The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-11 00:00:00

THE, SUN, LONDON, kATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1837.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

ought not to do such a thing ; and that if any doctor came
near Mr. Mackenzie, he would take him and put him out.
Salmon then gave her husband twenty-five pills in a spoonful
of jelly ; they were No. 1, to compose him to sleep. Salmon
told her not to give herliusband anything to eat till he saw him
again; he came again about ten next morning. Told Salmon
she should have further advice, and complained of his giving too
many pills. Salmon told her to do no such thing, and that he
would give him 100 pills if he thought proper. Told Salmon
that her husband's flesh was falling off. Salmon said he must
take off all the flesh, and that he would then rise a new man.
Salmon mixed two papers of powders, which he said were
pounded pills, and mixed them in cold water, stirred them up,
and told her to raise her husband up. Her husband was at
this time so very weak as to be hardly able to move. Salmon
poured this mixture down his throat ; it did not remain above
five minutes on his stomach ; a gaud deal of blood was brought
up with it. Salmon saw it, and her husband exe)aimed, "My
God he has poisoned me right out." Salmon said there was al-
ways
straggling blood in the iißide, and not to alarm themselves.
Mr. Grey was in the house. He asked Salmon what he was.
Salmon said he was a doctor, but that it was nut customary
for medical men to carry their diplomas about with them.
Salmon said he was enrolled in the book of surgeons. Sal-
mon went away in a very abrupt manner. Salmon came next
day. She refused to allow him to go up stairs. Sal-
mon then forced his way up. Her husband had given
orders not to let him up. Salmon ordered brandy and milk
to be given to her husband. Her husband shook his head.
Told Salmon that her husband could not take it. Salmon
said that the milk would kill the brandy and raise his spirits.
Her husband desired him to leave the room as he had poisoned
him. The brandy and milk was not given. Salmon told her
not to call in a doctor, nor to mix any medicine with his. Salmon
called again, but witness refused to let him see her hus-
band. Her husband got worse and worse, and died on Mon-
day. Salmon at different times represented himself to be a
medical man.

LIBEL.
MORRISON V. HARMER.
(Continued from The Sun of yesterday.)
Evidence of Sir Henry Halford continued :—He would
be surprised if a person's health was restored after taking,
20,000 in two years.--( Laughter.) The science of me-
dicine was certainly not perfect. Many remedies were now put
forth which were reprobated. The pills might cure a man of
Hernia. No person. with safety, labouring under that disease,
could take 100 at a dose.

Dr. Roots examined by Mr. CIA rmsoN—Thought the pills
if administered indiscriminately, would tend to affect human
life, lie should be afraid to administer the gamboge pill
to infants at the breast. To administer the medicine in
all diseases would he improper, as there was no remedy in
exigence for all diseases.

Cross-examined by Mr. KELLY-Had never taken any of
Mr. Morrison's pills, and should be sorry to do so. Had often
administered gamboge with cream of tartar. Had given aloes,
colocynth, and other things, but never combined them with
cream of tartar. In many cases it would be highly injurious,
in others it would not. Taking twenty pills a day would in
his opinion be productive of mischief. He would not
take them himself on any account.—( Great laughter.)
Should not consider it safe to administer the pills to infants at
the breast. The pills were not in his opinion a preventive of
small pox, piles, or measles. There were some cases of dropsy
that might be cured by the pills. He should doubt the effi-
cacy of the medicine in cure of the stone. It would not be
consistent with the safety of life to administer the medicine in-
discriminately.
Sir A. Carlisle—The pills were decidedly unsafe to be ad-
ministered according to the mode prescribed by the plaintiff.
They could not with safety be administered to infants. In
many of the cases adverted to by the plaintiff, the administra-
tion of the medicine would he absurd.

Cross-examined by Mr. KELLY.—Had never tried the four
substances alluded to in conjunction. He had never said that
medicine was a science founded on conjecture, and improved
by murder, though a witty friend of his had so denominated it.
Provided the pills would pass through the body, they might be
taken in the large quantities stated by the plaintiff, but he
thought no prudent man would so administer them.

Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS—The first dose Salmon
presented for her husband was twenty of No. 1, at night,
and twenty of No. 2 in the morning. Gave only ten
of both pills. Salmon said he was sure that she did
not give her husband sufficient doses, as he had ordered.
Salmon said this several times, and that he would come himself
if she did not follow his directions. Told Salmon that she was
giving the number he prescribed. Salmon told her that if she
had given the full quantity her husband would have been sit-
ting up at the fire. Salmon told her that if she did not give
her husband the requisite quantity, he did not expect he would
ever rise from his bed. Never gave quite as much as Salmon
prescribed: •

Dr. Ellioisou—Was confident if the pills of the plaintiff were
administered in the way he suggested, they would be most
destructive of human life.

Cross-examined by Mr. KELLY—Had never given aloes,
colocynth, gamboge, and cream of tartar together. Gam-
boge would cause great vomiting.
Dr. Birkbeck, examined by Mr. MARTIN—Knew Mr.
Moat, who was a manufacturer of blacking, which he (Dr.
13.) used, to the detriment of his shoes. He was then teacher
of shorthand, and afterwards he knew him as a distiller of
French brandy. None of his sons were brought up to tho
medical profession. Dr. Birkbeck then corroborated the
evidence of Mr. Daniells with respect to all the plaintiffs.
Cross-examined by Mr. KELLY—Since he was in the habit
of being intimate with Mr. Moat ten or twelve years had
elapsed. The patients would not swallow 100 pills at a time.
—(Laughter.) The members of the medical profession were
not at all agreed as to the proper treatment of cholera.
Dr. Paris examined by Mr. Sergeant WILDE—The pills of
the plaintiff were any thing but safe medicines and totally unfit
to be applied to the disorder for which the plaintiff stated they
were a remedy.

Mr. Grey said that Captain Mackenzie was a very fine,
strong, muscular man. This witness corroborated the evidence
of the last witness, as far as he was concerned.

Mr. Cummino• (examined by Mr. CLARKSON ), surgeon and
apothecary, called ko see Mr. Mackenzie. Saw him profes-
sionally on the .27th, found him in the most imminent
danger, without the least prospect of recovering. The
symptoms were so manifest, that they could not deceive
any person who knew any thing of medicine. He had the
appearance of a person just saved from drowning; he
.was quite exhausted. Ho .complained of heat and burning
in his stomach. He died on Monday morning. The cause of
his death was inflammation of the coats of the stomach, produced
by irritating medicines. Gamboge was reckoned not merely
a❑ irritating medicine, but an irritating poison.
(The examination of witnesses was proceeding when we
went to press.)

Dr. Hawkins, Mr. Key, and Mr. Marsden, gave similar tes.
.imony._ _ _ _

Mr: CAPES then produced the record of Webb's conviction
at York, after which

Thursday afternoon, about three o'clock, a man
named Doyle climbed over the railings to the balustrades
of one of the Surrey arches of Blackfriars Bridge, and at-
tempted to throw himself into the Thames ; but, being ob-
served by a man who was passing at the time, with great
difficulty he was rescued from his perilous situation and
taken home, where he remained only a few minutes, when
he rushed out of the house, and has not since been heard
of. Family difficulties, added to insanity, are believed to
have been the cause of the rash act. Doyle is a married
man with a family, who reside in Roupell-street, Lambeth.
On Wednesday forenoon, as eight labourers were
conveying a heavy piece of African timber on board of one
the vessels building at Blackwall yard, the brow gave way
with the whole of the party, all of whom were precipitated
with the timber to the ground. Two of the men, by a
sudden spring, cleared themselves ; but the remaining six
were less fortunate, the piece of timber falling upon them.
Four are most dangerously injured, with broken ribs, limbs,
and fractured skulls, leaving but a shadow of a hope of re-
covery. The six poor fellows were conveyed to the London
Hospital in cradles, amidst a large concourse of people
commiserating their sufferings.
M. Van Piaet, ‘vhOse death has been announced

The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE asked if there were many more
witnesses, and upon being answered in the affirmative, he
stated that he thought the better course would be to postpone
hearing the further evidence till to-morrow.

