The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-02 00:00:00

MONDA V EVENING, JUNE 2, 1845,

A ZINE DAY.
L 1 (..) .I_,* -7, :V G A /if AE.
We admire the sound judgment and discretion dis-
played by North in his lucubrations during the last
month, in discarding topics on which, at the present
moment, he cannot comment with his ordinary temper
and ability. The revolution in the Tory camp, the
amalgamation of Conservative and Whig politics,
the " organised hypocrisy," the abolition of tests in
the Scotch universities, Maynooth, the Irish Acade-
mies' Bill, Tara, and Meath, and the Martyrs' Levee,
are all eschewed al dangerous ground, and his
labours are devoted to poetry, the novel and
the drama, specimens of British critics, painting,
aesthetics of dress, and similar subjects
of disquisition, calculated to humanize and
d,-light the mind, and also fit out the corporeal frame
according to the most approved principles, not of
Brum.mell and Stultz, and the artist styled, in the
days of yore, the " first gentleman of Europe,"
but of some secret divinity, unknown to the
Mite!' Romans and the half-clad Greeks, who is to
he racked immediately after Urania, and classified
as the tenth Muse under the title of Esthetic.. She
has been long wanted. Chesterfield expended much
time and labour in personifying her, and if wz-e. are to
believe him sincere in his long and minute admoni-
tions to his son, preferred this newly-discovered and,
in his age, nameless deity, to all the elegant and learned
nine. This is one of the most important discoveries
of the age. Urania, and Pallas, and Juno, and the
planets yet to be brought to light by Rosse's gigantic
telescope, must be ranked as the most insignificant
discoveries, when compared with a deity who has
countless millions of votaries, and a shrine in every
palace and every cottage ; who is worshipped by the
young and the old, by man and woman, by the sage
and the peasant, by human beings, nay, brute beings
of every genus and species ; whose sway is omnipo-
tent, and whose dominion has no bounds. The
oracular injunctions of a deity so powerful must be
listened to, believed and obeyed by all, and our readers
will therefore thank us for furnishing them with the
very last ordonnance issued from the divine shrine as
recorded by Maga, the priestess of modern Athens :7--
" Whether you be male or female, do not wear mach
jewelry—beware of being taken for one of the swell-nob
and the douhtfuls ; but if you are alady, and wish for jewel-
lery in the evening, choose between pearls and diamonds;
better have a few of these and good, than whole caskets
of topazes and amethysts. If you are a gentleman wear
only two rings—one for your lady-love, the other for
your armorial bearings—if you have a gold chain to your
watch, keep it, but the less you show of it the better.
Avoid a foolish custom now springing up, of fastening
the coat with a couple of supplementary buttons,
attached by a metallic link. This is the trick of some
scoundrel tailor, who sent home a coat too small for the
wearer, and thus persuaded him (he must have been an
ass) to tie two buttons together, and so make both ends
meet. It will da very well for a commercial gent., but
not for a gentleman. We need hardly say, be not fine on
a Sunday : dress plainer then than usual, if you would
maintain your dignity • and be not ashamed of an old
coat—only let it be Clean, portez-le biers, soyez Bien
gant6, hien cola et vous n'aurez jamais fair d'un
bourgeois. Above all things, whether you be a man,
woman, or child, remember that the more you approxi-
mate to uniformity of colour foe the whole of your dress
the better, whether you prefer white to black, blue to
green, or brown to red, no matter. Stick to the law of
aesthetic unity—retain natural and undisguised contour,
breadth and mellowness of colour, ease and dignity of
movement, and you will approximate to perfection.
We turn to another subject, one little less interest-
ing, a true and correct, and elegant description
of
the youth, manhood, and death of the greatest of
generals, the immortal Hannibal. Speaking seriously,
the subject is treated in the very best style. The
language is suited to the noble theme, and the won-
derful skill, resources, energy, patriotism, bravery,
and military talents of the man who swore before the
altars of his gods eternal enmity to. Rome, are all
depicted with a glowing fervour, a truth of de-
lineation, and a generous overflowing spirit of en-
thusiastic admiration which would make even the
most callous reader join in the lofty eulogium, that
" Hannibal was at once the Burke, the Pitt, and the
Wellington of his country." We can find room for
only the
.introduction to the article which, Short as it
is, will confirm our opinion :
" Two thousand one hundred years ago, a boy was
born at Carthage, whose name and exploits have ren-
dered his country immortal. His character stands forth
with unparalleled lustre even from the bright pages of
ancient story. It is hard to say whether he was greater
as a patriot, a statesreant or a general. Invincible in
determination, inexhaustible in resources, fertile in stra-
tagem, patient of fatigue, cautious in council, bold in
action, he possessed also that singleness of purpose, that
unity of object, which more than all is the foundation of
great achievements. Love of his country was his one
and ruling principle. Hatred of its enemies his lasting
and indelible passion. To these objects he dev.ned
throughout life his great capacity : for this he lived, for
this he died. From the time that he swore hatred to
the Romans, while yet a boy, on the altars of
Carthage, be never ceased to watch their de-
signs, to contend with their forces, to resist
their ambition. Alone of all his countrymen he mea-
sured the extent of the danger with which his father-
land was threatened by the progress of their power.
Alone he stood forth with the. strength of a giant to
combat it.' But for the shameful desertion of his vic-
torious army, by the jealousy of the rival faction at
Carthage, he would have crushed the power of the
legions, and given to Carthage, not Rome, the empire
of the world. As it was, he brought them to the brink
of ruin, and achieved triumphs over their armies greater
than all other nations put together. After he was over
thrown, it was comparatively an easy task to conquer
the world. For this ha received in life exile, disgrace,
and death: for this he has since obtained immortality.
At his name the heart of the patriot has thrilled through
every subsequent age. To illustrate his virtues, genius
and learning have striven in every succeeding country;
and the greatest praise which the world can yet bestow
on warriors is to compare them to Hannibal."
This number concludes " North's Specimens of the
British Critics," which have been extended to a
sufficient length, and contains some melancholy
" Stanzas, by B. Simmons, to the memory of Thomas
Hood." We give the three first and the last—the others
being chiefly descriptive of works published by
Hood :
" Take back into thy bosom, Earth,
This joyous, May-eyed morrow,
The gentlest child that ever Mirth
Gave to be rear'd by Sorrow.
'Tis hard—while rays half-green, half-gold,
Through vernal bowers are burning,
And streams their diamond-mirrors hold
To summer's face returning—
To say, We're thankful that His sleep
Shall never more be lighter,
In whose sweet-tongued companionship
Stream, bower, and beam grew brighter !

