The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-13 00:00:00

DISSECTION OF C°11DEll•

PURY ST. EDAIUNII" (TYEsPAA").

On Monday, about an ho;:fter the execution, the
body Was removed to a privet,
the cotive room in the Shire-ball,
where Mrs Creed, th
Smith and Mr. Dalton,surgeon, assisted by Mr.
the chest, as far as abdo.inal Pass,
ma.t a longitudinal incision along
Aso as to exhibit and deprived it of
the skin,
.he muscles of the chest. The
anxiety to see Corder'esody was as great as at his execu-
tion crowds flocked .und the doors. He was put in the
Nisi Prius C,eurt, ard the people entered at one door, and
departed at another; he was placed on the table, and,
with the exceptioe of his trowsers and stockings, he was
naked; there war not much change of countenance, hat
it appeared thaf there was a great Cfitiision of blood about
his %rod. was the anxiety to see him, that we
heard several females boasting that they had been in to
ace him fivetitnes after his head had been shaved ! They
were going to move him to the hospital ; but this was ob-
' jected to by Mr. Foxton (the completer . of
,tke law), until
he had first stripped him of his trowsets and stockings..—
This day (Tuesday)-at 12 o'clock, being the hisUr appointed,
• a great conconrse of Medical gentlemen, with a crowd of
ifUd'ents, assembled at the county hospital to witness his
dissection ; amongst whom were all the practioners round
the neighbourhood, and even some from Norwich, Cam-
bridge, &e.
. .
Mr.. Creed, jun., assisted by Mr. C. Smith, and Mr.
commenced the operations; .they first minutely
dissected the Muscle§ of the chest, and having elevated the
sterum, and examined the lungs, they took out the in-
testines, all of which appeared in a most healthy state.
Prom the formation of the chest, it did not appear
.that
corder would have been a likely subject for pulmonary
affeFtien., The medical students heard deMonstrations
tipen zlte. respellive parts that were anatomized ; there were
sonic Italian artists there, who took two or three excellent
casts of his head, as also a celebrated Craniologist, who in-
formed us that the organs of " Destructiveness and Se-
cretiveness" were strongly developed, as also that of " Phi-
logentiveness" (or love of children) ; but there was a total
want of every other. His forehead was flat, and not dis-
Proportioned ; though small, not being mote than 4ve
feet six inches higl4 yet he was Well forniel; and
a considerable share of muscle. We heard that his mo-
ther intends to apply for his body after being dissected ;
but this we trust she will not do, as it must only pain her
already too mach agonized feelings to meat with a re-
lase, I. It is the intention to preserve his skeleton. He is
tue first body that ever was dissected at that Infirmary.
A question of considerable importance to the public has
arisen to the medical world, inasmuch as in all cases of
murder the evidence ef the profeisiotial Min being the
kitetioliary testiniony upon which the case rests, it should
41ways be teceived, as well as given, with great caution ; and
:sly such should be offered as experience in the profession
'oy would justify a hope that no error of judgment would
St. The Question was, as to whether Corder's Confes-
'lol2 is to be credited that he did not use any sharp instru-
!tient in the perpetration of his murderous purpose. -At
the Hospital, this day, a great diversity of epinionpreVailed;
some surgeons impugned the treclaratten as being totally
gestittate of dedenee, and contended ,that the evidence
ven ott the Trial by the Medical Gentleman was in-
"abitably worthy of belief. We must acknowledge that
tve were inclined to adhere to this opinion until we heard
the observations of a respectable Physician, who has dis-
turbed our conviction on the subject. He contends that the
wounds on the body were such as might ha,ebetti inflitted
by the mole
spike in searching it ; and observed, that
the trohila between the fifth and sixth ribs, which slightly
perforated the apex of the heart, was not sufficient to
cause death, nor to produce such an effusion of blood as
described in Corder's Confession, none of the cavities of
the heart being injured, and which seems justified by pro-
bability, as in evidence it appears that the sword only per-
forated two or three inches. It is not likely that Corder
would have comptomised his purpose by the partial exe-
cution of it, but would have plunged it all the way ; and
from the formation of the instrument we are satisfied there
would be little difficulty in doing The wound in the
neck bore the character of inconsistency, inasmuch as it
was longitudinal ; and the object in the infliction of such
a wound would be to cut the throat ; and we epee With
this eentleman in thinkinK, that a transverse wound would
tiggest itself as the beet to effect such a purpose.
It also was alleged, as also given in evidence, that the
pistol wound might or might not produce death. It was
contended by one -party, that such wound was not capable
of. producing such an effusion of blood as mentioned by
Corder ; the physician and others alleged that it' would pro-
bably, as coming in contact with some of the ratnifications
of the carotid attery. Thus the matter stands amongst
them,. bttt-ee.

