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C/ATALV CURE FOR HYDROPHOBIA. TO Tirr. EDITOR'OF THE STAR. Sin—Permit me, through the Medium of your Va luable Paper, to offer to the Public a few remarkiupon the cure of that dreadful disorder—Humor:wawa.— The melancholy instances of horrid torment and inevi table death ensuing from the bite of "Wald animals, which ate claPy seem recorded in the Newspapers, de maad the attention of those whose duty it is to watch over the health of the community, and to publish any thing which may prove successful, in cases which, ut,- . der the most scientilc - tieatnient, invariably terminate . fatally, when once the characteristiC symptoms of the dis-ase are fully dtvei.opett. - T:te poison•infircred by the bite of arabid animal is shia,Abreci/y of a specA; mime, and therefore its dele reri.,irs effects can only be counteracted by a s/ecjc re medy. Tilt doctrine of srecretca has been- so_ univer sally explo.led by the Faculty, that popular remedies • for particular diseases have been almost entirely es punge,.: from the Materia Medica: hence any medicine said to be ustqiil for the cure of any complaint, unless its mode of action can be explained upon rational and tcientific principlei, is denounced as a -nostrum, and held up to contempt and ridicule as the vilest quackery. About eitiht years ago a remedy was discovered by a Russian for the cure •of hydrophobia. He communi cated the discovery belted made-to the Cuilege of Phy sicians of Moscow. Under their sanction, it was pub lished as a specific for that horrid malady. This ac count was transmitted to the United States . by the Arne-. man Ambassador,: and advertised in the American Gazettes; from thence it - was copied -by many of the particulioly the Liverpool, Newspapets. . _ One of them, the Liverpool Mercury I thia;published a plate aryl full description of the plant to which I al little. Yet the rented . ) , has never been tried in this country, although the plant grows in almost every pond, ditch, and running stream, throughout the three kingddms. I have made numerous inquiries of the faCulty, and their answer uniformly was, that they had never heard of its being employed. The plant is known by the name of alisma plantagoi or great water plantain. It is arranged by Linnaeus, in the class Hexandtia and order Monogynia. his the only plant of that class and order in the Linmean arrangement hitherto discovered. The following is the description of - the plant given by Cuttis, in the " Flora Londinensis :" " Calyx, three.leaved—Tbe leaves ovate, a little pointed, cer cave, marked with lines. Corolla, petals three, roundish, purple, Sat, spreading. Capsules numerous, twelve or more, placed in a circle,—styles as numerous as the germina fiiinnm, upright. Stn. mata simple—the pistillum magnified. " there is no plat more common, -growing by the sides of ponds, rivers, and ditches. It Rowers In July, August, and September, when the plant is in its state of greatest activity." I think it my duty to state what I know ofits specific powers. Many persons may remember that a remedy for the Faison of the rattle-snake was purchased by the Assembly of the State of South Carolina, of a negro, by gising him his freedom, and settling upon him an an nuity of one hundred pounds for life for making the discovery known. It is as follows:—" Take of the roots'and branches of the herbs plaintain and horehound gathered in Summer, of each an equal quantity; bruise them in a mortar and express the juice. Of this ex pressed juice a table-spoonful is to be administered as, aoan as possible after the person has been bitten, or if the patient be swelleg, the same dose is to be forced down his throat." This quantity will generally effect a cur.', but if no relief be found in the course of an hour, the dose may be repeated, Which never fails in effecting a cure. If the plants be dry, they must be moistened with a little water. A leaf of good tobacco dipped in rum may be applied to the wound. The above specific for curing the bite of the rattle-snake was subjected to the severest trial. The negro by whom it was disclosed, stripped off his shoes and stockings, and jumped into a tub amongst half a. dozen large sized rattle-snakes, in pre . sence of most of the Members of the Assembly. Several other negroes also allowed themselves to be bitten for a bottle of rum, so great was their confidence in the remedy. The negro reverted the effects of the poison taking place in himself and in all the others