The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-06 00:00:00

C OURT CIRCULAR

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert. presided yesterday ac;
teruoon at a meeting of the Commission for Promoting and
Encouraging the Fine Arts, in the re-building the Palace of
Westminster.

His Royal Highness, attended by Colonel Bouverie, arrived
at Gwvdyr House, Whitehall, at a quarter before three
o'clock: The Commissioners present were the Marquis of
Lansdowne, Viscount Canning, Lord Ashburton, the Right
Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, Viscount Mahon,
Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., Mr. lallam, and Mr. Wyse. The
Secretary ( Mr. Eastlake) was in attendance.
The meeting broke up at half-past four, when Prince
Albert, accompanied by the Commissioners and the Secretary,
proceeded to the New Palace of Westminster to inspect the
works. _ _

Their Royal Hignesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred,
the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by
the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing yesterday in an
open carriage and four.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Clarence
Huuse, St. James's.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of GM-
bridge honoured the Earl and Countess of 'Wilton with their
company at dinner yesterday, at their residence iu Grosvenor-
square.
His Excellency the Portuguese Minister transacted busi-•
ness yesterday at the Foreign-office.
The Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chan
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in
Downing-street. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamp:,
had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonihl-offiee
from the GoverEQr of Gibraltar.

The Earl of Lincoln arrived in town yesterday from Salt-
hill.

The Countess of Romney expired on Thursday night at
her residence in Wilton-crescent. Her Ladyship was daughter
of the late, and sister of the present Duke of Buccleuch.

FRENCH PLAYS-NT- JAMES'S
THEATRE. _

Mademoiselle Dejazet, the espiegle Dejazet, the fasci-
nating Dejazet, the pet alike of Paris and of London,
made her debut for the season here last evening in her
two favourite characters of Vert-Vert. in the audeville
of that name (of which the English play, The Pet of
the Petticoats is almost a literal translation), and
Catherine Biancoli in La File de Dominique.
Never did she look, or act, or ' sing better.
Her Vert Vert was the Prince of Pickles, and
her costume became her exceedingly. The powdered
wig, and square-cut coat, and flapped and embroidered
waistcoat and tight smalls seemed , really a
picturesque costume when set off by 'the graces
of Dejazet. In La Filk de Dominique she
assumes a variety of characters. The daughter of
a deceased actor; she is desirous of obtaining an engage-
ment among the servants of his Majesty Louis XIV.,
but Baron, the manager, refuses to see her, and puts her
off by a variety of civil excuses. She then according to
the old plan, assumes a variety of disguises, and fasci-
nates him as Margot, a country girl—half pleases and
ball terrifies him as a fine lady of quality, who has gone
mad from love of him, and quite terrifies him as a
young soldier, the lover of Margot, who demands satis-
faction for his abduction of the rustic beauty. Having
sufficiently teased him, a discovery takes place, and she
who, as Catherine Biancoli, had been rejected unseen
and unheard by the troupe, is, as Madame Baron, re-
ceived with acclamation as the acknowledged prima donna.
Her provincialisms, as Margot, and her strut and
swagger, as the young soldier, kept the house in a rear.
She was called for at the fall of the curtain, and enthu-
siastically applauded by a house crowded to the ceiling.

THE FORD ABBEY ESTATE
(PARTICULARS. AND DRAWINGS JUST ISSUED).

It is difficult to describe the immense sensation pro-
duced by the publication of these voluminous papers.
Toe description of the estate, with its beauteous park
and ornamental waters, which from time immemorial
has been accounted the great and proud feature of the
county—the demesne of 11,000/. a year—the sporting,
with the seductive auxiliaries of fishing and hunting—
all this -(and the great leviathan of the west claims
much more than it has credit for in this brief outline)
would indeed be enough to awaken the latant spark
of curiosity, but the historical account arouses extra-
ordinary sensation, and furnishes an interesting and
perfect reminiscence of the
MAGNIFICENTLY FINE ABBEY.

