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Second. That author had represented the dan ger, ar i s i ng from the practice of fiddling in low public-houses, which were thus curbed by the proper authorities." Thus, because music pos sessed au attraction for the people, and assem- Wages were favourable to robberies, music was put down. An innocent source of enjoyment to the people was closed by a bungling Legisla ture, because it knew how to check the effusions of gaiety, but did not know how to check rob bery. The influence of music can hardly fail to he beneficial in the ease of the lower orders, as it must serve to withdraw them from gross sen snalitY. Mr. _Adolphus added, " When I was vonng, men used to meet at taverns and public tsobses to sing noisy songs, and Wink. The introduction of music, skilfully performed, gave a check to this boisterous mirth. People now :assemble to hear scientific efforts of the voice, with accompaniments, and all tap-room roaring is quite out of fashion." Mr. Loudon states that he found even in the lowest country public-houses in Germany a pianoforte, that the people might in dulge themselves in music and dancing. The re matk of the Recorder is admirable I, for one, cannot consent to the giving of these new music licsatses. I do not think that they can be of any public benefit." In this country, it seems, a man is not entitled to liberty of action in cases - Akre that liberty is not injurious to others, but lie is to be deprived of his liberty because a Magistrate cannot see what benefit would be derived from it. Precious idea of liberty ! One Justice of the Peace has not made up his mind as to the tendency of this Act ; a second has not made up his mind as to the tendency of Another Act ; and it is quite enough that those sages cannot discover that the Acts would be productive of any evil to interdict. them. Eng lish liberty means the liberty of m ono p o ly— t h e liberty to interfere with the occupations and amusements of the people—the liberty to poison them— the liberty to pillage them—the liberty to subject them to laws, which even Magistrates Are taught to know by the persecution commen ce d under them by common informers. Mr. Alder- Man Heygate was startled when Mr. Adolphus mentioned the London Tavern—" Do you say, that if music was played at the London Tavern, without a Music License, the owner would be liable to a penalty ? If that be the case, the law ought to be altered as soon as possible." A little before he had said, " there was a difficulty in drawing a line between the houses which ought, and those which ought not to b e li cenced ;" but when it wa s brought home through the London Tavern to Aldermen and the like, the difficulty vanished !—Morning Chronicle. The trial of the prisoners under the Special COMMiSSiOII at Cork, for conspiring to murder George Bond Low, Esq., Admiral Evans, and Arthur Creagh, Esq., three Magistrates of the county, is of great importance, as tending to bring to light one of the most extensive and dangerous confederacies of sanguinary violence that has disgraced the South of Ireland in modern times. We can recollect time taunting and contemptuous manner in which this diabolical conspiracy was alluded to, up to the very eve of trial, by the Popish Press of Dublin, whose ridicule was re echoed by the " liberal" papers on this side of the water. The existence of the conspiracy is DOW placed beyond a doubt. It is written in the records of criminal justice, and seldom are its pages stained with the recital of acts of more hardened guilt or darker depravity. Where such a conspiracy, at a period of no peculiar excite ment, could strike root and extend itself as this has done, serious and alarming indeed must be the demoralization of the people. Here we have a number of persons, not driven to the commis sion of crime by want, not stung to desperate deeds by poverty, or made reckless by despair, but men in comfortable circumstances, binding themselves by the most sacred obligations of re ligion to take away the lives of Magistrates whose crime was the not submitting to the authority of the secret tribunals of popular terror. It is too well known that, in the West and South of Ire land, where Protestantism is comparatively li mited and weak, great numbers of the peasantry have enacted a law against the law of the land, to which landlords must submit or be put under the ban of what is called time Rockite system. Many of them have not the courage to resist this rural tyranny, and, by yielding obedience to the de crees of the " terrorists," increase the insolence of the Agrarian banditti. This makes the situa tion of men of uncompromising spirit doubly hazardous. One of these men is r. Bond Low, who has accordingly had to pass through the fiery ordeal" of more direct attempts at assas sination than any individual, perhaps, now alive. His determined courage has preserved him in the midst of the most appalling perils. Not long since he seized one of the armed ruffians that fired at him, and brought him to justice. He subsequently maintained a conflict alone against two assas sins, well armed—one of whom escaped wounded, and the other he shot dead. If' Magistrates in general, in the disturbed parts of Ireland, acted with the intrepidity of Mr. Low, the Rockites would soon get tired of their hedge-firing heroism. This gentleman and his two brother Magistrates who had made themselves obnoxious to the " finest peasantry in the world" by similar firm ness of conduct, were to be taken off at all hazards. If the Irish Government had been re mise in this