The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-11 00:00:00

rifiX SUN, LONDON', MONDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 11. 1844.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
The Eagle, 50, has been commissioned at Obatham, by
Captain G. B. Martin.
The Amazon, a nzeed 42, will be commissioned next
week.

The Princess Royal, transport, will shortly embark
from Parkhurst Barracks, Isle of Wight, draughts of the
23d and 71st Regiments, for service in the West Indies.
The Fair Rosamond, schooner, was paid off yesterday.
The Sylvia, cutter, arrived on 'Wednesday from Jersey,
with sick men for the Hospital.
The Leviathan, convict ship, is to be broken up in the
dock-yard, by Mr. White, who has taken the contract
for the purpose.
The Scourge, first-class steamer, was floated out of the
dock, in which she has been built, yesterday. Her dimen-
sions are as follow :—Length, 199 feet between perpen-
diculars ; extreme breadth, 36 feet. Burden, in tons,
1,124. Engines, two of Maudsley's tubular boilers with
two funnels-420 horse power. She will carry 20 guns
on the maindeck, but on her flush or weatherdcck will
mount the following armament :—Tao guns, 68 pounders,
64 cwt., nine feet lung ; two guns, 42-pounders, 84 cwt.,
ten feet long. For firing shells, pivot guns, two 42-
pounder carronades of 22 cwt. each.
The Amphion, 42. gun frigate, now on the stocks, is
being lengthened by the bow, by Mr. White, of Cowes,
and is to be fitted with a screw propeller, with a mode-
rate si zed steam-engine. She is getting ready for early
commission. .

In Harbour—Victory, Excellent, Victoria and Albert,
Nautilus, Volcano, Comet, Fearless, Dwarf, and Echo,
steamers, and Diligence, naval transport.
Captain Drinkwater Bethune, who is appointed on a
special mission to Borneo, has received his instructions
from the Admiralty, and will proceed forthwith.
Captain T. Waters, Royal Marines, has retired upon
full pay, after 33 years' service.
Mr. Edwards, Master, RN., and the Chief Officer of
the Clyde Royal Mail steam-packet, died of yellow
fever on board that vessel on the 6th of October. The
third officer, Mr. Jellicoe, was also attacked ; he has re-
turned invalided in the Trent.

A vessel at Scilly reports having spoken the Experi-
mental Squadron on the 31st ult., in long. 9. 30, but
brings no report of their proceedings.
The Admiralty have issued orders to build a new
wooden second-class steam-frigate with paddle-wheels,
at Woolwich, on the plan, we believe, of Mr. Fincham.
She is to be 500 horse-power, and of the following di-

mensions

Ft. In.

Length .
Breadth
Depth
Tonnage nsarly 1,400 tons.
Mr. White, of Cowes, is also instructed to build a first-
class steamer to carry 20 heavy guns on her main deck,
together with a heavy armament of hollow shot guns on
the upper or spar deck.
Trial will be made on Thursday next of Captain Nor-
ton's concussion shells, against the hull of the Swiftsure,
and some other projectors will also essay some experi-
ments, we believe at an early hour in the day.
The French Consul, A. Van den Bergh, Esq , has re-
ceived directions from King Louis Philippe, to make
every inquiry into the circumstances of the widow and
mother of the Artillerymen Walker and Miller, who
were killed by the accidental discharge of a gun they
were loading on the King's Bastion. This inquiry is
preliminary to his Majesty awarding them some pension.

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
PROMOTIONS.
(In honour of her Majesty's Visit.)
Lieutenants—Thomas Smith (c., 1815), of the Vic-
tory, and acting flag Lieutenant to the Admiralty
Board; Richard Jones (b., 1823), of the Victory, com-
manding Officer of the ship at the moment of her Ma-
jesty's late visit to her in remembrance of Trafalgar's
day; James C. Prevost (1835), flag Lieutenant to Sir
Charles Rowley; and W. C. Chamberlain (1840), com-
manding the Dwarf (who acted as flag Lieutenant to
Admiral La Susse) to the rank of Commander.
Mates—Robert C. Tattnall (1838), of the St. Vin-
cent; and Alexander George West (1841), of the Fire-
brand, to the rank of Lieutenant.

