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

THE LONDON JOURNALS: liTnAcTs FROM THE DAILY "NtOniiiNG PAPERS, February 28 18'23. [TM: TIMES.I ought to be with some expressions of stir vrize, that we present the speech of Made Cha tociubriand to the public this day for, from the ass,nrauces which we have every reason to sup pose he. gave the British Government, we should have 'had a• right to expect a pacific speech; and, we believe, through such an expectation, not only the measures of the British Cabinet, nut even the decision of the British Parlia ment, has been suspended with respect to the aggression on Spain. But we knew that -vain flighty creature too well, to be de ceived by his professions : perhaps he meant, that if our Ministers would but wait for his speech, they would be,bverpowered by his argu trents : and Iyhilst they expected professions of peace, would find themselves almost magically convinced of the necessity of war! However, be that as it may, the speech comes forth, and is at least as warlike as that of M. de Chateau triand's brethren. It asserts the same doctrine, adds nothing to the reasoning. [NEW TIMES.) Alive as we are to every occurrence connected with the abolition of that abominable traffic, the sl%ve Trade, we feel highly gratified in being ena bled to announce to our Readers, from undoubted authority, the treaty made and signed on the 9th September 18S2, between the Government of Mauritius and the Imaum of Muscat, abolishing for ever the Slave Traffic through all the exten sive dominions and dependencit4 of that Sove reign, extending front the 'Portuguese possessions of Mozambique to the Persian Gulf, including the great mart and emporium of Zanquebar, and thus leaving the Eastern hemisphere, from 'the Cape of Good Ilope to the Ganges (except the points of Mozambique and, Goa), clear of a stain, _which from countless ages has perpetuated bar barism on the richest coast of the known world, kept their nation in a state of seclusion from the rest of mankind, and prevented that honourable and lucrative commerce whiCh the gold and ivory end gems of , the golden Saffula, Tarshish; and Ophir, would naturally have attached a corn nerce, which in the early ages rendered the merchants of Tyre Princes, " and her traffickers the honourable of the earth." [MORNING- POST.] The case of Mr. Bowring was -last night brought before the House of Commons by Lord A. Hamilton. A most complete answer was given by Mr. Secretary Canning,: and it was proved, to the satisfaction of all parties, that every thing had been done that Government ' could do to obtain justice for that individual, ac.. cording to the laws of- France. To expect that the English mode of doing justice should be adopsd wherever a British subject may be found is a little too much ; and the shallow talkers wit 6 would contend for this ought, itt their love of national independenCe, to remember that other countries 'have laws as well as Englandi and `it is not their province. to legislate, any more ditto is that of our Ministers to govern, all the reo of the world. ,The motion for papers on this subject was, of coirse, negatived without a divi. sion.• [moRNM CitnoNtcot.i Considerable sensation has been produced by the speech of M. de Chatexubriand, which is of the, most warlike character. This champion of Coninitntionul Monarchy turns round on the Mi nisters of this country, and tells them—you of all ersons are the last who ought to oppose France t her attempts agehist Spain; you approve of the invasion of France, and you approve of the jt2t+►tsio:t of Naples; and our title 'to itiieoe Spain is the same which was allowed in those two ases. Lord Castlereagh, says M. de Chateau-. briand, acknowledged in his Circular that Austria had the right of destroying. at Napks the 'Constitution of the Cartes ; and she can mil refuse to France the right Of destroying at Madrid institutions which are equally fatal to b He was not probably eware that Mr. Can. ang had advisedly acknowledged in his, place in Parliament his approbation of the principles of theiteircular, by way of getting rid of the conse• quentfe§ of a compliment nf Lord Milton, imply. or, cilepartnie from the Castlereagh System.