The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-25 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, DEC. 25.-I'll.olmoNs, APrnit47
maim, &c.--Lieutenants Charles Bolton sul,
C. IL. M. Buckle are transferred to the North St:
from the Rainbow, the intention of putting the hitt"
ship in commission having been for the present
linquished. Lieut. William Worsford to the ek_i;
dcrs. Mr. Francis. T. Brown is promoted to toe
rank of Lieutenant, and appointed to the 11°,1",
vice.Philips invalided. It k. '\Vm. Samuel ,is
noted to the rank of Lieutenant and appointe,o '
the Camelion vice Dooley, removed to the MI;
quito. Mr. R. M. Read is appointed Purser t°..,ft
North Star. Mr. W. J. Atrill is appointed ri."l
to the Ilyacieth, vice Reed. First Lieutenant `l",i
'Hendry, of the Portsmouth division of 1/ho
Marines, has been removed to Woolwich to 611,1„,—,
Vacancy occasioned by the death of J. Virill'll-
- who died on the 12th of September,

Fernando Po.
His Majesty's sloop Pylades, 18, Commaricll
P.D. H. Hay, sailed on Tuesday morning co vet.-
to the Irish station.
The Vigilant ketch, 10, Lieut. R. Loney, csAr:je
in from Lisbon, during Friday night ; having lenuda
a mail from thence at Falmouth early in the dafo!be
having sailed from the Tagus on the 6th inst. ftb,
passed the Magnet packet, Porteous, on the lh
on her way, to Lisbon. . F.
His Majesty's ship Ariadne, 28, Captain 00
Marryat, C.B. came in on Monday afternoon 040
the Western Islands, with the loss of anchor!. ,ej
left Madeira on the sth instant; the Undanfner,
arrived there on the Ist. and sailed on the 4th i° f
meet. I
daily
The inmates receive a The Island of Ascension having been founda;
supply of a much more importance than was anticipated, or- „:
pound and a-half of bread, besides soup and have been gives to put it in a state of defers
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vegetables, and on Sundays meat is substituted .the Royal Marine Artiller&
Lieut. M'Arthur, of
for the been selected, for the purpose of execute"
with They are supplied,"in short, 1 willproceed with a detachment of that eorps,
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with whatever is strictly necessary to existence, that order. '
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but they are also made to work, and the value of In Hamoaze—St. Vincent, Kent, Druid,
the work is fixed at sixty centimes, or something
One-third is retained . cinch, Ariadne, Leveret, Royalist, Raven, Stall ri"
and Meteor steam-vessel.
less than slxpence a day.
In Barnpool—Britomart.
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by the establishment? another third is accumu- In the Sound—Espiegle.

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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1829.

The French Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday
have been received, but they contain little news.

the following are extracts from German
raper, received this morning :

ROME, DEC. 8.
According to an article, dated from Florence,
ir -Inserted in the Allgemeine Zeilung, the Pope
,?II intervened in favour of the Catholics in the
tt°,lllttri Empire. We believe that we may posi-
contradict the news. It is certain that his
Holiness has their situation greatly at heart. It is
riot to h
th -e expected that in the Sultan's want of money
ila` the Christians' who, without acting precisely
lies rebels everywhere, received their fellow be-
cram With the most lively demonstrations of joy,
will be treated,-after. the departure of the latter,
Rhhwil,t,h greater mildness than the Catholic Armenians,
.tutile cruel persecution is well known, were, treated
o,,efore the distress was so great. We know how a
rn, Usually helps himself when he is distressed
t° —°"e7, what then may we not apprehend when
0 the usual
motives desire of revenge is added ?
71S:u'de shocks of an earthquake which, however, did
tißlage, have been felt in the delegation of
,ruln't• The Journal of this city announces that
'te Government intends to purchase the collection
t?' Etruscan antiquities (2,000 in number) belong-
'rig to the Prince of Canino, which is now exhi-
lilted in the Gabrielli Palace. Among the English-
-44.11 now here is Mr. Charles Grant.
AUGSBURG, DEC. 17.
Bay 4" Ordinance has been published of the King of
a,r4t) 029th Nov, relative to the introduction into
titenecircle of the Rhine of the Custern-house regular
done tariff, agreed upon between the King-
'lll of Bavaria and Wurtemburg, and the Princi-
palities of .Holienzollern. The Duchy of Brunswick
It! said to be among the States now negociating with
.me Crown of Pi ussia for facilitating the traffic be-
(Ween their subjects, especially as concerns the
transit of goods.

