The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-24 00:00:00

GOSPORT.

"When doctors disagree who shall decide?" The
good and loyal people of the equally good town of Ges•
port hays had lots of fcod for gossip provided for them
during the past week, at the expense of two medical
gentlemen of this town, the friends of whom may justly
exclaim, with Shakspere—
" A plague on both your flames."
It appears from the gatherings and siftings of very con-
flict-inn testimony, that Mr. Grey having taken offence
at the imputations cast upon him by the writer of cer-
tain letters in this journal (which have been further
perpetuated in a pamphlet), to which the names
of " Clericus" and Mr. Kealey were severally ap-
pended, took it into his head that Mr. Kealey's :princi-
pal, Mr. Butcher, was the real incendiary in the matter
of the inflammable missives made use of to his discom-
fort, and accordingly having demanded from the latter
individual cessation from such a'inoyance and reccived
no comfort therefrom, he threatened to horsewhip him,
at th© AVM time offering him the choice of a " meeting"
on the spot so fatal to the duellists who last occupied it—
Browndown. As, however, Mr. Botcher did not under-
stand bring " btVehered" in that way, nor liking the
possibiliry of being game for powder instead of powder
making game for him at tliis festive season, declined—
whether as a matter of principle, or discretion in
another sense, we do not wish to know, and the
consequence of this was, that an information
having- been given before the justices of the
warlike intentions of Mr. Grey, a warrant wes
issued requesting his attendance hrfore their worships
to answer the charge of inviting Mr. Butcher to his
own slaughter, and thereby putting that practitioner in
" bodily (and mental) fear," as the statute terms it. Mr.
Grey was accordingly vvaAo:l upon by Inspector Martin
(of the local police) and aisittantl, and in due course
lodged in durance, ar.d ultimately bonnd over, himself
in 1001., and two stitch': in the arrow ;t of 501. etch, to
1..t,-cp the peace for the term of six month towards his
brother practitioner. Sc ended the folly of a day."
We wonder whet engines of destruction the doughty
belligerents in this w ef words would helve use°, hoed
their views. of their wrt,ngs coincided to an ext nt to
lave deterallned then to face eaten other in hosTo
strife,—we ghoul l snzgesra, nun tars as the most I)4;pm-
priste; hut it they did not relish that rnode of " con -
pounding" I heir grievances, we worit:l give them the et -
tion of " blerding"—by the purse as well as the note.
This would bring matte: to a si.-eedy " issue."— forts -
meat!, Times. end ,Virat GazAe.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

APiIISnIENTS.

end Matters—U:lirles (1S19), to ti e
Athol Lteata-Slip); ejrnelill3 Fox (1816), to the Queen,
110, flag,-ship, Me,iierraneqn, vice Youti, promoted,
already sae]; Theoph:lus J. Jon€s (1818), to the
Amphitrite, 2-1, at Portsmouth.
Master; Asiistants—John Reid and W. J. W. Ye.-
If;nd, to the Volcano steam-vcs*el, fitting at WoolutV_;;
Henry NV. 133rnct, to the Iheate, 6, steam-sloop, rt
Portsmouth. _ .

The follor;ing eppoiniments have also taken place:—
Lieutenant—F. W. Turton (1850), additional to tie
Queen. flig-sbip, Mediterranean.
Chief Engineer—John Suell, from the Blenheim.
Portsmouth, to the Fisgard, Wookich.
Surgeon—W. H. Bent (1817), to the Fantome.
Chaplain—Rev. J. Jukins (1835), to the Belleroplik n
78. Devonport.
Mate7,— W. C. Sullivan, to the Excellent; R. W.
Fayrer (1850), late f tho Wellesley, to the Fantome,
12, Portsmouth; A. 0. Sutton (1850), and E. B. 11.
Frinliliu (1850), addiAonal to the Victory, dig-ship,
Portsmotrh; A. J. Grey (1850), to the 13,11erophon.
Asiistant Surgeons—G. M. Sidley (1815), to the
Fantome; W. F. Noot (1545), additional to the Victory.