The lady's name who has contributed, by means of her
brain farm, to improve and render more perfect the his-
torical representation of the far-famed Abbey, is kept
profoundly secret—her diffidence has placed a barrier
that even Robins cannot overcome. It has been found
expedient, in order to keep curiosity within bounds, to
make a small charge for the drawipgs and plans.
The subject of the Abbey is one of never-tiring praise;
but we find we are verging from our original destination,
which was only to point out a few of the great features
connected with the history that is to follow—to the
latter we now commend the work ; it will bear to be
read over and over again, and we shall be glad to find
that amongst the host ho are now busily engaged in
this interesting task to number the one who is to be
Fortune's favourite at the auction—(we learn it is to be a
peremptory sale).
Mr. Robins has judiciously selected a little spice from
Lord Byron—he could not pass the talented Lord's
glowing description of Norman Abbey without giving
gentle praise to the author:—
" An old, old monastery once, and now
still older mansion, of a rich and rare
Mis'tl gothic, such as artists all allow
__

Few specimens yet left us can compare."
The river Axe, so renowned by the disciples of Isaac
Waken for its pLeatory pleasures and delicious trout,
winds in serpentine beauty through the fair demesne—
' Lost for a space through thickets veering,
• But broader when again appearing."
It was here that—

" The branching stag swept down with all his herd,
To quaff a brook which murmured like a bird."
It may be asked—
" What more can mortals now desire?"

The reply is concise. Read the condensed history
that is just published.
The magnificent tapestry that adorns the state rooms
alone would amply compensate for a journey of double
the distance ; its value must be immense.

Jeremy Bentham resided at the Abbey three years of
his life. Some of his cleverest works issued thence.

FUNDS OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY.---A return has
just been issued, by order of the House of Commons, show-
ing the state of the several funds standing in the name of
the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, for the
year ending the Ist of October, 1845. It thence appears,
that the amount to the Suitors' Fund was 111,45a1. I:1s, sd.
in cash, and 3,424,8111. sa. 9d. in stock. The payments
therefrom (expenses of the Chancellor's and Vice-Chancel-
lors' Courts) amounted to 99,524/. ls. 4d, The Suitors' Fee
Fund account shows a total of fees received (in the year
ending the 24th of November last) of 134,874/. 17s. id,;
while the charges in salaries, compensations, &c., were
139,439/. Os. 2d.; being an excess above the fees of
4,564/ 3s. id.
EXTRAORDINARY CONFLICT BETWEEN A MAN AND A
BULL.—A correspondent has transmitted us a humourous
account of a combat, long and terrible, between a man and
a bull, at Panteison, Pembrokeshire. It appears that on
Wednesday a bull of the pure Ayrshire breed, which had
been confined for six months, in consequence of his
dangerous freaks, was turned out for an airing after his
long seclusion, when he, it seems, determined to make
amends for the immunities the neighbourhood had enjoyed
during his confinement, by immediately, on obtaining his
freedom, attacking Ben, the farm bailiff, an ifirm old man.
He called lustily for assistance, when the coachmen, the
hero of the fight, made his appearance, and forthwith pro-
ceeded to mortal combat with the terror of the neighbour-
hood. The battle raged long and violently, and with alter-
nate success, poor coaches being at one time made to kiss his
" mother earth," while in another round he mao.e his Ayrshire
antagonist roar so loudly that even the farm-buildings seemed
to quake with fear. But coachee was not to be frightened
with noise. wren terrific rounds were fought, and the
quadruped was obliged to succumb to this lord of the
creation. In the fifth round the coachman appeared as if he
was going to have the worst of it, having been knocked
over a wall, and Into a pond four feet deep, He was how-
ever, nothing daunted at this mishap; but, on the contrary,
the immersion seemed to revive him, and infuse fresh spirit
into his soul, as in the next round be had a slight ad-
vantage ; but eventually the two combatants fell, and were
locked in each others arms. It was now evident the Scot
had enough of it, and the termination of the desperate
affray is thus given by our correspondent t—Seventh rounr:—
Wallace, the bull, up first, took to his heels and ran, leaving
Morris, the coachman, in the pond, gasping for breath, the
poor old bailiff and his men peeping through the hedges in
all directions, anxious to ascertain the course Mr. Wallace
was determined to steer. Away he went, in steeple-chase
style, clearing every bank, Morris closely following: When
about three-quarters of a mile from some, Wallace fell.
Morris by this time well up to Wallace's heels, and laying
hold of a fine ring which he had the honour of wearing in
his nose, led him back as gentle as a lamb, and placed him
in irons in a condemned cell, there to be imprisoned during
the old bailiff's pleasure. Too much praise cannot be given
to a,"orrfor his timely assistance to poor old Ben, the
bailiff;
to say that M orris escaped unhurt,
i ' 1
except a slight britist;
and we :;:e happy
on one of legs...-Clarmarthen
Journal.
WINDOW GARDENS.7bI;II
soi sc ek n we:a:
rerrisi,?dendeeebt or fortune,arred from
the enjoyment of a garde
ladies, who succeed, by
should take a leaf out of the book of the
lFrenchleadnd,Binedlgewlasn
means ofdoubthee-g
themselves
slNwith
of the year.
llseasomns
andranp othere
supply
ef contrivances,fresh
flowersofint
h e providinget
With us, the first object. dwellersa in town is to buy
thought more advantageous,
1 nt in health ; and, that being ac-
complished,
plants, the next is to providihe
thefor tfihreemt inetEehlseeer
teereseiethries
the means of keeping a plant
We will not be so uncivil
to obtain it.
duling in that sort of caprice
confine ourselves to
as to reproach our fair countrywomenwehisvulwgeitrhly
put-
tingchaelrleeidnin-
ns pro-
ceed,an explanation of the manner in
a cart before a horse; but w.'e shallwhich
Belgium, says says M. Victor
judgment in the matter. "In Belgi
en doable
leaving all who are concerned to form their own
other persons
Pacquet, " whereverou go, you see spaces between
sashed windows filled in the winter time with the most
charming flowers. Elsewhere the balconies are turned into
greenhouses, and you may find on a fifth or sixth floor a
miniature stove, gay
esPect=llY two on the ropu:oritthhfiotohreofbari
weeuest foliage.
gdreoltain3dl.adpea:ttsisnioen,
Passion-flower':
In Paris there are many such. contrivances,
to
no
gb edgfofuonrdm s the
a carpet rarest eu ghlortuesset
n flowersth
e Boulevardan and the
t h
I:cipearnifesr. of Rue Caumart Here are
up from tiny basins curiously '79 Camelias grow in the open
to the columns; the creep-
walls, and water plants start
By turning a screw,°u'3 Ya
setorn,,,,:zniiyeerd in the solid brick-
work.down a rock, from which crevices start
min ! I!_m_pid water flows
ferns lycopods,
and such things. And wbhedat
mist that adjoins !his
of the owner the
littlemorn inpgarsaldiniseth,
throw
wut
uapobnetter
first beams of the
of palm leaves and bananas, or of garlands and shadows
floe:ers." This sort of garden, though on the fourtll'asfisfio7
is however, rather too ambitious for every body's taste, and,'
therefore, we agree with M. Paquet, that the little Belgian
windo A, gardens are, upon the whole, more likely to meet the
means, if not the fancy, of the mass of mankind.—Gar-
deners' Chronicle.

