The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-15 00:00:00

THE HISTORY OF MARGARET CATCH

POLE. A Suffolk Girl. By the Rev. R. Cobbold.
This is a work of rather extraordinary character,
possessing all the interest of fiction, and the moral
power of truth. The author is one well acquainted
with the facts of the case, being a member of the family
in which the heroine resided. He has given a full and
particular account of her eventful career, and the volume
is ornamented with numerous illustrations. The story
of Margaret and the smuggler, Will Land—her (for a
woman) most unusual crime of horse-stealing, in order
to gain means to join her lover—her capture—her trial
—her wonderful escape from prison, have all the air of
a romance. While the moral reflections occasioned by
her adventures will not be without benefit to the reader.

FRENCH DOMESTIC COOKERY,COMBIN.

ING ELEGANCE WITH ECONOMY.

The preface of this work informs us that it is an
adapted translation of "La Cuisiniere de la Campagne
et de la Ville," a celebrated French cookery book which
has reached its thirtieth edition, and of which upwards
of 80,000 copies have been sold I After this, recom-
mendation appears needless ; a work approved at the
high court of the culinary art must be gladly welcomed
by its English votaries. The editor appears anxious to
correct the prevalent notion that French cookery is ex-
pensive ; he assures us that the contrary is the fact, and
we are inclined to believe him. This little volume will
form an acceptable addition to the numerous stock of
cookery books already extant. It contains many illus-
trations, and, what is far better, twelve hundred receipts.
It gives us also directions for the management of the
table, instructions for carving ; for making liqueurs, pre-
serves, and syrups ; hints on the management of wines ;
and thirty-six different modes of dressing eggs, in ome-
lettes, &c. Above all, to show its thoroughly French
character, we are taught how to cook snails and frogs.
The following recipe will, no doubt, be highly acceptable
to the English reader :
•' Frogs'
water,
tahnigdhbs,oir
slightly;
ulet.
take rn! themem ouinto
throwbil
them into water, and drain them ; then put them into a
frtneicmasseelei.
saucepan with mushrooms, a bunch of parsley, chives, a clove
of garlic, and a piece of butter; pass them two or three turns
on the fire, and add a good pinch of flour, a glass of white
wine, a little bouillon, salt and pepper ; let them stew a
quarter of an hour ; then take out the frogs' thighs ; strain
the liquor, and reduce it; add a thickening of the yolks of
eggs, a small pinch of parsley, chopped very finely, and let it
thicken without boiling."

RAILWAY RESULTS. By Sir Fortunaha
Dwarris.

pdlebays himself as the
to call " an
If we may regard theaathor's assertions as credible,
this little pamphlet is actually issue
skeleton a what he is fascetiously
attempt to restore the Old English comedy.' There is
ed
a pleasant story of a cobbler in ancient times, who got
himself into such serious difficulties by intermeddling
with matters entirely be
that it has grown yond the capacities of his calling
intoa proverb familiar to every
schoolboy.
Sir Fortunatus
morfarom
Dwarris will,l to or rather must,
apply the ne sutor ultra crepidam
whichhimselor he will become involved in a dilemma extri-
cation is all but impossible. Does he imagine for a mo-
ment that the mere lacquer of a spurious Vi it can be tole-
rated by a nation so fastidious in its ideas of dramatic art as
England ? Does he really plume himself upon the
notion that such an absurdity as Fence will draw
" crowded houses," when Malvolio is unattractive ?
Does he seriously suppose that an enthusiasm for the
sock and buskin can be revived by such a
refined accumulation of slang, and by such
au elegant intermixture of vulgarity and nonsense as
the scenes, with which he has favoured us, in his " dra-
matic sketch." Apollo, we conjecture, has been making
a new lyre for himself, and Sir Fortunatus Dwarris has
picked up the shavings. These are received by the public
with a contemptuous " phew !" and the precious
shavings are dissipated for ever, and forgotten. The in-
tention of our playwright is so good that his exceeding
failure must, however, be forgiven. If he cannot be
commended, let him at least be tolerated.

