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from March,lB27, to June 1828,1 had occasion to bleed
him frosts three to four times. The excitement from
drinking must increase the circulation, and might have
caused a rupture of a blood vessel, end immediate
danger might have been the result. I often communicated
that opinion to him when he got intoxicated at Bath.—
His friends used to send him to his mother's, at Bagley,
but it was necessary to employ chairmen to take him
by force, and, on several occasions, his brother struck
him when he resisted. During the fits of drinking he
scarcely ate anything. I saw him one week before he
died, in consequence of his being very drunk ; it war in
the afternoon; I was going to bleed him, but deferred
it, as he was going to Warminster ; I thought if it was
not done he would die of apoplexy, and recommended
that he should be bled the moment that be arrived at
the above place; I told him that if he was not bled he
would die of apoplexy; if I had been applied to, I would
most certainly have said that his was not an insurable life.
Crospezaniined-1 was not paid fees for attendance,
but by the year; the deceased always paid more than I
asked. lam not a Licentiate of the College of Physi-
cians of London. I did not bring my ledger, because
thought it of no importance, and that extracts would
have been sufficient. I was often told to employ chair-
men to take Mr. House to Warminster by force, bat I
1r did not, having a respect for him sts a friend; he was
drunk to often between March 1827, and June 1628,
that I cannot say the number of times; my practice is
too extensive to say he was drunk every day; my
practice is worth 2,0001. a year. I saw him drunk
repeatedly, for one, two, three, and four weeks at a
time,' days and nights successively ; he was incor-
rigible. He would di ink any thing, or every
thing. 'On one occasion he spat blood to a con-
siderable extent. It was against commit sense
to expect that a man of my practice could say bow
often he was drunk during the last six mcmths before
his decease. I cannot be certain that he was drunk for
weeks together during that period, but I believe he was.
Thq• last time! sent him off was on the 7th June, 1828;
he had then been drunk for two or three weeks; 1 said
I would do .nothing more for him ; he then appeared
like a maniac, and was not shaved ; be must have been
stupid drunk, because a man is always stupid when
drunk—(A laugh).
Mr. Sergeant think stupidity often com-
mences before--(Laughter).
Witness—l was full surgeon in the navy, on board
the Alexander East Indiaman; I passed my examina-
tion in 1820, 1828—Oh, no, it was in 1808. I was on-
der Sir A. Cooper for two yeass. I must call this kind
of examination personal; the full description will be
seen in thetrinted bill; I must appeal to his Lordship.
Mr. Justice aaset.xe said the witness was bound to
answer, in order to give an opportunity of judging of
his evidence.

Witness--When the liquor was out of the deceased
be appeared in pretty good health; a man of such
habits for four years could preserve his appear-
ance and. appetite; I can't say whether medical men
could discover disease in such a persons Mr. House's
general health appeared to have been affected, laud
his person showed it,and those appearances ought to haVe
indicated to a medical man tbe cause of his deatb ; whea
I remonstrated with him, he used to.say he could not
help it, and could not live without drink. He would re-
quire a glass.of brandy and water before being bled, to
preveiskisim fions being nelsons.; and when be drank'
that he would require another; and witness was cons-
pelkd to let him have them, otherwise he would not
allow himself to be bled. Witness took between thirty 1
and fori y ounces of Wood from him on some occasions.
Mr. E. Nuberg knew Mr. James House very well
during several years at Bath. The witness and two
others fully confirmed the te.timony of Dr. Harvey, as
to the inveterate habit of drinking which the deceased
fell into.

