Hanley Chapel. Ar a late Meeting of the Bristol Unitarian Fellowship Fund, a second coutribution of ten pounds was voted upanimously towards the erection of the new Chapel at Hanley, in the Potteries, Staffordshire; and the Chairman was requested to communicate the said resolution to the Monthly Repository, with the hope of exciting others to assist our Unitarian brethren in that populous district. MISCELLANEOUS. Dumbness cured by Galvanism. [The following authentic case is so important, that in order to serve the interests of humanity, we feel ourselves justified in extracting it from the "Journal of Science," edited by Professor Brande, No. XXXI. pp. 187-189, though it does not come within the immediate design of our work. ED.] "THE following account of a galvanic experiment on a dumb boy having been inserted in several newspapers, unknown to me at the time, I am induced, by the advice of several medical friends, to attest the truth and correctness of the detail, as far as respects my knowledge of the circumstances attending the event of his recovery; and having made the strictest inquiry of those immediately connected with Christ's Hospital, I have every reason to believe the following detail to be strictly true. "Eight months ago, a youth about twelve years of age, uamed Oldham, in Christ's Hospital, went to bed at the usual hour, and in the morning rose to tally dumb. He preserved every other faculty, but was obliged to write on a slate for every thing that he wanted, that he could not explain by signs. Every means of internal remedy, and also electricity, were resorted to without effect. Galvanism was also attempted, but was so much resisted by the boy's fears, that it could not then be applied. His general health was invariably good. At length, by strong recommendation, his fears of galvanism were overcome, and it was applied five different days. On Friday week, being the evening of the fifth application, exactly eight months to a day, he retired to bed as usual, and awoke suddenly about eleven o'clock, making so much noise as to awaken some of his school-fellows. Their astonishment produced so much alarm, that the nurse opened the door of her adjoining apartment to learn the cause, when many voices exclaimed, 'Oh! nurse, Oldham can speak again.' The nurse doubting the fact, immediately went to him, and discovered the reality of this phenomenon. In the morning the boy had quite recovered his speech, and on being asked if he felt any peculiar sensation, merely said, he thought he was being galvanised, as he felt the tip of his tongue affected, together with a rumbling in his inside. His speech has continued perfect ever since. "In addition to the above statement it may be proper to say, some time previous to the commencement of the experiment, he was brought to my house, but having been somewhere electrified, the boy was so much frightened, on seeing a large apparatus in the room, that, considering the agitation he then laboured under, I did not think it prudent to urge him further, and he departed without being galvanised. About two or three months after he came again, attended by a medical assistant, with a note from Mr. Field, the respectable apothecary to the Hospital, assuring me that the boy was willing to submit to the experiment, and to be repeated according to my direction; and, in truth, he suffered me to proceed in a willing manner. I began with a small galvanic trough, plates in breadth and depth one inch, with diluted muriatic acid. Having placed a piece of insulated platina on his tongue, which, holding in his own hand, he could shift according to instruction, while I applied another conductor to different parts of the larynx, varying the direction according as I perceived the muscles to be most easily put in motion, and the vocal nerves apparently excited. By the account he gave after his recovery, a sensation of warmth always continued for some time as he returned home, and there constantly occurred an increased flow of saliva during the operation. "I am not aware that any further particulars are necessary to be stated, as every person conversant with the medical application of galvanism or electricity, must know the necessity of attending to the present sensations, as a guide which admits of variation according to the state or temperament of the sensory nerves at the time of application. I deem it only necessary to add, that my young patient attended three days in the week, and it was on the morning after the fifth time that I received a grateful letter from the father, informing me of his son's entire restoration of speech at 11 o'clock on the preceding