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THE LONDON" JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Prlpers ) Sept. 9. [MORNING POST 4 Letters and Papers from Mexico to the 4th of July arrived yesterday. The entrance of General Bravo into Guadalaxara is no longer doubtful ; his Proclamations after that event will be found amongst our extracts. It is also confirmed that Olaneta hi Peru had joined the Patriots, and strong corroboratory accounts are given of the re capture of Lima and Callao by Bolivar. It is at least certain that La Serna had resigned the Viceroyalty of Peru. Several documents have been received which prove the fact beyond a doubt.— The first of these documents is a Circular address ed to the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Military Au thorities, requesting them to examine the Spanish Royal Order of July 29,1821,and the Royal De cree of October 1,1823,and give him their imme diate opinion whether that Order and Decree (by which all this Acts are null and void of that Government called Constitutional of whatever class or rank they may be, which have governed the Spanish people from the 7th March, iseo, to the Ist Oct. 1823),should not by him, the Vice roy, be published and put in force ; and whether he ought not to resign, on the ground that his appointment was among the acts so annulled. — The second is a Decree of the Viceroy, by which he confirms the first mentioned Royal Order and Decree, in respect to the country under his Vice-Royalty—annuli all acts and laws therein annulled—directs Rejoicinga, Mass, Ta &c. on the occasion, and orders that the troops there take the oath of fideli ty to Ferdinand. He then directs that for the present the system of Government shall be ruled by the Royal Order of the esti, of Decem ber, and that no innovations shall be made, until the Royal Order is further known. He also commands that all Constitutional Stamps shall be effaced from paper now current, and that the titular constitutional stone, and all constitu tional monuments, shall be demolished, and all allusion thereto suppressed. The third and last document is addressed to Don Jose Cantarac, in which he declares his resignation of the Vice royalty, and recommends to General Cantarac, as senior officer, to take the command. [NEV TIMES.] Consols yesterday, after being at 944, for the Account, closed at 944 ; but, us is usual at ,this period of the year, the business was but limited. Doubts still continue to he. entertained whether the ,intelligence received through the United States Papers will prove correct to the full ex tent asserted ; though it certainly ,has more claims to attention than can be attached to pri vate communications, coming probably from inte rested parties. Under this feeling, which ap peared yesterday to be general, the prices of Mexican Securities did not., vary to any consider able extent and they closed lower than on the preceding day, being .19t1. Colombian Scrip discount. grazillan Solt) 11 discount, and that of Greece 15 to 16 per cent. discount. [TU E irtares.] The oppressive construction put upon the Alien Bill 3i not , yet been properly amended. It will he recollected, that by the last edition of the A ll en a ct , an Alien residing seven years or up• wards in the kingdom, was to be exempt from the law—that is, from deportation at will. The clerks, however, of the Home or Alien Office were wiser in their geperation than the law itself. They interpreted ihe measure in such a way, that a foreign merchant, who had lived for 20 years in England, and could not swear that he b►►d never been for e 4 hours absent from it In all that period, should not enjoy the benefits of the exemption. This was not, and could not be, the meaning of the Act of Parliament —bad enough in all consci►once : the men in office painted it (like the Devil sometimes) blacker than it is. The Home Secretary being himself in town, moreover, when that an swer to the alien applicants was transmitted, without reference to him, some proof was there by furnished that the harsh construction of the act bad been ready cut and dry for the clerks by their superiors. On the day on which our notice of the grievance► appeared, a hint was .thrown out by an evening paper that the mat ter migist be remedied by a second applica tion to the same office, on a proper statement from the parties. A. few days only elapsed be fore the hint was taken by a foreign gen tleman, an►d in the interval Air. Peel left town. The answer to interrogatories now is, that nothing can be done until.the Home Secre tary's return ; whence it seems clear that the 24 hours' absence is no longer to constitute a bar to the security of the Alien ; and if so, we must protest against the conduct of the Home Depart merit us monstrously inconsiderate and unfeeling —as nfost disrespectful, moreover, to the coun try, by leaving the protection of the foreigner end the execution of the law contingent upon the amusements of a Minister. [stortNtser cuttolvici.E.] Among the manifold obstructions of justice in Ireland we have before toliced the violent party feelings of the subordinate agents, in the adminis tration of the Law. The lute Irish Papers pre sent us with a striking exemplification of this, in the attack at the Fermagh Assizes of a party of Policemen on a witness, a Catholic, immediately on his retirement from the Court, where he bad given