organ, the liver—(A 1810). They relieved giddiness
of the bead, increased the appetite, assisted short
breathing, and cleared the complexioa—(Laughter)
Their occasional use would keep the system healthy ;
and their operation would be found mild, and sever
viefese--( Much laughter). And this was not all
(observed the Learned Sergeant), for the Doctor %Ard he
was warranted, from the mild, saline, yet stimulating
propesties of these pills, to declare that they claimed
the superiority over anything of the kind ever yet dis-
covered ' • and, moreover, they were particularly bene-
ficial to Ladies in all conditions of tile_() .ughtet)—
one or two to be taken at bed time or any other time,
and repeated three or four days or nights following,
whenever bilious, costive, feverish, or otherwise unwell.
No confinement or precaution necessary in the mode
of living. Ladies would find a box of these pills very
beneficial before and after sicorichement. The bene-
fit of these pills, said the Learned Sergeant, were not
confined to any particular class—for, as the printed bill
stated, they %vete ao " excellent medicine fur the
use of schools," and, what was still more wonderful,
" children only four years if age might take them oc.
casionally, when in wan- of an opening anJ alterative
medicine;" and a box of these inestimable pill. could be
had of all medicine venders for the small price of lSid.
But there was something more wonderful—that was
46 Dr. Harvey's valuable Bath Gout Elixir," one bottle
of which always cured, and it also gave immediate ease
in the rheumatic gout, acute and chronic rheumatism,
lumbago, and sciatica"—(Laughter). Then followed
io the bill " Dr. Harvey's Compound of Iceland Most,
for consumption, asthma, coughs, holnenesses, &c. at
Is. lid. per bottle ; and last not least, the 1) act e's Ent--
brocation for paralytic weakness, muscular contractions,
At. from gout, rheum die gout, lumbago, chronic rheu-
matism,
arid sciatica;" or. as Dr.Huveyvery felicitously
entitled, the "sine qua mon of recipes." And GOD help
the unfartun,te man who had not Oil. to purchase a
boa cf those inestimable pills. When tie (Mr. Sergeant
Wilde) found ari individual of sucb talents sears by
Heaven, and that he could cure not only one disease,
but every possible complaint, for the small sum of 13id,
-how could his Learned Friend suppose that le would
call suck a man a quack ?—(Laughter): He had heard
that, of all the pests that infest society (he did not im-
pute any thing to Dr. Harvey), the worst was that per.
son who offered to the poor deleterious drugs at a small
price, and which, if they did not make him .one, left.
him in the same state they had found him ; and such a
man must expect to have hit pretensions scrutinised
when he came into a Court of Justice; but he must say
that Doctor Harvey did not stand forward as a %%irons
entitled to credit ; and it was necessary to make mom ks
upon him, because his evidence went to prove an im-
portant fact, and it was to be regretted that the Atlas
Office made it necessary to lion the hellos', of airy
man. With regard to Mr. House, his health sr coned to
be always good, except when at Bath ; and there were
many men who, at times, indulged to a certain extent
without destroying their health. He was, tsterefore.:
pinfectly cenfideot that, under such circumstances, the
verdict would be in favour of his client.

The Learned Amos, io summing up. observed that
the principal .queriona fir the Jai y were—first, if Mr.
House was afilicaci with any disorder likely so shorten
• life ? secondly, if the circumstance of his bouts of intem-
perance ought to have hero communicated to the office?
and, lastly, if Mr. Lye was or not an agent of the pleat-
,tif? With respect to the evidence of Dr. Harvey, be
was bound to say that Le never saw 'a person conduct
;himself in so intemperate and violent a manner in a
Court of Justice in his life, and he was sorry he should
have so far forgotten the place in which he stood ; he
appeared to be in the upper regions, and in hyperbole
from beginning to end. Whether he misstated facts or
not was for the Jury to determine. but as his evi-
dence was for the most part confirmed by the other
itnesses,it would be safer to forte an opinion from what
they said. He should not offer any observations about
the medicine which was so much talked ut ; but he
thought, in duty to the public, he ought to say that it
was greatly to be regretted that such publications as
the bill in question should be put forth, for it was im-
possible that such medicines could bate the effect de-
scribed, and they were only calculated to impose on
the minds of the unwary; indeed, some medicines of
this kind offeted for general use, without particular
advice, had a most fatal effect, and many persons lost
their lives by taking an excessive dose, and he coosi-
dered be would not be doing his duty unless he warned
the public on this subject.
This Jury, without hesitation, found for the plaintiff
on all. the points submitted to their consideration—
Damages, 1.0001.
NORTHERN ClRCUlT—Lmscanzi, Ittacu s. ,
Jonathan Wrigley, aged twenty-eight. was indicted
for killing and slaying Abraham Cligg, at Oldham,
on Thor sday last.