— We 'we pleaied with the sentirnonts avowed by. Lard Liverpool, the first night of the Session, by M. Canning at Harwich, and Mr. Huskisson at ieiterpeol, which amotinted virtually to a remits. elation of the principles to which M. Chateau. btland appeals. We have not the smallest doubt (ntitwithstanding the recantation which Mr. Can. sins has ire been probably forced to mate to lip -pease the admirers of Lord Castlereagh in the Ciihluet) that all these three individuals are now satisfied of their error respecting the revolutionary - wer t insil the iniiaßion of Naples But they have sot the courage to condemn openly and directly the principles which for thirty years have been thr, creed fkf their party. [iptITISH PRESS.] rough we shall always unshrinklugly avow elr principles and feelings, which are those of a 4 ibiroeed attachment to liberty as it existed in 'the Wit days of England, and an unchanging adhe rence to the principles of the Constitution as settled , by Lord Somers and the other illustrious ‘Whigs at the Revolution of 1688—and strongly al we must ever, reprobate the Mell,lllo of those with a long career of power, have squandered the Miiolllllo3 of the country and involved it in its present unparalleled state of distress and ern ((karrassment—yet no feelings of this description feelings which we are proud to acknowledge) shall ever prevent us from conceding the awed of Our approbatiOn to any man, even of that party, who may really and fairly deserve it. Were the Foreign Secretary, in place of paltering, as we fear lie now is, with the Continental Cabinets, baldly to protest against their monstrous mea sures of aggression, and maintain, as the Minister of England ought to do, the high character and dignity of The country, we should give even to his measures the - unqualified tribute of our ap probation, and endeavour for a while to forget his pernitious domestic policy. With these impressions, we record with sincere pleasure the high and flattering testimony of praise from the Merchants, Bankers, Ship-owners, and others, connected with the trade of the. Port of London, presented on Wednesday last by a most respectable deputation to the Right Hon.Thoinas Wallace, late Vice-President of the Board of Trade. The answer of the Right Hon; .Gentle. man is one that does him the highest honour for the justness, of, perception, the liberality of sen timent, and the true British feeling that mark it throughout. We tryst that his secession from office•will be but temporary : he is one of the very few indeed connected with Administration to whom the country owes any measures calcu lated for either her prosperity or her character. [MOItNING HERALD.] The French Ultras are not content with hav ing war in Spain only, but predict and declare themselves prepared for a general war through out Europe. They even lay down beforehand what are to be the consequences, and acquisition of territory seems already their avowed object. One of the Journals of this party makes the fol lowing prophetic distribution of territory among the powers to be engaged in the approaching con flict. Russia, according to this Oracle, is to have Turkey. He, however, qualifies this sweeping grant, by excepting from it the provinces of Croatia, Servia, and Bosnia—which are to fall to Austria, as her share. The King of Prussia is not forgotten. He is to. have Hanover ! And lastly, France is once more to have Belgium as an integral part of her territory, and to 'Tome for her boundary ,the Rhine. Thus liberally do the Ultras provide for themselves and their confe derates, and thus unceremoniously do they take away, a la Buonaparle, from his Majesty his hereditary State of Hanover. There are, how ever, many ways of viewing the future ; and the framers of this new plan of partition may not be able to attain its execution so easily. If, in spite of the endeavours of England to dissaude the French Government from attacking Spain, that Government should persist, and march its troops into Peninsula ; and if England should, in consequence, find herself compelled to side with the Spaniards and Portuguese, she would, It is to be expected, wage war in the most vigo rous and effective manner. Why should Eng land leave the French the choice of the ground on which they were to fight ? Why may not the Duke of Wellington, with an army of Eng lish, Spaniards, and Portuguese, carry the war into the heart of France ?' Normandy is not . unapproachable; and a hostile visit to Rouen, a principal seat of the manufactories of France— and the destruction of the cotton spinning and weaving machinery there, are among the contin gencies of a war with England, which the French Ultras do not contemplate, -but which are not less within the range of probability. Havre may be said to be the Liverpool of France—the great (loot of cotton and other colonial pro duce, and may fall into the hands of the enemy. The cotton, linen, and every other manufacture carried on in Normandy, would be at the mercy of the invading force. Bourdeaux and other great commercial towns may be attacked in their turn FOR THE SUN. THE CURRENCY. Ma. EDITOR—It was reported in the Parlia. rnentary debates immediately after the passing of Mr. PEEL'S Bill, that a certain old experienced Statesman of the Upper House, nearly connected with Mr. PITT by family ties, and his colleague and coadjutor in office, was profuse in his senti ments of approbation, of that Gentleman's con duct, even waling him the Saviour of the Nation, and