The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-29 00:00:00

M ...ALTON RACES.
(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LANGTON STAKES.

Lord Hill 1.
Moininia

CONVIVIAL STAKES.

Captaiite Drnish
Ann Eliz

Eight ran.

S TRETFORD RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

ARRIV. LLS FOR THIS DAY'S RACES.--Columbine, Kaffir,
Ltbyrint h, Locomotive, Linnet, Stretford Lass, Uncle
Torn, B. ahgelert, lodine, Duchess, Stanley, Chester,
Emma, :1 ?ront de Bceuf, Barndale Lass, California colt,
and Nan ey Martinson.

DITIZRAGH RACES.—YESTERDAT.
SEC D.Y.D CLASS OF MADRID STAKES.
Iscom❑ ton ..„

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rd.?, MAJESTY'S PLATE (for Mares).
Chaseaw:

1

SPORTING NOTES.

' ['HE PAST AND THE FUTURE
Opinio ss slightly differ as to the style in whic.h
won the .Flying Dutchman's Handicap at York o❑
go
Thursday • Her through-thick-and-thin admirers declare
that she at llieved the victory with consummate ease •
but iinpa.l::ti al judges stoutly maintain that at one time
Ivan " had the best of the race," and that he was only
stalled of at last with evident difficulty. The result
might have, been different had not Ivan stumbled, That
he is the in ost formidable opponent Virago has yet en-
countered • is unquestionable ; and the estimation in
which his performance was held by the owner of the
mare is s'.q ;nificantly indicated by the report, which I
believe :'Au nded on truth, and which states that after
the race h a offered to buy Ivan of Lord Zetland for
1,5001. "V irago was scratched for the Londesborongh
Cup—a pr oceeding not to be wholly attributed to her
owner's a pressed disinclination to " spoil sport," but,
in my op in ion, mainly to the queer state of her hocks.
I was int fo:rmed that something struck against her in the
race for the Flying Dutchman's Handicap, and the
appearam ICE, of her near hind leg, which was cut in
one or t rgo, places, confirms the truth of this information.
Traces of a curb, too, were plainly perceptible, and it is
just pos Bible that the work which Virago has recently
undergo ne, may place her chance for the One Thousand
Guinea :R.; "Ices in jeopardy. As she was being led from
the saddlii ig enclosure on Thursday, "Honest John"
comman de d the lad in charge of her to "have them legs
well fomer ,ted." I have nothing to add to the " Running
remarks a the Great Northern Handicap," which were
published .in The Sum on Thursday. The minor events
on Friday scarcely possess sufficient prospective import.
ance to ref pure comment.
This we ek Newminster has advanced into still greater
favour for the Chester Cup. Indeed, the ranks of his
partisans have been reinforced by those who took the
trip into. 'Yorkshire, and who, doubtless, heard him well
spoken of. He is said to be in capital health and condi-
tion, ar id in form ; it is said that he is even better than
when Ito won the St. Leger. The outlays in favour of
Dervish. 'tor the Derby, have too been considerably in-
creased,. whilst the money has been put on Ruby for the
Two Thousand in " Dollops."
So um 'important are the events to be decided at New-
market on Monday, that I shall not occupy space by de-
livering' an opinion on their probable result. Speculation
on the ' I'wo Thousand, although limited in its range, is
marked by several interesting incidents. Boiardo is
" firm" .in the market, notwithstanding the daily in-
creasing' support received by Ruby. The movements
connecter 1 with the last-mentioned horse are not a little
perplexin.g ; whilst he is freely backed for this event at
5 to 2 mind 3 to 1, almost " any odds" may be obtained
about bins for the Derby, for which race "people who
go about saying things" declare him to be a " dead 'un."
Boiardcu is known to be a good horse—Ruby is only
suspected to be one. The chances of success, therefore,
are un quostionably in favour of Boiardo—the public
perfornaer of tried and approved merit.
Run Lour gives out that the field will be unexpectedly
large. Alembic, lam told, is a certain runner. This
horse's whereabouts was once a matter of some doubt ;
he is, however, now trained by Mr. Isaac Day, who
stands, by-the-bye, a somewhat heavy bet against Ruby.
The starters for the the Two Tnousand will be selected
from tho following :—Ruby, Punchbox, Alembic, Mus-
covado, :Boiardo, Physalis colt, Paxton, Dr. O'Toole.
Belgrave , Incubus, Champagne, Coup d'Etat, Marble
Hill, Middlesex, and Mirabeau.
In acoordance with my usual custom, I shall send de-
spatches containing the latest advices from " head
quarters" on Monday.
Yesterday I was at Malton. The sport there was
meagre in quantity, and insignificant in quality. The
meeting , however, was far from unpleasant, and Mr.
Peart, The secretary, and Mr. Lund, the C. C., are
labourin g sedulously to raise its character. The prin-
cipal tut :fites, who had "assisted" at the gathering, re-
turned to town by the Great Northern Mail. They
were delayed some little time at the Milford Junction,
in muse quence of its having been discovered that one of
the first class carriages was unsafe. Indeed, it was not
in travelling condition, for some damage had been done
to °me of the springs, which was supported by a piece
of word inserted for that purpose, and in this state the
carri age was sent from York. This negligence was, to
say t ho least, most reprehensible, and excited no miti-
gate(l indignation among the passengers, who believed
that life and limb had been thus perilled. Had not the
damzige been discovered in this early stage of the journey,
it is impossible to say what the consequences might
have been.
Apri 1 20.

