The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-11-04 00:00:00

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turned to her birth. 'Melton. condoned, though with
abated force, till midday of Friday. The havoc made
among the trees is immense.
FROM TIM EIMER GA REM OP A TIMOR 1.—." TheFalmouth mail, when within four mites of this city, was
upset, the violence of the wind having produced such ter-
ror in the horses that they refused to proceed, and actually
to proceed back, notwithstanding the efforts of the coach•
man to restrain them ; there were several passengers. but
we hear that none of them received injury. About fifty
boats were drifted out to sea from Exmouth and the river
Exe. A magnificent elm tree, upwards of one hundred
years old, the property of the Rev. P. Cosserat, at
trarupfard Spelt'', was torn up by the roots, and fell with
an astounding crash. The waters of tho Exe are much
swollen, and a considerable number of tattle have been
drowned."

DO ER, Nov. 2.—This dreary month Cal* in with one of
the most tremendous hurricanes ever remembered here;
the gale was really terrific, and it Vs unveil feared that we
shall not he long ere accounts reach ns of many disasters
at sea. A foreign vessel is come in with the loss of two
boats, and . I other article's wept off her deck ; the
captain was also washed overboard, huts repo being thrown
to him, he was fortunate enough to catch
.it, and was
battled in again. Two fishing boats, Off Calais, were
caught in the gale yesterday morning; one df them suc-
ceeded in getting into that port, but the other; not being
so fortunate, ran down to Boulogne, and, in attempring to
enter the harbour, struck the ground, Went down, and all
on board perished.
The Union. Sanderson, from Malaga to Lotidon, is ou shore
near Lyon.—The Morrison, --, from Cork to Newport.
foundered off Lundy, 30th ult., 17 passengers and 7 of the crew
drowned.—The Clito, of Alaryport, sunk near Dublin on Ss-
turda}.—The Friends, Illenkinsop, bound to Honduras, was
driven on the Rocks near Dublin on Thursday.--The Good
Intent, of Sunderland; Abeona, of Blakeney, and Modesty,
of Yarmouth, are on shore near Lynn.
The Agenoria, Postgate, from Sunderland to Topshdriti sunk
near Lynn during the late gale.

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CURIOUS CASE.
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Saitaitoat Winnow it. Da. Ilittitsmartat.
A singu fiction, and of some interest, came on to be
tiled before
23 Viecoanso, on Wednesday, the 22d of Oc-
tober, 18 . *, )(1
Mr. liametv. Counsel for the plaintiff, stated this was a
case of some novelty, and though the jurisdiction of the
Coort did not permit the plaintiff to seek for a larger sum
than 101., yet the decision of the Con 4 on this question
waa of considerable importance. His client,both from sense
of public justice, and indignant at the imposition that had
been practised on him, came before this Court at an ex-
pense for which it could not compensate him, to seek for
justice, at least so far as the sum sought to be recovered.
The facts are these ; the defendant, a Quack, stiling
himself Dr. F. Hahnemann, who alleges lie is a native of
(lemony, wade his appearance about a year ago in Tem-
plemore and Carrick-omSuir, in the humblest situation,
happy to receive the Continental fee of 21. 6d. for.bis
quackeries, while his begird was growing ; bat on a sudden,
in the beginning of the year, he dashed into Dublin io a
coach and four, which he procured two or three weeks,
and occasionally afterwards at certain periods; but all this
dash fashion and heard, were not, in his opinion, enough
to introduce him to public notice-4e bad recourse to the
Newspapers(Mr. BENNET read too of his advertisements ;
the first was issserted in the Antidote, of the 4th Jandary,
12:23, as follow, : ~-..,y
Dr. F. Hat rn, aFnerally called the Falling-sickness
Doctor,) net t Dresden, and resident of Tanapieasore,
4
whose preseu is for a short time required in Dublin, is daily
to he consulted entirely for Hysterics. and Epilepsy,oriFalling
Sickness.

N.B.—Advice and Medicine gratis Mondays and Thursdays,
from nine till 10 o'clock in the rimming, No. 20. South Anne-
street, Dublin. Rules of Dr. Hahnemann, Ist, Hysterics and
Epileptic persons only will be attended.--2d, The time
granted for payment is (in case of security,) so long after
the performance of the cure as to skew effectual eradication
of the complaiiit.
20, South Anne-street, Dublin.
The second advertisement read was inserted in the
Warder, of the 15th February, 1823, as follows :
Dr. F. Ilahneminn to be consulted entirely for Hysterics
and Epilepsy, gives notice that his cures take usually six
vectks, after which he allows (in cases of security,) eighteen
months proof time, before requiring payment for attendance or
medicine.
No. 20, South Anne-street, Dublin.

