The Sun.
London, England, 1807-12-17 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANSION-tloxistt.—The person who utiderweiti
a'tirst examination, on Saturday last, for stealing
a time-piece from the countinghouse of. Messrs.
Wind us, coich-makers, in Bishopsgate-street, was
yesterday again brought up, and the several circum-
stances of, the charge having been recppitulaied,
wei.supported by the testimony ofMessrs.Windus;
of Stoker, a watchman on the premises ; and a
young man named Groves, the apprentice of Messrs.
Windus. •

The Prisoner told a very lame story in his de-
fence, and, in tears, pleaded for mercy.
The Loon MAYOR, however, after professing his
own regret that aloung man of such respectable
appearance, and posse*ssing the means of earning his
livelihood reputably, should bring himself into so
disgraceful a situation, added, that the nature of his
crime was doubly, aggravated, by the circumstance
of its being committed under the roof of his old
master, where he had so long enjoyed confidence,
and derived proteaion and support ; and by his
having endeavoured to seduce two younger boys
in the house to become the unsuspecting instru-
ments of hiS guilt, he forfeited all claim to favoura-
ble consideration ; and therefore his Lordship
committed him to prison for trial.
Davidson, who was remanded yesterday for fur-
ther examination upon the charge of endeaVouring
to seduce Mary Anne Petrie, a parish pauper be-
longing to the parish of. St. Peter, Coleman-street,
was again brought up, and, on further interrogation,
still persisted in his story that he was the girl's god-
father; that she was the daughter Oa man named•
Ramsay;now i►i America ; that he himself. hadlived
in the house of ber aunt, in Cole Man-street, for
about nine years, and under her immediate, care
this girl was until the age of seven, and that he had
sought her out by inquiry froM the Parish Clerk,
with no other view than to „prow& and provide
for her.
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It appeared, however, from the testimony of the
Sexton's wife and Beadle, that the girl bad been
under the immediate care of the parish since her
infancy, and had been nursed and maintained for
twelve years at the parish charge : that she was
never baptised until about six years ago, and then.at
the desirc-.of t4e Sexton's-wife, who, and the Beadle,
were her sponsors. And it also appeared, that the
Prisoner bad: taken her away by stratagem and
fulse pretenees, from the woman in whose service
she was employed, and brought her to the publie:,
!Rinse in the Old Jewry, where she was fortunately
rescued by the manly and humane interference of a
Mr. Swallow, who overheard' him promising to
make her mistress of his apartment, to give her
new clothes, and make her a present of
,the ring
hom his finger ; AO it also appeared, that his
bringing her .to that public-house was preconcert-:
ei by the Prisoner WA a woman named Clarke,.
the notorious keeper of a petty brothel in Bell-alley,
and whb carae. there to.. look, for the Prisoner im-
Mediately after he hacl been taken to the Cempter,
and had sine attended 'him it: prison.
The Loan Who has 'taken great pains
to investigate this business, committed the Pri-
soner to take his trial for the assault with an inten-
tion palpably criminal.
MA 111.130
wrelatimoi:oto ROLTGEt•STREET.•--The ,house of .Mrs.
*,',arl,of Banbury, was euter-
ed on Monday dutine,the.absence of the ser-
vants, and sonic valuable property; and a trunk, con-
ttlitijilg East India' articles of value, were Nolen.—
Inforkwitioll was giccu avthis OtEce, and tiamilton,
an .aaive Officer, :was diSpatched to find out the
thieves. The Orlicer apprehended six persons, throe
of whom
,were hackeey-coachmen, two fenrale ser-
vants, ; who were. left in care of ~the house whilst:
the family were at Bath, and' a cook-maid,' who•re-.
eently left Mrs. Jervis's, service. It appeared; that
on the evening of the robbery, this cook-maid intro-,
duce,' the three hackney-coachmen to the other
two female servants, who bad the care of the. house
in Somerset-street, and the whole left it and spent
the evening in the Edgware-road, and did not return
until one o'clock in the morning, A female called
at the ho“se of Mrs. Jervis, at -eight o'clock in the
evening, but she could .not gain admittance, and
qn her return thither at.pine o'clock, she found the
street-door open, and the rchhery was discovered,
Waa proved that one of the coachmen, of the
name of Herbert, had.lett the company of the.other
coachmen and the females from seven , o'clock
uutil nine, and that he appeared in a perspiration on
his return.' The stolen property remains nndisco-
verel, and Herbert and the three, females were com-
mitted tin' further examination.

