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newspapers of to-day—(Hear, hear)—from which that
ntleman was quite ready, it would seem, to go at
once to canvass the electors of the borough of Lewes.
—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") It could not, there-
fare, be pretended that there were any serious grounds
fir an inquiry into the health of the Sheriff, and
!ie saw no reason for adopting the course which had
been recommended.—{Hear, hear.)
Sir R. H. INGLIS said that from the first [part of
the Noble Lord's speech he thought that it would
naturally follow that he wonld consent to the
proposition that Sheriff Evans should be forthwith
discharged. The Noble Lord, however, had
concluded by saying that there were not yet sufficient
grounds for the release of the Sheriff, and he appeared
to think that they might keep him in custody a little
longer, and try his constitution a little more. It was
true that he was growing worse under his confinement
—it was true that he was in no immediate danger ; but
that there would be danger if he were to continue
under restriction. Afrer that he (Sir R. H.
Inglis) thought that the Noble Lord was jus-
tified in saying that be wanted no further evidence ;
and he hoped the Noble Lord would have been pre
pared, on that evidence, to give way to his own
natural feelings, and to release the Sheriff altoge-
ther.—(Hear, hear.) One snight have expected that
the Noble Lord would have been anxious to take
the opportunity that had been afforded for liberating
Mr. Evans. Mr. Freeman had told them last night
that the health of the Sheriff would be every day en-
dangered by continuing his confinement, and that
he was growing worse and worse under it.
But then the Noble Lord thought it consistent with
his position in that House to state, as another ground
for resisting the motion, that there had appeared an
advertisement in the papers, stating that Mr. Sheriff
Evans had expressed his wish to become a candidate
for the suffrages of the electors of Lewes. Had the
Noble Lord read the advertisement—( Hear, from Lord
J. Russell)—then the Noble Lord had forgotten it,
for it stated that being a prisoner, the Sheriff
could not solicit the support of the electors in
person, but that, if elected, he would endeavour
to serve them.—( Hear, hear.) The Sheriff did
not state that he would canvass the electors.
He knew that the tyrant majority in that House
bad effectually prevented his doing so. The
Noble Lord would have acted consistently if he bad
substituted for it the discharge of the Sheriff. But when
the Noble Lord said he was not quite satisfied as to
the necessity of that discharge—his consistent course
would have been to agree to the calling in one of the
highest physicians in the country. He (Sir Robert
Inglis) hoped the Noble Lord would not press his oppo-
sition to the motion to a division, but would at once
call in Dr. Chambers.
Mr. GORING said he had that day seen Mr. Sheriff
Evans, and had learned that it was not with his concur-
rence, or at his wish, that the Noble Lord's (Mahon)
communisation had been last evening made. The medi-
cal gentleman who had made the statement had done EO
from a conviction of what he owed to the health of the
Sheriff.
Mr. MILNES thought the House was engaged in a
very undignified discussion.—(Hear, hear.) After the
evidence that was given last night at the bar, the pre-
sent discussion could not be useful or creditable
to the House, or to Mr. Sheriff Evans. The evi-
dence that there was no ground for the application
made by his Noble Friend last night was not invali-
dated by the fact of Doctor Chambers having been called
in. He thought his Noble Friend had not consulted
the dignity of the Sheriff himself by his arguments ad
miserieordiam.—(Cries of " Hear, bear.") Appeals
were made from day to day as if the House was acting
in a vindictive capacity, or any bad feeling existed to-
wards Mr. Evans. Had not that gentleman been
treated with every mark of respect and homage ?
(Oh, oh, and Igughter.) Yea, his conduct had been
quoted with respect by every Member who opposed his
liberation, Every indulgence, short of liberation, ought
to be granted to him.—(Hear, and a laugh.) The
House would stultify itself if it altered its course.
The confinement was rendered imperative.
Sir A. DALRYMPLE did not think that the dig-
nity of the House would be lowered by attending
to representations made by gentlemen of high profes-
sional character; He' had stood near the bar when the
evidence of Mr. Freeman was given last night, and ho
observed the manner in which that evidence was given.
