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*lt 1 dote L •; - Xk 3 Wiikf f r .• .4v „." . . • er Nt:ntßrEt 10,266 LOTTERIES, PRIVATE LOTTERIES, Ll'l% TLE GOEsi, AND RAFFLES.. LOTTERY OFFICE, SOMERSET PLACE, July 2t, 1348. IvirifEREAS by several Acts of .Parliamen t Pir passed respectively in the Reigns of G eo rge the st 4- "" 'le urge th e Se co n d, the offence of selling Foreign Lottery Tickets, or publishing Proposals for selling the _ sa , rue . is Puni s h a b le as a Misdemeanour, and Persons guilty sttiereof ar e "hiect t o th e P ena l ty of Five H un d te d . P oun d s 'r each offence: and by the Annual Lottery Act, the offence of ell. S"ng.fleketS hi any Lottery not Mithurired by.Par &batteries and _ :lent (whicli hai been held to include all Foreign and Private or publishing Proposals for the same, gubj"ted the persons guilty thereof to be purrislisisi-a s gu" " Vagabond 4, and made them liable to the Penalty of F ifty for each offence. Anti wher eas the Offences above described having become 6 t ° frquent RS to require immediate attention, to put a stop 1 0 1.1 them, Notic e is hereby given, that all Person 4 offending in s:.4l4'e particulars, whether before or after the English tu4:6ee Lottery shall be discontinued. will subject themselves ab°"ve-mentioned Pains and Penalti'es'. L. HESSE A l4l. °MEE VANTE, or LrVING tore has '''‘LE TON.--This extr a ordin ar y Production of Na- F aculty .l'oeif examined by many of the most eminent of the treat France and in England; who pronounce him a em s . 'etomenon. He in been brought to this country at lle go the icT.able expenee, in the confident hope lie will contribute '4w:cement of Science. He Is 28 years of age, In h e hao' and has f rom his birth resembled a Skeleton; although age Tr ai ned an enl argement of bone equal to any of his taaralLl`,e Faculty and- th are invited to , 'Fiev : , so un- NExp e ' a being, mho will e be P EM ublic l! BITE') on TUESDAY and the 9th instant, at the Chinese Saloon, '94, Pall-mall, fron,s'untioned.:—lfours of Exhibition from Ten to One, and Two to Si x.—Adrnission 21. 6d. 117.4%,",,vikr. HOTEL lIIICAIINGIIAM, JULY 19,' __1825_. , AT' YtteEST ER and GLOUCESTER UNION CANA " I b .. aii adjourned Gellieral Meetini rs o ,E f the 1 ., , ,,_ ..rsicribers, held thiS day, th'egp'rorth? Chair ; the .following M R 7 e 3 iloct l w V i lr es 7si delivered in by Ths.l7tl4l- C°r° , m ,-,_ it l ee '-- ' it was referred by t h e ~ - rovisionit k , ommittee, to whom Can a l ‘eneral Meetinl. of Subscribers to the . proposed Union i a o June ?..,,,, _ tra ee , n °: the "t I I. •to inquire into the state of the N et . , .:w, actually passing down from 1 - yirni!Thann, and the fo- inEtlite places, to where the Junction is•_intended to be Canal, and up. ands fro the Worcester and Birmingham the " int t root Bristol, Gloucester, theßris i to c iC o l n ia . n.cel. and all PrObable interior Bristol, , and also the tilaces, to the said J but whielaniount of the trade not now going tn b in that, direction, diverted or treat. til o n th e , 1 to.aY reasonably be expected hell o : l ,dt Line, when' the Gloucester . an to d B e erkeley Canal shall Port ' “ed, and the intended New Line completed, beg to re ,, at_ followst h e : i 'llat they have given to the several Questions referred to the'r_eonsideration, their most careful attention, and find that v"oniT'e°°t orthe Trade now actuallz in existence, and which : , e i tiertc e erta l,nlY come upon the NeW ine, to avoid the incon - `4lly • °, the Severn Navigation, is in amount . what will skribe?4stifY your Committee in recommending to the Sub -01447 t 0 in the expence necessary for th . e th e 1,1,44110 g the intended Canal, as the same ts l w ai 9 cl k do e ti an in d teal} rou 4'l r ' "(1 Estimates of Mr. Telford, on his late slurnvoey.ac. y ,„,e,xlrnittee find, that the quantity of a eont,j,iri-s,4lng down the Severn, to places that would be u mo o s n t ac art ti.verently mu i, taken Pplied by - the proposed Canal, amo . u 4 0 . ,0 tons Per ati4g„,- on the last three half years . , to 36 . 0 Merit to - t.ood this, although the river has not been conve- Y e ar' ; and avigate Tnore than from eight to nine months . in the that 'h a T your Committee have the best authority to state, Canals— the Severn been navigable as long as artificial b ee , usualll are, one fourth mere of tonnae would have en to thics°l.qe by the same number of vessels; and wh Ppii e d" a dded the amount of what is known to have_ been and corlvem.,,, irl'orn other sources. -f- 13 r- w-Iwi" *f. 11 0 li es ie in the present mode of carriage, regularity they - have Peri tation in stating. data the existing trde, when pro. O. 7 ae corn d - lea st 50 000 tons ..r a n ,. Ito ated, wou mount to at ) re ~.lun. 4:li e th e ii Mercantile goods which now actually pass to andfrom av a ii'pe points (the owners and carriers Of which would gladlyte titre,„ ,neoiselres of a more certain line), on an average of h 4, „last half years, and 22,445 tons per annum. ing the Cotornittee consider that the local trade, for supplx an d p or counts bordering on the 31 miles of the prop9sed Canal, atoulti.lvilleh there has hitherto been no canal conveyance, will ' 94 45 l i t° at least 27,000 tons, The result, therefore,-is, which klay b e Q rls of coals g oo ds, and merchandise, is a trade %id - m.. 11 ‘l)erl considered' ready to come upon the' intended Canal, , 41,e.saftie 'all be completed, 14, „4.4kting the above amount of tonnages at the low rate of of t hv e e ton, ~ n 1 per mile, or 2s. 6d. per ton for the whole len&t N l4, ttie of a 4, Your Committee find that it will' produce an in es i 12,370, from which, deducting 43701, for short tone trAde ad tni.4 itl -"agetnetit, leavei'a net income resulting from th .4 nt. otileudy' in existene which will pay the Proprietors 4 per , ‘ , r h ilia expenditure of 200,000/. . eoniztliettsecond head of inquiry to which the attention of_ your_ e ibe tea ee was' directed, refers. to what would be the probable 4:04 oof,,,Leristeol C arial se L 4 f the' rade, by opening the Gloucester . and Berkeley ~ LI The :' -3 4Peditious and Fteady comtnunication with the tai other ler 1,,,,,,„__ the rapid increase of the town of Cheltenham .tous sources, from which an improved trade I.teasonably he expected oa tt,l.)ot COMmittee have made many and venous inquiries i,Z several points ; the result of which being only probable *},,,a,i..l,thiles.treciuvivees,tinof cerfain,:they are desirous of stating below gations would.fairly warrant. 