GILBERT'S NEW DICTIONARY OF THE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Part VIII.
This work is really a most extraordinary undertaking
—it is something between an encyclopaedia and a dic-
tionary, without the superfluous bulk of the one or the
narrowness of the other. Not only does it give the
etymology and the pronunciation of words, but it gives
every technical phrase employed in all the sciences, the
fine arts, and the learned professions. The eight parts
which have already appeared, and the publication of
which we have watched with interest from the corn-

mencernent, promise a book without any parallel. Un-
doubtedly minor errors have insinuated them-
selves, in the midst of so much elaboration, but
these ate surely excusable And can be readily
corrected in a supplementary part. Had this compila-
tion appeared many years back it would have
been regarded as a wonderful literary achievement.
Intrinsically, it is so still, though we have become so
habituated to the recurrence of marvels, that the ap-
pearance of a hippogriff would scarcely excite any asto-
nishment among the populace. We are sucked at the rats
of sixty miles an hour over the surface of the earth
our clodpoles are become experimental chemists ; we talk
to each other through wires when separated by many
leagues ; and have grown familiar with various other
equally marvellous proceedings. Hence we are but
rarely seduced into anything like a display of astonish—
ment. The present work is worthy of the present age ;
it betrays the profound research and the continual in-
dustry of its editor.

GILBERT'S MODERN ATLAS of the WORLD.

Fora• Parts.

Another of those cheap and useful publications which
tend so much to facilitate the enlightenment of the
people. By issuing periodicals of this character, Mr.
Gilbert evinces his anxiety to follow in the footsteps
of the late Society for the Diffusion of Useful
Knowledge, and in acting thus, he shows his appreciation
of the objects of that admirable institution. The maps
are clearly printed, and the engravings pencilled with
extreme neatness ; even the recent discoveries of Capt.
Ross, in the neighbourhood of the South Pole, are in-
cluded ; and the work altogether is as complete as our
present knowledge of the globe will permit. When
completed, it will form an admirable addition to any and
every library.

MESMERIC SURGERY. •
A surgical operation, performed by Dr. Loysel, at Cher-
bourg, on the 97th of May last, upon a mesmerized patient.
has produced in that place an extraordinary sensation.
The particulars, as they appeared in the Journal de Cher-
bourg, signed and attested by the Sous-Prefect, the maritime
authorities, the principal medical men, and many distin-
guished inhabitants of the place, who were present at the
operation, are as follows :
" At 40 minutes past 4 P.M. of the day above named, Dr.
Loysel, assisted by Dr. Gibon and three other medical men,
performed, with remarkable talent and complete success, the
operation hereafter described, upon a patient named Francois
Bayssett, aged 18, who was previously placed in a state of
mesmerism and absolute insensibility.
" Since four o'clock the patient, being placed in an arm-
chair, had been brought into the necessary state by M. De-
lente, by whom he had been several times mesmerised. After
about two minutes, the eyes of the patient closed by gentle
degrees; the upper eyelids, agitated by a gentle trembling,
rested firmly against the ball of the eye, which appeared con-
vulsed under the eyebrow; the muscles of the neck gently
relax pd, the head inclined backward; And rested upon the back
of the chair. The patient had his arms crossz-d nikui
chest, and his countenance bespoke the most absolute
quietude. At this juncture the mesmerizer experimented upon
the sensibility of the patient by puncturing the flesh repeat-
edly, but of which he appeared quite unconscious
" In the meantime, Dr. Loysel had prepared his instru-
ments, and the medical assistants were ready to aid the
operator. At 4h. 40m. the first incision was made, extend-
ing from the hinder part of the left lower jaw to beneath
the s 3 mphisis of the chin. The operator then dissected with
great caution, and speedily eradicated a mass, consisting of
seven glands united, of which the largest was of the form
and size of an egg.
"The first dissection, notwithstanding the skill with which
it was executed, did not last less than ten minutes, and
during that time the patient continued in a state of utter in-
sensibility to pain, his features manifesting no motion, but
continuing perfectly calm to such a degree as to denote the
total absence of the smallest suffering. Nevertheless, several
of the spectators, unable any longer to endure the sight which
this dreadful operation presented, quitted the apartment.
"The pulse, of which the state was ascertained previolls
to the operation, remained the same during and afterwards
(84), and the heavings of the chest continued in a regular
manner, and in perfect harmony with the beating o the
heart.