And, in consequence of that, he made inquiries whether
Mr. Freeman was a man of eminence in his profession,
and the result of that inquiry was, that he was a gentle-
man of eminence and great practice in this part of
the metropolis. He understood that that gentle-
man had come forward under the impression that
the life of the individual, whom he had been in the
habit of attending for years, was in danger.—(Hear,)
He therefore thought that it would not be beneath the
dignity of that House to consider whether they would
not listen to that individual. With respect to Dr.
Chambers, he thought after the mode in which Mr.
Freeman was examined last night, he bad acted per-
fectly right in sending for Dr. Chambers. Though
every Hon. Member did not know the character of Mr.
Freeman they did that of Dz. Chambers.
Mr. LAM BTON thought that the Noble Lord the
Member for Hertford ought to explain to the House
whether, when he made his speech yesterday, he was
aware that Mr: Sheriff Evans was going to offer himself
as a candidate for the borough of Lewes, and he thought
it was also due to the House that he should state
whether he knew of it at the time he made his speech
that evening.
Lord MAHON would answer the two questions in
one word. The first and only intimation he had had of
the intention of Mr. Sheriff Evans was reading his ad-
dress in the Times Newspaper that mornii,g. He did
not know whether that was an authentic oocument or
not.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.)
Sir R. PEEL thought the House ought to look to
this subject in its judicial capacity only. He (Sir R.
Peel) bad come down to the House, expecting that the
subject he had to decide would be, whether the evi-
dence given at the bar yesterday was sufficient to jus-
tify the House in liberating Mr. Sheriff Evans, and he
had come down to the House with the intention of
discharging fearlessly the painful duty of declaring
that in his opinion that evidence eras not sufficient
to justify the House in taking such a step.—( Hear,
hear.) He had, however, been unexpectedly called
upon to decide another question, which was, whether
Dr. Sir William Chambers should be permitted to
be examined at the bar ; and considering the course
that had been adopted with respect to Mr. Sheriff
Wheelton, and considering the high character of Dr.
Chambers, and theconsequent importance of hisevidence
he thought the House ought not to object to Dr.
Chambers being called in to give his evidence at the
bar. As he had before said upon the evidence, as given
by Mr. Freeman, he did not think the House would be
justified in discharging Mr. Sheriff Evans, and if Dr.
Chambers's evidence was of a similar import, he should
be prepared to follow the course he had hitherto
determined to adopt. But, supposing that Dr. Cham-
bers should show that Mr. Sheriff Evans's health had
been greatly impaired by his confinement, he should have
regretted extremely if he had not been examined at the
Bar

Colonel SA LWEY said the Right Hon. Baronet,
the Member for the University of Oxford, was very
fond of taunting that side of the House with being a
tyrant majority, more especially upon this question.
There was, however, a poor man who had been in
confinement for many months—he alluded to John
Thorogood—( Laughter, and cries of " Hear, hear.")
That poor mut obtained none of the sympathy of Hon.
Members opposite, although be had been f-r fourteen
months the victim of a tyrant Church.—(Cheers.)
Mr. NICHOL believed that the Hon. Member was
himself the defendunt in a Church-rate suit, so that it
was natural he should sympathize with John Thorogood
—(Laughter)—and he believed that he had very little
chance of success.

Lord J. RUSSELL said, although it was against
his own opinion, be thought that in such a case it
would be better that there should be no diviskn
—( Rear, hear)—he would therefore, though unwil-
lingly, agree to the motion of the Noble Lord.
The question was then put and agreed to, and
Dr. Chambers was called in and examined by the
SPEAKER.
What is your name ?—William Frederick Chambers.
I believe you are a physician ?—I am.
Hare you been called upon to attend upon and exA-
mine Mr. Sheriff Evans ?—I saw him for the first time
this morning.
State to the House what you consider the present
state of his health.—His appearance shows that he is
labouring under ill health, and that arises from a very
imperfect state of the digestive organs, he is fat, of a
bilious appearance, and gouty.—( Laughter, and cries
of " Order.") He has suffered several severe or tem-
porary fits of the gout.
