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THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1856.

he died. There was clenching of the band to a
small extent. I cannot undertake to say it was
a death frpm apoplexy. It was more like epilepsy. The
man whose case I have mentioned was subject to the
attacks, and had been so for years. There is not always a
loss of consciousness in hysteria. I have known the patient
to speak alter the paroxysm. I have seen cases of traumatic
tetanus. I have known 6 or 7 cases of epilepsy end
in death.

By Mr. Grove--I have ascertained by inquiry after
the patient has recovered that consciousness has been
retained.

Mr. Austin Steady—l am a member of the
Royal College of Surgeons. In 1854 I attended a
patient for pleuristhotonus, which is a curvature of
the body sideways. Convulsions came on during the
paroxysms. The patient was seized with the same
disease 12 months afterwards, and she continued unwell
for about a week. The disease, I was told, arose from
excitement —a quarrel with her husband. I did not dis-
cover any other cause.
By Mr. E. James—l did not ascei twin hew long the
patient had been suffering when I was called in. I
learned that the woman had had a blow on her side
while quarrelling with her husband. It was not de-
scribed as a violent blow, and I observed the trismus
setting in at the time. She was under my treat-
ment for a fortnight, and the rigidity of the
muscles continued the whole of the time, and she
then got better. I was ealled again to the same person
in about a twelvemonth afterwards. I attended her for
a week, and she had trismus the whole time. She has
net yet recovered. She has now tetanic twitching of
the limbs. I cannot define what the particular cause of
the disease is. I saw the patient yesterday.
Dr. Geo. Robinson--I am physician to the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne Hospital. I have devoted much time to
pathology. From what I have heard of the symptoms
of Cock's death, I ascribe it to convulsions resembling
tetanic ones. There is nothing in the whole study of
pathology so difficult as that which has reference to the
cause of convulsions. I have seen post mortem examina-
tions of those who have died of convulsions, and could
not trace any cause of disease. The presence of gritty
granules in the region of the spinal cord would produce
convulsions. There is a disease known as spinal epi-
lepsy, and one of its peculiarities is the periodicity of its
return. It will assume a tetanic character. Tho mode
of life which I have heard Cook led would predispose a
person to such attacks. 1 have prescribed strychnine
medicinally.
Cross-examtned by Attorney-General—l have seen 20
cases, but I have not seen anything in epileptic convul-
sions where the body, if laid horizontally, would
rest upon the head and heels, but I have seen
bodies quite stiff, but have never seen them assume the
symptoms of aposthaustas. The form of Cook's body
atter death is not a symptom of tetanus, or peculiar to
it, more than cenvulsione having a tetanic com-
plication. In post•mortein examinations, after epi-
lepsy, I have found granules near the spinal cord.
I do not think the size of the granules would regulate
tie c-invulsive spasms. The action would irritate the
spinal cord. I have never known epilepsy attended by
unconsciousn see. The symptoms of Cook's death are those
that would occur from strychnia, butthere would have been
premonitory twitchings. The stiffness of the neck might
, be considered such.

Re•examiued by Sergeant Shee—Cook's case was one
of real epii.osy. His sitting up in bed would arise from
the sense of suffocation, and might be considered as a
premonitory symptom.

Benjamin Ward Richardson, examined by Sergeant
Sbee—l am a physician practising in London. I
have never seen tetanus, idiopathic or traumatic, but
many of convulsions. I have known them 'whim
ending in death assume a tetanic form ; the lower
muscles of the body have been contracted,
the arms stiffened out and hands clenched until death,
a sense of suffocation coming to the patient. In some
forms there has been contortions of the feet and legs. As
long as the patient was conscious he was roost desirous to
sit up. People do die of angina pectoris, and the death
would closely resemble that of Cook. It is of the class
of spasmodic disease, and a post mortem examination
might or might not show causes as if there was disease
of the heart, but it might not show any symptoms
to account for death. A case occurred to me
in 1850. I attended a child 10 years old ; she had
scarlet fever, and was getting better, when I was sud-
denly called in, and I went and found ber dying. She
was in the arms of her sister. She was
pale ; the muscles of the face and arms were
rigid. Tier fingers were clenched, and the respiratory
muscles were fixed and rigid, and she evinced extreme
agony and restlessness, such as I never before saw. She
knew me, and most eagerly took some brandy-and-water
from me. I left to go to my own house, about 20 yards off,
and when I came back her head was drawn back and
her eyes fixed open like a statue.
Baron Alderson—Was she dead ?

