The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-30 00:00:00

COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON THE DEPUTY
LIEUTENANT OF CHESHIRE.

Yesterday • commiwion de lunatic° inquirendo was
opened before Mr. Commissioner Barlow and eighteen special
jurors, at the Gray's Inn Coffee-hense, to inqoire as to the
state of mind of Thomas Brwlshaw Isherwood, Esq., of
Marble-hall, near Stockport, Cheshire, now sojourning at
Leamington' Warwick.—The commission was taken out by
Mrs. Isherwood (the wife). In its support appeared Mr.
Calvert, of the Chancery bar. The alleged lunatic was not
professionally represented.—The learned counsel stated the
ease, and examined Sir J. Clark, physician to her Majesty,
Dr. Quay, Dr. Southey, &c., at some length —Mr. 'slier-
' wood, the subject of this inquiry, is only twenty-seven years
of age, possessed of a fortune of nearly 4,00)1. per annum,
and has far some time held the post of Deputy-Lieutenant of
Cheshire. Ile is lineally descended and inherits from Judge
Bradshaw, who took so prominent a part in the trial of Charles
I. He was not considered of strong mind at the time of his
marriage, but his wife (whn is somewhat his senior), the
daughter of the Rev. Mr. Bellaire, of Bedworth, Coventry,
being warmly attached to him, the union Mok place, and
tho fruits are two sons, of the respective ages of six and
four. The first indication of mental malady was in 1843,
when Mr. Isherwond suddenly left Marhie-hall for London,
directing his wife to follow ; but, on her arrival, she found
he had an suddenly gone to Paris. He was not overtaken
till he bad reached Genoa, from whence he was brought to
Turin, and, through the intervention of the British ambas-
sador, was crnveyed to England ; ald shortly after, in the
early part of 1844, he became alternately violent and sullen,
labouring under delusions (which still continued) that he
was the son of Napoleon and grandson rf the Emperor of
Austria, and also the son of Maria Theresa, daughter of the
King of Sweden. He further imagined that Louis Philippe
had, in order to prosecute two false witnesses, come to the
county courts of Cheater and Stockport, bringing a jury-box
tinder his arm. He said he was the owner of Pompeii, which
had descended to him from Attila, the King of the Huns,
who had inherited It from Bradshaw, who gut it from "The
Last of the Mohicans." Whenever it thundered he deemed
it to proceed from his enemies, and callad linen them to
make it cease. In connexion with these delusions, be had
written innumerable let'ers to the Queen, Prince Albert,
Louis Philippe, and, in fact, to nearly all the crowned heads
of Europe, claiming his rights. In one letter to Louie
Philippe, he stated he should withdraw his claim to the
throne of France, and at his death leave all his money to
the coffers of that country. Mr. Ishrrwood was present
during the greater part of the inquiry ; he was attired in an
elegant sporting style ; he was rather a well-looking gentle.
man, of dark complexion. He appeared very calm, but par-
tially unconscious of what was going on.—The jury re-
turned a verdict dating the unsoundness of mind from
Feb. 23, 1844.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORFOLKCIRCUIT.--Irswicg, JULY 28.

The business of the assizes for the county of Suffolk com-
menced this afternoon, Mr. Baron Al lemon presiding in
the Crown Court, and Mr. Justice Patteam sitting at
Nisi Prius. The calendar contains the names of 21 prisoners,
of whom one only is charged with a heinous offence, that of
murder. The case excited much interest at the time, when the
deceased, a poor wandering German girl, who got her sub-
sistence by singing, lost ber life. The grand jury. however,
has returned a true bill against the person accused for man-
slaughter only. The cause list is the heaviest on the present
circuit, and contains fourteen entries, two of them of causes
to be tried by special juries.