The National Register. — London, England, 1816-07-15 00:00:00

DOUBLE CONSCIOUSNESS. The Medical Repository furnishes the following sin- 1 gular article, communicated by Dr, Mitchill to the Rev. Dr. Soft, dated Jan. 1816 : Where I was employed early in Deceinher, 1515, with seve ral other Gentlemen, in doing the ditty of a visitor to the United States Military Academy at West Peint, A tr , !ry extraordinary case of double cfneciovanem, in a woman, was related to me by one of the Professors. Major Ellicott, who so worthily oceopies the mathematical chair in that seminary, snitched for the cor rectness of the following narrative, the subject of which is re lated to him l,y blood, and an inhabitant of one of the Western counties of Pennsylvania : Miss It-- , possessed natttrally a very food constitution, and arrived at adhlt age without having It Impaired by disease. She possessed an excellent capacity, and enjoyed fair opportu nities to acquire knowledge. Besides the domestic arts and social attaininents, she had improved her 'Mud by reading obd conversation, and was well versed in penmanship. 'ler mem ennry was capacious, and stored with a copious stock of ideas. Unexpectedly, and without any forewarning, she fell into a pro found sleep, which continued several hours beyond the ordina ry'-tarm. On waking, she was discovered to has e lost every trait of acquired knowledge. Her memory was tabula rasa—. all vestiges, both of Is ordsand things, were obliterated and gone. It war found necessary for her to learn every thing again. She even acquired, by new etbirts, the arts of spelling, reading, Writing, and calculating, and gradually became nermaintell with the persons atid objects ariontil, like a being for the first time into the world, lit these exerekes she made elm siderable proficiency. Hut, after a tew months, another tit of somnolency invaded her. fgu rousing front it she found herself restored to flue state she was bet Ore the Armt paroaysin : but was wholly ignorant of es try event and oceuttemee that laid befallen her afterwards. The former condition of her existence the now calls the old state, and the latter the tietc state ; and she is as unciiiistions of her dos/lc character, it• two distinct persons are of their respective natures. For example, in her old state, 9hr possesses all her original knowledge t in her new state Only what she OCtfilift d since. If any Gentleman or Lady be intro duced to her in the old state. and tier rine, and so of all other matters, to know them satisfactorily she must learn them in both states. In the old state she. possesses tine powers of peto In:sushi p ; while in the newi she writes a poor and awkward hand, having mit had time or means to bcc e expert. During four years and upwards she It:lstituto-gone periodical transit' strum one of these states to the other. The alterations ore always conseipient upon a long and sound sleep.—Both the Lady and her family are now capable of emulneting the affair without endiarrarsment. Ily simply knowing w kettle,. she is in the ticsv or old state, they regulate the intercourse, and govern them selves accordingly. A history ot her curious case is drawing hp by the Rev. Timothy Aldin, of Meadville, The superintentendance or editorship of the new at• tangement of the Statutes is, we believe, not yet deter mined upon ; although report has given it to a professional of great eminence. 'the duty will be very heavy, and attach considerable responsibility, although Subject to the over-ruling direction of the joint Com mittee of both H..uscs of Parliament. It will engage several years before the public can expect to reap any benefit from it ; as, if it be done in the mode of index, no part can be published until the v.'hole is finished up to the last Session ; as the last letter may take in some law then enacted. We believe that no estimate of the ex pence has or could be made, but that an annual vote of a sum for remuneration will be preferred ; and the in structions are not yet published. I:street of a letter, dated George -town, Demerara, Slay gd, At length the thumlnr has burst upon the devoted colonies. You will hese all the particulars of the insurrection at thu ha does, and I only now wish to give you a faint ides of the 'alarm in this rich and flout ishing colony. When we may lie called to the combat, I know thot ; but our situation is