The National Register. — London, England, 1823-04-27 00:00:00

GALVANIC EXPERIMENTS. After hanging about an hour and a (prefer, the body el Follows, (rsecuted : Chester for the minder of Betty Sliswrru•s) having been rut down and removed into the interior of the prison, it was, after dissection, doting which much valnalde time was lost, deici mined to subject it to the influence of the Galvanic power. The cuisine trance appeared almost mutual, tether biller than during life; this rite iiiii stance giving to the face a handsomer and muse placid appearance than the criminal bore at the trial.: There was nu dos Loess of discolusisation exceptiug round the neck, irons lite pi emiltre of the fatal cord. There welt present 131* . Piot and Dr. Jones, of the Infirmary, with several usher mrdical gentlemen of Chester, and their pupils. Some gentlemen nut of the pi iitession were also pi crest. A voltaic battery, cousisting of nearly 130 pubs ut plates, was hastily pi (mined. Ur. Witter and Mr. Legit slid themselves great credit by the speed with which they gut them lino action at such a shunt notice, and under such disadvantageona eircumatances. Dr. Josses, under whose supetintendence the espeeintents were conducted, proceeded to lay bare the differeut on which it was intended to operate.. In the first capes lineal an attempt was made to restore the action of the respiratory fiseetioit,acconlitig to the suggestion of Us. Use, •Ibe distinguished professor at Glasgow. For this purpose Dr. Juseei find bare and brought into view the plireme nerve, as It tu n s down- Hinter the muscles, shorn the middle past of the side of the heck. Anothei iiseisiuu was made at the nailer edge of the its sib, for the purpose of geniis' tower* to the di!. pliregin, the chief of the outfielder powers try which the plienusintiou of the liteatliiiig inures* ate effected ; the phi eitic nerve above-mentioned being the chief-agent by which the necessary nervous influence is furnished to Wove powers. One ut she links of the h a iler) , was pl a c e d io ithistaet with the phirenic titter., the other in. contact with the ilidpimegni tbrwsglt the incision wider the iib—a slight but unequivocal revirmuiy movement followed. This inn/einem wa.• several times repeated—suffivient to prove the value ul Dr. Use's suggestion. That it was not carried to at Gillet' efilent is 10 lie a4tri booted to the absentee of adriptme vondoetbm roti., ma to the inconvetticiores re/winos 1 . 1 . 08,1'1hr tv ant uf weskit, arrangement. In the wuseyu art eaperiments the muscle, of the arm and leg .perforiesed Uttar natural movements to au•extent rommen surety stab the poster of the heavily, in a manner that excited the w ter of the iiiiinstrocttll by... amide's. The senscles of the lace weir simile to cutamot with much 4 &CI, patticsdasly those of the ryes and mouth, giving roe to a variety of ididel expressions. Au übjt•ctiou was made to the restorel of a piece or bunt in the back of the neck, by which the spinal meatier would have been intioght into view, and esposed to con tact with one pule ul the Watery; or, in Dr. Jones'4 opinion, Misch. almost equal to Haute prodftred try Dr. Vre our the bushy of Clyde's' le, at Glasgow, ought bare been expected. THE PENITENTIARY. On Triessliy last an nitwit) was held before.the Coroner for Westminster and a Jury the General Penitentiary, hittlimuk, to ascertain the death of Aim Martin, a female convict, aged 22. lionert Chapman, the new governor, stated, that the deceased and her sister, Sarah Mein'', rad been con victed of , felony at Exeter. doting the sprout assizes of 1.49, and seisteured to seven yea's tratisportanim, but that piteislinient lead been commuted to tier years' Myri am 1111 l en! in the. Penitential y. Mr. J• Pratt, surgeon itithe prison, stated, that the dere:nett lied lntuited or intlispusition—the last time in J intim y last—and was admitted into the infirmary. Dime was such a general relaxation in her frame that she voided eery tiling involuntarily; she was atlected with a vetufolons disorder; every attention was paid to her in Orr infirmary. and she had whatever she liked 9r was lit for her is her indisposed state. For the last mouth, at the retplein of the deceased, Smelt Martin, her baker, had been in eonwein eitena.ince upon her. Ilse physician lied deity sist.ed her. and the winners snore frequeutly— she died on Smithy lest. The Jan ors pi oposed that li trait Martin, the sister, aiming) be brought before them and exa 11111 l ell touching the ticatment the deceased had received. The Governor said, that it %es culinary to the rides mf the Wet itution to have ettlivicts removed from slit it cells tolhat piece for the purpose id examination, and lie must decline act:141111g to the request of the July. A Jut or I hutight the Coroner had power to enforce her The Governer said, that the Jury might examine the young women in the vis g cell if they thought proper. This was agreed to by the Cormier and Jury, at the same time in olestiug against giving up their I ight of having the witless brought before them %ellen they were empanelled. 