(THIS DAY.)
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE took his seat this morning at half
past nine, and the examination of the witnesses, in this case,
was resumed.

Mrs. Elizabeth Whippel, examined by Mr. CLARKSON.—
Was the mother of the deceased Richard Richardson, by a
former husband. lie died on the 27th of June, 1834. The
day before his death, witness, on returning from Elton,
about nine o'clock in the evening, found her son ex-
ceedingly ill. Webb, one of the agents of the plain-
tiff was there. On his calling the next morning, she
told him her son was a great deal worse, and wished to have
medical advice. Told Webb that her son wished to have Mr.
Allen, to which he replied that she might do so, but be did
not see any necessity for doing so. The hands and feet of her
son were cold and clammy, and he was in a very weak state.
By the COURT—Her son was JO years old.
By Mr. CLARKSON-When Webb found he was worse, he
gave him more pills. Did not know of his taking any other
medicine but the pills. Some of the pills were left, which
witness gave to Mr. Allen before her son died. Witness told

Webb that her son had the piles very bad. Webb got him
up and dressed him, but he did not sit up many minutes, as he
was so weak that witness thought he would have died in the
chair. He died about two o'clock in the afternoon. Webb
told witness that she had caused her son's death by opening
the window.

in the Paris papers, was a bibliographer of the first emi-
nence in nearly all branches of learning. For the last three
years his age and infirmities have prevented his active occu-
pation in the Bibliotheque Royale, but still he was often
wheeled about in his chair to superintend the different de-
partments of the library, and to the last he perfectly re-
tained his memory, which was' a great resource to all who
had occasion to consult him. Only two days before his
death, he bequeathed to the public all the fine books he had
not previously placed upon the shelves. He has, however,
left soma portion of his collection to the city of Bruges,
where he' was born—" his first and his last mistress"—as he
was wont to call her. His earliest great work, the " Notice
of the Manuscripts of the Duke de la Vallicre," in 1783,
introduced him to the attention of the learned, and he was

Cross-examined by Mr. PIIII.I.IPS—Her son had the cholera
in 1833, from which he recovered by taking these pills. Her
son died with the small pox.
Mary Britten examined by Mr. BODKIN—Was servant in the
house where the son of the last witness died. He was ill alto-
gether about ten days. He was attended by Mr. Webb, the
publican, of York, during the whole of his illness. No person
interfered with the treatment of Webb. He took no other me-
dicine but that which Webb gave bite. The pills that were
given him appeared to act most violently, and he complained
of great pain. He had a rash over the whole of his body, which
Webb told witness the pills would cure, and that it would come
out no more.

appointed to a situation in the Royal Library of Paris of
about 70/. a year. He subsequently gradually rose to the
head of that great establishment : his active duties ceased
in 1834, so that for fifty years he served the public most
importantly, and was constantly found at his post of duty by
all who had occasion to resort to him. He was made con-
servator in 1795. His latest work was a catalogue of the
books of the ancient library of Charles V. of France. His
uneral took placo ou Tuesday.

Cross-examined by Mr. ESPINASSE—Webb was the bro-
ther-in-law of the person with whom Richardson lived. He
had taken Morrison's pills on former occasions. Witness had
taken the pills occasionally herself. She took nine in three
weeks for the influenza.

James Hunt, examined by Mr. MARTIN—Was a surgeon at
York, and had been so for 9 years. Knew both Richardson
and Webb, the latter of whom kept an inn at York. Was
sent for to attend Richardson, whom he found in a dreadful
state. The small-pox was very much out upon him. Webb
was present when witness saw Richardson. Webb told him
that he had been treating' Richardson with his pills ; by that
witness understood him to refer to Morrison's pills, for the sale
of which he was agent at York. The opening of the window
that had been referred to could never have tended to put
Richardson into the state witness found hint. Witness was
present at the post ynortent examination. Part of the stomach
was approaching to mortification. Witness attributed this to
the excessive use of gamboge and aloes.
Cross-examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—CoId indiscriminately
applied in cases of small-pox would be destructive of life.
Always administered purgatives in cases of small-pox, which
was very prevalent in York at the time Mr. Richardson died.
Two of the patients died of that disease, and knew of many
instances in which Mr. Morrison's pills had been taken, but
never administered them himself.

