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succession of quagmires. The bridges over the intervening rivere—ewollen at thie season to their utmost magnitude—had been blown up; and on the further banks were entrenched disciplined regiments, far outoumbering his small band of Englishmen, with an ample supply of heavy arullery in position. These means of obstruction—natural and artrficial—must have been turned to account with a will ; for the relieving party took six dave te advance the fifty-three miles of distance from the bank of the Ganges opposite Cawnpore to Lucknow. The en- during valour of the besieged is equally admirable with that cieplayed by their liberators. Through three weary months they had resolutely repelled assaults from overwhelming odds, improvised entrenchments, with very inadequate supplies of everything thai ws necessary for defence and the support of existence. Yet, borne up by their own high hearts, and by their faith in the anxiety of their countrymen for their relief, no feeble wailing was heard, though the women and cinidren out- numbered the fighting men; while the counter attacks of the garrison repeated!y made the assailants ree! backwards in dis- may, and afforded opportunity to drive into the Residency the Lerds and other stores of provisions collected by the mutineers. Every nerve has been stramed to the utmost, both by our be- leaguered countrymen, and by those who have fought their way through hostile myriads, to relieve them. CGne duy—perhaps a few hours—longer, and most probably the unsurpassed passive and active beroism displayed on both sides would have proved

unavailing. The mines of the assailing force had been ad- |

vanced beyond the lines of defence, and a short time would have seen the extemporised bulwarks of the Residency blown up into the air, and the infuriated Sepoys, and their yet more brutal abettors from the bazjars, pouring over the ruins to overwhelm the defenceless inmates. We read this denouement and draw a long breath of relief at the close, as if we ourselves had just made some hair-breadth escape. But not a moment is left us to pause on this reflection. Weare immediately hurried on by the tale which tells how English promptitude and re- evolution forthwith assumed the aygressive, and put the assail-

~ entson their own defence. On the 25th September the Re-

eidency was entered by the succouring force ; on the 26th the entrenchments of the beleaguering army were stormed ; and during the next three days the foe was driven from one post after another through the narrow and tortuous streets of Luck. now. Further we know not. At the last moment to which our information js brought down, the greater part of the city had fallen into the possession of our troops, and doubtless the rest would soon fullow.

THE SAVED AT LUCKNOW.

We learn from a private source of information, that out of the 900 or 1,000 persons at first within the wal/s of the garrison, no fewer than 300 have been killed by the continuous firing of twenty guns in the possession of the besieging force. Had the enemy made a well-arranged assault, any time for some days before General Havelock came to the rescue of our countrymen, and their wives and children, they must have suc- ceeded, as they had not hands enough adequately to man the guns.

THE LATE BRIGADIER GENERAL NICHOLSON, C. B.

Brigadier General Nicholson, whose death from wounds received in the assault of Delhi is reported by the telegraph, was the son of a physician of the county of Dublin, and nephew of Sir J. W. Hogg, Bart., of the India House, who gave him a direct appointment to the Bengal army in 1239. In that

year he became ensign in the 27th Regiment of Native Infantry ; | steamer.

saw active service in Afghanistan in 1841-2, where he was | taken prisoner at Ghunzee during the Sutlej) campaign, and | only rescued by the arrival of Sir R. Sale and S. G, Pollock. Ile was subsequently employed with the army of the Punjanb during 1848-9, whilst holding the post of Assistant to the Re- sident at Lahore, Sir F. Currie, who ia his letters and de spatches frequently mentions him in terms of the highest praise. He was present at the actions of Sadoolapore, Chillianwaliah and Goojerat, for which he had received the war medal with one clasp, and was raised by special brevet to the rank of Major. On the breaking out of the mutinies he was entrusted with the command of a brigade, and gained a splendid victory in July last, near Delhi, over the rebels sent out to interrupt the siege-train. For this gallant achievement he had recently been created a Companion of the Bath. He was only in his 35th year at the time of his death. THE LATE BRIGADIER GENERAL NEILL.