Mr. Sergeant WILD; in reply, contended that there
was nothing like a defence in law or justice in this case.
The doctrine of insurance upon ships was very different
to that which related to the human body. It was not
necessary that the life to be inured was in perfect health
'and free from all incipient disease; all that was neces-
sary was that the party effecting the policy should make
a full disclosure of all the facts within his knowledge,
and, in cases of representations, it will be enough if
the party insuring disclosed all the facts within his
knowledge. He disclaimed all knowledge of Mr.
House, and Mr. Lye took all responsibility on him-
, self, being the agent for the defendants, and not for
the plaintiff. The premnt case was quite different
from that so much relied on by his Learned Friend ; in
that case misrepresentetions had been made by the party
sent to the office, who kept back a material fact within
his knowledge. Mr. Lye, after making the necessary
inquiries, expressed himself perfectly satisfied, and
brought the plaintiff a paper, which he signed with-
out reading, telling Mr. Lye that he must take care
that all was right. Such conduct completely dis-
qualified him from all inquiry. With respect to Mr.
House, it was talker strange that the pills be took
at Bath enabled him to dispense wit t the assistance
of all other Doctors until he again got back within the
reach of Dr. Harvey. His Learned Friend thought to
excite the feelings of Dr. Harvey, by saying that he • - •
MURDERS AT PORTSMOUTH.
had called him a quack doctor, but be had said no
such thing; what he suited was, that the deceased stated PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 11.—We ',aril that Silolll
be had used some quack pills, and that a Dr. Harvey had some Kula sleep last night, but aroused Lumen
eras the m.ker of them. In judging of the feeling about three o'clock this morning, and instantly pro-
of excitement which the Doctor brought to this eeeded to read his Bible, with which be was furnished
case, it would only be necessary to recollect his es- by the turnkey; he continued reading till the other in-
pressiOn" The decers•ed thank brandy, rum, gin, mates of the gaol were heard stirring. If looked at he
ad, &a...it-it, every thing"—(A laugh). No doubt a betrays confusion. The two girls are still held in coo
quack doctor would be too courtly to espiess himself finement. Stacey's father shows but little feeling; be
thus when called into a Court of Justice, in the presence has been to sea, and was coxswain to the patient Ad-
Oa Judge, and giving evidence under the solemn obli- mind Patterson. Dtstingdte fate war he kept public-
gadoa oleo oath; and he was astonished how any man houses at Forcon, near Gosport ; at Potchester • and
could so f .rget himself. He should hke to.be told by latterly the Vine, in College-sneer, Portsea. He bee
his Learned Friend what a quack doctor was. What but one arm, having lost the other when formerly a
ba always understood by a quack doctor was, a person game keeper. At the time of the 'Duda, be was in
Who put forth a number of bills purportiog to cure all the habit of vending salt and vegetables at the cornett
kinds of diseeses. And this subject brought toliarnind of the 'streets, living in Moore's•square,Charl tte's-row.
an anecdote of a respectable physician, who was ohm- Halfway houses. Doting the time that Mr. Haat. affill
ved walking on loot, whilst a quack doctor was riding his active assistant, Cos, were gone to Poscliester for
by in his carriage; a conversation arose between the Stacey. Lewis, Way, and Sergeant, three intelligeit
two doctors, and the physician inquired of the quack officers, searched the premises of the father, aid also
bow it happened he was so rich and could ride in his the lodging of the prisoner. At the latter place, it is
carriage? ..
Why (said the latter), do you see that remarkable that they should find a key which fitted
crowd of persple.there—and how many of them do you the *air foot door of Mr. Laegtrey's house.
Think are toolsr The physician replied .99 out of the. The Meyor, EDISAR% CATOTRR. Eaq. is still most
100. is Well, then (said Vre quack), the 99 are my pa. assiduous in investigating till very late hours. Yesterday
dents, and the remaining one is your's."—(Much he dispatched Mr. Hunt to the respective relations of
laughter). When he (Mr. Sergeant Wilde) asked Dr. Stacey, at Ashland*, near. Wickham, and other places.
'Hervey to describe all the benefits of his " away Stacey bad been at some of them on the Sunday after
Ally fat bosh sexes, anti-bilious, alterative, and de- the murder; and, in conversation with his grandfather.
obstruent," he replied—that they removed every told him the murderer, was taken. and named a
obstruction of the human body —(A laugh).— particular person. Mrs. Stacey is the mother•ia-law of
cored weakness and indigestion of the stomach, re- the prisoner. He states, to account for the bloody
moved all affections of the bowels; they acted also in garments. that be had been sadly beaten by two men
*Avery particular SWUM upon the kidneys, ht. mime- and a -woman: It is imegisedthat be bas some bidden
laving the absorbents to carry uff all the 31,011100u' store oflnoney.forlebett about to proceed to Porchester,
kids; they were of infinite service in miming ahealthy be said be would go out sad get some 'money, which be
potion to the liver, and in preveniing,..aud, laso curios, Flid to some imount. 'Hewes gone about thser_cguirters
the jaundice and other diseases of that tread secreting I of an boar.

