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8 THE BRADFORD OBSERVER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1873. and the defendants WEST RIDING ASSIZES. LOCAL AND DISTRICT. THE WIGAN RAILWAY ACCIDENT. CRICKET.

he believed it did not leave the line till it had got nearly to the platform. Frank Tomlin said he was employed in the carriage aepartment of the companv. He arrived at the scene ot and the accident about six o'clock in the mornin cAammeu tne carriages wnicn nad Deen damaged- i ne ai rrwy Ballon Green Faw rwTa- a floor of the aledolian composite carriage las ft, SMdS diagonally on the platform bottom np, the whole of the Alexandra v. Th rnbury. aam-body having been carried away.

The next, a West At Bewton-tfon Bnia Thorab-7 Second Eleven). Coast carriage, was the one in which Mr. Still had At Yeatlon Horsf.irth vf? o. been. The three comuartments were ratted, and the At Birkenshaw F4ewn- Hnm v-oriana tsarrett-Leonard of No.

Lpper Grosveuor Street, widow was proved on the iirh ultimo, the personal estate being sworn under fiOWft The will of Albany Bourchier Savile, a partner in th urin or oir William anil Q.C., and Mr. Cave. The plaintiff in this case was James Dobson, who sought to recover damages from the defendants in consequence of having been wrongfully dismissed from their service on May 17th, 1873. The plaintiff is a plate mill roller, and in 1870 he entered into an engagement to work for the defendants, Messrs. Holland Dury, of Hunslet, for two years.

He served isrT 6 year8' and on the ut of February, ivt, he entered into another contract, agreeing to work for the defendants for a further period ot two years, the defendants agreeing to pay the rate of wages current at the date of the contract, and not subject to any advance or faU in the rate of wages, lie continued to work until the 3rd of May, 1873, when he received a notice to the effect that fourteen days from that date his services would be no longer required. Alter the expiration of the notice, he tendered his services and they were declined. He saw Mr. Dury, 7i had a conversation, and it was alleged that he had by his neglect caused certain machinery to be broken. Plaintiff had to attend to two mills.

His earnings during the seven weeks previous to the dismissal had averaged 10 per week. The cross-examination of Mr. Seymour was conducted with a view to showing that in consequence of the plaintiff 's neglect certain plates were not rolled, which were required to execute an order, and that he had been guilty of certain acts of disobedience and negligence which justified the dismissal. The plaintiff admitted that on one occasion something went wrong with the machinery, and the chief engineer said it could be put right in a short time. He declined to stay about the works until the machinery got into order.

He received a message after he got home, asking him to go back to the works, but he refused, on the ground that it would be impossible to get his men together that night. He was fined 1 next day, which he paid. He did not recollect a roller being broken, but he recollectecT paying 5 on account of a fractured roller. Evidence was called by the defence to prove the plaintiff's neglect. The jury eventually found a verdict in favour of the plaintiff, damages 20.

SAWDON V. ANDREW BREACH OF CONTRACT-(Special Jury.) The plaintiff in this action was Mr, Geo. Edward Sawdon, a commission agent at Bradford, and the defendant, Mr. Andrew, a cotton spinner and winder at Manchester. Mr.

Wills, Q.C., and Mr. Tatham, appeared for the plaintiff Mr. Field, Q.C., and Mr. Waddy, for the defendant. The case for the plaintiff was as follows That in and June, 1S72, he received certain orders for goods from Messrs.

Portway, and bound himself to deliver them at a certain time. In order to fulfil his engagement he had to obtain 5000 pounds weight of cotton wound on spools. After explaining to the defendant's manager, Mr. Eteson, how he had contracted to deliver to Messrs. Portway, he stated that if their cotton was not delivered in a certain time, the order would be cancelled, and they would be liable for the consequences.

The defendants, knowing these circum-stanceSj undertook to deliver a certain number of poHnds daily. This contract was not fulfilled, there being on the 9th July 1609 pounds short of weight which ought to have been delivered. The contention, therefore, was mat in consequence ot tne neglect ot tne detendants to deliver the cotton, he had sustained serious loss, for which the defendants were liable from the terms of their contract. The case had not been concluded when the Court rose. THE CAUSE LIST.

The following causes were disposed of yesterday 9. Ingham and others v. Tyers and others, breach of contract (special jury) Plain tiff, 620. 10. Dobson v.

BoUand and another, breach of contract (special jury). Plaintiff, 20. The following is a list of the causes still undisposed of 11. Garbutt v. Thorrold, goods sold.

12. Dickinson v. Moulding, bill of exchange. 13. Morrison and another v.

Waiters, goods sold. 14. Brooks v. Hauger, money due. 15.

Brewster v. Armfleld, promissory note. 16. Holdsworth v. Hillas and others, trespass.

17. Sawdon v. Andrew, breach of contract (special jury. 18. Underwood v.

Leonard, detinue (special jury). 19. Taylor v. Mallaheu, goods sold. 20.

Broad bent v. Broadbent, ejectment. 21. Blackburn v. Manchester, breach of contract.

22. Cohen v. Heap, goods sold. 23. Boldemann and another v.

Coggon, money received. 24. Burton v. Tate, money paid. 26.

The Low Moor Co. v. The Stanley Coal Limited, trespass (special jury) 27. Bates v. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, personal injuries.

28. Swift v. Haigh, breach of promise. 29. Simeon v.

Dewhurst, personal injuries (special jury). 30. Watson v. Wood and others, money due. 31.

Beaumont v. Carter and others, breach of covenant. 32. Onions and Wife v. The Lane, and York.

Railway Company, personal injuries (special jury). 33. Wilkshire v. Fisher and others, malicious prosecution (special jury). 34.

Mellor v. Walker and others, breach of contract (special jury). 35. Thompson v. Smith, wrongful dismissal.

