The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,- WEDNESDAY, 'JANUARY _l9, L&42.

the organs of individuality,- and. requested him to Wake
them up also. • He then questioned her, and she de-
clared herself unable to tellthe name of any person, not
excepting her own.
" He then re-mesmerized these organs, and reversed
the motions over the organs of tune and eventuality;
after which, she could not tell how old she was, or any
event connected with her life: and in reply to the various
questions which Mr. Peale put to her, she invariably de-
clared that she had forgotten, or did not know!"
Dr. Elliotson then read very long extracts from the
Bt Ston and Kentucky papers, which related a vast num-
ber of public experiments of a similar- nature, and with
similar results, perforMed by Dr. Collyer, Dr. Buchanan,
and others, but it is impossible to make room for them here.
In each case, it is represented that the ()roans, as named by
the phrenologists, invariably manifested, under the mes-
meric influence, the functions attributed to them. The rela-
tions excited the greatest surprise in the-meeting, and were
listened to with deep attention. lie then stated that
whilst these things were proceeding in America, expe-
riments precisely of the same character and effect were
carried on in different parts- of -England by gentlemen
who knew nothing of the operations of each other,•or of
those which were going on in America. Ira-.bad sent
down copies .of the American papers to Hampshire to
Dr. Engledne, with a request that he would hand them
to Mr. Gardiner, a gentleman of the highest respectabi-
lity and learning, the son of Sir James Gardiner, an old
member of this Society. It happened curiously enough
that when Dr.- Engledue went over to Southampton .to
give the packet of papers (which he himself had not
opened) to MT. Gardiner, he found that gentleman,.
Mr. Mansfield, and others, actually engaged -in a
series of experiments, which, on afterwards looking into
the packet,, they found to correspond exactly with those
of Drs. Buchanan and Collyer. Dr. •Elliotsoti then-read
from the Hampshire Telegraph a long account of experi-
ments by Mr. Gardiner, from which we can only make
room for the following :
"I asked the patient referred to (a young lady ignorant
of phrenology), when in the trance, with what part of
the brain she kept a secret ? She replied—' On the
side of my brain.' Upon asking her to point out the
spot, she placed her finmer exactly on the organ of
secretiveness in my head. I placed my finger on her
organ of secretiveness, when she said, • Yes, just there
where I am touching my head.' In the trance she.
fancies , the two movements are identical. Having
asked her where she felt anger, she placed her finger
upon my organ of destructiveness. I inquired—where
she felt hunger; her finger rested on my organ of alimen-
tiveness. I interrogated her as to the time: she was wholly
unable to tell me. The idea then struck me- that I,might
possibly enable her to estimate the hour by exciting the
organ of time. With this view I rubbed the forehead
gently at the required spot, exerting my. volition to the
utmost, of course ; she very shortly exclaimed oh !
that makes me feel so odd.' I asked in what way? She
replied, •It makes me know what time it is.' She
then told me the time with almost .perfect accuracy.
She would afterwards always estimate the lapse of time
—intervals—with astonishing accuracy, upon my ex
citing the organ of time on her forehead. Her linger
rubbed on my forehead produced invariably the same
results (this is true of all the organs). Upon my ex-
citing her organ of tune in the same way, she said
• that makes me feel so very cheerful—it makes me
like to hear some singing.' I requested her to sing.
She persisted in asserting her --inability until I ener-
getically excited self-esteem, when she said, I'll try,'
and she forthwith hummed an air. When her organ
of colour was excited she exclaimed with animation
" oh, oh ! I see green, yellow, purple,. &c., such
beautiful colours." If when she was unable to dis-
tinguish an object clearly, I excited individuality, she in-
stantly perceived it distinctly. In the trance she is never
aware of her locality, until the proper organ is excited.
Upon one occasion I excited constructiveness, when she
expressed a desire to make a cap-model, which she exe-
cuted upon being supplied with materials.—The organ
called wit or mirthfulness being excited, she very soon
began to laugh involuntarily, although I steadily main-
tained my gravity. I continued the operation, which
produced an increase in her mirth until she fell into a
continuous fit of laughter, exclaiming as well as she
could—' I shall die of laughing.' Upon exciting her
organ of destructiveness, her whole aspect and tone gra-
dually underwent the most marked change ; the milk
of human .kindness ' gradually turned to gall and
venom ; she pouted, frowned, threatened, stormed,
clenched her fist, and finally became exasperated.
Thinking I had gone far.. enough, I breathed on the
organ with a view to reduce its activity, and she very
soon became calm, losing every symptom of anger.
The most beautiful results were elicited by exciting the
organ of imitation. She commenced mimicking and imi-
tating with extraordinary.and ludicrous. accuracy seve-
ral peculiarities of her acquaintances ..and friends, not
omitting my friend. Mr. Mansfield and myself in the act
of magnetising. Suddenly by the exercise of my whole
energy, I paralysed the organ, and instantly her power
of imitation vanished. I re-excited the organ, when she
immediately repeated-her wonderful iiiimickry to our in-
tense gratification."
In a letter to the same paper by Dr. Engledue, con-
firming the statements of Mr. Gardiner, the writer says :
" The dis,:overer of the true philosophy of ma's was
compelled to leave the land of his birth ; and the philo,
sopher of this country, to whom we are indebted in a
great measure for the promulgation of the remedial
power of animal magnetism, was effected from a- college
boasting of its liberal foundation,,, .of, its liberal profes-
sors, yet not possessing sufficient . liberality to listen to
the voice of truth."