41'4,11 13`e-7odni°lllo‘'vever, calculate, that when the . communication 4tt,.... , nude SO complete, as it will be by.:his Union, when u 't Me 44 " loild6 at Biriningharn., and passed to Glou . cester a a sec ou 1.,. Y MEtt er - G aya and this saving of time efikted, without - atte Iv .• increase inalie ex ience of transit, that the present ~ v 011 1 a be doubled: 1 i tlere 4 44' CoMmitttet, powever, do not here venture to state the itntr ei 3 e to this exte th e Pate an in o , but they do with the greatest confidence aMo no - crease from the various sources above-stated, to Pro to ~ tof 50',00 toni -num tioned ec:a4rlY result from Considerations, added to the effects which ' 0 4) ,,, t i1e traZi' i s, ,,ood the reat fa e cility which will thereby be given hs e! ) , tittle _tomer, that in the progress Of the v 4 ' : and f °A an goods from the. Western Shores of the te K n dn e g d: - " l ttee t 44 oo vested interests' will be invaaed—yout: '-' the work in ~,,,n. iltritlett4k9tlft.dently recommend the Subscribers to pursue . f tI I CI 'We lt,4g±ith Promptitu'de and vigour, both as a legitimate -'iee r'-r',tvnent of dpiC tal highly beneficial to theLom talled fo r th ? co unt? . Parti t t e b Y geprally7and. s a work in Jar, improved state of this part of the , c . ou l i a tr n y .,, l' Ta r, GEORGE NICHOLLS, Chain] imperiously 1 1 pattjlebt,R.2ol now presented and read, be approVed x• Thad the , ,Los aleeting. Mi . ,' th at th n unlber of Shares be increased to 4000. limiting. tekNnabe, ,t; !tesolution of the Ist of January last, . 11144 S hares to 50, to be held by each Subscriber, be . 1 ,,, • u._the'r lierl_tbe . , ces and committee be requested to continue and t 7 1 ,, exp ed , , -.0 t ake such measures as shall appear to rzti%ClL. l'llat the for the f urtheranceof the undertaking. by the arit b proceedings' of this Meeting, signed rlt,ittee. e Printed and published under the directions of the 4,eto eha n .,„ WILLIAM WYNNE SMITH, 1 ,,,,,t4ke 1l C v a l . ll Navin2g left the Chair, and the same having 1 , 17 40 1v eo ( t r,. °11 . 11 . 1 :13 RNE It, Esq., tot of the tha n T o unously, Is itte htiott t s of this HeelMting be given to the Chairman, 0 the }Bus us i attention d JOllist TURNER. t,,.lpid rf, Mtiont , 4. lyi 43 vorra t re ceived by the Bankers in the different prin. A.uti : e2 ati4' / 7 1 , 't ~ 1 : 1 Sir James Esdaile and Co. anda, "m• ' Q Ns ; and Spooner, Attwoods, Co. In R. and C. H. BIRD. . , . .. ... .i.,i.a. ~ 4 . t,l 4,1 . 4 r..... ..., SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1825 LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ASSURANCES are effected to the extent of £5OOO, upon the same Life, and are open to persons in every station. Every facility is given, and the Assured for Life, after three years, are entitled to have Four-fifths of the profits added to their Policies, or may apply the same in reduction of the Annual Premium. No extra Premium on persons in the Army or Navy, unless in actual service. • Assurances may be effected upon the Lives of persons re siding a t a distance from London, without a fine for non appearance. Attendance daily at the Office, No. 60, Lincoln's Inn Fields, from Nine till Four, where Prospectuses with forms of Prop-sal, (gratis), and every other information may he obtained ; they may also be had at the Offices of most of the Solicitors in the Country, thl'ough whom Assurances may lre effucted. JAMES ANDERTON, Secretary. IN,* The General Board-day is every Wednesday, at Two o'clock ; but Assurances may be effected on any other day (Sundays excepted) between the hours of Two and Three &Clods. This day was published, in 1 vol. Bvo. boards, price 12s. 4 N INTRODUCTION toPERSPECTIVE, 1 - 1 k DRAWING, and PAINTING, in a Series of Pleasing and Familiar Dialogues between the Author's Children, illus trated by appropriate Plates and Diagrams, and a sufficiency of Practical Geometry, and a Compendium of Genuine Instruc tion, comprising a progressive and complete body of informa tion, carefully adapted for the instruction of females, and suited equally to the simplicity of youth and to mental maturity. By CHARLES TAYLOR, Professor of Perspective to her late Royal Highness the Prin cess Charlotte of Saxe Coburg. The fourth edition, considerably enlarged and improved. Printed for Kingsbury, Parbury, and Allen, Leadenhall street. • _ No. 30, STRAND, T WELFTH NIGHT, OR FALSE AND TRUE. A sociable party last twelfth Night thought fit Its talent to try at extempore wit ; To tell, one a story unfounded Truth's laws on, In manner exceeding even Eardn Mutschausen ; Another immutable Truth to disguise,- . • style that the party should please and ,surprise. THE, MERRY DUNN OF , LOVER. • The Vessel the Merry Dunn christen'd of Dover, In length many leagues of the Ocean would cover! At Sunderland cargoes of coals would receive At her bow-port! and, what you will scarcely believe, Would at the same time, from her stern-port discharge, Below