The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-28 00:00:00

DISSECTION of the TWO-HEADED 01111'

There is no surer sign of quackery than the
attributing of evils, arising out of many circum-
stances, to one sole cause, and prescribing ac-
cordingly for their•cure one single remedy. Mr.
COBBETT, judging that sufficient:dissatisfaction
was abroad at the state of the country to insure
him an audience to whom he might announce
the dreadful intelligence that their ruin was irre-
trievable, assembled together some hundred per-
sons on Thursday, and delivered a highly comi-
cal oration, the substance of which was that the
general distress is increasing to so frightful an
extent, that few people can for the
.future ex-
pect to, have a leg of mutton on their table more
than twice a year, and that we-have been reduced
to thiS deplorable condition by that wicked Act
of Parliament which has deprived us of the
blessings of One Pound Notes ! Of our near
approach to starvation we had indeed been pre-
viously warned by several Ultra-Tory politicians ;
and although the latter are by Ito means agreed
with the Radicals upon the causes of our distress
(the former attributing it to the Catholic Relief
Bill and the Free Trade System), yet Messrs.
SADLER and COBBETT lament in strains equally
lugubrious the degraded and miserable state into
which Old England has been brought by the
ignorance and profligacy of her rulers.

The coarse humour of Mr. COBBETT is in-
finitely more entertaining to us than the solemn
cant of Mr. SADLER ; but independently of the
notoriety of the political tergiversations of the
former orator, his declamations can never be of
any weight, because he never supports them by
proofs, but assumes both cause and effect, and
then proceeds to condemn. We do not want to
be told that the depreciation of coinage is highly
inconvenient, and is often the cause of injustice;
nor that Louts XIV. and other foreign Princes
have been much censured for tampering with
their currency. Any one would suppose that
the Parliament which passed PEEL'S Bill was
wholly ignorant that, if the circulation of a
country is suddenly reduced by one half, the
debts and taxes subsequenly paid-in the same
money will, in fact, have been paid twice over.
Mr. COBBETT informs us that, in ignorance
and folly, such a reduction has usually been
effected, and itinc dice Lacrymca for the de-
funct One Pound Notes. Those who are de-
sirous of satisfying themselves of the solid
grounds of objection to the continuance of
the Small Note system, should refer to the
Debates of February, 1826, and June, 1828.
In Mr. GOULBURN'S speech on the latter occa-
sion, will be seen how vastly over-rated has been
the supposed effect of this measure ; for during
the five years ending with 1826, the average
value of the Small Notes issued by the Country
Bankers throughout the whole kingdom, was
only five millions sterling, and during the last of
those years the gradual withdrawal had reduced
the issue to little more than one million. Now,
to say nothing of the gold and silver coinage, of
the bills and promissory notes used in trade, and
of the country bankers' large notes, the above
sum is a mere trifle, compared to the paper cir-
culation of the Bank of England alone, which,
I on a weekly average of the year ending the 6th of
April, 1828, was 21,549,318/., and had for
several years previous been near 21,000,000/.
,1 We refer' h9WeVer, t 9 the authentic statements

quoted by the CHANCELLOR of the ExcHE-
QuEn on the occasion alluded to, as the best
refutatio❑ of this attempt to magnify mole-hills

Ito mountains.

We do not dispute that the reduction of the
circulation, even to a small amount, has had its
effect upon prices; but the measure was a choice
of evils, in which the greater inconvenience was
properly made to give place to the smaller. We
well recollect the fallacies that were urged about
the policy of keeping the money of the country
constantly increasing, which cannot apply to the
paper-money system, because that has for many
years been kept on a footing very much exceed-
ing the circulation that is really necessary for
our commerce. Caution is always good, but

Mere has been no want of it in this matter ; and

we can conceive no more serious charge against
he Government than to have suffered, by their

non-interference, a repetition of the distressing
scenes that occurred throughout the country in
1826, and of the losses sustained by those
classes who could ill afford so severe a privation,
when they found that country bankers' notes, in
which they had been accustomed to confide,
turned out suddenly to be mere waste paper.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.

