The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-13 00:00:00

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„,, ipso
inap_erd
_at,itfeur.,-,0- 4.-Iniej7ett,iel...Nr. Hod skinwho
-. Quaker,
le a , immediate)
ingiaithe
4,, %de "it,:
and
dthhere ehabde an opening, friend, it is thyself has
would prove, and
windl`Pi?'4 ,would Mr. Hod 1:1"un, that it.
Mr.
Keat there wasy
open
gs i no openg *hen
extremepl''' 'e/' had examined the parts immediately before. He
the hop:,,..'i Li'ectllProve to them the stupid ignorance of Lambert, for if
irage to u_''-„ i had sCnfle, he would know that if the opening was made
erneuxu.st:trogier; 'teased
tltietelfobil-eeps, it would.bave been traceable by the extra-.
; but this was not the case; there was no ex-
ust die node' bated blood. I now come- to Mr. Lambert, the con-
tuipeflitc:iti::: ' ktitliittibttertt: the Lancet at eight guineas per month. Mr.
lira .:vears that he knows more of his profession than
ut to peifOit 4.
_ pseuds'. t br Cooper.
vt He makes 'a coniniunicatien to the
`o;te ,vrei; meet;_ Mi...tte 'akely is- a wit, and Mr. Lambert par.
It
is
11841'..,, p,e7,411i01 that entertaining accomplishment. "My
•e
niei.r.'"u'i ;47_ • knife"trte was a portion of• Mr- Lamberts, and he tad
k 1
the
FIS j,., thiawith 1.
‘w, hole Occurrence into a diatietic shape.
My uncle's knife, and half a dozen other
tjee7.-w.5.v.1,,,,°: t "._mueide.—Post mortem examination. On Tuesday
, the iapiaal...7,-;,.1/ , '
thereeperation rook place by- Mr:.• B. Cooper,
the
eacet', ;ilia, - 1
ILe t 4 :7 Korget, .my uncle's knife, - the blunt gor-
lig throllii-A ' 8"'--, and. on Wednesday evening, as might be ex-
A intrOdllC,P, ' 4, the man died.” - Now, gentlemen, what think you
the bladdco 1.:,, 'l4ll,4the taste of a wan who had witnessed such an operation,
liters a bar'
•, 't c 4 Who had thus d . who.
described it, and then thrown a descrip-
wiermae.tor
.hfro4:,, I,4llQficii: into dramatic form? I know-not, if the choice
lull
aeneure, whether I should choose to teethe inventor
urpose of the 1. 'fee
if umny, gross and false as it is, or the reporter
Toil will tov
De
tts.th.true, and yet capable of throwing it into such a
ire that Of' . Is.. -
ils"peraineinothoe?, Aeoftli",
_,'e'ee_dtn• gthe libel, and commenting on several pa5tk1e,:...."....
tkle,:...."....
Court.
Gentleman said that the libeller win'
irtoisducceedeie_ta:2l 1 ,irk_,,, ,t.
The libeller met them, openly' avowing
h 97,, , did publish all this and it is true—the sum and sub-
instrumen'• .; ee of the charge is true—kfr. Cooper is an unskilful
LO not he pr, to.o:,autd most unfit to be a surgeon at Guy's Hospital."
rparitheasfings ‘fi';' tftte,44,, I defence of the libeller was to' the following
adults, r", 70. toita..'7". . am Editor of the Laneet, in which I- publish.
"11,i Ily ",'' 9t the cases which occur ia the public hospitals."
innidanweihttoctiti,
et Zit)
(said Sir James)", I do not' know how Guy's
Net Zittst can be considered a public one; OS it ii not, nor
'the
woopuld_.,,ber 144 ~
...supported by public contribution. ' It did not
Ti:
stoat orawis , o.... 111„. doors against those who went there for the pm...
4 ol:7 of science, although it was anxious 0 exclude such as
a variety °1 h%lledle.. themselves, in order that they may invent- and
very Uli •F urinate calumnies. The Editor went on to say,' " my'
e is 11° "'ter brought
ja
school of
,:1,,e,
.. me in the usual course the report of this
ilie•_,with critioal remarks, and I; •as -in duty bound, pub-
it operntin°,in ', "1,
,i,t, believing it to be true, and not knowing to the cone
this sot', kY• So if the Editor of the Lanczt got limn a person to
to, „,taff1..t...,,,.. ,I';:itaiiniihernogi_agee. eight guineas a month a falsehood, how-
the),a do oot, he'd. ' iatsmous, he 01 in duty bound to publish it to the
h A,. Bad as that libel wa., and base as were the
e"calls ii ' ''''es• which gave it birth, the defendant had nut
oint. 11: c'do.,...ced lei* single wituess who did -riot entitle the
a throu L, titt to a. verdict. All the witnesses in succession
,re is ,:ii; , •lek
~.lisi!edbbeyond the possibility of doubt the falsehood of
t 44
igiii:"l'vlbi; ~i,k•lrleitlcerse_ „_.tlie pleas on the rcieurd were those by
defendant mat stand or fall. Those pleas
he bladJ.iel; iktLe, and could net be pretended to have supporters.—
lg. into P' IC, witness did than
ides. pia i ttee, for
each
in d bet ere4).,,,i; 1
tili,tiemnivetentpecorsnotrtatdoableedpiattede other. The
wiTtaheetinrsotx
wasand
I,' that WV' - %Oho of the i:i. A. • __,
i 14 . . r .U4d. himself; that man was Lambert ; it
le polar ii 4,11144 M that he had upon two occasions differences with.
the see" k'''' Cooper lie was auspected of contributing to the.
. r.
__jog, • lie4.__ a It new turned out that he was receiving-eight
:i1
little,l9 1"j,,,, int 7..
e-Inouth for lais.,eoutributions, and more aocord-
tha, w,o,' ZerthsateGuaintity'ffif the matter which he supplied. At
y's Hespitid, be gave °fleece to the company,
ra.,_ frog. !all'
~ t 4.
47Wwordered by Mr. Cnoper awl others to let the room.
a dpieral:a . L,,
e:
_ore
.made to extract that fact flora Lambert upon
t 4 Ititlinuatlon ; at: length be- said he remembered that
rent forirj. (:0,,...0,40g ' his presence 'disagreeable, he left the room.
Tisrat7; 4-,-1,..` - nother occasion, a short time before the report,
w;•• 1;,, 4 was the subject of the present trial, hlk was then
,ins__Lt,.ruintn; -t
fv,;,se'te4l,
.but not thou known 'to be a spy to the Lancet;
,ii:sr
oi3 is l,tiat7a.rei that he had used the term " Bat," a word
this'..,t, • ,_l?4 by Mr. \Yokel', to designate hospital surgeons,
es hare- 0t,1•74ke them ridiculous,- and his work the more po-
operator iC". Dire Cooper was- offended with the expres-,
ad out tad 1/4144:
~ Whn questioned open •this point Lambert
its • anus' (441 ' I certainly did not mean to give .effence to Mr.
discolier:: rh„Per." Did )ou not (I asked him) on your oath say,
.cammeu,tary er ),`,:gtou would,, _ watch an opportunity of having your re-
het7, ~,."1 ? I cannot swear that I did ;lam a, man of
x. it. tiwywg °Kew' , 4 ,114.,t1t1g.
,teamlledper;onl cannot swear that I said so ; I remember
T _e!.. tk„, . for an apology." Yea, be did watch
iry: - 119, l'. opportunity of destroying Mr. Cooper. He went to
come now' I tame who gave him eight uineas.thin
ied by 111 r• uretowho ha.the ' hpretensionsa - respectabilitywhiclir!o
fniiii a
~ 1,4. ,
.14
Pt 14 ',94 . think of accepting. - " On. nay hcnoue," says be
urgeons ' Nakeiy, s. it is true." Wakely however lops off some
:riiiiiiryee
otiii4":l
ettof the libel, before he inserts it. Lambert puts his.
it ti in between the bladder and the rectum, and then says
