The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-20 00:00:00

SIR CHARLES BELL.

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and first-:'ate anatomist and 1, cturer, has cause
blank in the literary world which will not readily De
supplied.
'Of the preliminary education, upon the foundationof which Sir Charles started on his career into ,
world, we have the evidence of his own words.
have been educated to anatomy," says he,
ex,
his
cellent work upon Operative Surgery, " with a strict
ness and severity for which I am now grai3ell),
United in study with a brother (Mr. John, veil
whom the general sense of the profession rank's, wo
high—longh is assistant, and then his partner---1, th,
still' dissatisfied, until I had a wider knowledge °'
profession." no
The literary labours of Sir Charles Bell l%
ia,,,te:
less voluminous than recondite, and no less actors
than remarkable for their clear and excelleatm.o,
vention in all matters that regarded his pectili3rori.
of science. These labours spread over trianY,,,),., lis
The first works of any note which we have l'e's;rgh :
were two, published as early as 1802, at Ed 1131).., n-
they consist chiefly of descriptions of illustrlon
gTavings upon the great nervous system of tbf
pate.
frame, and brought at once their author into
In 1806 Sir Charles produced his exeelletl siting
io ;
says on the Anatomy of Expression in 1- 3 a' of
Engaged, by his professional duties, in the stuod
the anatomical structure, as regarded the praeticeutbor
inquiries of the physician and the surgeon, the afiost
now attempted to deduce from this study the or
md most pleasing results. Standing, as anate
o,
;.ies, related to the arts of design, as the g"ran,..,l h,rlo
t language in which they address us, Sir L.
11°\ took into consideration the ex pre, which . ressions, attitu tye
atn4 movements of the human figure,
are Of
human
aarac•-rs of this language, and show the worWytii
r series o
)assion in its infinitude of shapes..
,ctures abounded in amusing, no less Ural
instructive
criticisms, v'erein he strays into classic quartet fitte,
topics. Among some of his (I.ll'
find him notic, the acuteness of the. satiric lien
Persius, and hl
strike off the expr,,
as indicative of emo.ion,
sive characteristic of the Ilesof,
confrere, Horace, who frequeto
"Rides, sit, et nimk.Trac naribus
Minus aptis acutis &c. His luAri.e-titbf
too, attempts to find a denomination or
on ht
in the; slight touchc.s „,
pus
snarling muscles of animals, Whier take their,°r-ilie
from the margin of the orbit of the 6,7 e, find torte
upper jaw ;—these he called " riugentßs"—th,e,„.;te?
long muscles, employed at feeding-time, he design •,
"depascentes;'
Sir Charles's work on the " Anatomy .of theP , -▪
t./1
has been pronounced to be the best adapted to
i.Ol
the anatomy of the ercaphalon since the publiig.,
Vicq D'Azyr's. splendid work on the same it •
es
In the year 1813 Sir Charles delivered a veal*
cellent course of lectures at Kensington, rosin'Zche
then strenuously the principles of the English '"of
of Physiology, and exposing the futilities do
French philosophers and physiologists, whesediltV
trines, representing life as the. mere physical reTtbd.
certain combinations and actions of parts, bi.
termed organization, did so much to dernorfkhzete
injure the minds of thousands. Sir Charles eillide
the lists against these writers, and stoutly deb
both religion and science.
His sedulous attention to anatomy alone, lete
Bell almost in after years regretted, as he consjd
that it had made him negligent of those acquire .:40
which he thought might have more highly hell bet 4
him. This regret, however, must surely haYeA3a.
but transient, when it is considered that it wa9atli
solely his anatomical acquirements . which ti.r";,?
Bridgewater Committee to nominate him to tnd
charge of one of the chief of their treatises, 57:1
form part of those engaged in working alto,
great argument" of the "Power, Wisdom, and'
ness of God," according to the will and testarne'
the noble and high-minded Peer.
It is almost surplusage to mention Sir ti
Bell's Essay on Animal Mechanics, wh)ch
Brougham, then Chancellor, requested him to "b, 11
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nor his further labouring, in conjunction
Lordship, in illustrating the " Natural Theolog.y
Dr. Paley, an important work, in Vaich these g,'
,
powerful and masculine minds threw new
around the labours of their solid-ttinking praderili
Sir Charles Bell was elected to the Surgietl';oo
iu the University of Edinburgh, in 1835, in the
of Dr. Turner.
Montpellier journal, the Courrier diell4
mentions the arrest of five Spanish refugees, f_A°";ss
tnem officers of rank, on a charge of haring art ",00
junta to raise recruits for a cou:iter-revolution in
They were removed from Montpellier on the 342:4,0• '
Calais, which is to be their residence, unless trp
vernment should think it necessary to compel the
proceed to England.
A very fine specimen of that rare fish the
sucker,' the " Cyclopterus Lunn us" of Linnxu9rsoief'
last week drawn on shore in a net, by some ,fishbie- fi5,411'
on Portland beach. The grotesque shape of t-f-sreov,
with respect both as to depth itnd thickness 10 ~,re;e it
to its length, renders it quite a natural curio'f,t.7l'ertly
very seldom seen on our coast, but is plentiful' sr
ward. Pennant says, that on placing a fish of the"'
cies, just caught, into a pail, of water, it fixed lt7ctbi
firmly to the bottom that, on taking it by the
whole pail by that means was lifted, though
gallons, and that without. removing the fish frO.
hold.—Somerset County Gazette. id°
it Itc:Jd s
In consequence of Mr. Roebuck having gain,...i.cV
appointment of his Committee, Mr. Boothby, the rcie,/
ter, is come down to Nottingham to obtaitrevid'al,
Derbyshire Chronicle.
Culaten-RATEs.--A parochial meeting w' "5 Vri
yesterday in the Parish Church, to which the CI -
O,
wardens submitted - '-ises 'O.

