The Sun. — 1842-01-03 (London, England)

PHRENOLOGICAL SOCIETY, EXETER-HALL. In our report of the meeting on the first Monday in November, it was omitted that the President mentioned having seen, in his recent visit to Milan, the walls covered with announcements of Lectures on Phrenology, and various Italian works on Phrenology in the booksellers' shops ; as well as marked heads in the. Museums of the Great Hospital, and of the Veterinary College; and that he had seen four marked heads in the Museum of the University of Pavia, amidst the preparations of Scarpa and Panizzi; and that•he had found phrenologists abound in all parts of the Continent. In the report of the meeting, the third Monday in November, it was omitted that Swainson, Esq. was elected an ordinary member. First Monday in December--The Rev. David Wood, A.AI., was proposed as an ordinary member. A cast of Blakesley was presented by Mr. Deville. The President stated that • the general outline of the head resembled that of the majority of murderers in the Society's collection, and especially to that of Courvoisier;_and not only the heads of the majority, it was remarked, bore a resemblance to each other, but throughout the features of the majority of the worst murderers there was a strong family likeness, if it might be so called. The intellectual development of Blakesley was very moderate, the forehead being narrow and retreating; the lower part of the forehead, however, the 'situation of the perceptive faculties, was better developed, though not in proportion to the sides and back. The posterior-superior, and the superior-posterior portions were very large; namely, firmness, self-esteem, and love of notice. The upper Surface sloped off .at the sides, making the summit keelshaped, such as is always seen in characters of great deficiency of moral rectitude. The sides above the ears were very large, namely, at the disposition to violence or destructiveness, and a cunning.or -slyness. The organ of the sexual propensity was large, and that of attachment of love of offspring, very large. With such a head Blakesley might readily have murdered Mr. Burdon from revenge, or his wife from the agony of forcible separation from her: Second Monday in December—Air. Logan delivered a Lecture on the lower propensities. Third Monday in December—T. E. Kerrison, Esq., was elected an ordinary member. . Prideaux, Esq., of Southampton, was proposed as a corresponding member. The cast of a female skull dug out of chalk, on Portsdown Hill (arms of ancient Britons, and other skeletons, being found in the vicinity), was presented as a pure specimen of the ancient Celtic head by Mr. Prideaux. The President stated, that the following were the relative sizes of the organs in the cast of Blakesley. The lower feelings stood thus : Disposition to violence... 5 In Courvoisier Cunning Love of property 5 do. Self-esteem Love of notoriety 5 do. Cautiousness 5 do. Perseverance Sexual love Other feelings stood thus : Conscientiousness 3 In Courvoisier '3 Hope 3 do. Poetic feeling .... ....... 3 do. Marvellousness 3 do. Benevolence Courage 3 do. Imitation Veneration or respect... 4 do. The intellectual faculties stood thus : Sense of things (observation) ,--.; In Courvoisier Sense of persons or form 4 do. Places Order 3 do. Colour Time 3 do. Tune '3 do. ....... .... 3 Language Casualty Wit  Comparison The circumference of the head was ,.... 23i do. The resemblance of the two heads was extraordinary, and the circumference would have been the same in each, but for attachment and love of offspring being five, and in Courvoisier only three. For all the measurement! of Courvoisier's head, Dr. Elliotson referred the company to his little pamphlet on Courvoisier, published by llighley, Fleet•street.  THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE PROM Sr.