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o'cLocK. )00 2(t. Et 100 t 74 6-; ... 61 E 6 cia1..... „ quit ... , 3' DEC. 9. ur. (poi phi tto 1 ne Ire Lind ....... ,tilcUragi ;Turt.Ng, 1810 rl4. PATENT. le Disco! nprkfcr tell of iGt leedi the itnputl ►nn)lied to I and so aall la of the nl I by the Ivo nets appall s place wi cuts9o, t perifitis tW doing it 0 ,„ swot effeatttsiu 5 adaptltiPa W Obviating eretefore, t possibility has pawed s ) 4 l fiict for 011 :cells et Vin t antages. in advertisiti spchle of pet that of' s ' Filter, .sn hillsly purlk eras npnar, ,he stinteoei , " Hosiseketre: removing t 1 e justly stir the Water. twice tto that Ono! . Striutd, LLT. hours.-OM . - ..... 06% A rify a• wit! conentlipt4 in full (l r the rateste t ! the Mlle tldresteti. $llll4 __., 2, l 828• extraor )ds, we all i order )n, saw tV Court anli y craturno ess or teat mission, golden's: l stick, had by ° 6 the sw ol l igh, tscqueoc e ' trial ill' is over. our prec V ear. TO ,er will b 6 Jouro l pplicatio° the ilinf 6( Ole from 'esented tb n4t the el, the 5 q had back' kely to P iiord to 0 ": werorneo r sued to t b " , hold the °'i le enure of freelfs indistttrr" unless tlfr to confided. Int inoPli iterpri O, THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) ',intervention of Baron V. Zuylen, to prevent any mis 41etstanding that might arise from the Blockade of the Dar -411,8, and as the English Minister- did before without t* mt, a declaration. In fact, Paron V. Zoylen sent 44 rIgoalan with instructions to acquaint the Reis Effendi MI the views of the French Government, which thinks to neutral in this matter, without contesting the right Russi a to do what it proposes. The Reis Effendi is to hare replied, that "it was indifferent to the : I le what measures were a d o pt e d against it, far it ' 44 defend its ri t lits, .!rd if.eserve itself from dis ,our." 'What credic is to be given to this assertion, we tot ki w, but it is certain that the squadron in the *phoru s is ordered to tha Dardanelles, and 8,000 chosen "QPii are went by land to strengthen the garrison of the Baron Von Zutlat has sent an express to Pores ' t h despatches for Count Guilleminot. INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. D RAT, Dae. 11.—Wind W. by N.—Arrived the Al i% Hill, from Bilboa. Arrived from London the Eden, :Ict for th e Medi terranean . Th e outwar d b oun d re n• Arrived the Rachel, from Pernambuco. ro kTsuotrrir, DBc. 11.—Wind S.W.—Pot back the ; I ',d Melvill e , B rown , f or Ne w S out h W a l es . S a il e d hi s I „l'sty's ship S corp i on , M o ff att , f or H avre -d e -G race . 4 ' , l , :rAnarr ia , S.S.W.—Arrived from k"4n the Li m , W'nitwell, for Tobago. Put back the !'tia Barkley, for Jamaica, with slight damage. Ar :;4lhe Carl Edward, May, front Gnayra, (Ballasted, 'Tam Frederick, Bremar, with loss of fore-yard. line. 10. —Wind S.W.—Arrived from 440 . 1 x ; Ike Pursuit, ,Alexander ; the Mate and four men ate rt'Ashe.d overboard on the night of the 6th, about 1 a 0 W. of Scilly ; end on the 7th, lost fore-mast-head, I , ll 7ards, b oats , bulwarks, &c,. arid shipped a great deal of The Captain and a boy were the only persons left .beard when she was fallen is with off the Lizard, 11 a of hoot, anti towed in here. the Janet, Dttrack, from London to Limerick, was on ,te, near Kilrush, on Monday—the cargo, it was ex "l, would be saved. 4 ' 14 Zeithyr, Fitziimons, from Belfast to London, put Arliglass on Tueiday, with damage, and leaky, haTing on'rocks at the entrance of the harbour. CITY, TnuarE o' acc . 'there is every appearance of this being another un;n i4:"tiog and idle day. The Engli s h Funds are wanting tiaimation, and the Brokers complain that they never Nlect such a paucity in business. Consols opened this Nrning at 81-, Fel le ra, and, with the exception of becorn- Z/O'llyers, are now at the same rate ; the Commissioners th4 l4 8( $11 for Reduced. Exchequer Bills are a little better, Al the premium has recovered to 62 4 ; India Bonds, tit 6. A Che Foreign Stock market is equally dull, Brazilian 1/4.uls have been heavy at 64, sellers, at present they are rwrs . ; Russian, 954- 6 ; Portuguese Bonds 531 Sltstrfa are without business or alteration in price. Ypres per Cent. Consols, shut ; Ditto, for At- Z~utt 1111- ; Three per Cent. Redneed, ; India k, shut ; India Bo n ds, tit 6 p m . ; E xc h equer Bills, 2. , 4, pm. t h k :"axicist.-13catilian, 64 I; •13tienei Ayes, 48 9 1 4 ; Colombian, ti2k 3 ; Danish, 62?-, lek) 17 it; Mexican Five per Cent., 25 6 ; Ditto, Six y„ Cent., 32 Peruvian, 18i 194 , ; Portuguese, 53.` 4 !- Ruesian, 25i 6 ; Spanish, 104 t ' ll Kitu.—Anglo Mexican, 77 die. ; Brazilian, 42 4 ; halation, 95 105 pm. ; Colombian, 14 13 dia.; Real -ete, I.e; t Mon 140 160 per share; Tlalpuxahua, 10 iO per 4 United Menican, 23 2 dia. TWO O'CLOCK. - In the Cit y we st ill rema i n w i t h out po li t i ca l i nte lli gence m, 411 Y kind, and the. Funds are still in the'same quiet state k..'' 't has c h aracter i se d b us i ness . Cornish Lave been again 'er6 at tin ; are now sellers. THREE 0' CLOCK. Consols for Account, 871; THE MARKETB.—(TiIis DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English Grain and Flour this week are 114 , ; ill. There is another quantity of Foreign Wheat ar 11'ed. There is again considerable business doing i n th e W heat tr a d e t o -d ay , an d pr i ces may b e reporte d 2s. to 3s. Per',4 quarter higher than on Mo n d a y l as t f or suc h p arce l s are dry and sweet. Earley, Beans, - and Pease, meet a v •ty slow sale. The Oat trade remnir:s much the !Mlle as rc'perted, with little doing. Flot.r is better sale than f lat, st no alteration in value. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Harley. Oats. Flour. p~ B g' ,4 h 900 qrs. 3,100 qrs. 6,000 qrs. 1,%00 sacks. 300 --- 4,250 15,400 1,300 260 i•qt ; .l 7, llTllAl, AVERAGE PRICE 01 . BRITISH CORN, ° r the Week ended Dec. 5, 1829, made up from the Returns or the Inspectors iii the different 6ities Ind ''owns in England ii V l thl Wales, per Im erial-Quarter. t ileat..-724. 0,1. Oats —... 2.5 i. &'..1 8ean5.......... 40s. Od. f t lBd. 455. Sil Pease—....... es. Od. NTnaint. AGOEBOATE AYERAGIN of the I` , ll WEEKS ritnci:oiNn. t a 2e.at....— 745. 4d. I Oats —.. 2ds. iti. I Beans...—..—. 4-ls. Yd . 4 4-- 106. 151. I Rye ...... 425. E , L I Fea5e.......... 4:1-s. 4d i'il DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. RI. I Oats — "er 111. Rye 7s. A. Beans.- As. Od. Pease - 54. Od. SMITHFIELD MAIIKET. At tkis day's market, Ivhich - e , ..hibited a large Friday's I ti l'Ply of Beasts, but very moderate of Sheep, Calves, 1 .4 Porkers, the ordinary run of Beef, with Mutton and , " 1 41 1 sold heavily at fidonday'l- prices, which were ex btdecl by a considerable of fine Oxen, Steers, and ' l eifers, of newly prize quLlity. mil 4d. per stone. There a cre eleven remarkably fine Herefordshire Oxen in the I ' l arket, b e l ong i ng t o Mr. Rowland of Crislow, who asked 18 1- per head for them.. tiLICKS rEa nos": or BLS& TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. s. ri. to s. d. erior Beasts 2 4. '; 6 Large Lambs "Zond quality ditto 210 :4 2 Prime small ditto 0 0 0 0 bgirt, e largo Oxen... 4 0 Large coarse Calves Olyte Scuts, 4 4 5 0 Prime small ditto 5 0 .5 4 ... • k.!