" Who shall decide when Doctors disagree"
However, the matter could be very easily settled by the
production of the mole spike; and we are surprised that
the prisoner's Counsel did not procure one.

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The delightfnl little town of Keswick was never
mown It present a gayer appearance than at present.
The number of visitors is so great that all the. lodging-
houses are completely filled. Amongst the tourists are
many ladies and gentlemen of the first distinctioh.— West..
moreland Advertiser.

Tilt BIRTH-DAY.—Yesterday the
Anniversary of the KrNes Birth-day was celebrated at
the Globe Tavern, i:leet-street, in tree loyal style. The
'company Was ntimereue, highly respectable, and very con-
biderably composed of Lairds frae ayont the Tweed.
4ad the Globe Tavern not been only recently opened by
the present host, Mr. SANDEMAN, it would have been surer-
fluous to have expressed a word in antoobation 'of the fare
and accommodation of that house, because a very short
trial abundantly prove that the attention paid to those
Iviro Visit there, together with the superior eicellenee of
every. t ', ru
hing provided, or that can he ordered', afford
4niversa:l satisfaction. The dinner was set down to at
aalt'past six, and the sumptuousness of the board could
not have been surpassed. While every succeeding course
brought to view more distinctly the hospitality of the
Northern table, each dish (and the variety Of the dishes
"vas as great as the temon could produce) left the tasteful
tosibit of the foreign cook. The wines were equally
rood; their variety, almost every sort—and the supply,
?note than could have been asked, wished for, or ceosumed.
Tee dessert corresponded with the whole. " The King"—
the Duke of Clarence, and the rest of the Royal
Lord Wellington and the Army"—" His
Majesty's Ministers"—,, Aul' Reekie"—" The Lord Mayor
4'l4' Corporation of London"—and Many other toasts
alike agreeablv, r'et"C drank with true Scottish warmth.
btnd of music was in attendance. Many cheerful
'lnge Irons different parts of the rdOrai heightened the. plee.
),'moor,
of tile evening, and theedelaiiiy, universal good
),'4l`.ollls, and the friendly feeling of the party, not only
'aving been kept up unbroken, but having continued to
lax stronger and stronger till St. Paul's "Wee short
bor ayont the twat" gave the alarm, the company began
,t car
disperse, all highly satisiled in every 'respect with their
en;oyte6t, and promising themselves the gratifi-
b"cm*, should they in twelve months hence be on the jizee
t'ke Globe, of meeting again the next anniversary of his
4JErrTI3 Birth-day, at the Globe Tavern.
it KENSINGTON CAXAL.—Yesterday being his
itillicarr's birth-day, it was set apart for the opening bf
13 canal. At an early hour an immense number of per-
t'll,' chiefly inhabitants of Kensington and the adjacent
tel'iNss Were congregated on the banks to witness the
uenicnY• At two o'clock, the Right Hon. Lord KEN-
I,;1."'", and a nnueber of friends to the undertaking, ern-
"edin a stately barge at Battersea-bridge, and proceeded
the.
witis canal, accompanied by a number of craft leaded
t,34‘...' timber, coals, the first fruits of the
sand, breeze, S‘c.,
ehp'n, Tlx whole party entered the basin amidst the
Ker..of the multitudes assembled, the band on board
11?,ing " God save the King." The canal runs from the
ktdinea, near Battersea-bridge, directly North two miles
it
toed 1 quarter, terminating close to the great Western
Ioo', half a mile distant from Kensington Palace; is
iZet tiroad, and capable of affording passage for craft
40, tool burden ; the basin is 400 feet long by 200
par-C> and is situated in. the most thriving and healthy
„az, 'lf the town. This canal, which is the only water
te2Vance to Kensington, has been completed at the ex-
' 4e of about 40 0001 ..,and its income from wharfs ton-
TLztt) a _
the•dra• calculated at about 2,500/. per annum ;by it
h the Lugo of Kensington will be decreased seven feet.—
st evening the friends of the undertaking eat down to
PaPtunne dinner at the King's Arms, Lord KaNsancTox
C
In the
his hair. By his Lordship's command,. and chiefly at
wk. lea", a substantial dinner, with a butt of porter
also given to about 200 of the workpeople. ,
following anecdote
cattle in Peru :appears in the Me-
a b
Moira of General Mut when relating the particulars
isf
offi " Theßl men of one squadron and all
cera of a royalist cavalry regiment wore silver
ts• These became the objects of the particular atten.
ti(l)2 of the patriot soldiers during the pursuit. Some had
hpresence of mind to save themselves by throwing off
einebneta, which, like the golden apples of Ifirro-
-I,teeNks, did not fail to arrest the progess of their pursuers.
silver baits proved as irresistible to the patriot sol-
nt as theto A
silver apples TALANTA. In a
for helmet bad changed, not exactly heads,
few hours- every
411 were broken and but roamers,
th up stowed away in the valises of
• eapton..,

