The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-19 00:00:00

;TEACH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

At the last sitting Dr. Jobert de Lamballe gave
an account of a most singular surgical operation
peformed by him, in the case of a soldier named
Gustin, aged 21, who had been wounded at an ad-
vanced post before the Malakoff tower in the Crimea.
A ball had penetrated through his forehefad,
about a
mak-
ing a clean circular opening of the sizke o
fell down
one-franc piece ; the man thus struck
i insensi-
bility, the parapet, a height of andsevenstfaceteet,e_
taken to the nearest ambulance in
Eiaht days after he
was
bility, which lasted 24 hours. 0
where he staid
was shipped off to Constantin
four months in a
military hospital.
seem, with the
hPosleptital. However,
being well provided, ist
he
asked and obtained
organ of combativeness,
the Crimea, although his
permission to return rnsuppuration. He subsequently
wound was
in
futir, and afterwards returned to
where he continued in the army, but
France, fought a
Nti, 1 i e
employed in any active service on
of his health, his wound still
obfetihnegas before. At length, in February,
state
1857, he entered the Hotel Dieu and placed him•
self under the care of Dr. Jobert, who, upon ex-
amination, found that a ball was still lodged
inside his skull ; this, with a variety of pre-
cautions, was successfully extracted, and the man
is now perfectly recovered. Ihe ball had re-
mained in for the space of twenty-two month !
M. Gaudry sent in a paper on the excavations exe-
cuted by him in Greece by order of the Academy.
Among the numerous kinds of fossils discovered
by him at Pikermi, there are the bones of a nonde-
script kind of antelope, to which he has given the
name of Palaeotragus Rouenii. The animal must
have been a large one,
but M. Gaudry has found a
still larger species, exceeding
in size any of those
preserved in the Museum of Paris, and to which he
proposes to give the name of Palaeoryx. There is
a second, but a much smaller species of the same
genus, which, on account of its small teeth, he calls
Palaeoryx and Parvidens. M. Prost sent in his
usual half-yearly account of the terrestrial trepi-
dations experienced at Nice up to the 31st of De-
cember last. A very intense one on the 25th of
August coincided with an earthquake in Saxony ;
(ne on the 22d of September, with an earthquake
at Broussa, and a third on the 22d of October, with
an earthquake at Algiers.

BOOTS OF A GOOD MORAL CTIARACTER.—An
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ledge of fitting boots of A good =oral charactor."

IMP TRIAL PARLIAMENT.

I /MUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY,)
Th' 3 LORD CILXNCELLOR took his scat on the woolsack
et fis, pc o'clock.

SYRIA.

Lord STR it,TFORD DE REDCLIFFE gave notice
that on Monday next he should move for copies of certain
correspondence connected with the recent disturbances in
Eyria.

CHURCH RATES.
Lord Cklville, the Duke of Marlborough, and Lord
Egerton, presented petitions against the abolition of church
rates.

INDIAN CADETSHIPS.

The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII inquired what mea-
sures had been taken for the purpose of carrying into effect
the proviso in the act of the last session, cap. 100, in favour
of the sons of persons who had served in India?
The Earl of RIPON could assure the noble lord that the
Government had every intention to carry out the provisions
of the act. Certain changes were under the consideration
of the Government, which were not, however, finally de-
termined upon, but as soon as they were decided he should
communicate the result to their lordships. The Govern-
ment were fully sensible of the importance of the new
arrangements for the admission of officers into the army of
India. The utmost care would be taken to fulfil the provi-
sions of the act.
CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE AMENDMENT BILL.
This bill, after a few words from Lord CRANWORTH and
Lord St. LEONARDS, was read a second time.
/sT.ETROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS,
Viscount TORRINGTON moved' for a return showing
the sources and amounts cf receipts and payments in con-
ni,ction with the Metropolitan Board of Works.
Earl GRANVILLE read a letter from Mr. Thwaites,
the chairman of the Board, the purport of which was inau-
dible in the gallery. The noble lord was understood to
oppose the motion.
Lord MONTEAGLE thought the return ought to be
granted, as the Metropolitan Board of Works had an un-
seasonably large power of taxation.
After a few words from Earl ST. GERMANS,
The return was agreed to.
DIVORCE COURTS.
_