Genera) Neill, of the Madras Fusiliers, killed in tbe assauli on Lucknow, wasa son of the late Lieutenant Colone! Smith Neill, of Dalry, Ayrshire, N. B. le was born about the year 1810, entered the Madras army in 1826, and served in the first Burmese war, during which he was in the Adjatan! General's department. He subsequently was in command of the escort of the President at Nagpore, and on the breaking out of the war with Turkey in 1854, volunteered for active service, and held a command in the Turkish Contingent. Returning to India he took command of the Ist European Fusiliers, one of the most splendid regiments in the service, and as soon as the mutinies broke out, was entrusted with the command of a brigade. He took part with Havelock in the capture of Cawn- pore, and our readers will remember him as the General who forced the high caste Brahmins on their knees to wipe up the blood-stained floor of the Cawnpore tragedy. Ie was generally spoken of as one of the most able and promising officers in the company’s service.

THE CHINESE WAR.

The principal news of local interest is the return of Lord Elgio. Rumour is rife and sundry speculations are afloat as to the course his Kgcellency will now adopt. He is still as powerless as when he was last here, although we are expect- ing the Marines and more of the navy. But what is the embassy to do in the neanwhile? The opinion gains ground that his Excellency is by this time as well satisfied as any one in China of the utter futility of attempting to commence matters at Pekin. Some little stir has taken place up the river since last mail. On the 8th inst. the boats of the Niger, under Lieut. Madden, gallantly captured a heavily armed Mandarin junk in Escape Creek. On the evening of the 8th, an expeditionary force, consisting of the Starling, Forester, and Haughty, gunboats, with the boats of the Niger, Sybille, and Highflyer, proceeded through Hamilton Creek, and up a stream leading to Fatshan, but having got aground they were obliged to drop anchor, and it was nineteen hours before they got afloat again. Having heard that an immense fleet of junks was being built at a place called Chan Chwen, they proceeded thither, and a good many of the expedition landed. A small party, some nine or ten, including the three captains, went up to the town, and the people in alarin sent out to ask what they wanted. .The reply was, “ Look, see

igeon,” at which the townsfolk were perfectly satisfied.

e party then proceeded through the town without moles- tation, and visited several shipbuilding yards. They saw about 100 large junks either afloat or on the stocks; but as the people assured them they were trading junks, and the appear- ance of the vessels rather confirmed this statement, the com- modore left them uninjured. On the 12th instant the expedition was passing through a creek leading from the Broadway towards Tiger Island, the commodore being on board the Starling, when the pilot suddenly pointed across a tongue of land to the masts of some four or five junks which he said were war junks. The commodore immediately pushed on to capture them. One of them escaped for the time, the others were taken and destroyed. To attack the escaped junk it was necessary to cross a strip of land leading to a creek ov whieh the town of Shawan is built, and a force proceeded for that purpose, when a strong party of the enemy was observed on the other side of a bridge, close to which the barning junks lay, Captain Cochrane, of the Niger, pushed on to attack these, and in the attack was wounded “in two places by jingalls, in the breast and in the leg ; two of his crew were also wounded, It was necessary for that party to retire, carrying their wounded captain; but the other party, under the commodore, came up and covered their retreat, and drove back the Chinese with loss. On every advance of our men the Chinese ran into the town, but meanwhile the bridge was burning, having caught fire from the junks, and matters wore such an aspect that the com- modore saw the thing would simply confine itself to useless attacks on his part, aud noisy advances on that of the

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‘Chinese whenever he would retire ; sovas neither honour nor ‘profit was to be gained by it, he left them to beat their gongs and fire their erackers as they liked. [t is confidently expected ‘that the attack on Canton will take place about, the end of | the year. The reinforcement of Marines ought to be here ‘about that time, and between them, and the garrison, and the flect, there ought to be 5,000 men available for the attack on Canton. The news is still of great distress in Pekin. Want of employment and scarcity of provisions ‘have brought the population to a wretched state, and the Emperor is brought to exercise his clemency and charity 10 ‘behalf of the sufferers. The reports from the province of Honan are of the same nature. The rebels and the locusts have both combined to plunge this ill-fated province in deep distress. Reports of extensive robberies, some carried on systematically and affecting tae property of numbers, others aimed at the property of individuals, but those of the highest ‘official rank, and others affecting the property of the | Emperor, are reported from various districts, from Fubkieu, | Keveichan, and Sz’chuen, and show ia what a disorganised state the country is. The insurgents are still in possession | of Chui Kiang, notwithstanding all the rumours that have