" But all the more intensely true
His soul gave out each feature
Of elemental Love—each hue
And grace of golden Nature,
The deeper still beneath it all
Lurk'd the keen jags of Anguish ;
The more the laurels clasp'd his brow,
Their poison made it languish.
Seem'd it that like the Nightingale
Of his own mournful singing,
The tenderer would his song prevail
While most the thorn was stinging.

" So never to the Desert-worn
Did fount bring freshness deeper,
Than that his placid rest this morn
Has brought the shrouded sleeper.
That rest may lap his weary head
Where charnels choke the city,
Or where, mid woodlands, by his hod
The wren shall wake its ditty:
But near or far, while evening's star
Is dear to hearts regretting,
Around that spot admiring Thought
Shall hover unforgetting.
"How fierce contrasts the city's roar
With thy new-conquered Quiet!
This stunning hell of wheels that pour
With princes t) their riot,—
Loud clash the crowds—the very clouds
With thunder-noise are shaken,
While pale, and mute, and cold, afar
Thou Pest, men-forsaken.
Life reeks on, nor reeks that One
frlle piayfgh human-hearted--
Who lent its play less taarlhiness,
I* just from earth departed,"

COLBURN'S NE IV MONTHLY.
This number opens with a humorous poem from
the pen of our old friend Thomas Ingoldsby. It re-
fers to a period of history when
" You are all aware that
On our throne there once sat
- A very great King, who'd an Angevin hat
With a greit sprig of broom, which he wore as a badge
in it,
Named from that circumstance, Henry Plantagenet."
The heroes of this tale are the two brothers of Bir-
chington, the 0112 a pious monk, the other a *martvais
sujet, to whom it appears we arp indebted for the Re-
culvers. The author begs we will think of thpse bro-
thers whenever we pass that way—
" And while o'er the wavy yea fuel the craft pitch hard,
Pray for the souls of Robert and Itichax4."
The " gtapple-chaser " is an amusing tale, with a
very tragical end, intended as a warning for the ad-
venturous. " Literary and familiar Reminiscences of
Thomas Campbell," contains many anecdotes of the
great poet, written by one who knew him well.
Among other things we have an account of his lite-
rary partialities and antipathies, fad also some exam-
ples of his kindly benevolence, " Lights?, glades"
proceeds with unabated interest, and the $' Robertses
on their Travels" is as entertaining as ever. "A
Peep into the Royal Academy" contains a rather se-
Imre criticism on the exhibition. " Costume of the
Court of Gecp. II." is by Miss Strickland, and re-
lates to the, at present, all engrossing falibjeat, not of
the character and opinions of our ancestors, but of
their modes and fashions. We here find many
spirited sketches of the celebrated beauties of that pe-
;IA ChpieF's I..gove Dream" is a beautiful little

