The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-11-09 00:00:00

value of field

property,

depreciated
twenty, thirty, or fifty per cent., and to watch the
shuffle by which they are transferred from the
hands of their present holders, by whom the bulk

of their valuo has been created, into those of the
fortunate holders• of specie or bank-notes ;—but by
the sufferers the abstracting process is very differ-
ently regarded. It is not in the temper of men to
sink down from affluence to comparative poverty
without repining—without, at least, demanding to
know the nature of the machinery which is crushing
them
have 7

its remora

then idol is a free agent. He contemn

fate beforehand, and submits to it for the prospect
which it offers of an hereafter. But those who are
just now being crushed beneath the pressure of the
monetary Juggernaut, have neither wilfully sought
their fate, nor have known, in time to save them-
selves, its annihilating power. They demanded
,er a very brief while, insist on

inquiry, and will, of

COMPENSATION UNDER THE SANATORY ACT.-
THE APPEALS AGAINST THE TOWN COUNCIL.

Yesterday morning, Gilbert Henderson, Esq., the
Recorder, gave in his decision upon the appeals made
against the decisions of the Town Council by the several
parties who, having been deprived of office by the opera-
tions of the sanatory act passed last year, had, under the
provisions of that act, claimed compensation. The first
case was that of
E. G. DEANE V. THE MAYOR AND BURGESSES.

In this case the appellant, in addition to his salary of
£lOO per annum, as clerk to the Highway Board, was
employed as an attorney to enforce the payment of the
highway, &c., rates, and also for promoting any bills in
Parliament. The fees from that employment were much
larger than his salary ; and the Town Council contended,
that in awarding him compensation, it should be entirely
confined to his salary, as the fees which be had obtained as
attorney might have been given to any other attorney. It
was upon the construction of the clause in the act, whether
he was entitled to compensation on the salary only. that
the dispute had arisen. The learned Recorder here cited
several cases in which the judges had given opinions in
similar cases, one of which was the town clerk of Norwich
against the corporation. In this case, in addition to his
office of town clerk, he had also held a situation in con-
nexion with some property over which the corporation
were trustees. The learned judge in that case ruled that
he was entitled to compensation for the loss of the bene-
ficial interest he had by holding that situation, equally
with his claim for losing his office of town clerk. After
pointing out the :particulars of the case at great length,
the learned Recorder observed that no nice distinction
should be raised when the principle of compensation was
conceded, and (although sorry to differ from the Town
Council) under all the circumstances of the case, he was
clearly of opinion there was an intimate connexion be-
tween both offices, and that the appellant was entitled to
have all the sources of emolument he had enjoyed taken
into consideration. The decision of the Court, therefore,
was, that the appellant was-entitled to the sum of £5,600
as compensation, and £llB for costs, and an order for
that amount would be made accordingly.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

EXTRAORDINARY MEDICAL CASE.-ACQUIT-
TAL BY THE CORONER'S JURY OF DR. ST.
PIERRE.

We have given in another column the heads of the
inquiry, before Mr. Curry, the coroner, relative to the
death of Patrick Falkney, as they transpired last week.
The case was resumed, by adjournment, yesterday, and
excited much interest, the court being densely crowded
during the whole of the proceedings, which occupied some
hours. Mr. St. Pierre (or, as he himself stated, St.
Pierre Kemble) appeared in court, and conducted his own
case with very considerable acuteness and ability.
Mr. Lynch, surgeon, was recalled and cross-examined
at great length by Mr. St. Pierre. He adhered to his pre-
viously-expressed opinion that the death of the deceased
was accelerated by the treatment of Mr. St. Pierre, and
said, in the linguage of the law, (which was suggested)
that he (Mr. St. P.) had thereby displayed " gross igno-
rance and culpable rashness." Erysypelas, he added, had
set in when he last saw the patient, and this was set up
by the wound on the head. Witness then changed the
course of medicine he had prescribed. Mr. St. Pierre
pressed his questions upon the witness, and several of the
replies went in favour of the examiner. Mr. Lynch an-
swered some of the inquiries in a very doubtful and inde-
finite manner, and it appeared that he had been eight
days absent from the patient at a time. He believed he
had ordered his head to be shaved, and a blister put on to
arrest effusion on the brain.

Policeman No. 272 was called by Mr. St. Pierre, and it
appeared from his evidence that Mr. Lynch had given him
directions to put Mr. St. Pierre in custody, and that, act-
ing accordingly, he had accosted him in the street, and
taken him to the main bridewell, where, however, he was
not booked, as Dr. Lynch did not appear ; but was sent
with the officer to Mr. Dowling's office. Mr. St. Pierre
said that he objected to be placed in custody ; and asked
the officer for his authority. None was produced, and
Mr. St. Perre complained to the court that he had been
detained from his friends and his professional engage-
ments by this conduct of Mr. Lynch, from whom he ex-
pected the treatment of one gentleman to another.
The most important medical testimony was that of Mr.
Woods, surgeon, who was present at the post mortem
examination, and assisted in making it. He said he
found on the deceased six lancet wounds—one on the
right temple, three on the right arm, and two on the foot.
No artery was cut, but two of the veins slightly. There
was an ulcerated wound on the back of the head, pene-
trating to and denuding the bone. Under the dura mator
he found the membrane of the brain highly congested.
Upon reflecting this membrane there appeared a large
quantity of matter lying on both hemispheres of the brain.
The brain was highly rascular, denoting the previous
existence of inflammation. IF ze

