The Sun.
London, England, 1815-07-14 00:00:00

RESTORATION OF SI GI

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(Capieil. &cm the Instructor', ;A: Nessemben, 1511)
" Eyes to the
'4 We continue the very pleasing task of 'extracting from
the Morning Post, of t Ist
.s(ith and -23 d of Oa tobssr 4 but that
Our readers !nay not lose Eight of the. va,tnation42l liarient-
ance of .the communications made- f4:,y the Isrtsprietors of that
paper, we.again refer our Tenders, to the fourth page of The
Instructor of the 23d October; the third Page of the :Anti
October; and the third page' of the fit h November, et hisit
may, indeed. be called a mass of infosstiatien itself; hat we
know not whatto call it,' if we add the same 'to nearly Six
Thousand well-aathenticated Cares, previously published'i
this passer since July, 150:L"
ExtrAct of a IsAter from a Nobleman at Ghent, to Mr. Wil-
' limns, the Proprietor and' Director of the Royal General
Dispensary, 98, High Holborn, London; Oculist Extracts'
dinary to his Most Christian Majesty Lucia XVIII.; Che-
valter of the Legion of Honour, Member of the Colleges
of Physicians of Paris, Thoulieuse; Marseilles, Toulouse,
Chalons, &c. h&c. &c. dated 20th May, 1815, who has been
cured of an ulcer in one rye.-
" Dear Sir, I renew my thanks for the remedy which you
so kindly put into my hands. I haWe the pleasure to inform
you that my sight is now perfectly recovered, and I feel no
more inconvenience from the ulceration which was in my eye.
I hope soon to have the happiairgs of seeing you again in
France : in the interim you will please accept the assurance
of Ilse highest consideratitm; with whiCh I have the honour
to'be, Sir, your's, *&c.&c. .
" COUNT GEORGE DE CARAMAN."
Extracts of Letters addressed to Mr. Williams.
I. Extract of a, very iniportaut letter, containing a case,
'Which is sudicient,to answer a question (frequently put) re-
specting the permanency of the cures effected : Mrs. James,
of St. Just, Cornwall, LaTh been dreadfolly afflicted, 23 years,
with Specks and Films, 1110. a discharge of virulent matter,
but was .restored "to sight 16 years since, by Mr. Williams;
and in order to shew that the core (perforated 15 years since)
was permanent, the patient (Mrs. James) has .been recently
visited by the Rev. G. C. Smith, of Penzance; and the Rev.
Mr. Shells of Marazion, Cornwall, who have written a letter
of thanks to Mr. W,.in behalf of the patient, corroborating
the facts, and declare that her sight continues perfect to this
day, without the aid of any medicine whatsoever ; and is now
enabled to work at her husband's business, which is that of a
tailor! I 'llse Rev. Mr. Tresider the Minister, Joins Milieu,
Esq. ands Mr. W. Chinahes, the Churchwardens, and alf the
other respectable Inhabitants of the above pal isle, are witnesses
of the above cure performed in the year,l799, and also of its
permanency, to this clay.
No. 2. Of the Case and Core of Mr. Ws TUrner, butcher,
No. 3, Bury-street, St: james's-square, stating his being re-
s Cured to sight of one eye, in three weeks, and 'of his perfect
cure in less than three mouths, of. a most violent attach of
Opthalmia—recommended by
No. 3. T. Wirgman, Esq. jeweller, GS, St, James's-street,
who is one amongst thousands who can now lay aside their
spectacles as useless, after being obliged to use them. This
gentlemais recommended Mr. Turner, and many of his own
particular friends, who are essentially benefited. When
cured (its addition to payment of the accustomed fees), Mr.
Wirgman sent an elegant silver tea-pot, with an inscription
round its sides, in testimony of gratitude fur tine benefit he
had received.
N0.,4. A letter from Majors General Peelle, dated Wood-
bury, giving an account of two patients who rein nett public
thanks in the Church for their being vs stored to sight, through
the assistance of that Gentlemn, in the course of the very
short period of Six Days, although Blind ilkone Eye each, by
the Ophthalmia.
Nu. 5. EXtract of an account of one who was in total dark-
ness Fifty-three years,' benefitted at Dundee, Scotland, through
the assistance of the Rev. Mr. Campbell, of that place, who
.bas been of service to upwards of an hundred persons within
the space of six numths.
No. G. Extract of an acccount of another, aged Fifty-seven,
who is now able to see to walk about without a guide, b)! the
sight of the Eye which had been blind nearly Fifty-seven
years! and declares he Dever recollects haring seen any ob-
ject with that Eye, consc4aently we conclude, that on one
Lye he was born blind; and the other Eyes which became
blind by tire two years since, is also much benefited through
the assistance of the Rev. Mr. Maclean, of Newton-upon-Ayr,
Scotland, who has been of .essential service to many other
persons within the swim period.
No. 7. Extract of an account of the perfect cure of Maria,
the daughter a G. Richardson, 3, Cottle-buildings, Weston,
near Bath, after being turned out of the Bath Dispensary as
incurable—every one supposing her eyes to have perished.—
This-was one Core, nut of nearly two hundred, effected in
that city and vicinity.