THE NEW LORD MAYOR.

Now that the celehratil:noiThe Lord Mayor's day is
over, we think it right to explain to our very numerous
correspondents who have written to us during the past
week on the merit of the Right lion. Gentleman who tills
the civic chair, the reasons why we did nut avail our-
selves of their communications. If, in compliance with
their wishes, we had kept up from day to day a running
fire of paper pellets against Mr. Alderman Gibbs, we
might have been suspected of having some other than a
public object in view. We certainly were anxious that
a man of unimpeached integrity should be first magis-
trate of the City of London ; but the citizens were inert
when they ought to have been active, and the conse-
quence has been that they have now got Mr. Alderman
Gibbs as Lord Mayor, and we sincerely hope that the
good will be far greater than the credit they will derive
from such a choice. But we are perhaps wrongin using
the word " choice ;" for we have heard that the show of
hands en Michaelmas-day excluded Alderman Gibbs
from the return to be made to the Court of Aldermen,
and that if the Comman-hall had been then polled, that
fact would have been established beyond all dispute. But
it is something to have a friend who w ill go " thorough "
on the hustings, and who is capable of converting, by a
partial glance and a decisive tone, a minority into a ma-
jority ; and such a friend to Alderman Gibbs the return-
ing officer is confidently said to have been on the day in
question. His boldness took the citizens by surprise,
and prevented them from giving that resistance which
ought to have been offered to his decision.
We further deem it right to say a few words in
answer to a charge made by one of our morning Contem-
poraries, in reference to a paragraph from one of our
correspondents, and an advertisement which appeared
in the Tmes of Wednesday last. We are charged with
"Egging on the ruffians and blackguards of the metro-
polis, and with a determination that nothing should be
wanting to complete the ovation of Mr. Alderman
Gibbs ;" and " that under no possible circumstances
could the brutal persecution threatened in the disgraceful
paragraph quoted be justified."
With regard to the paragraph from our Portsmouth
correspondent, we have no doubt that it was founded on
fact, and that, if necessary, we should be able to prove
the truth of it. As to the advertisement, we have only
to say that it was received and paid for, in the usual
place and in the usual way, that it attracted no attention,
and that it appeared in the Times of Wednesday last
together with 1,174 other advertisements. That, so far
from its being intended by us as any attack upon Alder-
man Gibbs, we did not know that any such advertise-
ment had appeared until we were ourselves attacked
upon the subject in the columns of our Contemporary ;
and we must confess that we now strongly suspect that
this same advertisement so much complained of was a
ruse de guerre on the part of some of Alderman Gibbs's
friends, for the purpose of enabling the writer of the
article in question to publish his virtuous indignation,
and thereby endeavour to get up a spurious sympathy in
favour of the object of his protection.
In our opinion, however, there is already before the
public sufficient to justify the reception the Lord Mayor
has met with, without the need of any additional incite-
ment. There is no doubt of the fact that he was or is
still churchwarden of St. Stephen, Walbrook, and that
he has held that office for about twenty years—that till
lately no account has been given by him of the moneys
received by virtue of his office during that period, al-
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public to pass under its walls. That the rector, Dr.
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a disgraceful state, trickling
down behind the aisle, that a stream of water might at
that moment be seen close to the pulpit, and that a por-
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authority for stating, that two years' income was then
due to Dr. Croly as lecturer, that five quarters' salary
was then due to the organist, and six quarters' salary
due to the sextoness. These facts were openly stated at
of September last, and no contradiction has been given
a vestry meeting of the united parishes held on the 19th
to them. If these imputations are true, Lord Mayor
Gibbs has been mercifully dealt with. If they are not
true, why has he suffered them to remain uncontra-
dicted ? Times.