Do you consider him in such a st:ite of health
as that his life would be endangered by
farther confinement ?—I think his health would be
much deteriorated by further confinement—the disorders
to which he is now subject by it would he turned into
absolute disease ; for instance, if indigestion were allowed
to go on, the liver first becomes disordered, and when the
defect is' continued, the disorder becomes a disease,
and we know that from that flows bilious attacks and
the gout.
The witness was then ordered to withdraw.
Lord MAHON thought the evidence now received
went to show that if Mr. Evans' confinement was
continued much longer, dangerous disease might arise
from his present state of health. The statement of
Dr. Chambers fully corroborated that of Mr. Free-
man, and he did not think the House would incur the
responsibility of endangering the life of any individual.
Under these circumstances, he begged to move that Mr.
Sheriff Evans be forthwith discharged from the custody
of the Sergeant-at-Arms.
Mr. KELLY seconded the motion. He thought the
evidence they had just heard entitled to the greatest
consideration, If the House wished to support its ,
dignity and privileges, let them imprison some other
person whose health was not s,) had—(A laugh)— j
but when it was admitted on both sides that Mr. '

Sheriff Evans had committed uo molel offence, and
that he acted merely is the conscier Com discharge of his
duty, lie trusted the House would not longer per-
severe in its present course.—(Hear, hear, hear.)
Ho did not know whether the advertisement which had
been alluded to was genuine or not. If it were
genuine, and it appeared that Mr. Sheriff Evans was
in a condition to go and canvass a constituency, with a
view to a contested election, then he (Mr. Kelly)
should say that his state of health could not be such as
to entitle him to a discharge, supposing his imprison-
ment to be just under the orders of the House. But
there was nothing in that advertisement from which it
appeared that Mr. Sheriff Evans was in a state of
body to enable him to go and canvass a constituency.
As it appeared from the testimony of both the medical
gentlemen that fir. Sheriff Evans, if longer confined,
would be thrown into a state of indisposition, which
would seriously endanger his life, and feeling that the
privileges of the House had been sufficiently vindicated
by the course that had been taken, he did hope the
House would, on consideration, agree to the motion
of his Hon. Friend.
Sir WALTER JAMES observed, that as the
Noble Lord opposite, in the course of his speech, al-
luded to an advertisement that appeared in one of the
papers,to-day, he could not help reminding the Noble
Lord of a circumstance which, to his mind, rendered it
not improbable that the statement which appeared in
the Times newspaper was a forgery—namely, that the
Hon. Baronet the Member for Buckingham had that
evening moved for a new writ for the borough of Hel-
ston, in the room of Viscount Cantilupe, who, it was
well-known, was about to canvass the borough of Lewes.
Sir ROBERT ING LIS said, that with respect to
the use which the Noble Lord had said it would be
likely that Mr. Sheriff Evans would make of his liberty,
he had sent for a copy of the address, which, he said,
with permission of the House—(Loud cries of " Order,
order," as the Hon. Baronet unfolded a newspaper and
was preparing to read the address.)
The SPEAKER would remind the Hon. Member
that he was scarcely in order in reading a Newspaper
in the House.
Sir ROBERT INGLIS would bow to the decision
of the House. Although he knew it was not allowable to
quote a Newspaper in the House, yet he had thought
that he was not precluded from quoting the address, as
the matter had been previously alluded to.—(Loud
laughter, occasioned by the deliberate manner in which
the Hon. Baronet folded up the paper, and put it into
his pocket.) He alluded to the first line of the second
paragraph of the address ; he thought the best mode of
settling the question would be by producing the paper,
but as he was precluded from doing so, he would state
to the House what that paragraph was. It was as fol-
lows :—" Visited with imprisonment, and deprived of
that personal liberty which has ever been the birthright
of Englishmen, for no crime but that of having in obe-
dience to the laws, and obedience to my oath, discharged
the high office of Sheriff of Middlesex ; I feel that no
apology will be necessary for not paying my respects to
you in person upon this occasion." That was stated as
the ground of his inability to make a personal canvass.
