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COMMISSION OF LUNACY. , r THIRD DAY.-IVEDN ESDAY, Au G. 3. MATTEIt OF THE REV. EDWARD FItANKP SUPPOSED LU ATrc.) ThepTeeedings in .this cwe were resumed this morning at ten o'clock. In consequence of some alleged inaccuracies as to dates in the evidence of Roebuck, it was agreed that he- hould be receded: He was therefore again put to the table, and examined, chiefly by the Co-nmitetioners.—l went into the service of Frank en the 12th of March, 1814, and did not leave him till - June, 1818. I was engaged in March, but did notgo till June; 1814 Me. Frank - wet; living in - Nee-folk, but came over about that time t‘ Diincaster. When- I went to my . situation, I .found Mr. Ih...ek at-Doncaster. continued there a few weeks. ' Mrs. frank was there all the time. Mr. Frank,retumed to Shelton, And I remained withrMrs. Frank at Campsall. After some time, I went with Mrs - .' Frank to Shelton. 'We remained there a few months, and - we all came back to Yorkshire. He gave up hishouse at Shelton, and went to Campsall.house; but after sometime he was obliged, by the Bishop I suppose, to go back .and reside at the parsonage-house in Shelton. When , Mrs. Frank came to London there was no person with her 'but the ['hector and Lucy, and I. It was in 1817 that Mr. Frank came to North end, Hammersmith. Mrs. Frank and he were theft separated. -I cannot say that Captain Mainwaring was at Shel ton when Mr. Frank was forcedto take the medicine—l can not say—l am not sure. By Mr. BitounnAm.-:—I told this of Mr. - Frank performing the offices of nature in his clothes at the time it happened. el tehl it to. Mr. Bellamy before . lB22. By the Conn T.-- 1. told Captain Mainwaring of Mr.'Frank f:kving been forced to take his medicine and his food. I told him that instruments were used for that purpose. I am sure I --lei it to him. I saw a great difference betweeriebymaster when first 1 came and afterwards. Latterly he would rot settle ant. eecount. .Mr. Bellamy sometimes gave ere some money. I kept a book of small amounts, which lewent with to Mr. Frank rat the end of the month, and he would not settle any-account.' The farce I speak-of having been used to make my master take is food and medicine,-was by having him held back with a tewel'on his breast - in his chair.. 1 held his- shoulders. He said nothing all this time. •*The men' from Pr. Wright's re, maineil three or four days in the house. One (f them came a se.-ond time. Henry Clinton, examined by Mr. WAREFIELD.—I, am a- 1 student at King's College, Cambridge. " On the second week t.? February last, a peison fibm the Eagle Inn brought a card the Rev. Mr. Frank, and said that gentleman wished to see me. 1 never had any acquaintance or.dorrespondence with Mr. Frank before. I had Been him once or twice, but never conversed with him. I went and saw Mr. Frank. The waiter men mentioned my name, on which 31r. Frank got up and :shook hands with me. After sitting a little while, he said, " I r. Clinton, 1 had you in London, as I had several wine paries, at which we drank two or three dozen of wine, and three or tour bowls of punch, I then made a speech to them, for you roust know, Mr. Clinton; I am rather given to oratory:" He then tdd me that three or four nights before be.elept with. two women the same night—that he was without his shirt, but bad. his flannel waistcoat on—that one of the -women was fat, and the other lean, but that be did not fancy the lean one, and turned her over andi kept the fat one the rest of the night. He said he had asked Kean, the actor, todine with him, but that be did not accept the invitation. He said he had seen, - or - he would give 51. to see, Miss Foote. He said -so because the is very near sighted. He asked -me about-some women,eand wished to know where they lived. I said as Barnwell; and lie said he would wish to go-out that way and look -about him a little. I thought he was - sober at this time. It was aliout ten o'clock at night; he was taking coffee at that time. He asked me what I was going to do with myself the next day ? I said I was engaged all day,- but -I 'would come to him in the even ing, and sit with him, if he wished. He thanked me, - -but said that. he should then be among the women and be engaged. He was very slovenly in his dress on this occasion. flekept the conversation chiefly to himself, and would not allow me to itri - svrer him. • He was coherent in his conduct, but ran from one subject to another. He seemed to be conscious of the im propriety of his conduct, for he spoke of the regularity of his son's conduct. I was aware that Sir. Frank was a clergy man, and I thought the extreme profligacy Of his conductmust proceed from unsoundness of mind. I remained with him two hours. Cross-examined by Mr. Baouteneet—l was -'ecl*ated at Dr. Curtis's. He keeps a school. Dr. Curtis's' d47ghtee is married to the eldest son of Mr:Frank. They were married in October last. I am not aware that Mr. Frank was present.. I believe young Mr. Frank was of age at -the time. I knew young Frank at Dr. Cuitis's school. By the Cott the conversation I had with Mr. Liana he alluded to his son as a steady -fellow, but said that his own fault was a too crest fondness for women. I did not go with him to walk. It was a cold night, and 1 told him toga to bed. Lucy Bradley—l went to live as lady's maid with Mrs. Frank in 1814, and lived with her till August, 1817. I re member that Dr. Dickenson came to Campsall. Ile was dressed in an old blown coat, gray trousers, with red cord trimming, and 'red slippers, and wore much powder. He often came and stayed sometimes three or four days, and some times a week, and