Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-09 00:00:00

THE DiaFf OF NEW,`pAOL:,E.

This Duke of Newcastle made an in*resting and mg--
gest-Ift. speech at Worksop, on Wedn'etclny, rehttive to
the fatmation: of a rite corps in the neighbonthoott.
Many of his remarks, however, have. a; general interest,.
both intrinsically and from the Positionr of the noble
speaker.
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He referred;. but- withou, any expreasiontof distrust,
to the increase of the naval' power of Franco,- and :con-
tutted :—lt had' been occasionally said that there was
a strong ohrectton to the forrnation - of ri.& corps;
as' the movement;' as 'it h'ad now dune' to be'
termed, was calculated to came neighbouring Poweri"
to rook upon it as an act: of. hostility, end as
evincing distrust. Well, it a'ight be showirg dis-
trust,,,but not: hostility.
,If the ministers of the CiONVII
were to ask Parliment to double-the present standing
army, it might be- interpreted by some power as an act
of hostility ; but it' was impossible that a purely velh.n
tary form could be looked upon as being-established' for,
any aggressive purpose. (Cheers.).; It was dear that
this was so, and for this reason-Lthat- no ministry could
compel any man who,eutered_the_foree to do duty except
in case of invasion. (near.) It was-therefore a purely
defensive Movement; ' and, while this was its main
element, it had. also other advantages:—not the least
of -Which -was that it dispensed with the ,necessity
of increasing the standing army. The 'increased.
expense which any extension of the army would
entail was an.important consideration; but still. not
the 'neatest, because any increase of the army would,
involve the drawing ofe. from the industry of this
country those very men who contributed to the aceurnu-
latitnr-ofits-wmith;-and who would- not, in-the ormy,
assist in these-;pursuits and occupationsAwkich formed
the .Main elements of the success and psection of this
country. _ (Cheers.), then, _they come the_
conclusion, as he . did not doubt they. had, that these
corps.were desirable, it only remained in: the nett place
for them to consider the best means for their 'organisa-
tion. The first meeting for this county took pace in
June last, at Nottingham; and he did .not think there
was at that time the strong opinion upon these
corps,„ either in that town cr throughout the country,
0,
as there was at the pr-sent moment. Sinee then,
no dtiribt • from the pressure of - circumstances,
but mach more from thought and roNetion, the'
establishnient of these corps had progresseda The only
place in this cotintythat took. up the movement at the
Commencement was-the town of Nottingham, and there
a considerable force had been, raised. Many of the
officers had been gazetted, and the number who, up to
the present time,- had volunteered was front 600 to 700;
and before long he- expected that 1,000 men-would be
raised. (Hear) HO ventured to suggest' at' a meeting
he--attended that, considering the purely military cha-
racter-Which had distinguished the county in d4s of old
for the excellencY of its shdoting-4ear)—thecorpashould
be called the "Robin Hood Rities;'? but he had no wish
that that title' should he monopolised by them, and he
should be glad to see it taken up in.other parts of the
county. (Hear.) But, as he had told then (the meet-
ing) that he would address them .more especially on the
question; of .organisacion, he would now turn to that
topic, and give them what he conceived t 9. be the best
advice respecting• their: future proceedings. He would,
then; in ,the first place,,remark that it was- most des,;
rable, as far as 'practicable, to form companies of some
battalion, rather than to have sitbdivisionsofone corn-

pany, one part of a company residing' in one-neighbour-
hood, and another at another place, because-he saw that
at some future day this would give rise to much difficulty.
Each district should form a company in itself, and en-
deavour to concentrate its members within a- limiteddis-
tance, The movement was not well suited to thinly
scattered populations, and it was difficult for farmers
living,down on the banks of the Trent to meet together
at a certain appointed place for drill without great incon-
venience. Where persons had to travel four, five, six, or
seven .miles to drill, and return, the same distance, the
movement could not be kept up. The yeomanry was best
Baited for farmers,..because, possessing good horses, they -
could meet with that body, and find no. inconvenience
in attending duty.-for eight days- in the year. But in
such -towns as Rotford, Worksop„ Southswell/ Mansfield,
and Newark the case was different. In each of these-
towns one, and in the larger towns two companies,
could easily be raised, the drill could' be properly at--
tended, and the spirit kept up. (Hear.) By taking this-
stop they would not only be doing patriotic service to the
country, but they would benefit themselves, and at the
same time he improving their social position. (Cheers.)
