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Union Wine Company, of which he hail been a director.
The case has been frequently noticed. The liabilities are
about 18,000/., principally on account of the company.
This was the aitting for discharge. At the hut setting
the bankrupt passed his examination ; but the assignee
required time to be advised whether they had any claim
on an allowance or pension which is paid io the bankrupt
as retired governor of Chester gaol. It was now stated
that they did not prefer any claim.
Mr. Treherne appeared for themep there was no
opposition, and his Honour granhe order.
IN RE COLGILIVE.—A VICTIM OF " OFEBEND, auszusT,
atm co."
The
grove, Ca banmberkrupt was a commercial travel r, of Peckham-
well, He sought his discharge from debts
of 7981. of which 2901. is due to Mr. Halm, stock broker,
Cornhill. for " differences " on 20 shares in Overend,
Gurney, and Co. (Limited), which had been bought and
afterwards sold for the bankrupt.
Mr. Keighley opposed, on the ground that the bankrupt
had contracted debts without probable means of payment.
Mr. Brough appeared for the bankrupt.
An adjournment was ordered, with a view to the bank-
rupt snaking •• proposal to his creditors.
Ire RE G. mammas.
The bankrupt was described as a broker and commission
agent, of Beckenham. His liabilities are 19,7241.,. of
which 17,9401. are inconnexion with joint-stock companies,
of which the bankrupt had been either promoter, director,
orAharer.
Rhohlerieed dare ths, 1,41431.
bankrupt had been the promoter of a
great many bankrupt companies. Be was liable on no
leas than 1,000 shares in the General International Agency
Company. He had also incurred liabilities in connection
with the London, Hamburgh, and Continental Banking
Company, the Life Association of England, the Land
Credit Company of England, and the Cleveland iron
Company.
It appeared from the examination of the bankrupt that
so recently as 1864 he had a surplus of over 6,0001., and
that his insolvency was entirely attributable to his having
incurred liabilities on account of the above-named com-

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COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—Nov. 29.
liter Term sittings at Nisi Prius.—(Before the Lord Chief
Justice and a Special Jury.)
numacti r. RHARP.—LIBEL.
After our report left yesterday,
Dr. Bennett said—l am M.D. of theCollegeof rh dans,
London , and physician tothe London Hospital fur '
seases
oof the hest, and the author of two medical works. I
have read the plaintiff's irook, and I disagree with the
plaintiff that tubercles are produced by a deposition of
carbon, caused by an obstructed respiration. It is con-
trary to my experience. There are many diseasesration
with
which Inns familiar where there is obstructed respi
without tubercles, particularly persistent asthma and
chronic bronchitis, certain diseases of the heart, &c. I
have known awes where respiration has been free, so far
as I could judge, and tubercies exist. Tubercles exist in
other parts of the body at the same time they are found in
the lungs. The witness confirmed Dr. Williams's opinion
with regard to pulmonary diseases and their treatment.
There is nothing in the book to guide me in adopting the
system. I have tried inhalation for palliative purposes. I
used iodine and chlorine, but I never derived any encou-
raging circumstances from it. It might be used as a pal-
liative for cough, asthma, and. bronchitis. I have tried
conium, creosote, stramonium, and other things.
Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Parry-1 have been
connected with the Hospital fur Diseases of the Chest for
twenty years. Inhalation is a recognised treatment by
general practitioners for all diseases of the chest. There
was nothing to statrle or surprise me in the use of inhale-
I tiun by Dr. Hunter. I think medicines taken into the
1 stomach preferable. I should not think Dr. Hunter pre-
tends to treat by inhalation only. The book is based upon
the assumption that he had discovered a mode of treat-
ment which can cure consumption. lam of opinion that
consumption can be cured if the tubercles can be got at in
their early state.
The Lord Chief Justice—The tendency of the book is
that medical men have not only hitherto failed to cure
consumption, but that they Lava given up the hope of
being able to do so.
