The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-29 00:00:00

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SUFFERERS AT THE vumizs TUNNEL

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIM

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Your obedient servant,
RICH IM BEAMISH
Engineer Office, Thames Tunnel, March S.

TO THE EDI'T'OR OF THE SUN.

have lust seen a paragraph in your Paper of
the 12th inst., copied front the World, in reference to a
petition stated to have been sent by the Bishop of Salisbury
to the resident Clergyman of a large pariah in his Diocese,
against [the repeal of j the Corporation and Teat Acts, and
returned by him to his Lordship. And in the Molt/ of
the same date there was introduced a long and virulent in-
vectiit against the Bishop, founded on that statement.
This, Sir, It the third attack which has linen published
in the World against the venerable Bishop of Salisbury,
and I have reason to believe that it is his Lordship's present
intention to direct that a Prosecution shall be commenced
immediately against the Editor of that most calumnious
Papet. Whether you. Sir, will be included in that Prose-
cution I do not Itiiuw, but 1 hereby declare most solemnly
that the statement alluded to is a gross and maliaione
hood ; that I alone am responsible for the circulation of
the petition in question ; that I never consulted the Bishop
upon it ; that the Bishop wa, entirely ignorant of my in-
tention, and has never, I believe, seen the petition even t
this day. The advertisement, announcing that it woul,l
lie for signature at the principal places in the several
Deaneries of may Archdet,conry, sea inserted in the &aka-
bury Journal by ass directions, and was signed by myself
as Archdeacon of Sarum. I contented myself with having
that advertisement inserted, and never canvassed a single.
Clergyman within Loy Archdeacoury to sign the petition.
I left it entirely to the discretion of each to act as he judged
most expedient, and the only occurrence on which, as I
conceive, the gross and wilful misrepresentation could have
been founded, is the circumstance of a Clergyman having,
expressed, on the ground of personal convenience, a reluc-
tance to permit it to lie at his house for signat we. The
same Clergyman also, I believe, declined signing it.
I shall make no further comment:, on the transaction,
but I call upon you, Csir, as a man of common honour and
integrity, to give the same publicity to this, my positive
contradiction of a most gross libel, with that which yeu
gave to the libel itself.
1 am, Sir, your obedient Servani.
L. CLARKE, Atchdeacoutuf Serum
Downton, miter Salisbury-, March 27, 1828.

ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL

(Front the Landon Medical Gazetito

A man, married, about thirty years of age, seas
brought to the Hospital en Wednesday night, March
20th, with symptoms of hydrophobia. It appear::
that, about ten weeks age, he Was bitten by a cat,
attempting to save one of his children, who was
likewise injured by the animal, but in whom no
symptoms of the disease have yet shown themselves..
He was bitten deeply on the ring-finger of his left-
hand, and upon the calf of his leg, and came the
next day to St. Bartholomew's, where he wasadvised
to have the injured part excised; but this he refused,
as well as for his child, for whom the same operation
was recommended; the wound healed up, and he
thought little more of the matter till last Sunday,
when he first perceived a stiffness in the left-
hand, followed by pain, shooting tip his arm ; but he
supposed it to arise from a strain, and paid little at-
tention to it 1 in the evening the pain became more
severe, and continued through the night and all the
next day; on Tuesday it was to excruciating that he
could scarcely endure it ; and he then, for the first
time, sent for a medical man, who bled him, withoat
affording, however, any relief. The next day, about
noon, ke seemed better; the pain had almost left
him, and he expressed a wish to take some wine and
water, but he had nd sooner swallowed a little than
he sprang from his bed in a strong convulsion; his
medical attendant having been sent for, again tried
him with some liquid, but he drew back with horror.
The same effect was produced at each attempt to
drink, but in the course of an hour he contrived
to swallow a pill, and a vitt7 small piece of bread
and butter. In the evening he was brought to the
Hospital ; at that time Doctor Hue, under whose
care he was placed, described the usual symptom*
of hydrophobia to have been well marked. Ile had
an anxious and somewhat wild look ; his eyes were
staring, and his pupils extremely dilated he was
tolerably calm in his manner, and quite rational, an.
swering all questions that were put to him clearly,
as far as the sense was concerned, although it was
difficult to understand what he said, from a naturel
impediment in his speech, which was perhaps some-
what increased by his alarm ; but he evidently
avoided, as much as possible, any allusion to the
origin of his disorder, wishing to attribute it to
some other cause; though he afterwards rneationed
to the nurse his suspicions of its true nature. yis
pulse was 80, and full ; his bowels had been opened
several times on the preceding day, but not on that
his skin was moist, and he afterwards perspired very
profusely. He had great difficulty in detaching the
saliva from his mouth and fauces ; and it adhering
about his lips gave it that appearance of froth
ing at the mouth which has been described
as a characteristic of this disease. He was rather
thirsty, but this sensation was not distressing. An
attempt was now again made to induce him to swat
low some liquid, but it immediately produced a
spasm of the muscles of the throat, and, apparently-,
of the diaphragm ; putting a moistened feather be
tween his lips occasioned the same effect : indeed,
the mere passing of any one rapidly by him was
sufficient to bring it on, but listless some exclieng
cause like those Just mentioned was present, he ree
three grains of extract of belle,
mained quiet, and apparently free from spasm. It
with thirty drops of laudanum (to insure
was determined to try the influence of narcotics,
once
ee
or
rurtiiiivgi
twice
theh ad night.the
danodn,naa,ceNovridthi
its retention), dissolved in water, were thrown
up the rectum ; but this, apparently, had no el,
feet on him, and he remained much' in the same
was quite sensible, and talked at ntervals : he
p moistenedurin g
plied
.by his own desire. About ten o'clock, a.m.
the injection of bclladona and opium was repeated,
and the effects of this dose soon became apparent;
,this
feathertm e ahe
much so, that the other symptoms were com-
pletely marked (as Dr. Hue expressed it) by it. His
pulse rose to 140, and was strong and hard; his eyea
were red, and blood-shot; he ceased to speak intel-
ligibly, and his breathing, was laboured; indeed the de-
termination of blood to the head was so evident, that
about noon it was thought right to open his temporal
artery; but while this measure was in considera-
tion lie was seized with a kind of epileptic fit, and
became gradually convulsed. A large quantity of
blood, about two pounds, was drawn from his tem-
ples, and he seemed a little relieved ; but the cou-
ulsions, snbsultus tendinum, especially about
the face and throat, continued, and he became more.
comatose till nearly six in the evening, when death
put a termination to his sufferings.

Parliament will adjourn for the holidays on
Thursday utxt; to Al9iiiiaty the %let of April.