grievortqy lamenting, for his own part, that he had assisted in departing from the safe and sane line of Metallic currency into that of Paper by the Bank Restriction Acts. Now, is it pos sible that such statements should proceed from the mouth of a Statesman of the above descrip tion, who ought to have seen the deleterious con sequences of that enactment, in the almost immediate and total ruin of all the most sub stantial interests of this great and productive Country ? Could he, besides, reasonably blame himself in uniting with his kinsman and col league Mr. Pitt, perhaps one of the greatest, if not the very greatest Minister this kingdom has had at the head of its councils for some cen turies past y in maintaining a most expensive war against the arch-tyrant of Europe, at• whose feet this country would have been laid prostrate, but for the opportune and timely assistance from the only quarter whence it could be given ? Would. his Lordship prefer that state of things even to the truly distressful one of the present times, which derives not from an adherence to the Pitt system, but the premature abandonment of it? Was it not in this currency that an additional debt of 600 millions was contracted, and could Mr. Pitt, or any man of honourable, fair s and in genious mind, conceive that justice could be done either to the public or Individuals in corn. palling the discharge of an enormous debt of that amount in any other currency than that in which it was incurred ? One would have supposed that the injustice and impracticability, nay insanity, in effect, of such a measure, could have never entered into the imagination of any man of the plainest understanding, much less of those appointed to the government of a great eation, and invested with all the honours and dignities of the. state. The most that can be urged in excuse of such a pernicious system of conduct must be, that it arose from miscalcula tion, bad intentions being wholly ont of the clues don, propped up by sophistical reasonings, and supported by those who were deemed the sa. viours of the State. This junto4f calculating in. dividuala estimated that bank paper being at that time subject to no depreciation beyond three or four per cord. at the utmost, that the difference between bullion and paper did not exceed that ratio * and consequently that an exchange of an artificial for a sane metallic currency would not affect the prices of articles at market beyond that trifling ratio. This, upon experiment has , proved one of the grossest errors ever committed by any set of Legislators on earth, 30, 40, or 50 per cent. being much nearer the mark of depre ciation than a decimal portion of that ratio as by them estimated. By the experiment, so far as it his been hitherto tried, has a' third or fourth part of all the cultivators of th e Kingdom b een , either totally ruined or reduced to the greatest distress, and the remainder must very shortly follow ; without an immediate and effectual, change of the monetary system, taxes cannot be much longer paid, the poor sustained, the la bourers employed, or the land cultivated, with out the repeal of this most destructive Act, whilst subject to its repeal, peace, plenty, and happiness may be restored and diffused through the land. If any man is so ignorant of financial policy as to ask how that enactment has occa sioned all this mischief, he is at once answered, by a reduCtion of the national circulation. With no more than a.moiety of the Currency in , the Country, prices must necessarily fall that moiety, and reduce that porportion still lower, and pro portional prices naturally follow. Whilst the Bank must meet its Notes in Bullion, it must al. ways retain a sufficient.quantity in its coffers to meet them, nor can it with any degree of safety hazard those accommodations Which before it was most liberal in giving upon valid securities. Pri vate. Bankers derived theii accommodation from the same source, a general circulation was in ac tivity, the landed men and cultivators deriving their accommodations from the private Bankers, and they in turn from the Bank of England, with out hazard , of inconvenience or risk of any de scription, as no stoppage in the grand reservoir could ever take place. without a return to those sources, how are taxes, to the amount of 60 mil lions per annum, to find their way into the Ex chequer, and how can private individuals manage to parmortgages and other debts contracted tin, r der one currency in another of so very differt%nt a description!? Must not the Exchequer ultimately, and perhaps at no very distant period, fail, and all the private debtors in the kingdom be abso lutely ruined ? Where, in short, can so evidently destructife a syltem be , stayed but by a repeal Of the measure on which it is founded ? Not withStanding the low prices" of all the necessaries of