BERLIN, AUT. 30.—Sir Moses Montefiore and his
Lady, accompanied by Dr. Lower, arrived hero the
evening before yesterdakr their return from Russia,
MUM) ;9 $9170 POMO

ARRIVAL OF IBRAHIM PACII.A.
PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY,'SIX P.M.—This place has been in a
continued state of excitement during the last forty-eight
hours, owing to the anticipated arrival of his Highness the
Prince of Egypt, who was expected to land here at an early
hour yesterday morning, en route for the metropolis.
In consequence of information received by the naval and
military authorities here from the loreign-office the neces-
sary preparations for the reception of the Pacha, in a man-
ner becoming his distinguished position and character, were
arranged on Wednesday evening, and so early as seven o'clock,
yesterday morning,the troops were ordered to be under arms,
and the several batteries to be manned.
The Mayor and Town Council, anxious not to be wanting
in their hospitality, also met at the Town Hall, and voted an
address of congratulation to his Highness, which it was ar-
ranged should be presented to the Prince at the first con-
venient moment after his arrival. The naval and military
authorities, as well as the " civilians," remained throughout
the whole of yesterday in anxious expectation of his
Highness's arrival, but they were doomed to be disap-
pointed ; and it was not until this morning at seven o'clock,
that the heavy booming of the guns on board the Canopus
ship-of-war, moored at Spithead, proclaimed the fact
that the King of the French's royal yacht (the Gomer),
having on board his highness and suite, had hove in sight.
Mr. Brown, the second master attendant at the Dockyard,
had been out in the Echo steam-tug during the whole of
yesterday awaiting the arrival of the Prince, but as theformer
did not reach Spithead as was expected, great uncertainty
was felt as to when she might arrive, and the Echo returned
into harbcur. When the French yacht made Spithead this
morning, therefore, there was no pilot in attendance, and she
had to cast anchor in the roadstead until one could be sent
out to her. Very little time was thus lost, however, and
before eight o'clock she was steadily steaming up the har•
boor, under a salute from the Victory, the Excellent, and the
Platform Battery, the yards of the former ships being manned
and the Egyptian flag hoisted at the fore. -
Immediately after the Gomer had taken up her moorings,
the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Charles Ogle, attended by Cap-
tains Pasco and Chad, Mr. Haig, the Secretary, and Flag-
Lieutenant Morris, and accompanied by Sir Hercules Paken-
ham, the Military Commandant of the district, attended by
Colonel Daly and Captain Pakenham, put off in the Admiral's
barge for the purpose of proceeding on board to pay their re-
spects to the illustrious stranger.
On boarding the yacht, the party were conducted to the
state saloon, where they were very graciously received by
the Pacha, who expressed through his interpreter the gra-
tification he experienced in the marks of attention shown '
him.

