The Phrenologists or Bump...
The Times, 1824-02-02T00:00:00

The Phrenologists or Bui-pists are detertoined to find confirmation of their doctrine in the skull of Tlhurtell; but with the tsual blindnass of theorists, whlo never see mnore than one pkrt or one side of a question, they publish a stateiiaent whichl (in their own data) shows, to use their own absurd jargon, that the orgarls of benevoler.ce and ve- Deration w?vere severally as much developed as the organ of destructiveness. We will never utter a word knowingly which can tend to repress she ardour of scientific research, but mechanical quackery .must not be al1owed to assume the dignity of moral philosophy. KING'S TH,XATRE.-Tbe niew Opera of Zelmira was repeated at this Theatre on Saturday evening ; anid the house (the pit particularly) was very fully attended. A delav between the dlvcrtisrment and the lst act of the- opera producea somle svmp- Eoms of disapprotation; but a bow from Rossini set all to nIghts. The opera, by its cuitaileents, is rendered, lighter, but is still too long. hlsdasne CJoibran Sang with considerable sweetnesri, and re- minded us, now and *hen, of Radicati; but her want of power tnaTkes her quite inadequate to the rank of a prima donnar. The danlcing on Saturday evening was strengthened by she assistance of the new dedntaute M^ademnoiselle La Gros, who-aFpesrs to have en. tirely got the better of her. accident. The whole of tle perfor- mances were over at a quarter before 12 o'cock. BRIGHION.-His AMajesty's present fit of the gout was produced by a slight cold, caught, as it is suppoIed, by his dinMig ih the large reon the other day with hi, nable viiters, wbo could nrot veryconvenieattly be accommodated -in the usul2al aparaenx | The first affection was felt by his Majestv n thsh ufder ; the pain was most acute, nay almost excruciating; the sev-ere symptonms, however, have to a considerable degree subsided. The King is very anxious to open ParliaTnent in person but his most attentiYe apo- thecary endeavours to dissuade the Royal invalid from underrakmg so hazardous a journey under existing circumstaicces, and during this severe weather, for the climate has changed from tem57te to extreme cold. The King's health, with the exceptiorr of tUe visits of this periodical assailant, the gout, never was better. Mectings have takein place at Southampton an(d Norwvich, for the purpose of supporting Government in the execution of the measures proposed and adopted by the House of Commons. tbr the gradual aboiition of slavery. ?he result of themn is very different ; the petition as Norwich has been carried unanimously, utter an elo- quent and explnatory speech by Ilr. J. Gurtney. At South- amnpton, th propositions of Mr. Chamberlavne, in counteriance of such measures as look forwa7rd " to a progressive improve- ment in the character of the slave popuation, such as may prepare them for civil rights and pril'en," *ielded to thie following seso- lution, submitted by Mr. F. L.Mi by way of amendment, which was carried bv a smaU ma ortty on a slow of bands, and ap- parently bv e sort of surprise:--esolveo, That this meeting, trust- iug to t'be aisdom of our legislature, and having beforeour eyes the recent insurrection at Demnerara, and the present disturbed state of ok%rNWest lndia colonies, considers the further discussion of the; delicate question of Negro improvement and enmancipation as pre - mnatuTe, unwise, dangexous, and isnplitic." The Miayor was re-. quested to have the numbers counted, as the division appeared to be.) very equal; but this he declined, stating that he was certain the ma- jor ty was for MIr. Beckford. The Gazette of Saturd1av night notices tlxe suddei die- appearance of ilr. Pierce, of bristol and after stating there is rca- son to suspect he has been murdered, offers a rewed of 300 gui- neas, to be paid by his family (Iesiding at No. 26, Richnaondter race, Clifton), *n conviction of the off%nder or offenders; and his M'dajesty's pardon is ofiered to any one of the offenders (except the person who actually committed the atmrder), who shal discover his acctsmplicE or accomplices, so that he or they may be convicted thereot. We are informned that Mr.Pierce, the soliciter, of Bristol, whose mysterious disappearance from his place of residetice has- been so otten noticed in the papers, sailed from Cowes, on Tleurs. day last, in the ship Hudson, for New York. He had, it spptar.% secreted himself until witiin a few days in London, pasing by the. name of Richards. His friends tracetd him thence to Cois, but the slsip had siled the day before they reachd the place. We un-: derstand the unfortunate gentleman is considert to have become insane.-Hampthire Tclqraph.