'file Jury then returned to the visiting room, which is Of cuitaideitsble Mae, and divided into three parts—the first, where visite,' are allowed to stand, is divided by iron bars from the next division, in which the tiorlikey elands, and is called liar imitkey's fount, and beyond this is the 11.1111 pas litton,w h. rr me corselet steeds to speak to the visiter. 'Due Jsity wets. pieced ill the visitimll room, the Coronet in the tnnikey's reum, and &nib Alertist in tire convict a room, alienated by a your. Wing sworn, she evinces) great reluctance to speak in she presence of the nurse, which the Jury perceived, end ordered every 'tersest connected with the prison out of the place, as the witness was evidently 'seder fear that her evidence might occasion her to be treated with seve rity. The July urged her to reveal the whole ninth, and promised that whatever she stated slionld nut operate to liar disailvaninge. Witness then stated, thet her aisles had been very ill in January last, prior to her going into the itatit salary, trona which she was Sent to work, in her cell, benne she was quite recovered. Her sister had told het %bethought that light had continued a short time longer in the istlitinory,. she should have 100 re been finite well; but rents ll ill g to the cell prematurely, she caught c. 1141, mad could not eat the bad bread sot) the water gruel, which was the only food she was supplied isills,except some soup (made from ontylrulleett'. need to 11l 1 pereusts) which site with her malady could 1101 swallow. She (tlecee•ed) wrote to the surgeon, to infuitis him of her illness, 01141 that day he sent her a powder. On the following day she white egotist to the sweeties, taw g hint tit litr 'tenons indisposition, and he sent her another powder. On the lollossing slay she wrote a third lime to the doctor, and received a third powder I Lad alter%sitis.wai admitted into the lallrapry, THE NATIONAL REGISTER where she had whst food she required. Daring these three days the deceased did not eat alt entice of food, owing wily to her indisposition, and parity to the infe rior quality of the fond. 'l to ilecea.cit had also COIII• plained that her first illness was caused by her having so Mile and such bail 100 , 1. But lists was before the late reouslation, by which the piisoneis have swat i i,,ity„— Witness was of opinion, from what hrr .inter had in:Muted her, that her illness wa• brought on by the Waist of IIeCCIP. miry food. Each pi homer now is allowed four 011111CC4 of meet per day, and oranges. The deceased was so weak at the time she wrote to the doctor, that from her general • selaxatioto she• could slut retails any thing. A lung discussion then took place amongst the Jurors and the Coroner, in which they expressed their sentiments ' very finely upon the treatment this young ss mums had re. crived, and fisially retained the following vestlict : I" Died in consequence of the short allowance toad bad quality of the food with which she wits supplied before the stew regulatlims look phase iu this-prison: OLD BifiLlY SES.SIONs. MONDAY, AIM' 24.-.-I'illeltaS Pearce, cleik, aged ell, and Goodman Soloman, aged-ets„ were indicted, the former with stealing divers articles.of wearing appa• rel, the property of J•• H. Wreiltall, and the latter with receiving the smite, knowing theist to be stolen. The prosecutor did not • appear, when the C 011111501) Sergeant made itursiries relative to his absence. Mr. Adolphus, for the primmer, explained, and af. laded to lilt case of Moses Marks, whose name is in the caleinlar immediately u tecedent to it. ) The Ci Sergeant obeerved, that they could not got to trial without witnesses,. and he was ilterelore . hotiiiil to tali the Jury that - the prisoner must be ac quitted. Elie Joel retinued a verdict :Tomball,. Litiwani Smith was pai to the bar on ins indictment,. - chateitig,hint with hat ing stolen a snook Colikailling rail 111 l 5 ;tenacity, nelonging to the Collates, of Selkirk. Hugh Cadger deposed, that lie was bemoan to the Countess of Selkirk ; on the Ist of February her laxly. snip was 'crab% to to on a visit to BJIII, and the trunk so question was fastened behind the carriage. When they got ennui a mile and a half from sown no the Fol. hash rMiti, lilt CO.ithinail nutted round and saw the Ft :oiler walking away with t'ie trunk. oti Ins shoulder-- Witness i 11111 l ediately got down, and pursue) the pri