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E N, LON D ON,

it rAn, by the Ron. Mr. SnlyJi,-.; it -
ar.d hreathin the );I,4Jr,tits.l
devotion. - It is a picture of the " vanity of human
Wishes," the unhappy- lover recals the bright visions-
of the past—
Many a Temple, all vain glory,
Built in Dreamland out of air ;
Crumbling story after story,
Cloud-like driven—where, ah, where !
In the noontide of my feeling,
Out of passion and of hest,
Many a mirage came revealing,
Many a phase of one deceit.
Dreams of voyage, where the water
Mirrors back lagunes and isles,
And St. Mark's undying daughter,
Sees her charms, and seeing, smiles.
He thinks on the fond hopes of youth, and finds them
only " dreams"—
Dreams all vanish'd, joys all blighted,
Hopes 'twere madness to renew ;
Yet believe me, spurn'd and sl,ghted,
Grief has its illusions too.
And in vigils lone and mournful,
Sadness makes to me more sure,
All the sinallress of the scornful,
All-the grandeur of the poor.
And I see the 'shadow darken,
•
Of a nation's wrath around ;
. And my quicken'd senses hearken
To the thunder under ground.
Yes—the air is gay with laughter,
Lady's love and stripling's jevt ;
When were victims mark'd fur slaughter,
Other than in flowers drest ?
Tl.e " Excursion up the Oronooka" is concluded
in this number; it is interesting to the last. There
are several other amusing tales and histories, among
which we muA not forget the commencement of a
sketch of Lords Stowell and Eldon. On the .whole
this number is as full of variety as ever.

on S

• Lail ot
• iirtiv, at the .
• •••••
;.I.4tat:Cll. on the .'• . 1,u...1:-
wended by the Government C irninis,ion.ers for thi, Port and
Harbour of •Limerick, had an interview with Sir R. Peel on
Saturday. The deputation coniisted of the Marquis of Lans-
downe, the Earl a Devon,.the Earl of Clare, Lord Monteagle,
Lord Adare, Mr.- A. 8. O'Brien, M.P., Captain Bateson,
M.P., Mr. John O'Brien, M.P., Mr. Henry Watson, High
Sheriff of Limerick ; Mr. S. Dickson, Mr. Francis W. Rus-
sell, Mr. M.-Barrington, and Mr. James Harvey.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meeting
on Saturday, at the office in Whitehall-place. There were
present the Bishop; of London, Winchester, Bangor, Ely,
Lichfield, and Salisbury; the Secretary of State for the Home
Department ; the Earl of Besb)rough' the Right lien. H.
Hobhotise, the Right lion. John Nicholl, and the Dean of
Westminster.

th Lvrd

Lord Ashley had an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-
street.

A deputation from the Provincial Bank of Ireland had an
interview, on Saturday, with Sir Hobert Peel.
_

aspatehes wer2 sent off on Saturday evening, from the
Colon►al-office, for the Governors of the West India Co:onies,
and 'also for the Governors of Australia and Van Dieinen's
Land.

. .
The Dukes of Wellington and Rutland, and the Duke and
Dueliess of St. Allnn's, attended the early rerviee yesterday
.in the Chapel Royal, Sr. 'James's:. The Rev. Dr. 11. Dakins
officiated. Archdeaeon Todd preached the sermon. His Seiene
Highness Prmee Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Du'•hess of
Sutherland, the Marquises of. Salisbury, Anglesea, and
Huntly ; Ladies Wilton, Er.oll, and Sydney; Lords
Bandon, Sandwizh, CavvrLir, Fortescuo, J. O'Br3en,
Palmerston, Cantilupe, Belhaven, Vivian, and Ebring-
tnn, attended the daily service yesterday. The prayers
were read by the Rev. Dr. 11. Dakiu t, the lessons by
the Rev. Dr. Knapp. The Ili-hop of London, and the Rev.
Dr. Sleath officiated at the Communion Service. The Sermon
was ;Teached by Archdeacon Todd. The Anthem was " Sing,
0 Heaven" (Kent). Sir G. Stunt presided at the organ.
The Rev. Dr. Hook will preach at the Chapel Royal on Sun-
day next.

HOMCEOPATHY AND DR. CURIE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR-Dr. Curie has at :engili f. and leisure to reply to
the extraordinary conduct ,of the jury and their
Coroner, Mr. Waltley, on the case of the late Mr. Cord-
well ; his pamphlet is really deserving of further atten-
tion; it is neither long nor tedious, and it is written in
good temper. lie does not condescend to be angry, even
with the Coroner. It appears to be " a round, un-
varnished tale," in which nothing is extenuated, nor
" aught set down in malice." All those who, from the
misrepresntation of the TimeS' correspondent, may-have
allowed their confidence to be shaken, will do well to
real this clever book, and I, think, after doing so, they
will arrive at tl.e "conclusion to which I have come—
that the science of hoinceopathy must prog• ess against all
the prejudice that has been industriously put forward by
the medical profession. It needs only to be more gene-
:ally .known, . end when it is; I conscientiously believe
our medical friends the Allopathists will be found in
plentiful scarcity, and ealomel, blue pill, black draught,
and bleedieg, will be placed for ever in the tomb of all
the Capulets. FAIR PLAY.