II to I,9a' r. C. had forced ,
, I,L, "the fur-cups in that direction ; a statement
:til lea!i 0.!!, unless he was ignorant beyond what could be sup-
-61"1. ' Clit Ile Most birnself have invented for time purpose of
oinpleo°.t: i,jl4', using the rep.utation of an individual, towards whom
re w;e44, Pai it, Qad' before .Vottiert vengeance. In the whole comae of
potroP, 4., professional- experience -(e.ustinued the Learned Coun-
t wag n • ~,, it 'l' noer saw a libel, the Malice of -which
a rencleth;,, ititlid
boldly avows himself-4m throws the shield everLatu-
Ir. C041;1.. Prat' and be moot sow fay'the consequences. • Don't sup-
ite flott;01, e , that there was.any reason in what. be said. yesterday
ADO i_m.: t. YOU. , He. told you that he would sincerely
the .pal; • 4ret the .ineertion• of this charge, should. it . turn
~th. the
_Prop.. k4,to, ;be: untrue. What, would he ruin the fame
ibeb
robreote -' thit family" of an innocent- and respectable gentleman,. and
;_•.Pb„ Of . kit,i,, get 4 14. Y -*WI\ 4 whining excuse? No, lie .has
11`1'. be 1),1/4,- Powingn omiie with .his reporter, and -ifbe be
' 101*. tr. Euless WI infamous, you (turning to the defendant)
71aeatl.,'„ej y,,14411.°:.f SO v.." you were tint actuated by malevolence,
14Yetc. %iv area deliberate trafficker in lies and slauder.• :It
ras
the
ta.rt,. 4,..'" you: four oe.five thousand pound* ti-year, and law,
'elt
like the- 14744 and feeling, declare that you ought to be puoished
5t lias;
tbe , ii_e so venal and 1)44 au attaek upon A loan who
first it
' frarf ciie' wietlyen. Ne other person but you reaps profit.
.7":4. it:4 thii slauder,--an4 the more respectable and the more
:ooite,, 1,4.0 t 1 Pillar the obj!et of that slander is, themore likely is it to
ye!'
_Jiev ,;7re an eat; tided oircolatiop. The Newspapers, too,
I 't7o ucaurtic kilt: the--precursors of this enhouny,,,,,they told those
netiprofeeisional wen, that soinethiug was to be
elat'ackerest_.ll. t4''''':#4l4i'eert!fie 1104 outuhoc of the ~lancet too shocking
eir •
5_:4 iht_ ordinary publi-cation. •You, forsooth, are lobe the judge
6 A 6'aiii". (n,evrt your. own hie and ilia explanation which Mr.
:el:I:goof C...lier, may
.wish to. give to you ; and yoU have the irnpu,.
sere
001 T, after ing4ttug this charge, to (All on hint fur a
.estf ' tlj‘ '9' 4414itzikAt4up. After - some farther • remarks of
11,1 c 40141, ,07. oature,. Sir .itrinee ...'Qi4tlett said that the only re-
,litt
al. ott,' h4;,eret“,!;l°...liltrie,so. produced by the •defendant was Mr.
, ,i,,, , I( ge.,.-oe was, front 41. that the I,„earmal Counsel -
ort to b 4 l''„._ll. he,-;‘, a respeetehle Mao, atatl if he posses.- seed, as it
re, Fl.'s
1,
.(o,ct ttl‘sialto be
,Loped lie did, that sense of justice and of good
'‘,,
_,,, -04! p,.. fc, he.avoull profit by the lesson now offered to him—.
weepte. ai a. rze.i. again to judge rashly of the skill and knowledge of any
be sre-l• profesaiOnal man, without first giving the opportunity
cpsto 0-, ,•, • •
I,
jet, 4. Ai ranneg what difficulties might have presented them-
li° fiotl a„v0"1 te-itlyn in any operation which might, at first view,
At lie
iiej, !l'i,e..er i(ii7 Mr. Partridge to have. been: Anieltiliully per.
g(t. sv„; • t'illt:teed. The Learned Counsel said. that he would allow
y tlt'od, if , ease to go abroad even with the verdict for the plaintiff,
.ge; *OO 4tlt could at the same time be said that that .verdict was
ike it ji; ~ litaited merely by.some defectin the defendant's evidence.
..4F.-.7,;ei 0 Would got conoent to take a verdict on such terms.
dg g.. lit Or the sake of the cheracter_of his client, .be felt himself
a str°4oi „7,and to produce as witnesses in support of thaecheracter,
Avg', d' it tipli'lttle of the highest and most eminent Men .in the
ult.,
~ija,,,r .fession, and ' among others Dr. P.oget, the relative of
e ..,o ,vever-to,be-lamented friend, Sir Samuel Remaly.—
tidit- ,tifr citing several civics, in which for a less' aggravated
the 4 0.4 f, Wil, • 4... e z.-:.:.ost era )curs dan.--.4eze ha ::1. I,IT-1 giien ,
'„„ . . lw; r 410.0!:,sorisfi,leitilxi "most 1 ii4l Jury tli Irnirk
7,0,1:04, 0,144. ' souse uf 'the 'fierioui ' injuiY aimed ' at- hiS
~' , tf; :Mt, by-the libel which the defendant' bad • thus
bolo eibe_.___. - . , • not • • •
01/ t,. . sneu.
.ale conjured them to give an opPor.•
ion
~„,, t'bity of triumph to the defendant, or to bold the-
riirc? 'l4intiff up to the
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.. ,
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•";.:.''',, AO, •• tt• tS I,,ri7lnd iv ii.ti ~bass might conceive to lira temperate'virJ
10911 r old j7,,`A .betituthch ItnalevoleActeiand baseness tread' ionVert
aiit'fi- tie ,lo- a,smiree of triotepitl ~ ••• , ~ e.- -It .oi ,- k t
.oPell 1' The'folloterinrwitrfes ' '
roIIT 41, —1 e, V- '' ' \T"e q'll collect :---...
,4.
_,. ; ii. 4.44.18 V"S ANTI, examined by Mr. Poteece—l am
Iw, be surgeon at Guy's Hospital ; I was one of the pupils there,
, 0'4,1 it,..Li saw nearly all the operations which took place there ;
I r°ol.. I have. seen Sir Astley and Mr. Cooper operate for the
t
Mr. os, i
tisne, and have operated myself six times:- Mr. B. Cooper
rat 11,..,f-t. ,Perated ,several times in my presence ; I saw the opera-
ay
.0 ill; !..a ,-....la_ctio,v, in ~..niy. chr.rreter
~O.t assistant-su. rz, ene ;
im' ?'-er I gi,c4l4iokilltstßa k atikkfifti, iqiqines; 1. tki..:ibe
is'. Hague
4,,i.c.urd,ot se* the first iith,,sion'lioni the'p6 '
~,.,:ilaiigth,il 1 a tii,i,t, 1 was."- I -distinctly felt"M r. Coop'eN. Of liaio'"utFe
7 ' .'i.!°°.Ye. Of' triS.S444: Wl'lli 1 144.4 44 rtly4 bigicl ; t 004144
it' " unj !litcr-taiii no doubt
„that • the knife 'cut into the.blad.
he ‘v° „.,1 'sr. When the assistant feels the knife in the
~,,ter-‘ b
tbe s„, ouve, lie delivers time staff to the operator. I was
mice ''tines) keeent a' the post mortan examination, and 'could
~°l.iig,d.. klti no reason for thinking that the first inoisiou did :not
time
..,; h into the bladder. NO one Pan form an adeouate oeinion
. ..
, _ .
r0,,,,0i1: 1r,,-, use rfitileiety ~t aii epera‘ion • but the oßerator„hito-
raiof , . lfl.' I tWidli that i'had. tin't,.the' beat ''inealtui 4r gioi,.._
upo I 11414*k;.: ,_1 "t4e_....'ilifSeilltif, lA, V"IP: -OR 0.1344.i9i.t . nes.*
LL,,,,ai ao , ~-se la Mte case great nifficalty in feeling the situa-
bw_ sod na 'at the stone; I cannot form an opinion se to-
tiativ,',.eto nethar.the forceps reached the bladder the first time,
• e,oviii, °ln 'I think that no man would have, introduced the for-
rectoro; 41,a unless his fulger convinced Mtn the bladder was
il'aletrafetie 4 this case the 'tint was in the ii;tefiQr Felt
.
. .. .. , .

