The Sun. — London, England, 1829-12-01 00:00:00

THE CASE of the LATE MRS. PHILLIPS. We insert from the Time: and the Herald of this morning, two letters on the subject of this very mysterious affair. To the one from the former Paper, signed " Medicus," we particularly direct our readers' attention. The writer of this concise and pertinent epistle, has " a very distress. ing way of coming to the point,"—as Toni Shuffle ton, in the comedy, says of his creditors. We hope that a Eliot pugh investigation will promptly be made into the whole affair. It is growing rapidly upon public attention, and we are almost daily receiving communications on the subject. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (From the Gazette de France of Sunday.) ANCONA, NOV. 13. Considerable reinforcements, which England sends to its squadron in the Archipelago, have induced the Russian Admiral, Count Heyden, to put souse questions to Admiral Malcolm, respecting the reasons for this measure. The latter is said to have replied that there was no intention of increasing the number of English men.of-war, but merely to replace those which had already remained their usual period upon that station. (From the Ztfessager des Chambres of Sunday—Second Edition. ) _ _ BERLIN, NOV. 17. It is absolutely necessary that the fate of Greece should be fixed in a definitive manner, for some Philhellenes are not without uneasiness at the dilatory measures which im pede the regeneration of that people ; they wish, above all things, that Count Capo d'lstria may remain President, and think that a European Prince would have some diffi culty in conciliating the affection of his new subjects. But we still hope that the Cabinets will adopt prudent measures suitable to the wants of Greece, and to the interests of Europe. M. Pereira arrived here some time ago as Charge d'Af faires of Brazil ; he has already been presented at Court. It does not appear whether we are to have a Turkish Am bassador here. If the Porte should resolve completely to adopt the European customs, with respect to diplomatic posts, it will have much difficulty in finding a sufficient number of persons qualified to fill these offices, because it has hitherto always employed Greeks on such missions. VIENNA, Nov. 21.—Metalliques, 1031; Four per Cents. ditto, 921 ; Bank Shares, 12411. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Ihnk stock 216% 216 3 per Cent. Red. ...... 92% % 3 per Cent. Cons. 93 %%% 3% per Cent. Ditto % 100 I per Cent. Ann Ditto, 1426 Ditto Scrip Bank L. Ann.... ...... 19% 11-16 Ditto 30 3 ears India stock 226 7 6% 7% Ditto Bonds 63 69 pm. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO '2d. 67 68 pm. Ditto lid. 66 68 pm. Ditto 500 2d. 67 68 pm. Ditt0....., l:d. 67 68 pm. Ditto Small Ditto lid. 67 69 pm. sank for Account India for Account ...... Cons. for January 1048 3' 41. E TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SIR-I confess the statement of Mr. Phillips, contained in the Observer of yesterday, and copied from the Chronicle, is any thing but satisfactory. I allude more particularly to the influence of laudanum on the nervous system of a person unaccustomed to its use. Although sleep is a frequent—nay, almost invariable effect of this narcotic—taken in moderate quantity, yet the effects of a larger dose are symp toms of a very distinct and opposite character. Again, it seems strange that any patient should be so insensible to the very obvious effect of such a cause, as . to persevere in the use of a drug, when symptoms of such a nature had been produced as to call forth from herself the observation, that she " feared it was the forerunner of an illness." M - r. - Phillips speaks of his wife in terms of affec tion, he expatiates on her value, he calls her " such a wife," yet he professes ignorance of the manner she had willed her property. Surely there was here some want of confidence subsisting between such a husband and " such a wife." I beg to ask of Mr. Phillips two questions :—ln what capacity did the several members of his house hold live, and whether he had uo communication Iwith 'any part of his household during the day pre vJing the morning of his wife's death ? ft' he be innocent, his heart will thank the writer of this letter. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 111EDICU S. Nov. 30. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD SlR,—The attention of the public having lately 'been painfully agitated with regard to the mysterious , circumstances attending the death of Mrs. Phillips, •at Finchley, and to which the official attention of Mr. Peel has justly been called by some of the pub iiic•Journals, permit me lay before your readers, and 'the official authorities, a professional opinion, liounded on the circumstances of the case, doubting mak that any opinion connected with the investi g %tine of a public crime of the deepest dye, or the v i i enli , fat:ion of the character of a calumniated indi w.fll meet that favorable attention which the imperative nature of the case demands. My fiotiee was first drawn to this subject by ob strving that no chemical analysis of the mixture was made previous to the period of the Inquest, hi which the Jury found " that the deceased come to her death by laudanum medicinally administered ;" a precaution absolutely requisite to be observed, be cause every similar case involves the connection of an ambiguity only to be removed by the most thorough investigation. I had proved, by various experiments, that the taste and colour of a mixture, compounded accord ing to the directions of Dr. Tweedie, has a colour and taste very similar to that of laudanum, sup posing it to be in the same combination, and that supposing the infusion of senna (one article con tained in the mixture) had undergone decompo sition, as it is often met with in the shops of Apo thecaries, a smell similar to this drug would be impart ed. Shortly after the period of the inquest, I was led to