life, are the manufacturers and shopkeepers satisfied ? Is not, on the contrary, every farming and trading individual in the Kingdom more or leis aggrieved ? his true, that they have their provisions -at a cheap rate, but have they where withal to purchase them ? Does not every one feel the want of coin in his pocket ; and how can it be otherwise' when the grand staple manufac ture of the country, the soil, lies unproductive of profit to the cultivator ? What has he_wherewith to purchase of the shopkeeper or manufacturer ? And the home market being done away in a great measure to both, what remains but the uncertain and diminished prospects of external commerce, unequal hi value to one-third or one-fourth of what r as before derived from home consumption? That a revenue of 60 millions per annum can be derived from low prices, and in the preci ous metals alone, when a sixth part , of that bullion is not to be found in the country, is more than I believe can be determined by the ablest financier that ever this or any other country produced, And when even that inade quate quantity of gold and silver is daily and hourly withdrawing from the circulation. It has been said besides, but I can scarcely credit the information, that the same Noble Lord, at one time considered as the first politician of the State, and united as was said before with Mr. Pitt, in all his financial operations, that paper cur rency has been declared from its commencement a bubble, and that now the bubble has burst, there the delusion ends. Should that report be equally founded with the other, may it not be asked,—Did you theo, my Lord, anti your rela tive, combine to form that bubble, and deceive that public which had entrusted its government to your hands ? Did you mean it as a bubble to the creditors who entrusted you with 600 mil lions of their money, or to the borrowers, whom you now compel to pay in a more than two-fold ratio for every guinea they b - tirrowed ? To which of those parties do you tneart°the term bubble to apply ? It is true, that whbe you enacted the Bank Restriction Bill, you annexed to it a tte. claration, that at the conclusion of the then pending war the paper currency then establish ed would he done away, and recourse had to the old metallic currency of the country; but did you foresee the consequences, anti perceive the utter impracticability of that promise without the total ruin of the country ? You . have already made the experiment, driven hundreds either into foreign countries, or into prisons In this ; and in fact dislocated the very joints of all the social system. What then is to be expected from a persever ance in the same ruinous measures, the very at tempt at which has cost you, 'or rather the com munity whose Government was entrusted to your hands, but utter misery and destitution ? Paddington. S. AWFUL INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATH.—The Rev. JOLCN BARTLARt, of Alceston, in Warwick shire, having appointed the lion. Mr. E tnntx to meet him at Mr. Lt.ovo's, bookseller , .._ E Harley street, at two o'cl oc k y e sterday, Mr. Attnt,cY not having arrived at the time appointed, the Rev, Mr. BAftTLANI sat down to wait his arrival, but he had not remained in that situation ten minutes when he fell from his chair in an apo plectic flt, and instantly expired. IMt. 14.0Y0's shop was very full of Noblemen and Gentlemen at the time, all of whom afforded the utmost assistance, anti interested themselves exceedingly upon the occasion; but notwithstanding their efforts to restore animation, and the administra tion of the best medical assistance, it was soon perteived to be unavailing, the vital spark having fled. The friendship between the &ceased find the Hon. Mr. EannLry had . been of very long standing, and nothing • could exceed the mental suffering of the latter Gentleman, when Mr. LLoyn-broke the melancholy intelligence to him. The Rev. J. BARTLANt was one of the most dis tinguished scholars of the age. LORD PORTSMOUTH'S CASE. IXAMINATION under the KING'S COSIMISSION. FREEMASOYS' lIALL, THURSDAY, DAT. This day's proceedings were entered upon at ten o'clock. The Earl of Portsmouth was (at his'own request) re-examin ed bythe Court and Jury, on Wednesday, privately. It is sail that his Lordship appeared pefectly prepared upon all the subjects upon which he was questioned—still, however, various answers escaped him, which, from their incoherence or simpli city, are said to have made a strong impression upon the Gen tlemen of the Jury. Mr. ADAM put in various papers, in'continuation of the pro ceedings of Wednesday, which was interrupted by the variety of conversation, charge, and exoneration, already laid before our readers. Mr. France was re-called, and examined by Mr. WILD* Has heard the. examinations of three of the Medical Gentle men; never gave them any instructions to