The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-05 00:00:00

THE LATE DR. DALTON.

-In our last number we gave such information as
Was then at our command, respecting the last moments
and decease of this illustrious man ; and we now
resume the F".atement of such further particulars as
137 fee iu.`.eresting, respecting the occurrences of the
t few days.
~9° Saturday afternoon, Mr. Politi, having obtained
n'Anission took a plaster cast of the bead and face
°' the deceased philosopher. On the same afternoon
M examination of the brain was made by Mr. J. A.
P•usome, surgeon, the deceased's friend and medical
Ftttendant, in the presence of Dr. Lyon, Mr. W. J.
Wilson, surgeon, and Mr. Tomlinson, house surgeon at
the Manchester Royal Infirmary. This examination
,was a careful and very minute one; and it was
foun'olln d that the left hemisphere of the brain was
rather softer than the right, and that there was a very
small cyst (or bag containing morbid matter), not
'arP;er than a pea, on the left side of the brain, in the
t"_,:edullary part, near the outer edge, and just above
she top of the ear. This cyst was filled with a
ownish palpy mass, rather thinner in consistency
fan the surrounding brain. In other respects
the brain appeared very healthy, and presented
1,,° unusual appearances. The peculiarity of Dr.
'-'alton's vision—blue, purple, pink, and crimson, all
RPPearing to him to be blues—we have previously
b???ticed. His eyes were examined on Saturday by Mr.
usome, with reference to this visual peculiarity ;
we have not heard the result, so as to state it
`vy!th precision ; and it will doubtless, ere long, be
.
before the scientific world. It was not thought
eeeeBszy to open the Bally,
Immediately after this
vlatuination, Mr. William Bally, who arrived too late
• ta];.e the cast of the head and face, took one of the
brior of the cranium and also of the cyst, of which
is to make a model in wax.
-fe2t 11 Monday afternoon, some change was mani-
iq and, in the evening, the remains were placed
ea
shell, which was in turn inclosed in a leaden
ar°, in the presence of Mr. Clare (one of the exe-
-4 °")) and Mr. Alexander Morris, the undertaker.
ii „to' this time, from a natural process of decay, the
mouthswollen, so as to restore the deep sunken
al:'1111y/ what was its appearance some years back,
0
this circumstance gave to the features generally
striking 1 ▪ agree
so a
resemblance to that of Sir the countenance as
4ed-
a£lytell that, when Mr. Clare placed a cast or mask
wthat philosopher's face beside that of Dr. Dalton, it
h:§ht have been supposed that the mask of the one
-Abeen produced from the features of the other.
On Tuesday morning it was found necessary to
04e the lead coffin, which had till then been kept
,T. 13, in consequence of the absence from town of one
• the deceased's friends and executors. In order,
wever, to give his friends an opportunity of seeing
1(8 features, a piece of plate glass was let into the lid
,
the leaden coffin ; but subsequent decomposition
rendered it necessary to close this also, before the ar-
ilval of several friends from a distance.
Nehe executors named in the will are Mr. Alderman
iT Mr. Peter Clare, and the Rev. Wm. Johns,—
° whom had long been the closely attached friends
of
the
, deceased. We understand that the parties
4e, iy to attend as mourners, in respect of consen-
t:ll,V, are Mrs. Robert Abbatt, of Liverpool, and Mrs
°°ert Benson; of Preston (who, we are told, are first
IZusins twice removed of Dr. Dalton), and their hus-
Ms.—Manchester Guardian.

APTAIN WARNER'S INVENTION.

sir TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRIGHTON HERALD.
prof have seen a letter in the Morning Chronicle,
essedly
written b • Captain Warner, containing re-
;„/ Pun mi and Mr. Parish's statements in the
r-'l4°4 Heraldilleast week, upon which I beg to make a
eiv brief observations.
is—Captain Warner says that " The mysterious rope
pur s'n"PlY a. coil, consisting of two new ropes for the
84-13°se of towing the ship ; the other ropes, which
o to have puzzled these Shoreham visitors, were
"rely guy ropes for conducting the large or tow-ropes on
board the steamer,; others were man-ropes hanging
over the sides for the more convenient escape of the
crew."

• 'Upon this I beg to observe that, as a man who has
been well acquainted with shipbuilding and nautical
affairs all my life, it appears to me, as well as to every
nautical man who has paid any attention to this affair,
that it is very extraordinary for man-ropes to be passed
through eye-bolts two or three feet below the water-line.
the first instance these ropes were small, but on the
hunglll° of the explosion warps were placed as described
di statement last week.
;02nd----Captain Warner says, " I durst say there were
ha en
towin
en in slovenly ships over
"both head and stern, as will
!T.
within'B3; I inspected the vessel whilst in the boat
in a,oaes length all round, and saw no ropes hung over
1410 B'.'enly manner, and I think I am judge enough to
ft,. W whether the ropes were hanging in that manner
t,ot.
% riee
the , my letter was written, I have ascertained that
inch lees steam-boat had on hoard a long three-
hp .1: ne bent to a kedge-anchor; which was picked
"'ter the explosion, and which it is my belief,
as that of many other nautical men of this
expf !fas attached to the John o'Gaunt at the time of the
Iced
, t °B`
h°ll, as the end of the line farthest off from the
e
- h apparently been burnt.
aisiven no opinion as to the explosion itself, but
*hitZ,.3" to re-affirm every thing relative to the facts
have stated.—l am, Sir yours respectfully,
Sh WILLIAM YOUNG.
-""am , August 1, 1844.

