The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-24 00:00:00

!CITY REGISTRATIOis-MONDAY

Before Mr. CRAIG.
THE TEMPLE LIST. —The lists for the parish of St.
Dunstan in the West haying been handed in, an objec-
.•ti°n was taken by Mr. Trott to the reception of the
p envie list, on the ground of its being improperly
' " ded. The overseers' list was headed, " The list of
:fer,lons entitled to vote in the election of four Members
the City of London, in respect of property occupied
twithin filo parishunstan in the West." The
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Pie list wnieh was addressed to the overseers, was
heeded in ti:e following manner :—" The following
persons claim to have their names inserted on the list of
Persons entitled t:? vote in the election of Members of
ornament for the City of London."
A short discussion took place on the subject, when
Air. CRAIG said lie would strike out the words at the
'lead as an improper interposition, and then receive
the list.

We understand that Major G. D. Hall, formerly
of the Royal Staff Corps, and Lxte Assistant Quartermaster
General in Canada, is about to return to that country as
Military Secretary to the Governor-General of North
America. He is to set sail in the Liverpool steam-vessel
' .or New York this day. We are glad to find that Mr.
Poulett Thomson will have the advantage of so able and
experienced an adviser cu matters of which he can have so
1 slender a knowledge himself.—United Service Gazette.
STEAM EXPLOSION.—On Thursday morning
a tremendous expi3sion took place at the fixed eogine of
the Sunderland [hid Durham Railway on Surnaerland
Moor. Without any indication being manifested, orie of
the boilers, upwaids of five tons weight, blew up and burst,
or rather broke asunder. The body of the boiler, which
is computed to be upwards of four tons weight, was car-
ried to the incredible distance of eighty yards and two feet.
The hailer-house (a stone building) was torn to pieces,
,am.i part of the engine-house wall, which adjoined the
bailer-house, was torn down. Two of the firemen, named
- Bewick He 1e and Terence Flinn, were severely scalded ;
the latter was further injured by part of the materials
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ailing upon him; his recovery is very doubtful. Fortu-
nately no other person was injured. The boiler had only
been in use three years. The accident is said to have been
caused by the injurious effects of salt water upon the iron.
TRICKS or THE MARQUIS OF WATERFORD.
\ --During the tournament festivals, the Noble Marquis
)I took occasion now and again to steal away from his Peers.
and indulge his humour in pranks. The following anecdote
of him, we are assured, is authentic. Dressed in the garb
of a sailor he strolled on Thursday night into a baker's
shop in Irvine, and, in compliance with his request, the
ihalc,r showed him some flour. " Flour 1" said the
Marquis, " is that flour ?" The reply was in the affirm-
' ati,e. .. Flour 1" roared the Marquis, with an oath,
" infernal ground bones, you scoundrel I—lt was you,
and such as you, that brought the cholera into
this country." Whereupon the Marquis, seizing a hand-
ful, threw it ioto the Laker's eyes, and seizing him by the
throat, threatenod to annihilate him. The baker was con-
founded and nigh dead with fright, when his wife bounced
upon the Marquis,sv ho threw a handful of flour'into her face
, also, and bolted. The grey mare was the better horse,
however, and determined not to let the intruder off in that
1 manner ; so out she sallied with a face as white as the
siriven snow, giving vent to a string of complimentary
epithets. The Marquis at last turned back, and whis-
perine• to the baker's wife
.that her husband was delirious,
a 'lipped a five-pound note into her hand, to purchase a
st, •ait.waiscoat for him.—.elyr. Advertiser.
NIN kIAL MAGNETISNI.—Baron Dupotet, who
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was ,'or some time in London performing experiments in
animal magnetism, is now here, and gives a public exhi-
b;tion oHis last . 'xpmyerimerx,
successful,
f magnett& patients every Friday at the Athenee
of
simpyerrilm, ‘a e,rits, at which I was present, were
p ianoetsyseroy.f.,
ing
the
inlet,
lnd he attributed his failure to the dam
the weather,
girls
which, he says, has a great effect in diminish-
shy of the fluid. The celebrated magnetic
whose power was said to be so great
that the fluid ill
passing from one to the other would
suspend in the RIC
a large mahogany
with a good s 0 table placed be-
tween them, t ut fellow sitting upon it,
i are said in the MarseiL'es journals to have had the force
similar cause. Opinion is
1 of the fluid diminished .`)Y a si •
much divided herons to the
whole, it is rather making co.
M. Defer, a physician of Metz,
medical men.
truth of this science but, on the
co=verts
publishedamong
ou n t
witch
of some experiments which are
,t.ias just -
more
extraordinarynace
first covered with
‘ than any of those shown by Dr. Elliotson in London, for he
. .declares that the eyes of his patient were
i dk'achylar plaster and then bandaged,
yet s and walk
1 covld read letters in the dark, play at dominoes, and. that she
in 0,, e streets with as great ease as without a bandage in.
broad daylight. He states also, that when in a magnetised
state, t.. 4,0 strongest shock of electricity nad no effect upon
i her. '1 'he most wonderful part of M. Defers pamphlet is
1 the attest ation of about forty of the most eminent scientifict.st
men in M.etz, who not only attest their having
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he relates, ;rut having submitted every part of toe pro
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to all the ri,c.‘x.roua proofs which the most incredulous rush
seen, all
chaos
could have desired. It is very strange that the question
cannot be set at last one way or the other. It is a nlystery
now which puzzles the wisest, and at the same time d i. s
not exclude the practicahih making 2, f it, d nag. —Letter
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J ram Paris.

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