11PORTA NT MERC.A NTILE JUDGMENT-GOLDING V. O'NEIL.

The Loan CHANCELLOR gave jud:ment in this case on
coming into Court, which he said he had given all the
attention to in his poorer, the question depending on the
decision of the Court being, in his opinion, one of the
first importance to the mercantile world. This was a
question (said his Lordship) with respect to the
proof of a debt under a commission of bankruptcy
issued against O'Neil and Martin as partners.—
The circumstances of the transaction were these :
O'Neil, on his separate account, and not in his partner-
ship character, ervered into a contract with Golding, who
was the owner of a vessel. It was a contract by charter
party, by which Golding undertook that the vessel should
proceed from Newfoundland to Charlotte Town ; that it
should take in a cargo of timber there ; that it should
then proved with such cargo to Limerick, and de-
liver the timber there to the assignees of O'Neil ;
then that the amount of freight should be paid half
in cash, and the other half in a good Bill of ' Ex-
change on London at a date not exceeding four
months. The vessel proceeded on her voyage, and deli-
vered her cargo at Limerick, in pursuance to the charter
party. The half of the freight was then paid in cash, and
a bill was given for the other half drawn by the person
who represented O'Neil, on O'Neil and Company (not on
O'Neil alone), London, to the master of the ship, who
remitted it to Golding, the owner, at Liverpool. When
the bill was :received by Gelding, it was sent in
the usual course of business to the house, where O'Neil
and Martin, under the firm of O'Neil and Co., carried on

their business. It was left at that house in the usual
course for acceptance. After it had remained there for
several hours, Guiding himself, or his brother, called for
the bill again, and received it hack, accepted, front a
clerk in the house. Now the question is, whether this
bill, under these circumstances, can be proved under the
joint commission againstO'Neil and Martin. There is no prin-
cip'e more clear than this, that where there are partners, and
one of those partners enters into a contract upon his own
account, he cannot pledge the partnership funds, or give a
partnership acceptance in discharge of his contract so as to
bind the firm. In this case, Golding knew that the con.
tract WO a several contract—that it was a contract in the
name of O'Neil only, and not of O'Neil and Co. When,
therefore, Golding accepted of a bill drawn on O'Neil and
Co. in discharge of that debt, he knew O'Neil and Co. were
not liable for it. He took it, therefore, on his own responsi-
bility, and the only doubt I have had in this case arose
from the circumstance of the bill, after it had been drawn
on O'Neil and Co., and received by Golding, having been
left in the usual course at the house of O'Neil and Co. for
acceptance; and after having been so left, having been
received back by Golding front a clerk in the house, ac-
cepted by O'Neil and Co., Gilding not knowing that
the acceptance was in the:land-writing. of O'Neil ;
but upon consideration I do not think that that
circumstance varies the case. I do not think it in-
cludes Martin, who was the party to this, contract,
and ought not to have been bound by it. If it bad
been known by Golding that his acceptance was in
the hand-writing of O'Neil, it is perfectly clear that
Golding could have had no claim on the joint estate, and
the responsibility of knowing it or of not knowing it
rested with him. As it turns out, it was the acceptance
of O'Neil, and without the authority or knowledge of
Martin, whose estate ought not to have been bound.
Under these circumstances, I think the Commissioners
did right in refusing to receive this proof; I think the
Vice-Chancellor did right in refusing to order the Com-
missioners to receive the proof, and I now confirm that
decision of his Honour's.

A gentleman behind the bar asked on behalf of the re-
spondents for the costs.
Mr. HORNE opposed this application, on the ground
that the question could not have been disposed of without
having come to his Lordship.
The LORD CHANCELLOR considered, that as the cities-

tion was one of such nicety, importance, and difficulty,
the parties had acted properly in bring it before him,
therefore he should give no costs.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
JUDGMENT.-JOHNSON V. DIGBI.