instance, or—acting on the timid principle of expediency—had neglected to vin dicate the laws, the consequence would in course of time have been dreadful. A consciousness of impunity would have increased the numbers of the banditti, who were organised in a commu nion of blood. Very properly, therefore, did the Solicitor-General say, in stating the.case for the prosecution, that " Government claimed the merit of having discharged its duty in bringing on these trials. If the prisoners were not guilty of the crimes imputed to them, it was but right that they should be restored to their liberty and their character. If they were guilty— if the association of which they were said to form a part existed—their punishment cannot be too immediate; those associated could not be too soon grappled with. Such an rs;ociation, if not put down fearlessly by the law and the legitimate tribunals of time land, would put them down." He then went on to state what he understood would be shown in evi dence, " that there existed in the country a secret association—bound by oaths—organized—hav ing captains and committees—exercising an awful controul over too many of our unfortunate people, at whose bidding burglary, robbery, and murder, were perpetrated—wh o had but to issue their orders to be obeyed." This is an alarm ing state of' things; but it is only to be met by courage in the Magistrates, and the fearless and impartial enforcement of the laws by Govern meta. We hare no doubt that the result of the present trials will strike awe into the guilty as complices, and make such atrocious confede racies less popular.—Morning Herald. A pamphlet has just been put into our hands, entitled, " Important Information to the Agri culturist, Mechanic, and Labourer, who in tends to emigrate to the New Settlement on the Swan River ;" which, as the subject is now rife, it may be considered that we are bound to notice. The patnplet is said, on the title page, to proceed from the pen of Mr. John Burton Gooch, though whether Mr. Gooch be a rear or imaginary personage, we have not, at present, the means of knowing. On perusing it, how ever, we find that the author possesses no know ledge on the subject on which he addresses the public, beyond that which is possessed by every one who has visited colonial establishments : and that the important information given in the pamphlet, refers entirely either to hints to passengers in vessels bound to the New Set- Clement, or to the author's observations on the policy of emigrating to New South Wales. On points of this nature the pamphlet may be useful--in any othe , - respect it contains nothing which might not be learned from almost any other source. We take this opportunity, however, to observe respecting migration, either to the Swan River or to any other new settle ment, that no one ought to adopt such a step who is not satisfied, in the first place, that he cannot work out a satisfactory livelihood at home —and, in the second, who is not prepared to en counter all manner of hardships and disadvan tages during the first years of his settlement. To those, as the writer of the pamphlet very Justly observes, who possess youth, some portion of capital, a knowledge of agriculture, and the requisite qualifications of industry and perse verance, there can be no question that emigration, either to the Swan River, or to any other new settlement, would prove " a mine of wealth ;" but let us add, that, on the other hand, there is no hope for those who do not possess those re quisites. There are, as yet, no houses at the Swan River—no markets where provisions can be purchased—no society—no newspapers—no li terature—no theatres—no any thin g , in fact (to use a homely expression), in the shape of Eng lish comfort ; and those in consequence who go there in expectation of finding the latter, will be egregiously disappointed ; but there is a good climate, and good soil, and abundance of the means of comfort to those who may choose to labour-in order to procure them, and those as suredly, who are content to put up with such an uncomfortable beginning as they must experience at first, and to place their hopes of reward on a life of toil, will have no cause to regret their choice. The first emigrant, provided he be in dustrious and persevering, is always certain to be wealthy in the end ; but when countries have been fairly located (to use an American phrase), there is but little difference beyond the certainty of subsistence, between the mother country and the new settlement.— Morning. Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. IJATTON-GARDEN. John Reilly, keeper of the Cock public-house, in Buckeridge-street, St. Giles's, yesterday appeared upon a summons before the sitting Magistrates, Mr. ROGERS and Mr. LAING, to answer a complaint pre ferred against him at the instance of the Magistrates themselves, by some of the new police, for keeping a disorderly house. The Magistrates, after warning him to be parti cularly cautious in future, ordered him to pay tilt-- costs of the summons, &c., and dismissed the com plaint. BOW-STREIif. Yesterday Mr. Powell, Secretary to the Water loo.br:dge Committee, came before Mr. HALLS, the sitting Magistrate, accompanied by Caleb Tilt, the toll-taker of the bridge, against horn a com plaint for passing a counterfeit shilling upon a gen tleman who tendered hint one in payment of toll, was preferred at this office on Monday, and reported in The Sun of Tuesday. Mr. Powell stated that the complaint was with out foundation, and produced the copy of an affidavit, in which Tilt deposed that the shilling