NORWICH, SATURDAY.
ELECTION OF MAYOR.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The Town Council met this day at twelve o'clock, the
Mayor, William Freeman, Esq., in the chair, who in-
formed the meeting that the first business was the elec-
tion of mayor for the ensuiilg year.
J. 0. SPRINGFIELD, Esq., rose, and expressed the
high gratification he felt in proposing to the notice of
the Council Sir William Foster, Bart., the mention of
whose name was received with the most rapturous shouts
of applause, both by the Council and a most respectable
and crowded audience.

EDWARD WILLETT, Esq., briefly seconded the nomi-
nation.

A. A. H. BECKWITH, Esq., the late Tory Town Clerk,
rose also to second it, and to express his most perfect
concurrence in the election of the worthy Baronet,
which was carried unanimously, amid loud and repeated
plandits.

- SAMUEL S. BEARE, Esq., proposed as a fit and proper
person to fill the office of sheriff, John Betts, Esq., which
being seconded by ARTHUR DALRVNPLE, Esq., was
also unanimously carried.
The next business was the election of eight gentlemen
to fill the office of aldermen. The following, who went
out by rotation, were re-elected :—Jeremiah Butcher,
James De Vear, Jeremiah Colman, Charles Jecks,
Joseph Torris, and Henry Woodcock, Esqs. John
Pynian and Henry Tillett, Esqs., were elected in the
room of William Gordon Edwards and George Edward
Simpson, Esqs., Hho retire
Tne further business of the Council was adjourned to
Tuesday next, at twelve o'c!ock
The Town Council now consists of 16 Aldermen, all
Liberals; 27 Liberal Councillors, and 21 Tory Council-
lors, being a majarity of 22 in favour of the Liberals.

This has been a proud day for Norwich. The accept-
ance of the office of mayor by Sir William Foster has
created universal joy among all classes of Liberals, and,
as a matter of course, the contrary among the Tories.
To Sir William the great majority of the city look to
rescue them from the present disgraceful representation
in the House of Commons. No individual is so well
qualified from his rank, wealth, liberal principles, gen-
tlemanly and courteous bearing, and great influence, as
Sir William Foster; and should he be induced to accept
the representation in conjunction with our present ex-
cellent Member, Mr. B. Smith, the Noble Marquis who
now misrepresents us need not trouble himself to come
amongst us, for most assuredly would he be defeated.

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
RYE, Nov. 7.—Not observing any account of the elec-
tion of town councillors for this borough in your excel-
lent paper, I beg to hand you the following as the result
of the election. The town council and aldermen are all
of the Liberal school of politics, and the mayor is also of
the same stamp this year. Four of the councillors went
out by rotation. The polling commenced ar.d went on
as usual on these occasions, none but the Liberals taking
any interest in the election, when, to our utter surprise,
about a quarter to four o'clock, up comes a lawyer's
clerk with about thirty votes, and takes the lead of the
lowest number of the Liberals on the poll. The Liberals,
enraged at this mean and discreditable trick (every way
worthy of the Tories), hasten up to the poll, when, be-
fore half of them could get the voting papers, the clock
struck four, and the poll closed, leaving numbers unable
to record their votes against the little knot of disappointed
expectant Tories, struggling in this town, many of them
old freemen of the once rotten borough, thus leaving the
lawyer's clerk, who, it appears since, with the assistance
of his master, had been privately canvassing the whole
night before, and laying their plans with the little nest
of Tories, how to gain the election by a ruse. for to
attempt it openly, they knew, would be morally impos-
sible, having some few years back attempted it, but re-
ceiving such a sound lesson that they were then satisfied
it would never do again. The following is the state of
the poll :
Mr. W. Honeywood (L.)
Mr. 'l'. F. Plomley (L.)
Mr. F. W. Thorpe (L.) ....-
Mr. H. Paine (T.) 44
Mr. W. H. Chatterton (L.)