inquire, through the medium of the Times Journal whether any analysis of the mixture had been made; reply was given by " one of the medical witnesses," acknowledging that no analysis had been made ; but that the medicine was then in the hands of Pro fessor Thompson, who would shortly lay the results his analysis before the public. To a second ap - ;n answer to the motives in detail which plication, T received (instead of the fulfill , • . first '' led to my reply ,at an analysis had men t to the pledge), 3 the sedative principle ti; been made , a nd that .orphia, that he (the of opium, had been detected hu writer) must be allowed to exercise his own judg. " meta as to the proper mode andenholdicof laying the details of this analysis before the p 9 .1 now, Sir, call upon ther,m,tie,cl;i:ralltNovitness, as an private act of public tztice, or t , i_ret m an feel ing, to lay the results x,f the by so compe tent a chemist as Professor s om Y pson, before the public. I consider gush a step a as neee.swy, noth only to precede any fresh investigation, but of such importance that without it no cfmpetent decision There certainly can J could be formed by a ury. art of the evidence he no reason why so important a may not now he mor e authentia p ily established than on the vague authority of an anonymnus newspaper correspondent. —I am, Sir your obedient sery ant, ABRAHAM BOOTH. 20, Church-street, Nov. 80. ROYAL SOCIETY Yesterday being St. Andrew's Day, the Royal Society held its usual Anniversary Meeting, and elected Members to serve in the new Council for the ensuing year. The President, Mr. DAVIES GILBERT, proceeded to inform the Society of the progress made in the sciences during the last year, and the loss that the Society and the world had experienced in the death of three of its greatest orna ments. Need we mention the names of Sir litirophry Davy, of Woollaston, and Young ? names which will be transmitted to the latest pos terity, as long as science shall be respected by man kind. After detailing very eloquently the researches and discoveries of these great men, the Priisident informed the Society that he had received a ietL. , r from Lady Davy, requesting it.; acceptance of a mag nificent portrait of her husband, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, as well as a portrait of the late Dr. Woollaston, by the same artist, from the tarslily of Dr. Woollaston. The PRESIDENT then stated that the Council had adjudged the first Royal Medal to Charles Bell, Esq. for his profound researches on the Nervous System ; and that the second medal had be,271 ad judged to Mr. Majendie, for his investigation into organic matter. The names of the old and new Council were then read over, and found to be as follow 0. 1 1 Davies Gilbert. President. Sir Everxrd Home, V.P. Captain Henry Dater, V.P. OLD COUNCIL. NEW COUNCIL. Francis Bailey, Esq. Peter Barlow, Esq. Charles Bell, Esq. William T. Brands, Esq. Robert Brown, Esq. John F. Daniell, Es.;, iltichael Faraday, Esq. Henry Ellis, Esq. LL.fs. John Pond, Esq. A.R. Sir T. Lawrence, Kt. LL.D ttev. A. Sedgewick, M.A. Robert Visc. Melville, K.T. Henry Warburton, Esq. Lieutenant-General Sir G. Murray, G.C.B. A. P. W. Philip, M.D. George Rennie, Esq. ARIES. Captain Ed. Sabine, R.N src h7l Teter Mark Roger, M.D. TALES OF AN INDIAN CAMP.--This work just published contains a most interesting description of the Indian tribes of North America. The author, ]Mr. JONES, has it appears, passed the greater part of his life among these wild children of the forest. Among the curious contents of the volume we notice :—The Man of Ashes—The Mother of the World—The Wahconda's Son —The Idols--Pomatare, the Flying Beaver—The Alarm of the Great Sentinel—The Teton's Paradise—The Dela ware Heaven—The Bird of Ages—The Funeral Fire— The Maiden's Rock—Sakechak, the Hunter—The Phan tons Woman—The Two Ghosts—The Two Chappewees-- The Great par. —The Coming of Miquon—The Origin of Women--The Fire Spirit,--The Lake of the White Canoe—The King of the P.ICS.,-.-The Island of Eagles — The Devil of Cape Higgin, &C. &c. At the late Horncastle Fair no less than 300 h o rses were purchased by three foreigners, and have been since exported to France and Germany. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds 6 71 Peruviau Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds — Portuguese Bonds Chilian Bonds 27 Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds ..... ........ Ditto, New Ditto, 1824 Danish — Spanish, 1821 11% Greek Bonds 29 i 182;3 — Ditto, 1825 .............. .French Rentes, sp. c.109f. —c. Guatimala — Exchange 2sf. 70c. Mexican Bonds 19!z 3 per cent. —l. —c. Ditto, 1825 24 Exchange —c. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) XlOO '29 28 30 Ditto Subscription Bolanos Mining Co. £2OO 400 407 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O 69 Ditto National lO 16 Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £35 63v United Mex. Min. Co. (iis. at 21. pm.) £39% 161 A FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, Nov. 24.-13. 14.—Two months, 13. 12!<1, ST. PETERSBURGII, Nov. 13.—Three months, 10%. Beetux, Nor. 21.—Three months, 6 294. BRBMEM, Nor. 20.—Two months, 619. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 27.-12. 22!,',.—Tw0 months-12. 171,12. MAILS. Due. ,Arrived. Arrived. America 0 0 Hamburg 0 Brazil _ _ 0 Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Carthageita. 1 0 La Guayra 1 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 1 0 Flanders 0 0 Mexico 1 France 0 0 Sweden .... 