The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-02-28 00:00:00

T • LORD PORTSMOUTH'S CUL I'llo essodnations in this ease being now closed Oa both we present osr rattlers with a summary of the pro eee4tollts glace our last Report. la the exasioatioas of the Phasicinns which hare taken place this week, sad which we %have stated copiously,tbe thief poleto are tartdved that hare been brought forward in this cue, es Wail es the eonfilet ing opinions OD which the Jolty are 10 pronoeveetharir jedr Mrs': Cie Monday. Mr. 14ergeent Pitt bnieght forward as *B reese' of Lord Portsmouth's sanity, besides other., Wil fie in Rawlinson. Esq. a Mariana% of Hampshire. James Farquhar ' Esq. Proctor, Richard Paul Joddrell, Esq. Mr. Hell, ate Police Magistrate, Mr: Joshes Bayley, and cot ton of the Physicians, who had bee@ consulted on his Lord. ship's ease. Of these Physicians, Dr. Latham was the only one examined on that day. On the several interviews he had bad with his Lordship, the Doctor said his opinion va ried. On the fist and second Interview Lord Portsmouth appeared to Id. to be of a weak and imbecile mind, but not inisoand. His Intellect would be fully competent to matters le a lower state of life. With kind testament and able ad= sire. he thought his Lordship might do well @neigh. He certsialy had delusions, such as that respecting the tapes and lancets, Dr. L. scconsted for that, from the einem. stance °lbis being, as the Doetor believes, totally impotent in body. He has no more idea of sexual intercourse, gee , tease, gad pregnancy, than a nide* resident of the tropics its. of bee and cohgelstion. theta a blind man has of colours, or a deaf man of sound. He is totally impotent. The Doc tor then proceeded to give his delnition of mental derange- meet " I conceits; said he, " madams to be a state of naafi which Is just capable of the reception of impressions, hut witirout the power of will, memory, and judgenmt.,ll arrange and combine them. f.ausey is Madness with Mr mission, is the lucid intervals the patient recovers the use of will, memory, end judgment. Lord Portsmouth's ease belongs to neither of these classes ; nor to idlotcy, be. MOW idiots cannot be acted upon by any impressions at all, still less Is there the power of will. memory, mad judg ment. Lord Portsmouth retsina more or less of these power& but his pied is imperfect. I think it a sort of twi light. not enough to geld* him in the intricate Images and Irregular paths of life. It Is a sort of crepaiestas light of onderstatling, if I may be allowed to use sJobesonita ex pression. On Tuesday, Dr. Ainslie was examined, when the Doctor, after detailing several latersiews and conversations, stated, that he considered Lord Portsmouth ae a weak and ignorant man, ratafonned to a great degree, bet knowing some things remarkably well, and capable of concocting himself with great . propriety. He thought his Lordship's wind wee Me casiooslly deranged, but did not consider such derangement es a proof of unsoundness. Ile believed that delusions am be created and enlarged by the impressions made upon lie Lordship's tided by the conversation of others: thinks hie Lordship's mind may be restored to almost its original state by kind and judicious treatment. A partiality for attending foam's. ringing of bells, or driving horses, does not prove unsoundness of mind ; they show a weakness of mind, but certainly sot an unsoundness. He was of opinion, that if a man thought soother carrying a log was a Amend. he should call such a man irrational • if he expressed his unite. ty for a slit to die that he m ight attend her funeral, he should call him cruel and foolish; if he were told of ifty such acts (none of which he bed witnesses!. and was eons ton ed to see his Lordship frequent)y, foetid him sane, and was told that they were only Meld intervals) he should it low those lucid intervals entirely to owtweigh all those tiny elleced sets of insanity t If the delusions under which his Lordship laboured as to the object of witness, had been re moved by those who boasted that they could remove any of the delusions of his Lordship's mind, witness would have been enabled to prove the sanity of his Lordship as clearly es the sun shines at woos. The same day Dr. Bankhead underwent examination. He detailed the circumstances that occurred between Mm and Lord Portsmouth, when be visited his Lordship at Hurst ' bourn. From all he saw and knew, the Doctors said Lord P. wee not what we should cull a man of unsound mind. al though there was something very particular in his manner ; there was great timidity—great susceptibility about hint; be was of a very swans habit. his credulity Was quite child- Ish; be WY a tealkobe could be acted upon amazingly by terror. Gelds ends examination by Ilr.Brougliam. Dee. for B.said. insane persons generally bad good reeollegden of trifling matters • his Lordship bad (in witeess's Wee*, appreheasioa of the Commission of Lunacy,his appellees's,' appeared tee of the Maws family. Witness bed Wee Day yeses ibie opielkeeO be sever sew seeb t d es an I:spotlit sae, I* an be believe that lath a Wig *listed. Mr. Baoo , very glad to beat it.