sometimes a month. He came first in 1815. I accompanied my mistress from Campsall to Shelton, in Norfolk, in October 1815. My master was residing there at the time. -Dr. Dickenson was with my mistress in the carriage. I was on the barouche. lily 'master said that he did not want to see us. We remained at Shelton about three weeks. i Here the witness described the situation of the sleep ing-rooms at Shelton-house, as already given by a former wit . ness.l My mistress slept in the room next Dr. Dickenson. The two rooms were closed from the rest of the house by a door at the end of the passage. Illy master slept in a room at the other side of the house, on the same floor. The passage Was shut in, and the door locked inside at night. My mistress lost some of her hair, and got a false front of hair fastened to her nightcaps. I have often found it in the morning full of hair powder. My mistress did not wear powder. I have no ticed my mistress's bed in the morning. It was much tumbled, and appeared as if two persons had slept in it. Dr. Dicken son's bed was if it was only lain upon on the outside. This occurred very often. I never heard my master e *rumble at what happened. 1 did not know that he knew it. I went with my mistress to London in November, 11116. We put up at the York Hotel, Bridge-street. Mr. BnouonAer objected to the witness 'detailing what she saw there, as she did not tell it to Mr. Frank, and only heard the most part of it from the witness Reeheck. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL contended that this was neces sary, to corroborate the account given by Roebuck, and to show that the accounts he gave each time were the same. The COMMISSIONERS decided that the witness could not be examined on that point. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL and Mr. WAKEFIELD strongly ohjected to this decision, and observed, that the witness was offered in corroboration of Roebuck; but the Cli iEF COM MIS sIODIER remarked, that having decided, they could hear no thing more on the subject. Cross-examined by Mr. PEPYs—The - Doctor was very shab bily dressed when he first came. He afterwards more some of Mr. Frank's shirts and stockings. A scarlet coat of Mr. Bacon Frank's was altered for the Doctor, and he went hunting in it. He did not wear Shelton. 'lllre. Dickenson came to Camp sill, and afterwards two of their children. -They were very poorly dressed ; hut got better afterwards. They sometimes dined at table with Mr.. Frank and family. Young Mr. Frank and his brother were in the house all the sime. They were there till 1817. They were taught at home. • Cross-examined by Mr. Buou lane et—l swear I never said that Mrs. Frank was a -good wife, a good mistress, and an affectionate mother. I said she was a good mistress, but no - more. I never said so to Mrs.•Coe, I never said to any body that I was promised something by Bellamy if I said I saw Sirs. Frank -and Dickenson in ,bed -together. I never said I was promised something if would speak bad of my mistress. By a COMMISSIONER—My master seemed fond of my mis tress ; but he not seem fond of him. She used to call him a fool, to me, not to his face, and .say that she was glad when he' left the room. _They used to sleep together at Campsall in 1815. 1 thought my master or unsound mind at times. I thought so because he did not wish -to sleep , with my mistress. lie used to say that he wished Mrs. Frank to stay away, as he was going to be married to a Miss Waldron. I do not know 'who that lady is. He used to say this when Mrs. Frank did not come when lie sent for her. This was in 1816. My master did not attend to any of his affairs. My mistress managed every thing, I do not know that-my-master settled any of his bills. Mr. James Hales, examined by the SOLICITOR-OPINERAL. —I was solicitor to Mr. Frank, with respect. to his property in Norfolk. I remember Mr. Frank at SheltorritilBls aed 1816. lie was ill. On the 24th of October, 1816, I attended him, by his request, at a Magistrate's sitting, at • Long-Stratton, in - NOrfolk, where he went to make. a complaint on the . badness of his roads. He addressed the Magistrates in a speech which he had prepared for the occasion. I can't say that it was an irrational speech. It was a singular and strange speech. It seemed to make a great impression on the Magis trates. My impression was, that he was of unsound mind at the time. He told me afterwards that he intended to go to Cambridge to take his doctor's degree, and afterwards apply to be made Bishop of Norwich, and that I was to be his private , secretary. I was certain that he was quite deluded at the time. I had not the slighteet-douht that he was deranged. -Ile also wished to apply to the Lord Lieutenant to be I made a Magistrate. He told nee that he wished to be married to a beautiful young lady who lived in the neighbourhood: Dr. Wright was present at this conversation. It was on the 25th of October. Dr. Wright attended him afterwards. ,On the 11th of June, 1817, I went over to Shelton, and found Mr, Frank in a very.depressed state. I found him so bad; that' I invited him over to Norwich, thinking that the• society of ins, family would dissipate the gloom he was in. •He was - very. sullen, refused to take nourishment, said that he was a very' wicked sinner—that he must die, and he was sure that his sins would never be forgiven. After remaining with me •two or three days •he returned home mach better. Dr. Wright saw him twice, while with me. On the 20th of the same month, he came over to..my house of his own accord ; and on the next day he refused to eat, until he was told that Dr. Wright was coming. He then began 'to eat. On the next morning he did not come down to breakfast. I went up stairs, and found' in bed lying on his bad:. His breast was-bare,i ntil and he had scratched it till the blood came. He had all the-appearance of a -Maniac,- and - in my life I never saw any man in so distressed a situation. 