who were bitten. It was impossible so large and tespectable a body as composed the State Legislature, could be de ceived in regard to the specific powers of the remedies employed by the negro. This discovery was adver tised for the benefit of mankind. No sooner was it pub lished, than many attempts were made in various parts of the country to cure the bite of the I attle-snake, but every experiment totally failed. It was *rally curious to hear the numerous conjectures which were afloat, how it wits possible for the poor negro to have prae-' tried such a deception ; with which Pt Rice Iluhenlohe's miracles cannot for a moment be compared. In proof of the efficacy of the Prince's pniyers, I ss ould suggest to his followers, that they should try the experiment of the poor negro, and see if his prayers would be equally successful. Thisexperiment would put the Prince's powers to the beseteit imaginable, and would make superstition, folly, and ignorame; appear in their true characters. At the suggestion of the late Dr. Baron, President of the College of Physician's of S:ruth Carolina, who con sidered it_the duty cf the profession to put the remedy., to the fairest trial, a number of experiments were in• stunted. lie applied to me to furnish him with all tire' different species of plaintain and horehound to be found i n th e State. Rattle-snakes were procured in abun dance by Mr. Bankshaw, of Ashly Ferry. Old horses, hogs, dogs, cats, rabbits, poultry, and wild fowl, were fed with the different kinds of plantain and horehound, and then the snakes were allowed to bite them. But, with the exception of the hogs, every one of them died within twenty-four hours, - and many of them•in one hour; and some in fifteen minutes, after the wound was inflicted. Seeing that the hogs only escaped, we supposed that the greasy nature of their flesh 'prevented the poison from taking any effect upon them ; and that the ne gives must haie rubbed their legs and feet with oil as a prevemi‘ e of the poison; by which.means they had deceived the spectators. Therefore we oiled and greased the animals w►th olive and other oils and, with hog's fat, and have oil and fat internally, before they were bitten, but every one of them died as speedily as before. We then tried mercury, antimony, acids, common salt, ammonia, iiher, laudanum ) , and other narcotics arid antispasmodics, the fixed alkalis, and every other remedy said to be a specific, but without effect, as every animal died, exhibiting the same phenomena as if nothing had neen applied. excepting those symptoms which arose from the acid and corrosive substances applied with the hope of counteracting the poison. The specific. action of the poison apfears . to he.ch;efly confined to the muscles. After its infli,t;on powerful in uscular contractiOns t ike place over the whole body, the muscles are highly inflamed, a coldness and con u- :gation of the skin surround the part which was bitten: violent spasms resembling tetanus Supervene, followed by mortification. A friend of mine at Savannah died in consequence of being- bitten by a snake in the hand. When they took hold of has arm to place him in-the coffin, the arm came off at the shoulder-joint. Seeing the failure, of the negro's supposed remedies' -in all the '.experirilents which we tried, I was strongly impressed with the idea • that wrong names had been given to the plants in queaion. I lost no opportunity afterwards in endeavouring to discover what those plants really were. On going to lecture botady at Augusta, I mentioned the failure which Ifad occurred at Charleston. Dr. Powell,. of Augusta, WAS present with the Legislature when the reward was granted to the negro ; and he WAS astonished at the observations , made by me upon die subject. He assured the that he had, since the discovery was' made known, succeeded in curing upwards of 150 per sons who-had been bitten; and invited me, and several of my class, to breakfast with him, when he would pre sent a number of his cored cases for our inspection. 