The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-28 00:00:00

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(Before Mr. Baron Pigott and a Special; Jury.)
STUART V. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY MK PANT.

This was an action to recover compen sa.tion in
damages for an alleged injury received wh 'de travel-
ling on the Great Western Railway C ompany's
line.

Mr. Henry James appeared for the plaintiff, and
Mr. Powell, Q.C., and Mr. Wills appear( a for the
defendant.

It appeared from the opening statement of the
plaintiff's counsel that he, was a retired cr.iicer of
the army, who was also engaged in literary pur-
suits, and that a short time.- since, in March
last, he was travelling nu a porti m of
the line near London, or rather within
the metropolitan area, and whets he entered a:. one
of the stations there were two )r passengers
in it, and one man had his lugs crossed, and in
getting in plaintiff was obliged to take
hold on the side of the carriage to steady
himself. While be was doing this the door was
violently slammed to and the t humb most seriousl y
bruised. He did not holloa out, but it swelled up
most alarmingly before he got to the next station.
He suffered acutely, and was obliged not only to
call in medical assistance, but to give up doing work
of any description. He was making out of one
periodical £lOO by writing for it, and was,
since the accident, unable to carry it on
now. Ile was also incapacitated from accepting a
secretaryship which had been offered him. For
these losses, which he attributed to the accident, he
now sued the company for compensation.
It was urged in defence that the company's ser-
vants were not guilty of any negligence ; and,
in fact, denied that any accident of the kind
occurred. A number of porters who were on duty,
on that occasion were called, and declared they.
knew nothing at all about it, and that no one heard
any one complain. It was also alleged that the
plaintiff had not given a true description of what
he really was, but 'that he had in reality left the
Indian army many years ago, and that the situa-
tion of being a secretary was not a certainty.
The learned Judge having summed up, the jury
returned a verdict for the defendants.

POLICE DiTELLIGENJE.—This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

FURIOUS DRlviNa.—Richard Hawkins, a carman,
was charged, before ➢lr. Knox, with furious
driving.
Police-constable Thom, 135 C, said that on the
previous evening he saw the defendant ,driving a
horse attached to a waggon laden with coals down
a narrow part of Park-lane at a furious rate, and
after going some distance he drove into a cab and
broke the springs. After some difficulty he stopped
the defendant, who said that he was in a- hurry to
get to his destination.
In answer to Mr. Knox, the constable said he
believed the defendant had settled for the damage
to the cab.

The defendant said his horse ran away, and be
could not hold it.

Mr. Knox asked the constable whether there was
any pretence for saying the horse ran away.

The constable said there was not, and that the
defendant was urging the horse on.
Mr. Knox said he could not pass over a thing
which put the safety of the public in danger, and
the defendant would have to pay 20s. or 14 days.

The following appeared in our Latest Edition of yesterday
evening :

KELLEY AND SADLER FOR £3OO A-SIDE.
The great scullers' race between Henry
Kelley and Joseph Sadler for £6OO and the
Championship of the Thames took place this
afternoon. Mr. Biffen, the boat-builder, of
Hammersmith, was referee. BAL Kelley and
Sadler looked the picture of condition. There was a
good deal of betting; but Kelley was backed for most
money at odds varying from 6 to 7 to 4 on him.
There were a great number of the Newcastle men
present, amongst whom we noticed Chambers, the
late Champion of the Thames, who had come to
witness the race between Sadler and his former
conqueror. The day was one of the finest we have
witnessed for sonic time, which caused an iMmense
concourse of spectators to be present.