"After an interval of a few minutes rest, the Doctor ef-
fected a fresh incision on the right side, extracting in the like
manner two other glands, the patient remaining the same as
during the first operation, maintaining a state of calm immo-
bilit7 altogether inexpressible.
" The two operations lasted altogether, including the in-
terval of repose, 29 minutes. After which one of the spec.
tators, who appeared particularly interested by this pheno-
menon, questioned the patient in the following manner :
" I-low do you find yourself?'—' Quite well, Sir.'
" Do you suffer now ; I saw you suffered but a little while
ago ?'—' of at all, Sir.'
" At 31 minutes after five the dressing of the wounds com-
menced, which continued till three minutes before six, when
it was accomplished ; then everything calculated to make
a disagreeable impression upen the patient was removed
from the apartment ; and, having washed and adjusted his
dress himself, he was awakened by his mesmerizer in lees
than a minute.
" Restored to the ordinary state of life, with all the appa-
rent calmness of a comfortable existence, the patient declared
to the numerous witnesses of the operation, who interrogated
him upon the subject, with a lively emotion, that he had no
knowledge or recollection whatever of what had just passed,
that he was free from pain, and that, without the bandages
which enveloped his head, he should have had no idea that
the operation had been performed ; and after having affec-
tionately thanked the operator, the mesmeriser, and the
medical gentleman, he retired and proceeded on foot, and
without any support, to his residence at Egneurdreville,
, about half a league from Cherbourg."

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
J. Martin, fringe manufacturer, Wood-street, Cheapside—
first div. of ss. 6d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the
office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street, City.
G. Goddard, tea dealer, Leicester—first div. of ss. in the
pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham,
Coleman-street, City.
T. Mair, merchant, Broad-street-buildings, City—a div. of
27-64ths of a penny in the pound, on Thursday, June 11,
and three following Thursdays, at the office of Mr. Belcher,
King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street.
T. Lupton, flax spinner, Leeds—a div. of ss. in the pound,
on Monday, June 15, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds.
J. Clough, chemist, Huddersfield—first div. of 3s. 9d. in
the pound, on Monday, June 15, at the office of Mr. Young,
Leeds.
R. Edwards, woollendraper, Huddersfield—first div. of
2s. 6d. in the pound, on Monday, June 15, at the office of Mr.
Young, Leeds.
J. Roberts, farmer, Derwen-hall, Denbighshire—first div_
of 2s. 3d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of
Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
P. Owen, miller, Liverpool—first div. of 3s. in the pound,
ou any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
J. Mallalieu, cotton spinner, Halifax—final div. of 3s. 9d.
in the pound (making, together with the former div., lOs. sd.
in the pound), on Monday, June 15, at the office of Mr.
Young, Leeds.
W. Houghton, builder, Birmingham—first div. of ls. Id.
in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie,
Birmingham.
G. James, draper, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire—first
div. of Is. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of
Mr. Valpy, Birmingham.
R. Warr, auctioneer, Beaminster, Dorsetshire—final div. of
3d. in the pound (in addition to 7s. 6d. in the pound pre-
viously paid), on any day after June 15, at the office of Air.
Ilernaman, Exeter.
J. Austen, draper, Devonport—first div. of ss. in the pound,
on any day after June 15. at the office of Mr. Hernaman,
Exeter.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Jay, builder, London-wall, July 3, at two—G. Boggs,
W. Taylor, and W. Shand, jun., merchants, Great Win-
chester-street, City, July 6, at twelve—G. Boggs, merchant,
July 6, at twelve

In the Country.
R. Headington, laceman, Liverpool, July 2, at twelve, at
the Liverpool District Court—O. Hughes, linendraper,
Holyhead, July 3, at twelve, at the Liverpool District
Court—W. G. Taylor and E. Guy, hosiers, Liverpool, July 3,
at one, at the Liverpool District Court—G. P. Payne, dealer
in nautical instruments, Liverpool, July 3, at twelve, at the
Liverpool District Court—J. Blundell, pawnbroker, Wigan.
Lancashire, July 7, at twelve, at the Manchesetr District
Court—J. Nicholson, linendraper, Blackburn, Lancashire,
July 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—C.
Reesby, miller, Stamford, Lincolnshire, July 7, at half past
twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—W. Hoare,
apothecary, Alstonfield, Staffordshire, July 7, at twelve, at
the Birmingham District Court—J. Cotton, rope maker, West
Retford, Nottinghamshire, July 3, at eleven, at the Cutler s-
, Sheffieldst—J. gso
District
Court
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CERTIFICATES to be granted,_ unless cause be shown to