evidonce against an Orangeman. Such is the spirit and temper engendered by the system, of which this is a specimen, that the Catholics scarce look for a Show of fair dealing. We cannot fail to notice, as belonging to the same class of effects, the sentiments, which the decent and dis creet conduct of late Judges on the Northern Circuits seems t o h ave produced. Their fairness, impartiality, and courtesy, have. been j au d e d with such vehemence, and with such OP appearance ,of surprise ttt, the display of those as almost to confer the c ha rac t er. good qualities, of an Insult upon what was intended for eulogy. Indeed, we confess ourselves quite disgu sted with the nauseous and fulsome adulation passed upon one of the late Judges, Mr. Justice Torrens, by some of the provincial pints—an extravagance of adulation, which leads to the most unfavoura tile conclusions, as to the tone and temper of the public mind in the counties throughout which they circulate. [MORNING ' HERALD.] Some of the papers announce that Mr. Can ning, during the autumn, intends paying a visit to Ireland. We heartily wish it may be true. We wish too, that it would enter into the heads of all his Majesty's Ministers to pass some pert of their vacation there. We wish the Earl of Liverpool would skew his Countess the Lakes of Killarney; that the Lord Chancellor would take bis shooting in the neighbourhood of Ballyshannon ; that Mr. Peel and Lord Sidmouth, who have been there already, would visit it ,once again; and that his Grace the Duke of Wellington, who travels more, and faster than any man, would once more take a view of the country which furnished so many of the heroes who accompanied him in all his campaigns. In short, nothing would be more desirable than that Ministers should see and know with their own eyes and understanding the real state of Ireland—of the capabilities she possesses beyond almost any other spot upon earth. The first objects of Government should be to civilize the people, and draw back a resi dent gentry. But how is this to be accomplished ? fn a free country, locomotion is the most obvious principle ; and to say, therefore, that a man shall live where the Government pleases, and not where he chooses to live himself, would be at once arbitrary and absurd. Moderated Poor Laws would do much for the immediate amelioration of the people. Mr. Canning's intended visit to Ireland we hail as a circumstance highly favour able to the sister kingdom. Mr. Canning is con fessedly and justly, both here and in Ireland, the most popular Member of the Administration ; and the experience which he must gain by ocular demonstration on such a visit cannot he applied otherwise than advantageously for Ireland and the kingdom in general. [BRITISH PRESS.] Those who have reason to dread the press bate and vilify it. Hence the outcry against its ve nality. No man is so loud in his invectives against the press as he who has felt its power to expose firma and denounce imposture. " The base press" is the language of all whom the press has proved to be base themselves. bike incorrigible rogues convicted at the bar of the Old Bailey, they vent their rage on the admini strators of justice who pass upon them the sen tence deserved by their crimes. It is perfectly natural that Cobbet, and men of his stamp, should be loud and vehement in their outcries against . the press ; and, indeed, we think they have a right to make as much noise as they please, while they ore suffering the severe punish ment inflicted upon them. It would be ab solutely inhuman to gag a criminal under the whip. We feel mo surprise at the hostility mani fested by such persons against the press for its merciless treatment of them, but we sometimes witness, with emotions of strong disgust, a dispo sition betrayed by some part of the press to ally itself with this felon crew. Whetherwe are to ascribe this disposition to sheer folly, mixed with more disgraceful motives, we really know not.— The imputation, however, is made in the broadest and coarsest terms, that every paper that publishes original intelligence favourable to the Greeks or Americans, must be aiding some stock-jobbing fraud. A contemporary journal of yesterday states as a fact, for the information of the public, to guard them against deception, that " the greater part of the London press is played upon, in order to get up the price of Greek securities." That the London press is occasionally the medium of circulating exagge• rated, and even unfounded rumours, we do not deny. The utmost vigilance and circumspection of man cannot prevent the occurrence of some mistakes; but that "a regular plan is laid to de- ceive the public, not only with respect to the Greek cause but other causes," we do absolutely disbelieve. What is the evidence on which this strange and scandalous assertion rests ? The pa per to which we allude has, it appears, a cor respondent at Milford, where a vessel has ar rived, which passed through the Capitan Pacha's fleet, off I psara, four days after the capture of that island. The Captain, we are told, " was on board the Turkish Admiral's ship and civilly treated. He does not give credit to the report of the capture or destruction of the Turkish fleet by the Greeks." Therefore, because " the Greek account is not believed at Milford," all that part of the London press which gives credit to the account must_ be 66 played