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| ENGLAND.

| THe Monrrany Pressure.—The applications at the Bank

of England fer discount increase rather than diminish, and the |

list of failures is seriously extended; but the public have | abundant supplies of money tor investinent, and the funds show ‘undiminished firmness. The demand at the Bank has been ‘extraordinarily heavy, but it must be remembered that the notes thus obtained are paid into the various banks with whom the discounters keep accounts, and that at the end of the day these bauks pay them into the Bank of England, so that, under certain circumstances, it is quite possible for an enormous quantity to he put forth by that establishment without Its sustaining any ultimate diminuiion of its stock. It is only when notes or gold are drawn out to strengthen the reserves of provincial bankers, or when gold is taken for exportation, that the resources of the Bank of England are impaired, and the peril in these respects is now subsiding. The run in Scotland appears, to have entirely ceased, and a further total of 100,000 sovereigns was received thence on Wednesday. From ireland the reports are so far favourable, that it is not thought any addition will be required to the large sums already sent there = In this country the stoppage of the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company may lead to some increased precautions on the part of local establishments, but it is believed that in most Cases ample provision against emergencies has been made for several weeks past. With regard to the foreign Crain, not only is it for the moment completely checked, but we are beginning to enjoy the benefit of arrivals vs take place. To the Mast the shipment on mercantile account by the packet of the 20th, instead of being £800,000, in #ccordance with the ordinary scale throughout the greater part of the year, was only £68,000. Meanwhile some gold arrivals from Australia and Russia have found their way tothe Bank, and from both quarters further amounts are immediately expected. From New York also, it ig thought, remittances will now again be received-by each The Baltic has brought a moderate sum, and the Persia is looked for with a comparatively considerable total. Under these circumstances an improvement may be hoped.

ITALY. | Discovery or Anornen Coxsrrracy anD APPREHENSION ‘or 400 Pxnsons.—The Staffetta of Turin, of the 12th, ‘states from Naples that upwards of 400 persons, said te be implicated in a conspiracy, had been arrested there in a ‘single night. It adds that the Neapolitan police had been ‘Jed to the discovery of this conspiracy, not by any revelations made by Captain Pisacane of the Cagliari, but by Mazzini’s articles in the Italiae Popolo of Genoa, oe | SPAIN.

Darina Arrack or Banvits on a Vittace. — Seven

‘bandits, armed with blunderbusses, invaded the village of

| Gallerino, on Sunday the &th, when all the inbabitants were ‘attending divine service, and locked them up in the chur¢h, threatening to murder any one who should attempt to leave. ‘They then summoned the sister of the parish priest, and ‘made her unlock the door of his house. This house they ‘completely pillaged, and they did the same in the houses of two or three of the wealthier inhabitants, after which ‘they made off with their booty. The inhabitants, haviog been released from the church by the priest’s sister, armed ‘themselves with guns, scythes, pitchforks and clubs, and | going in pursuit of the bandits overtook them near the | villages of Manzaneres and Villarejo, some of the inhabitants ‘of which joined the pursuers. A regular combat ensued, and from the blunderbusses of the bandits it was not with- ‘out danger for the peasants, though they were far the more numerous. One of the peasants, having approached too ‘near, was shot dead. At length the bandits, having ex- | hausted their ammunition, and baving been all more or less wounded, were secured and lodged ‘in gaol. he papers add that in Catalonia two’ or three gangs of brigands are causing great consternation.

BELGIUM.

| New Mruntsrry and DissoLution oF Panrtrament.— The King of the Belgians has consented to dissolve the Chambers. ‘A new liberal ministry has been formed at Brussels, in which 'M. Charles Regier is Minister of the Interior ; M. Frere Orban, Minister of Finance ; M. Tesch, Minister of Justice ; 'M. Devriere, gMivister of Foreign Affairs; and General | Berten, Minister of War, The Ministry of Public Works ‘is not yet filled up.

