76 3JisceUa neons. 



■»Tas totally uninformed rpsjieciing him The suggestion that I had 



gained some knowledge privately of the individual, or had taken a hint 

 from an}? circumstance whatever, might have annoyed me, were I not 

 unknown to the gentlemen — were I not conscious of detesting every spe- 

 cies of dnplicity — and were there not something irresistibly laughable in 

 seeing the plain facts of phrenology give one such power, as to produce 

 an astonishment in the minds of those ignora' t of them, not di>simular 

 from tliat which a little chemical and physical knowledge excited in 

 times of darkness. In tho?e days the power of knowleilge was ascribed 

 to the devil ; at the present time, such agency being universally dis- 

 believed, the manifestation of power is pronounced a deception The 

 phrenologist, conscious of the truth, views the incredulity of the world as 

 a correct measure of the magnitude of his science." 



The individual wliose skull formed the suhject of this inter- 

 ejting experiment was a convict, known familiarly by the name 

 o( Jack Turpin. Little was known or could be learned from 

 Lim of hi; previous life ; but it was notoriously vicious and law- 

 less : he had been a poacher and smuggler, but had never com- 

 mitted murder. After opportunity for bettor observing his 

 character was afforded, the following particulars were ascer- 

 tained : — 



" In the first place, he exhibited a severe sarcastic wit, at the expense 

 of those around hira. The manners and language of the kind and bene- 

 volent clergyn:an, who officiates at the hospital, were the frequent sub- 

 jects of his mimicry. 



" III the second place, he exhibited a strong attnchment to his cliildren. 

 He frequently spoke of them in the most affectionate manner, and made 

 his last moments respectable, by devoting them to the disposal of his 

 property among his offspring." 



The following resolution, passed unanimously at a meeting 

 of the Rochester Literary Club— the Society at whose request 

 this experiment was made — well expresses the conclusion that 

 should be drawn from such experiments. 



" Resolved — That the character of L. given by Dr. Elliotson, from the 

 inspection of the skull, corresponds so exactly with his history, that it is 

 impossible to consider the coincidence as the effect of chance; but that 

 it is an instance which, if supported by many others, affords a strong 

 foundation for the truth of phrenology." 



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Recommendations of the Suh- Committees of the British 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. 



Meteorology. — The Committee, considerino; that the science 

 of iMetPorology is in more want, than perhaps any other, of that 

 systematic direction which it is one great object of the Associ- 

 ation to give, has thought it adviseable to propose the following 

 points for investigation.: — 



I. That the Association should employ all the means in its 

 power to procure a Register ff (he Thermometer during every 