Witness—She was. A post mortem examination was
made, and not anything found to account for death; the
heart wrs quite empty, so much so that I said it
looked as if it had been washed ont. The parents told
me that the child bad been unusually well that evening
and bad eaten her supper and jumped into bad, when
she was seized.

Cross-examined by the Attorney•Ganeral—The nature
of the diseas2 is still an.. open question. Dr. Jenner
state 4 angina pectoris to arise from ossification of the
coronary vessels of the heart.

Mr. Baron Alderson—Why is it called angina pec-
toris /

Witness—From anguish, or pain of the head. The
pain is extreme, as if the chest was fixed in a vice. From
his experience with angina pectoris and what he bad read
of death from strychnine, he could not see that there
was any difference. It is not usual for the attack
in angina pectoris to be only one attack, but it will kill
in eight minutes. The clenched state of the hands after
death depends in a great measure upon the mind, and
actions of the person at the time of death.
Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant Skee—A. patient, if he
bad a relapse from an attack of angina pectoris, would
Lie in pei feet health between the attacks.
Dr. Rightson was recalled, and asked by Sergeant
Shee if, when strychnia, is absorbed, whether it would be
collected in parts of the body and absent from others ?
—He said it would be diffused equally.
In answer to the Attorney-General be said that the
dose would be more likely to absorb entirely into the
system if taken in small dose..
Mr. Sergeant Shee—And would it not then be found?

Witness-L
-It would in the spleen and liver.
Catherine Watson was then called. She was the girl
in Scotland whose case was referred to as being
one of tetanus, from which she recovered. Her
evidence was that she had not taken anything to bring
on the attack.
Mr. Szrgeant Shee said that he bad not yet concluded
the defence, for his other witnesses were not ready.
Lord Campbell said in a case of such import he would
not press him to go on, and the Court adjourned at 6
o'clock, previously to which, upon the application of
the Attorney-general, the trainer, Saunders, was called
upon his recognisances.

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pot-lane, whereby the enormous traffic from the Docks
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H. Hall and other gentlemen submitted that the debts
of the Corporation were large, and that there were other
improvements of a more pressing nature which were
suspended or could not be commenced from want of
fends. Ultimately, the motion for taking the proposed
improvement into consideration was loet by a consider-
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s;porting Intelligence.

TATTERSALL'S.-FIIIDAY.

A thin attendance, and very little betting. Went-
worth was steady. At one time 9 to 2 was taken to
4001. about Fazzoletto, but at the close he was again
at sto 1. Vandermnlin was in great forco. Starting at
12 to 1, be quickly reached 10 to 1, and was backed fur
a large sum of money. Cannobie fell back to 12 to 1,
and the Coroner and Fly-by-Night, at 20 to 1 each,
were quite friendless. Rogerthorpe had a downward
tendency.

The other transactions presented nothing worthy of
particular comment.
Closing prices :

THE DEBBY.
3to 1 agst Wentworth (taken)
sto 1 agst Fazzoletto (taken)
9to 1 agst Artillery (take 10 to 1)
10 to 1 agst Vandermulin (taken freely)
11 to 1 agst Cannobie (12 tl 1 taken)
20 to 1 agst Fly-by-Night (offered)
20 to 1 agst Coroner (offered)
22 to 1 agst The Prince (taken)
22 to 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken)
25 to 1 aget Rogerthorpe (taken)
1000 to 25 aget Verdant Green (taken)
1000 to 20 aget Astrologus (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Cotswold (taken)
TIIE OAKS.
sto 1 agst Mermaid ,(taken to 1001.)
10 to 1 agst Tyne (taken)

HARPENDEN RACES.- FRIDAY.

