The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-23 00:00:00

it by the execu

Glasgow, who was

Bolton, in March last, to
mily, for his loss. It appe, 4th et
travelling on the defendants' railway, on the After
passing last, by a train which left Bolton at 5 45. •Art,,
passing Halshaw-moor-station the speed was blown
until, according to various witnesses, the train was go. 045
about 40 miles an hour, and there • was great oscillatiiroan...
On arriving at Dixon's-fold station "a sudden jerk".
,irso
felt by the passengers then a "jumping motion, 0,6 ;le
or three separate crashes were heard' and felt, and „
train was discovered to be , off the line. After rul-W.7t
about 70 yards, the carriage in which the late -Mr. Caratlen
was thrown over, and he was severely injured, mere he
to_the Manchester Infirmary, after some delay.
remained until the 10th of April, when he died frog thhidi
injuries he had received. At the coroner's-inquest Trtaine
followed, Mr. J. Nasmyth had been requested to el,a the
the line, which he did with others. Some c". •
sleepers were longitudinal, and the bolts fasted
the chairs of the rails were some of them loose bc
raised an inch—some so loose they could be pulled (3t141
the fingers. Many of the sleepers of the perma.nentthe
were decayed. The chairs were spiked down °alit
sleepers, and this mode of fastening had in some eases2the
'le sleepers, and the motion of the trains had 1005el'"hed
~ In other cases the rotting of the sleep every
eft the spikes loose. These spikes were driven e
three or four feet, and were not an efficient fasteuittrie
From these causes the permanent way was unsafe nutty
gauge not maintained. The engine used was
wheeled engine, and one of the axles was broken. 'the
wheeled engines were safer, as if one axle were broken 01
engine could still go on. In the opinion of Mr. Nes.iale
40 miles an hour was not a safe speed with the 1114,
3,
this state, and four-wheeled engines were particw-,
unsafe when a line was in this condition. In lds
nion, the train had run off the line from the 115'•
not being maintained, and the wheels of the englue „
ning between the rails, and not from the brealdu6;3.
the axle. The fracture at the axle had been very e;vi•
dual. Instead of being right across, a piece 1131-t„ijeki
dently held on to the very last, and there was a buril'Ati.,'
appearance on the face of the adjoinin,, parts of the „Lew;
hire, as if they had been in attrition against' enell c7ere
Many of the rails were loose. Four-wheeled engigesare
better where there were many curves on a line. They ate
severe curves on this line. As evidence to
was P
'cres' which ought to be awarded, it as Pr'''

naa carmen on uusmess ten
years at Glasgow as a broker-for export to a large o'„;to
and his net income was estimated by various wituesrto
be from £1,500 to £2,500 a-year. He had a wife anuAdi
. children living at Lytham, and had had a child born ';;;.0
e his death, and supported his• father and mother at vs"

It also came out in eNidence that be s
ap
tld children by him, 47
nd an annuity of g'

ported one Annie Brown, who
to whom he left £4OO by his will

At this period the defendants offered terms to then;
tiff, which were accepted, and a verdict was taken fa Liy
Dlaintiff—damazes. £3.000. which were annortionold

the jury—ls. for the deceased's fatter and another
quarter ts his widow, and the residue to his three ellitor
There were five other actions against the same
nanv. arise out of the same accident,. which were
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arranged. In " Tritton v. The Company," a veru.-„ for
taken for £2,000 damages; in " Pugh-v, The Saine!,-,00
£1,000; in " Sofiano et ux. v. The Same," for 1,1-svoe
" Sofiano v. The Same," for £lOO ; and in- "Kay 2'

for g3,oso—being a total of £7,300 damages•cor
ier east, of " Ford v. The Midland RailywaY
was also- settled by the plaintiff's counsel ar„
t £5OO dama'es for iniuries suffered-in a CO'.,