handed to him by the gentleman was a counterfeit ; and to prove that it was so, he bent it with his teeth at the mo ment, which circumstance induced thegentleman to believe that the shilling which was returned to htm was not the one which l.e gave to Tilt. Mr. Powell added, that Tilt was a man in whom the utmost eon fidence was placed. He had been employed a- toll taker for the last twelve years, and never had a charge brought against him before. Mr. HaLLs advised Mr. Powell to bring forward the gentleman who had made the charge, in order that Tilt might prove his statement in his presence. Mr. Powell said he would have done so, but the gentleman was out of town, told it was desirable to contradict the statement with as little delay as possible. A young man named Yarmouth and a well dressed young woman named Charlotte Freeland, were charged with having obstructed Police Serjeant No. 4, letter F., while in the execution of his duty. The serjeant, while on duty the preceding night, in Pickett-street, Strand, observed a boy carrying a bundle, and stopped him. The boy being unable to account for the bundle, which consisted of household linen, his mother was sent for to Clement's-lane, for the purpose of ascertaining the truth or falsehood of the statement he had given. While be (the serjeant) was waiting for the mother, the female prisoner came out of a brothel, called the Crown Hotel, and began to abuse him in the most shameful manner. The male defendant then came up, and knocked his (the serjeant's) hat over his eyes, and then began pushing him about, assisted by a parcel of Jews, in whose company he was, and the rabble who were collected to the spot. The female prisoner denied the charge, and said she had not come out of the Crown Hotel, or any such place. Yarmouth declared that he was knocked about like a bullock by the serjeant. In proof of the hard treatment he had met with, he said he received so severe a blow upon the forehead, that it was next to a miracle it had not caused his death. Mr. lIALLs observed that this was keeping the peace with a vengeance. It was nor, he conceived, the duty of the police to crack people's heads in this manner without_ rhyme or reason. He (Mr. Halls) regretted to see that the police were assuming more authority than they were justified in exercising. Yarmouth expressed his determination to indict the setjeant for an assault. Mr. Edge, of Essex street, Strand, waited npon Mr. HALLS, to ask that Magistrate's advice and as sistance under these circumstances :—The Magistrate would recollect that his house in Essex-street had been attempted to be robbed several times, and in deed had been entered on two occasions and property carried off to a considerable amount. A young man named Sandford, now in Newgate, together with a man named Leslie, for the attempt to rob the pre mises of Mr. Stultz the tailor, had lived servant with him (Mr. Edge), and there was good reason for believing that he had pat ticipated in both robberies. Since his confinement in Newgate, he (Mr. Edge) had received a great many threatening letters, con veyirg the most abominable menaces, in consequence of the part which he had taken in bringiug Sandford and Leslie to justice. A letter of the same de scripticn he received that morning ; and, wishing to put an end to the annoyance, he submitted it to the Magistrate, who would Le kind enough to advise him how he ought to act. Mr. Edge here handed to the Magistrate a note, ')caring the pot-mask of the Strand upon it, and Addressed to " Edge, Ez-A ; private." The note was as follows: " You rogue, cut your throat if you do not go single to the Spotted Dog, Strand, to-mor row, at half-past fire in the evening (Wednesday), ;Ind leave 61. for me. Remember my poor compa nions whe are in prison. " THE DEVIL'S WIFE." Mr. ITALLS having perused the above, gave direc tions to Ford and another officer to take the matter in hand. LONDON SESSIONS, OCT. 28. These Sessions commenced this day before the Lord Mayor, Recorder, and a Bench of Aldermen. After the disposal of some caves of assault, of no importance to the public, several petitions were handed into Court, praying. for Music Licences; in discussing the merits of which the Court was occu pied until a very late hour. The first was from slr. lanes, of the Queen's Arms Tavern, Cheapside and Pancras-lane. The petition set forth, that as many of the customers of the house were foreigners, they were, according to the customs of their country, inclined for musical accompaniments at their dinners, &c.; and that without a license from the Magistrates the playing of such instruments would be visited with a large penalty. Mr. ADommus, in applying for the license, said that his client was most powerfully supported by the most respectable inhabitants of the Ward, all of whom, with the exception of one or two, had signed the petition—seven Common Councilmen, and IGO of the inhabitants and firms. Mr. BROOKE (Deputy of the Ward) begged to be heard on this subject. He hatl no doubt what ever of the good character of the house, or that good order would be maintained in it ; but he would put it to the Bench, whether such a thing as music is ne cessary in such a house in this great city ? - He had. every respect for the petitioner, but he could not see what a public house wanted with a band of music. If a license were granted, every public-house in the Ward—and there were eleven—would consider it self entitled. The music, whatever might be said, never added to the pleasantry or harmony of a room. Mr. ADOLPIIus said that the Act now - yin operation