Dr. Bennett—The plaintiff uses medicines, but he does
not place any confidence in them with reference to the
disease of the lungs. I agree with Dr. Wiliam' in the
main. Inhalers are sold by the thousand every year, but
their applicability to the use of oxygen must depend upon
' how it is to bo produced. The inhalers in use could not
be made available for pure oxygen, but they might for
oxygen from carbonic acid. `le have advanced con-
siderably in the treatment of disease. I did not read the
article in the Pall Mall Cacaos until after I was asked for
' my opinion.
Re-examined—I think, from my experience, that in
many instances the disease is hereditary.
Dr. Cotton—l am a Fellow of the Royal College of
Physicians of London, and physician to the Brampton
Hospital. I have a private practice as well I believe
Dr. Williams has stated in his evidence the real symp-
' toms and treatment of the disease. It is taught in all
the schools, and is generally accepted, and to that
I adhere. Blood, when coughed up, does not
always come from the lungs, but from the
throat, and Dr. Hunter's description is likely
to create great alarm. Blood-spitting has a
tenitney to alarm patients. I disagree with him that it is
a sure indication of consumption. It is an exceedingly
alarming doctrine. I have had one of Dr. Raster's patients
come to me in a state of great alarm. Blood-spitting is a
serious symptom, and requires to be inquired into. It is
not necessarily a symptom of consumption. I have prat-
', tied inhalation for many years. Dr. Snow, who devoted
to the inhalation of chloroform, misted me in
extensive experiments of inhalations. I have known three
instances of inhaling oxygen as introduced by Dr. Beige',
' within the last six months ; but I did not observe anysatis-
' factory results. In cases of pure tubercular consumption,
the idea is that the inhalation of oxygen is undesirable,
because in consumption there is excessive wear and tear of
' structure, an increased temperature of the body showing
it is a morbid part of the process, and I should bold the
most likely result of administering oxygen would be add-
ing fuel to the fire, by increasing the wear and tear, or, in
other words, the decomposition of the animal tissues.
Another reason against oxygen is that it is an excitenr,
and likely to aggravate any tendency to spit blood. I look
to inhalation as an auxiliary, but cot as a curative—the
reverse of Dr. Hunter's treatment. Ido not know the
meaning of an inhaled " alterative." If I were *eked to
escribe one, I should not know what to give simply by
those terms. I consider rod-liver oil a valuable adjunct in
the treatment of consumption, and I should not think all
had been done for a patient without trying it. There is
nothing in the book to guide me to Dr. Hunter's treat-
ment ; it is liana' in medical works to publish fully any
new remedy or treatment.
Crosa-examined by Mr. Coleridge—Many medical books
contain statements of cases, and then the treatment is
given more or less explicitly. I cannot apply tubercular
disease to any one thing. There is a large number of
acquired tubercular diseases, and I have traced one half
the number of that disease to hereditary causes. I had
not seen the plaintiff's book before the article was pub-
lished. Thearticle wasnot wiitten on my authority, nor did
I sec it until the solicitor for thedefendant calledon me. A
medical man in good practice would be able to show as
many cases of permanent cure of asthma as Dr. Hunter
did yesterday. A competent medical man would know
what could he volatilised, but I don't think ho would know
what expectorant or sedative is to be given. The book
does not guide him which expectorant or sedative, with
their proportions, should be given.
Re-examined2liuniing nitrate of potasa in a bedroom
has been adopted for years for asthma.
The further hearing of the case was then adjourned.

par..M Gant appeared for the assignees, and Mr. 1111/1‘1101)
for the bankrupt.
Jill Honour passed the examination, but adjourned the
order of discharge till a future day.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)

IN RE LEOPOLD RIDPATH.
This bankruptcy occurred ten years since, but the case
will be well remembered from the frauds committed by
the bankrupt on the Great Northern Railway Company, in
whose employ he was as clerk in the transfer office. His
defalcations amounted to little short of a quarter of
million. This was a dividend sitting. There had been a
former dividend. The official assignee reported a balance
in hand of about 1,1001., and the usual order was made.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Nov. 29.
Sittings at Nisi Prius.—illifore Mr. Baron Martin and
Common Juries.)