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Tue Drvorcep Wire or Omar Pasua in Parts.-—Several French journals having announced the presence in Paris of the divorced wife of Omar Pasha, the following details of her career are given by the Fatria:— She was born at Reps, in Transylvania, and was sent at the age of eleven to one of the best boarding-schools in Bucharest. Some lessons

‘on the piano developed wonderfu! musical powers, aud at the

age of fifteen she possessed a remarkable talent on that in- strument. It was at that period that Omar Pasha, who was then the military commandant of Wallachia, met the young lady at a soiree, and being very fond of music, fell in love with her, and subsequently married her, She was then compelled to submit to Mussulman habits; the Christian

The public mind, owing to the almost total impracticabilny of obtaining advances on bills of over three months’ date from the | sudden withdrawal of the * facilities’” hitherto recklessly

granted by some of the discount houses, is undoubtedly is such

a condition that the slightest increase of distrust might lead to! an incalculable extension of the prevailing mischief; but if the

next few days should passwithout any fresh disaster of unexpeci-

ed magnitude there will be ground to trust that a gradual

recovery may be at hand. About £92,000 of Australian and, £62,000 of Kussian gold were taken to the Bank on Wednesday, making, with 100,000 sovereigns from Scotland, a total receipt of £254,000. A further sum of £62,000 Russisn gold is expected ina few days. The precise amount of specie shipped for the Easty the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Nemesis on the 20th is £318.787. Of this £1.000 ia for Alexandria £500 for Aden, £295 304 for India and Ceylon, and £21,983

for China and the Strans. Nearly the whole is silver, the gold being about £5,000 only. The greater ports on (£250,000) consist of a remittance by the Kast India Company to the Government at Calcutta.

More Mercantite Fartures—More Leavy Farores. —The Suspension of Messrs. Hoare, Buxton, and Co., general merchatits, was announced on Tuesday, with debts and liabilities representing from £600,000 to £700,000. The operations of the house have been of a very extensive character, but it is hoped that the assets may prove favourable. The failure of Messrs. Edwards and Matthie, East India and colonial brokers, was also reported. The debts and liabilities are stated to be from £300,000 to £400,000, and the prospects of assets appear to be very uncertain. Messrs. Fitch and Skeet, who suspended inthe provision trade on the Ith inst., with liabilities for £55,000, have intimated that, instead of an ex- tension of two, four, and six months, they will require only one, two, and three months. It has been arranged for a meeting of Messrs. Dennistoun’s creditors to take place at ihe London] Tavern onthe 26th inst. A meeting of creditors of Messrs. Clayton and M’Keveringam, ship builders, was held on Tuesday at Liverpool, and a composition was accepted of 7s in the pound. The liabilities were stated at £22,000.

The suspensions on Wednesday were numerons, First on the list is the old and respectable mercantile house of E. Sieveking and Son, with liabilities for more than £400.000.

became quite a Kbanoun (Turkish woman), never left the house except veiled and attenled, but, contrary to oriental habits, accompanied her husband in his warlike expeditions. She was greatly detighted with the glory of his arms, and composed triumphal marches, which were played by the ‘Turkish regiments when in battle. The only child born from this marriage having died from an accident, Omar Pasha hoped by a new union to have an heir, and, perhaps, also to attach himself to the old Turkish party, and he therefore de- manded in marriage the daughter of Hafiz Pasha, its chief. ‘ Remain in the harem,’ he said to his wife, but she was too proud to accept a condition so unworthy of her, and de- wanded a divorce, which was granted, and she has come to seek an honourable asylum in France. This lady is only about 23 years of age.”

Correspondence.

(FOR THE EXAMINER.) To tne Eprror or Tre IsLaNDER.

Sin,—I agree with you that the titles ought to be inves- tigated, and that such investigation should take place ina Court of Kscheats; but I differ with you in the parties you would employ to effuct that object. It appears to me you have paid little attention to the subject, and, consequently, where you would inform the public, it is like the blind lead- ing the blind; but [ shall give the proofs as they present themselves, upon which I have formed my opinions.