PUBLIC-OFFICE, HATTONGARDEN.----Yesterday
an exciseman brought ►t man to the office who w;vi
feund working ai private still, in St. John-street,
Clerkenwell. The Prisoner was committed for re-
examination.

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Mu Prot:ior, a reputed thief, was, after a stout
re.,istahce, brought to the office by Hancock. An
iron crow, picklock, keys, matches, and phosphorus
were found in his possession. He was committed
for re-examination.

UNION-HALL.-Johrt ems, an old 'man, who
has been tried and convicted several • tittles at the
Surrey and Weqminster Sessions, for ,petty lar-
cenies, was brought up again, on a charge of going
into a house and taking away a complete set of fire
Irons,quite new, which he put under his round frock,
the ends being put down his trowseri,' He was fully
committed fur 7"-

'The following extraordinary robbery was commit-
ted at. Liverpool, last WednesdaY stentlight. The
London snail coach haring, arrived, as usual, early
in the morning, the parcels were carefully deposited
in the coach-ottice; but ,when they were afterwards
examined-previous•to their being delivered out, a
box, 'cOntaining dollars to a large amount, was mis-
sing,' and could not be (mind after the most diligent
search. No traces of violenee appeared on the door,
nor did the lock, on being minutely inspeCted, ap
pear to hate been picked. Two persons are already
in custody`; suipicton of being .cOncernecl its this.
aud:lcious robbery. •
At Edinburgh, on Wednesday the oth instant,'
Burbari2Nakolm, alias Sutherland, was committed
to gacbl, by a wAfrant of the Judge of Police,, on a
cllargo of administertag poison to her own daughter,'
a child ofi4;m:intits old; The poison was given on
* Tnesiii-y—toreisenn adtfilie Child died about ,fii"e its
.
the ti.ellloo, 41,

LAW ~PO :re.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, DEc,

tar 1c.n49- V. HECTOR CAMPBELL.
This was ate information filel on the prosecution of
the Ruptl`Coliege of Physicians against the Delo 1-
;dant, for a lit*. After INIT. WARREN had stated the
several Counts- in the laortUation, ,amounting to
seven,