upon- the subject—and the nature of which he had been so unfortunate as to. disclose accidentally, and thus to be the innocent cause of drawing into effect a most injurious and unnecessary piece of legisla tion—was enacted on account of the robberies com mitted in Henry Fielding's time, in the reign of George the Second. That author had represented the dangers arising from the practice of fiddling in low public-houses, which were thus curbed by the proper authorities. But the present application was from a house of the first respectability, most power fully supported. Alderman HEYGATE said, there was a difficulty in drawing a line between the houses which ought and those which ought not to be licensed. Alderman BIRCH—Have they a room capable of holding parties of great extent ? Mr. Brooke—Oh, yes; it is near my house ; it is up a court, and close to the watch-house. Alderman HEYGATE—That is a recommenda tion; it is sure of being well protected between the Deputy and the guardians of the night.—(A laugh.) Mr. BROOKE—I am Mr. Innes's neighbour, and the Deputy of the Ward ; and he never applied to me till he applied to all the rest of the Ward, and then I told him I felt it my duty to oppose the ap plication. The RECORDER—I, for one, cannot consent to the giving of these new music licenses. I do not think that they can be of any public benefit. Mr. ADOLPHUS—MusicaI licences are beneficial, as the state of the times has been greatly changed. When I was young, men used to meet at taverns :Ind public-houses, to sing noisy songs and drink. The introduction of music, sUfully performed, gave a check to this boisterous mirth. People now as semble to hear scientific efforts of the voice, with accompaniments, and all tap-room roaring is quite out of fashion; and yet such is the virtue of the old Act, that if, at the London Tavern, the Duke of York's Band play " God save the King," without a music licence, a penalty is inevitable. Alderman FAREBROTIIER expressed a doubt of the correctness of this assertion. Mr. ADomtus repeated it. In one case—that of Mr. Munns, who is about to apply for a licence—two actions had been brought because his daughter• played the piano-forte in the house. Alderman FAREBRoTHER—But they are not tried yet ? Mr. ADOLPHUS—No ; one has been compro mised, and the other hangs over him. Alderman FARERROTHER—StiII that says no• thing; for neither has been tried. Mr. ADOLPHUS—It is not likely that a publican would compromise with a common informer, with out being alvised by a tau yer. You may depend upon it, that the advice upon which be acted was good. I know that a man has made between 3001. and 4001. by informations of this kind, in conse quence of the unfortunate information which I hap pened to give in this Court; and about 40 or 50 years ago, one Shepherd made much more. Alderman HEYGATE—DO you say, that if the music was played at the London Tavern, without a music license, the owner is liable to a penalty ? If that be the case, the law ought to be altered as soon as possible. Alderman BIRCII—In all cases of application for licenses, the regular mode is for the Alderman and Common Council of the Ward to sign the petition first. This has not been done ; the signature of the Lord Mayor, who is Alderman of the Ward, is not here. Let it go back for those signatures. Mr. ADOLPHUS—The thing can only be done this day. If it be not granted to-day, we must wait a whole year. Do not act as they do in Po land—proceed to the last extremities without sheav ing any reason. Mr. BROOKE—The Lord Mayor told me the license was not wanted, and he would not consent to give it. Mr. Innes said he spoken to the Lord Mayor, but had received neither assent nor rejection. Mr. BROOKE—But I come upon this authority to refuse it. Mr. Innes—The Lord Mayor took the Chair at my opening dinner, and approved of and shews his respect for my house, Alderman HEYGATE-It seems to me that the state of the law is very singular. I think the license ought to be granted ; you granted a similar license last year to a house iib Smithfield, why refuse this ? It is only for one year; if the house should be ill conducted during the year, you can refuse its re newal. Mr. BROOKE—One of the gentlemen who did not sign the petition said to me, that songs of a certain description were sung in the house.—(A laugh.) Mr. CLARKE (the Clerk of the Arraigns) stated, that the signatures of four Magistrates were requi site to a house licence; and as there were but four OH the bench, and one had decidedly given his nega tive, the first petition was disposed of.—Negatived. The next petition was that of Mr. Morris, of the White Hart, in Bishopsgate-street. The RECORDER shook his head, and this was also negatived. The George Inn, Smithfield, was the next ne gatived. The application of Mr. Munns, who was alluded to in Mr. Adolphus's speech, was next taken into consideration. Alderman FAREBROTHER—Did the petitioner's (laughter play in the public room that the penalties have been sought for. Mr. A1)01,1 , 111:5 It does not signify. If she was heard to play in private, the penalty is incurred. Alderman HEYGATE—IS there any case in which t person playing without being hire! has subjected a landlord to a penalty ? Mr. ADOLPHUS—No doubt of it. 'lhere are fifty. Alderman HErOATE—Then I am sure the law should at once he altered.—Negatived. 'I he next c ise was that of the Golden Ball, King street, Moorfields.