Last week we gave an account of the circumstances attending
the sudden illness, which terminated in the death, of Mr. Lockley the sur- geon. The reader will recollect that Sir Henry Halford, in his state- ment of the circumstances, declared distinctly, that lie took Mr. Lock- ley out of the railway-carriage, " and carried him into the parlour of the Inspector" at the Tring station ; that the Inspector, at his desire, immediately sent a messenger to a medical gentleman at Trieg ; and that he gave directions "what should be done." In the Lancet of this week, Sir Henry's story is flatly contradicted. The writer, acquiring his information on the spot, where some of his own family happened to be at the time, declares positively, that Sir Henry Halford never left his seat in the railway..carriage ; and that the officers of the railway carried Mr. Lockley out and put him on the road.side. This is the account in the Lancet- 4t The train haviog arrived, the officers were beckoned to one of the car- riages, and thus accosted by a venerable-looking pet soilage tvithin—' Officer, here is a very respectable gentleman, extremely ill. Do take great care of am! send off immediately tor medical advice :' at the same tnne, the speaker handed to his auditor a card, on which w As engraved the name of sir Henry Halfold. Did this ' friend ' even get wit of the carriage ? lie did it, but, frightful to relate, actually flew off with the train, leaving his senseless and speechless ft it-rid in the open road, and supported in a chair, placed col the cold
clay, by the hands of official strangers : *
" Mr. Lockley was treated with neerhed humanity and attention by the Mil- errs of the Railway who conduct the business of the station. Trio, it should be known, is situated at a distance of nearly two miles1;oun that place ; so that even the aid of Mr. Dewsbury's youthful apprentice was not olaMtted until Mr. Lockley bad been moved to Icing, over a rough road, in an mnbibus. Ile was conducted thither, and held up in his seat, by one of the chief officers of the station, and four subordinates of that establishment. He was put into a tied at the Rose and Crown Tavern, a respectable and well-conducted house, where he received every attention which a kind solicitude could bestow. Ile had pro- perty in his pockets of the value of upwards of sixty pounds, of which an in- ventory was taken by the collector of the station ; and his name zial address were found at the Rose and Ciao n, on a card which was discovered in his pocket."
Sir Henry Halford owes a reply to this statement ; which most seriously affects his character in more ways than one. He is accused both of inhutnanity and falsehood.
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