( • for Sheep 3 8 V 0 i Large nogg 4 9 5 4 Crxmit quality ditto 3 2 3 6 Small Porkers 5 4 5 8 4 4 rEe-woolltal kW° 310 4 2 SucklinCalves tA)36I. each. NtlidownWetlers 4 46 ; Quarte oldl'igs lils. to 20s. cacti. surn.v, AS nc CLliiteS STATEMENT. BC:Li N. I Slicer. l Calves. I rigs. 1,169 I 3,760 1 184 I 100 Much Cows were scarce and dear. .NEWOATE AN!) LEADFNHALL MARKETS. At per stone by the Carcass. s. d. toe. (t. s. d. to d. P eel 9 2 3 4 Veal 91 1t1on . 2 4, 3 6 Pork CITY MARKETS, TWO O'CLOCK. FM:tr.—The demand for the common descriptions has ( ' ) usid.rabl - increased, and the deliveries from the ware - Ottsos are rather large ; the prices, nevertheless, have not 'ten maintained, as the anxiety of the iMporters to effect ales, deters the buyers from purchasing any large quan titY• New red Smyrna Raisins are now being sold at 41,5. a nd :a large !parcel of new Valentias have been divided tirno ng the trade at 50s. New Sultana Raisins have been t aken off freely at 705., and there are very few remaining on hand at present. New Currants go off very I , lowly at t hy quotations : in other descriptions there is very little a lteration to notice. The Duke of Wellington came to town on `Yisdnestlay night from the seat of the Disks of Richmond, . 1 ;t Goodwood, Sussex. His Grace received visits yester gay from the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Ellenborough, Mr. ecrrtary Peel, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir Qeorge Cockburn. Count d'Ofalia, the Spanish Minister (on a s pecial mission), had an interview yesterday with the Earl Aberdeen, at the Office of the Secretary of State for :roreign rrRADE IN TIIE WEST COUNTRY.—Trade 1 ,% fir from being good in Kilbarchan, or i n any o f t h e vii 'ites around, at present. I should supp ose t h ere may b e Itnn two to three hundred weavers out o f wor k i n KO- Qarehs u i alone, and the muslin trade is very bad also, as t lany who have done their ntmoat to get cotton webs have tint succeeded. The trade in Paisley is likewise notch de- Dressed, and the wages fur labour were never lower even in the worst of times. The working people are suffering trdships with a calmness anti fortitude that ought to corn- Naiad the attention and sympathy of their superiors in life. 'N..Scotsman. On Saturday night it Hew a violent hurricane item N. W. by W., which continiA during the night; and 4 ltarly to noon on Sunday, when it abated, hut recom menced on Sunday night, not, however, with equal fury. the banks at either side of the Shannon gave way in seve ral places, by which considerable damage has been done; Ootatoes, hay, and grass-corn have suffered greatly, conai lerable quantititai having been destroyed. The mail coach a nd one of the caravans from Ennis to Limerick were, t asth the Horses, upset into a dyke on the flat at the 't'anis side of the Limerick-road ; fortunately the pawn i.Yl, extricated themselves, and escaped unhu r t. The mail ,ts despatched by a horseman to Limerick.—Limerick %reniny Post. • MOST SINGULAR, TRIAL. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF KING'S BENCH. COOPER 11"-1{1.Y. From after eight o'clock the different avenues leading into the Court were so crowded thLt tl►ere was scarcely any possibility of forcing a passage. It was with the utmost difficulty ~ vith the most active assistance of constables and the officers of the Court that counsel, jury, and witnesses could obtain an entrance. When they got in, many of them presented a most ludicrous ap pearance, some of the wigs of the barristers were off, others half off; some gentlemen had parts of their coats torn entirely away, and so on. Scarcely on any occasion was there so great an interest excited. Almost every hospital surgeon and eminent practi tioner in London was present, besides an immense number of students. The defendant appeared in person on the floor of the Court at a few minutes past nine; Mr. Brougha►n and Mr. Kelly, ,his Coun sel, were also present. Sir Jamas Scarlett, Mr. Pollock, Mr. Scarlett, and Mr. Platt, Nvere Counsel for the plaintiff. It was a quarter to ten o'clock before the jurymen could gain admittance. The Jury was special, but as not more than five or six entered the box upon being called, Sir James Scarlett said he prayed a tales with great reluctance. Those who entered the box were the following : Huntley Bacon, Thomas Henry, Henry - Laing, M. Bocher, J. Westmorland, Richard Prance. Among the Common Jury Men called, Robert San derson was objected to by Sir James Scarlctt. The defendant laid on the floor a cast of a child in the position in which a patient is tied when undergoing the operation of lithotomy. He had also a pelvis and case of instruments, such as were used on the occasion. He applied to the Judge to be accommodated with a table ; but his Lordship stated that, in consequence of the pres sure at the doors, it was impossible for him to have his wish met then ; but one was brought to him af terwards. The following Jurymen were summoned, and fined for non-attendance, 201. each :—Messrs. Blanchard, Edward Burn, Burridge Davenport, James Hill, John lienry Hanson, DuHton M‘Laughlan, and Geo, Sheldon. Messrs. Burn, Davenport, Hanson, and M‘Laughlan, worked their way in, and, after their evidence WEIS takenovere admitted into the box. Upon the Bench We noticed Sir Astley Cooper, Dr. Bro die, and Mr. Green. Dr. Roget sat to the left of Sir James Scarlett, within the Bar. Mr. SCARLETT Opened the pleadings. The following is a copy of the alleged Mick, which were published in Nos. 239 and 240 of the Lanect:— GUY'S HOSPITAL. THE OPERATION CP I.ITHOTONIV, BY MR. ERANSBY COOPER, WHICH LASTED NEARLY ONE HOUR !* We should be guilty of injustice towards the singularly gifted operator, as well as towards our numerous readers, if we were to omit a " full, true, and particular" account of this case. It will doubtless be useful to the country " draff," to learn how things are managed by one of the privileged order—a Hospital surgeon—nephew and sur geon, and surgeon because he is " nephew." The performance of this tragedy was nearly as fol lows ACT 1. The patientt (a labouring man, from the county of Sussex, thick set, ruddy and healthy in appear ance, and u 3 years of age), was placed on the operating table, at a few minutes past one o'clock, on Tuesday the 13th. The only one of the surgical staff present, besides the operator, was Mr. Gallaway. The ceremony of bind ing the patient we need not detail ; the straight staff was introduced, and was hold by Mr. Gallaway. The first in cision, through the integuments, appeared to be freely and fairly made ; and, after a little dissection, the point of the knife was fixed (apparently) in the groove of the staff, which was now taken hold of, and the knife carried on wards—somewhere. A small yeantity of fluid followed the withdrawal of the knife ; the forceps were now handed over, and for some time attempted to be introduced, but without effect. " I must enlarge the opening," said the operator ; " give me my uncle's knife ;" this instrument was given, and a cut was inaile with it, without the staff being se-introduced. The forceps were again used, but as un successfully as before ; they were pushed onwards to a con siderable distance, and with no small degree of force.. " It's a very deep perineum," exclaimed the operator. " I can't reach the bladder with any finger." Act 2. The staff re-introduced, and a cutting gorget passed along it—various forceps employed : a blunt gorget —a scoop--sounds and staves introduced at the opening in the perinetnn. " I really can't conceive the difficulty —Hush ! Hush ! Don't you hear the stone !"