The Express.
London, England, 1847-02-17 00:00:00

este these animals required different periods of time.
In general,says-ht. Gruby, the duration of the intoxication
appeared tpt depend on the int nifty of the vapour, the
prolongation of the aspiration, the rapidity and force of
the inspiration, soil the age of the animals. Beyond the
, term fixed for respiration the animals died in a sleep. In
young animals the phenomena were more prompt than in
these which were full grown. M. ()ruby found that the pe-
ripheric circulation, the pulsations of the heart, end the re-
spiration, diminish under the influence of the ethereal vapor,
and that, if atter the experimeet the animal be exposed to
the air, the number of pulsations of the heart and the inspi-
ratory motion augment considerably, as does also the cuta-
neous circulation. Frogs which were wounded immediately
before the experiment resisted the intoxicating efforts of
the ether much longer than thus* which were uninjured.
Ile ascertained also that the stagnation in the capillary
vessels produced by the ether disappears before sensibility
is again manifested, and that a frog deprived of its brain,
end exposed to the vapours of ether, retains its sensibility
and its powers of contraction much longer than one that has
not been wounded. The experiments on dogs showed that
they first lose their tactile p.ripheric sensibility, then volun-
tary motion, and finally the contractibility of the voluntary
muscles. Dugs 20 days old lost their sensibility in three
minutes, and died in 18 to 20 minutes, under the effects of
the ether; grown-up dogs lost the power of sensation in 8
minutes, and died if the action of the ether was continued
for 42 minutes. The dogs recovered their sensibility and
motion when they were exposed to the air, if the experiment
with the ether was not prolonged beyond eighteen minutes
for the young, and forty so forty-four minutes for the adults.
Young dogs, which were apparently dead, having ceased to
breathe, were brought to tile by copious bleeding from the
jugular vein. A young dog, which had already been under
the effect of the ether and had recovered, was again exposed
to it, and the same effect was produced in fifty seconds ; but
a dog which had been bled after the experiment, and was
again exposed to the ether, resisted much longer than an-
other dog which had not lost blood. In the cases where the
experiment was carried to such a point as to produce death,
fil. Gruby found that the immediate cause of death was an
accumulation of blood in the veins of the brain, those of the
the lungs, the liver, &c.—Several letters were received from
surgeons giving account of successful operations., without
pain, after the inhalation of ether.
GEKMANY.—So much misery prevails in Silesia
that the governor of that province has proceeded to Berlin
to request a reinforcement of troops, for fear the dearness of
provisions should occasion disturbances. The Austrian
customs system is in full force on the Cracow frontier. On
the 3lst January all the foreign journals were seised com-
prising the Universal Prussian Gazette, a semi-olficial organ
of the Prussian government.
DESTRUCTION OF THE THEATRE OF PESTH By
Fnie.—The magnificent German Theatre at Pesth, in Hun-
gary, has fallen a prey to the flames. The fire broke out
between the hours of 3 and 4 o'clock on the morning of the
2nd inst. So intense were the flames, that the building was
reduced to a mass of ruins in an incredibly short Tate of
time. No lives were lost. The theatre was not insured.

HAYTI. PORT-ALT-PRINCE. Information ham
been received at Havre, by • French merchant vessel, from
Putbau.Priace, up to the 9th ult. At that period the court.
try was in a state of tranquillity, and commerce generally
had become more invigorated than it wee at the date of pre-
vious accounts. President Riche had the sympathy and
good-will of all people of property. He had made a Sour
through the country of Jacmel, and was everywhere received
with enthusiasm. On the 9th of January he was preparing
to return to the north. _

AMERICA. FRENCH DESERTER&—Each day
lirinp complaints from captains of Freud merchantmen of en-
couragement held out by the Americans for the desertion of
French sailors, from vessels that touch at any of the ports of
the United States. The men on board French vessels have
availed themselves of this encouragement to such an extent
as to endanger the safety of many vessels on their return
home by leaving them almost destitute of hands. The most
energetic remonstrances have been made respecting this evil,
through the French consuls at the various American ports,
to the authorities of the United States, but no redress has
I followed. The only resource left to the captain whose ship
may be thus partially deserted is to apply to a broker, who
' will promise him a certain number of hands. At the very
moment of sailing, these men are hurried on board in such
a state of intoxication, that it is impossible to socertain whe-
ther they are seamen or not.

COLONIAL
BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.
CANADA.—Our files received by the Hibernia
contain little beyond what was stated in the lucid sum-
mary of our Montreal correspondent. Up to the moment
of publication of the latest, the attention of that provincial
capital was engrossed exclusively with the anticipated arrival
of the new governor-general. Constitutional law and pro-
jects; of responsible government were the sole subjects of
discmaion.

NOVA SCOTIA.—ARRIVAL OF THE GOVERNOR-
OrNERAL.—On the 22nd, the Earl of Elgin the newly-
appointed Governor-General of British North America,
arrived at Halifax. The across the Atlantic had
been boisterous, and attended with intense cold. The Earl
of Elgin was accompanied by his aidese-de-camp, Lieut. the
Hon. A. Egerton, and Lieut. the Hon. E. Laseelles. The
Bishop of Newfoundland landed at Halifax at the same time.
An address to the Governor-General was presented by the
House of Assembly. It congratulated the earl on his mar-
riage " with the daughter of a deceased nobleman of high
statesmanlike qualities and ardent love of liberty." The
address was presented at the Government House and the
Governor-General read his reply. It expressed he of
social progress in British North America, and concluded with
a grateful acknowledgment of the reference, in the address,
to:the late Earl of Durham.
OPHNINO or THB Sassion.—On Thursday, Jan. 2'2, the
legislative assembly was opened, when the Lieutenant-
Governor delivered his speech. It alluded to the projected
railroad between Halifax and Quebec, and the continuation
of the line of electric telegraph from Canada to Halifax.
On the 31st ult, there was a discussion on the appointment of
a committee on the postoSice. The house bad also been
occupied with the question of the coal mines, azel=l
to appoint one odloer to the duties of the two
of crown lands.
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