His HONOUR gave judgment this morning in this case.
The question arose upon an annuity in the will of the tes-
tator, by which he gave his money in the English Funds
to certain persons, and the question was, whether that de-
scription meant 3 per Cent. Consols. The case had been
originally heard before the Alaster of the Rolls, a reference
was made to the Master, and exception taken to his report
finding the words used by the tes'ator meant his 3 per
Cent. Consols. The case came before the Court yesterday
upon the exceptions. The Vice-Chancellor agreed with
the Master, ordered the exceptions to be overruled, and
the costs of all parties to be paid in the cause.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
GAINSFORD V. MARSHALL.

Mr. Crum applied to have the defendant in this case
discharged out of custody, on the ground that the plaintiff
being obliged by the Lords' Act to pay him 3s. 6d. a
week, and such sum being due every Mondry, that the
plaintiff paid the last instalment by a bad shilling and a
good half-crown. The money had been paid by a servant
of the plaintiff to Charles Jones, the turnkey of White-
cross-street prison, where the defendant is confined. The
plaintiff states, that the turnkey on receiving it rung and
examined it, and said it was all right. It appeared, how-
ever, by the affidavit of the turnkey, that what he said
only related to the quantity and not the quality of the mo -
ney. That when the defendant received it, he found the
shilling to be a bad one, and the turnkey insisttd that it
was the identical money he received of the plaintiff's ser-
vant, and allowed himself to be searched, and he had no
other money about him. The Learned Counsel therefore
hoped that the Court would think proper to order his dis-
charge, as he had already been imprisoned for a year.
Mr. THESSIGER, for the plaintiff, contended that the
turnkey having been decided by this Court to be in such
cases, the agent of the debtor, ought to have objected to
the money on receiving it. He also had affidavits which
stated that the shlling given was good.
The COURT decided, that the turnkey ought to have
objected, and that as there was conflicting testimony it
would not be proper to discharge the prisoner. The rule
must therefore be discharged, with casts.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

ADAMS V. MERRIDENV.,

Mr. Baron Gausow pronounced the judgment of the
Court, on a rule obtained some time since calling upon
the Master to review his taxation of costs. The Learned
Baron said, it would be recollected that this was an action
of libel brought by the plaintiff, a highly respectable Ma-
gistrate, residing in the county of Warwick, against the
defendant, who was proprietor of the Coventry Herald,
when the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff with
201. damages. The defendant feeling disatisfied with his
verdict, be applied to have the judgment arrested, and this
Court being of opinion, that the inuendos set forth in the
declaration were not sufficient to support an action of libel,
they ordered the judgment to be reversed; against this de-
CI" the P 144144. PPPeAled t 9 a Wirt of Yaw-, Act tin
. _

result 'of that application was, the judgment of this'
Court was reversed. On the bill of costs being re-
ferred to the Master for taxation, that officer refused
to allow the plaintiff's costs in error. It had been argued
at great length, and with much ability, that the Master
had used a sound discretion ; but the Court, after the most
mature consideration, were of a different opinion. It was
the judgment pronounced in this Court which drove the
plaintiff to a superior one, and that Court hul decided
that our judgment was wrong ; it was therefore only fair
that the plaintiff should. have his costs. It is the opinion
of the Court that the rule must be made absolute, calling
upon the Master to review his taxation.
Rule made absolute.

A gentleman behind the bar applied on behalf of the
Sheriff of Wo:cestershire for the authority of the Cout t
not to make a return to a writ of fieri farina, on the
ground that he (the sheriff) did not consider himself pro-
perly indemnified.
After a long argument on the duties and liabilities of a
sheriff,
The COURT held that be was bound to nuke
a return, for it ccuhl never be supposed that a
sheriff, when he received the King's writ, could re-
fuse to execute it, on the ground of his not being indem-
nified. Besides, a refusal on such grounds would in many
cases amount to a total denial of justice. Suppose a man
had a great number of debtors who he was obliged to sue,
would it not be a grievous calamity that in every instance
he should be obliged to give security ; the law was quite
difficult enough for a poor man to obtain redress, without
throwing other obstacles in the way. It was the opinion
of the Court a sheriff must risk all liabilities in the per-
formance of his public duty, except under very peculiar
circumstances. In the present instance the application
must be refused. . _