.He had seen. the advantage of it in the town of Notting-
lam and was fully persuaded that it would do much roodby keeping:young men out of bad company, and at the
same time-afford relaxatn and recreation. There was
one point respecting the organisation of companies. that
he would especially call their attention to, and it- was
this :—He felt-convnicedthat in ease of necessity the rifle
'corps of Worksop and. tetford, and other places, would
be prepared to do tb.eir duty, and would not stay at
home to await the approach of an enemy, but that they
wonld, march either to. the coast of-Kent or into Lin-
colnshire, or any other part- of the kingdom where a
descent was likely to be made. But if they went as
separate companies they would be isolated from each
other, and their not acting in concert would be seriously
`felt by -any general who had 'command of them. It
would be extremely difficult, even if it- were possible, to
command any body of -riflemen under such eircum-
stances, and therefore what he. would suggest was that
they should as often as possible meet for battalion drill.
Now, they most not be alarmed at this s uggestion, because
it was not compulsory, though it was highly expedient they
shoUld do so. If they were willing to form a battalion
with Newark and Southwell, they could ,go—say, to
Newark for battalion drill for thri:e days occasionally ;
blithe wished them 'to bear in mind that neither the
GOvernment, nor he (the Lord Lietitenant)" could so
order them. If formed into 'a battalion; they would
likewise have the advantage of having a lieutenant
colonel and a major, who could give them instruction,
and, in fact, bring them 'up' to' a state of 'the highest
efficiency`; but these-two officers, it must be borne in
mind, would not have any command over them when-they
were not met for battalion drill, though their assistance
and advice as practical men Would be most advantageous.
If formed into a battalion it would be necessary that
they should have the same uniform. This he was
most anxious should be borne in mind; and, without
attempting to dictate to them as to what uniform they
' should adopt, he would say--7" Do not let it be a
mere piece of dandyism ; let it be useful, and not
adorned with two much silver lace and vanities of that
description." (Cheers.) To colour' he did not attach
much importance. lie thought too much prominence
had been given as to the' colour of the uniform. If they
were going for service to the plains of India, or- the
- steppes of Russia, it might he wise duly to consider the
colour, but he did not regard it as a very essential con-
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brown was the best. (Hear, hear.) He left companies
to choose their own uniform, and at the same time he did
not wish it to exceed a cost of £4 per man. With respect
to the officers, he would just make a remark, He had never
recommended any officer for appointment to her Majesty
without consulting the wishes of 'the company as
to whom they destred to command them. (Cheers.)
, There was one point to which he had not called their
attention, and to which it was necessary he should
refer. It was that, at the present moment, it was inad-
visable to' enrol men. who were not prepared to pay, at
any rate, for a considerable portion of their outfit.
(Cheet%) He' would obs'erve (t,Do not make your com-
pany exelnsive; and by' all means have the • representa-
- tines of all classes ; but at the same time, do not involve
yourselves in any great expense at first' in this respect.
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assist the artisan who joined the corps was evident,
because it could not be expected' that he would give his
time, and then; out—of his hard-earnings, purchase his
uniform ; but his.-advice to them was not to attempt toe
much at first."

MYSTEF.OUS OCCURRENCE IN AYESIIIRE.-00. Satur-
day eirer.iug, Peter. Kirk, a miner, living at. Tongue-
buxn-reJw, Kerse, in the parish of Dalrymple, along
with -ins two brothers and.the people, he lived with—a
parAy of six in all—went to Patna, and while there in-
(alged to excess in intoxicating drink. Oa the way
home, according to the account of the, other parties,
Kirk complained of cold, and ran on before them. On
going home they found he had not arrived, whereupon
they went back as • far as the place wheie he had left
them, but could fisid no trace of him. His clothes were
found on the road on Sunday, and on Monday his corpse
was discovered in a small outhou:se, about a mile and a
half from the place where he had parted from the others
on Saturday. His body was almost naked, every, part
of his clothing being wanting but his shirt and waist-
coat.—Ayr 4drertiser,

THE 1X1,40K DQCTO4I.. - -------
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(From galligtaard'o Iflesoenger,)
M. Vries, who has attained a certain degree of notoriety
under the-above name, appeared-the other day before the
Tribunal of Correction Police lo answer the charges of
illegally practising medicine ' and pharmacy, and of :.
swindling,. The accused stated his age to be 55, his "I
profession that of a physician; and his birthplace.„
1
Snrinam: Inreply to questions of the: president, he
etated.that it was in 1834 thtit he had left his enuetry; q
aldithat he had visited Holland, America, and.Ragland,
to introduce foreign: medicines. It was. true that in ,
En Land he had • endeavoured to setup a new religien,',:.!
