The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-21 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East
India House, when the following ships were taken up, and
thus stationed, viz.:_

Ships. Ton Commanders. Destination.
Bridgewater 1276 J. R. Alanderson 1 Bengal and China
Lady Melville 1263 Richard Clifford...... j (Early)
Farquharson 1326 John Cruikahank ...
Inglis
Duke of York l3e7 Robert Locke Bengal and China
IlYthe
Thames
Windsor 133.5 Thomas Haviside ... i Madras and China
Repulse
Buckinghamshire 1367 Richard Glasspoele Bombay & China
Herefordshire 1279 William Hope (Early)
Duke of Sussex... 1336 W. H. Whitehead
Atlas 1267 John Hine Bombay & China
General Kyd
t bay, and China
.ISt. Helena and
China, ss
Kellie Castle 1332 E. L. Adams . ...... .. through to pass
kellie Cgstle 1332 E. L. Adams ..........4 through the
Straits of Ma-
lacca.
Waterloo 1325 David R. Newall ....
3c,..a.leby Castle .....
ransittart
Lowther Castle
Charles Grant

Apartments are taken for Miss PATON, at
the ensuing Salisbury Music Meeting, in the name of Lord
lind Lady LsNNox.—Chester Courant.

SCOTLAND.—So many vessels have arrived
at Fiaherrow within the last few days, that it has been
found necessary to send sixteen additional tidewaiters from
Leith, for the purpose of assisting those stationed in
l'lsherrow in the discharge of their duty.—Edinburgh
Courant.

The Editors of the English Orange Papers,
,commonly, but improperly, called Ministerial, appear to
neve been driven " beside themselves," as the old women
Say, by the speech of Mr. Secretary DAWSON. They
affect, however, to see nothing in Mr. DAwsoN's conduct
but sheer folly, and labour hard to persuade their readers
that the Government do not participate in the change of
npinion put forth by the Honourable Member. One of
there papers, and the most able of its class, is endeavour-
mg to raise the No-Popery cry, no doubt for the purpose
of keeping the Duke of WELLINGTON up to the sticking-
Place of nen-concession. The Editor is evidently alarmed
lest his Grace should give way ; and not without reason.
We can tell, however, our brother of the " broad sheet,"
that the Duke has all along looked upon Catholic Emanci-
pvaift,itiieouna; a question of expediency, and that he never was
opposed to it. We believe that he is now con-
scious of his strength, and that he has determined to carry it.
The truth is, the majority of the influential part of the
people of England have hitherto been opposed to the politi-
cal claims of the Catholics, and there never was a Prime
Minister in this country, with the exception of the present,
in whom sufficient confidence was placed to shake or neu-
tralise this feeling. No Minister could have carried the
repeal of the Test Act but his Grace, and no man now in
existence would have the slightest chance of emancipating
the Catholics, as it is called, but the same illustrious indi-
vidual. If our contemporary and his colleagues could suc-
ceed in exciting a strong manifestation of feeling against
the Catholic Claims, the Duke might pause befige he at-
tempted to proceed in their favour; but this they will not
be able to do. The truth is, the people of England, as a
body, abhor Catholicism, and we hope and trust they will
ever continue to abhor it; but the question is, whether,
by continuing to oppose the emancipation of Catholics,
they will not be serving the cause of Popery more than by
granting it. In our opinion they would, and we have
little doubt that each is the opinion of the Duke of Wei.-
totorott, and of every other man who looks at the thing
Without prejudice. For our pint, if we thought that, by
granting the Catholic Claims, we should be serving the
Popish superstition, we would resist them, at all hazards,
to the last moment.—Morning Herald.
It is a current opinion at Chichester, that W.
CORDER resided here fora month at Christmas, and went by
the name of CLARK E. His conduct and other circumstances
tendk to confirm the belief. A letter directed to him
hint
been opened by a person of the same name, filled
'tut with so much dread lest the contents should be known,
that he immediately sold his furniture and quitted the city,
• without any person's knowing whence be came, or whither
he went..—Brighton Guardian.
The remains of CORDER, after undergoing
dissection are now in the process of preparation for a ske-
leton, by Mr. Joni{ DALTON, jun., one of the surgeons to
the hospital. Some foolish accounts of the dissection have
appeared in the London papers, and been copied, we see,
°Y our provincial neighbours. So far as the craniological
development of the criminal is concerned, those accounts
are exactly contrary to fact. The organ of destructiveness
it said to have been described by a "celebrated phrenolo-
gist" as very large. No " celebrated phrenologist" has
seen the body, end what is usually described as the organ
destructiveness, is not traceable on CORDES'S cranium.
T
defect is, however, amply recompensed in the eye of
the phrenologist by the full development of the organs of
secretiveness, acquisitiveness (theft), combativeness (he
*as said to be a great fighter at school), and self-esteem,
"pith a very circumscribed share of benevolence and vene-
ration. The body displayed a great show of muscular
strength ; and was found to be in an uniformly healthy
ndition. The consumptive symptoms alluded to by the
surgeon for the defence, seemed to have left no traces of
that disease. The most interesting object to anatomists,
learn, was an appearance of inflammation of the viscera
ht'f the abdomen, which is generally presented where death
41 been caused by hanging, and which was very distinct
e this case.—Suffolh Herald.

