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Mr. Baron Hur.t.r cc was of opinion that the
very was rod, but gave the plaintiff lip. y to
the. COO t abbey—Verdict for the defies-Main.
; • Before Me. Banos Hassassi.
• MACHU! b: TATIA)II. :15
Mr. A LOCONI opened the pleadings. Th 4 dealer*.
'inn stated that the defendant, for want of dm as i
surgeon or bone-seter, had injured the plaintiff, to his
Damage, the sum of 20001. ;
Mr. Baoncntabt stated the case, The plaintiff was a
very respectable man in his station of life; be was a
driver of one of those autchir.es called vans; belonging
be believed to the Association Vati Company. The van
which he drove was overturned, and by the falling of the
,machine the plaintiff was thrown off, and his leg was
broken just above the allele, and, as he was informed,
and he believed to be the fact, the fraceete was what was
called a compound fracture, the broken bone protruded
through the skin ; nb particular skill was required in re-
ducing such fractures, and it rarely happened that any'
serious consequences ensued. As it-tett.irequently bap-
pened, instead of applying to a parses of minutes and
skill in the profession, the plaintiff thought proper to
apply to a person, known as " The Oldfield-lane Doc.
tor,"a man named Taylor. When be was applied to,
be was out of the way, but his son was sent in his stead;
with what effect the Jury would very shortly learn.
Young Taylor, as he had observed, came and set the
leg, after which, he desired that the patirnt should be
sent to one of his father's houses. The plaintiff was
taken to the house of a person named Key. He dwell
state to the Jury what was done. ;tad also what war
omitted to be done, at well as what passed from the lips
of the defendant himself. lie should shew that these
was not even tolerable treatment, that there was the
greatest inattention, and anutter want of skill and dili•
gence, for want of which she plaintiff suffered in the
highest degree, and the fracture, from such unskilfulness
and negligence, was working mischief. On one occasion,
when the old man went, on looking at the fracture, he
said, 44 Oh, your leg is in this state ;" he then proceeded
to order, what? would it be believed he ordered his leg
to be placed between two dry bricks! The poor fellow, in.
itbif mate, went on until he became weaker and weaker,
the bandages with which his leg was bound ep being
suffered to remain on, although the wound was in sock
a bad state that maggots were seta illy crawling about,
and, as they would hear from the witnesses which he
should calls might be taken off by handfuls. When
in this state, on the defendant being to:d of it, he
said" I mean the maggots-to be there;" for what ?
could it be behead? " that they might eat off the
proud aide ' 1• this state was the wound suffered to
goon anttl • pies. of the bone actually tame out, am a
small splinter. tug a 'ergs piece, which that day would
lje peppiseste to the Jury. When asked by the sufferer ifbe
tesi that so large a piece of bone would have been
taken out, and which he understood was taken out by
the plaintiff himself; his reply was, " I find I am short
here ;" but yet notwithstanding that he persisted that he
was going on well, and would soon be ready for
0 slaking up," what that meant he did not know, but
that was his term. The bandage which was first ap.
plied, was never taken off until it was removed in a
state of rotteness by a skilful surgeon. Tne leg was not
only hurt, a part of one of the ligaments torn away, but -
the plaintiff must inevitably be *cripple for life, the in-
jured kg being shorter than the other by several
inches, and it would never again be in a state to
bear the weight of the body. The plaintiff had
large wages, that is, for his situation in life, on ac-
count of the great responsibility that rested on him,
those wages must be necessarily now reduced, and he
would never again be able to resume his station, but
must content himself to get a livelihood by means of
some sedentary life.. Would the Jury believe it, that
defendant was sent to nine successive times before he
would come, although the plaintiff was in the state
described ; and when he did come, he then said, although
in that dreadful state, 0• he should very soon be able to
make him walk." as not this gross negligence—was
it not a total want of skill ?—and had he not, by his in-
attention, rendeied him a helpless cripple for life? He
did not know what damages were too large, but the
Jury would give such damages as they thought wdujd
be some compensation for the injuries the unfortunate
plaintiff had sustained.
A witness was called, who stated the appearance of
the fracture at the time of its taking place, the bone was
protruded through the stocking and boot, it was in 1825.
Some other witnesses were called, who fully bore ou't
the statement of the Learned Counsel, and that the
plaintiff had two guineas a week salary, besides perqui.
sites, which made his income about 41. per week ; that
was made by carrying passengers, although coachmen
and guards of the vans were not allowed to do so.
The witness underwent a strict cross-elarninetion by
Mr. Sergeant Cross, Mr. F. Pollock, and Mr. Sergeant
Jones.
The piece of bone which was taken from the leg was
produced, it was the lower extremity of the tibia, about
three inches-in length.
The person who attended him after the defendant
was also called, and a surgeon, who deposed to the
improper and negligent treatment, particularly after
the piece of bone came away.
Mr. Sergeant Cana* addressed the Jury, but called
ao witnesses, although there was a great number in at.
tendsnce.
Mr. Baron Hutxoce summed up with great -perspi-
cuity, and the Jury, after being absent for about as
hoar, mulled a verdict for the plaintiff. Damsgest
40s.

