, 1864-10-28
A DfSTUR BANCE ON TEAE
GRAND TRU RUMR x Il. II,
High Canadian, officials Assaulted


way, due here as II o'clock, WAS On Saturday
evening the scene of an unusual character,
which on account Of the position and stand
ing OF the persons interested therein, caused
more excitement than Is generally witnessed
during the tediousness Of journey By rail-
TIE facts of the case, as Ne learned them
from passenger By the train, who vas an
eyewitness to portion Of the affair, are as
follows:
On the arrival OF the train At Cohurg sta
tion, q number Of persons got on board,
amongst whom we're MI. Justice Morrison,
Hon. J. q. Cameron, and several other gen
tlemen. Ar. Morrison had been presl3lng In
Coblrg at the Court Of Asslze, and Mir. Came
ron had been attending to the interesta Of
some Of his clients At the game court The
OF ordinary passenger CARS, In addition to
which there was sleeping car at the end of
the train The passenger cars were all filed
to euch an extent that spare seat could not
be fouLd, and many persons were compelled
to remain standing Or seat themselves on the
Msl.es Mi roo nG.oss e. gst.n aaa 9a .aa o,ner
gentlemen composing the party, had, as usu-
al, furnished themselves with the ordinary
burg TO Toronto. As soon as these gentle
men had got on the train they proceeded
through 1t in search Of seats, md after tray
cling from one paseenger-car into another,
they found that Inere was not spare seat In
the whole train, except IN the sleePing cars.
in tie sleeping be1the, but In some Of tho
teats which are used during the day, the
berths not having at that time been made up,
tor the reason that they were not required.
Shortly after the train had left Coburg sta.
tion, the conductor, as usual, came around to
cts Of the gentlemen aboTe mentioned, he
t found that they were the ordinary drstc class
| tickets, and he therefore informed the hold
els Of lhem that they did not give them the
privilege Of riding in the sleeping car, unless
an extra charge were paid. The gentlemen
repllt d that they had searched In the ordin-
ary passtnger cars for eeats, and being IN.
| anle to find any, they had taken soma Of
those unoccupied In the sleeping car, c1n-
sidering that 1t was the duty OF the Company
to furnish all passengers with seats. TO this
the conductor ans weTed, that the Company
else With seats In other than the ordinary
cars, unless an extra charge was paid; and
that, In fact, they had no right whatever In
the sleeping car I'LL the price set BY the COM
Conductor: After some tnrther conversation,
Mr. Cameron said that the Company,
In selling tickets, had agreed to convey them
| from CopuTg to Toronto, and also to furnish
them with the ordinary and necessary accom-
! mediation Of seats, and there being none OF
| 1QGAA LII LUG A4ht'E4Ahs Edles lucy 1AU LAkeQ
possession Of those IN the sleeping car, and
| there they would remain, unless the conduc-
tor eRw TT to provide them with seats of the
! ordinary description. The conductor said 1t
Was rot his business to hunt up BEATS for
passengers, and that he would not do so. He
then insisted on the gentlemen leaving the
eleeping car, OF paying the extra charge for
the use Of 1t. Tie gentlemen would neither
do the one nor the other, and after informing
! the conductor who aud what they were, they
! told him to disturb them no more, but #
they were doing wrong tee Company could
| svail themselves OF the Law to prose-
cute them: In reply to this, the cou-
were; that he bad his duty to perform,
that be would do 1t at all hazards, AID
that If they would not leave the car, as he
bad requested, he would be compelled to use
| torce to remove them. They stm refused,
lad the train stopped. lie then % again Inc order ds
ed Mr. Morrison and Mr. Cameron out Of the
car, and, as they would not 70, he called his
brakeman to bis assistance and attempted
TO remove them forcibly. A regular scnfie
were laid on Nr. Cameron he resisted, Us
likewise did Mr. Morrison, and scene OF a
/ very unusuM character ensued. 4 Judge of
| one Of Her MRjesty's Supreme Courts, a
| Queens Counsel and leading member Of the
Bar, were struggling In the hands Of three or
tour railway otticials. In the xnesee blows
| we're freely INDUCED in, and very little ten.
dezness showed, Mr.. Morrison received
three or four violent blows and kicks By
] which be Was considerably injured, besides
| Which:he had to undergo hauling process in
| order to get him out Of the car. Mr. Cameron
was also roughly handled, and making a
sonewhat steuter resistance than d his lord
Ship" sustatned perhaps more injury. His
clothes were torn In several places, his hat
snaehed, the back Of his coat removed from