NICHOLSON V. HOHDER.V.
This was an action for bodily injuries caused by the bite
of a dog.
Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., and Mr. Wills were counsel
for the plaintiff ; Mr. Hannen counsel for the defendent.
The plaintiff was a young man, the eon of • farmer in
the East Riding of York-hire, and the defendant was the
rector of ifaisthorpe, near Great Dritheld, and also a
magistrate for that riding. At mid-day on the sth June
last, the plaintiff went to the defendant's house for •
summons, and on leaving shard afterwards, small
Pomeranian dog ran up to him and seized the calf of hie
leg. The flesh was penetrated, and the wound swelled up
and caused much pain. The plaintiff applied to the bite
some of Webeter's oil, which is extensively used in York-
shire for wounds and sores, both in the case of human I
beings and the lower animals, but the leg got rapidly
worse, and being haunted night and day by a fear that Le
would be attacked with hydrophobia, his health was
greatly undermined. He asked the defendant to have
the dog killed, but he refused the request,
and the consequence was that the apprehensions of the
plaintiff increased, entertaining the popular belief that
even though the dog might not be mail at the time of the
occurrence, if it became so at any future time, he would
become the victim of hydrophobia. At length the plain-
tiff had to consult a medical man, and he remained for
four months under his care.
Mr. Thos. Britton, of Great Driffield, the surgeon
who attended the plaintiff, said that Webster's oil would
not improve the wound, but it contained sulphuric acid,
which would have the effect of destroling the poison that
produced hydrophobia. He would himself nut have em-
paved such au oil, but would have used • powerful
caustic. lie endeavoured to disabuse the plaintiff of his
fear!, but friends and neighbours told him th it all his
symptoms were those of hydrophobia, and nearly fright-
ened him to death. lie added, that there were zeoortted,
casesin whichthe taint of hydrophobia had remained
latent for two years.
Two men and a woman who had been attacked or bitten
by the dog having been examined to show that its treache-
rous and vicious nature had been brought to the know-
ledge of the defendant
Mr. Hannen addressed the jury for the defence, and
contended, that whatever injury had arisen to the plain-
tiff's health was owing to his applying the oil to the
wound, instead of at once consulting a medical man.
The Rev. Mr. Hordern the defendant, said he placed
great value on the dug Cecause it had been given to his
son by the late Bishop of Calcutta when he wait at Marl-
borough. He had kept the animal for about seven years ;
and although describing it to be of a harmless disposition,
he admitted that he knew it hail bitten some people be-
fore it attacked the plaintiff, and that it was now chained
up. The dug was perfectly well, and showed no signs of
madness.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff ; damages, 50X.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Nog. 29.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Ir.oiroyd.)
IN RE RANINGTUN.
The bankrupt was an underwriter, of New Broad-street
and Hammersmith. This was the sitting for exam nation
and discharge. The liabilities are 4,4461. ; good debt-,
1,3401. • reversionary property, 1,4001.
Mr. ilarper oppoud, and challenged the accuracy at the
accounts as regarded debts due to the bankrupt, eleged
to be good, none of which appeared to have been real•zuL
Mr. Notun, for the assignees, explained that most if the
debts were premiums on the insurance of ships, *hue
voi ages were not yet completed, and it was impossible to
ascertain whether these would be good debts or losses.
Mr. Harper said there had been time enough to ascer-
tain the results, some of the debt. being three or four
years old. He also questioned the item of property,
I,4ool.—the fact being that the property wee mortgaged to
its full value.
Mr. Reed, for the bankrupt, raid that the failure was
entirely attributable to the melancholy and unprecedented
;tonna of 1805, which caused incalculable low amongst
shipping.
His Honour pseud the bankrupt's examination, but
thought it desirable that the order of diachaige should be
adjourned until it was ascertained whether the debts due
to the bankrupt could be realised or not.
An adjournment for three months was ordered.
THE colirancier, UNION WINE COMPANT (catnap) Irr EE
JOHN DUNSTAN.
The bankrupt, a gentleman of Croydon, had become
involved through his connection with the Commercial

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