—(Leed Itegbser.) Q.—Sappose a aka were is a violent passion with Ms servants, and onset them said," Look, there is a Mackie's," sad he immediately became passive and tranquil, and fol lowed the funeral, would you call that man of sound mindt A.—Why, I ehould not call that a sound mind: but by it would not measure the quantum of mind that person might bare. Winless recollected the case of a man who had been three years conducting the buskins of a first-rate mercantile house, and who was never found to be a madman until be heard the noise of drums and trumpets, and then he started from his 'oaners and soon after appeared amongst the sole diers, with a cocked hat and ribbends. Lord P.'s state of mind was not of this description: he really believed that if Lord P. wars under the protection of humane persons, be would be as well able to attend to the management of his his own slain as any man. If Lord P. heard of a " black job," end ran suddenly to the window, and seemed delight ed, witness thought he could net be in a state of soundness of mind. If a man followed a log for a funeral, he was not performing a rational set. Re-examined.—Cruelty was not proof of a disordered mind ; nor did a depraved eppetita, nor a fondness for driv ing a coach, nor imbecility of mind indicate insanity.—Ad journed. On Wednesday, Dr. Baokbead's examination was re snm ed by ?dr. Telt. After several questions had been put t h the Doctor on points that had arisen out of his inter s laws with Lord Portsmouth, he said he did not consider his Lordship as deranged on any one point; formed his judg ment of his Lordship's state of mind from the actual exami nation of his Lordship, coupled with a perusal of the facts contained in the various affidavits put into his hands by or der of the Lord Chancellor; conceives sanity of mind to be time power of the mind to combine facts and circumstances. and the ability afterwards to discriminate and draw correct e•melusions ; having abstained from examining Lord Ports mouth on particular subjects, thinks himself competent to' Ely positisely, that Lord Portsthouth's mind is perfectly sound; there is a material distinction between mind tad judgment; conceives 'the mind to be the whole; judgment is one of the properties of the mind; perception, memory, a nd instinct, are some other of the properties, which are very numerous. Mr. Commissioner licitocx.—This is a dissertation, not an answer. Examination continued—Does not think more frequent, opportunities of seeing his Lordship would lead him to a mnielusion different from that lie Ins now formed. Hy Mr. G. BANKl3—Used the letter from the Countess as an introduction to his Lordship ; when he first called upon Lord Portsmouth, he tendered the letter; his Lordship re fused to take it, and also to receive witness in his profes sional capacity; the secnnd time witness cai.ed upon Lord Portsmouth. his Lordship was in a better humour; witness then again tendered the letter. Why did you again offer the letter to his Lordship ? Because It *as addressed to his Lordship, and, as 1 thought meant to be forwarded to its destination. Why should I not? Mr. Commissioner Hu ts.ocs.—That is a question; not an answer. • liasmiustion continued—Witness did not question his I.ordship as to funeral.. dung carts, logs of wood, or any of the other subjects alleged to have been those in refer ence to which his Lordship had shown so great eccentricity. Ills Lordship's conduct In this respect evinced an unsound ness of the judgement, which is the foundation stone of the mind ; it the judgment be unsound, the mind cannot he per fectly sound; a sound judgment would draw correct In ferences from obvious facto and alecriminate between right ur wrung; if, out being under the influence of feelings, mo tives. prejudices, or misrepresentat i on s, a man of his Lord ship's income should declare his ignorance upon the extent of hit property, whether it be worth 1001. or 20,0001. annu ally, should conceive him to he of unsourd mind; hevaight declare such ignorance, yet not be really uninformed upon THE 13TATONA the subject ; If he really thought as he said, he could net breve any mind; his Lordship might wish enutiugiy to for ward the present Commission of Lawn and as a motive of policy be might exhibit or Wait to e xhibit a certain de gree of uneonsdnese eroded, Again imitated by Mr. Teue-eCannot sweet , that say or all of the persons is Whelk asylums are mad ; cannot say that there may sot be some among them eating the isno t* for the purpose of forwarding a