The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1861.

CREMORNE.-PRIVATE EVENING FETES
at the Royal Cremorne Gardens, on THURSDAY,
July 18, and I'VE ONESDAY, July 24, in aid of the Funds
for the Relief of the Sp italflelds Weavers and the Spaal-
fields Emigration Committee.

LIST OF LADIES PATRONESSES
(from whom vouchers for tickets must be obtained).
Her Grace the Duchess of Wellington.
Her Grace the Duchess of Hamilton. .
Her Grace the Duchess of Beaufort.
Her Grace the Duchess of Marlborough.
Her Grace the Duchess of Manchester.
Most Noble the Marchioness of Downshire.
Most Noble the Marchioness of Ailesbury.
Most Noble the Marchioness of Clanri arde.
Right Honourable the Countess of Derby.
Right Honourable the Countess of Chesterfield.
Right Honourable the Dowager Countess of Essex.
Right Honourable the Countess of Kinnoul.
Right Honourable the Countess of Hopetoun.
Right Honourable the Countess of Nlalmesbury.
Right Honourable the Countess of Yarborough.
T ,e Honourable the Viscountess Combermere.
, The Honourable Lady Harriette Ashley.
The Honourable Lady Charlotte Schreiber.
The Honourable Lady Er-erton of Tatton.
The Baroness Lionel de Rothschild.
The Baronial; Anthony de Rothschild.
The Lady 011iffe.
The Entertainments and Decorations will be upon a scale
of mere than ordinary attraction.

Admission Ticket (in exchange for a Lady Patroness'
Voucher), Half-a Guinea, admitting to all the varied enter-
tainments without any extra charge.
Vouchers for Tickets will be exchanged on and after Thurs-
day, July 11, at Mr. MitChell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street.
Vouchers not exchanged within two days of each Fete will
be charged Fifteen Shillings.

VVANS'S MUSIC and SUPPER ROOMS.—
Gentlemen meet as Nsual every evening. Mackney as
ever—Sydney's admirable New Song—'l he Elliot Family and
the American Brothers' elegant Performances, superior to
anything yet sq en. Four-part Songs, Glees, Madrigals, and
Classic Vocal Music form, the main element of the entertain-
ment "Pl4-goers sup at Evans's to glees extremely well
sung. "—Athenaeum.

MR. W. S. WOODIN'S NEW ENTERTAIN-
MENT. the CABINET of CURIOSITIES, POLY-
GRAPHIC HALL, King Wil lam-street, Charing-cross,
TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at
Eight. Private boxes, £1 ls. ; Stalls and box stalls, 3s. ;
area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, ls. - A plan of the stalls may be
seen, and seats secured (without extra charge), at the Box-
office, from 10 till 4 Morning Performance, Saturday,
May 11.

LLIIRGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND MUSICAL
ENTERTAINMENT,
with the Celebrated BAND, Forty in number (established
eleven years), chosen from the Philharmonic Concerts, Royal
Italian Operas, and the Household Troops. Conducted by
Mons. Lamotte. Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt.—Dancing
at Nine o'clock.-18. admission.

COOL AND REFRESHING TOILETTE
REQUISITE. Oldridge's Ba'm of Columbia is
the most certain remedy for restoring and strengthening
the hair. By it whiskers and m ,ustaches are produced and
beautified. Ladies will find it especialy valuable, as the
most delicate head-dress or bonnet can be worn without fear
of soiling. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and lls. C. and A. OLDRIDGE,
22, Wellington-street, Strand.

will be unnecessary to pester Capt. Mildmay with
the incessant showers of questions which so severely
tried his patience yesterday. Amateurs may also
like to know that the pool targets are at ranges of
100, 200, and 500 yards, and that there is at the
extremity of the ground, on the left, a Swiss target
of 1,000 yards, put up for
.the express purpose of
testing the rifles.