The LORD CHANCELLOR said on an early day he
should move for a select committee to inquire into the law.
with respect to parties suing or those who ought to be en-
titled to sue in the Divorce Court of England or the Court
of Session in Scotland.
The lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.
Colonel HARVEY BATUURST took the oaths and his seat
on his election for South Wilts.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The standing orders were declared to have been com-
plied with in the case of a number of private bills.
The folowing bills were read a second time :—Andover
and ltedbridge Railway, Atherstono and Whitacre Rail-
way, Barnsley Coal Railway, Biddendon and Stockershead
Roads, Birmingham Caaal Navigations, Brecon and Mer-
thyr Tydfil Junction Railway (Additional Money),
Burton-upon-Trent Water, Clifton and Durdham
Downs (Bristol), Cork and Youghal Railway,
Risley and Hayfield Railway, Dublin and Meath
Railway, Dublin (City) Steam Packet Company,
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, Elton and Blackburn
Roads, Forest of Dean Central Railway, Horsham and
Guildford Direct Railway, Hull and Doncaster Railway,
Kendal Fell, Kingstown Water, Leven and East of Fife
Railway Companies (Amalgamation, &c.), London and
North Western Railway (Chester and Holyhead Railway);
London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (Deviations, &c.) ;
London, Chatham, and Dover Railway ((Lease of Margate
Railway, &c.), Londonderry and Coleraine Railway,
Margate Railway (Ramsgate Extension, &c.), County
of Mayo (Grand Jury Cess), Midland Railway (Addi-
tional Powers), Neath Water, Newgate and Metropolitan
Meat and Poultry Markets, New Ross Port and Har-
bour, North-Eastern Railway (Castleton and Grosmont
Branch, &c.), North Somerset Railway, Oldham and
Ripponden Roads, Parsonstown and Portnmna Bridge
Railway, Petersfield Railway (Extension to Southampton);
Portadown, Dungannon, and Omagh Junction Railway;
Ryde Water, Scottish North-Eastern Railway, Scottish
Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society, Sittingbourne
and Sheerness Railway, South Wales Railway, Swansea
Vale Railway, Thames Embankment, Universal Lime
Light Company, Walton and Edgehill Junction Railway,
Witney Railway, and Worksop and Staveley Railway.
Several private bills were also read S gilt time.
PETITIONS.

Petitions were presented against MOMlelniditional aboli-
tion of church rat3s ; in favour of a reflation of the public
expenditure, and the appointment of a finance committee to
consider this subject ; in favour of the passing speedily of a
new reform bill ; in favour of an uniforna duty on wines
imported into this country'; by Colonel SYKES, against
the Caledonian, Edinburgh and Gleegow, and Scottish
Central Railways Bill, which was numerously signed, and
in which the petitioners prayed the house to reject the bill
as being founded on the principle of amalgamation, which
they considered injurious to the public interests; by Mr.
'HADFIELD, from the town council of Sheffield, for a redis-
tribution of seats, vote by ballot, and other alterations in
electing members of Parliament ; by Mr. W. EITART, in
favour of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill, &c.
CORONERS' INQUESTS (METROPOLIS).

Mr T. DUNCOMBE moved an address for the return of
the number of coroners' inquests held in each year upon the
bodies of infants, from the 31st day of December, 1855, to
the 31st day of December, 1860, within the metropolitan
district, stating the parish, age, sex, and verdict in each
case.—Ordered.
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.

Mr. Alderman SALOMONS moved for a return of the
appropriation of the whole or any part of the sum voted last
session "in aid of local assessments for the relief of the
poor on certain descriptions of Government property,"
specifying the amount paid in each district.—Ordered.
ADMINISTRATION OF NAVAL AFFAIRS.

Sir J. PAKINGTON said he rose to make an explana-
tion personal to himself and an honourable member of the
house. On Friday evening, when the house was breaking
up, he had a conversation with his noble friend the Secretary
of the Admiralty (Lord C. Paget), and he was informed that
the hon. and gallant admiral the member for the East Rid-
ing intended to bring the subject of the administration of
naval affairs before the house. When he gave notice of
his motion ho was not aware of the fact, and nothing was
further from his intention than to act with discourtesy to
any member of that house. Ho would therefore be only
too happy to take such a course as would enable the hon.
and gallant admiral to bring forward the question, and
move for the appointment of a committee. The question
was one of the greatest importance, but it was a matter of
no moment to the public by whom the question was
brought under discussion. He hoped that no further time
would be lost in bringing the question forward.
IRON FOR RAILWAYS.

General UPTON asked the President of the Board of
Trade to inform the house whether the railway companies
of the United Kingdom are careful that the best malleable
iron shall be used invariably in the construction of the
wheels, tires, and axles of the carriages, trucks, and loco-
motives on their respective lines.
Mr. M. GIBSON said that the Board of Trade could not
at present furnish the information required, buta report had
been presented by Capt. Tyler on the subject, which
would probably be all the information required, and would
shortly be laid on the table.

RED SEA TELEGRAPH, &c.
Gen. UPTON sked the Secretary to the Treasury if all
means had been taken by the official director of electric
telegraph companies--himself ens of the ex officio directors
of the Red Sea Telegraph Company—to insure complete
and uninterrupted insulation in the Red Sea telegraph cable
by an efficient and continuous testing of the cable during
the process of its manufacture ?
Mr. F. PEEL said that the testing in question had been
tfficiently performed by the servants of the company.