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enclosed in sacks with wird cats, in order to make r them confess where - their littibanirs4tedsures were --because such was the custom there, were the sub s jects of this ctintry. ‘ not ‘ to trt . protected from it?— Under the torttief CsOvernment of 'Prance, it should be recollected there were learn dt cwchit and would' it be endured thit Englishitien, tinder such an instru sluittld be imprisoned - au secret? Looking to ; the - existing law of France, there was evidently no security under it. The trials for the conspiracies of Baurnur: and Rochelle clearly proved the cruelty of the system which wits addlpted in the French Courts. each was the condutt of the Attorney-Genes al on those occasions, that it was said to be " only fit for the' officer of a Barbarian Government." The Hon. iMenther then alluded to his own expulsion from the Prencli territory, because he had written a letter, in which he stated, that Sir Charles Stuart had said that the • 'British Government wodld afford every assistance to Mr. liowring ; and also to the treatment Which his Hon. Ft iend, the Member for Cork (Mr. Hutchinson) had received, because lie comforted and protected an English gentleman; and concluded by calling on the House to hear in mind the declaration Of one of the most strenuous defenders of the national honour that this country ever produced.; he meant Oliver Cromwell, who thus expressed himself to a German Prince—" If fair means and reasoning . will not prevail, of necessity, but according to the cus tomaty Law of Nations, the severity of retaliation must take its course, which we trust in your pru dence to avoid." Mr. C. 14UTCH/MON was of opinion that the British traveller might to be protected in foreign court tries by tile British Government. He thought that the laying. the case of Mr. Bowring on the table of the House would be productive of great public ad vantage. As to himself, he declared, that he would never accept of Ole hospitality of Fiance, a; he had done for a lot.g time, and tel himself justified in en- 1 tering in.n a political intrigue for the overthrow of its Government, hosrever infatuated .it might be.- - The fact wa', that the minor offence charged on Mr. Bowling was but a pretext to get at his papers, to ascertain whether their suspicions could be verified by their contents. - He was odious and suspected be fore the French Government; because he was con. netted with the most liberal and enlightened men. of France. And what was found in the letters? Nothing at all that could implicate any individual. He was then discharged ; for he WAS taiginally arrested, trot in reality as the bearer'of sealed letters, but as a sus pected person against whom there was no•proof, biit whose letters it was vainly supposed would aford evidence of evil intentions. When the Right Hon. Gentleman insinuated that there was aeharge which the Government forbore to try, it reminded him of the proceedings which occurred in 'lreland in the Re hellion of 1798, when numbers of persons were con fined in the Castle of Dublin and elseWliete,• and when' persons in authority acknovledged that they had no evidence against them, but they were.sure they were guilty, and they could not set. them at liberty, be causethey were dangerous,. when, in fact, they were only dangerous because they were liberal and ' en lighteed reen—(Heir, hear).—the Hon. Member then proceeded to read the letter of the Procureur chr Noi, conveying the notice of the liberation of Mr. Howring, while charging him with a misdemeanour, in the fiellowing tee ms : - “ Wen consequence crordonnance rendu par la Chambre du Conseil du Tribunal, &c. et portant que, vous trouvarn en eon iceravention it rarrete du 5 prairial av 9 conune porteur de de ethes on lettrea eaehetees, vous etct reuvoye sur ce Chef en Po. Correctionelle, et que neannteins vim serez mis en liberte,"&c. —This; he observed, was the result of that proceeding which was commenced under circumstances of so much severity to the individual, dragged as he was .in the first instance thropgh the streets as a public inalefactor, ana then committed to a loathsome.don- Feon, ore secret, where he was confined six weeks. With respect to the modern system of confinement an secret, it appeared to hint in be infinitely worse than that of letircs de cachet, under the old regime; and he really thouA.t that if tine French Govern ment could be induced. to change that part of their Criminal Code, it would be very beneficial to the in terests of humanity. Tine Right Hon. Gentleman had called on his Noble Friend to sinew a case on the present question. In his opinion, a suf f