The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-14 00:00:00

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COWIN) GI JIAJIACY.

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lat vas emptasat to maw bis oda& mid
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anwatadis

Me ChatnlSrea, is 'polo Ile are to the ;nu, aid
last this war apFOOllO64 spots the petition
II Ma Ellen Merritt Thellms. the wife of the
gentleman whose condition of Wed was the ,abject
of the and be was afraid Or wham they had bard
the riders skald bar to bare them they wield
he empelisd is elms to the that he was of re.
mild lord. sed Vito lir en that aionnt to
mange hi deka Ilr. bmid, wee • ran
man • mere, 0/ • veep dheleguithed MIS* i 2
frbeal% me MOW toned Matierste,
hs ileille id daft MOM year. File was mar.
tied is Uad aM% sad be art I#p eV. bred men hard) hillstiNe
inn to the pried ern ble Med barns, affected, sad
dad he hawed that at the laCabiat Yz. Philips
111111ortlsed the moatfeißlP low"' 61'
wet rime ewer rat hew matitteled, d
*'t lady Ptdosidilratil tit that rep were
NO she even that adopted tree with thair ig=3=
regret Two darn were the ere of the rearriegn • boy
sere a girl, and It appeared that the be indication exhibited
by Mr Pbeigo of say sherries el intellect was after the
birth of the latier, sed that hi Wined she was sot hie
child, than est being the elighteet foandetron for such a
suggrdion. This sagisciee weld at length to have
were at but in Itlfl the der of his mind we. stick,
mi 4 be ezheirted so may ediraordhaery delusions. that
*.vase to all i the aristaace of Dr. thither-
had. led by ha a ries he wag roared to the country, sad
hie inclitioo improved. sad be went oo pretty well until
brit year, when it became rider that the glued of the un-
fartneste "talesman was seriseely impaired, sad that be
era. the of many meal erreordoutry dolomites. One
of tl ear delusions NW this rigor were constantly com
vers;ng with hi by aim elf Wow-pipes or and
Met persons neer ha red were jumping on the with
Feet force, and that their ehret re to prey
getred him fres
:ce any rest. He wee abs wader the unpreries that r
he walked along the street perms rode offerive
em. nation@ along
hiss, and taannoted that he wee mot
el ;•siel family, tad also that he was • seedier, end he said
• this frequently hammed when he was walling is the
jerk. He was so =premed with the tenth of tree mat-
t, • that ha wo-te • lung itniseret tit the Lord Chruscellor,
let the Onaimbsirmen d Lemary, in which be gave • de- '
ted..l amount of all the saner to which be wu sub.
and erred
to aa inquiry. and at length it ao-
;in that ht refused to pay any ed the laborers or trader
men who toad chinas upon him at his attar, until the
matter was cleared up, and he wrote • letter to that elect'
to ha shred, and at the same time .mid that
be wished him to gee itiforinstion of all the
her to the editor of the Yeovil newspaper, near which
town hie estate was sitaattd, in ardor that they might he
made pular. The leered camel them mad portions of
the letters of Mr. Phelps to the Lord Chancellor, the
Lunacy Coeintrierve, and other persona, which were of
the most extraordinary character. They contained •
waste detail, by the misfortunate gentleman, of the Co..
Naval trumputiggs SO which hi. can were eructed, and
he alai repreared that by 0111111811 of a blowpipe the most
uole.aut sod °Motive exterior were made he him, and
Not the whole of then y to which he was a victim
neessad Ib Bins of a dinar,ie which he ones made to
1101 Mk et the madam. and the other urn were
lee deetare MA **people sheet him. Mr. Chambers then
dated tem elm Baia cenneeted with the inquiry, and
the fallowing evidence was addend :
/11r. thesim 11111A2, chief dirk to the commissioner, of
ketary, produced two letters written by the alleged lunatic
to the ownadmiesere on the 14thrptesiber awl the
ef Orel" UM. A letter written to the Lord Chancellor
wralse predneed. They were the tame referral to to the
and they were read at
.1.17.10hn Alexander &thrived deposed that he was
orsulting Orrice& to Bt. Lakes Fleapits], and he bad
Wrest expeneme in maladies of this description. He
tint wow Mr. Philips at an hotel in Leioratereqesre is
Or err, 1163, and he then told him that there wig cam
spirt him, at the bottom of which was Mrs
raid. and that be had beard the servants talk about
115%eoutironeoce of what wires heard sod observed
at this tor be signed • certificate of insanity on
th.• grit of October, 1463. Ou the following day wiener
had a consultsnoo with Dr. &Ivey, sad it wee arranged
Wit Mr. Philips should be placed in • private lodging
.!'t. Johes.woud, and he was areeritel upon hy a man
mimed Allen. At this period there was peat prostistite
• tite power. of both meld end body, sad 114. PUN" told
hem that he solid dosed and never had loud sleep, wad he
rid this people ou the tope of the °mailers made remarks
about him as they pawed his hones. His condition after
this (radially unproved, sad be sprayed to be
smailed that he had lass labour, ampler dr
hares. Mr Phelips told him that he herd
seer costinually, and that they were like the vibrance
vt • harp-etring or the harmer of a 1141 close to the ear,
sed,he also ler that be only heard these noire when he
was is a reeembent powers. At klidearisruer, Dir. be was
caerideeshly recovered, end west to Portsmouth mud
Weymouth. He returnee to Link. in November, and
VOWED sow him shortly afterwards, and he thou told him
that he had sees some writing on the wall at Weymouth
that rarer to hits. He gave his an ex planatioe of what
the writing was, but he aid he believed it was wnuen by
the lady's maid and • barber who bred at Weymouth.
Wrtnas tried had to induce the patient to pito Lis country
smatuan, at Moutacute, and he positively refused
side se twill what be called " the mystery" was Cleared up.
He shonierds rid that if vitamin would give him an as-
surers Mr the lepton, proceeded frees dater he would
INA se men sheet it. This was in IASB, and wooer
pee him the seeress be rwlsirsd, and he did not heir of
my rear ihkarea emtel Deft Wirer wu at this time
changed to 15.,, Leeds. from aims, eel Mr. Mehra was
read 'mew the Aerie el Dr. Ml:naked, has assistant
Winton sew_ W. Philip la November, litfra, and
L be began to talk shut nie sere he
beard. He mid they were sometimes voices, sonatina
witsaling, end esnmotials hire blowiag down • tube.
Be also mid than he wee dsterwised sot to sign any
mom Agee wall he was iedenaed of the atom of Os
o>♦.eygee ism his medical sad he aim mid that Dr.
irdlad was the mem of the ad the apes that
toot plan ever he heed. He likewise said he unopened this
the swim irentaseet, and that abs Hewes over his
hied weevils ceneszine with the chief edam, and that vase-
mem were biome hen the able aim down the tulle, sad
that the inewsges weer sesselime• eamplimeetery, some-
times chase, and ea Misr wieldy indeseet, and that
he *se determined to maw the metier pablic in artier
that it might 1.0 out deers and that it would
lona the (rounds ad • bill that was to be
brought nio the House of Colmar. When Mr. Phobia
made tbs.s sietemeots to him he appeared to rink that he
ens narvaling meal fete Do the 10th of March, after the
biter had bees written t., the Lord Chumellar, he again
revered with Mr Prima upon the subbed, aad be
rusted the sea erateneer ea to the win, sad said
Wens in September he Lad oraplared to Mr. Bingham, the
magistrate at AiriboronglirresiL and that this .U 4 put •
114.1 p to the whirlinfa. 11:= also told him that while
he we. walkers in 0 tried out "He
is mid lie is ord. Where sew Tar:helps oo the pre•
mom h), awl he found that ho was still hbouring under
armlet dsln.iowa Dv. Sutherland then proceeded to ear.
rate ether deirione esterteured by Mr. Phslipn or of
who set appeared wee that he was dead, but that he should
seer again in June, soil he se eclialed by streeriag as
rerun that he was now .4 unsound rad and roommates&
to maser his property or affairs.
W mossier to isuatioas put by the horsed ounienemioner,
le Sutherland maul that Mr. Phaliao was perfectly aware
of
the nature of theme proceedisp, and was vary much
phased that all the fact shear hepablished ia the sews.
papas, and he told him that lie believed hie ere would en•
oar es era interest as that of Mr. Ruck. Upon one owe.
mon he said that the blowers and the whistler would all he
ermined, sad that lierjemat Balliudine would crues-eaminne
. .