About three weeks ago a young French Lady,
''ll, her way from her native country to the southern parts
td. Ireland, where she had been engaged to fill the situation
'l,f governess in a respectrble family resident there, arrived
:4, London, and stopped fur a night at the Coach Hotel in
ti`ge City, where the Paris conveyance had agreed to set her
‘rtru and the next morning had her neat engaged in one
thesetages on her road to Ireland. Most unfortunately,
stepping out of the hackney-coach
b,-6ttever, as she was
f„leh conveyed her to the stage in which she had secured
i',;rPlaee, her foot slipped, and she fell to the ground ; and
"4t tilat instant, another hackney-coach that was pass-
.or ,
111; roll at a quick rate, went over her, ad broke one of
Att. let% without, however, it would appeal', much blame
,i_khing to the driver, who, it seemshad not time suffi-
‘n The unhappy
ytna pull up and avoid the accident.
1I0„-4g lady was immediately conveyed to Bartholomew's
toPital, where it was found necessary to hive recourseii
the)" I b t preserve life. el t
prompt arnpntation of t o
ago Poor sufferer has since remained, in a state of mental
ti:,,:)' impossible to describe, and most distressing to wit-
pital the medical and surgical gentlemen of the hos-
hetiv andand very especially from Dr. LLOYD, the most kind;
alth humane attention has been paid to her ; bu
u, ugh in other cases they could have no dread of a fatal
feesui
i_t from such an amputation, they have some reason to
ar that the intensity of mental suffering in this patient
proc
InaY
ess too long retard, if not altogether prevent, the healing
in the wound, until the constitution shall be too far
book for recovery. The unhappy sufferer is described as a
rY Young lady, of much personal beauty and accomplish-
nie
Is a total stranger in this country, not know-
ing a single individual, native or foreign, in it, nor can she
'Nak one syllable of its language : and when the unhappy
accidento occurred she had with her barely a sufficiency of
sey to defray herexpences to her destination. Her con-
;:of entreaty, entreaty, since she has been at the hospital, of the
,it"lioal gentlemen who attended ber, is, that they would
thther die. Dr. LLOYD wrote a letter on the subject of
Young lady's misfortune to the family in Ireland to
is,:otri she was destined, but has not received any answer.
mut states herself to be an orphan,
.°_theri and having only one brother, a traveller, on the
without father or
uatinent.......[The above, we understand, is in
some parts
sbeerrect. She is not wholly deserted as was hinted, nor is
._.") extreme distress. Her state of health is, however,
Proreal, and she is not expected to sunvive.l

SUMMER ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

WESTERN CIRCUIT-BRISTOL, AUG. 19.

LUTTRELL V. DAVIS.

This was an action in which the phintiff com-
plained that he had retained the defendant to attend
him as a surgeon, but that,:neglecting his duty, he
so unskilfully, &c. treated him, that he suffered great
injury. There were other modes in which the cause
of action was stated, and the defendant had pleaded
the general issue.

Mr. Sergeant WILDE stated the case for the plain-
tiff, whom he described as a Lieutenant in the navy,
who had passed the greatest part of his life in the
service of his country, and who had now been
obliged to present himself as a plaintiff in a Court
of law, in order to claim compensation for an injury
which, it was to be feared, would affect him for
life. That injury, he alleged, had arisen from the
want of skill and proper care on the part of the de-
fendant, or of the young gentleman whom the de-
fendant had employed to perform the operation of
bleeding the plaintiff. Among the proofs of the
wretched effect produced upon the plaintiff, the
Jury would find that lie had become delirious ; and
at this moment his arm was contracted, and would
probably remain so for life.
Miss Collins, a young lady of considerable per-
sonal beauty, and of very intelligent manners, said,
I live with my mother in this city. I know the
plaintiff. He lodged in my mother's house. He
came in January last. He remained about two
months. I knew the defendant by name. I have
seen him once at my mother's house. He came to
attend Mr. Luttrell. He came, I think, in January.
I know Mr. Grace. He came after Dr. Davis had
had been there. He came on the same morning.
He is, I believe, an apprentice of Dr. Davis. He is
about nineteen years of age. I was present when
the plaintiff was bled. He was bled in the left arm.
The blood flowed very freely. The blood, before
the bandage was put oa, flowed over my hands and
over the sofa. Mr. Grace asked me for the lint. I
gave it to him. He required it doubled several times
very thick. An inch thick, I should think. He
covered the arm from the wrist to a little above the
elbow with the bandage, which he tied very tightly.
The arm, above and below, was very black. In
some places I could see the arm between the ban-
dages. The plaintiff complained greatly of his arm
being in pain. Mr. Grace said it must not be un-
bound. Mrs. Luttrell was present at this time. Mr.
Grace continued for about ten minutes or a quarter
of an hour. After he went plaintiff asked Mrs.
Luttrell to untie the bandage. She did not do so. I
remained in the room about three hours. Plaintiff
was very ill, and complained much of pain in his
arm. After that Mrs.Luttrell and I walked out. 'When
we returned we found that he had ordered the ser-
vant to untie it. I afterwards untied a little more
of it; when I did so I saw the arm was very black,
and he said it was very painful, and that I must not
touch it. Mr. Luttrell continued for about a fort-
night afterwards at my mother's house. I saw him
from day to day; he was in great pain during the
time. I heard him groan in the night. I saw his
arm several times after this, it was very bad and
black, and very much swollen. He was bled a se-
cond time on the Thursday after the first bleeding.
Mr. Grace bled him. Mrs. Grace told the defendant
her husband was very bad, and he said Mr. Luttrell
would soon be better.