London Bridge, into lighter and barge ! A boy sent aloft the ship's pendant to clear, in ascent and descent for many a year, So long was about it, as all might presage, That when he came down be was grey with old age! This ship from the Downs while her way working o ut, In length was so great, thatin tsaohin; about, Lit...vote doatiog mountain, the dread of the people, Her flying-gib-hoots then knock'd down Calais steeple! same time that her ensign's long tail by a,sweeir From Dover heights struck off a large flock ot•sheep The story thus ended, a lady began— . What is that heats even the great Merry Dunn ? Whose standard of fame . , many years now unfurrd, Extends o'erthe whole of the civilized world ! Thi Merry Dunn merely to Ocean confined. But this all the haunts still pervades of uninkind ; You• vessel unwieldy; but this a grace, And stamps the criterion of Taste on your race,' 'Tis . Werren's.Jet Blacking! each voice now replies, And Truth thus achier'd of due honours the prize. This Easy Shining and Brilliant BLACKING, prepared by ROBERT WARREN, 30, STRAND, LONDON: And sold in every Town in the Kingdom. LIQUID, in Bottles, 6d. 10d. I2d. and I Bd. each. Also PASTE BLACKING. in Pots fid. lid. and IBd. each , . A Shilling Pot of Paste is equal to Four Is. Bottles of Liquid. NoTicEs JULY.—The uninterrupted drought during July, and the wind almost invariably at E., or N.E., or S.E., have so thoroughly parched the earth as to destroy almost all vegetation. The pasturage in most place's is burnt up and re duced to stubble; many of the ponds are dried up, and the springs Which were accustomed to give their copious streams have also withdrawn their usual supply ; and the market gardens have been stripped of their usual growth. Water la now on sale in many of the neighbouring villages at a high price. Fahrenheit ihewed 60. in the shade at the beginning of the month, but rose to 76. at seven in the forenoon on the 15th, and so continued till the 22d, when it fell ten degrees, and the wind was then getting to S.E. and N.E. The heat at noon has been as high as 116 in the sun ; and the month closed while the moon was at full, on. the 29th, at 10 o'clock at night, with a cold evening air at S.E. —lt is not surprising that some diseases incidental to crowded cities should, in such a heated temperature, become general; the returns have stated the four weeks of fever at 40, measles at 47, and small-pox at 115, besides 12 deaths at the Hospital. The cases of casual sniall-pox havebeen in general very severe ; but those who had fortunately been vaccinated heretofore have done well, and have found that their eases have been greatly mitigated and relieved froth danger of life. The be nefit of vaccination is very apparent at this time, when there would otherwise have been a severe epidemic of small-pox. DESPERATE ATTEMP T AT SUICIDE.--On Wed nesday night, before 11 o'clock, ay g• our man named Moun tain, a musician, bel ong i ng to the band of the Royal Artillery Company, came to the Ship public-house, in the Horseferry road, Westminster, accompanied by his wife, to whom he had been married but a short time. Since their marriage they had frequent quarrels, and it was agreed by both parties to separate, for the purpose of settling which they went to the Ship, the landlord of which is the father of the wife. They had not been long in the house when Mountain began quarrelling with his wife and the har-maid, which, after some time, Mr. Barber, the landlord, put an end to by ordering Mountain to be turned out of the house, an order which was immediately carried into execution. Mountain, subsequently, it appeared, climbed over the wall into the yard at the back of the house, when with his pocket-knife he cut asunder the fleshy part of his Igft arm, just above the elbow, completely severing several of the blood-vessels. He next performed a similar operation upon his right arm, when, not thinkin g hi s b loody work com piete, he afterward made an attempt to cut the jugular vein ; but owing to the loss of blood from his arms they being cut in such a manner as to render them nearly useless, he only suc ceeded in making a scratch on one side of his neck. In this dreadful state he remained until the opening of the house on Thursday morning, when he was.discovered deluged in blood. Surgical asistance was immediately procured, but it is not ex pected that he will survive. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. • FIFTH DAY.-FRIDAY, AUG. 5. IN TILE MATTER. O F TILE REV. EDWARD FRANK (A SUPPOSED,' LUNATIC.) The_Court was crowded to excess as soon as spectators were admitted, and there was some difficulty before the Counsel and Attorneys could force their way to the upper end of the room. The names Of the Jury were called over, and the business be. gan about half-past ten o'clock. To a question from the Corns missioners, Mr. B no tro BAAL replied, that he - appeared as Coun sel for Mr. Frank alone. DI r. Bit ouoiza sz then spoke to the followingeffeet : —lt is now my duty to address you, Gentlemen of tire Jury, on behalf of the Rev. Edward Frank, who is the unfoitimate subject of this investigation. I could, I think, find a word more afll.cting than that of unfortunate, which iniglinjustln e be applied to him, at any rate he is an.pbject that smustcominand• your pity. To individuals labouring - under human calamities,, the greatest of all, perhaps, is that of being deprived - of reason—but' neist to that calamity there -cannot be a greater than the process' to which the individual to whom 1 have alluded is now exposed —when we consider the solemnity with which all the acts of the life of an individual so situated are discussed—and when we look at the' publicity • given- to that solemn discussion, we can figure to ourselves what any indiiiduel so situated must feel ; and the more such an individual is in pos§ession of his sense and reason, the more painful to him . must be such an investigation. It is on this account alone ,that I call Mr. Frank• unfortunate. Look at the case of an individual thus situated--fighre to yourselves a elan who may, - up to this moment. never have been bereaved of his' natural understand ing —look at -him exposed to a public scrutiny—to have his life and his history explored—every indiscretion or - levity of that life reiterated, and not only• reiterated; but exaggerated and perverted—then commented upon with much eloquence and levity amidst numbers of persons, and this, too, at a time when the very individual himself is but in the prime of life, when his passions are strong, and of course most sensitive and alive to injury and disgrace, for an individual to have e all such things detailed before a jury of his country, and there made the subject of unsparing and unblushing tom in en t, and afterwards, day after day, as they transpired, published to the whole world —but then, hat wee still worse, the individual himself to have to undergo.a bodily inspection, to give a bond as it were, in his own person to submit to in his own life time, what many have a rooted . antipathy, that their bodies should be submitted to after death—to have his gestures and expressions rigidly watched' and, in short, to be lookd upon; not as a man, but as a beast: I look upon this as a calamity, so unspeakable, that I can find, no name for it—hut to all this, the individual 'on whose behalf I am addressing you, has been subjected, and he now appeals to you, as a Jury of his Country, to replace him in that situation of life which he ought never to have been removed from, in which he had committed no crime for which he ought to have been deprived of it. I speak before you now with confidence on behalf of this unfortunate man, notwithstanding the prejudices which may exist in your minds -against him, which pi jiulices - have been excited by the indecorous conduct which has been ascribed to this individual, and which to a certain extent, ap pears to havebeen habitual in him, and which conduct has been described before you in 'language so disgusting. I regret 'that such disgusting conduct should, be received in so indecorous a way in a public Court, because it not only injures the indivi dual who is the subject of he relation, but it tends to injure good taste, and destroys the morals not only of those who hear it, but it is prejudicial to public morality in general—not that we con sider them in .that light point of view, nor would 1 have it be lieved that either of you, gentlemen, or either of my Learned Friends around me, have looked upon these disgusting descrip tions but with feelings of pain and of horror. ExpresSions have of necessity been used,, against which every modest ear should have been shut, and over which stern morality should have exercised its Strong arm, I say all these things are matter of. reprobation. I now enme more 'minutely to this cas - e, and I will presume that a Cletervman of the Church of linglancl may, carry on a very unseemly life, his whole feelings may be any , thing but those which a moral'man or a clergyman ought to be, yet his reason may not for a 'moment be shaken. Although I ap s pear to oppose this commission-- yet I tell you frankly,if this gen tleman be ofunsound mind,it is for his interest that you should so report him. and, as it Is his interest, so it is my duty to ask you to do so whether you may consider him a lunatic or whether you may consider him an idiot. illy client's interest an' my duty join with that of my Learned Friend, and if my client is incapaci tated from cooclootioghia own affairs, the law should protect him against that incapacity, that reason and justice should rec tify his own perverted understanding. You will recollect up to the third or fourth witness 1 suggested questions that might be put to there, in order that their answers, if satisfactory, might put an end to the doubt of this gentleman's sanity or Insanity, so that if the latter proved to be the case, an end might at once be put to this melancholy inquiry. You will recollect that after. it was discovered that my Learned Friend had 'not opened the delusions of 1817, where a witness proved this gentleman la bouring under an impression that be committed a great crime, accompanied by other dirgusting descriptions af his person, and when I expected that this would be brought down and connected with February last, or to the present time, 1 cross-examined the. different witnesses for the purpose of assisting in that proof, particularly Dr. - Wriglit, as regarding the deluilions ; and if had found that in last iqarch, when Dr. Wright again saw him, he was still labouring . under these delusions, then I should have put an end to-the inquiry, but I found quite the contrary to be the fact, and I was then driven back to my former position, and it therefore is now my duty to enter at large into the subject.