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Hastings foe that cause o woe in the •. He had the house partner ; and credit for that ad connected .. which were brief, and be hear", and eh- Ac he had t General, and noble . . ..;0" Honourable declare his 'en , theale. (Mar„ i li s elit6 isa &Weal of the ispritation which the Hon. red allow Gam& his, by designating him as . 11111 a peellaukke .opposition to the Marquis of la the Cousell a lt ia lskitto. kThir Thertie dem ha had used any such worth, ter utlaetlif lap sod leodepoy Her. on the contrary, had said tineWein& k Mow ail . Itersorable in that gentleman to VIA hPlai olatiammai r bet k would be in the recollection of eleeVedidee me bow lati that be considered it unfortunate that the tarlatan of thee iloopurable Proprietor had not been destroyed, shoe dim esessino of It bad bees dose away by the delivery of the semen& lute ate! the Moo. Baronet for his courteous es plmation. The Hem. then adverted to the opinion ex reseed by the Marquis at ' that he (Mr. Stuart) was per. tonally opposed to him. Me WNW to dimlaim any sentiment of personality towards the Noble Lord; he was not conscious that he bad had any difleemnee with him (the Marquis) but upon public oneserres. He would sow seep what hadinfluenced his conduct in the two transactions in which be had bees concerned, viz. the Au rungsbad arrangement. and the 60 lac loan. Having ascertained the very dietressed corelitices of the Plisaar's Government, it would be affectation in him if he did not admit that he imputed the cause of it to the influence of the home of Patten and Co., rind such being his impression, he recommended inquiry. That inquiry did not prove satiefeetory, sod the Council agreed to a reference to the Accountara-Genend. In consequence of this, the Aeon's• neat-General suggested that Palmer and Cc. should be called upon to deliver their accounts relating to theAurungabad Contract. A letter was accordingly written; hut before the accounts were sent. Sir Wm. Rumbold arrived from Hyderabad, and objected to the production of them. He plc Stuart) would appeal to the Clan. whether that did net justify him in considering Sir William Ruirthold connected with the House of Palmer and Co. ? The anountOwere at length sent, and he wished the accounts to he discussed; but the Council thought they ought not to be. Sir W. R. called upoo him to examine the accounts, and his(3lr. Ses)answee `was, that he was willing to do scr, but he should leave it is the majority of the Council. He (Mr. Stuart) certainly saw the at.' counts, and had formed some general notion of them, but had not nspeeted them thnroughly. It was the business of the Secretary to leaks out the minute, and he (Mr. Stuart) bad nothing to do with it mete than the Honourable Baronet himself. The objections to the! inquiry were reduced to two, but he thought those were not good. He could not agree to those accounts without an investigation ; and be would ask, whether these thiege were sufficient to juatity the imputation which had been cast against him ? There were strong reasons why that House ought not to have expected high merest. For they had that sanction of the British Government which was equivalent to the strictest guarantee, and they ought not therefore to have received so high a rate of interest. He did not call upon the Proprietors to acquiesce in all the reason ing which had directed him hut he asked whether they would not admit this to have been sufficient to convince a public man in the holuturable discharge of his public conduct. The next transaction in which he was engaged was that of the 60 lac lean. Ile would re ter the Honourable Proprietors to the letter in the 37th page of the printed papers, to show how hi, conduct was influenced on that etc emits?. When he was in the Council of Bengal, expressing his bumble opinions in the discharge of his duty, to a manner which bethought he had te-lay sufficently shown, could lAA be very et& Cient, he little thought heshould ever have to vindicate them in a crowded rt of Englishmen ; but although he was not possessed of powers equal to those who were opposed to him, he had the coasemosnees of knowing that his conduct had been influenced by the purrs: motives, and that his own heart acquitted Min of being actuated by any other feeling than an anxious desire to do his aluty. (Cheers.) Ar. Weever supported the amendment In a speech of consider ength. Sir LH...ALES Foasis observed, that much had been said of he enormous interest taken by the Ileum of Palmer and Co. Ile though', how.ver, that not a gentleman present would hare lent their property at such a risk upon the same terms as Palmer and Co. die. He de Tared, upon his honour, he would not then nor since have had his property so Tiskri for more than the rate of in terest received by, or rather agreed to be paid to, Palmer and Co. He mid agreed to her paid, for they had not vet received one far. thing of it, and it was doubtful whether they ever would. He would base at any time rather lent his mono) to the Company at 9 per curt. than to the Native Goverometta at 24 per cent. He had not shoe that which many Honourable Proprieties bad done—he had net reed Abet book that was lefuee them et — but be had read enough to convince him that the arrange ment, of Palmer and Company with the )'cam were mo derate. (Hear, hese) Moderate. he would repeat, in comparison to what had been deislanded by other parties. He begged to relate what heel occurred during Lord Wellesley's Administration. Soon after the arrival of that Noble Lord in India, in 1798, prepara tion, were making for the Baser war, which had just broken out. So great was the scarcity of nioney that every meets were used by Lord Wellesley to raise soon .. One of those means was a public advertisement, ire crtel in the Bentsvy Corrier on the 18th Au. gust, lege, under the signature of the Secretary to the Governor, which prepcstd to pay 6 - per cent. to any paint who Cu desirous to pey money into the Treasury, which would be nisee transfer rable at per on the Government of Bengal. He found from me tan documents that no less than 34 rer cent. was paid by way of intt.est, and a bonus to those who subscribed. This wee a proof that money could rot always be obtained epen such ressinable terms in India tie some Honourable Proprietor, conceived. These were facts which he had witnessed. Now, he would ask, which was worse to receive, e 4 peat cent. from the Hon. Company, or 24 per cent. from the Nizain ? In the use ho had mentioned, the lenders had a guarantee, but in the case of essrs. Palmer and Co. there was, indeed, something which the Hon. Proprietor (Mr. Stuart) called a guarantee, but was neither one thing nor the other. In regard to the Hyderabad question, he did not think that there was any thing in the Marquis of due. ings' conduct that was wrong. He did not see how the Marquis cculd have accomplished teat which he had by any other means. It was impossible fur the Noble Lord to have done otherwise. The