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Symptoms resemble those of
Stricture.

CHAPTER IV.
Of tne Treatment of the Mala-
dies Consequen upon Stric-
ture.

CHAPTER
Of the Different Modes in
practice for the Cure of
Strictures, by the Bougie,
filo Catheter, the Lunar
Caustic, and Cuttiig In-
struments. The Author's
Mode of Cure.
CHAPTER 111.
On the Diseases where the
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Simpkin and Marshall, Sta tioners' •court ; Onwhyn, Cathe-
rine-street, Strand ; &flow, Birmingham ; Ross and Night-
ginale; Liverpool: and all Booksellers in Town and Country.

APPENDIX.

Cases Illustrative of the Su-
periority of the Author's
Mode of Cure aver the Treat-
ment by the Bougie, Cathe-
ter, Lunar Caustic, and Cut-
' tiny Instruments.
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SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY,

EXETER HALL.

The Oratorio of Jephtha was performed Thursday
evening at Exeter Hall, under the superintend-
ence of the Sacred Harmonic Society. This is
one of the most beautiful and pathetic of Han-
del's compositions. The Messiah is perhaps the
most sublime musical composition in the world;
but although calculated to raise our feelings of
awe, of devotion, and of gratitude to the very
highest pitch, it cannot, from the very nature
of the subject, appeal to our human . sym-
pathies like Jephtha. We have often
thought that were it consistent with the usages
of this country to introduce sacred subjects. on
the stage, the story of Jephtha would furnish ma-
terial kfor one of the most touching and heart-
rending dramas ever produced. Our classical
readers may form some idea of the dramatic ca-
pabilities of such a subject from the recollections
of the iphegenia in Aulis of Euripides; but how
infinitely more touching is the calm and willing
self 'sacrifice of the daughter of Jephtha,
and how infinitely more sublime are the
impelling motives of Jephtha than those
of Agamemnon? The music of Handel needs
not words to give it expression. What, for in-
stance, can be more heart-rending than the reci-
tative, " Deeper and deeper still ;" more ten-
derly pathetic than " Farewell, ye limpid
streams ;" or more expressive of calm re-
signation than the " Waft her, angel:,.`'
This oratorio was performed, as all those got up
by this admirable Society have ever been, in a
manner worthy the sublime composer and the
sacred subject. In fact it is impossible to
give sacred music better than this So-
ciety has ever given it. Madame Caradori
Allen, Phillips, and Pearsall were the prin-
cipal singers. We never heard " Waft her,
angels" given with greater taste and feeling
than it was given by Pearsall, who was raptu-
rously encored. The fine contr'alto voice of
Nliss Masson told excellently in the beautiful air
" Let other creatures die," and Miss Cubitt in
the only air she had to sing, " Happy Iphis,"
elicited loud, and most well-deserved, applause.
The gem of the oratorio, however, was the reci-
tative and air, " The smiling dawn," by Madame
Caradori Allan. She was of course called
on to repeat it, and nothing but the fear of
fatiguing her prevented a second encore. The
sublime chorusses were most efficiently per-
formed, and the concluding one of the first. part,
" When his loud voice," was encored. The or-
chestra and chorus were on the most extensive
scale, and, indeed, it is only by having them thus
full and complete that any thing like justice can
be done to the productions of this most sublime of
composers. The immense area of the hall was
crammed to suffocation, and the announcement
that the oratorio would be repeated on Friday,
tile 16th instant, was received with loud applause.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.

The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of. Deaths from
all Causes Registered, in the week ending Saturday, the
3d Apiil, 1841." The Table is issued from the Office
of the Registrar-General:—
Weekly
CAUSES OF DEATH, Total. Average
1838-9-40.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 156 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 137 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases •f the Hea-t and Bloodvessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other

Organs of Digestion 56 60
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c 1 1
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Old Age, or Natural Decay 6B 71
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 28 25
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes... -
Average Weekly Deaths .. 926
Deaths in the Average Weekly
Week. Deaths,lB3B-9-40.
Western Districts ..... ... 132 ...... 139
North Districts
( 'mitral.Districts 164 ..... 190
Last Districts 192 ...... 211
• t, Juth Districts ...

Total BS4 :926
It is stated that under the term Metropolis are com-
prised tae 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the
City of London within and without the walls, the City and
Liberties of Westminster, the out parishes within the
bills of mortality---and the parishes of St. Marylebone ;
St. Pancras ; Kensington ; Fulham ; Hammersmith
(Chapelry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea; Paddington; St. Mary,
Stoke Newington; St. Leonard, Bromley; St. Mary-le-
bow ; Camterwoll ; Greenwich ; St. Nicholas and St.
Paul, Deptford; and Woolwich. The population as enu-
rnerat( d in 1831 was 1,594,890. The weekly average for
1838, 1839, 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in
the three years by 156.

TEMPERATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING
March 27. April 3.
64° 60'
43 38
52 49
it 8, 1841.

Highest

Lowest

Daily Mean
General Register-office, Apr

No ELDER TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FROM WICK.—It appears that the Town Council of Wick
have decided, by seen to four votes, that the burgh shall net
at present return an elder to the ensuing General Assem_
bly. A motion was made by Mr. Kennedy (Editor of
the John 0' Groat Journal), that the Council should narTt
on the ensuing Friday to elect an elder. Batli. Campbell
moved an amendment, in the Parliamentary style, ,hit the
question be postponed till that day six months, a%11;e11, as
we bsv stated. %cos carried by a majority three. Does
this arise from a preponderance of Dissent A-s in the Coun-
cil, or from disgust at the Non-intrusion majority of the
Assembly ?—lnverness Couri9Tl