The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-08 00:00:00

PATAL PALL PROM THE OLIPP AT MARGATE.

M4P.RATK.JAN. 7.

This afternoon an inquiry was held in the Town
Hall. Margate, before Mr. W. H. Payne, corona.,
the death of a young men belonging to Breedstaire,t=
Archibald Hillier, who came by his death by falling over
the cliff ea the see shore, a abort digitalis fres this town,
while is a slate of into:imam Beldame of identifies.
ten of the body having been gives, a youth named John
Adam was sworn, and he deposed that ea Benda,. morning
about battled 5 o'clock he was walking aloeg the mad at
the foot the cut, when he earns upon something which he
Vomit to be a piece of wood, but upon taking hold of it
he foetid it wee the body of a man, quite dead, sad lyfas on
its bee. Ambiance was obtained, and the body wee am-
vapid en a sketcher to Margate.
John Tully, a comma in the Life Gnarls, sold he was
stayieg at Broeibtairs. He knew the deceased, sad was
with him on Saturday afternoon. They left Broad taus to.
gather and walked to Morph), where they visited saws
friends of the deceased, and some beer at a public-houas.
Whets they left the latter hones it was about 8 o'clock le
the mains, and herbs met with a friend (also in the Life
Guards) witness went with him to another public-house, ex-
pecting the deceased would follow, but he did not, and be
saw no more of him. Witness believed deceased wee sober
when be last saw him, he having drunk only three giasma
of beer and one of gin and peppermint.
William Base, a boatman in the Cosetguard samba, sta-
tioned at Mitigate, near Margate, deposed that on Satur-
day evening about half-past nine he was on duty, sad
saw the deceased near the Clifton Bathe, situate on the
cliff. He spoke to him and found he was the won,
.for
drink. Dammed linked witness the way to
and be told him there were two way.—se by Visa=
the other by the road ; but it would not be safe for him to
by the cliff, become he wsa not cep•ble' of taking are of
tiered he know the road. Witness then pointed
out in the road inland, and he proceeded in that
direetiou.
Mr. H. Thornton, surgeon, proved that he had examieed
the body of the demised, and the marks of violence thereon
were several abrasions on the face, which was also much oon-
gested. There was • compound Irritate of the left arm,
sad a didoostion of the elbow. He considered the canoe of
death was commies of the brain, and the shock by the fall
penaCoroner summed up the evidence, and the jury ro-
ta:sad a verdict of " Accidentally killed by falling from the
did."

A letter from Pesth, of the 3rd, gays :—" The
famous tripod chief Petted has agate shown himself in
oar oceatry. On Christmas eve, at the heed of eight men,
he Towle as irruption into the house of • proprietor at
Bernead, when there was • large number el piteous ; but
the proprietor was not the less obliged to hand over to the
band all the money which he had with him. The captain
threatened to shoot the mistress of the house, who bad
the courage to launch against him • torrent of repeteches ;
bet in parting with her he made her • present et a ducat
for the courage which be said she had displayed."
Advice' from Mannheim state that the navigation
el the RNA, is mark impeded by ins. Above Saint Goer
wad Long.'s the river is completely frown over. The meth
el the Necker Malmo blocked up sad the navigation closed.
Alleys Ibmidistet the river is clear, and up to the present
time the laid. et boats has been kepi is its place. At
Cabled' also the Media cm the river has bees inturrapted.

A letter frost Budingen of the 3rd says :—" The
Prime d Poistr-Lisp has net with his death wa essidest.
His aerie. we. esertsesed by the hones frees Use teer et
ell& Peer peruses were wowedeL The Prises et
Tsesboseg sloped the defter by kapiag from the carriage.
The tidies of this disease is the pimps sou of Prime Fir-
, &:.d of Solms-Lich. He is..sly twenty-me yeereeti"

THE WINDHAM LUNACY COMMISSION.
(rszs DAT.)