icient case existed in the papers on the table. With respect to Mr. Bowring, as he (Mr. Hutchinson) had told that Gentleman, he (Mr. Hutchinson) should have been glad to have been in his place; add to have made the same impression on strangers by his talents and con duct. It was but common justice to that individual to say, that his conduct had been most exemplary, and that .he had nobly maintained the character of his countrymen. . Mr. Secretary CANNING was sorry to find that he had been misunderstood, as the lion. Gentleman seemed to think he had described Mr. 13owiing to Lave, been liberated by an act of mercy. Ile had never intended to say this, for doing so would have seemed to imply what he had not meant to say, that Mr. Bowring had offended. He was bound to presume that Geritleotait, as was every other person, innocent tin guilt had been proved, and he was sure he had as much reason to consider him innocent as any person. Lord A. HAMILTON briefly replied, and said the production of the Papers had been opposed, as if it were understood that he contemplated some ulterior proceeding, which was not the fact.—The motion was then negatived. MISCELLANEOUS. On the motion of Mr. THOMAS COUATENAT, a Committee was appointed, to which the Poor Iteturns for the year ending the 25th March, 1824, were,refareti. The Weights and Measures Bill was read a second time, and ordered to 1w committed to-morrow. Sir NEWPORT obtained leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the amount of presentments by Grand Juries to Pubic Offices in she several counties of Ireland; anti al;o'one to make more effective the performance of the duties of Officers entrusted `filth Grand Jury assessments in Ireland. On the motion of Air. Wibssoeau address was voted, praying far a return from the Colonies in. the West Indira,' the Isle of France, and the Cape of Good Hope, of the number of Slaves imported, under license or otherwise, since the tat January, 1 80 g, together with a return of the numbers espaated within the said period, and a aches of ether dochments relative to the registration of Slaves. The 1lonour.,111.: Gentleman immedi ately afterwards brought up •the Papers, which were ordered tp 14 r•F!iared.—Adjoutued. :41.%11111tLY'a Plan for relieving the Country of Steen .Nliitions of Pages, which is expected to conic balm' s oi,cussiun tonight, v►•ill be onJerstoodiinla ►hat loilows Ia 1791; Jlr. Pirs brobght In a Bill for the Redemption of t►e Laud Tax, fur the purpose of upbolditqc Ctildit and re divadat Debt; at that titre the tog on laud amounted to two • Millions annually, and teas made perpetual. The terms were, that any Proprietor of Land transferribg. as much Stock its 43 t per Cent. Consols as would produce £3. 6v. per annum, should redeem a tax on land of £3 per annum (making the transfer of annuity iu Stock one-tenth more than the annuity from land),. ' and that after reserving the priinity redemption for a certain time to the proprietor, it should be open to any purchaser (in Huse of refusal on the part of the proprietor) on transferring an annuity of .£5. 12s: in 3 per cent. Stock for one on land of £3 per annum (making the transfer of annuity in Stock on the part of the stranger, one-fifth more than the annuity from land). • Between 1798 and 1802, 17 millions were redeemed, and from 1802 to 1822 about eight additional millions, and in 1822 about 41 thousand pounds; from which he infers that the price of redemption is too high, and if left to languish on, the re maining annual Tat of £1,241,000 would not be redeemed in 600 years. Looking at the average of the last three years of expense in carrying on this languid system, it would cost more than 43 millions considerably; consequently this whole amount would be lost to the Nation. Mr. MAIERLY says, correct the error, redeem the 43 millions immediately, by taking out of the Stock market 43 millions of 3 per cent. Stock, whifh will Wee- Many support public credit, and enhance the price of Stock, by taking out as notch Stock in one year as the five millions of Sinking Fund, raised by taxation on the People will in seven, and conscquetuly render that trantion wholly unnecessary.— The alteration of the present Act to accomplish the end is merely to allow a transfer of an equal annuity in 3 per Cent. Consols for the like minim of Land Tax, giving the priority for six motkhs to the proprietor, and if not accepted by him, then to be sold to strangers, giving them in virtue of the tax on land, a right of voting and qualifications for the Magistracy—killing game, and sitting in Parliament, and a net pr..fit of 5 per cent. on their purchases, if claimed by the proprietor, any time within five or ten years. As the purchasers would have .every advantage is consequence, and privileges now enjoyed by the landed inaptly , tor, and land as security, and his rent paid half-yearly at the 8.,;k, with a chance of 5 pet cent. profit in addition, it is thought that many would be glad to transfer their 3 per Cent. Stock in exchange for Land Tax, with these great advantages over and above those on Stock. OPINIONS AS TO THE REAL STATE OF THE NA nos (Second Edition.)