0 0 Guernsey&Jersey 0 1 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO—MORROW. Morning— 51 minutes after 5. I Evening ...IS minutes after 6. gitin • • LONDON, 'TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1829.: The following are extracts from German and Dutch Papers. The St. Petersburgh Journals have not yet published the treaty of peace with Turkey : FLORENCE, NOV. 8. It i 9 4ffirmed here that his Holiness the Pope, upo❑ receiving the news of the conclusion of the treaty of peace at Adrianople, sent instructions to all the Papal Legations at the great European Courts to exert themselves, in order to obtain a strict regulation, by formal conventions, of the political relations of the Roman Catholic inhabitants of Turkey, that they may no longer be exposed to the des potism and persecutions of tyrannical Governors. It is affirmed that some Courts have promised to attend to these representations, and to second them. sTuTTGARD, Nov. 21. ''h melancholy news of the premature death of the young prince of Oldenburg, eldest son of the late Queen Catherine, Grand Duchess of Russia, has greatly affected his Majesty, our King, who had a paternal affection for this young prince, who was so unexpectedly cut off at the age of only 10 years, in consequence of having taken cold. The Court goes into mourning for six weeks. HAMBURG, Nov. 24. BORSEN-lIALLE, FOUR O'CLOCK.—Fundg were in ge neral heavy to-day, with little doing. Anglo-Neapolitan demanded at 93k, after having been lower. Bills on Lon don offered. End of November. Anglo-Danish Loan, S per cent. ...... 1U Ang lo-Russian Loan 10 4 1,i Harnburg-Russian Loan 9li% Austrian Bank Shares 1232 New Austrian 4 per Cents. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 17. It is believed that the Diet will break up in the middle of February. An English brig lately stranded on the coast of Goth land. M. Jackson, the English Vice-Consul there, who went on board to assist in saving the crew, unhappily failed in his humane exertions, and, with the crew, pe rished in the waves. BERLIN, NOV. 25; --- , His Majesty Ina given the Order of the Black Eagle to Baron Muffling. Accounts from Moscow , o f the sth, ann ounce tint Baron Von Humboldt was on the point of leaving that city, and expected to arrive at St. Petersbargh on the 12th. We hope to see our illustrious countryman at Ber lin aboa;, the middle of next month. THE HAGUE, Nov. 26. In the sitting of the Second Chamber to -day, various petitions, from different parte 0,..' the kingdom, were pre tented against the proposed augmentation ,of the duties of exci.:e on sugar, beer, salt, vinegar, and spirituous :iquors. A Measi4e vas received from his Majesty, with a Pro ject of Law relstire to public instruction. It is observed in the Message that the i;witwing up of this project has been attended with great difficulties, on account of the dif fere,-;c2 of opinion on tie subject ; that it La, been as sumed as a principle that instruction shall be free; bat that, nevertheless, ;< was felt necessary for the Govern ment not to lose sight of the c.a:-.?, of public instruction as ....pea to it by the fundamental law. We lately made taw observations on a Letter published by Dr. BURROWS, 41 Rhi,ch we are again induced to advert, as involving a question of titz last importance to the public, viz. whether a medical practitioner has the authorityto put any man under restraint on the representation of third persons, without previous persona nation, Jr. Bunrtows says in his letter, " unequivocally admit thap medical examination o a suspected or alleged lunaglc . 41p01 always precede, where it is possible, his being placed under 4.e.straint." Now, if a Physician is to be the arbitrary judge of 4; s possibility, the case of ANDERDON, on Jr. Boii ; ;;Pl 4 .ls' own showing, pretty clearly evidences that no man is safe; but, before proc,eeding further, we she]: here remark, that we apprehend, by the law o f nature, which is paramount —all other laws, every man is justified in temporarily restraining dangerous violence in any party, whether such violence . arise from insanity, drunkenness, or 'HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. other excitement, even without the primary authority of any medical practitioner. We now return to the question of the possi bility of a personal examination in the case of Mr. F. ANDERDON. Dr. BURROWS says in his letter, " the unsettled wandering habits of this gentleman presented an insuperable ob stacle to an interview with him, and it was re presented to me, that to preserve him from utter ruin, he must be placed under restraint . by the following evening," and he then asks, " how an interview and medical examination was to be obtained within twenty-four hours with such a peculiar character ?" Now what are the facts ? The keepers sent by Dr. BURROWS do not find any " insuperable obstacle" to an interview with this " peculiar character ;" they quietly walk over to his house, as Dr. BURROWS might, and we conceive ought to have done, wait his return home, acquaint him with their mission, and are forthwith consigned over to the legal custody of the police, fortu nately, most likely for the individual who was to be submitted to their restraint (had he once been restrained, his future fate must be left to con jecture), but at all events, most fortunate for the public. According to the representations said to have been made to Dr. BURROWS, it would appear that "to preserve him from utter ruin," "this pe culiar character" " must be placed under restraint by thefollowing evening." Mr. FREEMAN AN DERDON, however, was not placed under re straint, and had he, in consequence, consigned him selfto "utter ruin," it is fair to presume the parties to this transaction would have informed the public for their own justification. The bankers, or relatives, of Mr. F. ANDERDON, doubtless took very effectual stops to prevent his " utter ruin," by refusing to honour his drafts, and put ting his money " under restraint ;" and then it appears presently sought Dr. BURROWS, who, on their representation, of his single authority, and without any examination, did not scruple to endeavour to put his person under restraint also. We do not know what the eccentricities of Mr. F. ANDERDON may indicate, but there certainly seems no want of method in the rest of the proceeding. Dr. BURROWS says, " To publish a detail o, the overt act of