The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-06 00:00:00

COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.

At a Meeting of the Itlyal College of Physi-
cians on tuesday last, the jOth Se,ptember, the
following Members were elected Officers for the
ensuing, year :

P#ESIDE.NT.
Sic Ihr:N 11,m.rbiep, Bart.
CE) soks :
Dr. Powell, I Dr. Billing,
Dr. YounA, Dr. Clovex ,
' TIMASURER—Dr. TURNER.

REGISTRAR...AD& HUE.
COMMISSIONERS

Appointed under the Act for regulating Madhouses :
hir Lucas Pepys, Bart. Dr. Cholmeley
Dr. Aliton - Dr. Ager.
Dr. Bree`

DR. BAILLIE.—At the same Meeting the fal-
lowing tribute of respect to the memory of the late Dr. Baillie
was ordere4 to lie inserted in the College Annals :—" That our
posteritY may know the extent of its obligations to the Bene-
factor, whose death we deplore, be it recorded that Dr. Baillie
gave the whole dills most valuable, collection of anatomical
preparations to the College, and six hundred pounds for the
preservation of the same, and this too (nfiei the exaMple of the
illustrious Harvey) in his life-tithe. • Ris contemporaries need
not an enumeration of his many'Virtues to account for their re-
spectful attachment to him, whilst he lived, or to ,justify. the
profound grief which they feel at his death. But to the rising
generation of Physicians.it may be useful to hold up for an ex-
ample his remarkable simplicity of:heart, his strict and clear
integrity, his generosity, and. that religious principle by which
his conduct seemed always to be governed, as well calculated
to secure to them the respect and good-will of their colleagues
and the profession' nt large, and the high estimation and con-
fidence of thepublic."

PQMCE INTELLIGNCE.

Mr. MARTIN, of GALWAY and of SMITHFIELD,

verrgs

MR. TOWNS/LEWD, POLICE OFFICER AND PRIVY COUN-
CILLOR, artrc3`lEXTll.lonDfriATlV.
UNION-HALL.—Mr. Martin, of Galway, waitedupon Mr.
Allen the Magistrate, 4ppn some matter of,,we believe, a private
nature, and in the course of their conversation, mentioned a
circumstance, which, 'as it was evidently told with the view of
having it publicly stated, and as it furnishes an instance of ex-
traordinary inhumanity punishable by exposure alone, we
readily publish. •
Mr. Martin said, he had a few mornings ago had reason to
lament thelirnited operation of his bill, having ascertained that
a brute in the shape of a human' being,. had treated a poor dog
with a degree of cruelty seldom heard of, except amongst those
•barbarians with.whom cruelty is a principle. A poor woman
who resides in Pimlico had filap-dog, which Mewed her in the
streets. - It appeared that' this dog and another had a fight ;
-which of the animals fared worse was a point of no'consequence.
The animosity by which they were. governed was natural • but
the feeling :which, prevailed' in the mind of the owner of the
second dog, needed only.to be described to ,be univertially,abo-
.minated... .The person to whOm- Mr. Martin said .he alluded
was a police-01liter. This perion called•at the house of the
poor woman who owned the lap.dog, soon after the tight, and
desired to seethe dog. The poor animal ran into its niistress's
lap,, terrified at the manner of, the officer, who deliberately
Araggedit friiin its biding plaCe, 'and with his staff coolly broke
one leg first, and then another; but not satisfied with this
revenge, struck the poor animal as desperate blow on the back,
the bone of' which he smashed ; after which he walked away
without being at all ruffled in his temper or conscious of any
offence. When Air. Martin heard of this 'atrocious act, he
went to 'the woman to whom the dog belonged; she confirmed
the account in every particular, and added, that seeing the dog
in such misery, and knowing that death could be the only relief
to such suffering, she went to tho alit-eland begged for mercy's,
sake that :he: would ,finish his ,work by killing the animal.—
,Prompted, by an aceidental touch of conipassion, or perhaps
by Is very' different feeling, the officer complied with this re-
quest, with the assistance of a rope.
berg interrupted Mr. Martin with the very natU-:
ral ror God's sake, dii you mean any officer of this
estahlishment?"—" No," replied Mr. Martin, "by no means."
44' .13eitiinti,".'added: Mr. Allen; a if-anyone connected with this
office was guilty.of such,atrocious cruelty, he should not remain •
a singletn4rnent Intiongit us." • • ,
Mr. Martin proceeded.—A day or two afterwards he (3lr.
Martin) metqlicafficer in St.:„Tanies'a Palace,and remonstrated
with him upon conduct, which, if proved against a Prince of .
thelgood,,might, in tbe.flon:Member'svpittion. Ilium) arm.
lotion in thli country. " Poll, poll," said the officer, with his
characteristic " what have you to 40 with dogs? '
Youitiill has nothing to say to them you know. "Besides, you
have
-heard double ,of the fact at least. I only broke one leg Of
all ;•• and. 'then I seragged"hiin." As the
only mode of reaching the feeling of such a fellow was throngh
the purse, filtertin offered to bear the expences'of an action
against him ; and the lion. Manlier hoped that the poor
woman; who upPeareda territied 40 the idea Of..infiarning
the wrath of the officer, which might next be directed against
;,lier own; limiest, you'd' be ,indueed tii!de berieltjusticevif for
no other sake than the sake of public Justice. • '
Mr. Allen expressed his astonishment again at the detail,
and the officers, who were in attendanee, seemed to wish to
have all suspicion removed from them, by the announcement of
the name of -the dog-tormentor,
Mr. 11iiitin'thers SAW. that the mail lived in Pirtilico, oppo-
site to the house in which the woman who owned the lap-dog
and •L that in his neighbourhood he wits quite a giant.—
" It is well, however, that he has but little power," said Mr.
M Artin, that .Ithi, authority' is; but brief:: for, 'upon my, Word,
if he had much, he'd use it like a giant."
Martin, wetunderstandfintends to make the statement
of the facts above-mentiened, which were first mentioned to
bins ;by a man of.rault, in a quarter-where it is probable proper
notice will be talten ,of the eiteifinstance.—(Brilish Monitor,
Oct. 5.)

