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IIg G :b si lt, *toYear ' - qYe to inform you that ever sitKe the , 1 ) ,,, , , , • s. . ; pr,: s el Yft„, l4 - ; -, I had been afflicted with t h e Imes Venereal, cliZvfilteci t',.tlnfistinately resisting every course - of medicine eliV i ni 5t."..,, r 11 e- most eminent of the faculty here, and un -14 tied fr,), aisevere courses of salivation; and twice dis- . 41 , ,, n, tht e by : ',.,!.iiie Hosp ital With little relief, w ,Itld appear to is,:,isb.,,,,vrnisiti"ltettetrate 'italu i4 re. ' lii tl o'sprilig of last year 0 1, , 7Xi5ti n " .. ..._'g . 0 .. 0 such a ead,as:re - arly to pie a period k a „'".. tag _I -- --1 had a large ulcer on the crown of tny lieacl . ski' n tr; m v 'l9 l , and my, legs were broke out in a frightful terrt_ 6l ' l ll„;,„?P was dreadfully painful, and had been m a, asi' ) ,,7geri t ai r'nin for the last seven years; my left had also, kfli -.4 ixic.:i.-,".nn it, was very much discoloured, and gave ; si;,i• !rly t (r lating pain' particularly whim warm in bed, tr;,l4efau" r ' kt ) ,grre.Me of rest ; iii this lamentatile stat . e, 1 ,. W I 'cl,'‘cliset b g 4 'by Mr. J Thompson,•(who receivyo s, 1 . 11- 1 ' Ytly: here), ; J. '' L • ii .' P. t •ot Pills -rti f b,;, 4 - ,flt lv taKeroor ea t s ..1 l. , itlyiltiitiito7.44.„lli, tiO iill the ,]6th o. Aliiy ; in the course of a 64 411, L "he tii, 5412 to receive benefit—in little riiore than. a • ve, it; ti e aori my head and arms were soundly healed— hiiii'! C°M;A: ,'",l'es uts tuy legs healed ilso : lea Ving, \ 1, ".• im i °f 4i• ,iOiscoloiirat ion in the skin, and pain in V't th,'Or litr, eit, *hich, by the bles , ing Of God, an." a hub: •th,,,,ll"fles",itauce in yo.ur iiivaivable Medicine, subsided ; yt,44,4.tt.l4n,Persilik, thi: skill I . . ,, aliiiite-, it; nittur , l !it.; aiiil ktrkei'llsrio44‘ i/q.'fig graditally goinr..., oll:----1 thus became, by 14 4,Letitrip i c 2..lee and medicine, p erfectly free from all mey 11i0'1,1,4."Intshave recovered my limner spirits and. i t i f. A eq l lit I -Aw I.A bccoinkt jolly arid fat in which . state liaricig, ,), , ) %pi a , Ry inui,ths to the astonis ' litnent of all wlio knew th ti, U " ' r ai"et l" ' i n what trews v . o express my gratitude, but 1 44 1 , Y eas e t '''e kOnd of other suffering mortalS, to inalit ' i, :i'd,i r hblie as possible as I shall on every ocCEI - yo ir T You will greatly oblige, ' Ni,,,,i4,4 ~trattful, obedient, very humble servant. 4 el Ne . ALEX. ll!lffiElt 1, 11 Tb , A„H, ~.th-str,t.t, Edinburgh. Pte Jobe: I,s,ri:•..;vsses to , the above Cure:— . 1 ~ 1 411.i'ar i M t ito . °' 3 , New Poultry Market, Eilin itirpi, hut;a,-,444,„,.a!1,11,1,11bi, Old Assembly Close, E . ~ filibul r gl, i ., l. ly. sitt.t, No, .Its, ~,. y the sole Proprietor, I LIM-AS - . tuin4llt . lf N ` tlik Royal College - of Stifigeons,hil 1 lil y ,I "v bridge-sti eet, London; whc: e, after a ticii ir, e ate ni Be te lap ttit(i more Hiat t 40 years, in a practice pat:6- hi ,gy , ,to'• th - Lhe cure of Venereal Complaints and those K k eti ea ., itfth e P arts of Generation with that inviolable tt:lns/11%1i% h ad Atntr_f:is.prolession siii . urld always , o . h3ervein kt, i t.i lt ,J, iitai7 himself the advice and as sistance will e 4, 11 !a1.., by , r ister tc persons taking this Medicine, wi h,;;Lso, I,4kodyt'is':;ning Public, 'as an adattage seldom Ai r IS At; , r)). i i 01 all ambiguity. '•i 1,1,(411 eta PPoint,is •nt: t the convenience of those °l nli•i''' ro kne e at ti "-i 'I," L tyi 1) f d •' t' N it - r , tigi v. , , ..te .ovs,,op, No. I—. _ x.or -stiee , 11 41I'VN'gt,' t,:i I \ , ?. 7, Eish-strect-hill; Mr. Baxter, I,,ltitt), i•'.1?..,\.1.101rg1i ; Mi."Callwel 's, Du blin ; and,of s,tftll,tZttres'-'o,ionolusidcrable town in Great .Brita l in i and . Yvt,, pi a i .Y is. 9d. each, stamped, and si Nit,„ °n dfrections,..vherebY persons, of Ober -"elves with ease, speed, secrecy, and saffty. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Au;;. iO, 1,25. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of tlic UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Not ice, That a QUARTF,RLY GENERAL couirr of the said Conivany Will he held at their House in Leadenhall-street un ‘VEDNENDAY, the 28th of September next, at Eleven o'Lloch in the Forenoon: JOSEPH DART, Secretary. BILIOUS AND LIVER CONIPLAINTS. AS a mild and effectual Remedy for all thos e Disorders which originate in a vitiated action of the Liver and Biliary Orzans, namely, Indigestion, Loss of Appe -. e, Headache, Hearthutn, Flatillencies, Spasms, Costive ness, Affec , imis of the Liver, &c. &c. DIXON'S ANTIBILI OUS PILLS have met with more general approval than any other Medicine wtiatsoeVer. They unite every recommenda 7. otiim..of mild operation with successful ofect ; and requ ref° restraint or confinement whatever during their use. In tro pical climates, where the consequences of red:m(l..lA and vi tiated Bile are so prevalent and alarming, they areal) invalu able and efficient protection. They are likewise pecolimiy calculated to correct . disorders arising &OM excesses - of the Table—to restore the Time of the Stomach—and to remove most Complaints oceasimied by Irregolarity of the Bowels. 5.61 in Boxes, at 25. 94.. Gs., I Is., and 225., by Butler, Chemist, 4, Cheapside, St. Paul's; Savory and Co. 136, New Boild-street, London ; and by the principal Medieine•venders throoeliont the tTrite., Kingdom. Of may he had, PARSON'S HOOPING COUGH MEDICINE, an effectual and safe remedy for this dangerous complaint. In Pack, ts, at 2s. 94. SUN. The perusal of smile treatise on the bite of mad dogs very much increased his ►iistress, add he gave himself up for lost. in this state did hr• continue for three years, continually and deeply impressed with the idea that he should bite some one or other of his friends, and entail on them the dreadful calamities under which he was then labouring. The certainty that this would be the case was ever uppermost in his thoughts, pro ducing in him the utmost despair that is possible for a human being to imagine. it was in this stage of his disorder that a - physician from Lon- don was consulted, in addition iu, and in presence of, those before mentioned. lie confirmed, their opinion, that the patient was suffering under Hy drophobia. To ascertain this, a glass of water was brought, at the sight of which Mr. C. de-. da'red that he was as much alarmed as if a.higL wayman had stood before him with a drawn -sword, and was going to run him through. From all appearances, therefore, they concluded, not only that . Hydrophobia had taken place, .but that it was very far advanced. Mr. C. himself had but a very. confused idea of the word Hy drophobia, conceiving, that whenever it did take place, it would act something like a two-edged sword, and immediately deprive him of Ids . ex istence. When the physicians returned into the room he inquired hoW the Hydrophobia would act when it attacked the patient. They inform ed him it would produce a dread or fear of water, which you seem to have on you, and added, that if he would swallow a little, it would be much in his favour. The physicians left him, and when they were gone he reflected on their observations, and began to conceive he had no dislike lo water ; , he sent for some, and found that he had no diffi culty in swallowing it. When his medical at tendants called the next day, he related the cir cumstance to them; they observed it was a very favourable symptom, and if he could take liquid frequently there would be no danger. Mr. C. did take liquid frequently, and very speedily recovered ; and he since often declared that his recovery was owing to his being made completely to understand the meaning of the word Hydro.' phobia. The painful sufferings of Mr. C. which he en dured uninterruptedly for the space of 3 years, and his great partiality for dogs and sporting, had induced him to pay. particular attention to the disease of the canine species, and in no state of madness in dogs could ha perceive„ they ever refused water, or had any difficulty in swallow ing. He.declared it therefore to be his'firm opi nion, that dogs cannot convey any disease to the human race ; he was further strengthened in this opinion by his having been bitten since, at least twenty times by wad dOgs, without its either' producing mental or bodily complaint. Mr. Grub, Lord Dartmouth's Game-keeper,' living at Lewisham in Kent, has had the manage ment of dogs for 40 years, and has had six tied up mad at is time, he declares they never refused water, but would drink it to