36. Holroyde v. Wheelwright, money paid. 37. Crossley v.

Suter, money paid. 38. Shaper v. Walker and others, bond. 39.

Walker v. Shaper, trespass. 41. Wake and another v. C.

J. Smith, breach of contract (special jury.) 42. Wake and another v. Smith and others, breach of contract (special jury) 43. Drury v.

Newton and others, breach of contract fspecial jury)- 45. Rice v. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, negligence (special jury). 46. Hick and another v.

Russell, bill of exchange. 47. G-ilkes and others v. Garbutt, breach of contract (special jury). 48.

Garbutt v. Gilkes and others, breach of contract (special 49. Wenham, Trustee, v. Watteeu, breach of contract (special jury). 50.

Lavcock V. "RjiYfnr niwtmmit 51. Exley v. Metcalfe, trespass 52. Backhouse and another v.

Sykes and another, breach of contract (special jury). 53. Great Northern Railway Company v. Whitham, breach of contract. 55.

Gabbert v. Midland Railway Company, personal injuries 56. Smithson and another v. Andrew and others, breach of 57. Gray's Patent Horse Shoe Company v.

Lockwood and 58. Shackleton v. Wilkinson, slander. 59. Rotherham Coal Company v.

Eveson, goods sold. 60. Kirkman v. Pohhnann, hoel. 61.

Wimpenny v. Brook, money lent. 62. Priestley v. Dyson, ejectment (special jury).

63. Laycock and another v. London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company, policy of insurance (special jury) 64. Harrison v. North-Eastern Railway Company, personal injuries (special jury) 65.

Wood v. Wood and others, wrongful expulsion (special jury) 66. Field v. Dixon, breach of warranty (special jury) 67. Naylor, Administrator, v.

Icashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, negligence. 68. Cooke v. Day, trespass (special jury) 69. Wood v.

Lazenby, ejectment. 70. Gibson and others v. Helliwell, money received. 71.

Bramiit v. Wray and another, money due (special jury). 72. Howarth, Administrator, v. Ogden, money due.

io. uwen a r-atent wneel lire and Axle Company v. Ledger 74. Howarth, Administrator, v. Ogden, money due.

76. Little v. Long, breach of warranty (special jury) THE ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS. SPECIAL TELEGRAM. The High Court meeting at Cardiff vesterdav aer.ain proceeded with the propositions for the alteration of laws, it was resolved to rescind the 4th section of Law 44, and to substitute a clause to the effect that in the event of any court or district being under suspension from the Order for a period of eighteen months thrnnrdi non-compliance with district rules, or the decision or resolution ol a district" meeting or a district arbitration committee, such court should be expelled from the Order, and not be readmitted until they have complied with the said resolution or decision.

A proposal of the Cardiff Court for an entire revision of Law 65, which deals with the scale of payment of members and ages of admission to the Order, was withdrawn. A resolution was adopted in regard to Law 67, giving court secretaries great facilities for the initiating of members who lead a seafaring life. This law, as amended, contains the fol- InwiTKT fdailse (i Tn fll kico nf a join the Order wishing to do so, but whose professional uuues can nun away prior to me meeting oi tne conn; ne wishes to join, the officers of such court should be empowered to initiate him on any night (Sunday excepted), such initiation to be post-dated one month, during which time members so initiated will be exempt from contribution." A proposition of the Executive Council to suspend any member owing six months' contributions, was negatived by a majority of seven. On Law 74 the executive proposed the following amendment That when a member who is financial in court becomes afflicted with insanity duly certified, the sick allowance of the court shall be paid to his relatives the same as if the member was bodily afflicted. If such member becomes the inmate of an asylum or workhouse, the sick benefit shall be applied exclusively to his support, or that of his wife or children, and in all such cases the funeral allowance shall be secured to the wife or next of kin of the member, by the officer of the court keeping him financial in the court, and also in the district, if the court be in a district." Brother Turner, a mpm nf S(irahiirt7 of Guardians, suggested that if the present wording ux me proposition were aanered to the liuardians would take advantage of it by obtaining the Court money in payment for the support of a member when in the asylum, and thus deprive his wife and family of it.

The proposition was then altered as to enact that the benefit should be applied exclusively to the wife and children, and was adopted in its amended form. Southampton was selected by a majority of the meeting as the seat of the High Court of 1875. The officers of the fortieth Executive Council who will sit at Worcester were appointed as follows John Smith, Court 2468 High Chief Ranger Brothers Steven Spackman, Court 3204 Benj. Durke, Court 2468 Thomas Morgan, Court 2700 H. M.

Sharpe, Court 2970 Hy. Farr, Court 4530 Joseph Burbeck, Court 3204 and W. J. Butler, Court 4744. After the new High Chief Ranger had been installed in his office, and the usual votes of thanks had been accorded to the officers, the High Court meeting was declared closed.

Opening op the First Board School in LEEDS. The Bewerley Street Board School (Dewsbury Road), the first school erected by the Leeds School Board, was opened yesterday by Sir Andrew Fairbairn, chairman of the School Board. The three departments of the new Re.hool will acenmmndafe site for the school has cost 1,377, and the co3t of erection has been 8,651. Subsequently the foundation stones of new schools were laid in Green Lane, Burley Road, Cross Stamford Street, Saville Green, Jack Lane, and Beeston, LEEDS TOWN HALL. FRIDAY.

CROWN COURT. Before Mr. Justice HONYMAN. OBSTRUCITON OF A RAILWAY. Frederick Knowles (13), labourer George Moody (14), labourer; Frederick Watson (12), labourer; nnd John Whittles (13), labourer, were charged with feloniously placing two pairs of trolley wheels upon the Great Northern Railway, with intent to obstruct the passage of a certain locomotive on the same, at Adwick-le-Street, on the 3rd of August last.

