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I suppose—pray did you examine his bodily health? The witness—l did not. Mr. BRODNRICK—What ! do you prescribe for your patient without examining into his state of bodily health ? The witness—Dr. Cobb prescribed for him, and by my sanction put my name to his prescription. Mr. BRODERICK—DO you put your name to a ma i certificate at the request of a friend, without examining the party whom it is to deprive of lil,erty ? The witness—That's quite another mat ter. Ido not. When I was at Crouch-hill I did not know that Mr. Davies had been taken away from Furnival's Inn Coffee-house by force. I did not see the keepers who were with him at that place. If a sane man had been so treated by his mother, I should consider it to be an adequate cause for his dissatisfaction with her. Mr. WRlGHT—Supposing Mr. Davies to be worth at the outside only 13,0001., and to owe 13,0001., and to have only 8001.; or if you like only twice as much at his bankers, and to lay out 7,0001. - on the purchase of a villa, do you not consider that to be an an act of insanity ? The witness-1 do. Mr. BROUGHAM—You do ! Imprudence it may be, but surely not insanity. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER—This is mere as sumption, Mr. Wright, we have no evidence before us as to Mr. Davies' property. Mr. WRIGHT—His banker's books have been put in, and they prove that he had not more than 8001. at his banker's. • Mr. BRODERICK—That merely shows what was his balance at his bankers. These assumptions are unfair, in a case where the mother is striving to make her son a lunatic. - Mr. WRIGHT—I say you slander the mother, if you say that she is striving to make her son a lunatic. She is in fear of her life from him ; and 1 know from personal converse with her that she is not striving, as you . say, to make her son a lunatic. The confusion, uproar, and vehemence, became extreme ; and it was long before order could be restored, A Juryman—Did you not consider Mr. Davies much better on. the Sth December; or, if you did . , not, why did you. try to reason with him and per suade him that he had been insane ? Witness—Oh yes, I did consider him better. To questions by the CovrtT—He was much bet ter. I tried to persuade him that he had been in sane; he answered that he could not bear the im putation of madness; I then persuaded him that in sanity must not be taken in its common tease, that it meant only an unsoundness of mind; he then ac knowledged himself to have been so far insane as to have committed some acts previous to the 6th of ' August which in his present state of mind he would not repeat; on the next Tuesday he positively re fused to acknowledge any unsoundness of mind at all. At a quarter to six the Court adjourned to this day (Saturday), at eleven o'clock. The alleged lunatic was in attendance in a private room in Gray's-inn Coffee-house during . the day. On an application made to .the Commissioners by Mr. nobler, Dr. Mackinnon was sent for Mr. Davies. He was left in that gentleman's care only; and on a keeper's trying to interfere, and be in the room with him, an application was made to the Court for its interference. Dr. Burro NS then went and had the room cleared of his keeper; and thus Dr. Mackinnon and Mr. Davies were left alone together. NEW LONDON BRIDGE APPROACHES (in Thursday a Special Session was held at the Town Hall, before Mr. Serjeant Arabin and a Spe cial Jury, to determine the compensation which should be given to several claimants in consequence of their loss of premises, taken down to form the approaches to the New Bridge. The first claim investigated was that of Mr. Div/h.:54m0, for his freehold interest in Nos. 9 and 14, High-street, and 11, White Horse-court. The Jury gave a verdict, assessing the compensa tion at 5,500/., the sum offered by the Committee. The next claim was that of Mr. 1 ipping for the loss of the business which he carried on as a cheese monger, at No. 14. He claimed for his business three years' purchase. During the three years, which ended on the 31st of July, 1829, the goods purchased at his shop, he said, were to the value of 64,2921. 17s. 4d., producing a gross profit of 10 per cent., or a total net profit of 4,9291. ss. Sid., being an annual profit of 1,6431. Is. 104 d. The lease he charged at 5001., and the total of his final claim, including loss of furniture, by removal, &c., was 5,9451. 11s. Eitd. This claim had been _some what reduced, and Mr. DENMAN was stating the case for the Cor poration, and was mentioning that some facts had come to their knowledge, from which it would ap pear that Mr. Tipping had the good fortune to be ill possession of another house in the Borough, which was ready for the reception of his customers, when the Lesraed Gentleman was interrupted by one of the claimant's party. After a few moments the Learned Gentleman expressed his pleasure at rei;eving the Jury from further trouble, as a verdict would be taken, by consent, which verdict was for the total sum of 1,800/., being for the good-will 1,3191.; fuse 3901.; fixtures 961. 94. In the beginning of last month it was observed (we were informed, to account for the mysterious stoppage of the cause), that a shop at the left-hand side of the High-street, at the corner of the passage /eading to the Three Tuns tavern, was fitted up with the greatest secrecy. The n, workmen em ployed were remarkably taciturn, and would answer am questions; the windows were lime-washed, so that no passengers could see what was going for who! within. The work was carried on at night as wail as by day. At length persons who watched the premises observed butter firkins carried in, together with packages which contained something like hams. Kinsey, the officer, who watched the pre mises, at length saw a scale and beams carried in, with the initials "W. T." marked upon them. A person was seen to go from this shop (No. ES) to Tippin's. By judicious pumping it was ascer tained from two witnesses who were subpcetiaed, that this shop was for Mr. Tipping, who, it was rumnured, intended to sell the good-will of, his businesss to Mr. Woods, a eheesemonger, in Kings land-road. It was believed that the intimation of the unexpected line of defence produced an immes diate acceptance of the sum which the Committee hAd determined to give as compensation. The other claim heard was that of Mr. Pocock, the shoemaker, who carried on the trade of a shoe. maker at No. 290, 111gb-street, who claimed 2,0331. 