—Negati ved. Nit. Hubbard, Deputy-Steward of the Liberty of Duke's-place, applied for a music license for the Fishmongers' Arms, in Duke's-place, upon the ground that a great many Jews' weddings were ce lebrated in the house, and that on such occasions music was indispensable. Alderman HEYGATE said that it would certainly be hard to refuse this application. Mr. Apor.Pllus—lf you refuse this license, you make a wedding as melancholy as a funeral. lhe Jews are a most musical people; and we are greatly indebted in our public entertainments to them. Alderman HEYGATE—No doubt this license ought to be granted. Mr. ADOLPHITs—AII who read the Bible know that music arid dancing formed part of the religious ceremonies of the days of antiquity. The RECORDER shook his head, and the license was negatived. Mr. Hubbard next applied for a license for Howard's Coffee-house, also a Jews' house, in Duke's-place. The Steward of the Court Baron stated that the Lord Mayor had, as Baron, promised to sanction and assist the petitioners in their application. The RECORDER-4 have been at fifty parish meet ings, and I never knew oue to take place ut a pub lic-house. Mr. ADOLPHUS said it was a common practice for the Jews to marry in the most public manner in a public-room, instead of the synagogue. They receiv ed, every body knew, donations on such occasions. The RECORDER would not consent, and the license was negatived. The next house refused a license was the Castle Tavern, Mark-lane. RENEWAL OF A 3ICSIC LICENSE. Mr. ADoLmus applied for the renewal of the music license of Mr. Mayne, of the Golden Lion, Smithfield. The license had been granted last year, and the house had been carefully and most respect ably conducted. The last year's license was signed by Aldermen Sir J. Perring, Ansley, and Fare brother, and by the Recorder. Alderman HEYGATE—There can be no objection to this, surely. _ _ _ Alderman FAREBROTTIER said he heard an officer complain against the house, as a night house. Mr. Mayne said it was opened on the nights of the markets, but there %vas no music on such occasions. The Beadle—No notice has been given to the Alderman of the band. We are taken by surprise here. The petition has been handed into the Court within this half-hour. Mr. ADOLPHUS pleaded hard for the license, which he at last succeeded in obtaining; but not until his client had pledged himself to give up the night business altogether. TIIE NEW OPERATION FOR STONE. (From the Medical Gazette.) TO THE EDITOR. Stu,—As Baron Heurteloup has allowed me to read the manuscript of a work on Lithotrity, which he is preparing for the press, anti it will be some time before it can be published, I have availed my self of his permission to extract such observations a., in the mean time, I think most likely to afford information to your readers on this important sub ject. With this view, I have much pleasure in for warding them to you for insertion in the Gazelle. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, Oct. 11, 1829. J. RUTHERFORD ALCOCK. From the danger and pain of the operation of lithotomy, scientific men for ages had endea voured to find some milder means of relieving calculous patients. Chemistry and galvanism were tried in vain, and mechanical means were resorted to ; but the only success that attended them was the partial relief of the patient. Some instruments destined to seize small stones lodged in the urethra were the only results. The en deavour by these means to withdraw stones from the bladder, when they were very small, some times succeeded ; but the idea of crushing stones by instruments through the natural passage, had not been put in execution. The belief which all surgeons entertained of the necessity of an in strument being curved to enable it to be passed into the bladder, was a difficulty which baffled all their efforts ; for it was impossible to develop an instrument with this curve that would destroy calculi, often voluminous and hard. It was not, then, until it was proved that a straight sound, three or four lines in diameter, might be passed, that the attention of surgeons was more particularly and successfully directed to finding the means of breaking up stones in the bladder by aa instrument passed through the urethra. Many mechanical combinations formed upon this principle were the result of their labours; but, of all these, two only have received the sanction of experience as fitted for practical purposes. The one is that known by the name of" perce pierre," or " instrument a trois branches," which was the first employed ; and the other is mine, noticed by the Institute, and in which I have en deavoured to obviate the defects of those which preceded them, in cases where the calculi were more than eight lines in diameter. The art of curing calculous patients, like every other branch of the science, fell far short of per fection in the commencement, and could only be brought to that state by progressive steps of im provement ; it was, therefore, not to be expected that the first instruments invented should be the most perfectly adapted to their end. The means employed might appear very inge nious and satisfactory in the first case, and yet, even while admired, give rise to some ideas for their improvement, by the observations of defects or imperfections. Experience would necessarily suggest amelioration in proportion as new indi cations were observed. It was thus that, after having repeatedly em ployed the " perce pierre," I found that this in strument became insufficient in proportion as the stone increased in size, and that, to render litho trity applicable to the majority of cases, it was necessary to devise means of breaking up the stones more promptly, and with less injury to the bladder. A short description will enable