of the bladder, behind the penis, and high up. That tituation
satisfactorily accounts f tht• forcup., straight or
crooked, not :finding it. We g(oier dly expect the stone
to be in the -inferior p ..t of the I,l4ilder, in the hollow of
the pelvis ; in the inajoiity of rotes it is fount there. The
shape of this stone was ov-d and flat. That sle .lie account, to
'me why it eluded' the fio ceps. Finding that the forceps
did not reach the stone, Mr. Coop;-. tried different foreep-4
and other instruments. I sounded the patient on the table
before he was cut. I did not feel the stone until
I was withdrawing the " sound."- Although. thus per-
ceptible by sound; it still elude the forceps.
The patient was a stout man. During the operation I
tried, but could not reach the bladder' with my finger.
I might have reached the prostate gland. I think
that in this state of things it was necessary to enlarge the
wound, 'Mad to do, this Sir Astley's knife" was used: It
required time to make this. second - incision with caution
and care. A cuteng goiget Was afterwards used for the
same purpose. Ido not recolleet whether a blunt gorget
was introduced, but I do not think that it was.—
The cutting orget acts as a guide for the forcepi,
and makes the bole large enough. If the wound
were sufficiently large before it would not do any harm,
because it is introduced on the finger' like the knife;
the stone was ultimately extracted.

Now did Mr. Cooper use the proper means to extract
the stone, being in the place it was?—Certainly he did.
Was any great and unnecessary violence used by him ?
--I think none ; nor were there more instruments used
than were required. I think that the operation, under
the circumstances of peculiar difficulty, was performed
with as much care as the case could have required. The
delay which occurred in the operation was owing entirely
to the situation of the stone, and the difficulty of detecting
it, and not to the want. of skill or care in Mr. Brausby
Cooper.
Is Mr. Bransby Cooper a skilful surgeon generally ?..
Certainly. I know that he was with the army in Pe-
ninsula, and also in America, as an army Burg. 77.1.
know he was at Norwich Hospital, which is celebrat.d incite
thsit any other county nospimi for Lithotomy. He was
also at Edinburgh studying medicine. I think that lie is
skilful in his profession, and tit to Ire a surgeon in Guy's
' Hospital; I have known him for about twenty years;
I was at the Post Mortem examination, and saw
the bladder and the rectum. From my examination
;of them,-there was nothing to induce me to believe that the
forceps had passed between the bladder and tectum with
violence. If it had, I must Lave perceived it; there would
have been'an extravasation of blood.

The deceased was an unhealthy man. I haie seen other
operations for lithotomy. - The length of time is no crite-
rion of -the' skill of the operator. 1 have seen Mr. B.
Cooper perform the operation since successfully in about a
minute. I road the Lancet, but I have not seen the:euccesie-
ful- operation reported. I have seen Mr. Cooper tie the
subclavian artery, which is an operation requiring the
most perfect anatomical knowledge, and could scarcely
be done by accident. Tying the subclavian artery,
in my opiebni, requires greater skill than litho.
tosny. A 'by-gander cannot in well appreciate
the diffieultiei of an operation, as the operator
himself. •I should not venture to him ate opiniOn upon the
diffieulties of ao operation, without first communicating
with the operator.
The preparations were once more brought into Court,
sad Mr. Wakely requested that they might be taken outof
the glass, as otherwise no accurate information could
be derived of'thein. The bladder in a state of preaerva-'
tion Was accordinglo taken from the glass, and Mr. Wake-
ley proceeded to cross-examine the witness.
There might 'have been thirty persons present at the
post mortean examination, I cannot *ay that the .tune was
attached to the bladder, but there was a spot which induced
rue to think that that was the precise situation in which
the store was placed ; tha operator did any (Lowing the
operation that he could not explain the cause of the diffi-
culty ; I think be had no knowledge of the situation of
the stone ; the 'loose cellular membrane is between the
pubis and the bladder, and attaches the latter to the
former; when the Iladder is empty it is contracted, and
then it might embrace the stone.
. . .

The cross .examination then proceeded into the anatomy
of the parts, which the Chief Justice said he hoped was of
no importance,' for be could not understand it, not being
able in hear•either question or answer, from toe low tone
in which they were spoken. This hint had itt effect, and
the parties elevated their voices so as to become somewhat
more audible,

The witness proceeded—My finger could not reach the
bladder; a flat stone is inure difficult to lay hull of than a
round stone, 'and a small stone is more difficult to lay hold
of than a large one. The enlargement of the open-
in time to do it with care. It might take
ten seconds: The cutting .gerget was used only once.
I did not ask the operator to explain the difficulty while the
patient was under the operations He did he believes ex-
plain it after it ,was over, but the patient was unbind-
ing while he Was so examining. He wos nubound
iu the course of half a minute. I have always been of
opinion that Mr. Cooper was a skilful surgeon. There not
stated that it was an infamous job, placing Mr. B. Cooper
over my head in the hospital. I believe I never could have
said so ; 'though I may have .said, like all other 'disap-
pointed candidates, that I ought to have been elected.. (A
laugh.) I never threatened to publish documents exposing
the corrupt system of election at Guy's. I never said so to von
-I was At a dinner a few weeks back, when Dr.
Haslain asked me whether I bad said that Mr.
Bransby Cooper had a large fortune, and that •he
was more fit to spend it than to be surgeon of the Hospital
—I ieplied that I had not said as, but that I wished he
had a largefortune for them. I might have succeeded in
toy election.

