The Sun.
London, England, 1810-09-13 00:00:00

ALLARD V. SoWERBY.

This was an 'aelion brought by the plaintiff, for
the recovery of 1841. 13s. 6.1.•f0r skill and labour ex
excised in his profession of a
.surgeon, aria for medi-
cines supplied, and who had performed an operation
for that dreadful disorder the stone,- on' the defend-
.ant's son, a youth of' about 17 years of.age. The
sum of 841. had been paid into C*urt, and the ac-
tion had been brought for the remainder. The sum
consisted of three separate charge's, viz. t oogs.. for the
operation •and attendance for six months; 30gs. for
stridures; and 401. 3s. 6tl. for medicines, which were
dispensed' by the plaintiff- at the request of the de-
fendant.. •

Mr. Serjeant LENS, in opening the case, paid a
high compliment, to the skill of Mr. A. declaring
he was second to no man in the kingdom ; and it
yeas prover.l. that Mr.• Hackett had paid loogs. har a
similar operation,' •
. On the part of the defenclaht, Mr. JEKYLL ad-
dressed the Jury in a. brilliant speech replete with
much sarcastic Inn-flour. Alter having observed that
a ease more bare ot that ztvidcnce which should en-
`title a plaintiff to a - verditi, Wa4 never brought into
Court; that the exorbitant charges of the plaintiff.
Were "unsupported-by the testimony of any profes-
sional Gentleman in the same viry, that such were
the. usual and 'proper charges ; " Methinks (says-
Mr. J.) I view the-plaintiff retiring to his Sabit.e
„farm in Dorsetshire—he has turned his spatula in-
to a ploughshare, and his lancet into a pruning
knife.; cultivating his own rhubarb; and using his
syringe to water his plants, himself reclining under
the shade of his Peruvian bark." He hoped, when
he viewed the streets of his native-city, that he '
Would do it without a sigh ; and that he would have
no need to exclaim with Gil Bias frknd
pio, on approaching the gates of Vfilladclid," at
sight of this last place I could not help heaving a
profound sigh, and my companion, who perceiving
it,. asking the cause, Child (said I), 1 practised
physic a long time in this city, and iny.couscit:iice
upbraids me with it at this moment !' Gentle/ben,
you will believe me when -I say, that against Mr.
'A.'s Skill there can be no objeCtion raised;-: but-I did-
expect that to sustain this charge, .some respectable
professional gentleman would ha-ve been called to
whew the ordinary fee for such a job; --what the re-'
gular tariff, what the regu:ar, price. Mr. Hackett,
it is true, has said he paid too guineas; but. in
charges of this sort, a distintlion W persons should
;be taken.intO the account: Every professional man
would-Make a difference between sewing_up the,,
head of an apple•-womati and a Serjeant at Law.—
My -Learned Friend oppo,ite, Mr. Serjeant PELL
(whose head-was bound up from an accident he had
met laith), did not -get his patch •gratis. The
Learned, Gentleman next adverted to -the separate'
charge for-the striOures, contending,' that,.when the
operaminif4-the stone was performed, the cause of
the -stei4lgresf was -.removed. chargei for the
medihine were then alluded to. He had calculated
the mass of medicinft this. Roor boy had swalhtw- ,
ed, and found that it amounted
,to 469 drafts and
mixtures, at 12s. (id. per day. Yon-have it in. evi-
dence to be sure,•Gentlemen, that the bottles were
returned, and tills reminds me of a.passage in a co-
medy of the celebrated Foote, where a medical man
exclaims, " Well; I have got my bottles, so I-shall
not be out of pocket." .
Mr. Baron WOOD recapitulated the evidence in !
it concise and impartial manner, with very few ob-'
serrations.

Mr. Sowerby having paid 841. into Court, 50
guineas for the operation, and 30 guineas for the
medicine, the Jury gave a verdict for that sum,
thinking it .6 leasonable compensation to Mr. Al-,

Monday se'nnight the town of Peniltone was
alarmed by an explosion in the house of Mr. Haigh,
a shopkeeper, who had for some time labour, d un-
der mental derangement, and went, with a lighted
pipe, into the garret of his house, wheie there was
more than 2cwt. of powder, when it is probable
some of the burning embers from his pipe. set fire to
it ; the explosion blew out the window, drove out
roof in every diredion, and in a few minutes the
whole house was enveloped in flames. The poor
man was found alive atter the explosion by two
men, who rushed up stairs, and who heard him
speak ; but the fierceness of the flames, and the
falling in of the roof, obliged. them to leave him to
his fate. .Mrs. Haigh escaped, but not without
being considerably burnt in rescuing a box; contain-
ing a quantity of cash and notes.

The Annoyance Juries have been very successful
in many parts of the vicinity of the metropolis, in
detecting and punishing persons having in their
possession unjust weights and Measures. it is greatly
to be wished that their visits were made more fre-
quently in the heart of the town—and it is certain,
if they were, that many wicked frauds would be pre-
Vented.

PARTNERSHIPS' DISSOLPED.
J. Thomas and J. Bevans, Bristol, taylors. •
T. T. Triebner add B. M. M. Colby, Leeds, tobacco-ma-
nufaelorers.
R.Toxing and A .Newman, Hammersmith, market-gardeners.
J. carsie and J. Thomas Gainsboroudi, merchants.
I. Wilkinson, T. Bowers, and T. Dickenson, Congleton ,
Cheshire, brewers.
F. Johnson, jun. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, wine-merchants.
W. Birch, I'. tyright, and J. Lucas, Fleet-street, paper-
stainers. •
S. Sedgwick and W.Sedgwick, Liverpool, wholesale grocers.
S—Cater, I :.Marsllol,. D. Humphries, and G. Brounger, Sr.
,Chu.rch. yard, and Manchester, wholesale linen..
drapers.

S'POR'TING lATELLIGEKCE.

BEDFORD RACES.

SEITENII3.I3.R S.
The Woburn Stakes, ofTen Guineas each, for all ages.
Lord Suffield's hr. c—tiv Ambrosio . - g g
Mr FletcheF's Cit. tn. Gift_ z 2
Lord Hincidithrook's'b c. GetisCric - - 6 ;
Lord F. G. Osborne's ch. c. Rabbit. - - 4 4
Mr. HoNorrh's U. h. Jeremy - - 3
bl. b.:lMungq - S 6,
Fifty rounds (the Gilt of the Duke of Bedford), for three-
year olds.

Mr. F. Cmvc.sn's ch. 1. Janneite 1 I
Lord' Sullietu's b. t. Acquilina - _ i 2. ur
Mr. I loworth's cit. t.. jubilee - - - 3 3Jr
The Noblemen and Gentlemen's Subscription Purse:oll';:4
Po.unds.
Mr. Williams' ch. m. Cift
Mr. licyorties. ch. 1. Jubilee - _
"Che Town Plate of Fifty Pounds.

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Mr. Howortb's b. t. Jeremy - _ , . r I
Mr. Williams' ch. in. Gift i
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Mr. Sixlitti's b. g. rebluiy Lnklin Feedit - _
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4r. Newithin's bl. 11. hluDgo - ~ _ _ i' -,