the contrary, on The day herein mentioned.
H. Walduck, chemist, New Bond-street, July 7.—T.
Cooper, umbrella manufacturer, New Bond-street, July 3
J. Knox, carpenter, Black Horse-yard, Bond-street, July 3
—C. Pitt, licensed victualler, Bristol, July 6—J. R. Croft,
commission merchant, Liverpool, July 3—R. Foulkes, cattle
salesman, Soughton, Flintshire, July 3-0. Hughes, linen-
illayr, 9ri—soln\r, .victualler, N ashg
draper, Holyhead, July 3—E. Hill, hosier, Stourport, Wor-
cestershire, Oinlgdhbamur):,
jShulyrop4s_hirTe..
Julyeste r s4h—i rTe j
.
Sutton, jun., draper, Atherston, Warwickshire, July 14—R.
Freeman, hosier, Edward's-street, Portman-square, July 3
W. Harding, cotton manufacturer, Stockport, July 3—E.
Todd, warehouseman, Bow Church-lane, July 3—J. C. Bar-
rett, carver, Strand, July 3—J. S. Gregson, grocer, Mau -
chester July 3—. H. Ward, paper manufacturer, Widfor d-
mill, Oxfordshire, July 3—M. T• Knight,
upholsterer, Bath,
July 3—R Cann, bootmaker, Woolwich, July 3—J. Clough,
.
L' 't oldsm'th A 1
chemist, Huddersfield, July 3—J. innt , s
brokeruly 3—S. Hutchinson, stoc
place, Regent-street, .
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Bradford, July 3—T. Lupton, flax spinner, ee s, July 3_
T. K. Rowbotham, book-keeper, Huddersfield, July 3.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
11. Palmer and W. L. 011ard, attorneys, Upwell, Cam.
bridgeshire—J. Benstead and W. Star, Hamilton-mews, Lis-
son-grove—E. B. Pontifex and J. Barnett, coppersmiths,
Great Dover-street, Southwark—J. Faning and J. Wey-
mouth, stationers, Plymouth—M. Wiseman and T. Cole,
coach-makers, High-street, Kensington—W. Warwicker and
T. C. Golland, drapers, Cambridge—C. Hoppe, C. E. Hoppe.
and J. Hoppe, coal merchants, Pig's-quay, Bridewell-pre •
cinct—W. Casterton and F. S. Dixon, attorneys, Angel-court,
Throgrnorton-street—G. W. Dean and T. Winkley, silver-
smiths, High-street, Southwark—J. Whitelock and C. Moul-
trie, attorneys, Aldermanbury—J. C. Staton and H. Newton,
cement manufacturers, Burton-upon-Tren • t—W M`Lean -and
A. Dinwoodie, stockbrokers, Manchester—E. Hewson and
J. Simpson, stockbrokers, Horncastle, Lincolnshire—el. and
M. Webster, coal merchants, Adwalton, Yorkshire—M. and
E. H. Mathews, printers, Bristol—S. Worth and J. Frith,
architects, Sheffield—H. Mayhew and E. C. Grant, newspaper
proprietors—F. H. Needham and E. Paxton, dress makers,
Huntingdon—G. Humphrys, A. Keightly, W. Parkin, R.
Cunliffe, and H. A. Beaumon, attorneys (so far as regards G.
Humphrys and W. Parkin)—W, Evershed, J. Fames, W.
Fames, and W. Evershed, jun., soap manufacturers, Cliffe,
Sussex.

SCOTCII SEQUESTRATION.
John Anderson and Alexander Brown, smiths, Glasiowf.
June 16, and July 7, at twelve, at the chambers or Mr.
Burnet, Glasgow

DISAPPOINTED FRlENDS.—Tuesday last being the
annual meeting of the Society of Friends at Colchester, those living
at or in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford had engaged a special train
for their conveyance to the former place. At the time appointed a
large number assembled at the station, when, without any preNious
intimation of the kind, an additional sum of 5/. beyond that agreed
upon was demanded, which the party refused to pay, and as the
station officers would not forgo their demand, the trip was altogether
abandoned.—Effa