The Sun.
London, England, 1803-01-04 00:00:00

THE CAMELEON.

M. Gout tit during his residence in Africa,
ascertained the faculty. attributed to the Cameleon,
()Hiving upon air alone for a considerable-length of
nixie he confined five Cameleons in separate cages,
surrounded by a fine gauze, so as to c.iclude
inse&o)r substance of any description, floating in
the air. - In a few days they.bectunc thin, and
qufred a blackish grey colour, a certain sign of
thcit distress ; but having arrived at a great degree
of leanness, they remained in the same state for the
space 21 a month, without any evident diminution
of their strength; At the end of two months, they
became so weak and languid as .40 be one)* to
move from the bOttorm of their: cajoi,rtheir skina
octAint. eyes malty, 'ann tney
could not inflate' themselves to more than half that.
ulna{ s z ; they at length became nothing more
than animated skeletons. The first. that died,
iited 89 days Without food; the 'second 91 days ;
the third, tos days; the fourth, 115 days. '1 he..
fifth Cameleon had been 116 days without food,
when M. GoLarattsr set it at liberty, and in a
foctnight: it recovered colour and strength, shortly
after which it escaped from his further observatitm.

The Cameleons lays motionless on a bough, or in
the grass, and lets its glutinous tongue, which te.
scabies an earthworm, hang pendant, ; the tongue
is probably gifted with a scent, by which small in.
setts are attraded ; and when covered with them,
it is drawn in with astonishing rapidity. Refer.
ring to their colour, M. GOLDFRItY says—" When
1 kept my CiUMICOII3 in a cage, and plagued or
tormented them, I,saw that they laboured under
angui.lt and rap, which they sensibly expressed by
expiring, the air so strongly that its force became
audible ; soon after which thew animals ,became
Jean, and their fine green eoloat was
,tarnished. On
continuing to tease them, they became a yellow
green ; then a yellow, spotted with led ; then 4
yellow brown, spotted with red. brown ; next, a
brawn grey, marked with black. At length they
became thinner, and assumed different shades ; but,
these were the only colours I could succeed in mak.
ing them atiopt."—M. G. wrapped them in dif,.
fetent coloured stuffs, and left them for whole days
in that state, but the colour of the animal was ne,
vet affeeted• by the praCtice, and he is of opinion
that the change of colour is probeed by its internal
motions, and the influence of heat.Or cold, light aAd
darkr:ess, health, ease, &c. The Cameleon has a
power peculiar to itself, of Moving its eyes in every
direetion, and entirely independent of each other.
The enmelenn is so organized, Its not only toil,.
spire a very great quantity of air, but also to• re.
taro, absorb, and digest this fluid, which penetrates
and filters through all parts of the body, so that even
the feet, tail, and eyes ate filled with it.

On Thursday se'nnight seventy of the principal
inhabitants of Ciatle-strcet, Lord.street, Church-
street, and liool.lane, I lye:spool, ware fined sb, each,
by the Wlayor, for not sweeping and cleansing the
parapet walks before their houies, shops, &c.

On Wednesday morning a fire broke out at a farm
near Thinkley, Cambridge;occopied by the Rev.
Mr. LAN g. The flames raged with such violence,
that ii► a short tiln6 nearly the whole premises were
destroyed, together with several stacks of corn.-
The damage is estimated ut upwards cf3oool.
A few days .ago died, at 'videsly Bank, Alice
lAdriand, in her tozd year. She retained ail her
faculties, and could perform needle-work, without
the assistance of glasses, to the last.

Sunday sermight died, in Winbury, Cheshire,
Ann Edgeley, aged los :—blte enjoyed good health
4triti spirits tilt about a year before her dissolotion.