upon " for fraudulent purposes. We reverence the talents of this writer, which are exactly upon a level with his Integrity. He acts up to ills character well, in associating himself with Cobbett. Noycitur a socia, FATAL DUEL AT STRASBURUIL—On the 9th ult. the Viscount d'A., Lieutenant in the I S t Regi ment of French Dragoons, and nephew of a Mi nister, fought a duel with Mr. VON CLOWITY, an officer in the Bavarian service. Unfortuately the Viscount was so heavily wounded, that he died the next day. Mr. VON C. fled ; but both the seconds were apprehended and lodged in prison. From Northumberland and Cumberland, we understand that the weather still continues fa. vourable to the harvest, and that during the last week immense quantities have been cut. On Wednesday and Thursday last (the Ist and 2d inst.) the weather was beautiful, but very hot. On the latter day the thermometer was at 82 in the shade. Between five and six in the afternoon the sky towards the west became obscured with heavy musky clouds, and soon after there bun over the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne a most viole►►t thunder-storm, which did not wholly abate till eight o'clock. The lightning was vivid in the extreme, and the peels of thunder were loud and awful. Report says a man was killed by being struck with the electrical fluid. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Bow-STREET.—In our Paper oflast Tuesday se'nnightove stated that an application was made on the preceding day at this Office by a Sir. John Bull, of Chelsea, for redress against certain persons, through: whose misconduct it was alleged his son, a boy about eight years of age, and another lad of about fifteen, were drowned 'in the Thames, near Battersea Bridge. Be was told that the Magistrates could not interfere, and that he had better wait until the bodies were -found, and then pro duce whateVer evidence he might he able to procure before the Coroner's Inquisition. The body of Mr. Bull's son was found on Thursday morning last, about 11 o'cloek, floating near some barges, opposite the Duke's Head, PutnerOind on the following day an Inquest was held before the Coroucr for Surrey. Mr. Bull had been indefatigable in his endeavours to procure evi dence, conceiving that the conduct of those who caused the fatal catastrophe was highly culpable, and ought to be made the subject of a criminal prosecution. He was in attendance with a host of witnesses, but the Coroner, after hearing the tes timony of two only, refused to have any more called. A ver dict of " Accidental Death" was returned by the Jury. . Sub sequently Mr. Bull sought the advice of Mr. Harmer, the solicitor, and upon reference to an Act of Parliament of the 10th of Geo. 11., which was passed for the protection of the pub lic against the carelessness or other misconduct of watermen, a clause was found which enacts that no wherry shall carry for freight or hire, on a Sunday, more than eight persons, and any Waterman offending against this regulation shall forfeit for the first offence 51. and for the second 10/. and be disfranchised from working on the river, and from all the privileges of the Water men's Company for twelve months ; and," continues the Statute, " if in any such case one or more passenger or passen gers in the said wherry shall be drowned, then the waterman shall, upon being duly convicted, be deemed guilty of felony, and be transported as a felon." Upon this clause a warrant was applied for against Joseph Sharp, the waterman who plied the wherry in winch. the accident happened, and John Prest, a man who was assisting him in rowing at the time„ and they were yesterday bought up before T. HaLLs, Esq., the Sitting Illegistrate. The first witness was William Draycon, the young man in whose sate Mr. Bull had entrusted his son on the day in ques tion. He stated that he took Mr. Bull's son out, intending to go to Hyde-park, to see the Asylum Boys walk, but he found they were too late, and therefore went to see the College at Chelsea. While there, the boy went down to the water side, and expressed a strong desire to go upon the river. The prisoner. Sharp, was plying fur passengers, anti witness and the boy got in with others, anti were rowed across to Battersea, where they rambled about for some time, and then returned and got into the same boat, with 12 others, exclusive of Sharp, making 15 in number altogether. They had got about half way . across when Sharp called out—" Where the devil are you coming ?" and in a moment afterwards another boat came against the wherry, and threw all the people out, with the exception of the witness and his master's son, whom he held fast in hiS arms, and called loudly for help, until the boat, which was fast filling, went down, and threw them into the water. He held the boy in his arms until he was exhausted, and was obliged for his own pre servation to let him go. The witness did not see the boat which ran against them. Henry Wilkes, a lad living at Chelsea, deposed, that when he and the others entered the prisoner Sharp's boat, Prest, who got on board as a passenger, merely took a skull to assist Sharp. Witness, when some distance across, saw a six-oared cutter coming down the river with the full swing of the tide, and Sharp called out " Hoy I" but they kept their course, and ran quite over the stern of the wherry, throwing them all into the water. They were called