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The Sevei Printed and publisl The publication of THE Sus NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 50 minutes past Three o'Cloch. 4f0rt:.,1 . VI; agook (42^M LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1837. In the House of Lords yesterday the sitting was not long continued. Petitions again poured in for the abolition of Church-rates ; upwards of a hun dred praying for the total extinction of this clerical impost were presented by Lord BROUGHANI and other Peers. Some petitions were also presented against the Poor Laws Amendment Act, and for a Reformed House of Lords. In the Commons, forty Members not having been present when the Speaker took the chair, there was, of course, no House, and an adjournment accord ingly followed. Never in the history of Parliament did an Opposi tion make so miserable a figure as the Tory party in the House of Commons have done, in the debate on the introduction of the Irish Corporation Bill. Were anything wanting to show that, in opposing this mea sure, they have not a leg to-stand upon, and that they are fully conscious of their lameness, that evidence has been supplied, in ample redundancy, by the course they have pursued on this occasion. For anything like argument on the point at issue, we look into their speches in vain. All that we find, there, from the frothy vituperation of the Learned Sergeant who led the van, down to the silly badinage of the Right Ho nourable Baronet who brought up the rear, is a futile attempt to fix upon the Head of the Irish Government certain charges which, even if they had any founda tion, as they have not, in no way bear upon the ques tion. " We desire," says Lord JOHN RUSSELL. " to give Municipal Reform to Ireland." What is the reply? " Lord MULGRAVE has disregarded the recommendation of certain sage grave men in the appointment of Sheriffs !" " Justice requires," urges Lord Jourr," " that Ireland should be placed on an equal footing, in point of constitutional privilege, with England and Scotland." " Lord MULGRAVE," roars the long-winded Sergeant, " has selected Mr. PIGOTT to be the legal adviser of the Council." " The integrity of the empire may be endangered by the de nial of justice to the Irish people." " Never mind," quoth the mouth-piece of the Orange faction, " Lord MULGRAVE has been guilty of visiting and showing mercy to those that were in prison I" This is in rea lity, with a small exception which we shall notice by and by, the sum and substance of all that fell from the Gentlemen of the Opposition—of all that ocean of furious imbecility which they have let loose upon the country in a two day's debate. We have already hinted, and it is obvious to every one who bestows a thought on the subject, that this attempt to criminate Lord MULGRAVE is resorted to for the purpose of throwing dust in the eyes of the public, and preventing the weakness of the Tories on the only question at issue—the question of granting or refusing Municipal Reform to Ireland—from being t?erceived. But is this the way that an important treasure of national policy ought to be treated? Is it not disgraceful to a party which would fain take credit to itself for comprehending within its ranks men whom it calls Statesmen Let us see how the high crimes and misdemeanours charged upon the Lord-Lieutenant of IRELAND, irre velant as they are, have been brought home to his Lordship. First, he is accused of setting at nought the recommepdation of a Learned Judge or two in THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1837. :he appointment of Sheriffs. It may be safely ad mitted that in doing this, Lord MULGRAVE broke through a custom generally though not uniformly observed. But the cases &hid :d to by his Lordship's accusers are a proof that time practice is sometimes " more honoured in the breach than the observance." Lord NT I.ll,GrtA vE, in six or seven instances, rejected the persons whose names were inserted in the lists sent in by the Judges, because they were members of Orange Lodges—that is, of exclusive Societies bound together by secret oaths, pronounced by a vote of the House of Commons, after a solemn investi.lation, subversive of the Constitution, and commanded by Royal authority to be dissolved. This was Lord MUL GRAVE'S principle in passing by the recommenda tions of the Judges, and none but a thick-and-thin partizan will deny that it is a sound constitutional one. Then, as to Mr. PIGOTT'S appointment. This Gentleman is allowed by all parties to be one of the most eminent lawyers at the Irish Bar, but he happens to be a Catholic. This is in truth the cause of time dead set which the Orangemen have made at him. They pretend, indeed, to say that he has been promoted out of his turn, which is so unfair a thing, and so very unusual in the distribution of Irish patronage, that they cannot think of it without pain. Now, if the routine of seniority had been followed in this appointment, it so happens that the lot must have fallen on a Catholic. Therefore, it is quite clear that the whole of this hue and cry about Mr. PIGOTT is raised for the sole and individual purpose of seeing fair play given to Catholics. What an enormity it would have been in the sight of these Puritans had Lord MULGRAVE appointed a Protestant and Orange man to this important office ! We should never have heard the last of it. We wish the principle here acted upon by Lord MULGRAVE—nameIy, that of appointing to confidential situations only such men as, in addition to their other qualifications, are firmly attached to liberal principles, had been the uniform rule of the Government for the last six years. There would not have been so many causes of embarrassment as there are at present, had a clean sweep been made of all disaffected persons, and their places supplied by staunch friends to the cause of Reform. Last comes the charge of abusing the prerogative of merey—which amounts to this, that the LORD LIEUTENANT shortened a little the periods of impri sonment to some twenty poor men who had been found guilty of participating in those rows that so often take place in Ireland, or of breaches of the revenue laws. Did Lord MULGRAVE throw open the gaols for the indiscriminate escape of all the criminals confined in them ? Such is the insinuation meant to be conveyed by the charge, when the plain and simple fact is, that the objects of clemency were selected on the recommendation of the Clergyman Protestant of course—who is both chaplain and inspector of the gaol in question ; and who, from personal intercourse with the prisoners, was the best qualified to appreciate the different degrees in which they merited the boon conferred upon them, and who knew also the grievous hard ships to which their families were subjected by their imprisonment. Such are the heinous crimes for which Lord MUL GR A. VE is arraigned by the Orangemen—and such their reasons for denying justice to Ireland. The Times is trying hard to make its readers belie 7 ve that Lord GREY is opposed to the policy of the