'truly surprised was Ito find that, in some instances, a cure had been effected, even after mortification of the bitten part, to a considerable extent, had actually taken place, and had left deep scars. I asked perinission to see the plant. He led me to a swamp ; and, instead of a simple plantain, he pointed out to me the alisma plan tago, one of the most active plants in nature; and, from its known antispasmodic powers, I have no doubt of its lbeing equally a specific for Hydrophobia and Tetanus, as it has proved to be for the poison of the Rattle-snake. In order to induce the faculty to give its virtues a fair trial, as an antispasmodic, I may observe that I have frequently seen cattle, which have eaten the alivna, completely paralysed, so that they could not stand. As Ideath ensues from the excessive stimulant action of the poison of the rattle-snake, and of the saliva of a rabid animal upon the muscular system, I consider that a cure is effected by the peculiar sedative power of the alisma, or antispasmodic, relaxing the spasm, and I be lieve it will be found to be an effectual specific for the cure of these two dreadful maladies. The best mode of administering the alistras pLatago, in cases of Hydrophobia and Tetanus, when the diffi culty of swallowing comes on, is to scrape about an ounce of the solid root, and let it b 4 eaten between two slices of bread. The dose to be repeated in about an hour, if the spasms are not telieved. 87, Great RuseU.street, Sept. 6. CHAS. WHITLAW. THE DISINTERMENT OF .1161. ES PARIS, SEPTEMBER 19. Yesterday the Cafés of Paris emptied themselves into St. Geimain's, which was thronged at an early hour, for the purpose of witnessing the august ceremony of removing the royal remains of James 11. King of: Eng land, which were unexpectedly discovered, a short tin* since, by the workmen employed in digging the founda tion of the new church, which is building upon the wits of the old edifice, which was found to be in so ;ruinous a state as to be utterly incapable of repair. The road was thronged with carriages of all descriptions, and pedestrians of all classes. The ceremony, which was conducted with great solemnity, began with a psi._ _cession of Priests in their sacerdotal vestments, who, on entering the chapel built for the temporary purposes or religious worship, on a spot nearly adjoining the church, _performed the service of Mass in a most impressive manner. The speetatori, who were very numerous, seemed greatly affected by the whole scene, which was, strikingly grand, and replete with moralassociations. The entrance to the chapel was hung with a canopy of black cloth, as was the interior. The coffin, containing the royal remains, was placed upon a stage in the shape of a magnificent mausoleum, hung round with tesse lated drapery of the deepest mourning. The whole was surmounted with the royal diadem of gold, placed oa a rich cushion of crimson velvet ; over the whole of which was thrown a veil of black crape, which softened, without concealing, their splendour. Towards the close of the service, the remains of the Royal Sovereign were removed, in great state, to the altar, beneath which the attendants proceeded to deposit it, with ail those solem nities, io powerful in their effect, which distinguish the Catholic Church service. The whole ceremony closed about two o'clock. On a plain black tablet, iu the front of the altar, is the following inscription : D. 0. M. 3otsu GIOILOU IV. Alava Britannia, et Regis Et Curate &lone Esc. CAROL° STUART Regis Britannia) Legato. Cateris antea rite pencils Et quo decet honors In stirpeni regiam Hie nuper drogue Recondite turn relicdse. Jactuu 11. Quo in second() civitatis • Gradu Claris triutnphis - In primo infelicitor Post varies fortulue cams In spew meiloris vitz Cet beats Die quikvit in Domino - Anno )4DCCI. V. ldus Septembris. MDCCCXXIV. • Immediately under the above tablet, and within the tails of the communion table is a plain altar, with the following inscription : Ces Deposallles Royale, Soot lei deposees Zn attendant • _ Qu'elles orient placees Dans un Monument plus Convenable, quand la Nouvelk Esllse Sera constructe. When the-new church will be in a condition to receive " Ces deponilles Rollales," is very doubtful, as it is now fljiy years since it was begun, and it is not yet advanced beyond Vie construction of about half a dozen pillars and a sid: . The quantity of fermented liquor of all kinds con. sumed in England is twenty two times-as great as in Scotland, and the proportion for each inhabitant is nearly four times as great. In Scotland there is twice as much small beer used as strong—in England there is five times as much strong beer used as small. Taking the amoant of duty paid as the criterion of the strength, which will give a more accurate result than any other mode of calculation, we shall find that the real quantity of the fermented juice of malt consumed io England is actually forty times as great as in Scotland; and the quantity swallowed