AD. DUNN, Counsel for defendant, also read a short
ludicrous description of his life from another newspaper;
of course no man can eloatit, who is the historian of this
curiou; character. Plaintiff who is an assistant surgeon is
the Royal Navy, had suffer. 41 severely in his health by
foreign climates, and unfortunately latterly has been
afflicted with epilepsy, the Opprobrium Milicorum ; he
was struck by his advertisements, wrote to the doctor for
his terms; they were as follows:—Dr. Hahnemann is
willing to let De. Dickson have the cure of epilepsy for
the third part of the price for the poorest persun, which
will be only 12 guineas, and if he wag to live to the age of
Methusalem the complaint wont return; he must travel
outside the coach, not inside; he dare riot be bled before
he sees Dr. Hahnemann. Plaintiff paid him 131. 7s. tid.
for the care, and he undertook to cure him ; when be last
called on Hahnemann, in company otitis Surgeon Leslie,
he said plaintiff should only have two attacks more of
Epilepsy; the first should be slight, and the last scarcely
perceptible, and would never have a return if he lived to
the age of Methuialem. Plaintiff resided at the house of
Surgeon Leslie, from the 17th of April, till 14th July.
1823, rigidly observed all the injunctions of the learned
falling sickness Doctor; the core was to have been per-
formed in six seek., butt donble that time produced nn
`alleviation of 31r. Dickson's suffering; be then went to
the country, observed the pane regimen, but nothing.,
better; he wrote to Hahnemann, who toll him that his
present complaint was not epilepsy, bat it was the copse.'
qucoce of the medicine lie bad taken—the Doctor
administered medicine to cure, bat it had the contrary
effect. Mr. Leslie demanded the money as the cure was
not performed; on being pressed, defendant said, he
would return the money if plaintiff would give him bark
the medicine be bad taken; he would prove this case; and
as no value had been given for this money, he hoped the
Court would say, that in consequence lie could not retain
it,and ought to he made refund it in an action of assumpsit,
that general eonitahle remedy.
The ltEconoxie doubted whether money could be recover-
ed, voluntarily given to a Doctor as a fee.
Mr. Bennett ale:;ied that this was this nature of the tmnsac-
lion ; defendant did not appear to bean ; be was an ail-
vertiring Quack, aho bargained to perform certain service
fur a stipulated reward, fur whieli he was paid, and for
which he gave no value; it is the money of the plaintiff,
though lie has got it fraudulently in his pocket—es tiro a
bolo it ought to be returned to plaintiff 131 r. Bennet cited
several cases to 'thew that this money sbonlil be paid over
to plaintiff, the consideration having wholly failed—this
was quite dia1:1.2.4:611414e from tees given as guiddom
honorarium, to lawyers and medical doctors, who, to be sure
of ten, give had value.

Thelliecoeuee said he would hear the evidence.
Surgeon Leslie, sworn.—Proved defendant's hand writ.
ing to receipt for 131. 75.f01.• the defendant said he would
completely cure plaintiff, and make him as sound.'as altness;
he would have but two more attacks ; the latter would be
like the sound qf a bell, or a stone dropped into water;
plantar continued at witness's house while attending de-
fendant; he rigidly followed the advice he got,
and observed the regimen prescribed to him by defend.
ant ; his complaint is as bad as ever ; has bid two or
three fits within a week; plaintiff wrote to defendant
through witness to inform him how bad he was; defend-
ant answered very uncivilly; upon being pressed, "he
said he would return the money if he got back the medi-
cine;" from the reception be got, be declined to interfere
farther.

Two other witnemies proved, that plaintiff bad strictly
observed the rrgimen, and took the medicine that was
ordered by defendant, and was still as bad a• ever.
Mr. Deyw said lie was codeerned for defendant, and ob-
jected to the action.
The REMROCR said, he thought plaintiff could not re-
cover, as there was but one count in the declaration, and
that for money had and received ; that this looked mure like
a special agreement, for which there ought to be a count
in the declaration.
Mr. BENNET said, that under the count for money had
and received, plaintiff was entitled to recover, where the
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