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F 11. S. Physicist. to the Khoo, Director Gripers! of the
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AN ESSAY on 11)- MEDICAL APPLICA-
TION of ELECTRICITY and GALVANISM, points
int oat the Mode, as well as the Period, when this active
Proteiple may be timed, either separately or as ass Anxiliary
to Mrsliciae, with a concise descriptive Account of Disease.
By JAMES PRICE., Surgeon,
Member of the Royal College of Sorgeues, late is his
Msjssty's Service, So% Ste. kr.
No. JO, Heurietts-street, Coyest-garden.

This Work is written in • rosinsr style, with the isles.
il.llll of dirtct iv the invalid to an agent which, without
wiler according so the present snook of applicatioa, Ms
contributed to restage nsasiy to lowlib where every other
in,ans had Uti;rd is Ciarunic and other consplsiots, patien-
t., ly tho.e orogiug beam a tleraugement of the Digestive
organs, commonly called Bilious, Nerrona, Sue. sod which
is also pecubsily applicable to these incidental to Females.
Clivoicc Incom 'films. some species of Deaftiesl, habitual
A •I ITII Ut soy asaudiag, and habitual Cuustipation of the
: Printed fur T. sod G. Underwood, Flect.strett.

lamed to tamesise C. D. would the Courts below, areortlisig
to their savage said practice, allow C. D. to be examined for
the purpose aforesaid, or cod each witness, according to
law, be so examined, if the asissioel employed is support of
the prnsecui ion obj-ctrd to such examination
2. If HI the trial of an indictees's,* fee • capital offence, or
Other crime, evidence had bees glen upon the cross casual.
Station of witnesses, examined in chief in support thereof,
from which it •ppeared that A. B. sot examined as a wit-
ness, had been employed by the pasty preferrhig tlw indict.
meat as an agent to procure and to canalise evidence sail
witnesses Si support of the indictment, and the party indict.
effshuold propose, is the coarse of the defence, to examine
G. H. as a whams to prove that A. B. had offered hies • bribe
to Solace him to bring to him papers belonging to the reply
indicted, C. H. nut having bee. 'amassed as • WilUtlO is
suppoit of the indictment, would the Courts below, accord.
Mg to their usage and practice, allow G. H to be examined
for tne purpose aforesaid, ur could such W ill4llll, according
to law, be 50 eXMOI Orli, if ibecCosiusel employed is support
of the prose cosi #### objected us such esansissativia
Sappoiong that, sccordimreito the roles of law, evidesee
of • conspiracy to suborn witnesses in support of any pro-
scrutium, ought nut to be admitted, except such as directly
applies to • prosecutor, Of an agent employed by hie n, ge-
neral evidesee of each • cusispiracy may nut aeverthclese,
in the first instance, be received as a pr. !misery amp to
affecting the prosemor himself, or any agent ensployed Isy
him; and whether the same rule would not apply, as to
hmiviog evidence from • defendant indicted, seeking to
establish the existence of • conspiracy to suborn witnesses
against him ? .

