The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-21 00:00:00

NEWS FROM. MEXICO.

(From the Falmouth Packet.)
His Majesty's Packet Skylark arrived this morn-
ing (Friday) from Mexico, by which we have re-
ceived intelligence that at the time she left Tampico
(Oct. 24th) the Spanish troops still remained there,
waiting the arrival of vessels from the Havannah,
for their transport. These vessels, it was under-
stood, were on their way. The Skylark conveyed
four wounded Spanish officers from Tampico to the
Havannah. The inhabitants of the latter place were

in a state of despondency at the ill success of the
expedition under Barradas, to whom they attach all
the blame of its origin and conduct, Barradas hav-
ing persuaded Ferdinand to give orders for it.
Mexico was perfetly quiet, notwithstanding a change
of government was no less expected than desired.
General Buro and Barragua had arrived and were
well received at Vera Cruz, where they remained a
day or two, when they proceeded to Jalapa, to join
Gen. Santa Anna. It was expected that they would
then declare against the present Government. In the
event of a Revolution being attempted by General
Santa Anna,it is supposed that it will be effected with-
out bloodshed, the present President Guerrero being
considered desirous of a change, as well as most of
the leading men in the country. The conduct of
some of the Governments of the States which form
the Federation, has given disgust during the late
invasion, arid the object of the proposed Revolution
into abolish these local Governments, and substi-
tute one central Government in place of them. It
is supposed that such a change would be favourable
to foreign intercourse and commerce in general.
The Skylark brought home 200,000 dollars from
Vera Cruz. A conducta with a very large amount
of money was expected to leave Mexico on the Bth
of November for Vera Cruz, at which place it would
arrive about the 15th, too late for the Pelham
packet, which the Skylark spoke on the 2d entering
Vera Cruz. Another conducts, with a large amount
of cash, was expected at Tampico about the 15th
November. No bills passing on England, arid ex-
change nominal 43.
The London and the Courier, from Liverpool, ar-
rived at Vera Cruz two (Lys before the Skylark
sailed.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

A Mail from Mexico has arrived, brought by the
Skylark, which left Vera Cruz on the 2d Nov., and
the Havannah on the 15th. A Lisbon Mail has also
arrived, by the Vigilant, sailed on the 6th inst.
By the Mexican Mail Vera Cruz Papers to the
2d Nov., and Mexican Papers to the 29th Oct., have
been received at the North and South American
Coffee-house, which are very barren of intelligence,
and the only information they contain is a long dis-
sertation on the finances of the American Republic,
which appear to be in a moat miserable state, and
their debt increasing daily they have not the means
of satisfying the functionaries. It appears that Santa
Anna was at Jalapa, where he was entertained by
the inhabitants with a splendid ball. General Bravo
was well received.

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 19.—For these last few weeks
many of the papers have abounded with accounts of
the revival of trade, and indications of returning
prosperity. We heartily wish these prognostications
were true, but we believe there is little chance of
this desirable result. The imports of Cotton this
week are 4,728 bags, and the sales reached 14,700
bags, at rather better prices, particularly for
American descriptions. Only 470 hhds. of
B. P. Sugar have this week been disposed of at
former rates, with 250 bags of Bengal at 735. 6d.,
and 250 bags of Mauritius at 545. 6d. The trade
has taken 270 casks and bags of Coffee at steady
prices.

THE FUNDS.

The Consol Market, which was looking up late
on Saturday afternoon, and left off at 94 to 95, has
not so bright an appearance this morning; they
opened at the above price, but some sales having
been effected, Consols receded to 941, sellers.
A Malta Mail has arrived, but we generally have
intelligence from that quarter, via France, much
eat her.
In the Foreign Market little doing as yet.
ENGLISH FUNDS.
3} per Cent. 9915 100
New 4 per Cent., shut
4 per Cent. 1826 1053-
India Bonds, 67 69
Exchequer Bills, 74 75
I FUNDS.
Greek, 271
Mexican, 24i 5i
Peruvian, 17 18
Portuguese, 571
Prussian,
Russian, 1081 9i
,Spanish,

Bank Stock, 216 17
India Stock,
3 per Cent. Cons. shut
Do., for Account, 95
Ditto Reduced, 93i 4
FOREIG

Brazilian, 691
Buenol Ayres, 26 28
Chilian, 26 28
Colombian, 221 SI
Daniell, 744
French, 5 per Cent 108 9
Ditto, S per Cent. 84

TWO O'CLOCK.