1 reasoned with him,-and erideavoured to compose him. He said to me, " I P.m a. very wicked man, and I am certain that my sins will never he forgiven. • I had a horrid dream last night. 'I thought' I. 'died, and that• my soul was burning in hell !" I then sent for • Dr. Wright (said witness), - who came; and I dressed Mr.''F'rank by main force. He came down staiirs, and remained ineone spot the whole day, from •11 o'clock in the morning, till seven 'or eight in the evening, standing all the time, e He was removed to his own house—l had no -- doubt whatever of his insanity at the time. I- saw Mr. Frank in February last, and from his appearance and the rapid manneebr which lie spoke, and from the circumstance of his having called on me on a.Sunday, not having seen me for soene years before, arid inquiring for a wine merchant whom I had known; I conceived him to be insane. I said there was no counting-house open - on that day. He said— " Oh, never mind, Mr. 'Hales," and walked away. He ap peared to me to attract tilte notice of the people in the -streets by his dress. Ile wore a short blue jacket, -striped -waistcoat, and -gray trousers. He appeared to me to'he unsoundin mind, and - not fit to be teased .in the management of his personaLaffairs. `I saw Mr. Frank ire Norwich in February last.' He was in com pany with a person named MalcOhn. -I serYed , :..:v order from the Lord Chancellor upon'hiin. The SOLICITOR-GENT:IIkt here Observed, - that he •had ' , nothinir to do with any deed signed in 1817. The parties inte rested In-upholding the validity of that deed would of course take theirown course. All he was prepared to contend for was, the fact of insanity, whether it interfered with the deed of 1817 or not. Examined by Mr. Keleowr.---It —was' in 1816 that Mr. Frank spoke to me about being made Bishopeaf Norwich.; and ' that I should be made , his private Secretary. It --was in that year also that he made the singular and extraordinary speech to the Magistrates. He - wrote that year to a Mr. Ha:Wylie, of • the Herald's College, to get him an altar:piece for his 'church. I ceuntermanded that order' by -Dr. Wright's direction. I heard Mr. Frank speak of laying out 1.0001. or 8001. for- a set of bells and an organ for his church, but this intention has not been carried into effect since. In 1016 I advised Mrs. Frank to be' arovided with a-deed, for the purposeof making some , provision for the younger children, who- were inadequately or scarcely at all provided for, in case - Mn Frank should become more calm and recover sufficiently that he might make a set tlement, but 1 was afraid - he would become worse. and be in. capable of ever doing it. I did not believe Mr. Frank capa ble of signing a deed in October; 11116, nor should I have of fered him one to sign. I did not intend to have a deed prepared without consulting him, but to put matters in train, for other parties were to: be consulted. "- In the November following. I spoke to him on-this subject; finding him calm and collected, I - explained to him' the nature of the thing, and desired him to name Other geritlemen -as trustees. Tle did name Sir Francis Wood as - one, but was afraid that he would not act, as he had • refused once before. I believe that he fully - understood me,and assented to the 'thing. He wag not in the habit of discussing any thing. He had such-confidence in me, that he. would have signed any thing that I proposed to him. I considered him at all times-a man of weak mind. The property which I had pro posed as the -subject of the settlement was the only property which Mr. Frank could dispose 'Of he that way. I cannot say' whether the deed reserved to him 'the power to make a disposi tion among the children. •k I cannot say of my own knowledge when it was signed. .1 believe it was the second or third month in 1817. Mr.,Frank came ie'London in January, 1817, and remained for .a few days at Richarda's Ceiffee-house,. near Temple-bar. I have no recollection of his having gone to the pla during the time I was with him. Before - the explanation in November, I had been down into Yorkshire ; I had made arrangements with Mr. Lee about the settlement. I did not consult Mr. Franke 1 did nntihink fit state of mind. I anticipated his lunacy; 1 had consulted Dr.• Wright upon the• subject. was-on-the 31st of (Maher, 1016,-that I conversed with Mrs. Frank. Mr. Lee had consulted Mrs. Wrightson be. fore. Mr. Lee hall always beer. aware of the intended provision for th• young.. okilar.._ I inserted the names of the trustees. I received them fromMr.Bellamy in the early-part of the year l nt7. Mr. Bellamy was one. Sir F.Wood was - not one of Mr. Bellamy's choosing in 1817. I can't tell how it happened ; I considered the business to rest with Mr. Bellamy more than with me. I did not consult Sir F. Wood. Mr. Frank had proposed him. The busi. ness was taken out of my hands. I .can't tell 'whether the names of the trustees proposed by Mr. Bellamy were shown to Mr. Frank. Those names were Captain Mainwaring and himself, and those only. Mr. Frank proposed Other names among them Colonel' Bryan Cook and Mr. Radclyffe, of the Herald's College.. I did not apply to any one of theee-gentle men. MI that 1 did at that time was to acquiesce. I left the whole matter to the management of-Mr. Bellamy. I prepared the draught and sent it .to Mr. Bellamy : I • received it back for engrossment either from trim