honour cf the Brirish name had been so tar- 1 mitred by these proceedings, that he had taken this opportunity to express Ms sentinierts. (Cries of "Question.") He was perfectly ruddy to agree to any vote to clear the ,Directors ; for he had no datibt that they had been imposed upon, but he could not meet to do so an an amendment but as a substantive motion. When such a question is brought before the Court. he would give it his best consideration ; but he would not cow he bound to approve of tics deepetrites without examination or discussion. Tne HIM Baronet then adverted to the claims of the house of Palmer and Co. on the Company, for compensation, anti said lie considered mein emitted to an am remuneration for tite injuries they had etistained. (Cries of •' Question" now became very general.) Mr. Brio,/ said, that when he came to this Court he did not „know what vote he should give. He thought, front the perusal of the papers, and what he heard out of doors, that he should have heard the Marquis of Hastings proved to have been guilty of very culpable conduct. Ile bad listened with attention to what the Honourable Gentleman itad urged, and the conclusion he came to was, that they had sought moat diligently to find matter of mete , 1 plaint against the Marquis, but they could not succeed. They heat, however, admitted that the Noble Marquis was an Honour able man, but when they had dune that. they then thought that his gross partiality uswar‘ Sit William Rumbold, enough to pat vent them from agreeing to the original motion. Kaowing theirl abilities, he must say, he had neve: heard so much front them which was so unsatisfactory sod taconvincing. Ile would entreat every man to consider the importance of character. The character seen humble individual like himself, would not, priape, suffer touch from reflections made upoe it, as tiiey woule die when he should, brat upon the character of such a man as the Marquis ef I feetings —one who had hulled the highest ata- Aws and had boner the meat splendid hocoun, such reflections Wee the subject matter of Mstory, and would be transmitted down to posterity. He therefore thought ter- whether the house of Palmer and Co. was or was not guilty of nefarious practices, yet we ought to have the clearest proof teat the Margie; of Htetin,ge had by any means sanctioned theft conduct, before we denied to thee Nolift prawn the unqualified expression of our geatittade, omen more to pass on him a vote of ensure. The question of adjournment was then loudly called fur, and the C?eirosen. having put it to a show of hands, it was, at hell-pa,t e o'clock. derided that the Court should adjmun to Monday asedt, at 12 at noon. rAsniONABLI INTILLIG INC it. -ism...—. Emily Marchioness of Londonderry entertained an elegwnt circle of fsahionables yesterday evening, at her house in Si. James's. square. The Marcliioners of Hertford had a large patty of fashionsbles on Thursday evening, nt her house in Manchester-square. fa t Earl Bathurst ente inert a distinguished party at dinner yester day, at kip bowse itp at Stanhope-street. Lord Bexley had' rona dinner party yesterday, at his house in Great Heorge-street, Westrarinster. Lord King had a large party at dinner on NVednorlay, at his house in Dover-street ; amongst-whom were Earl Clare, Earl Cowper, Lord and Lady Elleriburougll,3lr.and lady Barbara Pon somby, Mr. Howard, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Rose, rie. Lord and Lady G. 11. Cavendish have anived at Burlington House, from their seat, Holkar, Lancashire. Sir George NVonibwell, But. has arrived in town from Bury St. Edmund's. Earl Gower arrived in town yesterday, from his father's, (the Marquis of Stafford) seat, West Hill, Surrey. C. C. Cavendish, Esq. 31. P. arrived in town yesterday, from Latimers, Burks. T. ,Gurdon, Esq. arrived in wan yesterday, from Lctton, Thetford. Sir J. Johnson, Bart has left Melton Mowbray for Scarborough. A. Clive, Esq. has arrived in New-street from a tour. Colonel Robins left town yesterday for Ramsgate. Departures from the British Hotel :—Captain and Mrs. Gordon for Bath ; William Jackson, Esq. fur Norfolk ; J. Peirce, Esq. fur Brighton. J. C Pelham, Esq. M.P. has arrived in town from a tour. Departures from Long's Hotel, Bond-street :—Captain Parker. for Cheltenham ; Wm. Sherwood, Esq. for his seat in Norfolk : John Dickinson, Esq. for Brighten ; Robert Gray, Esq. fur Oxford. ,II• SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. -.0.-- CUSTOM-HOUSE, Fe a. 2.1. ENTERED I N W ARDS.—./ Stun and Ann. 31 ackarel. from Stand gate Creek; Stratton, Marshall, from di:to; Nonsuch. Monday, front (Faro ; Vrou'v Jacobs, Rink, from Ghent; Philotaxe, Runrdts. from Antwerp; Vrouw Wendelina, Peel, from ditto; Twee Gebroeders, l.obeck, from Ostend ; !lir°, Collar, from Dun kirk; Catharine, Wessels, from Dandle; Prince Regent, Hodge, from Villaviciosa ; Harmony, Walker, from Trieste; Provided*, Fahrbroilt, Rhin Dunkirk ; Twee Gebroeders. Stomp, from Ant werp; Vrouw Annegina, Iluisman, from Rotterdam ' • e Good In tent, Brest , . from Ostend; Comet, Lauchlan, from Chesme ; Pe- Scan, Ricks, from Brussels; Mcleod)° , Bayton, from Trieste; Rome, Collin, from Odessa; Marnhull, bite, from Lisbon; Mulirrave Castle, Hall, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Cou rier, .51urcks, from Dantzitt; Dart, Stranack. from Ostend; Lily, Wright, from Harlingen; Nepturus, Bradenahl, from Danttic ; Ambrosia, Larsen, from Frederiekshald; Whim, Mason, from Haniburgis ; Vrieedscbap, Visser, from Worcum ; Jonge Cor nelis, Tevea. from Antwerp: Rachel, Shepherd, from IlamburFh ; ' Clifton, Pain, from ditto: Anne, Pentreath from Trieste; hue Mann, Evensen. front Christiania; Augusta Frederica, Jaage, front Rostock ; Prince of Cobourg, Forbes, from Riga; Voun*, from Standgate Creek ; Atalanta, Kiag, from Hainburgh ; Lavinia, Sim, from Trieste; Felix, Tweetruan, from Cleaborg; Two Brother s, M'onlacott, from Lisbon; Either, Honeywell, from Cork; Apollo, Blyth, from Derbies ; William, Steuart, jun. from Calais. ENTERED Oirrwaans.—William Mills, Beadle, for Madras and Bengal ; Albion, Hardy, for Miramichi • Phoebe , Richard son, for Demerara; Emporium, Croft, for Quebec and Montreal ; Cady Hamilton, Harvey, for Newfoundland; Comet, Ormiston , for Teneriffe, Madeira, and Quebec; Sons of Commerce, Gibbs, for Amsterdam; West Indian, Cook, for Antigua; Sir William Conyers. Donnison, for Gibraltar; Arethusa, Strong, for Naples and Messina; Edinburgh, Ellis, fur Rotterdam ; Royal George, Way, for Dublin; Sarah, Peters, for Dublin ; Penelope, Christie. foe the Cape of Good Hope. CLEARED OUTWARDS FINALLY AT GRAVESEND.—ERIIdOII, Wightman, for Gibraltar and Alexander; King George, Pay, for Calais; Eden, Smith, for flamburgh; Elizabeth and Cornelia, Parlryleit, for Rotterdam. CLEARING 0 UTIVARDS.—Juffrow Laurentia, Swan, for Amsterdam; Bramin, Rawson, for Bilboa ; Venus, Hague, for the Cape of good Hope, Isle of France, and New South Wales; Julie, Prager, for Calais; London, Rumbeet, for Haniburgh ; Swallow, Kane, for Malaga; London. l'urvis, for Demerara; Briton, Sutton ' for Jamaica ; Louisa , Bums, for St. Michael's ; Swift Anis, for ditto; Maria, Bishop, for ditto. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. FLYMouTH, FEB. V.—Arrived the William. Snell, from St Michael's. in twelve days. ()lithe port, the Minerva, of New York. from Charleston for Antwerp; and the Hon. Company's ship Kent, Cobb, for India. Sailed the Lynx, Hymn, from La utyra. FOITIMOVTH. FEB. 24.—Arrived the Numa transport, for the Mediterranean. Sailed his Majesty's ship Conflict, for the coast of Africa. PEAL, FED. 2.l.—Pored through from the River, the L'Aigle, Clark, for the South Sims ; Borneo, Ross, far Modras ; and the Britannia, Ruby, for Lisbon. GRAVERERD. FEB. 24.—Arrired the Plana.. Coulson. from Hsu:burgh ; Weslcys, Tindall, from ditto ; Good Christian, Drewcrs, from ditto ; True Brothers, Woolcoat„ from Lisbon ; Resolution, Harcap, from Gottenburgh ; John Bigger, Ferguson, from St. ohn's. N.B. ; Adoona, Stewart, from Smyrna; Mar- Talon. Jenard, from St. Michael's; Fate, alarriet, from Dantric; Augusta, Ditadt, from ditto; Mint.va, Morison, front Liebau ; Batavia, Blair, from Ar.twerp. LivEnroo Fen. 23.—Arrived the Seaforth, APDowal, and the Boodle, Gray, from Demerara, mailed January 13 ; the Bris tol, Wickham, from Alexandria (Egypt), sailed January 21; the llarths, Moertlaff, from Mobile; and the Shamrock, Roe, from Smyrna. LIVER root, Frn. 23.—The Bristol, Bokliarn, from Alexan dria, arrived this d.‘y ; she had struck on the 31i1e-Hoose Rocks, but was assisted off by a steam-boat. LEITH, Fen. 22.—Advices from the Australian Company's ship Greenock, Richmond, have been received from the Cope of Good Hope. She put into Table Bay 12th Dee. to repair a leak, and was expected to sail in eight days for England. LEorioßN, FEB. 12.—The American, Lewis, from New York, which was driven on shore, it is expected will be soon afloat ; part of the cargo has been discharged. NoRDEN, FEB. 13.—0 n the 19th December a barrel of porter, marked I 1. 4 Bar:lay, Perkins, and Co., was driven on shore on the bland of Nordency, and during the latter storm a cask of tal low of about seven cwt. marked DE, drifted on shore there. 4 Antsranneat, FEN. 19.—The Flora, Teddy, from London to Newcastle, has put into Deltzei, with loss of mainmast. The Heyde, Syrennn, Thomason, sailed from Burum for Hull on 10th October, and is supposed to he lost, a piece of timber having been picked up with her name on it. SANTA CORTE, TENERIFFE, DEC. 28.—0 n the 24th inst large now pine-built brig, water-logged and dismasted, laden with logwood and mahogany, was brought into this port by several shore.lrests, and on scraping her stern, the name "Scotia" s i p_ peered. alsu "St. Jchn, N. 13."--IMem. The Scotia, Davis.' from Honduras to Dublin, abandoned at sea several months since.l ROWMORE. ISLE or ISLAY. FEE. 3.—Last night, during a severe gale of wind, the Relief, of Maryport, from (ilasgow to Ratios, was stranded here, but will be got off when the weather proves moderate. A vessel laden with coals anti iron, is on shore at Loudian, about twelve miles front hence. The brig Duel, which was 013 shore near here, has been got oft; after throwing some of her cargo of salt overboard. STRONNESS, FEN. 10.—The Letitia Tennant, 111•Wyer, from Riga to Belfast. was got off; but has been again driven on shore, and sustained considerable injury ; the cargo is landed in a very damaged state. The Ranger, Lawrence, from Peterhead to Li verpeol, was driven on shore 4th inst. at Long Hope. The cargo (whale oil) must be discharged before she can be got oft: OSTEND, FEB. 23.--The Felix, Vandzyek, front Antwerp, which put into Ostend, in consequence of contrary winds, sailed on the 22i for Cad's. HARLINGEN, Frs. 15.—The Ilrelerne, Feketna, from Rostock to L'abon, has put into Bastmahurn, near this place, in dis tr. ss, and will be obliged to come here to be repaired. Enstrer on, Ft:a. M.—The Providentis. of Pmeground, Mon rad, front Outtenhurgh to London, has been lost on Harbour Strand, to the North of Bergvo (Jutland), on the bth inst.; nine of the crew saved—the mantel% mate, and two mow, washed over board. Very little of the rigging will be saved—part of the cargo floated on shore. A )(sienna at, Fen. 22.—The Vriesland ‘Velvaren. from Harlingen to London, has been got oli, and earned into the hat boll!. of Telef. The William Oliver, Faber, from Dantzic to Amsterdam, was driven on shore at Cuxhaven, but expected to be got off. Tie Active, Bergeveld, from Amsterdam to Havanna/1, was upset and abandoned the 24,1 ultimo, in lat. 31. long. 18.; crew 43 Yell a . . . N , ;TICE To I%lst:iBEn9.—The wreck of a vessel having been discovered 111 the track of the, vessel running into the anchor. aga of Dunge, et.s, the Trinity-house, London, have placed a . . he could act sty whether the errata was pasted in every number sold by him. Re-exatrined.-7:0 copies were printed • be could not say whe ther a work of real merit could be inu red by the ilim-hros of criticism. The tines JUSTICE said, the question was whether iiinjured the character. The note of errata was then read. Mr. BROUGHAX submitted that he bad a right to make use of any part of 'he book or Lanett, as both had been made evidence by the plaintiff. Mr. Green examined.—Was one of the surgeons of St. Thomas's; Mr. Tyrrell was also one of the surgeons ; the case of Timothy Desmond came under his observation and care ; while he was out of town the plaintiff had the care of it ; he returned to town on the 6th of September, and took the patient under his care till he died ; the report in the note read was quite correct ; the unfavourable symptoms only came on a little time before the patient's death took place. Mr. Whatelcy was a pupil of the hospital, and was excluded from it in May, 1824. Viltncsa did not see him after that time, to the best of his recollection, nor made aoy communication to him. I 'ross-examineck—lf a man had a eo:npound fracture of the skull, he should not think him out of danger in three weeks, though treated ever so favourably, but unfavourable symptoms might appear. He-examined.—The plaintiff is lecturer at the hospital, and sur geon to the Ophthalmic infirmary. Mathew Ledger, an officer at St. Thomas's Hospital—waited on the defendant by desire of some of the surgeons, and rend a paper to him ; the defendant .511 a that the surgeons h ad no authority to give that papa; he took it back to the hospital; can't say what passed between himself and the defendant at the time. Cross.examined.—Could rot tell the exact words of the con. venation. had not attended thebospital sines Re-examined.