particular object or policy; is 'tot wren of say means of detecting such La positions. By Mr. Bancs—His Lordship Is perfectly competent to manage his own again and property, it he had an holiest steward and an honest banker; he is also competent to Bo leti his steward sod banker, and afterwards to detect soy Impropriety is their conduct, Suppose, Sir, a man, a Nobleman Is married, his wife makes it a rule of her conduct to carry a horsewhip about her, to keep one in her hederoom, to apply it occasionally by way of chastisement; she coolly witnesses the daily in sult and illetreatment of her husband; she introduces an adulterer into her family ; she practices a refinement of cruelty (which I hope is without a parallel) by sending ben husband to fetch this adulterer to her bed, and witnesses. nay merle encourages • barbarity of conduct and treatment Nom this adulterer to her husband; suppose this case, and further, that the husband on no one occasion, resists, op poses or complains of this depn wed and unexampled eoadect, what would be your opinion of the competency of this hus band to manage his own affairs, and superintend the ex penditure of his money, and the disposel of his propertyt— Supposing this ease to be possible, which I deny to be either probable or possible, I should say, that he was to tally incompetent to superintend any one of the common aft fairs and transactions of life. Suppose this case to be merely hypothetical, and that it be related by the husband himself to a Jury sworn to trr' the 'deity of his mind—what would then be year *violets at bisel—l should think such a man very wicked—addicted to &behead—sod who was desirous of getting rid of his wife. Mr. Rauca—Then I have done. By Mr. Nose—Believes his Lordship to be of sound elided, competent to form a correct perception, ant to arrive at a probable conclusion—this would be an act of the jeep mast. in the course of the day, Lord Portsmouth, whose desire to satisfy the Court, and Jury, sod himself, with another in terview,had been previously announced, arrived at the Free masons' Tavern, sod it being erroneously undetstood that Mr. Sergeant Pell, with a medical gentleman, had gone Into the private room where his Lordship was, a sharp altereation ensued, not only between the opposing Counsel, but between Mr. Sergeant Pell, and some of the tientlemes of the Jury. After that hed terminated, the Court, counsel. and jury, withdrew, to visit Lord Portsmouth in a private room, from whence they adjoersed the Court till the following morning. From what has transpired of the re-examination of Lord Portsmouth, it seems that his Lordship appeared perfectly prepared upon all the subjects upon which be was question ed—still, however, various answers escaped him, which, from their Incoherence or simelleity, ere said to have made a strong impression upon the Gentlemen of the Jury. On Thursday, Dr. Munro and Dr Francis Willis. who had had previous interviews with Lord Pord Portsmouth. were addled by the Jury to he put into the witoess-box, they oat baring been called by the Counsel on either side. Dr. Munro examined by Chief Commissioner Tnowsa ; attended Lord Portsmouth on the 7th of January, received, previously to his visit, a greet variety of affidavits, which were laid before him by the direction of the LordChanceUor; Was introduced to his Lordship by Mr. Coombs as a Mr. Thomas ; proceeded to exalt/Ise Lord Portsmouth upon va rious topics ; he stated that he had been compelled against his will to sign many blank drafts, sod also to assign over so estate in Hertfordshire ; he said he had, been impotent for eight years. but had once had connection with Lady Portsmouth in November, ISM. Me wished to be divorced; had already selected and determined upon his future wife ; he expressed his ieteetiots to have a throne erected for the purpose of celebrating the birth of the child, which, in the very next breath he disclaimed as his. Alder had slept to the some bed with his Lordship and Lady Portsmouth; would not turn him out of the room, because the Countess would est allow him. Saw his Lordship on the enseing day; his Lord'ship's .nanner was Megabit and morbid ; be stated that he had been turned out of his bet-town, and locked spin his dressing-room. From the observation of witness at these in terviews, he is of opinion that his Lordship's mind is decided ly unsound: should think, that his Lordship was insane ten years ago, when he was pulled from his horse by his ser vant. whose Le Aid set eisenrarslim Oiereterge. • " I eeasidtm his Lordship's ease as hiaacy supervening upon a very week mind; I conceive, from the way in which his Lordship rea sons, if he may be said to reason at all, that his Lordship is both insane and a fool." By the Jury—Conceives weakness and testae) combined in his Lordship's unsoundness of mind—Lord Portsmouth** case Is not dubious,' it is clearly marked ; his Lordship's mind has always been weak; his insanity has doubtless been aggravated, although not created, by the cruel treat ment he bas received, and the rapid journey from Edinburgh —ill-treatment may have beet an excitement, acting upon a pre-disposition to disease. Lord Portsmouth's unsoundness of mind is incurable ; he considered the mere seeing of Dr. Hamilton as a necessary preparatory step for Lady Ports mouth being delivered of a child: should have little doubt that his Lordship was born with a very weak mind. Doctor Francis Willis examined by Chief Commissioner TROWER.