Tue Convrrions or tHe Guants.—The grantees were to settle their grants within tea years, with foreign Protestants, in the proportion of one person to every two hundred acres® but the conditions which declare the forfeiture are as follows : “And if the said grantees shall not settle one-third of the said Lot or Township, in the proportion aforesaid, within four years from the date hereof, then the whole of the said Lot or ‘Township shall become forfeited to his Majesty, his heirs and

They are connected with the Swedish trade, and will suffer from the stoppage of Hoare, Buxton, and Co.; but the immediate cause of their difficulties wes the failnre of Broadwood and | Barclay on the 9th inst. In consequence of the difficulties of | Sieveking and Son and Hoare, Buxton, and Co., Messrs. Allen, Smith, and Co., chiefly engaged in business with Denmark, have also suspended. The atmount of their liabilities has not transpired. Messrs. Svendsen and Johnson, merchants, ship- brokers, and coal exporters, with branch establishments at Newcastle and Hartlepool, have likewise stopped from the same cause. Messrs. Gorrissen, Huffel, and Co., merchants, have been brought down by the absence of remittances from America. There has likewise been a failure of a corn importing firm— Messrs. Brockiesby and Wessels—with liabilities estimated at about £40,000, and assets which, at present depressed pricee, would yield about £30.000. The Western Bank of Scotland it appears is to be resuscitated if the shareholders will subscribe a specific amount and the creditors will grant certain periods of extension.

Fau.ures in THe Corn Trape.—The failure of two firms engaged in the corn trade is announced, the estimated liabilities in each case ranging from £40,000 to £50,000.

Deata or var Ducness or Nemours.—Her Majesty received intelligence on ‘Tuesday of the sudden death of the Duchess of Nemours, first cousin of the Prince Consort. Shortly afterwards the Prince Consort, attended by Captain tue Hon. D. De Ros, went to Claremont to pay a visit of condolence. The accouchment of this Princess took place at Claremont on the 25th ult. Her Royal Highness had gone on favourably for some days, and the attack under which the Princess sunk was as suddenas it was unexpected. The Duchess de Nemours, wio was a daughter of the Grand Duke Ferdinand of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha, was born in 1822, and married in 1840 the Duke de Nemours, by whom she has had four childrea—the Count d’Eu, the Due d’Alencon, the Princess Marguerite, and, after sn interval of eleven years, the imfant whose birth has preceded by only a few days tie untimely decease of its mother.

SCOTLAND.

Tae Monetary Crisis.—A private meeting of the share- holders of the Western Bank has been held at Giasgow. ‘There was a unanimous expression of feeling to go with the bank, and for this purpose upwards of £600,000 were subscribed by the more wealthy shareholders, for which they wereto receive 7 per cent. the first year, and 5 per cent. afierwards, The deficiency of the funds of the bank has not as yet been ascertained, but it is thought that a million sterling will suffice to meet the loss and enable the business of the bank to be carried on as usual, This sum it is confidently expected will be made up ina few days. Nany of the depositors have expressed their confidence in the new management, and will continue to transact business

suecessors, and this grant shall be void and of non effect.” And as all the grants contain the same conditions, the for- feiture must be evident to any person, although it must go through the form of being proved in a Court of Escheats.

Foreigners could not bold lands in a British Colony, but as servants or tenants to a British superior. But any Bri- tish subject who intended to settle and cultivate the land had a rigbt to a grant from the Crown: therefore the separation of this Colony from the government and protection of Nova Scotia, and the delay to enforce the forfeiture, shows that there was an understanding between the Colonial Minister and some of the grantees to have British subjects for tenants, instead of the foreigners, as will appear hereafter.