The Prince was attired in an Eastern costume, as were
the members of his suite respectively. His Highness had a
magnificent star on his left breast, and wore besides several
other orders.
Sir Charles Ogle invited his Highness to the Admiralty
House, and the Prince having very graciously accepted
the invitation, Sir Charles, accompanied by the other
officers, re-embarked in the Admiralty barge and returned to
prepare for the reception of his Highness.
Major Collingwood Dickson, the officer who, as stated
yesterday, had been appointed by the Foreign-office to at-
tend on the Prince during his sojourn in this country, pro-
ceeded on board the Gomer immediately after the Admiral
left, and was introduced to his Highness. The gallant
officer was received in a very flattering manner by the
Prince.
At half-past eight o'clock his Highness entered the
Gomer's barge, and proceeded to the King's Stairs, where
he was received by Sir Charles Ogle, Sir Hercules Paken-
ham, and the whole of the civil, naval, and military officers
of the dockyard.
A guard of honour, consisting of two companies of the
74th Highlanders, with band and colour, were stationed on
the wharf, and as his Highness passed along the platform,
the troops saluted in the usual manner, the band playing
the national anthem.
His Highness, accompanied by the members of his suite,
and attended by the whole of the officers above-named, pro-
ceeded across the dockyard to the Admiral's residence. On
entering the court-yard of which, the Admiral's private
band, which was stationed therein, struck up the Egyptian
national hymn. His Highness appeared much pleased with
this mark of respect.
After remaining the guest of the Admiral about half an
hour, his Highness entered Sir Charles Ogle's private car-
riage, and, accompanied by his suite iu two other carriages,
proceeded to the George Hotel, where apartments had been
previously engaged for the accommodation of the party.
At half-past ten o'clock, by appointment, the Mayor and
Town Council waited on his Highness for the purpose of
presenting the address of congratulation above alluded to.
The deputation consisted of about thirty persons, among
whom we observed James Hoskins, Esq. (Mayor), attended
by Mr. John Howard (Town Clerk), and the Rev. J. P.
M'Ghee (the Mayor's chaplain), Aldermen Howard, Jones,
Thompson, &c. &c.
The deputation having been ushered into the presence of
his Highness, the Town clerk read the address as follows :
"TO HIS HIGILNESS IBItAHIM PACHA.
" May it please your Higbness—We the Mayor, Alder-
men, and Burgesses of the ancient borough of Portsmouth,
the dutiful and loyal subjects of our most gracious Sovereign
Queen Victoria, embrace the earliest opportunity of tendering
46 your Highness, in the name of our fellow-countrymen and
ourselves, our sincere congratulations on the occasion of
your Highness's visit to the shores of Great Britain, whilst
we feel peculiar gratification that your Highness has done us
the honour of landing within the precincts of our ancient
municipality.
" Participating as we do with all her Majesty's subjects in
the esteem so universally felt towards your Highness for the
possession and cultivation of those liberal and enlightened
views which are alike calculated to elevate individual nations
and to benefit 'and bless mankind, we offer a cordial wel-
come to a brave and distinguished Prince, the son of an
illustrious father, who has magnanimously afforded to this
country facilities for constant and uninterrupted communi-
cations with her Indian possessions.
" We earnestly hope that peaceful and commercial rela-
tions between Egypt and Great Britain will long continue
to be maintained, and that their mutual advantage, prospe-
rity, and happiness will thereby- be promoted.
" In conclusion, we trust that health and happiness, and
the best blessings of Divine Providence, may attend your
Highness, that your Highness's visit to the dominions of
our beloved Sovereign will afford your Highness gratification
and pleasure, and be the means of increasing the kindly
feelings which now exist between the two countries.
" Given under our common seal this 4th day of June, in
the ninth year of her Majesty's reign."
Mr. Howard having finished reading the document, it
was translated to his Highness by the interpreter.
His Highness then, with considerable animation, ad-
dressed the deputation in his vernacular tongue, and at the
close of his observations, the interpreter, for the edification
of the deputation, rendered his remarks into the French
language. The following was the purport of his Highness's
reply to the address:—
" The Pacha feels highly gratified that her Majesty has
deigned to take notice of him'; and his Highness begs to
thank the authorities of Portsmouth for this act of kindness
in presenting him with an address. With reference -to '
that portion of it which concerns the commercial intercourse
of this country with Egypt, the Pacha begs to assure you
that Egypt will always endeavour to facilitate in every way
the communication of this country with their Eastern
possessions. For this purpose only his father has taken the
transit into his own hands. The Pacha will always regard
with peculiar interest the prosperity of England, and will
pray for the long life and happiness of her Majesty. In
conclusion, the Paella wishes to all of you health and
prosperity."
The deputation having retired from the Prince's presence,
his Highness (as we understood very much fatigued) betook
himself to his,
private apartment, where he has remained
during the afternoon.
A military guard will be on duty at the hotel during his
Highness's sojourn therein.
It is expected that the Prince will inspect the fortifications
and dockyards to-morrow, and probably honour Sir Charles
Ogle with his company at dinner in the evening.
London, until Monday next.
His Highness is not expected to leave Portsmouth, for