Cross-examined—The plaintiff suffered great pain
all the time Grace was present. My mother Is a
schoolmistress. When the plaintiff sent for the de-
fendant, he had a very violent cold, which ended in
an inflammation on the chest. He complained of a
difficulty of breathing, and a pain in the chest. He
was bled immediately after he complained of that
difficulty. After the second bleeding the pain was
removed. I don't remember whether there were
any marks of former bleedings in the arm. I re-
member Mr. Luttrell stating that he had been bled
before.

Sarah Harris—l lived servant with Mrs. Collins,
while the plaintiff lodged there ; I recollect when
the plaintiff was bled ; after Mrs. Luttrell and Miss
Collins had gone out, the plaintiff became like a
madman with pain, and he begged me to slacken
the bandage ; I did so, and saw his arm, which was
black and purple ; in the course of the night the
plaintiff, who groaned excessively, came down and
threw a little dog of his out of the window; on
the following morning he went out with his naval
cloak on ; he appeared like a madman ; when he
came back he was quite exhausted, and was obliged
to go to bed.
Mr. Henry Smith—l knew both the plaintiff and
defendant; I went into Mrs. Collins's house in con-
sequence of being told that the plaintiff was very ill;
he was in great paiin ; he was bathing his left arm ;
his mind seemed somewhat affected by his pain; I
recommended Mr. Bleak to him ; I saw both his
arms, his left arm was marked with dark streaks
from the wrist to above the elbow, the right arm
was very well.

Cross-examined—l was there on the same day
when the defendant came to see the plaintiff; I re-
commended another medical man, but I did not re-
commend the plaintiff not to see the defendant.
Re-examined—l gave the name of Mr. Bleak
because I was told the plaintiff would not see the
defendant.

Mr. John King—l am a surgeon; I live at Clif-
ton ; on the 30th July I examined the plaintiff's
left arm. [The plaintiff bad been bled on the 30th
January.] There were marks remaining as of his
having been bled in the left arm; it is necessary to
choose a vein according to its situation and size;
there was a vein of sufficient size, and in a good si-
tuation, in which there might have been a bleeding;
the bleeding had been, not in that vein, but in an-
other; the latter was such as might have been pro-
perly adopted if there bad been no better; there
was one better in situation and in size ; the vein
that was opened required more skill than the
other; that vein lies upon an artery, consequently it
was necessary to make the puncture with such care
as not to reach the artery with the lancet ; I could
observe a callosity upon the tendon immediately
under the scar, on the place where the incision had
been made; the ordinary effect of such a wound is
an inflammation of the tendon; the pain resulting
from a wound in the tendon is exceedingly great.
Mr. John Swaine—l am a surgeon in this city; I
examined the arm with the last witness ; scarcely two
persons have exactly the same distribution of the
reins ; the bleeding ought to have been made in the
median cephalic, but when the median basilic is em-
ployed, greater skill and care should be used; the
bleeding might be safely effected in the median ba-
silic vein, if the patient was steady ; I was not able
to ascertain in July in which of these veins this
bleeding had been effected; other parts might be in-
jured, but the tendon is not particularly sensible;
such a wound as I saw might have been made upon
the tendon without producing an injnry upon the
other parts which are sensitive ; the nerves in the
neighbourhood might have been injured, and the
cc
o,suchcistira:ta
cabitn,ui,ol
dtiinjuryoeefo fit
miNfilvebmo
drsdmi
asbpt eteroeallaicidenuii tgneigitilibti)faoraiotnti
ntri
olattributee et
he of
hmeaot
di o
;t1
tohne tflat es fascia
the tendon over the arm; from my own observation
I could not tell whether the injury had occurred
three or six months before; if a patient suffered great
pain from the tightness, it would not be proper to
' keep on the bandage in that state for six or seven
days; I should attribute the pain and the blackness
of the arm to inflammation and to the suffusion of
blood. A skilful surgeon ought not to wound a
tendon ; from the appearances In the plaintiff's arm,
I should suppose it was wounded. d
This was the plaintiff's case.
Mr. C. F. WILLIAMS (with whom was Mr. W.
P. TAuNToN) addressed the Jury for the defendant,
urging or, their consideration the absolute necessity
of being satisfied that the injury of which the plain-
tiff complained had been occasioned by the negli-
gence, or want of skill, on the part of Mr. Grace,
before they gave their verdict for the plaintiff. The
defence he should set up was this—that the bleed-
ing had been performed properly; and that if any