—" Dodd (turning to the Demonstrator), have you a long finger? Give me another instrument—Now I have it ! Good God ! 1 can hear the stone when I pass the sound from the opening, but the forceps won't touch it—O dear ! 0 dear !" Such were the hurried exclamations of the olierator. Every now and then there was a cry of Hush ! which was succeeded by the stillness of death, broken only by the hor rible squash, squash, of the forceps in the perineum. " Oh ! let it go—pray let it keep in," was the constant ery of the poor man. This act lasted upwards of half an hour; the firmer up wards of twenty minutes. The stone was eventually laid hold of, and never shall we forget the triumphant manner in which the Assistant Surgeon raised his arm and flou rished the forceps over his head, with the stone in their grasp. The operator turned to the students and said " I really can't conceive the cause of the difficulty." The pa tient being upon the table, bound, while the operator was 6 ' err/trilling." The man was put to bed much exhausted, but rallied a few hours afterwards, and leeches were applied, in conse quence of tenderness of the abdomen. He passed a rest less night, was in• great pain, and was bled from the arm on the followine morning. Leeches were applied in the afternoon, and about seven o'clock in the evening, death ended the poor fellow's sufferings, about 29 hours after the operation. EXAMINATION OF THE BODY. There was a very large and slough) , wound observable in the perineum, and the scrotum was exceedingly dark coloured, from ecchymosis. The finger could be passed to the prostate without difficulty, which was not deeply situated ; indeed, it was the declared opinion of Dr. Hodg kin and Mr. Key, he lied not a " deep perineum." The cellular tissue throughout the pelvis was easily Incerable, and this was especially the case with the portion between the bladder and the rectum, admitting of the passage of the finger with great facility, and to a considerable dis tance. There was a tolerable fair lateral section of the prostate and neck of the bladder. The `gland itself was larger than natural, and the portion which is designated the third lobe, presented a singular appearance, being of tl.e size of the tip of the little finger, and forming a kind of valve at the neck of the bladder; part of this third lobe had a dark-coloured appearance, and it seemed as if some substance had been resting upon it. The bladder itself presented nothing remarkable. The peritoneum lining - the abdominal parietes was highly vascular, and there was a slight quantity of turbid scrum in the cavity of the abdomen. Tke kidneys had a mottled appearance throughout their cortical substance. There are two or three points in this case to which see beg :particular attention ; first, the statement of 111 r. B. Coeper, at the time of the operation, that he " could not reach the bladder with his finger," as contrasted with the fact of the bladder being very readily reached in the post mortem examination ; the man not having a deep perineum. Secondly, the circumstance of the finger passing with facility, between the bladder and rectum to a great depth, as considered in connexion with another declaration of Mr. Cooper, that he could not feel the stone with the forceps, until the time of its extraction, although a sound, passed into the bladder downwards, from the penis, struck upon the stone; as was the case also, on one or two occasions, when a staff was passed at the perinea! opening. The surface of the calculus was rather larger than the disc of a shilling, flat, oval-shaped, and apparently consist ing of lithic acid. Our report of the operation of lithotomy at Guy's Hos pital, in which Mr : , Bransby Cooper, after employing a variety of different instruments, extracted the stone at the end of fifty-fi v e minutes, i—the average max imunz of time in which this operation is performed by s kilf u l surgeons being about six minutes; has, as might have been expect- • The following- passage occurs in John Bell's great work on surgery :—" Long and Pnurderous operations, where the surgeon labours for an hour in extracting the stone, to the inevitAble destroction of the patient." f The poor fellow, who has lift a widow and six chil dren, said, that he " came to town to he operated upon by the Ncvey' of the great Sir Arstley." t We hare frequently seen the operation performed by the senior surgeun of Guy's Hospital in lees than one minute. ed, excited Iq9 ordinary seneaqon in the toinde of the • public, as well as among the. open-atm 's prof brethren An attempt has been made to cell in question tine accuracy of our report, in a letter signed by a nuniher of the dressers and pupils of the Borough Hospitals, whielt letter had been inserted, as an advertisement, in the 7lntes, and also in the Morning Herald. Some of the young gentlemen who have aft:lntel their sig natures to this letter, were present at the operation ; others, wino were not present at the opera tion, have nevertheless, with a generosity more charac teristic of their age than of their discretion, added the weight of their se simony to that of the eye-witnesses of the melancholy exhibition, and volunteered their approbation of Mr. Bransby Cmo;ner's performance. Upon the value of this species of te . dimony eve shall make no comment, nor do we think it material that the document _to which we allude is signed, we believe, by not more than one third of tine number of yowls; gentlemen present ; had they all signed it, their united opinion of the skill, dexterity, and self-possession exhibited by Mr. liranehy c eof ,„,• on this occasion, is not likely to influence the judgment of the profession, whatever it may effect with the public.— The question to which tine manner en which the Lite ope rations was performed is calculated to give rise, is nut a question between Mr. Bransby Cooper and his pupils, but it is a question between a surgeon, holding a high and re sponsible situation in Guy's Hospital, and the public. Of Mr. Bransby Cooper's amenity of manners, and kindness of disposition, we entertain no doubt; and the letter in question may be regarded as a testimcnial of the estimation in which a good-natured lecturer is held by the young gen tlemen who attend his class. lint the question is not, whe ther Mr. Bransby Cooper is is puler among his pupils, but whether he performed the late operation with that degree of skill, which the public has a right to expect front a sur geon of Guy's H nspital ; whether, in short, the case_pre sented such difficulties as no degree of skill could have sur mounted in less time, or with less disastrous cones queuees ; or whether the unfortunate patient lost his lire, not because his Cast! was really one of extraordinary diffi culty, but because it was the turn of a surgeon to operate, who is indebted for his elevation to the influence of a cor rupt system, and who, whatever may he his private virtues, would never have been placed in a situation of such deep re sponsibility as that which he now occupies, had he not been the nephew of Sir A. Cooper. This is the question, the only question, in which tine public is interested ; and if Mr. Bransby Cooper is desirous of bringing this question to an issue in a Court of Justice, it will be for Mr. Harrison, the treasurer of Guy's Hospital, to enlighten the minds, of the Jury as to the circumstances under which the nephew of Sir