had preached against the idolatry of Rome; and had
proclamied: that he feared neither the- poignardi of' the'
JesilitS-northe thunders of the Vatican ;. •Ifint" that affair'
was now- ended, and he occupied himself nomore with it.. ,
At London; his system of medicine hid not -stieceeded,
becauis'theres-as-at Paris; he had been unfhirly treated.'-'
Ife• lost` an " enormous sum" at London. .. ." You came to,
Paris in'1853," said the Presiderit. "What-did you Come
for t?' "TO introduce foreign medicine, Mutt& propose
means of replacing steam in locometives. " You are,
then, a universal genius ?" " -.ery physician is-a che-
mist."' " Ybn are physician, cheimst, and religious re- ?
former ;--have you not also discovered-perpetual motion ?"
" Perpetuat.motion does not exist, sir." ‘"I know that
very well, bat you gave 'out that you had discovered
it.. In _fact, -you. represent yourself as a wonderful
genius in all things. The accused then went on
to say 'that he -had' been put into tlie Debtors' Prison 1
is the Rue de Clichy for non-payment of 500 fr.,
and that ha lad liYed.therc.iummfortable styi.c. In a....
prospectus he, had convoked all the architects -of: all"-
nations to send ii plans'for'n temple of Solombm -to ''. be
erected in.the ChaimpseLysees,_alidhad Promised a prizee
of 2,500 f. for the best. One plan. had been sent to him,
andhe had suspended it in his dieing-room ; hat. it was-
not a o-ood one, and be had pot paid• the money. "You
did all that," said .the President 'kin order to attract
public attentions :and to gaire_that. object. all meats
appeared.good to -you. Thus you took the name of the
Black Doctor, though you are not what may. be tailed
black - and youwrote to the President of the Atettleniy
of Medicine -: a letter, in which you -undertook, to wire
persons' afflicted with cancer, dysentery, and dropsy.
Pray, who made yol. a physician ?' ' " I myself, sir,"
answered the accused.. "But you represented :that.,
veu were a physician of the Unireesity of
Leyden " " Hippocrates had no diplOtaa ; and. if
thee Lor- himself were to .ieturn, to earth- to care-men,'
the Faculty of medicine would prosecute him !" "When
you had gained a-certain-degree. of notoriety, did you
nob obtain permisision to exercise your system ef--curing
cancer in the hospital St. Loafs ?' - "Yes ; but when Dr.
Benin, of that hcspital,, saw that. Lwas likely to succeed,
he.sienld not let tne continue." "We now arrive at'an
eventful period of -your career. In 1858 you pretended-
than_ you epred M., Sax of cancer 1,../Y - "I believe that I
did cure him." "In Coniequence of the notoriety which
you gained, Medical men deenied* it right to aseertain
whether or not you -really had the means of curing
cancer; and Dr._Velpeau introduced ybu to the Hospital
de la Charite ?" "Yes ; and -if I had-been allowed to
continue my system I/ should •i have effected.:-.cures !"
"SeventeenpereonsafilictedvAthanter were there placed
he your hands, and you-undertook to cure them in six
monthi; but at the end of two months seven were
dead?" "Not one.!" " Dr., Velpeau and Dr. Fauvel
affdai the Contrary: The formoranalysed youtreme,dies,
and found: in them nothing peculiar,—nothing that is-
not to be obtained everywhere.. Butas" to your patients '
in :the- hospitals—they are at- this moment • all dead,
except ,two, and those two are-dying!". • "At. the end of
two months none were dead, and since then-it is not I.
who have' attended them!" - -"On the demand.of Dr:
Velpeau, you were excluded from the hospital, and-then,
you-eaused puffs on your skill to be inserted in the,
newspapers, and had . your • portrait published. Did
not this publicity bring you in money 11:' - " Year.
bad faith is evident," said the public prosecutor, " as.
a year age the la if authorities warned you that ran
could not-practiee without a diploma, but you took no
notice !"'=-You always told the 'people who consulted
yon,'" said. the President,. "that - you were certain to
effect a cure?" "The_. premise of a cure gives moral
force to the . patient !", "You always stipulated -on
f:oßtrhuati:a'rtebrf"yoouf
- being paid before' you' commenced operations, and you
did not always adhere-to thertarg,ains yonmade. Thus
a Spanisltlear came from
-her own ,country to consult
the lady
was rick, and you wrote to insist on...havin.g 40,000 f.,
Iyhy°uahiCh*gallo3:l,-.0:00:13f.