After having read those extracts the President stated.
that Mr. Atkinson, a member of the Society, who was
then in the room, had made similar experim, nts with
the like success, of which he would . read an account at
the next meeting. His statements were.confirmed by
two other members then also present,: Mr. Kirby and
Mr. Nodin.
After a few words from those gentlemen in corrobora-
tion, and from Mr: Login. and other members, expressive
of their curiosity, and of their conviction that the anb-,
ject deserved attention and investigationithe .meeting
adjourned.
•

HINT TO SIR IL INGLIsi--Goocl Sir, we
intreat you to pause a moment, and think whether, dur-
ing the ensuing. Session, you bad not better advocate
an " extension" of ovens; rather than churches. Believe
us, the-people of England, it is bread and not Bishops,
cheese and not churches, that we Want.— The Struggle.
A good deal of laughter was excited by a joke
which Lord, Stanley passed while the Earl of Ripon
was speaking. The latter, when about to make the
quotation from the, §eotch song cf " The Boatie Rows,"
it be recolleCtece:knid, " I beg pardon of the Lord
Mayor' if I should not read the words with the proper ac-
cent."' "Why don't you sing them ?" cried Lord Stan-
ley, to the great delight of the Aldermen opposite to him.

'ACCOUNT OF THE COINS DEPOSITED IN
TIM STONE —1 sovereign, 1 half-sovereign, 1 half-
crown, 1 shilling, 1 sixpence, 1 fourpence, 1 lourpence
Maunday money, 1 threepence Maunday money, 1 two-
pence Maunday money, 1 penny Maunday money, 1
three-halfpence (silver), 1 penny,. 1 halfpenny (silver),
1 farthing, and 3 coins (copper) States of Jersey, 1
quarter farthing, 1 half ditto, 1 small Roman coin.
THE ROYAL EXCHANGE MEDAL. The
medal struck off upon 'the occasion of the laying of the
first stone of the New Royal Exchange, has' upon the
obverse the head of'
inscription :--" In commemoration
of laying the first stone of the New Royal Exchange, by
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Consort of her Ma-
jesty Queen Victoria, 17th January, 1842, in the fifth
year of her reign."
The Mitcham Anti-Corn-law Asssociation, in
announcing a public meeting for Friday evening next,
say they disclaim any party political motives • they
therefore respectfully request the attendance of all per-
sons of every shade of political opinion at the meeting,
and request their aid and co-operation. They respect-
fully call the attention of the public to the following
statement of what, the Corn-laws has done to this dis-
trict :—" In the year 1820, there were thirteen print-
works on the river Wandle, in full and active employ.
At the present, time there are only six print-works, and
those not half employed. In 1820 there were upwards
of 3,000 persons fully employed in the same. At the
present time there are not more than 450 engaged at
them and thex.itfe..xpt.._ half employed. In 1820 there
were paid per Ike sonic 3,000/ wages. At the
present time 4001. per week is the highest rate that has
been paid, whilst, for a considerable period, it did not
reach 2001. per week. In 1820 there were exported to
Prussia, 4,519,676 yards of printed and dyed calico. In
1838 there were only 430 yards of dyed, printed, and
white calicoes exported tp„,the same place. 1838 is the
last year in which the returns were made up. From 1820
to 1838, there has beena falling%ofr of printed and dyed
calicoes, exported to Gerinany, of upwards of eight mil-
portion of the printed calicoes
lions of yards. A large
sent to -Prussia and G ermany were printed in this dis-
trict. The Corn-laws have been the means of our losing
the manufacturing, printing,-: and
o_ an- d A
dyeing upwards of
twelve and a half million yards f calicoes, through our
refusing to take in exchange for our manufactured
goods, the Prussian and German timber and corn.
They now manufacture for th?rnelves, and rival us in the
neutral markets. The Association, therefore, most ear-
nestly, but respectfully,. call for your aid to repeal. those
laws which are fast, hrieging the whole manufacturingsj
community to one univ • ersal rum, and will ultimately de
stroy the -interests of the landowners themselves, by
ruining the consumers of their produce.
FIRE IN THE HARRO w- R OAD.—In -the ac-
count of this fire, which apPeare in The Sun yesterday
afternoon, it was stated that the pot-boy employed in
the beer-shop was the only person missing, and that he
had perished in the flames. Tlie statement, we regret to
say, is confirmed. After considerable delay and diffi-
culty, the firemen succeeded in discovering the body,
which was so disfigured that, but for other circum-
stances, it could not have been recognised. It was car-
ried to the vaults at Paddington church, and an inquest
will be held on it in the course of the clay.
iIHENRYDEATH OF THE .--- • HVT • --Y ,TAATURIN.—
It is our painful duty to announce the death of the Rev.
Henry Maturin, A.M., Rector of the parish of Cloude-
vaddock, in the county of Donegal. This melancholy
event took place at the Glebe-house on Mont 9 morning,
the 3d instant, in the 7lst year of his age, after having
been 44 years Rector of the parish. lie obtained his fel-
lowship in the :year 1792, having been unanimously
elected before he attained the age .of twenty-one. his
learning and talents were of the ;
h
---geest order—he had
a mind capable of mastering any subject that he applied
himself to—and such was the strength of his understand-
ing, and the beauty of his language,. that he was univer-
sally esteemed and admired as one of the brightest orna•
tnents of society.,—lluain Packet.
.Colonel Blacker, Who was put out of the com-
mission. of the peace because his lady thought proper to
decorate her person_ with an orange scarf, is to be
restored yithout delay. Aublim paper.;. • •