—Mr. Whateley as a pupil. Mr. fistonotram, for the defendant, then spoke. His Learned Friend had stated, that there were only two courses to be pursued when a man was criticised in a manner he did not like. There was a third course, which he may take if he feels his merits ought not to be doubted, and if he is conscious of talent and industry putting his work forward to meet the poblie eye. There was a third cosine which he might take, when he found himself undergoing the ordeal of criticism—if he is convinced his work suffers undeserved attacks there was another course to take, and it is to stand upon the merits of his publication and character, and leaving to time and reflection to answer the charges, and to his merits to make their own way. Criticism was courted by publishing, and it was the worst offence aa author could be guilty of, to be angry with his critic. It was a new doctrine, that a jury was not only to determine on fortune, life, and character, lint they arc also to be made a kind of court of apical, to punish critics for dealing hardly with poor authors, in stead of giving them unmeasured praise, for it was that alone that would satisfy an author; and if this unqualified approbation was given, the fury would hear no more of it ; but if, on the contrary, the praise is meted out judittioualy--some part praised and another blamed—then does the enraged author come to the jury, and claim damages at their hands, for they arc determined to have praise or money. He would now call their attention a little to the details. He should b.: the last to defend this cause if the attack hail been a personal ore; if it had touched the private character of the plain tiff; or had followed him into his private circle, or had spoken in any manner tincounected with his book ; but he would demonstrate that the remarks uann thisbook were entirely confined to subjects of criticism. The plaintiff' must not complain, if, when he went out of Court, he should be more laughed at than when he came in, for milers that matte themselves so ridiculous could not but expect it. of that lie mate into Court to gratify his own anger; oh no, but Merely Lecaune it was due to the Hospital to which he belonged. That institution, for which he entertained the highest respect, was liable, as it was. though excellent, to human guidance, and in con sequence to human fallibility ; it was liable, if not pried into by the public eye, be means of the press, to that mismanagement and corruption which generally attended public bodies having the command of large sums of money. It had been stated that • spurious account of Sir Astley Cooper's lectures, having been pub. dished, rendered it necessary for him to employ some one to do it correctly ; but he must say, lie thought it both novel and curious to correct a spurious work by coming word for word from it. He would now read passages in the Lancet, which had been copied word for word by Mr. Tyrrell:— " But chronic abscesses are slower in their march ; take, for ex ample, the pans abscess to which we have alluded ; it is often six months before matter makes its appearance in that complaint. If a person applies to you with a paw abscess, and you ask how long he has had pain in his loins, he will tell you for four, tire, or ail months past. —The Lanret, vol. i. p. 191. " But chronic abscesses are slower in the march ; take, for ex. ample, the psoas elacees to which we have alluded ; it is often six months before nuttier makes its appearance in that complaint. If a person applies to you with a psoas abscess, and you ask how long he has had pain in his loins, lee will tell you for four, fire, or six months past."—Sioron p. 146. The Learned Counsel proceeded to quote other passages exactly similar, and observed, that the copy had been so exact that even the typographical errors were also inserted. He supposed that Sir Astley, upon seeing how well lie corrected the errors of the Lancet, called out for his valiant Squire Tyrrell to proceed on this Knigtueerrant expedition, gave him a eixpence and told him to go and fight the battle. The question was not who gave the lecture, but who was it made the report? for it was in that the property consisted ; a plagiary was nothing less than a dowia,ght theft, rut It took away the property of the author. Ihe Lancet was meant to give relief to the patient, which was the yublic ; and the disease, or tumour. was quackery, which by the prick of the Lancet was reduced to its natural size. The operation might be painful. but it was very useful; it was thus the body medical was freed of its ill humours, just in the same manner as the body natural. The Learned Gen tleman here commented on the (seta as advanced by Mr. Sergeant Vaughan, and ridiculed the idea of Mr. Tyrrell publishing his triumph over death, whilst at the very time he sent it forth to the world the patient was dead. lie ludicrously depicted a scene of death anticipatiag his prey upon )Ir. Tyrrell's taking his arnis to oppose him. Ile thought nothing could do more good to suppress those sort of crude publications, than such works as the Lanett, which ha thought deserved the thanks of the public. He hoped Mr. Tyrrell would not bring an sedan fur slander agairst him, but he certainly thought some parts of his work most ridiculous. The foilowing, he perfectly agreed with the Lancet, was ridicu lous : " • In many persons, when leeches are applied, they produce a kind of erysipelatous infiaininatian, rarely of a dangerous nature, but producing considerable disfigurement and inconvenience. In such cases they afford little or no relief.' 11'c thank thee, Simon, foe the intelligence, that when leeches produce erysipelas, they do not a f ford relief to the patient." 11'hy truly he might as well have said leeches produce little re lief when they don't kill, and leas when they do. (Laughter.) Ile remembered the case of Sir John Carr, in which Lord Ellen. borough held, that if there was not a personal attack, a fair criti. ' chant in • work was allowable. Now, in that case Sir John Carr was represented as carrying on his back three large volumes, con. mining his own Tour in Ireland ; and to make it more ridiculous, he was represented of too spare a body to bear such weighty lum ber. Now if the present plaintiff had been represented blowing a horn, and bellowing out to the world the triumph he had obtained over the malady, and represented at the sante time a man dissect. ing the patient at his feet, why. hit that cote, he might have had something to say. The plaintiff was not spoken of as a man, a husband, or as a father—he merely spoke of him as an author; and an author, if his works arc ridiculous, must not complain if they are ridiculed. The plaintiff had set !liaised up es the author of the cure of the man, and he was not ; new this was ridiculous. The Jury ought to be cautious how they favoured this attack on the liberty of the press. The plaintiff was not the first man why had complained of critics. Ile now held in hand a curious answer to a criticism which had been made on seine of the works of Reiske ; the answer lee returned it would have been as well if the plaintiff had read it. " Ejusooxli libelli nienstrum sent rulneria dlaboli, eel aut Bellonn cujus coatuni cum audierio sun. piciere quit infiavit =hug egumet ipso not: men interpret naves. qusm illi omnes qui earn carpserunt sed