The decision of the Ent question was of the greatest import-
ance as to the equitable administration of justice. He had
accordingly considered it with the attention nod anxiety call-
ed fur by its importance and it was not without consider.
able fear that cycle now he gave his &minima ow it to their
Lordships. In orate to judge of it fairly, the quest ttt
ought to be put iu the same light as if the parties were
re d, as if the kind of proof to question were offered to
be produce.' and examined in reply, in support of the evi-
deuce, all iii chief, for the prosecution. Perhaps to lead to
a legitimate c‘stichision, ouch ividence must be tonsil.
tiered as extrinsic to the case at issue. If it should be
found that the evidence teodereil related to matters
foreign to the charge, though calculated to strengtheu
the impression of guilt as to the accused, it would not lie
lie admitted. And if 'bat COOCIUII4III were rtaimuisble •iiil
legal, lie was at a hiss to conceive why the rule
which was thus drawn in favour of the defestilaut
iu one cane, Shlllllll not be drawn against him iii
a case exactly opposite. Tllia conaiderati )))) had (ambled
hint to contemplate the question with much inure calumess
Mail, wider the cocuitistatices, he could have done without ii.
'I he cuidrary might, sin many occasions, lead to an incorrect
immersion as to the nal truth of the clearers, and the cha-
racter of a party ur of his evidence, and Cosol4l Mil in any
ease materially mil the purposes of auto justice. Now as
le the question of adnottisie raid. ace to 'Mew the curl upt
arts of an 'emit, that agent not having been 1 X 4111101,11 in
the cowrie of the trial, mill no clear tesiimouy 'townie beets
produced of big ageury from the cross.examinai tuts of the
wituesses called in chief iii ••pport of the muserutiuli,
thst question most be co 000 i . Ivied both as it is likely to
affect the character of the ;Hanoi situr awl the prosecution,
the wsitiesseit mid their testimony. A prosecutor was sup-
posed (hypothetically) to employ ut agent to collect wit.
tiessew—that was in /Mlle cases needful, iii all cases lawful,
in nu case disgraceful, of itiirtf. If so, the means used by
that agency must be supposed to he lawful also, ur it would
br necessary for the opposite side to move that they were
nut lawful. And as according 141 rules of law, i.e pat ly was
to stiffer for the delinquency ~r hi. agent, he I. i ... self not
having been implicated, it would lie unfair to allow lin
entrance to suspicion with respect to the prosecutor, it
would he contrary to law mot justice to softer his case
to be disgraced by the separate conduct of his agent, be-
cause the prosecutor might be tenor's'', up to the very mo-
ment of the evidence being offered, of any misconduct of
the agent ; hr usight never have heard of the act of the
agent mad it was adduced in evidence to di-grace his case.
It was no less consistent with fair reasoning, for hail he known
the act of the iteent he would have instantly rejected it with
indignation. Thug much with resit. et to proof offered of
witnesses mit yet examined, ilw object being by inference to
throw suspicion un those already examined, nu proof of
similar acts 1., those offerer' to he proved havoig been prat.
toted on the first examined willieSse9, for the acts offered
to be proved 'night have been executed in another place
tliau that from which the examined witoeseo, came. They
might ileVer have heard of it ; they might never have seen
the can and seem; they might be placed to rotumslauces rue
timely diff,reut (ruin the witnesses why had hero practised
'spoil. Could it be inferred then that pcijoiry had beets com-
mitted by them, because anti:4.l.lll,room his overweening seal,
its some other place, at sonic other time, had endeavoured to
acquire corrupt testimony Nisch was the conclusi 0000 to
which he had come—which, if reasonably drawn, would go
to the est:lin:ion of such leillisnol4y, 1.111 so this and the ails-
logou c.ise which be had before mentioued. It was true,
that few Cases could arise in which the Jlllljll who was
lryiug it would not fluid some Williillllll4l4. in directing
jailginci4 I tro.o the antecedent and subsequeut tie-
cnpstamrea which would Male In his knowledge. The
gas/Maas psi-pared Sur their decisiou bad, however, uo
such couiliti sir considerations summed to theta. lie
111.41114101.41 this tilTilar4lllllCC rii,rely because be ass 'militias
(or the strict limit Ilion of the opoituu which he bad offered
to the caw which their Loriliilorisi bad laid before him and
his Lei:toed Ilrothers. He would out say, that wailer
no circumstances which could arise, 'Nosier no repro-
sentatiou *hid, could possibly be made to a Court,
it would not be proper and I. gal to let 10 such le.tinnuuy.
Ht would suppose 1".1111.8 wherein be would be much more
ready to admit than exclnile such evidence. As ,u the second
question, it out slate what was to be the satire of the
commits of the papers which were suppeased in the questiou.
They might be mittes uocosinecied with the prosecution. If
so, his concluded that the rule was already defined
and the eel:lessee must he excluded. His Lordship divided
the third question Mks two branches ; but with respect
to both, It was only a questiow of time as to the
order of proof. He appretieuded that if grounds were
wheal. to a Court of Justice which led to a reasonable
suppusif that proofs of a conspiracy against the deism-
ilaut or criusitial could 114• adduced, too Judge would refs-e
to let its that avid lure iu any stage of the case ; bet the
matter of evidence must he first laid before the Court, in
such quantity as to a probability of substantiating the
dower before the iuquiry could be entered upou.
'the Attorney Gemmel ihre-rrell 01111 Ilia oplllloll jagt read,
which the audulgeoce of their Lordships had allowed list
bear, coufierned ohs objection which had beets taken by
Couusrl to support of the Bill. If 'heir Lordships, as Judi
however, slatted to go into the inquiry, lie waiveJ the si