ROYAL COURT OF PARIS, Am. 4.

THE POET AND THE UPHOLSTERER.

This ,was an appeal from the sentence of the
sixth Chambei• of Police Coriectinonelle3 which had
sentenced M. Julien, an upholsterer, to a month's
imprisonment and a tine of 200 francs, for an asAault
upon the Baron Amedie de Tissot, a poet. The
case, as stated by the appellant, was as follows :--
On the 18th May last, accompanied by a lady, I
went to the house of Madame Oilier, where was
Madlle. Eugenie preux, whom I wat in the habit of
visiting. I went for the purpose Of taking her out
for a walk. .When, I arrived; she told me that M:
Amedie de Tissot had said to her " If yOu (tu) will
not walk tiith him, but come and dine With me, I
will give you twenty-five francs."
President—Well, what was that to you ?
Appellant--A great deal ; -.because I visited her
with the most honourable intentions; and I did not
chose to have try acquaintance insulted beeanse it
was anlhonourable;acquaintance. Ido n o t;lin ow why he
tutoyed* Mademoiselle Eugenie; she was affronted
at it. I went to M. Tissot, and asked him the rea-
sons which had induced him to Moyer her without
my permission ? The man Tissot told me that it
did not concern me. I went up to him----lfe shoved
ine-;-11 shoved hit again, and ive - He AT
deavoured to give me a kick with the flat of hig foot
on the head. I got ono on the knee which marked
me. Tissot has obtained medical certificates of his
kicks. I asked for none; for I carry personal certi-
ficates. I repeat that Mademoiselle felt herself
giotislY insulted it being tutoye by this fellow Tissot.
The President—You hear this, M. TisSO:t; what
have you to say to it ?
M. Tissot—M. le President, I do not remember

having tutoye Miss Eugenia. You will see her pre-
sently. They say I offered her twenty-five francs;
you shat. see whether she is worth the fifth part of
that stlin. Pire francs trouild bbrtainly be tab Muth:
Mlle. tireux,Wa4 6eii Called find forV:iard
,

She is a young girl of eighteen years and a half,
with small eyes, which she fixed on the ground.
She works at the --
upholstery trade. Her evidence
was similar to that of the appellant.
Other witnesses having been called by the appel-
lant--,
LedrU addressed tile CMirt-:Xentleinen, said
_ _

he, my client is not, as M. de Tissot, in his letters
to the Procureur de Roi, pretendeol, one of those
miserable and degraded wretches who infest the
Boulevards-

M. de Tissot—l did not say that.
Appellant—Hold your tongue.
Ledru—AL Alberti. the appellant; is ,a man
well established, and in a flOtiiiihingthereantile pdgi-
tioh. He is not, I confess, a literary character, a
poet ; he does not, like M. de Tissot, frequent the
heights of Parnassus. He makes bad- proie, but
good tables. In a word, although his verbs and
nouns harmonize badly enough, he is known with
credit and honour among tip.holSterelt, and you saw
lan only,ewb days ago as Witness in A Cake in ivhich
a swindler had robbed him of 2,000 francs. As to
Mdlle. Dreux, she is not rich ; she is a young work-
woman, who; by her good conduct, has merited. the
homage of M. Jubert. He pays his addresses. to
her; on Sundays they take a sentimental, walk to.
gether; and all for honoukabie motives: The kicking
wits reciprocals but Nt: de TissOt was certainly the
aggressor. He insulted a Woman in what is most
dear to her—her honour; and shall we make it a
crime that Jubert, my client, could not suppress his
indignation ? Let us see 'What M. de Tissot, our
adversary, has said in one Of his poems; when speak;
ing i.f seducers

" On lapidait latlis on les faisait bruler
Et pour ce pech6—lft les tures font emptier."
In order to prove to you to what a pitch INl.de Tis-
sot carried his desire for revenge, I Will read to you
some extracts of letters which he sent to the Pro-
cureur du Roi. You will then judge of the morality
of the cause. In the first of these letters he says,
" I was insulted barbarously by a wretch. When I
had escaped, not from the hands, but the feet, of
this madman, I went to the Commissary of Police,
who viewed with a sentiment of indignation the out-
rage offered to a melt of my quality. Jubert, who
must be a married man, was accompanied by a bad
lie appeared to me bite one of those in-
famous beings who infest the Palais Royal, and who,
to use a polite term, are the lovers of certain gallant
women."

