The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-04 00:00:00

DECAPITATION EXTRAORDINARY.

MANSION-Hooss.—Yesterddv, a decent look-
ing young man, a seaman, made an application to
the LORD MAYOR for advice and assistance, under
the following novel circuni-t'ances •
He stated, that several months since, his mother•
was much afflicted with•the tooth-ache, in conse-,
(pence of which she applied to a Dentist to
extract the bad tooth. -The operator, who was
•not one of the most skilful in hii ptofeSsion,
after several attempts to perform the required,
task, during which the poor patient suffered the
'greatest torment, at length btoke the tooth in
such a -manner as to render•it impossible to extract
the remaining. part's. A cancerousiaffection en-
sued, and his mother procured admission„ into St.
Thomas's Hospital. Here every thing that hurrvits
skill could devise .was done for her, birf without
effect,._ and she died .a few days since, her_head
having previously swelled to an enormous size.—
The applicant, at the request of the Surgeons, al-
lowed the body of Isis mother to remain at the
Uospital until Monday, when it was sent homelis
a coffin. Wishing to ascertain whether the proptr
attention had been paid to his mother's sentains,
he with much difficulty opened the coffin,
when,lo his astunisliment and horror, he fo,,nd
that the head had beets severed from the body,
and was missing ! He immediately went to the
Hospital, to inquire into the circumstance, but
being unable to obtain a satisfactory answer, .he
was advised to apply to the Lord Mayor. He
added, that he had while at sea assisted in com-
mitting some dozens of his shipmates to the wa-
tery element, some without beads, anti others
without limbs, and he was totally indifferent as
to what became of hithself after he was dead ; but
he was determined that the remains of his. parent
should go decent and entire to the grave. •
The LORD MAYOR.--!` This is a novel case,
certainly, and I hardly know how to advise you.
I suppose the surgeon can account satisfactorily
for detaining the head.'',
The young man said, that his mother's case
was considered one of an extraordinary nature,
and excited much attention among the faculty.
Mr. [TIOBLER said, lie had no doubt that the
Doctors had kept the -head for surgical purposes,
and meant to pickle it. •
The LORD MAYOR ordered one of the officers to
go to the Surgeofi at the Hospital, and in his
name to•request an explanation of this ext,raordi-
nary proceeding. '
The officer returned in about an hour, and stated
that the Surgeon -would wait upon his Lordship,
and,explain the story. The, head of the deceased
woman was kept for.the purpose of being dissected,
with the:consent of her husband, who received a
pecuniary compeosation for the loss of it.
The Loan MAYOR desired the young man to be
in attendance at the Mansion-House this day,
when he' had no doubt that the matter would be
arranged in a manner perfectly satisfactory to the
applicant.—(Morning Paper.)

ROBBERY OF A F•OLDIF.R,—On Tuesday evening,
as a young man, named John Swindles, who was
discharged on Monday from the Royal Artillery,
was going along Newington causeway, with a
knapsack on his hack, be was accosted by a.tall
man -of respectable appearance, who inquired
where lie was going ; the soldier told his. tale in
a few words„ and gave the stranger to understand
that he bad . been recently discharged front hiS
Majesty's service; that he had just got money
enough to carry hint home to his native place, a
vil!age near Manchester; and that he was pro,
ceeiliyg there on foot with all possible expedition.
After complimenting the candour 'ot the soldier,
the man said that he felt disposed to render him
some a-sistance, aim; requested that he would ac-
company him to the Bricklayers' Arms, and he
would be enabled to induce some of -the stage-
coachmen, , with whom he was acquainted; -to
give hilq a lift on his journey gratnitoudy.
was an offer which the poor soldier gladly itc-
cepted.- They •went into the tap-room of the
• liticklayets' .Arms, where they sat together' for
about half an hour. The stradgtr made an excuse
to leave the room, saying that he woold go, and
look after some of•the coachthen ; he atterw,ads
went in and out several times, and at last con-
'rived to carry away the knapsack without being
observed. The poor fellow's distress was extreme
wien he discovered the, robbery The knapsack,
he said, contained 285., and that it was all the
property he possessed in the world.
The following trait of respect to our lamented
PRINCESS is too creditable to a very humble class
of men, not to merit sortie notice. The passage—
boats, which ply bct‘veen Gravesend and London,
`have all been put into naval mourning ; a grey
streak of paint all round. 7‘. We wished te shew
respect in our boats if we could not in our clothes,"
-was the reniark'.of ope of the owners.

'EAST INDI',:S.

`Carvp•Kulth., six ariles...N. W. dff Ctiitack,
May 15, 1817.

, 111,1's morning the Ist -battalion 18th Regiment
'N.-ttiv.:.lnfoitrv, the ilet.ichinent cif the Governor
"Grneriti 4,1.1 v anii A brigade of pin-,
cro• the Nranatoolda 'river, on its march to
Ro0r,14!), The C-ien'erM crosses in the evening,
.nrt,l proceed MO) li9. with
of the 301 h, attl company of the
1 I tit, together with a 146:vtde gutni, crOssect the

otgoori3On the evening of the 13th in progress
'to Tioorlah by another route. We nndefstand
mho, that -Major naiiiiiton's detachment from
Pooree, or Captain. Arinstrong*4 from Perplay,
will proceed by a third route tti.the above rie,ti-
nation, so (lint we may now expect that the -to-
sorreetion will be Very soon crushed, as the insur-
gents, finding theitseivet thus pressed on all sides
by these ce.mbined anil sell directed movements,
will most likely disperse, and will, lie in the end
obliged to solicit forgiveness on our terms. Ge-
neial ha-s cansed Proclamations to be

issued -in all directions, offering a general attunes-
'ty".. provided the rebels will return peaceably to
their homes, nod desert their kaders, to whom
-only no pardon for their crimes will be granted.
• Jugbandoo is stared to he at Koordah, all the
passes to which have been strongly stockade&
Captain Armstrong's affair at Peeplay, must
Bare had a most effect on the insurgents. It
is supposed that their. intrntion was to have at-
tacked Captain Lefevre in, his march from Pooree
to Cintack, and to have cotvoured to rescue
the Rajah under his chaig,k They were, how-
ever, too late, Captain L. :having left Peeplay
tht day before they arrived: In the action,
Milano° Hurrichunder, their Sirdar, is reported
to, have been woanded, and another principal.
ringleader killed. Twenty bodies were found
'dead on the plain. -
Colonel Greene, with the other wing of the 2d
In;tt. 30th N. 1.. arrived at Cuttack this morning.
He is to'beleft in COMillattd of the station, hav-
ing under him the above companies, and font cont.
panies,of the I itir Native Infantry ; the latter
from the Rajah's 'glum d, who has not,yet set off
for Calcutta, whither. we Understand he is ulti-
mately going. He is rattier good.looking man,
of about,Bo"years of a4,7e ; his pride-and
portanee are truly ridiculous'; he never conde-
scends to return the. salute of an-one, whatever
inhy be Iris rank. Next to Juggernaut, be con-
ceives himself to be the greatest being in exist-