The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-03 00:00:00

MESMERISM.

Last 'evening, the. Marquise St. Simon .Tecman
gave another grand soiree mesmerique, at her resi-
dence in Baker-street. The company was very nu-
merous, and the experiments varied and striking. A
paralytic patient (a lady) being apparently thrown
into the condition called the mesmeric trance, by the
manipulations of Madam Tecman, and being ascer-
tained to be insensible to every sign and sound, and
to every object around or in contact with her, at a
motion of the Marquise's hand from the opposide side
of the room, rose from her chair without assistance
and walked steadily towards the Marqui e, and then
followed her about the room, although the patient was
manifestly in a state of sleep or unconsciousness more
profound than ordinary somnambulism. On being
restored to the ordinary state, the lady stated that she
was progressively recovering the use of the para-
lysed side. The Marquise herself was, in the
course of the evening, subjected to the mesmeric
influence, in which state she possesses, or is
supposed to possess, the mysterious specialiti called
" clairvoyance;" and, indeed, the revelations which
she made to those who, last night, consulted her were
surprising, and wholly inexplicable by any ascer-
tained laws of nature. To some she described mi-
nutely the condition of their own .health, and the seat,
extent, and duration of disease, if any. To others
she described the appearance, stature, age, health, and
character of friends at a distance, respecting whom
they put questions to her; and to one gentleman, of
whose occupations and connections, friends or ene-
mies, she could not by possibility know anything,
the Marquise (all the time in a profound sleep) de-
tailed, occurrences which happened to him in a distant
country years ago, named the country, and accurately
explained a train of painful sensations to which he is
subject; and, to cr:.wn the whole, described to him
the persons, at a distance, who at the moment occu-
pied his thoughts. To account for these things, and
much more that were witnessed on this occasion, is
impossible, but they seemed to be beyond the suspi-
cion of colluiion or deception.

NEW ASSOCIATION OF
SOLICITORS.
Yesterday a meeting was holden at the Gray's-Inn
Coffee-house, which had been called by the Solicitors
in London, for the purpose of taking into considera-
tion the inroads that had been made upon the pro-
fession by recent legislative enactments, and to form
an association for mutual protection.
D. Willa, Esq., took the Chair. The meeting was
not very fully attended.
The CHAIRMAN explained the- object of calling
together the members of the profession, which he did
by reading a rather voluminous advertisement, and
animadverting upon the different topics which it
contained. The meeting, it appeared, had been the
result of a private meeting which had been convened
at the chambers of Mr. Clarke, solicitor. The Chair-
man said there already existed a Law Association—
but besides that being liable to be considered as chiefly
limited to the aristocracy of the profession, and that
consequently young practitioners had not a proper
standing, there was another reason for instituting
another association—there was reason to believe that the
Law Association had been rather remiss in guarding
the interests of the profession. He said it might be
thought by the public that the object of this meeting
was selfish on the part of the profession, and he would
at once admit such was the case ; and he contended
that they had certain privileges conferred upon them
by the Legislature, to qualify them for that which they
had to undergo—severe examinations to be passed be-
sides the large price of stamps for articles, fees of ad-
mission, and annual licenses, by which they so largely
contributed towards the revenue, and on these
grounds he contended they had a right to protect
their privileges. He was one of those who would always
be a law reformer, and he was sure that every respecta-
ble member of the profession would go with him in
that, and had the profession been consulted, that they
would have given their support and advice in the
promulgation of useful reform in the law ; but that
which had been recently introduced, and which was
called law reform, had not improved the profession,
but, on the contrary, had detracted from it, by intro-
ducing men to practice who were without character.
Ile thought it, therefore, right that they should watch
the Acts in future brought in by men who were not
practical lawyers themselves, and who never were
qualified to be legislators. He drew a contrast be-
tween the Acts that were passed in former times,
which could all be easily understood, and when a
practitioner might have carried with him the number
passed in one session in his pocket, with the present
time, when the result of each session would nearly
load a cart, and each Act realised the saying that " a
coach and six might be driven through it." He
alluded to the conduct of Lord Brougham, who, like
many more, turned round upon the members of that
branch of the profession by whose means he had at-
tained his elevated position, and who now wanted to
bolster his fallen state by creating a reputation that he
was the poor man's friend. But it ought to go forth that
there were poor creditors, as well as poor debtors, that
wanted protection at the hands of the law. He had
known instances of oppression by imprisonment, but
be had known many instances of men who had been
kept in prison because they would not do justice to
their creditors. Ile was desired, before he sat down,
to state that the public had not yet made up their
minds that Lord Brougham was right in his last Act
of Parliament. Ile held in his hand 200 petitions for
the repeal of that Act, abolishing imprisonment for
debt for sums under 201., from towns, if not including
the very part where Lord Brougham was domiciled—
Kendal, Carlisle, and other towns. The petitions had
been hurriedly got up, yet they enrolled 15,000 sig-
natures.