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COURT OF KING'; BENCH, DEC. 4.
•
GASTIN r.J. HILL AND OTHEItSi
Tffts cause occupied nearly the whole of the day.
It war an ejeament on the title for certain estates in
Gloucestershire, and the trial had been removed into
the Coort of King's Bench by a rule of Court.
The Plaintiff, Mrs. Gastin, of the city ofGloti,
rester, was sister and heiress.at-law to Thomas
.Carwardirte, Esq. 'who died possessed of several
freehold as well as leaSeholdsestates in the city and
county of Cloucester. The Defendants were cousins
and deviseei of the said 'fhomas"CarWirdine ; their
title was under his Will, by which he lift his sister,
the Plaintiff, only a Milling, on account of her tin-
natural and illiberal conduCt towards him, as he ex.
pressed it in the Will, and
,left the whole of his
property to Trustees for the uses expressed in his
Will.
As the Plaintiff's case rested merely on her title .
as heiress-at-law, the Defendant's case was first
stated. •
Mr. Gt as, on stating the case for the Defend.
ants, said, as he could clearly prove a hang subsist-
ing-quarrel between the Plaintiff and her brother,
WS fixed and declared intention of disinheriting her,
and that the Will was entirely in his own hand-
writing, without any pretence of wantof under-
standing i
n the Testator, or of undue influence ex.
cried over him, he supposed that this would resolve
itself merely to a question of law, namely, whether
-this Will was completely cancelled and reVoked- by
the Testator's having struck out, after the execution
If the Will, the name of one of the Trustees,:and
inserted two other names as Trustees ? Mr. Gt sus
then proceeded to argue that this was not a revoca-
tion, but eonlest that he had not then sufficiently
looked into the different cases which bore upon the
subject, to be able to argue it fully ; he, therefore,
requested his Lordship would reserve it as a case for
future argument before the whole Court.
Lord ELLINAOROUGH said, he was always ready
to comply with the wishes of Counsel when there
appeared to hint any reasonable doubt ; but this
compliahce must have its limits, and. Judges must
nut appear top doubtful ; his opinion was.decidedly
that it was a revocative, and lie must charge the
Jury accordingly ; but he would permit the D.
fenitant to move the Court fin a aiew trial upon that
point, without payment of costs.
Mr. GAR Row, on the part of theplaintiff, said,
he believed that point would never arise; as .1h
trusted he should be able to prove from the Defend.
ant's own Witnesses," chat the Will in question was
not duly executed.
Mr. Giani then proceeded to state 1!I ease, as
re the execution of the Will; he adthitted that sit
the three Witnesses whose names appeared as Wit.
nesses to the Will, and whom lie should be obliged
' to call, there 'was one who, svaild probably deny
the fact of hia having attested it ; if he did, he
!should bring, Witnesses to confute hitry,. and prove
his hand-writing. He should also prove, that al.
though this Will bad been 'attested by the: three
subscribing Witnesses at different. times, yet that
the Testator had, in the form required by laveole.
ciateot. rN tJ‘ pin :La .4 deed in presence of each
Witness who attested it.. ts,
. The first Witness, a Mr,,Collinss an old man of
7,a, proved his signature to the Will as a" witnesti.
and' that Mr. Car.wardine told him it was his Wilk
Nothing tnaterial ai.ipeared on his cross-exatni na tido.;
The second, Witness, Abry, swore td his signa.
tore to the Will as aWitness, and mentioned the.
circumstance of. Carwardine having covered 'the
Will with some 'foul paper, so that he .istaild
see ,the part where he .was to•sign ; Ire was its der_
twin of it, as that the gun rwas tri
.the Firmament,
Being ero”7examinedliy Mr. Omuta' w, he'cran.,
fessed, that he at, one time declared, 'that he had
dohted,Whether he had signed the Will or not gnat
that he prayed I,)l4,sid:to inform bins in a dream; that
he Mien sous in a dream the Will with his signature ;
and watt now as certain of the fatt; as that the :ion
. •
was in the Firrnanent. •
Mr. Ward, a Printer in Choicester,. whos.e mute
also appeared a WitneSs to the Will, -w.:15 then
called : he positively denied that he esl,er'itttested
that, or any Will of Mr. Carwardine's, or that the.
' Testator had ever spoken to him on the subjid
he said his name to the Will was a forgery, but
upon looking at it, admitted' that it was very like
his hand-writing, and he could. not swear that it
was not froin,the'eharaCter ; but was perfectly con.
vinCeLt that he had never attested:any Will; and was
never even spoken to on the anbjeft.
• • This Witness was cautioned by Mr..Q.r. ass, that
'he wits in.danger, of an iodic ment,for Perjury.--
The Witness replied, that the evidence he. had given
hi would repeatatgain and,again at any :hazard.
Mr. Gi II us then told him he had a Witness that
had seen him sign his name to the Will, The Wits'
.ness replied, '' Let him cOine forward, then."
Charles Jones, Clerk to Kr. itaikes, late Printer
of the Gloucester
,joarrial (in which concerti Mr.
Ward was for litany years employed), said he was"
•,iterfeCtly well acquathred with Ward's hand:writ-
ing, and that ho had no: doubt but that signature
was, his 'han&writing,; lie at the same admitted,
that Ward bore an excellent 'cliaratter."
Elizabeth Tocans was then 'called, to prove the
fact of Ward'a • having signed it. She had been.
housekeeper to .Mr. w Caratdine, and was one of
the principal legatees under the Will she now-came
to establish ; .she Was OrTonvie obliged to execute a,
release, •to make herself a competent Witness. , She
swore positively, that by, order of the. Testator,'
she was present, at every:aline that the Will was
signed by the witneaSes,' and sate Ward sign his
name to it.
Mr. -CARanw asked her, in cross-examination,
whether the deceased had, or had not, at every
time that the Will was delivered as his aCt and
deed, retraced. with 'a pen the letters forming his
oinne ?—She 'replied positively, that he had.
Mr, Galt itoWi
in.addressing the jury,
an the part`
of the Plaintiff, dwelt a good deal on thin answer
of Mrs. Tooms,-.:as impeaching her credit. The
question he had asked her was merely a device- to
, try her credit ; she (supposingit was necessary that