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T6',ATTOaNEY-GENERAL said,that
,as soon as
the facts relating to this case were known- to the
Jury, they would be of opinion, that if any future
regard were to be paid." to the College of Physi.,
of which the prosecutors were members and
ornaments, 'this plocieding was absolutely ne'
cessary. It came before the Jury under the direc-
tion of the Court of King's Bench, which had.grant.
ed a criminal information against the Defendant,,
which information the Jury were now to try. It'
could not be necessary to enter at large into the im- •
portance of the duty imposed upon
.the ColiegeAl
Physicians ; it would be sufficient to say, that it was.
their- business to take care ,that no persons, who,
were not sufficiently skilled is .Medicine, were to
havecontroul over the health and dives of the Mini.
bitants,,ef the City of London. The mischief that
might arise fromlnattentiod in this respea, the Le.'.
gislature had early perceived ; and in .the reign cif
Henry VIII. a charter was:granted to the College of,
Physicians, which was afterwards cOntirmed,,giving,
to that body a contrail! Nvithin the City of London),
and seven miles round it. By' this grant they «eve
.enabled to make bye-laws, arid- to call all ' persons,
who praaised without their authority, before thein.
It was likewise their duty to examine all
who presented themselves betbre them, to form
a judgment of .their tittuess to pradise ; and.
in case they were,
.discovered to be sufficient.
ly skilful, a licence was to be given by the College,
This office was generally performed by a Court called.
Commitio- Alinori, consisting of the President and
four Censors. In the'course of the present year, it
was communicated to this Body, that a person of
the name of CaMpbell was prattisieg as a physipian,
withqut &licence; and they itiStivd a summons, re-
quiring his attendance.. This demand was disre-
garded ; but when afsectind summons was served
upon, him, he thought tik to attend, and it was for his
condu4 on that occasion that the,present intbrmatiou
had been tiled. The Learned Counsel would be sorry
to make any observations upon Dr. Campbell which
he did not deserve; but he knew nothing of his
charaaer or his acquirementS„ nor did the
.Collt gee
of Physicians, any further than could be eolleCted
from his conduct, when he was summoned to at-
teed, which was the foundation of this"prosectitioe.
He might, if he had
,pleased, upon , that occasion
have obtained the necessary licence, by passirg ,the
examination, and showing that he was. qualified
for the duties of a Physician ;_buf pow it was almost
impossible that be could ever obtain it, because sa
person.: who could cooduEt himself in a manner
so gross. and ungentlemanly, •must have something
so wrong about his, head or his heart, that he could
never be, permitted to pranice.: It was unneces-
sary for the ATTOIMgY-C4I3NEILAL to repeat the de-
grading and centomelious CXVR•ASIO:IS the Defendant
made use Of when he was called before the College,,
where he himself Was treated with all the respea
due to him, and was 'only required to skew his qua-
lification, to entitle him to his licence. In cook,
(pence of this .denastanour. it, wan. judged. utx.iissarS'
to set ve him with ion interdiaion froth. praaice ;
and he then thought fit 'to send the most scurrilsus
and abusive letters to the President and.censors ut,
the Court, before who'll he was cited to appear,
which would be read in evidtme. Not satisfied
with preceeding thus tar bevons the bounds of pro-
priety prescribed, in writing a most tic wdalons
he returned the bentenee ot interdiction of the Col-
lege,. signed by the Register, in a state which the
Learned' Counsel could nut hod any terms in
lctta-
guage .sufficiently decent to e4press. It wouli,
however, be produced by the Witnesses ; eked ris.:
Jury would have an opportunity Of t'rmin> a jo*.t
estimate of the grossness and vulgarity ot the De-
fetularo condu6.t. It .would be enough to say of it;
that no man who pretended any thing above the
rank of the. most degraded 'individual io society
would have condescended to a praeAlc.e so indeeet t
and offensive. The Jury had only; to dett_riu'o, ;f
the Defendant was guilty .of-the libel complained
of ; and if he was, the Court, at a future peried,.
would have to decide what punishment should i)c
hifliaed upon a person who had thus concluded
himself.

The Charter of tienry'Virf.' was then put in, as,
also the Book containing the byelaw of the Col-
lege of Physicians, entitle% Statuta collegii Medi-
corum Lomli.nensium, ,by which it appeared, that
this body had authority to call before'them all prac-
tisers of.physic without a licence, and iu C 360 Of;
non-appearance or inability, to:interdi6t them front
such proceedings. Court . issuing these pre-
cepts, was to CollSiit of the President and. four
Censors.
Mr..NOLAN, for the Defendant, here to .k t‘vo
legal .objections.to the record the on. was, that.
it
was ayerred that the Commitio .11inori was to be
formed of the President and tour Censora whereat,,
by the bye-laws it was shown, that it Wai sufficient.
if those persons were present. .The other objection
was, that in the declaration the stuntwins to the
Defendant was not signed by the Register, when by
the bye laws such signature was required. 01 the floc.
of these the Chief Justice took a note 3 but the lat..
ter was over-ruled.