Mr. GOODARD moved the first resolution, which
was in purport that steps should be taken to prevent
any one from practising, not duly qualified. He
thought the profession al a right to that protection.
At present there were practising, in England and
Wales, 15,000 attorneys. They had contributed, in
stamps for their articles, to the revenue, 1,500,0001• ;
for their certificates, 100,0001. more, besides their
annual licenses.

Mr. LEWIS LINCOLN seconded the resolution, which
was unanimously carried.
Resolutions were then putand carried unanimously,
forming an interim Committee to carry out the objects
of the Association, and a number present enrolled
themselves as members, the annual subscription being
one guinea.

ACCIDENT IN THE Q ,
about sixA.-
QUEEN'S EiSoN.—On Satur-
day evening,
o'clock, the following singular
but serious accident occurredheguooto.s
ilegnennhtlpmnriainnn.namThede
Jackson, an inmate of the
who is a fine young man, about
7--I....._rovz,itteimm„baloeaisl
t,eaiey.venint,vi,doiMnlettnrtb.teje.contactapcicergreatest
unfortunate gentleman,
gained, falling two or threeen'
twenty-four years of a
having raised the ball, it re-
wish another debtor, 41e, was playingagame tratite"
yards behind him, and near
*revs his opponent stood,
at the same
moment • The latter than struck it,
ss
oo un turning
with
tihtahe whnhhyi
osi,nm face,
es
hl
he
II perceiving 01.714 *bout tr,....te,o,vering it with his hands and
' -on of hey e3.e 8 00—rny eye's out !" The
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blood oozing through his fingers,
and to thei
,where he was attended
er wee lyini Completely out of its socket on his
,D,,...„,.., a surgeon :._ the the medical officer, and Mr.
:::The:rbeelevi.neelt:thnepicadlateyle:netogto
floater, the ore, afrer
sr_ neighbourhood, who, having
the sight to befres......,_tr'fi, 1
_I examioation,pronounced
wax
via to the se-- -fitli...-Trkgestroyed. Every attention
tbeiairvallaaseistterton
Rhattivel.
prison
con sadc aboutku IKc
a tG Cs
) 'li
the: departure, from
yesieedior continued to ex ": thzowgbout the night and
pain. A somewhat similar the most excruciating
?huts, Paddington terminus,
oonffdse:elouralgfro her Majesty isnjegsretyk'st dries:
, the Earl r
tinguit,hea visitors, and ei!.,ecarriages and four, from
tihneel)rmeamdiunneiscsautipoonn
(thustheir
the Royal Hotel at SleugAh,mmtooodoge
sotfthose personages who
arrival at that station.
0 n
orres aecbhaienkg. Slough)
availed themselves of this
losing not a moment's time on
bsonfdwCeolulinntgetsosnDela
were the Earl of Liverpool
warr, Sir Robert Peel, R
Baron Anthony Rothschild,
Count Nesselrode, &c. The Duke
pro-
ceeded to the Castle from Slough
islands of Hoy and
turned
ogl luoEnvdnreoedawd,Oxford, and two
effrom Reanic, in a
On Friday afternoon last, as M
boat took in so much
Robert Turnbull,
merchant, Scallovvay, Mr. Standen,r.
Le boat
-men, were returning to Seallmowi'day
sailing boat, and while about channel, between the
.ntto,hwelo.ok
for
hMr. Turnbull and
his unfortunate
Immediately on the boat
one another, and
seeing that
, and
d the danger was
dibtiasimWtaatgirnwnefiaeoenlsi.mtedt, oe;snfifelflrwiaternhar.geensndtdfarnodme
Standen,
swam off a little
COMpanions, who were clinging to
aid from him was
hopeless, as, being encumbered with he
, uttering terrific cries of despair, but
sacl feeling the weight of them seriouslyary coat and boots,
elertiona to save himself, he was, therefore, impeded his
•
strike out for the nearest land, which compelled to
a was about a mile
P
I distant. To himself, however, the possibility of swim-
ming so far, encumbered as he as together with the
1 coldness of the water, the wind being strong from the
north, appeared impracticable; but theat
moment when
hope almost fled, to his inexpressible •
oy a vessel was
a fewj
seen making towards him, and in minutes more a
beat from her arrived, and took him •
in
, landing him
shortly thereafter at Scalloway, much exhausted.—
Perth Journal.
1 THE FIFTH FUSILIERS.—The sergeants of this
corps, previous to leaving Dublin garrison, presented a
splendid silver cup, with a suitable inscription, to Colour-
sergeant G. Miller, on his leaving that regiment, e in tes-
timony of the high estimation in which he
was held by
them, for a period of twenty-two
years and upwards.—
Northern Whig.
An inhabitant of St. Denis, who
a was evidently
insane, lately committed suicide instrange manner.
He bad for some time employed himself in endeavouring
He i
to imitate an egg in pasteboard. took this egg,
filled it with gunpowder, placed it in his mouth, and
then with a match which he bad got from his wife, as if
to light a cigar, touched the powder, and with the explo-
sion blew bis brains ogt.

