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to be disposed of, lie was not inclined to dispute it. boldness of any quacks who have hitherto been heard of. No
and, as to the success which had attended it, that would man who has been bold for his own profit, regardless
of the public health, and making money from the mis-
speechform matter for a future puff, which should contain the
fortunes o‘f other.isi ever put forth such a statement as this
of his Learned Friend.—( A laugh.) His Learned
Friend read the alleged libel. He (Mr. Sergeant Wilde)
~before. The literary'ltivi and cure every
disease,botsex infirmity,bos or sure I"
would read it over at once, and he begged the Jury to
much impair the faculties, lyvill find a sureesrewmedye raurAuet
us
naio.
observe between the two parts, that which related to the versed medicines for preserving the energy and sprightliness of
medicine and the concern, and that which related to Mr. M. the imagination." I hope my Learned Friend has taken rS
himself. This concern was not like a bank—it was conducted dose this morning. " Old ago will be attained by the use of
with very little expense. A very little quantity of g im- them." That is, that they will bring on premature old
Loge and other ingredients, was all that was required ;it age. I know of no other exposition of that sentence- :
did not depend upon pecuniary credit, it merely required " Old age may be attained by the use of them and passed
that a few hundreds a year should be expended upon drugs, free from pain arid infirmities."—(Loud laughter.) Per.
baps my Friend will by and bye explain that. " Two or
and lie dared say that they could spare sufficient money out.
three pill; ('o good— five or six do more good"--( Laughter)—
of the profits of 30,000/., which was stated to he
The .‘ ten produce a clt ' led ameliGration, twelve or fifteen cure
the mast dangerous and severe diseases • should be per.
the yearly amount of their medicine returns.
vered with daily in large or small doses- 'till ell," 'o
I se-
defendants claimed the merit of having crushed the itygeian
pose till dead. ( Laughter.) "Mfr. Morrisnwn wishesr tosiump:
system—a system as they alleged of wholesale poison, anti
press on parents the propriety, nay, the necessity, of adrninis-
that since it commenced exposed the homicidal tricks of
impudent and ignorant scamps—that is, since they had toting them. to their children from their birth." You are to
made the nature of the medicine and its composition au Legit' at your birth, and they will last you to your
object of inquiry. Since they had exposed the true in- old ape.—( Loud laughter.) Well then, the manner of
gredients of which it was composed, and since they had giving the pills to the child is described, and this
brought forward instances in which juries had given ver - poor little wretch is to have the pills forced down its throat.
diets of manslaughter, they expressed a hope they had The Learned Sergeant then observed it was only the poorer
classes who were tempted, from the cheapness of these piT.s,
crushed the system. Were these allegations without founds- classes
make use of such desperate remedies, and where de-
seirnueesolovnerme utsot
be
ee inevitable.d. _ If
.powerful purgative medi-
cines ? They took the credit of crushing a system of wholesale
i ndlissteearseeds,
ghat.svithomu tanreig andil to qua n t ity,
poisoning, by exposing the homicidal tricks of these impudent
at all times and in all and ignorant scamps. He asked them (the Jury) whether
they were not impudent and ignorant scamps, who pre- fail to believe that the most 'direful consequences IT
osce
enss e s could
tended to cure all diseases with one medicine ? He asked follow ? " You cannot go wrong by taking get
them awt.