A fine Newfoundland bitch, the property of a gen-
ieman in this town, a few days ago pupped a litter of nine
pups, and the owner only wishin,; to keep two, the remain-
ing seven were, to all appearance, drowned in a large tub.
After being in the water upwards of half an hour the bodies
were taken out and buried a yard deep in a dunghill. No
further notice was taken of the circumstance until a young
man going to the stable next morning thought he heard a
squeaking noise, and turning the straw of the dunghill to
ascertain the fact, discovered to his utter astonishment the
whole of the pups alive, after having been interred nearly
twenty-two hours.—Tyne Mercury.
A Court of Common Council was held on Thursday,
in pursuance of a_requisition received by the Lord Mayor, to
take into consideration the introduction of the Poor Law
Amendment Act, and the proposed formation of the whole
of the parishes of the City into one union. After much dis-
cussion, pro et con., Mr. Alderman 'F. Wood moved an
adjournment of the question, until a Special General Court
should be held, which was unanimously agreed to.
LETTERS OF JUNIUS.—The Inverness Courier
says, that Sir David Brewster, who is married to a daugh-
ter of the late Mr. James Macpherson, translator of Os-
sian's poems, has discovered some letters among the papers
of his father-in-law, which may lead to the discovery of a
great secret—the authorship of Junius. The person who,
as Sir David thinks, may be identified as the author, is
Lachlan Maclean, the son of an Irish Presbyterian cler-
gyman, but descended of the ancient Scottish family of
M'Leans of Coll. He was, bred to the study of medicine,
but became a political writer and adventurer in London,
and rose to some eminence. He was once an Under Se-
cretary of State, in which capacity he might have become
acquainted with State secrets. Having been sent out to
India by Government in 1776, he was drowned on the pas-
sage—a circumstance that m'ay account for the non-reveal-
ment of the secret as to the authorship of Junius. His
papers were all lost at the same time.
AN IRISH-StvriNrir,En.--About seven or eight
weeks ago a person of highly respectable exterior and gen-
tlemanly manners and address, apparently about seventy
years of age, and calling himself Colonel Ormsby or
Hornsby, engaged a drawing-room and other apartments
fin. himself and his servant, who wore livery, at the house
of a Mr. George . Fosky, No. I 1 1, Grosvenor-place, Ox-
ford-road. The old gentleman seldom went out, but dis-
patched the servant with his orders to various tradesmen
in the neighbourhood. He is an old man, and has plun-
dered the tradesmen to a great extent. He was generally
seated in his chair in. the drawing-room, with some fa-
shionable novel, or recent review or periodical before him ;
and he always more a very handsome dressing-gown, a
splendid diamond ring, probably worth not less than 201.,
on his finger, his gold snuff-box on the table ; and seemed
to be a gentleman of some property and rank, lie had,
too, a very prepossessing manner ; and his oarriage be.
trayed the military officer, his accent :the Irishman, and
his conversation the man of fashion and the traveller. He
would speak with a modest vanity of having dined with
his present Majesty, and of his acquaintances and cannot). '
tions amongst the nobility. One day he presented his
gold snuff-box to a Mr. Robinson, who, having taken a
pinch, observed that the box was a very splendid one.
The Colonel thereupon observed carelessly that it was one
which the Earl of Mulgrave had presented to him last
summer, with a suitable inscription on the lid, one day
when he dined with the Lord Lieutenant at Dtihlip
At other times he would thiln(iPr 4WAY cluotatious
from the of 011 A Classics, though Mr. Robinson
assured him he could not understand him. On Friday
last the Colonel remarked that the day was very fine, and
asked Mr. Robinson to return in the afternoon, as he
should like to go out, and ho wished him to show him
the neighbourhood of Cireenheys, s4e, Mr. Robinson
promised to return ; but was prevented by an engagement.
Qn Saturday afternoon the Colonel sent his servant out
with a oarpet4mg ; and shortly afterwards, saying he would
take a short walk, he left the house and never returned ;
and it is scarcely necessary to add that his servant did not
not find his way back,--11fanchester Guardian.
LAMBETH REFORM ASSOCIATION.—A mime-
rous and highly respectable Meeting of the Members of this
Association was held last night at the iluFp Taycrn4 Ken-
•ry . nington,
.•..