—The coincidence on the subjects of Taxation and the application of the Sinking Fund; between these opinions, and the Exposé of the Chancellor of the. Exch equer, is so striking; and such opinions embracing also many other Aunt important matters, their perusal is earnestly but re spectfully press - 4 upon the public attention by the publisher, %Utast Weaver, 46, Fleet.street. LORD PORI SMOUTIFS CAS& EXAMINATION Nader the KING'S COMMISSION. • &limeyslt 'DAT, THUaaIiAT,, VISRO4IILT 27. The Couit opened at ten o'clock this mo r ning, and immediately proceeded to business. [We have already inforMed our Readers that the unfortunate Rairiif Portsmouth WU (at his own request) re-examined by the Court and Jury yesterday; we are informed (for the Gen tlemen of the. Press were not admitted upon that occasion) that 'his Lordship appeirtld perfectly prepared upon all the subjects upon which he was questioned; still, however, various answers escaped him, which, from their incoherence or simplicity, are said to have made a strong impression upon the Gentlemen of the Jury. Wu understand that his Lordship corrected an an swer which he'had given on his former examination—meaning that Lady Portsmouth had been nine months pregnant, not throe years, as he formerly stated. The general idea of, and convic tion upon this re-examination is, that his Lordship's mind had beef; in some measure prepared for the occasion, and that not withstanding this circumstance, his Lordship's answers to the questions proposA were of such a nature as to involve consider able doubts of the NOble Earl's soundness of mind.] ADAM put in a letter from Lord Puttsmouth to Lady Portsmouth - , as follows : irMideat Miry Aim; Gilstead, March 7, IMO. " According to my promise I take the liberty of acquainting you that I arrived here, very, safe, early to dinner, and found the family in good health, excepting colds, as well as myself, and in good spirits. They only wished to have you and your papa 'to celebrate onr wedding-day, which I am certain can't be done with that mark of joy and joviality which might have added if the season of the year allowed. The family here wish me to stay till Friday morning next, which I think I shall accept, only it might be the means of bringing you here and Mr. Hanson much sooner than what you intended. You may inform him everything goes on well here, as far as I have hitherto seen in my walk of this morning. Very possible you will not return home until the beginning of next week, which I will certainly give. You have to stay with your uncle an aunt until then. The girls and your brother Newton join with me in best love to you st Cliddesdeu. " I am, my dear Ann, " Your affectionate husband, Addressed, " PORTSMOUTH. " Countess of Portsmouth, " Rev. Mr. Davis, Cliddesden, Basingstoke." Mr. reams re-called and examined by Mr. Wixom—Has heard the examinations of three of the medical gentlemen ; had never given instructions to examine Lord Portsmouth to any who have not been broughl forward as witnesses under these proceedings ; did not give Doctors Munro and Willis such instructions; saw them upon the subject ; they had examined his Lordship. Q, What would have been their testimony if they had been examined? Commissioner Flummox objected to. the question. Mr. Wttux rose to shew the propriety of the question, and, after some oratorical sparring between the Learned Counsel and the Hou. Commissioner, as to the person to whom Mr. Wilde addressed himself, and upon the diagonal direction of the Learned Counsel's eyes, the question was withdrAwn. Mr. FRANCE examined by Commissioner HuLcocc—Was at the conference between the Lord Chancellor and the medical gentlemen; Doctors Munro and Willis were present; did not consider that they were among those who were directed to exa mine into the state of his Lordship's mind ; witness requested Doctors Munro and Willis to be present at the conference with the Lord Chancellor. Lnrd JOHN Frrattor—" I have enty waited until a fair oppor tunity presented itself to acquaint the Court with the unanimous wish of the Jury, that Dr. Munro and Dr. FrancisWillisshould he put into the witness-box, they not having been called by the Counsel on