The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-06-24 00:00:00

June 24, 1845,

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en,
posed by the provisional directors to purchase the Pree„tl
Cheater and Birkenhead line, for which arrangemte
were proposed with the proprietors of the latter. It
when carried out, we do nut hesitate to say that .
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction proPl.i
etors will hold in their hands the key to one of the 0"gl;
powerful railway interests in the kingdom. These,
ever, are at present postponed, but will doubtless ult
mately take place.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

In the Court of Common Pleas, on Wednesday, the jabs
found a verdict for Mr. W. O'Connell of £5O again° to,
proprietors of the Morning Post, for a paragraph, ego{
sing Mr. W. O'Connell, a repeal warden and a relation
°
Mr. Daniel O'Connell's, of pecuniary corruption.
Jo the Court of Exchequer, on Thursday, Mr. W°l4lei.li
M.P.. proprietor of the Lancet, recovered from Nieg'..-1.3
Healy and Wetbers, £l5O damages, for a libel inserted ld
the Med;cal Times, which suggested what steps 81301,'
be taken to clear Mr. Wakley's character from " infa°ll.,
COACH ACCIDENT.—D AU AGES.--In the Queen 4
Bench, last week, an action (Baker v. Drew), was brottel
to recover compensation for the injury which the Plaintlo,
had sustained by reason of his leg having been :broke
4
whilst returning upon the defendant's coach from. t%
Derby, in 1844. It happened that upon the occasiG° 1
question, the coach was driven by a person, who 'r 0
od
stated by the plaintiff's witnesses to be unskilful, 8.0
otherwise incompetent to perform the duty, and th‘t•id,
returning from the course he not only took the wrong Oa
of the roAd, but otherwise drove so badly, that some to
the passengers got off and refused to proceed with
i, himi.tir
town. Those persons, however, afterwards resumed tu.,
position, although no improvement occurred in the drto
ing, and it happened at last that the coach was driver! it
close to the aide that the plaintiff's leg, by striking tigall;a
some projecting matter, was broken. The injury affect
the plaintiff's health considerably, and obliged him to Jr,'
linquish engagements as a bookkeeper, from which he 1;
rived £7O a year. Lord Denman told the jury that if t
accident was produced by the neglect of the plaintiff bioit;
self, he could not recover any compensation, even tills
the driver was negligent ; but if they considered that
plaintiff was not in fault, they ought to give him dac°,Bt
ge:
adequate to the injury whichhersustained. The J""
found for the plaintiff—Damages mo.

THE COURT 4- FASHIONABLE WORLD.

The Duke and Duchess do Nemours left on Mona./
for their return to the Continent.

It is rumoured that the distinguished office of tutor t°
the Prince of \Vales has been offered to the Rev
Carus, M.A. • Williara

The diamonds in the Queen's stomacher, worn at the
recent bat costume, were estimated as worth £100.0uv:
and the jewellery in the star worn by Prince Albert s'
£52,000.

The Earl and Countess of Wilton gave a grand enter.
tainment on Friday evening to ;heir Royal Highnesi
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. the Ducbeao
Gloucester, and Prince George of Cambridge.
It is stated that the Marchioness of LondonderrF t°-
o k
the lead for richness of apparel in the Queen's recent 134
Cistume. Her ladyship was attired in the full state
cos-
tome of the Empress Maria Theresa, and the value c'
her jewels was estimated at £500,000.
On Thursday morning, the Queen and Prince Albert'
accompanied by the juvenile members of the royal '6,:f
mily, left Buckingham Palace for Osborne House, i'le
Wight. The royal party reached the Gosport terminte'
a little before twelve, and immediately embarked io
Victoria and Albert. Her Majesty remained on dec,
throughout the voyage, which lasted about an hour and
half, and appeared remarkably pleased and in good healtD
It is said to be her Majesty's intention to inspect or r,e;
view the fleet at Spithead, but no day is yet fixed for tis
ceremony.