very. of the Will),--swallowod instantly the bait that
was thrown out fit. her, and,swore
.tflost..repeated-
ly and positively, that the Testator had done 60i-a,
Such an eagerness. to establish the Will at. all events,
coming from a witness, •who was barely a•compe.,
tent witness from the formality of executing a re-
lease; he thought entirely destroyed her credit, He
then made some observations on the testimony of
Abry, the man who thought he had been informed
by God in a vision o, f the nigke,.that he executed this
paper. lie
,thought it ratherlAttare likely, that that
Witness had a fit of Ate Night More, from 'an inor-
dinate trios Ling of porter, than that he had a Divine
In; piratiof consequence of his pra.yer. He thought
the Jury- should give no credit to any persuasionthat was induced by Th
eidle dreams ,and 'vagaries
of the night. If people were to be governed by
dreams,. they might imbrue their hands in the blood
of their brothers, And suppose they were obeying
some divine command. Mr. GARROW then returned •
to.the evidence of Mr. Ward, who was proved, •
even by Jones, to he a person of excellept eharaaer ;
and he timught that the' question was simply, whe.
ther a man bearing guch a chargter would wilfully
perjure himself, without 'any assignable motive ?
Although one witness swore the signature to be his
haud.writing, yet that witness might well be mis-
taken, particularly as Ward himself confessed that
was very like his hand-w,riting.
Lord ELLENBOROUGEI trild the Jury that he
should first submit it to theii decision, as a matter
of fait, whether that Will had been signed and duiy
attested by the three Witnesses ? The intention of
the Testator to 'disinherit his sister was clear ; but
the Law required, that every Will respedin#•frec.
hold property should be attested by three Witnesses.
'The principal question•then for their determination
was, whether Ward had, or had •not, - attested this
Will as a' Witness'? • His Lordship then recapitu_
lated the evidence to the jury, with such "observa-
tions as occurred to him, on the testimony given
by the different Witnesses.
The Jury retired for a consi4erable time,. and at
length brought their verdia l" the Dzfitidant upon
that point, finding that the Will was duly executed.
Lord ELLPNBOROUGH then told them, that upon
the second point, whether the. Will was, or was not
revoked, by thealterat ion IMl'dc after its execution ?
this was a question of Law : his Opinion was, that
it was revoked, and that therefore the Jury should,
in consequence of his direaion in point of Law, find
a Verdia generally for the
The Jury found ac6ordingly for the *Plaintiff.
The ,Verdi:, leaves the cause inthis.4ituation :
it declares the Will to have been day' executed, and
af:er,vards revoked. ' If the "Defenda'nt's 'CoUnsel
chose to argue that these alterittions in the Will do
not revoke it, they ;nay move for a new trial,