or Mr. Lee : I can't recollect the precise days. This happeried early in 1817. The deed was engrossed at my office. Neither' Mr. Bellamy nor Captain Mainwaring were suggested for trustees to me by Mr. Frank. I might have discussed the ea-ed with him ; but I can't say positively yes or no. I stated before, that one morning in November Mr. Frank was observed by me not to eat his breakfast. I gave my servant directions to rap at the door and say that Dr. Wright was coming. Mr. Frank began to eat directly, clearly from the fear of Dr. Wright coming. He was for hours in stupor, would remain standing by himself, dee jected, sighing, moaning, and frequently said It's no use ; I must die ; I am a sinner, a great sinner; my sins will never be forgiven me." My supposition was that his object was to starve himself. This was at the time lie said his sins would not be forgiven. I had to use force to compel him to go into the garden. He stood one day from 11 in the morning till seven or eight at night in my library in one posture. without moving. I dared not to leave the house. I had him forced round the garded to refresh him. He returned to the same spot, and remained till he went to bed. Questioned by Mr. PRILLIMORE—I managed his prnperty from 1810. I never thoug'at him able to manage it. He had no idea of the value of money. Ile was, in my opinion, un able to make a bargain, or form any contract. He was cer tainly unsound in mind in Feb. last ; don't say he was un sound all - the time since 1810. He discovered symptoms of great weakness. Ile became gradually better from Nov. 1816, to Jan. 1817 He was never, in my opinion, fit to manage his property. He was competent at times to take care of himself. He could travel by himself' into Yorkshire, and pay his way and move about like any other gentleman. Up to October, 1816, he performed his duties as a clergyman, and seemed par• ticularly fond of his children. , He has not performed his duties of clergyman since. I obtained the licence of non-resi dence from the Bish9p, in consequence of Dr. 'Wright's certi ficate as to his state of mind. My accounts were generally sent to Mr. Bellamy. Mr. Frank has signed papers. The vouchers were sent to Mr. Bellainy. While Mrs. Frank was living with him, 'and conducting herself properly, I considered that her observation was sufficient protection for him against any im. pOsitiOn in his accounts. The last of my accounts passed by Mr. Frank was in August,. 1816. I think Mr. Frank was' never competent to take care of his affairs, on account of the natural imbecility of his mind. He could not fix the rent of the farm; nor judge of the amount of any bill. 1 should say he was always liable to be imposed upon. In the hands of a kind and sensible wife, he would have passed without observa tion ; but in the hands of designing people, he was liable to the grossest imposition. Question by a Juryman.—l assisted at executing a deed, because, though Mr. Frank was in an imbecile state of intel lect, yet the dispositions of the deed were such as in my opi nion were not objectionable. His eldest son was provided for, but, eiccept by the deed there 'was no provision for the younger ones. • Dr. Wright called and examined by the SoLICITOR-GENE. RAL.-I am physician to the County Asylum, also to another establishment in the county. I have a private house also of my own. I was c all e d t o attend Mr. Frank in October, -1816. I found him in good bodily health, but decidedly insane. He had two attacks. It was the 25th of October. It was a case of elevated spirits--of great mental excitement. His mind was in perfect , delusion on every subject. One thing uppermost with him.was, the desire to marry a-lady in the neighbourhood, of some 'rank and , ttation. He said nothing about a divorce from his wife. 'He - had .4 - project for applying to somebody to make him Bishop of Norwich—he would be made a Ma gistrate—he would go 'to Cambridge and take a degree—he would giie a great feast,' and the whole county should be invited. He wore a common dress. He recovered, I be lieve, very quickly. Mrs. Frank came down, and was with him three weeks. My visits were twice, on the 25th and 31st of October. I saw Dr. Dickenson there. I did , not • see Mr. Frank oftener, but I conversed with the family surgeon. 'I was desired to attend him again in June, 1817. He was in a state of great mental depression. He refused now to take food ;he refused to remain in bed. I sent two men from my own private house to compel him to swallow food .and medi- zinc. The instrument used to force a - patient 0 swallow food is not an instrument of torture; as it has erroneously been sup'. .. ................ , , . posed. It is in the shape of a hotter boat , witty a close cover, into which the broth, soup, or milk, is placed. _A tube goes from it which is thrust into the month of the ,patient, and a cock beingturned, which is fixed in the tube, the-'hiod passes into the mouth, and the patient necessarily swallows some of it. _ , Mr. Frank would ,not converse at all. When pressed to take his food, he wouldiay, " I can't, Dr. Wright. He said be was very wicked, but he uttered very little. It was not ne- - -cessary to .use. force. He was only threatened, and he .gave -way. I should say his degree of derangement was .greater in 1817 than before. I saw him last night. I think him unfit to !manage his property. I hale no doubt that he is' incapable to manage himself and his property. 1 saw him in February last. I was requested to see the state of his mind in order to make an affidavit. I thought him-id a cahet but • very weak-state of mind. He did-.not appear to be his own master. He told me that he was going to York to-Morrow. Dr. Dickenson Was present, and said, " No, Mr. Frank, you are not going- to :York—you are.going to town." He seemed to haVe no will of his own. Examined by Mr.