Mr. Dugdale was for the prosecution, and Mr. Vincent Sampson defended the prisoners. The yeuthB pleaded guilty to the offence, and their advocate said that he understood the company did not wish to press the case harshly against the lads. Mr.

Dugdale, on the part of the company, said that what his learned friend had just stated was correct and the principal reason for bringing this case forward was in consequence of so many offences of the same kind having been lately committed. His Lordship, in passing sentence, expressed his regret that under the Act of Parliament he could not order the prisoners to be flowed or he would have done so, but taking all the circumstances of the case into consideration, he would order them to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for fourteen days each. CHARGE OF CRUELLY TREATING A CHILD. Frederick Pettinger (32), furnaceman, and Elizabeth Hettinger (3d), laundress, were indicted for cruelty to a beffield bJ' neglecting and refusing to provide it with sufficient food and wearing appareL The child was named Albert Waterhouse, "an infant of the age of th5ff years'' and the prisoners were in charge of the child in question. There was a second indictment against ljmale of having assaulted the child.

Mr. Waddy and Mr. Barker were for the prosecution the prisoners were unrepresented by counsel. Harriet Waterhouse, a single woman, stated that she lived in Snow Lane, Sheffield, with a man named Clark. Four years ago she was living as a domestic servant in a house at Weston Bank.

She was housemaid and the prisoner was gardener, he living in a cottage on the premises with his wife. Whilst she (Waterhouse) was in service she became in the family-way by him, though she was aware he was a married man. Some time before her confinement she went to another place as a servant, and subsequently went to reside with the prisoner, who had taken a cottage Somers Street. She wished to go to the workhouse to be confined, but the male prisoner would not hear of it, saying that if she did she would have to go away altogether. She was brought to bed in his house on the 14th November, 186D, and continued to live there until the baby was fifteen months old.

Since then she had earned her living by going out washing and charing. There were continued disturbances between her (Waterhouse) and Mrs. Pettinger, and this ultimately led to her leaving the house. The neighbours took up the case, and at length Mrs. Pettinger said that if witness would go away, and promise not to see her husband again, she would freely take to the child as her own.

Mrs. Pettinger added that she could not think of "throwing spite on the child," and Pettinger promised that as long as he had a crust, the infant should have part of it. She (witness) wished Pettinger to allow her 2s. per week, saying she would then take charge of the infant herself, but the two prisoners remarked that they would miss the money, but would not miss the keep of the baby. When witness (Waterhouse) left the child with the prisoners, it was well fed, healthy, and clean.

There was a little breaking out the head, but that arose from teething. She did not go again to visit the child, because she was afraid of the neighbours' observations and also of Mrs. Pettinger. The next time she saw it was at the Sheffield Town HalL In cross-examination witness admitted that she had had a child before, of which Henry Peck was the father. She denied that during a visit to Worksop to see her mother she was upon intimate terms with a man who was lodging at her mother's house.

She further declared that she had not told the male prisoner that this lodger was about to marry her, for in fact the lodger in question soon after married her mother (laughter). By Mrs. Pettinger I never told you the child was the lodger's at my mother's house I stated distinctly it was your husband's after the confinement. Ann Mappin, wife of Henry Mappin, 42, Somers Street, deposed that she remembered the prisoners coming to live in tne street. Harriet Waterhouse was with them, and was confined the first night.

Mrs. Pettinger sometimes earned as much 1 14s. per week. The prisoners had three children, the eldest of whom had for some time past earned 5s. per week.

For a short time after Harriet Waterhouse left the prisonous house her child went on right enough, but it soon began gradually to go back, the breaking out on the head became worse, because the sores were not washed and properly attended to. She frequently told Mrs. Pettinger how to cure the child, but the female prisoner remarked, It would never be better, as it was rotten, and the mother as well," About three o'clock on Sunday, the 1st June, she was in the prisoner's house. The child was then sitting on a 6tool by the fireplace, and he asked witness to give him some bread. There wa3 a crust on the table, and witness told one of the other children to give it to him, but Mrs.

Pettinger remarked, We are going to have our dinner, and he shall have some." The child always appeared to be starved and frightened, and he certainly Beemed as if he had insufficient food. Witness went into the prisoner's house again about seven o'clock in the evening. The child was then asking for a drink of water. Witness asked the children to give the poor lad a drink, adding that water was cheap enough, but Mrs. Pettinger told her daughter to get tea ready.

Witness was not aware whether the lad got any tea or not, but she knew that he had no water given to him. On examining the lad somewhat particularly, she noticed that it was wan and thin, and that its hands trembled as if from weakness. On telling Mrs. Pettinger on one occasion that the lad was getting worse, the female prisoner replied, Yes, its head will kill it at last." Witness remarked that that certainly would be the case unless the head was carefully looked after. For eleven months before the lad was taken to the workhouse he was not allowed out of doors, Mrs.

Pettinger giving as her reason for this course of conduct that the lad's head was so bad, and that he had no shoes." Witness thereupon took a pair of shoes to the female prisoner, saying that such an excuse should no longer be available. The lad, however, was not even then allowed to go out, and witness never saw him taking his meals at the family table. A number of witnesses were called to testify to other instances of neglect on the part of the prisoners. The Relieving Officer stated that there were no clothes on the child when he saw it. The lad was at this point brought into court, and appeared to be a delicate subject.

The male prisoner, in defence, said that he had been advised, in consequence of the dirty habits of the child, to make him "a bed of shavings, so that it could be frequently destroyed. The female prisoner did not offer any defence. A point of law had been raised that, although the prisoners were bound to provide for the payment of 3s. per week, meat, drink, and wearing apparel, they were not called upon to get medical attendance under that arrangement. His lordship went to consult with Mr.

