The Express.
London, England, 1858-08-26 00:00:00

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

(sr amnia° TautoßArs.)
(11031 001 OWN 0011ISPOND2

PLYMOUTH, The 1111 DAY.
The monthly mail from the Cape of Good Hope
arrived at Plymouth this morning.
The Royal Mail steamer Phcobe, Captain Clark,
left Table Bay on July 21; St. Helena, 30; and
Ascension, August 2. She brings twelve passengers
and a cargo, veined at 3,6331. 7a., consisting of wine,
horns, ostrich feathers, wool, oil, safflower, and
skins.

Numerous movements and requisitions to members
where afoot in the colony, and various candidates
coming forward for the Council and Assembly
elections coming off in September, and colonial
politico coteeqnently very active. Responsible
goverament, religious state grants, education, fede-
ration, public works, emigration, and treatment of
the aborigines, were among the questions disc-nosed.
The Orange River question was still open, bat the
governor was to proceed immediately after the sail-
ing of the Phesbe to the scene of his mediation.
Great suffering and distress had been caused by
those disturbances, end liberal subscriptions were
being raised in the colony to relieve the sufferers.
The Hermes had returned, with nem of the
Livingstone expedition, the members of wbieh were
all well July 2. They had safely reached the Zam-
besi, and were about to proceed to Zeta in the small
steam launch. The Pearl has gone on her voyage
to Ceylon.
The death of Captain Pilkington, the Colonial
Civil Engineer, had somewhat impeded the progress
of the public works. An active competition for
government assistants to these undertakings was
being kept up by the different &striate.
Prison accommodation Named to be in mach
request.

A fine arts exhibition, under the patronage of
the Governor, and a cattle show, organised by the
Agricultural Treaty Society, were to take place at
Cape Town, in October.
Rear-Admiral Sir F. Grey was shoat to proceed
in the Bacawen on a voyage of inspection to
Mauritius and the east coast.

H.M.B. Boemwen, Hermes, and Lynx, are in
Bimon's Bay. The Lyra had sailed from N►tala for
Mauritius.

Hydrographical surveys of the river adjacent
Cope Town were about to be made by government,
with a via, to navigation and irrigation.
The Lord Bishop of Graham's Town was about to
make a visitation tour to Bing William's Town and
the mission stations in Raffaria.

The Phwbe was six days before her time,but had
experienced strong head wine, and a heavy head
sea c.rota Lt. 14, north.
The outward bound mail steamer Athens mived
in Table Bay on July 14.

TEE New COMMISSIONER OP INLAND RETKNITE.
—We have reason to believe that the vacant Cousibithusr-
Sep of Imbed liesvass will be US ep by the appointeunt
of Mr. Janes Diesel', who bet meat tresawor of the
Amtrak' County Court districts, Mr. Disraeli bee per
the dads of this office with great advantage to the
midis during the but is yam. He ie known to be agoutie-
s's of pest thislligence end Sarni= Was of busies.
and Is is liltsfy to bs • vallable segthithai ir the Board of
Lithad Rases at a Ilse when thathlithist and all the
limaohas of moans apportableg tIS Mareabottt to form the
sage* al easekaallea mad with a view to
tits mike al AB ithithallange. taxes. New blood,
freedom has the vane leassele ef eatkestet regulations,
sad isargederand tilhadridee EwlMlat it the
Pepe Parma at Me impritese berth% Nei we Mete
Met d& wiltierive great etteelese from the speektateat
of Mr. home Diereen.—Merrtiker Korea

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LUNACY COMMISSION ON MR. RUCH.

FOURTH DAY.

The inquiry in this ease was resumed at 10
o'clock this morning.