The Rotbamstead. Stakes of 3 aovs each, with 25 added,
for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; optional selling weights',
&c. ; winners extra. One mile and a half. 16 subs.
Mr. T. Hughes's Firelight, 4 yrs, 7st 101 h (D. Hughes) 1
Mr. Armstrong's Little Emma, 3 yrs, 6.4 111 b (Myers) 2
Mr. Thorpe's Little Tom, aged, 9st 11113 (Wells) 3
The following also ran:--Spernzi, Uslees, Boling-
broke, Young Hack, Dalston, Favug, Van Brackel,
Heiress, Bul-bul, and Wave.

Betting-4 to 1 agst Little Tom, sto 1 each agst Fire-
light and Little Emma. Won easily by half a length ;
two lengths between the second and third. The winner
was bought in for 52 sous.
The Two yr-old Stakes of 5 save each, with 50 added ;
colts, 8 t 71b : fillies, 84 21b ; certain penalties for
winners. T.Y.C. 16 subs.
Mr. W. Barnard's Couunotion, by Alarm, Bst 71b
(D. Hughes) 1
Mr. Mellish's Adamas, Bst 121 b (including 51h extra)
(Wells) 2
Mr. J. S. Douglas's Tournament, Set 71b...(Furdhain) 3
The following also ran :—A.nuot Lyle, filly by Bur-
gundy, England's Beauty, colt by Theon, Harriet Wil-
son, filly by Gilbert Gurney, Little John, Salonica, Cin-
derella.

Betting-3 to 1 each agst Commotion and Tourna-
ment, 5 to 1 agst Salonica, 6 to 1 agst Annot Lyle, 8 t.)
1 agst Adams.% Won by half a length ; a length and
a half between the second and third ; Eaglaud's Beauty
and Harriet Wilson were next.

The Harpenden Handicap of 5 Boys each, 3 ft if de-
clared, &•;., with 50 added ; certain winners extra ;
the second to rare his staAe. Two miles. 34 subs,
7 of whom declared.
Mr. T. Hughes's gelding by Faugh-a-Ballagh, out of
Emulous, 3 yrs, Est 71b (D. Hughes) 1
Mr. E. M,lnck's Buckingham, 3 yrs, bit 7th (Ford ham) 2
Mr. Drowe's Philip, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Bray) 3
The followitg also ran :—New Brighten, Balmoral,
Newbold, Miss Goldschmidt, Westminster, Billingham,
Vestige, Warbler, Swalcliff-, Brutus, Geuerai Wind-
ham, and Clara.
Betting.-4 to 1 agst General Windham, 9 t 0.2 agst
Buckingham, 5 to 1 agfit Philip, 7 to 1 ag,it Smalcliffe,
8 to 1 apt Vestige, 10 to 1 each agst Emulous gelding
and Westminster, 100 to 8 agst Billingham. Wou by a
head ; a head only between the second and third ; West-
minster was a bal fourth ; General Windham, Warbler,
and Swalcliffe were the n..xt lot.

The Ladies' Purse of 25 sous, added to a Sweepstakes
of 5 sous each, for three•yr•olds and upwards ; certain
winners extra ; gentlemen riders ; professionals 10Ib
extra ; 1 mile and a half; 10 subs. ; was won by Mr.
Halford's Goldhill, 3 yrs, 103 t 7lb (including 10lb
extra), Wells, beating Mr. Mills's Firebrand, 5 yrs,
12st 71b (including 101 b extra), Higgins, second, and
Mr. Prince's Ploughman, 6 yrs, 12st, owner, third, and
six others.