by each Englishman isdearly seven times as great as falls to the share of his brother of the north. The Scotchman consumes more than twice the quantity of pure spirit that an Englishman does. , SUAIIIER ASSIZES. • LANCASTEI4 SSPTEMBER 11. . HOLT V. IMITH MW Thls was an action brought - by the plaintiff to weaver i eottipen. sation in damages from the defendant Smith, for au assault com mitted upon her by SMith's wife. Mr. Scannas, in stating the case to the Jury, informed them that the plaintiff in this cause was a widow woman of great - virtue and respectability, residing at Wrigley-bridge, near Bury; and that the defendant was an inhabitant of the same place, who carried on the business of a cotton-spinner. The present action was brought for the purpose of recovering a compensation in damages for an as sault, which the wife of the defendant had committed on the plaintiff. A few days before that mentioned in the declaration, Mrs. Smith, the wife of the defendant, saw the plainti ff , Mrs. Holt, walking in i the street, and publicly Applied to her an expression which no wo man ebtild bear without offence. In a day or two afterwards, Mn. Holt and Mrs. Smith met in the high toad, whep the plaintiff, ex pecting to find Mrs. Smith In a milder mood, asked Whether she bad meant to ipply to her the term which she hid used some days before ? Mrs Smith replied,that .be did: and then, stithoot any further provocation, Threw at her several Urge stones, of which one bruised her severely, and brake upon bet head a put, which, in breaking, inflicted upon her a severe art dangerous bruise. From the effects of these blows the glaintiff had suffered seriously for a long time ; she had been two months under the care of a surgeon, and even at this moment could not boast of the re-establishment of her health. Several witnesses were then called, who described the assault t• have taken place .under the precise circumstances mentioned in Me t Scarlett's speech. They all denied that, the plaintiff had given any blew or used any abusive language. to Mrs. Smith. Dr. Hande l Greenball, a physiam at Bury, proved the nature of the wounds received by the plalntifE Before she received them, the plaintiff was a jolly-19°1114g woman of pleat:l7k habits ; since that time lad been perpetually bu t be would not sa7 in consequence of dams' blows. He had himself attended her for more than a month. Mr. Motion/tat, for the defendants, asserted that his client had received provocation of a nature which no woman could bear, before she was guilty , of this assault. After:a reply from Mr. &Auer,. Mr. Baron iltn.i.ocis sum med up the evidence, and the Jury returned a verdict for the plain -tiff—Damages £45. CHESTER, SEPTEMBER 11. • Lhn Bret Omall, labourer, was indicted for feloniously marrying Maria Bootherstone, spinster, in Manchester, on the 26th February List, his former wife being still living. John Lees proved that ht was present at both marriages, and that prisoner represented himself as a widower on the second marriage. Both wives wire also proved to be still living. The prisoner made no defence —Goilly.—Sentence recorded. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. M A NS FON-HOWSE Mr. R. Daewoo% a ship-owner and merchant, residing at Old Swan Stairs, appeared to an information for having refuted to pay a seaman, named Edward Burns, his wages. Morns said, that on , the 9th July, he was applied to by Captain Moffatt, and having attended at the defendant's counting-house, he was engaged by him as cook to goon board the Maria, a voyage to Batavia—his pay was 21. ts. per month. He understood front the Captain that Mr. Thornton was the owner, and when out at sea he became much alarmed when Dutch colours were hoisted. At Batavia be requested to be discharged, which was done with the consent of Miss Thorn ton, the defendant's sister, Who said her brother was owner, and would.pay his wages. He was engaged in the Henry, anti came to England, when he applied for payment. but. was refused. Mr. Thornton said be was not the owner of the ship, and had nothing to do with it. The Loan Km& Was of opinion that, in point of law, u wlll as in justice, Mr. Thornton waf bound to pay the demand; bet Mr. Robinson, who attended for the sailor, claimed the costs that had been incu rred in endeavouring to recover the demand. Mr. Thornton said he should appeal to the Admiralty Court, and again said, that he wad not the owner of the ship, but that it be longed to a person in Antwerp. Mr. Robinson declared, that he pursued the case from feeling as well as from professional duty, and that he would see justice done to the poor man ; he would carry the cause to the High Court of Admiralty, and compel Mr. Thornton to pay the demand.