Baron Pollock on the subject, and, on returning, he stated that his learned brother was of opinion that "medical attendance" ought to have been in the arraignment against the parties. The judge having summed up in an elaborate manner, the jury found both prisoners Guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. His Lordship On what ground do you do so The Foreman Because they had not sufficient food, and because there was no one there at meal times to see if the child had sufficient food. His Lordship said if they were of opinion they had insufficient food to give to the child they ought to have returned a different verdict. The Foreman We do think that there was sufficient food, but that it was withheld from the child.

His Lordship The prisoners may stand down. A BRADFORD WATCH ROBBERY CASE. James Hardaker (25), jeweller Elizabeth Hardaker (23), weaver and John Sargison (21), sailor, were indicted for burglary in the dwelling-house of James Hardaker (the father of the first-named prisoner), and with stealing seven gold watches, fifty silver watches, and thirty gold rings, at Bradford, on the 27th of March, 1873. Mr. Wheelhouse appeared for the prosecution, and the prisoners were undefended.

The prosecutor carries on business in Westgate, Bradford, with a partner, under the name of Hardaker Rooke, as watchmakers and jewelltrs, and the prisoner Hardaker is his son, but was not living with him at the time of the robbery. The prisoner Hardaker pleaded guilty to the robbery, and the other two said they were not guilty. It appeared that on the evening of the 26th of March, Mr. Hardaker, the prosecutor, retired to rest, leaving the shop and the door fastenings all right, and during the night he heard a disturbance which caused him to get out of bed and examine the premises. He found that they had been entered, and that a large number of watches which he had received for repair had been taken away, in addition to a case of gold rings and other goods which he had in stock.

The prisoner Hardaker having pleaded guilty, the question for the jury was how far the other prisoners were implicated in the matter. It appeared that some days after the robbery the prisoner Sargison went to a pawnbroker's shop in Newcastle-on-Tyne, and offered a watch in pledge, and information of the robbery having been given in Newcastle, a detective-officer in that town followed and took him into custody. The prisoner Sargison, on being charged with the robbery, said he knew nothing about it, but would point out the man from whom he had got the watch. He gave information of the prisoner Hardaker, and on going to his lodgings the police found the femrle prisoner there, and she handed over to them a quantity of the stolen property. The Judge, in summing up the case, told the jury that if they believed the female prisoner to be under the influence and control of her husband it would be their duty to find a verdict of not guilty as regarded her, and with regard to Sargison if they thought that he went to pledge the watch at the request of the prisoner Hardaker, without any knowledge of the robbery, that he also might be acquitted, but at the same time he thought it would be better to allow persons to pledge their own watches.

The jury acquitted the female prisoner and Sargison, and" the prisoner Harkaker was sentenced to be imprisoned for eighteen calendar months with hard labour, and afterwards to three years' police supervision. NISI PRIUS COURT. (Before Mr. Baron POLLOCK.) INGHAM AND OTHERS V. TYERS AND OTHERS.

The hearing of this case, which was one of breach of contract, was resumed this morning, and evidence was called for the defendants, denying the existence of any contract. The jury found for the plaintiffs, damages 620. DOBSON V. BOLLAND AND ANOTHER-BREACH OF CONTRACT. (Special Jury.) Mr.

Fold, Q.C., and Mr. Shaw were for the plaintiff, The Representation of the North-West RIDING. The appointment of Lord Frederick Cavendish, M.P., to the new office of Financial Lord of the Treasury, which we have announced elsewhere, will create a vacancy in the Northern Division of the West Riding, of which Bradford is the central polling station. The noble lord is, of course, eligible for re-election, and again seeks the suffrages of the electors in an address published in another column. We believe the negotiations for the change in his lordship's duties have been proceeding for some days, and that upon the offer being made to him Lord Frederick Cavendish proceeded to Hulker Hall on Wednesday to consult with His Grace the Duke of Devonshire.

His lordship returned to London on Thursday night, and yesterday morning informed Mr. Gladstone that he accented the new office. Last evening his lordship came down to Bradford, with the view we believe of conferring with his leading constituents upon the situation. Unfortunately it happens that, most of the leading' Liberal politicians of the town arc absent from Bradford, and the proposed conference was a very informal affair. Lord Frederick Cavendish remained in Bradford last night, staying at the Victoria HoteL A meeting of the General Committee of the West Riding Liberal Registration Society is called for Monday afternoon next, at which the necessary steps for the forthcoming election will be decided on.

So far as we can learn, it is not probable that the Tories will contest the seat, especially as the new member would enjov his honours for so short a time, and it is confidently expected by the Liberals that Lord Frederick Cavendish will have a walk over. The Proposed Camp OS Rombalds Moor. We have reason to believe that the War Office has abandoned the idea of making Rombalds Moor the site of the proposed tactical station for the North of England, the Duke of Cambridge having reported unfavourably upon it on account of the uneven nature of the ground and the consequent difficulty of adapting it to the required purpose, and the severity of the weather to which troops would be exposed during the colder months on such an elevated position. We believe it is very probable that a portion of Haverah Park, lying between Otley and and of which Alines Cliff is the central point, will be selected instead. The Opening of the Bradford Town Hall.

'The Mayor of Bradford has received the following letter from Lord Derby Knowsley. Preseot, August 5th, 1873. Sir, I am honoured by your letter of the 2nd inst. asking me to take part in the opening of the new Town Hall at Bradford. The invitation is one of so flattering a character that I regret to be unable to avail myself of engagements both private and public of long standing, and from which I cannot now set myself free without, causing inconvenience to others as well as to myself, compel me reluctantly to decline.

I can only express my hope that the slight delay caused by your application to me may not have increased the trouble of finding a competent performer of the important and interesting duty involved in the ceremonial in question. I remain, your obedient servant, DERBY. The Worshipful the Mayor of Bradford. Under these circumstances, the Town Hall Company have invited the Mayor to preside at the opening ceremony, and there can be no doubt that his worship will discharge the important duty with credit to himself and the town. The date of the opening has been altered from Wednesday, the 10th of September to Tuesday the 9th.

