MEMOIR OF Dll WRIGHT. _^~ T49 



shore was naturally solicitous that his son should have 

 the assistance of a skilful and devoted friend like Dr 

 Wright, under this most grievous of all human cala- 

 mities ; and it is highly probable, from the generous 

 and disinterested disposition of Dr Wright, that, if 

 the son of his friend had been less amply endowed 

 with the means of securing the best medical assistance, 

 he would readily have surrendered his own personal 

 comfort and convenience to relieve the anxiety of Dr 

 Garthshore. As matters stood, however, he felt 

 himself justified in declining so painful a task ; and 

 in doing so, he recommended a physician who had 

 been originally made known to him by Dr Garth- 

 shore himself. The recommendation of Dr Wright 

 was adopted, but the consequences of the appointment 

 assumed in the sequel a very serious aspect. It be- 

 came necessary for Dr Garthshore to call the medi- 

 cal attendant of his son to account in Chancery re- 

 garding Mr Garthshore's pecuniary concerns, for 

 the purpose of restraining him from farther inter- 

 ference. The result was a Chancery law-suit, with all 

 its proverbial delays and inconveniences. In the 

 month of April 1807, Dr Wright was called to Lon- 

 don to give his evidence on the subject before the ar- 

 bitrators ; and his feelings appear to have been deeply 

 interested in the issue, from the involuntary share he 

 had had in forming the connection from which the 

 proceedings had originated. 



It had long been the habit of Dr Garthshore's 

 mind to lean with confidence on the firmer intellect of 

 Dr Wright, for advice and direction in the manage- 