mcliarum protect') nemo illorum omnium coedat neque condor. Quarum aut fames ant iavidia am gratis OW studium agit et gubernat stylum." He concluded by hoping their verdict would not encourage pla• giarists. The Cuter JUSTICE summed up, and reminded the Jury it was the defendant who had selected the similar passages. He had ro hesitation in saying that an action could not he maintained on a fair criticism. He agreed with Lord Ellenhorough in the principle laid down by hint, and he was the last MIDI to teeter die liberty of the press—it was the child of a free Government. It is a part of the liberty of the press to comment on what is published ; but it was not allowable to go out of tile moper sphere of criticism. The liberty of die press was limited ; but It was not to be imprisoned, like Galileo, for publishing die truth. It had been observed, in the Dialogues of uric Dead, that satire seldom did good ; it often proceeded front folly and malignity ; though the question here was, whether this was from malice. or whether it was from justice? If a man published a false report, from malice, and not from mis take, it was es bad as putting up false lights to delude die unwary mariner. His Lordship referred to and commented on the passages of the libel. If fle Jury thought it imputed immoral conduct to the plaintiff, their verdict must be against the defendant. It had been said that good writers ought to be above noticing such criti cisme as these, and that there were men whose characters calumny ived ao mmi ni miiimmemess • illbeeene whirl &may -coulesta ibis Marquis of H ViMoms rorolioubeggail to Pigskin. Ho could allow te~ist elao asossorallbearanst, alas advocating the Sum Mk Taal t but It was eltegalwe under an env vie, be Ind tem et lie OIL Pegiedeee) statement. -arepOitlbee eke lissjege had apgiied to IS at Prelleitind Mat Modoilt Milks Munibeild •a win ▪ oused atilemesebie BOMA wield Klee him credit assorkos. Witt la mid woo s 11101 dio Marquis had a hawk, with the loner, sad le thought the lettere wh .uLt da liallad piked TtUatiotten were his *A t. y Wir Si soy lib kiekkilr wok unbought Ow. hear), Wows ads hadopsniktaksektio• at his Of n mind. A likoosi with Omsk r tlits ilkiwitrohis and Gallant while bo Ina givlot aininesset to his hew, -elegant, an 4:10 deism et lie frissoi. be hoped that the HI w&d weed N lien ski same privilege to declare POLICE. MANSION HOUSE. D A R/r0 ROBIRRY.---A stout young fellow, named Coif, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with committing • most daring robbery. Mr. John Gray, assistant to his father, a jeweller, 68, Leader - hall-street, deposed, that about seven o'clock last evening, whil e he was sitting behind the counter, he heard a loud crash at the wia dow, and on looking that way he saw a hand grasping arod of jewellery ; he ran out of the shop and saw the prisoner running, pursued by others, raising the cry of " Stop thief." He had dropped the jewellery in different parts of the street, most of which the witness obtained. Mr. Gray produced the articles which had been stolen, and stated their value; six gold chains valued at 551.; six gold seals 6/. ; five gold and silver watches 551. ; a brilliant pin, thrown away by the prisoner. 26/.; six gold neck chains 21/. Several other articles which the witness picked up, he put into his shop again, and there were some missing still. The rod on which the property hung had been forced off its fastenings, and of course the chairs &c. went with it. Charles Coles, chief mate of the ship Valiant, deposed, that as he was passing Mr. Gray's shop, about seven o'clock last night, be saw the prisoner suddeoly dash his hand through the g lass, seize the braes rod on which • quantity of jewellery hung, and rut off; witness ptirmed him, crying " Stop thief ;" the prisoner dropped the articles as he was pursued, but the witness did not i stop to pick them up, and he succeeded in securing the prisoner in Northumberland -court, Fenchurch-street. Benjamin Smithers, an officer, stated, that on bearing the cry of "stop thief,")te followed in the pursuit,and he came unjust as tho prisoner was stopped. He found nothing un lam , but his right kand was tut as if with glass. Mr. Gray picked out one of the gold watches, which was marked vrith blood. Mr. Gray, senior, was not in town ; the prisoner was remanded. The witness, Cole, begged to be excused attending the trial : the I s hip he was mate of had been taken up by Government, to proceed I to Jamaica, and she was about to sail • he added that his wife , who was just on the point of her accnuchment, depended entirely on his exertions for support. The witness here shed tears. The LORD hIATOR said he could not release hitn from attending a public duty. Ile bad behaved with great propriety, and deserved the thanks of the public for his manly conduct. He must, how ever, be bound over to give his evidence , but Ids Lordship would exert all his influence with the Court, to get him . prepdrir remune rated, so that there was little fear of his being a ,oscr. The witness was then bound over in 1004 WORSIIIP.STREET. ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION—On last Thursday evening, about half-past seven o'clock, as Mr. James Leslie, ironmonger. No. 4, Little 'rhames.sneet, St. Catherine's, who was accompanied by a gentleman, was passing along Bethnal-green Road, tied go ing in the direction of Shoreditch, when near Hare-street fields, and passing the fourth street from the Salmon and Ball public house, Mr. Leslie turned his head, and looked up the street they were passing, when he feltsome strange and rapid motion had been given to his hat (though not knocked off), as if from the blow of a stone and on his getting forward to a light, and taking it off, he found that it had been perforated by a ball. Mr. Leslie at the time neither heard a report, nor did he see any flail of fire that could justify him in thinking that the ball nine from a musket cr a pistol fired in the ordinary way. Mr. Leslie attended yesterday morning, at this office, before Mr. BENETT, the Magistrate, and after producing the hat, ledgcd In. formations to the foregoing facts:— The holes in the bat are about 14 inch from the crown, and the ball in its passage could not be more than the same distance front his head ; and they appeared to hat e been made with'a ball much larger than a pistol one. Upon examination of the hat, the lining inside appeared to be singed, front which circumstance, It is Con jectured, that it did not come front an air-gun, hot that it must have proceeded from what is ommonly denominated " white powder," or some combustible so prepared, as not to make a re , poet. The sensation which Mr. Leslie's statement produced at this office was considerably heightened, when he declared, "he thought it was intended for another person, as he was unconscious of any person having any ill-will towards hint, nor was he in the habit of resorting the neighbourhood." After the depositions of Mr. Lesalie were taken, it was under stood that .Mr. HEWETT ordered them to be forthwith forwarded to the Secretary of States' Office. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Itleynell's hounds meet on Monday next, at Eton Wood; On Thursday, March 3, at Catton ; and on Saturday, March 5, at Loxler Park, at half-past ten. Sir Sitwell's hounds on Tuesday, March i, at Wingerworth; and Friday March 1, at Bramhy Moor, at ten. Sir G raham's hounds on Monday, at Sundome; on Wednes day, at Ralston; on Friday, Mardi 4, at Ercall.mill ; and on sa. turday, March 5, at Cross Houses. at eleven. The Earl of Derby's stag hounds this day at Foaley-hatch, two miles from Croydon. The Cheshire hounds on Monday mat. at Fox and Barrel ; on Wednesday, at Black Dog ; on Thursday, March 5, at Daddon heath ; and on Saturday, March 6, at Ouiton Lodge, at half-past ten. Sir Richard Puleston'e hounds on Monday next, at Buxton-hall. at eleven. The %Vesture stag hounds on 31onday next, at Rudham Grange, at eleven. UAVIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMRIIOOI, Fgs. 25. CLASSICAL TRIPOS 1825. FIRST CLEM—lsaacson, Jnh. • Smit h, TAM; Paoley, (Al. Joh. ; Probed. res. Trim ; Williamson. Trin. ; Beatson, Pen , ; Prater, Trin. ; Malkin. Trin. ; M'imberlcy, Emm. ; Riddell, Trin. ; Wilson, Joh. ; Ilawkftis, Trin. SECOND CLASS.—Young. Trin. ; Dade, Caius ; Pratt. Trin. ; Warner, Trin. ; Warner, Jul, ; Williamson, mg. Clu. ; Kemp. theme, wq. Joh. ; Blakelock, Cath. THIRD CLASS.—Hiklyard, Trin.; C. Morton, Trin. ; Barlow, Pet. ; Bollaerts, Trio. ; Marshall, Juh. ; ; E:.::e, Joh. At a Congregation on Wednesday last, the foLlawing degrees were conferred:— DOCTOR Ili DIVINITY.—Rey. Arthur Savage Wade, St. John's Coll. "LOITERS or ARTS.—The Rev. Thomas Harvey, Pembroke flail : and the Rev. Francis Sorge. St. Peter's College. Ilectittou IN CIVIL LAW.—The Rey. Thomas Dist, Jesus College. BACHELORS or Ar.ra—Wairond Whiner, St. Peter's Col lege ; NVm. Palmer Moffatt, Queen's College ; Frederick Cooke Fowler. Jesus College ; John Vernon, Emmanuel College ; Ed ward Raikes Edgar, Downing College. A Grace passed the Sencte, to confer the degree of LL.D. on William Frere, Esq. Master of Downing College, by royal mandate. A Grace to confirm the Report made by the Syndicate appointed to examine Mr. Dodswell's collection of drawings, and to pur. chase the same out of the University chest, was rejected by 49 to 13. hlr. Thomas Williamson Peile, of Trinity Collett!, was, on Friday last, elected University Scholar on 1)r. Davies's foun. dation. On the 34 instant, the Lord Bishop of Peterborough instituted the Rev. P. Felix to the Vicarage of Easton Newton. void by the death of the Rev. W. Satterthwaite ; patron the Right Hon. George Earl of Pomfret. CORN g ICA A.VCE, Frs. 25. Our supplies this week consist of 7.100 sacks of flour. 6,100 qrs. Wheat, 9.800 qrs. Barley, and 11,000 qrs. Oats. Fine samples of Wheat met ready sale, and in some cues rather higher prices than on Monday were obtained ; the inferior sorts sold on about the same terms as that day. The prime samples of Malting Barley were taken Ml' freely, and cortimar.ded rather higher prices than on Monday ; but the middling and inferior samples were very dull sale. There was not so much briskness in the Oat trade as Inst day, but no material variation can be stated in prices of this article, or of Beans and Peas, from the currency of Monday. The London Adjourned Sessions were held yesterday No case of importance occurred. Ninety prisoners are for trial in the county of Limerick, two-thirds of whom are for capital crimes. BIRTHS. Yesterday. at the house of the Honourable George Agar Ellis. M.P. in Spring-gardens, the Honourable Mn. Agar Ellis, of a son and heir. On the 19th Instant, at Anniston, Forfarshire, the Right Hon. Lady Anne Lmitia Cruickshank, of a son. On Saturday l as t , Elizabeth Hill, of Bridport, was safely deli. • • " all of • place. 1 LIVERPOOL, TilllittaDAY EVE14:11.6. age Of oungeness, um I ninny mouse, ...mon, um 1 ...... . ........ --. ....... —. 7 ......,....., ......, ............... ...- ..—..._ duress these, and mat mere were men ornate characters calumny .-ro - , .... , ......s ..-...: —..--- ••.... —••••-r -, --•••••••Y c.c... vaned of three fine girls at one birth ! all of whom are most pro- green boy on the same, with the following marks and bearings:— ante of a public censorship, such as that exercised by the Lancet, ' could not reach :but they were not on that account to be deprived __.......__ •• In eight fathoms high water, spring tides, Durgenese light. the public wauld be grossly imposes! upon in the most important Wind S.E —High Water 38 minutes pall 2. filuse, S.W. westerly. Romney church on a marten() tower, and part of the medical profession, namely, the reports of hospital ofp l ro_teftion, and they were able to maintain an action equally well rnising to lire, and the parent is—" ay well as an be expected." Arrived the Nancy, from Dublin ; James Watt, from a single tree on the high back land in sine hearing, N. by E. hall eases. In this instance the lancet luta, fortunately for the cause of wit ' ''"''''" MARRIED. The Jury, after about five minutes' consideration, returned aver- -Olostiowi Calcutta, and Alexander, from Alexandria, in E." truth, been able to unveil the real Simon Pare, whom for the pre- diet for plaintiff D m es 11,01. a .. 21_ ..... _ . __ . On the 24th instant, at Battersea, the Rev. Edward Bellamy, of Aar • Octavio, from Belfast ; Nestor, from Si. John's, We understand that the Magistrates of Campbelton have fitted Bent ta ke our farewell of, and leave to his own reflections." the Priory, Downham, to Mary Exhain, the Melt daughter of f ...oil Heti in that harbour , which was lighted up on the 15th lie w w e ould i,ow ask whether, as the censorship ought to be pure Accounts have been given iu the papers, which make it George Scholey, Esq. of Clapham Common. Nge Brunswick , Three Sisters, from . Al exan d r i a and IT an Ildalford ; Mary, from Limerick ; Ariel, from Cork ; Dia- mond, from Newry ; and Orion, from London. instant, and is to be continued. The bearings of this light, in and unstiapected, he would ask whether it could be said to beta „ coming from the eastward for the harbour, is by bringing the light here ? So far trout being a lair criticism, it was a malicious and to bear by compass west half-north, which will lead clear of all the acrimonious libel. The libel imputed not only want of ability, but pai nf ul separation the death of Mrs. Franklin was caused by the separation from her husband, which is not the case. The Cotton Market continues very brisk, and advancing sunk roe4s on the north side of t h e s h ore . an d, by continuing that weakness of head and badness ot heart. lie had no doubt, depend- Mrs. Franklin was thought by her medical attendants to in price. Ssltpctre has also got u;) is. to 45.; and coffee as L.) 51. In.conseque=e of the sloop Hope, ttateliffo, taking in a - dim cargo of potatoes at Maryport, for Liverpool, a great con- VEASTLA srosEtt WITII course, right into styli harbour. In coming from the southward, Mg upon the facts her had stated, that he should hare their verdict . when opening ght. clear off the east end of the island of The following evidence was then adduced : the island of Devon bring it to bear west, rhea steer west half The defendant was proved to be the proprietor of the Lanctt. north, which will lead up mid-channel fur the harbour.