3s. 6d. He refused to refer the case to ar bitration, and the Committee therefore only made him a nominal offer, to bring the case before a Jury. Mr. PLATT now, on behalf of the claimant, called witnesses, who deposed to e profits being about the amount represented; an th d the Learned Counsel, in a very able speech, did all that Counsel could do for the case. The Jury returned a verdict, assessing the comiensation due to the claimant at 257/. We tu:derstand that the receipts of Covent- Gartieu Theatre, on Friday night, amounted to 6901., which was probably 5001. more than there would have been in the Theatre on an ordinary stock night. This is a conclusive proof of the attraction of Miss KENIBLE ; and as the receipts after Christmas are always greater than be fore it, the success of the concern few the present season may be considered certain. The proprietors would now do well to take the affair out of Chancery, and come to mime friendly arratigenuent. Mr. KgmßLx, we are glad tp find, waiving all personal considerations, is ready and anxious to fall into a plan of t his sort, Why do not the others show equal good sense and good feeling ? 'Fitz MINE.—By the fall of a large quantity of earth yesterday, another piece of the mine discovered last year, in excavating at the Castle-bill, was la id o p en. It is 4 feet high by 3 feet_ wide, and can be penetrated for 12 or 14 yards. The sides bear evident marks of having been smoothed with great care, and the obstruction is reused by the falling of a quantity of earth. From the di it appears that this mine either does or was intended )o ter iaLiaate under the balf-moon battery.—Scotsman. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICKS OF sroczs THIS 813 k Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 93W04 3 per Cent Cons....— shut 3 1 4 per Cent Ditto Red. -99Ygiii t per Cent. Ann Ditto, 1826: 105% Ditto Scrip — Rank 1.. Ann. 19% Ditto 30 years - l9 q 3-16 India Stock shut Ditto Bonds 67 68 put. South Sea Stock shut 1 Old Annuities New Ditto shut Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. '73 '74 pm. Ditto lid. '72 73 pm. 2d. 73 74 pm. Ind. 72 '73 pm. Ditto small 2d. '73 '74 pro. Ditto led. '72 73 pm. Bank for Account -- India for Account -- Cons. for January ...94%%% - • - PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds 67 F , .Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds Portuguese Bonds — Chilian Bonds — Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New — Ditto, 1824 22 314 I,i Russian Danish — Spanish. 1821 10,N Greek Bonds — -- 1823 — Ditto, 1825 — French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. Guatimala — ----- Exchange —f.!---. Mexican Bonds — -- 3 per cent ...... —t- —c. Ditto, 1825 — Exchange —f. . PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at Si. pm.) £lOO 40 39% 41 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O 92 97 95 100 95 94 Ditto National lO 191.1 20 19 20 191 Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £35 8% Hibernian Mining Co. , £9 3 3 4 Mexican Mining Co £3s 13 United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21 . pm.) £ 39 % 19 IS Alliance Marine Insurance Comp % Guardian Assurance Co lO 5 26N PRICES OF IRISH STOC Bank Stock Consolg, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 334 per cent 9874 Ditto, New 4 per Cent. 10134 Gov: Deb. 334 percent - Royal Canal Stott 453. Grand Canal Stock -- City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c - COCAS/ OF EXCHA Amsterdam C.F 12 61 Ditto, at sight 12 4 Rotterdam. 2U• 12 61 Antwerp ............ l2 f}f Hamburg M. 11.13 14 Altona '• ,• ' 11 14 1 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75 Ditto 2 U. 25 95 Bordeaux 26 0 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 1531 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective fl. 2 M. 10 11 Trieste do 10 12 Madrid 3SY, Cadiz 36 Bilboa 36 Barcelona 35% Seville 35% Gibraltar MA Arrived. Due. O America 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres . 0 O Carthagena 0 1 Dublin 0 O Flanders 0 O France 0 O G uernsey &J ersey 0 .ES, DUBLIN, DEC. .15. St. Patrick lnsur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto — National Ditto — Patriotic Ditto — Hibernian Bank ....... Provincial Ditto — Royal Irish Mine — Imperial Mine — Mining Co. of Ireland — Commercial Buildings — Arrived. Due. O Hamburg O Holland ......... C Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands 0 O Lisbon O Mexico 0 Sweden I Waterford 0 HOE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 4714 Genoa 25 90 Venice 47!4 Malta 43 Naples . 39 Y 4 Paleimo per oz. 119 Lisbon Oporto 43 Rio Janeiro Bahia 26% Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork l%, BULLION, PER OZ. X. M. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 91 Silver, bars, standard 0 4 111 HIGH WATER ♦T LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 2 minutes after 9 I Evening ...SI minutes after 9. THE COURT JOURNAL of this day, No. XXXIV., contains, among other interesting Papers—Town Pleasures—London in the Eighteenth Cen tury, and London in the Nineteenth Century—Lord By ron's Letters to his Wife—Epistles of Ton—Light Con versations, No. ll.—London Letters—White's in December —Sporting in London—Motion against " Beauties"— George and Blue Bore—Maxse, the Married Man —A Clergyman at the Opera—Memoirs of Louis the Eigh teenth's Court—The Duke of Wellington and the Coun tess de 8.