A FRESH MAN.

PAINLESS REMOVAL OF A DISEASED FEMALE
BREAST IN THE MESMERIC TRANCE.

On Wednesday last, at a quarter past two o'clock,
Mr. Tubbs, surgeon, of Upwell, Cambridgeshire, in the
presence of above a dozen gentlemen, at the Mesmeric
Infirmary, No. 36, Weymouth-street, Portland-place,
out away the right breast of a married woman of Up-
well, named Flowerday. He first threw her into the
state of sleep-waking, by holding her hands in his and
staring at her eyes, as she sat leaning back in a chair.
After a time her eyelids quivered, her eyes converged
and turned upwards, and, in nine minutes from the first,
they closed, and her head drooped. Mr. Tubbs ceased
to hold. first one hand and then the other, and
each dropped powerless into her lap. The left
hand was allowed to remain where it fell ; the right
was kindly held up and aside by Mr. Burman, surgeon,
of Wisbeach, in order to be out of the operator's way.
Mr. Tubbs now opened her dress, and made two deep
elliptical cuts, each five inches long, from above down-
wards, touching each other above and below. He next
cut out the breast between the two incisions, and intro-
duced his fingers into the wound, and felt in all direc-
tions for any indurated portion which might be left.
Fancying that he found one, he next cut out a piece as
large as a walnut. Five needles with threads were then
passed in succession through the edges of the wound,
and all was sown up. During the whole of this fright.
ful operation, which was performed with unusual
slowness to prove that she felt nothing, not a
sound escaped her ; she sat perfectly still, silent,
and relaxed, like any one in the sweetest sleep ; not a
part quivered or twitched ; her lips were relaxed and
motionless ; and, further to prove that she exerted no
effort to restrain herself, Dr. Elliotson, while the gashes
were making, moved the ends of her fingers backwards
and forwards with the tip of one of his fingers. There
was no holding or catching of the breath; all was placi-
dity, and the relaxation of complete repose. In fact,
her countenance, which is very good, expressed the
height of composure.
Her dress was now re-adjusted, and all signs of what
had passed were removed. She was awakened by a few
transverse passes before her face ; and, on being asked
how she felt, replied, "Very well." She looked around like
ono just awake ; and, on being next asked whether she
thought the operation bad been performed, said she did
not know, and asked if it had. She seemed bewildered,
as though she thought from Mr. Tubb's manner that it
had been performed, and yet she could not believe that
it had. She was then informed of the fact, and ap-
peared very thankful. To the inquiry whether she had
felt anything, she answered, "Nothing at all." She
recollected, she said " Mr. Tubbs's sending me to sleep,
and the last thing I saw was Mr. Tubbs's eyes.
Measures were preparing to carry her up to bed, but
she unaffectedly declared that she could walk : and she
did walk up two pairs of stairs, got into bed, and by a
few passes was sent back into her mesmeric sleep.
On account of her being subject to fits of severe
who has performed many opera-
fainting,Mr. Tubbs,
opera-
tions under chloroform, was decidedly of opinion that
this employment would have been highly dangerous in
this case.
Mrs. Flowerday is a most respectable wife and mother.
The following attestation was drawn up
,g We witnessed the removal of Mrs. Flowerday 's
breast by Mr. Tubbs, of Upwell, to-day, at the Mesmeric
Infirmary, No. 36, Weymouth-street, and are perfectly
satisfied that she suffered not the slightest pain (as -in-
deed she herself declared on being awakened out of her
trance), and had no idea of the operation having been
performed. After the operation she walked up stairs
to bed.

" JOHN ELLIOTSON, Conduit-street.
E. S. SYIES, M.D., Bowden-house, Berkeley-square.
A. KISTE, 37, Maddox-street.
R. GOFF, 21, Kensington Gore.
J. AMOR, 135, New Bond-street.
F. C. BEARD, 44, Welbeck-street, surgeon.
M. E. BAGNOL, 14, Upper Hamilton-terrace, St.
John's-wood.
T. A. SHAW, Kensington.
SMITH BURMAN, Wisbech, surgeon.
W. UNDERWOOD, 1, Vere-street, Cavendish-square.
T. PARLAND, 7, Mortimer-street.
G. F. LIISIGNAN' 2, Little Bush-lane.
W. FISHER, 13, Euston-place.
0: MAYHEW, 33, Alfred-street.
E. SHERBORNII, Matron.
T. GARDINER, Resident-secret:lly.

THE UMBRELLA.—Dr. Jamieson was the first person
who introduced the umbrella into Glasgow ; this was
in the year 1782. He brought it from Paris, and when
he commenced unfurling it in our streets, crowds of
people followed him in amazement at the spectacle.—
Glasgow Herald.