Astley Cooper was elevated to bin; present situation. lie tine event of au action, we shall most unquestionably call upon Mr. Harrison to disclose these circumstances to the jury. In the mean time, we do not ninticipate the decision cf this question by positively impugning Mr. Bransby Cooper's skill ; but we contend, as IVO have re peatedly contended on fornser occasions, that the inevitable tendency of making the patronage of hospital sergeoncies en affair of flintily influence, jobbing, and intrigue, is to occasion a erred and wanton augmentation of human suf fering, and to render frequent such heart-rending specta cles, as that which was lately exhibited at Guy's Hospital. We repeat, that there may, by poseibility, have been difficulties in this ease, which no degree of surgical skill could have surmounted in less time, or with greater ability than Mr. Bransby Cooper exhibited ; and it remains to be seen whether such difficulties can be shown to have ex isted. At present, not a single material fact in our report is denied, though its general accuracy is vaguely questioned by the operator's pupils. It is not denied that nearly one hour elapsed before Mr. Bransby Cooper extracted the stone. It is not denie I that the operator had recourse to the multiplicity of instruments enumerated in our report. It is not denied that the patient was subjected to extraor dinary mutferine—euffering which could scarcely fail to terminate in death ; hut no attempt has been made to show that this was a case of extraordinary diffi culty. It is scarcely worth while to allude seriously to the document which has been put forth by Mr. Bransby CoopeCa select pu p ils. But a s th ese are tine only panegy rists tile operator has hitherto procured, we will put a case. which may enable the public to estimate the value of their approbation. Suppose it had been stated that, instead of employing fifty-five minutes in extracting the stone, Mr. Bransby Cooper had performed the operation in tine usual time—say, four or five minutes. Suppose it had been stated that, instead of manifesting great perplexity and em barrasement, Mr. Bransby Cooper had exhibited the ut most coolness and self-possession ; that the patient ap peared to suffer very slightly during the operation, and was removed frem the theatre with every prospect of a fa vourable issue to the case. Let us suppose these, and similar false representations to have been made in this Journal ; and we will ask whether any of these young gentlemen, friendly as their feelings are towards a teacher whose good nature is matter of greater notoriety than his science, and interested as they are in obtaining his good-will, and his certificates to enable them to pass their examinations at the College before his " uncle," who is the president of that benighted body—we will ask whether any of there young gentlemen, some of whom did, and more than one-third of whom did not see the operation, woeld have come forward to contradict a favourable, though a false report. We repeat that we do not, as the case stands at present, directly and positively, impugn Mr. Bransby Cooper's surgical skill ; but as none of the material facts de tailed in our report have been, or, we believe, can he, con tradicted, we do not hesitate to say, that, looking to the cir cumstances attending this and other operations pet formed by this gentleman, in connexion with the circumstances._ we believe that we are justified, and that Mr. Harrison, the treasurer of Guy's Hospital, knows we are justified in saying, the extraordinary circumstances 'attending his elevation to Isis present situation, justice, humanity, the interests of the medical profession, and the, safety of the public at large, call alike for investigation. Whether this investigation be of a judicial character or not, we are indifferent. We are pre pared to meet 24c. Bransby Cooper, if he think fit, in a Court of Justice ; we will meet him in our own person (for this will not be a case to intrust to a lawyer, however eminent or highly gifted), and we shall see whether Mr. Bramsby Cooper will be equally prepared to meet us, the public, the relatives of the unfortunate patient, and Mr. Harrison, the Governor of Guy's Hospital. Sir JAMES SCARLETT said he should now take the opinion of the Court upon the different counts and pleas, as to whether it was his or the defend ant's duty to begin, urging that it was incumbent on the part of his client. The defendant contended the contrary, and cited the eases of Hodgkins and Holdham, Jackson and Hescot, and Biddell and Russell, in support of this proposition. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said that as his de cision would probably be made the ground of future ones, he should not give it without consulting with his brother Judges. His Lordship retired for th a t purpose, and returned in about ten minutes, when he stated his opinion to be, in which the other Judges • concurred, that the task of beginning was upon the defendant. Sir JAMES SCARLETT trusted that being the de cision of the Court, that whatever the termination of this case might be he should be at liberty to examine his witnesses, for the purpose of removing that brand which had been thus thrown upon him. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE did not consider. it necessary to give an opinion at the present moment upon that part. The defendant then rose, and trusted that before he proceeded to address the Jury the Court would order all the witnesses to withdraw. Sir J. SCARLETT had no objection to the with drawal of these witnesses who spoke to facts, but those who were to give opinions he considered it essential and necessary they should remain in Court. After some discussion it was agreed that the wit nesses speaking to facts should withdraw, and those who were to give opinions should remain. The defendant then addressed the Jury in the following terms :—May it please your Lordship, and Gentlemen of the Jury, you have already heard from the learned gentleman who has opened the plead ings, that this is an action i nst i tute d against me, the Editor and Proprietor of th e L ancet , for an al leged libel of and upon the professional character of the plaintiff. It is stated that I have published a report of a supposed operati on at Guy ' s Hospital, f a lsely and maliciously, and it is inf erre d f rom the "declaration that no such operation was performed in that Institution : and that what I have published is nothing mo r e nor less than gross calumny. Guy's Hospital, G en tl eme n, as yon must he aware, is an Institution of v er y great i m p o rtance, not only- as an Institution of charity, b ut one f rom which it is expected that there should emanate t h e f i rs t prin ciples of our profession, practice i n th e very fi rst an d best manner. It has attached to it an extensive medical school. It has lectures there, and a very large attendance of students. The practice which the students witness in the Institution is necessarily carried by them to the most dis taut parts of the kingdom. Hen ce it i s o f th e utmostim portance to the public welfare that the practice there in culcated should be calculated to promote the interests of the public, and alleviete, as far as it is possible, the sure k. r n aze and ndeeries of mankind. Guy's Hospital was finnidel soh.ly by one individual, Thomas Guy, I think, in the year 1722 or 1724, who at that period left to the Institution a sum