insanity, upon a knowledge of which I judged Mr. FREEMAN ANDERDON to be of unsound mind, neither the vulgar taste for tales of madness, nor my own jus tification, shall induce me to commit a vio lation of professional confidence." " Know ledge of an overt act of insanity," on hearsay evidence, without any examination! ! Profes sional confidence, without seeing the patient !! We admire the sentiment, and lament we cannot equally admire the illustration, for Dr. BUR ROWS does not scruple to publish on hearsay evi dence only, (which scouted by Courts of Law according to Dr. BURROWS, has found sanc tuary in the College of Physicians), and without personal knowledge or examination, if not all, at least a vast deal, his employers represented of the intended patient,—whom we should igno rantly have thought was entitled to share the benefit of the " professional confidence" vaunted of. Perhaps, however, physicians, like lawyers, only owe professional confidence to the party who pays the retaining fee. We know nothing of any of the parties to this extraordinary proceeding, and only advert to it as deeply affecting the cause of humanity, and the dearest rights of Englishmen. We en.l tertain no disrespect towards the Faculty, we know physicians highly gifted, most estimable, most respectable ;—we are willing to believe the body at large, even including Dr. BURROWS, may share the same good qualities,—but we at the same time believe the Duke of WELLINGTON, and his Right Honourable Colleagues, are at the least equally respect able, and we further believe that the people of England are almost to a man of the same opinion ; yet neither the KING or his Ministers cau put under restraint, or incarcerate any man, unless by due course of law. Of what use is it that the power of the SOVEREIGN be limited by law—to what purpose do we boast of Magna Charta, the Habeas Corpus Act, or Bill of Rights, if any man with a medical diploma, or perhaps even an apothecary without one, may with imp pui4ty commit an act like that which has lately been attempted ? In all other cases of im prisonment the period is limited—confinement is not secret—the prisoner is still under the protection of the law; but when confined as lunatic —notwithstanding the late Act, the un happy object is # the mercy o the physician and the keepers; and if any man is ignorant of what that is, let him read the Reports of the Parliamentary Committees in 1815, 1816, and 1828. Thp A ct of the 9th GEORGE was intended to redress some of the monstrous evils there disclosed, but is wholly inefficient, is only temporary, and must he amended. There can be no doubt, hovevp7, 3,7bilp such men as Lord ROBERT SEYMOUR,LOrd GRANVILLE SOMER SET, the Members for Middlesex, Dr. HUME, and others of the same character, are Commis sioners, that they will fearlessly, as t i emper#4, discharge their duties, and exert whatever powers have been intrusted to them, as well for the protection of the unhappy persons afflicted with that severest of all the visitations of Providence, unacy,—as for the protection of the rest of his ATAJEsTI's subjects from improperly suffering under that imputation. The law at present is anomalous respecting lunacy. When the estate is to be administered, a commission issues,"a jury is sworn, and witnesses openly examined,—but when the personal liberty of an individual is at stake, the fiat of medical men is deemed sufficient to in carcerate him, perhaps for ever ! ! No man, we conceive, ought to be otherwise than temporarily restrained under such an imputation, unless by the verdict of a jury, and we trust and believe the public will not rest satisfied until the law be al tered by such an enactment. The following communication has been re ceived this morning from our Paris correspondent!: " PARIS, NOV. 29. " The accession of the ultra-royalist party to power has kad an extraordinary effect on the white inhabitants of the little island of Marie Galante, which you are aware is a dependency on the French colony of Guadeloupe. If we may believe the nu merous letters which have lately arrived at Nantes, by the Amelia, from Pointe-a-Pitre, the conduct of the governor, a Creole, called the Viscount de Tur pin, a native of Martinique, who appears to have been joined by the greater part of the white popula tion, cannot well be explained on any hypothesis but that of some sort of epidemic insanity. They seem to have seen some undefinable connection between the late change in the ministry, and their own right to lord it with undisputed sway over such of their fel low colonists as had the misfortune to be tainted with the slightest portion of African blood. Scarcely had the news of the change in the ministry reached the French colonies by means of private letters, when the whites of Marie Galante flew suddenly to arms, under pretence of a conspiracy among the negroes and men of colour of the Island. Their first pro ceeding was to compel the Procureur du Roi, an officer corresponding to that of our Attorney General, to retire from the island, and proceed to Guade loupe. The court in which this officer exercises his functions is entirely composed of Europeans ; but it appears that the Procureur du Roi and the Judges had all given serious offence by dealing out impartial justice between the white popu lation and the men of colour, and by ne glecting the invitations which were sent to them by the rich Creoles of the island, who seem to have pushed the aristocratical principle a little farther than has yet been attempted in Europe. The Next object of their vengeance was M. Ventre, another European, who had long resided in the island, as the substitute of the Procureur du Roi, and it is stated, that he was assaulted in his own house, and with his wife and family seriously mal treated by a band of ruffians and madmen. The accusation against this officer was, that he had expressed a wish to see an end put to the prejudices by which the colony was di vided, and that all classes