to, to assist in saving tilt wherry's passengers, but refused, and witness actually swam alongside of them, and they refused to pick him up, telling him to go about his business ! He swam to another boat and was taken in. Mr. Bull's son, And a lad named John Freeman, were drowned. ‘Vitness saw the cutter when 40 yards off, and Sharp called re. peatedly to them. Has no doubt that Sharp could have got out of the way If he . had not had so heavy a load. Air. Bull was examined es to the identity of his child. Mr. HALLS and ordered him Sharp said that no blame was attributa ble to him. bar. said there was nothing against Pre st, 'lt was entirely an accident, and was owing to the innewichpotertiyenrceowoefd those in the other boat, which he declared was with intotw o t o h a e r oars, water r d h n e ot h i a t round his neck and dsbctw-ooarbedopcuctitienrgi. clinging= round lie was thrown two more to his legs, and he did his utmost to save them. Mr. HALLS, alter hearing the evidence, said he was of opi nion that the case did not come within the part of the clause making the offence a felony ; for there was no proof that • the accident occurred in consequence of the prisoner's haVing taken too many passengers on board: There was no doubt that the prisoner had incurred the penalty of Si. Mr.llAammt, for the prosecution, submitted that it was quite clear that the case did come within the Act, for the clause said nothing as to wh a t mi g h t b e th e , cause o f ac cident. The words were plain and simple—that if any person should be drowned out of a wherry carrying a greater number of passen gers than by law all owe d, t h e Waterman manag i ng h er should be deemed g uilt , of Besides in this case it wits next to a certainty that the prisoner could have got out of the way but for the extra load. w ollullr d t i t il l : kdia thee csr,etlquestioni a however, thew w poris as soon S n t ee i lrlotfobf,n, much h s b a e m fe timpo rt an c e,c o pin i on, oinin a but antd ob servedtchargeee that might be made against him. Sessions to answer any tlwitotespurriestoineserinw4aos4thelntoisrdteiriede in to te gi nt v i e on ba o il f , flO Air. Bull to/i.),roasned. cute for the felony. N ('combs Yesterday e, o tj c k : a } i ni b i n s L n, ;t o m ; c A e r i a ,n nL n t i : e l cu s tody), d tisTt y nri j , reOo t h hifitl e hiceteknal bodyarlaasnnEtaotiblifeYx. i n formedlt nn id e n s alt A r i : o I. g Mor n gan, Nf' n .41 , 1111TlAi the Luit x;: u No n a if . ' th w fortunate man who had been shot, was disinterred, and the wound of which he had died opened by five slugs, some shot, and three pebble a - s s . u to r n g e el s 3i f i r , om loaded thrown p h i:M it t It will be recollected that when (Toombs w ho t heex orifice.tra extracted s was apprehended, the w w as as ex fo a u m n i d ne d d oz i n id t f h bu e n p a r t i ( v ) y co , n i t n a t i O n - a w i h ic i a el v i y he had of powder, shot, slugs, and pebble-atones. There was also found on his person a bright steel charger hall filled with shot and slugs. The whole or the above-mentioned charges were exhibited to Sir John and Mr. I;ooditart, both of whom, after a close inspection, pronounced that they exactly resembled the shot, slugs, and pebble-stones, extracted from the body of Morgan. Mart cnonovoit-ST EET.—Yestertlay Elizabeth Sharp, a young woman of • very decent appearance, who has been some days in custody upon a charge of robbing her master, Mr. 1% illis, the proprietor of the Thatched House Tavern, St. James'saareet, in whose service she had been about four months us chamber-maid, was brought up for-final examination. It appeared by the evidence of Mr. Willis, that having missed a quantity of plate, silver spoons, forks, &c., he suspected the prisoner, and gave information to Clements, one of the officers of this establishment, and, on Clements questioning her, she confessed the fact, and gave him up the duplicates of the pro perty, which she had pledged with Mr. Rochfort, a pawn broker, in Brewer-street, Golden-square. Mr. Rochfort's shaman produced the plate, but he could not positively swear to the prisoner as the female who pawneal, it. — Mr. Wallis identified the plate as belonging to 'him ; indeed, for the most part, it was marked with his name. Mr. DYER, the magistrate, made some observations upon pawnbrokers taking in plate so marked, without making par ticular Inquiries. 31r. Rochfort's shopinan said, that he did question the girl who pledged the plate, and site said that she was sent by her mistress, a lady named Willis, to pawn it.— The prisoner, who while at the bar was scarcely able to sup. port herself, so deeply wss she affected, almost to convulsions, sobbing and inoening in a most piteous manner, having nothing to say in her ,defence, was fully committed for trial, and the parties bound over to prosecute. WORSHIP STREET.ASSAULT .UPON A POLICE OF. rtexu.).