BERLIN, DEC. 7.
liel'esterday (Sunday) the Clergy of the Evange-
al communities in this city announced to their re-
hoillltive congregations the completion of' a universal
co Of Hymns, revised with the most scrupulous
Afr:i,and approved by the Minister of Ecclesiastical
e„,„:
_ii• Its introduction in the churches of this
w-78,141, whiieh has long been the. subject of
. a general
the'ls.to ppvide for a want sensibly felt, is fixed for
rst burglar of February next year.

• - • SEMLIN, DEC. 7.
Various reports are in circulation respecting .the
future administration of Servia. Among other,
th•ings it is -said that the Customs,- which have
hero been faimed to the Pacha of Belgrade, will
placed under the, management olthe- Servian
h trsrument. 'The fortreases.of Servia will indeed
h!tte Tuilish garrisons, but those which they have
taut
itherto had, consisting chiefly of inhabitants and of
t trs of families, are to be exchanged for regular
t4"Ps, &c. These changes, however, do not seem
„4/ Pleue the .Turkish inhabitants of Servia, and
";_any families of all classes are preparing to remove
Iturnelia and Bulgaria.
Accounts from. Adrianople, of 20th November,
t, that symptoms of the plague have manifested
"motives in that city.

ST. PETERSBURGH, DEC. 2.
(Fuosr A COMMERCIAL LETTER.)
to , tit merchants are now directing their attention
Ca tue provinces lately acquired on the South of the
tille4Mls, by the treaties with Persia and the Otto-
-11 Porte. The advantageous geographical posi-
th
tio- eof those countries will soon give importance to
irtrade with Persia. Some of our merchants
ate already projected factories there, which will
hrkloubtedly be established as soon as the return of
trtkee.bas led to permanent tranquillity and order in
gole countries.

A • ,
Press of other matter has lately prevented
°llrPbserving on the proceedings under DAVIES S
Ipna.
commission ; we, however noticed that
Doctor HASLAM was lately examined, who was
B°Nl enough to inform the public that it is a
c'tnnton practice to
,fig a lunatic !!—We do
hot profess oless to understand what s, teennicany
ineatht '
by jigging a lunatic,—,but the name of
14 • induced
3LAIA muuceet us to refer to the Report of
the parliamentary committee in 1815, when we
fut,
was a Mr., not Doctot HASLAM, who
tra4'
-Nrannned before the Committee, and who
was formerly managing Apothecary to the Old
l
)3eth
---euern
Report, Hospital. Having referred to the
P°rt, we extract the following from the
IninUtes of evidence given before the Committee
of the House of Commons :
Wit.__4 one of the cells of the lower gallery we saw
411 Norris ; he stated himself to be 55 years of
1114-::": (1-that he had been confined about 14 years :
fro- In consequence of attempting to defend himself
hi4lilWhat he conceived the improper treatment of
4_eoper, he was fastened by a long chain, which
itt,shi"l? thrOugh; a partition enabled the keeper, by
g into the next cell, to draw him. close to the
Nat ,
the pleasure; tn.prevent.this, Norris muffled
thr tlnAin with ' straw, so as to hinder it passing
Wks pgh the wall : that- he afterwards was confined
fie manner we saw him, namely, a stout iron ring
hiirivetted round his neck, from which a short
t 10,," Passed to a ring, made to slide upwards or
Awards on an upright massive iron bar, more
lii,ix'eeet high, insetted into -the, wall. Round
VttZdY a strong iron bar, about two inches wide,
Proi;:Nietted. On each side the bar was a circular
siteit—t'°o, which, being fashioned to, and enclosing
Th. Ohio arms, pinioned them" close io his side.
trit.l4swaist bar' was secured by two similar bars,
1411.'1' Passing over his shoulders, were rivetted to
titt,'"liat.bar both before and behind. The iron
%II: round his neck was connected to the bars cm his
b4rsulders
by a double link. From each of these
46a tao?ther short chain passed to the ring on the
to ricut iron bar. We were informed he was enabled
the himself, so as to stand against the wall, on
itiloW of his bed, in the rough bed in which he
lAfiutit it was impossible for him to advance from the
of th to Which the iron bar is soldered, on account
4,016 shortness of his chains, which were only 12
kwes
g It was, 1 conceive, equally out of his
bsekf to repose in any other position than on his
flout, the projections which, on each side of the
for h,,sbar, enclosed his arms, rendering it impossible
li,•,;tli
to be on his side, even if the length of the
irom his neck and shoulders would permit it.
he s rt:ght leg was chained to the trough, in which
than had remained encaged and chained more
it,tintss. elve years. To prove the unnecessary re-
tl;.t Inflieted on this unfortunate man, he informed
ik
drwat, h e had , for some years, been able to with-
arms from the matilielett -which encom.
IL'
them. He then withdrew one of them, and