Mr. Baron Vat:OIJAN said it was. now the opinion of
the Judges that the Courts had always been too indulgent
towards sheriffs.—Application refused.
The Court afterwards heard motions of no public in-
terest.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
FOX V. CLIFTON AND OTHERS.
In this case, which was an action brought against the
defendants as shareholders in the Imperial Distillery Com-
pany, and in which action the plaintiff obtained a verdict,
a rule was obtained a few days since for a new trial.
Mr. Serjeant ADASIS, and other Counsel, were heard at
great length this morning in support of the rule. The
arguments were not concluded when our Reporter left.

ADMIRALTY COURT.
THE MADONNA D'IDRA.

The KING'S ADVOCATE passed the judgment of die
Court in this case in favour of the Crown. The _Ma-
donna d'ldra was captured during the war hetween
Great Britain and Turkey, in 1807, by a British ship of
var, and carried into Malta, where the Yice-Admiralty
Court condemned the vessel. The vessel was loaded and
owned by a subject of the Ottoman Government, and the
proceeds now sought to be placed in the Court were
above 6001.

Sir CnarsToviirn RoniNsom asked how it was that so
long a delay had occurred in getting the papers from Malta.
The REGisiRAR, said that there were many cases in
the Court at Malta, and the papers relative to the Ma-
donna d 'ldra could not be forwarded earlier.

The COURT granted the application made by the King's
Advocate.

The Court then adjourned.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY. TWILLIE 0' aocr.

The Bears, who have been so roughly handled the
last account, are now on the qui vice, and advancing,
with great caution, in their future speculations. The
Consol market, which left off yesterday at 91 for
money, arid 94 1 for the account, opened at the
same price this morning, but soon after the market
became rather fidgety, and Consols receded to 94
for the account, with little business transacting; they
may at present be quoted at 911 1, and 94. if for
money. The rise which took place in Consols late
yesterday afternoon was owing to the notice sent
down from Government, in regard to :he reduction
of the interest of the Exchequer Bills to three-half-
pence per day. The following is the substance of
the above notice :

New bills bearing an interest of three halfpence by
the day upon every 1001. and dated the 18th of
December, may be obtained in whole or in part pay-
Meni.Of principal, upon stating the required amount
on the list delivered on or before the said 14th day
of December, which new Bills, with the interest on
the Bills exchanged, will be issued on the 19th day
of December.

A hint is given by some of the speculators this
morning that in a few days %re shall hear of some
other financial operations on the part of Government,
but this may only be a ruse de guerre to keep the
market alive.

In the Foreign market little business is doing at
present.
We are again without the arrival of any ship-
letters, but a Malta Mail has arrived, brought
by the Pigeon, sailed from Gibraltar on the sth of
November, and from Cadiz on the Ilth. We have
already received accounts from Gibraltar of the above
date through the French Papers, therefore it cannot
bring any intelligence of importance. Accounts
from Gibraltar of sth November state that M. Cera-
pliiii, Cotnmander of the Spanish Garde de Costa at
Algesiras, to prevent the smuggling, which is actively
carried on at present at Gibraltar, sailed in a small
vessel to the above fortress, when he perceived a
smuggling vessel, which he took without resistance
tinder the batteries of the fort, which only fired a few
guns.
I.IvERPooL, Nov. H.—The Cotton market is
exceedingly film, and if, any alteration the prices
are rather higher again this week, although the
business doing is not to so great an extent. The
sales yesterday were 2,500 to 3,000 bales ; 200
Bahias, Gd. a qd.; 700 Maranhams, Gfd. a 7d.;
250 Egyptians ; and about 300 Orleans, from 6i-d.
to lid.
Letters have been received from Constantinople of
the Ist November, tranquillity then prevailed there ;
the Blonde was towed by a steamer to the Arsenal,
in which Sir Robert Gordon intended to give a
grand fete in consequence of peace.