Tux Usurpation.—Before the year 1800 the House of Assembly had petitioned the King for an Escheat, which was conceded by the Colonial Minister in 1802: That the Gover- nor should enforce the forfeiture when circumstances render- ed it advisable. ‘Yo grantees who were not in the conspiracy this was virtually an Hscheat, and they either abandoned their grants or sold them for a trifle to the conspirators and others who were inthe secret. By this feint at an Escheat nearly all the Towuships were usurped by a few persons who fol- lowed the Governor’s example to acquire them, and Charlotte- town Common was shared out by the Governor to satisfy others ; but the men who were improving the land had either to pay rent or give up their improvements. The agricultural inhabitants were dissatisfied at having to pay rent to usurpers for forfeited lands, and a remnant of the Acadian I’rench who had taken the oath of allegiance, were dispossessed of their improved lands for being Roman Catholics. But although they were said to be unfit for settlers to remain on their im- proved lands, they were held to be fit settlers to commence anew in the woods. Thus one usurper gaiued their improved | lands, and another usurper gained a number of settlers and) a high price for wild lands, and then a forged indulgence was proclaimed to confirm the usurpers !

Tue Ixputeence or 1816 was in the name of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, as follows: ‘The further pleasure of his Royal Highness is, that the Proprietors of Township Lands shall be released from the obligation im- posed by their original grants of settling them with foreign Protestants, provided that within ten years from December, 1816, the lands sha.l have been settled with other persons, in the proportion specified in their original grants.” In this indulgence THE ROYAL ASSENT IS FORGED, and the Government here must have known it was forged, although they and the usurpers have acted upon it ever since, When I was ad-

with the Western. The public has every confidence now in the notes of al] the banks.

mitted to an interview with Lord Glenelg, in 1838, to obviate

his excuses for not proceeding to enforce the forfeitare of grants according to their conditions, I pressed it upon Lordship’s attention, repeatedly, to enforce the forfeiturg cording to the indulgence, until he said in a decided o¢ “Tt could not be acted upon.” Now, if the grants had po. been forfeited, a Minister would not have forged an ae gence to renew them. Again, if the non-settlement with foreign Protestants had not been a forfeiture, a Min} would not have forged an indulgence to release grantees from that obligation, and permit them to make tenants of British subjects. And again, Lord John Russell’s decision, wi either judge or jury, is of the same nature and intended the same purpose as the indulgence; but he did not go so fy, as to forge the assent ofthe Sovrreign to give it the

of royal authority, yet it deceived many, and prolonged the bondage of the tenantry up to this present day,

To show how the different heads agree to expose the eon, spiracy: The Island was all granted at the sume tims upon the same conditions; then it was separated from the governmert of Nova Scotia to make it a proprietory govern. ment, but no foreign Protestants were introduced; then, feint was made that the forfeiture was to be enforced in] which brought nearly all the Townships into the hands of , few persons, but grantees who had influence with the Colonj Office held on by their grants; then the Colonial Minister forged the royal authority to give usurpers permission tp make tenants of British subjects; and then Lord John Rug sell, as judge and jury, decided that it would be unjust to deprive such landholders of their power. These acts follow.

ing each other in the same footsteps, could not have happened

by accident, and therefore must have been by design, a con. spiracy whereby the sworn servants of the Crown have aided usurpers, and by that means have defrauded the inha- bitants of upwards of a million pounds sterling, besides the forgery of Governor Fanning, which deprived the Charlottetown Common, . . people of Forgery has always been held to bea crime; but fora Minister of the Crown to forge the reyal authority to enslave a people and give them up to usurpers, and to employ British troops to enforce obedience to such usurpers, must be criminal in ahigh degree. But I believe it is now understood in the other departments of government that injustice has been done to the people of this Island by the Colonial Office and their Governors, and the rest of the Ministry are not disposed to incur the guilt of allowing troops which might lead to crimes, and therefore the troops bave been withdrawn. * * * * * * * * * * To disobey authority forged by a Minister of the Crown in violation of an Order in Council, is uo disobedience to the royal authority. ‘To withhold rents imposed by usurpers upon such forged authority, is not withholding just and lawful debts, but the contrary. Paying sums of money to usurpation and conceal the forgery, is to dishonor the Crown, And it is the duty of every loyal subject to resist and expose such offenders, instead uf supporting them, that they may be brought to trial and punishment, But in this secluded Co- lony where the usurpers are all-powerful to prevent redress in the usual way by law or petition, it is therefore the duty of those who are wronged to organize themselves, and agsume such an attitude of deience which will make their just com-

attention of Her Majesty’s Government, where redress will be obtained.

