Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-01-31

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The examination Of these witnesses occupied
the Court ,Iil seven o'clock; when It adjourned
till Saturday morning.
morning. Sir James Scarlet addressed the lnry,
on the par, Of Mr.. Cooper, st grea, 'e'e:a'
and then proceeded to call the ioho"ihs WIZ
nesses:-
Mr.. Thomas Galloway. pupil OF ana ASSIST
ant surgeon a. Guys Hospital, who wasP.es'h'
a, the operation, and held the stan, sara ,na'
there was in this case grea, d'tfc.i'yin nno,ng
the stone, as it was in the folds OF the oiaaoer'
and high up, instead Of being; as Is usual 10
tie hollow Of the pelvis-'hat inc stone was
ov n and fla,. and consequently hih uh 70 se'Ie
with the forceps-,hat IN his opinion the
proper means were used, and that the stone
was ultimately extracted.
Loseph Lundv, who held the Instruments
saw nothing unsklful in the treatment OF inc
case. =,
Mr. Charles Key, senior surgeo" Of the hos
pital. and Dr. Hodgkin, who had Witnessed inc
examination of the body after death. thought
there was nothing unskiiful in the manner IN
which The operation haG been performed
Sir Ashley Cooper (who was suhpGnaed oy
the defendant) gave an account OF his ntphe"s
education, which appeared to have bee" exce',
lem, He said that The lime employed afforded
no les, for trying the skill OF the OPERATOR
He had himself performed the operation on two
eninen, lawyers, "a laugh;] Mr.. Sergeant Lens,
and the Master Of The Rolls, tSir John Leach
the operation was preciaely the same In both
cases, vet in the frs, case It was performed IN
two minutes and in the second II took hall an
hour. His skill was tried in one case, while
Child Nigh, have pei formed the other. In TIE
present case the stone was in the folds vi me
bladder, so that The forcrps could not touch ~;
and il was not till the man became exhausted
that the folds dropped their hold.
Several medical men spoke highly OF Mr.
Cooper's skill as surgeon.
Aler the defendant had replied, Lord Ten,
derden summed up, and the jury. after hours,
drlbe ration returned verdict for the plalntiff.
Damages, One hundred Pounds.
An important and interesting disc overy in
Biblica al Literature has been recently obtained,
which will excite the attention Of the Christian
and The man Of letters. 1t is the Book OF Jash-
er, mentioned in Joshua 80 c. and Cd Samuel
c. This ancient work was obtained at an i'm
mense expense by Alcurim, the most emmInent
man Of his time, from the city Of Gazan in Per-
STA, where it appears 10 have been preserved
from the period o! the Jews return from the
Babslonish Captivity, having been taken oy
Cyrus into bis own country.
A new invention, called papier hinge, has 'e'
Gently attracted much notice in Paris. II con.
sists Of paper made 10 resemble damask ana
o,her linen so closely, that II is Impossible
wilhou, examination TO detect the diff renee;
aud even 10 the touch the articles made from
the pani.r ling are very much like linen. The
price i. very low: napkin only COSTS or 6
een,imes (about a half PENNY; and when they
are dir,v, they are taken back at halt price. a
good sized table cloth sells for only franc.
ingenious Deuice. following curious
story is told of an old lady living in Bucking
hsmshire. Some ime ago the husband Of this
aneirn, dame died without making his will,
for the wan, Of which very necessary precau-
ton his estate would have passed away from
his widow, had she no, resorlrd 10 the follow,
ing expedien, TO a, eri the loss Of the property.
She concealed tie d,a,h OF her husband and
prevailed upon an old tobblrr, her neighbour,
who was In PRISON somewhat like the deceased,
10 go to ord a. her house and personal him.
IN which character il was agreed that he should
dictate will, leaving the widow the estate In
question. An attorney was sent Tor to draw up
the writings The widow who on his arri'a
appeared in gr.a, affection at her good mans
danger, began to ak questions Of her pretended
husband, calculated to elicit the answers she
expected and desired. The cobbler grooming
aloud, and looking as much like person going
to give up the ghost as possible, feebly ans.
wer.d, III intend to leave you half my estates,
aud t, ink The poor old shoemaker who lives
opposite is deserving the other half, for he has
always been good neighbour" The widow
wa, thunderstruck at receiving a reply so dit.
feren, 10 that which she expected. but dared
not negative the cobbier's will ior fear Of loos-
ing the whole of the properly, while the old
rogue in he'd who was himself the poor old
shoemaker living opp"str) laughed in his
sleeve, and diviG, with hr The fruits Of a
project which The widow had intended to- her
sole benefit. Bucks Gozeffe
There is a widow OF The name Of Ann Row.
bottom Of Dukink-ld, 80 years Of age, who is
cu,,iHg five trelh on the lower jaw! She ire
quently complains Of the pain which is attend
an, on cutting ,eeh. Stockport Adversissr.
Las, week cook in the Navy was commits
ted TO Portsmouth gaol for want Of suretIes 10
kes the peace: he had no arms, only one eye,