--On TueNlay n ight, Oaten, the Chief Officer of this division, dispatched Vann, Waters, Hanley, and Fitzpatrick to g perambulate Chisw e ll- street and itg vicinity, which is one of the leading passe es to Bartholomew Fair. A short time after twelve as Fitzpatrick - was passing between Bunhill-row and White cross -street, a person who gave his name as John Brown, first stated be lived in Whitechapel, and afterwards in Rose-lane, carne up and meeting the Officer, without saying a word, knocked offhis hat. Fitzpatrick instantly seized the fellow, and apprised him who lie was, hut he was immediately surrounded by nearly 29 of the fellow's aitociates who, dun* knocking the o ffi cer down, kicked hi m in the most shameful and brutal manner. They then ran in t h e di rect i on of Finsbury-square. Fltzp a . trick, after app r i s i ng the officers, went in pureutt of them, and at the corner of the square ' in Chiewell- street , they found the prisoner co nv ening with a person of the name of Clarke, well known at the Ohlflailey. Ile was instantly secured— He was yesterday broug ht before Mr. Bennett, when Fitz patrlck, who had one o f his eyes completely closed, and w as otherwise so treat e d as to be rendered incapable of duty, at tended, and after stating the circumstances, Mr. Bennett or . dered the prisoner to be held to bail ; and felt, that as the officers were in their pnblic duty, 24 hours notice of the sol t vency of the bill should be given. 'st Notices have been given of an Act of Parlia ment to make another t u nnel under the Thames, from Green wich to Poplar. The Schaff hausen Gazette gives an ac count o f a suicide commed in a most extraordinary manner by a man at Illarot, who filled his nostrils, mouth, and ears with gun powder, and then blew off the top of his head. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. BRISTOL, SEPT. 7. CHIRURGICAL TREATMENT of a DISLOCATION. HICHARDS V. PERRY. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a widow resid ing in Bristol, to obtain compensation in damages for the injury which she had sustained in consequence of the defendant, who is a practising surgeon, having unskillfully treated her whilst labouring under a dislocation of the hip-joint. The damages were laid at 1,0001. Mr. Sergeant PELT. stated that the plaintiff was a widow, whose husband was living at the period of the accident. The accident happened on the 28th of September, ancl.Mr. Richards died on the 25th of January last.. Ile was a shoemaker in Bris tol, and in his way was a person of respectability. Dlr. Perry, the defendant, was a man of considerable reputation residing at Thornbury. The circumstances of the case were these :—On Sunday, the 28th of Sept. Mrs. Richards, with her husband, was in a gig going near Felton, when an accident occurred by Which the party was overturned, and Mrs. Richards sustained a very serious injury. She was taken into the Anchor public house at Felton, where medical assistance was immediately sent for, and Mr. Perry was the person who was procured. On et mining the seat of injury, this gentleman was immecliately . of opinion that the hip-joint was dislocated, and it appeared that he had done what it was presuthed to be necessary. 'After the lapse of a week, Mrs. Richards proposed to leave Felton, and sonsslted Mr. Perry, who pronounced her to be in a tit state to undergo the removal. from Felton to Thornbury. After arriv ing at Thornbury, she soon felt that the cure did not.proceed as she had reason to expect. After the lapse of three weeks, she was removed to Bristol, whets it was deemed necessary to call in two surgeons Drs. Grant and Daniel. As soon as these gentlemen saw her, "which was on the 6th of November, they pronounced the.hip to be out of its place. They took the usual means which are had recourse to in cases of difficult reduction of a limb. She underwent great bodily suffering : he would not violate their feelings with a detail of the pain she endured.— However, the efforts of these gentlemen, notwithstanding the Teat suffering of the patient,. proved in' le end unaVailing.- - hey were unable to reduce the dislocation, aud she was at that moment undergoing the consequences of the failure to reduce the limb. He called the following witnesses:— John Hatpur, a smith,. was at Felton on the 28th of Sep tember last, and saw the accident by which the plaintiff re ceived the injury. They carried her into the Anchor Inn. Benjamin Prosser also saw the accident, and was the person who went for Mr. Perry, the surgeon, by desire of plaintiff's husband. ...... Joint Short, foreman of the late Mr. Richards, had a con versation with the defendant on the sth of October. Witness asked on that day, in the presence of the defendant, if one leg Was not shorter than the other. The plaintiff was then ready to be removed. He asked Mr. Perry if she was fit to be re moved, and he said she was ; and that all she wanted was a little rest, and that after a little time she would do very well. She was removed accordingly in a spring cart, with a bed placed at the bottom, on which she was laid ; her feet were covered up by Mr. Perry. She was then taken to Thornburg, which was about 7.1 miles from Felton. Witness observed the knee turned in as Airs. Richards• was placed in the cart, and asked Perry if he was sure the bone was set right ? he replied, it was. Witness asked him would it not be right to have the assistance of a medical man as soon as she arrtved at Thorn bury? be replied it was not ; all she wanted was the applica tion of a little liniment, and time and rest. When she re turned to Bristol, Mr. Daniel and Mr. Grant attended her in November, by whom an operation was performed. About four days after, witness saw Perry, and said unto him„ " Do you remember being called In to see Mrs. Richards ?" He said he had. Witneis said unto him, " How came you not to set the bone ?" He said unto witness he thought he had done so. II then asked witness how Mrs. Richards was; and witness replied unto him, he thought that she was dangerously that she'underwent an operation, and her life was despaired of. Witness then said unto him, he was deputed to tell him, that if he did not call and make compensation, an action would be commenced against him. Mr. Petry lives in a very fine house—such a one as witness would like very much to live in. —(A laugh.) Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant WiLDE.—You area shoe maker, I think you say ?—Yes, that I am. Do you get your bread in any other, way than making shoes ? Marty other ways : let me hear what you mean. What I mean ! Do you get your bread by any other means than making and mending, that's what I say unto you ?—I dolt% know, Sir. Do you follow any other occupation than making of shoes, that's what I mean ?—I don't know, Sir ; I get my bread ho nestly, I know, by shoemaking, that's what I know. Do you preach ?—I am at a loss to understand you. Then, Sir, I ask you, do you, for amendment, instruction, or profit, hold forth, or preach, or discourse to other persons ?—I do not. Do you occasionally expound, then ?—No, I do not ; I say my prayers, and I hope you do the same.—(A laugh.) . Say your prayers—Oh ! then you pray aloud, perhaps ?—I do sometimes. So I thought. Witness, in his farther cross-examination, stated that the plaintiff had complained of a sore leg before the accident, that she was confined to the house by it, and that she went to Felton for the benefit of the air, in consequence of the injury which s he received in the foot, something falling on it. Pray, and what led you to make any inquiry Omit the short ness or length of the leg. Have you ever studied surgery ?-- I have not. Then from whom did you learn that it was of importance to observe the relative length of the legs ?.—My wife told' me that one leg was shorter than the other. Ay, but from whom did you learn that it was important to make the observation as to the relative length of the legs ?...- poOr mother, who is dead and gone.—(A laugh.)— Mrs. Richard's legs were of equal length, and How dexterously you evade any inquiries ; can't-you Inform me if any medical man informed you, that if the hip was out of joint, one leg would be shorter than another P—No. blrs. Sarah Smith stated, that the plaintiff was her sister-in law, and attended her at Felton ; she mentioned to Mr. POrry that the knee and leg were turned in. lie examined it, and he eraossnaktiedd:&ii i t' said nothing was the matter, and the bone was right. Mrs. Richards came to witness's at Thornburg, where he continued a month. Mr. Fewater and Mr. Salmon saw her. She never left her room until she was removed to Bristol, nor had she been out of bed, except to have it made. Her leg and knee were turned in at Thornbury, as they had been at Felton. Cross-examined.—The leg and knee are turned in ; any per. son might observe it. Mrs. Downes is sister to the plaintiff; was at Felton while Mrs. Richards was there. Mr. Perry examined her whilst witness was there. She went to Thornbury with Mrs. Richards; the horse was driven very gently. Wimess also accompanied her from Thornbury to Bristol. She was conducted in the same gentle way. Thomas Smith was at Felton before Mrs. Richards was re moved. lie asked Mr. Perry was she fit and able to go in u cart to Thornbury? Ile laid, Yes. They brought her down and put her into the cart. Witness said if all was not right, might she have more doctors to see her? Ile said there was no occasion, she need only to apply the liniment to hir hip. Mr. Salmon—.l am a surgeon ; I was called in to attend Mrs. Richards at Tornbury ; I examined her hip, there was an ap pearance of dislocation; I understood it was of 4 or 5 weeks' standing ; I advised the case to be referred to some surgeon, as I thought it was not reducible. Mr. Fewster, another surgeon, practising in Thornbury, saw Mrs. Richards there the day she was removed to Bristol; the knee and toe were turned in, and one leg was 3 inches shorter than the other; the head of the thigh bone was resting on the dorsum of the Mr. firant—i am a surgeon, practising in this city. I attended Mrs. Richards before the 28th of September. She had an ul. cer in the foot. Her general health was tolerably good. I saw her on the 6th of November at her own house. I examined her, in company with Mr. Daniel. We found the hip joint out. The bone wits resting on the dorsum of the ilium. One foot was two or three inches higher than the other. We made preparations to reduce the luxation. [lie described the means that were used, and the machinery which was employed for the purpose of effecting the reduction of the bone. The recital was very painful, as, from the complication of the machinery, and the strength that was obliged to be used, the patient must have undergone great bodily suffering for upwards of an hour.l Six men pulled the ropes, and they broke several towels. They were eventually obliged to desist from the attempt, as they ' found it would be no use to endeavour any longer to effect the reduction.] The witness could not form any . opinion as to the length of time during which the dislocation existed. It was not very recent. If the bone had been reduced on the 28th of Sep tember, it could not have again been dislocated before the 6th of November, without