Wednesday being the St. Leger day the railway companies represented that they would be unable to make suitable arrangements for any large extra traffic to Bradford on the same day. Bradford Town Council. The monthly meeting of the Town Council will be held on Tuesday next, when some important business will be transacted. The report of the Waterworks Committee on the subject of the soke dues will be considered.

The report is of the most interesting character, and traces the history of this ancient property from its creation in the 16th century down to the present time. It clearly shows that the dues are a strictly legal and equitable institution, and the committee point out that as they did not originate in the exercise of mere arbitrary feudal power, but were created to secure remuneration for expenditure on works which exist to this day and.further, that as the Corporation bought the rights with the money of the ratepayers, their abolition would result in relieving brewcrieB and public-houses from a liability to which they are now subject, at the expense of the ratepayers. The committee therefore recommend the Council to enforce their rights in the matter. The report of the Watch Committee, recommending an increase in the pay and numbers of the police force, will also come on for consideration. Several purchases of property required for the new street improvements, and the waterworks at Leeming, will probably be made, and it will be proposed to appoint a committee to carry out the provisions of the recently passed Bradford Improvement Act, so far as regards the purchase of property required for the improvements contemplated.

Enthronement of the Queen. Her Majesty Queen Victoria was enthroned yesterday, amid a large number of spectators, on her niche on Bradford Town Hall. The last of the Kings as the Hungarians said of Maria Theresa Her Majesty waB throned last, in time, and the crowd around was large and curious. GUIDE TO BRADFORD. Mr.

Brear (Kirkgate) has just issued, in view of the Art Treasures Exhibition, an excellent and cheap guide to Bradford, well written, and i'lustrated with two very good maps the one of the town (entirely new and complete), and the other of the environs. We believe no Guide to Bradford exists, and as this one is so complete and comprehensive, we expect soon to hear that another edition has been called for. ROME. The Rev. W.

C. Van Meter will on Sunday next occupy the pulpits of Horton Lane and Westgate Chapels. ThiB gentleman is the founder of the Howard Mission and Home for little wanderers in New York, into which institution 1 1 ,009 children have been received during the last eleven years. He is now engaged in a similar mission in Rome, and seeks to interest the people of Bradford in his work. He is a most successful and most ardent missionary, and the story he has to tell is of absorbing interest.

Licensing Committee. A meeting of borough magistrates was held at the Court House, Bradford, yesterday, when the following gentlemen were chosen as the Licensing Committee for the ensuing year Mr. Wm. Brayshaw, Mr. John Gurney.

Mr. Jas. Law, Mr. Hy. Mitchell, Mr.

Silas Scott, Mr. Chas. Semon, and Mr. Edward Hirst Wade. Extraordinary Freak of a Drunkard.

At the Bradford Borough Court, yesterday, a young man cd Wm, Appleyard, residing at Great Horton, was charged with having wantonly wasted a quantity of brandy, the property of Jonas Bradley, the landlord of the King's Arms Inn, Westgate, and also with having vi i-leutly assaulted him. It appeared' from the evidence that the prisoner, having been refused any liquor, as he was intoxicated, coolly reached over the bar and turned on tlte tap of one of the spirit casks, thereby allowing brandy to the of 4 s. to run to waste. As the landlord was subsequently turning him out he savagely etruck and kicked him. The Bench inflicted a fine of with 13s.

6L costs, for the assault, the other charge being withdrawn. Alleged Forgery by a Youth. A youth named John Thomas Maslen, residing in Salt Street, Manning-ham, was charged at the Bradford Borough Court, yesterday, before Mr. Henry Brown and Mr. E.

H. Wade, with obtaining money under false pretences by means of forged letters. Mr. Grauhan stated that the prieoner had on the previous day called on Mr. Charles White, bootmaker, Lumb Lane, and presented him with a letter, which was produced in court.

The letter was signed Richard Crabtree," the name of a gentleman rcbiding in Manningham. and known to Mr. White, and requested the loan for a day or two of 4 10s. On the back of the note was an I.O.U. for the amount, also signed Richard Crabtree." The prisoner had been a member of Mr.

White's class at the Wesley an Sunday Schnol, Carlisle Road, and believing his statement, Mr. White gave him a five pound note (not having any change), for which the prisoner wrote and signed a receipt. Mr. White afterwards heard that Mr. Crabtree was at Morecambe, and this arousing his suspicions, he gave information to the police, and the prisoner was apprehended by Sergeant Uttley, yesterday morning.

Evidence as to the above facts having been given, the pri-oner was remanded on the application of the Chief Constable till Monday. It was also stated that he had on Wednesday presented a similar letter to Alderman Mark Dawson, requesting the loan of 2, and that several other charges were likely to be brought against him. Clayton Local Board. The monthly meeting of this Board was held on Wednesday evening, Mr. Thomas Jowett in the chair there being also present Messrs.

J. S. Briggs, O. Wilman, Asa Briggs and Charles Booth. A new highway rate of 10d.

in the pound, amounting to 314 19s. 3L. was approved. The Surveyor's and Collector's accounts were produced and passed, and bills amounting to 52 ordered to be paid. Plans of eight cottages to be erected in Lidget Lane by Messrs.

Seed, and of temporary sheds by Mr. Charles Denham, were approved. There was no other business of importance. ECCLESHILL LOCAL BOARD. An ordinary meeting of this board was held on Thursday evening present Messrs.

N. Dennison (chairman), J. S. Adcock, R. Copping.

D. Smith, W. Thornton, and J. W. Crosby.

The plan of a temporary building to be erected by the Freemasons' Lodge, adjoining the present hall in Leeds Road, was approved. It was reported that Mr. James Whitehead had not proceeded to carry out the arrangement made with the Board with respect to the erection of a block of privies near his new houses in Fagley Lane, and the clerk was instructed to request him to do so without any further delay. Cheques were signed on highway account for 111 146-Mr Thos Taylor, coroner, held an inquest, yesterday, on the body of the lad Wm. Seacroft, who was killed by a hoist in Mr.

