The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-11-27 00:00:00

suppose that the King, or Lord Sidmonth, could de.,
vote their attention to thi case of every individast.
where his Majesty paid Magistrates for that exprtse
purpose. He therefore told him to abstain in foam
from troubling the Government with any more letters.
Mr. Best thanked Sir Richard for his suggestio,
and withdrew.

The East India Company's ships Windsor and Ml,
nerva, arrived at Angier on the 4th August : the Born;
bay and Hytbe on the following day. The Minces,*
proceeded on her voyage to China the 6th; the Wind.
sor on the 13th ; and the
,Bombay on the 15th Ant
The Bridgewater parted company with the Rohe od
the Bth July, in long. 56.23. E. and lat. 33.57. &
Much damage was done on Sunday night by these;
vere gale of wind in the neighbourhood of liatubedi:
Several new houses, which were nearly completed, wa •
blown down by its violence; and in is field near the
bourg Theatre a temporary building gave nay with a
loud crash, and the inhabitants in consequence
much alarmed. A fatal accident had nearly occurred
Westminster-road—a stack of chimneys were •
tated into the street, and one person was severely hem
In the afternoon of Tuesday last, as the young s,w.
tlemen of Mr. Dram's school, Westbury, were sr*.
ing near the Sea-wall, on Durdhans-down, a fief kara
started before them from the uncle:111)0d, she wasps.
sued by several of them with little probability of es%
keeping her in sight. As she took the avenue (at the
extremity of the wall) towards the water, they meta.
ally succeeded in turning her ; and, by a circuitous
route, she nearly recovered the place from which she
first started. With the assistance of a small dog which
accidentally left the father of one of the pupils wise
Down, and followed him, she was again dia.xivered,
and killed after a second cbace of nearly a
(Bristol Merotsq.) •
Mr. Minshul's great pedestrian undertaking to do
50 miles a day in 12 hours, for ten successive days,
was persevered in over his ground, at Copley, in Ser-
rey, yesterday morning, the eighth day ; but he was
lame and exhausted,.
and. was far behind his dal
t
when our information left him at nine o'clock, having
done twelve miles only in four hours. It was impos-
sible lie could get up his time. Exhaustion overtook
bins first in sickness after finishing labour on Friday,
in ten minutes under the twelve hours, which he par-
tially recovered. On Sunday he was within a few
minutes, and went to bed lame. The match is for
200 guineas of his own.
DREADFUL AFFAIR.—On Wednesday night Mr.
Farish, jun., late of Stoneyleas, in company
with two of his comrades, went to the boom of
Mr. Armstrong, in (ilingar, parish of Ilalfmorton,
Dumfriesshire, in order, as it is supposed, to sweet-
heart the lasses; but Mr. Armstrong not relishing the
company of such visitants, desired them instantly to
depart, or, if not, he was determined to realm a
public example of any one who should, after such
notice, remain en his premises. The two individeals
above alluded to at once took the hint, and departed;
but the poor and unconscious Farish under the in-
fluence of a stronger passion, and seemingly regard-
less of the angry and causeless threatening' of a
neighbour, reatured to linger with hie fair oat for
a few minutes after their departure, when Arm-
strong watched the opportunity of his crossing the
.farm-yard, levelled at him a well-chargell %Aug
piece, and shot him through the heart,. by Aka he
instantly expirest!--(Carlisle Patriot.)
GALVANIC PHENQUILNA.—The body of .George Thee,
who was executed at Aberdeen last week, having, agree-
ably to his sentence, been given for dissection to Dn.
Skene and Ewing, was subject to a series of galvanic
experiments, of which, with their results, we subjoin the
following brief account :—The body was brought into
the dissecting-room, about an hoar after suspension, and
still retained nearly i ts natural beat. The upper part of the
spinal cord and the sciatic nerve were immediately laid
bare, and a galvanic arc was then established, by apply-
ing the positive wire to the spine, and the negative to
the sciatic nerve, when a general convulsive stetting of
site body was produced. Another communication was
then made between the Spine and the Ulnae Nerve, and
considerable contractions took place in the arm and fore-
arm. When the circle was formed with the Spine and
Radial Nerve, both at the elbow and wrist successively,
powerful contractions of the muscles of the whole arm
and hand were produced. The hand was dosed with
such violence, as to resist the exertions of one of the as-
sistants to keep it open. When a connexion was esta-
blished between the Radial Nerve and the Supra and
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fri Orbital Nerves, strong contractions of the muscles of
the brow, face, and mouth, were produced, so as to affect
the under jaw, and to distort the countenance in a very
sing nlar manner. The eye-lids were strongly contracted;
and when the wire was applied directly to the ball oldie
eye, the Iris contracted and dilated very sensibly. A
Galvanic circle being formed, first between the Par Vs-
gum and Diaphragm, and then between that muscle amid
the great sympatisetic,little obvious effect was produced.
After applying Galvanism directly to the nerves store-
mentioned, the skin of the face was moistened with water
and upon running the wire over different parts of it. Iti•
miler effects were produced in the muscles of the face,
as by. direct communication made with the nerves. The
tongue also moved in all directions, by touching the sort
face with the Galvanic wire. The whole experiments
were performed in about an bony and a quarter, wheelie
heat of the body was considerably diminished. A per
erful Galvanic apparatus (consisting of about 300 pot
of plates,) was used; but from, not being insulate 4,
considerable quantity of the tialvaniaus escaped, al? ti;4
every metallic substance nixing oi.c. table .0" bighli
chirged_

DUCD.
On Tuesday, the 6th Stith residence, itelvedont 3-
Wilson, Esq., *veil 66, who fatanit years held the boaottr-
able station of Captain sad Adjutse in the Western BIM'
lion of Essex klititia, and during the late war contributed
to the high discipline of that respectable corps during its
station its the county of tient. Mr: Wilson was one of the
few snrvivors of the Kites troops, enga :zed st the premor-
able battle of Banker's Hill. near the city of Bosh*, la
North America, 17th June. 17Th.
On the 13th ins ant, at liouschill, in the counti of Ras'
(row, Colonel Dunlop.
At Geneva, on the Mt inst. Rrvnn Cooke, Eau, of "I°l4
Yorkshire, in the eatiLyev of his site- -
At itershouse, in Sloane-st.eet on the Bid install4l6l"
Atkinson.
On the 30th tilt. at Tullartur.e. lion. Sholto 00100
Captain in the 6tb, Enniskillen Dragoons. -
On Monday, at his seat'at Esrdistou. W oreestd"b",
the 76th year of his age, Sir \Vivi. Smith. B irt. talititir
a most nseful and active Magistrate of the count!.
On Saturday list, at Speetihniniand, Berks, *WWI MT
kins, Esq,.„
Mew days ego. the. widow Crooks. of Fineshade. arr
Stitatford. The phor woman wai SO hapressed with what go!.
comaidetwd-sit esif omen (an owns trying three times err
bag aw.leet way.fsaatdatroh), that she.sotually boosedsoo
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