my readers to appreciate the nature and end of th e l a b ours I thought it desirable to undertake, with a view to enlarge the limited resources of.lithotrity. The action of the three-branch instrument is limited to making a perforation each time the stone is seized of the diameter of the tube intro duced in the urethra ; this hole, then, can never be to the extent of the diameter of the stone, when it exceeds 10 or 12 lines. It necessarily follows, that the calculus can only be broken after having frequently repeated these inefficient perforations, which can only be done by allowing the stone to fall to the bottom of the bladder, in order to re-seize it and pre 7 sent the stone in another position for the action of the perforator. It will easily be seen, without bringing any P' roofs how much thi s l e f t to b e d es i re d, espe cially when it was required to break up a stone of a certain size ; for, to d7,_. it was necessary to seize the stone in order to perforate it—to release it—retake it, to make a second hole, and renew this manwuvre until the body was broken. After this each fragment was again to be seized, to submit it. to the crushing process. The con sideration of these steps certainly gives the idea that this instrument is tedious, and often painful in its application. I have endeavoured to improve upon this by means of my own peculiar combinations, and think I have succeeded in rendering that part of the operation which consists in breaking the stones, as simple, prompt, and gentle, as possible. The stone, seized without difficulty in the blad der, and strongly held, is perforated first by a head, which, at the first attack, makes a hole in the calculus four lines in diameter. This per foration is succeeded, without loosing the stone, by another stilet, adapted to enlarging the hole already made. I thus excavate the calculus, the centre is reduced to powder, and the circumfe rence falls into the bladder in the form of a shell, or excavated fragments. If we consider that this result (the breaking up of the stone, effected with the " perce pierre," &ter a great number of perforations) is obt a in e d with this system of excavation, by seizing the stone once, and submitting it to the action of the instrument but once ; that during the opera tion there is scarcely any movement of the in strument, and the breaking up of the stone takes place in a bladder filled with water previously injected, and which can be renewed at pleasure, the advantages resulting from the use of these instruments, in skilful hands, will be easily ap preciated. To these favourable circumstances must be added the position of the patient and the steadi ness of the instrument, which I obtain by means of the little bed, or rather a kind of arm-chair, on which I place the patient, when the volume of the stone is such as to require the use of the excavating instruments. On this bed the patient is seated in a commodious situation, and the in strument grasping the stone is fixed in a kind of vice, which is either moveable or fixed at plea sure ; so that, while the operation is going on, the patient is perfectly unaware of what is pass ing ; and this ought evidently to be the case, since _he instrument does not move, the action of the stilet being within it, and in the middle of the water previously injected. It was for the invention of this instrument for excavation that the " encouragement" was awarded to me two years ago by the learned body which has since conferred upon me the great prize of surgery for the " important im provements" I had further effected in the art of lithotritv.* This last improvement is the instrument I have called brisecoque, and which completes the set I have constructed in the intention of curing patients, by means of lithotrity, with the greatest possible chance of success. The operation of crushing the stone was certainly rendered less tedious and fatiguing by its excavation, thus breaking it up at the first attack ; but there was more yet to be done. The result of the excavation I practised was the reducing the calculus to shell fragments and powder, which last was immediately voided with the urine. The fragments, though too large to pass by the urethra, were reduced to a state in which the slightest pressure would crush them. It became of importance to construct some means of promptly breaking these shells, against which the excavating instruments were useless. I first endeavoured to make use of the three branch instrument, and employed it in the ter mination of the first operations I performed ; but I remarked that the action of this instru ment was slow on stones when entire, and left much to be desired even in the destruction of fragments, especially those which were flat and excavated, resulting from the action of the " evideur." I thought that if I had been forced, by the small diameter allowed for the instruments, to employ an excavating or progressive action, that, now I had only fragments to attack, I might, with advantage, change the system, and replace the slow and gradual action of a drill by the more prompt and energetic one of two branches moved by a peculiar mechanism, so as to break the fragments as soon as seized. It was the instrument resulting from this that I called the brisecoque, as indicative of the use for which it was destined, and in which I have succeeded beyond my hopes in combining the necessary elements for the prompt and perfect destruction of the stones. This instrument is, in effect, by the facility %%ith which it is manoeuvred, the rapidity and energy of its action, at the same