the last hour of their existence. He has seen many of our do mestic animals bitten by marldogs, but, never one to go mad from the bite. Whenever he hears of a man having been bitten by a mad dog, he in forms him that the dog can convey no disease to him, and to dispossess his mind from fear ; as the disease is only a, mental affection ; and he never knew man or beast affected with madness from the bite of a mad dog. The late Mr. Tristram Carpenter, at Dulwich, was Game-keeper to the late Lord Thurlow, and he informed me he had two of his•apprentices bitten by a mad dog. They came to him and said Jowler was mad, and had bitten them both in the leg. He informed them they were more mad. than the dog by going to him when he was in pain. Their legs were dressed, in, the usual way, and they found no inconvenience from it. had a favourite hound bitch mad, and he tied her up in an out-house adjoining the-pig-sty, in the night_ she gnawed through into the pig -sty, in which were-a sqw and 4, pigs, tie found. her in the morning in fierce combat: with the : snw and pigs, but . neither of them were affected, and he declared he never saw man or beast,affected from the bite of a mad, bog, and that : dogs have no fear of water during Orli disease. Dr. tluuter : re.lates a case " Where 2.1, persons were bitten by a mad dog, atul only on e of th em became affected with Hydrophobia." He was neither the first nor the last bitten, nor wakhe the most lacerated, • think, it possible, nay, most probable, that: this,. person was, hypochon driac. The Dr. in the same letter observes, " little . more of this dise,ase is known that} was a thousand years back; and if arts medieine, had been given to these neople, we should- have said we, had found a speci4, that strcerded in curing twenty out of twenty,ore. Various.have, been, ,and_ are the s specifics.for, :the. bite of a mad dog;; but: Epttaligibg gvntraliY. they are without . effect, excepting as.producing ,confidence in the,patienVs.mittrl Itis upon t his • principle .that Sta.bathing has:.cured. thousands The, Orinskirk . medicine, and Dr. Cbbli's specific, ,equal numbers. T.heir, operation. cau only, be 'mental, because an analysis of these various re ynedies, proves their, nature to. he, tooilY diffe. , rent, The Ormskirk seems to be, bole and, al , 10m. Dr. Cobb's cinnabar antl,mnsk. The :salt iu. se.a. 7 l,..ater is muriatic ac,id..and soda.. Now, there_ is no doubt that thousands, W,llolPveMeen tnrfcl-• by such specifics were bitten by dogs ;really mad; but that mediciye, so . djssimilar : their natures should have- the effect..ofodecntrt r 'posing. the supposed • virus,, secreted; by, • the : ,dog, is contrary to nature, reason, and science * consequently the confidence of the. parient,in the, rerne4,y,.innst have perforrnetlitie cure. And 1 we 'adopt this conclusion the mpfe, joptly, As this I PRICE Srvgsrrrxer. disease has baffled the art of all me,dical r Ltioners, acting according to medical rules. Myr.. corp., antimony, musk, and opium, have been used in abundance. but withoot effect. . Ble, t 4ling has been used to great excess, also without ?Tea, and patients have frequently died after copious bleeding ; this circumstance has impressed the minds of the ignorant, that a Doctor tiagi.,the power of bleeding them to death, or ev e ,UOf smothering them between feather beds— no tionsincreasing the intensity of apprehemOloP• If such ideas could be eradicated, if would muclr relieve the minds of the ignorant, when bitte4 by mad dogs. I have always found in . every. to and village throughout the kingdom, when COO.' versingon this subject, some one declaring - that there are living witnesses who could be produced to prove such facts. In reply to these growl less fears the opinion of Sir ViclteryGibbsmight he quoted, who has stated," that such casesitave never occurred . ; and who added, that whotygr should be capable of such enormities, would be found guilty of murder." Dr. Vaughan has tried to inoculate a, dog from a man in the last stage of Hydropho bia, which was supposed to have arisen from the bite of a mad (log, but the Dr,'s experiment did ,tot: succeed to produce dis ease in the dog. There is nut an account of any animal having communicated any disease to tyre dog, neverthe less the dog is