present Government, and assumes that, because his Lordship, previous to his retirement from office, recommended a deliberate and moderate course of proceeding, and the Reform of none but proved abuses in our institutions— that, therefore, he N hostile to the " Appropriation Clause" and " Peerage Reform." Our Contemporary has here recourse to his usual disingenuous artifices, coupling two things together which, he well knows, have no necessary connection with each other. Doubt less, Lord GREY is opposed to Peerage Reform. Nothing is more probable—nay, nothing is more cer tain. But do the Ministers countenance it ? Our Contemporary does not venture to say this, though he has the effrontery to insinuate as much. As to the " Appropriation Clause," which is a totally distinct question from that of " Peerage Reform," we will just take leave t - o remind the Times that Lord GREY, so far from being at variance with Ministers on this point, has already given them his support upon it. So too with the Irish Municipal Corporation Bill, in favour of which his Lordship voted last year, and even ad- i dressed the House at some length on the subject. Is it to be imagined for an instant that if the Noble Earl had been opposed to the policy of Lord MELBOURNE'S Cabinet, the fact would not have transpired long ere this ?—that the Tory Journals, one and all, in tern and country, would not have proclaimed it to their readers by their most sonorous flourish of trump ets ? We all know with what heartfelt zeal they can enun ciate a lie ; how great, then, would have been their enthusiasm when they had to announce a truth ! Lord GREY had many opportunities last Session of distinctly avowing his hostility, how, then, did it hap pen that he was so provokingly quiescent on the sub ject ? But what puts the question beyond all doubt, and establishes the fact of Lord GREY'S favourable disposition towards Government, is the circumstance of his son and heir, Lord HOWICK, being at this present moment a member—and one of the most active—of that very Government ! With regard to Earl GREY'S well known letter to Lord EBRINCTON, which the Times re publishes, and prefaces with such a parade of words, the drift of that is so evident, that we should have supposed there could have been no possibility of mistaking it. The letter is neither more nor less than an expression of the writer's wish to retire from office, because—to quote his own words—" My declining strength makes it extremely doubtful whether I shall be found equal to the task which is imposed on me." It makes no allusion which, impartially considered, can be construed into a disapproval of the system of policy pursued by the present Government ; but, on the contrary, by in sisting on the " correction of all proved abuses," clearly expresses approval of their proceedings. If Ministers never receive a harder rub than Lord GREY has given them, they will be the luckiest statesmen that ever swayed the destinies of an empire. The Paris Papers of Wednesday contain little poli tical intelligence of importance. The Carnival so oc cupied the minds of the pleasure-loving citizens, that affairs of a more serious nature were partially for gotten. Marshal CLAUSEL has had several in terviews with the KING, and it is said has insisted upon being placed at the head of the expedition against Constantine. The Marshal is opposed by the Duke of ORLERNS, who seeks the appointment ; but, as yet, nothing is known of the K N G'S intentions. The POPE, at the instance of Austria, has de manded the evacuation of Ancona. General RI BEI RO arrived at Portugalette on the 3rd in stant, at the head of two divisions, consisting of nine thousand good troops. He was about to em bark for San Sebastian, where lie was expected to arrive on the sth. Operations would then em inence against the Carlist lines on the Bidassoa. The first attack will be directed against Fontarabia. Brigadier ALA IX has commenced his old tricks. He has refused to march, and so paralyzed SAA RSFIELD'S projects for a general attack upon the Carlist garrisons. It is said that he has even declined to receive the or ders addressed to him by General ESPA RTERO. FRENCH FUNDS.—Psats, FEB. 8. Five per Ceuta., 109 f. se, 108 f. 95c. 109 f. sc. 10c. 15e. Four per Cents., 10If. Three per Cents. 79f. 10c. 15c. 25c. 30c. Bank Actions, 2,400 f. Rente de Naples, 98f. 30c.13Zc. Roman Five per Cents., 10234. Spanish Actives, 25%N. Belgian Loan, rive per Cent , . 103. I',:rtngtiose Twee •wr ;. , 1;4%. Dutch Two and a Half per - Cents., 54. EXCHANCI , UN 10!.130N. One month, paper, 23r. 310 - money, 2:,f.27 1 . 2 c There mon Lhs, paper, 25f. 10 ; 4.; money, ;251. rs Authrulianc. LAST PRICES Five per Cents., 10C.if. Three per Cents. ;9f 60c. Rank Actions, 2,409 f. Rente de Naples, 931.55 c. Roman Five per Cents., 10?%. Belgian Loan, 103. Pcrtugucsc 'Duce per Cents., 31%, - - .rianish Actives, 25N. 5p,11,411 Passives. 7. Miguelites, I Belgian Society, I,loiol. 11E1.61 AN 1 UND:—litrustitts, Fto S Actual Debt, 2! ; per Ceut Reitliechild's Loan, 5 per Cent. Loan of [flirty Millions... ............... .... .... 9 .23 4 Lean ul f ity, IS:kl, -I per Cent 9914 Society rii Ciirdoierre, .1 , ., per Cent l3O Pant: of I:elrillyn, 5 per Cent 1;il Brussels Papers, Feb. 9. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.-.NIENNA, JAN 21. Five per Cents. Metalliqucs Four per Cents. s Three pQr Cents Bank Shares —Allgemeine Zeitung, Feb. 5. HULL TRINITY HOUSE. We have made inquiry into the case of the Hull Trinity House, which, as would be seen in our Parlia mentary Report, occasioned some conversation in the House of Commons on Tuesday last. We find that this Trinity House is a Corporation abounding in the' worst corruptions of the defunct Mu nicipal Institutions ; that it has always taken an active part in the Hull elections in opposition to the Liberal candidates ; yet, that within the last few months it has obtained—secretly, if not furtively—a rentwal of its Charter from the present Government. The recklessness which a reforming Administration has exhibited in this business, is, it seems, to be attri buted to Lord John Russell, whose conduct generally commands for him a degree • of confidence and respect to which all his colleagues are not entitled. We have no hesitation in saying Sir Robert Peel would not have done this ; and that the Noble Lord owes it to the people of Hull, to their representatives in Parlia ment, and to the Reformers in general, to make some public explanation of the motives of this proceeding. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) MORRISON V. HARMER. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the well known manufacturer and vendor of the pills that go under his name, against the defendant, Alderman Harmer, the proprietor of the Weekly Dispatch newspaper, to recover compensation in damages for an alleged libel published in that newspaper. The damages were laid at 1,000/. The Counsel for the plaintiff were, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Espinasse, and Mr. Chambers ; and for the defendant Mr. Sergeant Wilde, Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. Bodkin. Mr. KELLY said he appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Mor rison, a gentleman with whose name the public was well acquainted, as the inventor and manufacturer of a medicine, which was in all but general use. Mr. Morrison was a gentleman of Bamffshire, in Scotland ; but in early life he went to India. He suffered severely from the effects of that warm climate, and returned to this country with a greatly debilitated constitution. He tried every means to restore his health ; he spared no expence ; he consulted the first members of the profession ; and, in fact, resorted to every possible expedient by which he could hope to avert the fatal consequences of his long sojourn in India. He did all this without success. He grew daily worse, until at length the Faculty told him that they had tried all the means in their power for his relief. Mr. Mor rison, upon this, thought that it was time for him to turn his own mind to the state of his health, and to try if he could not help himself. He commenced a course of practical chemical experiments, and after a very long period, during which those experiments were carried on, and after great ex pense, application and labour, he came to the conclusion that all diseases arose either from:corruption of the blood, or from the disorder of the stomach, and that they could- almost all be certainly cured by simple medicine properly applied. Mr. Morrison having tried the experiment on himself with perfect success, was determined that the public should reap the benefit of his labours. The result surpassed his most sanguine expectations. In the course of a few years, such was the extraordinary success that - attended this medicine, that it came into almost universal use, notwithstanding the general, and he might add, the self-interested opposition which it had met with from the entire medical profession. The amount of the medicine sold by Mr. Morrison was Lot less than 30,0001. or 40,000/. worth a-year ; and though it could, doubtless, be proved that there were cases in which the medicine had failed, he bclievad they would find those instances very rare. In 1836, Mr. Morrison had occasion in the course of his business to go to France, and whilst he was absent some of the workmen in his employment struck for wages. On that occasion the libel for which the pre sent action was brought was published in the newspaper of which the defendant was the proprietor. To show, how ever, the origin of the series of libels of which the plain tiff had been made the subject, it would be necessary for him shortly to refer to a fact which would have some weight on the present enquiry. It happened that Mr. Morrison had a partner, who had since unfortunately died. This gentle man, w!)ese name was Moat, became a purchaser of certain shares in a weekly newspaper called the New Weekly Dis patch, which threatened to be a rival of the paper of which the defendant was the proprietor. From this moment a stream of truth and patriotism flooded the minds of the defendants—a new nett broke in upon them, and they dis cfwered that the medicine of the plaintiff was of the most noxious 411 a deleterious description. From that time also a series of the meat foul and malignant libels had com menced, of which Mr. Morrison was attempted to be made the victim, and those libels had continued, with scarcely the interruption of a single publication, down to the pre sent time. He would, however, now refer to the part ticular libel which they had selected as the ground of the present action. This libel was published on the 14th of August, 1836—a few days after the occurrence of which lie had spoken (the strike for wages on the part of the workmen in the employment of Mr. Morrison) had taken place. He would read the libel. " We may safely claim the merit of having crushed the self sty!ed Hygeiste system of wholesale poisoning. Since we commenced exposing the homicidal tricks of these impudent and ignorant scamps, who had the audacity to pretend to cure ull d:soages with one kind of pills, which pills were composed of nothing more or less than gamboge and aloes, several of the rot-gut rascals have beau couvicteSof manslaughter, and fined and imprisoned for killing people with enormous doses of-their " universal," " vegetable" boluses. The trade has conse quently, fallen to a mere nothing, and we are credibly in formed that, within the last few days, circumstances have oc curred to throw the whole humbug " College of Health," and all the vile machinery of the " Ilygeist" gang into inextricable confusion. It is said that the archquack has bolted—not some of his pills—but out of the country, and that a strike has taken place among the journeymen mixers of gamboge and aloes, in consequence of the proper "supplies" not coming to hand on Saturday night. Extraordinary - disclosures are expected which will finally put the stopper on the whole concern." He would apply himself separately to time two parts of the libel—that which related to the nature of the medicine, and that which related to the supposed insolvency and failure of the trading concern, and the allegation that the elder Mr. Morrison had absconded. The defendant, upon that occasion published the libel, ha thought he might say the gross libel, upon the plaintiff on the record. The defendant admitted that the libel . referred to the plaintiff ; he admitted that he referred to their mode of administering the me dicine. He admitted, also, that the latter part of the libel applied not merely to the plaintiffs as traders, but that it applied to the plaintiff, Mr. Morrison the elder, whom they charged with having absconded, and charging also, that in consequence of his having absconded, the - workmen had not been paid their wages, that they had struck in consequence, and that the concern itself was on the very brink of failure. A justification of these facts was pleaded by the defendants, and, by all the rules of law, it was incumbent on the defen dants to prove their pleas. The plaintiff had nothing to do with them till they were proved. He charged that these allegations were libellous and Eilse, and they must be taken to be false until they were proved to be true. It was for the defendant to prove the truth of these statements; on him the onus probandi rested. Ho must, however, trouble them for a few moments with a reference to the facts of the case, and the mode in which the defendant met the charge, by attempting to justify the libel. Was it then true that the plaintiff had for a long time compounded and sold a large quantity of pills of a noxious and poisonous nature under the name of medicine ? This was one of the allegations made by the defendants. Th ey al leged also, that this medicine was composed of gam boge and aloes, and nothing else, and that being taken in the way prescribed by the College o f H ea l t h, was noxious, poisonous, and-fatal. It was on these grounds that they pleaded a justification of the libel in