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tindale. was brought into my eitablhdimait on Ile lib Janhasys
1821. She was then in a raving state f she Mit thought from 5:-•
Luke's, where she had been for the previous twelve months. She is
in thereeme state now, but about a fortnight in Ottv quarter she
is more composed. She has a false Met of being pcdaorted, which
wee the rcretrin of her being confined at arm. She is at times very
irritable, mischiermia, and noisy, and vary little produces irrita-
tion in her mind. All her ideas are groutoiett on false imagina-
tions. In the Summer of list year she went attended by a female
eery to Margate, where she remained about seven weeks, arid
let
returned to my establishment. Iler conduct there would be
a en to by her servant. In my opinion she is of unsound mind,
and unfit to manage her affair?.
Mr. Commissioner Prtir.t.smostr.—l should think it mote a
case of lunacy than unwound mind.
Mr. Waste!l said lie did not wish to give his opinion in oppo-
nion to the Learned Commissioner, but lie must sap he still consi-
dered the lady to be of unsound mind, as she would at times talk
very rationally—now a Mastic is never able to converse rationally.
Mr. Putrid trona-1 always thought that a person who is un-
der delusions was a ainsidered a decided lunatic.
Mr. Wastell 3trii. 'Martindale certainly labours under
delusions, as she always fancies she is poisoned without any
cause.
Mr. Commissioner IVE r.t.s- i T T—T think you say, 31r. Written,
Mrs. Martindale will go no tor a month and not behave amiss.
Mr. Wastell—l do, Sir, and then she will break out into a
paroxyani of rage, in which she will strike the other ladies, pa-
tientt, and then she will come and complain that the arrows have
ill-used them, although I have seen her strike them myself. She
is sometimes so violent that she is obliked to be restrained.
Mr. Pitt ft, t uoßE—Bas she any particular tancy, or ridiculous
whim, peculiar to persons nut of their senses ?
Mr. waxtell said she was particularly fond of dressing In
very gaudy attire. slte always dressed herself. •
f/octor Harrison was next called and examined.—l visited
Mrs. Murtiadale in the no:ton-house establishment on the 21st,
23d, and 2.1:11 Not. i 82.5, and am of opinion that she is decidedly
insane.

ii;7PßTl.trnont —What arc your grounds for supposing her
to be irsane ? . _

Doctor Harrison vatic, from the tenor of the conversation he
had had at divers times with her. The witness then took a book
from his pocket, from which be read a long conyeraatton he had
with her at the various interviews—which went to show, from the
unconnected manner in which it was given, that she was labouring
tinder the dreatlfdl malady. In the course of the history she stated
that n Mr. Hooper, who was paying his addresses to her, had intro-
doted poison into her ten, and on another occasion when she went
with film to the piny. And a day or two after her mother's death
she declared she Too her apparition in the garden near the great
mulberry tree. She also said that some of her property was gtren
to her by Captain Jackson. brother to Sir John Jackson, M P. and
East India Director. Prom the unconnected account she gate of
her history, he considered her labouring under a very high state of
insanity. On one occasion she said that the threw a 50/. a 20/.
and a Itlf. note into the tire, and that she saw them go up the
chimney.
3fr. Commissioner PllTLlast on r—Can yeti swear from what
you have seen of the unfortunate lady, that she was of unsound
mind ?

Doctor Harrison said he TO most willing to do any thing re.
mired in law, but not igainet the (lewd, therefore he ahould net
like to ray she wee of unsound mind. flee mind upon every sub-
ject was deranged, and she hod no lucid intervals.
Mr. Purt.i.tmonr—You know the difference the law makes
between unsound mind and lunacy ?—Most certainly. There is
no absence of diowdet whatever.

Mr. Pirrtr.rmoax—Hare yon seen her to-day ?-4 have, and
there is no variation in her mn!adr.

Mr. WEI.I.rt T'r —Are you aware that she knows for what pur-
pose she is brought here to-day ?---I told her an Inquiry was to be
made whether she was or was not in a fit state to manage her
property.
Patience Cary was next examined—l am servant to Mr. Wastell,
nt the floxton-house establishment, and have attended Mrs. Mar-
tindule for the last two years ; she is always very irritable. 1 wee
with her in April Init to Margate, and put up at the Sussex Hotel;
we remained there about nine weeks; whilst there she conducted
herseli• very quietly, but she frequently talks of being robbed and
Ixtisored ; and doting her sojourn at Margate she was fund of
tending her money extravagantly; she expended COL whilst there
in dter,e's aril trinkets that were not worth half that sum. She
took 40L with her to Margate, and 2111. was afterwards sent to her
by a bank past.hill.
I+7 Mr. Commissioner Put Lt.' st nrt—Mr. Hooper is a distiller
in lioswell-turcet.