Handicap Plate of 40 sovs, for two-yr-old and upwards ;
certain penalties for winners. Ono mile-and-a-half.
Mr. Oliver's Elfrida, by Faugh-a-Bailagh, 3 yrs,
6st ll'b
Mr. Newcome's General Windham, 3 yrs, 7st
(Quinton) 2
The following also ran :—Miss Goldschrnid, Plough-
man, Phaeton, Foam, f by Gilbert Gurney, Maid of the
Morn, Wave, Glendonna, and Persia.

Betting.-6 to 4 agst Elfrida, sto 1 agst lave, 6to
1. agst General Windham, 10 to 1 agst Glendonna. Won
easily by a length, the others widely scattered.
The Tally-Ho Stakes of 5 says each, with 30 added,
for four-yr-olds.and upwards, certain winners extra, the
winner to be said for 100 sove, allowances if entered t)
be sold for less, &a., gentlemen riders allowed 4 b, one
mile and a half; 10 subs, were won by Mr. P. Barling's
Nicholas, 5 yrs, 1031 101 b, a Eatwell, beating Mr.
Phillips's Cock Sparrow, 100-., Weaver, second ; Mr.
mpaser's Warbler, list 71b, Nightingall, third, and six
others.

The Hurdle Race of '2 soya each, with 20 added, for
four-yr•otds and upwards, optional selling weights, gen-
tlemen riders allowed 41b, one mile and a half, eleven
subs, way won by Mr. F. Fi-her'd Diligent, 5 yre, lOst
101 b, Kendal, beating Cock Sparrow second, Firebrand
third, and six others.

The Scurry Stakes of 1 soy each, with 15 added, for
three yr•olds and upwards, optional selling weights,
eleven subs, were won by Mr. B. Land's Bor.
deux' aged, 9st 11b, B. Land, jun., beating Mr. Sharpe's
Little Torn, aged, lOst, Wells, second. Icarus, Amazon,
Little Emma, Plausible, Glissade, Heiress, Twm Shon
Catti, and Bat-but, also ran,

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-

Al ENTS.

On the 19th inst., at 9 a.m., Romeo and Westminster
out of their enagements at Epsom.
On the 19th inst., at 9 a.m., Fulbeck out of the
Epwm Town Plate.

On the 19tA inst.,. at 3 p.m., Result, Overreach,
Dudeen. filly by Cotheratone out of Treacherous, and
filly by Cotherstone cut of Duchess of Lorraine, ouli of
all their engagement?.

On the 19th inst., at 3 p.m., Vandyke by Portrait,
nut of all his English engagements.
On the 19th inst., at 3 p.m., Omer Pacha out of all
his engagements at Bath.
On the 19th inst., at 4.30 p.m., all Lord Derby's
horses, except Fazzoletto, out of the Derby.
On the 22d inst., at 11.40 a.m., Domino, Newmar-
ket, and Wild Strawberry, out of their engagements at
Epsom.
On the 23d inst., at 9 a.m,, British Lion out of the
Derby.
On the 231 inst,, at 9 a.m., Aloton out of all his
engagements.

THE DEBBY AND OAKS.—Youatt Wm. Gray issued
his fieal selection for the Derby and Oaks on Thursday
last, and i 3 certain of success. I shall stand on one horse
only, as I know that nothing cau defeat my selection.
The playmen to a man are on, and nothing can be dan-
gerous, unless it is the horse at GO to 1; he will got a
place. This race and the Oaks I never lost. Remember
my great hits on. the Oaks the last two years sith
Mincemeat and Marchioness, at 30 to 1 each. I have
one just as good this year, which must win. Terms for
Derby and Oaks, ss. ; for advice on every race next
week, 7s. GI, and per centage. Address, 15, Charing-
cross. Send directed envelopes.

AQUATICS.

HENLEY ROYAL REGATrA.

