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F have any effect on the mind of the fury. Such eta,
) ments, he considered, were uncalled for. The
learned sergeant concluded by hoping the jury
would look rightly at the case, and be of opinion
that Dr. Semple had acted bona fide in the matter,
and had 110 motive in giving the certificate other
than that of discharging his professional duty in
conformity with the conditions pointed out by the
Act of Parliament. He, therefore, heped they
would find a verdict in that gentleman's favour.
Mr. Montagu Chambers said he had told the jury
that this was a case of the greatest possible import-
ance to the administration of justice. The learned
judge thought he was exaggerating the magnitude
of the importance of the case in his opening; but Ile
did not exaggerate the facts, nor did he magnify
their importance beyond the serious consideration
to which they were entitled. The facts were very
simple indeed, and he would venture to say that 1
the plaintiff was not entitled to a verdict the state
of the law on the subject was a disgrace, and it was
high time it should be altered, The plaintiff, 3
respectable tradesman and father of a family, living.
in the respect of his neighbours, complained that
he was, while in the act of opening his own d°°t
~
on his return home at night, pounced upon by two
men, seized, forced into a cab, driven off to a police'
station, and thence to a lunatic asylum—Munster
House, Fulham. That he was of sane mind there
cannot be a doubt. On the way to the madhouse
the keepers, who had treated him so roughly, bakes
him to treat them, and he did so. Consigned to th
lunatic asylum, his case was reported to the Conli
missioners of Lunacy, and they having examine
him were of opinion that he was not insane, and that
he ought not to have been brought there, and they
therefore ordered his discharge. Mr. Elliott, the
t
proprietor of Munster House Asylum, hearing that
the plaintiff had been brought there, called the lit
day, and having seen and conversed with hin39Z
formed an opinion that he was not insane. .1-"'
Semple hearing that plaintiff was about to be dis'
charged, did all in his power to prevent it ; and ill•
stead of making further inquiry into the case, he
made himself a partisan. He had throughout made
himself a partisan. He, for instance, went to the
house of the plaintiff after he had signed the eerti'
ficate, and when plaintiff was not there, to see the
swords which he had not seen when he signed it
and spoke of them, thus showing that he knew 11
had done wrong. He (Mr. Chambers) thought 1
there were medical men in court, that they meet bof opinion that Dr. Semple had done wrong, an
had gone much further than his duty warranted beat
in going. In all that the plaintiff stated there
was perfect rationality, and the defendant, in signing
the certificate showed that he was careless and negi,
ligent ; and thus he might say that Dr. SeroP;
signed a certificate that was false in principle an"
false in substance. But he trusted that medical
men who attended to this practice in the professie;
would in futare act with more caution, and not g
into a person's shop, and by irritating try to drio
_r
him mad, and thus make out a case to justify OS,
object, and warrant them in making out a certi
cate of the party's insanity. The learned gentli,;
man concluded a long address by hoping that tUA
jury would see the seriousness of the case as affeeteli
his client, and bear in mind that the consignraelld
of him to a lunatic asylum in the manner prove
might not only affect him for his own life, but al%
affect his family and descendants for generations '
come.
The case was then adjourned till to-morrow (till!
day) when the learned judge will sum up the 8/11.
deuce.

COUNTRY MARA_LIS.

• bJk .

COLCHESTER—DEC. 6.
A poor supply of wheat at market, and mostly in 01
condition, and such were a dull sale at is per qr cheaP.lr
Beans and peas are becoming soft in condition, and is
qr cheaper.
Wheat, white ..46s

52s Beans,Mazagan..34s 3,6200
48s middle & small.36s Le
39s Peas, white ..425 '
52g
26s gray 380

red 42s
Barley
Oath

GLOUCESTER—Dn. 6.
1i
We had a moderate attendance to-day, and the supply
of wheat from the farmers was fair, with prices at ffter,
• ired a
last week's rates. Foreign wheat was more Inv
~. un-
and unchanged in value. Barley, oats, and beans
altered.

CHELMSFORD—DEC. 6.
Ihe trade in wheat to-day at the market was exCessiVell
dull. Fine samples barely keep up their price, 5,1',..el file -
ferior sorts fully is es
qr lower. Spring corn as 01 m"--(jo
Wheat, old white.. .37s 63s Peas, Partridge....37s 100
new .. 37s 49s White .......... 39s ,q,
old red....42s 48s Boiling 4os 1"
35s 39
new 38s 46s Dun ..-0
Barley 28s 35s Ditto new .. '--15 396
Chevalier 2Bs 38s Beans, Tick, old ..34s
__.,
Grinding 22s 30s new..--8 -7)-0,
Ma1t..... 61s 67s Harrow Ticks ..35s :,..0
Chevalier 64s 69s new..--8 ~a
Oats 20s 28s Mazagan .......30s 0-

KIRKCALDY GRAIN—DEc. 6.

