The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-01-13 00:00:00

THE LATE COMMODORE MENDS.

Extract of a letter from an officer of his Majesty's ship
Owen Glendower, dated Cape Coast Castle, Septembem
I 23 :
" The death of our revered and lamented Commodore, Sb Ro.
beet ]Mob, has, perhaps, produced sensations more poignant than
usual) y occur on similar occasions. His benevclent feelings and
amiable conduct had endeared him to every officer and man in the
drip.
" It may not be generally known that this distinguished rifft,•,,,
lost his right arm when a Midshipman during the American We,
and the wound was of so complicated a nature, that amputanie
was twice performed before his life could be hoped for.
" Ile narrowly escaped death on a subsequent occasion, when, as
Lieutenant of the Colossus at the battle of L'fhicnt, he cottrai,T.
ously applied the match to a gun which lagged tire, and he was, by
the explosion, so dreadfully burnt, as scarcely to have presectd
any skin on his body.
In the action with the Niemen, French frigate, and the Are.
thusa, then commanded by our worthy friend, Sir Robert, a bhtek
struck the back of his bead, which knocked him down, and th-
rived him of his senses. The effects of the blow he felt and COW.
plained of the remainder of his life.
" Although he was thus dismembered and shattered, his sp.
pearance was noble 'and commanding; and his fine soul bcaniof
from his eyes, and produced an expression never to be forgottin
by those who had beheld his countenance. Long, very long, ail
it be before we shall look upon his like arsine to you, my friend,
who knew him well. I need not dwell on his virtues and nicrni ;
his family, his friends, his country, will deplore the loss of the lit,t
of husbands and parents. the nowt sincere and amiable comproior,
and one of the finest officers that has graced the age in which we
have lived. . . . .

" lin death, produced by ardent and unremitting 1041 in hit
duty, in this malignant climate, was as affecting as his life had
been interesting. An attack of cholrea mortar had, for the tut,
preceding days, highly incapacitated him from his usual ratite
attention to his duty, and, on his partial recovery, he was about
proceeding frota his cabin on deck, in conversation with his eldest
son, when he was seized with an apoplectic fit, from which he nets
recovered. The scene is beyond my description, but the deepest
sentiments of respect and love pervade every heart, and remain pith
the hopeless expectation that we shall ever, in this world, meet wit
such another man —"

THE HEART, GREAT VESSELS, AND CIRCC•

LAiION OF TDB BLOOD.

So important a subject as the circulation of the blood
cannot fail of being interesting to our general readers; we
shall therefore lay before them a brief account of it. di-
vested of that complication which renders it only intelligi-
ble to anatomists.

The heart, by the contraction of which the blend is
circulated, has arising out of it two great blood vessels,
whose branches extend to all parts of the body, seem-
parrying each other throughout the one is the great art, ry,
the aorta, and the other the great vein, or none cam. The
heart has also two other great vessels arising from its other
side, one called the great artery of the lungs, or pdl7ll,lllly
al trry, the other, the great vein of the lungs, or pulmonary
v' in. Let us therefore keep in view that the heart has
four large trunks communicating with it, and that at the
junction of each with the heart, there are placed valves,
most beautifully perfect, which act in such a manner as to
admit the tide of blood through its own proper channel, is
passing . and reprising the heart and lungs, and to home-
diately fly up and prevent its improper return, like flood-
gates. Arteries are always accompanied by veins closely
connected together—the arteries carrying the blend front
the heart—the veins carrying it back to it. An artery is
elastic, and can contract and dilate—a vein is an inactive
flaccid tube. An artery has no valve in its whole course to
the extremities of the body—a vein has valves placed at
very short distances. These valves are to support the up-
per column of blood as it ascends from below back to the
heart, flying up and acting as a floor to that portion of
blood which is above it and between the next valve and