But if British troops were sent to assist usurpers to collect rents, that would be sufficient grounds to petition the House of Commons, and no resistance to troops would be offered; but the sending of troops to collect rents would draw attention to the way the people in this Colony have been treated. I must defer the rest to another time.- «=

Sailor’s Hope, Dec. 8, 1857. Wu. COOPER.

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RESTORATION OF DROWNED PERSONS.

Dr. Marshal] Hall, the eminent Physiologist, has just paid the last debt of nature, and it is pleasing to know that the last labor of a mind of vast powers, high purpos domitable energy, has been a labor of love. The last and crowning effort of this truly great man has been his discovery of what is universally known as the “ Marshall Hall method” of restoring asphyxiated persons ; the experience of the last six months has given overwhelming proofs of its truth, and adaptation to practice.—London Lancet.

To rue Eprror or THE Examiner.

Sir,—If I judge correctly of the Charlottetown Press, I believe its directors will readily publish any informaticn in- tended to serve the interests of humanity, I make no apology, therefore, in submitting to you the * Rules” of Dr. Marshall Hall for restoring drowned persons, or for restoring suspended animation from other causes. If these Rules can be so printed in your columns as to admitcf being “ cut out” and pasted on a piece of board or in a book, to be kept at hand as house- hold words, important benefit may result on some future emer- gency. ‘The subject is fraught with universal interest, and should be made familiar to every person, not knowing how soon the saving or losing of a human life may depend, under Providence, upon his or her knowledge of the best method to restore it. My observations apply to non-medical persons,

cured, and where much may be done before the medical man arrives. The labors of Dr. Marshall Hall in Physiological Science bear so largely upon the public gratitude, that, with your permission, I will send you a short digest of them for publication in a future issue of your paper.

Dispensary, Iam respectfully,

Ch. Town, Dee. 2, 1857. H. A. JOHNSON,

The “Marshall Hall method” of restoring drowned or other asphyxiated persons.

RULES !

1. Begin the treatment instantly, on the spot, in the open

air, except in severe weather, freely exposing the face, neck

and chest to the breeze.

2. Send with all speed for medical aid, and for articles of

clothing, blankets, &c.

der the forehead, so that any fluid may flow from the throat and mouth; and without loss of time

4. By turning the patient on his side; and, 1st, applying

enuff, hartshorn, pepper, mustard, or any other irritants to

thenostrils. 2nd, dash cold water on the face, having pre

viously rubbed it briskly tili it is warm. p

If this does not succeed, again lose no time, but gs Il. TO IMITATE RESPIRATION,

fall forward, leaving the entrance into the windpipe free), then 6. Tura the body gently, but completely, on the side and a little beyond (when zmspiration will occur), and then on the face, making gentle pressure along the back (when ezpira- tion will take place), alternately; these measures must repeated deliberately, efficiently and perseveringly, every four seconds, or fifteen times iz a minute, only, meanwhile,

Ill. TO INDUCE CIRCULATION AND WARMTH, CONTINUE THESE >

MEASURES: :

7. Rub the limbs upwards, with firm pressure and with energy, using handkerchiefs, flannel, &c., be towels.

8. Replace the patient’s wet clothing by such other cover- ing as can be instantly procured, each bystander supplying # coat, waistcoat, &c, :

These Rules are founded on Physiology (the general laws of life), and whilst they comprise all that can be immediately done for the patient, they exclude all apparatus, galvanism, the warm »ath, &c., as useless, not to say injurious, especially ‘the last of these, and all loss of time, &c., as fatal.

plaints known to the public abroad, and force itself upon the

and in-.

who may be called to act where medical aid camot be pro-

3. Place the patient gently on the face, with one arm un-_

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5. Replace the patient on his face, (the tongue will them ~

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