either side." • CHIT Commissiovzit—" It id ononli that you request it— the Jury have a right to be satisfied; and I am informed that both the medical gentlemen are now in Court." ;dr. FIiANCE, who had remained in the witness-box, then en tered into a variety of explanations, which tended to shew that he had not availed binuelf of the evidence of Doctors Munro and Willis, because they had prejudged Lord Portsmouth's state of mind. Dr. Munro examined by Chief Commissioner Taowxs—At tended Lord Portsmouth on the 7th of January, at the request' of Mr. Carr ; received, previously to bis visit, a great variety of affidavits, which were laid before him by the direction of the Lord ChanceUor ; was introduced .to his Lordship as a Mr. Thomas, by Mr. Coombs; his Lordship was reading a news paper; proceeded to examine Lord Portsmouth upon various topics ; he stated that he had been compelled, against his will, to sign many blank drafts, and also to assign over an estate in the County of Ilerts ; he said be bad been impotent for eight years, but bad ouce conversed with Lady_Portsmouth, in November, 1811 ; he wished to be divorced; had already se lected and d et ermined upon. his Ewen: wife. Ile expressed his intention to have a throne erected fer the purpose of cele brating the birth Of the child, which, in the very next breath, he disclaimed as his. .Abler had slept in Ate same bed with. his Lordelsip and Lady Yortunouth ; could pot ;urn him out of the ro.im, because the Countess would not allow him.--' He stated, that when he left Edinburgh, Aldei and some of the Ihnspe tamily had pursued hint as far as the teat of Lord f.;ratitley ; s-aw his Lordship on the ensuing day ; he was then More polite than at the preceding interview. Mr. Coorpbs re 'mined in thx room all the time ; his Los dship's manner was singular and morbid ; he stated, that he had been turned out of his bedroom, and locked up in . bis dressing-burn ; -denied Capy's evidence as to Aristotle's Jlasterpiece; .knowing what his Lordship's weak points were, he wished to ascertain pre cisely how far the den:gaps existed. From the observations, of witness at those interviews, is of opinion that his Lordship's timid is deeld..dly unsound. Ile has um the least shadow dt a doubt upon the subjectl should think from the evidence Ale. duties the inquiry, sod the affidavits laid before him, that-his •Lunlshlp was insane AS years 4,;(), wile:, he Wr3 from his hone by his serragt. wham •fn. did cot sherwardb ditcharge. A I.conAider hicLairdskiri inei. as lunacy supervening upon a. very 'weak mind ; I conceive the Orgy in which his Lordship rer sons, If he may be said. to•reisol at all, that his LordshlP is both insane and a fool; he drawl just Ortnelusions fkom wrung pre mises at one time, and at anOthei, wrong conclusions [roar just premises ; - •when he speaks of his impotence, he speaks as a mad man ;lie says to this erect. lam impotent; an impotent man may enter into a third marriage, with a prospect of happiii:•ss; I um impotent, and therefore I will marry a third stiff..-; the pre• mises in this instance were wrong, the conclusion just ; it is the language of a•motirid mind, and therefore proves his wit y : wit b respect to his folly, he says this, s I have been cruelly multrautrd by my fanily and servants ;-a man of sense. would dii..sharge his servants, therefore I will not;' here his premises are .otrr rt. and his conclusion unfounded ;" went by the name of Thomas ; because he conceived that the name of Munro was b., llOtOt mixed up with cases of lunacy, that it would have alarmed his Loadship ; he, Lord Portsinovth, is totally unable to manage Iris own affairs. By the iltry—sConceives weakness and lunacy combined in his I Lordship's unsoundness of mind; insanity is of so different a complexion in different patiente,that it cannot be precisely defined ; eccentricity and aberration of mind is sometime; as difficult to distinguish as the confines cf night and' day ; Lord Portsmotitii', case is not dubious ; it is clearly marked ; his I. , )rdihip's mind has always been weak; his insanity has doubtless he.n aura vated, although not cleated, by the cruel treatment he has re ceived, and the rapid journey from Edinburgh ; by s morbid means a diseased mind, ill-treatment may have been an excite ment, acting upon a predisposition to disease; the only part of his Lordship's conduct which did not bear out the. affidavits Was that relating to " Aristotle's Nlasterpiece;“ has been ph r.itirt to Betbletn Hospital for many years, and has fur the last twelve years devoted his attention to lunatic cases ; no Iwo cases of lunacy are preci ;Ay 'alike; Lord Portsmouth's unsoundness