itself ; thus every motion of our limbs moves the blood is
their veins, and that motion can be no other than upwards
on account of those valves, while the motion of the Wood
in the arteries is directly from the contraction of the heart,
and it has a free current to the extreme parts of the Ws.
With this general view in mind, let us proceed to describe
the circulation.
The blood is sent out at one gush, or pulsation, through.
out the whole body, into the most minute branches of the
arteries ; those arteries snake a turn, and losing their elas-
ticity. become veins, which grow large in proportion as they
go towards the heart, and lie exactly in the course of their
corresponding arteries. Into these veins the blood is
therefore forced after having supplied the various *erre.
dons of the body, This blood is thus brought back by the
great vein, or erns earn, and at its junction with the kft
jugular and subelavian vein it receives by a little tube the
white chyle or essence of the food brought by that tube
from the stomach. The blood is then unfit for the arteries,
and therefore is carried into one tittle cavity of the heart,
and at one pulsation in driven by the prilinnnary asters
into the lungs, where, coming in contact with the air thrones
their membranes, it :assorts' oxygen from air breathed,
which changes its colour from dark to bright red. The
blood thus prepared for supporting life is taken back by
the ptiltninntry reins into the other aide of the heart, which
communicates with the aorta, and by one pulsation is SOll
to all parts of the body, returning again as before throueh
the veins ; and this course takes place at every pulsation of.
tliat great and beautiful machine of the heart.-31c, lies:
Adviser.

A numerous and respectable meeting of the inhabitants
of Glasgow was held in the Town Hall a few days ago, for
the purpose of considering the most proper measures for the
relict of the Spanish refugees in this country. Profess
Jardine was called to the chair by acclamation. Several
resolutions were then read, and carried unanimously ; arm
which a subscription-paper was banded about, and ire
meeting separated.
DEATII Or JOSEPH MARRYATT, ESQ. M.P.—We Is
ment to say that Joseph Marryatt, Esq. M.P. died yester-
day morning by a fit of apopkxy. This gentleman as
Chairman of the Committee of Underwriters at Lloyd's
and Member of Parliament:for Sandwich, a merchant
teal
banker ire London, and agent for the island of Grenada.
Mr. Marryatt possessed a great deal of general informatics,
a dear, powerful, and business-like manner of speaking.
which gave hint great ascendancy in all public meetings
connected with his own pursuits, and procured him an at-
tentive hearing in the Mouse of Commons. Ile was about
60 years of age.
The remains of Sir A. 0. Moleavrorth, Bart. were depo-
sited in the family vault at Egloshayle, on Saturday last
All the gentlemen in the neighbourhood, and the whole a
his numerous tenantry, accompanied the proctision free
Pencarrow. Upwards of three thousand reasons were Fr
sent.— Weal Brilim.
A noted craniologist was, a few days ago, requested by
lady to examine her pericranium. She placed his fingsri
on the tcp of her head, where a curl-paper lay very trID-!,
quilly, under her cap, and asked him, gravely, Oa
organ was that ? " That," replied the craniologist. slier i"
having very carefully examined it, " That, Ma'am, is ihe
organ of veneration."
CREDULITY AND IGNORANCE OT THE
CENTURY.—The Queen of Philip 111. being accusal
r.
adultery. the King sent for the Abbessof St. Hilary ca!,
suit the Bible on his. wife's guilt or innocence. The chil-
dren of l'hilip the Fair entered into an agreement in
lug, whereby they promised mutually to assist each oda.
against all persons that should attempt their lives by ere.
of magic or enchantment. By a decree of the French rg•
nt liame, a witch was condemned to the flames, who in et.
junction with the devil had forged a deed in favour of lit
bert of Artois. The illness of Charles VI. was attribasol
to witchcraft,
,and they sent for a sorcerer to cure him. I"
England, the Duchess of 4 Iloncester was condemned-to'
public penance in St. Paul's cathedral, and her pretessit'
accomplice was burnt alive as a sorceress.
The present mild weather gives vigorous growth t
o tk
young wheats, which every where look well.—Saseis

rertiser.
NICIMER AND Suicinv—An atrocious crime. folio,'
by a drtmdful suicide, 1- s bezn committed at S'
14, Rue Cadet. M. Lzurent Bernard, finding
ek
he was ruined by his speculation% on the Exchan-c,
loaded his pistols on the 7th. Ilis servtint had 01160
acme
gunpowder On the floor of his chamber, and 11
alarmed at it. 31. Laurent Bernard, who had been Of
agitated during the night, awoke his mother so valve' t!
in the morning, whom he persuaded to descend with Ho.
the kit,htu. At seven o clock he dispatched a nor
to rcqutst that one of their friends would
upon him during the day ; and at half-after seven on C.
morning of the Nth, two discharges were beard, who:
bodies of the mother and son were discovered both voi`
inn in their bloud.—Puris Poper.