Dr. Curie's introductory remarks are as follow :
A- few weeks back public attention was aroused by the
report_ of an inquest on a Mr. Henry Cordwell, beaded
" The Homoeopathic System : " beyond this heading
there was nothing in the report which had any bearing
whatever upon homoeopathy, since although the de-
ceased gentleman had • been under my care until the
three or four days preceding his death, and had
been treated by me according to the homoeopathic system,
the propriety of that treatment was not in the slightest de-
gree called in question. Mr. Cordwell's case, however, was
one of that class which call not only for medical treatment,
but also for the exercise of the strictest care on the part of the
professional adviser, with regard to dietic and hygeic rules ;
and, the course which I had adopted in this latter respect
having been brought out in evidence, the jury unanimously
resolved that it was such as to awaken " the strongest
feelings of indignation and disgust"—eXpressionS with which
Mr. Wakley, the coroner,- himself a medical man, took occa-
sion emphatically to state his "cordial " concurrence. This
being aimed at an homoeopathic practitioner, appeared, no
doubt, to the enemies of hoinceopathy, amongst whom Mr.
Wakley has long been most prominent, capable of being repre-
sented as a severe blow against that system ; and hence the
wide use that has been made of it. No one, however, except
through ignorance, could adort this view; because homceo-
' ;Prelic Orrhe int& s tiat
any other system of medicine independefit of any dietetic
rules which its practitioners May-adopt.
It•will thus be seen that the expressions of the jury must
be regarded simply 'as directed against the dietetic rules
which I presribed -in Mr. Cor6r_elt's case; and I think it
`7 Wto light; refttini lay' that 4srn-Ile Wefilit4 tlie r nl,t c,'iri
order litat,ll: judgfnent may be rained of their propriety.
At the "same time it relay .be metitionM; that I take this
step it :ean prop-Orly lie required of me ;
because I eone4ve'lliaLa medical practitioner ought not to
suffer twejiidiciiii the e 7 es. of tlie istiblic, by any expression
of, op iiriOirw tingdgiN4 pe ore's nn t;-inn,fortli regarding
his retcriptions antV ortiers:iii;aqy,gik:eii. case, when such
persons haver.whol!LOnegleOtett-gilier to'hiliutre of the prac-
tioner himself the reasons upon :Width ha- grounded his
orders, or to call in evidence from' 'other medical men as to
whether:those orders could beshown to be necessarily injuri-
ous and itworrett. -
Dr:Currie then -proceeds.-to relate pie case of Mr. Henry
'Cordwal, agel 29,-affeaed With phthisis and chronic affec-
tion of the stomach and intestines. lie commences as ful-

Lows :-

Mr. Cordwell 'first consulted me on the 19th of October,

1844. I had never seen him before.
He was of a nervous teniperanient, anxious and irritable.
He stated that he had never knuwn sound health. After
giving a detail of the various diseaSes under which Mr. C.
had suffered, proceeds—during the long period of his ill-health
he had placed himself under several practitioners, but he was
unable to give details of their respective treatment. He re-
marked, however, that he had taken a great deal of medicine;
and that, finding himse7f dai'g getting worse instead of better,
he had recOurse to' hydropathy, from which, not finding the
hoped-fbr relief, he came as a last resource to consult we with
the view of being treated kinixqpathically.
Dr. Cirrrie then goes fit great length into the history
of his
,treatment of the case, and of the attack of hemor-

rliage from the. bo-wels. It appNirs that the last day Dr.
Curie saw his patient was on the, 2d of March, and the
following is his history of the transactions of that day :-
2d March —This morning the patient was found in a much
more satisfactory state. • As soon as I entered the room he
said, " Doctor, I have not fainted since you left me." The
pulse was stronger, about 74, and the face less pallid, denot-
ing 4 much better condition. He had slept a little during
the night. The beef tea had not yet been given, on account
of a little oozing of blood from the anus.
Lachesis was to be continued at longer intervals. I or-
dered the patient to be cleaned without his being moved,
and I recommended rest of the strictest kind, and that no
visitor should disturb him. The beef tes was to be given as
soon as the bleeding had entirely ceased. The patient aske 1 me
what time I should return. I promised to see him in the
course of the evening. When I again called, I found at the
door a note informing me that the most intimate friends of
the patient had taken upon themselves to call in other advice.
Thus ended my attendance on the case, and I beard no
more of it until I was informed by some friends that they
had seen in the newspaper that Mr. Cordwell's death had
taken place three or four days after my dismissal. To my
surprise, however, on the evening of the 10th of March I
received a summons to attend a Coroner's inquest in relation
to it. •
At the inquest, it appears that Mr. Wakley said there was no
charge made against Dr. Curie by the medical men who had
been examined, and therefore he should advise that gentle.
man to be be silent.