— Livrrpoof A short diseuseion took place as to whether an indemuity was A rater of Theo-day. given by the publishing Lesokseller, Mr. Knight. te be at the point of death tome days previous to Captain Franklin's departure, occasioned by a dim, (ler supposed to On the 14th instant, at 'I% oxford, I lenry Thompson Redmond Esq. of Mount Henry, in the count of Wf 1 Frances, ' daughter and co-heiress of the late Thol. Byrne, Esq. of Killougl:. ter, in the county of Wicklow. - DI ED. y ex on ,to • be of long standing, though the crisis may have been has- On Tuesday. the Lid instant, Alicia, eldest daughter of Richard tied by that painful event. Accounts recently arrived .—The Rose, of and (tom Plymouth Mr. George Underwood proved the publication of Sir Astley from India give an account of the death of the Captain's coarse of disorderly persons assembled in that town OD the for St. Michael's, 17th inst., by the Watchful• arrived at Ply. Cooper's Lectures • he published them under the authority of the brother, Sir Willingham Franklin, one of the Judges of night of the 10th instant, and, after a short deliberation mouth ; New York, from Liverpool for New York, 17th Feb. ; plaintiff; and subs cribed them round the trade on the 28th Septem- &mewl themselves, broke into the ye's:A, and wok from on 1 9th, otfC 4 Pe la4l. 4.,.shout five tons of potatoes, which the plunderers Milo) bOre off to their Clear, by the Alice , front l f iierpool for Barbados I bet. 'file plaintiff gave him directions not to dispose of any with- -2tlth. off Dungarron, by the Majestic, from Liverpool for Bal. out the errata be.ng appended to each. The books were sent to hint time/re; and 21st. off' Tusks:, exchanged numbers with the Latta by the printer on the Ist and 2d October. a child ; the Supreme Court at Madras. Subsequent the death of Lady Franklin, accounts state anklin five days after giving birth to . Adams. Esq. of Allesley, near Coventry. On the 2 si instant, , Julia Ann Harriet. youngest daughter ol Frederick Chapman, Esq. of North Hyde, Royal llagalinee. . HIGH WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON BRIDGE. alorning 22 min. agar 7. I Afternoon 53 min. alter 7. in addition to which, lie has within a short period 111\......... _ _ ___,_ ._ ._ _ ... .... s.__..._ respective dweiliug , .—Liverpoof Ad- R oo kh , from Liverpool for New South Wales, by the Boode, ar. Cross.examined.—He was not informed of what the errata con' lent his father, a brother in-law, two of Sir Willingham Printed at THE BRITISH PRESS Office, by J.W. CAgvrog, 'triter et 'Fiersrtay. rived at Liverpool. listed on the 28th September; the errata was pasted in each book . and Lady Franklin's children, and her Ladyship's mother. 181, Strand, and published by R. Caw /4 o rr, tame place. , • - - _ • , THE BRITISH PRESS. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FRIDAY, Fag. 25. Befitm tla CHIT? JUSTICZ and a Special Jury. LIBEL IN THE LANCET. ?THRILL V. WHAT/LIT. Only eight Special Jurymen appearing, Mr. Sergeant Vex o new prayed a tales. Mr. Sergeant Kettle/EAU then stated the case to the Jury. It was an action for a wilful and malicious libel, published in 7th No. fith vol. of the Lancet. There were two ways of proceeding in cases of this kind—forbearance or prosecution. The first would be con sidered as a consciousness of the truth of the charge, and often pro duced a repetition of the injury. Prosecution could be instituted civilly or criminally if it was by indictment, greater circulation was given to the libel, which served to gratify the malice and cupi dity of the party ; and in that case the prosecutor himself became a witness, and the defendant would not be on a level with him, nor could the defendant stand upon the truth of the charge. The only course, then, that remained to be pursued, was by bringing an action. The distiretion between oral and written slander was, that the first left but little trace behind it, and dwelt not long in the minds even of those that heard it ; but, when it was written, it was widely circulated by means of the press, and no man could tell to what extent it might be spread, and the mischief diffused. That party, therefore, who published any statement, took upon himself respoosibillty to an extent that he himself even was not aware of, which rendered it necessary, however reluctant the party felt, to appeal to a Jury, in self-defence. Mr. Tyrrell was nomi nally a plaintiff, but in reality he came here to make a defence. and that defence was to protect his character. He would now state the circumstances of each party : The plaintiff was a member of the College of Surgeons, and son of the City Remembrancer. He (Mr. Sergesnt Vaaghan) would not nay he possessed a rising reputation, for it was risen. He was one of the surgeons of St. Thomas's Hospital, and it was due to that Institution to being this action ; for they must be aware how necessary it was for its members to have an unblemished reputation ; and it was equally due to the Institution as to the plaintiff, to have a full vindication. It was necessary to 'ward the pablic from the belief that he had raised a spurious reputation by thejoublication of another rean's labours. There were 401) pupils in St. Thomas's Hospital, and they all knew to *hat circumstances to impute the writing of the libel. It had been necessary to exclude the defendant from the attendance at the lectures delivered at the Hospital. Ile had been a pupil there; and, by the courtesy of the plate, those that had been were per. mined to attend the lectures, anal be present at dissections. It had been observed that the defendant had abused this privilege, by publishing false statements of what had occurred, which it became necessary to prevent. In consequence of this resolution, the plain. tiff had put his name to the paper by which the defendant was excluded : it was this which was the root of the malicious libel. The defendant, who was also a member of the College of Surgeons, had published a hook whose chief reconitnendation was its cheap ness. It had an extensive circulation ;it was every way calculated to gratify his own and the public taste for slander. He should have no difficulty in proving the defentlent to be the proprietor of the libel in question, and should therefore proceed to matter more important and more worthy of their attention. The libel was published on the 20th of November last. Mr. Tyrrell ass con nected by marriage with Sir Astley Cooper, who had observed that his lectures were incorrectly given to the public, and he therefore thought it necessary to publish them through the means of