No. 8. Extract of a letter from 'l'. Swinbonrn, Esq. banker,
dated House, near Daisy, Sept. t 6, giving an ac-
count of two very retnarkable cures—one of which after a
blindness from the real Egyptian Ophthalmia.-
• No. 9. Extract of a, letter from the rtev. Doctor Varenne,
dated Wesley, near Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, October
'l7th, giving an account of two Restored to Sight v 1 one Eye
each by Use assistance of that Gentleman.
THE THREE FOLLOWING ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
No. 10. Extract of a letter from Robert Anderson, Esq.
(nephew to the late Dr„ Douglas, Bishop of Sztlisbury,) dated
No. 2; Bedford-square, .li.ine '2B, 1809, stating his perfect core
,(in three months) of Dimness of Sight, from Ophthalmia,
&c. in the tropical ciimate, although he had been twelve
months under the care of other Oculists, in Loudon, to no
purpose.
No. 11. Extract of a second letter, dated Feb. 5111, 1810,
confirming his former letter, and stating his intention again
to return to the East ladies, Sod his confidence in Mr. and
Mrs. Willituns's Medicines.
NO. 12. Extract of a third letter from the same Gentleman,
now ',Laster Attendant at Madras, dated Madras, Sept. 10,
1810, stating, that aithough he has occasion to make constant
use of his eyes (which helms always sutiered by using, to a
great degree), -yet, by occasionally dressing his eyeS with Mr.
s Medicines (entrusted to his care for that purpose)
they are kept in goad- order, and has no doubt of that being
the ease, althutigh turned of sixty years of age.
No. 13. Extract of ass account of one who was blind in one
eye Twelve years, and two years its both, couched twice by an
eminent Oculist—had only a little glimmering light, yet re-
stured.to sight through, the assistance of the late Alr. S..
Mitchell, of Shefiord, near Newbury, Berks.
No. 14. J",xtract of an account of many who Pave been also
Restored to Sight—(one a Gutta Serena, and two Cataract
Cases)—through the assistauee of John Taylor, Esq. of Mass
bons', near Rotherham, Yorkshire; who also, with Mr. and
Mrs. lVilliants's Medicines, restored himselt to the sight of
an eye, which had been blind 'Twenty-siv years.
Nu. 15. Extract of an account of a Prussian sailor, who
was impressed into his Majesty's set vice on board the Imo-
gene, Captain Stevens; alter which he met with an accident
which rendered him totally blind; the Doctor of the ship, in
vain, used every exertion ; and from thence he was sent sue-
.. cessively into the Hospitals at Malta, Portsmouth-, and
Greenwich, but dismissed from the whole as incurable, with
a pension for life; since which period, a celebrated Oculist
in London pronounced lie could do nothing fur bins; yet on
the 14th of May, 1511, lie was restored to Sight in a few
minutes, without any surgical operation, its the presence
Mr. Phillips, master of the Tavern, the Porcupine Free-
Masons' Lodge, 2u9, Newport-street, Newport-market,
London, and several other respectable witnesses, whir wit-
nessed his being led.to No. 3, Red Lion-square, in total dark-
ness (of Twenty-two Weeks standing); and of his returning
to the Free Masons' Lodge without a guide I Almost the
whole of the Masonic Society in London know the above
Fact, having previously contributed towards Ins support, he
hieing a Master Mason of the Liverpool Lodge, 115.
Notes The visual organ of the lett eye was not injured, but
the tendons or ligaments of the eye were stretched in one
particular direction to such a degree, by the rove which
cause in contact with his lace with such-violence, as to take
with it the right eye completely front the socket. The left
csit was turned round in its orbit, buS - by dressing the eye
with his Medicines, the eye was agerin brought into its pi oper
• position..
No. i 3. Extract of,a letter from W. Coryton,'• Esq. late
.Capsaiti of the Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia, stating his
p,;:i feet Cure Of Opthaltnia, dated No. 10, George-street,
sth of Mars:lloBl°4 Now Scone to flue West Indies.
No. 17. Extract ut a letter from I. Dietiresk, Esti, Adju-
tant of the Foreign Depot, dated 2ssil Aug. Ixll, slating the
pet :rot recovery of the sight of his child, after a severe at-
taukot Ovthahnia.
:No. 18. .I..:):tract of,,an account of one who had been blind
in. out: eye fitly-one years, restored, to sight, through the as-
sistance of Mrs. Parinll, of Canto bury,- who has been of
vsey esesastial service to illipiense numbers iii that city.
Ni. 20. Extract of au itt.C.ollllt, of another (a gef10c,„,,,1
far-
+ liter its Sudiill:), restored the sight of an eye, although born
htind by Catoratt., added to winch the eye was nearly covered
with cat exterior lilul, 37 years (through] repeated sullatnaia-
, rinks in' infancy), and bUCAIIIC a patient to Mr. and Mrs. W.
through the au rice of Mr. Borwoud, an assistant to Messrs.
Lachlitgtons and Co. Booksellers, Finsbury-square.
No. 21. Extract of alit/liter, from a Mr. Capon, Excise Otii,
- cer, after losing bliad Snaffle eye 39 years, restored to sight by
Nits. IS-.'whilst on a visit at Exmouth. Now• lives at -South
Muiton, Devon, anti alto Stiss wills both eyes ! !