Dr. Curie said, "as no charge had Leen made, he certainly
had no desire to trouble the Court with any remarks."
The Doctor then continues—After this the jury delivered
their verdict (involving certainly not a tangible charge, but
a condemnation which could only have been fairly put forth
if a charge had been made and proved) when
Mr. Wakley remarked, with considerable emphasis,
"If I were a juror, I have no hesitation in saying that I
should most cordially agree with the observations just read."
From these venom it wiil be seen that the jury and Mr.
Wakley, the medical coroner, did not enter into any inquiry
regarding the circumstances which induced me to order the
abstinence, but based their expressions of "indignation and
disgust" solely on the fact that ten days' fast had been or-
dered. If these expressions had come merely from the
jury (although the injustice of using theta against a practi.
tioner without first asking him for an explanation must in
any case have been apparent), they would not perhaps have
I,e6n wondered at, because, to persons altogether ignorant of
the details of medical science, ton days nat orally seem a serious
period for any one to be kept without food ; but that a medical
man should have fallen into the error of supposing this to be
an unexampled and necessarily an undue abstinence cannot
fail to excite the strongest feeling of surprise. It is well
known that abstinence fora magi longer perio,t is often
essential. Andra', in Ins great work "La Clinique Medi-
cate," quotes a number of eases of fever in which the total
abstinence varied from a few days to several weeks.
The Doctor then quotes a list of well-authenticated
cases, in Which total abstinence from nourishment had
been enforced for a much longer period than it had been
in the case of Mr. Cordwell, and in which the patients
had recovered, in all probability, in consequence of such
abstinence. lle thus concludes 7—
These atallorliles would seem amply sufficient to justify
a practitioner in enforcing strict abstinence in cases where it
appears to his judgment to be necessary ; and notwithstanding
the new authority arrayed against them in the person of Mr,
s hl fb,
ol ef; g
Wakley, supported by an unprofessional jury, I believe they
will still be received with deference,
The Doctor then relates several oases of' abstinence,
fpreoarar s histo 4lwn •
practice, in which the greatest benefit
haveap-
• been derived from the practice. These
theae d
p welloii
`The
o worthy the o
andou c' w
oases, as contributions to the scieneaettetiom:doirctihnee,parro
oare
very a.
is from his summing up of. Cie case:—
.

From what has been now laid before them the public win
he able to trace the strict propriety of the treatment which
* , to the minutest
tlhaedolpvtsetd.iinon.„-Ntlori., Ceoxrda;:ienlartsiocnasec.on'firmhee3 will- perceiv. that
a,
point; my original diagao, and that • ilia withholding of
food was' notonly in eonformity with the highest authorities,
hut also with nayown abundant experience in similar cases.
At the same One I may assert that no practitioner, with
case was produced
the exception perhaps of Mr. Wakley, will venture to in•
this
be totally against
11a1;utlabtsisti :ohne:o, tli
becauseehm44orcriihaagneeffineet
all onpeplenee. It is well keown that towards the subsi-
dence of fever accidents of that kind are especially to be
dreaded, and that what chiefly renders caution so essential
' in returning to food and to the general exerciqe cc the
clAinctrY fiilPo°Ti; 13 ttl? ClKi4 a p,:odueing them.
'.fliq .11e.,esP,It'3' lit: avoiding every source of general ex-
citement at that . tune is particularly insisted on by
all medical writers, because • just before the period
Gf convalescence the whole powers of the qyztem aeQ
at their 1919'71 pAqt, FRA tlO vAricivis tiasiida of the
piirti -princlpally:dlieati4d are liable to give way under the
slightest increased action. Hence it is that these authors
most strenuously enforce the removal of all disturbing causes,
and urge in a way which shows their sense of its critir:-4 im-
portance, the most guarded.Fourse cvqn as 4, the slightest tioVez
'lb ilt a luemOrrhigg in a per foil rnolit. . . . . . , noisiYeCiallyliabletethi4
d 11 '' •
i.VAdent a's 'viral -Mt. bor we , would prove •at this 'iitert
41.inest alhqyitabWrestilt Of a lit ox ,Yila.s. lohl,
will .4
ro4,dify
underStW i and there is every reason to suppose that, the
irritation to which he was exposed ma—
.) have been con-
siderable, when we look at the disturbing influences by which
he was surrounded.. That the, presence of undigested food
would have rendered the system better able to 19,41. up
ai,,lnst thi:L. ilii.itatitosp ll 144-Ecky lie rtac.4taiii• ,1- '' '
-'That qui -*pat a' ha rot returned up to the period
of the laamorrhage was abundantly shown, . and in ad-
dition to other proofs, the fact that the patient was
. thoroughly_ satisfied with my attendance may be held as con-
clusive No starving man looks with a contented eye urn
--• • - •;. . .1-