- PEp vs—Alternate elevation and clepres sion-are characteristic of almost all cases of lunacy ; thoseonly excepted of determined melancholy. .. Examined by. 31r. Buounnast—He did believe that-vio lent constipation of the bowels.-would affect the intellect. There were cases cf inveterate. constipation continuing for fourteen weeks,.without affecting the-intellects. -He had known consti pation produced fiy agitation-of mind, but :he had never known the-intellect to be affected. by the bodily disease. .11e did not believe that any such effect would be produced by constipation, however eevere. He had-seen Mr. 'frank on Monday and last night. He began on Monday by .saying that Mr. - Frank` bad not used him.well. This he said in order to prove the state of .his mind. (Witness answered generally to. a series of-ques tions put by. the Learned Gentleman, that Mr.-. Frank had not, at those last-interviews, discovered any of the instances of aber ration and uncleenness which had -been spoken.to by the other witnesses.) . the Socicrrott-GENERAL..—Witness described -a con versationwhich he had with Mr. Frank upon theSe.proceed ins.. Mr. Frank said he was ill-used, but lie took no pains to show-witness how.; .and seemed to take very little interest in-the inquiry. . He answered,,questions, but would not originate con versation. His daughter.--was present on Monday, and dir. Lee. - Witness-was with him only a .few minutes. Varied tht topics in-order to get him to talk, to,whicli lie was-little in clined. To other questions by the Commissioners, witness repeated his evidence of the defective state of Mr.: Frank's mind since October, 1816. He t-was consulted -about a-deed which was understood to be a beneficial deed. He advised. - that the deed should be laid aside until Mr. Frank would, get well.— Witness thought that he -would recover, but not to manage his property nor to execute a deed. Witness thought that he was never in a state of mind to -be able to do. either--of these things. .. .Etty• Bunt, examined by 111 r. WAKEFIELD.—Lived .in Hull in .IUIB. I let lodgings there. i\liss Fountain took them. .I don't know how lung she stayed there. She turned out tube Mrs- Frank. She was then living separate from her husband. This evidence was, after a aho:t argument from . Mr. Brougham, put aside, with the consent of the Solicitor-General, because nonotice was given to. Mr. Frank of what Mrs. Frank was doing , while, they were separated. • Alra.,Alaria .Nicholls, landlady of. the Woolpack Inn, Don easter,kmv, r. Frank in 102 - 2 am. 11.823. . Saw Dr. Dickenson and Mr. Frank on the 19th and two following days of.lune, 1823. Mr... Frank introduced Dr. Dickenson ; they -dined toge ther three days. Mr. Frank , ordered coffee—he had two or three pots, and ate three or four toasts, nine poached eggs, a pint of champagne, and as ponge cake. :This wasat•one or.two o'clock in the morning. lie was. a very noisy customer. .He rapg , ..the bells, and called for-chamber-maid, waiter, ostler, and boots.. _4e had no horse—he had a horse-whip. He said 'he had;.got- an estate. to sell, and wished me to. purchase. He . wanted to sell it in building lots. -He wished. to, build a theatre and a Methodist chapel. Bement into his room; I don't think he went to bed at all. He made noises—he rang the bells all along. An the morning he ordered breakfast. .11e'expected Dr. Charley and Mr. Bransom. He cried out " Tally-h 6," and. other hunting sounds,' in • his bed room. I sent to Mr. Fisher, and he came. Mr. Workman came.. also : he is the steWarit. Mr. Frank left.the house with one of them. Be slept at my house'a second night, and was equally as noisy. •He 'took a pinto'' champagne at breakfast. He was at my house on the Sunday following. He was.going to Campsall church, and took two bottles of champagne , .vith him. He called from the win dow to the ostler to bring a ladder, that he might get out. Examined by Mr. BROtiotiAm.—What - did the champaigne stand him in a bottle,;l2s.?—Oh, more than that. Sixteen ? —Yes, 15s. or 16s. Now, if it's a fair question, what does-it .stand you in ?-4Much daughter.) Chatham, a tailor at Doncaster, examined.—Saw Mr. _tra wilp,,sspf the women of Hull. He said he could always please Mrs. Frank tips... Dr. Dickenson...l said, " For shame, Mr. Frank !" He used to come into- the shop, and war to Spar. Once or twice witness was obliged-to giveltini a gentle hit. His dress was no ways particular. WilliaM Short, waiter at the- Dog and Duck, at Hull, knOwS . Mr. Frank...' He. was...a...customer -of the house.— He would order something, and then ring the bell-three or four times before it could begot. ' lie conversed principally on women--wanted to know 'it' there was a fine girl in- the town. Ile mentioned one-,nr• two--Slater and Pearson. lie would go about to the shops, and buy things for them., lie mentioned a new gown and parasol, ..which .he sent witness to pay for. After that lie.dined. He wished .me to send some one with him to show the way. to Slater's. I sent some one with him, and he reinahled darn - 401w night. The following morning he.gnt his breakfast. .11e.went with- Pearson too. It was the second time he came to our house. When Mrs. Fi•ank came to our house, lie was with Miss Pearson. Sirs. Frank re mained-while he came in. He praised me for a trusty servant, and said he would trust me with any thing. Mrs. Frank asked how he was going on. 1 told her his proceedings about women. Sir.. Frank was present, and said.that Pearson pleased him more than any other woman. Airs. Frank said she was very glad to think that be had met with such a person as Miss Pear son. She asked me if I knew her. .1 saidahe was a very nice woman of that description. Mrs.. Frank said she would have no objection to Miss Pearson living within a 'mile or so, to keep Mr. Frank at home. • I Said that, she was so fine a woman-I wondered how she could let Mr. Frank be driven from home. She said that it was his fitncy to go about with different women, not for what he could do with them.