question. It lay upon them to prove these facts, From the moment when Mr. Morrison first established this medicine, he courted inquiry and investigation in every slispe. He not only courted, but he defied any inquiry that to the be made ; and he continued to do so up last moment when this question was raised. Let his Learned Friends call members of the Faculty or gentlemen belonging to the medical profession—L-lot th em put any questions to them that be thought proper let them inquire into the composition of these pills, awl he defied them) to prove that there, was anything of a nature either noxious, poisonous, or fatal. The charge had been made—they would see how it bad been dealt with on the other side—and then they (the Jury) would know how to deal with it. He knew of only two instances to which his Learned Friends could refer, to prove the fatal consequences which had arisen from these pills. But, as be bad before stated, it was impossible that there should not be some fatal cases, where a medicine was in such universal use. One of these instances was that in which a person of the name of Richards, who took the rnAlcine in York, and died in conse quence ; and the person who administered the medicine—a man of the name of Webb—w6s coovicted of manslaughter. There was a similar allegation in the case of a person of the name of Mackenzie, who also took the medicine, and died, when the agent who administered the medicine—a person of the name of Salmon—was also tried and con victed of manslaughter. These he believed were the only two cases on which the other meant to rely in support of their ease—these were the only two specific instances brought forward to prove the noxious and poisonous na ture of this medicine. That men had died who had taken this medicine could not be disputed. His Learned Friend might have proved that others had died also while taking these pills. We hardly know any other medicine in the whole Pharmacopoeia of which the the same might not be said. Men will die in spite of me dicine and physic, but that was no reason why physicians should be murderers, and medicine poison. It was impos sible to show what might be the consequence of the misap plication. of medicine ; but he must tell the Jury that in a case of this nature they must look with considerable jea lousy at any evidence which should be given by, any mem bers of the medical profession. It was far from his wish, and contrary to his general practice, as well as repugnant to his feelings, to speak with the slightest disrespect of that most valuable, important, and respectable body, the professors of medicine in this county. But when he told them of their high character and respectability, he must add that they , still were but men, and liable like other men to be led away by preconceived opinions. In a case of this nature especially, it was the duty of the Jury to look with caution and circumspection at any evidence that might be given, knowing as they must do, that a strong prepossession existed in the minds of medical men against the plaintiff; and that they had every inducement to put down a system which was inconsistent with their own, and on the ruin of which their own would be exalted and established. He did not suppose that any such attempts would be made in the present instance, but if any such were made, the Jury would attribute it to its proper motives. He dared to say, however, that the evidence most relied on by his Learned Friends, that' the two cases most relied on, would be those he had mentioned of Richards and Mackenzie. But his Learned Friends would be surprised to hear that, in those instances, the persons who administered Mr. Morrison's medicine, were regular members of the medi cal profession. An attempt would be made to esta blish that part of .the plea which stated that this me dicine was composed of gamboge and aloes. What it was composed of he did not pretend to know, but he could tell his Learned Friends, and he hoped to be able to con vince the Jury, that whatever number of medical witnesses might be in attendance—whatever means might be taken to represent that these were the only two ingredients in the medicine—and whatever attempts might be made to judge of the medicine by its effect, he could assure them that these were not the sole ingredients in this medicine. He would, however, pass over this part of the case, and would make a few remarks on the latter branch of the libel. It appeared that these libels were directed not so much against the system of Mr. Morrison as against Mr. Morrison him self, with the view, necessarily and ultimately, of injuring the plaintiff. They charged that the plaintiff had become insolvent. It had happened that Mr. Morrison, in the course of his business, went to France at the time when this attack was made. It appeared that in his absence there was a strike for wages among his work men, and then came forth this foul and malignant libel, stating that Mr. Morrison had absconded—that he had left no means for paying his workmen ; that the work was at a stand, and the concern on the brink of in solvency. Every word of this was absolutely false. The defendant was bound to prove the truth of them, for on the truth of them rested the foundation of his libel. He hoped when they took into consideration the whole of the case, that they would do justice to the plaintiff. He hoped that they would consider the malignancy of the attacks that had been made upon him, the utter want of foundation for those attacks, the injury which the .plaintiff had suffered, and was likely to suffer. He hoped and trusted that they would do the plaintiff full justice. No witnesses having been called in support of the action, Mr. SergeantWlLDE rose and said he had never been taken more by surprise. He had never anticipated the plaintiff's case should have been allowed to rest on the mere speech of Counsel. How his Learned Friend could justify this as a fair mode of practice—how he could have made such state ments as he had done—without the least attempt to prove any part of them,. he (Mr. S, Wilde) was utterly at a loss to imagine. His Learned Friend had made statements about rival newspapers—about practical chemistry—and about the discoveries of Mr. Morrison. What right had his Learned Friend to puff Mr. Morrison and his concern to the extent lie had done, without the least attempt at proof? His Learned Friend had not spoken at any great length, or dwelt with any satisfaction on the two cases in which a Jury of twelve Englishmen 'had returned verdicts of manslaughter. His Learned Friend had reserved all he had to say until there could be HO opportunity of replying. He did not know how his Learned, Friend could justify such conduct as this—how his Learned • Friend could make such statements, without the shadow of an attempt at proof, and travelled thus far out of the record. Ile would venture to say, that the libel of which the plaintiff made such complaints, was nothing but a fair and justifiable criticism on the subject on which it treated. His Learned Friend stated that