equivalent to 200,0001., consequently the funds of that Institution, from the increase that has taken place in point of value, must be immense. Of course, it ic great consequence th a t th ose f un d s should- be appropriatedte of in the hest manner, that individuals of the greatest possible skill should be elected to fill its situations, both medical and surgical, and that it is not fair that those offices sl , etild be filled in soy other manner than what is consonant with the intention of the founder and which would he of the greatest benefit to the public. Mr. 13raneby Cooper is one of the persons who has been elected to fill the office of surgeon, and in the duties of his situation he perfin rued the operation which I published in No. 284, of my journal. Now it is right that I shoeld state to you, that the Laura was first published and projected by me, in 1823. I considered that by publishing the lectures that were delivered in public institutions, lectures which I considered as public property, because the individuals who delivered them were public servants, I considered it would he of immense consequence to place in contrast the theories of the different individuels in the lecture-room, and the praittice in the wards of the hospital. By so doing, the lecturers were stimulated to a greater exercise of their duty, for their opinions were laid before the pub_ lie, and they had an opportunity of seeing what their opinions were, and, at the same time, of seeing whe ther the practice used in the wards was a practice of neg lect or attention. '['he publication - of Lectures has led to a good deal of discussion in some other Courts of Law.— The publication of Hospital Reports has likewise led to great benefits as regards the public. The public hare thus the advantages of the opinions of Hospital Surgeons, and they have to endure the scrutiny of the public, end cannot hack and halve the Lectures as beinre. Of course, I am under the necessity of employing a great number of re porters, who arc necessarily much distributed over this city. They are in the practice of taking notes of the cases admitted, and carefelly registering :all the points connected with them. The reporters I bare employed, as far As I have been capable of judging, hare been men of the most ho nourable character, and have fulfilled their duty in a very accurate and conscientious manner. The reports sent to me I am compelled to rely on, as all editors are, for their correctness, for it is impossible that an editor can himself he everywhere—l cannot be at St. Thomas's, St. George's, and Guy's Hospitals at the same moeuent. The reports, therefore are transmitted to me regularly from the various institutions. The report of this operation was sent to me by a gentleman of very high character, a gentleman whom I shall summon to the wimess-box before you this day, who will himself tell you that he witnessed this operation, Who will state to you that the report is in every respect correct. That gentleman will assert this openly before the Court, and I challenge all inquiry, all strict and scrutieizing investigation, into hie character. I have heard, indeed, that attempts will be made this day, that some imputations are h,:eried to be founded on this young man, but I defy calu.nny, and I court scrutiny. However, you will be the best judges whether his evidence is entitled to weight or not. When this r. (Tort was transmitted to me, as it was of an extraordinary character, and as it re ferred to circumstances of a still more extraordinary charaa • ter, I palm(' before 1 inserted it. I waited, and I did not publish it in the first publication after it occurred. I waited till the period of publishing a second one arrived, and when this report was brought to toe, it cer tainly contained some statements against the operator rather harsher than what had appeared elsewhere. This gentleman told toe that he considered it his duty to characterise such an operation by the strongest terms of reproach. And, Gentlemen, be has assured me, upon his honour, before I gave currency to the report, that it was in every respect correct. I considered that I had no other course to pursue in my public character, than to present it to the public, whatever the consequences might be, in the manner I Inure done. Having made a few alte rations in it with regard to some of the expressions, and inserted the words " nephew and surgeon, licensee he is nephew," (Laughter.) I believe I inserted that and that only. Gentlemen, I shall not detain you longer, as I have no doubt that I shall have another opportunity of addressing you, and that my case will not fail in your bands, as my Learned opponent has stated. I rather think the Learned Gentlemen will have ample scope for producing all his wit nesses, and giving all the evidence he can adduce, as to the skill of this Mr. Bransby Cooper. lam therefore in hopes that the Gentlemen of the Jury will have nn opportunity of hearing all the evidence. I shall not flinch front my duty, if it can be proved that this report was in coireet, there is nothing will give me greater regret than to have done any injury whatever to Mr. Bransby Cooper or any other person. It is not by this that we instruct the profession, but it is when men come boldly for ward to sanction such proceedings that it gives a stain to the profession which ages can by no possibility remove, because, when men conic forward and swe•r that this operation was performed skillfully, I know not what they will swear ; and you must presume that they are tenable themselves to perform the operation in any other way.— With these observations I shall leave the case entirely in your hands. I shall call a number of witnesses to prove that this report is in every respect a correct one : and, if this be so, I shall, of course, he entitled to your verdict. Alderman Partridge examined by the defendant—l re side at Colchester, and ant a Member of the College of Surgeons; I have been fourteen years in practice at Col chester; I have seen many operations in lithotomy, and hate performed the operation 16 or 18 times. I witnessed the operation performed by Mr. Braneby Cooper at Guy's Heepital in March last. I bare seen the report, and when I read it 1 thought it correct, and since then I have had no reason to alter that opinion. The patient appeared to be a very healthy man. I think Mr. Cooper introduced the staff, but the second incision was made without the staff, all the instruments having been withdrawn after the first incision. (The defendant here produced a figure repre senting the situation of the patient, wltieh the wit ness deposed to as being correct.) The patient re mained in that position an hour. During that time the sound was repeatedly introduced. Several cuts were at tempted to be made into the bladder with a knife. The cutting gorget was introduced, and also a blunt gorget. The scoop was also intro ;need, and two pair of forceps were also introduced. The patient called out several times, re questing that the:, would leave off and unloose him. The operator decleeed more than owe that he could not explain the diffictulty. The operator appeared to be perplexed and hur ried in consequence of the delay. He appeared not to have any Pcientific design. He introduced his finger with considerable force. He used instruments in the ordinary way, but failed in lighting upon the atone, which was of course his intention. The forceps di,' net enter the bladder