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.
All who know anything of London amusements must have
the fact very strongly impressed upon their minds that "the
river" does all that in nature or reason could be expected of
it to foster the nautical tastes of those who live upon its
banks. Above Westminster-bridge we have those boat races,
to figure in which is one of the most earnest hopes of so
many of our youth, from the time when they were only Eton
and Westminster boys till they have expanded into Oxford
and Cambridge under-graduates. From Greenwich to
Gravesend the Royal Thames Yacht Club have their matches.
One of those matches, the second' of the season, took place
yesterday, and certainly in this hot weather the sight of so
much white canvass filled with wind and hurrying the little
desperate, rakish-lookicg
,models of ship-building so madly
through the water was quite refreshing. There was
no disturbing thought of poor fellows straining at their
oars, and gasping under their efforts, to spoil the pleasure of
the spectacles, and each one watched the race with a_com-
posure which cast no reflection on his humanity. The
yachts entered for the match were six in number—the Prima
Donna, of Colchester, the property of Mr. T. Harvey, who
was the builder ; the Inn, of London, Mr. H. Gibson,
owner, and Mr. Wallis, Blackwell, builder ; the Secret, of
London, Mr. W. Smith, owner, and Messrs. Wanhill and
Poole, builders ; the Vixen, of London, Mr. T. Heighing-
ton, owner and builder; the Fleur de Marie, of Folkestone,
Mr. T. Hodges, owner, and Messrs. Miller and Ravenhill,
Blackwell, builders; and the Belvidere, of London Lord A.
Paget, owner, and Messsrs. Ditchburn and Mare, Blackwell,
builders. This little experimental squadron was anchored
of Greenwich Hospital, waiting for the appointed time of
starting, their sails furled, and apparently with no intention
of shifting from their moorings. At the sound of the first
gun, fired from the Star steamer, which carried Lord A.
Paget and the members of the Yacht Club, with their
friends, the men in each vessel clustered round the mast. A
short interval followed, during which one or two huge collier.
and steam tugs came floating down the river, and ob-
structed the passage, their bluff portly hulks and slovenly
appearance contrasting very oddly with the attenuated shape
and airy trig appearance of the little cutters. Then came
the second signal gun from the Star, and up in an instant
flew the canvass, as if each vessel was some strange bird
shaking out her wings, and away they all went with a light
breeze and an ebb tide towards Blackwell-reach. The
Belvidere or the lead, the Secret, Ino, Fleur de Marie,
Yixen, and Prima Donna, follewing in the order of their
names. Shortly, however, the Secret went ahead, and con-
tinued to meintain and improve her position during the
whole race. The Prima Donna passed the Vixen also,
which stood last. In this order the six yachts swept along
the Blackwall-reach, Bngsby's-reach, and Woolwich. reach,
practising every possible manoeuvre of sail and rudder to
hug the;wind. In the Galleons the Vixen had recovered her
original place, and the Prima Donna had her topsail halliard
carried away. The Ino, too, had gone before the Belvidere.
After a display of great skill in beating down the narrow
channel of the river against a head wind, the Secret rounded
the buoy at Coalhouse Point, at 13 minutes past 3 o'clock.
Then came the Ino, ten minutes after, followed by the Bel-
videre, at 25 minutes past 3 o'clock, the Prima Donna, at
28 minutes to 4 o'clock, and the Fleur de Marie seven minutes
gotha d
aground given upantdhelost contest,time it
In re.
understood that s
strong, and
was before t
behind her. The
wereg neglected by those who had
the wind, which had never been
In Erith-reach the Secret was
hitherto been in the rear. In
after her came the Belvidere,
and then becoming
sguveceeryssli ht, the larger canvass was spread,
still considerably ahead,
followed by
Donna. At 18 minutes
pasto'clock
was declared the success-
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starting-post; the Ino came next, at 24 minutes to 7 o'clock,
stormier weather
past 6 o'clock the Belvidere rOie
and the Prima Donna afier her, at 21 minutes to 7 o'clotk.
the varying grace;
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rday spent " on the water," and in watching