—l again say to you then, Gentlemen, that a man may be a habi tual violator of 'decency;' he may as a clergyman be guilty .of • descriptions of crime that cannot but disgrace his holy calling; his conduct may be the most gross, that can he possibly ima gined—yet his judgment may maintain its seat, and his mind remain undisturbed. Yon will recollect instances of Priests who have disgraced their holy - callings, but in all' the cases I have slightly alluded to, it was never for a moment supposed that the delinquents were mad. The various Priests have been excom municated-and disabled froth holding offices in the church, but were never looked upon as insane ; and, therefore, why shohld madness for the first time be attributed to this individual ? This is a line of distinction which I beg you to draw both broad and deep. I say this is a case which, if what is alleged is true, you ought not to pity, but to condemn and punish. It is not be cause a man lets his shame and malpractices go forth in daylight to the world that he is to be looked upon as mad. Does allowing a multiplicity of 'acts of wickedness constitute madness ?. Un doubtedly not. - 'Such never was the law yet. We are but a few hundred yards from the Old Bailey ; now suppose a man there charged with a felony, would it be any defence for him to say that he had committed theft so many times that he cer tainly must be mad ? Would it answer any purpose for a man to say on- behalf' of a person so situated; "Illy Lord, this man must be mad, for he stole a horse such a day, broke open a house such a day, committed a robbery another tiny, and he says if he gets off to-day hemill commit another robbery-to morrow ?" The Court would say, " Why, this is a most bare faced villain, he boasts of his villany," and they would direct him either to be seat to Botany . Bay, or else brought out at the debtors' door of Newgatee at eight in the morning. To set up a plea of madness in such a case would be of no avail. Now as to the question of soundness and unsoundness of mind as con nected with insanity, what was the law ? A man to constitute insanity must (so said the law) be non (vivo:. it is not suffi cientarisingfromdisease.eccentric that h e i s o f unsound min d , t h ere must be an unsound iisnnmotasnunfilel., flighty cientliat i a n in ci a i n anc is t d e e r: indiscreet, profligate,' careless, indolent, approaching almost to a habit, and addedlo all these, possessing onl7 a weak judg ment and defective understanding. It may be a great calamity that a man should be so afflicted, or that he should be so af flicted with any of these misfortunes; it might lead to the ruin of himself and his family—it might lead to the loss of his estate —it might lead him to defraud his creditors—he might be en tirely incapable to manage his affairs—he might by any one of these misfortunes be led away from his duty to his family ; but yet men of ability were found who did all these things. But has the doctrine ever been yet carried so far as to say, that a man guilty of one or all of theme propensities was insane ? There are cases, too, in which, in addition to a torture of the mind, there is a torture of the judgment. I have known, for instance, men who dread as much to look into their accounts as they would the blowing up of a powder-mill when they saw a light in it; but why do they so dread it? Why, because they know time balance is against them. And I have knciaen' ethers who dread nothing so much as a balance .sheet, altholsh• this makes the balance greater against.thern. Every 'parish in Eng land produces men of the weakest minds—zhere a parish in which might not be found men who could 'be prevailed upon a nd artful men, under 'some speciou s by iroguishpretensions, tb execute conveyances of their property to their Own utter ruin ; but the law does not afford any proterti?v: to such men—the law does not deny a man the power of ruinirg himself if he chooses voluntar:lv to do so. Our law says that it Will, not interfere between a man and his personal liberty, unless he is mentally incapacitated froM Managing either himself or his affairs. and that incapacity proceed from morbid disease. If such exist in the present case, I again say, find your verdict in favour of this commission; but uneasiness, negligence, and carelessness, unless proceeding from unsoundness of mind, is not sufficient to ground such a commission ; and recollect you are not per mitted•to come in here unless the Doctor comes. lam quite convinced that Mr. F. is not a man that can well manage his own affairs. I know he does not manage them as I would, or as I could wish any friend of mind to do; yet the-law does not take away - from' him the right of managing them as he thinks proper. I know the Ciyil Law holds it dinrent, but our law does not approxjmate so much towards the Civil Law as, perhaps, might be wished. We will suppose a man of ex traordinary obtuseness 'of feeling—a will, of an exceeding hard heart, delighting' hi scenes of misery, and professing an ; insane loVe of and a predilection for 'seeing cruelty, instead of shuddering at, fond of attending executions, bull-baits, and lion-fights—what would make us weep would' make him grin, we might call him wretch, but we could not say he was mad. We might figure a man, for instance, who would quietly look on, and see all his family lay dead around him, tread upon the grave of his parents • and think that sport, for which we should feel and pity—such a man would not be a mad man. &it I will suppose a third case ; a man, for instande, who could quietly sit by, without pity, and hear his father's conduct described as ignominious, profligate, and monstrous, even charged with madness—hear him deScribed as a man who had lost every worthy, attribute, degraded to thelevel with the brute beast, without reason, described as a brazen profligate without the slightest shame--should he hear all this emblazoned forth, and sit down, when be could walk out and in, silence wail over it. I might go farther; should that son still sit by and hear his mother's chastity impeached— . bear his father described as one sunk in madness and misfor.: tune, and his mother sunk in vice and infamy, and sit and hear all this, without retiring . to some private spot, where he might pray to have obliterated from memory his father's misfortunes, his