of the population should live together on a good understanding with each other. Such was the violence of this attack, that his furniture was destroyed, his plate and other valuables plundered, and himself and his family obliged to leave the colony and proceed to Pointe-a- Pitre, carrying on his person the marks of the violence of which he had been the victim. " After all the officers connected with the ad ministration of justice had been by such means driven out of the island, the insurgents had ap pointed a deputation with the cure at its head, to proceed to Guadeloupe and make some representa tion on the subject to M. Desrotours, the Governor, but the deputation was very ill received at head quarters, and the cure has not ventured to return to Marie Galante to account to his constituents in their present state of excitement for his want of success. " In place of listening to the ex-parte representa tions of the cure and his fellow deputies, the gover nor had sent a counsellor of the Royal Court as a commissioner to Marie Galante to inquire into the circumstances on the spot, but he on his arrival was so insulted, that it was necessary for him in passing through the streets to be escorted by a piquet of gendarmerie and of troops of the line. " On the evening of the 10th of September M. Monton, the Chief of the Staff, was despatched from Basseterre, the seat of the government of Pointe-a-Pitre, with a reinforcement of troops for Marie Galante, but with orders to wait for further intelligence as to the success of the mission of the civil functionary, and his efforts to pacify the peo ple, before making any useless display of this ad ditional force ; but, as these efforts proved wholly unsuccessful, he proceeded on the 16th in La Rose sloop of war, Capt. Cube, for Marie Galante, with the magistrates on board, who had been driven from the island, the troops under his com mand and some pieces of artillery. The sloop of war returned the same morning to Pointe-a-Pitre, without bringing any further intelligence than what has been given as to the progress of the revolt. On the 18th ;the commandant of Marie Galante , the Viscount de Turpin, was brought to Pointe-a- Pitre in the custody of a Captain in the regu lar service, and lie has been carried to the resi dence of the Governor of Basseterre, where he will be called upon to give an account of his conduct. " M. Mouton, who has been invested with the command of the Island, has recalled the national guard or coloured militia, who had been dis missed by M. Turpin, and assigned to them their former duties. On this proceeding the white militia immediately refused to act, so that the armed force of the island now consists only of the coloured militia and the troops of the line. " It is pretended by the insurgents, in excuse for their conduct, that there was a conspiracy among the men of colour, and that it was necessary to take up arms to repress it. But whatever their purposes may have been, they seem to have been completely disconcerted by the vigorous measures adopted by the Governor. Three creoles, who were regarded as the leaders of the insurrection, are stated to have suddenly quitted the colony, and I need not add that those who are most interested in the subject, are waiting with great anxiety for the next advices from Pointe-a-Pitre." of that room is extremely simple-the bedstead 4of irnr,, single 1.43,44 et ; c ud a silk coverlet. On his Grace's return from his short excursion, he ands his l et t ers a ffd newspa pers arranged, generally to the am o u nt of fort y or fi fty o the former, and eight of the latter; a ll these he o p ens f a nd notes Antwerp to such as he does not mean to reserv e . for an autograph reply . ft is his b i y a F ial i le Fo st o ri a to TIIE PREMIER AT WALMER CASTLE. The Pasatiza , rises before day , devo t e s three- q uarters o an hour to ablutions and the othe r labours of the toilet takes a walk for a quarter of an hour, durin g which time his bed-room is put in order. This last o p eration would not seem tp be one of particular d i ffi c ult y , as the furniture without curtains, and covered, even at Ada season, by a make a note of the intended answer to each separate let ter before he proceeds to open the It eat in succession— this mode, which is rather unusual, is adopted to prevent 1 confusion. As a host, his Grace's manners are repre sented as being, to the last degree, unaffeeted and disen g4e4 ; and 419 house is considered as one of the most agreeable. The Court Journal seems lately to have made some brilliant additions to its list of fashionable non. tributors; and its late numbers have overflowed with high life intelligence accordingly. Its number of Saturday last is unprecedentedly rich in this class of matter. Besides a brilliant satirical jeu d'esprit, ip the form of a poeti F al Epistle from Brighton ; a set of lively Stanzas, depicting a scene atAlmack's ; and two " London Letters," detailing all the piquant private goss ip of the day in the highest circles ; also' contains it a lij,tlp poem eallpd " Beauty's .Alpbabet ? " w iiioh will be like)) , of itself alone to sell' an Otion since it gives the uninitiated reader a characteristic potion of almost every acknowledged Beauty of the day--ont for every letter of th e Alphabet. . 4 hew line of road to Hastings is projected, which will, it is said , shorten the distance between that place and the Metropolis 15 Miles. Due. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Nov. 30.--Wind N.E.--Arrived, and sailed for the River, the Love, Gloves, from Bor deaux. PotTsmovrx, Nov. 30.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Beaver, Francisco, from New York, leaky, bound to Hamburg; and Nestor, Mordoff, from Quebec. Arrived from London, the Lonach, Cotgrave, for Bombay. SCILLY, Nov. 26.—Arrived the Thetis, Robin son ; Kitty, Greyslock ; and Tombeline, Hunter, from Quebec; William and Mary, Mills, from New foundland ; and Edward, Chesser, frornLisbon. RAMSGATE, Nov. 30.