it had no connection whatever with the merits of the subject which it purported to criticise. Now lie (Mr. S. W.) could not conceive a greater slander than to assert that a certain course had been taken to ruin an individual, and to injure the public, by crushing a system of medicine which it was alleged conduced so much to the public health—he could not imagine a greater slander than this. His Learned Friend alleged that tens of thousands of persons had profited by the success of Mr. Morrison's invention. Why, his Learned Friend must have been read ing the manuscript of some future puff of Mr. Morrison's. —(Laughter.) He would fisk was not this the language which the most impudent quacks constantly used ? And yet his Learned Friend did not offer any evidence in sup port of his assertion. He could not have imagined that the case would have been left in this way. He could as soon have expected that his Learned Friend would have left it to the jury upon the two indictments on which the agents of Mr. Morrison and the vendors of his pills were convicted of manslaughter. To show the impudence and ignorance of the persons who manufactured this medicine, was it necessary to say more than that they pre tended to cure all diseases whatever ? The charges for which this action was alleged to have been brought, had been often made before ; and why, he would ask, had they not brought their action sooner? They had waited and watched until something should have been introduced re specting Mr. Morrison apart from his pill box.—( Laugh ter.) They relied for a verdict on this, and the Jury might be sure that if they got a verdict they would en deavour to make the world believe that that verdict esta blished the merits of their pills. They would take care that this would go forth to the public, and this was the reason why they had not brought their action sooner. This was why his Learned Friend had divided, his case into two parts, but his Learned 'Friend's clients would take care that the world should forget the distinction which he had at tempted to draw. This was an extremely important case. He did not think it was important as concerned Mr. Morrison, because the world would not pay that attention to it which he thought it deserved, and he doubted not but that the c hurch-yards would be able to bear an equal testimony to the merits of Mr. Morrison's pills that day twelvemonths ; nothing would prevent the world from being imposed upon. It was perfectly idle to suppose that from any thing that m ight transpire there that day, the fame of Mr. Morrison's pills would be in any degree diminished, or his business in any way injured. It would perhaps be' made a further ground for the purpose of misleading the public. He must again say, that he never before knew a case of such a na ture offered to a Jury without any evidence to support it. But perhaps his Learned Friend meant to call witnesses afterwards ? Mr. KELLY—You shall see. Mr. Sergeant WILDE—He should see ? He begged to say lie undoubtedly would object to any such thing. The plaintiff brought his action, and alleged in his declaration . that he was the manufacturer of the pills in question, and that he carried on the business of vendor and manufacturer of law ful medicine. He stated this on his declaration. The de fendant denied this. The defendant alleged that the in gredients of this medicine were of a dangerous and poiso nous nature, and that the greatest caution and discretion and skill were required in the use of them. Now it appeared that more than one person had been convicted of mansraugh ter for the use of these pills. They were convicted because they did not understand the use of the pills ; and to whom was this to be ascribed ? To the College of Health, which advertised its agents by name—persons who were wholly incompetent, but who still obtained the sanction of the College of Health. But it was said that the pills had never failed. Was there, he would ask, no distinction to be observed in the administration of these pills ? It was stated that 30,0001. worth of these pills were sold every year, and that there had nevertheless been no instance of failure. If his Learned Friends meant really to meet this case fairly, they would have done so in a dif ferent manner, They must look at the evidence that would he brought beffire *fl ! prl4 R9t .q the 4114 9 1 P Q f speech of cougsej. 4s to the countity of medicine said to be disposed of, lie was not inclined to dispute it. boldness of any quacks who have hitherto been heard of. No and, as to the success which had attended it, that would man who has been bold for his own profit, regardless of the public health, and making money from the mis speechform matter for a future puff, which should contain the fortunes o ‘ f other .i s i ever put forth such a statement as this of his Learned Friend.—( A laugh.) His Learned Friend read the alleged libel. He (Mr. Sergeant Wilde) ~before. The literary 'ltivi and cure every disease, botsex infirmity, bos or sure I" would read it over at once, and he begged the Jury to much impair the faculties, l y vill find a sureesrewmedye r a urAu e t u s n a i o . observe between the two parts, that which related to the versed medicines for preserving th e energ y an d spr i g h t li ness o f medicine and the concern, and that which related to Mr. M. the imagination." I hope my Learned Friend has taken rS himself. This concern was not like a bank—it was conducted dose this morning. " Old ago will be attained by the use of with very little expense. A very little quantity of g im- them." That is, that they will bring on premature old Loge and other ingredients, was all that was required ;it a ge . I know of no other exposition of that sentence- : did not depend upon pecuniary credit, it merely required " Old age may be attained by the use of them and passed that a few hundreds a year should be expended upon drugs, free from pain arid infirmities."—(L o ud laughter.) Per. baps my Friend will by and by e exp l a i n t h at. " T wo or and lie dared say that they could spare sufficient money out. three pill; ('o good— five or six do more good"--( Laughter)— of the profits of 30,000/., which was stated to he The .‘ ten produce a clt ' led ameliGration, twelve or fifteen cure the mast dangerous and severe diseases • should be per. the yearly amount of their medicine returns. vered with daily in large or small doses - 'till ell," ' o I se defendants claimed the merit of having crushed the itygeian pose till dead. ( Laughter.) "Mfr. Morrisn w n wishes r to s i u m p : system—a system as they alleged of wholesale poison, anti press on parents the propriety, nay, the necessity, of adrninis that since it commenced exposed the homicidal tricks of impudent and ignorant scamps—that is, since they had toting them. to their children from their birth." You are to made the nature of the medicine and its composition au Legit' at your birth, and they will last you to your object of inquiry. Since they had exposed the true in- old ape.