55
52
52

AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.
TWO MEN SHOT.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, FRIDAY.—A dreadful an-
counter took place last night between a party of watchers
and some poachers on the Ravensworth estate, in which
two of the keepers were dreadfully wounded, and now
lie in a precarious state. It appears, from the statement
of the head keeper, Henry Wallace, who has been only
about six months in the service of Lord Ravensworth,
that having been told that some of the under keepers
had heard the report of a gun in the preserves at Hagg's
wood, on Wednesday night, he determined on placing a
strong watch there on the following night. Accordingly
he went himself, with three others, named respectively
George Grundy, Peter Johnson, and George Irunside, to
the south side of the wood, and sat down under a hedge.
After remaining there about an hour, two men came
down the wood, but the watchers did not observe them
till they had approached to within a short distance of
where the watchers were sitting. Wallace, on ob-
serving the men, shouted, " Haiku), ye blackguard
fellows, what are ye doing there?" He then got on
his feet, and went towards them, when one of them ex-
claimed, " Stand back, ye b—," and fired immediately,
the shot taking effect near the left shoulder, the aim, in
the dark, being evidently at the heart. Grundy had
made an advance immediately after Wallace ; and the
other poacher, without saying a word, levelled his piece
and fired almost instantly after the first shot. Grundy
was wounded in the groin and thighs. The other two
watchers had fallen back into the wood, and were not
near enough to render assistance. When the poachers
had disappeared, the whole proceeding having occupied
little more than a minute or two, Ironside, who lives at
Kibbleswerth, a small village in the immediate neigh.
bourhood, went and got a cart, in which the two wounded
men were conveyed to their homes. It was about nine
o'clock at night, and exceedingly dark. The poachers
could only have been a few yards from the keepers when
they fired. Medical aid was procured as soon as pos-
sible, and a great number of the shots have been ex-
tracted ; but the men continue in a very precarious
state. The police are scouring the district, endeavouring
to find out the perpetrators of the diabolical act, they
being supposed to be pitmen ; bat there is little chance
of their succeeding, for the night was so dark it would
be impossible to identify them.

Tnn GLASGOW MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.—Not a
syllable does the Guardian say about the anniversary pf
the gunpowder plot last Tuesday. Changed times! Not
a syllable does it say either about our municipal elec-
tions on Tuesday, on which it was wont to distant at
great length, and with considerable gusto,—if on the
winning side. The Guardian was in high feather when
the H. Dunlops, Bains, and Browns, and other kindred
Non-Intrusionists, were " lords paramount" in the coun-
cil. Now they are all out of it. There is scarcely the
ghost of a Non-Intrusionist, or a Non-Erastian, pro-
perly so called, to be seen in the Council! But in
their room and stead we have a clear and decided
majority—yes, a positive and decided majority—of good
and consistent supporters of the Church of Scotland. So
frail and fickle were the " Free"—so conscious were they
of their own impotency or weakness, that they put up
no candidate on the principles of the Guardian in any
one of the wards of the city, although a few weeks ago
the Guardian had almost seized the poker and the tongs
for a real free battle. They withdrew their own pet
favourite, Mr. Fleming, the ironmonger, in the fourth
ward—they allowed him to retire sub silentio. So much
for the progress of free fanaticism in this city. Good
bye to it ! Sic transit gloria mundi.—Scotch Reformer's
Gazette.

