The Sun. — 1854-07-14 (London, England)

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.-(THIS DAY.  This morning the inquiry was resumed for the eighth time, at the Sheriff's Court, Red Lion Square, before Mr. Baker, the Coroner.  The Jury having assembled, Mr. Metcalfe, the barrister, said he appeared upon the part of the Committee of the Hospital. It was not their intention to intervene between the public and the medical authorities of the Hospital. They courted the fullest inquiry, but at the same time he was instructed to lay before the jury evidence to contradict the whole of the statements of the house committee as to their agreeing to a reference. They, the committee, had never been consulted at all, and the first they knew of that part of the matter was by seeing it in the newspapers. He also was authorised to state that the whole of the statements made by Mrs. Rosser were untrue. The nurse who had been so charged was a woman of good character and kindness, and ha should call her, and could also call numerous witnesses to give testimony to her kindness. Mr. Bodkin said he was glad that the house commit. tee had taken such a step. _ _ _  Mr. Metcalfe then called Ann Faulkner, head-nurse in the ward into which the child was taken upon the day of the operation. She took the child into the operating room about ten minutes to two, and brought it back again into her ward, and sat by the fire with it. At the time she took it into the operating-room first, Mr. Makley and his two students were there ; she took the child back again about half-past two, and then the operation took place. She did not tear the clothes off the child ; it was prepared ten minutes before two. She never dashed the child down, and called it a dirty little wretch, and wished it dead, or said she would jump down its throat. She was not accustomed to use such language, and had given the child castor oil the day before, and it had operated. She had since left the hospital, and obtained a situation in St. George's Hospital as a nurse, but had been dismissed in consequence of what had been stated about her during these proceedings. By Mr. Clarkson—The child's bowels were properly opened, and the woman Rosser know that Mr. Cooke and Dr. Scobell saw the child after the operation in the ward, and Mr. Cooke came in at 12 that night to see the child, and saw it again twice upon the next day, Friday. Cross-examined by Mr. Ballantine—l did not look at the child as I cannot bear to see an operation performed. I cannot say how long the child was under operation. Ido not thin% it was more than one hour. I have not said that it was a shocking operation, that it made me sick, or that it was butchery and a murderous operation. Mary Rosser.—l was examined upon a former occasion. I made a mistake about the doctors : they did not go round and see the child morning and night. She then repeated the charge she had made against the woman Faulkner. I have seen Bridger the Beadle, and told him I was sorry I had taken a false oath, and made a mistake about the doctors, but I did not tell him that what I said about the nurse was untrue. Henry Bridger, Beadle of Bloomsbury, was sworn, and said that the day after Rosser was examined she came to him and said she was in a very bad state of mind at having said what was untrue about the doctors and nurse. She did not say that she had sworn falsely about the nurse,