examine his Lord ship ; did not give Drs. Munro and Willis such instructions ; saw them upon the subject; they had examined his Lordship. What would have been their testimony if they had been exa mined ? Commissioner Hu LLOCIC objected to the question. Mr. WILDE rose to show the propriety of the question, and after some conversation the question was withdrawn. Mr. France examined by Commissioner HuLLOCX—Wasiit thi conference between the Lord Chancellor and the Medical Gentlemen; Dr's. Munro and Willis were present; did hot consider that they were among those who were directed to exa mine into the state of his Lordship's mind ; witness requested hrs. Munro and Willis to be present at the conference with the Lord Chancellor. Lord Joust FITZROY—" I have only waited until a air opportunhy presented itself to acquaint the Court with the unanimous wish of the Jury, that Dr. Munro and Dr. Francis Willis should he put into the witness-box, they not having been called by the Counsel on either side. Cit/EF CommissioNEn—" It is enough 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." Mr. France, who bad remained in the witness-box, entered into a variety of explanations, which tended to show th a t he h a d not availed himself' of the evi dencel of Drs. Munro and Willis, because they had prejudged his Lordship's state of mind. Dr. Munro examined by Chief Commissioner TROWER— Atfentled Lord Portsmouth on the 7th of January, at the re quest of Mr. Carr; received, previously to his visit, a great variety of' aflidavits, which were laid before him by the direc tion of the Lord Chancellor ; was introduced to his Lordship by Mr. Coombs as a Mr. Thomas; his Lordship was reading a newspaper ; 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 Hertfordshire; he said he bad been inmotent for eight years, but had once had conn ec ti on w i t h Lady P. in Nov. lr.'ll - wished to be divorced ; had already selected and determined upon his future wife; he expressed his intention 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 in the same bed with his Lordship and . Lady 'Portsmouth ; could not turn him out of the room, because the; Countess would not allow him. He stated, that when he left Edinburgh, Alder and some of the Hanson's family had pursued him as,far as the seat of Lord Grantley ; saw his Lordship on the ensuing day ; he was then more polite than at the preceed big interview. Mr. Coombs remained in the room all the time ; his Lordship's manner was singular and morbid ; he stated that he had been turned out of his bedroom, and locked up in his drciishig-foom ; denied Copy's evidence as to " Aristotle's Masterpiece ;" knowing what his Lordship's weak points were, he wished to ascertain Inecisely how far the delusions existed. Ifrom the observation of witness at these interviews, is of opinion that hit Lordship's mind is decidedly unsound. He has not the least shadow of a doubt upon the subject-; should think, from the evidence given during the inquiry, and the affidavits laid before him, th a t his Lord - - ship was insane ten years ago, when lie was pulled from his horse by his servant, whom he did not afterwards discharge I consider his Lordship's came as lunacy supervening upon a very weak mind.; l'coneeive, from the way in which his Lord ship reasons, if he may be said to reason at all, that his Lord. ship is both insane and a fool ; he draws just conclusions front wrong premises at one time, and at another, wrong conclusions from Just premises ; when he speaks of his impotence, he speaks as a madman ; he says to this effect--' I am Impotent ; an im potent man may enter into a third marriage, with a prospect of happiness ; I am impotent, and therefore I will marry a third wife e—the ..prernisses in this instan ce were wrong, the ; conclusion just; it is the language of a morbid mind, and therefore waives insanity. With respect to his folly, he says I this—.' I have been cruelly maltreated by my , family and ser vants ; a man of Renee would discharge his servants, therefore I will not;'—here his premises are correct, and his conclusions. unfounded ;" went by th e name of Thomas, because he con ceived that the name of Munro was so notoriously mixed up with cases of lunacy, that it would probably have alarmed his Lordship ; he is totally unable to manage his own affairs. By the Jury—Conceives weakness and lunacy combined in his Lordship's unamindriess of mind— insanity is of so different a complexion in different patients that it cannot be precisely defined --eccentricity and aberration of mind is sometimes as difficult to distinguish as the confines of night and day; Lord Portsmouth's case is not dubious, it is clearly mark ed ; his Lordship's mind has always been weak; his in sanity has doubtless been aggravated. although not created, by the cruel treatment he has received, and the rapid