most distressing. Our population is about 30 blacks to one white person. Our force consists of about .' or 000 troops in the ex tensive colonies of Demerata and Essequibo; anti the only militia that can lw of any use are those in town, consisting of about 300, badly diseiplinctil, Wr have no place of arms, no fortifications; an open defenceless town, with a small hattery towards the rivet. open entirely in the rear. Martial law is Ant yet proclaimed, but we expect it every hour. lam given to mole' stand it is our governor's intention to call out the sea nwn front the merchant vessels to do garrison and town duty. Property is dreadfully depreciated; an estate, worth, a few Months ago, 20,0001., may be purchased. I should think, for or 13,0001.; and esery other description of property in the twine situation." A letter from Milan, dated June 14, says—" From the observations made with the Pluvimeter et the Observa tory, it appears, that since 1773, about the era of the introduction of Conductors (to preserve buildings from lightning) upon the old Continent, the quantity of ruin has increased in the enormous proportion of one-tifth, and the decrease of heat, and the coldness of the aim the coldness of tL earth, has been in the same proportion. " A great number of curious persons and men of learning are gone to Villeja, in the I)uehy of Placentia, to be present at the excavations, which were to be con tinued on a great scale ; they have been resumed upon a earl cpposite to that which has been hitherto followed. Since the death of the Duke nothing has been done to discover the city of Villeja, the capital of a flourishing republic, and which di►appearel by a catastrophe, of which the details are in Pliny. Some private baths have been discovered, and gold medals, of the reign of Trojan. Two statues of Vesta have also been discovered by several marble columns. It is hoped the whole city will be discovered. Villeja will rise from its ruins to astonish the world. Two hundred thousand francs have been placed at the disposal of the antiquary, Peter Lama, to direct all these labours, in concert with the engineer, TIIP, ATIONAT. nmisTrit. PROIINCIALS. rr•.ricv COLUMN AT ALNWICK. On the lit in•taot e the tomillatimoitone was laid of a column, erecting at Alimiek, by the Duke of!torthumberiaml's tenant., to perpetrate the man) :errs of his Grftt.toi benevolence and generosity, whim A gio.lt concourse of people collecit-t1 to ace the ceremony Upon that uccaiion, Uhieli was ticarly us fol. low.: The tenant!. !lasing aviernbled by noon at the White swan Inn, the conipanr walked from thence in the following order, viz.— ht. A band <emu:ie.-441y. A gent/lintel tarrying a blue and yel lo* satin Hap, with the following inscription M gold and bloc letters, interchangeably." in honouriddwir most munificent landlord, Huth, /rewind fluke of Nor liumberiand; by his grateful tenantry. Ist July, Int The architect, with a highly finished silver trowel, or namented with appropriate devices and inscriptions..-athly. One of the principal tenants. bearing a basket with corn, wine, and oii.-41thly. Twenty sine of the oldest tenants, who had either been Jo years them. helves, or whose ancestors had been upwards of 11 - 0 years on his (: race F !gate' two and two. with white wands in their hands, and blue and welter* favours on their left breasts.—fithly. A gentleman (*trying the ittil of the late Percy tenantry Volunteers, hernictleally doted in a ghats tube.-.wlthly. Two elcrgynien in their grtatm—osthly. Thy stand ing Committee, tWo and twos and then the rest of the principal tenants. On arriving at the irtuntiii, which is a commanding spot, at the entrance of Aloe irk t the south, the procession •ur rounded the futindation, which had been railed off, and the glass tune was delivered to the architect, to he plated with so me m e a d 's, i t . a cavity, cot in the lowest stone to receive them. The tithe contained the names of the tenants who com posed the late Percy tenantry Volnnteers, whirls corps con sisted of upwards of I.s4iii men, and had this memorandum at tache/Ito the list, which coveted a laet.' •lieet of vellum:— " foil of the Percy tenantty volunteer artillery. cat,.lry, and rifle men. who. during 11 years of war, were clothed. paid. and in every tespect main'ained in arms, at the sole carols: of that prinetly pa triot, Hugh, sceondLe of