—Off Port, the Onandago, Baird, from Quebec; and Isabella, from St. Peters burgh. HULL, Nov. 29.—Arrived the Venus, Hardy ; Minerva, Carrick ; Hannah, Park ; and Montreal, Frost, from St. Petersburgh ; Abbotsford, Garbutt, and John Twizzel, Cook, from Riga; Baltic Mer chant, Crow ; James, Honeyman, from Memel ; and Caledonia, Martinson, from Gothenburg. YARMOUTH ROADS, Nov. 30.—Arrived the Lumsden, Ewens, and Agnoria, Todd, from St. Petersburgh ; and Alchymist, Stevenson, from Wyburgh. The following vessels have arrived in the Hum ber :—Triton, Keighley ; Regardo, Heseltine ; Thomas Hodgson, Stewart ; Emerald, Tucker ; Newland, Hawkins; and Army, Spemmels, from St. Petersburgh ; Coriolanus, Todd, and Watson, Frost, from Riga ; Satisfaction, Barnett, and Per severance, Tonge, from Wyburgh. The Ariadne, Oghtsman, from Memel, has arrived off Flamborough, with loss of foremast and bowsprit. The Superb, Marshall, from Leith to London, is on shore on Yarmouth Beach, cargo discharging. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, Twatrs o'CL•cr. Extract of a letter from the Havannah of the 11th October:--" I take the opportunity of informing you, that a report is circulated here, and entitled to credit, that the Intendant has received from Spain a Royal Decree, disapproving of the duty of five dollars per barrel on Spanish flour, imposed on foreign bottoms, which he had attempted to levy on the importers. This Decree will have the effect of inducing Spanish shippers to monopolize the trade freighted to the United States and Europe. Exchange on London, 18i per cent. Accounts from Havre state, that several parts of the Baltic are frozen, and several ships stopped from proceeding to their respective destinations. The Sound is also nearly frozen up. THE FUNDS. Our arrivals this morning are very scanty, not a ship letter having come to baud, consequently we are at present destitute of information. Consols, which left off yesterday at 93i / for money, and 94i for the account, opened at 93} and 94 for the January account, and soon after declined to 93j for account, owing to some stock coming to market for the closing of Consols, which takes place to-morrow ; it may also be added that the present high price of Consols is rather tempting to some of the Bulls, who are anxious to realize and not wait a reaction of a fall of three per cent. against a rise of one per cent., which certainly would take place on the least unfavourable intelligence. Accounts from the borders of the Vistula of the 3d of November state that the movements of the Russian troops in the interior still continues, and they are marching towards the Dnieper. The army of the Pruth and the Danube receive daily rein forcements, and the active army is to be. augmented to 150,000 men. In the Foreign market little doing as yet, and most of the prices nominal. Consols are at present 94, buyers, for the account. ENGLISH FUNDS. Bank Stock, 215 16 3i per Cent. 99i 100 India Stock, 226 5 New 4. per Cent., 1031 per Cent. Cuns. 93i 9 4 per Cent. 1826 1051 Do., for Account, 941 India Bonds, 68 69 Ditto Reduced, 93i Excllequer Bills, 67 68 FOREIG Brazilian, 67 + Buenos Ayres, 26 28 Chilian, 26 28 Colombian, 20i 211 Danish, 74 French, 5 per Cent. 1081 91 Ditto, 3 per Cent. 84 i FUNDS. Greek, 29i Mexican, 23, t 4 Peruvian, lb 16 Portuguese, BO 51 Prussian, -- Russian, 1091 Spanish, lli i TWO O'CLOCK. The Consol Market, which had the appearance of a retrograde movement in the early part of the morning, has, within a short period, resumed a dif fereat feature, and advanced from 94 to 91i for the Account, and 93j to 94 for Meney. The report still continues that the Bank have it in agitation to discount at 3 per cent.; but this can not be known until Thursday next. It is supposed that several millions will be paid into the Bank this quarter, on account of the revenue. In the Foreign Market little business going for ward,and the prices are much the same as yesterday. The Norfolk Herald states that it is probable the Brandywine frigate, which is ordered for sea, is to repair with a messenger to Lisbon, to demand of Don Miguel reparation for the depredation com mitted upon American property at Terceira. Consols are now 941 and for money, 94/, with a firm market. Consols 94k. THREE O'CLOCK COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—Mr. T. P Coors made his appearance here last night in the stale melodrame, nut quocunque alio naming gaudet, of Black Eyed Susan ; he was warmly and deservedly applauded throughout his performance by a very full house. The leading character in the forthcoming story of Patrician life called " The Exclusives," is said to be Per Serene Highness the Princess of E—n—Y. Indeed, the chief personages of the novel are, as its title indicates, the very elite of society. No fewer than 140 Solicitors were sworn in before the MAsTEH of the ROLLS yesterday morning. The leather trade, which was considerably de pressed in summer, is new much revived, and a great quan tity of business is doing by the eurriers. —Scotsman. A young man who resided in Perth, a few days ago unexpectedly found , himself heir to a legacy of several hundred pounds, which, unhappily has proved to him any thing but a blessing. Since the time the money came into his possession, he has indulged to the greatest excess in rioting and drunkenness ; and yesterday morn ing he was found dead, standing upright, at the side of the pier ! It is supposed that, in a state of intoxication, during ebb tide, he had taken up his position at that spot, and being unable to make his exit when it began to flow i he had been arrested on the spot till the watg 9TerOPFe 4 and suffocated him.,,scofinacpir The following description of two females, whoa conformation was somewhat similar to that of the Siamese youths, is from " Buffon's Natural History :" " On the 26th October, 1701, at Tzoni, in Hungary, two female children were born, which were nnitecl toge ther at the lolns. They lived to the age of 21 years. At seven years of age they were carried into Holland, England, 'ltaly, Reissia, and almost into every country in Europe. 