We have been favoured with the foltowing extracts of
private letters from one of the first commercial houses in

the city :
" LISBON, DEC. s.—Our Government may almost be
said to be in a state of bankruptcy. The people in some
of the public works have, for two or three days, refused
to work without being paid their arrears. However, with
fair promises, &c., they have been induced to return to
their occupation ; but this cannot last long, for they will
discover they have been duped, and the consequences can•
not be foreseen, for, should they succeed in getting paid,
the whole army, which is also in arrears, and much dis-
contented, will no doubt follow the examp7e. There is
not a shilling in the Treasury. Exchange on London, 44,i,
little doing."
Extract of a letter from Mexico, dated October 28 :
At present there is no British chip of war on the East
coast, but on the West coast the Sapphire, sloop of war,
is about to take on board specie and bullion, for England.
No apprehensions need be entertained of persons and
property of foreigners in any case; should changes take
place in the Government, it will not have any effect on
the public tranquillity.
Exchange fur Bills on England, 42d. to 43d. per dollar,
Bills scarce. The stock of British manufactured goods is
small, but large supplies are expected before the litk Nov.
Consols, which had a heavy appearance in the early
part of the morning, and were sellers at 9411 for the
Account, have taken a more favourable turn, and may
be quoted at present at 95 for the Account, with a good
deal of business doing.
In the Foreign Market, Brazil Stock has improved one
per cent. ; Mexican has lowered ; the Brazil Shares no'
so good as on Saturday.
Consols for Account, 95.

THREE 0' CL 0 CK.

PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.)

The Lords of 163 Majesty's Most Honourable Privy
Council had a meeting this morning. Those present were
Lord Wynford, Sir Christopher RobinsQn, and Sir George
llniu Their Lordships were occupi9d the whole of the
iorrnria:.
g' in hearing arguments on the part-heard appeal
of White v. Parnther, remitted from Jamaica.
The Attorney-General was in attendance on the
Council.

happened one day la't week that a set of
in Water-street, Liverpool, were abusing,
ul manner, a very young kitten, whieb
got into !Jim possession, and the poor animal
was lying in the dirt, covered with mud, and more dead
than alive, in consequence of the ill-treatment it had re-
initc'hil.ieisvayleehtn:lli.le°ays°:'ftssohlailemf'astonishinent of the spectators, a dog of a
ferocious character, which happened to come up to see
what was going forward, took the kitten tenderly in his
mouth, carried it into the Coach-office to which les be-
longed, laid it before the fire, and commenced licking the
dirt off it. Since then he has shared his meals with it,
and has continued to behave as its zealous friend and pro-
tector,--Macclesfield Courier.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.

(SEVENTH DAY.)

The interest which this inquiry has excited in the minds
of the public seems to have increased, for at a much
earlier hour than usual the room was crowded to excess.

A long discussion took place between the COMMIS.
SIONERS, Mr. WRIGHT, and Mr. ADOLFHUS, as to the ad-
missibility of two affidavits made by a gentleman of the
name of Gibbs. The CommrssioNEas, at the request of
Mr. WR:GHT, deferred giving a decision on this point till
Sir Charles Wetherell was present:
Dr. Haslarn examined by Mr. WRIGHT--Saw Mr.

Davies first on the 3d November. Mr. Davies kept wit-
ness waiting half an hour. On entering the room wit-
ness looked at him, and he began to cry. Witness said, as
he, Mr. Davies, had been frequently visited by medical
men, he, Dr. Haslam, trusted there was nothing formidable
about him ; he (Mr. Davies) said he was under great obli-
gations to the Lord Chancellor for sending him two emi-
nent physicians. I said, continued the witness, you are
mistaken in that, because the Lord Chancellor has sent
your case to a Commission. Mr. Davies, however, still
persevered in being obliged to the Chancellor. Witness
then asked him how he had been treated at Dr. Bur-
rows. He said it was dreadful in the beginning,
that he had used a !great deal of coercion towards
him. The keepers had insulted him, by insinu-
ating in a manner not to be stated, and that re.
peatedly, that he was addicted to unnatural propensities.
I then told him that I had perused a great mass of affida-
vits that had been sworn in his case, and as I knew
nothing of him but from them, my examination must
proceed on such depositions. I accordingly read some
extracts from the affidavit of Dr. Thomas Lee Blundell.
He became extremely angry, and said I can be even with
Dr. Blundell, the doctor has behaved in my family before
my mother and sister with the greatest indelicacy. It
appeared at that time that Mr. Pugh, the brother-in-law of
Mr. Davies, was labouring under indisposition. He said
(meaning Mr. E. Davies) that Dr. Blundell had observed
there's a screw loose there. I said Ido not know, Sir,
what you mean by those words.
(One of the Commissioners here intimated that it
would be proper for the ladies to retire, who accordingly
did so.)