them whether they were not impudent scamps, who stated time clay or night, or in any number," "If a
patient feelsany
that infants from the hour of their birth—females under unwell, he only wants evacuation, and another dose will re-
all circumstances—men subject to every possible disease, lieve him," so that he was to go on taking dose after dose
infamous,re
.doieae
a mmoarne degradinglower,
or show
0 Isve scandalous o u s
strikingly? C e u l (wl
beauty
meansth i thing
from the hour of their birth to the latest hour of until he dropped into the grave. Could any thing be more
aged decrepitude, were all to be cured by the one
sort of medicine ? Let any man for a moment consider the
ine,lidsbederesortedi to for making money ? Here Was a roan who
situation of a mother anxious for her infant, and imagine
p ,00ssea,i
hle without
what effect the impudent statements, and the strength of would shne-oyeeturied public health, who would destroy life,
era): rarrk
sti 7t
to
-null
lose
seii
arcsig abiti do
of
this.po _
assertion of these quacks, would have upon a person so si-
sciotni
osne consequences, egnbceersi
IleW a si
implored
initplored tlictuJ
tuated. They would tell her to give the pills to the infant
at the breast, and her only anxiety should be to take care He had not been making genera'l rucn
been read-
that they got enough. Even if they unfortunately got ing the plaintiff's own account of the system--that-man who,
worse, they knew the cause beforehand—they did not have having been called an impudent scamp, bad the impudence
enough of the pills.—(A laugh.) These were the state- to come into a Court of Justice, and complain of fit-
ments made to over-anxious mothers and to wives respecting What did he come there for? If he could catch
a
their husbands, who were in the last state of disease ; verdict that he could misrepresent, his object was answered,
and he would ask them again were not the persons away would go another of these bills, with a statement that ho
who made such statements most " impudent scamps ?" had gone into a Court of Justice, that he vindicated his cha-
ractdcr, justified his system with a variety of other statements
The object of instituting the present proceeding was to puff
tteon
looking to deludeh the ignorant. He would implore the Jury
the pills. Any man who discovered a medicine that was
seeatwthaet particular diseases, and their nature and
generally beneficial, if he desired to make a secret of it, then waso the remedy, a mild aperient me-
would be despised by the profession. Mr. Morrison had dicine increased a strong purgative, and in the
found out a medicine which he said would cure ell diseases margin of the bill was put, " a certain cure for the cholera
in young and old! Surely he might get a Parliamentary morbus."—(Great laughter.) There was another of era
grant. Instances were not wanted of grants for medicines bills with an engroaveinngeralofan tdh efunCtolilrleeegtehmsofforH thee
altu4set as
f
frontispiece
—ry"complaint." Then it was stated that these
which cured only one disease. It was well known that a tcht.i.ei.afrriozendtisfpo
lady had received 6,0001. upon the supposition that she had Morrison, the Hygeist's, vegetable universal medicines, parti-
lk.esttOi
resting
II together t i
is s
evaerfyerrentv
avenue
ea
owfa warren—(
humanLaugli t er)— frame
discovered a remedy for the stone.—( Laughter.) Unfor-
pwniealvissertaleiorough y searched and cleansed of its irtpurities."
went groping and hunting- through the body, and catch-
tunately, however, it did not prove to be a remedy. The
idea of any person having discovered a universal medicine
hiimehpurity.•—(Lesagliter. ) Then
rirnheewYith greedy avidity any
was said these pills would
was monstrous. His Learned Friend had said, that
there had been previous remarks made in the Dis-
patch upon the subject of these pills. Then, why there was a list of diseayseas,
nausea, rejection of food, vomit-
had this single libel been selected ? Because they had been cure; viz.—." Indigestion
compelled to pick out a comparatively innocent publica- ings, bilious, nervous affections, female irregu-
tion, according to his Learned Friend's own statement, larities, debility, weaknesses, wastings, declines,
.consumptions
thinking there was something associated with it on which aDGPOirrploaervpso.e,sayle,;ing, or in the last stase • gout, rheumatism, rheumy les
i st ula Stone,
they could gain a verdict. The substance of the libel was gout, tick doloreux, jauFumeßfrilic.urelepar,stry,urlei
vOse,
Epileptic Obstructions, s complaints,truc
extremet
Fio int
Fits,
Costiveness,
Strictures,p Apoplexies,
sltehxmieas
this :—" We hope we have contributed to put down and
Cholera andMo Lumbago,rb allu
a
destroy a system of imposing upon the public by a pill
Jonts Paralysis,