night, having been galvanised at 3 o'clock on the same day, being the fifth time of attendance, and I was much gratified a few hours after with a visit from the boy, attended by his father, the son himself giving me, with a clear voice, the whole of the circumstances 'stated in the Times Newspaper, and, as I am told, copied afterwards into other papers. "P. S. It may be proper to state, the boy continues well at the present time. "MILES PARTINGTON. "Orchard Street, Portman-Square, "June 19, 1823." A PUBLIC meeting was lately held at Leeds, the Mayor in the Chair, when it was resolved, to prevent vexatious disputes, to effect a commutation of the vicarial tithes and Easter-offerings. Richard Fountayne Wilson, Esq., of Ingmanthorpe, had generously vested 7000%. in the Funds, with directions that the dividends should be applied in aid of the commutation. This meeting returned him their warmest thanks for his munificent donation. Low State of Intelligence in Ireland.A circumstance scarcely credible has transpired before the Commissioners of Government respecting Ireland, which casts great light on the state of that unhappy country, and proves at least that education and literature are not among the causes of its maladies ;-it is, that in eleven counties there is not a single bookseller's shop! Those who argue that education tends to excite a spirit of discontent and insubordination among the poor, will find it somewhat difficult to apply their theory to the actual state of Ireland. The friends of education, on the contrary, will feel themselves encouraged to renewed zeal and exertion in diffusing this invaluable boon, from every new proof, either of the evils which result from its absence, or of the blessings which, when rightly directed, it invariably confers.-Christian Observer. Rotation of Irish Prelates in Parlia ment. The rotation in which the Irish Prelates sit in Parliament is according to a double cycle; the one consisting of the four Archbishops, and the other of the eighteen Bishops. The cycle of the Archbishops is completed in four sessions; that of the Bishops in six, there being three Bishops in rotation every session. The two cycles commenced together the first session after the Union. At the end of twelve sessions they again commence together, and will constantly continue so to do, at the end of twelve sessions. The following list, which com pletes the whole of twelve sessions, may be useful for reference: 1. Primate, Meath, Kildare, Derry. 2. Dublin, Raphoe, Limerick, Dromore. 3. Cashel, Elphin, Down, Waterford. 4. Tuam, Ferns, Cloyne, Cork. 5. Primate, Killaloe, Kilmore, Clogher. 6. Dublin, Ossory, Killala, Clonfert. 7. Cashel, Meath, Kildare, Derry. 8. Tuam, Raphoe, Limerick, Dromore. 9. Primate, Elphin, Down, Waterford. 10. Dublin, Ferns, Cloyne, Cork. 11. Cashel, Killaloe, Kilmore, Clogher. 12. Tuam, Ossory, Killala, Clonfert. LITERARY. IMMEDIATELY after the adjournment of Parliament, Sir J. Mackintosh attended the Marquis of Tichfield to Welbeck, to examine the archives of the family, which had not been opened for many years. Sir James, it is said, there discovered some invaluable letters and State papers, which will materially tend to illustrate that portion of his History of England, to which they belong. SOME of the magazines announce with triumph the discontinuance of the Liberal, the periodical work compiled abroad by Leigh Hunt, and containing some of the poems of Lord Byron. The work was not certainly of a character to make its decease a subject of regret to the friends of morality; but there are other publications in the hands of the opposite party which retributive justice would equally consign to oblivion. Ribaldry and ma lignity are quite as bad on the side of superstition and despotism, as on that of scepticism and democracy. THE Morning Chronicle newspaper has been sold by the executors of the late Mr. Perry, for the benefit of his family. The Edinburgh Review places it at the head of the daily press. It brought the enormous sum of 40,000%.; a fact, for the credit of the literature of the day, worthy of being recorded. The purchaser Observer, Sunday Paper. The Editor of is Mr. Clement, the proprietor of The the Monthly Magazine says that the Chronicle yields from 7 to 8,000l. per annum. He adds, that twenty-fourth shares in the Courier, fetch nearly 20,000l. per annum, from advertisements 2,000%.; and the Times yields about has just received 20,0001. for a third of only. The said Editor relates that he the interest in the books connected with the Interrogative System of Education. SPEEDILY will be published, an Essay Sacrifices, in which the