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London, England, 1868-09-03 00:00:00

12.5; but the witness had not got the actual times
of this train [for the day of the accident. When

the :evidence of this witness had been read over
the Court rose for the usual half-hour or three-

quarters.
The most remarkable evidence this afternoon wa3
given by Arthur Thompson, the engine-driver,. who
is still in a weak condition. lle came into court
with his head bandaged. lie took the whole Court
by surprise when he made statements completely
coinciding with those of Mrs. Dicken.

It was elicited, in his cross-examination by Mr.
Littler, that he Ills been lodging at the cottage of
Mrs. Dicken's husband since the accident.

The written statement forwarded by him to tho
Goverement Inspector was read over to him in •con-
tradiction of some part of his new evidence.
Ilinton, the guard, was recalled, and gave a cif-
cum3tantial denial to the story of Thomps3n.
Mr. IVoodroffe, travelling sorter of the Moll
mail, also gave testimony contradicting that of the
engine-driver.

7EVIVED USE OP TILE LAUGHING G,AS•

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If we go back to the discovery of sulphuric ether,
we find that in America, as in Euglaud, that anal-
thetic quickly took the place of the nitrous oxide
gas, but not to the utter exclusion of the nitrous
oxide, which still was given in extremely dangerous
cases, as to persons in the last stage of con'
sumption, &c., and where the surgeon feared
to ri,k ether. In dentistry, too, its use had de-
clined. But in 1863 it was again brought into active
service by Dr. J. H. Smith, a dentist of Connecti-
cut, and Mr. Cotton, who delivered the chemical
lecture at Hartford in 1844, residing in New York.
Its use has been perfected, and it is found to have
such great advantages fur short operations that gr.
Cotton, in conjunction with Dr. Allen, a dentist of
New York, est ablishel an anaa3thetie institution for
the extraction of teeth by the use of the gas, and
each person operated upon entered his name in
register kept of the cases. Up to January, 1861,
the number of names was seventeen thousand nil
hundred and one, and in no single case had the
nitrous oxide produced any alarming symptoms-
From Boston the practice has extended into
other large cities, and is rapidly spreading all
over the country. In surgery, too, nitrous oxide
is again used in many American hospitals. ite
condemnation in England appears to have bee°,
premature and without sufficient cause. Some e'
the chief dentists in London have been reviv-
ing the experiments made on its first introduc"
tion. The gas has been administered at the Den:
tal Hospital by improved methods, and with great'
success, the patients being brought fully under it°
influence in about forty seconds, and about the
same time being taken for recovery. The nitrous
oxide gas has one great advantage, which is, that 1",
does not produce the unpleasant after symptonls
following the use of chloroform or ether ; 1)46
this may be compensated by more serie°
disadvantages, which experiment will al°e°
show. The difficulty of preparation will pre-
vent its use in the army, where chlorofort!'
must continue to'be used, en account of its portals;
lity and easy application ; but the hospitals, where
these objections are not of such serious mon-teat";
success attend it—it mty supJrsede the use of
valuable, but rather dangerous, anwithetie Wore*
form.—Dickens's " A // the Year Round."

M. Emile Andreoli, who took part in the bob
the
Polish insurrection, and on being captured by
-
Russians was sentenced to twelve years' imPri9°,ll;
ment in Siberia, has just published in the Rey"
• s
Moderne the first part of his prison recollectlenl
some of which are curious. " I was told," he ,roi;
marks, " that on two or three occasions an
battery had been made use of by the Russian po,""i
to loos:n the tongues of the prisoners who refn-o
to answer the questions put to them, which say'
that the Russian Government is one of Preg.rco
e
and knows how to turn the discoveries of sele"n
thAri
to account. After all this was not more cruel - 1,0
the torture of the herring. I knew savers]. „
underwelit the latter, and they told me that nothilll'
could compare with the sufferings N.vhich they eA
dured. They were confined in a well-warel'-
i
apartment, salted herrings with bread and waif
for the first few days being their only food.
they refused to answer the questions of the it
. .
miming commissioners the bread was first of 90
withdrawn, and then the water, whereupon ilB
torture, of inteass thirst commenced, depriving.
king
sufferer of all moral strength, and even rn3
him aban lon the resolution which h 3 had. forra-
t°
to die. Very rarely did any one remlill 1- na
when brought before the commissioners a
time. The sittings were usually at night ir'
of
splendidly lighted apartment with refreiluneilt
all kinds temptingly displayed on the side tablet;,
The president would usually be most grachhef
By-and-by,' he would say, we will, if you vie
ask you to have something to drink with 1.15* Joe
fever and the vertigo caused the prisoners t°
-
their reason, and they generally yielded.
t
would not have brought about the same re—„gil ra
thirst, which loosens the tongue even far
readily than drunkenness does."
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