time that its movements are gentle, far superior to the " perce pierre " for the destruction of small stones, or the fragments of large ones ; for its action must necessarily very much abridge the number of sit tings, and the fatigue of the patient ; and, con sequently, increase the chance of success. If I have rendered these details sufficiently clear to be understood, it will be observed that I have much abridged the operation ; since, first, in large stones I have substituted a system of excavation requiring only one attack, and there fore only one seizure of the stone, for a system of repeated perforation which required several attacks and searches in the bladder. Secondly, when small stones were to be destroyed, or frag ments of large ones, I have replaced the per forating by a grinding system, which, by its powerful action, reduces the stone to powder much more quickly, and with less fatigue to the bladder. Such are the modifications which I have in troduced in the means for crushing calculi. It was necessary it should be distinctly understood in what these consisted, for they ought to ma terially change the general results of the opera tion ; for where the three-branch instrument would fail, these instruments completely succeed, which has been already proved by cases. I have thus then, in augmenting the chances of cure by lithotrity, by adding to the powers of the instruments, diminished the number of cases which will require the operation of lithotomy. Let us hope that the time will come when the necessity of this operation will be entirely ob viated, and Nl= that disease, Which is with rea son lookee upon with dread, will become one of little consequence, and quite under the command of our curative means. * This prize was awarded by the Institute of France, two years ago, upon the report wade of Baron H eur t e l ou p' s instruments by M. Magendie ; in the name of the Com mission formed to decide on the prize of Medicine and Surgery, founded by M. de Montyon. The Metn6ers of the Commission were MM. Portal, Boyer, Chaptal, Du- Dulong, Guyltossac, De Clainville, F. Cuvier, and Alagendie, Reporter.—(J. R. A.) On Tuesday a girl named MARIA DRAPER, attempted to put a period to her existence, by throwing herself into the Thames, at Blackfi iars-bridge, but she was prevented by a police officer. She complained of the cruel treatment of a young man who ha , l deserted her. DEVON CoUNTY SESSIONS. (From the Western Times ) IMPORTANT CASE.-MERCHETTI V. THE NEIVTO MAGISTRATES. This was an appeal by Joseph Merchetti the decision of the Magistrates ut the last Licsnal Session at Newton. Mr. BIRD stated the case on behalf of the sr, pellant. This would not be a question of merely, but in the course of investigation they wow' have to correct errors in judgment, the knowl , of which ought to be diffused; the'r inquiry w e o d S be, was Merchetti entitled to have the licence rot which he applied; and then to ask, who had wee in the refusal of it. What was the object of the Act ? To prevent a mon o p o ly, an d b y ena bli n g °, to appeal at the Quarter S ess i ons , to get r id o floc! influence. What was Torquay, and what is it now ? It k but a few years since it was a fishing' Own; it now is the resort of affluence and rank' Why should Torquay be an exception to every othe r town upon the coast, arid Poulton's be there th e only hotel ? If one only be necessary in Torqua.f.' why are there so ma n y a t T e i gnmout h ? Thi s apPlr cation would never have been refused, but that & i t L. V. Palk was the proprietor of P ou l ton ' s Hot" —see the connexion of the Magistrates, and the fluence that has been used. As to Merchetti, the! is no objection to him—there was none made to hu l house. Certificates of character are not necessal here, but I shall produce them. (They Were the ° put in ; but, on the objection of Mr. Crowder, wet s nit admi•ted in evidence.) Witnesses were now examined in support of the appeal. William Hearder stated what took place on C he hearing before the Magistrates. Captain Pellet had known Merchetti for a number of years; he had been a servant to his (Captain Pellew' s ) f a ther' Mr. Kitson said, that by courtesy the opinion of the Magistrates of the neighbourhood was relied on. He spoke in favour of Merchetti, but said that durr the public prevented him from granting No objection was made by an y one to hi s c h a racter' Two years since a new licence was grante d by tb : sane bench to a second hotel, k e pt by C oc k ra m t Teignmouth. Torquay is of greater conseq ue,,„ t ri c° than Teignmouth. It pays b e t ween 200/. an d 31fir oti a year more assessed taxes tha n t h an b ot h E as t Virest Teignmouth ; knoxs M erc h ett i' s h ouse , it adapted for an hotel: h e i s a con f ect i oner , lir lodgers, is the best to s e r ve u p di nners i n t h e t ool' is the only person—(A laugh)—who has served iiP dinners and suppers at Poult o n' s h ote l. Mr. C. Rely deposed to th e i ncrease o f Tortilla/ . W. Bastick and Mr. Wish deposed t o the salv e ficts. hi s request. Mr. Lipscombe, of the Marine Hotel, TeiV" mouth, deposed that it would be decidedly to . tv e public benefit to have a second hotel at Torquay.. d On cross-examination, he admitt e d t h at i t wool' be for his benefit also, but that he had a little fella° . feeling for the public. Judgment—Let a licence be granted to Merchetti• At the Michaehnas Ross-shire Head Couril the Convener submitted to the meeting an application b i Mr. lieu., the original inventor of steam engine's, for re; lief from his embarrassments, which the applicant stst eu to have been brought on in consequence of his appill his fortune in bringing steam-engines to perfection. was laid on the table, and as the county could not soy" themselves, it was strongly recommended to individual be: ritors to contribute to assist Mr. BELL —lnver. Jostrisa" FATAL ACCIDENT.