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TIIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1854.

cut right through, and Mr. Erichsen said to his assistant ; witnesses in support of the said charge of setting his
"Recollect, it is a very younc, infant." The ligature 1 house on fire :
was not then drawn so tight. ffrequently told the mo- ! Sarah Bulb, 27, Thayer-street—l know the the pri-
ther to keep the child better covered. I believe some- ! soner. Yesterday week or the day before, I can't
thing like a kick from the other leg must have occurred exactly say which, I went out upon an errand and saw
between the 9th and the 11th, and that all the mischief the prisoner go into the house at 20 minutes past 10.
took place in that interval. The leg must be kept In about 5 minutes I came back, and just as I got op-
straight, for even flexing the knee might make the polite to the house I heard a dreadful noise, and almost
bandage become a constricting body. Carrying the child at the same moment the prisoner came out of the pre•
in the arms might bend the knee. I told the mother mises. I saw flames through the fanlight of the shop-
to take care that the limb was not displaced in car- door and also from the bottom of the window. I said to
rying the child. After the amputation, Mr. Seward him (prisoner) for God's sake go back to your house, for
and Mr. Walker called on me. Mr. Seward asked it's in flames, when he said in reply to my assertion,
me what I was going to do. I replied, " I sympa- I " Oh, d—n the house," and he ran away as fast as he
thised with him, but I could not make him an offer could up South-street. 1 knocked loudly at his door,
of compensation, for what would imply my culpability, and also at the door adjoining, and in a short time a
which I deny. I know your circumstances, and I will great crowd had collected. I then went home, not
discharge you from all liability to me ; and when you liking to mix myself up with the number of persons
get Mr. Erichsen's bill, I will endeavour to get him to who were at the house. The noise I heard was like
reduce the amount." that of a gun going off. The house was on fire when
Cross-examined by Mr. Crowder—l cannot say that I I went back. I could not get near to it owing to
attended the child during the time from its birth to the the crowd. When the prisoner left the house he had
accident. I have seen the child in court to day. She a bundle.
is a healthy looking child now. I should say that a Robert Hutchings—l have the charge of a fire-escape.
fracture of the limb is a symptom of the child being a On Tuesday night, the 17th instant, I was called to a fire
puny child. I think the fracturing the limb is a greater at 36, Thayer-street, and on my arrival there I found
proof of its being a puny child than if the bone had bent the shop in flames. I made my way in and saw that
On the 19th there was great ulceration. There was no the woodwork of the window, and the shutters was on
line of separation beyond the superficial mark on the fire. There was a quantity of shavings in a state of
Saturday. There was no ulceration at this time. When ignition upon the floor, and there was a box of lucifers
the limit of mischief was defined I think the ulceration just above the gas-pipe ; the cock of the main pipe to
would quickly take place. On the Wednesday—the day the gas was turned on full. I tried to turn it off, but
after the operation—Mr. Erichsen said " the bandage lid could not, and lat length stopped up the opening with
it there can be no doubt of that." I replied, •‘ I am a cork.
not so clear on that." lam certain the bandage was Mr. George Turnham, landlord of the Angel, 37,
too tight between the 9th and the 11th, but lam sure it Thayer-street, said I heard a knocking, and ran out. I
was not too tight from the evening of the 28th to the saw that the shop was in flames, the door was fastened,
11th. I now believe it was the tightness of the bandage and I and some friends; of mine made our way in. On
which caused the mortification, and that that tightness entering the shop we found upon the floor shavings,
took place by some displacement between the 9th and which were burning—they had evidently just been
the 11th. I looked at the bandages every day, and lighted. I lest no time in procuring buckets of water,
would have removed them if I had thought necessary. and the fire was then after some time put out. I went
I did not remove the bandages from the 28th to the down stairs, and in the kitchen I found an old man and
11th. Some men remove the bandages on children, his wife and three or four children.
some do not. Mr. Cox is my shopman. I directed him Other evidence of a nature strongly criminating the
to see the child, and to call in the gentleman who atten- prisoner was go into, and the prisoner, who denied in
ded to my patients in my absence, if anything occurred. toto the charges preferred against him, was remanded.