It was very unfair of the Noble Lord to throw it out
as an imputation that the first use this gentleman would
make of his liberty would be. to visit the electors of
Lewes. Surely that was not an un-English use to
make of it, even if he should do so. He thought from
what they had heard from Mr. Freeman yesterday, cor-
roborated as that statement was by what they had heard
from Dr. Chambers, there was sufficient reason shown
for releasing Mr. Sheriff Evans, unless they were pre-
pared to keep him in custody until he died. The
House had surely vindicated their privileges suffi-
ciently; they had triumphed over the Sheriffs, and the
Court of Queen's Bench had acknowledged their pri-
vileges by refusing to deliver him on the writ of Habeas
Corpus. This ought to satisfy the House, and they
ought not any longer to keep him in custody, to the in-
jury of his health, and, perhaps, of his life. He should
have stopped here if the Hon. and Gallant Member
for Ludlow, servilely copying what had fallen froin
another lion. Member on a former occasion, had not
taunted him with his indifference to the sufferings of .
that martyr, John Thorogood, and had asked why he
had never expressed any sympathy for hitn.—(Cheers
from the Ministerial benches.) Was there no diffe-
rence, he would ask, between a person legally con-
victed ?—(lronical elseers.) He did not say that he
had been convicted.—(Loud cheers and laughter.)
He was going to put two cases, but would content him-
self with one; that individual refused to plead 10
Court, the jurisdiction of which was most conclusively ,
competent, and he had little doubt that John Thoro-
good was prepared to appear to that cause, and would
have done so but for the advice of false friends.—
(Cries of Question.) He would only say he concurred
in the motion of his Hon. Friend.
Mr. HO RSMAN begged to call the attention of
the House to a remarkable discrepancy in the evidence
of the medical gentlemen who had been examined, and
which appeared to have escaped the observation of the
House. Mr. Freeman had stated yesterday that Mr.
Sheriff Evans was suffering from a badly diseased liver.
Dr. Chambers stated to-day that he had no disease of
the liver, but that hiS digestive organs were so far dis-
ordered that it might affect his liver if he were kept
confined. He thought that under these circumstances,
and that of his having offerer: himself as a candidate for
Lewes, were sufficient to show that it would be absurd.
to agree to the motion tor his liberation on the ground
that his He was endangered by confinement.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that before the last
Hon. Gentleman who spike had risen, he was about
to offer himself to the attention of the House, to make
a motion by way of amendment. Like the Right
Hon. Member for Tawworth, he had come down to the
House prepared to vote that the evidence they had
heard last night was not sufficient to induce the House
to consent to the liberation of Mr. Sheriff Evans. He
had known Mr. Freeman for a long time, and knew
him to be a gentleman of great respectability and talent,
but he did not think his evidence, in a medical point of
view, was such as to require the immediate liberation
of Mr. Sheriff Evans, and, like many other Hon. Mem-
bers, he did not think the testimony of Dr. Chambers
was satisfactory. lie •had not risen to examine Dr.
Chambers himself; leaving it for others who were more
competent to do so, but as no Hon. Member had risen,
and he thought it right there should be a more full
examination, he was very anxious, and should now move,
that Dr. Chambers should be re-called.
Lord MAHON said that he was very ready to
withdraw his motion for the present in compliance with
the amendment of his Right Hon. Friend.
Lord HO WICK said that before the motion of the
Noble Lord or the amendment of his Right Hon.
Friend came before the House, he would beg leave to
make a suggestion. It appeared to him that they
would be involving themselves in very considerable diffi-
culties by pursuing that medical examination any further.
He thought that there was no gentleman who had been
present during the examination of Sir William Cham-
bers on that evening, or of Mr. Freeman on yesterday,
but did not see how painful and disagreeable to Mr.
Sheriff Evans the entire of those examinations must be.
