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7 of the organs the moral sentiments. This accounts for that brutal effect in his whole countenance. The organs of destructiveness and firmness are conspicuously large, a combination indicative of maliciousness, which was probably promoted among the ranks of the extreme red republic to which he belonged. His conextion with this Society led to his exile from France, his native country

MARLEY. This, though a very general stump of head, is such that belong to those who thrive much better under restriction that at large; for, while under military discipline, Marley fared very well, until he deserted the army and began to thieve and plunder, for which he was transported. Here, again under strict government (his proper element), his conduct was more rational. He soon obtained a "ticket of leave;" but being set it liberty, his conduct became extremely riotous and violent, and was at last hanged for murder.

BURANELLI, An Italian, who was charged with desperately wounding the female he lived with, and executed for the murder of Mr: Latham. His head, like that of Greenacre, is a fair specimen of the human ear.

Mrs. MANNING. This head presents a very loathsome form, for while its want of height shows it to be entirely destitute of every human sentiment, its extreme breadth show's it to be le even inferior to the brute, in short it is indicative of nothing but selfish and cruel vices. Nor was the conduct of Mrs. Manning contrary to her organism, for under an assumed friendship she invited Mr. O'Connor to her home, where she brutally murdered him. To make sure, doubly sure, (which corresponds with her large organ of cautiousness), she threatened to shoot her drunken husband if did not beat out the dead man's brains, and assist in burying the body which was ultimately discovered, through their neglecting to wet quick lime that was intended to destroy all traces.

Mr. MANNING. Among the whole range of criminal casts, this is certainly the most respectable, for it possesses it a very fair development of the organs of the moral sentiments. And yet says the anti-Phrenologist it belonged to a murderer ; but in answer, be it remembered that he was only in accomplice in murder, and that at the time he was under the influence of liquor, a state that mostly deadens the human, and excites the animal feelings. So that whatever may have been his actions it cannot be said that they were guided by his natural feelings; but laying drunkenness and its effects aside, we shall see by placing his head in juxtaposition