BIGAMY.
14roasn rp.s TRE T.,—A tall well-looking man, of respect-
ciititir'address; who bad the, appearance .0f a sea
captain, and brave his name as Inllians job nston, was brought
before Mr. :BET-, LI.,I.:011 Saturday, and.underwent final.exa-
titillation, on a charge of' bigamy. It appeared that the prisoner
bad Made- it 4, practice,for, some :years.,past of also ming, different
characters, for die purpose or entrapping young girls and Widows
who have been, lift with.amall ,propertyl, whiph his plan has
been to get possessiOn Of' by marrying the dater; or promising
marriage,,.and then, deserting her.
'"The person who' cant forward as the first wife .was a' young
woman, who, though now a cripple, was of interesting appear-
ined?'and hid 'once 'beentberattrifuL'. the wita.ta bllgiiloSS" with
her mother at Lambeth, in 11117, in the haberdashery line, and
bad the ,appearance•of pdaseaming such ,preperty..aa tempted the
prisoner to introduce himself 'as a vender of foreign goods, and
as a man of respectable family. •
The second wife, a young female ()COMM appearance, and
of slant tWentyetwo,yetra bf Age, Nras named annah Cleverly.
It appeared that ,she was a young woman respectably related,
who hatUbeed Poly left, an' rphan, with a small -property, than
vested in trustees, to he. paid. over to her on her marriage or
becoming of age. ~
The prisoner, when called upon for his defence on the first
.exattinatien, assumed the,ntanner of ATOUgh :fader, and'attid
to the 'Magistrate*" May it please your Worship, I'm a sim.
phi" Sgilei, who doesn't bib* the ways ortliese things. I've
been in his Majesty': service for, many.. years,, and I, don't
knoW tf4 `liiii`of the land." He was going on when Mr. Be-
vill,tulvised hint < not, t•-9 make kis case worte,,und to reserve
any thing he might hive further to say Until it came- foi the de-
cistern efLOttry. , - . •
Atr. Cleverley said that the prisoner had made it his trade to
entrap'erls iritb Marriage, and bud then 'robbed them..
Mr. Hl VILL-7.‘ Ves,; anti to be feared that was net
pnge,-final examination,, was require-4 to complete
the fiirmility 6f "proof, the prisoner uttered some' indecencies
.renrcting hill, deconti *Woo .3vllich.l)alcas,ro4ert4t-P.reProlist
Seeing that his committal was inevitable, be assumed an hoptt-
dent that cureless air.. lieuwas fully;committed for trial,, and
the parties were all bound over to prosecute.