, .
which sets any tendencies to be disposed completely at de-
fiance. The party on board the Star was all good humour
and gaiety, and enjoyment, we will add, bearing in mind,
as we do, the due attention paid to the steward's (Mr. G.
Gore's), excellent table in the cabin. The other steamer in
attendance on the match was also well filled with ladies and
gentlemen, who, no doubt, did ample justice to the occasion,
and entered with the true zest of fresh-water sailors into the
safe pleasures of a fresh-water cruise. There were several
yachts not entered for the challenge cup which attended the
race, and incrreased the interest, by perplexing the minds of
the spectators. There was also a good deal of gun firing
along the banks of the river, and we particularly noticed a
salute from the residence of Mr. Hughes, a member of the
club, near Woolwich. It was done with the regularity of
artillery practice. The Marquis of Anglesey was out in his
yacht, the Pearl, to see the result of the match. •

THE HYDROPATIIIC SYS
IMPORTANT CORONER'S INQUEST.
Mr.
W.
Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held bcfacisrteeeap,
on
Payne, the-City Coroner, at the King's Head,
the body of Mr. Richard Dresser, of No. 9, in t same street.
e•
n because
The greeted interest was manifested on the occasio
died
TENT.
it had been generally reported that the deceased_cropl had
tablisliment of Dr. Ellis, at Sudbrook Park, near
who
Dr. Ellis wasipresent, attended by Mr. Hance, solicitor,
watched the proceedings on his behalf.
owing to improper treatment received at the I 3 d
peteetrlisihcaensi-.
After the jury had been sworn, the
the Coroner said
that he
circumstances immediately
necked with the death of the deceased; but as it had been
represented to him that Mr. Dresser had lately gene ian
was entirely ignorant of
establishment in the
me-
dical advice, where lie
been brought home some stispiciotby circumstances had been
choaudutdryievd, withnd a
that
tew sinceof
tiie procuringbody
ha(l
discovered, he thought it advisable that fan inquest should
be: held, for which investigation the jury were then as-
sembled.
Thomas Hubert, of the Great Hall, Hungerford7market,
lighterman, had known deceased for 30 years, who was an
accountant, and lived on the opposite side of they. He
complained of being ill during the last 12 months, his illness
arising, as he thought, from rheumatism or sciatica, causing
shooting pains through the whole of his limbs, which at
times were quite powerless. On Friday last he saw deceased
at his own residence, when he said he was very poorly, and
that he was going to place himself under the care of Dr.
Ellis, near Richmond. While witness was conversing, Dr.
Ellis arrived, when, in the most familiar manner, the
doctor said that he should go down with him in his cab that
afternoon, and appointed to meet him at half-past three,
in Sackville-street. They did not, however, meet, but
Mrs. Dresser accompanied her husband to the doctor's esta-
blishment.
Mrs. Eliza Muriel, of 32, Elm-grove, Hammersmith, had
known deceased fur three years. He frequently complained
of being unwell. About five weeks since he had an attack of
jaundice, but was soon cured. On Thurs2ay or Friday last
she saw deceased at Easteheap, when he told her that he was
in very good health, only that he suffered from severe rheu-
matic pains. On Sunday last she saw him at Dr. Ellis's es-
tablishment at Sudbrook Park, near Petersham; he then
seemed rather poorly, and complained of sickness. He was
iu bed when she saw him. When be was afflicted with
jaundice he was attended by Mr. Waterworth, surgeon, of
the Old Kent-road.
W. D. Dresser, of 11, Rotherfield-street, Islington, is
cousin to deceased. Besides the jaundice he complained of
severe pain about the hip, which he called rheumatism.
thatwith warns he
ivas
water,
suffering
had a similar attack four or five years ago, when he was
and
laid up for three months. The last time I saw deceased
alive was on the 28th of May, when he complained of pain
firnomtherhgerutna.tismH.is enxeprwesass
ionwas
fomented
witness then left him. On last Tuesday morning he learned
that Mr. Dresser was dead, when he accompanied Mrs.
Dresser to Richmond, together with Mr. G. Arnold. When
he saw deceased his body was lying on a bed in room No. 4.
There was a great change in his face. He was nearly black
about the neck. He was a dark man when in health ; but
his face, when a corpse, was particularly so. The body ap-
peared to be much swollen, and froth was issuing from his
nostrils, covering a large portion of his face. They had seen
Dr. Ellis previous to their examining the corpse ; when,
after asking the doctor the cause of death, he placed a paper
in his hands, which contained the diagnosis. This paper
was as follows :
" Mr. Richard Dresser came here on Eriday last, to seek
relief from what he termed rheumatism hi the hip (properly
sciatica), giving no other particulars; the case was thought
admissible. But it soon appeared that he had been suffering
from hepatitis of the sub-acute character, giving rise to sup-
puration; occasioning exudations of lymph and a rapid ex-
tension of the disease to the adjoining viscera. The symp-
toms were tympanitis, total inaction of the bowels, and
sluggishness of the urinary organs, very severe pain in the
left leg from the groin along the thigh to the ancle, coldness
of the extremities, and loss of power. He was treated as is
usual to subdue the symptoms ; the pain was soon suspended ;
the bowels, though stubborn, acted freely, after the means
had been tried, and continued to do so; and the urine either
passed of itself, or was drawn off. The appetite allowed of
his taking a little farinaceous nourishment, but disease pro-
ceeded insidiously; sub-acute inflammation advanced gra-
dually, though there was no sign of active progress; the
organ became generally the seat of suppuration, the pulse
became quicker and softer, with much perspiration ; the
countenance became pale and sallow. There was tumefac-
tion of the liver, with a doughy, oedematous, or boggy feel
of the hepatic region generally. The enlargement, or bulg-
ing, was very great about the false ribs. Oppression, with
dyspnoea, or short breathing, immediately preceded his de-
cease, which took place at twenty minutes before eight
o'clock this morning, June 2, without either a sigh or a
struggle.
" In three or four hours after his decease the fluids filled
the chest and throat, and oozed copiously out of the ears,
nose, and mouth. e
The witness continued Having asked the doctor the
cause of death, he said it was not rheumatism but hepatitis,
and that, had he known he was labouring under that com-
plaint, he would not have admitted him into the establish-

