generally the cases in which there exists the strongest claim
for relief. They complain that the governors of Queen
Anne's Bounty repudiate altogether extreme poverty as a
ground of claim, inasmuch as in some instances they have
refused to make a grant even where a benefaction has been
offered because.the living has been too small.