—The parties thenseparated. BOW-STREET. The Magistrates were sadly pestered yesterday with a wearisome argumentation on an often-decided . quesdon—aris. whether or not It be lawful for a man to erect an iron railing in front of his house, without the consent of the Commissioners appointed under Mr. Michaei Angelo Taylor's Aft being first bad and obtained. It arose out of an information under the aforesaid Act, by Mr. Stutely, surveyor of pavements in the parish of St. Martin in the Fuld', against 'Mr. Charles Pitt, of the Adelphi, for having erected an iron railing in front of his dwelling-house, in Adam -street, Adelphi, contrary to the provisions of the said Act, and to the great incon venience of the Public. To this information Mr. Charles Pitt raised so many objections, and argued thereupon so stoutly, that the mauer was in hand two good hours by" Shrewsbury clock," and I then be was convicted in the penalty of forty sbillings—from which conviction he said he should appeal. Joins Mimes( AND ?NZ EMIDAUt Partoa.—One Matthew a recently imported Faneralder, was brought to this office the ' day, on suspicion of having st olen four silver tea-spoons, mark* P.M. one ditto marked A.G. and one silver table-spoon, with tutu, mark clumsily erased. lie was, working as a pavior, in Pic and one of Mrs. Coutts's servants had pointed him out to the as having offered to sell the spoons to a passing Jew, who, barite' that Mat Kelfey hid not come honestly by them, refused to deal t-1 Be that a. it may, however, wisest the patrol approached Mat Kel fey, he tried to bolt down Bolton-street; and this giving some colour to the suspicion, they brought him before the Magistrate. In his defence he said, " Faith, I found them spoons when I corned up in the Limped waggon from Bristol," which being Avery unsatisfactory defence, the Magistrate ordered that the spoons should be advertised, and at Kelley detained for further examination. Shortly after he was locked up, one Mr. John Brown, a very worthy- and fat Gentleinan from Essex, was ordered to fi nd bail for a trifle of battery, or something of t hat kind, and having no bail ready, he was locked up in the same cell with honest Mat Kelley, the spoon-finder. This gave them an opportunity of conversing together, and John Brown, it seems, was determined that their confabulation should be pro bona publico, for when Mat Kelfey was brought up yesterday for re-examination, John Brown peesented himself before Sir Iticnaan Mem, as a witness against the unfor tunate Mat. Nay, so full was be of-the importance of his evidence, that be disturbed the worthy Magistrate, whilst he was at break fast, to tell him what a sad rascal he had di scovered MatKelfey to be. So, when Maf , [Liffey was placed at the bar, John Brown was ( called forward, and.be began—When you were plesied to order me to be locked up; the &bey day, Sir Richard—whicn wag all very right—twas put -into the some cell with this Mr. Mat Kel fey—this tall chap at the bar here; and I said to him—" So $s come front Ireland, my honest friend?"—" Sure I do," said he.— " Then," said I, " you know Captain Rack ?"—" Faith do I," said be, " and a mighty good fellow he is."—Well, thinks I, you're a nice man, I don't think! Then I said to bim—" Since you think Captain Rock such a good fellow, perhaps you have been with hint at some of his burnings?"--" Sure I have," said he, and I got them spoons." " You're a d—d liar !" cried Mat Kelfey, interrupting the thread of John Brown's narration—" You r re a d—d !—ye didn't ax me about Captain Rock at all--barrin ye aid me if I bad heard of him, and I said I lad—but ye toad me his Worship had sent ye in to me to pump me about them spoons, and I told ye, ye were a good-looking thief for such a job !—and sure enough its Goo's truth you are. Didn't ye begin telling me ye were a sergeant, that helped to smash the Croppies all over ould Ireland? And didn't ye say ye should like to be after serving them the same that day? And didn't ye ax me if I was at Vinegar-hill?