—(The conversation was ca inued in terms too revolting for 115 to re peat.)—!-Ie had seen Mr. Frank take Miss Pearson in-a coach to the theatre at Beverley. ordered the chaise. I saw a female companion with Miss- Pearson. lie was very liberal ; made frequent presents of' -wine; he sent two dozen to Miss Pearson.. lie used to-send from other people's houses fOr bottle or two, till Z stopped ,it by sending back word that he could have no more: I considered bun unsound in mind. He would send wine and presents to any girl he spoke to. He pro posed to establish the as'an innkeeper at Askell. He told me that he was building many houses there. Witness talked with him about Dr. Dickenson. There were reports going about of his intimacy with Sirs. Frank, whiels . matte witness speak of it.—Mr. Frank said it was nothing; he did not believe a. word . of it. The CouaT declined receiving particulars of-evidence re specting the deed. - It was dated the 15th .of April, 1817, which was all the in formation upon the subject required by the Jury. A deed of separation had been signed in January, .1817. Mr. William Wentworth is a surgeon at Cambridge. In February last he was called to .the Eagle Inn, and saw Sir. Frank, He said that the chamber-maid had thrown away some thing which he used for the excoriation of the —. It was a 1 lotion: He had no prescription, and there was none lest in the phial. He wanted the bottle filled for lid. I told him I was not in the habit of being consulted in cases of this sort. Ile said that he did not come to Cambridge to be imposed upon.- 1 said I did not want to impose on him. I came- there to be consulted as a surgeon, and that the conversation was at an end. He said 1 might go about my business. My impression was, that I had seen a very-odd character—that he. was a fool or a madman—perhaps both. • Mr. John Newby.—ls chapel clerk at Trinity College, Cansbridge..__X ne w Mr. Frank, and-saw him there in February last. He came to see the chapel. He wanted 'to see me, and I went down to the Eagle Inn. He was at dinner, and a young man of Emanuel College with bins. lie asked if an old friend of his, Fanny 'Wells, was living. He would not mind 101. to see her. From Fanny Wells he called for a bottle of sherry. • Mr. Frank said that he was going to bring his son down in the winter, to enter the College. The gentleman of Emanuel went away. (Sir. Frank talked loudly of his amours.) He said tie had left his carriage in London for his wife, friend, anti chil dren. He said he loved his children. Hospoke of inviting a party to meet me and a gip at dinner. 1 took him to be a 'huntsman ;. be was dressed in a green jacket, striped trousers, and white waistcoat. .1 remembered him at Trinity 18 or 19 years before. - I delft think he was in a sound state of mind. Examined by Mr. Baouonass—klis conversation was in decent, and he unbuttoned and exposed himself shamefully. ,He swore at every word—his conduct was , any thing but , like that of a clergyman. Witness. promised to send him a bottle of milk punch—had been celebrated for his milk punch—kept a lodging. house for young men-; has a curious 'selection of prints, but-not one•iirlecent. one—not one which the most , modest lady. in the might not .look at without blushing.— , (The question was put, over and over, if he had any pictures with unclothed figures in them, anti the witness greatly amused ' the-Court by the varied tone-with which lie always made back to the same answer—that he had not one indecent picture in his collection.) Mr.-BnouoitAst-..-What, not a god or goddess, or any figure which is not perfectly - clothed ? " Not a -single 'Venus," said the witness, with a sort of de precating horror, Mr. Iluou6ifaStt-But I haise seen the Venus as decent as 'you or the clergy Man. have you any figures which are divested of clothing ? Witness—Perhaps you have been at my house ? Mr. BROUIIAM—NO, 1 have not. Witness—Well, if ever you come to Cambridge, I wish you would call upon me, and I will show you my pictures. Mr. BROUGHAM.—Perhaps I may ; but; I must know what they are beforehand. Therefore answer my questions. You are clerk, not parson. .111ake'the ;responses in the proper places, and when you like what I say, cry Amen. (Laughter.) The examination was resumed, but elicited nothing in sub stance which had not occurred before. West, the boots of the Eagle, was called, but deposed nothing of hnpottance. Mr;Boast keeps the Bear Inn, YarMouth. I'remember Mr. Frank coming to my house in February last. Mr. Malcombe came there with him. He took a sitting-room and-a bedroom. He dined at our house : he did not sleep there : we sat up for him till two o'clock. Malcombe asked if a gentleman had ordered a bed ? Ile wished not to be seen by Mr. Frank that day. Ile did not see him till next day. Mr. Frank returned about nine o'clock in the morning. It appeared to me that-Mal - - cornbe was looking after him to attend him. I thought from the first that Mr. Frank was very strange in his manner. His very look was wild, and he talked incessantly ; asked the prices of all sorts of wine. Next day he ordered dinner for two, Malcombe and himself. Just before serving up dinner, he rang the bell, and said .lialcombe should not dine with him—that he ought not to have come there. Malcombe did dine with "him. He seemed to •be in high spirits. He expected Dr. Dickenson to arrive with money for him, and wished me to lend him 7.0/. in the mean time. 