This inquiry was resumed this morning. The
lint WHIM/ milled was,
Mr. Frederick Askew Bickner:a—l am rector of Cranwich
with Gidlington, in Norfolk. I knew the late Mr. Wind-
ham. I also looew the Barinp. Mr. Baring, of Cromer Hall,
was • brother cc the late Mr. Windhun. Ia 1817 I went to
dinner at Fell:egg with Mr. Baring. In 1848 Mr. Windham
applied to Ma to take his eon as pupil. I had at that time
two of Mr. Bariog's sone as pupils. I was then living at
Baton, near Norwich, and I took pupils to prepare them
for Eton or the =leased/a. Previous to taking /Meter
Windham I went over with Mrs. Itickmore to Pellairtg,
and I then had conversation both with Mr.
Windham and Lady Sophia about the boy, and the
boy himself. I fully understood that he was to come to me to
be preesfor Etom Hemmed from Mr. Windham aced
lady Sophia ohmic= of the boy, and I judged for
well lrota seeing him. He came to me in Sept., 1345,
when he was eight years old. He stayed with me MI
Elleihnes, 1850, marine two mem and • half. Coming at
gem* an age, Mrs. Ihekmore misted me in instructing
lise. The younger children were instructed by her. His
dudes were the same SS those of other children.
He wee sertaicly cot studious, but there was not the
effelliesh riMaulty, except Claimant of application. When
be emu ie we he could read and write sad do some aril.
matis, sad I think he had made a commencement in Latin.
Be was called "GM," a pet name, and as hardly ever
erof except under the name of " Gla." 1 prepared
n the weal way for Eton. He did Greek and Latin.
From my observation of him I should my there
we se mental incapacity whatever. He was rude and
lisiefeesmi, sad not very tidy in his dress, and required
Win deer. Sir John Boileau lived near me. I bad had
his sons and he has always been kind to me, sad my boys
were in the habit of going there. "Tom' and "Mire"
were two of the names by which Mr. Baring's sons at my
school were known. I observed from the first a peer.
Verity about themouth of young Mr. Windham, sad measures
were taken to remedy it Daring one vacatioe he was taken
to • dentist and en ivory plate was inserted in his mouth,
whisk he wore for some tune. Previous to that I bad noticed
OM saliva came from his mouth. The plate inconvenienced
Yes flea a time. He left at Christmas, 1850, at my :mum.
Mem I suggested it because them was • change in my
pm& at the time ; older boys were going away, sad
mew mess were coming, and I thought it not well for
seem him or them that he should ham the companionship
d hips so much younger than himself. The letter produced
I awald my is in Mr. Windham's writing.
_Me lam was read, and wan as follows :—" My dear
Ifeme„—l am very much pleased with what Pa has
0111 M ma, and I hope he will receive a small present
la lawn for his great maw As I have told him, lam so
timeidul to him that I really can't express myself for his
Mein= to me. I hope you are stronger than you were ;
bat I can almost gams it from what Sir John Boileau
boil Mr. Bickmore. He dined there on Friday night,
end Ism sorry to m that Sir John fell down, and I think
be hie hart himself, as he is very ill indeed. The day
beta N =at to dine there, and Lady Catherine was very
Neils me, and pleyed with us as if she was& little girl. Tom
and Nina an very well, and send their love, except that Mina
has • little cold. I shall seas bed home. Mr. Bickmore
has writtea to Pa that lam to come home on the 14th ;
bat do write to him that I may come home on the 13th.
Geed bye. never received the little present which I
asked for for Mr. Bickmore. Goad bye, dear Ma. —Gtr.")
The preseat to the father was a valentine, with the
following lines :
" Aceept this token of my love,
And let your heart incline
To chase away all doubt and fear,
And be my valentine."
Cromexamined—The other boys that were coming might
be Bor9, or perhaps 10. Young Windham was then 10j,
sad I thought It better for himself that be should be with
bigger boys. The saliva used to come from his month, and I
=immured to cure him of that habit, but be still had it
Mira he left me. I usually kept the boys till 13 or 14.
By • Jurce—l did not dismiss Master Windham. I
wrote to his father, and the boy remained at the school for
Ma moils afterwards.
yes Jim not given us the rams why you were desirous
be should leave.
The raft I assigned to his father was that it
Was better he should be with elder boys, but a reason
' with myself was that he made use of violent language and
=itl am bound to my I never heard hire swear, and
It better that the new pupils should not
hem each bad language. He was treated the same
as the others, but punished perhaps rather more
One the others. Remember, he was a spoiled child, and on
=mount required to be treated with greater manna.
the time he was with me there was nothing un-
eletely in the room.
Irma Berkzeore, examined by Mr. Millward —I went with
Mr. Mauna to Felbrigg, to fetch Master Windham. The
younger children were placed under me. They first read
• portion of the Scriptures, and then did arithmetic and a
little geography. They were the rudiments. He did lie
Masons as wall as other boys. I heard Mr. Bickmore's
evidence, and I agree in the opinion that be has expressed.
I had no trouble myself to manage the boy. At the