---ls—Court Etiquette—Letter of Louis the Eighteenth to - a Lady—Portrait of a French Prince— Curran's Rencontre with Napoleon—Secret of the Diorama —The Gallopade—A Spanish Inn—Goodrich Court— and all the Political, Literary, and Fashionable intelli gence of the Week. This New Weekly Journal of Fashion is publishe.l every Saturday Morning, for Henry Colburti, by W. Thomas, at the Office, 19, Catherine-street, Strand, and is supplied by all Booksellers and Newsvenders, price 10d., stamped, and sent free of postage. „4.4. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1829. Despatches were received at the Colonial Office this morning from Lieut.-General Sir C. COLVILLE, Governor of the Mauritius. These despatches are dated the 4th Sept. The following are extracts from Frankfort and other papers : GOTHA, DEC. 7, The opening of our Diet, the first since the union of the territory of Gotha with that of Coburg, took place yesterday. The nsembers of the estates first attended his Serene Highness the Duke to the Court chapel, where Dr. Bretschneider delivered a suitable discourse, after which the estates assembled in the grand hall of the Ducal Palace, where the Dnke being seated on the throne, M. de Carlowitz opened the Session with a speech, in which he gave a state ment of the measures that had been adopted by the Duke since the union of the two duchies. His High ness, be said, had done his utmost to carry into effect the assurance he had given that his new subjects* should enjoy the same protection and paternal care that were the bases of the happiness of his old sub jects. After acquainting himself with the state of the country in every respect, his Highness has taken, in all branches of the administration, the measures that were most called for. Commercial conventions have been concluded with the neighbouring States; new roads have been made, and the principal ob stacles to the improvement of manufactures in the interior have been removed by judicious regulations. his Highness has devoted the most serious regard to the situation of the distressed part of the com munity; the greater part of the disbursements of the Crown are designed to afford profitable employment; persons of all classes have constantly hal free access to his Highness; no well founded complaint had been overlooked ; and no petition of an unfortunate persorihaS been left unconsidered. Accordingly his Highness, now that he appears for the first time in the estates of the Duchy of Gotha, has the satisfac tion of knowing that the greater part of his subjects look upon him as a prince who is really the father 0' his people. FRANKFORT, DEC. On the 2d inst. died at Vienna, at the age of 78 years, his Excellency Baron Von Sturmer, who had served the Imperial House of Austria, chiefly in the diplomatic line, for above 50 years. BUCHAREST, NOV. 20. As soon as the Pdcha of Ghiurgevo had given up the place to the Russians, the corps of General Kisseleff, that was at Gabrova and before Sophia, began its movement to repass the Danube. Gen. Kisseleff was to cross it yesterday at Sistowa ' and the right wing under Gen. Gei smar at Rachova. The 3d corps which was before Shumla, is already in motion, and its van-guard has crossed the Danube at Kullarasch. The 2d corps under Gen. Pithier', coming from Adrianople, has already passed the Balkan, and will cross the Danube at Satounow. The head-quarters of Count Diebitset are moved to Selimno. • 'The reader will remember that, en the death of the late Duke of Saxe Gotha and Altenburg, thtt branch of the Saxon houses became extinct, in consequence of which the duchy of Saxe Gotha and the prix cipality of Alten burg were divided among the Dukes of Saxe Coburg, Saxe Aleiningen, and Saxe Hildburg,hausen, Gotha was assigned to the Dukes of Coburg. Our Paris Correspondent says, " As a sequel to my communication of yesterday, on the sub ject of the proceedings of the Government of the Netherlands, you will see that a project of a new law has appeared for the purpose of re• straining the liberty of the Press, accompanied by a Royal Message of rather an extraordinary , character. The project is introduced by a de- claration that the existing law, so far from an- svvering its object, has been followed by serious abuses, and has given _birth to outrage and alarm, distrust and disunion. At the first sight of the proposed enactment, particularly the second and third articles, which profess to point out the nature of the offences against which it is proposed to provide, it is impossible to avoid the observation that every thing declared to be offensive is left so extremely vague and indefinite, as to be capable of being applied to every pos- sible shade of opinion, without any of those characters of clearness, distinctness, and preci. sion, so necessary in the promulgation of a new law of libel. " Allow me to dip once more into the lately published work of M. DE CITABROL, for the purpose of exhibiting some particulars which may perhaps be advantageously compared with corresponding facts in London. I allude to the establishment which has existed in Paris since the year 1777, called the Mont de Piete, which is nothing else, in fact, but one immense paWn broking establishment, with innumerable ramifi cations throughout the capital, placed under the jurisdiction. of the municipal authorie.es, and producing, as appears from the tables of M. 74 CHABROL, very considerable revenues, part of which are said to be applied to benevolent and' charitable purposes, while of the remainder no satisfactory account is given. By the law of its institution, the borrower was entitled to, receive two-thirds of the estimated value of the property left in pledge ; but the rule now practically adopted by the officers of the establishment, is to advance only a fourth part of the estimated value, which has given rise to a professiOn in Paris, in some degree analogous to that of the common pawnbroker in England, with this dis advantage to the miserable individuals who are obliged to have recourse to such means for sup plying their immediate wants, that they are com pelled to go first to the Mont de