Capt. Grosvenor and the Doctors.

Evening Post, Issue 182, 7 September 1865, Page 3

Capt. Grosvenor and the Doctors.

The following absurd correspondence appears in the Lancet : — " Dr. Tweedie to Captain Grosvenor. — 17, Pallmall, 29th May, 1865. — Sir, — My name having been published as one of your committee for promoting your election for Westminster, flcvenil medical friends have asked if I am aware of the report in general circulation among members of the profession to which I have the honor to belong, that you favour or uphold the heresy of homoeopathy. If the report in question be founded in error, I shall think it my duty to make your contradiction as extensively known as I have the power. But if, on the other hind, I receive no such assurance, I must request that my name be withdrawn from the list of your committee. — I am, sir, yours faithfully, A. Tweedie, M.D.— Hon. Captain Grosvenor." " Captain Grosvenor to Dr. Tweedie.— London, June 1. — Sir, — Whenever I am ill, which by the blessing of Providence does not happen very ooften,o f ten, I apply for advice and assistance to the doctor of my regiment, who is, to the best of my belief, a very orthodox practitioner. — 1 am, sir, your obedient servant, J. G. W. Grosvenob."— " Dr. Tweedie to Captain Grosvenor.— l7, Pall-mall, June 5, 1865.— Sir, — Your reply to my letter of the 29th ult. is so equivocal, that I beg you will withdraw my name from your committee, —I am, sir, your obedient servant, A*. Tweedie, — Hon. Captain Grosvenor." A Horrible Disclosure. — A man named Peter M'Dermott was charged rt the Mansion-house Police-Court with having assaulted police-constable John Curtis who said that on a previous afternoon he wa? in Thames street, in plain clothes, when the prisoner, cvi dently not knowing he was a policeman, took him by the arm and said, in a confidential tone, " Young man you are from the country, are you not ?" He replied he was, by way of a joke ; upon which the prisoner said he had just returned from sea, and had a lot of firsfc-rnte tobacco, which he would sell him at 2a. alb. "Come along with me," said the prisoner, " I will show it you." The complainant went with him to the City Arms Tavern in Great Tower street, and having sat down together in a back room, the prisoner, assuming a solemn tone and manner, said, " For God's sake don't say a word about what I am about to tell you ; on the high seas, while on the homeward voyage, we threw the captain overboarJ,

and stole his jewellery," As he said that he took from his pocket what appeared at first sight to be a massive gold chain, for which he said the captain gave 32 guineas abroad. He then told Curtis to place his hand under the table, and having done so he put into it a box, which he said contained diamonds and a ring. He said he would take £30 for the chain he had shown him and £10 for the ring and the diamonds. Curtis replied that if he had thrown the captain oTerboard, as he said he had, as he was a constable he must take him into custody ; upon which the prisoner jumped up and seizing him by the throat threatened to " put a knife into him." A struggle took place, but the complainant overcame him. Thej)risoner begged hard to be allowed to £0* Baying his ship was off Sheerness, but when asked her name he evaded the question. On the way to the police-station the prisoner threatened to " pull his liver out," seized him, and tore the arm from his coat. The jewellery, so called, which was shown to the Lord Mayor, was not worth Is. 6d. — The Lord Mayor fined the prisoner 10s. for the damage to the complainant's coat, with the alternative of 10 days' imprisonment, and a month's hard labour for assaulting him while in the execution of his duty as a police officer. Lord Kings ale. — This nobleman died on the 15th June at his residence, Eaton-square London. The late John Cons tan tine De Courcy, Lord Kingsale, Baron Courcy of Courcy, and Baron of Eingrone, premier baron in the peerage of Ireland, was the eldes t son of John Singleton, 28th lord, by Sarah, second daughter of Mr. Joseph Chadder, of Postlemouth, Deven. He was born sth November, 1827, and married Ist March, 1855, Adelaide, only daughter of Mr. Joshua P. B. Wostliead, of Lea Castle, Worcestershire. In default, we believe, of male iaaue, the title is inherited by his only brother, the Hon. Michael Conrad, who was born in December, 1828. The first peer, Sir John de Coarcy, who was distinguished in the wars of England, Gascony, andlreland (temp.Henry II,), iiaviug been champion of England in a dispute with France, King John granted him and his descendants the privilege of remaining covered in the preaeuce of the sovereign. Hi-nry VIII. granted a similar privilege (still extant) to an ancestor of the present Lord Forester, of wearing his hat in the rojal presence. American Names. — Amongst the many things which the Yankee boys and girls may well remember in their thanksgiving, should be that they are no longer named "Praise God Smith," or "Save-Lord-or-l-perish Tomkins," or "Enter-into-the-kingdom - of - heaven - through - much - tribulation -Dobbs." Nevertheless, I remember a freshman (from Connecticut, I think) at College in Carlisle, who declared that his name was Theodore God-bless-my-soul Primrose!— Fraser's Magazine.