of mind is incurable; he considered the mere seeing of Dr. Hamil ton as a necessary preparatory step for Lady Portsmouth being delivered of a child ; should have little doubt that his Lordship was born with a very weak mind. Dr. Francis Willis examined by Chief CommlssiontrTaOwee. —ls a Physician—his practice Confined to the particular branch of his profession termed insanity—visited Lord Portsmouth at the request of Mr. France—the Lord Chancellor gave the Me dical Gentlemen directions to give their evidence in Court rather than by affidavits—saw Lord Portsmouth on theaed January— went alone, being out of. town when Drs. Ainslie and Latham went—was introduced by Mr. Coombs by the name of Julie,— his Lordship thought he was a friend of Mr. Coombs, and re ceived him very well—conceives it extremely improper to intro duce a Medical Gentleman as avowedly such to a supposed " lunatic under examination—his Lordship said he had been taken to Edinburgh against his will, to serve the purposes of a base woman—her Ladyship and the whole of her faMily had ill-. treated him. His Lordship called Lady Portsmouth Mrs. A.— they lied knocked hint down * and flogged bim-)iirs. A. had brought Alder to his bed, and had had a child by hint—his Lordship said be had never had intercourse with any Lady—he had been. made to sign black drafts—turned out of the carriage at Witham to make roam for Mr. Alder—he said they had never made him ride behind the carriage, but he thought it quite sufficient degradation to he made to ride before ; he then related to witness the particulars of his marriage with the present Countess, as already given in evidence. His Lod ship was extremely anxious for a divorce, and wished to know it he could marry a niece;* they remained at Edinburgh, be cause after Mrs. A. (Lady Portsmouth) had seen. Doctor Ha milton, it was found neceesary. • The reason he did not thrash Alder when he found him in bed with his wife, was because he was a atronger man than his Lordsbip—if he obtained a divorce he intended to erect a throne at_ Llurtsbour.nei.eituilir to that used on the occasion of his Majesty's Coronation ; at another time be expressed his ieeention of using the:throneloe the. purposes of rectivins rongratsdatory addresses upon his return from Scotland, after his long absence; witness saw his Lordship last Monday week ; Mr. Prance Called upon him. and asked hint what was his opinion as formed at the thrie'lirter views he had had with his Lordship; witness told 'Me. France that he thought be (Mr. France) had not a leg to stend.upotei— Witness considered Lord Portsmouth's mipd decidedly unsound. In fact, his Lordship, if he was in a low condition of society, would be looked upon as a " Tuns-a-Balkuis;" allot svonfd -be pointed at by persons in the streets as one wilwilty:dettitote.of understanding, and incapable of managlog any businesS of any description. Lord Portsmouth's maid wes not of • such a. de- 1 ecriptiun as would be capable of being remedied, and apPe'ared to have been originally in the same state of distemper he which it now appeared. The delusions were not to be moved by' any course of treatment ; milduess would not improve it, por would harshness be likely to make it worse. By the Jury.—The treatment Lord Portsmouth met with from Lady Portsmouth probably did not aggravate the disease. Witness believed that Lord Portsmouth had the unsound mind from his birth, front the circumstance of his being, when wit ness visited him, in a perfect state .of bodily health, and the symptoms being confirmed, and by ao means of the nature which presented the usual expectations of recovery. A drunken maxi laboured under a deprivation of sense : so did a man in a deli rium ; but no person could call a man in either of those condi tions a lunatic, for, the delirium and the intoxication at an end,' the person wan laboured under the effects recovered ; the body being restored to its original functions, the mind also assumed its former tone, and •became perfect. But Lord Portsmouth whether in bodily sickness or in bodily health, was just the same in 'the mind. Did not consider, that if a man chewed proofs of memory, and was able to sustain part in a anyersation, he_was therefore sound, or that be was in possession of his intellect during any part of that conversation. • Knew several instances of men who appeared to be unsound but upon one particular subject. Lord Portsmouth was not at all qualified to conduct his affairs. No man who would follow a log of wood and mis take it for a hearse should be entrusted with the management of his own affairs. Was sorry to differ from two such experienced and able men as Dr. Latham and Dr. Ainslie, but looked upon the conduct of Lord Portsmouth to be that of a man of complete , unsoundness of mind. • Here the efamination of witnesses concluded; and the Counsel for Lord Portsmouth was informed by the Commissioners, that they were ready to hear Mr. Adams upon the evidence. Mr. ADAMS then addressed the Jury.