Piete, in virtue of the monopoly created in favour of that esta blishment, and then, to increase the pittance thus acquired, they resort to these unlicensed and unrestricted usurers, who either make some further advance on the security of the cer tificate, or redeem and purchase the property ; in either case, of course, at an enormous disadvan tage to the parties who are reduced to such means for relieving their temporary wants. " It appears that in the year 1826, the last referred to in the tables, there were 1,200,104 pledges deposited at the Mont de Piete, on which there was advanced 24,521,1.57 francs. During the same period the number of articles redeemed amounted to 1,124,221, and the money advanced on them to 21,569,457 francs. There remained, therefore, in the bureaux of the Mont de Piete 75,883 pledges, on which had been advanced 2,951,720 francs. If there were any means of instituting a comparison be tween these figures and the sums advanced by the pawnbrokers of London, some interesting facts might be disclosed. The rate of interest exacted by the Mont de Piete is at the rate of twelve per cent. per annum ; what it is in Eng land I have not access to know, but here it is surely exorbitant, considering the small fraction of value advanced, and the disadvantages to which the poor are subjected by the cruel mono poly under which the establishment exists.— Even if the whole profits were applicable to charitable purposes, what object could be more benevolent, or more useful, than that of dimi nishing the usurious rate of interest exacted, en larging the proportion of value advanced, so as to destroy the trade of those harpies who thrive on the miseries of the poor, or at least lengthen ing the terms of proscription, after the lapse of which the impignorated property is liable to be sold for the purpose of realizing the pecu niary advance which has been made upon it? Those landed proprietors who attended the Meeting lately held in London, to petition for a reduction of the Malt and Beer Duties, proved that they well understood their own interest, by representing an actual and tangible grievance which diminishes the sale of their barley. We are glad to see influential land•owners;.like the Duke Of BEDFORD, Lord TEYNIIIM, and Colonel SIBTDORPE, disregarding the idle clamour against Free Trade, and the abolition of the Small Notes, and pressing for relief in a case whete it mi g ht be afforded them with as bene ficial effect as it would likewise have upon the comforts and morals of the people, and, we think, also upon the Revenue. Upon all the discussions on the Corn Laws it has been perpetually insisted that the Assessed Taxes and Poor Rates were burthens upon agriculture, which entitled it to particular pro. tection. Nevertheless their pressure cannot be at all put in competition with that of the Malt and Beer Duties. For firstly, the amount of the Assessed Taxes is but 24 millions a year, of which not more than a million and a half can fall upon the agriculturists ; and, secondly, the pro portion of the Poor Rates (amounting by the last return to 7,715,0551.) levied upon land is not more than five millions, from which a large deduction should be made for the value of the labour paid, by a mischievous abuse, out of this fund. Now, the produce of the Malt Duty at 20s. Bd. per quarter amounted, in 1828, to 3,241,6101., and the Beer Duty, at the various ► rates of 9s. 10d. per barrel for strong, Is. 1 for Intenne4ioe, and is. nia. for the filthy wash called table beer, amounted to 3,204,3891.; so that a tax of about 61 millions per annum is levied Upon one single article of agricultural produce. The result has been that the con- Lsurription has been stationary fur the last forty years, and that relatively to the population, it has considerably diminished. In 1787 the number of quarters of Malt that paid duty at 10s. 6d. per quarter was 3,409,104, and in 1828, at 20s. Bd., 3,187,042. Compared to the popula tion the consumption of 1802 and 1803, has been calculated at three bushels and 21 pints per head ; whereas, in 1828, it was less than two bushels for each individual. The present lore prices of corn and cattle, and the depression under which agriculture cannot be denied to labour, as evidenced by the reduc tions in rents that we hear of in all parts of the country, are circumstances which would make the lowering of the Malt Duty to 10s. 6d. per quarter (the rate levied during the fifteen years preceding 1802, the prices of commodities at which period would appear from the average prices of Wheat to have been much the same as at present) an. acceptable and reasonable boon to the landed interest. We. feel confident that, in the consideration which we know has been of late given by Government to this subject, it can not have been overlooked, that the reduction of the Wine Duties by one-half was followed by so immediate and great an increase in the consumption, that the receipts were considerably augmented ; and that a similar reduction in the Duties on British Spirits has unhappily made them almost the sole beverage of the lower orders, a state of things which is viewed with horror and alarm by all good men, as the fatal engine that is rapidly undermining the health, the industry, and the morality of the people of England. To rescue the common people from those dangerous shops where crime and misery arc re tailed in the shape of gin, is so paramount a duty, as should make the question of Revenue a very subordinate consideration. We cannot however believe the Revenue would suffer by a measure like that we have alluded to ; it is equally recommended by good policy and good principles, and would do more for the preven tion of crime than all the police, prisons, and penitentiaries, in the kingdom. It would cheer the desponding agriculturists . ; it would go far to restore order and sobriety to the working people. THE'FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) 'CITY, TWELTE O'CLOCK. The Calcutta Price Current has been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, of the 26th of June, and Mauritius Papers to the 30th of August. (From the Calcutta Price Current.) COTTON.