supposed to be capable of com municating disease to all our domestic animals, as well as to man. According to this hypothesis, the dog is more highly distinguished (in this re spect) than even the human race. That dogs are themselves subject to madness, and that they can communicate it to their own species, is agreed by all Medical Practitioners ; but that dogs have the power of communicating that disease to man, or any genus of animals is erroneous. Facts can only be ascertained by studying Nature with strict attention and minute observation ; by so doing, we shall be- extricated from that darkness into which all attempts at curing this disease have hitherto plunged us. In matt, doubt must he totally effaced from the mind, for should one spark of doubt remain, and fear resume the place of confidence, death in general is inevitable. I have acted tip to. the views of this paper with several patientl, Who have been under my care,, and always with success.. Some Practitoners have obsprved, that children have been afflicted with. Hydrophobia, whercould have had no fear. - In answer to this, we find that whenever the body is exhausted by any dis ease, and the muscles necessary for swallowing cannot perform their functions, the fluid returns back by the nose, and pioduces a species of suf focation, and the patient has a, dread of its being repeated. This oft e n happ ens i n t h e last stages of low nervous fevers : but if the patient has been bitten by a dog at, any period of their existence ; so great is the "rage for attributing disease to canine madness, that it is , at once attributed to the bite of the animal. To say too that children have no fear, is contrary to every day's occur rence. Self-preservation is one of the first prin ciples of our nature; in infancy we are. most susceptible of the emotion. of fear, and the distress and apprehension which; infantile suf ferings excite in those around the patient, were alone sufficient , to occasion powerful emotions of fear. Experience• teaches. that it: is difficult- - to. find even the best informed minds ft -Re. from, preju dice on this subject, and that it , is absolutely- im possible to arrive at truth in many. cases. Should therefore, this-opinion, and: this, mode of treat ment be generally received, it would - ameliorate the condition. of the• afflicted: In man, the dis ease which arises from the bite of►u.mad. dog, is, in my opinion, purely mental, apprehension pro duces irritation, and-nervous excitement•deprives the patient of sleep, deranges the• setretion, generates disease, and in. such- a stateiof; appre hension, irritaliiJity, nes,vons..e.3critation, and de privation of. sleep,, death , becomes unavoidable. The first advances towards a cure, would be made by dispossessing, the patients mind of fear, Ito transfuse into-his mind a confidence, that the dog cannot communicate any- disease to• the hu man race. I am of opinion, that the most, groundless pre judices exist regarding the effects , of canine mad ness, and that many unfounded inferenees-have been drawn fjorn circumstances attending- cases 'which have been cited. The mode of treatment which have recora , mended cannot possibly, in driy, cue produce in ,jury;: hut it a : ppeArs ti me, tliaL exctitinn,ol the 'part•of - the human frame. which thnting has , hitten, .at onc.e, increases thatnp r grehension acid irritation in the patient's mind, whiclt,occasion atttßat dis fleas.e, and terminates in death.: if . a few Sheep, and Pigs,,aml.,oldaloset were •fleept: in, a rhanner . congefriall to \ their : nature, and if . they were to b e inoculated: with the Siva of mad dogs, I think the Saliya,;wonild,haventbeffect 'even on these animals, andlliat•ttre,result of such experintents.would•set.thikin a ttreAting . qUektibn at rest. Certainly as the- cpws.ticopowtv %awl*, no greater calamityican.befal a human-being-than to .be: bitten by•a:mad•dogr: on.th.e.cktirer-hgn4l the dog is. one of the most ttsefuJoaniksagasictu*- ani mals subjected to.thee, dorninion, ankentaled to the protection of man. The, medical arld surgic,a niensgs,are z makinz great. adyaAces iu, hilprvvEgtv.4.; the. subject ibefore us .is luferjor ; to none iu,iwpprtap,Ce to map k i n not_che RQY9l..C.Ollege of PhysiCians, apd,S,ufgeom, appoint,a,C.ommittee