is opinion was, that t
proximate cause of death was compression of the brain,
and that that was set up by external violence. He could
not say that death was accelerated by improper treatment,
judging from appearances. He had heard the evidence of
the treatment pursued by Dr. St. Pierre, and did not con-
sider it judicious, but, on the contrary, displaying great
ignorance.

PUBLIC SALE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH, RODNEY STREET.

edifice was brought

Yesterday afternoon this
the hammer at the Clarendon-roo___
street. As has been before stated, the disruption eau..,
by the Free Church secession has fallen heavily upon th_
financial position of the establishment, until at length a
sale of the building seems to have been rendered neces-
sary in order to satisfy the claims of certain legatees.
The sale took place by order of Mr. Harmood Banner.
the representative of the mortgagees, who have advanced
£2OOO upon the property. On Saturday a meeting of the
shareholders in the church was held, who were dissatisfied
with the conduct of the trustees. The meeting was ad-
journed to yesterday afternoon at one o'clock, but the
attendance was so limited that no business was transacted.
The sale was announced for two o'clock, and soon after
that hour, several parties had arrived. At half-past two,
when Mr. Branch, the Auctioneer, commenced read-
ing the conditions of sale, the room was densely
crowded with interested parties. Mr. BRANCH
(the auctioneer) in rising to read the conditions of sale,
stated that he had instructions to say that the mortgagees
regretted having to bring the property to the hammer, but
they had no alternative.—Mr. HALL, solicitor, of Man-
cLester, here observed, that if the mortgagees were so an-
xious for their money, why did they not issue a writ
against the trustees.—Mr. HARMOOD BANNER said that
he merely acted for others. It was now necessary for him
to divide the money amongst certain legatees, and he had
taken what be thought the best means to obtain the mo-
ney which had been advanced upon the building, by offer-
ing it for sale. He had no wish to commence actions
against any one. No doubt that might have been
very profitable to his son, but he had an obiection

Nov. 9, 1847.

SERIOUS AND FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE
LONDON & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.

We greatly regret to announce the occurrence of a fatal
accident yesterday morning, on the London and North-
•• - --

western line of railway. The scene of the accident was
close to the Winsford station, within about four miles of
Hartford, and between Warrington and Crewe. The
facts—as near as we could ascertain them from the guard
of a down train that passed shortly after the occurrence,
and from Mr. Ilberry, to whose kind attention we are
indebted—are as follows :
A new six-wheeled engine, the construction of which
was somewhat peculiar, and which, during sonie late
trials, had attained an enormously high rate of speed,
was coming down the line to work from the Liverpool
station. To it was attached, in addition to a mer-
chandize train, a few empty waggons. On the main
line of rail, at Winsford, there is a curve so acute,
that it is stated that an engine might probably not be
able to see any impediment should it be placed near
the off line or siding, which, it appears, runs from the main
line to some collieries in the vicinity. A train, propelled
by an engine belonging to some private individual or
company was passing from the side into the down line,

when, at the same moment, the new engine, the driving
;ls of which are eight feet six inches in diameter,
came down the road, and before the breaks could be put
on smashed into the coal waggons with a force so terrific
that a portion of the merchandise train following was, from
the force of the concussion, thrown completely over tha
enormous engine; the driver was killed upon the spot,
'and a portion of his head was afterwards found in his cap•
The carriages were'thrown with great force over the whole
line, and some estimation of the collision may he formed
from the fact that one carriage was.thrown behind a'

nedge
at the top of an embankment. The trains which came up
afterwards were detained for some time. The breaks-
man, it is said, jumped off the train, and was thus
preserved. We must, however, be thankful that it was
not a passenger train, as the loss of life in that case would
have been lamentable. No doubt the directors, with their
usual promptitude, will cause due inquiry to be made into
the circumstances.

LATER PARTICULARS

HALF-PAST ELEVEN, P. M.—We have just learned
from a party who has visited the scene of the disaster,
that the Railway Company's engine was thrown directly
across the two lines ; the tender and all the following
carriages, from the velocity they had attained, rap
directly over it, and thus the enoineer met Ilij
deat h,—the stoker, and not ksrnan,
—lr • • the usi
The latter is so seri° Y
ted as to the cause,
lceived they had, by the
?,r the train, (which, he
says, was not going over six miles per hour at the time
of the collision,) but unfortunately they could not arrest
its progress before the lamentable occurrence ha d taken
place.

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The London express train last night did not bring

single paper

The Bank of Messrs. Roothaan, at Amsterdam, has