mother's shame. Why such a man, we should say, is not constiuted as we are—he may be a brute—he may be hard hearted, but I could not call upon you to'pronounce him mad. I will now refer to the delicate case of a living husband anxi- - ously watching to protect a wife's character not only from stain but from mere suspicion, he at length discovers her in that greatest of all errors ; might not such a husband, . upon cool reflection, sit down and say—" Why, after all, I think I have myself treated this womanill—l consider my young family," '• and .then might he not turn. round and say to her-." I look over what you have done—my love has overcome 'my resent ment—behave better in future ; I again will take you to me." The wife tnight.say that all he had heard against her was a conspiracy, The husband might, without inquiry, believe it, • and thus matters might be settled. Such a man would cer tainly not be a man of strong mind, or one lit to guard a family of 'daughters, but still he would not he a mad man. This would be living in infamy, but no proof of madness. He would now oppose Mrs. Frank, after the reconciliation with her hut. ba'nd, saying to him, all that you have heard against me is the result of a vile conspiracy--all the time that you have been. away your sisters have been robbing you, and plotting my dishonour. I will prove to you (the Jury would suppose the wife speaking), that Mr. Bellamy opened your closets, that he took one box . away' belonging to you, and . that Mrs. Bellamy took away another. I will prove to you that they were living upon your fortune, and were trying to ruin me. I will prove to you (you will suppose the wife still speaki:.g) that when Mr. Bellamy first heard of our being ,reconciled, and again came together, he walked about the room like a madman—that he beat his head, - and 'wrung his hair, and exclaimed.—" 0, by this reconciliation ,I shall lose .3,000/. a year And suppose the wife should continue to say, Ido not ask of you to take my word for all this—l will produce to you the persons in whose presence this took place; I will produce to you the man with broke open the closet for them, and the respectable clergyman who witnessed Mr. Bellamy's conduct. Then have I not proved to you that those whoM you thought to be your friends, are not friends—you believed them without proof, but I will bring proof of. all I say. 7 Therefore have I not proved of them what they either could not, or did not . prove against me." You may easily understand that lam going to call witnesses; that I am going to call Hall, the Rev. Mr. Norton, and others, to prove the state of Mr. Bellamy's mind, on learning . the.news that Mr. Frank and his wife had been again reconciled. We'do this to show that we have not fallen on sunken rocks, and foundered in our ease, as they may have magined. Mr. Bellamy and his wife cannot be called by us, in consequence of the rules of law; but - happily for us, and for the cause of justice, Mr. Bellamy's evidence forms not an jute, gral part of the case. One delusion ascribed to him was, that he thought Bellamy his enemy, and wished to 'et rid-of him; but there was no delusion' in that, for he considered Bellamy his enemy. Suppose a man had learnt a horse had been stolen from him, and went to the stable Where he understood him to be kept, and the ostler refused him admittance, would . there be any delusion in the man still thinking the horse to be there,? Gentlemen, it gives me great satisfaction that in mak ing these, observations, I am spared the necessity of going much into the ease now, because• I have incidentally npened a very large ••branch of it already. 'You will perceive •_that those gentlemen, Mr. Bellamy and others, for their own pur poses, have very cunningly promoted this business—it is quite clear that they have an object in view—for there is a most ex traordinary degree of cookery in this case. Cookery, in taking out pastry, and cookery, in putting in spices and other in gredients .to suit particular palates. I would remind' you of the' first part, of. leaving out—by my Learned Friend saying no thing-of what took place at Shelton in 1816 and 1817. For if a man could prove during 'a period of five years, could' he not a longer periad—say. seven years—when done by the same wit- ' neases ? Yet my Friend, and those who instructed him, did not do it, though they knew all—that he had made a deranged speech at Shelton, and had two men, keepers of Dr. Wright's, with him, when he was under a delusion, that he could contract marriage with a second wife, and under. a delusion of being made a Bishop, obtaining a degree at Cambridge, and last not leait, havingcommitted some heinous.crime for which he would never be forgiven ; and yet not one word did Mr. Bellamy bring forward. Mr. Bellamy was a lawyer, not like Captain Main-' waring, he knew all, and knew where to stop, he instructed Mr. Hales what to do. In the examination and cross-exa. mins.tion, not one word came out as to unioundness—not one word of it was told ; and why ?