the plaintiff, his kinsman. These lectures did not issue from the press till October 2, last . year. He would not say any thing of its legality, or whether it was or was net an unworthy service of profit to publish what was designed for the private information of the students. He should nut have noticed this had not the defendant I set himself up an the guardian of the moral rectitude of the medical world. The lectures of Sir Astley Cooper, by Tyrrell, were illus , crated with notes by the letter gentleman. Among them he hod given • case which occurred in the hospital; and this case the de fendant pretended to give a correct copy of in the Lancet. He would compete the account in the Lancet with what it professed to be a copy of. The case in the Lancet was thus given— " Thomas Denman, set. 22, was admitted into St. Thomas's Hospital, August 31, 1824. He had been struck by a hammer, b accident, on the superior part of the frontal bone, to the left of the median line. The blow had produced a compound fracture, with depression to the extent of half-a-crown. He was perfectly sensible. and said he only felt a soreness at the injured part. I re moved the whole of the fractured bone, which was comminuted; one small portion had penetrated the dttra mater. He has been treated just as the former patient was, and has not had a bad symptom since." Now this, Gentlemen, was dated in lilt. Tyrrell's book, 20th of September, and only professed to give an agebunt up to that period. The work was prepared, and it went to press with this article in it. A few days atter bad symptoms arose, and the man died. His brain was diseected, and the appearances were given in the Lancet. In consequence of the man's death an erratum was inserted in 31r. Tyrrell's book, giving an account of it ; but this erratum the Lancet did not e. nose so give, as it did not suit its purpose, but in serted Mr. Tyrrell's note in the Lancet, with its own comments— "SlVe will not contrast the drawing up of this cane by Simon tare mitt the Report in No. 10, Vol. IV., but sill proceed he show the real termination of it, es detailed in the faithful pages of the Lancet, No. 14, Vol. IV. On dissection of this case, a large abscess was found in the fore part of the left hemisphere of the brain. ecoutekaing (but two °naps of kw/shish-coloured pus. The abscess extended to the level a/ the carpus calk:sum on the inner side, and was very superficial towards the external surface of the hemisphere on the left side.' " Now this mere statement of the fact, without mentioning the erratum which was affixed to the book, made the plaintiff appear to leave the world in doubt whether the man was dead. 'file Lancet upon this make: the following attack upon the plaintiff on this particular case. He must first inform the Jury that Simon Pure was a name given to the plaintiff:— " Il'e had indulged the hope that we had nearly completed the anatomy of the real Simon Pure when we had crrived at that put of the volume which treats of Injuries of the head, as we found only three cases detailed, in which we, naturally enough, expected to find nothing worthy of particular notice. We conc luded that This manifest want of talent might be compensated for by his fidelity as a reporter—we expected to find one redeeming quality— we thought that the merits of his heart might redeem the errors of his head—but even in this expectation we have been deceived. We only beg the attention of the reader to the following case, as de sallied by the real Simon Pure." What language could be stronger ? The libel then went on to state the case before mentioned. A charge was brought against his client because Denman died after he had sent his book to press. Mr. BROUGHAM here said, that be hoped his Learned Friend (Mr. Denman) would still live to a good old age, though he was not under Mr. Tyrrell's care. Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN continued--The absurdity of this charge against his character was manifest. It was impossible that that it could have been by mistake that the note was falsely copied, for it was placed in inverted commas. It was therefore with a ma licious design. The Learned Sergeant proceeded to read the libel : "We consider this as the climax. We have toiled through a jum ble of cotntnon-place remarks, stale truisms, and long-spun cases, much to our own editimtion, as well a., no doubt, that of our readers. These, it is true, we might have overlooked in benevolent compassion for the imbecility of the lead that could think of add ing to the value of Sir Ashley Cooper's lectures by such paltry trash ; but we cannot, consistently with our professed character as guardians of the moral rectitude as well as interests of the medical public, allow this last attempt at imposition to pass without expos ing it in its true colours." Could any thing be more libellous than tlus ?—could any person read it without believing Mr. Tyrrell to be a man who could not be depended on ? Ile would read another passage :—" He might have been content with palming upon the public our pages for kis own production ; he might reasonably enough have satisfied himself with the enormous profit which such unpaid-for plagiarism could produce, without having the un blushing effrontery to publish false facts, which a little reflection (if the real Simon Pure ever does reflect) must have told him could not long remain without exposure." This was the part of the charge where he was accused of literary plagiary sod piracy from the Lancet. He would tell the Jury what was the meaning of a plagiarist, as laid down by Doctor Johnson—it meant a lite rary thief. He then alluded to two eases in the Lancet, in order to show that its suppeed genuine Reports were full of blunders. He then again readesW " The world will hardly credit that an hospital surgeon could pntlish, as a successful case, one that wo had already given the post martens examination of; such, however. is the fact, as may be proved by a reference to our own pages."— Such, however, was not the fact, for the report of the patient's death anpeitredett the sane time, as he had before said, among the errata. It was necessary the publication should come out as early as it did, as the students were to assemble in October, no hear the lectures, and It was desirable to publish the Report; and the fact of the date being annexed, would satisfy any candid mind of the real state of the patient. The last passage he should trouble them with he would now read. " We feel it but justice to make one or two observations respect ing ourselves : the lint is, to request that our readers will compare the original matter (which we pledge ourselves to have fairly given from Mr. Tyrrell's velume) with the original matter, extiacts from foreign works, and hospital reports, contained in those numbers of the Lancet which give Sir Astley Cooper's Lectures, and then to form an unbiassed judgment of the comparative merits of the two. We also feel it our duty to repeat, that, were it not for the exist- „( f, :I