4t the age of nine they were purchased by a pious clergyman, in order to place them in a convent" at Petersburgh, where they remained till the 25th of February, 1723, when they died. One of these twins was named :Tzt,F,N. and the other JUDITH. HELEN grew tall, and was straight. ,Inpreti was less, and a little creoked. As they were united at the loins, they c?ulel only see oile another by turning their heads. They in general agreed well to gether, and loved each other affectionately. At six years of age JUDITH was affected with the palsy on the left side i and though afterwards she appeared qrei, el l e al ways retained 4 v toug impresviop o r that malady, and her mind was always heavy and weak. HELEN, on the con trary, was handsome and gay. She had a good under standing, and some wit. They had tie moasles and the small-pox at the same time ; but they had other maladies or indispoaitiona separately ; for JuniTit was subject to a cough and a fever; HELEN, on the contrary, enjoyed good health. Wheu they were nearly twenty-one years of age, J upruf togli a fever, fell into a lethargy, and died; the unfortunate Mari was obliged to follow her lot. Three minutes before the death of JUDITH she fell into an agony, an d died almost at the same moment." LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. YEMBLE V. xsAN. The Court was crowded at the sitting of his Hosiotirtil, theatrical amateurs and performers, anxious to h ear the motion for the dissolution of the injunction, restrainieg Mr. Kean from performing at Drury-lane Theatre. 0 i Mr. KNIGHT stated that with the kind permi ssion the Court he was to move, on behalf of the de fendant, Air. Kean, for the dissolution of the injunction granted eil Saturday by the Lord Chancellor. The injunction re' strained Mr. Kean from performing in London , until hei should have performed ten nights at the Theatre-Rqs Covent-garden, in the season 1830, 1831. The ilai° nr.. Con was obtained ex-parte from the Lord Ch3r cellor on Saturday evening, Mr. Kean having been , ao ' nounced to perform at Drury-lane Theatre on Monu°P The Lord Chancellor;at the time ofgranting the order, gl, r t directions that in case of his absence, application Wg:, be made by those interested on the part of Mr. Kau°, „I bis Honour, for the purpose of dissolving the injulle t ' e l, Your Honour was so good as to give us leave CO aPPI yesterday; but it was found impossible, on our part, to d ° justice to Mr. Kean on that day. The bill, Sir, ls e u r , ported on the affidavits of Messrs. Kemble and Bartley, , self f o asntdateileths Messrs. .i nl WillettB2B , D a i n r d . Kemble, Forbes: on th e part of hi : proposed enter t, into an engagement with Mr. Kean, to act at COO' garden Theatre. The substance of the agreement ive4 that Mr. Kemble proposed to Mr. Kean for tvrenty.four nights' performance, 50/. for each night—the engAge ll ' e a „ nt to commence on the let of October, and to conclude p ',Jou! to next Christmas—Mr. Kean to give the re fer ence to Covent-garden, and not to perform in an y other theatre in London during his engagement wit h Coven garden. Mr. Kean accepted the proposal , at the foot 0 which was written—" I accept the proposal , " si g ned ° bY Mr. Kean. In pursuance of this agreement , Mr. I(e3 acted for several nights, but in consequence of th e theatre being closed from an accident that occurred to the P e i Mr. Kean performed only sixteen nightsinstead of tw enty" four. Mr. Kemble then proposed to Mr. Kean, th ' t that agreement should be determined, and a nother agreement entered into, to the extent of twelve n ights was se the verbal extension 2 . T only.o and this i‘N.,la r,: i proposition atKioena n o performed etrhf oe r A mo l r re . di g instead of eight which would remain incomplete out January, 1829, for which he was paid 501. i n al He ag a r l e s e o m p e: Th e per formed on the Bth, and was paid the like sum. formance of Mr. Kean was also announced for the 12th , but in consequence of ill health he was incapable of Ile' ing. A few nights afterwards a Mr. Phillips called of c c 6 e t d h ed o . f Mr. Kemble, and stated that Mr. Kean was desirous ° suspending his performance for a short time, in orde r t ; recruit his health and make himself proficient in other Parts of importance. A letter was then written to Mr. Kean, state the readiness of the proprietors of Covent-garden to acc'r to his request ; and also stating,: that, if agreeable to l' r i Kean n th a e Kean, the twelve nights agreed upon might be e xtead e b to 24. Mr. Kean accepted these terms , and wrote letter, acknowledging the friendliness of M r. Ken', le t : and containing also expressions of kindne ss ; but wh'' concluded without adverting to the principal c ircu o , i stance. But there was a postscript to this effect :•-•- Li accept the proposal—l had nearly forgot all this." 1 e 1 1 l this, observed the Learned Counsel , is the delibern o concluded agreement, which a Court of E q uit y is called ° specifically to perform. No date was affixe d to the letter, but Mr. Phillips called on Mr. Kemble, stating that Al e ' Kean gave him authority to put a date. In consenue,°„ of this Mr. Kean ceased to perform at Covent-garuebT' and retired to Bute ; by which retirement Mr. he r° In alleged great lose had been sustained by the theatre• co, consequence of the embarrassed state of the a ffairs oy ,- vent-garden an appeal was made to the public, and.;:oly ral actors of eminence offered their services g i t ° o ff e red ` ll to the theatre, and among others Mr. Kean, sy n sart to perform three nights for so laudable a the 22d of November a gentleman called on M po p r o . se• . son, stating that Mr. Kean was arrived in L R:nbcie°Cl' and] would be happy to see some of the; p ro ' prietors of Covent-garden Theatre. The genders° observing