Theory of Archon the Nature and Design of Scripture bishop Magee is considered; by the late Rev. James Nicol, Minister of the parish of Traquair, near Peebles. THE next part of Mr. Wellbeloved's Family Bible, containing the book of Deuteronomy, Preliminary Remarks on the Pentateuch, &c., is in the press, and will be published as speedily as possible. Mr. W. has also in the press, a second part of Devotional Exercises for the Use of Young Persons. PREPARING for the press, and speedily will be published, A Practical German Grammar, being a new and easy method for acquiring a thorough knowledge of the German Language; for the use of Schools and Private Students; by John Rowbotham, Master of the Classical, Mathematical, and Commercial Academy, at Walworth. SPEEDILY will be published, Telyn Dewi, the Poetical Works of the Rev. D. Davis, of Castle Howell, Cardiganshire, chiefly in the Welsh Language, including Translations from Gray, Cowper, Addison, Barbauld, &c., with a Portrait of the Author, whose reputation as a Classical Welsh Poet has been for many years established by his transla tion of Gray's Elegy, which is considered equal to the original. FOREIGN. FRANCE. THERE has recently been formed at Paris, a society for the translation into French of all valuable works in foreign or dead languages. Its object is to increase the knowledge and taste of the community by means of faithful and spirited translations, and to rescue this important branch of literature from the mischievous controul of the booksellers. Success in this laudable undertaking is ensured by the number and character of the associated members, who include among them some of the most eminent linguists and authors of the French capital. It will be sufficient to name M. M. Aignan, Barbie du Boccage, Benjamin Constant, Jouy, Jullien, Lanjuinais, Sismonde de Sismondi, &c. An association of such strength in numbers and reputation cannot fail to accomplish its excellent and most useful object. It has already excited a natural emulation in Germany, where a similar society has been formed; and we trust an example of such obvious utility will not be lost upon England. We greatly admire the liberality of that part of its plan by which a portion of the profits arising from the translation of any popular work will be given to the original author, since (as the prospectus of the society justly and liberally expresses it)" his fortune ought to be increased in the same proportion that his fame is extended." We should not conclude this notice without mentioning, that those of our countrymen who read French may participate in the advantages offered by the society's translations. The society publishes its works in numbers, which may be subscribed for, and will be delivered periodically, at the foreign booksellers' in London, at a small increase of price, to cover the expense of importation, which additional charge, however, owing to the cheapness of printing in Paris, still leaves the price very moderate as compared with English books. As a specimen of the spirit in which the translations are made, we observe, that the first publication of the association is a new edition of the Arabian Nights, carefully compared with the original texts, and with several additional tales, now first translated by M. Edward Gauttier, Oriental Professor. This will be delivered in six volumes octavo, a volume every month; and the whole work, with 18 plates, will cost 48 francs.-(Examiner.) ITALY. The New Pope.-Contrary to general expectation, the Italian party has triumphed in the Couclave, which, after being shut up from Sept. 3, to Sept. 27th, declared on the latter day, the election to have fallen on Cardinal Genga. ANNIBAL DELLA GENGA, the new Pope, is of a patrician family in Italy, and has been long accustomed to diplomatic business. He has taken the title of Leo XII. He was born in 1760. His age therefore renders a long reign possible; but his health is said to be precarious, and this is alleged as one of the reasons of his being chosen by his brother Cardinals to fill the Holy See. The era of his elevation is critical, and should he take upon him the character of the guardian of Italian interests, he may ennoble himself and encircle his brows with the laurel wreath of patriotism, of infinitely more value than the triple crown. M. ANGELO MAI, prefect of the Vatican Library, to whom the learned world is so much indebted for his valuable discoveries, has just published a second edition of the Fragments of the Works of Frontonus. These he had discovered originally in the Ambrosian library of Milan, but he has now considerably aug mented them, by