for itg,effec tual investigatioo ? X. WFDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1825. FOR 'lllli SUN. ON HYDROPHOBIA. Ma. EDTTOtt—The frequency of Canine Mad ness this summer ; and its fatal effects upon the Canine and the Human Race, have i►►fluenced me to submit the following observations to Me dical Men and the Public in general. Every genera of animals are a distinct essence, varying in organization, formation, and in eco nomy. It is a received axiom that different na tures cannot produce the same similitude. The organization, the essence, the economy, formation, and component parts of the dog are totally dissimilar to the essence, organization, economy, formation, and component parts Of man, and all our domestic animals. It is submitted that it is contrary to physiology and reason to suppose, that a dog can convey disease to any animal but his own genus. That the disease which produces madness in the dog, and is con veyed to man, and -all our domestic animals, the-sheep, the hog, the cow, and horse, through the medium of a bite from a mad dog, shOuld produce the same compound in man, and in. all our domestic animals, and should affect the ner vous system and brain of man, and other ani rnals, and • produce madness the same as in the dog, is cu)ntriry to the immutable laws of Nature.-- It appears that for the protection of one 'genus of animals from the disease of an other genus, that each has been furnished with a peculiar radical cause in the formation of its own compounded body. The diseases of animals are known to be, when oncompounded with others, as distinct as their species, therefore the idea of one genus of animal being subject to the disease of another must be fallacious ; since it is con trary to all the known laws by which Nature is invariably governed,and has been governed from all eternity. No contagious disease ever pro ducing other than its own determined likeness. Some authors have likened the supposed virus secreted by mad dogs to that of venomous ani mals, as the viper, rattlesnake, wasp. But there can be no similitude deducible from any com parison made between the bite of a mad dog and that of the , viper ; the latter produces immediate inflammation, the former in a week, a month, or a year after the bite. Dr. Bardsley records a case of John Lindsey, a weaver, who was brought into the Lunatic hospital, at Mapchester, twelve years after he was bitten, and who died of hydrophobia. Now it appears to me to be impossible, from all we know of the immutable laws of Nature, that this supposed virus, could remain , one year in the habit without being decomposed ; yet we are in formed it had remained twelve years,and that the person died of the hydrophobia, from the bite of a mad dog. First supposing a dog to be mad, does he con vey, madness to man. Secondly, it has been generally thought that persons afflicted by the bite of a mad dog, always die insane. This is a mistake. No madness ever attends it. The patients can converse as rationally as ever, during the time they are ill. This may be proved from almost every case of the disease. All authors who•have seen, confirm this, and generally note it down in relating the symptoms . If the dog convey not madness, what does he convey. It is supposed that he conveys a virus, which pro duces Hydrophobia. From my own observation and that of Lord Derby's Game Keeper, who has had six dogs mad at one time, tied up, and which have died at different times ; in none of them, however, could he perceive that they refused water, or had any difficulty in swallowing. It appears contrary to nature, that a dog should be capable, of communi cating any other disease, thani that, with which he is affected, namely, madness; and equally con trary to nature, that he should have the power of communicating a disease with which he nes , er was affected, namely, Hydrophobia. The case of the late Mr. Castleman; of the Grove House, Camberwell. Mr. Castleman was bitten by a mad dog in the spring, as he was attending his dogs to take the, air in coupling time.t A large dog sprang on one of his from a hedge with great fury. He ran. to beat him off, when this assailant seized , him fast by the leg, and severely lacerated it, being, however, at last disengaged, he returned home, and