desirous that I should take the watch, and also a
box which she also desired me tohave. Mrs. Bellis
became very excited and asked me what business
I had to call her in ? " Surety, Doctor," she said,
" I can do what I like with my own property?
I don't ask my landlady whom I am to leave
my property to. I did think, Doctor, you knew
yourself better." I saw her again the same
night. She seemed very excited; and I said I
would stay with her all the night. The next morn-
ing she was very much better, and at twelve I re-
moved her in my carriage to my house. When she
arrived there •she held up her hands and said,
" Thank God I have come here ! I shall now be
comfortable." She could walk with assistance. She
then ordered her dinner, and asked me to send for
Mr. Fitch again. I did so; and when he came she
told him that she wished to make her will. Mr.
Fitch said that Mrs. Jones and I must leave the
room. She said, "No, no ; lam going to leave my
property to the doctor ; there is no secret about it."
Mr. Fitch said, however, that I must leave, and I
did so. Saw her again in the evening, and she
asked me to get her some Holloway's pills. I asked
her, " Would it not be better to have some medical
man ?" She said that doctors were of no use to her,
and that her son Frank, after bing given up by
several, was after all cured by a simple pill." Then
she went to bed, but in the night I was knocked up.
I again wanted her to have a medical man, but she
said, " It's no use; it's only.throwing money away."
Nevertheless, I sent the nurse for Dr. Murphy.
The testatrix asked me if she was worse. I told
her that she was weaker ; and she said, " Then as I
am going to die I want to see your friend the lawyer,
and finish my will. I said he had left town by a
late train, and would not return till the morning.
Then she asked for the will, and I gave it her. I
told her that two witnesses would be required.
She looked over the will, and then Mr. Hutherance,
a friend of mine, who was to be one of the wit-
nesses, began to read it to her. She stopped him,
and said she knew very well what was in it. I
then asked him to explain its contents to her, which
he did. She then had it placed in her hands and
proceeded to sign it. In so doing she made a blot.
Mr. Hutherance took the will from her and
scratched out the blot. Then he gave it her again
t.) sign. I was supporting her, and she said to me,
"Doctor, I am trembling, assist me." I put my
arm round her waist, and held her wrist. I said
to her, "I think your name is Isabella ?" She said,
" Isabella ? No, it is Sophia." Mr. Hutherance
was holding the candle before her. She objected
t' that, and bade him to hold it behind her, for she
said she could then see batter. Having signed the
will, she gave it to Mr. Hutherance, who asked her
if it was her desire that he and my man Proctor
should witness it ? She said yes, and they accord-
ingly attested the paper. Mr. Hutherance gave it
back to her, and after looking at it for a moment
she handed it to me, and I told Mr. Hutherance
that we should not want him any longer. She then
asked for Mrs. Jones, who then gave her some wine.
The testatrix said, " God bless you ! I shall never
forget your kindness. The Lord is sure to reward
you for your trouble." She died at about two or
three o'clock in the same night. I had never pre-
scribed for her, as she did not believe in ho-
moeopathy. I knew, however, that she had heart
complaint and other diseases.
Cross-examined by the Queen's Advocate—l have
practised homoeopathy for nine or ten years. I
have also practised hydropathy during that time.
Hydropathy is not " the cold water cure." We use
hot water, cold water, hot air, regimen, exercise,
and other hygienic means. I was bred an allopa-
thist.