SECOND EDITION.
SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

Continuation of the evidence of Mr. Thomas Callaway.
—I cannot distinguish in this prt-paration between the rut
made by the gorget and that made by the knife. I have
seen an appearance produce.' in the cellular membrane by
the forceps passing between the bladder and the Worn,
but the appearances in those cases and in the one in
question were not similar. hi the former there was ex-
travasated blood, and in the latter there was none. The
cellabar membrane was dark coloured, which might be
the cate without its containing extravasated blood.
The witness was re-examined by Sir James SCARLETT
as to the use of the bent forceps, and the witness de-
posed that from the time at which Mr. Cooper used
the bent forceps he (Mr. Calloway) , conceived that Mr,
Cooper must have had the same
,idea of the difficulty
which was then passing in his hand ; it was not the simple
operation of cutting which occasioned the delay in per-
forming the operation.
Ily a Juror,—The operation is always thought to be
difficult when the stone is in the anterior•part of the
bladder, but did not anticipate any extrenr.lioary difficulty
in this case, though the patient was orthat weak habit
that he was :it unlikely to sink under a great operation ;
the sound could not have placed the stone in a position more
difficult to be got at.
Mr.. C. A. Key examined—l am the senior surgeon to
Guy's• Hospital; I am a surgeon since 1812; I have per-
formed 40 or 60 operations in lithotomy myself; 'I have
seen Mr. Cooper operate several times ; in the operations
Mr. Cooper has performed be has nut lost rsore than the
average number of patients; from the descrir.sion of the
operation, as given by Mr. Calknora.A.,• think it likely that
; shcathl ieve a4tipted, 46 same 'Process as
.Was adopt:en by
eiaiper. The length of time occupied in the ope-
ration
Was no criterion of the skill of the .oper,:tor.—
Have known causes where, although the stout could be
touched; there Was yet great difficultOn eatractiug it in
consequence of the blander grasping the stone. .1; think
from the eyidere rvidt;ced. that the op,?ziat,t§kp. was sniepti.-
facally ilerfortuet . ~f 'any. Violierice had !leen ustel„ think
its 4ffects could e doteavered after dcatb. ,Tbe PA-,44fie
,
in th`e'ccomar hierOVatm Would have been found lacerated,
and in 4 state of slough, with extravasated blood. I was •
present at the port molten examination, and the cellular
membrane was perfectly sound, and not lacerated. If
the-forceps had been introduced with great force. into.
the prostate gland, it would have shewn the effects of
that force, bnt • no such effects were visible after
death. The wound pre.sented the appearance of a
9P:Ai;_sf into the. reds cf the Li-to/tier th.ro-,;40. ttie ilvoqta
kw! Viin,tutring, •oott iT4A;.f' think an inatrnment
aAoliwde' td the Oreinnttanced of the case, but tl.ink a
iv,da havz answered the purpose equally well. It
is only very fair eases according to my experience, teat the
bladder .canoe reached by• the finger ; but it is desirable to
do so if possible. I had some conversation with Mr.
Lambert in the square of the Hospital. Mr. Lam9ert
said, " Your straight staff will never retch a deep per.
nium.r I ratified, " Lir, yon know nothing about it bayii,
rove~ tterfo:Anri The fluf,:*lll
44,4wer4i weitvijOis 410ikk it•O•ii4 a shallow one. I told
liellin4glit'thii"pritieum deep, I had operated upon
one twice asdoep.' Not having seen the perinum (luting
life, I could give no opinion as to its depth, and did not
therefore say that it was a deep one. Mr. 11. Cooper, in
his sperations, has seldom exceeded theaverage time. I have
tied the subelavian artery twice It is, when tied in cases of
aneurism, one of :lo host difficult; cpetAiv,i,w,svigcry,,
TficittOttllM ig !nu &mei& dperueuti la easy enough.

It requires great skill, great presence of mind, and greal
knowledge of anatomy to perform spel► ait Operation.
assi4ted Mr. B. Cooper in pet fin timing this nper.►tioo, and
I never sov one better pet formed in toy life, it was fi„.
assencwism. I never saw Mt. 13. Cooper loNe his presence
of mind upon any occasion. I consider him to be a good
and sk►lful surgeon. , . .

Cross-examineil--I saw in the Lancet a report of tLe
tying. of the subelavion kirtt; y.

- Sir JAME@ SCA REETT—IIdy Lord, there was such a
report, in ivhich Mr: C. was spoken of very handsomely ;
that was prior.to the quarrel between Mr. Lambert and
Mr: C-oper at the dinner

M:. Wakely—Was that report prior er subsequent to the
dinner? Witness—At was subsequent to it, most certainly.
I otiect to the use of the gorget before an Opening !s made
into the bladder, because then a considerable degree of
forge toast be. used ; bus after an opening has been made
into the cladder, my objection will certainly , nol
I have operated between 50 or 60 times ; 40 of these were
at Guy's Hospital, end lost only three patients. With
justice to. Mr. oopej:„ I ought to say' that the major part
of these. 40 were young patients; Mr. Cooper performed
about twelve times at the hospital, but as I do not keep an
account of his patients, I cannot tell how many of them
died. I use as many instruments in the lithotomy
operations as I may find necessary for extracting the stone,
sometimetitnes three, sometimes more. If the bladder con •
tracts it may bold the stone in contact with it. I think
that I had perl'ormed about three operations before I
pub-lished my work on lithotomy. In the ease in
which Mr. Bransby Cooper tied the subclaviati artery;
the patient ultimately died, but I think that he died.
more from disease than froth the operation itself—his death
was occasioned by suppuration below the ligature. Nei.
ther sn the Operations that I hive seen, or that I have my-
self performed, have I seen the subclavian artery tied in is
better manner than it was done by Mr Bransby Cooper.
I consider Mr. Cooper a scientific surgeon.
What do
,you mean by science, as applied to surgery ?
I consider that a man is scientific who-knows good reasons
for what he does. I ana certain that I had no conversa-
sion with Mr. Bransby Cooper respecting this operation
before the report appeared. I have since that conversed
with him, but it was upon immaterial points, I had ,
.never the difficulties of this operation explained to me. .
Have you ever sent a contributive to the Lancet?—
Yea, upon the occasion of the separation of St. Thomas
and Guy'e hospitals, I sent etc answer to an article which
previously appeared in the Lancet. I saw in the Lancet
since the operation in question, an article highly praising
Mr. Bransby Cooper, and undoubtedly it is my belief
that I expressed my approval of that article.
Mr. JOSEPH LAUNDY, examined by Sir JAMES SCAR-
-LETT.—I held the instruments for Mr. Cooper whilst he
he was performing the operation.' I have witnessed
almost all the operations of St. Thomas and
Guy's Hospitals for the last thirty years, and have
seen Sir Astley Aooper and Mr. Cliue perform
several times. Some operations of the description now
under consideration have lasted as long. The most tedious
one I ever saw was by Mr. Cline, surgeon, it lasted an
hour and forty minutes; the stone was ultimately ex-
tracted. .1 have seen the operation last • an hour, but
not often ; -one by Sir Astley lasted an hour, it was at
the hospital.