—Saw Lord Portsmouth on the Red of Janasry ; was introduced by Mr. Coombs by the name of Jones, and received very well. 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 Portsameth Mrs. A—; they had knocked him down and flogged biro ; Mrs. A. had brought Alder to his bed, and had had a child by him ' • his Lordship said he had never had sexu al intercourse with any body ; be had been made to sign blank drafts— turned out of the carriage at Witham to make room for Mr. Alder ; he said they had never made him ride behind the carriage, but he thought It quite sufficient degradation to be made to ride before. He was extremely anxious for a divorce, and wished to know if he could marry a niece; if he obtain ed a divorce, he intended to erect a throne at llurstbottrne, similsr to that used on the occasion of his Majesty's Coro nation; at another time he expressed his intention of using the throne for the purpose of receiving congratulatory ad dresses upon his return from Scotland after his long absence. Witness saw his Lordship last Monday week : Mr. France called upon him, and asked him what was his opinion as formed at the three interviews he had with his Lordship T Witneastold Mr. F. that he thought he (Mr. Franc eked sot al a leg to stand upon. Witness considered Lord Portsmouth' mind decidedly unsound ; in feet, his Lordship, Nile Was in a low condition of society, would be looked upon as a— .' Tom-a'Bedlani," and would be pointed at by persons in the street as one wholly destitute of understanding. and 4s capable of managing any business of importance. lard P.'s mind was not of such a description as would be capable of being remedied. Examined by the Jury.—The treatment Lord P. met with from Lady Portsmouth probably did not aggravate the dis ease. Witness believed that Lord P. had the unsound mind from his birth. Lord Portsmoutb, either in bodily sickness or in bodily health, was just the same in the mind. No man weuld follow a log of wood and mistake it for a hearse, should be entrusted with the management of his own affairs. Looked upon the condact of Lord Portsmouth to be that of complete unsoundness of mind. After this examination closed. Mr. Adams was heard upon the evidence, and, having spoken from one o'clock till four, the Court recommended him to postpone the remainder of his observations till this morning. MURDER. EGy Assize Court . , Fen. 21.—John Retie was con victed of the murder of John Landon, with a hedge-stake, in a plantation on the farm of Jonathan Page, Esq., in Burnt Fen, parish of bittleport. CAMNRIDUE, Feb. 25.—0 n his first examination, Rolfe charged two labouring Fen-men, his neighbours, as ac complices with him in this deed, who were immediately apprehended under a warrant front Sir Henry D. Dudley. Daringly persisting in this charge against them, as being the first who struck Leith's, another examinttion took place, in the course of which their innocence was so clearly manifested, that at length Rolfe acknowledged the falsehood of Lis villainous tale, by deslaxing himself !A6 g approiehtne fate. to hive been the tole qttity dsel ! After las condemnation on Fn lialefame iollen, mia regardless of his approic, t fate until a few hours he his examiies took idace, whim he' made the fed lowing voluntary confession of tide horrible traasaotioa, That he west with Landes, from the house of thP latter, on the night be committed the murder, to the plan tidies, where they agreed to take the game; soon after they bad arrived tbere,while Landau was stooping to set a atom he struck him with the beck part of a emalag tool.—a kind of feu spade, which he had brought with him from Landen's house; that he repeated the blows two or three times, though he believed the first bad led hiss, as the only words he spoke after were —• 0 dear!' —that he did not struggle at all, The bludgeon be wad, produced in Court, be had never seen before: that Landon took oo stick with him, but cut one on entering the plantation for itinaselL ife said that he bad deter mined to kill Landee two or three days before be dit it, sad that his object was, the booty of his motley, watch, sad his high shoes, ;which he unlaced and took from lois feet; bat that he was silo afraid Landon should peach against hien for some fowls they bad stolen together. That the fewspade, which he brought from Linden's boose,be intended for another purpose besides the murder of Landes, which was to dig his grave, sad bury him with it; which he thougbt be had sufficiently done !" ELT, Feb. 24.