The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-12-17 00:00:00

Legal.

IN LITNACT.—RE WIN011•11.—In Elie Court of
Chancery oil WeduesslaV, before the Lords' Justice, Sir
Hunli Cairns appeared in support of • petition for leave
to Mr. Wilidhann of Felbrigg Hall, Audi.lk, to raise
st2ooo by mortgage of li. estates, to triable lien to
&feud hiamoell against the prouccilliags in lunacy which
hi, emir:, (lettere' Windham, and utter relatives, have
recently commuced agaimit him. Tim learned counsel
*aid the lament application wax rendered necessary by
the form in which the order reuently made by their
lord.liiia in this matter am drawn. That order re-
'strained every person from earth:ring in tho affairs of
Mr. Windham, and from dealing with his prim rty
until further order. Since the order was untie Mr.
Windham hail changed his soliciturs, and it was mixes
eery to may their coatis before they gave up cs rtain
paper. belosigitig to Mr. Windham. Au arliiitien to
that. money would be required for the purpose of the
pending proceedings, which their lurdships had &lauded
to be taken before a jury. Under these circutuataileca
it lied been thought proper to am.ly to their lordallips
to give leave to the petitioner to raise a !UM of 1:2,009
on mortgage of Isis estates.—Lord Justice Knight
Bruce : Pelham. that may as well be dune.—Mr. Bacon,
aho •ppeared for General Windham. &Aid lie hail very
little to pay as to the present applicatitm.—Lord Justice
Kidght Dime : Who are the piesent sulicitois of Mr.
Windham! —Sir Hugh Calms : Messrs. Gregory and
Co.—Mr. Bacon : The petitioner: whom 1 represent
have eveiy reason to believe that this gentleman is •
lunatic, end that lie is in improper hands. It was
thought nece:sary to bring Mule the Meader in Lunacy,
to whom the matter hail been referred, a placard that
has bean circulated, calling a meeting at fretinaaulla'
Tavern, and proposing a further monster meeting at
Hyde Park, to denounce the roma...lungs in lunacy.—
Lord Juatice Knight Bruce: Is that placard proved to
have been the work of any person connected with these
procteilinge Bacon : A name appears oil it.—
Lord Juatna: Knight Bruce : lila not brought home to
any per-on otherwise by evidence.—Mr. Bacon: Per-
haps it would he as well to &tate what has taken place
since the order was made by your loidships. We were
informed that Mr. Windham was residing at MseleY's
Hotel. Every atkempt has been made to find him out.
It bad been ascertained that he did not now reside, and
had not ..esideil at Morley's Hotel. The original ptti-
thiners atilt chaired to ace Mr. Windham. The miler
of their lordships directed that the petitioners should
have access to him, but up to the present time they
hail failed to obtain such access. It was entirely in
their lordships to consent or wit to the present &maim.
lion. But it aliould be remembered that Mr. Windham
lied already contracted very large debts. £14,009 has
been expended for jewels, and there were already
several charges on the eatates —Sir Hugh Cairn,: 1
hove not heard of any applieah having been made to
obtain acme' hi Mr. Winilliani.—Lord Justice Turner
thought Mr. iYinilhani should have the power of de-
fending himself, and therefore, notwithstanding the
order, he thought Mr Windham should be at liberty
to raise 1:2,000 by rtgage, but the order on the pre.
sent application ought to provide that in the event of
Mr. A% atm.liaui being prover' to be • lunatic the proposed
mirtgage would be Justice Knight
Bruce parented, and an order was made.—The following
is • copy of the placard above alluded to :
'Cr° THE PEort.K 0V GREAT BRITAIN—I call upon
you as an Englishman, and I appeal to both resell and
all conditions in life, to aid mil auist sic hy your voice
and influence, to protect me from a conspiracy to de-
fined me out of my property, right., and privileges, by
those who ought to shelter and protect me. You, 1
hope, have all read the startling disclosures only parti-
ally mule in the Daily Teergraph. Mote will crone, at
all events, from affidavits, obtained by extraordinary
means. My iinmeme property lum been, pro ham. con-
fiscated. and upon this grounds that I am • lunatic,
although the eminent Br,. Tube, Sutherland, Hatmock,
I Seymour, Babbington, Stevees, Gwynu, and others,
have sworn affidavits that I sin perfectly Bane. The
motives for this CUliduct and false accusations are very
transparent. as by my death or lunacy, my property
will pass into the Lands of my mete, Major• General
Charles Ashe Windham, Who has been the great mover,
with others, in this false accusati .... , which were they
to succeed would be to me far worse than death. The I
greatest murderer is to be tried with I yell doers, and
hia property it not confiscated until lie is proved guilty.
Eine is now confiscated, and the preliminaries of my
trial were, contrary to my wishes, held with closed
dimes. It came upon toe an suddenly that lam startled
that any body of wen and women could club themselves
together to perpetuate such a great iniquity—that 1
appeal to you to rally round nie. Let your cry be
'Justice!' I ask no more. You or your flesh and
blood may one slay be similarly circumstanced. That
no doctor.' certificates can doom a man to everlasting
imprisonment 11/1 a lunatic, for it takes every short ,
period for • perfectly sane man to become insane with
the ap. Hums that Can be brought to bear by well-paid •
officials of asylums. Nunierom friends have promoted I
that a public nieeting shall be held at the Freemasons'
Tavern in the first instance, where resolutions will be
promised and seconded. After that a monster meting •
will be held in Ilyile-park, in order to Patiafy the wisliea
of thousands who hove already caw-cased their deter-
mination to stand by the in this hour of peril. I now ,
give you the names of them who have signed the peti-
tion which is causing me this iiuury :—Major-Goieral
Charles Ashe Windham, 48, Latsin-place ; Mr. 11.
Baring, 11. Berkley-square ; Marquis of Bristol,
6, St. James's square ; Rev. Lord Arthur
Harvey, llickworCi Rectory, Bury St. Edmunds,
Suffolk ; Rey. Lord Charles Hervey, Putney-villa,
Putney-heath ; the Countess of Liatowell, Coney re,
Coat ; Captain Windham, RN, ; and Lady Cook,
Cromer ; Robert Hook, 9, Arlington-street ; Rev. T.
Foley, Windbunit, Kent; Mr. and Mrs. Holley,
Dakhamlston. Devonshire ; Hun. Richard and Mrs.
Hare. Stoke Park, Plymouth, The preliminary meet-
, ing will be i aaaa uediately held at the Freeinasom"favern,
which will be announced by advertisement in the Deily
Telripaph and other paperx. In the ineauwhile I atiail
• thank you all to seird me your signatures (by letter), so
that your names may be placed on • memorial. which
will also be produced at the meeting for signature, and
afterwards preactited to the Queen, praying her gracious
Majesty to use her Royal porogativo to protect a sane
subject of her realm from much diabolical interferences
signed— W hhi FREDERICK WIADUAM, Felbrigg
Hall, Norfolk."