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STATE OF THE ENGLISH NAVY.
(PROM A NAVAL CORRESPONDENT.)
DEVOINPORT' AUG. 31.—A short time since we
paid off our Mediterranean squadron, except one sail
of the line, and reduced our navy in commission below
that of France. We now see the inconvenience of
this measure, and the dilemma in which it has placed
us, for, while the two fleets remain as they are, we
must only trust to French moderation ; and if we
adopt effectual measures to restore equality between
them, those measures will create alarm, and possibly
provoke hostile feeling. This may account for the
apparent apathy of Ministers on so important a point ;
but still the interests and dignity of England r( quire
her to resume tha maritime preponderance essential
to her positions, and which should never have been
abandoned. The following is a correct statement of
our whole disposable force (line of battle ships only)
in Europe :
At Portsmouth there is no ship of the line full
manned (unless we reckon Sir G. Seymour's flag-
ship, under orders for the Pacific); the Queen, 110,
is slowly manning, and may be complete in a few
months. At Plymouth there is no ship of the line
except the Portsmouth flag-ship (St. Vincent, 120),
sent there for the nonce, the Plymouth flag-ship being
at Lisbon ; nor is there any other ship of war, except
one steamer. At Sheerness and Chatham there is one
line cf battle ship ; I know not if she is full manned.
Of course, I do not count ordinary ships, as the Vic-
tory and San Joseph, which are not seaworthy.
Also we hive the Formidable and Albion at Gib-
raltar, the Caledonia at Lisbon, and that is all. We
are attempting to raise men for " general service,"
hut the whole would not man a frigate. If we com-
mission four or fire line of battle ships, there is no
reason to think they would be less than eight months
in manning. What an attitude for a country seek-
ing redress for an outraffe! '.Phis is not demand-
ing satisfaction, it is suing for it in brinli pauperis.