srawarig to a close, and the m mein uenouement
is approaching. On the 16th of this month the Minis-
ters of England, France, and Rutsia jointly "resented
the convention of the 6th of 1827, which is to
be considered a. the ultimatums. When the Dragomans
delivered the note to the H is Effendi, he asked them
what were the contents bf the note, to which they re-
plied that they did not know. The Reis Effendi, vritbrl
out giving an acknowledgment of the receipt, laid this{
note aside. 'f he time fixed for the acceptance, whit)],
was at first 90 days, is now limited to 15.
It is relateJ that M. Stratford Canning has requested
the Austrian Internuncio, Baron Ottentels, to advise the'
Divan to accept the proposals of the three Powers, but
that he declined to do so. M. Von Millitz, the Prus-
sian Ambassador, is said to have counselled the.accept-
ance, to which the Reis Effendi is reported to have re-
plied, that the ultimatum was a bill of exchange which
could not be honoured. Such is the situation of affairs,
and we wait with the greatest anxiety' for the Slit of
Augu,t, when the time expires.
MADRID, Sam 10.
M. Recacho has been forced to fly to Portugal id
escape assassination.
The accounts from Catalonia have made the Govern-
wient resolve to order the formation of an army of
18,000 men, the command of which is confided to the
count d'Espagne, and which is going to be sent against
the insurgents.
FROM Tile CONSTITUTIONNIL.
MADRID, Sarr. 3.
COIDDISPONDENCI4
The King received. early on the morning of the 28th
of last mon h, a report (parte), dated the 23d, respect-
ing the state of Cataloota; and his Majesty, who had
previously paid little regard to the in,urrection in that
.proxinceakloo.l9 his rpgret that Ole rebels tunonnted
t 0.44.000 men, she pursuit of whom in the mountains
is extremely difficult. Estanys end Caragol are elo-
quent, skilful, aid brave. and they gain over many of
the country people and the royalist volunteers to their
cause, so that the numbers of the insurgents increase,
rapidly. The Lag sent to Zamora, directing General;
Monet to come express to the Royal residence. The
General arrived on the 80th, and had a long conference
with his Majesty. He has since prOceeded towards Ca-
talonia, where he is to take the command of 10,000
-stn destined to act against the insurgents.
/MOM AVOTH EA 00411109111MBVT.

A meeting of the Ministers took place yesterday at
the house of the President of the Council, Salazar im-
mediately after the breaking up of the meeting, Gene-
ral Monet set off express to Catalonia, with the title of
Commandant General.
According to the returns made by the three Inspec-
fors General of infantry, cavalry, and militia, the num-
-ber of troops designed to meet on three points, to form
the army of General Monet, amounts to 5,000 men.
The insurrection is said to extend to several villages
and towns in the province of Valencia. It is remark-
able, that amongst the prisoners taken from the insur-
gents by the Government troops, nearly half are fo-
reigners—either French, Italians, or Germans.
IXTRACT 01 AIIOTHIR PRIVATE LETTER.

The greater the excess of the rebels, the more pain.
fal is it to find persons of rank in communication with
them.: It is with surprise I hear that Field Marshal
Sanchez Cisneros has been arrested, and conducted to
Seville for trial, charged with con esponding with the
rebels.
We read in the Mereautik Courier of Cadiz, dated
the 28th, that on the 25th the guarda costas Infanta
Don Carlos, Infanta Don F►ancisco, and another vessel,
have brought into port an English brig, mounted with
six guns, captured between Gibraltar and Algesiras.
After a sanguinary contest, in which several were killed
and wounded on both sides, the brig, which is named
the Lord Rondon (Rawdon?) surrendered. The guarda
costas were fired upon from Gibraltar.
PROM 71iI MONITRUR OP THURSDAY.
PARIS, Sarr.-i 3.

At the moment we are writing, the combined fleets
must have taken their stations in the Mediterranean.
The part which the diplomatists had to act seems to be
finished. If that of the warriors begin, it will be shorter;
but we very much doubt that it will have a beginning.
AU eyes are now turned to Constantinople. Every
one endeavours to divine the secret of the Ottoman
Councils. It certainly is not impossible that they may
give birth to some haughty reply. Thus, on the eve of
the battle of Ancyra, Bajazet insulted Tamerlane. Thus
on the eve of the battle of Lepanto, Occliiali and Ali-
Perthau had a contention as to which should have D
Juan for his slave. Thus Cara Mustapha, while So-
bieski was in presence, promised his Janissaries the pil-
lage of Vienna.
But personal interest has often dissipatad these ebul-
litions of Mussulman pride, and more than one repara-
tion has commenced by bravadoes. Without going
back to remo:e periods, for instance, it is well known
what resistance the craft of the Divan lately opposed to
the wishes of Russia, and what flexibility the Turkish
negotiators displayed in the conferences at Akermann.
The character of European policy doubtless gives
confidence to the Divan; the moderation of the Sol.
reigns encourages it to distrust their power. How hap.,