Leather mill. Wharf Side, on the previous evening. It appeared that deceased had been playing with the hoist, and that his death was flttj result of his own carelessness. A verdict of "Accidental death was recorded. RAILWAY Accident AT NEWLAY.

Yesterday afternoon, between two and three o'clock, waggon drawn by four horses, and loaded with pitch, was crossing the line at Newlay when the express train from LeedB to Bradford dashed into it. The two shaft horses were killed, one of them being thrown a distance twenty yards. The two front horses and the waggoner escaped uninjured. The horses were the property of Mr. Tunstile, and were of great value.

It is said that the train was rather late, and the man in charge of the gates had gone away and left them open. There was a man working the points at the time who called to the waggoner to stop, but it appears he did not hear him. OFFICIAL INQUIRY. The Board of Trade inquiry into the cause of the terrible railway accident at Wigan on Saturday last was resumed yesterday morning, before Captain Tyler, railway inspector to the Board of Trade, and Mr. Ravenhill, barrister-at-law, the legal assessor.

There were also present Mr. Darlington, the borough coroner the Town Clerk, and the following gentlemen representing the London and North-Western Railway Company: Mr. Caukwell, general manager Mr. Roberts, the company's solicitor Mr. Neale, passenger traffic manager Mr.

J-Shaw, superintendent for the district and Mr. Webb' locomotive superintendent. Mr. James Burrows was the first witness. He said he was a civil engineer, and was on the scene of the accident on the Saturday forenoon, but it was in the afternoon that he examined the ground closely.

He examined the main line, the facing points, where it was supposed the accident occurred, the points themselves the sidings, with a view to satisfy himself as to the cause of the accident. South of the facing points he could not discover anything sufficient to account for the accident, or anything tending towards the aggravation of the accident. On examining the points themselves, he found that the inner side of the west switch or point had been burst open or broken oil, and there were indications of very considerable pressnre having been exerted by the inner side of the flange of what he called the west wheel. These indications consisted of abrasions on the switches themselves. These abrasions might have arisen from other causes, but there were indications of recent and powerful action.

Higher np on the line he noticed indications on the left or west side of the main down line of the flanges of the west wheel of the van passing over the chairs of the rails. He believed that these wheels as they proceeded assumed a westerly divergence. This divergence was in accordance with the assumption that the van was still coupled to the following carriages, which had been directed into the sidings, and still kept on the rails. He came to the conclusion that the van, which was the seventeenth truck from the engines, was the first to pass the points, and there was no indication for some distance past the points of any other pair of wheels. Proceeding further, there was evidence that the wheels of the van had come into contact with the guard-rail, and that when the coupling broke the van again diverged towards the main line, slightly impinging on the south bide of the platform, and continuing in a track off the line till it got to the north end of the station, when it resumed its position on the main line.

Meanwhile, he believed that the points allowed the following carriages to proceed up the siding, but that the coupling not having yet given way, the next carriage, the Caledonian composite one, was dragged off the line, coining in contact with the bank engine-man's hut. In his opinion the whole of the carriages succeeding the Caledonian carriage passed the points in safety, proceeding up the siding on the rails till they came in contact with the Caledonian carriage, which had been thrown across the line through striking the engineman's hut and the south end of the platform. He believed that the points had opened to admit the hind pair of the wheels of the an, and had remained open a sufficient time to allow the passage of the concluding carriages. He could not, however, say-how the points had been opened. There were no indications that they were only partly open they appeared to have been clean open.

The abrasions he had ref erred to would be caused by the inclination of the wheels of the carriages towards the main line, in consequence of the coupling not having yet broken. The breaking of the coupling bar must have been caused by the Caledonian carriage encountering some more than ordinary obstruction, but he had no means of discovering what the obstruction was. In reply to further questions from Captain Tyler, the witness said he had come to the conclusion that the Caledonian carriage had been drawn across the line, inclining towards the main line, in consequence of the coupling with the preceding van still drawing it in that direction that the carriage was probably overturned, and that the following carriages struck it as it lay in an angular position across the lines. In answer to question from Mr. Peace, Town Clerk of the borough of Wigan, witness said that the accident must have been caused by the opening of the points from some cause or another.

He had tried the points, and they could not be opened so long as the signal was at danger. He believed it was possible to open the points while a train was passing over the line, between the front and hind wheels of a carriage, and to close them again after the rest of the train had passed without any great injury to the points. He knew the Wigan station and the amount of traffic which passed through it, and in his opinion the accommodation at the station was insufficient. He did not think there was any material danger in a train of that length and weight going at the rate of thirty-five or thirty-eight miles an hour. It would certainly be wiser to reduce the speed in passing stations where there were so many points, as in case of accident, the effects would be aggravated by the speed being so great.

The curve on the line at the south of Wigan was so far from the scene of the accident that it could not have any effect on the matter. There was a long straight run between the curve and the points at which the accident happened. r. Edwards, who had been for some time with Messrs. Saxby Farmer, signal manufacturers, but who was now employed by the London and North-Western Company, was next examined.

He said he had had considerable experience in respect to points and signals. He had examined the points in question, and found that they were on an old plan. They had been in work about six and a half years. No points had been put in of this pattern for the last five years, The points were somewhat worn, and in consequence of this wear they did not work as well as when they were first put in still they were in working order. When the points were closed the signal was locked at danger," and vice versa, when the signal was put at danger the points were closed.

In consequence of wear, however, unless the lever of the points at this place were actually in the slot the signal could be moved from danger. The latest improvement which had been made in points was the interlocking of the signal. It was possible to move the points under ordinary circumstances while a train was passing, but he doubted whether it was possible with a train going at a rate of thirty-five miles an hour. He did not believe that in this case the points had been opened, because, before a train could be allowed to go into the siding it would be necessary to open two sets of points, No. 7 and No.

