The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-04 00:00:00

THE WINDHAId LUNACY COMMISSION.

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Sir H. Oairne yesterday put in the following additions
lotion which had muse into his hands since the previous
day. He had obtained them feces Lady Laden Wind.'
ham, who he regretted to say was &Grimily indisposed.
"Stem, Sunday.
"My dear Mama,— lam very glad to hear you have
written; I thought you would have donee° before now ; though
I do not wish to break my promise, yet it is very hard to find
anything to do— in fact there is nothing now, and the ice is
SO *bk. Now Mr. Young. took some boys to skate the
slim Anyhow here, and would Imolate° me, only the pro-
mise prevented him. But still I don't wish to break my
peonies, only act my there is nothing else to do. My cold
Miler, sad so is my eye. Have you got Don down there
wjyh yen yet, or not ? Will you writ* and answer me soon?
Mime to miry nearly a fair on the Thames ; there are quan-
tities at psople everywhere, you can Mato from Kingston to
London on the Thames ;so hard is the frost that I had my
spaspand water frosen this morning in my room thou4h I
bed a are ; five weeks more and I shall be at Torquay, I
Lops well and sound. Mr. Youngs will write to-morrow
ay the nest day, as lam writing to you to-sight. I have
bass vaccinated, bat it did not take. My cold is better.—
Oood.bye, dear nman, I must finish now. Believe me emir
your most affeenionste too, " W. P. WINONA/A.
' Eton, Sunday, 19.

"Moo, Sunday.

" My deer Mama,—Saturday, the 31.1, is the day, at four
o'clock, if all goes right. I want to give two luring books,
if I may, of a rupee esob—will von give me leave—Mr.
Yonne* will give me an order. Will you writs me an ea-
ewer please as soon as pomible, because I have ohms them.
Mr. Youngs is making me get up my rid' -°'--. May I
ride Doe up to the house' Won't he jump whin I see the
train come in I wish you would let me have one of the
retrievers up. I want to make them acenskeied to me. I
should like Duchrea I think the reason Geediard would
aowltve me leave was berries he tee ming others
ask for it aim. I don't think would, beams
they would not know eaythiagabout it. . Tones horse
s,s have moved his letter. (food-bye, dear. I am, 1
I shall am you better when I come ea filatrarday.—
me ever your affectioaste eon,
"Eton, Sunday, 25th. " W. F.
_3l4l4Dmalr.
" Plow answer me immediately about the Udm."

" Itimptce, Friday, Mled.
"My dear Mams,—l am very sorry for not bar*
written before, but I have so much to do that I ham lordly
say time for doing anything. May Mr. Hawley advance
ins some mosey, about 3!., of my seat allowance, as I paid
several bills myself, sod so I have none left? Will you
write and let me know soon, plasm? I 11140 to ask you,
Moms I thought it was best to do so, as I did not know
whether you had told him to give say heaths my allowance.
I should like a little present of 4!., beams it is such a
temptation to run into debt (if cos has no mosey to pay), as
welt as to borrow of the other fellows, and. es I wain things
now and then ; besides, there hi my dolemon, which
oasts lid. every time, ma I must put up at the and so tI
comes rather expensive, I can aware yon, because it
is only a plass and • boll if I go there to the man,
m it ie $ peblie elms ; het the,. is only oes
other perms besides myself yet, but if be ea nee Mee he
would cheap • pest deal more. Database muses very
useful for me to ride is every Wednesday to &arbor» for
my 11•111011 ie fad Ido oot know what I &mid do without
Us, as it in a good five miles from has. I have made
my awry, had as long as ever I ootild, and I spent my last
two shillings to get a ticket for the lecture which we all
went to the other evening. Thackeray was the man,
the celebrated man who went to Amend; one baud
a peat deal about him in the papeis. So if you
will writs soma and give me leave to sat Mr.
oti=to advance 41., or half of it, I shall be much
I should like to hays had the little present of
mosey which you were unable to give me. I wish you
could do it, bemire I am sure I do not ask without resson•L'-
that is, I like to have money in my pocket and keep out of
debt. Goodbye, dear mama. Trusting that you are well,
and also that you will let me have what I uk for, believe
year atestionat• sen.
P.a.—Whs. will you come to Rimpton ?—Gleeks.
" Gloria deo in exodus.

" think I shall be hoer about the 301 k or 31st of
Mara. Try aad learn Euclid, so se to be We to do it well
daring my Ember holidays."
" Tuesday, Deo. 2.
“.117 dear Uncle Alfred,—Esonse my writtiog and
tirenbleng yen again far advice, but I have revived a letter
from my Uncle Charles, who wants an answer, end I want
your aside, bemuse he now says be doss set war So send
Jay (the honeekeeper) away, bat to let her live there
without any pa), and to give Mary Tenor a prey ander
her, and when I roosts* your answer (or from Memo will
do), I shall write to Uncle Charles ; mow the bet question
is will Jeffy stay at Fslbrigg without or not and if
she will, what then can one give Mary ltivur cider her,
who has only been a ladiseraed ; the only plea I eta think
of is that 'A oods should Isar mama, ream* she has sot
lived in the family suer with mar and let Mary
Torre opine sad live with mama r her maid. Give my
beet he,. to grandpa)* and mama. I *what the letter
of my Code Charles to me for you to look at, and when I
gr your answer shall write to him about it. Good-bye,
dear Goole Alfred, this will not trouble you much.—
&Lire ma, your affectionate nephew,
" W. F. Wntmum."