The-- Inhabitants of Marseilres, after a lapse of
mote than eighty years, have ereaed MOnuMent
to the memtry of .those persons who braved death
fur the purpose of succouring the sick during, the
Plague whirs desolated that City in the year 17zo.
It consists of a ,superb fountain, coosiruded accord.
ing to the.tiesign of , M. I)ll,sFouoisats,.Chief En.
gineer of the Departmettr, in which is- placed a
petic3tal supporting an antique column of very
beautiful granite, surmounted by • a marble figure,
representing the Genius of. Health hOlding in one
hand the .Turch of Life, almost extinguished,
.whilst with the other it crowns the names of those
who devoted theMselves to ars altnosrcertain death,
for the purpose of assisting the viaims of a devouring
pestilence. The whole is said to have a very fine
effect. On the- four sides of tin: pedestal are an
equal number of appropriate iw..criptions. It is
worthy of remark, that one of the Inscriptions ten-
ders homage to more than five hundred Rcligieux,
anti a great- nutnbe of Physicians anti Surgeons,
who died victims to their zeal in succouring and
consoling, the sick; but whose names are now for.
gorwn.

RETURN OF ilfl-fEet
• By Messrs. Cut Lo and NO
Including only froth the zoth
agreeably toi
.28 Quarters at 61s od '
at 62s al
233 -- at 6ts cd
416 at 6os od
16;1 at 59s od
226 at cBs 6d
£97 ai 51.4 -
3yo -- at 57s 6d,
1479 of 575• od"
56 at 563 6d
1331------ ats6sod
'rota! ;0013 Quartets
• 2S. 20. lower ill

/Alt RK-.I.:ANF,

4ALPAS,- Meal Weighers,
of Dee. ta the nth r)f Dtc
the new Aa.

186 Q Caters at s3s 4;,:1
'136 at 54s ck.',
1363 at, s3s orl
84 - at 545 .01
190 ------. 6.1
bL fat sos (At,
22 at OS' .-41
••=3 at 46s Ott.
63; at 4os oil •
154 at, 39c' 6at'7

.-,-Average 55i. zikt.
an last Return.

A RETURN OF FLOUR, From- Dec. 18, to•Di.c. z 4, front the CeJtetiOV_icx,
Sacks. s. 4. . Sacks. E. d. 1 S:.,eks. s. L'.
17 SS 0 4 51 0 l 277 4/ ~.
69 S 4 0 ' 5O 6 1 53. 40
333 6 .51953 So 0 70 46 G
9 52 10 /02 49 o 10' 45 1
z' ~52 0 . 909 48 0 2
12 1S ' - '9o' 47 6 10 43
And t Sacks at vs.
Total *4109 Sacks.—Average 495. SO.
The same as last Week.

. AVERAGE PRICE OF EN“EAND AND WAIXF.,:
Ewling Dec. 23.
Wheat sis. 3d. Barley 2.65. Id. Beans 3,55, pt.
Rye 3ss." Oats 20S, id. 1 1',:41.5C 4,34. si.