This plaintiff has, died during the assizes. cfoe'
BAITS' V; STEALD.—This was also a speciaL
The plaintiff,.Josiph Bates, sued Walter Stead. for I.c ,le.; tzf
fully converting to his owu use certain scrip ecro.no to
Belonging to the- plaintiff. It appeared that, ire'Vci.,i,
the-year 1845, the'plaintiff was a wool merchant at LS
and that the scrip in question was deposited as ecolt.ncia
security for a bill which was dishonoured, that }:riffProp
been given to the defendant by a person named.S_,ll-.1 501
a commissioner, who was intimate with plaintim
who;had bought goods from defendant for himself t,gyp,
firm in Liverpool, trading under the name of Was°• Pcer'
and Co.. After the case had been partly gone intoi-,,a 000,
diet was taken by consent for the plaintiff; damages

subject to a reference. v„
HOLDEN (ADMINISTRATOR) v. THE LlNCASrf.,litill,
YOB /IRE RAILWAT COMPANT.—III this, a speci3. not
case, a juror was withdrawn. The cause of action iv'

stated..'' 040
JONEW.V. ATTwoop,--This was an action arisinr
a breach of contract by the defendant, relative to the
ply of 5,000 tons of railway iron. A verdict was retoraoPce
for the plaintiff, damages 405., leave being given toraoot
that the amount should lie increased to £6,400, the. %rear.)
of damages alleged to be sustained bythe defendant

of contract. Rya J'AsF,.,,i'''
SEDrCTION BY A-MEDICAL MAN : PRATT. ncilv-
-The declaration stated that the defendant ii ..elyi
plaintiff'S daughter, who was delivered of a child, w e ...t
plaintiff was deprived of her services, &c.
pleaded,.first, not guilty ; and, secondly that what he tu..,
he did with the license .of the plaintiff.' dr. liuowles;
stating the case, said the plaintiff occupied a farm of 5° ,
sixty aares, at firfield, in Yorkshire ; he was also I)6l'o'i
sessed of some freehold propertyand'was the owner
de,
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The defend

some boats, with whim. on the canal.
fendant was a surgeon, carrying on his profession in
mun )
e place. He was fifty-five years of age, and,
his position in life into consideration, it was not surpr:.,
that the family should ham reposed confidence in 0;1'4
and they, were under no apprehension of that which t'oel
found afterwards to have taken place when thely‘tin',.
between the defendant and the plaintiff's daugille' ,est
came well known. This was the plaintiff's Yeull'orf,
daughter, and at this time she was about twenty-lice
of age. About two years ago the plaintiff's wife ova het
beg
state of illness, which, subsequently, terminated
death ; and the defendant, who had always been ti-!°_,;,,g,
dical attendant of the family, attended the mother tl 9.
her illness, and in the course of that attendance het
young woman would tell- them he began to P3...eal
marked. attention. He was in the habit when she
esi, 20,
to walk of watching her, and he saw her sonietial„,ria
her mother's house, and there could be no great wona;res9
that when they considered this man was attending .t,11411)15
a medical attendant. His.attentions excited cons"' `Deo
observation ; and when applied to on the subject, anclv`tioo'
it was mentioned to him, he intimated that his interred
were those of an honourable man, and that he intenal4s',.,
marry the girl. That -being so, there was no great restior;
tion put on his visits. It was' intimated to him that .;!
positions in the world were somewhat different,,,ferejr,
defendant, as a professional man, was consideramorr.
vated above the position: in which the plaintiff's dsufaseer'
moved; but he paid no attention to this circunAre
and on more than one occasion he mentioned to n" 1315
members of the family that he was about to make" IA
wife. Taking advantage of the confidence reposed?, Of
defendant got the plaintiff's daughter in the fannil,oo,.
Before her confinement she removed to her sisters 'lest-,
and the defendant attended her in her confi,nelide
Having thus briefly stated the case, he should
one of the pleas put on record. Not content with T;)itg
ing on this unfortunate father one of the most grrioe,
injuries that man can inflict on man; invading his hog:4l
if he might so term it, invading the sanctity of that
mid debauching the daughter, he had with c,alnlafPod
deliberation added insult to injury, and put on ece,,if to
plea which he (Mr.. Knowles) would not trust Mails
stigmatize with its proper name ; that that which done
had the dishonour which he had inflicted, the P„ done
had caused, and the infamy lie had brought, were niori
by the connivance of the father himself, who was ae.ceost4
to his own dishonour. He said, that the father ~
him to dishonour, his own child. He believed it to
possible. Of course, if the plea were true. the
was unworthy to stand in court as plaintiff, and deter
dnaomdaagmes ohagweshi;hut, if it were false, and no atteinPiot u'
made to prove it, then it would add to the air° !,f4
it would be their duty to givectieU4
Pratt, daughter of Joseph Pratt, the plaArtiff.
years of age, I have one sister and five broths tike
sister is oldar than I am, and is married.. I know ici.tiOst
itnt, Mr. John Parker. He is a surgeon, 103,0.100 r
1'
in ehl; As long as I remember he has attend eh
family. We is an unmarried man, and not ciE.5,l"
either side of fifty. My mother is dead since APru'aesti''
She had been unwell for three years before leer
Mr. Parker attended her as a medical man, an", ouse bre
quently backwards and forwards at my father's l',„atji
fore my mother's death. Before my mother's
spore, srit
commenced talking particularly to me. He sPris
both in and out of the house, of marriage- 1170
three years since he first spoke to me of marringe;.,„ ot
occasional journeys with him. I went Openly:
married sister lives in Mirfield. Mr. Parker t•
bo
with me at her house. Since that time I haveloi
by Mr. Parker. It was born on the ,23d Jo eon e•
g,
present year. I went to my sister's house t0.,,,,5e1f Perdat
I mentioned it to Mr. Parker when I found A be
pant: and he recommended me to go to fold 91;sysg
ray sister's. Mr. Parker attended me. Se child
chila •ipy
would attend-me before my confinement. Theme at „al
still-born. Mr. Parker continued to visit tile e1a,,0
sister's until I recovered, After the birth ef,„ d slt
asked Mr. Parker what he was going to dalhat Bade
be would have nothing to do with me, 10s. s'"
spoken to him since, and he has once given i'ne
I was confined. yis -01
Cross-examined: Five years since I lived ir 06, og
I was only once in his service. I was there ia4eper
in 1849 I was there a few days while his house.'
from home. -
grraar
The case had proceeded thus far when an `
wasut
was
wcoimthedratow;
Ithean.4
damages £lOO.
The Court. rose at half-past five o'clock.
plea.a allreergidtreitg
wthase litakceennsefoorf
thehilee