benumbed Palsy, Deepinactivity ro ote rooted dryth
eR hLeouwmeart i sci
Limbs,
hs, Contracted
c r()up,
said to cure all disorders ; we hope wo have effected
the object by having published two trials in relation
Quinsey, GlandularTh Swelling, Sore Throats, Spasmo-
to that subject?' That was the substance of the libel
die Affections,utartsla Inward Inflammations,
of the Chests Palpitation of
—it was the publication of the two cases they hoped
had had that effect. Then he came to the conduct the
of the plaintiff. What were the pills composed of ?, He Scurvy,. Scorbutic Affections,Tumours, Soils, Chilblains, believed that two ingredients were gamboge and aloes.— scabs, running sores, ulcers, cancers, erysipelas, white swet-
ful and active medicines. It was described as a mild lings, scrofula, and King's evil.--(During the reading of this
power
aperient. But in what quantities were these pills to be catalogue of diseases by the Learned Sergeant, the Court
taken ? Why, it was stated over and over again you could was literally convulsed with laughter.) These were
a"
an excessive others in
general. As to dropsy in an advanced stage,
not take too many ►!—(Laughter)—that they would cure diseases,otil in particular, and of course the pills would cure
forthe action in the bowels is requisite, as the only
all diseases from whatever cause, and that the cure of dig- II
passage water (the entrance into the bladder being
ease was no longer doubtful, but absolutely certain. It
chokedg by obstructions oi!bot the kidneys) must be pro-
was stated in one of the bills that " an increase of pain
duced by stool : to effectu
second
fourth night, eight of
ought to be particularly attended to, because that was only
sixof which,
isloe.t t2he patient fearlessly take
a call for an increase of the dose."—(Laughter.) " Child- six of No. 1 first night,
ren from the breast might take this medicine—it was a No. 1 third night, eight of No. 2night, ten ten of
cure for the small-pox—for sYphillis—for the gout (Laughter) No. 2 for two or three following nights ;
and (continued the Learned Sergeant) its properties are siblo diminution then takes place''—(Great laug:teros)en-
most harmless to the most tender age. Infants at the "without fear take 15 of No. 2, twice a day, that is night and
morning, when they may be assured the desired effect will iu
breast, and females under all circumstances, may take them.
—(lncreased laughter.) They would cure the stone, stric-
f-rame will pass in shoals through the bowels."—(lrinnense
a few days be produced, and the water from every part of the
couldthey laughter.)cnooutl 5 e What Vah ao ts
those
pie:.
illutlasheueedyctt hetnrion
Iris
iaso flvithatit
throat ?
in b By
the
tbe
oi fibl theiol4n
bolus
patient
form,
tures, and ruptures ; they will open the one and close the
u
tsht eo l Co
eloquent
t j
address,oi ntehdu)
other.—(Continued laughter.) Then again, they will cure
the piles. Aloes will cure the piles, gentlemen. 'People
have a notion it will bring tliems(Laughter.) They in a cup.--( Rears
will cure dropsy, paralysis, cholera—the cholera is mere The Learned Counselgeoncludied ea:mho' moonshine now ; and some of us who have suffered from by expressing a firm conviction, that
although upon none of
the influenza have been great fools not to apply to Mr. the pleas the Jury must find for the plaintiff,edb the
would mark
Morrison.--(Great laughter.) Now, gentlemen, the efficacy their sense of the course he had pursu
of these pills is repeated over and over again—in every the amount of the damages. In the courseyhis celiseinn talliandessuor-f
variety of form calculated to impose. These publications sued he had discharged a great public duty, namel, exposing
are issued forth from . time to time. It is riot the cures a system, the perseverance in which had been with
that tend to the fame of the medicine, but these publica-
welierread.
the, loss of life of no less than two individuals.
tions vaunted forth of the thousands and tens of thousands Mr. BODKIN put in the publications of the plaintiff, which
purchased pills
is old, much older that any Gentleman from 'Mr. Morrison's shopin the New ro d - •
of miraculous cures by these gamboge pills. But this
Steele examined b Mr. MARTIN—Bad
New-road, , which he deli-
I have the honour to' address. The quacks of old always vered to Mr. Daniel and Mr- it became a subject even to the drama, powders which were sold by time
system, Gentlemen,
Hume.
plaintiff.He had also bought tha
Mr. Hui andecikeimr.bDeranlaiestl..
good scene it is where a man is compelled By Mr. KELLY—Made the first purchase in December ahnadd talie‘i.rercyures;
Gave the boxes unopened to
to describe the diseases of which he has been cured
by the Doctor—the catalogue of human ills the Gave no powders to Mr. Hume.