—This Bay, at noon, the inhuman wretch, Roife, was drawn from our gaol in $ cart to the drop at tbestsual plot:cot execution, whereas immense multitude bad assembled from all parts of the Isle to witness Isis pitiless exit. fk heard the proms of the Ordinary with iedifferenco. bat b gore he was tuned off," he uttered a few Incoherent words about sabboth-breaking aed poach. hag ss having led him to ruin. lie was then Lunched into eternity ; and after remaining os the gallows the Antal time, be was cut down, and his body consigned to a lofty gibbet near Littleport turapike•road, there to be bong in chains, conformably to tbe remainder of his magnate. POLICIL MIARLDONOV6II Sewer.—Ellitil Needham, who de scribed himself as a merchant in Pore Street, Cripplegate, underwent a long examination before Mr. Conant, upon a charge of uttering to a large amount forged and flied. tiuus Bills of Eitchange, and by such means obtaining property to a great extent. Jobs Kinnear, the person who preferred the charge against the prisoner, is well known to the public as having been, together with Moseley, Wolfe, and others, convicted some time ago of a conspiracy to defraud a great number of mercantile houses in the city of vast quantities of goods. Mr. A Lucy, who, as well as Mr. Cope, the Solicitor, attended for Mr. Kinnear, said be bad several charges of forgery to prefer against the prisoner, but foe the pre. sent he would only bring forward three or four. The first was for a bill of exchange for 39L 9s, dated the 19th Oct. 1822, purporting to he drawn by Lynch and Co. open J. G. Mitchell, Beaufort Buildings, Strand, and appeared to be accepted by him. *Jr. Cope, on bring examined, skated that lie had made Inquiry at every house in Branfort Buildings, and taken every means to ascertain, but could hear of no such per son as Mitchell. Mr. Alley then called Mr. Kinnear, but Mr. Adolphus, who, with Mr. Isaacs, appeared for the prisoner, objected to the evidence of Kinnear, lie being disqualified as a convicted conspirator. Mr. ALM combated this objection, and Mr. CONANT ultimately allowed him to be examined. Mr. Kinnear stated, tnat the prisoner gave him the bill produced, in part payment of pa is be soil to him, amounting to MI. That he did not take the bill on the credit of the prisoner, bat on that of an endorsement of Jeremiah Ste tiptoed and Co., which appeared on the back ; but he now believed the bill to be altogether ficti tious. ler. AWAY now proilaced another bill for 2001. ac eepled Jeremiah Stainpford and Co. Mr. Kinnear 'tested that be also received this hi'l trans the prisoner ; it is endorsed Stampford and Co. That endorsement was the handwriting of the primates; he saw him write it. It was here hinted to Mr. Kinnear, that he bad pre viously stated that he took the tattier bill, not on the cre dit of the prisoner, but on that of the endorsement of Stampford and Co. Mr. Kinnear explained, that he thought at the time that the prisoner belonged to that firm, as he represented his partner, Mr. Stampforti, to be a man of large property In Northamptonshire. Mr. ADoLPDLII, for the prisoner, called Henry Alder son, who stated himself to be a warehouseman, at No. 30, Aidermanbary. He knew there had been, about four months ago, such a firm as Lynch and Co. in Kingsland road, bat they had lately vanished. He knew such a house as Stampford and Co. in Fore-street, at least the name was up there; the only one of the firm be ever saw was Mr. Needham, the prisoner. On his cross-examination by Mr. ALativ, he said he believed Mr. Needham to be the whole of the firm of Stampford and Co. Mr. ALLEY now produced Jeremiah Stampford, a mi serable looking old man, who said that applications had been made to him on the part of the prisoner, to be al lowed to use his name in the firm; but he never gave permission. The acceptance and indorsements on th bills sliewn to him, were not written by him or by his order. Mr. !scut brought forward similar evidence upon two other bills, one of which was said to be drawu by a person named Smith, a carpet warehouse-man, iu the island of Jersey ; but Mr. Kinnear said, trom all the in quiries lie bad mule, and letters he had received from his Bankers in Jersey, he was convinced that there was jno such person as Smyth. This bill was accepted by a named Thackwood, in Ratcliffe Highway, who person nam ed become a bankrupt. Mr. Alley expecting some witnesses from Jersey, wished for an adjournment. This was agreed to and a future day appointed. 111ART-LA-UONNE-OFFICI6.