The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-04 00:00:00

SHARP'S NEW GAZETTEER OF THE

BRITISH ISLANDS.
The ninth part of this truly national work ad-
vances as far as the article " St. Helier." When
completed it will yield in utility to no work of the
same nature that has ever been undertaken.

SHOWELL'S TRADESMAN'S CALCULATOR.
A new edition of this useful little pocket volume,
re-edited by C. 0. Rooks, has just been published by
Tegg and Co. It is invaluable to all provision
dealers, and especially so to butchers, as it exhibits at
one view the prices of meat, calculated by the stone
of 8 lbs.

TIIE NE TV EQUILATERAL TRIANGULAR

TELEGRAPH.
This invention of Mr. Henry Dempster strikes us as
excellently adapted to facilitate the operation of tele-
graphing with (lags ; indeed its reputation is firmly
established, premiums having been awarded to it by
the Royal Socio:ips: of Arts in London and Edin-
burgh, and by the jurors of the Great Industrial Ex-
hibition, for simplicity, uniformity, comprehensive-
ness, and economy.

THE Z OIS T.
The thirty-ninth number of this singularly inte-
resting periodical contains an amount of well-attested
instances of the wonderful curative agency of mes-
merism, sufficient to stagger the most prejudiced
sceptic. There are examples given, among the rest,
of painless extraction of teeth, calculated to afford no
small comfort to those who dread the wrenching of the
dentist's formidable apparatus, and the following,
though a comparatively unimportant !case, bears such
a naive impress of truth that we cannot avoid tran-
scribing it in extenso. The narrator is the Rev. J. Peed,
of Seevey Castle, Ireland, who has supplied Dr. Elliot-
son, on the suggestion of the Archbishop of Dublin,
with bis notes of a late visit to London.
" Oct. 14th. Returning from royal apartments at
Windsor Castle, saw, at entrance door, a tall, spare
policeman, whose left arm was in a sling. As the
visitors crowded by him, one gentleman accidentally
touched his hand, whereupon policeman winced and
turned away apparently in great pain. Went up to him:
What is the matter with you?'—P. I am in great
pain; I have a gathering in my thumb, and have had no
ease these five days.'—' Give me your thumb.' P.
What do you want to do?' No matter; give it hero.'
Policeman consents with a comical expression of coun-
tenance. I mesmerLe the thumb (which is bandaged)
for perhaps five minutes, placing it between the palms of
my hands, and occasionally making traotativo passes.
How do you feel now?'—P. 'My thumb is very com-
fortable; I feel no pain: you have put me into a per-
spiration all over: you are not mesmerising me, I hope?'
Yes, but I am; try if you can stir your thumb.' P.
I can now the pain has left: I can move it without
Pain: Press with your fingers.' Policeman obeys
with fear and trembling: ho tells me the pain and sore-
ness has been so intense he dare not touch the thumb: 1
urge him; ho takes courage, and finds he can handle it
without pain. But my arm! I have not been able
to straighten it these five days: the inflammation runs
up to my shoulder, (he traces its course). No matter,
your arm shall be straight in less than live minutes: I
take it from the sling, make passes from shoulder to tips
of fingers: the arm gradually becomes straight to owner's
unfeigned astonishment. P. Can I move it myself?'—
Try.' He does so; bends his arm, Ulm shakes it up
and down—tossing it about like a child with a new toy.
In a word, so completely were both hand and arm re-
stored to her Majesty's service, that he would have
pocketed the sling but from advice to the contrary.
" The scene was a curious one. I bad many specta-
tors, and with the exception of the old beefeater, the
passers-by looked on me as insane. An hour afterwards
1 met the policeman, asked how the arm was; he replied
first by taking the hand out of the sling and brandishing
it, then thanking me repeatedly for setting the thief-
catching member all right again."
There is a curious paper on the " Phenomenon of
Levity in the Human Subject," and the concluding
portion of one of profound interest, entitled " Me-
tallo-therapia ; or, Metal cure : new properties of
'Metals illustrated through Mesmerism ;" by Dr.
Burq, of Paris ; translated, communicated, and sup-
plied with a note by Dr. Elliotson. By the applica-
tion of copper and English steel, various neuralgias
have been cured in Paris ; hypocendriasis, hyste-
ria, chlcrosis, palsy, and various maladies, have
succumbed in repeated instances to the metallic treat-
ment, affording proof of the truth and practical im-
portance of the discovery which Meaner enabled Dr.
Burq to make.

DEATH OF PRINCE GUSTAVUS OF SWEDEN.—
Prince Gustavus, Duke of Upland, and second son of the
King of Sweden, died at Christiana on the 2Lth ult. He
landed there on the 16th ult. with their Llajeatiea, and corn.
plained of indisposition. On the following day he was seized
with violent fever, which ended fatally. The Swedish Am-
bassador at Paris bad issued invitations fcr a grand diploma-
tic dinner for this day, but it has been necessarily put elf in
consequence of the death of the Prince.

CROYDON GREAT CATTLE MARILET (SATURDAY).
Saturday morning was the first of the annual two days'
Michaelmas Fair at Croydon, and from an early hour the
town was visited by thousands from all parts to witness the
great cattle collection and feast on Michaelmas geese, a
custom for so many years °burred. Of beasts of every
description such an abundant number has not been
known for years, particularly horses. The attendance of
farmers was also numerous from all counties, and although
at first business was not of an improved condition, yet an
advance took place, and moderate prices were maintained.
Much counterfeit coin got into circulation this morning,
principally half-crowns, and several of the London swell
mob had arrived by the train, but the police of Croydon
were duly on the alert.

EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.-Emigrants are DOW
proceeding direct to Australia from the north of Scotland.
On Friday the Jean Geary brig _left Aberdeen for Port
Philip, with 70 passengers, all from the city and county of
Aberdeen. Another vessel sailed lately from Banff with
emigrants, and a third is now taking in passengers in the
Aberdeen docks for the land of gold.
SNAKES CAUGHT IN A WELSH RIVER. Our
nothern contemporary, the Carnarron Herald, reports that,
"as Mr. Evan Evans, Llanidloes, was ground fishing in the
Twymyn river, near Wynnstay Arms, he, to his great sur-
prise, hooked and landed two large snakes, one of them
measuring four feet in length. lie has had extensive expe-
rience in fishing, but hitherto never met with much an un-
welcome prize."