jour ney from Edinburgh—by a morbid means a diseased mind; ill-treatment may have been an excitement, acting upon a pre disposition to disease; the only part of his Lordship's conduct winch Td not bear out the affidavits was that relating to " Aria; totle's Masterpiece." Has been physician to Bethlem Hospital for many years, has for the last twelve years devoted his at tention to lunatic cases ; no two cases of lunacev are precisely alike ; Lord Portsmouth's unsoundness' of mind is incurable ; he considered the mere seeing of Dr. Hamilton 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. Doctor Protein Willis examined by Chief Commissioner TnowElt-43 a physician ; his Practiee is confined tO the parti. cular branch of Ins profession termed insanity ; visited Lord Portsmouth at the request Of Mr. France; the Lord Chancellor gave the medical gentlemen directions to give their evidence in Court rather than by affidavits; saw Lord Portsmouth on the 22d of January ; went alone., being out of town when Drs. Ainslie and Latham went out Of town ; *as introduced by Mr. Coombs by the nam e o f J ones; his Lorditip thought hafwas a friend of Mr. Coombs, and received him very well ; conceives it extremely improper to introduce a medical gentleman as avowedly such to a supposed lunatic tinder ex amination. His Lordship said he had been taken to Edinburgh against his will, to serve the p ur p oses o f a b ase woman ; her Ladyship and the whole of her family had M-treated him; his Lordship called Lady Portsmouth Mrs. A--.. ; they bad knocked him down and flogged him. Mrs. A. had brought Alder to his bed, and had had a child by him; his Lordship said he bad never had sexual intercourse with any body; he had been made to sign blankdrafts-=-tumed out of the carriage at Witham to make room far Mr. Alder; he said they had never made him ride behind the carriage, but he though t i t qu i te suf . ficient degradation to b e ma d e to ride before. Be then related to witness the particulars of his marriage with the present Countess, as already given in evidence ; Its Lordship was extremely anxious for a divorce, and wished to know if he could marry a niece ; they remained at Edinburgh, because, after Mrs. A. Lad seen Dr. Hamilton, it was found necessary ; the reason he did not thrash Alder when he found him in bed with his wife was, because he was a stronger man than his Lordship; if he obtained a divorce, he intended to erect a throne at Hurst_ bourne, similar to that used on the occasion of his Majesty's coronation ; at another time he expressed his intention of using the throne for the purpose of receiving" congratulatory d. dresses upon hi s return from Scotland a f t er his long absenc a e. Witneas saw his Lordship last Monday *ea ; Mr. France called upon him, and asked hint what was his opinion as formed at the three interviews he had with his Lordship ? Witness told Mr. F. that he thought he (Mr. Franco had not a leg en stand upon. Withal considered Lord Portsmouth's mind decidedly unsound ; in fact, his Lordship, if he was in a low condition of - society, would be looked upon a " Tom-a'-Bedlam,” ad would be pointed at by pois ons in the Weer as omit wholly des n tituts of understanding, and Incapable of managing any business of im airtance. Lord P.'s mind was not of such a description as would be capable of being remedied, and appeared to have been originally in the same state of distemper in which it new was. Tho - delosions were not to be removed by any courfe of treat ment ; `rnildnesS would not improve it, nor would harshness be likely to make it w orse. Examined by the Jury.—The treatment Lord P. met with from Lady Portsmouth piobably did not aggravate the disease. Viritnesi believed that" Lord l'. haul the unsound mind from his birth, from the CiTCRUIStaIICe of his being, when witness vi sited him, in a perfect state of bodily health, and the sY l ,°.l_l'. toms being confirmed, and by no means of the nature 1 7! presented the usual expectations of recovery. A drunken labonred under deprivation of sense, and so did a l er ~ t a delirium, but no person could call a man in ea?) those conditions a lunatic, for the delirium and th e e r cation at an end, the person who . laboured under facts recovered, the body being restored to its nets e (ions, the mind also assumed its former tone anres_m.. • ect. But Lord Portsmouth, either in bodily sicknesst ily health, was just the same in the mind. Did no t o o der that if a man shewed proofs of memory, and was a/l r ie n. SvhUersaeStaiwastniorartnn:pokleinleesaiwa conversation, he unsound but upon one particular subject ; was not at all qualified to conduct his tiff . would follow a log of wood and mistake it f( be entrusted with the management of his owl ' to differ from two such experienced and a.. Latham and Doctor Ainslie, but looked upt> Lord Portsmouth