ment.
Mrs.-Dresser. widow of tke deceased, was then led into
the room, and it was with the greatest difficulty that she
answered the necessary questions. She saw her husband at
the establishment on Sunday afternoon last, when she un-
derstood that her husband had been placed in some warm
baths, and he said that his pain had left him. He was sitting
up in bed, covered with blankets, and with wet wrappers
around him. He said that they had kept him very humble,
not what he bad been accustomed to. When she saw him
sitting in bed, she said to him, " What a strange position !"
Ele replied that his two legs were useless, and were as cold
as marble. She took tea with him, and wished him to take
some, but he refused, because he said that it was not allowed.
Dr. Ellis came home in the evening, when she told the
doctor that she thcught her husband was ve:y bad, because
he was so very cold. The doctor then took a large cloth,
placed it in a wash-hand baton containing water, and then
put it on her husband's stomach, because, he said, he was
afraid of inflammation, which he wished to stop; because,
he said, he could not suffer so valuable a life as his to be lost.
Deceased was shortly Lfterwards placed in a bath. She saw
him in half an hour, when there was so remarkable a change
in his appearance that she thought her husband was struck
with death. He was so very dark under the eyes that Mr.
Ellis acknowledged he was much al!ered. My husband said
that he felt no pain. His perspiration had stopped, which
one of the bath men told her was in favour of the patient.
The doctor asked her if she wished to have further advice, or
if she desired to remove her husband? She then left her
husband, the doctor promising to send her a letter in the
morning, which she was to receive by eleven o'clock ; but at
nine the secretary of the establishment called upon her to
acquaint her with her husband's death. She went down to
Petersham, and, after a great deal of persuasion, was allowed
to see the corpse. She did not know whether the bandages
which had been applied were dipped in warm or cold water.
The baths were constituted of three pails of cold water with
a small portion of hot taken from a small can which the
bath-man held in his hand.
Mr. James Hicks, surgeon, said that he was in partner-
ship with Mr. Waterworth, of the Old Kent-road. The ,
de-
ceased had been visited by his partner, but who was pre-
vented from attending the inquest in consequence of his
being engaged in a labour case. The witness had assisted
in a post mortem examination of the deceased, in connexion
with Mr. Waterworth, his partner, on Thursday morning.
The body externally presented the appearance of a man who
had died from suffocation, the face being bloated and of a
livid colour, with bloody froth and serum issuing from his
mouth and nose; the whole of the posterior part of the
trunk also bore evidence of extreme congestion. In the chest
the lungs were healthy, but enormously congested, as also
the heart, which was large and flabby, but otherwise healthy
In the abdomen, the bowels were greatly distented with
flatus, but otherwise empty; the liver was healthy, but con-
gested, and bearing no evidence of any previous disease ; the
kidneys were slightly diseased, and also congested. He consi-
dered the immediate cause of death to have been extreme con-
gestion of the internal
organs—namely, the lungs and
heart, which existed to such an extent as to produce
all the effects of suffocation, in not allowing air to get into
the lungs. This congestion was likely to be produced by the
application of cold externally, whether by cold air or by
cold fluids, to the body ; cold applications have the effect of
repelling the blood from the surface of the body to the in-
ternal organs, and from which, in many cases, arising from
a weak condition of the constitution, the system was unable
to relieve itself. He had read the paper written by Dr.
Ellis previous to making the post ntortene examination,
which he then read again to the jury, endeavouring to
divest it of its technical character. He did not think that
the paper written by Dr. Ellis at all gave the true cause of
death—quite the contrary. He did not think that there was
the least appearance of disease in the liver. There had evi-
dently been congestion of the lungs when the wet cloths
were applied, and if the water were cold it would generally
applica-
tion of hot flannels and stimulants, so as to restore circula-
tion.produce death. In these cases there should be the
de-
ceased had been wetted with
it hot water, Mr. Dresser could
It appeared to him that if the cloths applied to
there been rheumatism or sciatica, there could not have been
cl-Cfhaenayp de , confirmed the
or derangement of the urinary
not so soon have been cold as was said that he was. Had
sluggishness of the bowels,
Mr. G. Arnold,
tostimony of previous witnesses, adding, that he had often
heard the deceased speak in. most favourable terms of the
organs;
upon which subject he believed he had
hydropathic system,
there was
hatter,
o, suppuration 7,
written a small Woa•
TheSonoxisn then said that it was highly necessary that
the jury should hear the evidence of Mr. Waterworth, as also
that of Pr. Ellis, together with some persons from the esta-
blishment, In order that they might detail the means
generally, resorted to. He should, therefore, adjourn the
case till Tuesday next, at three o'clock, binding Dr. Ellis to
attend in the recognisance of 1001