—Our market continues without animation, and the transactions almost confined to native dealers: EEETHA NT TEETH scarce and in demand. INniao.—The JefilOre planters are now at full work, manufacturing the October Plant, and the prospect in that quarter is favourable, but much depends on the rise of the river. Accounts from Terhout are not quite so good as formerly, owing to want of rain and great heat. 0 PIU 34. —No sales were reported since our last, quo tations nominal. SALTPETRE—Continues in fair inquiry, and prices firm. CHINA Goons.—The stock is now reducing fast, prices improving. &TROPIC/04 Goons.—Our market has been without ani mation. though the past week, sales to a limited extent were effected in Mull Twist. Freights to London still rate at 3 to 5-10 per ton. The Calcutta Paper of the 20th June, although not of so recent a date as last received, states the following " We are glad to see the subject of Indigo affairs attract the attention it is now doing, and congratulate our friends the Planters on the prospect of many of the evils of which they had to complain being obviated." The Mauritius Papers to the 30th August contradict, by authority, the statement copied from a French Paper, that the Greek ship Hellas had been fitted out at the Isle of France, to cruise against the Turks in the Red Sea. She was only permitted to leave the above pert as a merchant man, but afterwards information was received that after she left the Mauritius, she adopted measures to increase her crew, which gave suspicion as to her destination, and no time was lost to communicate with the Bombay Go vernment on the subject. THE FUNDS. The Funds are again in a stagnant state this morning, or is it supposed that any speculation of importance will be transacted until atter - the Holithys. Consols, which left off yesterday at 941 I for the accgunt, opened at the same price this morning, and the market is quite idle at present. Information has been received from Vienna of the 10th of December, that the Funds here improving there. Bank Shares from 1,226 to 1,239 ; Five per Cents, 1021 10-2 0-16 ; Four per Cents., 911 92 ; Discount at 3 per cent. We have no arrivals of consequence—not even a single ship-letter has come to hand—consequently political in formation is scarce In the Foreign Market there is still a great stir in shares. Brazil Imperial Mningi shares continue to im prove, and have been done at 75 pin. It is said that this Mine produced in one day 1301 b. of gold. In Foreign Securities little doing as ENGLISH FUNDS. Bank Stock, 216 17 3} per Cent. 991 India Stock, New 4 per Cent., shut 3 per Cent. Cons. shut 4 per Cent. 1926 1051 1 Do., for Account, 94 India Bonds, 67 69 Ditto Reduced, 931 Exchequer Bills, '73 74 TWO O'CLOCK. The Comfit Market, which was in the early part of the morning stationary at 91•* for the Account, has since improved to 944, buyers, at which price they continue at present, with little business doing. Nothing further has transpired in regard to any new financial measures to be adopted by the Bank. Accounts were received from Rio Janeiro of the 10th of October ; we do not hear of any political information by the above, but it is said that the Funds have gut up there from 64 to 68. There still continues a bustle in the Foreign Market in the Imperial Brazil Mining Shares. TIIREIB 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for Account, 941 FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols Danish 741 Do. for Ac. 948 Greek, 1825 271 Brazilian Bonds 688 Mexican, 1825 251 Buenos Ayres Peruvian 17 Cbilian Do. Russian Columbian, 1824, 238 Spanish 104 THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—Letters from a ve ry high quarter, received in town yesterday, mention that " Lord JERSXY will be the next, and the last, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland."—Dublin Morning Register. At a meeting of the Police Commissioners of Sheffield, held a few days bince, it was resolved, " That a circular he Sent to the proprietors of every steam-engine in the town; expressing the determination of the Commis sioners to prosecute all tho4e who do not consume their own smoke after the sth of January, 1b30." COMMISSTON OF'LUNACY. (SIXTH DAY.) The examination of witnesses in favour of the Commis sion was resumed this morning at eleven o'clock. Dr. Edward Itolnas sworn, examined by 'Mr. Witiotrr—Was senior physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Visited Mr. Davies in the 14th of September last, at the request of Dr. Spurgin ; had not before that period seen the affidavits filed on ahe Court; Dr. Spurgin and witness went together to Mr. Davies ; a messenger was sent to him; ten minutes pasted before he arrived; Dr. Spurgin introduced witness to Mr. Davies, who received him courteously; he almost immediately introduced his complaints against the keepers, he . said they had used him very ill, they were perpetually imputing to him inclinations to bad propensities, his conversations were very hurried ; he said one night when he was in bed oneof the keepers Came into the room, saying he must come to bed to him. Headmitted afterwards that the keeper was to sleep in another bed in the same room. Dr. Spurgin and another gentleman was with witness during Isis interview with Mr. Davies. A pretty little girl, aged four years old, he said, was sent into Isis room, with words put into her mouth, to give him offence. The keepers, when they let out some of his family friends, jeered and spoke insultingly of them to him, say ing, that's not uncle Joseph, but uncle Turtle. Twice during the conversation Mr. Davies most unconnectedly used the word chicken. Witness made memorandums of this conversation immediately on his return home. Said in a very unconnected way there was a brazier or tailor on the stairs making a noise. Mr. Davies's manner was very earnest, and his:voice