—and when I tould ye I wasn't ould enough for that, didn't ye say I was a lying blackguard Croppy, for ye saw me there amongst the rest orem? And didn't ye tell me ye'd hang nit., and smash me, and his Wotship had tould ye to give it to me well ?" Poor Mat Kelley put these questions with such rapidity, that John Brown was completely bothered with them—the more cape cidly as he did not stem able to answer them negatively. At last, when Mat Kelley was out of breath, John Brown took up the inters rugatory,and solemnly asked..." When I first came into your cell—" " Jfy cell!" cried. Mat Kelley, again% interrupting him—" Yy cell! sure it was your cell as well as mine that day any huw ! " " Well," said John Brown, " that's neither here nor there, you knovi. When I care into the cell did not you ask me what they could do to you about the spoons ? and did I not tell you I thought they would haul you at the very knit ?" " No, didn't ye ! " replied Mat Kelley ; not a word of it, one side or. %other. Ve're what I call a good.looking ugly pled of compact roguery—wend bad luck to ye for it / For what should I say anything about the spoons when I found - them hOnestly iqy the road side?" John Brown made no answer to this Miestion, and Sir RicualtD .--having very good hunouredly dismissed John Brown with thinks for his services, remanded Mat Kelfey for fatter' ehaninatico. Pie spoons bore the Lid hall mark, be *aids 304'4t woilld be neees. nary for him to make further inquiry respeetittgthbniattld their finde r . &I ATTObI-.6 A UDEN. Willies Roberts, a milk-carrier, in the service &ans field and Howell, dairymen, was charged with bade* refused to perform the contract entered into by.lalm et she period of his ms. tgagement, and with maliciously exciting Others Wirth the service, The defendint endeavoured to account for his quitting the s ee . vice by charging his employers with mit ihivieg performed soo t s promise regarding their finding him is a lodicing. The prisoner was then committed to the House of Coreec t i o , for one month, being a mitigated term of imprisomaiwg, MA R LBOROU 11-STREET. Ceram OF ifOßst STlLaulea.—George Withethaft, who &sailed filmsetf as if horse-dealer, was charged with detaining a h one, who , 75 Owes, which had been entrusted to another horse-dealer named Poway for sale.—Remanded. A WY-LA..130N NE OFFICE. InforMation was given to the Magistrates of a most violent an brutal assault having been on Sunday night committed on the per' :son of an old woman of the name of Connor. The vv.:moan, it ay. pears, is a feniale of the lowest order, and was seen by some pervert early on the night in question, in the New Road, in a state of ic. toxication. At run-rise the folloaring morning she was discovered by some labourers, who were going td their work, in a shed in 1 11)Ister-place, New Road, with her head severely fractured, and in "a senseless state. • She was removed to the parish Infirmary, and certificate front Mr. Goodyeri the surgeon, was yesterday handed ta the Magistrate, stating that her life was In Imminent danger. Th e woman is now sensible, and says that the injury was occasioned by a blow given to her by a watchman with his staff. A man who watches pear the spot has been stews to her, and she immediately declared him to be the assailant. The man was brought before 'h e 'Magistrate yesterday, bet there being no evidence to isistain t h e charge, it was ordered to stand over. UNION-HALL Jobs Groses,O man of respectable appearance, who described himself as a blacking-rnanufacturer, was charged with felony. The prisoner ordered 1 cwt. 2 qrs. of nut galls to be sent to his manufac tory, aod promised to pay for them on delivery. having refused to pay the order, Messrs. Bowling and Walker, 'druggists, of Kent street, who b ad supplied thence, requested they might be sent hick, and having been threatened with proceedings, he sent back the ar ticles, but they were found to be 3 clbs. deficient in weight. The prisoner declared that he gave up the nut galls withoot swims one of them.—Remanded. INFANTiCibt.—A murder of an infant, under cir ca mstances of unusual and appalling barbarity, occurred - a few days ago, near Scot's House, in the county of Monaghan. A young unmarried woman, the daughter of a farmer sin comfortable circuritstarices, and rather above the common class, had been visibly With child for some time past ; and report attributed k to an illicit in tercourse with .a Roman Catholic Clergyman, who was intimate at the house, and whom report stated to have seduced and got pregnant another sister, who was some time ago delivered, though no trace was ever heard of the infant. A few days since, the young-woman lay in ; and shortly after, her father, mother, and two uncles were in the room with the door