Cross-examined by the defendant. —I an not a surgeon,
I am an instrument-maker, and do not know the causes of.
the delay in the c.tatia that lasted an 'hour.

Dr. Hodgskin, a Quaker, examined by Sir L'Sca a-
LETT.—I am Professor of Morbid Anatomy at Guy's Hos-
pital. I should think that the peritoneum of the deceased,
front his size, must have been deep. From the appear-
ance of the parts, I was aware of no other wound, except
one front the external surface into the bladder—there was
none between the bladder and the rectum. The kid-
neys. as is generally the case in suyjects of that nature,
were mottled with white spots. I should certainly have
seen it, if there had been any wound between the bladder
and rectum. I cannot say that the wound passed anywhere
but into the bladder. Atter I removed the parts they were
put away, and J. Lambert asked to See them. I or one of my
assistants took them down for him, I went away;
afterwards James Lambert shewed me a passage be-
tween the bladder and Or rectum, and as I bad not
seen the passage before, I taxed him with making
it. He had the finger in the passage when he
shewed it to me. If that had been made recently before
death there would be an extravation of blood. It is my
firm conviction that it was made after death. From my
knowledge cf Mr. Cooper I look on him as a very fair
surgeon and a good anatomist.

Cross-examined—l read or heard Use report of the post
mortem essminhtion in the Lanett read, and it was cor-
rect us it appeared at the examination, except an far as re-
garded the passage between the rectum and the bladder.
Mr. Etiolate, examined by Mr. PoLvocx—l have re-
peatedly conversed with the plaintiff on surgical subjects,
and conceive him a very intelligent surgeon. I heard Mr.
Calloway'a account of the operation, and I think
that it must have been difficult. I think that.
Mr. Cooper performed it skilfully. But I have
never seen that gentleman perform any operation....
I have repeatedly performed the operation ut lithotomy,
and it varies in its circumstances more than any other;
the use of a great number of instruments indicates the dif-
ficulty of the case.
Cross-examined—l attended a meeting at the Free-
mason's Tavern, composed of the lecturers at several
hospitals, and it was considered that we had all a common
cause against the Lancet. —I paid part of the expences of
the second application to the Court of Chancery, for an in-
junction to restrain the publication of Mr. Abernetlee Lec-
tures. I have subscribed to enable a man to set up an op-
sition journal to the Latieet, but since that I have known
nothing of it.

Re-examined—lt appeared to me to be a great grievance
to have the lectures published, because they were published
incorrectly, and brought great discredit on those whose
lectures wvre published.
Mr. Traverse—l have been in practice 20 years: and I
have been in the profession since 1800 ; I have heard the
evidence of Mr. Calloway, us to the operation, and I have
heard of no circumstance which could impeach the skill of
the operator. I think the operator is the best judge
as to the instrument which ought to be used. The
length of time is no criterion of the skill of the opera-
tor. lam acquainted with Mr. Cooper, and think that
he is an ingecious and intelligent surgeon, and tit fir the
situation he, Lolde as surgeon of Gay's Hospital. Thece
are often cases of lithotomy which for a long time
baffle the skill of the 1)t operator, and I conceive
the ca,e in question to be 'une of that description.
I have had conversations at Saint Thomas's Hospital
on the subject of the Lancet. The surgeons met to
upon the subject. I was not present at any difference of
opinion between Mr Lambert and Mr. Cooper. 1 have
remit the report in the Lancet, and I do not consider it to
be fair or a professional account of the operation.
Cross-exliminsd—l did not witness either the operation
or the post rucutent exalt-lit-460n. I have peilm mad the
operation twice whe•.-e then! was no stone, although the
patient had preuiously all the symptoms, which ceasvti
after the operation. He had the opinions of four other
suigeons its to the exi4teuce of the complaint before he per-
forated the operation.

Re-examined—lf I ha,d newr heard of the 'report I
should, on it, blush for the person who had made
sucha report.

Mr. Green was next examined—l am the nephew of
the late Mr. Cline, and have been for eight years sur-
geon to St. Thomas's Hospital. I have often performed
the operation of lithotomy, sod atn repiAted
,co
~be very
successful. I witnessed one capital rApeAa,tiott by Mr-
13ianSby Cooper, whiel; ht. pertormed admirably well
The trpecatiko;l \yak tha; 41 tying the external iliac artery,
tirr tkill, is somewhat like puttitT a ligature on the
sulnlAvian artety. Vrom Mr. Callowaye description of
the ovrarion, 1 think it Wag skilfully conducted, and
I should conceive it to have been a case of great difficulty ;
the length of tune_ is of itself no 'criterion of the skill of the
operator; the must skilful burgeon might have occupied
the same time, and yet the result have been equally fatal.
cross-examine!l—lt requires great imatomieal knowle4V
v, tie the iliac artery. I was at the meeting a; hr. f"e7
masons' Tavern. Sou* res 9t apt time had
been .r.tr,b!isll6. I
cf:Yft V vUtetl
to the expenses of the in-
Ile,,xamined—Thelectures were incorrectly published'
only one of them was free from misrepresentation.

Dr. Babiugton was next ealle'd and examined by Mr.,
Pont.sex—l knew the plaintiff well, and had had
- cue-
Versatioos with hi,a upon anatomical subjects, with which,
he seemed to,,be perfectly.acquainted. The best proof, of
my covietionol,bis skill is that I have p!acpc.t A'attlkot
Om under him as an sareili
Art ; r ,TCW . virivutiees to the surgeons of
tlie`hospital have all their advantages in .common. It
makes no difference what surgeon they are placed under as
to the knowledge they may have as opportunity of ac•
quit ing.
Dr. Roget examined—l have had many opportunities
of witnessing Mr. Cooper's practice, and I
is a skilful andjudiciaus corB7t.D.a. lvtiorT4riftis report,
and tb;..tsk that LO, W‘'4iVdNIVN4SIIt to have written such
ti,trptlef. .
Cross-examined—l Lave never witnessed Mr.

perform a capital operation. Those on which I met him
Were ones of minor ioportonee. .

Mr. Morgan Nos next exiauined, and gave similar te.s,
.timony as to Mr. Coopf.r's abilities. , • . ,
This witness was net cross-examined.