poor wretch is made to excite is extraordinary.—( Laughter.) Mr. Daniel examined by Mr. MARTIN—Was Professor of
Well, then, gentlemen, they use an expression which people
Chemistry at King's College. The pills he received from the
do not understand—they call themselves e The Hygeists," last witness he had analyzed. No. 1 consisted of resin of aloes,
and this is the Hygeian system.—(Laughter.) Then there 11 grains and one-tenth ; cream of tartar 10 grains and four-
is a College of Health, composed of the partners in the tenths ; gum and soluble matter 4 grains and four.tenths ; this
one-tenth
in 12 pills. No 2 consisted of resin of aloes 5 grains and
concern. I suppose the only apartment they have is that in
a;nsusmeve4 grains and seven-tenths ; cream of
nmet-hte 12th ; gamboge 4 grains and one-tenth ; pounded coly-
which they make up their pills. But then they have their c
President and Vice-President, the two partners ; and this tartarY 6 grains and
ma t tetini
Is.aenalysisf aboutha he
fortnight . or
is sent forth to the world as though it were a large estab- By Mr. Keeler._
lishment, at which a certain number of professors were at- three weeks ago. Had givensa
de-
tending, to discover and cure all the diseases to which tailed to Mr. Harmer's clerk. Hadepy 11% t wcontferer hdad nowii the human frame is- liable. But, gentlemen,
lest do- medical man. Knew Mr. Phillips of St. Thomas'sew t 1 anyos
quence - should fail, lest confidence should be shaken, pital, who was a most excellent chemist. He had co -
even the personal charms of the great Hygeist and Head of municatod to him what he had now stated. 'Li-
the College of Health, in a picture is placed as a frotitis- stated all the substance lie could find in the.
piece to their pamphlet—( The Learned Sergearit held up a pills. Knew Mr. Phillips, assistant to Mr. Sandell,
pamphlet with a full-length portrait of the Hygeist attached to but had not communicated to him what he now stated. Did
it, and exhibited it to the Jury and the Bar amidst shouts of not find any asefeteda or jalap in the pills. The wi.ness here
laughter.) Who would not take the pills which have been in- explained the test by which he had arrived at the etnelusi he
the Old
vented by such a handsome person. But I confess the like- had stated. Had not been examined at Bailey. "
Had
mess is not that of a Professor. Here ho is resting on the ascertained that gamboge was in No. 2, by separating it by
monument of one of his patients—(Great laughter)---a most sulphuric ether, which it colouied a bright yellow. -Would
graceful person. How can he be called an impudent scamp?—. not speak positively as to there being jalap in the pills.
look at him. The best answer to the libel would have Mr. flume, examined by Mr. Bokin. Had been a chemist
been to have produced this portrait—call such an indi- during the whole of his life. Had received from Mr. Steele
victual as that an impudent scamp
1 But I have no doubt pills to analyse, and also some powders. The witness corro-
this is just as much like the President of the College berated tha evidence given by Mr. Daniel.
of Health as the description is like the pills. I understand the Sir 11. Halford, examined by Mr. Sergeant WILDE. It
gentleman is blessed with abundance in all ways—abundance was net a matter of daily or common occurrence to take gam-
in his person and pocket, and there are persons who lave. The effect of taking it, if not applicable to d'
cannot the is-
discern the likeness, but this will do._(Convulsive ) laughte i% '
ease, would produce injurious effects. In consumption, the
kind Why, gentlemen, only scamps condescend to this d taking of it would be injurious.
l of So
likewise
with respect to
thing. Look and see whether the whole is not a system of the cases of infants. It might be required
imposition—setting up with a college, setting up with a prcsi_ pox, but in general cases he should say it was not a Feeble.
dent ; look to these tricks and manoeuvres—mountebank Had no conception of the safety of the pills in all cases,pp and
look at the whole—Counsel coming here to defend the he should be sorry in his practice to attempt
empt to ad minister
pills without being; instructed by his client of what they them.
are composed I Cook at the nature and character of this Cross-examined by Mr. Pnieues.—Did not think the
concern, and say whether a court of justice shall be insulted by pills, without any other medicine, would cure fistula, rheu-
persons coming forward and attempting to prevent maimed- 'retie gout of four years' standing, or ulcerated sore throat.
versions—they are forced into a court of. justice, not the first Could not pretend to say what dose of the pills would
time—not by the remarks of a public writer, but forced into it produce death. Thought that it would be most dange-
by the claims of public justice—to defend what ?to defend rous to take 850 pills in fourteen days. Would be sur-
murder. What is it that is dragged here into a court of jus- pi ised by a perfect recovery being produced by it.
tice ? It is a system which has destroyed two persons—that [The trial had not concluded when we went to press, we
has been ascertained and proved by judicial investigation, shall give the remainder in a Second .Edition.]