' lwilantetdreeerrtPaid°Gsumk -it
yoUadrurdlea-anTed
With 10,000 f. down. She complied with your request,
but she . died !" - "I demanded' payment from
my patients according to their means." [The Presi- -
dent here mentioned several: cases where the
patients died -after the--pretended, cures of Dr. Vries.l
Witnesses were than called. Several: deposed that:
Vries. had professed. to be able-to-cure members Of their
families affected with cancer, but; that-he; had failed—in
some cases the patients dying. M; Redot said that after..
the accused had': treated his wife for some time, he-
(lsldot) :had asked him whether•he thought he could-
effect a cure. "-Certainly !" said V.ries, and yet at the
same moment the poor lady was dead l' His (M. Redot'sy
servant was so exasperated at the man's presumption,that.
she called him, an ass and a thief. In his case, however,.
defendant had restored the money which had been paid.
I.l:Sax wag then called, and, his presence excited:ramie
interest. He-said that he had been aftlicted,_with such.
a terrible cancer in the. lip that Dr. 'Ricord had not.
only told him that an -operaticar_wai necessary, but
that'it would most likely end: fatally, and had., accord-
ingly advised him to put his worldly affairs in. order.
Nevertheless, in eight days Vries had .perfectly. cured
him, and what was more,, had taken 2,00df. isstead, of
3,000 E, which had been promised. Several other wit-
nesse were- then called, andamong.them was I)l..Fauvel,
who described what took place in the Hospital de la
Charite, and who declared that the defendant did not
even know what a cancer was ; also the director of the
• School of Pharmacy-andsome apothecaries; who deposed
' that the substances which the accused had pretended
were remedies from unknown plants, and to whiclihe
had given fantastic names, were simply alum,- sulphate
of netass, opium, &c. The evidence for-the prosecution
having been closed, numerous witnesses.. were called on
.behalf of the accused, and they declared that he had
cured. them of complaints more or less grave ; one of
them, a workwoman, who had been.in.- the Hospital de
la Charite, even said that he had cured her of cancer.
At this stage of the proceedings the further hearing of..
the case was adjourned for a week.. .

TUB GiEXT. EASTERN STRAKORM—RESIGNATION
OY TUB DIRBCTOBS.—It is rumoured that at a board
meeting held on Friday, the diiectors of the Great Ship
Company unanimously resolved,to resign, and that it is
to be intimated to the meeting:of shareholders called for
Wednesday next, that they hold office only until their
successors. shall be appointed. Mr. Lever, M#P.,
accompanied by Mr. O'Beirne and some other gentle-
men, paid a lengthened visit to the Great Ship .yester-
dayi and minutely inspected her machinery, saloons,
cabin accommodation, and cargo rOom,.with' reference„
we believe, to the offer- lately made by Mr. Levert for
chartering the vessel, which was stated, and explained
some time since in this journal. In the arrangements,
which he has organised for the employment of the ship,
Mr. Lever contemplates, should his offer be accepted
by the shareholders, to adopt Southampton as her port
of departure from England.—Observer.
A.-RUNAWAX HUSBAND IN ALTS.TRALIA.—III Septem-
ber last, Charles Branthwaite, master of the schooner
Gleaner, was brought up at one of the Sydney police-
courts, charged by his wife, Ann Branthwaite, with
having deserted her and left her without the means of
supporting. herself. It appeared that the couple had
been married at Liverpool, in July, 1852, and the de-
fendant sailed from England eleven days after the mar-
riage. The complainant went out to Australia in April
last, and on arriving at Sydney, on the 16th of July,
found her husband; who, she discovered, had married
another woman and was living , there with her, • The
defendant admitted this awkward state of -things, and
a day or two afterwards, in the presence of a third
party, be said he had found his first wife had the power
to punish him if she wished. He then wished to give
her a power of attorney over his property at home,
as he knew he had injured her, and wished to make all
the reparation he could, but if he went to live with her
the other woman would prosecute him. Defendant had
a share in a house at Whitehaven, and £BO in the bank ;
and he also had a share in a vessel trading from White-
haven, and was master of the Gleaner, for which he re-
- ceived £l2_ a _month. Subsequently the defendant stated
that he would make up a good round sum on account of
the complainant's expenses, passage money, &c., and
that he would make over his shares in the house and
ship at home to hgr, as well as £BO which his mother had
belonging to him. Eventually the defendant was ordered
to pay £6 per month for twelve months for the com-
plamant's maintenance, to pay Bs. 6d. costs of court, and
to enter into -sureties, himself in £72 arid two others in
£36 each, for the due perforMance of the order,