—(Hear, hear.) For his part he felt that unless there
was some great and obvious necessity for continuing
those examinations, it would be better to avoid such a
proceeding. It appeared to him that there was a
course which it was in the power of the House to adopt,
and by which, without incurring prolonged examina-
tions, they would escape the danger, which he felt to be
a serious one, of making Mr. Evans suffer in his health
by a continuation of his confinement. He entirely
agreed with those Hon. Members who had expressed
their opinions that there had been nothing in the evi-
dence hitherto given in the case which could render it
necessary for the House to order the discharge of the
Sheriff. But on the other hand, it appeared to him
that there was much of that evidence which made it ex-
ceedingly desirable and highly expedient that they
should not continue Mr. Evans in that species of cus-
tody in which he was now placed. It was impossible
to have listened to the evidence of Sir Wm. Chambers
without seeing that it was not altogether improbable
that a prolongation of that custody might be attended
with serious consequences—(Hear,hear)—and he knew
nothing more likely to enlist the feelings of the public
against them, and to weaken them in pursuing that
course of asserting their own privileges, which he was
most anxious to follow, than that it should turn out
that while they were balancing probabilities as to the
health of the Sheriff that gentleman should contract a
serious, and perhaps a mortal disease. It appeared to
him that under those circumstances the course which the
House should adopt was, not that of discharging Mr.
Evans, but of directing that he should be permitted to
take up his residence, under the custody of an officer of
that House, in such a place out of town as his medical
advisers might recommend.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.")
All danger of his suffering from a prolongation of
his present state of confinement would thus be removed,
and at the same time the House would manifest its
fixed determination to enfo.ce its authority. The Hon.
Member for the University of Oxford had said that
enough had been already done for the dignity of the
House. When a person was committed for contempt,
in his (Lord Howick's) opinion enough had never been
done for the dignity of the House until that person had
submitted himself to the House, presented a petition
praying for enlargement, and profess his contrition for
the fault he had committed, with his determination not
again to fall into a similar fault.—(Hear, bear.) The
Sheriff had done nothing of the sort. Nay, more, be
had positively flown directly in the face of the House.
—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Baronet, the Member for
Oxford, had said there was no similarity between the
Sheriff's case and that of John Thorogood ; that Thoro-
good had refused to submit himself to the Court by
which he had been summoned ; that be had at first
been inclined to do so, but had been deterred by.,,r the
bad advice of the false frii.nds who misled him.—(near,
hear.) Now that was precisely the Sheriff's case.—
(Hear, hear.) The Sheriff, if•he submitted to the
authority of that House would be discharged, but
instead of that, he preferred yielding to the sugges_
tion of his false friends—(Hear, hear, hear)—though
had it not been for those suggestions he (Lord Howick)
firm!y believed that the Sheriff would ere this have sub-
mitted.—( Hear.) He most earnestly entreated the

EVENT-NG VDITIONr.

House not to run the risk of an injury to the beelili of
the Sheriff, but to take the course he had recommended,
and thereby show their fixed resolution not to yield
their privilege. He thought it most peculiarly im-
portant that they should, on this occasion, shove such
resolution, for he thought much depended on that, to
determine the course which the Queen's Bench would
pursue when they next assembled, in Easter Term, as
to the writ of inquiry. If they wavtred at all, no
doubt the Queen's Bench would gladly take the advan-
tage.—(Hear.) But if they showed a fixed deter:eine-
tion he could not believe (hat the Court would act so ,
much at variance with all the precedents, and all the
practice, of other Cciiirts, as to force an innocent party
to take a course which must necessarily subject him to
a punishment from which they had themselves solemnly
determined they could not release him—(Hoar)—and
under these circumstances doubtless the Court would
abstain from enforcing- upon the Sheriff the execution of
a writ of inquiry.—(Hear.) For all these reasons he
trust(' the House would agree to the course he now
proposed.