ea portion of the time he was with us, I saw him •
good deal. While he was with us he bad the
Looping-oongh, and he had some unpleasant medicine to take
which he refused to take from the servant, but the moment
I spoke to him he took it. I never heard him use bed
Write& He was not neat is his dress, and in his play be
would make himself • little dirtier than other boys, and
from the defect in his mouth (I all it nothing but • defect),
the saliva would run down she mouth and he would make
bb fees dirty by rubbinghis dirty heads over his face.
Had you ever any don= of his mental competence?
Witness—Cerfeinly not; the thought never once entered
day mind that be was not the acme as other boys. The
goys used to play at soldiers. He was not ow who was
tide but Wllll more fond of leading them. Windham was
ellen dirty, with the exception of his face, than other
7..'g Elmund 11. N. Leaen—l am member for Great Yar-
Crand colonel of the East Norfolk Militia. 1 remem-
eekivbg • letter from young Mr. Windham in Belgium,
akin lea • commission. The letter was forwarded in
manor, moires to the Lord Lieutenant, sad the commis-
OW was granted. ;11.101,1eined headquarters at Yarmouth in
BBL The letter aced is from Mr. Windham to the
44ct of the regiment.
111:t letter as as follows:—" Sand's= Rent, Idareh'29.
Sir,—l have to inform you that I have received a
Misr from Sir E. Lame, and he says it rests with myself
:Mwhether I come or not. HMCO NI it is my desire I
y shall join on the 9th, if you would be kind
Ma* to write and inform me whether I am to
in air= uniform or not. I shall feel
also if you can inform me where I
issairshnood lodging' Dean,
!seine the sea on the Dea, es it will
be far NM to live there than at an hotel. Hoping
to hear you, I beg to remain your obedient servant,
W. F. Winmem.l
Emanation resumed—l remember his going. The regi.
meet was mat for • mouth's training. He had • commission
as limeacent. He took kis part in the duties, and got on
very well with hes drill. He got en more quickly than the
other; bemuse, as he toid me, be bad learned his drill at
fthoracliffe. He =a perfectly capable of taking hie pert es
an officer, and did his duty. There was a regimental mem
at the Victor= I dined at the mesa every da. Mr.
Windham was generally present. I saw nothing re-
mittable in his coaluct. I saw nothing untie-
=gentlemen and an officer. I had eon-
with him the sane as with other odious. In
those =Emanations I certainly did not discover any defi-
ciency of intellect. I saw no difference between him and
others. He took his part in the conversation at the table
the same as the other officers. As far as I have observed
he was always rational in his conduct. I maw nothing
to complain al. He went away during the training. He
asked my leam.
Cromexamined—No complaint' were made to me of his
conduct at Yarmouth. No report was made to me of his
riding about with • woman.
lffi Mr. Emelake—No complaint was made to me as =m-
aker of his conduct.
Hy Chemben—l know Captain Haggart. He is •
gapes= in the East Norfolk Militia. He is not captain of
ymonWiedham's company.
y Hanlon examined-1 am regimental drill ser-
gemt-inejcr al the East Norfolk Militia. 1 was 22 yeses in
the regular ar my. It is my province to drill the officers.
When Mr. Wiadhrm }oiled he was placed in my bands for
drill. The regiment was called out for training on the
19th April. Mr. Windham joined on the 20th. I found
him very tractable indeed, so far that 1 had to Whim stand
at ease while the others were being drilled, m he learned it
faster. I had not heard then that be had been at drill be-
fore. He was very attentive' and did not give me the
slighted trouble. I have seen him twice since he left the
regiment some time Let summer. I asked him why he left
the regiment, and he said because he was going into her
Majesty's Guards.
From what you have seen of him can you form any opinion
of hie sanity or insanity
Witness—l thought him a very smart °Mom, and was
sorry that he left his regiment.
Cromexamined—Mr. Windham could march when he
came. Generally gentlemen learn that at school. Finding
he could march well, I put him in an advance squad.
I put • ries or musket in their hands, sometimes in • few
days and sometime' never, mending to their capa-
city. I put one into his immediately. He wat
drill about five hours a day. He wee in Captain
Anion's aompay, No. 3. There should be ensigns
in WI regiment, but there are none at prima. There
are two omeees in a sompanv—the captain led the lieute-
W. Mr. Medi= was junior or Mar but one. While
the regiment erne oat it was inspected by an inspecting
effiesr.
Bewaxamined--a. Windham on that Creeeeioll 1144 fal
slims did his aft prowl .
plio mai ins heaass irks we went to press.)

A forged cheque tree very cleverly detected, yes-
terday, is the bank of Yaws. Cludidres, Brooke, and
Ow, llariarear. A &Kee for 92101. was pro.
mete& • well•iniewn signature, and the
weldor telaftie *muter, having hie nruipiolone
moused, stopped the ma who presented it. At
the mete time • seemeselv wen despatched outside, to see
It this, were say sees of accomplices about, sad the
varsager was loft slog& to lay hold of two men who
proved to be working it ersamt with the man is the bask.