)ted Clover- new SEEDS.
) ' -• iks to tI2S per c va.... :
Ditto (old) - sos to_ 8;-;.. do. • •
VVltite ditto - .. sds to 1.;.•,; do.
Trefoil - ,....; - 3os to OBs per•Gr.q. '-
Tannin - - . - as to ais ;h.: i,..:_t...;:..
Rib-Grass - - —s to —s do.
Rye GUYS - . 28$ to 48!,,p.Cr, T 34114.-
Cams way - .. '• . sjos tO 4s pet.ewii.
Coriander - - 2ss to 29s do. ,
Canary- ' ..- - - llbs to 93,A0. •
Brown Alustao Seed -, tss to 23s per.btkiliel.,
White ditto - - los to 14s ditto,
Broad Beans •• , iu to 46s do.
Long Pods -26 s to 28$ do.
Rape Seed . . 321. to 361. per list.
...oaf"
PRICE Oi. 110 PS.

DA 03. I'OCKIITS.
Kent, 91. 9s. to ill, 4s. Kent, I 11. as. to 1.41. /...,s. •
Sussex, 91. os. to tol. is. SUSSeX,•IOI, ci. to iii r 63.
Essex, el. ob. to el. os. • 'Farnham, 121. to t6l. as.

MA.IikET, lan. 3.
'lO sink the 01141—per stone of slb., -
Beef, 4s. od. to ss: 6d. I Veal, 6,, od. to •,N. 6d.
Mutton, • 55. ed. to 61. 4d,- Pork, 55. od. to ss. 3d.
Latnllt os. to os. od.
ItEA.O OF CATI'L& THIS:DAY.
beasts ab:mit zoao—Slieci) and Lambs 2,090.

NEWG,ATE and LEADENHALL MARKET.
I
Beef, ss. 'ad. to 4s. 4d. . Veal,
Mutton, 3s.- W. to 0. 41. Pork, ss, od. to ,p..,,a4, - • ~,,
Lamb, os. 0 , to os. od.

PRICE OF LEATHER.(per Ib.).A.T I.F.AI)ENHM..i„
Butts, se to 56111.. cach to 201:
Ditto, 6o to bslb. each
•231. to,
Mereti.ints' Backs, . - -1941. to t 34
Dres,sing Hides, - - Aid. to ‘944 .;
.
Fine Coach Hides, - 20,1. to ata.
CrovHides for cutting, -
,a, 39d. to 111;
Flat Orstitiari, - - 171.1. to ' iNt4
C alf Skin D
s, -3o to 401 b. per ov.cn . 24t1.
.;•S • '
Ditto, so to 70lb.
.30`,11
- Ditto, '•. . oto toll). - - :2611. to zl1d•
Small Seals (Greenland)i to 40d. per lb.
Large ditto, - loos. to t4os. 'per Dozen.
Tanned Horse Hides, 2,5; tO-3zs. per Hide.
Goat Skins --s. to --s, per pozem

PRICE OF TALLOW.
St. James's Market 4s. 7(1. Town TalloW 71‘,6d.r•
' Clare Market 4s. 5114. Rnatiado.'(Cat rtStps.
WhiteelLipel Market 4s. sd. Russia do. (Soap)
per tie Melting St4ll' --s. 595.
13s. 50. Ditto rough sizs.
Average pt.* .0. (ht. GtMVe 10Si ed.
Good pregC toe.
Yellow Soap, 721.—Mottled, os.
Price of Candles per doxen,tts.. 3Y t.. 64 •
- _ _

St. JAM ES's HAY MARKET, falt, .
tia, 41, los. od. to 71. Ss.-od.—Aier.
si: t 7,5. Gd.
Straw, Al• I ta, d, to li• 17$. •

WHITECHAPIL MARKET, fan. r.
•
Hay, 44..1,26. od.. to 71. OS. od.—.Aver. ;1. rss. vt
Clover, 61. ICS• ti 4 71. IOS. oti.—Aver. 71. cs.
8,„ cA. to 16s. ed..-Aver.lizs.:!)l.l!

HANGE. .4 • e litst Comls, in tCOALEXCIit: Pool, Or C'haldron '"d•
DdiverAd to Houstlegpervat • • 533. otl. r
Sunderlancl=3:(None 5oId).