Dr. Haslam went at some length into circumstances
that had taken place, but the evidence was of so indelicate
a nature as to be totally unfit for publication.
Witness continued—Mr. Davies had told him there
were affidavits to great extent as to his insanity. Witness
said there were likewise affidavits of many medical
men who had sworn to his insanity. What have you
to say to that ? Mr. Davies said I can subvert
the whole of the medical evidence; I can overthrow all
the other testimony ; I am a man possessing large powers
of intellect, and I am peculiarly skilful in the art of cross-
examination ; I will defend myself ; I hope I shall be at-
tentively heard, because my defence will occupy at least
three weeks; I will prosecute every ►nan who
has testified to my insanity ; all the tea trade
expect it from me, and the British public are in-
terested in the success of my cause. Whatever was
the subject started, I observed there was an avenue to
abuse and accusation of his mother. I asked him what
has your mother done? He said, destroyed kny cre-
dit with my banker and broken off a most e-cellent
match with a young lady of very large:fortune.
beauty and accomplishments. She is a most violent and
vulgar woman; she has thwarted me in every thing; she
pays as much attention to the lowest clerk as the highest.
She has no idea of system or arrangement. She never reads
the newspaper, and she will haggle in the shop sooner than
take bad money ; besides she is mad, and will cut her throat,
and I have sent Sir G. Tuthill to investigate the state of
her mind, but Sir George had not furnished him with the
result of his opinions. I told Mr. Davies these were se-
rious accusations, and, if well founded, he (Mr. Davies)
had been very ill used. I accordingly requested to have
an interview with Mrs. Bywater, writhing to know whe-
ther she was mad or not. I found her perfectly in her
senses, a decent, well behaved woman—most decent and
respectful in every way, as ever I saw. At my second
visit, on the 6th of November, I asked him, as be was
about to be married, the thing settled and agreed on, whe-
ther he had disclosed his affections to the lady personally.
He said no. I asked him whether he had written to
her ; he said no, but he thought he was pretty
sure of the father, to whom he had writren the best letter
he ever wrote in his life, indeed that letter was so good it
could not be mended in any particular. I asked whe-
ther the letter intimated his wish to the fatherof an alliance
with his family, he said no. Well, said I, as this was
a good letter, when was it written and what about. He
said it was written at Crouch-hill, when he had the society
of two keepers.
Sir C. WETHERELL here intimated that he had the
letter referred to by the witness, but he did not wish to
publish the name of the party to whom it was addressed.
Mr. ADOLPHUS was about to rise, when

Sir C. 'WETHERELL observed, that he waved all objec-
ion. He had only intimated the course he thought it best

to adopt.
Witness proceeded : —There was a long and rambling
story which Mr. Davies told me ; he said the pursuit of
the man and white horse was so hot, that to avoid this
man he was obliged to gallop his horse at the rate of
eleven miles an hour. This came out in one of his (Mr.
Davies's) reveries and day-dreams. On returning on foot
to Crouch-hill, in the evening, Mr. Davies told me he was
pursued by two men with white horses and carts, at which he
was much alarmed; he (Mr. D. ) stopped at a public-house on
the road to inquire if the men were Nigglers? The answer
was in the negative. I asked him who he thought they
were? He said they must be either thieves or resurrection-
men. At the third interview, on the 25th November, in
order to be confirmed with respect to the evidence I had
given, I went over all the evidence again. Mr D. said he
would not return to Philpot-lane, unless his mother
was sent into Wales. At the conclusion of each inter-
view I uniformly asked this question, " Sir, you have a
high opinion of the excellence of your own memory,
are you aware that at any period within the last
twelve months, that your mind has been in any man-
ner or degree disordered, disarranged, perverted, or that
you have laboured under any delusion whatever?" He said
he never had in the slightest degree, during the whole of
his life; that he was a responsible asent, and would prose-
cute those who had imputed insark to him. Such exa-
mination was sufficient in my opinion to warrant
the conclusion that he was of unsound mind. At
the last interview, my opinion with respect to
Mr. Davies remained precisely the same as at the
first. He related a dream to me, in which he said
the Almighty had strongly impressed on, his mind,
and lie believed it, that he should always be prosperous.
Mr. Davies said, it bad been sworn to that I see visions, I
never see them in the day time; and I an► told if I were
to persist in saying that I had seen visions it
would amount to insanity. He said he was
once walking in Kensington-gardens, where he saw a
beautiful lady, accompanied by a strapping good-looking
man. The lady admired him very much, but he had not
spoken to her, but she had frequently turned round to lock
at him. I asked him if he had seen that lady a seoond time,
and he said no, but a few days afterwards,Sn visiting the ex-
hibition, he had seen a portrait, which appeared intended for
this lady. I then asked him, did you ever intend to pur-
chase this portrait? he said no, because'he had learned that
that would be an act of insanity. Witness had no
conversation with him about his use of fire-arms.