IMw (A laugh.)
orees-examieed —Wittier. believed fleet if llr. Plielipe
meaexamined at the present tame he would exhibit the mew
Jurlithoiie. Wither bad heard that is DIU he bed • alut-
eiriike. Thee would •ffixt the brain to some extent, but
Would sot produce the malady he observed in Mr. Pilch's.
Without dal not believe that there Was any organic insane
4 the loratn Si this are, and he did not c.,aaul.r it at all a
hopeless came sad he believed that the delusion" might in
lin le be etnansd.

He- Tlileadin;d— deposed that during the absence a Dr.
&Wm Wel 11111 attended upon Mr. Phelipe, and he condrnied
ti.. evidence given by that gentleman with regard to his
• ondition. He maid that Mr. Philips complained of noises
all .nor the bane. of opeeing and shutting drawers and
dom, and he also said that he constantly heard the mound
pereahe Morns thrmgh trumpet.; aid blow pipes. and
he maidenly inditei him lodging in Boltrateereet, because he
said he had hole Luke.! out He waa also constantly talk.
1a at riot to Is and getting dainties, huh he did not
Deem to clearly onderst.oad what sort of proomedisge he
'humid adopt. Witoca made is mines, but °could not mowa
taw that there mom boy louniatiuo for the complaints made
by L. Ptt

—rieiptemt Mailiotiaa h .re maenad that after theLaintive
evidence of la Sotto, Loot, s to the present cote two of
Mir uMerittiste geotlauna, it might Le the roost euriveni-
art mune that he ahould he sent fur, and the court sad
pirr• the have aa oppirtuaity 4111•Duning him, and form.
as a somiswas as to lin coodition at the prawat tine.
He yid be was only luau-acted to watch the evidence, aud
me khat the Moe of the pestitiimar waa legally established.
sad Ite had in vial to ":cuprt.t. ta.mi. of the puy waseeen.
eat ita tusweifrowidaraZdaaut
jinspsuthde.
rat thla wa• law molt ad• Wail• ••%•••, rod the peYed
eotiTnwaa
adpanawd for a short period in order to pi ocure the alien-
&o re of the allayed lunatic.
I- it. re.....eibbitg, Mr. Phelipa are introdeced, is
it, , h"" of a keeper. He ie 11 rather tell awk, of entlii-
roau4 1140111111A811. but with • very ave."Yaoa tit
roootanaoco.

~e uoisealatufter uanted hist to take a mat by h aids,
ar I. after loan doe twoqueetiese epee iedifterest
e.,,ta. ha ttly alluded to the noise. sad the other
rap..,)auee t., wheat the tudeettaaate seatleataa repro.