ENGLIS
Bank Stock, 215 16

i FUNDS.
13i per Cent. 99-i 100

India Stock, 226 7

Ne‘v 4 per Cent.: 103i_i

S per Cent. Cons. 94i
Do., for Account, 94/ 1-
Ditto Reduced, 93
FOREIG

4 per Cent. 1826 1051
India Bonds, 67 69
Exchequer Bills, 65 66
I FUNDS.
Greek, 284-
Mexican, 22i 23
Peruvian, lb
Portuguese, 50 51

Brazilian, 66i 71
Buenos Ayres, 25 27
Chilian, 24 26
Colombian, 20i 21
Daniell, '74i-
French, lb per Cent. 1081 §-I-
Ditto, S per Cent. 84i 4

Prussian,
Russian, 109 110
Spanish, 1121.
TWO O'CLOCK.

The British Market has been in a very unsettled
state during the whole of the morning. Consols
in the early part of the day were at 94* for the
Account, after which they reached 94 owing
to two eminent brokers having purchased about
200,000/. Consols; but, contrary to the general ex-
pectation, Consols immediately receded to 94*,
instead of a further improvement, and at
present. they are 94ft for the account, and 91 to
for money, there being still a continuance of cue half
per cent. The extreme fluctuation to this hour is
about three-eighths per cent.
In the Foreign Market little doing, except in
Brazil stock, which is not so good as in the early
part of the day. Spanish is also rather worse.
THREE O'CLO cr.

An Express has arrived from Paris this morning,
bringing accounts that Prince Polignac" has obtained
the interest of most of the departments in his favour,
and there is no doubt that at the opening of the
next Sessions he will obtain a great ntijority."
The French Funds come higher, 84f. 60c., and on
the next day it was expected they would reaeh 85c.
Consols for Account, 94}

REMARKABLE FACT.—In the storm on
Wednesday morning, ris Mr. BuTLER, of the Durham Ox,
Mansfield, was standing in his doorway, next the town
street, a partridge actually settled on one of his shoulders,
and suffered him to take it from its new perch !—Not-
tiligliam ,Review.

(FROM OUR rams CORRESPONDENT.)
" PARIS, NOV. a
" Nothing has yet occurred since the recent te°'
dification of the Ministry to disturb the serenitY °f
our political horizon; but in the mean time the se'
vans of Paris are busily occupied in metaphysical
and physiological discussions, excited by the suddett
death of the extraordinary bieephalous infant, called,
il
Ritta-Christina. It will scarcely be believed the!,
such men as Cuvier, Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, ""
Serres, the celebrated anatomist, should have .11111
the greatest difficulty in obtaining the permission
the authorities to verify the existence of the curie°
phenomena presented by the constitution of this
singular being. There is, it seems, a rule, Pl.
scribing interment, in particular cases, with'"
twenty-four hours after death, which it was el,fi
tempted in this case to enforce; but it is due
to the liberality of M. (le Chabrol, the Pre':
feet of the Seine, to acknowledge, that as ee'°U.'
as he was informed by M. de Saint Hilaire, of the
claims of science, he hastened to give the necoll';4
sary orders to delay the interment. Had the death
taken place in an hospital, there could have been 0
such difficulty. The dissection look place yeSterd-'
(lay, in presence of Messrs. Cuvier, Saint Hilaire'
Portal, Dumereil, Lisfranc, hart, Castel, Breschth
the two Dubois, and a few of their personal friends,
in the amphitheatre of Lv Piti6, the operations her;
ing been conducted under the superintendence of
M. Series.
" It was mentioned by M. Saint Hilaire, that the
celebra!ed Laplace had been much occupied in the
latter years of life with the study of human bicepheli•
His attention had been directed to their existence)
by the historical researches, of Messrs. Serrev:
and Saint Hilaire, but he entertained many
doubts as to the truth of statements of this
nature recorded in history, or rather of the
single statement, which was worthy of much
confidence, with respect to the double man,
who (lied at the age of 28, at the Court of Jame.
the Third of Scotland. How much would be
have been interested,' exclaimed M. Saint Hilaire.
' with our Ritta-Christina I How much would he
have been distressed, as we are now, to see a Or
ject for such important study lost by our own aegr
gelled' One reflection should, however, cons°
us, which is, that the short life of Christina-pitta
has not been altegether lost to science. It has bee"
prolonged for eight months and seventeen days, Attu
has only ceased by a concurrence of circumstances
which should not have existed.
" The body has been placed in spirits of
and was preserved as well as possible, so that the
following anatomical details were perfectly setts
'
factory :
" There were two hearts, isolated and free fro I°
each other, but placed in a single envelope or per'.
cardium, the hearts touching only at the poiete'
while the bases were perfectly free. This touchl
of the two hearts was for an extent of six or eig d
lines, the point of the organ in Ritta being Placed
at the left side, as in ordinary cases, while that is
the heart of Christina was at the right. I"
position the right ventricle of the heart of Itit,t°
the
flattened and compressed, which accounts for