Col. SI BTHORP questioned whether, in the event
of a dissolution of Parliament the Noble Lord the
Member for e:;roird would not find that the country took r
a very different view of this subject from that which the
Noble Lord and his colleagues supported. He thought
that they would, in that event, find such a reception all
over the country that they woehl rather be hanged than
lace it.—( Laughter.) The Noble Lord wire last ad-
dressed the House called on a former occasion for
harsh measures. But what harsher measures could he
want?—(Hear, and a laugh.) Was not it enough for
him that some of the prisoners were denied the use of
pen, ink, and paper ?—(A laugh.) The Noble Lord
changed his ailed, however, and now he was willing to
give the Sheriff the benefit of a country excureion.—
( Hear, hear, anti a laugh.) He (Colonel Sithorp)
very deeply regretted that he had not a vote for Lewes
—(Cheers and laughter.) If he had a vote the House
might depend upon it be would go down to LeWes to
to vote for Mr. Sheriff Evans.—(Renewed cheers and
laughter.) Yes, and he would think himself honoured
in being allowed to vote for so honourable a gentleman.
—(Hear, hear.) He warned the House-, that if the -
motion of his Hon. Friend (Lord Mahon) was not
agreed to they would have cause to regret their eon-
duet.—(Hear.)
Sir ROBERT PEEL said the real question was
whether Mr. Sheriff Evans should be discharged upon
the merits of the case that had been made in Lis behalf,
or on the ground that he bad already suffered a stiff-
cleat amount of punishment. H e thought it un-
worthy of the House to act apparently upon one
ground while it was really doing so upon another.
If the House was satisfied that Ailr. Sheriff Evans had
already undergone sufficient punishment for the offence
he had committed, it was unesorthy,of them to discharge
him upon the pretext of ill health. Besides, it would
be forming a precedent which all other persons placed
in similar circumstances would be entitled in equity to
take the benefit of. He thought it but justice entirely
to disregard the address that had appeared in the news-
, papers, indeed they had no evidence of its authenticity.
He could assure the House that his first impression
was that it was not genuine—(Hear, hear)—because
he considered it most singular that his medical adviser
should have come to the House yesterday, stating that
Mr. Sheriff Evans was in ill health, while he was ac-
tually writing an address to the electors of Lewes.—
(Hear, hear.) He agreed with the conclusion to whicli
the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Howick) had come;
he. could not vote for the absolute and unconditional
discharge of Air. Sheriff Evans, but he was willing that I
any course should be taken for the maintenance of his I
health that medical men might think accessary, as he I
considered the House would incur a most serious rc-
sponsibility, if they run the risk of laying the foundation
of a permanent disease. He thought the suggestion of
the Noble Lord the Member for Northumberland was
one that ought to be acted upon, without interferink
with the privileges or authority of the House.
Mr. HOBHOUSE contended that no person corn-
mitted for a violation of the law, by any Court of Jus-
tice, could be discharged on such grounds as had been
alleged in Mr. Sheriff. Evans' case.
Mr. PLLJMPTRE supported the motion.
The LORD ADVOCATE observed that it was
not unusual in his part of the country, to give persons
under confinement in criminal cases, liberty for a cer-
tain
be forthcoming When required.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL did not know what might Ihe the power of the CoUrts of Scotland, but he did
know that when a person's life was in danger who was
in a prison in England, that that was considered a round I
for the interference of the prerogative of the (lout.
With regard to this case he merely wished to observe
upon the difference between this case and those in
which the prerogative of mercy was usually exercised.,
but without giving any decided opinion. With regard ;
to persons whose health might be endangered by far-
ther confinement, he did not know that that n ieht be
a reason for interference on the part of the House.
But with respect to a person in whose constitution it
might be said there wes some danger of disease arising,
he did not think that in that case the prerogative of
the Crown would be exercised, and he could Got help
bearing in mind the decision he came to, with respect
to a person whose case came before that House—he
meant Mr. W. Lovett. Affidavits were sent up, and
the Report of the surgeon, with regard to the state of
Lovett's health. There was nothing to show that his •
health was in any serious danger at that time'e but then
was the evidence of medical men declaring that his
constitution was a very delicate constitution, and that
confinement might be injurious to his health. .