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The Book of Annals was next produced, by .which
it appeared that the Defendant attended upon I he:
second summons from the College t Physicians, anA
that an interdidion was afterwArds i*sued, and .ser‘eCt
'upon hint. . _ _

-Dr. James Hervey deposed, that be, was Register,
to the Commitio Alinori,..and.. signed a silo ittl.Ql)s-.14
the Defendant 'on the tith of February, vu the b;h7
of March, and likewise
~the interdiction on the 3d
of April. On. the 4tb of. April he_received a leiter,
containing his attestation to the interdidion 'thy
Defendant to pratlice,
. This inclosure W 34 now produced; and the pap.c.r,
in which. it val v.ll t was read .by Mr. Lo‘rr
h e former appeared to be in a state tQco disgtlqiug!
and (.Iffensive. to describe, without ()trending evei,
the nuht insensible and degraded of the human. Apt;-1,
cies.. Dr. Hervey added, that at the time, hp rtept,
ed it,. it was in the-sat*:l,.k.:4ndition,

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?Allier,. tire Beadie to the Collei,•e, gaff!
eviaencet to thvservice of did ditfereat )1.1111111011S;n

;e Detendant. At the tune Me -Ot teem was
deli.v, fed, Mr. Campbell said, that, he sheuld, not
etterd to'the summons, but couselt his Counsel;
and that he .would not ' mind spending ithiol. to
throw_ the. College of Physicians upon their-
Dr. David'Pitcairne said, that he was 'pre cot at
the time the Defendant attended. the Ceirmitio
Minori, according to the second
the 6th of March. 'The conversation which pass-
ed was desultory and general. When Mr.Cterqa-
• hell wits introduced to'the Board, he was ' , desired
to sif down ; and the• President infOrmNl him, that
the reason for requiring him "to appear was be'cause
he had practised physic without authority; and
the Board requested an assurance from him, 'that. he
would confine; himself to surgery and pharmacy.
Mr. Campbell seemed to consider this as a hardship,
and he stated the pains and expence he hid been
put to in his education as a pupil at Sr. Thomas's
Hospital : he laid great-stress upon the eminence he
bad acquired, and the discoveriewhe had made in
chemistry. He added, that, in his praCtice, lie had
confined himself to what he called medical surgery,
and that many-surgeons in London practised physic
LB well as hitnself. -He was told in answer, That he
did it openly, that he professed himself a 'Dodor,
'mid was deseribed upon his door by that appellation.'
He was also told, that he wrote prescriptions as a
Physician, and signed them with his initials. He did
Pot deny this charge, but he said, that the proceeding,
was owing to the medical latlion in the Borough, and'
that these proceedings were instituted by it. The De-
' fendant was then asanred, that he was mistaken; that
the Censors before whom he then stood, had no prejn-
- dice against him, and that they were onl y thing in pur-
suance of their duty,-which they endeavoured-to dis-
charge with impartiality. The Defendant then be-
came it'ann, and arraigned the conduct of the Cen-
sors in rather severe terms, and insinuated that they
were aoluated by unworthy motives. At last he pro-
ceeded to express himself in these terms :--" I al-
ways knew you to be a partial _Board; Sir Walter
Farquhar and Dr. Babingten got into the College, by
paying money to Dr. Saunders:" Ile was then de-
sired to withdraw, which he refused, and observed,
that he knew the extent of the power of the College,
as he had consulted his Lawyer Mere he came to
the Court. Supposing he had practised wit bout
their licence, all they could'do would be to fine him
51. for every month, which be was able and ready to
discharge, and several, times put his hand to his
picket, and asked what there was to pay. He then
reseanid as he was leaving the toom,oneolthe Censors
seict," Are yon disposed, Mr. Campbell, to give the
Board any assurances.that you Will restrain your prac-
tice to surgery and pharmacy ?" He answered, that he
not ; and the Board observed, he must expect the.
College to proceed as the law authorised when the
Deferalant said, in the hearing of several persons
• waiting to be examined, " Then yOu are all a parcel
of qui tam scoundrels,': and left the room. • Dr. Pit-
' come likewise deposed that he had received a letter
similar to that sent to Sir L. Pepys,.buthelhadhurnt
it. On his cross-examinetion he said, that a letter of
apology from Defendant had been anbsequently read
at the Board, iii which the Defendant professed the
greatest respect for the College.
Dr. Lambe', Sir L. Pepys, and Dr. George Gilbert
Currie likewise gave evidence, as also Mr. C. Hum-
phries, to theliand-writing of the Aefendant.
The Letter written to Sir Lucas Pepys, by the
Defendant, was then read. It was as follows:
" St. Peter's Hill, April+ 03,4,
" H, Campbell, with respects to Sir Lucas Pepys,
trusts he slept well last night; after having had the
setisfaCtien of treating a stranger ill, and performing
the impoilant funCtiou of interdiaiun. ShOuld Si,'
Lucas, and his intelligent colleagues, be inclined to
persecute Dr. C. furthi:r, them imMediAelyent:
pleas the law against him; and onjoy-itil 'the benefits
that may arise froth,. pi' Shatald Sir
Lucas' think proper ..(0 send his genitor, or make:
egainfto St". Peteri-hill; 'he niu6t be suit, with bet:
ter Manners, or Ills ears will be either lerighthened,
or ciopt, accordin4 to the, taste of the Censors.—
This _fellow has kmoce, in Dr. Campbell's het is be:
havkl'very impu&titly,but, like Mast:3- like male—
, Dr. C. begs leave. to repeat," that he will bear no fur-
ther insalencelrani the very chemical compilers
the Londoe Pharrnacoprea, He wrote to them sus a
Gentleman, and expected, at least, a,,,respetAful an- '
st.cor ; but their treatmeot. will be. Shortly.' pub-

