The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-24 00:00:00

AIDS TO MEDICAL SCIENCE.

The value of electricity as / means of cure in a va
riety of complaints, more particularly those affecting the
nerves, is now generally admitted by the faculty ; and
its administration in various forms is constantly pre-
scribed. There is one circumstance, however, which
has hitherto prevented the efficacy of this powerful re-
medial agent being proved by but comparatively a few
sufferers—viz., the absence of any private establish-
ment where it can be administered by an experienced
operator, under the direction of the medical adviser ;
except by obtaining admission to the electrical room
of a public hospital, or by attendance at some public
institution, such as the Polytechnic ; therefore the pa-
tient is generally debarred from seeking relief from a
source which, in innumerable instances, has proved so
marvellously beneficial. The portable galvanic appa-
ratus commonly sold, which, to be of any service,
must be extremely costly, are inapplicable in a large
proportion of cases, and useless except in skilled
hands. It cannot, therefore, be said that they palliate
in any way this deficiency. To Mr. Mahomed, of
Ryder-street, St. James's, is due the credit of having
adequately supplied so evident a want. He has re-
cently added to his vapour-bath establishment a room
fitted up with every description of apparatus for the
administration of electricity and galvanism, in the va-
rious modes in which it is prescribed. The instruments,
manufactured by Messrs. Horne, Thornthwaite, and
Co., are of apt most complete and finished make, with
every recent improvement for regulating and modifying
the galvanic current. Mr. Mahomed, whose professional
education and practical experience entitle him to the
confidence of the faculty, presides over the apparatus,
and himself administers the electric fluid in whatever
shape it is prescribed, and strictly in accordance
with the counsel and directions of the patients' medical
adviser. The existence of such an establishment
in such hands needs only to be known at once to be ap-
preciated, s.nd all inedical men are invited to inspect and
judge for themselves.

LETTERS FOR INVALID OFFICERS AND
SOLDIERS.

GENERAL POST-OFFICE, Oct. 1854.—1 n order to pre-
vent the delay of letters and newspapers for invalid
officers and soldiers belonging to the British
force's in the East, who may be in the military
hospital in Turkey, by such letters, &c. being
forwarded to the head-quarters of the army, a
separate bag will, in future, be made up in London for
the correspondence referred te, and letters and news-
papers will be forwarded in this bag if they are plainly
addressed to "The Hospital, Scutari, Constantinople,"
and if the postage upon them is duly paid in advance.
The dates fixed for dispatching from London the
mails for Constantinople, via France, are the evenings
of the 3d, 9th, 13th, 19th, 23d, and 29th of every
month, but when the month has 31 days, the mail is
made up on the 30th instead of on the 29th.

TEE PRICE OF BREAD.—Another advance in the price
of bread and flour took place yesterday morning on the
Surrey side of the Thames. The advance was one half-
penny on the 41b. loaf, the prices at present being 7d.,
Bid., and 9A.d. Most of the bakers, it is understood,
complain that, though the harvest has been abundant,
the supply of wheat will fall short of the demand, and
that in the forthcoming winter bread will be very high
in price.
A MAN KILLED IN WYCH-STREET, STRAND.--Y ester-
day, between twelve and one o'clock, a fatal accident
occurred to Mr. John Harvey, aged 34, under the fol-
lowing melancholy circumstances. It appears that the
unfortunate man was walking downWych-street, Strand,
when he accidentally slipped off the kerb-stone, and fell
underneath the wheels of a coal waggon, which passed
over the lower part of his body, fracturing his legs in a
frightful manner. He was instantly picked up and con-
veyed to Albert Ward, King's College Hospital, where
Mr. Land, house surgeon, attended by the medical staff,
was is immediate attendance, and rendered every assist-
ance that medical skill could suggest, but on his arrival
he shortly expired.
The maritime reports received at Lloyd's yesterday
show that the late gale on the coast has been felt chiefly
by coasting vessels. Of those which wont ashore many
have got off, and the remainder, with some exceptions,
are expected to be got into harbour. Some wrecks are
reported, but the loss of life has fortunately been small.
There appears to have also been a storm in the Atlantic,
and several vessels are reported as having been fallen in
with di masted and abandoned, &c., and some others
spoken with damage.
ETON COLLEGE. —The Rev. Stirling Frederick Mar-
shall, conduct of Eton, has just been presented by the
provost and fellows of Eton College to the rectory of
Farnham Royal, Bucks, vacant by the resignation of the
Rev. Edward Craven Haw rey, D.D., provost of Eton.

SPORT ON THE CASTLE MENZIES PR';`PERET.—The
annual battue of Alexander Duncan, E-q., Castle Men-
zies, commenced on Tuesday, and ended on Thursday
last. Sir Robert Menzies, and his brother, F. N. Men-
zies, Esq., of Tlrinie, were at the head of the party.
Game of all kinds (including roe, hares, partridges,
grouse, pheasants, and rabbits was very numerous. The
party killed upwards of 650 head.—Ediaburgh, Courant.
SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.—We take the
opportunity of reminding those of our readers
who intend to be exhibitors at the forthcoming
Christmas Show of the Smithfield Cattle Club that
the entries close on the 4th of November. If,
therefore, they have not yet applied for the neces-
sary farms, they should do so without fin ther
delay, by sending to the honorary secretary, Mr. B. T.
Gibbs, Half Moon-street, Piccadilly. It will gratify all
our readers, hut especially the Welsh breeders, to know
that the committee of the Smithfield Cattle Club have
established new classes for Welsh cattle, so as to relieve
the breeders of this kind of stock from having to com-
pete with Scotch breeds.
CORN STATISTICS.—From a recent Parliamentary re-
turn it appears that in- the year 1853 there were im-
ported into the United Kingdom 6,235,860 quarters of
wheat and wheat flour, of which 1,145,845 quarters were
imported from Prussia, 1,071.173 quarters from Rus'sia,
1,582,641 quarters from the United States of America,
and 169,140 quarters from British possessions out of
Europe. Of the whole quantity 125,856 quarters were
re-exported. In the same year France imported
739,493 imperial quarters of wheat and 301,820 cwt. of
wheat flour, and exported 34,491 quarters of wheat and
346,613 cwt. of wheat flour. The average Gazette price
of wheat in England iu the year 1853 was 535. 3d. per
quarter ; and the average price for the three years 1851,
1852, and 1853, was 445. 2cl. per quarter. The average
price of wheat in France, during the same three years,
was 435. 31d. ; in Belgium, 435. : and in Prussia,
395. 31d.
FEES TO VOCALISTS.—At the late musical festival at
Norwich the principal artistes were paid the following
sums for four days' singing :—Madame Clara Novello,
300/. ; Madame Bosio, ;, Signor Lablache, 1501. ;
Signor Gardoni, 150/.-; ;
to five artistes, not one of whom ebjoys a first-rate repu-
tation. Mr. Sims Reeves:asked- only 1001. for his ser-
vices, in consequence• of lie 'charitable object. At the
recent opening of St. George's Hall, Liverpool, the fol-
lowing sums were paid to the principal artistes : Madame
Clara Novelle, 3001. ; Madame Viardot Garcia, 308/. ;
Herr Formes, 230 guineas ; Sims Reeves, 150 guineas ;
Signor Gardoni, 150 guineas ; Madame Castellan, 140
guineas ; Mr. and Mrs. Lockey, 125 guineas ; Mr. and;
11.1 rs. Weiss, 80 guineas ; Signor Belletti, 125 guineas.
Mr. Blagrove, 30/. ; Mr. Sainton, 301. ; and Sir U
Bishop, 150 guineas.—Mueical World.