STATE OF TRADE.
Foh
WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, AUG. 2
in
411 descriptions of Foreign Wool have been fair re
qu2;it during the past week at full recent rates.
CLISq .
Wool. MARKET, LEEDS, AUG. There
tiotibll. en a considerable business done in combing and
inlrig Wools, but tat rose
buy. very
pouptti-tislY, and will not, at present, give prices in pro
to the cost of new wool in the country.
"Aktr
repo 'LLD WOOL MARKET, AUG. 2.—We do not
trn,r;t MY alteration in the trade this week; holders are
WiZei,4l demanding the small advance in combing wools,
clue u the consumers are yet unwilling to pay,.conesteobe
-
tctdes are but limited. Short wools contanu
Letatt-Y of sale at full prices, and stocks atmarket small.
sat°, ,s."—The sales of balk goods have been of the
kb character as the last few weeks : the great bulk is
quenee to order off the market plays, and in conse.
'very the ;supply to the cloth halls continues to b.e
teas "Mad. Prices are without any alteration. Busi-
teZtctnues brisk in the warehouses.
stem,, ,0!ID MARKET, THURSDAY.—There is a very
suitable utirsuless doing in the piece trade, and for goods
Iverst, if3r the autumn, particularly those made of
very fir the
guest, D. demand is even increased,. and prices arree-
. , Mixed goods have been in rather more ,
Iu go„fle the prospect is more satisfactory. Yarns are
ftitur-" request, and the buyers disposed to purchase fort.
Nyoole delivery at last week's prices. The supply o
are ~,,e°4ling to market is very considerable, but there
tealiTeat complaints among the staplers that they cannot
IC theeePor,.i_e?s corresponding with what have been given
untry.
expeZeOP MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.— have had
healthy demand for cloth since TuesdayWre that was
the 'fully 4,71,N on that ered prices are, if anything,
‘. nigh. Great int attaches to the nature of
for, i7fibm,ereial news by the India mail, just announced,
fur the toe accounts are favourable, we shall have a
rain, ,wr advance : of this there can be no doubt; the late
good enable the calico printers to set to work in
gae,VlZest, an heels not unlikely but, when fully en-
cloth, h. that a fur impulse will be given to printing
article •Ig", as by comparison with other cloth, that
and, for', Twist continues in unabated good demand
•Lifercury all export numbers, is fully as dear.—Leeds

gagemonis ght lion. the Speaker of the House ofdpouomrn:
Eaton- 11
ware 1)11
ruent his usual entertainment previous to the aj _
the
Legisiet IrEeirliarnent, to the officials of that branch of
1 Ley,
Saturday last, at his residence_ in
Sir 4.. The party consisted of A
liii\r.._ _ lillatn Gossett, AIL William Ley, Mr. Clerm. ents_o_nr.,
pllooth, Mr. U. Lev, Mr. Dorrington, Mr. Jones, NI.
4. -,,njoh Rose, Mr. Whitham, Mr. Dyson, Mr. Gibbons, Mr.
k'„B,e, M. Pole, Mr. C. Gunnell, Mr. Frere, Mr. Gudge,
ir _
_,-lowland, Mr. Postlethvraite, Mr. Gray, Mr. William
77rd j"
Mr.
Gunnell, Mr. G. Gunnell, Mr. Hanes, Mr.
oa ,(41, AIL May, Mr. Gossett, and the Rev. G. A. Andrews,
- 41441, and Mr. Lefroy, secretary to the Speaker.
Pik p ,
.
th 1, --
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--kin Saturday morning a fire broke out in
I.: ,ouae of Mr. Webb, cooper, in St. Thomas's-place, Old
it-road. The family were rous from their beds by the
4,1,n40, and were saved with difficulty by being got out of the
7L o, and
of an upper room, the lower part of the house being
lin, Low
By means of the engines, the fire was prevented
111 spreading • but the house and everything it contained
Was de-stroyed: '
THE PATA MORGANA.—The heavens in the east
laser the German ocean, and from Hornsea, on Monday
last, which was an unusually hot and cloudless day, pre-
tented the appearance of a mirror, in which were re •
towereeted a number of vessels with their sails set, and a
t, supposed to be some lighthouse. A portion of
e"*,(Asels were inverted—that is to say, all their masts
:‘ r d •,
tic, zil'er;44.ll:-,lzted downward to the sea._ Eastern Coun-