to be that of complete unsoundn Here the examination of witnesses concluded, for Lord Portsmouth were informed by tb ed that they were ready to hear Mr. Adam upon u h ce e : w od a s fu r t b un ir a e niv f olirreAullt.:l3 . rt a l tt oc th o Mr. ADAM addressed the Jury : It'was far ant man wh o h a d wa t c h e d tius case, are the evidence upon both sides had produced,' that he had much to re mo v e, much to eradical of those who were to decide upon the importan' difficulties of the case prinapaliv a rose from inquiry itself, whi c h regarded 'the operation mind, and required the most solemn and mit A period of 25 years, diversified by a number to be travelled over, and all the statement made of facts alleged to have occurred within Ito be weighed against each other. The great. ' which the circumstances embraced, the nature oth h f e a f h o tis re jdu w ryut h yw o . m the case was investigated, the"wahad ve f g co eti nd tt n it eted y never ble.rteibille"yaftforeatjll4rultyaye'clthagbrelanieginesdltiig p ar tas p certai n l yt n l s y t E go d i It' greater 11;teteiPtnrii eos r,bt was put into the box before twenty-three ‘, h e not every one of whom he was liahle to be questioned, w_ ad s to in a situation to.be confounded, and were not errers_ 7 4 ; t f ia s appear which could not be attributed to any other,rteuries seeding i o n f g tp ro e m wa a nt re o a f t r re ari adin ety es: f to mo r ti e s p e l s y ? to T ter jorl r°i -- ,, c.a ... rkeese s y s et r; of those difficulties, and would, he was co nvincet t io ar , of t o allimance for any apparent incongruities tiPon t gree t winesses. His Leared Friends on the other side Ir v i v o address availed themselves In the proceeding of the PT 'S& este of the Hansons, and take all possible pains to coool„,„ s isie of that family with that of Lord Portsmouth. It was_ri;AS that any one could feel more indignation than be felt it wsfat t of those individuale; but he would impress Ve t.° apprehensions of Lord P's future expos' were at an end. To sum up the difficulties' selves, it would be recollected that earl' this P. Serjeant Pell had comlntl Lord P. and of that unf a ir denia p aie l he had further complaint. The Jury had to con' Lord Portsmouth was, a person of sown whether he was or was not incapable oi the management of his own aims. other side must prove, that his insuffii soundness, not fin weakness of mind s were at an end. It must be admitted, Lord P. had committed acts, which beyr proved, that his faculties were beneath of man S that his understanding was um bat God forbid, that the mere fact of mind should subject him to the charge of should pause before they permitted the the other side to weigh with them. —de facts stated in evidence, and place those' to ten thousand opinions. They were as as the medical men who had been exam: medical men were, for the question was upon the merits of which depend upon the toonal persons. There was in the case an at tinction between an unsound and a weak % a wu vera un ic so t t co m u d l — d :cr e amongst the physicians a variance of opir able kind on the question. It was for tie side to skew that beyond all doubt the mi. s f l o ie n w nd b to y facts of an that in t ch it had h uuag there u uit h t e.l o —iti :i : T t bw . w y na yhh o eS daexhiwlldmeieratti:::aolerwnnutal.innek beforee o ll le f e N , m o o w th urged, wu b b: c o e e: ; i rn tr l i p et d d;.l e _ 1 ot day t o , l n u n o r ae l' cf sensesrefused s coulde(l anow ba recognizese Sts a necessaryestablished. placeh e t o principle cite ntirp the e t c e , ta 0 f bu ni t ini rd rit s ,tu,hran,.te faction. oneoaeeeornde:att atcvsnome rfety i i dmtf n se.e rnerpild t uee h dwAjp orpe a o fittto period ninir o unsoundness Portsmouth, Portsmouth'st o ' f iio time, and brought togethe r S a lti c:iteoalen d artgidoeeb : len.o:ooifienihnlrd h jil a useo : im w nxix e citrcptel:n,ye a oc nuctel t rirs.:.re,cd co : l tirtmts ' i?readnoitt:e d imposition had bete P re —e doing away the validity. of a will made by !less was not considered adequate to °l nc° for the other side would have defined - I subject, There appeared to be no grounti -4 1 ,I, A t, to them all; and how did Sheir opinions agree s vi ` t ko l r• e pon he d which Lord Hardiiricke required ? Was oat he not atria'? to com co p tp e rt i li c e ts n an d l , :ndurthaitt.';t a caltirlP t :uen t o arhhr wars iffi e ecalastrn iert sa ise id h his jtifillan? ll as and Was there any occasion to chew that he was der ient t o sal p„ faculties which constituted soundness of tnititli e vois 4 l ,la: who heard him speek the day before say, that range man of feeling —and that he was not out of the, . uo onii, oy eases to which Lord Ilardwicke had referred ? 