his mind became considerably alarmed for the consequence. `The dog, which belonged to a farmer, in the neighbourhood, was observed by his master on reaching home, who, fearful, lest he might go mad, had given orders to secure him by a strong chain ; this was, effected, and he was fastened to a tree in the orchard. Every thing within his 're,ach became the spbject of attack, and.at the expiration of tbxo dayshe died. Three weeks had elapsed, when Mr. finding him self_poorly, sent for a physician who resided in the neighbourhood, and who, on. his arrival, en 7 'quired if Mr. C. had been bitten by a mad dog; on Mr. C. replying in the, affirmative, the,: phy sician immediately concluded .that to be the cause 'and , origin of his illness. Mercurial medicines, 'external and internal, were admiaistered .: to, de stroy the supposed virus, Mr. C:'s. spirits. every day grew worse, nor could he obtain,reteyen at 'night, for • _ " .Tiretl Nature's avvetrepimer, " Balmy sleep," • was.a stranger, to his eyelids ; he lost his appe tite, and irritability and debility had taken place of tranquillity and health. In this situa lion. the Physician of the : adjoining village. was consultedi in addition to the form er one; they were both of the same opinion, viz. that : this 'disease . was occasioned by b4e,nf,a,mml dog. - Mr, C. concluded that death must .ensue_ LAW INTELLIGENCE. , COURT OF CHANCERY AUG. 16. SMITH V. SHARPE. This was an application on behalf of the defendant to be dis charged From prison, having ken committed to the Fleet for contempt in disobeying an order of the Vice-Chancellor, which directed him to ISay into Court the purchme-money of an estate which he had contracted to take, and of which he had received possession since 1815 ; but he disputed the validity of the title, and now sought to be relieved from the performance of his con tract. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that whatever grounds the defendant might have to apply for a discharge hereafter, he' had clearly none now. Ile could not suffer a person to enter into a contract in 1815, and retain possession of the estate, re. ceiving rents and profits, without quarrelling with the title till 1822. The defendant had been for ten years in the full enjoy_ ment of the-estate, and gave no information as to what he had derived from it. - If Mr. Hart (the defendant's Counsel) would procure an affidavit, stating the amount of the profits obtained from the estate since it came into the defendant's possession, and after handing it to the other party, would deliv er i t to hi s L ar d. ship any day, he would re-consider the application. IN RE WOOLER, A LUNATIC. Mr. NlrutTEmansu applied to the Court for leave to have a Commission of Lunacy issued by his Lordship in this case executed at Newcastle. The COURT granted the order. EX PARTE GLOSSOP, IN RE KEMP, A BANKRUPT. Mr. HART stated, that this was an, application to restrain the bankrupt from proceeding to try by action at l a w th e va lidi ty o f the commission. The docket had been strtick, and the com mission issued in 1814 • the bankrupt h a d aequ i esce d i n i t f or ten years, and now endeavoured to set up a pretext that the commission had been improperly obtained. Mr. Taw-tor followed on the same side. The SotiolTon-GEtigust. alleged, on behalf oldie bank rupt, that the commission had been obtained in the most im proper manner, by what he must term a conspiracy. The very debt of the petitioning creditor, Mr. Peter Clissold, was founded upon s bill of exchange for 2501., which, after being paid, was re-issued from the hands of Messrs. Tiffin and Pugh, bankers. The debt was thus concocted by Mr. Clissold and. Mr. Pugh, who had made false entries ire his books to favour the design. Kemp's estate was able to disch ..tie every claim in full, and allow a very large surplus —about 30,000/. Whenever he endeaVoured to meet his creditors in order' to supersede the commission, Mr. Bachelor, the solicitor under the commission, arrested him, repeatedly, to prevent the meetings. The inter mediate time had passed in fruitless endeavours to get the commission superseded ; but it was not until February last that Mr. Kemp discovered evidence which enabled him to proceed to try the validity of the commission at law. The