The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-22 00:00:00

GALVANISM.

Ttit bodk of Forster, who- .c.s`liis executed on
Monday last for Murder, was conveyed to a house
not far distant, where it was subjeded to the Gal-
vanic process by Professor ALtirt“, under the in-
sptdion of Mr. KEAte, Mr. t;tri,f,t/E, and several
other Professional Gentlemen. IVI. ALDINI, -who
the nephew of the -discoverer of this most in.
teitsting science, shewed the eminent and sUperior
powers of Galvanism to be far 'beyond any other
stimulant nature. On the first application of
the process to the face, the jaw of the ,deceased
criminal begat) to quiver, and the adjoining muscle,
were horribly contorted, .and one eye was adually
opened. In the subsequent :part of-the process, the
right hand was raied and clenched, ac % the legs
and thighs were set in motion.
It appeared to the uninformed part of the by.
sunders as if the wretched man Wa3 on the eve of
being restored to life. This, however, was
possible, as several of his friends, who were under
the scaffold, had violently, pulled his legs, in• order
ro put a more speedy termination to his sufferings.
The experiment, in' fad, was' of -a better use and
.tendency. Its objed -was to shew the excitability
of the human frame, when.,this. animal efedricity
is duly applied. In cases of drowning Or suffoca-
tion, it promises to be of" he utmost use, by re_
viving the aaion of the lungs, and thereby re-
kindling the expiring spark :of Vitality. In eases
of apoplexy, or disorders of the head, It offers also
most encouraging' prosperls for the benefit of man.
kind. The Professor, we understand, has made, use
of Galvanism also in• several cases of insanity, arid
with complete success. It is the opinion of the
first Medical meq,.,that this discovery, if rightly
managed, and duly yrosecuted, cannot fail to be of
great, and perhapsqs yet., unforeseen utility.

At Stafford Sessions, the whole of htirsday
was taken up by an Appeal of Earl FtltitEßS
against the Poor's rate of .the _Pariah, of Stowe,
wherein the whole of his demesne at Chartley was
rated, His Lordship ciaiikied an exemption for up.
wards of 1700 acres of. this, which was called
i/r.drarerne, and insisted that the part called out-
efrinwir onlyiwas liable to the rate, the in-demesne
having been an ancient park and extra-parochial.
-After a variety of Evidence and Counsel were
heard on each side, tike Bench determined that the
part called in-demesne was extra-parochial, and di-
retied (by consent of both , parties) that the rate
should be amended acconlingly.
An,answer of Earl FERXERS, to a 13111 in•Chan-
eery, filed by Mr. FITZGZRALIi, in 1762, was
produced on the part of the Respondents, in which
his Lordship stated his demesne (generally) to be in
the Parish of Stowe, 'and they wi4hed a Case to be
granted fiir the opinion of the Cnurt ilf King's
Bench, on the question, " Whether this answer
was not conclusive evidence against his Lordship
that the whole of his demesne was within- the
Parish," but the Magistrates were of opinion. it
could not be granted.

Parker eta Other; °vino the Po,:r's Rate for
Woolstantm—The question was, whether' or not
the getting of ironstone came under the descrip-
tion of. a Mine, and if the Lessees of the Works
were not liable to be rated Court thought
as no instance of iron-stone being rated was known,
they were not justified in saying it was rateable,
and directed the rate to be amended accordingly ;
but being'a new question, a Case was reserved for
the opinion of the Court of-King's Bench.

DIED.
At Salisbury, John Blake, Esq. late of Essex.stieet.
On the rzth of Oaaber, at Colonel': Island, Georgia,
Robert Lithsow, r