Re-examined—lt was at the time that I gave the
mother leave to take the child out that she told me I
need not attend every day. I told Cox to see that the
warm applications were continued.
Mr. J. Moncrieff Arnott examined—l reside in New
Burlington-street. I am one of the council of the College
of Surgeons, and have been the president. I have heard
the evidence in this case. I think that there was no-
thing in the mode of placing of the bandages or the time
of putting them on at all improper. I consider the at-
tendance was also quite proper—as much as is given in
cases of fracture. It is required that the limb should be
kept covered. If the bandage had been applied tdo
tightly in the first instance, mortification would have
taken place in the first three days. The displacing of a
bandage might render it too tight. Most assuredly it is
the duty of a surgeon to look after the bandages when
he visits the patient. I think in my own case I should
have cut the bandage soon, but it requires great experi-
ence in these cases to hit the exact time so as to avoid
all sloughing. The mode pursued by Mr. Housley was
the best for relieving the mischief.
Cross-examined—I have no doubt that the mortifica-
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HAMMERSMITH.—Thos. Walker and Wm. Thos.
Holloway were charged with committing a violent as-
sault upon Mr. Benjamin Baker, a clerk in the employ
of Mr. John Newson.
A gentleman named Duvall, owner of property in Peel-
street, Kensington, and Mr. Newson was appointed the
agent, who in his absence authorised his clerk, the pre-
sent complainant, to act in his behalf, and to collect the
rents. A female named Spiller had occupied No. 15, in
Peel-street for many years, and when the complainant
entered upon his duties he found her a weekly tenant
paying 7s. a week. She neglected to pay her rent
for some considerable time, and was in arrears to the
amount of 211. The complainant gave her notice to
quit, several months ago, but she did not quit the pre-
mises until about the end of October last, when she
gave up the key of the house on the consideration of the
rent being forgiven her. The key was delivered at their
town office, and at the time she yielded possession of
the house she said it was empty, and that there were
no lodgers upon the premises. Subsequently the com-
plainant sent some men to repair the house before letting
it to another tenant, when, to his astonishment, he found
the defendant Holloway domesticated in the house with
his family, and upon seeing the complainant he offered
to become a tenant, which the complainant refused, and
told him that he was a trespasser, and that he must
leave the house. He then said that his child was very
ill, and that it would be dangerous to remove it. Ul-
timately, the complainant allowed him to remain in
the house upon sufferance until the child was better,
as he did not wish to appear arbitrary to him, under
the circumstances. Upon another visit to the house,
the complainant met with another surprise, in beholding
the other defendant in the house, and it turned out that
he was also living upon the premises. Walker ten-
dered the complainant money as rent for living in the
house, and asked him to allow him to become a tenant.
The complainant refused both offers, and desired him to
leave the house. Matters remained in that state until
Thursday morning, the 19th inst., when the complainant
proceeded to the house in question with some men, for
the purpose of ejecting Walker and his goods out of the
place, if he refused to leave quietly. The defendant
Walker was asked to quit peaceably, which he refused,
and the men commenced taking some of the things out
of the rooms. Both defendants resisted violently, and
in the affray in the passage Holloway caught hold of the
complainant's hair, and also bit him severely on the back
of his hand. The other defendant also struck him vio-
lently in the back, and endeavoured to prevent the goods
from being removed. After some difficulty Holloway
was carried into the street, and the other defendant ran
into one of the rooms where his goods were, and bar-
ricaded himself in, while Holloway gained admission
into the house by means of climbing over the wall of
the adjoining premises. Mr. M'Leland, a broker,
was also present, and had accompanied the com-
plainant into the house. Walker's door was subse-
quently broken open, and all his goods removed into the
street. He was then told to leave, which he did from
his own room, and he then walked into the room occu-
pied by Holloway, and said he was the guest of Hol-
loway. He afterwards returned to his own room and
placed himself in the extreme corner. The complainant
and his men then laid hold of him and carried him to
the stairs, where he caught hold of the banisters, and
in his resistance they were all broken and they came
down to the passage, where the defendant laid himself
down. He was then picked up and carried into the
street.