Mr. B. James addressed the court in opposition to is
petition. The learned counsel commenced with some
marks on the attention which the /subject of private lonati3
asylums in general now commanded in the public mind,
and in the course of them observed that he believed
etch establishments were that day on their tilt
de regarded the ground ou which the case of the petitioner
rested, there was so much inoongruouoness in the medial
testimony, that it was impossible to tell what was the per.
Vatter form of insanity which they ascribed to Mr. Rath.
They were bound to make out that at that moment this
gentleman was of unsound mind, and incapable of managing
his affairs, and to define the cause of the alleged insanity.
It was clear that in the origin of the cam, the parties who
sought to have Mr. Ruck confined were of opinion
that the insanity was mental aberration, arising flan
the use of intoxicating lignors. Bat the medical
witnesses in support of the petition were perfectly aware that
the aberration or excitement produced by the use of bite:lca-
Ong liquors was a very curable form of madness. Dr. Forbes
Winslow, Dr. Sutherland,-and Dr. Conolly all admitted that
that kind of mental disease was curable, and curable rapidly.
The statistics of insanity showed that It was generally cured
in about two months—a fact which had a very close bearing
on the present case, inasmuch as, with the Wearable excep-
tion of the keeper of the asylum, who spoke in a mod
absurd manner of a conversation last Sunday, not a single
human being had deposed to any delusions which he had
found existing in Mr. Rack's mind since June. To show
how common this form of insanity was, he would refer to
• statistical work, published by Dr. Hood, physician of
Bethlehem Hospital. In that work it was stated that
among the patients in that hospital, the instances in which
insanity arose from intemperance were 90 out of 212 among
the men, and 40 out of 369 among the women. A comparison
between England and France in that respect was,
he regretted to say, very unfavourable to this
country, A French writer, Regaled, stated that
among 336 lunatics in his own establishment,
there were only three whose insanity was attributable to
intemperance. Dr. Stillwell and Dr. Forbes Winslow both
admitted that in the majority of oases insanity arising from
intemperance was cured within two months, and, he re-
peated, no one pretended to say that the delusions of Mr.
Rork had existed since June. Now what was the position
of this gentleman preview to his confinement in the
asylum P He was a person of pod ropey, living on his
estate in Wales. He hoped one result of this inquiry would
be to restore mutual confidence between him and Ns
wife. He should lee the last person to at-
tempt to widen any breach between them; bat
when Dr. Stillwell went so far as to say that one
of the grounds on which he mouldered him insane was that
he thought he had not lived on affectionate terms with his
wife, while several witnesses had deposed to the contrary,
he could not help thinking that in very many
cases there might be the greatest unhappiness un-
der the mask of apparent affection. Some cause
of difference, some variance of temper or disposition,
often, it was to be feared, marred the whole connubial life,
although both parties had sufficient good sense to prevail
the truth from becoming known. It was very painful to be
obliged to lift the veil from private life, but circumstaires
compelled him to do too. Hero was • gentleman of property, ho
repeated, living on hie estate in Wales, his wife, on whom be
had no wish to cast any imputation, passing a good deal of
her time away from him. He had two eetabllahments, one
at Pentlldu, the other at Aberdovey. While the former wee
undergoing repairs the wife resided at Aberdovey, the bur
band remaining at Pantildn, and this nemeses ily ace-
doped a good deal of separation between them. At the
period to which the attention of the jury had bon
especially directed this gentleman was living alone at
Pantlldu, without his wife, without his children, and sali-
ent any of those safeguards which might have mended
him from indulging in his excesses. Lot the jury here dial
to the dates. In August Mr. and Mrs. Rook were at
Manchester together, and it was admitted by Mr. Barnet,
who, together with Mrs. Berne*, accompanied than,
that at that period Mr. Ruck was perfectly collected and ems.
The only thing which tended to support a contrary view wee
what Mrs. Brunet said respecting the mince, the whole
hisbory of which would be laid before the jut y. The whole
events of this drama, therefore, ranged betorzen October, 1267,
and the present period. As to all the nonsense which they
had heard about the poisoning of dogs, the paling of a
a note, Instead of 31. 104., the difference being returned the
following week, it was not worthy of • moment's meddlers-
tion. After August this gentlemen weskit alone at Pentllda.
That eetablishment certainly appeared to have been a most
irregular one. Unhappily there was an acquaintance with
Mies Jones, and this might fairly account fee what occurred.
Mr. Ruck became restless and though there had been a Maki
attempt there to keep book the fact that the delusions arose
from intempersam, he would show that inch was the case. It
might have been that Mils Jones, who was at Pantlldu
this period, andby whom he had two children, was a ewe*
of irascible temperament, and if so, that would tend to
increase his mental excitement. Be that as it
might, instead of being surrounded by perces
whose conduce might have soothed his mind--inatud
of having his wife and children with him, there he was it;th
Miss Imes, whom he said he locked in because she we
drunk ; and a pretty acme the hones must have proemial.
What did he do under these circumstances P Embed sad