—( Loud laughter.) Well then, the manner of gredients of which it was composed, and since they had giving the pills to the child is described, and this brought forward instances in which juries had given ver - poor little wretch is to have the pills forced down its throat. diets of manslaughter, they expressed a hope they had The Learned Sergeant then observed it was only the poorer classes who were tempted, from the cheapness of these piT.s, crushed the system. Were these allegations without founds- classes make use of such desperate remedies, and where de seirnueesolovnerme utsot be e e inevitable. d. _ If . powerful purgative medi cines ? They took the credit of crushing a system of wholesale i ndlissteearseeds, ghat.svithomu t an re i g and il to qua n t ity, poisoning, by exposing the homicidal tricks of these impudent at all times and in all and ignorant scamps. He asked them (the Jury) whether they were not impudent and ignorant scamps, who pre- fail to believe that the most 'direful consequences I T o s c e e n s s e s could tended to cure all diseases with one medicine ? He asked follow ? " You cannot go wrong by taking ge t them a w t . them whether they were not impudent scamps, who stated time clay or night, or i n any number, " " If a patient feels any that infants from the hour of their birth—females under unwell, he only wants evacuat i on, and another dose will re all circumstances—men subject to every possible disease, lieve him," so that he was to go on taking dose after dose infamous, re .doieae a m m o a r n e degradinglower, or show 0 I s v e scandalous o u s strikingly? C e u l ( w l beauty meansth i thing from the hour of their birth to the latest hour of until he dropped into the grave. Could any thing be more aged decrepitude, were all to be cured by the one sort of medicine ? Let any man for a moment consider the ine, l i d sbe de resorted i to for making money ? Here Was a roan who situation of a mother anxious for her infant, and imagine p , 0 0 s s e a , i hle without what effect the impudent statements, and the strength of would s h n e -oy ee t u r i e d public health, who would destroy life, e r a ): r a r r k st i 7t to -null lose s e i i a rc s i g a b i t i do of this.po _ assertion of these quacks, would have upon a person so si sciotni o s n e consequences, egnbceersi IleW a si implored init plored tlic tu J tuated. They would tell her to give the pills to the infant at the breast, and her only anxiety should be to take care He had not been making genera ' l r u cn been read that they got enough. Even if they unfortunately got ing the plaintiff's own account of the system--that-man who, worse, they knew the cause beforehand—they did not have having been called an impudent scamp, bad the impudence enough of the pills.—(A laugh.) These were the state- to come into a Court of Justice, and complain of fit ments made to over-anxious mothers and to wives respecting What did he c ome t h ere for? If he could catch a their husbands, who were in the last state of disease ; verdict that he could mis re p resent , hi s object was answered, and he would ask them again were not the persons away would go another of these bills, with a statement that ho who made such statements most " impudent scamps ?" had gone into a Court of Justice, that he vindicated his cha ractdcr, justified his system with a variety of other statements The object of instituting the present proceeding was to puff tteon looking to delude h the ignorant. He would implore the Jury the pills. Any man who discovered a medicine that was see at w t ha e t particular diseases, and their nature and generally beneficial, if he desired to make a secret of it, then was o the remedy, a mild aperient me would be despised by the profession. Mr. Morrison had dicine increased a strong purgative, and in the found out a medicine w hi c h h e sa id wou ld cure e ll diseases margin of the bill was put, " a certain cure for the cholera in young and old! Surely he might get a Parliamentary morbus."—(Great laughter.) There was another of era grant. Instances were not wanted of grants for medicines bills with an engr o av e i n ng eral of an t d h efunCtolilrleeegtehmsofforH thee altu4set as f frontispiece — ry " complaint." Then it was stated that these which cured only one disease. It was well known that a t c h t.i. e i.a f r r i o ze n d tis f p o lady had received 6,0001. upon the supposition that she had Morrison, the Hygeist's, vegetable universal medicines, parti lk.esttOi resting I I together t i i s s evaerfyerrentv avenue e a o w f a warren—( humanLaugli t er)— frame discovered a remedy for the stone.—( Laughter.) Unfor pwniealvissertaleiorough y searched and cleansed of its irtpurities." went groping and hunting- through the body, and catch tunately, however, it did not prove to be a remedy. The idea of any person having discovered a universal medicine h i i m eh purity. • —(Lesagliter. ) Then r i r n h e e w Y ith greedy avidity any was said these pills would was monstrous. His Learned Friend had said, that there had been previous remarks made in the Dis patch upon the subject of these pills. Then, why there was a list of disea y se a s , nausea, rejection of food, vomit had this single libel been selected ? Because they had been cure; viz.—." Indigestion compelled to pick out a comparatively innocent publica- ings, bilious, nervous affections, female irregu tion, according to his Learned Friend's own statement, larities, debility, weaknesses, wastings, declines, .consumptions thinking there was something ass o c iated with it on which a DGP O irr p loae r vps o .e,s a yl e , ;ing, or in the last stase • gout , rheumatism, rheumy les i st ula Stone, they could gain a verdict. The substance of the libel was gout, tick doloreux, jauFumeßfrilic.urelepar,stry,urlei vOse, Epileptic Obstructions, s comp laints,truc extremet F io int Fits, Costiveness, Strictures,p Apoplexies, s l t e h x m ie a s this :—" We hope we have contributed to put down and Cholera andMo Lumbago,rb allu a destroy a system of imposing upon the public by a pill Jonts Paralysis, benumbed Palsy, Deep inactivity ro ote rooted dry th e R h L e o u w m e a r t i sci Limbs, hs, Contracted c r()up, said to cure all disorders ; we hope wo have effected the object by having published two trials in relation Quinsey, Glandular Th Swelling, Sore Throats, Spasmo to that subject?' That was the substance of the libel die Affections,utartsla Inward Inflammations , of the Chest s Palpitation of —it was the publication of the two cases they hoped had had that effect. Then he came to the conduct the of the plaintiff. What were the pills composed of ?, He Scurvy,. Scorbutic Affections,Tumours, Soils, Chilblains, believed that two ingredients were gamboge and aloes.— scabs, running sores, ulcers, cancers, erysipelas, white swet ful and active medicines. It was described as a mild lings, scrofula, and King's evil.