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Escarps 141;111TOTICC11B jie;;;;;1q a commission of
lunacy was opened at the Swan Hotel, Walham-sreen, to
inquire into the state of mind of Charles Richard Harrison,
Esq., aged 42, an inmate of Dr. Philp's establishment, Ken-
sington-house.—Mr. Alexander, as counsel for the com-
mission, stated that Mr. Harrison was the eon of a merchant,
upon whose death he came into considerable property, and
married his cousin. He was brought up as a timber-mer-
chant, but instead of following up that avocation he gave
himself up to termini( pursuits and Said sports; he took two
farms at Guildford, in Surrey, of 1,000 acres, and kept up a
sporting stud at Hocktou, Hull, and got a notion into his
bead that all his property could be disposed of to the Hull
Docks Company. In the autumn of 1846 he became ex-
ceedingly wild, and was placed in Moorcroft-house Asylum,
near Uxbridge. There he threatened the life of Mr. Taylor,
• surgeon, and haring been foiled in his object he became
morose and sullen, and it was necessary to administer food
by the means of the stomach pump. In May, 1846, he
effected his escape from Moorereft-house, and visited Guild-
ford, where Mr. Taylor, the surgeon, resided. He was
again placed ander the protection of friends, and confined in
Osborne-wick-house, in Yorkshire. While there he contrived
a most cunning plan fur his escape; he forged a letter, and
signed it with the name of Mr. Ellice, the proprietor of
Osborne-wick-house, sanctioning his discharge, and by this
means he again made his escape, but by the aid of the elec-
tric telegraph he was secured at Derby. He was taken
back to Osborne-wick-house, where he threatened the lives
of the medical men. On the sth of February he again made
his escape, and was discovered at Leeds, armed with a brace
of loaded pistols. By stratagem he was prevented from doing
any mischief, and he was removed to Dr. Philp's establish-
ment, Kensington-house, where he had become more com-
posed. Among other witnesses who corroborated the state-
ment of the learned counsel, Dr. Philp, physician of St.
Luke's, and superintendent of Kensington-h•use asylum,
stated that Mr. Benison was • suicidal_ patient, and that he
frequently spoke of the Emperor of Russia, and talked of
seeing angels and visions, and was decidedly of unsound
mind. He imagined himself a king, and spoke of fighting a
duel. Sir Alexander Morrison having given similar teeti-
many, the unfortunate gentleman was introduced, and in
answer to the commissioner, said he had seen his wife de-
scend from the sun in a balloon ; that it was his intention to
go to Russia, as he detested England; and he believed his
brother-in-law, Mr. Graybourne, would die in chains. He
repeatedly buret into tears when alluding to his wife, whom
he called an angel. And after a lengthened inquiry, in the
course of which he displayed great shrewdness in some of
his replica, he withdrew.—The jury found Mr. Harrison in-
sane from the 11th of January, 1840.

NOTICES.
germ°a serer:ergo no Mmmazak CID LONDox.—Before the Right
Hon. Sir Thome Wilde, Ent., Lord Chief Joanne of herMajeety'o
Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, in and after Hilary* Term,
1941.—1 n Term—Middlesex : Saturday, Jan. 15 ; Friday, Jan. 21.
"radon : Wednesday, Jan. 19 and 20. After Term—Middlesex
Tueeday, London .• Wedneeday, Feb. 2. N.B.—The cowl
aid sit at ten o'clock in the forenoon on each of the days in term, and
at helf.put nine precisely on each of the duys after term. The enures
in tee hat for each of the *Uwe rioting days in term, if not disposed of
on those days, will be tried by odiournount on the days following
each of mob sitting days. On Wednesday, Feb. 2, in London, no
caussewill be UsaW, but the court will &Bourn to a Mare da
Excianuin or Knes.--Sittings at Nisi Prins in Mlddlesea and
London, bets, the Right lion. Sir Frederick Pollock, Ent, Lord
Chief Berm of her Court of Exchequer, in and after
Term, 1948. In —ln Middlesex: lot settiattifedoce-
ld4:3lth. 12th; Zed fitting,Wednesday, Jan. 19th; 3rd ,Tues.
day Jan. 15th. la London let fitting, Tuesday, Jan. 1 2nd
kiting, Monday, Jan. 14th. After Term—Tumday, P.S. Ist;Wed-
nesday, Feb. thd. (To adjourn only.) The court will fit In Middle-
' oes at NUJ Rehm in term, by adi surnment from day to da until the
catises entered for the respective Middlesex sittings are (meposetf of.
The court will alt during and after term at ten o'clock.
EQUITY COURTS.
Before the Master of the Roils.
PESTIRILL V. WILLIS. PARTISERSHIP DISPVT73.
Messrs. Purvis and Fisher were bead for Mr. Thu Peaterre,
the plaintiff in this :nit, which was instituted to have the
accounts taken of the partnership, which the plaintiff and
defendant bad carried on u woollen-drapers and clothiers, in
St. James's. street. The cause was then ordered to stand
over till the first day of causes in next Hilary Term, the
defence being too long to be concluded during the present
sitting.
Before Tthe.Clanoellor Knight Bruce.
• MOan•T e. INDIIIWICIE.-BALF. Or LaICESTRE•SQUARE.
—This cue came on again to ho heard on further directions
and exceptions to the master's report. It may be remain•
tiered that the suit was instituted to enforce the performance
of a contract for the sale of the enclosed part of Leicester-
square, the plaintiff being the purchaser, and the dispute
being as to certain covenants which the vendor re-
quired the purchaser to enter into, as to not building on the
enclosure or taking down the statue. The property was told by
• • auction in 1839, by the late Mr. George Robins, who
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