stoppage of
was only the cir-culaats ion
ngle liver, inc of her blood.
onse Vence
hi
evidently of the union of the liver of each on
the
median line, which proves that there were two lobe
of spigel and two gall vessels perfectly distinct. all
" There were also two stomachs, and tNo 511)
intestines or first passages which were united ter! or
twelve inches before their entrance into the coeeoel,'
The mecum, as well as the large intestines, which
appeared more particularly to belong to Christina,
were single.
" There were two distinct matrices, the one site"
ated as usual behind the bladder, the second heLivg,
separated from the first by the rectum, and elle' •
intestines.
" The pectoral cavity was divided by 1
7trh,erdesiaupltherdagfrmom the a centre
mediastine, joined below by a single
iteePotbrognif
line olifv t.whheicmhedliiukme
the
juts. This circumstance, very interesting in
of the twllf,
became particularly so, from its affording a probe.
le
explanation of the almost instant death of Chrletil
after her sister had ceased to live; for the half °
the diaphragm being paralyzed, and its continuity
still existing, it is easy to understand how the con.
tractile action of the other half should have suddenly
been arrested.
" The opening of the body of Christina-Ritta hits,
not furnished any very precise idea of the nature of
the disease by which death was produced. A sligl4
adhesion of the posterior part of the pleura of the
right side with the emphysema of the lungs iedi"
cated the existence of an inflammation of that mete-
brane, but neither intense nor extensive, and eet
such as could have produced immediate death:"
Death might rather, perhaps, have been imputed t°
a considerable accumulation of feculent mutter
the rectum. Nothing could have been more eat/
than to have removed this accumulation which b°
produced such an unfortunate result. A slight allejj
dent would certainly have sufficed; but no medic,
assistance had been culled, and Christina-Ritta he"
died for want of help, in the midst of Paris, je,tl
city where so many celebrated physicians waif,
have been happy to have lent their assistance
of for
object so highly interesting to men ;
ence. But the relatives seemed to have beef.
ignorant of the facility of procuring relic
ei
embittered, no doubt, by the refusal tilted
had experienced from the authorities, and prev.,,,ctic
from leaking application by the distress lo "„„-ses
that refusal had plunged them. The remote:— ay
of the disease by which death was produce'', of
doubtless be traced to the delicate constituttter
Rive, and to exposure to the first colds of w—,,ith
in apartments very imperfectly heated. It wae%el.
difficulty that Ritta supported the fatigue of tr,"o.
ling, while her sister seemed to suffer no sort °L
convenience. In the towns where they were
received, and where they could stay a long.
Ritta recovered her health with surprising rapitll'iril
so rapidly that M. St. Hilaire says he has obserlbei
nothing equal to it in an isolated being, and ascri.aa,
it to the support received from her sister Chrieto,
who being endowed with a very robust ore
tion, had no doubt greatly contributed to these °ea
den restorations. Their stay at Lyons had bela
very favourable to their health. They seemed
well on their arrival in Paris, although Ritta
peered to be fatigued ; but here, when the severie
of the season required the greatest care, the re cOl
tives, deceived in their hopes by the interfereo,eia",
the authorities, were reduced to a mode of liiclus
consistent with the care which was necessary Or
preservation of their child.
It is known that Ritta only was unwell, !ma toil)°,
Christina, whose health was good to the eoti'•,,ter
suddenly struck dead at the moment when her 5'
the
expired. The perfect health of Christina toe
more surprising when it is considered that the .I'o.
mulation or interruption to which the death %ea
cribed, was situated in that part of the intest'io
which was common to the two sisters, but it t° be
be remembered, that an interruption which toeYoo
slight and indifferent to a well constituted and soare
vigorous body like that of Christina, might be Tho
Otis to one so debilitated as that of her sister• oil
heart of Ritta, compressed by that of Christinotitoif
otherwise straightened in its movements, fouadoced
incapable of reacting against the congestion pc.grest
by the very considerable interruption in the
intestine.
" During the life of Christina-Ritta, the WI,
whether she had two hearts or only one l'e:aolle
agitated,but has not been resolved. The stetliv-cbial
had only indicated a single heart, and the bteete
arteries seemed to beat simultaneously in Int tlf,
subjects. The existence of a single heart ;Or
two seemed at first therefore probable, but to 0:06
the close of the disease another opiniVatit
adopted. The pulsations were no longer tOrd
those of Ritta being much more frequent thao_llll
of Christina. The inspection of the cavityl:oo
breathy 1144 shewn that thew were in fact /IV°
•