—because it came too near, . because it was bringing the lunacy to the door of 1817. " Who should we trust ?" said Mr. Hales, and said truly 'respecting the persons to become trustees to the property. Several persons of respectability were mentioned to him, but not one of them' was appointed at the deed of separa tion. Who was put in? Mr. Bellamy and Captain Main waring. The separation was in January, and the deed in April. Dr. Wright was called in, and gave liberty to have the deed made ready. Arid here I beg to say one thing about the hem - 4c of publishing the accounts of this case in the papeTs. A gen tleman in Cambridge, who had seen what' took place there, wishes to come forward and give his evidence. Why. are some witnesses kept back, - and others brought forward, but to serve purposes ? First, of Iredall—he talks of the conversation at Gainsborough about the. coach—he said, first it was in 1823, and then two years before that he told it. Then he would not swear but it might he three years, or three and a half. The Learned Counsel then cot rriented on the evidence of the various witnesses at considerable length. In alluding to the testimony of the medical geritlemen, lie observed, though they would shrink•from colouring r. fact as if it were perjury, it is amazing to see how fond even such men are of colouring an opinion. Those gentlemen haVe a great predisposition to find a man a lunatic, not from interest certainly, but from a pecu liar professional and they may be pardoned for saying,' " he is not fit to conduct himself, and be ought to come to our house, or under our care." But other medical men differ frOrn those. To name such a man as Dr.'Haslam is enough to pro. vent the suspicion that he could be influenced by an improper motive. No man stands higher in the estimation of mankind's.; no man is more respectable, and no man has better illustrated t thesubject of insanity. Him among others I mean to call be r fore you. Remember then that with respect to filr. Frank you are hound to protect his estate, but you are bound to pro. tect it only against unsoundness of mind, and not against rash., ness and indiscretion. It is peculiarly hard that Mrs. Frank; who is not permitted to be represented here by Counsel, should ' be condemned without being heard ; and every one who hears me will but do his duty in endeavouring to get rid of all prejudice against, her—it is perfectly consistent with the law, and certain ly with Christian charity, so to do. She is a most unfortunate woman, whatever she may have done. You must pay,particu lar attention to the circumstances connected with the years 1816 and 1817, when it is proved by the fact of Mr. Bellamy and qi; PRICE SEVENPV.NCE • . . Mr; hales permitting the preparation orthe deed, that heliva3 in a_sauestate of mind. Th a t d ee d passe d t h roug h the lurod of Mr, Leigh, of Wakefield, than whom a more lionostrakle and upright man does not exist: in the profession, and I never I.) the whole course of my,experience knew a, case in which a' will. or a deed, of any kind was suffered to be set aside on the eyi.- .dence of hostlers, waiters, apothecaries, surgeons. or 4ven p4si clans of Bedlam, when it had such testimony to support it . .. Dr. • Munro used the technic a l wor d " d e l us i on ?" the word .applied to his not taking Bellamy. But was this " delusion ?"---waa it delusion to reject a man who had been described to him as his enemy, who had picked his locks, and taken away his papers— , for such was the information Mr. Frank received of the cent acct of Mr. Bellamy ? It was stated as a circumstance of .'abuse weight, that the Lord Chancellor had sent this case to a..itirf for inquiry. I admit that it has some weight, but is there not much greater weight in the fact of the Lord Chancellor's dis missing the application for this inquiry in 1822 ? Is it not A circumstance of far greater weight, for in the present .ii struts he only . has his dottiots, but in. the former he was decidedly . ot ,opinion, that there-were no grounds for the inquiry, or in. 1821 he would haveleut the above case before you ? The Learned m :an, after pointin g out' the differences between the pre sent case and the case of Lord Portsmouth, concluded his id ,dress by calling on the Jury to protect Mr. Frank from that thraldom and controul to which he would become liable', if the charges had been supported, and to give him that freedom 'which they were called upon by justice and their oaths to give. Bucivollast then proceeded to call his witnesses. The Rev. W. A. Norton, examined by Air. SPER . CE.—I am • Mr. Frank's curate. I reside at Alderton, in Suffolk,' one„,of Mr. 'Frank's livings. I know Mr.- Bellamy personally. 1 re member his being at my house in the course of the year 1821 to the best of my recollection it was at the termination of that year. Mr. Bellamy, as the agent 'of 111 r. Frank, was holding the annual audit. Some objection was raised to receive the evidence oflllr. Norton, on the ground that he had not stated his . converiatien with Mr. Bellamy to Mr. Frank, but had merely Mentioned it to the succeeding agent and 111 r. Frank's son. The next wit ness was therefore called. Joseph Hall examined.—l live at Campsall ;lam a black smith ; I know 111 r. Frank ; I also know Mr. and Mrs. Bel lamy ; I remember . being sent for by Mrs. Bellamy:..to Campsall-house in 1821 ; I went on the 29th November, 1821; I found there Mr. Bellamy's man ; I was then .employed :to pick three locks • .I did pick them ; Mrs.. Bellamy then lived there ; Mr. Frank was not there ; the drawers were opened, and they contained sundry papers • Mr..