The Court—What is that ?
Witness—lt is the old treatment by bleeding,
blistering, emetics, purges, and the like.
Sir J. Harding—But it is the system pursued by
the great body of our ignorant physicians, is it not ?
Witness—By the great body of our physicians.
Sir J. Harding—Have you not contributed a new
medicine to the pharmacopoeia, called "Astra Man-
cac ?" (Laughter.)
Witness—Your orthography is inaccurate, sir.
It is " Axtramankcz." (Renewed laughter.)
Sir J. Harding—Well, sir, and what language
do you call that? Is it Welsh ? (Laughter.)
Witness—l really am not aware, neither do I
know what it means. (A laugh.) I bought the
recipe of an old Dutchman in London, whose name
I don't know. " Axtramankaz" is a farinaceous
substance. It is made of rice and other cereals ;
but its precise composition is of course a secret. It
is intended as a substitute for cod liver oil. It may
still be procured at any wholesale chemist's. I had
an establishment in Oxford-street for its sale. I
had a man there who was named George, and who
managed the business for me. He brought
an action, and obtained damages against me for
turning him out. I have taken out a patent
for the axtramankaz. I took my degree at Aber-
deen in 1853. I had bought the axtramankaz be-
fore then. It did not form part of Mr. George's
duties to lecture upon it. He had some knowledge
of herbal medicine. The patient was taken out for
me by a merchant named Waller, who had more to
do with it than I had. I have never lectured upon
the virtues of axtramankaz myself, but I have lec-
tured on the subjects of hydropathy and homce-
pathy at various halls in London and in the country.
I have lectured at Chipping Norton, where both
Mrs. Jones and Mr. Hutherance have resided. They
are related by marriage. I went to Chipping Nor-
ton to lecture in 1853. I think I was then courting
Mrs. Jones. I stayed with a Mr. Liddiard, a solici-
tor. I was there for two days. I left Chipping
Norton on the afternoon of April 14, 1853, for Ban-
bury, and travelled thence all night to Aberdeen,
where I arrived in the early part of the next morn,.
ing. The train was eight or ten hours going from
London to Aberdeen. It was a fast train.
A Juror—l should think so. (Laughter.)
The Judge—You would rejoice the hearts of the
people of Scotland if you could establish such a
communication as that.

The Queen's Advocate—You would deserve the
freedom of the City, as well as your doctor's
degree. Well, and what did you do when you
got to Aberdeen ?
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Witness--I went to the Railway Hotel, where
I slept. When I rose I walked to the college.
It took me a quarter of an hour.
Sir J. Harding—oh, did it ? Come, I know
Aberde n pretty well myself. And so you mean
to say that you walked from the railway to the
Marischal College in a quarter of an hour !
Well, what did you do then ?
Witness—l asked to see the secretary, who made
an appointment with me for the next day. I went
again the next day, and was examined. I wrote
papers. There was some misunderstanding on the
subject of the examination with another gentleman
that I am acquainted with.
The Court—What was his name ?
Witness—l don't remember.
Sir J. Harding—Perhaps I can help you. Did
it happen to be anything like Reeve ?
Witness—Well, yes. The misunderstanding was
between him and me. Reeve was not a member of
the college. He and I had some understanding
one with the other.

The Court—lt was not a misunderstanding, then,
but an understanding. Well, what was it
Witness—Perhaps we did what we ought not to
have done.

The Court—That's very likely. (A laugh.) But
what was it ?

Witness (hesitating)—lt was a matter which I
should not like to talk about. (A laugh.)
The Judge—People often do what they neither
like to talk nor hear talked about. But you must
say what it was.
Witness—We used to go to various colleges and
pass examinations.
The Judge—Well, but there is no harm in that.
Come, now, what was this "understanding ?"
Witness—Mr. Reeve used to pass examinations
for various persons.
The Judge—What do you mean f.'
\Vitness—l think I have sufficiently answered.
The Judge—No, I think not. What do you
mean P Were you not examined at the college ?
Witness—l would rather say nothing about it.
The Court—But you have sworn that you passed
an examination by the authorities of the college,
and was made a doctor. Were you examined ?
Witness—Yes.

Sir J. Harding—Look at these examination
papers, and tell me is this signature," G. D. Jones,"
Sours?
Witness—No,
Sir J. Harding—ls it Reeve's ?
Witness—Yes.
The Court—Oh, I understand it all now. (A
laugh.) There was but one " understanding " be-
tween these two gentlemen, and so both used it.
(Laughter.)
Sir J. Harding—Did you represent him, or he
you.
Witness—He represented me. I have represented
others at Dublin ; and he represented me on this
occasion.
The Court—ls it necessary to go further? He
does not like to mention it, but it is clear that he
has perpetrated a fraud.
The Queen's Advocate—That is necessarily so,