—A foreigner na.ned Jean Boudrot, was yesterday brought up in cu•tody by Hook er the Officer, charged with creating a riot mid disturb ance at the house of the French Ambassador, in Port- land-place. Mr. Watson, from the Ambassador's Office, stated that Boudrot came there for relief, and was, in the usual manner furnished with the address of the Consul, and desired to call on him, instead of which be commenced , risking a most violent disturbance, and positively re fused qnitting the house until he was furnished with some means of support. At length M. Marcellus, the Charge d'Affaires, was obliged to send for an officer, who took him into custody. Bondro', being unable to speak English, was interro gated in his own language; he stated he had some time since embarked from Bordeaux, bu bring taken ill on the voyage was landd at Bristol, in the hospit.:l of which place he hail been confined ; on reaching L ,n lon he had applied at the Ambassador's house for raid', goog iudinx ;hey ought to furnish him with it. The Magistrye ordered hitu to be taken to the watch holm to be supplied with some refreshment, and in the morning that en Officer should be sent with him to the officea the Consul in the City. CORONEIt'ifNQUEST. An inquisition was held on Wednesday night, which occupied coverall hours, before Thomas Stititag, Esq., Coroner, at tl e Rising Sun, Somers-town, on t►►e body of Mr. Alexander Mille, a wine and brandy merchant, residing at No. 8, South-roy, Nper-rood, Seiners-towe, whq dame by his death upder the following circuit/- its DCell 1-- Mr. Wilton" *admen!, of Pento;ville, bad known the deceased far 'morel years. About bolt-past seven o'clock on Monday everting last, be was passing shine St. John street-road, when his attention was attracted by a crowd, which had anembied around a horse and cha.se; he was informed that a lady and the deceased, who were then in the chaise. bad been thrown out; the deceased was at this time sitting at the driving Ade, with his head leasing on his hand, as if he had received a hurt. (Here the Coroner and the Jdry were obliged to ad. joaro to the house of the deceased, in order to take ti e evidence of the lady who was in the gig with the de ceased at the time of the accident, she being unable to attend.) Mrs. Sophia Powell, who was still labouring under the effects of the fall, and had one side of her ta..e terrible bruised. stated that she was a single wo:nan ; she lived ;with the deceased; sad was with him is the chaise on Mooday 'liming last ; wben they were turning the env net of Fore-street. Moorfields, on their way horse, this horse slipped and fell down, and the shafts of the chai,e were hriken. Mr. Mills, the eleceased, was instanta neously pitched out of the ebais-; he was thrown f..r ward on his heed ; witness was also throwq out. but fell sidewap; when they returned home, the deceased lay on the sofa its the drawing room ; she put a handkerchief over his face, aid thought he was asleep; he was not very sober at the time. Witness remained up with bine all night, and conceived he was getting better; she called is no medical assistance, not thinking it emeesare. Witness attributed his death entirely so the fall. Evan Evans, servant to • 'endears!' lodging at the house of the deceased. saw the deceas d and ,tire. Powell , when they same home; it wee about eight o'clock. atal helped to assist him out of the chaise, and carry him up states; be was incapable of amistine himself; heard no. thing more of the matter until the morning, when witness was informed he was (lead. - Went then few a doctor. John Bullock, clerk to the deceased.—l sate him go opt on Slonday„acconqmoied by Mrs. Powell ; they both came home in thechaiee about eight o'clock ; tie ar ap peared knieliug down with his bead on Mrs. Powell's ;he never spoke a word. Witness assisted in taking him up stairs heard nothing of the accident until about ten mi nutes before deceased died, when Mrs. Powell mentioned it to witness ; went to bed about nine tido, It, leaving the deceased on the sofa, and two gent'emen in the room with Mrs. Powell; was called up at halifeet live nets , morning, by Mrs. Powell; found the accessed lathe met room by the fire ; be seemed to witness to be eslefp s . soil was making a noise as if snoring hard ; helped sp put him to bed, and perceiving his breath to step, went to call a doctor. Hannah Fowler, servant in the house, remained us until four o'clock with her mistress, Mrs. Powell a there were 1. , o gentlemen sopped with her mister's ; they went away about twelve o'clock ; her master use lying on the soft in the next room; thoneht he was asleep; knew nothing of the accident: helped her lois. tress to remove the deceased into the bed-room at three o'clock ; went to bed, at the desire of her mistral's, a lit tle while afterwards, leaving the deceased sitting by the tire. Dr. Squirrel stated, that he wase-alted in at sir o'clock ono Tuesday morning; at which time be found the de ceased lifeless ; no assistance was then available: the cause of his death was no doubt the hurt which ha bad received when thrown from the chaise. The Coameaft, after the evidence was gone throne!, remarked that tivre was the grossest neglect he butt ever witnessed. Among so many person., not one seemed to think it necessary to call in medical auk; ince "Oldies the onfortbente gentlemen had expired: be wee afraio: nothing more could he elicited on the 0.