the first time, and witness thought the reason was, that the opening was not sufficiently large, but believes there was an opening from the appearances which followed. The operator said that he felt the stone when he passed his staff through the urethra and could alto feel it when he passed the sound through the incision in the perineum. lie also said that Ise could not feel it with the forceps. The reason of this was, that the forceps, if straight or slightly curved, would pass under the stone, which was high up in the bladder. Mr. Cooper tried several times to feel the stone with his finger, and measured his finger with other gentlemen to see if any of them had a longer finger. Taking all the circumstances into consideration, he could not say that Mr. Cooper performed the operation in a scientific manner. It was not per formed in such a manner as the public had a right to expect from a surgeon of Guy's Hospital. The average time for performing such an operation is about four or five minutes. I believe this operation occupied nearly en hour. Mr. Cooper used the straight staff with n knife. Whe 2 the operator found that he could not introduce the forceps with the fit st intent, he then made a second cut without the staff, which is a very unusual proceeding. The scoop is used to extract fragments of a stone, which may have crumbled off it. There were no fragments in this case. The longest time I ever saw such an operation occupy, even in the most difficult cases, was within half an hour. In these cases there were evident causes why the operation lasted so long. Those causes were where the stone was large, and where it would he dangerous to enlarge the wound for fear of injuring the rectum, and there the time was lost in drawing at the stone gradually...._ In the operation in question, the stone was a small one hieing not larger then a common Windsor bean, flat and round. It might have weighed about two drachms or less, but certainly not more. Stones weighing several ounces have been successfully removed. Unless the isucisira ' was large enough to admit the forceps, that instrument could not lay hold of the stone without also catching the 1 integnmenta of the bladder. The stone lay above the pubis, for the sound always touched it on being withdrawn, and it was extracted by pressure above the pubis, and with a curved forceps. if the operator had been aware of the situation of the stone, he should have taken these measures at first. lie should hare ascertained this in the first in stance. 1 Cross-examined by Sir J. SCARLETT never saw Mr. Wakely before this day, nor his attorney in the cause before last night. Mr. Canary was the assistant-sur geon on the occasion, and 'Witness believes hiin to be a man of skill. Witness has had several cases where the stone lay aheve the pubis, and has always ex tracted it in the manner which was at last successfully adopted by Mr. B. Cooper. The cut is made in the perineum, and the objeetia to get the knif into the groove -r of the staff, by which time it has penetratPd a pot tion of the urethra. Then the staff is brought forward into a parallel position with the knife, and a line with the bladder, in order to make a larger incision ; the staff is then allowed to remain, and the finger i 4 introduced in order to scertain the wound your have mule. Sir J. SoAm...Ere—Yon then introduce the finge r and feel for the stone, after finding which, yam introduce the forceps along the finger, and lay hold of the stone. Witness—No : in order to do that you must make too large an incision, er else have a most extraordinary small pair of forceps. At the time of the operation I was sitting in a chair immediately behind Mr. Cooper. I never saw Mr. Cooper before that day. I have no doubt but that the first incision penetrated the bladder. I have read the report in the Lancet, but I never corresponded with that publication. I take it in and cool it weekly. Sir J. SCAALETT here read the sentence where it is raid that the knife was carried on somewhere, and asked him whether that word, " somewhere," did not mean to convey an idea that the knife did not go into the bladder ? Witness—l think it means to convey an idea that it might or might not have entered the bladder. Ido not know whether the operator would be the Lest judge of whether the forceps entered the bladder or ent it would depend upon what sort of an operator he wae.—(A laugh.) I 211!1 not prepared to swear that the forceps were a second time used with consider able force. Would neither swear to, nor contradict it. I mentioned my opinion of this operation to several per sons but I cannot now say to whom. John Clapham—l am in practice with my father, near Peterborough. I am a licentiate of the Apothecary's Company. I have studied two courses of lectures on sur gery. I saw the operation in question. The report in the Lancet is in my opinion correct. The patient ap peared to be a favourable subject of operation. On the withdrawal of the knife the first time a small quantity of •, fluid escaped. There was no subsequent gush of urine that witness saw. Mr. Cooper used a knife to en large the opening before he used the forceps sue cessfully ; but he (Mr. Cooper) attempted to use the forceps snore than once before he made the second cut. A good deal of force was used, and the operator did not appear to be in a state of self-possession. Great force was used with the hand, and more than one gorget Was used ; never before saw a gorget used after an incision bad been made with a knife into the bladder. The operator said, in the presence of the patient, that he could not un• derstand the difficulty ; never heard an operator, on any other occasion, speak of his difficulties in the presence of the patient. The operator measured fingers with a gentle roan present. Never saw an operator act similarly in the presence of the patient. Mr. Cooper appeared to be con fused, and tie was hurried iu his movements. The ace rage time of such operations is from four to eight minutes, and never saw one occupy more than the latter period of time until the one in question ; never SAW' so much violence used in any other case, and I think that no patient could rceover who had been subjected to such violence. I saw the stone,. and it was not ©a large as a walnut. The parts appeared to be bruised. Cross-examined by Sir J. SCAR LETT—I was twenty-one years of age last January; I am still a pupil of St. George's Hospital; I carne to town the night before last ; I have had no questions put to tee, nor have I examined a model since I came to town ; I am not a reporter to the Lancet ; I have not performed the operation of lithotomy, but I have seen several operations; I have seen no opera tion at Guy's Hospital, except the one in question ; there were a great number of persons present, from one to two hundred.; I was seated the fourth row from the top; I am a licentiate of the Apothecary's Company ; I am nut 21 ; my representation of my age was not correct to the Com pany. Sir J. ScAtarrT.—You mean it was false? Witness, Yes. Sir J. SCARLETT.-Did ytlu not swear it? Witnet , ..-- No, I gave my certificate. Sir J. SCAALIITL—A re Clergymen in the habit of giving false certificates? Witnecs—No. Sir J. ScApassr.---Wherethen did you obtain it. Tke CIIIEF Jusztca.