To-day there was moderate supplies of all kinds of grain'
Wheat and oats were the turn dearer. Barley sold at s
slight decline on last week's rates.
Wheat. Barley. Oats.
First....36s Od I 16s Od I 16s Od
Second ..38s Od 22s Od 19s Od
Third ....62s Od 30s Od 23s Od

COAL M

;ARKET.
t the olose of the market.
Walls End.

(Prices of Coal per Ton ir

s. d.
Hastings Hartley l6 9
Csrway and Duffiyn
Malting 23 0

g.
6
Hetton ......
17 18
0
South Hartlepool.. •'
18
Trimdon Hartlepool ••17
K elloe .. • 8 0
Hartlepool.. .........
34; sold, 28.

Walls End.
Haswell
Ships at marker

FOREIGN MAIL PACKET Lin

MAILS DUE.
DB°'
19.
Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton...... •JA3-a * 13.
via Marseilles ...... Dec' 4,
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. .......
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Jan. 19.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southaropton.D°°' 13.
via Marseilles ..•Dec'4,
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton D„e° 13.
via Marseilles..• • Dec. 11.
ndia (Bombay), via Southampton Dee'
via Marseilles Pee' 2°'

Lisbon
11.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ve`, " 3.
Newfoundland
io,
DO
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Dec'
by U.S. packet...
by Canadian packet. Doe• 10,
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Dec.
Dec. 9,
8'
Bahamas, via New York Dee. 1g
Mexico . • e g
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Dec. )."'
California, and British Columbia..

CHINESE SIMPLES.—Ina letter addressed to the
President of the Socidt6 d'Acclimatation, M. Guillerainf ,
missionary in China, gives a glowing account of the extra
ordinary fertility of the country, and among other thilib',
expresses his surprise at the efficacy of certain Chinos ft;
medies which are utterly unknown to Europe. He Vf°o-tit
the example of a Father Leturdu, who having paeseu,scr
years in a Chinese prison, where he contracted a Pll-010
nary affection, was literally kept alive by certain PO,
which a Chinese doctor gave him ; and when he subs
tf
quenily attempted to return to a European treatreetlibe
he got worse, and only recovered by recommelleiitioi
Chinese pills. In another instance, a European PhYlig
belonging to the French navy utterly failed in Ineste"co-
violent fever which threatened the life of a Chinese
vert; but a native physician obtained a complete are
1, jo
01
quarter of a hour, by administering certain simples 1141
he gathered on the spot. Let us hope that these Bove—
,
remedies will soon find their way to Europe.

BIRTHS. the
DENMAN.—On the sth inst., at 14, Eaton-place South'
wife of th 3 Hon. G. Denman, M.P., of a son. tt, 1130
DUTTON.—On the 7th inst.. at Streatham-coorcle.
wife of Thomas Dutton, Esq., of a son and &ugh Or
FREINIE.—On the 6th inst., at 9, Blandford-place, llege
park, the Lady Isabella Freme, of a daughter. par
SMITH.—On the 6th inst., at 35, Chesham-place, the
Susan Smith, of a son.
MARRIAGES.
BROOKS—GEILS.—On the 4th inst., at Queen o.
Marl°
Manor, Somerset, Robert A. Brooks, Esq., eldest
Robert Brooks, Esq., M.P.. of Woodcote-p_ ark,
to Katherine Pascal, eldest daughter of J. E. Cella,4
of Dumbuck, Dumbartonshire. nnaton'
EGLINTON—PELIiAI4.—On the 6th inst., at 17, Ar',lWil/..
street, by spn..ial license, the Earl of Eglinton al'Aciugir
ton, to the Lady Sophia Anderson Pelham, only
"-
ter of the late Earl of Yarborough.

BICKITAM.—On the 7thin
DEATHS.t it. vs'
water, C. C. Bickh s
Esq.,'. at 3, Orme-,(1 ~__',., age
65. am, formerly of Reaalub
FossEY.—On the 6th 'll Thos• F°Blle
inst., at Roshervi e, • p
Esq., aged 73.
GRAT OA
IVICRE.—On the sth inst., at Ham, near 'Arundel
William Gratwicke Kinleside Grat •,k Bsq'' - wie e,
q usre vo, a
68.
..3- gaol,
HUNT.—On the sth ' t Bristol, ..-. -
ins ~ at The Fort,
aged 82. Ire'
.
fIARRISON.—On the 7th inst at The Aske, BraY,
land, George Harrison, Esq., aged 71. t tll6l
SINGLETON.—On the 7th inst., in Wilton-crescen.,_top,
Hon. Caroline Singleton, widow of James Sing
Esq., aged 84. oral
TwrivrNo.—On the 6th inst., at Southfields, Wandsw
Richard R. Twining, Esq., of the Strand, London, ...0'
0
of ll.M.'s 33d Regt., aged 28.
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