often reduced to an anxious whisper. When witness was about to leave him, he stooped down to his side pocket, and pulled out some papers. Dr. Spurgin spoke kindly to him ; witness said .to him I did not know what was coming Mr. Davies, I thought it might be a pistol. Witness said he believed something had been said about a pistol in your case Mr. Davies ; oh, said Mr. Davies, that was only a toy, treated it,very lightly, and measuring with his Angers, said it was no longee that this. From what witness observed at that period, this day five weeks, he was satisfied professionally that Mr. Davies was of unsound mind. By Mr. Arnraus—The care of insane patients had come a good deal under witness's consideration. Knew nothing of the keepers at the Retreat. It was difficult to answer the question whether keepers generally were gen tlemen, or persons of low condition. Did not know whe ther the things spoken by Mr. Davies were false or true, but witness believed that no person in his senses, whether true or false, would speak as Mr. Davies'did. Witness did not know that one of the charges against Mr. Davies was paying a tremendous price for fowls. Whether it was true or false that the pretty little child had done as repre sented, witness did not know. By the Costsitssionsess—Was in the room with Mr. Davies about three quarters of an hour. Witness be lieved Mr. Davies to be quite incompetent to managing his own affairs. By a Juryman—Mr. Davies, in bodily health, looked very well. Dr. Thomas Blundell, examined by Mr. Witten's , — Is physician to the London Dispensary ; had known Mr. Davies since the 14th of February, 1828. Had seen him this year many times; there was a very visible alteration in his mind, which witness observed on his first visit to Mr. Davies at Crouch-bill, on the sth of August, 1829. This was not the first time witness observed some " dawn ings of mental aberrations. Witness had been in the cus tom of attending him as physician before February in the present year. In February last Mr. Davies complainel to witness of pain in his throat, and expressed his anxiety to have it examined, assuring witness he would find some formidable disease. On examination witness could dis cover no disease ; there was a slight relaxation of the uvulae, which was a common occurrence. Having quieted his mind with regard to this supposed disease, Mr. Davies directed witness's attention to a muscular swelling, which he said he had on his breast, shoulder, or arm. 'Witness searched fur this swelling, desired Mr. Davies to take offhis coat and upper garments, but no discovery was made of the slightest swelling. This quieted him for some time. He al o complained of an affection in his sight, saying his vision was not good, and desired witness to examine his eyes, the tunics of which were slightly bloodshot, but there was no evident defect of the organs. A vast deal of witness's time was taken up in convincing Mr. Davies no organic disease existed in his frame or constitution, but as Mr. Dsvi a was in the habit of reading medical books and dabbling in physic, he was seldom satisfied unless witness prescribed for him, that was done, treating the case according to circumstances. Mr. D. had a serious illness a few months before the period witness was speaking of, at which time an abscessfortned in the mouth ofsome magnitude, which produced in his delicate ' constitution a considerable degree of irritating fever, which confined him to his bed eight or ten days. Mr. Davies was much weakened by this, but shortly recovered his wonted state of health. On the 17th of February, in the present year, Mr. Davies became deranged in his ideas, and took up subjects in a delusive point of view. Witness called upon Mr. Davies many times, when he was detained upwards of an hour with complaints of delusive disorders, from which witness could collect no practical fact. Witness considered it his duty to divert his attention from these complaints; to enter a good deal into business ; to use horse exercise, which he did, and his mind was much easier. Shortly after this Mr. Davies's general health gave way very much. On many occasions, when witness conversed with Mr. Davies on his complaints, he had shown very fanciful and visionary notions. He became so hypochondriacal, that it became quite tedious for witness to attend on him, and witness thought it right to state this to his mother and sister. Witness told them Mr. Davies wanted rousing, that there was no actual disease about him, and that he was a confirmed hypochondriac. Early in June, Mrs. Bywater wrote to witness, to attend Mr. Davies; but in consequence 'of indisposition he was prevented. Mr. Davies then went to Mr. Lawrence, and of course got into Other medical hands. Witness saw Mr. Davies at Crouch hill, on the sth of August. As witness entered Mr. Davies's house at this time, he was crossing the hall; Mr. Davies shook hands with witness, asked him to walk into an adjoining room and set down, as he had something most important to tell witness ; he looked wild and hurried, seemed much delighted at my calling on him ; all at once he changed, walked into the middle of the room with a dignified attitude, and asked me by what authority do you come here, Witness answered, he came as a friend ; Mr. Davies then said, do you come here, Sir, as the friend of Edward Davies, or the agent of Catherine Bywater.