from each of which distinct vessels proceeded; but
this inspection has also justified the error to which
the stethoscope has led. In fact, the two hearts
were enclosed in the same membraneous cavity
and so disposed, that however the instrument might
be placed, before or behind, to the right or left, it
would never receive the impression of more than
One of the two hearts.
" Christina-Ritta was evidently not destined to
attain an advanced age. There was too much ine-
pality between the two parts; but every thing
indicates that she might have lived for several
Years. Her premature death has deprived the
world of many interesting observations which
might have resulted from the developement of two
intellects existing, if not in a single organization, at
least in two organizations so closely united. Of
how many phenomena, psychological, physiological,
and
.pathological, are we deprived ? The study of
a being like this, arrived at an age when she could
account for her ideas and sensations, would be one
of the most interesting which could be offered to
the meditation of the philosopher."
" The possibili!y of the prolongation of the life of
such a being; to mature age appears to be demonstrated,
and there is nolongerany reason to doubt the general
retstieity of the authors who have written on such sub-
Jects. Some information has lately been given of a bice-
Pillainus girl wiz° died in Hungary
at the age of 21,
the death of the two parts nut being instantaneous,
asg in the case of Christina-Ritta, but an interval of
Eveminutes having occurred between the death of
the one and the other."
4HIPp]

'ING INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.
DEAL, Nov. 27.—Wind E. moderate.—Off Port,
the P
g,
_1143 Tan rate, from Messina. Arrived from
'-nu°ll, the Eresthorpe, Thomas, for Jamaica.
PoirrsmouTtl, Nov. 27.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed
the Cmiar, Watt, for Madras.
PALmovrir, Nov. 26.—Wind E. to E.S.E. fresh
ZRales.—Arrived the Pigeon packet, for the Medi.
tranean, sailed from Corfu the Bth of October,
Lheuitlal the sailed
Gibraltar the sth inst., and Cadiz,
at
; spoke on the Bth inst., off Gibraltar, his
Real-81's ship Dartmouth ; also arrived the Lester,
ts, from Leghorn.
from HT, Nov. 26.—Arrived the Milton, Meggett,
i'laYo; frost, Joseph; Mary, Stratford;
IT ,am Pitt, Wildridge ; Nancy Giles, Chare,
Ritchie
Headley ; Wilberforce, Clash ; and Bellona,
%enie; all from St. Petersburgh.
B—"DERLAND, Nov. 26.—Arrived the Staindrop,
arrison, from St. Petersburgh.
ScAkßeßotm, Hamby, from Riga .26.—Arrived the Sarah
and Niugare

h Shallott, Mason, from Shields to Odessa'
-:ts
W °tally lost at the of the Humber on
ednesday morning, andentrance two of the crew saved.