The evidence went to show that tkquartel took place
at a public haute, a fight ensued, :sad during which the
pri►oner either struck the former a blow which felled
him to the ground, or that he slipped off his chair.—
The point was by no means clear, and the .J..ry acquit-
ted the pi isouer.

. .
POLICE INTVA. ri NC. ge
GUILE/!
The Weber of the leaelmey coachmen, whales, in eistody a kw
days elites, no suspicion of being concerned In stealing 1001. Wet*
of print, and clerk Iron Ur. M'Cullodet warelimste, in Watling.
street, his teach having been empinyed In removing the property,
wa. charged. before air 1. LAValc, with being concerned in the
earns alkir. The sevpician rests upon him, because two hours after
the meashdead ol seeds bad been removed, the prisoner entered et
tap-room in Bweitisbeld, where the porter wet waiting by appoint.
mem for as acquaintance, began a coneetsatift with km. guru
gleaned Mm about the nature Of big matter's property ; whe;bnt
slept en .he premises. and at what hour he ordinarily returned to
them; and pressed him a good deal to drink ale and purL It was
presnined, from three fate, diet he had watched the porter about,
and wished to amuse him, while My accomplices removed the rest
of the goods In the wareboute. The prisoner, without admi:ting
the 'moor% statement, sold, he was in Smithileld every mght.“ wait.
log for order.," hems a resurrection man t but be should sum Ms
hands to something else, "as sewn as the season was over."—lle
was remanded.
130WeSTRUE T.

FaillillOPlA BUB Botunrm—Mr. James Hutchins, of the Stock
&change, was bruseglit before Mr. bluisnut c. on an assault tsar.
rant, in wbicb the names of two persons net present were included,
charging hits with baying ..ssaultcd violently a Gentleman thawed
resi ing m Kilburn.
. . . . _