soner, cling "Stop thief ; " the prisoner then threw down the trunk and rats off; a grinfltinan named Bolton followed, and sectued lite prisoner, when he polled Mil a knife, and lillea.elitil to stab him. G. Bohm', of Inc Satiny Mice, living st Chelsea, stated that out his way home he saw the prison .r running beitind the carriage, and the strait was (44 ; 5 1 011g; he tlieti took the mink from she Carna g e and walked oil; MI that cite witotes loiloteed and slopped Win, whin he polled nut a kiille and brattillslied it at 1 ' ; Weil% previously turown down are trunk. Winless perceived that- the straps wham fastened die minks to the carriage were OM John Parsons, a conetable, living in the Vellum road,' assisted iii taking the prisoner into cuettely. The promoter acksioss kdaed to the robbery, but de aired •Irlyttig wird the kink to Mr. 801..0ti. He said that lie had been a stfilint in several families, in all of which lie liall.borne a giloil cusutacter. Among those were -1 the N' I I irt tits of Carmarthen, Laud Wahlegrave, and ! L ord Ddicitester's son. He had received test imonialaof good character limn Lady Holland to citable bon to °Wain another situation. The Records , ' said, that _it wools, have been easy to produce iirytkl of good chartc.er from some of the above initividisals, if his character had been as he represented. 'Tilt Jury wood the prisoner guilty, and he was sen tenced to be tiali,ported for seven years. 'lbex Session* itavina terminated oil Monday night, sentence season Tuesday lliefliilla passed 'ohm the hil l:twine prisoneit:--- Thomas %Valley, Francis Rosser, Robert S. Hatim, George Clarke, Ruin. H .., John Tony, R. Palliate, George Hopkins, James Williams, Jaunt Curtis, James Hats o, Julio Powell, Eleanor Leach, Witham Mimes, Saran Thom osoit,lnotters Coates, John Allen:Friona* Welsh, James Walters, Joins ares,Joliti Latham, John Williams, Edward Jailiiioo, %V. Osborne, Mary CMOs. bury. JtiCllll4lll Crawley, and Morgan Davis. 10 he traliSpOrttil bit. seven years.-walVid Evans, C. Grolth, JIM Bryan 11PKiii 11111 l , for 14 years—Ruhert Edward*, Pea .cis Hall, and Mary &Hain, lor life.—Fewty•six . teas re sentenced to v onto' terms of imprisonment, and kept to hard labour —Five to be publicly whipped; three on wit he judgment of the Conti was revited; and se veral were discharged by prie:lauitairm. The hallowing unhappy culprits , received sentence of ileath:••-• Samuel Johnson, for breaking and entering a dwelling house in the day tone, and stealing thereont twelve shil. bap—Elinor Viitiiiinni, alias ilPCormack, for stealing a batik aide, valor . 1., Irmo the Custom-house—John Barley, John Malmsey, Joseph Johnson, and Thottias Barite*, tar burglary—Rieliard Beigas. George Elliot, Daniel Denning, Anne Norris; and Sophia Fraser, tor highway robberies--Henry Pestell, Thomas Pet. cher, John Toontey, Anne Reason, Henry Hymnal, John Barlow, and rhnitias Knight, for stealing in a dwellin2-house—Sillistio Trapp, for atterispinig to minder Citarlotte (hunks, Morris Houlihan, for coiling and il ialmilig, and Thomas Groves, for horse stealinu. lit the case of Elizabeth Frances and Mary Ann SCIIII, convicted of eoliiiitig a Mill its ilroad-cutin, Liang ewe, pile niein was respited. The sessfons was adjourned until Wednesday the 14th of May. Another magnificent vessel, of the same dimen sions u the Prince , Regent, is to be laid down on the same slip as that beautiful ship was launched from a few (lays since, .at Chatham. It is to be called the Royal George. The old Royal George being found unaerviceuble, is broken up at Ply. mouth. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACTT 123 Ou Thursday a meeting of the tradesmen of Weer minsier look place at Willis's Rumps, for the purpose of taking into consideration Acts atlecting Insoltent D:btors. J. C. HOBHOLISE, Esq. in the Chair. Mr. Honnousa —ln alluding to the petition passed at the late meeting upon the subject of the Acts relating to Insolvent Debtors, he stated, that fur the purpose of sobiniitiog . a more comprehensive petition, the (Omer was withdrawn. h had appeared to the committee moat desirable that the honest debtor, should not be subject to the restraints which it was necessary to visit on hun, who wholly disregarded the lowest) sod feelings of those with whorls he had dealinp,a, and doe cafe was taken to toge that cantioillin the pelitioti. The petition was then read. Thr principal feature of • it was sue rern ttttt end:boon to Radian:lan to make it eouipu‘ory upon the detaining creditor and the hasoltet t t tat call a ineeditgol the creditors withiira fortnight after the •iriesi, and if three-foul Ins of the creditors cause to an arrangement for illehenefis of the insolvent, to make • it imperative upon the rest to abide by that areanga. *lanai. it was •also recommended that the . benefit of the rules should not be extended to .such debtors as were re ina Wed for • Ira od. The petition met with much more approbation than the former (Hie, anti the meeting was much more nu.