Mr. Hilton examinen—l was a pupil at St. Thomas's,
and I ant now assistant-demonstrator. I was at the post
niortern examination, and told not reach the bladder with
my finger.. •I slid not wit,. the operation.
Sir A. Coopen-I was supcenaed by the defend,int,• and
I heard the account-given by-Mr. Harrison of the educe-.
tion of Mr. Branilw 'Cooper. • That account was per
feetly correct. Mr. 13. Cooper had been•in my house, .and
hod continued opportunities of witnessing my practice.
He had opportunities of experience at Salamanca, Thou-
louse, and Vittoria, . and afterwards in Canada, I sub-
sequently took him as an apprentice, not conceiving that
the species- of practice- he had witnessed, was the most, pro,
per for an hospital. • The plan of placing Lim as surgeon of
the hospital was not mine, but if I thought that lie was
not fit for the situation, I should most certainly have
opposed his appointment. In my practice I have often
sent him as my substitute, which I should not have
done if I did not think him competent. Mr.- Bransby
Bumper When be first went to the Hospital, was
a good anatomist, and a very goodlurgeon, but he wanted
experience in hospital practice. Still a young man must
not be crushed in the outset,- or the country will be •
deprived of perhaps fist rate abilities. The difficulty in
the present case was, that the stone was enveloped. in
the folds of the bladder, which did not let go its
hold of it until the man became very considerably ex-
hausted, and then it dropped, so that the straight for*ps.
could catch it. With respect to time, it was not to be at
• all considered as acritei ion of skill. .The stone was small,
and it should be known, that it was the small stones which
caused the difficulty, because they were often enfolded in
the bladder. No man could be a judge of the opera-
tion, unless he had • performed it, and no, man. could
judge of the individual case unless he ayas the performer.
I have been 25 years_ in practice, and I have in one
years-performed the operation of lithotomy 18 tiwea.
should think it unkind to form an opinion of the skill dis-
played in a case without communicating
.With the operation,
for I should he loth to destroy the character of another
matr, and Unwise, because that opinion; could sCareely. be
correct.

Cross examined by Mr. Wilkely.—Sir Astley, have you
never said that a good surgeon ought ti. he like a good Ge-
neral, that he should wade up to the neck in blood ? • '
Have you nut said so in your lectuirs to your pupils?.
Sir A CooPer.----Tdon't know,-I may have said so, lam
sometimes fond of using strong expressions. I like, in
short, to be understood. (Great laughter.) I think
it one of the greatest evils that a man should be attacked
in early lire ; and that he should be crushed, be-
cause he happened ro bare the misfortune, however
capable he might be to practice in his profession. It is a
power which 1 think the public press ought not to have.
—(Laughter.)
Mr. WAERLY.—Sir Astley, do you not think that the
interests of the. public would be best consulted by having
men of experience appointed as surgeons to the Hospitals,
and nut to appoint them for the purpose of acquiring ex-
perience. _ _

Sir Astley.—l think that every hospital ought to have
an Assistant-surgeon, who would thereby -he prepared for
ale situation which he would subsequently hold.
Mr. Wakely.--Was Mr. 13ransby Cooper an assistant
before he became surgeon? Sir Astley Cooper.—No
was not ; but I think it would be a good regulation to
adopt in all of them.
Mr. Wakely_What WAS the particular difficulty in this
case? Sir A. Cooper—There was so little water in the
bladder that this man must have made water immediately
before the operation. If the bladder were full of water the
stone would have been easily struck.
Mr.Wakely.-..-What is the danger to be guarded against
in the operation of lithotomy ?
Sir Astley Cooper.—The chief danger to be guarded
against is violatace..
Mr. Wakely—Supposing the stone to be felt, but en-
veloped in the folds of the bladder, would nut the more
prudent course be, after having vainly tried for ten minutes
to extract it,' to place the patient in his bad again ?
Sir Astley Cooper.l should certainly think not, if the
stone could he telt. - In that case the surgeon should per-
severe until he got away.
Mr. Wakely—Nave you sot read Celsus, Sir Astley?
—(Laughter.)—Sir Astley—l oave dippail- into Celsus,
but I do not conrider Celsus as'a good surgical authority,
although he is a classical one.—(Much laughter.)
Mr. Wakely.—ls not the practice in Edinburgh and,
Paris to rut the patientt to bed in such cases as I base
supposed?
Sir Astley Cooper—l have studied in Edinburgh, and
I have witnessed operations of 'kiloton.), in Paris, but I
never saw such a practice resorted to.
Mr. Wakely—How long may the contraction of the
bladder continue?

Sir Astly—lt might last an hour. I will give you an
example—ln went into the theatre at St. Thomas's
Hospital, whom an, operetion of :fihotomy was being
periormed by a gentleman who is now in Court. It was one
of great difficulty. The stone wasenveloped in the folds of the
bladder, so that the point of it only could be felt. After
nearly the lapse of an hour, he passed the instrument be-
tween the atone and the bladder ; but,the contraction still
contihued, •

Mr. Wakely—:-What evil could result by placing the pa-
ient in bell until the contraction -was over?

Sir Astley—Just this—What you would not like—You
would have two okerations instead of one to perform.—
(Laughter.) It the stone was tilt, tlt; surgeon ought to
persevere.
Mr. Wakely.—Why is it more difficult to introduce,
the finger after death than before ?
Sir Astly—lf you had ever put your finger into the blad-
der of a living subject you would know the diffirent. By
putting your finger into the bladder of the dead subject,
you would have known as much of the difficulty of this
case as you now do of what is passing in the moon.—
(Much laughter.)
Br-examined by SI: J. Scaat.zrr.—My nephew was a
surgeon in the army, and he was my demonstrator of ana-
tomy. He gave great satistac►tion to me ; and the
students were so gratified with ehe clearness of his lecture:
tbat they felt pleased than a man who hd so easy a method
of communicating knowledge rhould be placed in a situ-
atiod where he world have the means of conveying it.

Mr. Dalrymple, the surgeon of the Norwich Hospital
deposed to the celebrity of that Hospital for its operations
in lithotomy, and be had himself performed the operation
not less than seventy-six times. Had heard Mr. Celloway's
description of the operation, and sow from that description
no indication of want of skill on the part of the operator.
Has often had similar difficulties, and has always a number of
instruments than those that were mentioned us employed
by Mr. Cooper. Believes Mr. Cooper well qualified to
fill the situation of hospital surgeon. Had himself the
naktbrtune to have a case where the stone was so large
that it could not be removed, and in three hours the pa-
tient died.

:o

Cross-examined---In that (lase the stone weighed over
fourteen ounces.

Alin: Watson examined—l am Secretary to the Court
of Examiners of the Apothecaries' Company ; the young
man, Clapham, did come to be examined, in order to ob-
tain his certificate.

Mr. Wakely rose to reply when we went to press, the
Case will not be over before ten o'clock.

