DR. NAILOR--My lord, I am of opinion, that it will have a quantity if it be drowned; but if there be no water in the body, I believe that the person was dead before it was put into the water. COWPER--I would ask the doctor one question, my lord, Whether he was not a constant voter against the interest of our family in this corporation? DR. NAILOR--I never did come to give a vote but sir William Cowper, or his son, opposed me, and said I had no right to vote. COWPER--I would have asked the same question of the Dimsdales, if I had remembered it; they are of another party, as this gentleman is. HATSELL, BARON--It is not at all material, as they are witnesses. Then call Mr. Babington. (Who was sworn.) JONES--Pray, what is your opinion of this matter? BABINGTON--I am of opinion, that all bodies that go into the water alive and are drowned, have water in them, and sink as soon as they are drowned, and do not rise so soon as this gentlewoman did. COWPER--Pray, what is your profession, Sir? BABINGTON--I am a surgeon. COWPER--Because Mr. Jones called you doctor. HATSELL, BARON--Did you ever see any drowned bodies? BABINGTON--Yes, my lord, once I had a gentlewoman a patient that was half an hour under water, and she lived several hours after, and in all that time she discharged a great quantity of water; I never heard of any that went alive into the water, and were drowned, that floated so soon as this gentlewoman did; I have heard so from physicians. HATSELL, BARON--I have heard so too, and that they are forced to tye a bullet to dead bodies thrown into the sea, that they might not rise again. COWPER--The reason of that is, that they should not rise again, not that they will not sink without it. But I would ask Mr. Babington, whether the gentlewoman he speaks of went into the water voluntarily, or fell in by accident? BABINGTON--By accident, but I believe that does not alter the case. _Dr. Burnet_ was called, and expressed an opinion that if a person jumped into the water or fell in by accident they would swallow and inhale water as long as they were alive, but not afterwards; and that they would sink. _Dr. Woodhouse_ expressed the same opinion. If a person had swallowed water in drowning, signs of it would be visible some time afterwards. JONES--Call Edward Clement. (Who was sworn.) Are not you a seaman? CLEMENT--Yes, Sir. JONES--How long have you been so? CLEMENT--Man I have writ myself but six years, but I have used the sea nine or ten years. JONES--Have you known of any men that have been killed, and thrown into the sea, or who have fallen in and been drowned? Pray tell us the difference as to their swimming and sinking.