Earl Grey said, he was one of those who coincided with
the Noble F,arl in opinion that this question, on which they
had communed so mach time in 41e:duration, shoold be put
to the evilness at the bar. Hut he differed frbm the Noble
hart as to the gromols on which he retitled his opinion. If
hr hail found 1 1111 l self well •upported in that upiniou, when lot
thought that their lairtialrips were snot booted to sepsis-see in
the decisions of the Judges, situ whets the Noble and Learned
Lord (the Lord Chancellor' hins.elf bad d-parttil from these
decisions in the course of 'hear procreilinga ; now that ilia
Counsel at the Bar on one wile, idler hearing theopinioisistalin
Judges, wished to waive Isis objection, although, es he staled,
it had been affirmed by their decision, sod she Noble Earl
explained an anxiety which he most lament had not be-
fore evinced, that that inquiry, to which the qui /11011 tended,
should be proceeded ill, be' ciorld slut /10 otherwise than unite
in the wish that the question should I.e put. He was the
snore coofis mill in that wilily by the opinion of the Learns
Judges, which the Chief Jamie, hail b. en reposed by them
to deliver, because that op • did not convey a full &m-
-ower to the qiiestion which had boo submitted to their roil-
•Oltration, loud in reference In which it was given. Th. y
did nut state in their answer what was the practice of the
Courts below on this potut. The Learned Chief Justice had
stated, that therriestiou appeared to them 10 be new and
most important; and that his own opinion upon it had
been conceived in great doubt ; mad be hail given them
an elaborate argument in support or the grounds on which
bad frowned it ; but not 11 word had burn amid in answer to
the question of the practice of the C to below. He had
given them indeed an cliborate opinions, and an argument at
noir It greater leugik than he (Lail Gary) couceived was
called for, or than he 1111(1111 10 have given in his
relative situation with their Lonllsbito. He had in
the course of that opinion stand, that a ease might
wise iii which a Judge, in that anxiety which he must
always feel for the discovery of truth, might feel himself
hound to admit silt h a question. That opinion hash.' been
given without any reference io the rules of practice in the
Cuatto below, be must say that mulct the particular ens mai-
stances of this ca•e, he couceived that, areurdisig to the
opinion of the Learned Judges, us di livered by the Chief
Justice, it might lead to a .1. eisimi of the admissibility 4.f
nth, r evidence, the question ought therefole to he put. Ile
should. therefore. to put an a till to the discussion, humbly
muse that the witurbs he calk d to the bar, and that the guts-
limo be now put.
The Lord Chancellor said, that when lie submitted to the
consideration of their Lordships the questions which he hail
cone, teed /might to be put to the Judges, he had thought it
right to call their attention to what he believed to he the
practice of the Courts below; h.il as it h ill appeared to him
that much that was new mi lost be found in the mailer of
Slime questions, be had thought it oecessary to ask for
their op * as to what was the law of the subject ;
that opinion they hail stow stated, and he thought they
would not have behaved as became thesis in respect to that
House, 'laden they had id tied at temple the grouods of their
opinion uu Ilse law of the case. Hr did not see what Er/amid*
the Noble Lord could have for supposing that be had at
all deviated front any rules lie had himself laid down He
certainly never should be induced to withdraw his own
objections I. say question by any waiver of objection,
either sia dm part of the Attorney-General or of any other
Counsel at the bar of that House. And had the grounds
state.' fur patting the question not appeared to him to be
sufficient be should still have opposed it, ten the ground
of the ill emu queue... of it* bring drawn into a pre-
red. ist iu she Courts below; hot that could slut now be
tine case, as it would appear that their I...oilskins bad
tided, on admitting this evidence tea 1.11.c1•11 eIiCUI/1•11111Cel
arising out of this particular case. Ile had always 6lt him-
self Gonad, sad he should still continue to state his OpllllUllll
baldly wad conscientiously, though good report, and though
evil report, sad Ise would User. fore now affirm, Gilt lie 61111
bad • decided übj.ction to this qaestion tieing psi. ; 111 he
would sill sow press that objtetion, others his Co-squat
Judges did:vine wish Lim in opinion.
Lord Eiskisleargue.l, that if the answer of the Learned
Judges, as he conceived it did, went to chew the admissibility
Of the pr rout question, it stood snore forcibly apply to the
farmer our whirls their Lordships hail overrukil. 'I he Judges
hall given it a. their espial 111 l , that when a conspiracy was
opened, wit. cher its object Was she subarning of witilesser,
or whatever Ow it might he that affected the caner, they
'nicht begin the proof by general evidence of its existence.
Now the question they w. re now alma! 10 pot was, of a
noire ei sired nature, mid slid not set pArtilpalarly apply SO
Ihe charge of the couspirat S as the former, nod aceurelingly
he sl 1.1 take an oppurtuunty of endeavouring to have that
'timid ion •b•ei lost.
The question was then put anJ carried, that the witness
AMMall be Wow calls.] to the bar.