THIRD EDITION.
SUN OFFICE, Eleven o'clock

Continuation of the evidence of 111 r. Watson.—! have
an affidavit of John Claphan, to the effect that. he was
21 years of age on the 21st of April, 1828. This
affidavit was necessary, in order that he should get his li-
cense to be examinell. This affidavit was sworn at a Po-.
lice-office in Middlesex. I don't know that Mr. lA.lbert
did more than give a certificate of the ;;;.-4:,ral character of.
Claphan.
Sir JA:AAr.i SvAßlErf—That is my case. •
After a short pause Mr. Wakely proceeded to reply. He
said that at the cominencem,ent of the case yesterday the
learned gentlemen opposed to him expressed some appre-
hension lest by the breaking down of the defendant's wit-
nesses, the opportunity. would not be afforded of bringing
forward the host of evidence to the great and extraoo4gy
skill of Mr. hransby Cooper. The cign,tl;:mau
was then told that he might inaV, easy on that
bead, the result jus‘tii;mte.ke ;lea:ration of the defendant, his
wituesa:4tl44, r‘dtie,raen down, and not a charge !nought
likAtiul against Mr. Cooper had been answered. A verdict
must therefore be given for the defendant. After referring
to the origin and progress of the Laucet, the dv-
fentlant declared that the. proceedings
,of that day
Wad the most peculir that ever took place.
would- have supposed from' the parade w4l ,e,,b10% 1" •
ease was heralded, shat the relert Faucetteas a fa-
bricatio4— the :3c..41 9,ivaticda ever was performed—
%,0 itli,ckg.V!ct foundation fl•om beginning to end, ex-
41',1At In the malevolent mind of the defendant. One of the
witneeses for the plaintiff admitted that there were 20,
spectators, and yet with all the influence of Mr. 8.-,
he was only able to produce one VA:ltaft'
but the charge roads ' ki so-vainitti% e ill ts4V
• Sought
•

LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER )3, 1828,

We perceive by an advertisement,in our front
page, that the Friends of Civil and Religious
Liberty, connected with the County of Kent, are
to have a Public Dinner at Maidstone on Monday,
the 22d inst.—that patriotic Nobleman, Lord
DA RNL EY, in the Chair. The list of Stewards
contains a number of Noblemen and Gentlemen,
embracing several Members of Parlia►neht, all
on the side of liberality and justice. The
object of the meeting is highly praise-
worthy, as will be seen by reference to the
Advertisement. We regret that want of space
prevents our doing more than calling public at-
tention to this very meritorious meeting. The
Kent Liberal Protestant Petition to both Houses
of Parliament, praying for such effectual and
speedy relief to his Majesty's Roman Catholic
Subjects as the deliberative wisdom of Parlia-
ment may afford, is now lying for the Signatures
of Freeholders only at the King's I lead Tavern,
Poultry.

The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 6th inst.
contains the following respecting Greece, and
the natural reluctance of the SULTAN to send
Ambassadors to confer with those who insist as
a preliminary that he should resign his sove-
reignty over Greece. Bur, however unpalatable
that measure may appear, it must be submitted

SMYRNA, OCT. 25.

The Courier de Sotyrne has the following letter from
Syra, 13th October : —The question of the frontiers of
Greece seems exclusively to engage the attention of the
Athbassadors at Poros, and yet they do not seem to have
come to any positive decision on this important point. The
French Ambassador seems. sensible of the necessity of ex-
tendingt to
coili.Ncre.vth(e;ileileiceebehte%yveoennd
tthheeCl;tilti.smoufs,Ara
tnad
::dis suypopioiiseads
recognised.
therefore
.
the most suitable boundary. The English Ambassador
has not yet deClared himself; but the expedition to Prevesa
:v.: sahuntstidwe rdtaikneufaweti: hiswith
bke knowledge, it:ideges,,,
sequel.
in,
edl i. td
duly
yus ec
be presumed that lie consents that this boundary shall be
The Russian Ambassadoris wholly silent, we do not know
whether from prudence or indifference. 'Meantime the
Ambassadors are collecting statistical information. A
prodigious mass of tables and calculations
lies on the
table of the Congress at PorOs. Within these few days
they have, at " length, laid Before the President eight-
and-twenty questions, respecting which they require''
information, and while this le collecting they mean to
make little excursions for their recreation. Wudo justice
to the indefatigable activity of the Ambassadors, but ob-
serve that indent:ll4y ;a Printed On the countenances of
all the Greeks.. lire general opinion is particularly ex-
-I,,t*.ed in a memorial that has been *ecroly circulated
heaa for same days past, and is sdd to have hceo written
by a respectable Ecclesiastic. The main argument of the
writ*r is, that the Christi,"
little regard to its old Anthipsadors to fettle the affairs . q,f, Q.E.etF, pay too
a,no Ne Ot to a
be expected that the Alotq. bilPlo`ll. 6111.
distant country, W t!,i C.l il'i . 64Cirti:12%h'''Iajet4f dispute, to
who. VI the .- . capital a year. ago
attend ambassa:do,:4.
i. ap,d refuse to return when he invites
Nv,it\o,lX )4 ()11se'r,-;" • dpian negotiate with an Ambassador
nuswi..p.,owkri.,,
4sitils.ein;odtivimittheci4:
nrative of a nation which Is to derive its
ofir :11p04 tlvluerw„c.l'l,in,.l2, --senss large armies against his conntry
from the result of the
'lliiioeiatiask?
Must WC not acknowledge that a represol4l,7e ~t
the Sultan could hit possibly be fuN...,liiis, with full
. rs ii,+ every new question r*,,iotr`ed renjet: it necetwar,
po% e ,
for him to apply V) .Aist 6,,weetAgtt for, fresh • • .
Instrue-
t.ions, by vch* 4iirleiii ' delay would' be occasioned.
r'ke w.tixtb. thinks that the Ambassador ought to
ori•oltivtii,at.lti the
its..;
tpirwe.:
A '''"i h I l I if • f - 14(4 1° the
captta ,aste on y p revsc ere tle a ales G.. r'' - • ''
t
kyvilop en tg .t.
he soon advantageouslygulated,
VIENNA, Dec. I.—Nleqoltv.'.. /
,eft. 96,, ; Bank Sharei,
1096,

Aricmr,i,van Papers to a late date b,axe beenre-
ceived. The general. impression, seems to be,
that JACKSON will be elected President. ix-%

career."

tracts will be found in another column. The fol-
lowing %%ill show that some of the Americans
are N‘ishing, or at least throwing out hints, that
the term of the President's duration in of
should l;e extended from four to six, or even
eight years. The next step, we presume, will be
a perpetual Dictator, and General JACKSON
seems to be a :man nowise disinclined. to avail
himself of the honour :

. .
(From the Philadelphia National Gazette of Nov.
The New York American of yesterday nominates Judge
Smith as the successor of General Jackson, preferring him
to Governor Van I3urtn. The stone Paper dwells upon
the propriety of so stoeroliog the Ccderal Constitution,
that the term of the Pret,ident of the United States shalt
be eight or six years, withont re-eligibility. we believe
the public opinion to be favourahle to such an atnerid-
went. Six years would be snore agree Ale to the spirit of
our institutions than eight..

(Front a Paper of the 20th Nov.)
The Vnited States ship hornet arrived here last evening
from a cruise, h oni Pensacola. She has retoined here in
consequence of having the yellow fever on bored, which,
it appears, nothing hut frost will eradicate front the ship.