—lt was im possible, he said, for any man who had watched this case, and the effect which the evidence on both sides had produced, not to be convinced that he had much to - remove, much to eradicate from the minds of those who were to decide upon the important que:- . tion. The difficulties of the case principally arose from the nature of the inquiry itself, which regarded' the operations of the human mind, and requited the most solemn and minute consideration. A period DI,. twenty-five, diversified by a number of incidents„was• to be travelled over ; and all the 'statements which had been made of facts, alleged to have occurred within that period, weir to be weigliett against . each other. The great length of time which the circum stances embraced, the nature of the Jury betore whom the case was investigated, the very nuntber of the. Jury, were so many things against him in the perform ance of his duty. By far the greatest part of the in-- quiry had been conducted by that Jury ; and cer tainly greater acuteness or ingenuity never before had been displayed. But when a witness was pot into the box beforetweitty-threeGentlemen, by every one of whom he was liable to be questioned, was be not in a situation to be confounded ; and were riot errors likely to appear which could not be az- Atibuted to any other cause than that of the want .of readiness to reply-to interrogatories 'which pro- , seeded from a great variety of motives P —The' Jury were aware of those difficulties, ansi would, ,he was convinced, make every allowance for any .4 parent incongruities upon the part of the witnesses. His Learned Friends on the other side had with great address availed themselves in the proceeuinci of unpopularity of the Hansons, 4nd taken all possible pains to 'connect the case of that family with that of 'Lord Portsmouth. It was impossible that any could feel more indignation than he felt at the conduct of Those individuals; but he would impress upon the ; Jury that all apprehensions of Lord Portsmouth's future ekposure to sticit treatmeiii Crete at art eilch Vo WM- nix_ the , daculties which presented them selves, it would he recollected that early in the dis;. cussions of this case Mr. Serjeant Pell had complained of want of access to Lord Portsmouth ; and of that unfair denial he had every'reason to urge fitrther complaint. The .I,lly Ltd to consider therelY *hes titer Lord Poi Esmond? wa, A person of "sand of sound mind? whe.her he or was neat` incapable of taking upon liirnteif the management bi hit own affairs ? The advocates for the other sida must prove that his inefficiency arose front tinsoondrie•s not front weakness of mind, otherwise their efforts were at an end: It must be admitted that for rhany years Lord Portsmouth had committed acts which ; beyond all demonstration., proved that his faculties tt ere beneath the ordinary faculties of man—that hit Understand- . ing was marked with imbecility—but, GOD forbid that the mere fact of the want of v igotir of mind should subject him to the charge of madness. The Jury should pause before they permitted the ingenuity of the Bar on the other side to Weigh with them ; they should ' look to the-facts stated in evidence, and place those • facts as a counterpoise to ten thousand opinions.—: They were as well qualified to judge as the medical men who had been examined, eminent as those usedi • cal men were, for the question was not one the deci-; skin upon the merits of which depended upon the observation of professional persons. There was in the case an acknowledged solid distinction between an unsoond and a weak mind ; and there existed amongst the Physicians a vat ianceof opinion of a most remark able kind on the question. It was for the Counsel on the other side to shew that beyond all denht the mind of Lord Portsmouth was unsound-4o chew by f.scts of an incontrovertible nature that it was filled with delusions, and not imbecility, before a verdict could be found to place Lord Port.imouth order a controel to which it had never before been thought proper to subject him. The Learned Counsel then reverted to the authorities quoted by Serjeant Pell, and urged as of great importance the authority of Lord Hard wicke, who said, that total deprivation of sense was neces sary to be proved before a commission of lunacy could be 'established. In the case of Lord Donegal; there