WRECK OF THE EDGAR.--The operations for the
recovery of the wreck of the Edgar frigate, which was
wrecked at Spithead in 1711, were discontinued on the
31st of October, and the party of Royal Sappers and
Miners engaged in submarine operations with Sergeant
Linsey, under Lieut. Barlow, of the Royal Engineers,
arrived at Woolwich, their head-quarters, last week.
Corporal Richard Jones is stated to have got up nineteen
iron guns during the season, besides other articles; and,
when the rough and generally unfavourable state of the
weather which prevailed during the greater part of the
operations is taken into account, it is surprising that he
recovered so many. It is, at the same time, proof that
he must have exerted himself with exemplary activity
and industry. The corporal has the reputation of being
the most skilful diver in England. Corporal Girvan also
was very successful in the laborious services of diving,
while health permitted him to continue at it, but he was
prevented from rendering any particular assistance for
some weeks previous to the close of the operations,
owing to an accident to the safety valve of the helmet,
which occasioned his serious indisposition ; he is now
perfectly restored to health.
ABERDEEN RAILWAY.—The connexion of the an-
cient and flourishing town of Aberdeen with Edinburgh
and Glasgow, and all the proposed and present railways
in the South, promises to be one of the best lines yet
projected, and an indispensable auxiliary to the agricul-
ture of the extensive district through which it will have
to pass. The development of the resources of Scotland
by steam navigation, which brought them within reach
of the great markets of England and its metropolis, was
an era in her agricultural prosperity, and likewise an
immense benefit to the Londoners, whose food and pro-
visions were cheapened by the abundant supplies thus
obtained. What steam navigation did on a small scale,
railway transport will now do on a comparatively greater
one. No town of the size and importance of Aberdeen
can long remain excluded from the general highways of
the nation ; and we are certain, by its position, it will
soon take a start in prosperity that will place it in a
commercial point of view on a par with Dundee and
Leith, if not with Glasgow itself. The projected line
will connect Aberdeen with all the principal towns of
Scotland, such as Arbroath, Dundee, Forfar, Perth, and
Stirling, whore its vivifying influence will soon be felt.
We may say, as a general rule, that the success of all
railroads which have two large cities as their termini,
and pass through numerous other towns, is perfectly
certain, because a large passenger traffic, which is always
the most remunerative, is, as it were, guaranteed to
them. The company will be easily able to prove, from
undoubted official returns and statistical evidence, that
the traffic will yield a return of 8 per cent. to the share-
holders. Our personal knowledge of the district sur-
veyed by Mr. Cubitt inclines us to place implicit confi-
dence in the fairness of the estimate and the practica-
bility of his Him—Atlas.
THE WINTER ASSIZES,—We are informed that an
intimation has been received by the authorities that Mr.
Justice Coleridge (who is to preside at the winter assizes
at York and Durham) will take the Yorkshire Itizes
first. Although be has. not yet positively conpluded the
arrangements, it is his present intention to open the
commission for Yorkshire on Thursday, the 28th inst.—
Yorkshire Gazette.

Commander Wm. Crispin is appointed to the Vic
toria and Albert.

EXPENSES OF REGIMENTAL
MESSES.

The following general order has been issued by
order of the Commander-in-Chief:—

" Horse Guards, Oct. 28, 1844.
" Complaints having reached the Commander-in-
Chief of the great expense attending the regimental
messes of the officers of the several regiments, and
the Commander-in-Chief being sensible of the great
inconvenience and injury to a numerous class of most
meritorious officers, who cannot afford to incur such
expenses, from his recollection of the long ex-
perience he acquired by the exercise of the com-
mand of a regiment for many years in garri-
sons, cantonments, and the field; and advert-
ing, moreover, to the gracious consideration of
a late Sovereign, and to the handsome pro-
vision made by Parliament to supply with wine the
officers of the army, and to enable them to consume
that article without pecuniary inconvenience, it is his
duty to draw the attention to the subject of the gene-
ral officers of the army, and of the commanding
officers of regiments.
" His Grace accordingly desires that commanding
officers of regiments, battalions, and depots, will call
the attention of the mess committee of officers, in
each, to the necessity of forming an estimate, at the
commencement of every three months—viz., January,
April, July, and October —of the expense of keeping
the mess table for the officers at the station, including
therein attendance, maintenance of table linen, the
expense of wine, beer, and provisions of all sorts.
" That the fourth of the allowance paid by the
public for wine shall be carried to account against
the amount of this estimate.