In another letter he says, "after such conditet the
guilty person appears to me worthy of appearing
before the Court of Assize, for tb 2 laws are not made
merely in favour of workmen and mechanics, who
could be replaced by Maehinei. The preservation
of the welfare and happiness of a fundholder, 'a man
of letters, an author—of every man who works on&
with his mind—is of much mere importance to so-
cietv.".
tllO-. Advocate, after commenting With qtetity
upon these letters, concluded by urging the Court
to reverse entirely the sentence of the 6th Chamber.
AL Degerando; the Advocate of M. Tissot, said,
Jealousy may sometimes be a pathetic and into-
' resting, and even an excusable passion; but when
the Othello is such a man as M. Jubert, the Dade-
mono an ex-figurante of the Porte St. Martin, and
the victim of jealous suspicions a man of letters,
peaceable, inogensive, and .50 years of age, there dith
be but one denouement to such a, tragical parody—
the confirmation of the judgement which Sentenc-
ed AL Jubert to tndfith's itr!prisOfiriint and 200
francs damages."
The Court, after a short delibettitiOn, reduced the
sentence of the 6th Chamber to five days iniprison..-
merit and 23 francs damages.
address a person in French by the pronoun to
(thou), instead of yeas (you), is to tutoyer. It is consi-
dered a great freedom, and is never used without offence,
except by perecns Who are on terms of great frieudthip
familiarity.

Re perceive that Mr. COOKE, who has been
performing fir some the past with great success at the
" Yorkshire Stingo," has most handstimely aered the
use of his equestrian troop, and theatre, for the benefit of
the Licensed Victuallers' school, in Kennington-lane. Mr.
Cooxr has always maintained a high character, and his
generosity ou the present occasion is a worthy example of

it. We have no doubt that the performance will .be as
numerously attended as it will prove deserving of patronage
on its own account.—Morning Advertiser.

NEw I:AUxBIALL.--(rroni a COM:spun-
dent.)—The seat of the late Lord Caemoxisr, on the
Thames, facing Battersea, is about to become one of the
most fashionable places of summer entertainment in the
kingdom. Several wealthy and public-spirited individuals
are now in treaty for it, and we rejoice to find that no very
great difficulties stand in the way of its accomplishment.—
We understand that the origin of this is, that the last sea-
son at Vauxhall turned out a complete loss to the pro-
prietors, and the present is likely to prove considerably
worse, Numbers of dirty low habitations surround
the place, and the haut ton consequently are restrained
from frequenting it. A more eligible spot for the pur-
pose than that in contemplation could not have been found
and we sincerely congratulate the fashionable world on
the prospect 'of their shortly having a place so conti-
guous to the West_enA, where they may assemble without
the fear of being elbowed and jostled by the canaille of the
metropolis. The terms for achuission will ensure its being
;eject., and we doubt nut that has it is intended to Assimilate
it as nearly as possible to what old Ranelagh was in its
best days) the project will receive the encouragetnent and
patronage of every Noble in the land.
UTILITY OF STORMS.--Dr. HUXIIAM, in
reference to epidemic diseases, remarks, that he often saw
them abate greatly, both in their number and violence, after
stormy and heavy rains, thecon
beingtagio u t
s etus dl
viaipaenrdseidu.orblind
congestions of the atmosphere
this way, he continues, even tenipes
airts beiug, themselvesno lessv very fro_
frae_
quently prove salutary, stagnant
smtaorioano.t wTateher,
salubrity liable
tuhneletraisitaotfitoenn
of
fthine
air, which is more general perhaps, on the sea. coast, than
in any other situation, was noticed with great interest by
the ancients. ;.t.rousrus CiEsAn was so strongly im-
pressed with its beneficial influence, that he built and dedi-
cated a temple to Circius, a wind so powerful that it fre-
quently blew down the houses of the people. The inha-
bitants of Gaul also, as Seim:A informs us, gave public
thanks to this exceedingly tempestuous wind, in consequence
of its clearing the atmosphere end rendering it healthful.

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