COCNTRY MARKETS.
The Cairn-Inspector'sßetilttrn,cot;Tlttirsda y .
Iyhtat, per load, zit. ros. to Oats - -
151. 'is. Beans - - to 4v.
New ditto, —l. —s. to —l. Pease - - 425. to i-Gs-
liarley, per %tar. zss. to 275.

. .
WH_
EN -ProfesSiOnal Men 01 anti
Responsibility deViatili.r.int the genera/. System by •
the seleCtion ofa peculiar branch', tltx-eanction of long con- •
ttnued success Is the best criterion of superiority.
Eight years have I devoted my practice to the. exclusive
treatment of Three,- Disorders, and the succeSsful of
my plan gives me additional ardor tooppese,, •lar as
.1 tkiu
the ravages of these Complaints.' which arc the 'those
rtant in the Catalogue of Human lutinnities..
aiinb:Paeler•
filatiriivtlitrslhie,
ailt.,alilit;,arti;erpyarhiodranocthersa4
jrtc.AciToytosSicartiete4)ii„.
in-
dividuals fron, the ignorance of uneducated men, or trie .„
equally dangerous precipitanty of general Praz.iiiione:s,
The Three Disorders, to the Cure ...t which I . hayr,dr.
voted 'my' attention. eompriSe • every species of VIN h'-
REAL INFECTION, whether of a recent or long du.
ration: telly, .A II kinds of debility, whether arising from
the-habits of hctioul-boys, or the Indulgences of mature
age: And, lastly, rltat derangement of the System in wo-
rnen which is called i4AI E NNE SS ,orSTE RI LI TY.
. Numerous Diseases arc the result of . ignorance. or haste
in the treatment of a simple. Gouorrh ce a mid it not uh-
frequentiy happens• that the seeds or Lit.; ;tr: p';ft;,6beft
the indiscretion of are'unguarded hour.--.lty 4 suktior me-
thod such complaints. Are easily
.cured; and, even.. where
others •have. failed, I trust thAr.l may ptiziwilc to giiiN •
radical re-establishment. • • • - • • -
Fpw, however, are the. cases of cotnplicated distress in
this disorder, compared with the calamitous situations
Men, who, trom au indtilgence in a solitary yix, Or ..they
• prevalent gaieties of a fashionable life, acquire that state'
of.. Debility, which is the utkavoidable coneequence ut -such
pernicious habits.
Where the unhappy sufferer broods over his rrsisery, brit
carefully toile ealr his misfortune, it niay be soma conse.
latior: for *him to Itßow, that aithou 1, it be act gtucc) 4
doubt or inwertainty- with other Praltioners the remceliq
of these Deficiencies by the gradual- progress' ,Of Kenai"►
tion, is the acquirement of spy :Experience. If the rites
of haechus or Venn's 'have began to reduce Manly vi4our:t•
•
much anxiety Will be prevented by an early Cotinterae.:
Lion of this languid State ; .and these cases, emits
ditlituity will occur.
But wnere this Deficiency has for years existed, 4 prePsf
perseveranZe• is indispensably 'requisite to revive the Siam:.
bering Spark. of Lite, and to re-animate the:CenStiturioll.._,
MARRIEI) WO EN; who have tote;
ihtheir expettations of a Ninny, may be 'assured. 00 141.
most instances, such deleas are curable by Lied;
The. seeresy which is so essential to my.
and the Qualifications rri
have presued.tO„iltare, fur
the basis of my
.preteriiions, and in coincidenCe Wtth Jul
is thin given, given, that- Mr. ,Bree may he eviiiiite.
personally, or. by Letters (inclosing a stnAll No:04 at hql
house, No. ae, Arundel• street, Strand, 11.e;tr Temple bar.
In- There. is ,an' additional-Entrance in Water-streett
adjoining, and the Name is on both the doors.
M; liree, Member or ib

Collt.4cot

urgeon°