closed ; and a servant outside heard the cry of the child, and also heard its mother say to her own mother, " Oh, mother, don't kill my child.' There was no appearance of the infant afterwards. Suspicion was excited, by the general knowledge that the young woman lay in—the disap pearance of the infant—the former confinement of her sister—and the disappearance of that child ; and from some hints which fell from the servant maid, it search was made about the place, which led to the discovery of a fresh-interred child, and the bones of another, in an old • fort near their house. The discovery carved ti e mother of the child, her parents, and her uncles to ab scond. Colonel Madden, of Hilton, a Magistrate, has been exerting himself for their apprehension, and the elucidating of this dreadful atrocity ; but as yet his ea• ertions have not succeeded. Some years ago, a man named Collins, formerly a teacher, went out to America. His wife, who is dis ordered in her mind, was left behind With her relations in Dundee ; but with the understanding that as soon as he obtained a settlement she was to Sent for. In March list year, she and her slaughter sailed for Ns. York from Greenock; and, on their arrival, were met by Collins, who, as himself communicated at the time, carried them five hundred miles up the country: To the utter amazement of her friends, however, the un happy woman made her appearanee ainbtig them yes terday (Wednesday). How she made her way through the trackless paths of America—by what means shegos acrois the Atlantic—orlow the reached Dindee from the British port where she first landed —are mysteries not yet penetrated. All that can be gathered from her incoherent story is, that she laboured under a delusion as to the identity of her husband; and the person she took for him havidg, as she imagines, threatened her with violence, she left him.—Dundee Advertiser. Under the .name of exorcism, the Catholic liturgi contains a form of procedure for driving out devils. Even with the help of this instrument, the operation cannot be performed with the desired su:cess, but by an operator qualified,by holy orders for the working of this as well as so many other wonders. In our days, and in our country,the same object is attained, and be yond comparison more effectually, by so cheap an ird Patrument as a common Newspaper. Before this tali,- man, not only devils, but ghosts, vampires, witches, and all their kindred tribes, are driven out of the land, never to return again; the touch of holy water is not so Intolerable to them as the bare smell of printer', ink. BIRTHS. Op the !Sat inst. the Lady of George %ciao°, Esq. of Great Cerans4treet, Ituasellequare, of a son. Anglia 8, at Milan, her Imperial Highness the consort of tie Viceroy of Italy, of a Prince. MARRIED. Friday, Major Loftus Gray, late of the Rifle Brigade, - to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of the late Rev. J. Le Mirchant. DIED. Nov. Bth last, after a few hours' illness, in the 75th year of his age, Mr. William Scrim, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Liultcd States, and formerly 9f the City of London. • Sept. 5. Miss Patoun, - daughter of the Ilev. William Patna. late Minister of )gaily. At Perky's) the 294 ult. Lady Margaret Arbuthnot Ogiley,.sged three years apd five months, youngest daughter of the Earl of Air iy. At Trostree, in the parish of Twyaboim, in Galloway, Mare &Mu*, wife of Ur. Robert Connell, aged 90. 'rigs vwterabir couple had lived for many years in a lonely cottage, at a co nsider. able distance froM any neighbour. On the 2d inst. the old %wenn' wit to same distance to bring home a burden of pear l ea sflg !per aged partner in bed. A considerable time elapsed, and his wile dal not return. At last his uneasiness became so great, that with mucli dificulty he got out of bed, and went in quest of her, and, to his inexpressible grief, found her lying speechlep, 'with the burden of pests on her trick. 4-le had then to go fully a mile Tor help to !i -nane her home, which was accomplished before the vital sinrit,h.sl fled: but sh!villinall very molt - after; • 311 •la lila. 1 0 i IS DAT• Dubto Waterford 1 0 Guerusey aa.l Jersey 1 0 Whom 0 0 Francs tiambursh Fmndirts Brazils rinitentlisreb Anutrica ISM O . 1 1 O 0 O 0 O. 0 O 0 Haan& ' 0 0 Jamaics 0 0 HIGH- WATUR at LON DON-BRIDGR TO.lllolllllo*. rlinuldles ear /,he.r..r • • - 40 01.muteit allr t Lossox Prinkd cued Published by J. P. Kt.► i.v, fa the Sum Orriclk No. I, Pockati-Ilact, Tesvie • Dar. • Pr .