was an exhibition of much greater weakness of Mind than in that of Lord Portsmouth ; but the autho rities of that day refused to recognise the principle of treating an imbecile man as a madman; noW what proofs were there of Lord P.'s unsoundness ormind? The charge was founded on facts said to h ave occurred within animmense period of time, and to - taught together with violence to the view of the Jury at one moment. Great weakness had been shewn upon the part of Lord. Portsmouth, but much greater upon thepartof Lord Donegal. It was granted that fraud and impo • Sition had been practised upon The weakness of the latter, sufficient to justify a*Court of Justice in doing away the atalidity made bytim : but that weakness was not considered adequate to sanction a Commission of Lunacy. It. Might have been.expected that the Counsel for the other side Av•uuld have-defined an un sound mind. No attempt had been made which could give-the least satisfaction. All the Medical Gentle men were at %rail:ince upon thesuhject. "There itp peared•to be no ground or principle common to tbein all, and how did their opinions -agree with that evi dence which-Lord- Hardwicke required? Was dot Lord Portsmouth Ale to comprehend what was said to him? Was, he not able to compare facts, and to exercise his judgment upon those facts? Was there any occasion to show that he was deprived of those faculties_ which - constitutetf'soundness of mind ? Would.any one who heard him speak the-day.before say that he was not a nsitir of feeling, and that.he was not out of the range of those cases to which Lord Hardwicke had referred? If unsoundness of mind were to be defined, as some have 'defined it, an incapability of reasoning upon probabilities, and drawing just conclusions from premises laid down before it, he feared That a eonsiderable number who were masters of their properties in every sense of the word, would come under the denomination. in fact, nothing had been said, of a precise nature,, affecting the sanity of Lord Portsmouth's mind. The Learned Counsel denied that, at pny period of his life,' Lord Portsmouth bad betrayed the mind of a lunatic or an ideot. In the year 1799, when he 'was married to the late Lady Portsmouth, what evidence was there of mental aberration? Was it credible that such a woman as . Lord Grantley's sister would marry an ideot, who was duer for confinement than for the altar? Dr. Goddard and others spoke to his extreme devotion. If Lord Portsmouth were an ideot, would he have spent Sunday after Sunday in Church— would not his ideas have wandered away, arid he have sought more agreeable Occupation ?If aas capable of understaniliog the service of the Church of Eng land, how weak coever his mind or disgusting his ap petites, ;till he had , reason enough to raise him abo v e the rank of lutricil •In the front of the battle was placed his second marriage, as evidence of his insanity. It was stated on the other side, that Lord Portsmouth having gone oticto breakfast at Mr. Hanson's, was carried off to St. George's church, and married in the .very mourning Ise was wearing for his deceased wife; and-that after the - ceremony he was sent off to Salt •Hal, without %lean . linen: It'appeared in evidence, however, s thlit the subject of marriage had been • pre viously discussed- WhenoLord Portsmouth was only three months-a widower,-Lady Henrietta Wallop had proposeikhe'sutject of a fresh marriage to his &en , rion.. What *Old the - Jury think, after Mr. Wetbe rell's npe4ng, when they'learned•that Noble person., and females too, had recommended the 'very thing-to his Lordship, which it was afierwards alleged to have been an itt of insanity for . him to adopt ? Lord Poitsmduth was a person to whom the comforts -of matrimony in one sense were not purchased too dear at the expense of some of that rigid-decorum whir's persons in general were bound to obsetve. that Lord Portsmou t h Coombe had ,told the .luny came Aci townintent on nrartrage. The butler saidaia hicevidence, Ltwd Portsmouth had told hien I, e - was going to be married, and that Mss Hanson was the lady. He-(Mr. Adams) felt the full contempt for 0 41 ,e r. re. kl w ainso jod n ge w o h f ic o h le they. all did, riat d t isnwe t t he y the... .Was it Liken a proof-of insanity thin his laorklairwas mat tied in tour months after his •fortues curileistt .cease'? Mr. Halls stated, in his eviikeees t ad our a , I-Lamm was known to his Lordship_severaiimonethis• before the mat riage ; that - Oen .la - she• time bfstise lite ,Lady Portsmouth, he had slimy signs o f his *dash a. titan tar Miss Hanson. The Learned Counsel then enter ec. into the reasons- why no preparations were