The complainant stated, that on Saturday night lad he visited
Covent garden 'Theatre, for the purpose of sewing the new Opera,
in company with a Lady named I liggiobottunt, her son, and another
Geutiensan. They had not long been in the theatre, when be was •
astonished, on turning bit head, te see the defendant annoying Mrs.
Iliggishotenst by thiurting ►is knees and elbows into her back,
because she bad refused to cake off her bonnet. Witness told the
defendant that if be bad asked, in the tint instance, in a pubte
manner, Isis request would have been complied with. No caner
bad be utteted this than he was assailed by a torten, of vulgar abuse,. •
and the defendant and leveret of his friends seized hint lay the culler
and shook him in so violent a manner that his coat was torn to
pieces, and the buttons forced off Ida shirt.
'The complainant having finished his statement, a solicitor, who
appeared fat the defendant. inquired ii be might crors.ezantine the
witness, and, being answered in the affirmative, commenced asking
several qaestiens with regard to the complainant having ill.treared a
young Lid, bet Mr. Ladd denied hiving done any thing of the kind.
sir. Jahn lliugudrottean cerroboratod Mr. Ladd 's evidence in

Mr. Hutchins positively denied having used any gross *spree.
I sinus, and add that be and his frieqds being contiderahly annoyed
by a tall woman, bearing on her head a must tremendous hornet •
which completely obsciiied their view of the ease, politely asked
her to take it off, as other Lashes had dim ; but she abruptly
{refused, although several Gentlemen near her were exclaiming,
Ivy (;—d, if she were near me, I would compel her to uncover
herself!" At the end of the first act, seeing a vacancy on the bench,
be placed a young lad on it, when the complainant shouldered and
annoyed hien in such a manner that he admitted he collared him
rather indi3nantly.
A Mr. Lomas mid that the size of the bonnet exceeded any
thing of the kind he had evil. seen.
Mr. Ladd-..Why, this is one of the men who assaulted IR.,
Mr. Lomas admitted the fact, and said he could not furbtav
centring him on seeing khan beat the lad so shamefully.
Much further discussion took place respecting the we.
man." the " NI bonnet," the "little lad," and " torn cost ;" and
ended in Mr. Muumuu calling on the defendant to find, boil,which
having been dent, he was discharged.
Mr. Meyer. jeweller, of the Strand, gove Informarion of an at.
tempt to pass to him a forged note. About eine o'clock on the pre.
ceding night. a fashionably dressed young mass tame into his shop
to purchase some trifling articles of jewellery, in payment of which
'he tendered aS. Bank of Ragland note. On looking at -it Air.
Meyers discovered it was not genuine, and on saying so the posing •
mail took to his heels. Mr. Heye's seised hint by the cloak, bed
die yams man left-that him,- as likewise his hat, which hap.
peeled to fall off at the instant. Haring reaclud the street, the
young man jumped into a gig that was waiting for him, and wag
oat of sight in an brawn. The hat was new, and bad the name
of a hatter In Ireland in it, which wovU alum that the young Una
bad not lung ago left that country. Mr. Meyers said, he bail no
doubt this was the commencement of a regular system, as be had
read a pamphlet In which it was stated that notes forged in Aare
riot were on the eve of being circulated in this eountry.
Sir Iticaraan directed Mr. Meyers's infornuititio to be reduced
to writing, and diapatch!id to the Bank, in order that steps might
be taken for tracing the progress of the offender or offenders.
LAMBETHL-STIMET.

Yesterday Gene Se game ,;;;rier,veaseisArged. before Mr.
Wyarr and the Hee. Mr. Marrnuis, with embezzling various
sums, the property of his master.
The means resorted to by the prisoner were rather ingenioei.
and were as follow : His mailer was frequently in the habit of
sending Mm up to town with a load of hay, with directions to take
it to Messrs. Gingle sod Sons, hay-saleunen in Whitectiapel
make, to sell for his account. Instead of doing so, he has fre-
quently sold it on his way to town, and by this manoeuvre was
enabled to put a sum of money into his pocket at each time. On
the scl inst. be sold a load of hay to Mr. Tanner, a Gentleman, re-
siding at Stratford, for 51 7s. and only rendered an account of
31. ss. 6d. to his master, who, on these circumstances coining to
his knowledge, had him apprehended.
The prisoner, when calked on for his defence, said he bad none
to offer; for that he had made up his mind to get three mouths at
the treadmill for the offence.