WESTMINST SESSAONS.

tliore A:1,7, myrtle('
:s;(!f:.tiers f<IT nod Uhl-vies
14.....10te Ptench of 'Alrgistrtes,' att..o lit %
‘VATSi,-,m the chair. The Court was principally
otc4;;etl itt rtcogrtit acces,
revimions tWi 'the first returns Aineler the new
Act for procuring occounts.rehrtive t<, t he exiielice
and maintenance of the poorin England, &c.

Joseph Knight and W. srow, fouhd gttilty at,
the: last Meeting of the Sessions, of ti misdemea-
nour, in attempting to commit a burglary in Gros-
venor Mews,-,were severally sentenced to three
months imprisonment io the [louse of Correction.
'l'. Williams, a boy,. about 14 years of age, was
charged with picking a Gentleman's' pociet," in
Palace-yard,
.on the day of the meeting there,
whin Sir F. Burdett took the chair; but the pro-
secutor not appearing, Mr. MAINwAttiNG declined
proceeding against the prisoner on the Police Act,
on the mother promising to send bim to sea.—
Acquitted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday John Hunt and Joseph Bell were
brought to the otiice.by Ruthen, - and charged by
him on suspicion of being cor!cernc4 in breaking
open- and robbing the Prince of Wales Cofiee-
house,•in Leicester-place. One of the prisoners
was a waiter at the house ; the other is a person.
well known at the office.—They were committed
for further examination.