njury had arisen from the bandage being too much
tightened, that tightening had been made in conse-
quence of the plaintiff's own wish.
Mr. Henry Grace—l know the defendant; he is
a physician in this city; I am his apprentice; I had
been four years with him in January last; I hare
attended the hospital constantly since April, 1824;
it has been part of my instructions to practise bleed.
ing ; I haVe bled eight Or nine hundred persons ;
was sent by Dr. Davis, on the 30th january last,
to the lodgings of the plaintiff, whom I was ordered
to bleed; I found him lying on a sofa, labouring
under a violent inflammation of the chest ; he could
neither speak nor breathe well; I had never seen
him before; there were present his wife and Miss
Collins; I informed him Thad been sent by Dr. Davis
to bleed him; he bared his arm, and 1 bled him;
I saw the veins of his arm ; they were differently
distributed from what I see in generals but not dif-
ferently from what I have seen in many instances.—
The left arm was the one I operated on. There
are generally four veins in the left arm; three of
these were very indistinct in the plaintiff's arm;
they were the cephalic, the median cephalic, and the
median basilic. The largest in his arm was the ba-
silic, and in that I bled him. That was the best
thing I could do, for I could not bleed him in any
other; if all the four veins had been equally acces-
sible, I would not have selected this, but I should
have had no objection to bleed in either, confiding
in my own skill ; I had a good lancet. On the next
day I saw the plaintiff again; I bled him in the other
arm ; I took about 12 ounces ; while I was bleeding
him he said his other arm was stiff; the bandages
having been too tight, that he had it loosened by
his wife, and he requested me to look at it; I did,
and removed every thing that was on it; the arm
was rather inflamed round the orifice, and the upper
part slightly discoloured; the discoloration was oc-
casioned by the pressure of the bandage on a very
fine skin; I have many times seen similar appear-
ances; they generally go away without any appli-
cation ; I did not see :him again till the Thursday
following; I then went with Doctor Davis to see
his ara ; we examined it ; it was swollen and in-
flamed.

Dr. Carrick, who had practised physic for 35
years; Mr. H. Daniel, who had been surgeon to the
Bristol Infirmary for 25 years; Mr. Richard Lowe,
who had been in the same office for 18 years; Mr.
Emanuel smith, and a number of other surgeons,
gave evidence, the effect of which went to show that
all the symptoms of inflammation spoken of in this
case, might have been produced, notwithstanding
the best skill and care had been employed ; they
had heard the evidence given to-day, and from that
evidence they did not think there was any reason to
accuse the defendant or Mr. Grace of want of skill

or care.

Mr. Sergeant WILDE replied on the evidence.
Mr. Justice PARK summed up the case to the
Jury, who instantly returned a verdict for the
defendant.

An action of breach of promise of marriage stood
in the paper, but it seemed that the parties con-
cerned for tke plaintiff imagined no other cause
would be taken after that of Luttrell v. Davis, and
they had accordingly left the Court. When the
case was called on, no one appeared, and Mr. Jus-
tice Park consented to wait for a short time, which
he did, and the attorney then appeared and consulted
with his Counsel, who finding none of the witnesses
were in Court, was obliged to withdraw the record.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-APPLEBY, Atm. 18.

The Commission was opened here en Saturday
evening, and business gone into this morning; Mr.
Justice BAYLEY in the Civil, and Mr. Baron HuL-
LOCK in the Crown Court. There were only four
prisoners in the calendar, and two causes on the
paper. The whole business of the Assize was dis-
patched in a few hours.

BULLY V. CROSTIFWAITE AND OTHERS.

This was an action to recover back 101.8 s. balance
of money paid by the plaintiff in his ewn wrong to
the parish officers of Kendal, for the support of an
illegitimate child, affiliated to him before its birth.
The child died shortly after, but the parish refused
to refund the money. It was now pleaded in abate-
ment, that all the churchwardens had not been joined
in the action.