9, and if only one of these had been opened the others would have been forced open and injured. He had examined No. 9 points that morning and found that they were all right. The pointsman would have to open both these sets of signals to admit the next train, which had to go up to the siding, and the natural thing for him to do, if he thought the whole of the train had passed, would be for him to open the two sets of points, but he did not think it possible for him to do this while the train was passing. If the points were partly open it would be a matter of chance as to which way the train would go.

As to the speed of the train, he did not think that there was more danger with a speed of sixty than a speed of thirty miles an hour. John Byham said he had been a signalman on the London and North-Western for six years, and for two years he had been in the cabin at the north of the station. On the night of the accident he went on duty at six o'clock, and was on duty the whole of the time till the accident happened. He kept a record book in which was recorded every signal which was received. At 1.

18 o'clock he received a signal from the south box asking for leave to pass the train, and he replied by a signal saying that all was clear. He saw the train pass his box, and the first indication of the accident that he saw. was the fire flying up at the end. He at once signalled forward to stop the train, in case the driver did not see that there was anything the matter. He then blocked both lines, and went down to the scene of the accident.

He did not go to the south signal box, nor did he have any conversation with the signalman. William Winstanley said he had been an engine driver on the London and North Western Railway for about two and a half years. On the night in qnestion he was with his engine assisting trains up the bank north of the station. He had been with a train just before the accident, and returned to the station about half -past twelve, and had brought his engine to a stand about half a dozen yards to the south of the facing points where the accident occurred. He watched the train approach, and after, as he thought, about fourteen coaches had passed, he saw five struck from the lines, and the next thing he saw was the carriages upset on the platform.

He had noticed the signals before the train approached, and they were all right. He did not think the train was going at an unusual speed. He could not form any idea as to the cause of the accident. He could not see whether the carriages were on the siding line or not, as it was very dark. John Wilson said he was fireman with the last witness on the night of the accident.

He gave a similar account of what took place to that of the ensrinpTnan The latter carriages of the. train seemed to pass up the siding-lines, and seemed to have passed both sets of points before they toppled over. The carriages that went up the siding began to throw off fire immediately they passed the points. He had not heard of any other accident at these points. Mr.

Burrows said he wished to give greater emphasis to the statement which he had made to the effect that he thought the accommodation of the station was insufficient. He believed that it was a regular thing to shunt and marshal the trains on the main line. It was also a fact that the staff of porters, at the station was so insufficient that when there were trains coming in at the same time at both sides of the station, one side was entirely without porters. Captain Tyler asked for some evidence as to in 'what condition as to number of carriages, fec, the train left Euston Station, and the number of carriages which were added during the journey. Frederick May, the guard of the train, was called, and gave what information he could on the point.

The Perth van, which left the line, was followed by the Caledonian composite carriage, for Glasgow the next was a carriage of the West Coast Joint-Stock Company, for Glasgow next, a third-class, and a composite belonging to the same company, also for Glasgow. Ihese were followed by one belonging to the same company, for Ayr the next being a London and North-Western saloon carriage occupied by Lord Selborne's family. Next came a Caledonian van, and a London and North-Western composite carriage, for Carlisle. Sir John Anson and his family were in the Caledonian composite carriage the first that left the line, and Mr. Wark's family were in the carriage which was going to Ayr He did not know that he could say in what particular carriages the other injured persons were.

The carriage in which Sir James Anson was was in good running order. As to the accident, he said he did not tiiink there was anything wrong till he had got some distance up the siding. As his van passed the facing-points it gave a lurch, but nothina more than usual, and MATCHES FOR SATrnnjv it BSHbSs VJt r. A1UIUO V. KlTfePIMhun r.lonn;.

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The West India and Panama Telegraph Company have received a telegram announcing tne completion of tae repairs by the Telegraph Construction and Main ten- ui-iii, 01 iscoi wn. whole of the panels were more or less damaged. It was lying on the platform, with its wheels westward. -Jl il The next a third-class carriage, was lying furthest vcou ouu YTC3U aurUBS ILliV ken to piece, as wa3 the next, a composite carriage, part of it being hanging over tne wail, ine ooay or tne next, tne Ayr carriage, was also much broken. It was reared upon its end "in il rm i xt.

i T.r carriage, which contained Lord Selborne's family, had one end stove in. The whole of the panels of the Cale donian van which followed were broken, as well as the doors and windows. Tne last carriage was nor. at alL He thought that it would be the third-class carriage or the composite one which followed that had I i j- i i it liiiv i i. run against and displaced the wall at the west ot the siding.

Thomas Holker. of Wigan, engineer and foreman at the Clarington Brook Forge, was in the refreshment- room of the station when the accident happened. He looking out of the door when he saw filing from the wheels coming into contact with the metals. The, parcels were flying in all directions out of the van, and UJ turning round lie 3aw the carriages lying on tne platform and heard the people calling out for lights. He helped to get a fire lighted on the platform and to do what he could to assist.

He did not see the signals, nor could he assign any cause for the accident except that he thought the speed very high. He had seen the train pass many a time, and it struck him as he saw the first part of the train pass the station that the speed waa greater than usual. He also thought it was going at a great speed when he heard it coming before it reached the station. He had never seen it with two engines before. On being told that this train onlv ran in the months of July and August, witness said that they must have been other fast trains that passed about the same hour that he saw.

George Dingley said he had been locomotive foreman at Springs Branch for fourteen years. He heard of the accident at about ten minutes to two, and reached the scene of the accident with a break-down gang about 2.30. He first assisted to remove the dead from under the Caledonian carriage, and iifterwards assisted with the I other carriages. About two hours after that he went to look at the points, and found that they were in working order. About ten yards north of the facing points on the west of the main line he saw a mark of wheels on the ground.