- atertnis and respectable than that to which we ethnic. The petition was then uuaohuuisesly adopted, and the • !banks of the alerting were voted to Mr. Hoblaouse, wheat the meeting separated. CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL OP INSTRUCTION . 4ND INDUSTRY. On Tuesday last: the anniversary dinner of rhis admi. • rabic ehartir was held at the: City of London Taves*,: - where nearly 300 of the most respectable citizens sat. • down to 41 Illirbt MIMI/MOOS entertaintrent. His Royal Ilighttess the Duke of York was in that Chair. The health of his Royal Highness was drank in the" most esitistisiwaic enattlier, with three Ones three. His Royal Higlitte,s in returning thanks in a neat speech, declared that he was gratified at the honour don, him in placing I at the head of the institution. lie had met nothing in institutions Of this name,. which • enitalleil, in his ellilUlkion, the principle of teaching banns of industry and useful arts, with the ordinary , course of instruction. The children of the institution, all dressed in a man ner peculiarly twat, were then led in procession round the room, each bearing a specimen of their work ► the boys, network, and those who are brought up as •tailors displayed specimens of clothing. and the . young shoes tatakera produced shoes and bouts. Tle girls displayed needle wools, ulatlillg, &X. A boy recited to the meeting the- following address:— • "‘ Generous Pairons,—We poor boy Ind for your fostering care, woirld have been poorer still—re seals ourselves with thanks before you.—Wu might have reoraiucd little tictims of indolence awl sloth, but you have rescued us, you hate witted away the tear frotx our other's- eye—taken the pang from our father's heart— and to- de and want yield to honest industry.— You hate felt tenderness for the woe of us pour txoys, whets we were to•trinthle of it ourselves. It is also our happy lot to experience that mostly inlet( has listened to ow cries. May the joys of lizaven await all true gene.. rous bent factors." A ;tit I then spoke as follows: • " GC Pstlll/111eVe poor g;f111,• nursed in the lap of puserty, were delivered trusts her anus to yours.— °ace our tut w.ts car dilfetent than now. We pined in its wretchedness, but poverty could hot help 11a—we Were cull—poverty could hot cdothe i•-..We were ignorant— poverty could nut instruct Hs;—we should have beets victims of vice—poverty could not resets: us.—But you hate helped us—you have Moulted u>---)uu hare itt- • loomed td---doll you hare done taught us how so walk oo Earth, and you have situ wit us tile road to Heave's. Fur these blessisigicottlerted on - postrty's children, we thank you. We thank you for all we hate; and all we shall have, we owe to Heaven and you." The health of the stewards being drank, Mr. Satindeo returned thanks. The cargo of the •Spanish schooner taken in the West Indies by the Frendt, consistel of 60,050. - ounces of gold in bars, 400,000 dollars, and 500 bags olcochinettl- 7 altogether of the value of about-. half a million sterling. Uu Se.urday night about half-past eight o'clock an at tempt was made by a mounted highwayman, iu rob Mr. Edward Dearden, of Wetly Mills, on bip,h wa y be tween Rochdale :sadTodmordtu. This gentleman, who was re ttttt sing horn Manches►er market, was met atter he hail passed Calder Moor, by a man riding at full speed, who, when he Nin within fi!teeit yards; carted• upon Mr. Dearden to .stop, adding that he must- have Itis nullity or his life; instead of obeying I his Cointound, Mr. Dearden pushed his horse forward, and gave the robber's horse a lull stroke on the Lrein with the shaft of the gig. When the man had recovered fron► this stroke, lie made bn attempt to seize the bridle, bon was repulsed WWI route severe sirokes front the big-whip; las. 'lwo Look a pistol, but before he couid foe it, reeds eil &heavy blow on the arm that he was obliged to drop it ; and findoig a resistance im determined and unexpected, he galloped off without nuking any further attempt to effect his ;italicise, hearing in his face visible rot, a of the good will with which Mx. llearden lied matte We of hi. whip. This marauder was somewhat above the middle size, hail a dart great wide coat-or cloak on, and was im.sked lie rode a blood harse, one of the kind shoes of. which was rather turned up, and appear, trto have been recently set on ; the other shoes having the appearance of being tar worn. lle galloppecl Mt in the directioc. al L'Uleborough. ... , , i