'l - said I had not 101. or even 51. to gpere. -I sent to Mr. Gurney's bank for some one to wait upon him. Mr. Jay came, and Mr. Frank wanted him to lend 201. Mr. Jay asked if he had a letter of credit, which seemed to vex him much. Witness thought that Mr. Frank was in a de ranged state of mind, and that Malcombe was his keeper. Ile saw Mr. Frank come up to the door of the Bear with two girls of the town, and all the bays after him. Bowen Boast-is - son of the last witness ' and saw Mn Frank arrive at the Bear. Ile slept out of the house for two nights going. A message came, anu I went down to him in Yarmouth. I followed a female to a low small cottage, in a row. I only went into the ground-floor room. Mr. Frank was sitting with two low women of the town. I asked Mr. Frank what he wanted there ? He said he: wanted me to remove his trunk from one room of the inn to another. I was called back by one of the women, and the-order was countermanded. Witness saw him when he fir s t came to the house walking-with two-women of the town: He came within five yards of the door; he-rang the bell very ; sometimes he wanted nothing at all. Adjourned at a quarter past four o'clock. H ,1-4.; , ~--------, - -A- 3 7b, - , 2,„ , v i w-v - p. 7N ~,,, /to * ~, , s ~/,\ MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. Monday, August 8, LONDON. Nos. 40, 143, 241, 319? 329, 335. - COUNTRY. Nos. 131-243;' 320, 31 6 . 433, 473, 517, 536, 546 , 570, 574, 578, 701. —9, LONDON. Nos. 12. 23, 62, 100, 12 3, 290, 300, 367, 421, 47 9 . COUNTRY. Nos. 24, 67,1313, 145, 211, 263, 292, 427, 804, 626' Tuesday, 668.714. • .„ Wednesday, - 10, LONDON. Nos. 3, 11, 16, 19, 29, 41 ' 96,•237, '257, 334, 353, 435. COUNTRY. Nos. 159, 213, 21,5 23 2, 314, 344, 440, 442, 447, 478, 647, 661. „,, - 11, LONDON'. Nos. 0, 18. 25. 34, 1,,, 7 * 194, 271, 299, :101, 3 ;" 333, 499. COUNTRY. Nos. 110, 111, 153, 17,,q,' 178, 269, 278, 354, 3w' Thu,rsday, I'riday, Saturday, 531, 510, 591. - 12, 141NDON. No. 275. Co trwr kY. Nos. 53, 282, 283. - 13, Lorwox. • " * COIIi4TILY. * . FAD CR UST ED ;ind FRESH ..001"f LED PORT.—For SA LE by PRIVATE^CONTRAC,A by order, for account of the original Importer, i 5 Dozen OP' CRUSTED PORT, at 425. per dozen ;. and 47 Dozen fre.slt Bottled Port, at 355. per dozen, bottles included. 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(/%' • ARRIVED. — 0 ~ Guernsey and Jersey - - 1 0 Gottenburgh • l'i - I I lianaburgit - .- - 0 0 France . - - 1 I America - - - - 0 1 Leeward Islands - - U ---..-- g() % ;' ~, 111011 \VATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO- MO ' . +Morning, 36 minutes after 5. j Evening, 56 minute d IIL E A N MARRIAGE AND EXECUTION or PAT. KIRBY. LIMERICK JULY 29.—After the sentence of death was passed upon this man on the 27th, for murder, he was conducted from the Court-house to the gaol, a distance of more-than half a mile, on foot, handcuffed and accompanied by a guard of soldiers armed with muskets. The scene exhibited was beyond the power of description. There was the unfor tunate man, in the midst of the soldiers,•walking firmly, and apparently quite unconcerned ; and there too were his half naked relative, to the number of fiftysor perhaps a - hundred, piercing the air with ales as heart-rending as they were terrific. His mother, a poor old woman, was entirely devoid of reason, and absolutely raving with grief. She was almost in a state of nudity. She had no shoes or stockings. A large grey cloak thrown over her shoulders was her principal garment. She had torn her cap from her head, her bosom was bare, and her cloak and grey hair waved wildly in the wind. She sometimes threw her, long and shrivelled arms about her head, and at others violently struck her bosom, and exclaimed in her native lan guage, filogh - bohnit bragil Mogh bragh,!—(Oh I my fine boy ! my fine boy !) There was 'a young woman, one of the prisoner's sisters, whose conduct was not .less remarkable titan his mother's. .Her howlings and screams were horrible ; and it was with difficulty 'she could be • prevented from rushing upon the bayonets of the soldiers, if possible, to 'embrace her brother. The prisoner himself ap peared quite Minloved. Hesometimes turned round, and in a mild tone of voice bade them be quiet, othold their tongues. His conduct ht.:Akin/4. to the geol•wast similar to that evinced upon his trial, and during his sentence, firm and unmoved, though apparently not brutally unmoved. Just as the pri-. , soner approached the gaol, and was nearly under the gallows,- a woman ran towards the soldiers, exclaiming " Surely you'll let the poor boy take a drink of beer." The soldiers halted for a moment, and the prisoner drank with a good deal of avidity. When he gat to the gaol, as -if weary with the la mentations of his friends, •he snastened through -the passage, when the door immediately-closed, and the howl became, if possible, ten times mote NehementAhan ever. One of the pri= soner's sisters fainted, and fell upon the ground. Water was procured, and in about ten minutes sensibility was restored. She raised her head, and opening her eyes, beheld the gallows just above her, on which her brother, in a few hours, was to fi - 4 su.