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 tuns 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 hailer), was placed
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,