" That the allowance of wine supposed to be con-
sumed by each individual member of the mess shall
be fixed, and the balance of the expense shall be
divided among the number of members of the mess
present; and the commanding officer will, with that
information before him, fix the weekly amount for the
messing, including the stated allowance of wine for
each officer; and it must be clearly understood that
no officer can be called upon to defray a larger expense
than that thus required to defray the charge of this
estimate.

" The Commander-in-Chief does not take upon
himself to specify what wines the officers of the army
shall drink, of what quality, or in what quantity ;
but that on which he does insist is, that none shall
be required to defray the expense of such wines ex-
cepting those who choose it. Those who have dined
at the table of the messes of officers, know that there
are well-understood means of informing the officers of
a regiment of the moment at which the allowance
of the day has been consumed ; and those who do
not choose to incur further expense should then be
expected to depart.
" Officers may choose to invite one or more
friends to dine with them, for whom, and the expense
of their entertainment, the inviter alone must be re-
sponsible.
"The corps of officers may think proper to invite
to dine an individual, or another corps of officers,
and to give upon such occasion a more expensive
dinner, or to have more expensive wines, than at
the usual mess dinner ; but all the expense upon
such occasions, beyond the usual estimated charge,
whether on account of dinner, attendance, or
wine, must be defrayed exclusively by those
who may think proper to affix their names to a
paper, notifying the intention of some to give
such entertainment; and the Commander-in-Chief
desires that it may be clearly understood by command-
ing officers of regiments, battalions, and depots, that
his Grace requires them to give their special counte-
nance and protection to those who may, from any mo-
tive, decline to be parties to incurring such expenses.
"It has long been the practice of the army for of-
ficers upon joining a regiment to subscribe a fixed sum
to purchase or defray the charges of the mess utensils;
and it is positively required in page 125 of the Ge-
neral Regulations, that no part of the wine money
shall be applied to this purpose ; but it is to be clearly
understood that, excepting the limited subscription
above referred to, no officer can be called
upon to pay more on account of mess expenses, than
the weekly amount fixed to defray the balance of the
three-monthly estimate of the expense of keeping the
mess table, as hereby ordered.
" The general officers who will inspect regiments
are particularly requested to attend to, and report
upon, the execution of the provisions of this general
order, and they will mention in their respective re-
ports the amount of the weekly charge of the mess of
each officer.

" By command of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wel-
ington, Commander-in-Chief,

"JOHN MACDONAD, Adjutant-Gen."

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
(Abridged from the Plymouth Herald.)
It becomes our duty to state the particulars of an
alarming conflagration, which took place on the
morning of Friday, the Bth inst., on the premises of
C. Tanner, Esq., Tavistock-road, and which has
occasioned the destruction of much valuable property.
Mr. Tanner carries on a large manufactory,
employing a number of persons, and has always
on his premises a very extensive and valuable stock
of wool, leather, bark, and other materials; and, con-
sequently, when it was known that a fire had broken
out in his establishment, the greatest consternation
was felt.

The fire (the situation of the premises being in a
high part of the town) was observed at an early pe-
riod in the citadel by the sentinels, and with an ear-
nestness which cannot be too highly valued, that gal-
lant corps, the depot of the 7th Fusileers, was called
to duty. The citadel engine was got ready, and
the soldiers, commanded by Major Yea, and assisted
by the other officers, succeeded in bringing their en-
gine first on the ground. The West of Eng-
land followed in a few minutes, dashing up in
fine style, quickly succeeded by the County, the
Royal Marine, and the Dockyard engines. The agents
of the various establishments, and a large body of
Royal Marines, commanded by Colonel Mitchell, and
a division from the 44th Regiment, were also present.
The alarm was given about one o'clock, the engines
were in full play before half-past, and all danger of
the flames extending to the other buildings was over
by two o'clock The whole of the damage was con-
fined to the stack of buildings in which the fire ori-
ginated. It is considered that the fire commenced
in the engine-house, but the immediate cause is not
known.