Witness believed insane persons may be so tutored as to
conceal their insanity; he knew inatanues of this sort.
He had a friend who suffered in this way. Mr. Davies
told witness, after he left Hankey's the bankers, he pe-

rambulated about till he came into Lincoln's Inn-fields,
where he bought some oil books, having 10s. in his
pocket, he then became hungry, and went into a ginger-
bread shop and made a dinner of gingerbread. He
grasped witness's aim, saying it was most delicious.
He had never eat gingerbread before, it was most
delicious, and burst into tears, and upon recovering be
said was not that economy, Sir. It is my opinion, as long
as this morbid hatred continues towards his mother, it is
not safe that Mr. Davies should he at large. I should
think he is not a fit person to male his will, nor would
become an attesting witness to it. That was a mental
act which I believed him incapable of performing at all
the three interviews I had with him. He was clearly unfit
to draw cheques.
By Mr. BRODERICK-Witness believed Mr. Davies was
capable of undertaking arithmetic, and distinguishing
teas as well as any man. His powers of smelling were as
good as ever they were.
Mr. BaomticK—Do the smell arithmetic, Sir,—
(Great laughtcr,)
Witness did not mean to say that. He believed Mr.
Davies had a most exquisite smell, r.nd was as good a
judge of tea as lie Dr. Ilaslam ever knew. He spoke
this feelingly, because he was a customer of Mr. Davies,
and still meant to be as long as the tea Was good. He
never tasted such tea in his life--(Great laughter,)_
Mr. Davies told me he was worth about 15 0001.
He said first the profits of his trade were 2,0001. a-year,
then he whispered 3,0001., and afterwards 4,0001. I
have not come here to say he was insane, I come here, Sir,
to tell the Jury the truth, and you cannot contradict a
tittle of what 1 have said. Sir, I came here to answer all
such questions as might be put to me with truth. As far

as I recollect, I have told you all that took place 00 tbe
• tnig
25th of November. That I have no motive 311 co
here is as true as all that I have said.—(Great laughterJ""
I never put up bantams for sale, but know many mernbef:
of that Club. I have known fifty guineas given hr.
chicken by Sir John Seabright. Had never sold one
my life ; I have not a fancy in that way.—(Laughter.)
I am a fisherman.—(Great laughter.)
The cross-examination of Dr. Haslam had not conch!ag
when we left. It is generally understood that there If
eight or nine witnesses to be examined yet in suppol;6
the Commission. In the early part of the morning id
Wright observed that he thought it probable they 5011
close their case by two o'clock.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY)

COURT OF CHANCERY.

FAWCETT V. WHITEHOUSE.
The LORD CHANCELLOR stated that in this case, the
was argued before him a few days ago, from the importance
of the question in point of value as well as from certain
circumstances referred to affecting the personal characters
of individuals concerned in the transaction, he had thought
it right minutely to read through the evidence on hntb,
sides. The facts were of this nature :—Messrs. Hill On
Co. were the lessees of certain iron mines in Wales. Thef.
underlet the mines to Messrs. Knight and Co. for a long,
term, at a rent of 2,6001. a-year, and on conditiert.
of Messrs. Knight and Co. keeping the premises in repair''
In 1824 several years were unexpired; and in consequence
of some mismanagement on the part of Messrs. Knight sod
Co. they were desirous of getting rid of the concern, rt
having remained with them for five years unproductive.
So desirous of this were they that they offered a sum 01:
26,0001. or 28,000/. to Messrs. Hill and Co. if that firm
would accept of a surrender of the lease, but which the,'
refused to accede to. 12 consequence of this they were
desirous of assigning the lease, or of finding some person°
competent to conduct the mines properly They had Par
chased a great freehold estate adjoiningthe
take et mines, and this
they were willing to give to any who might
signrnent of their lease. Mr. Whiteht,use undertook to
find responsible persons to engage with him in the connigducht;
ing of this concern. Upon this footing Messrs. F•
and Co. advanced to Mr, Whitehouse 12,000/. on
this sum no interest was to be paid, within a givennumber of years, provided Messrs. Knight and Co. were
not in any way inconvenienced with respect to the mine, ;
6,000/. of the 12,000/. were to be considered a gift to Mr.
Whitehouse, arid at a subsequent period, provided Messrs,
Knight and Co. found themselves entirely released'
Mr. Whitehouse was to have the residue as a bonue.---'
Messrs. Fawcett and Shand agreed to enter into partner"
ship with Mr. Whitehouse, for the purpose of taking these
mines and working them. The negociation on their part
was entirely left to Mr. Whitehouse, with Messrs. Kniet
and Co. The arrangements were all completed, but 1,
notice of the 12,0001. Was given to Messrs. Fawcett and
Shand. By an accident they subsequently gained Woe,
mation of this circumstance, and the bill was filed against
Mr. Whitehouse for the purpose of making him /wennt
to his partners fur an equal share of benefit in the 12,000.
The Vice-Chancellor considered that Mr. Whitehouse we'
to be regarded as a trustee for 8,000/. of the 12,0001.
and his Lordship was now of opinion that that decree
must be confirmed, with costs.