Northumberland. Knight of the Garter, who placed the noble heir of his house, Earl Percy. at their head. lie, pursuing the example of his exalted father, stood forward early in tot defence of his country ; :old his followers in a-ms, joining the other tenants of the Noble Nike. anxious to record tlkir attachment to the Percy family, have caused this list of the persons composing his Lord ship s corps to be laid tinder the column which the tenants are raising with their own hands, to record for ever Ili. Grace's many acts of Mu nificence and geherosny." The cause of this depo'it being explained to the company, the large centre stone for the !wilding was rolled over it, and the 21 oldest tenants e.t.a thtintgli the usual ceremony of using the trowel l after which the et • was rivetied down, with strong item kits, Inn in with lead, to the entire helotr, where every Ptone Was from three to live tons each, and brought front a quarry two miles otl. The Clergyman of the pariA now getting on the pile, said, " Let us pray ;" upon which aboitt 21) Masons knelt around him, the people uncovered, and et etc vas tremelj silent and attentive, while a prat rr was read. After the benediction, the corn, Wine. and oil, we me poured upon the stone, the company gave thu cc diem., and 1 guns were tired. The proce.dou returned to the Swan in the same order. Notwithstanding the number of people collected, their conduct was most orderly and quiet, and no accident occurred to interrupt the rejoicing of the day. At four o'clock, the principal tenants having again collected at the Inn, distributed ale to the populace, and walked to the Town.hall, where they dined. 'fhe business of the day was enlarged upon in several speeches ; many awpropriate toasts wily drank, which were followed by applicable Nue% from the band, a nd a f ew songs closed the festivities of the ev • g with the greatest harmony and good hutinonr, attended with this singular coin cidence, that the num ocr of gentlemen who happened to dine Corresponded with the age of their Noble Landlord. Holkhant Sheep•sheating commenced on Monday, the Ist iust. The company began to assemble about 10 o'clock, and proceeded to Longlands, where the shearers were at work in Mr. Billion's barn. The neatness of the shearing was, as usual, much admired. Notwithstanding the rainy weather most part of the day, the company did nut return to the Hall till three u'clork ; when about 100 Noblemen, Gentlemen, and Farmers, sat down to dinner; Mr. Coke presiding at one table, and the Dukr of Bedford at the other. One of the most festive, and at the same time amicable and orderly days ever passed in Stamford, was spent on Tuesday sennight, the day on width the Marquis of Exeter completed his 21st year. Numerous parties sat down at different inns, and a company of 140 (invited in the name of the Mayor) at the Town hall. The state of health of the Marquis did not permit his attendance; but the entertainment at all the places was most abmidant and handsome ; the total number of guests, abont 670, comprising all the friends of the Burghley Interest in the town. 'the noble British lICVCTiI2C brewed at the time of the Martinis's birth had been supplied liberally, in addition to the wines and other liquors, at the public-houses where par ties dined; and the generous stingo told its tale in all st ho freely indulged in it. Some of this ale w as handed about at the Town hall ; In flavour and colour it very much resembled old hock — in effect, it was brandy. Not the least interesting feature of the celebration at Stamford was a procession of 1.16 girls of the Madras School thmingh the town and into Burghley Park ; the children were afterwards regaled with a dinner of roast beef and plum-pudding in their school.room (hong with festoons of flowers, and otherwise decorated for the occasion); and several Ladies and Gentlemen, friends of the Institution, served as waiters to the yonng party at the entertainment. Ninety-nine children belonging to the Charity School in St. Martin's also were treated with tea ; 307 women in Stamford were enter tained iu the salute way ; 200 widuas received :Is. each ; all the soldiers' wives. whose husbands were absent, received 25. 