The property destroyed belonging to Mr. Tanner is
estimated, we hear, about 1,5001., and we understand
that the whole of the premises and stock are insured
in the West of England office.
We should not close our account without stating
that the inhabitants of these towns cannot too highly
appreciate the valuable assistance which they receive,
on occasions of this description, from the military.
We should also fail in our duty, if we did not no-
tice the zeal displayed at all times by the officers and
men of those public establishments—the Royal Naval
Hospital and Dockyard, their engines with a sufficient
force are always in attendance in cases of fire, and the
service they render is invaluable.

OPERATION FOR SQUINTING PERFORMED UNDER
MESMERISM.—On Tuesday last a novel but successful
operation was performed upon a child ten, years old,
named Martha Clarke, for removing that unpleasant
visual imperfection called squinting. The child was
taken to Mr. Toswill, surgeon, on the 30th ult., to be
operated upon for this detect, but from the difficulty of
inducing so young a person to sit quiet during so painful
and delicate an operation, it was proposed that mes •
merism should be resorted to. The first time this was
attempted the mesmeric state was produced in sixteen
minutes, and her arms rendered completely rigid. At
the time she had no knowledge about mesmerism, nor
that anything of the kind was about to be tried upon her.
So unconscious was she, indeed, of the existence of
mesmerism, or that she had been in such a state, that
afterwards she said to her mother, " I am so sorry I
went to sleep ; but I could not help it ; Mr. Toswill
looked at me so.' Subsequent to this, she was mes-
merised several times previous to Tuesday, when
Mr. Toswill ventured on the operation. On the
occasion there were present, beside Mr. Toswill,
Messrs. Spencer and Downing, surgeons, Mr.
Joseph Biggs, Captain Jackson, and Mr. Atkinson,
from London, who is a friend of Dr. Elliotson's, all
of whom, with the exception of Mr. Spencer, signed
a document, stating their firm conviction of the
absence of all consciousness or pain in the little pa-
tient during the operation. Mr. Spencer dissented from
the general opinion, believing that she manifested signs
of feeling pain. The time in which the operation was
performed was two minutes and a half, during which the
other eye remained perfectly closed and motionless,
without any bandage being placed over it, which is usual
in such cases. The arms, which had been fixed in an
horizontal position, gradually relaxed ; that nearest the
eye operated on sinking down to her side. When de-
mesmerised, and told that the operation had been per-
formed, she looked up, and with childlike simplicity and
surprise exclaimed, " Has it!" In answer to questions
put to her by those who were spectators, she said that she
had no knowledge of what took place, nor felt any pain,
but she had dreamed that she was at Hannah Colton's
house, blowing the fire to make the pan boil. In what
way this dream could be induced by the circumstances in
question, is a phenomenon which we shall not here
attempt to solve. As all our readers are not aware of
the mode of the operation in question, we may state that
it is briefly as follows :—The lid being held open, the
eye to be operated upon is forced to a straight position ;
a piece of the white of the ball is then laid hold of by a
small pair of forceps, pulled up, and cut ; this being done,
a hook is introduced, and being passed round to the back
part, the muscle is secured, brought forward, and
divided by the scissors of tho operator. —Leicehtershi? e
Mercury.
On Monday last, a numerously attended meeting
was held at the house of Mr. James Phipps, the sign of
the Horse and Jockey, Arnold, for the purpose of form-
ing an association for the legal protection of foot roads
within the parish, when a considerable number enrolled
themselves as members, out of which a committee was
chosen to manage the business, and the meeting was
then adjourned to next Monday evening.—Nettingham
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