a statement of the expens,
current year for the salaries of the officers and
of the buildings, which amounted to 521. 17s. 04
cover this charge a rate of one-halfpenny in the Pat
on the rental of the parish was proposed and sec
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an amendment that no rate be granted was likewise hr
posed, and, on a division, the amendment was car
an immense mai9rity.—Berwick Advertiser.
THE NEW rOOR•LAW.-It is impossible to v•'
terise in too strong terms the base and infairoPcd
plicity of the Tory party at the election, in refor 'Doe
this very question. None were found readier than d'
at that period, to ensnare the people by a prole:old sif
pithy- -with their wounded feelings and aggral:3l their,
ferings,—and for what purpose ? 'Only to raise
toali
selves to power, that they might the more effloo"
trample them deeper in the dust. The New Poor dtie
the Whigs was then denounced' by them as one "boo'
blackest acts of legislative demons ; yet no soconerieo
they succeeded to power and place, than they bring
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almost exact copy of that very Whig measure,a,;rek'
they then branded as a base and brutal law.
never was there a band of political reprobates 511„"t!,
These, collected before. Returned to Parlisinero:l
lighten the burdens of the country, they saddle 4,01?
an Income-tax. Chosen on the faith that thef,Vi
repeal the New Poor-law, they are the first to cosirt& 4;
But all this is an exact embodiment of the se,' tk..,
Toryism.. It has deceived, oppressed, and plunder do'
people from the beginning ; and it will continue
to the end.—Leeds Times.

The Princess Louise of Baden, eldest
of the Do►vager Grand Duchess Stephanie,
of Prince Gustavus Vasa, died lately at Nice, in
year.

' TENACITY OF SCOTCH IRON.---A very -- p.L.-
proof of the great tenacity of Scotch made bar
'P!,;
this week, been exhibited in the Abercorn foundrY:so;,
iron under operation was the produce of Mr. P.beef
works, Glasgow, and formed the tire of a railway"
In turning the wheel, Messrs. Barr and M4Nab t`'` k 9,1
a ribbon of iron about a quarter of an inch brog'ate
about the thicknesi of thin pasteboard, which Loc_ile'lliriPt
in length 67 feet. 'this was its length in the spin'' ja°
If stretched to its full-length, it would inearart, '"
300 legit.—Leeds Journal.
The illessager announces that the NatiVit eal' ,
seised on Monday at the Post-office, and in the bu coo
of that journal, and that a prosecution has bee'',
.'inenced against the responsible editor, for sonic, 01?
rited imputations upon the Procureur du Roi 011'.15,5t
Magistrates, with reference to the late railway,(ll f
Those proceedings have been instituted on a
plaint of two of the public functionaries attac'e
the National.
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FATAL ACCIDENT.—OR Friday last, Cap.- 0 r,,
new, of the sloop Friends, James Agnew, a youileb'fbrher
one of the hands in the same vessel, Captain D. T6'o,f
of the sloop Bob Roy, and James M•Creadie,, leile
sloop Catherine, all belonging to Stranraer, pry wer •
in a boat to Larne (from which place their vesat par •
moored at a distance of about three miles), forteroil
pose ofgetting their sails repaired, and were tw-t
about seven o'clock in the ev,ning, when the boas"
upset off Isle Magee. Captain Torrance and
le o::
Agnew not having been able to reach the boat, .We jog b
fortunately. drowned. Captain Agnew and b roac
M'Creadie clung to the boat, and were saved.wit A ate' ,
difficulty, by a man from Isle Magee, who bear" l'l3,
r
cries, and hastened to their assistance with a bo,lita'llolid
bodies were found on Wednesday evening.—"
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Register.

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13 IR TH S.
On the 13th inst., ctory, at the Re Bow Devon, the ~,
the Be,. Frederick Vander Blouleu, of a daughter. 'di
of I,'
On the 14th inst.. at Grosvenor-place, Bath, the lei
Pycroft, Esq., Madras Civil Service, of a son. oilie
On the 16th inst., the wife of C. B. Rule, Esq,,bill, Brixton-hill, Surrey, of a daughter. tb
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On the 16th inst., at St. Andrew's-terrace, rir°- 4.
lady of Major Newport, of a daughter. , T. ''"
On the .17th inst., at West Brixton, Surrey, l'''' I
Daniel, of a daughter.
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On the 17th inst., at Tottenham, the lady of John -
Esq., barrister-at-law, of a daughter.
On the 17th inst., Mrs. G. G. Richardson, of $ n' of
On the 18th inst., in Upper Wimpole-street, the Isjv
Marshall, Esq., M. P., of a son.
Gist'
Killed near Caubnl, in November last, George Wris°
,rd
Assistant-Suwon, Bombay Medical Service. E-01
On the 7th inst., at King's-terrace, Southsea, 3110rNi;s0
Raynsford, Brigadier in the service of his Highness o°'
Hydrabad, in the East Indies.
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On the 17th inst., at Trinity Hospital, GreenwichA '3-8,
1,4;
eldest daughter of the late C. H. Tatham, Esq., 3gewilli°
HaOgniet,hoef
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London: Printed and Published by MURDO Y°i j 0
No. 112,. Stran.;. at The Sim °Bice. ;; ~"2"' .
Stray'!
the County of Middlesex, Friday, May 29;