If these pigs bad been freely administered according t the system, no doubt can be entertained but that every
churchyard in a garish would furnish evidence against
them. However it is enough to rely on cases that
have undergone inquiry, and a criminal inquiry, where ever
possible indulgence, presumption, and excuse would be madye
OR behalf of time accused. A verdict of guilty has been passed,
and the punishment has been inflicted. If these pills had not
been the cause of those unfortunate individuals' deaths those
persons would have been acquitted. But the Counsel for the
an
prisoners could not invent answer, and it was plainly seen
that the whole system was founded on imposition and de-
lusion. One of their bills commenced with the word
" Health secured by Morrison's Pills, which has obtained
time approbation and recommendation of some thousands in
curing consumption, cholera naorbus, inflammations, bilious
and all liver diseases."—( Laughter.) " Gout, rheumatism,
lumbago, tic doloreux, king's evil, and all cutaneous eruptions,
and keep unalterable for years in all climates, forming at plea-
sure time mildest aperient, or by increasing the dose to the
briskest and most efficacious purgative.—( Shouts of laughter. )
They " cure all diseases." My friend admitted that a great
many of his patients died.—( Laughter.) Well, then, it goes
on to state that they " cure all mental derangements ;" and I
won't say that courts of justice furnish many instances of
a malady here described ; but the Houses of Parliament
furnish numerous instances of it—they will cure all ceeen-
tricity—( Laughter)—all mental derangements, nervous affec-
tions, irritabilities, and " restlessness from whatever source."
—(Great laughter.) Now, Gentlemen, if Mr. Morrison, or
any body connected with him, should be labouring at this mo•
ment under any irritability or restlessness, let that individual
take a dose of the pills, and ho would become calm and col-
lected at once.—(Great laughter.) If you have a lot of bills
becoming due, and there was a panic, take a dose of Morrison's
pills. Then it goes on—" These aro complaints which have
heretofore not been properly understood, as the Hygeist has
found them all to proceed ram acrimonious humours in the blood;
and, happily for the present and future race of mankind, disco-
vered a cheap and universal mode of purifying, curing, and
preventing."—( Great laughter.) " The being cured of any •
disease, infirmity, or sore"--a broken shin, for Instance
02411g111Pc)----41§ lIASY no mere a dubious or uncertain pro-
cedure.s n 1
i ~.entsemen, so impudent a statement exceeds the

The late Dowager Marchioness of Exeter and the
late Mrs. Bennet, of Whitehall-gardens, were sisters, and
survived each other only a few days. The remains of the
laty wealthy, will be conveyed for
intermentin the Isle of Wight, where she
e
possessed
h who
to wasßeauchamp,
delightful e x m
villa.
HA MB URG 11, FEB. 3.lYesterday morning the me-
lancholy news arrived of the death of his Royal Highness
the Grand Doke Frederick Francis of Mecklenburg
Schwerin, at Ludwigslust, on the Ist of February, at eight
o'clock in the morning. The Prince was the senior of the
European Sovereigns, born on the the 10th of December,
1756, and had attained the age of 80 years and 55 days.
He succeeded his uncle, Duke Frederick, on the 9th of
April, 1785, and assumed, in 1815, the title of Grand
Duke. During his paternal reign of above 50 years, which
was marked by manifold vicissitudes, he enjoyed the truly
filial affection of his subjects, and universal esteem in fo-
reign countries. He is.suceeeded by his grandson, Paul
Frederick, who was born on the 15th of September, 1800,
and married on the 25th of May, 1822, to her Royal High-
ness Princess Frederica Willielmina Alexandrine, daughter
of his Majesty Frederick William 11., the reigning King
of Prussia. His Royal Highness has two sons and one
daughter.

SMYRNA, JAN. 7.—The arrival of the newly ap-
pointed French Vice-Consul is most anxiously expected at
Naxos, in order to pacify, if possible, the religions dissen-
tions which have sprung up between the Lazarites and
portion of the Catholic population of that island. Those
differences had risen to such a pitch, that the superior dale
Lazarites, after witnessing the pillage of his church, o'B°
obliged to take to flight and seek refuge at Constantinople:
The Catholics of Naxos regretted that the French Consul
had not arrived in time to prevent these troubles, partici'.
laxly as the property which had been the object of plunder
was under the prutectica of France.:—Swabian 411ercitlY
WQ twderstand that the committee for erecting the
gotta(' to the Duke of Wellington have unanimously decide"
thwt it shall be placed opposite the Mausiekt-helige,