great violence, and without the patient being extremely sensible of It. A recent dislocation seldom fails of being easily reduced ; an old one often fails. Mr. Daniel, a surgeon of Bristol, was called in to attend Mrs. Richards on the 4th of November, with the last witness, and he gave the same account as that gentleman. He was of opinion that it was not a recent dislocation. Dislocation is as apparent Innnediately after it takes place, as it is a month after. wards, unless inflammation took place in the mean time. The turning in of the knee and foot are plain symptoms of disloca. tion of the hip joint. Mr. Perry had been in practice a great many years. Ilia practice was very considerable. This was case for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant W Lug submitted,. fur the defence, :tbatthe deelaration set out with declaring that the defendant was ern pioyed by the husband of the plaintiff. That this Was an ac. lion not of loss, but of contract—a contract which was entered into between the departed Mr. Richards and the defendant, and for the fulfilment of which he could not be responsible to her. The CHIEF JUSTICE said he should prefer having the case gone through, and if any objection arose in law, he might hare the opportunity of moving upon it in the Court above. Mr. Sergeant IVILDE then addressed the Jury for the de. fence. He called the following witnesses : Sarah Brown is landlady of the Anchor public-house. Re' members Mrs. Richards being brought to her house in Se p t, last In consequence of an accident. Mr. Perry was sent for, and he came as quickly as possible. He remained with her upwards of an hour. As soon as he had gone, Mrs. Richards said she could not lie on her right side on account of lying 50 long before with a bad leg. She then altered her position.- - She remained at witness's one week, during which she visit ed her frequently. Cross-examined.—She was placed in the cart on the sth of October with all possible care. She complained more of het foot than she did of her hip. Sarah Wilcox stated that she was in the room at Felton. — When Mr. Perry came in lie examined her hip, and said it was out. He then ordered her to be /ler husbsnd leaned over her and held her. 'eVitness and two other women held the towel, and pulled it by Mr." Perry's desire; they pulled it with all their force for some time, when Mr. P d a examined the limb, and he said it would not do; they. must try again. He then found it would do, and put her two feet down straight together. His coat was off', and hs• pulled with great force. The toe and knee were then p erfec q straight, as the other foot was. They were in their natural position. Both legs were of the same )ength. He examine her hi then. He told her to move up her knee, anti she door it up to her body several times. She said she had felt nil? pain during the operation, but was much better aft er it. Perry applied bandages round her hip. After Mr. Perry le , ' her, she did not lie still, but moved herself in a see-saw manner! Martha Beard attended Mrs. Richards at Felton, a nd was present when Mr. Perry examined her, and found the bilor was out. She then described the attempts that were n?. e „ of Mr. Perry to reduce the dislocation, and the natural Petth, the feet after the operation, and confirmed thestatemen, laSt witness. heen at James Leonard stated, that when Mrs. Richards had Thornbury, he was sent by Mr. Richards to Mr. PevrYi. t° ' his wife was better. Mr. Smith is a- surgeon, practicing for nearl t hirty Yeah' Has been in an hospital for almost the wh of of that trT s In case the hip had been dislocated, the. capacity to "I c i ng knee up to the body would be indicative of the hip reduced. A violent emotion might injure t he ° r i t e - . ligament. In case the constitution was M a bad statk;lown, dislocation would be rendered more facile. Ile had 01 Mr. Perry for twelve years, during which time he praetisenatt, surgeon ; reduction of dislocation gives immediate ea se, f'• of pains of removing the limb would be lessened; the positio th e the feet was a proper thing to be attended to, as well s_ ,_ is C a rgosress.etxraismkinoefd.r—e.dAisfroreatthieenr,edsoucastionto require equality of length ; they are the chief tests of the success et tn` operation. great con t a li ; a person in such ircumstances should be kept 'deo? qui et re . patient should be c k ept quiet for 10 days or a fortnight after duction; if a patient was in a strange place, and desirous:. t. returning home within a week, a surgeon would not be a hensible for permitting her so to do. Mr. Richard Lowe, a surgeon, practising for 20 years, an d who has been 18 years a surgeon of the Bristol Infirmseit stated, that there were several sorts of dislocation, som e Y r . wards and outwards, and then the dislocated part is easily P position of the knee and foot ; the equality of the legs , I r : cl i n i c ccivable. Another symptom of the species of dislocation is t h h: capacity to raise • the knee, are proofs that there is no to•-: --a . Lion; some of the ligaments must be broken in dislocatioig any degree of motion would retard recovery, as it would pre" the adhesion of the ruptured ligaments. Cross-examined—ln the dislocation upwards and outivsed 9 ' the knee and foot would turn inwards. null uairdeislocation t h e el! lie-examined.