"In the cross-examination of the father by Mr. Dauncey, he was asked if he had always been a surgeon? The witness appealed to the Judge, if this was a proper _answer!_ and whether he must reply to it; and, at last, said: 'I am a _surgent_' Mr. Dauncey asked him to spell this word, which he did at several times, viz., 'Syurgunt, surgend, surgunt, sergund.' Mr. Dauncey said, 'I am afraid, Sir, you do not often take so much time to study the cases which come before you, as you do to answer my question.'--'I do not, Sir.'--Witness said he never employed himself as a gardener, but was a farmer until he learnt his present business. Mr. Dauncey asked, 'Who did you learn it of?'--'I learnt it of Dr. Holme, my brother-in-law; he practised the same as the Whitworth doctors, and they were regular physicians.'--Mr. Dauncey: 'Where did they take their degrees?'--Witness: 'I don't believe they ever took a degree.'--'Then were they regular physicians?'--'No, I believe they were not; they were only doctors.'--'Only doctors! were they doctors in law, physic, or divinity?'--'They doctored cows, and other things, and _humans_ as well.'--Judge to witness: 'Did you ever make up any medicine by the prescriptions of a physician?'--'I never did.'--'Do you understand the characters they use for ounces, scruples, and drachms?'--'I do not.'--'Then you cannot make up their prescriptions from reading them?'--'I cannot, but I can make up as good medicines in my way, as they can in theirs.'--'What proportion does an ounce bear to a pound?' (a pause)--'There are sixteen ounces to the pound; but we do not go by any regular weight; we mix ours by the hand.'--'Do you bleed?'--'Yes.'--'With a fleam, or with a lancet?'--'With a lancet.'--'Do you bleed from the vein, or from the artery?'--'From the vein.'--'There is an artery somewhere about the temples; what is the name of that artery?'--'I do not pretend to have as much learning as some have.'--'Can you tell me the name of that artery?'--'I do not know which you mean.'--'Suppose, then, I was to direct you to bleed my servant, or my horse (which God forbid), in a vein, say, for instance, the jugular vein, where should you bleed him?'--'In the neck, to be sure.'--The Jury, almost instantly returned a verdict for the plaintiffs!" Over-population, coupled with distress, was beginning to be felt; and the tide of emigration began to flow, naturally to America, because of its proximity, and consequent cheapness of Carriage: but Australia and New Zealand, also had their attractions--the flax (_Phormium tenax_) of the latter place having already been experimented upon at Portsmouth Dockyard, and favourably reported on as a good material for rope-making, and its cost, delivered here, was put down at £8 a ton, or a seventh of the then price of Hemp.