Oa concluding a speech which bad lasted nearly ten homy
the learned gentleman sat down amidst loud cheers, against
which the court again vainly protested.
The following evidence was then called :
Dr. Thomas Harrington Tuke, of Chiswick—l have
been in practice about sixteen years, and I have
• private lunatic asylum under my charge. I
saw Mr. Windham ea the 6th, Bth, 9th, and
12th of November last. I was with him altogether on those
occasions about 14 boon. I sew him ales ea December
6th, 6th, and 11th, and M other times. On the line axe-
siou I found him with three other pollees" in Piemdilly.
A lady was also present, to whom I was ietrothiced se Mrs.
Windham. I had only been informed five minutes before
of the nature of the business on which I wee wanted.
Mr. Windham was waiting for hie solioitor. He told me
that • COMIWWWWI of lunacy was about to be takes out
against him. I conversed with him ea all sorts
of subjects. He told me that what was alleged
against him was his marriage, his having bought
jewellery, his having driven engines, and his bar-
ring the Mail .1 his estate. He said be thought the
petition was all lionseeth and that it would never be pro.
creded with. He stated that the principal mover against
him was his uncle, General Windham, and that he did not
think that he would dare to pursue the matter. He mid
"The old general know' I am quite well." He said also
that the mend would not dare to get into the box ; for
his father bad saved him (the moral) from the cones-
queue.' of SOWS previous sot by alleging that
he was insane. I said it append to me that
it was • disagreeable family quarrel, and that
it had better be compromised. At that juncture
On citation was brought in, and I told him that it was
a mach more serious matter than he supposed. I recom-
mended him to go tohia solicitor ; and aceordiagly we wait
to Mr. Cole's. in Emex-street. Mrs. Windham and Mr.
Gwynn, the medical attendant, went with WI. Mr. Wind-
ham gave Mr. Cole instructions to appear for him. I bad
afterwards many opportunities of seeing Mr. Wiodhara's
deportment with his solicitor, and with his Chancery coun-
ter. He perfectly understood the nature of the proceed-
ings ; he took part in all the discuesions, showed great
pewees of memory and attention, and conducted himself
in a very gentlemanly manner. He had • psi,
bet knowledge of the nature of his estate, and
bow it would be affected. I had miceresieed from him many
points of hi, history during these interviews. I had care-
fully read over all the affidavits filed against him up to that
time—the 12th of November—and ma that day I had •
long private conversation with his to say nos. I qem-
tiouerl him about his religious belief, for the afficlavite bad
stated that he had no religion. He said he was a protestant,
bed bees eoefirtned, regularly attemded church, and be-
lieved% the doctrine of rewards sad punishment.. He
emenni be me to be quite clear ea thompointa. He said, "This
umniege of mine is all my thele's doing. He would not
let me marry • young lady to whom I wee much attached.
It was the daughter of • neighbour of his, sada lady of po-
aides." He said, " Things would have been very different
11l bad married her." I referred to his general educatioe.
He kid me that he had ken at Eton, that be bad reached
Ns MY form, and that be bad reid Homer and Yirgib
Time the a Cicero on my table, but he said be had never
reed eel author at school. I asked him if he could say the '
Old mispesition in Euclid, and he went through it very
moreedy. He told me the value of his estate—which he
midi was worth 3.000 i. • year, out of which he had to pay
his mother's jointure and his wife WY. a year,
se that, he said, he had very little left for himself.
He told me that his debts were about 25,000 f. or 30,0001. I
asked him how he proposed to pay them? He said, "I bops
I shall live quietly at Felbriu ; my debt is prinoipally to
Emanuel, the jeweller, and he won't press me. I ens to
have 350/. a month for my timber, and my mother's jointure
must some day or other fall in." He said on another occa-
sion that if necessary he would sell the reversion al bis
estate. As to his engine-driving, he said be was paetheately
food of it ; and that if he was mad for that so also were two
noblemen whose names he mentioned. He said be could
drive • trek' to the minute, and added, " You'd
hardly believe it possible, but when in • railway
carriage, I can time by my watch the exact rats
of our progress." I asked him about his being called "imp-
ede." Hs denied that he was no milled as • general rids, or
that he liked it. Bat he said be was or bad acted as senior
lieutenant, sod sanatimes civet) as captain, in the Norfolk
Militia. With regard to the pistols refined to in ea aM-
davit, be mid they bed been given to him b 7 his nook
They were ornamontel, sad he was food of harms thins with
him. His uncle hod told him that be Midi* is mew with
one of them at Cheops* The sibinsit doted that be hod
brought the pistols down at relbrarc and bad threatened
to shoot himself. He said the was all nursers.
He had take the out cm lawn one day,
and his wife having had • quarrel with Mm he left the
locked up in the rose on the per He added that they
were not loaded, and that he had lost the key of the case.
As to the charge of threaten* the bootmaker, he gave the
suns explanation as the bookmaker himself had dome,
lamely, that it was all in fun. H. told me that he
lowed hi wife too meek to bore knowingly demo bar any
harm ; and that Dr. Whidbey* had Wormed him that
he might safely marry. As to his alleged dirty habits, he
mid that Laval's's affidavit via alma el lieu AA to his
main aims and Isigsklig 111 hi mid be