The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-18 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 11.
CA KY C. WINSTANLEY AHD °mutt.

This %vas an action auailist iNles,rs. Richard WM-
itailley, Wm. Gilmore Bolton, and Charles L. Hog-
(rat, three of the proprietor; of the late Britisit
I'resa newspaper, to recover 2201. for one year's use
and occupation of the prpuliss, . No. 181, Strand.
The occupation from Lady-day, 1826, to the 31sta
of October followin, was proved by Mr. Robert
Cannon, the late
publisher of the British 'Press;
and he deposed to the fact of Messrs. Winstanley
and Bolton being proprietors of the paper during
that period, and to his having several times paid rent
to the plaintiff on account of the proprietms. Two
other witnesses spoke to facts showing that Mr.
Hoggart was also a proprietor.
had nut been satisfactorily
Mr. CAMPBELL, for the defendants, submitted
Lord TENTERDEN thought that a prima jiecic case
ptlrioatvetdh.e proprietorship
had been made out.

Mr. CAMPBELL had no witnesses to call ; but he
submitted that the plaintiff could not recover more
than three quarters of a year's rent, as there was no
evidence to chow that the premioes hid been occu-
pied for the purposes of the paper subseluetit to the
31st of October, 1826.

By consent of the plaintiff's counsel, a verdict was
then taken for 1631.

MR. ABERNETHN

The following account ofthis eminent surgeon
appears in the " New Monthly Magazine" for
November.—Let the reader imagine a smug,
elderly, sleek, and venerable-looking man, ap-
proaching 70 years of age, rather (as novel
Writers say) below than above the middle height,
somewhat inclined to corpulency, and upright in
his carriage withal; with his hair most primly
powdered, and nicely curled round his brow and
temples : let theni imagine such a person habited
in sober black, with his feet thrust carelessly into
a pair of unlaced half-boots, and his hands into the
pockets of his " peculiars ;" and they have the
glorious John".:. of the profession before their
eyes... The following colloquy, which, occurred
not many days snide," between him and a friend
of our's, is w characteristic of the professor, that
we cannot resist its insertion :—Having entered
the room, our friend " opened the proceedings,"
" I wish you to ascertain_ what is the matter Nsith
my eye, Sir. It,,is Very,painftil, and lam afraid
there is sonic ,great mischief going on." Which
I can't sec;," ptadiii'g the patient
before' the Wiii4;;;.4.)a -looking closely at the
" But-7. interposed.our friend. " Which
I can't see," again said, or rather sung, the
professor. " Perhaps not, Sir, but—" " Now
dont bother !" ejaculated the other ; " but
sit down, and I'll tell you all about
it." Our friend sat down accordingly, while
Abernethy, standing with his back against the
table, thus tiegan :—" I. take it fur granted that,
in consulting me, you wish to know what I
should do for myself, were I in a predicament
similar to yourself. Now, I have no reason to
suppose that you are in any particular predica-
ment.; and the terrible mischief you apprehend
depends, I take it, altogether upon the stomach.
Mind,—at present, I have no reason to believe
there is any thing else the matter with you."
(Here my friend was about to disclose sundry
dreadful maladies with which he believed himself
afflicted, but be was interrupted with, " Diddle-
diddle-dum, diddle-dm, dee !" uttered in
the same smooth Jane' as the previews part of the
address—and be was • silent.) " Now, your
stomach being out of order, it is my duty to ex-
plain to you how to put it to rights again ; and,
in my whimsical way, I shall give you an illustra-
tion of my position ; for I like to tell people
something that they will remember. The kitchen,
that is, your stomach, being out of order, 'the
garret (pointing to the head) cannot be right ;
and, egad !. every room in the house becomes
affected. Repair the injury in the kitchen,—re-
tnedv the evil there (now don't bother), and all
will be right. This you mus:hdilo by diet. If
ale
you put improper fund into your stomach, by
gad you play the very devil with it, and the
whole machine besides. Vegetable matter fer-
animal sub-
sntieiiicts,sare changed and becomes
into a putrid, abominable,
and acrid stimulus. ' (Don't bother again.)
You are going to ask—What has all this to do
with, my eye ? I will tell you. Anatomy
teaches us that the skin is a continuation of the
membrane which lines the stomach ; and your
own observation will inform you that the delicate
thef
oe
N mouth,ow t hs
or umaet ,
pneoospel,e a
ancdqueyirees,p ar
er
linontiNsigo
•
posterous noses, (Alters blotches on the face and
different parts of the body ; others inflammation
of the eyes—all arising from the irritation of the
stomach. People laugh at me for talking so
much about the stomach. I sometimes .tell this
story to' forty different persons of a mewing, and
some won't listen to me, so we quarrel, and they
go and abuse me all over the town. I can't help
it—they come to me for my advice, and I give
it them, if they will take it. I can't do any
more. Well, sir; as to the question of diet. .1
must refer you to my. book, (Here the profes-
sorand
ea smiled,ed. begu lint page 73, all
thatte continuedi
smiling)
ashem
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will
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g lecture
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twelve
e) There are only about a dozen pages
membertened'Dooncetohral:l of it wheny-Book,'anidt satirized
Nva sd
nSo
that
by
name all over England ; but who would sit and
es,
I have reduced my directions into writingo,rarned-
there they are for any body to follow, if they
now conic
province
medical please. Havingalritseo,stosiorozoio.tuohgfehadt
be,•we
the
as-
sist
nd
nature, not to force her. Now, the only
medicine 1 advise you to take, is a dose of a
slight aperient medicine every morning the firat
thing. I for the dose, as that must
en stipulate
be regulated by circumstances, but you must
take some ; for without it, by gad ! your stomach
will never be right. People go to Harrowgate,
and Buxton, and Bath, and the devil knows
where, _to drink the waters, and they return full
of admiration at their surpassing efficacy. Now,
these waters contain next to nothing of purgative
medicine ; but they are taken readily, regularly,
and in,sneb quantities as to produce the desired
effect:: .You must persevere in this plan, until
v9u overieuce relief, which you certainly will do.
.1 am often asked—.' Well, but Mr. Abernethy,
why don't you practice what you preach ?'
answer, by reminding tt:e inqpirer of the parson
and .the sign-post.-;' both point the way, but
neither follow its course." And thus ended a
colloquy, wherein is mingled much good sell se,
useful advice, and whimsicality.