—About ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, as several men were engaged in diggiL l t out the foundations on the site of the late calamitous s'", in High Holborn, a large macs of earth and brick-vie r. suddenly gave way, and fell with a tremendous noise, by . It ing several of the men. With the exc e pti on o f one, .01 were speedily extricated without any serious injury ; with the utmost exertion the body of one poor frig': named Jamas JERROLD. was not g ot ou t f rom bets. , , the weighty soil which had covered him for nearly an hol'i when it presented a shocking spectacle, and life •app o 7, to have been extinct some time. ROBBERY .: COACH PASSENGERS!..!: The robbery of lengers upon the outside of etlr coaches is of frequent occurrence. L as t even i ng, shal t six o'clock, IiOBERTSON, a constable, seeing a fellow svho_,° he knew to be a bad charact e r g e tti ng d own from behln KERRISOWS Tottenham coach, hailed the coachman, 1,1 7, pulled up, and a lady nam e d B IRD , w h o sa t on t h e WO s at, discovered that her pocket had been picked of all fir / money it contained, Is. 6d., which she had *aced in i t ' fa. payment of her fare. The thief hail for the tint 4 e•caped, but ROBERTSON kept a look-out for him, 014 shortly afterwards found him sounding a gentleman's cos!' pocket which hung over the back-railing of STARR.SOI; field cold:. The coachman jumped down, and assitq" him in securing the thief, who begged to he taken JO!' the ci.y, where probably he was not so we ll k no wn. 1. ,,,,b 14 , request was of course disregarded, and h e was taken be ' fore a County Magistrate, where he ca ll e d hi mse lf Jo° JOHNSON, but he had been well known on former °cc ° sions as JOHN HAYES. He was sent to the treal-mill for three months, and 4s. 6d., found in his pocket, W$ handed over to the keeper of the prison,. to be ape: priated towards his support while so industriously employ' NEWLY INVENTED BRIDGE.—CoI. LOPIC h i of the Board of Engineers, has invented a n t w kind . . bridge, one of which has been built over the Ohio and BSW more Rail-road, at its interse tion with the Washings"; road. The Baltimore Gazette gives the following ; seription of its adv an tag es over th e b r id ges now i n use: - " There is not a single curve used in its construri i s; Every pie c e of timber which bears a weight bears it itt direction of the grain; so that there is no spring' ,( shaking; and you pass over the bridge as if it were stone. The quantity of timber used in it is comparati e ; small ; and any part of it may be removed, upon ocesei to replace it, without injury to the structure. Ther e to nut a tenon or mortice necessary, so that the timber is a or weakened, but employs its whole force for the purpoge o which it is intended. The bridge is 70 feet in leu_ d oir and we see no reason why, with a proportional in the size of the lumber, a bridge of a similar conAc a ihe tion might not be built of three or f o ur or five time' " length."—From a Boston Paper. THE SECOND BOY IN HIS C LASS .--.- 11 , riy years ago, a respectable merchant in the neighbourhe ou p ; Edinburgh died, leaving a widow in opulent n g stances with a numerous family. A suitable time ha of passed she accepted the addresses of a valiant Capt,tA Volunteers. The Captain was a huma ne an d kind "”" upon the whole, and performed the duties of is et e ti father in a very creditable manner, but he was • a most boisterous temper, and had contracted • habit of swearing, which he indulged often 0 3 minner which would have beck ludicrous• if had not been horrible; Among his step-children We a l , little urchin ycleped "SANDIE," who was duly School when he sprung up to be a proper age. SANots "'- other qualities about him than a love of letters, and in Psi; ticular a considerable portion of that juvenile cunning roguery, mixed with simplicity, which sometimes cher a o , tenses the untutored mind. could always find a dred things more attractive than a lesson, and was, 0 ; sequently, constantly at or near the bottom of his oh',„ which brought him many a volley of oaths from the y e doubtable Captain. One day, as usual, the step.dad =tided what place he (SANDIE) now held in his dr, e a SANDIE, with a very unusual degree of briskness, reP I .IO that he was a second dux. " Well done," replied fret, Captain, " thit's a clever fdlow ; you'll be a men Yf o e And how many are in your class ? ' This was a que r pa , which SANDIE was unprepared. Looking in his father's face, with an indescribable expression of O u ts! anent and simplicity, he answered, as if the words 1 0 freeze upon his lips, " just me an' a lassie." BIRTH. On the 28th inst. the lady of A. Ad.tir, Esq. of ßev therton Park, Somerset, of a son and heir. MARRIED, 1 0 / 0 On the 26th inst. at Dawlish, avon, the Rev' :1 M. Blencowe, M.A., late of Oriel College, to 316 f sY Anna, eldest daughter of Col. Roehfort, of Rochfotip meath, the M. roll? On 7th inst. at Hackney, Capt. J. M. SP e ire: to Harriott, daughter of A. Ftatnpton, M.D. °I Broad-street. J. 1" DIED. On the '.2Stli inst. Anne, the beloved wife of J• Es 1. of Lincoln's Inn. On the -26th inst. in 11.mie to-stre, t, Cov Mr. H. Banks, aged 64. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY DlURnolCier io, THY SUN °MCP', 112, Elzstaxn, Losivotri ~L