--(During the reading of this power aperient. But in what quantities were these pills to be catalogue of diseases by the Learned Sergeant, the Court taken ? Why, it was stated over and over again you could was literally convulsed with laughter.) These were a " an excessive others in general. As to dropsy in an advanced stage, not take too many ► !—(Laughter)—that they would cure diseases ,otil in particular, and of course the pills would cure forthe action in the bowels is requisite, as the only all diseases from whatever cause, and that the cure of dig- II passage water (the entrance into the bladder being ease was no longer doubtful, but absolutely certain. It choked g by obstructions oi!bot the kidneys) must be pro was stated in one of the bills that " an increase of pain duced by stool : to effect u second fourth night, eight of ought to be particularly attended to, because that was only sixof which, is l o e . t t 2 he patient fearlessly take a call for an increase of the dose."—(Laughter.) " Child- six of No. 1 first night, ren from the breast might take this medicine—it was a No. 1 third night, eight of No. 2 night, ten ten of cure for the small-pox—for s Y phillis—for the gout (L aug ht er ) N o . 2 f or two or three following nights ; and (continued the Learned Sergeant) its pr o p er ti es are siblo di m i nu ti on t h en takes place''—(Great laug:teros)en most harmless to the most tender age. Infants at the " without fear take 15 of No. 2, twice a day, that is night and morning, when th e y may b e assured the desired effect will iu breast, and f e male s un d er a ll c i rcums t ances , may ta k e t h em. —(lncreased laughter.) They would cure the stone, stric f-rame will pass in shoals through the bowels."—(lrinnense a few days be produced, and the water from every part of the couldthey l a ug h ter.) cnooutl 5 e What V a h a o ts those p i e : . illu t las h eue e d y c t t hetnrion Iris ias o flvithatit throat ? in b By the t be o i f ibl theiol4n bolus patient form, tures, and ruptures ; they will open the one and close the u t s h t e o l Co eloquent t j address,oi ntehdu) other.—(Continued laughter.) Then again, they will cure the piles. Aloes will cure the piles, gentlemen. 'People have a notion it will bring tliems(Laughter.) They i n a cup.--( R ears will cure dropsy, paralysis, cholera—the cholera is mere The Learned Counsel g eonclud i ed e a :m h o ' moonshine now ; and some of us who have suffered from by expressing a firm conviction, that although upon none of the influenza have been great fools not to apply to Mr. the pleas the Jury must find for the plaintiff,edb the would mark Morrison.--(Great laught e r.) Now, gentlemen, the efficacy their sense of the course he had pursu of these pills is repeated over and over again —in every the amount of the damages. In the course y his c e li s e in n t a l l ia n d ess u o r- f variety of form calculated to impose. These publications sued he had discharged a great public duty, namel, exposing are issued forth from . time to time. It is riot the cures a system, the perseverance in which had been with that tend to the fame of the medicine, but these publica welierread. the , loss of life of no less than two individuals. tions vaunted forth of the thousands and tens of thousands Mr. BODKIN put in the publications of the plaintiff, which purchased pills is old, much older that any Gentleman from ' Mr. Morrison's shopin the New ro d - • of miraculous cures by these gamboge pills. But this Steele examined b Mr. MARTIN—Bad New-road, , which he deli- I have the honour to' address. The quacks of old always vered to Mr. Daniel and Mr - it became a subject even to the drama, powders which were sold by time system, Gentlemen, Hume. plaintiff.He had also bought tha Mr. Hui andecikeimr.bDeranlaiestl.. good scene it is where a man is compelled By Mr. KELLY—Made the first purchase in December a h n a d d t a lie ‘ i . r er c y ures; Gave the boxes unopened to to describe the diseases of which he has been cured by the Doctor—the catalogue of human ills the Gave no powders to Mr. Hume. poor wretch is made to excite is extraordinary.—( Laughter.) Mr. Daniel examined by Mr. MARTIN—Was Professor of Well, then, gentlemen, they use an expression which people Chemistry at Ki ng ' s C o ll ege . Th e pills he received from the do not understand — they call themselves e The Hy ge i sts, " last witness he had analyzed. N o . 1 cons i ste d o f resin of aloes, and this is the Hygeian system.—(Laughter.) Then there 11 grains and one-tenth ; cream of tartar 10 grains and four is a College of Health, composed of the partners in the tenths ; gum and soluble matter 4 grains and four.tenths ; this one-tenth in 12 pills. No 2 consisted of resin of aloes 5 grains and concern. I suppose the only apartment they have is that in a ; n su s m eve 4 grains and seven-tenths ; cream of n m e t - h te 1 2 th ; gamboge 4 grains and one-tenth ; pounded coly- which they make up their pills. But then they have their c President and Vice-President, the two partners ; and this tartar Y 6 grains and ma t te ti n i Is. a e nalysis f aboutha he fortnight . or is sent forth to the world as though it were a large estab- By Mr. Keeler._ lishment, at which a certain number of professors were at- three weeks ago. Had given s a de tending, to discover and cure all the diseases to which tailed to Mr. Harmer's clerk. Had epy 11% t wcontferer h d ad nowii the human frame is- liable. But, g ent l emen, lest do- medical man. Knew Mr. Phillips of St. Thomas'sew t 1 any os quence - should fail, lest confidence should be shaken, pital, who was a most excellent chemist. He had co - even the personal charms of the great Hygeist and Head of municatod to him what he had now stated. 'Li the College of Health, in a picture is placed as a frotitis- stated all the substance lie could find in the . piece to their pamphlet—( The Learned Sergearit held up a pills. Knew Mr. Phillips, assistant to Mr. Sandell, pamphlet with a full-length portrait of the Hygeist attached to but had not communicated to him what he now stated. Did it, and exhibited it to the Jury and the Bar amidst shouts of not find any asefeteda or jalap in the pills. The wi.ness here laughter.) Who would not take the pills which have been in- explained the test by which he had arrived at the etnelusi he the Old vented by such a handsome pers on . B ut I confess the like- h a d state d . H ad not been examined at Bailey. " Had mess is not that of a Professor. Here ho is resting on the ascertained that gamboge was in No. 2, by separating it by monum ent of one of his p a ti ents —(Great laughter)---a most sulph ur i c et h er, wh i c h it colouied a bright yellow. -Would graceful person. How can he be called an impudent scamp?