Dr. Wake examined by Mr. CLARKSON—Had been a physi-
cian at York 29 years. Was present at the post mortent exa-
mination of Richardson, who l.ad been labouring under con-
fluent small-pox. The leading cause of his death was inflam-
mation of the stomach and bowels, which was very consider-
able. If be had not known that Richardson had taken Mor-
rison's pills, he would have supposed that he had taken arsenic
or some acrid poisons. Drastic purgatives he would never ad-
minister in any case of small-pox. Witness attributed the
death of Richardson to taking an immoderate quantity of Mor-
rison's pills.

Cross-examined by Mr. Pittuars.—When he was subpoenaed
he said that he would do for the pills before he returned to
York. Had not come a partizan rather than a witness.
Knew that there was a great difference of opinion among me-
dical men as to the treatment of certain diseises. Many were
foolish enough to deprecate vaccination. Some of his patients,
to his knowledge, had taken Morrison's pills.
The record of Webb's conviction was then put in and read.
Ann M'Kenzie, examined by Mr. Bonear4.—Was the widow
of Mr. John M'Kenzie, who died in February last year. He
was the Captain of a merchant vessel, and was about 32 years
of age, and of robust constitution. Before his death witness
had a young female named Lane in the house to assist in
making dresses for her children. She was then agent for
Morrison's pills, in addition to her being a dress-maker. She
persuaded her husband to take Morrison's pills, to which at
first she bad great objection. A Mr. Salmon spoke to wit-
ness's husband in favour of the pills, which he said were a re-
medy for all diseases. Her husband, previous to his death, was
much troubled with a pain in his knee, and upon its increasing
Mr. Salmon was sent for, who desired him to take Morrison's
pills. He ordered ten of No. 1 and ten of No. 2to be taken,
the first ten at night and the other in the morning. Afterwards
Salmon ordered five additional pills to be taken every day ; on
one occasion her husband took as many as 35 pills at a time of
No. 1. Witness always gave her husband less pills than Mr.
Salmon ordered. After taking them her husband was In the
most excruciating pain. Witness felt alarmed,when Salmon told
her her husband would soon get better, and not to be alarmed.
She told Salmon of the complaints her husband made of inter-
nal irritation. Salmon told her not to be alarmed, and he
would soon be better. Salmon said be was afraid she was
giving her husband too much to eat. He said he ate nothing.
He told her to give him salt and water to make him vomit.
Did not give him salt and water. Salmon told her that the
fever would feed her husband without giving him anything to
cat. Told Salmon her husband was cold, clammy, and not
feverish. Salmon then said there was sufficient in the pill
without anything else. Her husband was at this time very
much exhausted indeed. He ( Salmon) continued to or-
der more pills. He came again on the following day,
and said he was late, because he had about 50 patients to
attend. Her husband was getting weaker, and more irritated
in the inside. Salmom told him he would soon get better, and
that they were alarmed without any occasion. Continued to
give the same pills but always in 103 fillanlitY OM Salmon
ordered. On the Tuesday Sall-non ordered oof eaph to be
given. The purging =dinged very violent indeed, it in-
creased in the proportimi with the inckease in the number of
pills. There was a discharge of blood, her husband hecame
quite jr a deranged state. On the following morning sent for
Mr. Qrey, a friend of her husband. Mr. Cumming, a doctor,
was sent for on the Wednesday. R4110(1 culled afterwards.
Did not tell him that Cumming had bpen thpre. Cemming
did not administer any thing to her husband. Salmon
ordered tbirtyTtlye pills to bp given on that occasion.
tic 3441 that this dose would RQlllpo4e him t 1 sleep,
and be would be better in the rnorhirig, salmon came
again at night ; told Salmon that he had sent for a medical
man ; that be had come, and told her that her husban 1 was in
a dangerous state ; and she told Salmon to be on hi • guard.
Salmon seemed to be very much put out, and 104 her she,