the person under whose orders the stervetiun i 1
aincelelioeep the exiercealon' Doee it not relislii-" ‘;eisieu
speedultet*o"of beef-ie& leA given to him, *fey seem le
show that food was needed, the fact that the patient threw
it up all again" will afford conclusive evidence that the
reliSh was the relish ofiaste and not of natural appetite. ,
Although the verdict of the jury was thus, obviously,
reckless and unjust, I feel that it was the result of igaorence
(and I Use this word not offensively, but merely as regard
their fitness to dogmatise in medical cases), and thateit
was not in the slightest degree baked any feeling, of
personal malignity.
,Their prejudice against abstinence the
abstract was a very natural one, and in the absence either of
ability or of willingness on the part of the .Ceroner to cor-
rect that prejudice, it was equally natural that it should
find expression. But as regards Mr. Wakley, the case is
very (Unmet. It will be observed froth the report of the
21foj-ning Post, that at the conclusion of the examination of
the witnesses, Dr. Epps kindly suggested that I might be desir-
ous of explaining to the jury the reasonsby which my treat-
ment had been dictated ; that Mr. Waklev said in reply, that
no charge had.been made against me, and that he advised me
therefore to say nothing ; and that I then contented myself
by observing that as no charge had boot made, I was, of course,
perfectly satisfied. It will be seen that after this the jury
came to their verdict with its condemnatory additien, and
actually sent forth to the world their expression of
indignation and disgust towards a person
whom zo ch,oye had been mcAde,. and who in their
presence had actually been led by, the judge on that
account to believe, that all explanation or justifigatiou on his
part was wholly unnecessary; and finally, that that very
judge joined, " with. considerable emphasis," in the intem-
perate dennnciation. 11Ir. Wakley, therefore, may be held
to have reasoned thus :—" There is no charge openly
made against Dr. Curie, but the evidecce, to my mind,
is sue" as to create, it' it be left without remark, a strong
feeling of indignation and disgust, and which, I pre-
sume, will be shated by the jury. For reasons best known
to myself, I desire that no attempt should be made to remove
this impression, and alhough it is my duty both as a judge
and as a man, to advise Dr. Curie to act as I would act my-
self if I knew such a feeling to exist against nie, namely, at
once to offer a justification of my conduct, I will lead him to
believe that we are perfectly satisfied, and that
under such circumstances it would look as if he himself
had misgivings, if he were to enter into any remarks All
danger of explanation removed, I can then make my assault,
and when Dr. Curie discovers the trap that has been laid,
and attempts either by himself or his friend to protest against
it, I can put him down by the authority of my office, and de •
clare the Court to be closed."

In conclusion, I would remind the public,, as an homceopa-
thie practitioner, that the dispute which now divides the
medical world into lionuelpathists and Allopathists is hardly
likely to be settled with advantage to the cause of.tauth, by
referring it to the decision of either of the parties interested;
and that, although it may be in the power of a partisan
coroner to damage those of the opposite practice by summon-
ing inquests, not merely on all who die under their hands,
but on all who after being under their hands may die
under the treatment of their opponents, the real
question st issue must remain to be decided by fairer
means,—namely, by a comparison of the mortality occur-
ing in an equal number of cases of any given disorder under
the homoeopathic and the allopathic treatment. The value
of the dietetic doctrines of Mr. Wakley, in contradiction to my
own and to those of the, authorities whom I have quoted,
may be tested by simpler means. If those who are called to
watch by the bed-side of persons suffering from inflammatory
disorders, will observe the effects that usually follow
the administration of food in the absence of appetite,
and before the period of decided convalescence, and will
communicate these observations to their friends, and,
as far as practicable, to the public, all doubt upon the
question will sceedily be removed. For my own part,
I believe that, amidst all the consequences of injudicious
treatment, there are none more fatal than those
which arise from this cause; and, entertaining that
belief and recognising that no earthly authority can absolve
me. from my responsibility, faithfully to act up to it, my
course will be calmly to meet all the opposition it may occa-
sion, and to trust to time for my justification.

AMERICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA.

The steam-ship Hibernia, Captain Ryrie, from Halifax
and Boston, reached the Mersey at half-past one o'clock
on the afternoon of Saturday. She brings lettcrs and
papers up to the 16th inst.
The news, although it contains nothing official as re-
gards the Oregon question, is, on the whole, of a pacific
-character, and warrants the belief that the United States
Government are friendly to the cultivation of peace, and
that the President is anxious to settle the disputes be-
tween American and this country, without resorting to
warlike operatilns. In that desire he is joined by the
reasonabld'portion oT all clalies of his fellow citizens. It
is said that Mr. Calhoun will ba sent over as a special
ambassador to England to settle the Oregon question.
Others assert that he has declined the office: The
misunderstanding between Mexico and the United
States was not settled, although the broach had not
been widened. Privateers offered their services on be-
half of Mexico should they be wanted.

Santa Anna's case has not been decided on, his libe-
ration was offered if he would submit to voluntary tran •
sportation for ten years, an offer he will not be likely to
refuse.

The Montreal papers come down to a late date. They
contain nothing of importance or interest. Canada was
quiet, and the Provincial Parliament stood adjourned

the 19,h of June.