The ',them. was ercordatigly brought in, and
Mr. %Vulde proces.led with has examittatiou. The minute*
of his former evidence having been read over, he was asked—
Irmo have bifore staled that Volinarcati told you to bring
I some papere belutigisig to he► Royal Ilichitess—d:d he
offer you any inducentrnt to bring them? He told me that
he would rive inc employmeut, and enure emolument than
guy own etoployei.
Did he state the nature of the employment lie would give
you? lo the police of Milan.
DM you taterwards possess yourself of soy papers belong-
ing to her Royal Highness, and tike them to him?
The Solicitor-General ohjocted to the qurattuu, and
The Laid Cbsucellur suggested the following form of put-
ting it :
Did you do any thing in consequence of what Vilmareali
said lo you, with any papers of her Royal Highness? On
the following day I took hint some.
Did Vilmarcati say any thing to you as to the time you
should go lo tue oilier He told pie to call in the evening.
DM be slate any time its the eveuing? After ►un set.
Dial you take ou any other occasion, any pare. of her
Rosa! Hightsess lu Vilioarcati 1 did.
Fur bow long a period were you iu the habit of taking
papers ft uus—
Tbe Solicitor-General submitted, that the question could

What did Colour! Brown say to yon on talking thli corn.
plaint' He told me that hr iris • frirtol • f uIK Advic I
Vilmarrati, and that I ought not to florid that h.., Vilncl. •
(-sill, 'yenta pay we what be kid promised—that be we. 11
pet form his promise.
Did yea, in conteivienceiifa.li conversation with C. LI
Brown, make any further nnpitentlon to
Colonel Bruno told me to call again im thi. i•o: .1 /
on the Advocate Vilrnarcati, who would arm vir lir
thing.
DA you call ' I did.
Did you receive any more money from him ' I ch.l.
Where does Vilmnrcati lire at • In thr sire. ts.

bid be Eve at the same place at the lime you look tl•e
papers to tom ' Nut ma the Grit Bair.
Name the place whirr he lived when yam Ar,t look I •
papers to hint The first lime he wall Bring w tbt, sir. et or
Red.-eel li._

De yob how the needier i• *bleb be 'mei at R utlevr 'I , '
Wu.

Where did Colonel Brown live? &low lire bridge or
lheEnstern male.

Do you kaow as to what the papers related .loch you
took to Volasareati 4 Or 1111111 C of them

Let him state is what swhictlbisie related of which lie
knows? Our was the deptisilion of • fineme.ile.t
bad been sent to Vienna together with bscchi, auJ uu lie
road litsechi

The soirderr.Ceneral objected.
1 1111 ly warts to know to what saki ct the papers rtiat. '
The, were letters.

