Yesterday at two o'clock ...
The Times, 1824-08-07T00:00:00

Yesterday at twvo o'clock a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office, Downiing-street, agreeably to sunmonses issuied on Wednesday, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Westmor- land, the Duke of Wellington, Mr. Canning, Lordt Bex- ley, and the Chanceilor of the Exchequer. 'The Council conitinued in deliberation upwards of two hours, breaking up at about a quarter past four o'clock. Soon after the breaking up of die Cabinet Council, tie Earl of Liverpool left town for his seat at Cooinbe-wood, near Kinigstoni, Surrey. Despatcles were received by the packet from Jamaica, which caused considerable bustle at the public offices. Letters from Port-au-Prinice, of the 29t of June, were received yesterdlay. Great anxiety was felt there by the in- habitants, wlho wvere daily expecting the arrival there of the recognition of their independence by France, and also the arrival of a Frenich consul. The followinig article appears in the Bombay Courier of the 20th of Mlarch:-` A correspondent has sent us the following intbrmation,which is stated to be authentic:-' It is understood thai orders from the Court of Directors for the return homiie to England of all persons not in their service, and employed in the native armies of India, areiirmedlaltcly tobeput in fbrce. ITwoofficers holding superior commands have alrealy been ordered home; the rest are expected to follow soon; and whilst tie officers of the Indian army will have reason to congratulate themselves on a measure wihici slhows tihe attention of their honourable masters to their interests and claims, there can be little doubt the eventual abolition of a!l local corps will be the occasion of an additional increase of the Indian army.'" T'he same paper anniounces the death of Lieut.-Colonel WVarren, of the 47lh iegiment, on the 18tli of Mlarch, at Bombay. The decree of the Prussian Cabinet, prohibiting its sub- jects from studying in certain foreign universities (those oi Tubingen and Basle were expressly named), on account of the revolutionary principles supposed to be inculcated in them, caused an extraordinary sensation, and the Governments intarested inade remonstrances to that of Prussia. The Cabinet of Stutgard addressed a diplomhatic note to that of' Berlin, to disprove the accusation against the lJniver- city of Tubingen. The Government of Baslc afterwards did the same with respect to the University of Basle.-Duetch paper. 'There is a report of a very interesting nature, viz. that a Reyal decree may be expected to appear in a few days, which, ori- ginating in thae principles of reciprocity, will prohibit the 'itporta. tion of French nerchandise in general into the kingdom of the Ne- therlands.-DulcA paper. A letter from Bome states that a nephew of the Viscount de Chateaubriand entered a mronth ago into the noviciate of the Jesuits. TiHE PAaKs.-A Correspondent observes, in allusion to the new and r.di-lous =eg.datio- of preventidng t,ersons carrying parcels, however sniall, from passitig throughi St. Jamtes's-park, that ;f the promoters of it had rather directed their efforts to the cx- pelling of the abandoned characters who nightly infest the park, many of whom are of the worst description, it would havc been much inore to their credit, as well as of essential utility to public morals. 'rTe Lord Mayor yesterday sent an order to the in(divi- dual who took the conttract for paving the city, and who lhas crowded Fleet-street with stones, commanding that the nuisanee be imnme- diately removed; and adding, that if thle order be not inmmediately complied with, the city officers slhall have them removed, and the city solicitor shall be forthwith directed to prosecute the contractor. lr. Brown, the City Milarshal, leaves towvn this day for the purpose of delivering to Ar. Jutice Burrough, who tried the two mien, MIfarsiall the elder and luars7lull the younger, for the robbery at Berkhampstead, a petition from the latter praying for nercy. Mlr. (Jordon, the prosecutor, upon reading the petition, and hearing thiat WVednesday was appointed for the execution of the pe- titioner, immiediately annexed a representation in li5a behldf. lr. Brown, in order to give all die cefct possible to tlh recommnienation, imade a minute inquiry into the conduct of' th petitioner, both be- fore and subsequent to tie robbery, and has ascertained that it has been unexceptionable. Since the robbery he has been employed at lOs. a week in taktng care of some paintings-a presumptive proof' tthat lie preferred a life of industry to one supported by plunder. 'rise following is a fact to be added to the meteorologi- cal observations of the present year, which are so singular on ac- count of ttie remarkable anoxialies whichi they already present:_ On the l4th of July, wlich was the hottest day of this summer, whilst the thiermometer of Reaumur marked 29 degrees at Paris,and 33at,Madrid,itonlymarked24at Naples, at noon. It was not until two hours alterwards that tie reflection of thel sun caused a rise t, 27.