— Witness said he came as the friend of Mr. Davies, and his mother. Mr. Davies said, Doctor there is a vile con spiracy against me. Doctor, I have had great confidence in you, throw off the medical man and come to my side of the question, and witness thought he said, if you do so you shall throw physic to the dogs, I will make your purse deep and heavy. Witness was somewhat astonished and rather shocked, and witness's reply was, Mr. Daviesdo you think I am capable of receiving a bribe, do you think I have no more regard for you and your family than to receive bribes. Mr. Davies put out his hand, called witness his kind friend, and would have gone down on. his knees had not witness prevented him. In this way the conversation went.on for three hours, during which time' Mr. Davies was fright fully and - distressingly excited ; at this period witness was Much shocked at Mr. Davies emaciated appearance, his general health was much impaired, he was then pale and cadaverous. This interview was interrupted in conse quence of a Mr. Forbes, .11 solicitor calling, and wit ness was much pleased at being released. At this time he was labouring under great delusion of mind, — his mind was clearly unsound. Mr. Davies was exceed ingly violent at the tsention of his mother's name. He said his mother, Dr. Burrows, and others, were conspi rators against him. His spoke' of the Supreme Being at this time, that he, was under the particular influence of Providence, he WAS borne up sad supported by a superior power. His prayers were fervent, and he had no doubt he should have that miraculous itsterferenee which would enable him to overcome his enemies. Witness made se veral attempts to leave the room, but was continually in terrupted. Never saw Mr. Davies in company with Mr. Lawrence. On the 18th of August witness found Mr. Davies labouring under violent paroxysm, which con vinced witness he was of unsound mind. In consequence of such belief and conceiving his malady gradually incret, ing, witness strongly urged to his friends the necessity ce placing him under suitable care and restraint ; and upon that conviction, and that only, witness signed his certificate. Witness then believed him to be unfit to manage his person, or his property. Witness also saw Mr. Davies on the 24th of August at Dr. Burrows' Retreat; what witness then saw, more strongly confirmed the opinion witness had formed on previous occasions. Witness had seen Mr. Davies frequently produce money, which he believed Mr. Davies was never without. Mr. Davies always presented witness with Isis fee in the usual delicate way. Mr. Davies was equally violent on the 21th of August, as on the preceding visit. Witness saw Mr. Davies for the last time on the sth of September, at which time witness thought his malady was rather increased. By Mr. Anotrit us—His mother was frequently pre sent at the consultations between hlr. Davies and the wit ness. The swelling of the wound occasioned only slight pain to the patient. Buchan's work was enough to make any weak man nervous ; and Vsradd on Fatness would snake a corpulent man afraid of eating a plum-pndilini. Witness had occasionally lunched with Mc. Davies and his mother. Mr. Daviee's mother was by flotsam a WWI I° of education. Mr. Davies himself appeared to be , an imperfectly educated man. Ile had been taking with his education latterly. Mr. Davies used freque! .. .."' to make inapplicable quotations from Byron, ShakePe"'" and so on—was always very obsequious and over polite. The cross-examination of Dr. Blundell was proceeding when we left. • LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY•) COURT OF CHANCERY. COHORT V. RUEBBLL. The LORD CHANCELLOR di.posed of this bankrurt petifon in judgment. The bankrupt Russell, in the Yl r 1802, made a settlement upon his marriage, by which me covenanted to pay to trustees 2,000/. at his des& j a , the event of his wife, or any of the issue of his marring' surviving him. The 2,000/. was to be a pportioned -14 the trustees among such of the children as should survive both him and his wife. In 1803 a commission of bank', rupt issued against him, under which the creditors so r4 c paid 12s. in the pound. He died in 1825, and a furtPC ( ' dividend was paid in 1828, under a renewed commission. The trustees were now all dead, and it could not be as' l tained which of the trustees was the survivor; and , , s l l application was made to the Vice-Chancellor t o ti t % the three chiMred who had survived their father prove under the commission ; and the question was 1 0 ! e ther they were entitled so to prove under the new Act,: Parliament, the contingency having happened prior to-W passing of that Act. The Vice-Chancellor was of opknlL, ll that he could nut order the proof% to be received. question depended principally on the construction of 56th section ; and his Lordship was of opinion that the ° was nothing in that section, or in any other part of the Act, limiting the admission of inch a proof to conuni P a sions that had issued after the passing of the Act, 1° consequently ordered the proof to be received. r- PERSONAL APPLICATION. Mr. Pitt, surveyor in the Adelphi, craved the isditli genre of the Court until he addressed his Lordship in 11 matter which he considered to be of an extreme l y F resli f t nature. He stated that the procedings under aco mmtwebe sion of bankruptcy, taken out against individual' of e n o a n m s ie s e of a t i J o a n t n o e a f t ha e ncl l 4HthenaJoofncoes,mwmeirsesionnoewrs. un g d e e r cv th a one of the three assignees. When the bankr u p ts attenAel e for the purpase of passing their examination in March lase/ they produced a balAnce sheet which he had in his hod.. The LORD CHANCELLOR interrupted, by inqu i " whether Mr. Pitt meant to make any complaint. ,:; Mr. Pitt meant to pray, that the Commis sion migu' be removed to another list of Commissioners. The LORD CHANCELLOR could only hear such applies' tion upon petition. Mr. Pitt had got both a petition and an affi lash.. The Loan Cmaticei..Lon. could not hear the applicstiou' except in its regular course, and after notice hail be e° served on the other side. Mr. Pitt had received a summons to attend the CI missioners to day at twelve o'clock. if Vie Court ' l ' o not hear him, and the Collmissioners dealt with they had done with others, he felt satisfied that he ssn u r very soon have to address his Lordship unde r the 0100' of a prisoner rom Newate. The Loan f CHANCELLOR could not assume that s n i person in judicial authority would act improperly ; fore he could not hear Mr. Pitt make any further (do e ' tions until became in a more regular way befor e the Cuur COURT OF KING'S BENCII. LIBEL.