The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-21 00:00:00

ISTERESTf N 6 FACT.

The Charlestown Ciig Gazette contains the par,-
ticulars of a " highly interesting • fact," ,viz. a
person born blind . receiving ,hissight at 20 'years
of age. by the operation of an oculist.
.;Dr.
GRANT .was the successful operator, who, in. ,the
presence of sympathizing friends and:kindred,
instantly. gave the patient a new sense :--When
the patient .first • .received the. dawn of light,
there appeared such an ecstasy in his •actiott
that he seemed ready to swoon away in the•sur-
prise. of joy and wonder. The surgeon stood
be-
fore.him-with hisinstrnments in his hands. The
patient observed him from bead to foot, and-then
surveyed him as carefully, and comparing the
doctor to himself, he observed- both their hands
were exactly alike, except the instruments,
which he took for part of the doctor's hand.---
.When he had continued in amazement for seve-
ral minutes, his mother could no longer bear the
agitations of so many passions as thronged.upan.
her, fell upon- his neck, crying out, My sons
.my son ! The young 'Gentleman knew her voice,
and could say no more, than = 0 me! are you my
dear "mother,' and fainted !--On his recovery, he
heard the voice of his dear female friend, which
had a surprising effect upon him ; he appeared to
view her with admiration and delight ; • and the:
asked her what had been done to him -Whither,
said he, am .1 carried ? all-this about me, the
thing which.- I have heard so often of ? this
seeing? Were you. always' thus happy, when yoU
said you were glad to see each other ? Where
is Torn who used to lead -me ? But methinks

I could now go any where without him. Ile at-
tempted to walk alone, but. seemed terrified:—
When_ they saw this difficulty, they told him, that
until he became better acquainted with his new
being, he must let the servant lead him. boy
being presented to him, he was asked what sort
of A creature he took Tom to be, before he had
seen him. He answered, he believed he was not
so large as himself, but that he was the same sort
of a creature.' The of the sudden change
made all the neighbours throng to see him. - As
.he saw the crowd gathering, he asked his physi-
cian how many there were in all to be seen
His physician replied, that it would be very pro-
Ter for him to return .to his late condition, and
suffer his eyes to be covered for a few days, for
he might well remember that by degrees he had,
by little and little, come to the strength he had
at present, in his ability of walking, moving, -&c.
and .that it was- the same thing with his eyes,
which he said would lose the power of continuing
to him that wonderful ftansport he was now in,
except he would be content to lay aside the use
of them, .until they became strong enough to -bear
the light without so much feeling as he underwent
at present. With much reluctance he -was pre-
vailed on to-have his eyes covered, in which con-
dition they kept him in a dark room, until it was
;.proper to let the organ receive its objects without
further precaution. After several days it wag
thought proper to Unbind his head, and-the young
Lady to whom he was attached was instructed to
perform this kind office, in order to endear her
still more to him, by so interesting a circumstance.;
and that she might.moderate his ecstacies by the
.persuasion of a voie, which had so much power
over him as her's ever had. When she began to
take the bandage frOm his eyes, -she addressed
him as follows :-64 William, I am now taking the
bandage off in order to give you sight—but when
I consider what I am doing, "tremble with appre-
hension, that though I have from my childhood lAv
ed. you, dark as you were, and though you have con-
ceived a strong attachment for me, yet you will
find that there is such a thing as beauty, which
may•eninare you in a thousand passions of which
yoit.are now:innocent, and take you from me for
ever. But before I put myself to that hazard, tell
me in what manner that love -you profess entered.
your heart, for its usual admittance is at the eyes."
The young Gentleman answered, " Dear Lydia!
if by:seeing, I -ara to lose the-soft pantings which
I -have. always felt when I heard your 'voice, if I
am PO more to distinguish the steps of her I love,.
when she -approaches me, -but to change that,
sweet and frequent pleasure for such an -amaze
ment as I experienced the little time I saw—nr
if I have any thinghesides, which may take front
me the sense of what appeared most pleasing to
me at that time (which apparition it appears. was
you) pull out these eyes before they make menu-
grateful to yon or undo myself. I wish for theof
but to 'see you—pluck them from their Sockets,il
they are to make me forget you." Lydiawase%-
tremely satisfied and delii.llited with these assu-
rances, and pleased herself with playing_with his
perplexities for a few moments, when she with-
drew the bandage, and gave him sight,to his inex-
pressible joy and satisfaction. In all his conver-
sation with her, he manifested but very faint
ideas of any thing which had not been received at
the ears. .....amamoomuasierratzFe

The scaffolding was yps-tprday so far removed

from the tap of S'r..P.t.t4r.' .C.VTREDRAL, as to
leave an uninterrupted view of the ball and
cross, which now appear reinstated in all th,,ir
pristine beauty ; the gilding- is very spletuLd,
and displays with great effect the grandeur dl
the original design, particularly the light arta
elegant truss supporters, so much and justly ad'
mired ; it also tends, by the consequent strong
shadow, to make the nuinerous ornaments aria
leaves perceptible, although so so far remove('
from the eye, which in the former co.tld with'
difficulty be discerned. In- the performance a
the work, the greatest care has been taken tO
prevent as much as possible the dilapidatino
of time, by the adoption, as far as Fax..
ticable,.of a metal not liable to decay, which/
with the improvement in the interior frame wort>,
will certainly insure to the present great dura-
bility.

BIRTH.
Yesterday, in Broad-street, the Lady of James Cazenovet
jun., Esq. of a son.

.11A1 RI.LD.
Yesterday, at St—John's, liae.,.ney, Richard Dempster, Esq
of NJ ariborough-plaoe, Brighton, to Ann, third daughter u
John Wafford, Esq., of Chatham-place, West, Hackne__,..-

• OW.).
•On the 19th in4.,11.1r. John Ilogarth, of Staple-inn, floilaor.!:
Yesterday, the 20th inst. Mary, tile wife of Mr. fran:l'
Mdore, of St. Martin's-lane, aged 44.

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