mad with excess, he huddled hie things into his portmmtma
sad started for Kent. Now was intemperate* the mord
the delusions under which he laboured at this period ? Br
red all question it was. When he got to Beading MX
Bernet sent for Dr. Cottony, who, together with Mr. Erin
attached hie signature to a certificate authorising his reolvel
to an wham. The effect of Mr. ffeejsant Banned:ifs remedy
was that if ths jury entertained any doubt whatever abed
this gentleman's sanity they must give a vodka for Ms
confinement lest he should hereafter be guilty of *Wes le
his wife. Such a doctrine would, if carried out, be, do.
*tractive of the liberty of the enbicot ; and he protesikel
against it in the strongest manner. Dr. Winslow said he
would not be responsible for the °otter/pressew of this rentlw
' men's liberation. Who asked him to be responding? 'Oa
the principle involved in there declarations any men night*
confined for life. Violence P Why, during the whole dills
delirium previous to his confinement In the asylum, this pm.
Boman committed nv act of violence whatever. Hie *
slept with him at Birmingham, and at Readies, sad there
was no pretenos that he had threatened. bar. They hold
heard of the terrible effveta produced by delirium Inman
in describing which the poet spoke of the era who wee
under its influence as "seeing more devils then ell
ma hold ;" but no witness bad deposed to say ad at
violence on the pert of Mr. Back. It wee clear kin
the certificate that he was seat to the mine a
a person suffering from excitement cm* 'IN
intemperances and there was no ground whatever be
assigning an hereditary tendency to insanity as a awn lb
learned counsel them contended that Mr. Banned net ken
treated in the asylum as he ought to have boa; the
no curative process had been adopted—treatig kin
damply as • grin suffering under tempooley ffr
reagenest arising from excessive drinking, sad that lai
he been dealt with in that meaner • apeedy cure world ham
beta effected. Pains should have been taken, he UK bit
move his deledons, and that with regard to the MOO
whom he supposed to have been murdered, should Ism*
met by placing before him the children thiamine.
Graffeensa invested large snots of money in them Newell
which were, in fain, nothing but hotels in which wren
went tionithed, and of courser the proprietors had a dint
Wan in keeping a person there who paid 400 k • Mesa'
Under mob circumstances the supervision of the nudes
skews should be of the strident chereeler ; bat the VI
that that on one wombs' the oommldaners visited pl.'
croft without seeing Mr. Reek, simply berransese=
island a walk, showed how imps deck was the
afforded. It was the system he was attacking, ad ate"
asylum to which attention wee now more FAWN*
fflreeted. On the 21st of June the petition VAS fologlibk
tour mad donors were set at Mr. Back, net to owe
make him out a lunatic. That was enough to ben sei
mad. There was no one to give an important emennol4;
mad doctors visited the puke', 4 order to " test" Medan
of asind. Ogre of these gentlemen, Dr. Hatheriendilia
given his evideam with a great deal of awl, end thiOdui
not to be wondered at, fur all the dopier' mad Walitadlaa d
the private winces were op in swam ; their abeam
depended on the verdict, and they odd, "We *ma ea a
verdict that Mr. Rack is mad, although we may de ell 0101
we can to get him out directly afterwards." (Leesielm)
proceedings were most gruel, and were quits moo& to
a man mad who entered an asyhun labouring uaderisieta
aching out of a temporary excitement ommionid
He believed that this inquiry, end others of the sent
kind, would shake private asylum' to their very imallivalt
As to the alleged hereditary tendency to insanity, b shmit,