Now, he did not consider that evidence sufficient to
justify him to advise the Crown to interfere. He was
not sure that in this case he should do so, and he was very
_unwilling to apply to this gentleman, who was in a
higher station, a degree of mercy which was not applied
to a person in an inferior station.—( Hear, hear.) He,
therefore, felt great difficulty on this occasion. He
thought, however, the proposal made by his Noble Friend
would prevent the imputation that they were putting
this person's life in danger, and therefore, though still
with considerable doubt, he should support the motion
of his Noble Friend.
Lord HOWICK said if the Right Hon. Baronet
would withdraw his amendment, he would move one.
Sir J. GRAHAM thought that further evidence
should be heard, as to the degree of confinement that
would be consistent with safety, and he should there-
fore persist in his amendment.
Dr. Chambers was then re-called.
Sir J. GRAHAM—When you saw Mr. Evans, did
you meet Mr. Freeman ?-1 did.
Did he state his view of -the malady of Mr. Sherir
Evans ?—Certainly.
Did he state to you what length of time he Lad at
tended Mr. Sheriff Evans ?—I think he did, but I don',
recollect.
Did Mr. Freeman state to you that in his medic.'
treatment of Mr. Sheriff Evans, he had treated him 0- t
a supposition that his liver was affected ?—He did.
Did you examine Mr. Evans with a view to asce:

tain if there was any enlargement of the liver ?—I did.
Is there any ?—I must answer that question a
length. There is not that enlargemenosvhich coast,
tutes disease. The whole region of the liver is turgis.:
hard, and in that state we consider congestive.
The term used by Mr. Freeman was induration ; dc.
you think there is any danger from that state ?—There
is no induration in the real medical sense lif the term,
but to the extent of turgescence.
Do you consider the state of his health to be such
that close confinement would be injurious to him ?—I do.
Do you think that custody such as he Las been sub-
jected for the last six weeks must inevitably induce
disease ?—I cannot say that ; that must depend upon
circumstances.
Would you like to incur the responsibility of saying
that a further confinement of six weeks would not in-
duce disease ?--I cannot say. I should not like to take
upon myself the responsibility of saying that continued
confinement would not be likely to do so.
What do you consider the length of confinement suf.
ficent to produce this effect ?—I cannot mower that question.
Do you think it necessary that some relaxation of the
severity of his confinement would be likely to benefit i
him ?—I doubt whether anything but absolute freedom
would restore him to health.
Do you think any relaxation as regards air or exarci,- ".
would be beneficial ?-1 cannet undertake to say tint
anything short of total freedom would tend to Fedora.
him—freedom of mind from anxiety, as well as of betty 1
from confinement.

Do you think that any such enlargement as that yc:.
have alluded to would be benefited by perfect freedom
—I cannot say. Ido not know that even perfect friat.
dom would restore any individual to health.
Is this a case in which' you entertain any doubt of tb
injury inflicted by confinement ?—I should say that A
habit of body such as that of Mr. Sbesiff Evans was pe-
culiarly disposed to suffer injury from confinement.
By Lord JOHN RUSSELL,—Did you pet any
questions to Mr. Sheriff Evans respecting tho exercit)
and air which he is able to take at present ?—I under-
stand he is allowed to walk in the cloisters.
Did you find the room in which he was confined at
all interfere with his health ?—The roam was a ,
fined one, considering that he has many visitors.
Do you understand that he is under asy restrictieo
as to exercise P—l did not question him particularly.
Do you think that he is sufficiently well to take
exercise in the open air if he were at liberty ?—I do,
Mr. GLADSTONE—Do you think that men's.
anxiety is an important part of Mr. Evans' case?---1
have not seen enough of him to know what degree
anxiety lie sufrers ; but I think, generally, that 'write'
anxiety is an aggravation in such a case.
Lord HO WICK—Bo you think, that if he worn
out of London, and able to take a larger share of e7:-
ercise, he would recover his health?—l certainly
think that confinement in the country, and in an airy
situation, would be less prejudicial than his prasei;t
confinement.
Mr. SANFORD—ShouId you, as the medics' I
adviser of Mr. Evans, have thought it your duty to
make such recommendation to this House ?—I .Lzu