tion was caused by the tightness of the band;ge:-if
the bandage were too tight at first, there would be mor-
tification in three days ; but if it were tight, and not too
tight, then the mortification would take place at a later
period. If the bandage were not too tight at first this
would not occur, unless some change took place—some
swelling.
Mr. Baron Platt—to the defendant—Did you ever
tell Mr. Erichsen that you attributed the mischief to the
fact that the toes had not been kept warm ?
Defendant--No, my lord.
Mr. Crowder replied.
Mr. Baron Platt summed up the evidence with the
greatest care.

The jury retired, and after an absence of ten minutes
returned to Court, and gave a verdict for the plaintiff
for 2001.

SEWARD V. HOUSLEY.
This was an action brought by the father of the child
against the same defendant to recover the expense to
which he had been put for medical advice in consequence
of the defendant's alleged negleot. It was tried by con-
sent with the previous action, and therefore no evidence
was adduced. The jury, on being re-sworn, returned a
verdict for the plaintiff, damages 501., making the en-
tire amount 2501.

The defence was that Mrs. Spiller was still the tenant
of the house, and that defendants were her lodgers.
But as she was not called as a witness, and the sur-
render of her tenancy was sworn to,
Mr. Paynter said there did not appear to him to be
a shadow of a defence, and in fact he considered the
case completely undefended. He then described the
case as being the most wanton and disgraceful trespass
that had ever been brought before him, and said the
defendants had held possession in open violence of the
law to prevent and obstruct the lawful owner from
securing his own property. He fined, Holloway the
sum of 31., or one month's imprisonment, and Walker
the sum of 30s. and costs, or 21 days' imprisonment.
The defendants Walker and Holloway were unable
to pay their fines, and they were locked up.

ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.

Government had determined to assume the whole respon-
sibility of it, and that the offer of the command would
be made to Captain Stokes.
Sir C. FELLOWES related to the meeting what the
Duke of Newcastle had said on the occasion referred to.
His Grace stated that the Government had entered into
the views of the society, and that the sum of 2,5001.,
calculated as the expense of the proposed expedition,
would be considered in the estimates of the year. The
Government, however, were willing to carry out the
plan of operations on a greater scale than was contem-
plated by the society, and on that account his Grace in-
timated that they were prepared to take the matter into
their own hands. They had no desire to reap where the
society had sown, but the field was a wide one, and they
had more difficulty in asking Parliament for a vote of
money to be expended by a private body than if they
went to it for what was undertaken by themselves. The
Duke of Newcastle expressed his confidence in the ex-
perience and talents of Captain Stokes to guide the ex-
pedition. He also stated his opinion that the services of
a geologist and botanist were essential on the occasion.
Sir C. Fellowes concluded by congratulating the society
on the enlightened view which the Government had
taken of the subject.
Captain STMT, who it was announced had volunteered
his services in the proposed exploration, also congratu-
lated the society that the matter bad been taken up by
Government. The Duke of Newcastle did him the
benour to allude to him when receiving the deputation,
and said he did not expect him to go out, but the in-
terest which such adventures once had, weighed with
him still, and he would not keep his services back if
they were considered useful. The expedition promised
to be a successful one. Captain Sturt, before sitting
down, indicated on the maps the course of his own
travels in the interior of the Australian continent.
Lord ELLESMERE intimated that Mr. Baines, the
author of some interesting sketches from South Africa,
which were exhibited in the room, had volunteered to
join the expedition.

Danube and the Limes Romanus was Scythian ; that
in the ejection of the Goths from the Dniester, the Goths
(ant not the Huns) were the intrusive population ; that
the acts of Attila were those of a restorer rather than a
destroyer. He was the analogue of Pelagius in Spain,
rather than of Zenghiz-Khan or Tamerlane. History
tells us little; two-thirds of what passe3 as such is in-
ference. Without saying that this inference will give
us exactly such a phenomenon as the reconstruction of
the empire of a Decebalus by an Attila (a patriot king
instead of a barbarian conqueror), it gives us something
far liker this than the opposite extreme, which is an ex-
aggerated picture of a great and gratuitous blcodshedder,
with the scourge of God in his hands, and a whole vas•
salage of kings at his feet.