• Frank came home that evening, and sent for m e ; f went to hint ; I did not see any thing done with the papers that were in the drawer ; I never told Mr. Leigh that I saw any thing .done with them ; Mr. Frank asked me who gave me orders to pick the locks; I said the footman, by Mrs. Bellamy's orders on the 6th December I looked into the drawers-I 'had pre viously opened ; the drawer was sealed up, and .Mr. Fisher broke the seals ; the papers were then all gone, the drawers being empty ; at the time I picked the locks there Were several trunks and portmanteaus in the room ; •there were also papers lying about the same room ; on the 16th .Decem ber the trunks and portmanteaus were not in the room, and some of the papers were gone. On the night I picked the locks . Mr. Franks sent for me, and I told him what I had done. I know 'Roebuck. lie offered me buttons for sale.. Ile told me they were gold. I knew 'that wine was thrown out. It Was claret and champaign. Some part of it was sour, and I be lieve all of it was good for nothing. I haie seen. Roebuck girt) drink to persons in the cellar at Campsall several time 3. He gave five or six men beer and wine, and they were tipsy. Mr. Frank was not in the house at the time the wine,was thrown out. I saw Roebuck in the library; he had a watch in his hand ; there were three others in the drawer. Crofts-examined by the SOLICITOR-e.; ENE nAT..;-:•-it was Mr. Frank's footman who called upon me to open, the drawers. Mr. Frank sent for me himself in The evenin g , an d as k e d 'me who gave me orders. I told him, end he was arit•iy with me. I told - him I was tntet walls it was right It was.that morning I saw the tri•c'.s and poet_ manteaus. There were papers written upon on the floor. It was the room in which Mr. Bellamy had his .office and did all 'Mr. Frank's business. Mr: Bellamy was not present when I broke the seals that fastened the door. Mr. Fisher went into the room, and I left him and Mrs. Frank there. Roe buck offered me buttons for sale. He gave ,mo none, and I re fused to buy them, as they were of no use to me. fle-diti: not name any price. . . Leonard. Towne, examined by Mr. BROUGHAM. , I -am a chymist. I was employed by Mr. Frank tiering the last Mut years in various ways such as reading to him, writing forlifin, and conversing with him. I lived two iniTes from his' house, and.when Ivisited him I generally dined with him. I reeeiv en no remuneration. I-was with Mr. Frank a fortnight sinre at Winthoro. From all the observations I have 'snide I con sider Mr. Frank a person of sound mind. He conversed, and dictated letters sensibly - and zorrectly. There was something inhis manner that could lead me to suppose him a person..of unsound mind. Mr. Frank told me more than once that wh'en he and Mrs: F. became reconciled, that' Mr. BellaMy raved, and declared that he had lost 3.0001. a year. I have heard Mr. Frank notice his son's conduct at Cambridge, and object to his extravagance. Cross-examined by the Scrs.r cr Ton -GE r.r E RA dict con sider Mr. Frank's conduct to be rational. I think as far as understanding goes he is capable of Managing his own affairs. His sight is defective, and he is not well skilled in accounts. SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Do you think if his sight were per fect he could manage his own affairs ? Witness,—l do not know what you mean.. Gentlemen such as he seldom manage their affairs. SoniorTon-GrxEnan'.—ls he capable of managing busi ness between landlord and tenant? Witness--I think mentally he is ; I say Mentally, because his sight is bad. An affidavit was then handed to the witness, which he.affirm ed to he his. . - ATTORNEY-GENERAL—In that affidavit, you say that• Mr. Frank declared his belief that Mr. Bell a my h a d brib e d th e post master not to forward certain letters. Do you believe tt, be rational in so declaring Witness--I did swear so, and I adhere to.that declaration. ' The witness repeated what he hid sworn in his affidavitolist he had never heard Mr. Frank make use of any indecent ex - preasions, and chat he had once.known him • chide his younger son for using improperly nage. Also,, that heyas informed, that before the separation from his wife, Mr. Frank was.modest, eisereetand retired, even to a fault. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Who told you that? Witness--,3lrs. Frank. The Sconrcrroa:GirEitAn—Who did he settle Ilia ..cc counts with in your presence ? • `Nitres--Dr. Dickenson, and also with a nursery .Ithourer. The' SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Did you ever see Mr. Prank settle an account with any other steward than Dr. Dicknsiin Witness—With no other.- I have heard Mr: Frank say',that be would' not pass any accounts for which vouchers.were.xot produced; and he was particular not to pass any accountAiiqt_ out vouchers. I have seen Dr. Dickenson produce Iton,:4,ers. Mr. Frank did not examine them. It would be useless his. 4le iag so, as he could not see. I cannot swear .that I- ever .tro.,- Mr. Frank settle an account with Dickenson. I was act ftw: introduced, to the family of Mr. Frank by Dr. Dickenson:- had 'no formal introduction- whatever but Mr. Frank sortie times came to my .shop, and I thus beCame acquainted with him. Mt asked nie to come and read papers. to him. -1 pre pare medicines for horses as well as men. Commissioner Puna.imoilt —What books were you in the habit of reading ? WitnesS—Dr. Aiken's Letters to his Son I have= read ; 'ser mons, periodical works, &c. Mr. BROJIGHADI handed to the witness a sermon, and =sited him if he knew it to be Mr. Franks's hand-writing ? Witness.—l cannot say, he writes now -so differently to what he did formerly. ,CoMmissioner Pau.LIMORt —How long were youAtt., the 'habit of being with Mr. Frank ? , • `Wimps —Four years, bothat Newark and Winthorp..Win 'akin') is about two miles from Newark. ' CP. l 4l4W l p.Nra—,Did you ever receive any remuneration lttr.:Vrank ? IAT, e t ness,--Never. ' 'UO'S , 6IIiiIONER—Had you ever any Recount with withlVir. Frank ?, WittiesS—Only one, andthat was for paint. He never:l24l out ten poundcwith , . . , Commies! oNER—Who resided with Mr. Fratrlt at Newark ? Witness—His wife and daughter. I neviebad any conver sation with Mr. Frank respetting females of bad *character. Never knew him deal in ribaldry. :I . generally_wrote.for-MT•r i • Frank exactly what he dictated,, but he sometimes desired me to write to such a person tosuch*effece.: Ifieard Mr. Frank DR. 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