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11111t0V V. CNAWFOVD.

Ite.examined—l had sesn Yrs. 11. take draughts before that;
thee never made her vomit.
M r..1u3.1ce BAYLEY---She Der:7 had so much calomel before?
I don't know.
Pr. Itrown.--I am a physician, and real& at fth hop ‘‘. e,rnaraih.
Preciously to the !bth of June I bud attended 31r•. linilguin as a
phyxiciatt. daily. for shout a fortnight. She was labouring under
tuna,: a I t.ii not keep any wool of the case, as I did
not 11 :.1% if.: it an important one. An first calling, I found
Mr& fledgeon's mouth affected with calomel. MY brat rreiCri
thin was viatuin calehiratu, to he given three time. a day ; also an
anodyne at night, with an °marble-3 laxative. eil'oncittently, the
date I cannot tell, she was ettarbeti by a considerable pain (shout
the right ride need the stomach, for whielifl ordered bleeding;
a blister was applied across the stomach, and sore lay 11 i Teil were
then given I cannot exactly, say when that was. Subsequently,
those symptoms being subdued, anti rheumatism only remain.'
inn, I ilireeted to be taken at night a bolus, curisitiong of six
grains of calomel, and a draught %blab WAS to eontaln a cereal&
inoptirtion of what is elicit the black drop. (1n coming there
the tint morning thee I bad given this prescription, I was in-1
formed by lilt. Ilodgson, that iiistsad of_givit.g the opium In a
draught with the bolus, he had included the opium In the be. I
lus—that ix, he 'owl made the bolus of via grants of calomel and I
tao of opium. To that I ell out object, as It was not a material
point. 1r I recollect right, one of the days during which 114:
calutoel and opium was taken. I finked the totiebeie tongue!
brown, aid on inquiry fontitt that three grains of opium had
been inelndad is the bolus the preceding night, i stead of two.
I cxrbait state how weeny nights she took the bolus, but she
aotitetiiiiex took a laxative next morning. I ought to add, that
after I found three grains had been used, I told 31:. Ilealtrom
that two gait a would be sufficient, thou:th a grain of opium
would not be very important. I never incroased the calomel at
all, lie being a mtabetil loom, I prescribed to I' verbally.
Previous to and up to the fell of June, I had ordered calomel
and opium to he given to this lady. The etrett of calomel or
opium would not be to prodnee burning in the throat or eta.
mach. 04.easiJnolly calomel will produce romittirg, but it Is pm.
ducal very rarely by calomel and opium given together. It never
produced vomiting in Mrs. Ilial„nion, much le.. burning in the
tiroot and tonnuiels. In the afternoon of the lith of June I or.
dared 11r. Iltalstion to give only a repetition of what 1 had be- On Thomas,' eftentoon,
lure pre.cribol. lie told me he had given the opium in the holies I wen to co into the house of 3i
without the draught, and I ordered repetition of the &snob:. I street, tlpitallields, and in a few
Mr. Ilodgsan came for me shout eleven o'clock on Sunday night ; I bundle. Some neighbour suspect
he said his wife u m ion
%at ; that svaiptis of inflammation of the Bordoe to inipi're who the strange
stomach hall conic on. I went with him anti found Mrs. !I. very that during Mr. Ilesdoe's temporal
ill indeed. I fund her polo: very eptlek and small; her shin was the front pridoor, and carried °9
curervelerith a call elatnniy sweat. ; *ere was a ante of berri-g in going in the (Fraction of Mount.

c:l!l:1:XWIC11.

This nits an art!nn fora breach of promise of warrior. nn the
part of the defendant, oho la a respectable tientleutan r.nit:ing in
Gort. The itainages wele laid at lone/.
After a 14ng c:ol patient heiriog, and a must interesting
the Jury returned a verdict fur the plaintiff-2,3UL Damages, and
Costa.

PALACE COURT, Ara. 20.

IDOWI.I V. CRollil.r.V.

This was an setinnlJ orover coutpeusation fw the injure sus.
mined by .be idaintiti; in constguence of being twirl] in tits• Ia; by
del'eattart's Jog, which, it appeared in evidence, wai a na,Nt tern•

clout animal.
The Jury gate a verdict for 01? plaintiu —Data gas, IW.

Thla town has been for sever7rays in a state of confusion. on
account of the expect( d investigation of the accounts of the Over-
seers and parish offict rs. A committee had been elected to invest!.
gate the eireuneitatiees connected n hb a contract entered into during
k.t year with Messrs. Co.lin and Co. gas manufacturers. for the
supply of the :a sn with gas, and yesteidsy was appoilded ref re.
c-tv•ng the report of the Committee in a piddle v..stry. roe Re-
port sta•ed that the contract was a most improvident one, anti
added, that a tenthr mole b 31sssrs. ilentiley and Co. to
aspoly the town at 30 per Cent. lower than the presetit coatractera,
had been rejected.
At it late vestry, the contracting overseers applied for a rate to ful-
fil their engagement, which was refused the, then obtained a rule
NLi for a mandamus to cernpel the parish alerts to levy a rate.
Mr. Ord, one of the overseers, now produced an account of the parish
ti:•burscinenta and income, preparatory to the (urination of a rate.
This account, on being canvassed, pro: rd to he not complete. and
11r. Ilaitimond, a magistrate, moved a resolution. that the accounts
rendered were moved to he erroneous, and that the pwrishioners had
therefore no data upon a hich to foot a rate.
Mr. Oan. the Overseer, then moved an amendment, that it was
the duty of cite I'e...try to obey the rule
On a division and scrutiny, the amendment was negatived by 311
against 13.
Mr. liamatowe's motion was accordingly carried, and the
meeting separated with every dnnunstration ot joy.

he l'e•try tn Ob.,' the rule _VW. the-hottss was " To Let." The flow was opened by • sirs. slava.
lOtl and scrutiny, the amendment was negatived by till who is left in care of the house by the proprietor, and who
tnite7.
'wow Ws motion was accordingly tarried, and the tres vti:LtiorniTat he wiltrillictsto being
thietl; Ott
as"li:eghand'sotrune iny.
'rated with every demonstration or Joy. tention of taking it, she took very great pains to shr• him all the
ommts apartments ; at the same time she of surprised that s man of his
replay afternoon, a decently-dressed woman was shabby exterior should wan: a house, the rent of which was nearly
no the house of Mr. Ilerdoe, a tailor, in Exmouth- a hundred a-year. Oa takio,, his leave of her. he expressed him.
afield', and in a few minutes come out with a large self much pleased with the riemiscs ; but in a few minutes be re.
me neighbour suspecting the woman. went to Mr. turned. and requested that s.e would look through ore phie up-.
lipa'.re who the stranger arm. It was then discovered, per apartments for a ecru I:. had dropped. Tht: trom Ilrs.
Mr. Ileidoe's temporary absence sh: bad sliryad into 'Odds Weill in search of It, the fellow wont down stairs, and took
olour, and colic.' oil four new coats. She was seen, from the mantle-piece in the ki.,hen a siiset wat.th ant sods, wida
&rattler of Mount-pleasant, but acrped her rummers. which be escaped.
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