f.

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A sitngar letter to Dr. Lambe was also iea4;
Mr...1),101.1i.u, for the Del'endant,larnented that-the
cause of his unfortunate client had ,not fallen into
more able ltauds.,. Upon the proof adduced to 'sup-
port the prosecution he should make few, or per.
baps, no obser‘ations, because the instructions he had
riceived tended entirely a different way. The De-
fendant was a learned and intelligent man, and who,
at the age of Ili became surgeon to a regiment in;
his Majesty's service.. Instigated by, the 'love of
science, and the hope of benefiting ni,t only 'himself
and tamily, but the community at large,, he removed
from the country to practice in London as a surgeon
and not its a physiCian.. In answer to the first sum-
mons of the Colley:, be wrote a letter in the Mint
respectful terms, and instead of that bring received
as satisfaCtory, wasvagain requited to atten7l.• At this
theDefendaitt was much irritated, and in this tentp-pr
be-obeyed the,. stionnons, while his mind, like A
broken mirror (injured by the inst Alt he conceived
. himself to have-received), refleaed nothing but,the
Multiplied distorted figures of reproach and indigna-
tion. The Defendant ,had not instructed the 1,..e8tn -
ed- Counsel to say a single word -in justification of
the libellOus expressions': 119 tett -lot) much eofl-
cern at having employed them, to- attempt .14r- a
moment to vindicate them. He had, howeVer, since
that• period, done all that mall could do to make re-'
paration : be had scut letters of apology to each of
the Members 'Of the Cdtirrof t.he'Collegt-, and-had
even sent a messenger there to make -amends for
tis' contempt. It 'had not been a question with
the Defendant Whether he should defehtl, him-
self. like an Englishman, or permit judgment -to go
by default ; for ho' WAS determined to appear by his
Counsel, for • the purpose only of apolOgizing•pub--
' liclY for the Oiferi4e"he hacl eorranitted. If the Pro-.
geequirs shouid think :right to prets•for jtniginent
soiostAtieneleuilitht, 'they:could not,,make him re-
tit more his tofidod than be diet jit this rnowein•
'for there wits nc'ptit.tyhtttetrt soievere as the 'convic-
doo, that he: had employed, euressions, certainly-

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