Several crews and gentlemen who intend to row for
the sculls and pair-oared races, at Henley, on the 9th
and 10th of June, are in training for that great aquatic
meeting, where the following prizes will be contended

for --
Grand Challenge Cup, value 100 guineas, with pre.
seutation medals, for eight-oared boats.
Ladies' Challenge Pate, value 60 guineas, for eight-
oared boats.
Stewards' Challenge Cup, value 80 guineas, for four-
oared boat'.
Visitors' Challenge Cup, value 60 guineas, for four-
oared boats.
Wyfold Challenge Cup, value 60 guineas, for four.
oared boats.
Town Challenge Cup, value 30 guineas, for four•oared
boats.
The Silver Goblets, value 14 guineas, for pair•oared
boats.
The Diamond Challenge Sculls, value 20 guineas, with
a Presentation Cup, value 12 guineas for scullers.
The Silver Wherry, for scullers of the district. The
entries close on the 31st inst., and are expected to be
very numerous, men from both the Universities and
London clubs having signified their intention to contend
is the regatta.
Picked crews of London watermen will, as is usual,
form a race.

BIRKENHEAD MODEL YACHT CLUB.
o
The above club, which has of late increased rapidly
in numbers, and which is in a very prosperous condition,
has completed its arrangements for the ensuing season,
which are as follows :
The opening cruise to take place on the 21st June.
Ttie first match, for a 201. Cup, to he sailed for on
Thursday, the 26th of June, from Monks Ferry, round
a flag•boat stationed off the :Dingle ; twice round, re-
turning direct to Monks Ferry.
The second mach for a 201. cup, to be sailed for on
Saturday, the 26th.of July. Same course as before.
The third match of the season co take place on Satur-
day the 231 of August, for the Challenge Cup, value
501., with a presentation prize of 51. Same course as
before.

- -
The entries in each match close four days previou,ly,
with Mr. W. Scott, hon. secretary.
The challenge prize becomes the absolute property of
;he holder on his winning it twice successively.

THAMES REGATTA CLUB.
Gentlemen who take an interest in the prosperity of
Timm° s rowing-men and its sports will he gratified to
learn that a to dinner which took place at the Freemasons'
Tavern on Thursday night, und,e.r the auspints of Mr.
Philips, late hon. secretary of the Cambridge University
Snbscription-roorns Club, Mr. J. Nottidge, and other
leading gentlemen connected with aquatics, a club of the
above title, upon the model of the Royal Thames Yacht

Club, was duly formed. It has for its object the ga-
thering together gentlemen desirous of supporting river
pastimes, for the relief of distressed persons connected
with river pursuits, and other objects calculated to pro,-
mote the well-being of that class of the community, and
to serve as a stimulant to honest emulation and compe-
tition. Mr. Reynolds, of the Royal Yacht Squadron, and
about 30 other gentlemen having enrolled their names
as members, the club adjourned. The code of laws and
amount of entrance and subscription will insure the re-
spectability of the body, and the thanks of the rowing
community are due to Mr. Notti'lge for his exertions in
the matter.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 29.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a
Drawing-room at St. James's Palace, on Thursday the
29th of May next, at two o'clock, to celebrate her Ma-
jesty's Birth-day.
N.B. The Knights of the several orders are to appear in
their Collars at the Drawing-room on the 29th May next.

REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED AT THE QUEEN'S DRAW-

ING-1100M, AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE.

The ladies, who purpose to attend her Majesty's
Drawing-rooms at St. James's Palace, are requested to
bring with them two large cards, with their names clearly
written thereon, one to he left with the Queen's Page in
Attendance in the Ante-room, and the other to be de-
livered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the
name to her Majesty.
No presentations will take place at this Drawing-Room.
It is particularly requested that in every cage the
names be very distinctly written upon the cards to be de-
livered to the Lord Chamberlain, in order that there may
be no difficulty in announcing them to the Queen.
The state apartments will not he open for the reception
of company coming to Court until half-past one o'clock.