—No ! I must stop that question, for I will now state, that whoever obtains his certificate by means of a false certificate of age, is liable to be indicted and punished. The wit/ass then withdrew. Joachim Gilbert, a Member of the College of Surgeons, deposed that he witnessed part of the operation, having been present only thirty-five minutes, because he could wlt endure to witness the manner in which the operation was being performed. The operator used great and unneces sary violence. The witness described the operation as far as he witnessed it in nearly the same manner as the pre ceding witnesses, but said that the forceps was poked about in the wound and inserted no less than four times. The operation was in his opinion very badly and very impro perly performed. Has seen the operation performed in less than a minute. Cross-examined—ls an assistant to Mr. Phelps at Leo sninster, who is married to 3lr. Wakely's sister. Mr. Phelps resides in Dorset. Did not see the report before it was printed. The operator used unnecessary violence with the forcepi. Sir J. Scaanzrr—As if he meant to stab the man. Witness—Yee (a laugh.) Was oo the first row of benches. I went away, not being able to witness the operation out. I never made any communication to the Lancet, nor do I know the extent of its Bale. I never petbrmed the oper ation of lithotomy. I witnessed many operations in litho tomy. I think that Mr. Cooper is an umlaut operator, and that it would be a benefit to the public if he was re moved from the hospital. Sir JAMES ScAunerr—Have yon ever witnessed the operation of tying the subclavian artery? Witness—l have heard of the operation, and have seen it performed once by Mr. Clive. Sir J. .''ocant.iere—Which .peration do you think re quires the greatest skill upon the part of the surgeon, tying the subclavian artery or lithotomy ? Witness—l should think the operation of lithotomy requires the greatest skill. Sir J. SCARLIITT—Then you think it would require no skill to tie the subclavian artery ? Witness—lt would require skill to do so, but more skill to perform! the ope ration of lithotomy. Sir J. SCAALETT—Have you attended any lectures since you came to town ? Witness—No. Sir J. ScauLnrr —I mean, none at Walrely's.—(A laugh.) Witness—No : Mr. Wakely called at my lodgings yesterday morning, and stopped for a few mi nutes, but he did not even sit down ; and that is the only conversation I have had with him since I came to town. Re-examined by Mr. Wakely—A very ignorant surgeon might by accident successfully hind the subclavian artery. John Thomas, Demonstrator of Anatomy at Mr. Slee's school, in the Borough, deposed, that he witnessed the operation, and never saw one performed in so unscientific and bungling a manner. That was his impression at the time. Mr. Wakely—Have you ever seen me before to-day ? Witness : I do not know who you are. Cross-examined by Sir J. SCAA.LATT--I AM demon strator of anatomy at Mr. Sloe's school, N o T 1 - "tun street, Borough. Si; J. Scaamtrr—What do yon mean by fe1100) ?- Witness : I mean a place where pupils are formed into classes, and where a demonstrator of anatomy is appointed to teach them that of which he is master and they are ig norant. Sir J. SCARLETT—What Hospital does the school be long to? Witness—To the Western Hospital, Mr. Sire is the surgeon of it. H e es t a bli s h ed it himself a b ou t a year and a half ago. H e h as two schools, but the one i n Dean street has tw en t y pupils, and I have been demonstrat or since October to th a t sc h ool, but not to bot h. Sir J. SCARLETT—Suppose the gentleman , w ho now examinedpoi, to b e th e aut h or o f the Lancet, I w ant to know how it was thut he came to know your o p inion on this Operation? Witness ---I coulees I was rather surprised at it myself. 1 was not subrenaed till a late hour last night. Witn with anamed eRs--.Yes. In conversationpupil Itainsford, I made the remark that I had seen the opera was performed in a bungling opera.- lion, and that I thought it Sir J. SCAILLETT—Do you know now, how it was? and un sc i en tifi c m anner. He has told me te-iday that b e communjcated this fact to M r. Wakele y . I hav e made communications to the Lancet. I have mad e four—three 0.1 w hi c h were inserted. Those com munications wen, a t long intervals, and I did n o t put m ade into the bladder, and I staid about 35 incision was narne :to them. I arr iv ed at the theatre after th e minutes during which time the operation was going for ward. I have been demonstrator at this new school since last October I was present at three operations in Li.. thotomy at Guy's Hospital. Mr. Jeffrey Pearl, examined by the Defendant—l Wit nessed the operations in Lithotorny, by Mr. 13ransby Cooper. I have seen the report of it in the Lancet.— There was nothing whatever incorrect in that report, ex cept Mr. Bransby Cooper said, " Give me Sir Ast ley'e knife," instead of " My uncle's." There was not a gush of urine from the bladder, as usual, but there was a trickling. I sat in about the middle sow, on the operator's right hand. I could, I think, at that distauce, distinguish between a small por tion of arterial blood, and a mixture of venous blood and urine—arterial blood comes in bursts. After the staff and knife were pushed forward, I believe that there is sued a small portion of both venous blood and urine. There jYm not o gull of .quid at say mbuqueut perin I. I rather think that Mr. Cooper tt e mpted to introduce the forceps altor the first ineision, eau; that failing in being able to do en, he made a stetonr4 incision. The same forceps was introduced repeatedly' and great force was used. The operator opened and shut the forceps with great violence. he forceps was a curved one, and it was pushed in to a considerable distance. The fluters of the (treater were introduced and turned in the incision, I have witneesed, I believe, 20 operations in lith otomy, and none were performed in the same manner as this. The usual time for the perform ance of a n o p era ti on is flare four to five minutes, I 83.1- one by Mr. Green, that lasted nearly an hour, but that wa s a pecul i ar case; the patient hod been operated ore twzre befor e , an d the c i catr i x was h ar d an d uneven, and he lied two v ery l arge etones to extract , w hi c h crumbled We innumerable s ma ll p i eces i n t h e bl a dd er . The time was there Occupi e d i n remov i ng the th the fragments. There was no form used by M r . G reen, and his manner of using the setup and forceps w as d ec id edly contrary to that of Ai r. Cooper. The stone In th e case ofa Mr. Cooper was puoils that h e c o uld about the se of a Windsor be an . D nr i ng the operat i on Mr. Cooper told the patient and find no earthly reason for the difficulty in removing the steee. " Hnsb, hush," said he, " I hear the stone, but I cannot catch it with the forceps." I think, enntinued the witeess, that he might have taken the stone had Le intro duced the forceps scientifically. The sound might feeve passed through a hole too small to admit the forceps. Mr. Cooper did not appear to me to be in a state of ser-possee ' eion, and I think that he used his instrument without any rational object. The operation lasted about an hour. I saw the parts after the death of the patient, and I could not discover any cause in the formation to prevent the operation from being properly performed. When I saw the bladder there appealed to me to be two incisions in it. A portion of the neck of the bladder was between the two incisions. The incisions woe oblique, and not horizontal, as ant' incision ought to he in such an operation. I think it