-easibe, sate, that the deeraked came to an notimelyend in constqamort of the accident which had taken Pace. The Jury consulted for soiske time, and retarsed • Ten diet of Accidental Death. bat were atroagly impress with the neglect shown - Me He revision. MiRRIED. On Thursday, the SOtb inst. at the Chapel of the itritists Ambassador at Paris, Robert Woodhouse, Esq. President of Caius College, and Plurals, Professor of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge, to Harriett, daughter of tits late W. Miles, Esq. •, • DIED. On Tuesday, the 28th inst, at his house at Clapham-rise. In the Blst year of his age, Thomas Malpas, Esq. late of Newgate•mnrket. On the 97th inst. aged 29, W. B. Dean, Esq. of the Fir%t Fruits' office, Temple. On the 23d inst. T. Dagnall, Esq. of Cowley, noer Ux bridge, la the B.lth year of his age. At Brighton, on the 13th last. Edward Williams, Eiq, late of Hackney. • Quid est rerdas 1 ait Pilot= deride'''. Bat Pilate did not stay for an answer. Ma. EDlTOR—Permit me. through the limits of your in valuable paper, to offer a few preliminary remarks on the usefulness arising to society from advertising the cure rke certain maladies, by a particular description of &nattiest practitioners, who are frequently stigmatised with the epi thet " disinterested impostors." There is a line of distinc tion to be observed, which appears evident to me, and think would do so to others, divested of prelstdite, that is, were the advertising practitioner a conscientious man, un sullied by avarice, always bearing truth for his motto, tied who makes use of an advertisement as a vehicle to bring forth the objects of indiscretion, that pine in misery, and blush at the thought of their case being known to their fa mily practitioner • and those unhappy objects are brought forth, and restored to health, when they might have been sacrificed, or left to wander their duys in wretchedness. — An instance of which I beg leave to annex in a biter ad dressed to Dr. Ratty, 38, lean-sired. Soho, London. "Bta,—Wlten I have reflected upon your kindness. hu manity, and liberality, to me, in my distressed, efllicted,and (orlon:situation, when after suffering for six months lexcru eiatiag tortures 1 cannot describe, ant whidh had battle,' ell the medical !assistance I had applied to for relief, and wiles I was hopeless from the inetficbcy of medicine taken in vein, to asseage inflammation still increasing, which WWI stumped ed by gangrene mortification, and et-last death stariag me in the face. At this period of my disorder, I awkipated as no great distance my dissolution as inevitable, with all the attendant horrors which death presents to the human mind, embittered lay the lacerating reflection, " Blame thy foolish self"—! say, when 1 reflect on such exertion, courtesy. and liberality, when 1 had no hand toessist, no friend to console, no means of support against such a malignant disorder ae that which I laboured under, and remember that to yen? persoeal exertion, as far as human aid is concerned, I am at this moment indebted for the life I now enjoy, and for the health I am so fully in possession of. I cannot bet feel I am acting ungratefal to you hi not publishing my case to the world, or speaking in a more public way of your benevo- lence to me than I have. `• Ali, Sir, conscience makes cowards of ns nil. But still I have thought a plan might be des 'seri. in which this object. to me so desirable. might be accomplished, and the benefit, not only others but to yourself be felt as extensively as I wish it; ■nd therefore if yon think proper in any way to mention my case, so far as to sole me all the pain refleetiusi must produce on such a subject, I shall only feel I em doing part of a duty I owe you (and a small part indeed I acktiow ' lunge it is): for were I to live ages. soil experience more Shan I have ever done of the coateodingcircumstances of this life. I am assured that nothing could efface from my memory. nr cheer my spirits more, time the remembrance of a same which can cease to be dear to toe only with my life. 1 am, Sir, yoar's sincerely, . To Doctor Rady. SS, Dean-Rt. Soho. I'4 London : Witted, Printed, and Published, at the °lke et "The STassausw" N 0.197. Strand, by R. WARDSLL. 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