The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-16 00:00:00

SINGULAR CASE PF AIESMERIS.II.

T 1 o young „woman in this town (Galashiels)
whoge extraordinary case ekeited the liveliest
attention.in the medical world and throughout the
country is.now!cittite recoxered, and restored to the
use of her faculties, mental as well as physical. In
the beginning of June last the girl, whose age was
17, was se!zed Fith setere gastric fever, which
left her in'a very prh;trafe'condition, during which
she Was attacked with a violent. spasmodic cough,
which lasted without intermission for 24 hours.
Dr. Tweedie, seeing.that she would die from sheer
wea!,:ness:,..-aftt-i he had exhausted all the remedies
in the Pharinae ,pcen—resolved upon t ying
inerism. After itinth ictr.seve'ri.i!nee he succeeded
in putting the
spatient into a sound sleep, !which
controlled the spar=ms.• • The character of the
disease was then changed; The patient fell into
a trance, in which she remained for five weeks;
during which time she was unconsciously fed with
Th beef ,e t, being me.anically roused to ;this exert.oit
thrOigh • mesmeric passes for eheit- weeks more she
remain edniidef the-magnetic influence, any attempt
to remove it even. for the briefest time being in-
stantly o*lowed •si rongbonvhlsi -.ns. Gradually,
however; she was able to be detnesmer sed for the
space Of A. few Minutes, till, by.degfew, the natural
period ext,mdel from 5 to 10 minutes,. and from a
half-hour-to two or. thres-bours; The intervals in
the'end rapidly lengtheryed, till she at last com-
pletely recovered.
_The_ first night she slept in a
natural . state was .on the.lsth of March, and her •
rect.itery since that. has ..been.rapidly progressive
Alfragether' the process of cure extended over nine
mouths, and during that time—het hearing, speech,
and ability to walkliavirig beets lost—these were re-
stored se iatint by 'the magnetic pioceSs,.and in the.
same gradual.iway...FulL power of hearing was pre-
ceded by noises in the ears of various kinds, and at
longer or alibrtet intervals. In like manner speech
wag prec'edei b`y mohning S'Oun'cls andindistinct mono-
syllabic: -utterances,. until., in . both instances, the
full action of the organs was reAored—the recovery
taking Many,weeks to be accomplished. We- do
not adstert to the-extraordinary developments of
clairvoyance 'and' other inagntic'etifecti which the
patient exhibited in a way probably never seen be,
fore, and which she. is still capable ofshowing.
rather remarkable and even ludicrous circumstance
attending her recovery is that en meeting Dr.
Tweedie in the street atter • she began to walk
abroad she immediately fell into the magnetic sleep,
and it was not till she had fairly been brought_ to
dispense altogether avithmesmerism to induce sleep
at night. that this influence of-the operator ceased.
Of course she is still Uglily susceptible of the power
when atipliekin the usual way, but in every re-
spect she is well and healthy, 'and has even grown
during .her illness.. We. may remark that during
her protract-A. attack she always ,appeared to be
free from organic disease ; the skin was clear, the
lips full and led, and the complexion he filthy, not-
withstanding' the terrible'severity of the convulsive
spasms.—Border Advertiser. .

THE SUSPECTBD CASE OF POISONING

AT GLASGOW.

M. L'Angellier resided in Dundee for nine months in
1852, and was consequently well known to many parties
in the town with whom be was on terms of intimacy,
and who beard with.regret of his sudden and untimely
end. According to
.the statement of those who were
acquainted with him here, he. was born and bred in
Jefsey, and wits therefore not a Frenchman, as has been
stated ;•but he was. of French extraction, his father
having fled from France at the period of the first revo-
lution, hod Bettis& in Jersey as a nurseryman. His
father dying, the business•was carried on fur the benefit
of his mother, -and young L'Angellier was sent to Edin-
burgh with the view- of gaining the necessary experience
as a nurseryman tii.enatile him to conduct the business
successfuly ireJers!l. He obtained a situation in the
establishment of Messrs.. Dickson and Co., seedsmen,
which he held for upwards of six years. He then went
to France, where he spent about two years ; and he was
in Paris at the, time of the revolution in 1848. He sub-
sequently returned to Edinburgh, but was not successful
in obtaining a situation on this his second visit, and
indeed it is believed he did not seek one very
anxiously, as be was then 'somewhat gay in his habits,
and by no mean's• remarkable for his devotion to
business. He had. contracted an attachment with a
young lady belonging to . Fife, an residing at the time
in Edinburgh ; but from some cause or other—it is
believed owing to the lady's want of faith in his ability
to undertake rae responsibilities of married life—" the
course of true love" was interrupted, and L'Angellier
left Edinburgh in January; 1852, for Dundee, where he
obtained' a situation with Mr. Laird, nurseryman,
Nethergate, with whom he lodged during his nine
tnonth4'
.residence liere. M. L'Angellier had not been
long in Dundee wh'en news arrived of the marriage of
his sweetheart, which fillcd him with grief, and for some
time he was uncommonly melancholy, declaring that he
.ran aia.serate. a.a wvetnhed on account of 'his bliehted
hopes. •• Indeed so. much did he feel this disappointment
that he at one time threatened, in the hearing of more
than one. person, to- commit suicide—even threatening to
stab himself with alcnife—Ta fact which is considered of
great importance In connection with the present case, as
it showa that it waif by no•meane an incredible thing that
a young man of such excitable temperament might, while
smarting under a love disappointment, actually commit
the rash act which, undersimilar circumstances in Dundee,
he bad threatened to do. It is also reported---although we
have net been able.to verify the statement—that in an-
other instance, when not so successful in a love affair as
he desired, he threatened to drown himself. Indeed he
is represented by all who knew him as being of a roman-
tic, excitable, thoroughly Gallican temperament; either
greatly-elevated or-dejected, exceedingly happy or ex-
ceedingly miserable; lively, frolicsome, and ambitious to
make conquests amongst the ladies in a station far above
his own. He was very proud of-his family descent, and
kind of talking of the connts, marquises, and dukes of
the old French nobility to .whom he was related, bat
when in Dundee Was so poor- that those to whom be
spoke of his high connexions used to joke with him, and
say it was a pity his aristocratic friends did not remem-
her him. The parties here most intimately acquainted
with the youth at once wrote to the young lady's father
on learning from the papers the nature of the charge
against her, and a -legal- gentleman from Glasgow has
already visited Dundee, and collected such evidence as is
considered material for the defence.—Dundee Advertiser.

