The Sun.
London, England, 1815-01-09 00:00:00

THE HEALTH.

Saturday the Quarterly meeting of the QUEEN'S
COuncil, appointed under the Regency Act, was
held at Windsor Castle, to inquire into the state
of the KING. The Members of the Council as-
sembled at the Upper Lodge about 12 o'clock,
where they received the report of Drs. Sir HENRY
HALFORD, BAILLIE, IJEBERDEN, arid • the two
Drs. Wrt.us ; after which they pr( ceeded to the
Castle, where they held. a Council with her Ma-
jesty.
,The LORD CHANCELLOR -and the Doke of
Morsiruosz were deputed to make the Quarterly
Report to the Privy Council, and after the break-
ing up of the Council, and they had partaken of
some refreshment, they left Windsor in a royal
carriage and four, about half-past two o'clock,
for London, and arrived at the Privy Council
Office, Whitehall, soon
.alter five, where Mr.
BULLER., the Clerk of the Council, was in waiting
to receive. the Report. The LORD
,CHANCELLOR
and the .Duke of MoNTaosE then drove to Carlton-
house, %%4-Jere they alighted, and delivered a copy
of the Report for the PRINCE REGENT. Yesterday
morning a King's-Messenger brought to town a
Biallctin for the information of the public, which
Was exhibited 'at St. James's Palace; Lord AR.
DEN and General .C4rurgEm. were the KING'S
Lord and Groom in attendance -f4; that purpose.
The following is a copy :
WINDSOR CASTI.E' JAN. 7.—The KING'S disorder continues
unabated; but his Majesty has -passed the last month in a
very tranquil state.

H. HALFORD. J. WILLIS.
M. BAILIE. R. WILLIS.
H. HEBERDEN.

THE THEATRE.

As there was so full an examination into the
merits of Mr. KEAN'S fist appearance in the part
of Romeo, in THE SUN of Tuesday last-, it is not
necessary for us to say much respecting his second
performance of the same character on Saturday,
at Drury-lane Theatre. That account of him has
by some of his friends beeii thought too severe.
To such we can only say, that TRUTH is our oh-
ject,'and that we should scorn as much to impose
upon the public in matters of taste, as ,in the
essenial concerns of the national welfare.

AU we shall now say of Mr..XEAN's re-appear-
anee in Romeo is, that we saw- 'no reason to with-

draw any of our opinions. We watched him
anxiously, in order to discover and record his me-
rits; but, we regret to say, that we watched
without success. "It has been Mr. kEast's chief
merit to give force and efficacy to particular pas-
sages which other performers, in their desire to
give a bold and Correct outline, tive too necli-
gently passed over. But nothing of this pointed
and striking detail is, in our opinion, ob-
servable in his Romeo. In justice to him, we
most readily admit that he seems to be in
earnest, and bends all his powers to 'fulfil his
conception of the character, but his habits and
external qualities are impediments- that seem to
be wholly adverse to such a degree of success • in
the representation of it as to entitle it to an equal
rank. with his other performances.—The audience
were evidently of this opinion, for he excited very
little applause, except in the scene in which he is
informed by the Friar that he is doomed to ba-
nishment.—ln this scene he played with great
emotion, though 'certainly overstrained, and re-
ceived much applause.—We shall now dismiss
the subject, of Mr. KHAN'S Romeo, and, with. a
zeal in his favour More rational than that of his
enthusiastic admirers, who certainly iv effect•are
not to be Considered as his best friends, advise
him to adhere to those characters in which. he has
become so popular, or to resort to others equally
appropriate to his talents and his habitudes.

JOANNA 'SOTJTHCOTT.

HER FUNERAL.

After dissection on Saturday se'nnigl►t, the
body was put in a plain coffin in the presence of
three Gentlemen. When the lid was screwed

(Own,. pitch was applied to the edges and rim.
While this was performing, the strictest injunc-
tions of secrecy'were given to all present. At 12
.o'clock at night the crowd having retired- from
the street, the coffin was carried by four men to
the undertaker's, at the corner or 'Rathbone-
place, Oxford-street. Here it remained during
Sunday : on Monday afternoon, about two o'clock,
it was put into a hearse, drawn by two horses,
without the.usual ornament of feathers, to favour
the belief that it did not contain a corpse, but
was only going, to receive and convey one. Tie
hearse, followed by three Gentlemen i❑ a coach
and pair, then•'proceeded to Mary-le-bone upper
burying-grontid, near Kilburn, where it was in-
terred ; and the usual church service performed
by the Clergyman. A-few people whom. curiosity
attracted round the grave had not- the slightest
suspicion that the coffin contained the remains of
Joanna Southcott. Such precautions were taken,
that it was impossible the secret could premature-
ly transpire. It was known to none of her fol-
lowers, and scarcely to any of her late confidants.
The three Geptlefnen who followed the corpse to
the grave
.were muffled up more than is customary
even to mourners : they wore great. coats, which
were buttoned up lo the chin, black cloaks stand-
ing high in the collar, handkerchiefs tied round

the lower part of the face, and their hats pulled
over their eyes. So completely had they succeeded
in disguising themselves, that not a feature was
visible : they abstained from all conversation, so
that the writer of this communication could not
recognise their persons. On their road to the
place of interment, they were joined by -a fourth
person, equally well disguised as themselves, and
who did not separate from them. This last is
conjectured to have been Tozer. - • '

The Princess CHARLOTTE Of WALES completed
er 19th year on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. KENIBLE arrived in Dublin ön

the sth instant.
BATH, JAN. 6.—An. elopement has just taken
place. A young Lady, who is to have a fortune
of 60,0001. whose, family encouraged her attach-
ment to a youthful Hibernian, of excellent appear-
ance, character, and connections, bid defiance to
the inclemency of the weather, and set off in a
chaise and four, with Mr. FINCH, for Gretna-
Green.