Mr. Wits= told him that he bad miscalculated; for, by a tut.
cent Act of Mr. Peel's, be was liable to be transported for seven
years.—He was then fully committed to Chelmsford gaol to take
his trial fur the Mance.
_______ _ _

TOWN—HALL.
Yesterday Mdlett,.Worceater. and Morley, appeared to support
an laformatioa stalest Nes. ikaansiak Palmer, a dealer ia market
stores. Bermondsey-street. for neglerthts to have her name and

caning painted in letters six inches in length, in front of her dwelling,
I pursuant to the Statute, the penalty being Sol.
Wurcater and Milieu having sworn, the first to purchasing a
',amity of junk, and die ocher to selling some at the defendant's
shop on the 6th of this mouth, on which day there was neither name
Ms ceiling visible.
The defendant explained, that by a covenant In her lease she was
bound to have her house painted at certain Fenix's, and it was in the
course of being so done on the day mentioned, and for needy
tortnight previous, owing to the state of the weather. She bad re.
sided there upwards of thirty years.
Joseph Webber, a writiny, painter, proved being applied to, se
write the requisite words ou the 6th, but the paint not being saab
dandy dry, be chalked them out, and the following morning did
them in the proper way, though the ground paint was then not set.
Sealer, the house.painter, also proved the time the work was in
*and.

Kinsey, the officer, said the ground paint was wet when be dell.
voted the summons; and several Gentlemen, of the first respecta-
bility In the parish, GUM forward to protect, as they said. a defence-
lees widow, of irreproachable character, from the fangs of informers.
The blasistrate (Blr Jour Panama) considering it a case not
calling fur a conviction, advised the withdrawing the information
on payment of costs and charges, which was in the end elected,
through the powerful mediation of four sovereigns.

When the Order of the Bath was re-modelled, IS
years agn, the demand of 211.19, was made for each
Knight, for objects which, to this hour, have not been
fullilkd. Napoleon called us a nation of shopkeeper:
but Heaven lot bid that English shopkeepeis should be
of this calibre. Each Knight received a requisition.
signed '• Geo. Nayler, York Herald and Geilealogist."
requiting his "family pedigree, and an impression of
his armorial ensigns." This puzzled many an honest
tar, whose only merits were his deeds in battle, and
horn one of these the York Herald and Genealogist re-
ceived the following letter :
" 81a—As to my pedigree, all I know about It is tbat my father
was Captain of the malo•top and cockswain to Lord Rodney; sus
having lost his life in saving the Admiral's, be took me from tbt
galley, where I was helper to the cook, and, la time, put me to the
quarter-deck; and I rose in the service by bard light*, which.
let use tell you, Is very hard to do. As you Heralds are up to
making pedigrees and coats of arms for aU who rise in the world,
you may, if you pleas, make a coat of arms foe me, Tor I am sae
I can't make one for myself. As to your charge, .1121- 195. I will
not pay a silver of it, for I know that ►is Majesty never intended
to sell his honorary rewards, and cannot wish poor Hatf-pay Moen
to give fees on such fudge pretences.
" Your obedient, kc.

HARRIED.
• At St. Geirgei Chunk Hanover.square, Capt. Hoary Readmits
Coldstream Guards, to Retina Antatneue, daughter of Admiral
Sir Janes Hawkins Whittled, KGB.

• DIED.
At ber bones in Claris*+treat, after a lingering Mow, the
Dowager Cowan Stanhope.
Io Tenterdenotreet, Haoarevoqoare, Coked T. Oohs, of tar
Madras Basebildisient,lia hie .76th year.

lamps: PiWed and Poblisibed.by Joe. Metes, the-ProPlittore
• at the Sus Orrtc; No 1, Pkhett-phed, Topple Bar.