utterly impossible that the patient could have survived after such an operation as this one. The bladder appeared to be very thickened from violent inflatnmation. Bruises in the bladder would be likely to produce great disorganization and inflammation. I saw Mr. Bransby Cooper operate, and I should not conceive him to be a good operator by any means. I hare been a pupil of Guy's Hospital more titan a year, but am not a member of the College of Surgeons. Cross-examined by SirgJAMES SCARLETT—I W3B edu cated at Woodbridge under an army surgeon. I curie tinned to attend Guy's lioepital, and have seen nearly all the operations there. I read the " Lancet," but have not contributed reports to it I never saw Mr. Cooper perform but one skilful operation, which was tying the seheievian artery. A surgeon mey, with out mtiela skill, perform such an operation as this accidentally. I read the report in the " Lanett," on the day it came out, I had no mason to suspect that the report would appear, but as such operations usually Ara inserted in it, I thought that perhaps this would. I was struck with the variance between the report anti the fact of his saring,—" Sir Astley's knife," and not "my uncle's." I therefore remarked the difference ; when 1 have been around the wards with him. I have repeatedly heard him say " fetch my uncle's gargle, or my nncle's mixture." (A laugh in which Sir Astley Cooper heartily joined.) I can't say who furnished the Report to the Lancet. I was introduced to Mr. Wake!) , by a Mr. Lambert at the bowie of the latter gentleman. I remained there about an hoer. We had a conversation about this case ; and, upon my oath, I do not know, from that or any other conversatiou,.'that Lambert had reported the ease for the Lancet. This witness was under cross-examination when we went to press. WE SHALL GIVE THE CONCLUSION OF THE TRIAL IN A SECOND EDITION. CONSISTORY COURT. attlattv.—titioit v. CROSSLEY, CALLING lIEESELI' LEICH. This was a snit for a divorce on the ground of bigamy. The eircomstances of this rule were folly detailed in our report of the trial at the Old Bailey. It will be recol lected that Cromdey wee convicted of bigamy. she had hem prononneed in contempt in tine Conit, and the libel was now admitted in pa nom. A Mrs. Murphy was sworn to-day to give eviderieo in support of the allegations in the ADULTERY-DE LA EXUDE T. DE LA 'ACHY. This was a suit for divorce oa the ground of adultery. It appeared that the parties agreed to separate in the year .1825, when a deed of separation was drawn up between them. In pursulace of the provisions of that deed, De la Beche continued to receive a separate maintenance, until the husband had reaso n t o sus p ec t th at s h e comm itted. adultery. Having instituted an i nqu i r y i nto t h e circum stances, the result was, that all doubt en th a t su bj ect was removed from his Mind, and he instantly stopped the allow ance which she was in the habit of receiving from him. Dr. DoosoN on the part of Mrs. De la Beetle said that after looking into the depositions he feared. he could not make a successful opposition to the prayer of the husl , and. tie therefore thought it due to the Court not to take up its time unnecessarily. The Kiss's ADVOCATZ said that as the lady's own Coun.el gave up the case, he should not enter more fully into it. The JUDGE said that he had carefully read the libel and the depositions of the witnesses in support o►f it. There could be no doubt he thought of the fact, that this lady had committed adnltery—indeed her own Conusel adruitted it. It therefore remained for the Court to pronounce a decree of separation. 8311TH V. LOVnDAY. In this case, which has excited considerable interest, a j T I prayer was made by Mr. Carmichael Smith against a Proctor of the Court. Mr. Smith to-day brought in his rejoinder to Mr. Loveday's reply, and prayed that Mr. Loveday might be assigned to make such answers as he thought Mr. LOVIDAT assured the Court that he MO now quite readyt: fi p t o b t y the firstanswer iuhis Yof next within Term. Mr. 4 eti hours, but he sub mitted to the Covet that charges of this nature, which there were no 'affidavits to support, and resting on the mere allegations of the opposite parte, should not be suf fered to stand Oyer to the great injuryof his c haracter. Mr. Mr. ' SMITH fr Mimed that the Court had seen the reply Mr. Loveday, in which he evaded the charges, instead of answering them. In the rejoinder which he now put in there were new charges against Mr. Loveday. The .Ittnct said that he had not seen the reply, and that it was not right in Mr. Smith to suppose that he had. Indeed, Mr. Smith ought to refrain from all observatio:is on the ease until it came on for hearing, when full justice would be done between the rallies. It was absolutely necessary, in a ease of this nature, that the judgment of all should he suspended, that no opinion should be given on one side or the other, nisch less against the accused party. Dr. ADAMS submitted that there would be no end to charges if they were-allowed to be brought in one by one. The re ply of Mr. Loveday contained a general demurrer to all the charges ; but if Mr. Smith were to introduce fresh matter every day, the charges might go on ad irfini - tam. The Juncx ultimately ordered that Mr. Loveday put in hie answer by Monday next, and Mr. Smith was directed so reply by next Monday week. We have had some very stormy weather since our last. On Sundry night and Monday morning in par ticular,it blew tremendously from the south and sonth west, accompanied with torrents of rain, and thunder and eight storm, oon, b eis u oc t uk t n h : e il y av lightning. We are happy in stating, however, that no material damage has been done in this neighbourhood. The shipping in the Catwater were the most exposed to the Arthur, bound from Ghent to Bordeaux, with a cargo of herrings and deals, had --- a most miraculous escape. About h e ight, and the night extremely dark, she was seen drifting past the a c P t h i i :b w r i w ig th L 'hi e u J 7 7a 1. 7t hail e d f rom on board the Night i nga l e , l in t n o answ e r was Nightingal e sc h ooner, then ly i ng i n Barn-Pool. She was returned. It was, therefore, concluded she was a foreigner, and, a s h er s i tuat i on was moat perilous, she being within a few yards of the rocks under Mou nt Ed g ecum be , where she twist inevitably be dashed to p ieces, it was de t ermined to send a boat to her ;assistance. Upon this service, M r . Henry Wilkins, acting ma st e r of the Nightingal e , w i t h a ll that prompt courage and disregard of personal risk which 1 gig with six hands, in a sea which in:-.1 t I • terri fied,,„, i havetoe Y. , ' characterise the Brinell sailor, volunteered and put off in the boldest. The gig soon reached the brig, and on h ang i n g loose, and the crew in deepair, some of them at boarding her, Mr. Wilkins found the helm lashed, the sails prayer—they having given themselves up for lost. So panic-struck were the crew, that they could do nothing, and the Nightingale's men were obliged to shift the helm, anil do what was necessary to get the brig into a place of safety, which at length they accomplished by mut:nig licr and lashing her alongside a merchant ship off Mount Wise, where she remained till morning. The only injury she sustained was the loss of her main-topmast, which was carried away by the other vessel's main-yard, as sin was running ulorvictc...P/ppiouth Jpurna4