6d. ; 66 men and women in the different hospitals received the like sum ; and, generally, it was Snell a day of jubilee in Stamford and the neighbourhood as has nut been kuowu for many years. Saturday morning a dreadful accident betel J. Perkins, at Downham mar►et, who wrs driving a earl laden with mackerel from Norwich. He was found dead on the road near Mark• ham, with his face shockingly bruised, and quite covered with 13 peds of mackerel and the cart ; it is supposed, that Ire was &Merl) when the cart was ovei tarn eil, and tire weight of the fish prevented his extricating himself. A dreadful fire raged at linckfastleigh, near Plcmouth, on Saturday se'nnight at three o'clock. It W:l4 with some diffi culty that the mail passed through the crowd. The tire origi nated, it is ►aid, in a blacksmith's shoe, which, with the Valiant Soldier public-house, and uther dwellings adjoining, were en tirely destroyed. A few days since, as Mr. R, the, of Rethender, Kent, was tying up a bull, the animal broke the halter and ran furiously at Mr. E . knocked him down, and gored him in the abdomen, su that the bowels obtruded ; in which state be was care. d into his house, but died in a few minutes. ,it'lX 1S• AIEN-SERUANTS IN PLACE. - It has lately been stated, that at this time, in conse quence of many titillates going abroad foe a year or more, there are not less than ten thousand servants out of employ. A hint or two from 6 tHenti rutty hot be unworthy of vent notice.—lf you wish to be retained %%here you are, it is your best policy to be faithful ; for if you are found otherwise, and should be discharged, there is nii chance now of your being hired l's any tither trrsort.--But if you go on in the little per• q ui • sites and liberties whirl' you have been accustomed to take, as getting at the wine, the tea and sugar, and charring for things brought at market more than you really pay, the danger is flint you moy, for the sake of the little paltry gain, be lost, without hope of another place. The families that remain at hoot(' :•rnw the mo re scrupulous who they take it.to their houses, because they may has e a large choice, and they are not left to the illstresa of lots ing none if they rt,, not accept the first offer. If yeti are not punctual to yonr orders, or give offence by • shutl reply, it may loolosixiy hr the last of the kind which you will ever have to give! It you spend all your cages, son may expert the next day to be raiuv, and being rtnproi ijed for a dibiter or a bideine, and owing a debt to your washerwoman or shoemaker, the length of time that you may he out of place nuw, is NO .htnhtfnl lo o hat it was ten years 210, that you may stand a fair chance of a gaol, or starving. While you are in „ ver y thing is found for von, without sparing ; you have no reason then for spending all your wages ; and if it be dune in indulgence in any thing, you are only carrying coals to Newcastle, and ruining yourselves. expense of every thing, and of your maintenance in a family, is now so gre at, that the slightest offence may present a Mein; fir yonr bring suddenly discharged ; cud I therefore wain you of your d: ' ccr. 1,,t me advise y• , n so to conduct youraelves, that the tamily, ir the heads of it, cannot do without )tm.—Make yo ur selves most neei •sary to your Itis ways- most "r -vierable tip you!' mistress In her peetiliarities--anii a prime favourite with the y 11111 l ger branches, that they may :say and do any thing for :soil, and often twit the Coo , in y our fivorm Ily some of the•c means Still Nlll fooll have if/ turn to Ty advit :ilia In think your ails i,er, itholuoks upon, (u with confidence, and regal ils your 111 c 1 f., e as our whip este, ins sun as rEt .Low Ynnvttsnss.-•-'fhe inhaliilants of the rnettnpolis NIT vers . ill used in regard to Itr•• rate •ef eit3rees for the• ncce,sastie”,ef Although t very thing i, SO ellVelp in the country, it all either maintains its original price in London, or has a st coo ,. parative redaction. Bread, t , herr, hotter, macheese, and I•.tcon, milk (the latter in particular, keeps its el iginal high prier), ought to be reduced nearly i.n, third while at the west end of the towel we pay 11d, prime roasting beet is Fold in Lenderman-market at 9.1. flunseleepeis should partictilaily examine their weekly bills for butter, chem. bacon, .x c. - It is not nneonintott tee; the trader he 01.11. r a difference iu his Charge, for Littler especially, iif init.-quarter, het went the house keeper who fines, and the housekteper who dues out, attend personally to his atfnirs. MITADFCL STORM.