Mauritius Papers to the 31st August have,
been received at the North and South American
Coffee-house. They (-Ordain little worth extract-
ing. A Paper of the 30th contains the answer
of Sir LOWRY COLE, to the address.of the in-
habitants on his leaving the Colony, in which
he says,. " it is highly satisfactory to me to have
been succeeded in this GovernMent by an old
friend and fellow soldier sincerely trust
that his Civil Administration of this, Colony
may be asdistinguis,hedas has been'his military

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE--(PH!SpA Y.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAT, DFC.•l2.—Wind the,Cameron's
Rod, from Ho ; Wan Cromlie, flout icerit Leohe ;
Jane and Elizabeth, from Meesin,; Arrived from London.
the Waterloo; Davis, fin- .Nstinitt ;' Martha', Jana ,on, fur
:India.

Pr.Y! ouru, DEC.. 11.-.—Wind W. F. W.— In ived- ti e
Lalla, Warre, from and tht. Ctutherk, from Bahia,
with sails split; 'and' Other trivial damage.
FALMOUTH, Drcil has blown
a strong gale all hat night from the S.W. mad continued
till this morning, when theAvitol veered to the W. The
ships all ride well. Arrilied tilos Naury,.MArquand, horn
Cette.

MARGATE, DEC. IQ.—Arrived the Lady Goderich,
Wilson, from Demerara.

Cowes, DEC. Ht.—Arrived the Hottentot, Weiss,
front the 111nuritiva, sailed 4th Sept. .
Jeescv, DFC• O. —Arriveel the Fanny, Voass, frrm
Oporto, bound to London, assisted in by pilots.

A verAel, supposed to be the... Vigilant of Peterhead,
Christie, froth ()porta, was totally yrreekrd riddle Galley
brad near 13.thituore, Ireland, ora Sunday.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TwaLr4 &ow:
We scarcely rocolieet 83 completall'it,:t stagnaticm in
business generally a.s at present exists in the City. Con-
soli, which in the latter part of yesterday were flat and
declined to 87, sellers, left of buyers, and opened this morn-
ing at the same price. The only alteration since is that
of their being 87i, buyers, their present price. Eiehequer
Bills, 61 3 ; and India, Wads, 62 4 pm.
Nothing worthy of notice in the Foreign Funds ; prices
nearly nominal, exhibiting, however, symptoms of decline.
In Shares Brazilian tunes have returned to their former
premium of 40
.2.

Three per •Cent. Consuls, shut; -big°, for Ac-
.
; Three per Cent, Ileduced, 86 ; India
Stock, shut ; India Bonds, 62 4 pm. ; Bank Stock, 209
210 ; Exchequer BilLs, 61 3 pm.
frokEIGN.-Brazilian, .631 ; Buenos. Ayres, 48 k ;
atilian, £6l- 71 Calumbian, 22k 3; Danish, 62:1 I,
Greek, 17 1 ; Alrxkan, Five per Cent., 251 6 ; Dittn, Six
per Cent., 32 1; Pi•ritvian, 181 191 ; Portuguese SS,-
53i-; Russian, 95 ; Spanish, 10k ,
Miters.—Anklo Mexican, 771 b dia. ; Brazilian, 40 2
; Bolanos, 100 110 pm. ; Colombian, 11 13 dim.; need
Del Monte, 150 160 per sliaru; United Mexican, 232 die.
TWO O'CLOCK
•
Console' are alternately buyers and sellers at 81, are
now the former, after being strong

THREE 0' CL 0 CE.
Consols for Account, 87 i;

FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES.
Consols Danish 621
Do. for Ac. 87i Greek, 18.25
Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 1825 --
Buenos Ayres Peruvian

Chihli Do. Russian 951
Colunihian, 1824 221 I Spanish

HiS Majesty will hold a Court on Monday
next at Windsor Castle.
•
WINDSOR, DEC. 12.—The King has not ~
heel out of the Castle since taking up his residence-there
on Tuesday last, his leisure hours from public Lusioese
being chiefly occupied inspecting and directing the ar-
lrasantg:loll::tiro.f
jetffheoll'uwrulytintrtev,iiipaintings,
architect,
,b,._.. 1 ;
viletii Majestytl
continile4 to enjoy excellent health. On Tuesday evenine
tKheingGoti:eeerniutn4estetkffi'lcsosc,3fso
Castle, his Majesty was most graciously pleased to confer
on him the honour of Knighthood. Messengers eontintie
to arrive and depart almost daily, with despatches front
majesty's time id filileti
Occupied. Yesterday evening the King, iu order to provu
the effective soffit! of ; from theinn!,...c new Music Room, or.
de" hie private baud to attend. 'flail King, with his
itihisa.t:: of aPartnients in the
distinguished attendants, ding in a small mom, adjoining.
great attention to the nimbi,:
tll:olaeoymeddl:uvbniellso-fv:fu:nrgendi'wetria:i.dsthoril
spoil,l e(.l oinfraoni
greattle sounduiea,u zto,f
ttliti:
interesting and delightful etrieet of the niusi‘:.
The Bishop of Lincoln, the Eaa oil' Aber-
dress, Viscount Beresford, Mr. Secretary Peel, and Sir
George Cockburn, had interviews with the Duke of NI el-
lington yesterday, at the Treasury,

Despatches were brought by an Itllian
High Commissioner 'of the lor.:nalt for Sit
mes-
senger yesterday eveuir.g.- fur the Earl of Aberdeen, from,
the Right Hon. Stratford Canning. Despatches were also
brought, by the same messenger, from Sir Frederick klutpt
The Prussian .Ministor had an intervie* yes-
terday with the Earl a Abotown, at the Office of the
Secretary of State for Foreign Main,
otheeoLrgo:dmurray.

Cower,Ti DL:ktie;vfuley,
Nttfolkia--st week eiTtertained a
the !ton. Mr. Lamb,
shooting Nay at h4l scat at Fornham, consisting of Earl
and other
gentlomeai The sport at the Hyde en .t_k a turdey WCJ'a
as follows •-...-439 brace of pheasants, !,,ase of bares, 1*
raidAU, and 1 woodcock A batiso also took Plate' at
Benyon de Beauvoir's, Culford Hall, on Thursday, at
which 191 head of game woe. killed. -
The petition a
tou, against further conceasione to the Roman
has already 5,000, signatures attached to it.—Exetert
F
paw gre-ed to ma the sth tilt. at New-
i,,9
Catholics,

r. •
'NORM) SHARK OR DOG FISH: ZQUALUS
SAII2E, L.—A small specimen of this lish, weighing
5+ lbs. and in Icngtb, 34 inches, was eaweit in Denton-
',ohne camov j.)3:0, near Caldew-bridge, Carlisle, on
mredamday Lot, by a boy who observed it struggling in a
bludiaq pooh This. fish is easily distinguished from the
4to-a tha British Unake, by having a strong sharp spine
placed before mil of the back fiat

BOY TORN BY A LIONESR.—On Saturday
last, during the exhibition of Morgan's Itlenagerie, at Mal-
ton, a little boy indulged in some familiarities with the
roness,, which she hnimal not approving of, struck hisn
some sortie blows with. hu paws, and thereby oxc.it‘r/
eunsideaaihle.alartit fot kis safety. •We are happy to learn
that Le w.a.s inonetliately extricate 1. He was soru.ca the
head ar.4l face, and presented a frightful. peet.icle, hut
a reetiveriug state.—Bull Advertiser.