—. not speak positively as to there being jalap in the pill s. look at him. The best an swer to the l ib el would have Mr. flume, examined by Mr. Bokin. Had been a chemist been to have produced this portrait—call such an indi- during the whole of his life. Had received from Mr. Steele victual as that an impudent scamp 1 But I have no doubt pills to analyse, and also some powders. The witness corro this is just as much like the President of the College berated tha evidence given by Mr. Daniel. of Health as the description is like the pills. I understand the Sir 11. Halford, examined by Mr. Sergeant WILDE. It gentleman is blessed with abundance in all ways—abundance was net a matter of daily or common occurrence to take gam in his person and pocket, and there are persons who lave. Th e e ff ec t o f t a ki ng i t , if not applicable to d' cannot the is discern the likeness, but this will do._(Convulsive ) laught e i% ' ease, w ou ld p ro d uce i n j ur i ous e ff ects. In consumption, the kind Why, gentlemen, only s cam p s con d escen d to this d taking of it would be injuriou s . l of S o likewise with respect to thing. Look and see whether the whole is not a system of the cases of infants. It might be required imposition—setting up with a college, setting up with a p rcs i_ pox, but in general cases he should say it was not a Feeble. dent ; look to these tricks and manoeuvres — mountebank Had no conception of the saf e ty o f t h e p ill s i n all cases, pp and look at the whole—Counsel comin g h ere t o d e f end the h e s h ou l d b e sorry i n h i s practice to attempt empt to a d minister pills without being; instructed by his client of what they them. are composed I Cook at the nature and char ac t er o f this Cross-examined by Mr. Pnieues.—Did not think the concern, and say whether a court of justice shall be insulted by pills, without any other medicine, would cure fistula, rheu persons coming forward and attempting to prevent maimed- 'retie gout of four years' standing, or ulcerated sore throat. versions—they are forced into a court of. justice, not the first Could not pretend to say what dose of the pills would time—not by the remarks of a public writer, but forced into it produce death. Thought that it would be most dange by the claims of public justice —to defend what ?to defend rous to take 850 pills in fourteen days. Would be sur murder. What is it that is dragged here into a court of jus- pi ised by a perfect recovery being produced by it. tice ? It is a system which has destroyed two persons—that [The trial had not concluded when we went to press, we has been ascertained and proved by judicial investigation, shall give th e r ema i n d er i n a S econ d .Edi t i on .] If these pigs bad been freely administered a ccording t the system, no doubt can be entertained but that every churchyard in a garish would furnish evidence against them. However it is enough to rely on cases that have undergone inquiry, and a criminal inquiry, where ever possible indulgence, presumption, and excuse would be mad y e OR behalf of time accused. A verdict of guilty has been passed, and the punishment has been inflicted. If these pills had not been the cause of those unfortunate individuals' deaths those persons would have been acquitted. B ut the Counsel for the an prisoners could not invent answer, and it was plainly seen that the whole system was founded on imposition and de lusion. One of their bills commenced w i t h the word " Health secured by Morrison's Pills, which has obtained time approbation and recommendation of some thousands in curing consumption, cholera naorbus, i nflammations, bilious and all liver diseases."—( Laughter.) " Gout, rheum a ti sm , lumbago, tic doloreux , king's evil , and all cutaneous eruptions, and keep unalterable for years in all climates, forming at plea sure time mildest aperient, or by increasin g the dose to the briskest and most efficacious purgative.—( Shouts of laughter. ) They " cure all diseases." My friend admitted that a great many of his patients died.—( Laughter.) Well, then, it goes on to state that they " cure all mental derangements ;" and I won't say that courts of justice furnish many instances of a malady here described ; but the Houses of Parliament furnish numerous instances of it—they will cure all ceeen tricity—( Laughter)—all mental derangements, nervous affec tions, irritabilities, and " restlessness from whatever source." —(Great laughter.) Now, Gentlemen, if Mr. Morrison, or an y body connected with him, should be labouring at this mo• ment under any irritability or restlessness, let that individual take a dose of the pills, and ho would become calm and col lected at once.—(Great laughter.) If you have a lot of bills becoming due, and there was a panic, take a dose of Morrison's pill s . Then it goes on—" These aro complaints which have heretofore not been properly und erstood, as the Hygeist has found them all to proceed ram acrimonious humours in the blood; and, happily for the present and future race of mankind, disco vered a cheap and universal mode of purifying, curing, and preventing."—( Great laughter.) " The being cured of any • disease, infirmity, or sore"--a broken shi n , f or I nstance 024 1 1g 111 Pc) - -- -4 1§ lIASY no mere a dubious or u ncerta i n pro cedure.s n 1 i ~.entsemen, so impudent a statement exceeds the The late Dowager Marchioness of Exeter and the late Mrs. Bennet, of Whitehall-gardens, were sisters, and survived each other only a few days. The remains of the laty wealthy, w ill b e conveyed for intermentin the I s l e o f Wight, where she e possessed h who to wasßeauchamp, delightful e x m villa. HA MB URG 11, FEB. 3 .lYesterday morning the me lancholy news arrived of the death of his Royal Highness the Grand Doke Frederick Francis of Mecklenburg Schwerin, at Ludwigslust, on the Ist of February, at eight o'clock in the morning. The Prince was the senior of the European Sovereigns, born on the the 10th of December, 1756, and had attained the age of 80 years and 55 days. He succeeded his uncle, Duke Frederick, on the 9th of April, 1785, and assumed, in 1815, the title of Grand Duke. During his paternal reign of above 50 years, which was marked by manifold vicissitudes, he enjoyed the truly filial affection of his subjects, and universal esteem i n fo reign countries. He is.suceeeded by his grandson, Paul Frederick, who was born on the 15th of September, 1800, and married on the 25th of May, 1822, to her Royal High ness Princess Frederica Willielmina Alexandrine, daughter of his Majesty Frederick William 11., the reigning King of Prussia. His R oya l Hi g h ness h as two sons and one daughter. SMYRNA, JAN. 7.—The arrival of the newly ap pointed French Vice-Consul is most anxiously expected at Naxos, in order to pacify, if possible, the religions dissen tions which have sprung up between the Lazarites a nd portion of the Catholic population of that island. Those differences had risen to such a pitch, that the superior dale Lazarites, after witnessing the pillage of his church, o ' B° obliged to take to flight and seek refuge at Constantinople: The Catholics of Naxos regretted that the French Consul had not arrived in time to prevent these troubles, partici'. laxly as the property which had been the object o f plunder was under the prutectica of France.:—Swabian 411ercitlY WQ twderstand th a t the committee for erecting the go t ta(' to the Duke of W e lli ngton have unanimously decide" thwt it shall be placed opposite the Mausiekt-helige,