The annexation of Texas'occuptes a large portion of
public attention in America. A.proclamation had been
issued calling on the Texian Congress to assemble on the
101 of June to finally consider the question. There
seems but little doubt that the Texans will accept the
propositions of the Government of the United States
and that the annt 'cation will take place at the next
meeting of Congress in December.
Repeal has got a damper in Baltimore. The re-
pealers there have dissolved their association, owing to
the abusive tirades of Mr. O'Connell against the Ame-
ricans and their institutions.

A great public horse race had taken place between
two celebrated racers—one called Peytona, a southern
horse, and Fashion, a mare from the south. Upwards of
seventy thousand people went to witness the rational
contest. Peytona was the winner.

The following are extracts :
(From the New York Express.)
44 In regard to the Oregon question, we are assured, by the
official organ at Washington, that the President of the United
States, so far from desiring to put an end to present negotia-
tions, is anxious that they should go on. We further under-
stand also that negotiations have been resumed by the present
Secretary of State just where they were closed by Mr. Calhoun.
" The cooler portion of the American people are very ready
to admit that the settlement of this Oregon question is
attended with great difficulty. They who know the least
of the merits of the question are the most noisy in stating the
only terms of settlement. We apprehend that whenever the
question is settled at all, it must be done with a disposition on
the part of both governments not to claim what is not their
own, or, if unhappily disagreeing as to their own rights, to
submit the question fairly to the judgment of persons or parties,
Dowers or ministers, representing the true interests of those
governments. Everything depends upon the spirit and temper
of the negotiators.
6' We doubt not the desire for peace is as great among wise
and patriotic men of England, as it is in the United States,
among those who only would prefer war to dishonour. The
best opinion here is that the question, with all its difficulties,
may be amicably settled ; if not upon some new basis, still
upon those before offered and declined."
GavAT RISE IN THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI. Advices
dated Galena, 3d instant, report the Mississippi higher at St.
Peters than it had ever been before.—New York Sun.
THE DROUGHT IN FLORIDA. We learn from the St.
Augustine Herald of the 6th inst., that the corn and tobacco
crops arc suffering for want of rain.—New York Sun.
Duellists have been deprived of the right of citizenship by
the Constitutional Convention of Louisiana ; the same Con-
ventioa has decided in favour of adding a clause to the consti-
tution against chartering or rechartering banking institutions.
—Ne.e York Sun.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 14.
5,000 Ohio Sixes, 1850 97%
3,000 Ohio Sevens
5,000 Ohio Sixes, 1860 98%
10,000 Kentucky Sixes
5,000 Illinois 5ixe5......,
2,000 Pa. Fives
250 Farmer's Loan
25 Housatonic 3l
450 Morris
200 Long Island Railroad s6 in 73%
50 New Jersey
50 E. Boston ......
100 Erie Railroad
••• --
100 Reading
250 Canton
50 Nor. and Wor.
100 Stoll.
48 Mch. and Tra. N 0 61

EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION
AND LOSS OF LIFE.
On Sunday morning, shortly after one o'clock, a very de-
structive fire broke out in the lower part of the premises of
Messrs. Robertson and Satchell, hatters, No. 158, Fenchurch-
s'reet. From inquiries made of Mr. Robertson, one of the
partners, it appears that he was sleeping on the third floor,
ar.d was awakened by the cracking of glass. He instantly got
up, and upon opening his bed. room door, he was nearly suf-
focated by the issue of an immense cloud of smoke, and large
sheets of flame up the staircase. He immediately shouted
" Fire," and having succeeded in knocking at his partner's
door, he made his retreat on to the roof of the building, where
he was shortly afterwards joined by Mr. Satchell. After
some difficulty they succeeded in making their escape from the
building. Upon his recovering from the fright, Mr. Robert-
son informed the reporter that Mrs. Satchell and her child
were missing.
The parish engines, with:those of the brigade from Wat-
ling-street, Jeffrey-square, and Farringdon-street, were soon
at the scene of conflagration. These were set to work under
the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood. By that time,
however, the flames bad obtained possession of the whole
building—every room being enveloped in the destructive
clement; the flames at the same moment were breaking
into the premises of Messrs. Varley and Chalcott, I:sfe, 511, Fen-
church-street. The firemen, seeing the great danger to which
the adjoining property was exposad;at once set to work, and
threw the Inter upon the premises of Messrs. Varley and Co.
Whilst' so engaged they were alarmed by the sudden issue of II
large sheet of flame from the third floor window pc Ale. Hrick-
man, packing-case and bedstead m.,,,ovifa.,:terer, No. 20, Lime-
street, almost at the rear c.,f c3/40 auove house.
The Writ ^n land Engine, with Mr. Connorton, by this
peTioA had arrived, and was followed by several other Ilrigades
and the County Office engine. By a Anclieious arrangement on
the part of the fiyerryn, w stop was almost immediately put to
the ‘,1411.1t1 in that direction.
The following is the substance of Mr. Braidwood's report of
the damage done :
Lime-street.—No. 21, Willis' greengrocer, datnatzgO„ in.
cured in the Union; 23, 24,and25, M,c7;rs. Heaton and Co.,
provision merelinntc, ;,Isa the Offices of Messrs. Smith and
Omfatter ini.iired in the Kent Fire-office; Brickmann,
trunkmaker, in the Phoenix.
Fenchurch•street.—No. 158, Messrs. Satchell and Robert-
son, all destmed, and two lives lost ; 159, Mr. r,i7,0, solieitor:;
Champion and Co., London Shinin4 Comi)ariy Vailey,
boom:taker ; Chilcott, tailor; inerc-hant.- nca'p-