--.THE RING V. 31LIRRAr. 1 . 0. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that this was ~4 dictment for libel at the instance of Louis Leeerne, t. Mr. 'Murray, the well-known publisher of -Albeagnboasok ‘ o ' b ' s r e i r le ved Chr tl ( l 'n at cle tl a re of def j en in da a n ic t i." street. The libel complained of was published 10 ra The Lea we: as a highly respectable roan, and n othing alleged against him personally ; but the work in ( I ° _,, e co nt u it n le s d a tion was rublished at his shop, and he was of cony e i answerable for its contents. It was Pu ll " It at a time when the authors of the.book were abroaw was well knows to• be the law of the country that _A u the authors of a libellous publication resided alnvV e the publisher was answerable if he did not prodnee author of it. The libel had been published in a oe a which professed to be an historical aeccount of t& 0 44° of Jamaica, and was introduced in a most invidious foro awl tile more calculated to injure the character, good ner se ; and reputation of the plaintiff, who is a liquor-Inet'al, ode of j e g. in Jamaica. The author had, however, stepped course' of his , history to attack two private 7 f as the name of the. other .person was Sce r Y . ;thing necessary, before introducing the libel, to state soot ware of the history of the two persons libelled. They ware t 0 horn in Jarnaica, after their fathers had been obliged leave St. Domingo, at the time of the revolution tupier Their fathers were Frenchmen, and found protection 11;1, was weleol known the British Government at Jamaica. They had aeq °l by their industry and good conduct, a considerable P O f perty, and were greatly esteemed by the inhabitant:o, Kingston, w:rere they resided. The fathers of the P r ig, cutors were white ; but they married n atives of- Ar• and the prosecutors were persons of colour. It nlet4 e d haps be proper to observe, that the descendants of blsu i . b . white parents formed an important class in that island' .0 two prosecutors were supposed to have been connected, 'O O l t o conspiracy, and were arrested by order of the Megitfor under a peculiar law of the Is land, wh i ch gave '6.°;,,i00 merit power to transport beyond the seas al l person, " they might deem suspicious persons. Their friend' $ 4. plied for a habeas corpus, and the affidavits the ° c od duced were in favour of their being British subjectito, they were released from confinement. Some tope o f . wards, however, other information was given to b e vernment, and the prosecutors were again arrestea , a i r P tit denly sent to St. Domingo, stripped of their Pr ° i ,rxti' and were indebted to the humanity of en sbd dual for bringing their. to this country. Wroat , ' arrived here, they petitioned the nous o f Ae r mons for redress, and while the G o vernmen t _„if e considering what compensation they ought to eto the libel was published by the defendant. :It purPe r , di: 0 0 be a history of Jamaica, and contained a severe lib e r l i d the prosecutors. It professed to be written by a '' - f tl e man of the Established Church. It also conte'°oo, charge against a near relation of his (the Attorner ic h ral); but lie had no hesitation in saying th at° l - pre charge was false, as the worst enemy of the Chie f 4 11 0 ' r of Jamaica had never dared to charge him with e",4ed tion. It would be recollected by all who [had attee"d bf the petition, how warmly their cause was advoot.l, Dr. Lushington in the House of Commons, and 0 th e decided that the prosecutors were British stile, 'P er ,i Court was fully justified in ordering their dismisee',V; some observations on the nature of the libel, the '"'ffso Counsel called George Stevens, who proved the P of the libel. 0 1 4 : 6 The libel was here put in; it contained W ile d, - t v , d strictures Court of a o t n n ati were prosecnuott justified ors, still in maintainingdiena igsiiiterilte, c on the first occasion, and that the proper 4 1° at . against them would have consigned them to the g r e l j e' d Louis Leserne stated, that he liied formerly et * l _ s ; and is of the established Church. John Scoffe'Cliert brother-in-law, and was with him in Jamaica W'" - ' ,ge e lived as a liquor merchant. Believed that the Pd the book that had been read, related to himself , 6/ 2 / 10 0 o f fery. Witness was formerly taken before the C1u,f0, 0 ,0: of Kingston, and was discharged, but at the egu e ",:sV r , six weeks was: again taken: before him, and 1, 1 ,1 ,%, discharged. Commenced proceedings against )7 . 01 , ray is February last. Has left his family je where he is going to return. a John Scoffery als6 lived in Jamaica, and prove .de. sd lief that the libel related to him and the last wit ° `ll B4 ,o Mr. Coo Lsost,for the defendant, contended e t g ee : of .01 that it was necessary to prove malice on th e Per-lie,' defendant before he could be convicted for the 11" the of the book in question. abe t OP Loan TENTERDEN, in his charge, obeeri.- -- , Q iee &Wisher was answerable for a libel if he did n I ‘,7,,,„7 the author.—The Jury found the defendant Ge ° ' . vas- COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. f GRANGER V. DENT. O f °- o This was an action on a policy of insuroce , neral interest, and is likely to occupy the whole , Or f i t pe e We learn, on authority tvhich neiler u f 0. eeived us, that Prince LEorotn is the person l if te j I° o o 4 the greatest chances in favour of being 51 , 1' °in i , Sovereignty of Greece; he is supported both 11 / :, PIO and France, and not opposed by Russia. 1110 pension will enable him to acquire that influe t° a• a poor and needy people, which will be necessi, ciliate their dispositions in the cocornencetneo . donian Mercury. ,zss t bl It is confidently stated by the it0:13,. houses in the city, that orders have bee n trao.4 ioq the Directors to Calcutta to suspend the content:x(ld duetions till further orders from ElllO 6 ll ll Paper. -L-[Th e saint infcn•rtiation . was about two months ago.) E