THE FATAL ACCIDENT IN LITTLE RUSSELL-PLACE.—
DEATH OF ANOTHER OF THE SUFFEBERS.—lnformation
was forwarded yesterday evening to Mr. Bedford, the
coroner, stating that .Tobn Sbaen, the "man whose thigh
was amputated immediately after being extricated from
the ruing, had died in King's College Hospital during
the afternoon. Hehad been in • a state of utter pros-
tration from the time of his arrival at the hospital until
his death.' The inquest, which was adjourned on Mon-
day upon the body of Fitzgibbon, and stands'for Friday
next (to-morrow), will have to be opened de
,novo, in con-
sequence of this man's death. An official examination
has been made of the ruins, and the jury have also in-
spected the locality since the last hearing of the case.
EXTORTIONS OF GOOLAB SuteL.-r•A friend writing from
Murree on the 26th Feb., saye'that Goolab Sing is
... ..
in-
creasing the burdens of the people to such an extent that
the inhabitants of. villages are emigrating in great num-
bers, and taking refuge in the British territory. A tax is
levied on every child born—ten annap fora borand eight
for a girl ! For every buffalo two rupees and eight annas,
4e.:ides five seers of ghee, and in the event of the ani-
mal's dying, the • skin has to be shown to Goolab Sing.
At the death of key relative or connection of Goolab
Sing the people are compelled to mourn for six months
the women are not allowed to spin cotton; and the
Hindoo men are obliged to- shave close ; on such occa-
sions as the birth of a child to any relative, or on the re-
covery from sickness of any one of them, CT' oelab Sing cut;
from his servants (including troops, &c.), one month's
pay as a sign of his joy I Oathe marriage of a girl he
takes-three rupees; and-en the- re-marriage of a widOw
five rupees. He will only receive Nauksbaee rupees,
'but pays in 'Cashineeree ores---value about eight annas
; each ! The-above little facts speak volumes, But how
long will such a state of affair§ be allowed to continue
Oude was annexed because 'it was misgoverned. Is
Cashmere, or rather Goolab, to escape t The unhappy
people are oppressed beyond all endurance. Bribery and
extortion reign, no woman is safe if she is so unfortunate
as tapossess beauty, and no man's property (to make a
bull) *his ow n.—Lah,ore Chronicle. .
DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Monday weaning
shortly after the *5.50. express train .from the north
arrived at Stafford, a melancholy accident happened to
one •Of the men in the service of the Loudon and
North-Western Railway Company, whereby 'his head
was completely severedfrom-his body. The un
offortu
:nate man tiname .was Wm. M'Cabe, a person . con-
siderable engineering skill, and'who, cane dent
of his ability, and the- loss, through an accihdad for
the line 16 years ago, • of one of his legs' ement of
many years been intrusted with themmadnag
ou ay evening,
the engine-shed at the• station.
x.pOress had passed the
immediately after the north
bridge where the Shropshire 11.rtien Raileay runs into
the main line, an engine drawing
ta number of empty
ballast waggons„errived at the sun , and, after passing
the junction of .the lines, stopped to put down a man
who bad had his band smashed near Norton Bridge
Station, and who was conveyed through New Town
to the infirmary at Stafford. just at this moment
M'Cabe, who had but a few minutes previously left
his home, was standing on, the line noticing a train
shunting into a siding, and. about ten yards in front
of the ballast train, when the engine of the latter
'train was again put in motion, for the purpose of
proceediog' towards the station, :which M'Cabe ob-
served just before it reached him ; but in attempting
to Make his escape' the' outside of the buffer
of the, engine caught him, and knocked him back
again into the "four-foot" space between the rails, when
he fell with his head across the rail. The wheel of the
engine pushed him before it a short distance, and then
passing over his neck, decapitated him. His son, a very
.steady young man, also employed by the company, wit-
nessed the 'sickenieg spectacle, and pulling off his coat,
threw it over the lifeless head of his parent, which was
carried forward a distance of five or six yards. As
t. speedily as possible the mangled body of the deceased
was conveyed to an adjoining public-house, where it
awaits the issue of a coroner's inquisition. 'Cabe was
, well known and respected by all the authorities and
4 efficials on the line. He leaves a widow amt six children.
,--MmitOter Guardian.