fresh discoveries, made in the treasures of the Vatican. Among the additions are more than a hundred letters of Marcus Aurelius, Frontonus and others. This edition is dedicated to the Pope. POLAND. THE Assembly of Rabbis and Elders of Plosko, in Poland, came lately to a determination to allow the Jews to celebrate their sabbath on the Sunday. The Polish Israelites are generally allowed to surpass their brethren of other countries in intelligence, attending to moral and useful instruction, rather than to cabal istical and talmudical dogmata. [The above is copied from the Monthly Magazine. The fact stated in the first sentence is very questionable: perhaps, some of our correspondents may furuish us with information upon this point.] INDIA. Hindoo Literary Society.-A meeting of respectable Hindoos took place lately in Calcutta for the purpose of establish ing a Literary Society, the objects of which are highly laudable. Meetings of opulent and learned Hindoos are to be held, as often as may be practicable and convenient, for the discussion of different subjects connected with the improvement of their countrymen, and the diffusion of general literature. The Society have resolved to translate into Bengalee, and publish scientific and useful works; to comment on the immorality and inconsistency of the customs of the present day, and to point out habits and conduct more conducive to the well-being and happiness of mankind; to publish small tracts in English and Bengalee, and to collect European mathematical and philosophical apparatus and instruments for public instruction. The individuals who attended the first meeting agreed to defray all expenses themselves, until the objects of the Society are generally known and understood. A house is intended to be erected for the accommodation of the Society, with a college attached to it, in which arts and sciences are to be taught. CHINA. Literary Crime and Punishment.-Our eaders may judge of Chinese ideas of authorship and of the liberty of the press, from the fate of an author named WHANG-SEE-HEOU, whose crime is thus set forth in the report of his judges. "We find," say they, 1st. That he has presumed to meddle with the great Dictionary of Kang-hi; having made an abridgement of it, in which he has had the audacity to contradict some passages of that excellent and authentic work. 2nd. In the Preface to his Abridgement, we have seen with horror that he has dared to write the little names," (that is, the primitive family names,) "of Confucius, and even of your Majesty: a temerity, a want of respect, which has of his family, and in his poetry, he has made us shudder. 3rd. In the genealogy asserted that he is descended from the Whang-tee. When asked why he had dared to meddle with the great Dictionary of Kang-hi, he replied, That Dictionary is very voluminous and inconvenient; I have made an Abridgement which is less cumbersome and expensive.' Being questioned how he could have the audacity to write in the Preface to this Dictionary, the little names of the Emperors of the reigning dynasty, he answered, I know that it is unlawful to pronounce the little names of the Emperors, and I introduced them into my Dictionary merely that young people might know what those names were, and not be liable to use them by mistake. I have, however, acknowledged my error, by reprinting my Dictionary, and omitting what was amiss.' When asked how he dared to assert that he was descended from the Whang-tee, he said, It was a vanity that came into my head. I wanted to make people believe that I was somebody. According to the laws of the empire, this crime ought to be rigorously punished. The criminal, therefore, shall be cut in pieces, his goods confiscated, and his children and relatives above the age of sixteen years put to death. His wives, his concubines, and his children under sixteen, shall be exiled, and given as slaves to some grandee of the empire." The Sovereign was, however, graciously pleased to mitigate the severity of this sentence, in an edict to the following effect: "I favour WHANG-SEE-HEOU in regard to the nature of his punishment. He shall not be cut in pieces, and shall only have his head cut off. I forgive his relatives. As to his sons, let them be reserved for the great execution in Autumn. Let the sentence be executed in its other points such is my pleasure." NEW PUBLICATIONS IN THEOLOGY AND GENERAL LITERATURE. Unitarianism the Doctrine of the Gospel. By Lant Carpenter, LL.D. 3rd ed. with Alterations and Additions. 12mo. 78. Prayers and Religious Meditations. By David Hartley, M. D. 2s. 6d. 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