Was there at), examination of iroinetwe.? Nut mon; t!.e
letters; they were letters of for Hord Ilsehoess and aunt
Relearn; tu tionteltody else. and likrari.e of othe,a.
Was there heaid.s the letters any slepuatiutis or atatemtwa
of evidence of wileterees ? There a not.
A+l; hint what other papers there w. rr h. s del letters ' The,'
were sante copies of letter■ of the tol:axt
the answer.

To what! The answer of Potarzi its fkrganki.
Vt'ere them say other ',arra, any 1i lien or COpirl
No.

Ask him if ►e knows to what sobjere those letter. related '
Of some of diem.

Slaw One was R•rr"mi'a, wion said—
! only want to know to what they 6eLited--to what suf.-
jct.! they related? thie .6 as n Inter of WI g4n/1.... 14. ML„ 11
be slated he ',mold never room tu Milan until he lA* iiv•C
pPltple who were without Thor• b.fu,e go itbuut •Lu.•

Mr. D. IMMO said, he thought the latter part had lull., L.•
struck out, which was agreed in.
The Interpreter then explained to tritons., ill it he WAS to
'tale generally what the pepers wire.
The Wituess--The rilv9este, Vilmarcali, told me ill thing
to him those letters which had depositimis, that is, those
who hail deposed something In come and give e.
Did he, in point of fict, carry papers relating to this sub-
ject to V,I, ti Letter*, nut papers.
Ask him if be know. a man of the lime of Rigaisti I do.
ltiganti e►er make slay application iit witireaa 'hoot
paper•' He ha■ bran at my house.
Had he soy consmunicatios with Vilmarcati respecting
the application Riganti had made?
_ _

Tire Earl of Liverpool wild a few worth, which we multi
aut thelisseily hear.
' ' _

Did witness tell Vilotareali that Riganii had mule an
application for papers? I
did.
What did Vihnarcati say on the subject of Riganti'v
ration for papers? I then knew out Rizatiti, soil I a•ikrit
Vilinarrati what sort of a roan he was? and he told nor that
he WAS a persora of condition, and that I should give loan soy
paper.

- What was the nppliestion Ricanti ms.le relpi p
rs--• 1111 did Rigaiiti mak bon to till *with the papers
ha. spoken to? To deliver them to bum, and he s,.uld guse
hum a great dial—much.

What lowers /lid flicanti wish son to give '
respecting the affair, of her Hopi fliglints.
What affairs of her Royal Highness? Those that are now
in England.

Willa subject did they relate to ? Ile told me nothing
else.

Did Riganti know in whop employ the witnem wl. ?
knew ii, for he had come to my house, mad asked fur the
Secretary of Potazzi.
Dot Vi!ntairati sa)s any thing more as to the employment
of Itiganti ? He told me that he was a person of coudi-
Istm---of character; he told me nothing t Ise.
When did you first disclose to your master that ynit hail
taken these papers to Vilm treat' ? Ois the 27th of July.
By a Peer—ln what year? This year, ls2ll.
Was that the first time w knew informed his master that
you had taken these papers ? It was.
The ',Aloes@ has said that he don not know the noentwe
of Colonel Brown's house, I wish him 1•t desc.ilte the
Mange, or on what premises it ? It M a 'Wall?.

I. ii, re airy business carried on in the usr•; sras an♦
Roods soli there? There is a shop on both r.irles of the dour.
Ask what sort of slums, what goods (h. re were in the
shops? On the left there is a tailor's, un the right au ala-
baster merchant.

%Vaal a Riganti He arils tobacco and salt.

Ask him if there me ally shows iitxt Itioutes house?
There are, but I do out kiitiw wiul they air, as 1 twldusit
pass that way.

Croweesseteed by the Solicitor-General.
How lung did you lave with Putazai A year sod a half.
Were yuu his clerk all that time? Yes, up to the 2711 i or
July.
Ou the 27th of July did Putuzi tun you out of his ser-
vice? He did.

Have you never hers is his employ since' No.
Will you ■wrae that from the 77th ufJuly yin. have net
bees in the employ of Puisszi I eau swear it a ilrersti,l
times.

With whom did yun come over to tin% country? With

Was there any one else in company 3 Hsssalolsjori.
Aftt.r you Irft the service of Pula:xi, did you class into
the *revise of Vasssli ? No.