--The appearance of the leg and knee would be such as to satisfy a medical man of common experience t there was a dislocation. Dr. ‘Vallis, professor or anatomy—lf a dislocation to. place, and after an operation to reduce it, the kne e and 14 were placed together in their natural state, he should not doutt of the reduction. lie should have still less doubt in case tb.f patient drew his knee upwards. It is natural for the patient f be able to make this motion in case there is no great injeri . the adjacent parts. The recovery of the patient. would ir tarded or accelerated by the state of constitution in whi ce accident found the patient. Motion would retard the recorer' sta l lt l ser r le . enL N to a o th arnt a h n ce ie mi l asiz S t r m wi i t t n h e , ss an . after reduction. • JUSTICE summed up in a inatumaq uitj favourable to the laintiff. other surgeon, corroborated Ow the de' The Jury, without hesitation, found a verdict to fendant. -------- LANCASTER, SEPT. 0. wi G th a r i o la b g b 4 in er g a lt ri l d r. ° F i al rei tt l e i r w o er n e tl a te ga Kin in dence given this day was the same with that tendered on,?' clay, and the Jury, upon hearing it, returned a verdict °I ' against O'Neill, and acquitted Ciallagher. CHAItGE Or INFANTICIDE. ja, Sarah Holcrqft, aged 30, was charged on the COreaer o d, quisition with the wilful murder of her female bastard c o d A bill for the same offence had been presented to and ign by the Grand Jury. imn iedistr i f The evidence was very slight, and the Jury returned a verdict of—Not Guilty. ha Iv Mr. Justice BAYLEY ordered her to be discharged --- " diate]y. pgt:: highway bar, frcil;retglioir!.. The prisoner had retired from the bar, when the lo rn i e n JUDGE inquired wh e ther she had any friends In Co urt ' had answer was given in the negative; and it was added that she ier more than 60 miles to travel before she could reach her place of abode. The Learned Judge ordered the gaoler tsAufg, ply her with necessaries for travelling; the visiting magl, of had the pow er , an d h e wa s sure would not want the Ill" defraying the expence of them in this instance. i John Wild, aged 30, for wilfully and maliciously' 11 4 ' l) j Nathaniel (heening of Warrington, with intent to mu rder 3 init was found Guilty, _and judgment of Death was recorded:4 him. The prisoner was recommended to mercy. at lß • SMUGGLING.—An extensive seizure was 17$00, on Tuesday, at Queen's Elm. The articles consisted of rum, and hollands, French silk, tea, tobacco, and 51 10 , 1 7,', up, are estimated at the value of 2,0001. These were saL'i et in the neatest manner in packets, with an outside craw;a u , for brown holland . The seizure was made upon preeliae a ryori" the purposes of stabling, and situated at the back al t ees. place, Queen's Elm, and also near the new church, A gallant Admiral, who resides at no great distance frea ll l l r, the act no u o s f e, m an ou d n w ti as ng ti h e i n s l o to n rse ti , le w p h re ic m h is h es a; vi lo As r s s e o i n z re l ti v t i l l ie d i sst ," 9 l v- t a ii;! livery in the above.mentioned stables. A brief °I) a rarl rc• however, released the gallant Admiral from this ! ri t :C rt 0 re straint to which he had been subjected. „„i'd to be spectable individuals in the arish of Chelsea was the plicated in this a ff air. The p discovery of an a cc ''''' cause of the seizure.--(llforniv Paper.) :._—_---•________ ' , ~,, 14" 4i1 MARRIED. This morning, at St. Marylebone church, Mr.'lien-, vo, t` ) eldest son of Charles Rossi, Esq., R.A.. of 14 1110 . anriion, Catherine Anne, only daughter of the Rev. Rico CoO t Y the late rector of Desford, and curate of Lutterworths in fg., of Leicester. • ' „f Org On the Bth inst., William Warren Hastings, rit/q"'f tlsw ct ' inn, to Sophia, eldest daug hter of Dr. Burrows, 0 street, Bedford-square. ,„apit On the Bth inst., John Nelson, Esq , of Doctnf iseiffil rs of is eldest son of the late R. A. Nelson; Est, ec r ` 1 7,(0 0111 " Navy, to Caroline, second daughter of Dr. nurrnich " street, Bedford-square. Te. liolb°,4 Yesterday, the Bth inst., at St. Andrew's c h u rch'.,. 00" James Reeves Esq. of Ely.place, to Jong 111511 :IMO" daughter of henry Esq., Bowles, Esq., of MY of ho On use, Enfield. the 7th inst., at Islington, Mr. John Butcber, j u - n .::. South Audley-street, to Miss Champner. DIED. , 000 0 . s, On Saturday, the 4th inst. , Mark Harrison, Egl. , ° r e d 76. of Dalby-terrst, near Tring, Hens, formerly of Finch-lane, banker: Dg o f Con - On Sunday last, in his 58th year , Mr. John Eccle s ' - terbury-row, _Kennington. On the 28tliult., Esther Stanton, wife of Mr. .1 0 - - Alinories, aged 35. Fialgt _ On Wednesday morning, the Bth inst., 1100 VA it bookseller, of 32, Bishopsgate-within, in his 27th Y,t Av t e' On the Bth ult. at M arse ille s , a ged 88, Mr. Fred,en°,7ooooPd tus Wolf, Doctor, and P r ivy Coinsellor, Berlin, IPS:„ce wil ll of German Philology. li e had visited the South 01 :1-- Von a view to benefit his health. 11.4 11- cells On the 20th ult. at Germain-in-Laye, the L- Heflin. - ..., by in „' On Sunday last, after a few days' illness, r e g rett " . l l, rs — P gati ; . tensive circle of friends. in the 73d year of her eft , fr ; ftsioq widow of the late. Mr . Thomas Death, of the 1 oe s ' • , Norwich, and of C ovent - garden, 1,0 n d°1% . ............ --...—. she sot"! Printed and P u bli s h e d for the PaoPntsTons. tits. OFFICE, No. 112, Strand, by J. B . GAnn-r