OPENING OF THE LEEDS AND I3RADFORD RAILWAY.
—On Saturday last, the contractors of this line proceeded,
with a numerous bcdy of the directors and their (rinds, from
Leeds to Bradford. The train, consisting of twelve carriages,
accompanied by two bands of music, and propelled by two
engines,-started from the Leeds station, Wellington-street, a
little before one o'clock, the bands playing ' See the con-
quering hero comes." The gay banners attached to each
carriage had a very pleasing effect, and the thousands of
people who had assembled along the banks of the river
testified by hearty cheers their delight in witnessing the
first trip on a line which will unite two of the largest
and most important commercial towns in Yorkshire. The
train proceeded slowly through Armley and Kirkstall, in
consequence of a portion of the rails at the Leeds end
having only been laid ths day before. After passing
through the Thachley Tunnel, which is a mile and a half in
length, and being detained a short time at Shepley fur a
supply of wafer, the train proceeded at a rapid rate to Brad-
ford, when, after remaining an hour, it proceeded at a quick
rate on its return. It is imposAble to conceive a more lively
an animated scene than that which presented itself on this
occasion don& the whole liner the inhabitants of all the po-
pulogs villagesassembled in their holi-
-0 /ire on the eminences.—flitimdester Guurdian.
Mich throughout. having
in the West of
dissatistrtiottliaving arisen among the artisans
by reason of a rumour that it was the intention of
gland,n .
of regent-street to remove ,' .
the Uessrs. Nicoll, 1
.., . ~ such manu-
facture in the production of the Llama Cloth
and which has
facture nearer to the inetropoli., those gentlemen have issued
asuch to by their purpose,
allied 00 fears of i large bod? of men.
a circular denying