-Journal de lParis. uYDRtOPHosIA.-A reinemly for this tdreadful maladly is announced in a communication to the editor of' theA NAefolk- Chro- nicte, of which we subjoin a copy *-Sir,-i beg to state through the medium ef votir journal, that a successful remedy may be found for the bite oi' a rabid animal in the use of the fluid extract of'lead. As hydrophobia is a disease specifically of the nervous system, I was led to believe that prepara- tions of that mineral, cautiously adnministered, would have the effect of subduing the inordinate irritation of the nerves, and thus remove the farious excitability whichl occasions those violent spasimodic contractions ot theglouUii which threaten immediate suffocation, atih whlich alone causes the abhorrence of liqtids. I adopted the solution of lead as the most concentrated preparation, and I exhibited it with complete success inaconfirmed caseofhydrolphobiain a personoftthc name of Roberts, residing in Hatfield-street, Goswell-street, Lon- don. Oni the third day after the symnptoms became apparent, paralysis of the lower extremities ensued, and from thiat period the liydropliobic madness ceased, and the patient speedily recovered. '1 lie solution of lead was given in doses of forty drops every fotur hours on a lump of sugar. The patienlt was of robust habit, and aged 42 years. " I am, Sir &c. " ARNALL THOS. FAVER31AN, MN.D." Orford-hill, July 21, 1824." 'rhe German journals mention the following extraordi- nary ease of hydrophobia:-" At Ninderneunforn, in the canton of Thiurgau, a horse having been bitten by a mad dog, who had at- tacked several persons and animals at Winterthur and Franenfeld, had an attack ot madness a itontli after. It was so sudden and vio. lent that no person dared approach liin. Af'ter long hesitation, some tholes were mlade in the wall of the stable, through whichl ropes were introduced, atid the furious animal was entangled and killed." XVINCHESTER, Aug. 5.-'his afternoon, as Mlr. C. F. XVillialns, the counsel, was returming frorm Court, in company with it friend, he was suddenly attacked by a person who, it scens, had been lying in wait for hin, anid wlho rtruck himil a violent blowv witlh his fist ott the side of his face. Two of his brother counsel whlo were near at the mtonment, scived the perpetrator of'the outra-c and some ot' the petsons near wouldi have inflicted summary ptni`ls iutent on the unmanly and cowardly fellow, but Alr. Williams as- sured thent that he was derangea, and begged that he might only be secured. Some gentlemnen, however, urged tlie necessity of an applicationi to some magistratc, that lie might be restrained from at- tenipting any turtlier violence on thle person of Mlr. Williams. It appears that six or seven years since Mlr. \Villiams acted in the capacity ot counnet for the per5on whu has in this instance attacked hlini ; on that occasion, Mr. Willianis, using his own idleas of his clielt's casec declined to call some witnesses, in whose testinony lie (1r. WVilliams) could not rely. After a lapse of'seven years the present :tttackt has been cowardly made upon him, uvitlioitt the sligiltest totice. Time iiall, whose iLatni is Iaurridge, was comnmitted to prison until he gave bail to atiswer for tihe outrage. On Monday S. 'rurier, of Stroud, was fitted for not re- sorting on the previous Sunday to a place of wvorsliip, having no reasoiiable excuse to be absent. The fourth conviction subjects the offender to a penalty of 201.-i Ellz. c. 2. s. 14. Absence from morn.- ing or evening service is equally puttishable with total absenice; lie who is absent front his own parish church, shall be obliged to prove what place of worship he attenmded._-l Hawk. c. 10. s. 4. ROBBERtY AT LOhD CowPEa s.-Jamencs Green, who with Jaeet Harris and Jamnes T7h,nwas, alias JDais, were convicted at the Hertford assizes on Saturday last, has receivetd a respite during His liajesty's pleasure. The other two men remain tor executiomi on Wednestay next withi Chrles Caelw?ight and William Marshall, Jun., tounu gu ilty of a burglary in the liouse of C. Gordon, Esq., at Berkhampstead, on the 17th of Mlarch la,t. honora Concannon, whose trial for the murder of a poor beggar named Higghis we gave in our paper of' Wlednesday last, atter the awful setiteuce of tite law uas pamsed upon her, still persisted it protesting lier ininocence, and continued to do so until a tew secontds before eile was launchled into eternity, when she ad- niitted being coicerused in the umurder, but refdsed to say whether site had any accomrplice or not. Nothing could equal the resat- ance she gave the e.xecutioner;* she kicked binm, and bit his hands several times, and appeared to be in a perfect stale of frenzy when brought to the drop, which was done by force.