—The s h ort time that elapsed between the-prisoner's sen tence and the execution was spent in religious exercises. He was attended by three clergymen of the Church of Rome. Previous to his being btolight out for 'execution, he was married to Bridget Dillon, the woman who was tried with Lim for the murdering Mr. Hurst, and who, it appears, lived in a state of concubinage with that gentleman. Kirby, since his conviction up to the hour of execution, declared-that he was innocent of the murder : his fortitude did not forsake him for a mo ment when he appeared on the scaffold, the immense crowd that had assembled in front of the jail seemed desirous for him to address them, as it had been rumoured among them that he persisted in declaring his innocence. He was evident ly anxious to speak; but instead of addressing the people, he turned round to the gentlemen on the platform and declared, in the most solemn manner, that he was prepared to dies that he did not fear death, and as he should be shortly be fote the face of Almighty God, he did not commit the mur der, nor was he present at its committal, or any way .con cerned in it. The priest then cautioned him as to the conse quences of uttering a falsehood on the brink of eternity, but he still persisted in his innocence. After the drop fell, lie did not appear to struggle in the least, but was observed to strike his right hand seven or eight times against his breast, as though he was mentally exclainiing, in the language of the publican, "'God be merciful to me a sinner!" Although this man met his fate with the greatest apparent composure and resignation, and with a declaration of innocence even on his dying lips, no person entertains a doubt of his guilt. Indeed, it is reported, that the woman to whom he was married, and who was sup posed to be present at the murder, has declared that Kirby alone was the guilty man. He was a tall, well-made, and good. looking young man. Ull DER.-( Skibbereen, July 29.)—0n Wed nesday, the 27th instant, was discovered, on the lands of Gurt nagrough, in this county (Cork), the body of a man named Browne. Some time prior to the last Bantry Sessions of the Peace, the deceased, who, it seems, was one of a party of thieves who infested the neighbourhood of Balidebob and Bantry, gave information against his associates in crime.— A few days previous to the Sessions, he was waited on by some of the party, amongst whom were the near relatives, of his wife, and ordered to hold himself' in readiness to go that night on one of his usual excursions. This, it ap pears, was the plan devised to allure him into the snare laid for his life. The deceased accompanied them at the time appointed, when the assumed friends became , the brutal assas sins, and committed the atrocious deed. The body was first discovered by a boy attending cattle. A man is in custody tin der Circumstances which will probably lead tq the discovery of the murderers. The body was found in a bog hole, with large stones tied to the extremities and middle, and exhibited marks of violence. The arms were broken in various places, and the skull fractured in many parts. An inquest was held, and a :verdict,pronounced against some person or persc.ns unknown. A large block of grit-stone, with the inslention of a palm leaf near the base, and exhibiting other symptoms of organic remains, has been this week brought from the quarry 'at Bromley Fall to the Central Market, where the workmen 'have prepared it for the building. But large masses of petri. fled timber are so common this neighbourhood as scarcely to produce any surprise in the mind of the geologist. The labourers are breaking them continually upon the highways, and our streets are paved with that material which, in one stage of its existence produced fruit for the -tables of our antedi luvian ancestors. In the quarries on Headingley-moor speci mens of organic remains abound. The Eupitorbia, a native of Asia, the sugar-cane of the east, and the palm-tree of Egypt, are all•to be seen many of them erect in the mine, with their fibrous roots shooting from the trunk to the distance of several yards, and leaving not the slightest doubt of their vegetable origin. The Museum of the Leeds Philosophical Society ex hibits many choice specimens gathered in the neighbourhood, and Mr. Calvert's collection is rich in them.--(Leeds Mercury.)' THE ti[7N• S SOLEM.QUIS DICERE F4LSUM 4016'1' LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, siren , The French Papers of Monday have arr In addition to the intelligence we yester dai t he tracted from the Dale, we now learn t hat t he e French Government has agreed to recng --s o ioo independence of the Ilaytian Republi c / P " - pi of received, or being about to receive, a larg e ail 0 /0 money for this gracious and voluntary . 1 " c op Captain MACIIAULT, the commander of r ship of war, has sailed with the Treatf• The conversion of the Rents is Prtf ee Of and a Commission has just been issu ed ' 'e KING, charged to declar e th e amount 01 thei ll C° re he per Cents. which has been converted. ;"" so av mission is to close at midnight of the. s t h t i The Opposition Papers are filled with Pr eu Tre se e of the total failure of this measure, the dismissal of de YILLELE an d 1/14 h 0 0 3 The Etoile, however, retains its sl'i llts ' t De l seems in no degree alarmed at the prospe ct opli fore his friends, alth oug h it is eviden t th th e w alternative is that of Reimbursement. Fil e ril 4 language employed by the Editor' in ans% tlo" i 3 the the Quotidie nize , we s h ou ld believe 0 1 ' o Administratio n wa s p re p are d to tal‘e seat step, and M. de VI LLELE will keep 6(: III : sinli ci i$ the great dis a pp o i n t men t an d vesn"" 0 opposers. This subject keeps the P e -it pg Paris on the alert. C" The news from Madrid is as roe' ari V • °ll ever.; a mere recit%al of- the grosses'