—:I letter from Frankfurt, dated June 30, says—On the , 4th. a dre•adtid him-vie:me eaupTil horrible ra vages near Vibhel, three leagues from this city: the roofs in some places were torn from the (10100 , , stile (01(Iding's entirely destroyed, and atmve 400 fruit-trees turn up by the routs. The hail lay two feet deep in the streets ;awl tield, It was en (lark that it was necessary to light candles. 'file continued rain iu this neighbourhood does Vast itainag c. Tlee• new mown has is retinue on the ground, and, unless tee• soon hose dry the standing cunt is likely to share the saint fate. The vines look well, but cannot blossom for want of warmth. All the rivers and streams are sn swelled, drat many mills cannot work. The oldest people do not remember the Mnint• so high fur such a long continuance at this season. The consequence of all this is, the inci easing dearness of provisions. The prospect is nut promising for the w nth r.• Another letter tiet' Frankfort. of the 2d of July, sat 5, that after two days of (1110 weather the rain hail recommenced ~new ; awl should they continue, there was reason to ''c ar au entile loss 'lithe harvest. The York Herald says—" We understand the• common brew e►s in this city hare, much to tin it credit, reduced the price of their ale Iris. a barrel of 3G which AA ill citable tlicir customers to retail it to the public at two-pence per pint. A correspondent at 'renterden informs in, that the hops ;ii th a t neighbourhood are doing extremely a II ; :mil that the only fear now expressed by the planters is, that the produce of their gardens will prove toe abundwit ! Lewes Paper. Wednesday - last, about eleven o'clock, during n tempest, the lightening struck barn, in the occupation of Mr. Moor, of Messing, Essex, and wr are sorry to relate that two men work ins therein were instantly . deprived of life. 'flue barn, with its contents, about eleven loads of wheat was entirely eon. The unfortunate death of Mr. Lines, of Harpenden, Hertz, was not, as stated in a former raper, owing to livid, but from the fatal internal injuries be received in tilling into an t•wpt) vt•s•ri. • A woman named Pane. much advanced in years, the wife of •watch • man in Lynn. in eons:queue , : of some domestic troubles, drowned her self on Tuesday evening, in the river, after deliberately taking oft her shoes, and placing her snuff-boa in a state of security. - - An Inquest was lately held at Kildare. on the body of L. Dove. head steward to It. Latouche, Pliq. John ().Keefe, Esq. Surgeon, depo,td, on the view of the body of the deceased, that lie came by his death in consequence of is pistol-shot, which penetrated the pericraniunn and lodged in the brain. Bridget Coghan deposed, that she was servant to Mr. Dove ; that in the forenoon of the t Sth ult. she was desired by her master to go to Shea's, to enquire the price of his oatmeal. She ac cordingly went, and was informed Mr. Shea was frolic home; she in stantly returned, and, meeting with Mr. Eustacr, Mr. I,atonehe's agent, he informed her, that liar master was dead, having shut himself in the parlour. When she left the house no person remained with him, and she was abacnt only about 20 minutes. E. Ryan deposed, that he was tinder steward to Mr. Latouche : that on the fatal morning he met with Mr. Eustace, who enquired after Mr. Dove ; that deponent rapped at Mr, Dove's door • but no answer being given, he went in search of him, but could not find him. He then went again to the house, and looking in at the parlour-window, he observed Dove lying on his back. dead, and a pistol by his sick. W. ELISIACC, Esq. deposed, that J. Valket, burg, Under steward to Mr. Latouche, having that morning complained to witness that the work was undone, anti that he was at a loss what to do, withers mde down to Drives house, who came down stairs. F ie ap peared to witness to be very ill, who. therefore, recommended to him to icturn to bed, and get sonic blood taken from him : that, after some conversation, witness went away, and rode up to the Park, where he met with the last witness, who accompanied bun back to Dove's house ; and lotting rapped several times. Ryan looked into the window, where he observed Dove lying dead, with a double-barrelled pistol by his sick. Verdict—Feline re, and also a forts:ture of Goutlii and Chattels. 178