11 rotor' ttit..4 of mind were to be defined, as some defined 14, 01 4 o ritio i ,l of reasoning upon probabilities, and drawing J u ' a oa st from premises laid down before it, he feared t „, h4 „ t o of the se t set who were masters of their properties in viol lr would conic under the clenamination. In fact, e r a r dr.?lset said of a precise nature affecting the sanity of f his ells b ol The Learned Council denied that at any period At i‘ jo r P. had betrayed the mind of a lunatic, or an o f wil e d he had strewn capability. In the year 1799, ried to the Lady P., what evidence was '' -^ lajr" -1 0 0 aberration ?. Was it credible that such a woman:, c aeft,, t o ley's sister co u ld marry an idi ot, who was fitte r `"" than for the Alt ar ? All the documents that w:e r t in st2.a ?,• furnished no stronger grounds of' t he charge uj eolin' ve lt" fondness for the low amusements of the but vulga r ' de to; had testified, betrayed no insanity :noel , ' u se e mind. Could. it be said that a EllAll , was mad,that es` a black crape- on hi s h at, an d followed forces/e 0' cause he slau g ht ere d a b u ll oc k ? W a s it not kniere of the most ac com pli s h e d men o f hi s ag e took u o f is s e r ; tending executions ? Cruelty was no quiPt°lll,ll art,„ that and who couldusay that the driving of a stage-e" a( r t i o ns, t o foie soundnes mind ? Those were degrading ° 4Pa t ethee,,,, r ee " guedinsensibility, but not insanity. - With resPea hro en c gr . of madness, that the reins of the horses were t" o ch %di A Lord P. at a moment of dagger, who could hav e ac t $ mend over himself as, in. the moment of pq,,,t d .' i n manner as to secure his own safety ? Lord I :24 l ,,..oeti''pohe" of his conduct shtvm cowardice and insensiou"/4 all wi r ror never. He had shevm infirmity of purpose, and iottr' attributes of a weak and imbecile mind. He b s he a# lardy of appetite ; but if all who had irregtils rit l ° OltAxiP don about them were to be deemed of unsoun I °. immense multitude of inesanwouldth ere bel l% °s ale ►ln g." --1 , From the great bulk of evidence, Brandt a °l 4 p. ; 0 ,0; spectable sources, it was to be inferred that Lo t , o bscr t `dtSl himself as other gentleman had done. After 5° recon ec o sir'• on the conduct of the Maisons, who it would be _ t be_ o 11 1 not haul an opportunity of defending t heniselve e : . Counsel concluded the first P°Ttion of his address , . tot , 1 of four o'clock having arrived, the Coluroi sei° ls e iitse e ; 31 the Court, after having more than ones . e° L . l ,, ) r f t is 01 ' Adam upon the conduct of the case.--The conclude this day. BIRTHS. it 11?jv On the 25th inst. at Kirby-house, in ta", tourt .bi vtiv the Lady of John Maier, ,of a daughter.. f 11 1 On the 22d inst., at Bridge w ater , the Il atl Y o kosq. ofa son. . pi t DIEU. pf th e sq , On the 27th inst., aged 29, W. B. Don' r, c, co Fruits' Office, Temple. • —nutl ' On Tuesday last, at , Margate , Th o mss ns t a is t raw i Liel l oi: frig - . On Tuesday, the 26th inst., st 1 " 5-,11 ‘'"' , Ejig 11 . '''' .0 1 the 61st year of hi s ag e, Thomas 11!Alpo, , A 4, P gate-market. °r ow il On the 234 inst., Thomas Dagn-v, Duo Uxbridge, in the Nth year of his age. 1.■•••. , thr Printed and Published for the PROVRlEvostogi °filget No. 112, Strand, by J. 13. CAW vrhoayeareu w Lord Vortgro who fairs ; no num for a fittarse, show 4 rn a ff airs: WAS Sin i r thie men as Paw ° , aPon the cooilat tsoundnors of 0:1;a • ed, and-the the COmmw :—i o ngaDe In the k iblde eoc ) hie s.i.so, imP lis bic) 3 ti dta effect not to tte c~`nvs~Ced its lrh:ch taj su e iin that In silDe dar Dan 0v..... ss upon tneJuryttatb s N to such treatment which presented thee:, IY in the discussions of of , Waut of ocess w Lau every reason to OP )nsider meroly whothr Id or unsound mind? of taking upon hir es The ads"` for tole scieney arose from Int, I otherwise ther ed:ltts is that for many Poo "onci all demonstrAtio3 the ordinal fienhist arked with un bre*, the 'want of vigour ct ) f madness. The Jory ingenu i t y of the PIO to the hey should look ,4 A ounterpoisl facts 3 S SI,II tilllllified tOitSlo ailled, eminent 41; those a s not one , the tiecioleo C ObservatiOil o s r o f toT; acknowledged tuwsl M i n d, and there exist'''. of s wait glee: iniOn le Counsel on the oto&,. ind of Prd.Portstott' innontroveruble 01,_0,,"' ot imbecility, OlL— 'ortsrn ou t It under s q! : : iought proper to $01V11:4' ,erred to,tlie 0111101 lo 1* rat importane4), , that the W,1,4°1101 red befog 1 cu .— # ' 64e of 1,11"101 oater iosess of IP the awdatoritics oittol;t, e of trettlig An „It of proof's woe . ,-- ~,s. rid 2 The CbSrOe :CllT:red Withil2 Other with violence t, filth,ness Mil 'ortiano but toach, lid. i 1 t was gralteo ietiSeu upon the yid(' $ Court of Justice is him ; but thst Wea", action a coturnissiso 4, ,el.l that the Co e d l an unsound mind kl give the least ssis, re it variance upon tlif. id or prple tooreLf ...Yee witli that t vitite. --1 r. Ithlo