le traded

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THE EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRY AT MOSCOW svP Tr.
on the 7th instant. There were 568 exhibitorso.oo
visitors were very numerous ; in one day they 3ra
die
to 35,000. oe ~.0
A COMPLIMENT.—The Russian Princesses gt by
Ministry credit for intending a delicate coraPlinlell t r
0 inti, , to
review of Spithead. "How great," they sag, gill' 55
allow that nation to be against, whom you were
_deep ir
use this mighty armament.' They regard Abe:, tile
the Chesterfield of diplomacy, and they curt-', lie
acknowledgments for the leaders in the Tilos. ~ for !De
TfloniAs Cormon was executed at BaltioT:oa ',..4
murder of Captain Hutchinson. The rope bro' 14o1(01
criminal fell to the ground, a distance of 25 feet.„,,041, ~t;
taken up insensible. On the second trial the straCteir,
the rope was tested and again broke. A thir.".. „4
was made, and Connor was launched into eterMiege 115
been constructed for the Orleans Railroad,
A TRAVELLING HOUSE.—A new sort a efii,..a.
FrapeforoffTi
kitchen, and wine-cellar with icing
complete house, consisting of a drawing-ropu!'„ for Pal
bottles of wine ;in fact,'apartments furnishett usd'ilel
le oi „.
and comfortably. It was built under ti ..,0.0, tP
direction of the Comte de L—, and la other's' ,
a home" from one end of Europe to thev A 40Y0
THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF AUSTRIA. Si,w_ cieficq:l,
ward course since 1846. From that perio,;3'3 in 367i0
been in sterling as follows, namely :---Ilvux6,4So,4';Vit
£4,511,064 in 1848, £12,190,580 in 1849., 1852,111, co
1850, 1.:6 222 363 in 1851, and £4,344,733 11.10 aversUi•
! :
a total in six years of £34,461,20, or
every prodpro
£5,743,610 per annum. There seems, 81°' d esPell
litthat the difference between revolve 111'
be equally disastrous iu 1553. apparatu,i
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