bankrupt had always protested against the commission • and the assig nees seemed aware of i ts i nva lidi ty , and offered to compro mise with him, which offer he had refused. Aft er years o f effort, he h a d, preVailed upon nearly 200 creditors to consent to stmersede the commission. Now that he had obtained evidence to contest its validity, he hoped the Court would• not prevent him. Mr. Ho ANC, on the,same side, maintained that, this appli cation could not be made to the - Cotirthy petition; it should be brought before it by bill. The case of the bankrupt, how.: ever, did nut rest, upon this technical objection; it disclosed an act of great oppression. Mr. WHIT MARSTI and Mr. MONTAGU followed-on the same side. The latter remarked that the assignees.had evinced their sense of the validity of the commission by insisting upon an indemnity when they paid the dividenda. - Mr. HART, in reply, stated, that the bonds of indemnity on payment of the dividends w e r e in compli ance w i t h an arrange ment with the bankrupt himself. The Loan CHANCELLOR—YOU admit that you dc'.bt the validity of_the commission? Mr. HART assented to this. Mr. Clissold, it must be ac knowledged, had acted unduly. As 'to the bill in question, Tiffin and' Pugh were Clissold's bankers, and the bill was returned by them to Clissold dishononred, though it was after wards paid. The bankruPt had no right to go now to a trial, after the delay of ten years, and after making use of the com mission, 'by acquiescence, to induce his creditors to assign their debts to him for Is. I Id. in the pound. The'SOLICITOR-GENERAL here pnt . inan-affidavit of the credittirs'of.Mr. Keinp, rebutting this assertion, and testifying to the 'correct and just conduct of the bankrupt. The. LORD CHANCELi.ort was.not able to ascertain, from the Statements at the bar; what was the precise ground'for this application; His Lordship could not prevent the trial from going on, betaitse ache expence. In regard to the form of application, If ardwicke, that an injunction . aga i ns t ai. - bankrupt, must be prayed by' bill. On the best considera tion of'thiS ease,, and wider the authcirities of Lord ilardwieke, and. Lord Thurlow, his, L o rd s hip th o U g ht he, could not re strain ti bankrupt not brought before. the - Court by hill, from trying the validity tif . hbi cornmission. His LOrdship observed, that'the'aSsignees were. in a hard situation ; and he was sur prised that peysons should, for some reason' or other best known to therriselVes,coyet the office of assignees, without any alarm at. the situation they - were placed in - .' Delay and acquies cence,, in cases like the preeerit,' might work an effect So as to plOprit'a bank:tine's oversetting his' commission. What had been • their extent,' here ? - Theft' hid been `an acquiescence of tors years ; a surrender and pas Sing of the last examination ; but'these ingredient might:be insufficient to defeat the bank riapes'right to try . the validity of his commission.' A 'Court of Lew' would, however; regard these circumstance's, and might grOt no remedy.' Whatever relief might be given to theassrg nees.ih Itii'case by bill; his' Liardship could 'grant 'none on a, e'i`tion regard' being hatli6 What the Cd u it did an d d i d not k p o - Ve ot thetacts.f • Mr: fUit'r • applied for costs. The other side had, filed affidavits' Which filled '6oo'ibliOs, moat 'Of *hid' Were 'iinFll4' trial The LO RD CHastc,ELLoit must give costs..to the other side. lie cotil4.f not decide'* hether the affidivits.tiere - material or .not without reading iherte .. • • ; • •• • • " " IN RE WARD. a ff iN d l a r s .. i 2 t l . m m e e n s.s. ti K o l n ., eß,d4ft tt,.anti e ', l4 which wshowing t for he pur ;st9nd anoverchase* ,which *hall - been' completed under the deed of trust: Mr. Mayhely,' had rims put in -affidavits 'containing the re gut ieti, !le( Al r e Agar) maintaineet were at• variance iti nce "rtt with ai i nns•wer whielehad formerly been,madein the suit in the CiatutEXebequer, in t regard to thq valuation' of ' the property. Air. Ha fly. , merely remark, that the sums in the two accdunts' had been caret ifily vorripared. e and they corresponded to fi penny. ' The eftiefavits were hando ' 3 ? -to 11 # Lordship, w--ho .promised • to give an early deeisibr.