at the same time that the Drury-lane were already about Mr. Kean. (Laughter.) An iuterYi s° took place between Mr. Kean and Mr. Bartley, but 0() ; thing was finally arranged on at that time. Mr. 1 1 " afterwards wrote a letter, stating his wish to fulfil hi' 10 ° ' mist of performing three nights:gratuitously—that his 2r . gagements were pouring in upon him—and asking Ir it tl Kemble what he thought of the performance taking phic e i f t , the next Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, to whi ch ,j ,- h e ter Mr. Bartley sent an answer (which appeared in ' Sun of yesterday.) „ a rea The application for the injunction was further surd 13. by an affidavit made by Mr. Bartley, i n whi ch r ß e r ing states that he received a letter front Mr. Kea n ' ibst to act three nights gratuitously at Covent-gardd a ' , su - letter contained the notice that Mr. Keancould o °' e but stating cify the time for such gratuitous performance, e Mr. that due notice would be given to Mr. Bartley 0. 3 Kean's arrival in London. Upon these affidavits, 5ir,....,1 was that the present plaintiffs obtained this injunction _ an injunction, I believe, the first of its glass--namely, °...: injunction to restrain a particular actor from acting. o ', has heard, Sir, of injunctions granted to restrain partilly lar performances at a theatre as connected with the ili„ jest of copyright, but I have never heard 0' greater experience of my friend may enable him perhill to supply an instance), I am not aware of ° ?!., r in which the Court has restrained any particular Ac''', from performing—a matter which it is obvious at the 6 1, sight is capable of compensation in damages. If the Cou,e has any jurisdiction over the members at the head of C o t b e theatrical profession, it has equally a jurisdiction overt h ° d , who are at the foot of it ; and this Court would be 0 11 0 - , the subject of ex-parte applications in every quibble betsvee_. a manager and a performer in every theatre moveable. 7 fellou l immoveable, from one end of the kingdom to the ot' )r o : whether upon the Thespian principle or the more iseA In, ciple by which the theatres of the present day are establisheo If such was the jurisdiction of the Court, it was an ei t ' e A of jurisdiction which it was alarming to look WV' o f jurisdiction like this must be founded on the doctrioe, ,i specific performance. If the Court sustain thi s injurletlocer it must proceed upon the principle that it has the l' ° ,, g 0 to compel Mr. Kean to act Richard the Third , and t-ais through it with that power of exertion which belongs re it talents, and if Mr. Kean, upon such an occasion, ineboae talents w i h tt i ow ch base h pt e heer p f o jou s r se dnag s ee s i ed , walked through the part, or omitted to exercise,t ot a: n nd s t u heimustsuch aCrnoe:faerntr:ietra and i t t : bei : u: ;: l; :ee- - ::: p w er h f e o t r h m e e r d, it or wa w s haethboernait.fidweapsertafoer:oeliis t i t 0 only,tohavewhetheras ew l e 3 e ru e t a n i a lusion.—(Much laughter.)—Suppose Covent-gar t - 5 0 continue prosperous, independent or dependen 00 the public ;—suppose it to continue prosner °lll ,: "s dor account of a brilliant accident ;—suppose bill such circumstance, Mr. Kean had filed S „ r $ against Messrs. Kemble, Willett, and Forbes, for specific performance of this agreement , compellinC 'ept to engage him for a certain number of nig hts at 4Y3rtioto garden, would not the Court, I ask, on such an a pp It ass have said—" You have your remedy at law'" L o th been frequently urged, as between vendor an d norc. att that the vendor accordingly wanting his mon e y , the :sits' could not act upon his bill. The present case asoa ceptible on each side of damages, and a court of la'" that M only, was the proper remedy to resort tos mod e° Mr. Kean, in his affidavit, in Q pp os itinb to tlis -,,,, 0 stated that no authority was given to 11Ir. Ph il " 6 o bi i to make any proposal to Mr. Kemble with reference oar performing for the season, 1830 and 1831 ' • but an 14 1 , 1 i of 1 rity was given to make the proposal as to the recruithijuie his health, and returning into the country. Airj4 ° , was no longet on terms of friendship with Mr. ri , :' e ptli had never made an affidavit against Lim • i sorry, el t )l r t for: sorry was he that such testimony had been hr °4 00 9 ' 1 • ward. Mr. Kean bad been Advised that his sg r i e 0 0 was not binding upon him. The Learned Cou° se f Ai r • at considerable length through the affidavits °i t 01' Cooper, Mr. Reeve, and aeveral others, by which,-.„yeot' peared, that though they had engagemen ts with t''', be' garden, yet in consequence of its embarrassmentsttoel left it, and gone to other houses ; hut no step s bad beeliostcl by Covent-garden with respect to them A rn uci , 2 0 b case was sufficient to neutralise the powe r of a Coati la Equity. In a case where ample compensatioo c oil. f 5 made in damages, the Court would hot interferCt,i,.i it any thing you know to the contrary, the effect 4 ,10 i 0 junction may be to take away tho 4144 t l rc4 n r i, 1 100 party ; because, for the la•a a p oaea o f my argOrtl e- 3,11 i Iconsider Mr. Ksa, rs eta a man w h o se bread, trout ,•b dab iiepeuds upon his performat; o o. If ' er ti f - ° l ' ° it agreement as this was to be specifically P f f e tch bills would be continually filed for the purpose of back performers from provincial theatres, the ' ll d le'" i which would be deprived of their Stars, . be oe " f 0 a cloudy night.—(reat laughter.) u n der i; e C e , j cumstances, the Learned Counsel t ru sted t diss ol y would be of opinion the injunction oug ht to be 0 Mr. WRIGHT followed on the same side. wold s i • ti Mr. PEPYS appeared for Messrs. K e mble , _ ar s 0 v fi Forbes, contending that Mr. Kean was well g' o ib: 0 11 _0) ..e i contents of the agreement, and that it was ....A i ., P o i 0 i him to misunderstand it. The conduct of ; d i , ' had been honourable throughout, and the insole