T:z.; and .1. Vv.

wine merchant; P.cherell, Brothels, .twipri.
GRrelon, merchant, more or da.maed 1!)-•
Tile, buildings insured ire ',La We of Englati‘', (;Eice.
for 2,000/. and stock insurance of. I '2Ol. 'f he loss -is estimated
at least at 5,000 f.

•
ANOTHER, ACCOUNT.
Long before the arrival of Mr. 13raidwood and his " brigade"
the flames had attained a fearful ascendancy, and all hope was
in vain that any property could be saved. The attention of
the firemen was consequently directed more especially to the
cooling of the party walls, with a view to prevent the crtmsion
cf the flames. Meanwhile, Air. Satchell and his servant
had effected their escape, leaving Mrs. Satchell and her
child in bed.

When the unfortunate lady became aware of her perilous
position, she apprazed at the window; with the child in her
arms, supplicating, not with her voice, for that was drowned in
the tumult that prevailed, but by her gestures, for assistance.
With a bravery that does them infinite credit, the fire-
men belonging to each corps strove, at the risk of their own
lives, to save their suffering fellow-creature. It was, however,
otherwise ordained, and the poor woman, suffocated by the
smoke, and encircled by the flames, tittered her last shriek,
fell down, and died. After striving until five o'clock, the fire-
men succeeded in subduing the flames so far as to enable them
to reach with their ladders the second-floor window. Proper
materials having been obtained, the firemen wrapped up the
mutilated remains, and eoriveyed them to a building connected
with St. ilionis church, where they will remain until an hives-
tiga:ion into the sad affair shall have been commenced by the
Coroner.

Lat,guage would fail to describc the frightful appearance pre-
sented by the bodies. That of Mrs. Satchell was literally a
mass of cinder—every feature undistinguishable, the legs burnt
off from the trunk. *The baby was equally disfigured. It was
clasped in the parent's arms, the affection of the fond mother
for her child being unsubdued ever: in the midst of the horrors
of such a frightful death.

THE LATE DUEL AT GOSPORT.
GOSPORT, SUNDAY. 70n Friday evening, at nine o'clock, Mr.

Liston, accompanied by Mr. Potter, arrived from London to con-
sult with Drs. Stewart, Mortimer, and Jenkins, upon the propriety
of performing an operation on M-. Seton. A consultation took
place at the Quebec Hotel; and the operation was resolved upon.
The operation was to suppress the pulsation in a tumour which
had formed within the last two days at the bottom of the abdomen

in front, and which distressed the sufferer very much. All neces-
sary preparations having been made, Mr. Liston, attended by the
ab,,ve medical gentlemen and Mr. Rundle, surgeon, of Gosport,
commenced the operation, which consisted of taking up the ex-
ternal iliac artery. No sooner was the artery taken up than the
throbbing sensation in the tumour ceased, and gave the patient
much relief. The medical gentlemen are now in constaat attend-
ance. Everything has been done which human ski!! could accom-
plish to save the life of this unfortunate gentleman, but the hopes
are slight.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
ARCHES' COURI, May 31.

The Dean of the Arches (Sir H. J. Fust) gave judgment in the
cause promoted by certain articles exhibited against the Rev. John
Jones, the vicar of Halesowen, near Birmingham, for having been
guilty of fornication with certain females of bad character, and for
having frequented houses of ill.fame. . The reverend defendant had
children by his first wife, and they attended the national school, and,
said the Learned Judge, it proved that the Reverend Mr. Jones did
attend to his duties most property, but unfortunately there were
other facts sufficiently proved to found a sentence against the Rev.
Mr. Jones. Not only were the visits of this clergyman to a house
of ill-fame to visit Miss Mary James, a loose character, fully proved,
but he had been seen in public, laughing and talking to this
woman. For the sake of the interest of public morality the Court
felt itself bound to say that the articles exhibited against the Rev.
J. Jones were fully proved. The Court could not shut its eyes to the
fart that this intercourse had occurred. Therefore the Court must
sentence the Rev. J. Jones to be deprived from doing duty, and
from the receipts of the emoluments of the rectory, for a space of
two years, and condemned in all the costs. The sentence is to be
published in the church of Halesowea on the Bth of June in the
ordinary course.