He did not make a very particular examination, I as wnen ne round mat in-i points were in working order he went on with his own work of cleaj-inw tWTiivt. line as soon as he "possibly could. The last accident that he remembered at Wigan occurred four or five years ago, a counle of hundred varda be low t.h uwnp rF th rvrounnt. one, when part of the train ran into the goods yard. In this case the engine took the line into the goods yard instead of the main line at the facing points leading into the yard.

Ihese racing points nave since been removed. There was another accident at the station about twelve ii months ago. when a Scotch train coming down the incline could not stop in time to prevent its running into the break van of another train which was standing in the station. By the Town Clerk He did not know that the last accident took place while a train was being I marshalled on the main line. Mr.

Worthinjrton, the company's engineer for the Northern Division, presented a statement of the gradients in the neighbourhood of the station. At the station the line was level, and ina south a fain gradient of 1 in 100, and afterwards 1 in 330. North- ward, the gradient rose toward the north 1 in 3(M) for thirteen chains in length. Ho arrived at the scone of the accident about four clock, and examined the ground. He found the line in fair working order, the gauge being quite right on both sides of the facing points.

He could form no idea as to the cause of the accident. ere were two bolt3 wanting in the back rail on the west side of the points but this would not make any difference in the working. By Mr. Ravenhill He could form no idea at present as to the cause of the accident. He should, perhaps, be better able to form an opinion when ail tne tacts naa Men Drought out.

His twenty-hve years experience had led him to believe that io wa be.it of-xore you wuac cause uo you assign lor tne accident i Mr. Worthington It is evident that if the facts be as Mr. Edwards has stated, and that the portion of the train which passed up the siding without injuring the points, the signal could not have been in the position that it is supposed it was in, but that after the first part of the train had passed the points the signal must have been put up to danger, which would release the points, otherwise the points would have been locked. As to the cuiiujiuimB mg, miu ue siiuuiu oe guided in that matter by the opinion of Mr. Edwards, who was in the best position of any of the company's serves to form a judgment on that point.

The curve south of the station was undoubtedly a sharp one, but he had not the exact particulars of it. He would give it the court afterwards. By the Town Clerk The accident might have been caused by the points being moved when part of the train had passed over. He did not think that the length cf the train made them any more dangerous. A heavy train going at a greater speed would certainly make the effect of some accidents more disastrous, but in this case the momentum of the latter part of the train was uo greater than if it had been a shorter train.

It had not occurred to him that the accommodation at Wigan Station wcis in lilc Hn l. tn ox twelve car a fcijo the station had been altered for the express pur, ose of affording accommodation for the marshalling of trino. By Mr. Ravenhill He should consider thai two engines were pretty neavily loaded with twenty-five carriages, though they might take thirty carriages without danger. He should think that in long trains there would be more oscillation in the front carriages thau in those of the rear, but he did not think there was much more oscillation in long trains than in short.

Mr. Read, a Manchester engineer, presented a plan showing the position of the carriages which were damaged, and the marks on the ground in the neighbourhood of the siding lines. He had made his observations on the afternoon of the day on which the accident happened. The first marks he saw were two broken chains, about ten yards from the points on the main line, then those between the siding and the main line, and afterwards the grooves made in the ballast between the siding and the main line. He could not, however, at all trace the course of the carriages along the siding.

Mr. Gill, district engineer on the London and North-Western system, said he first heard of the accident at 3.30 on Saturday morning at his home at Lancaster. He arrived at Wigan at half-past six, and at once made an examination of the points. He found on one of the points a mark as if something had grazed against it. He thought this mark might have been caused by its striking a wheel while it was being moved, as in its normal portion it woidd be two inches from the wheeL He saw the broken chairs, and also the marks on the chains in the main line, but the check line had been replaced when he saw it, as had also a broken rail on the main line.

The only cause of the accident that he could suppose was, that the points had been opened by some means or other but by what means he could not say. He supposed that the fore wheels of the first carriage that got off the line kept on the main line, and that the hind wheels might have completed the opening of the points, supposing them to have been partly opened by some means, and thus allowed the following carriages to go up the siding. He did not see how the points could have been moved if thay had been properly put over to begin with, and even if they were only imperfectly put over he should have thought oiiiiu one ursi. part ox cue cram passing over them would hve been sufficient to close them. He could not account for their being open when the latter part of the train came to them.

He had known the points for a Ion" time, and they had always worked well before. Supposing the points to have thus got moved, and then to have been put right again after the whole of the train had passed he would have had first to put the signal to danger and back again. Mr, Houghton, inspector of the permanent way for the district, said he first heard of the accident alittle after two o'clock, at Spring Branch, He reached the scene of the accident in about a half an hour, and at once examined the points. He first looked at the points, and found that one of them had been grazed. He could only account for this mark on the supposition that it had been done by coming in contact with a wheel while the point was being moved.

There were also marks on the chairs as if the flange of the wheel had passed over it. These marks would not have been caused if the wneeis naa oeen going clean into the siding, tie concluded from the marks that some vehicle had had its wheels astride of the points the first two wheels on one side of the point rail and the two following wheels on the other side. The witness then described other marks which he found on the ballast, the chairs, and the platform. Thomas Charlton, ganger for this part of the line, said he lived at Wigan, and got to the scene of the accident about ten minutes to two. He first examined the points, and found them all right as far as he could see.

There were two broken lines on the siding, one on the slips leading to the main line, and another on the line leading to the loop line. He could throw no light whatever upon the. cause of the accident. In answer to Mr. Ravenhill, who asked him whether the right points were open or not, the witness said he could not say whether they were open or not, but if they had been opened when part of the train had passed, it would have caused the accident, an'd the pointsman might have closed them again when the train had passed.

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