observing an expression of surprise, be said, that
when his arms were ‘vithdriwri he was compelled to
rest them on the edges of the circular projections,
which was mare painful than their keeping within.
His position, we were informed, was mostly lying
down ; and that, as it was inconvenient to raise
himself and stand upright, he very seldom did so;
that he read a great deal of books of all kinds,history,
lives, or any thing that the keepers could get him :
the newspaper every day, and conversed, peifectly
coherently, on the passiug topics and the events of
the war, in which he felt particular interest. On
each day that we saw.him he discoursed coolly, and
gave rational and deliberate answers to the different
questions put to him."
Was this jigging a lunatic ?
As Englishmen, it is with feelings of the
deepest pain and humiliation we record that the
above is only one of the enormities proved be-
fore Parliament, to have been committed in the
Nineteenth Century, in our Lunatic Hospitals
and receptacles—enormities. the truth of which
-might well be doubted, had they not become
matter of history, and did they not rest on evi-
dence that -is indisputable. The public, however,
Will be relieved by a knowledge that the New
Bethlehem Hospital, is under better regulations
and other management. Mr. HASLAM is not
managing Apothecary, and Dr. HASLAM is
not Physician to that establishment.

'We cannot help recalling the attention of our
readers to the police case from Finchley, which
has lately so strongly fixed the anxiety of the
public. The inquiry it appears has terminated
in so far as the Magistrates of Bow-street are
concerned ; whether the public will be as easily
satisfied as those very worshipful Gentlemen we
may be allowed to entertain very strong doubts.
A very strange discrepancy, which we observe in
the opinions of one of them, does not incline us
to place very implicit reliance on his particular
opinions. On Tuesday he reads a very un-
learned lecture to the Doctors concerned in the
case, advises them to beware of the use of opium
in particular circumstances, hints at the possi-
bility of a very small dose of that drug, assisted
by wind, weather, or some other nonsense, hav-
ing effected .the dreadful result. On Wednesday
he avows that from the very beginning he believed
that the poor woman had compassed tier own
death. Passing over the injustice of such an
opinion to the poor victim of the barbarity, or
ignorance, or carelessness of some one, how will
this Magistrate stand excused to the Doctors
whom he accuses on Tuesday ofgross ignorance,
while on the Wednesday lie allows that his sus-
picions took quite another direction? In justice
to all parties, and likewise to the public, all the
documents should be published.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAT.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK

This being Christmas-day it is kept as -it close holiday,
with the exception of the Post-office. Ttio French mails
have arrived, but we have no other arrivals of consequence.
By the above conveyance the, private letters &u Lisbon
state that some cOmmOtions took place at the Marine Ar-
senal, owing to the workmen being destitute of provisions ;
but disturbances of a more serious ,natore had occurred on
the lst of December

The commercial letters from Constantinople state, that
the commerce there would have greatly improved were it
not for the high charges for the importation of merchan-
dise. Several cargoes of corn were purchased from
Odessa by the Turkish Govemment.
The Emperor of Austria has ordered that Venice shall
be declared a free port from January 1, 1830.