Mr. Prrir.r.ruoar—ls he any relation to Airs. Martindale?—
No. He wm her lover. We came home by the steam-boat frost
Margate. She appeared eery irritable on board, and her conduct
was noticed by the Captain and the passengers, who considered her
deranged from the profusion of tawdry trinkets with'which she was
adorned, and which the had bought at Margate. She looked quite
ridiculous.

Mrs.. Ann Martindale sas then brought into the room. She Is a
lady apparently about 10 yeata of age. of elegant appearanee and
deportment. and is evidently a woman of superior education. Oa
entering she was &misted to a chair by the side of the Commissioners.
The unfortunire" lady underwent r. very long examination by the
Learned Commissitmers, and her answer; to the different questions
put to her were given in4such an incoherent tuannerthat three could
he no doubt but she laboured under insanity. She declared that
the amount of her property was between three and four thoust.nsl
pounds in the Navy 4 per Cents., most part of which were birth-
day presents, which would produce her annually about 1701. a-year,
And upon Mr. Phillittiore salting her if she considered she was lit
to take care of her property, she said that she eared nothing for her
property so long as she had her liberty..—(Here she bruit iota.
tears.)
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The Jury hero impressed themselret satisfied, and gave their
opinion " that M. Martindale in of unsound mind, and has been
so from the 12th• January 1g24."

COURT OF COMPENSATION.

Yesterday a Court of Coropeuelition was held at the Town-Hall,
Southwark.
TOR CITY or LONDON V. TUE ciovvlNorts OT ST. MART ♦T
OTTDRT:

After a technical objection by Mr. AxnnEns. on the part of
the defendants. Ch WWI overruled.

.Ir. DEN MAN stated the ;lute. The bard Mayor and Corpo-
ration were upon that occasion merely the reptettentatires of the
British public, havieg no interest whatsoever in the question, it
lu lug notorious !het the compensation was not to be paid from the
City funds. The hooves in question were :514 and 315, High.street,
Borough. They were let to Mr. Thomas, who paid 9111: per
annum tar them to the Governors of St. Mary. Mr. Thompson
held a lease for 21 years, 15 of which were unexpired. The City
had offered 2,5001. for the interest of St. Mary In the whole pro.
petty, and he eould assure the Jury that more substantial premise%
could be purehoved for less money. Mr. Thmnas had already re-
ceived his cornpenantion. The offer he alluded to had been
made upon the presannption that the Land Tax was redeemed,
which, however, was not the case, so that the offer must be
considered liberal. Mr. Denman then railed the following wit.

Montague, examined by Mr. 130T.T.AND—Ifail seen the
premises in question, anti veined them 't 2.310/. is. Ile had not
estimated the turn It might take to put the premises in repair at the
dor of the present lease.
Mr. Smith. surveyor to the :Mercer's Company—Had examined
the premises in question, and had arrived at the name conclusion as
Mr. blontalree.
Mr. Joseph Kay, Solvenr to the Post-oftice, hod surveyed the
premises, in company with Mr. Montagne and Mr. Smith, and
arrived at the came conchision RA Mr. Montague anti Mr. Smith.
Mr. Hoggrart had estimated the property in question at what
it might sell for in the market, and had come to the conclusion
that its value was 1,1101.
Mr. Ferdinand Brand proved that he bad delivered to Mr.
Glavitle, the Solicitor for the Governors of St. Mary at Ottery, the
offer of the City of 2001. fix the premises in question, and that
Mr. illanville refusrd to accept the otibe.
This closel the ease on the part of the Lord Mayor and Corpo-
ration. _ . _

Mr. Marlette addressed the Jory on the part of the Governors
of St. Maryut Ottery. He hoped that the .lury would bid the value'
of Na. lii end 115, without estimating the value of the two houses
in Pepper:alley, because they were not mentioned in the schedule
of the Act of Parliament. It war a matter of importance to the
Gawarnors of St. Mary, bemuse if those houses were not estimated
and taken under the Att. their site would become a frontage to the
new street lentlisg to the bridge, anti must of course become of great
value. He called upon the Jury to give the same value as if the
I.ruperty belonged to themselves. He would call evidence to prove
to them the teal value of the premises. Three Gentlemen whom
hz would call would prove chat the lowest value of the premises is
3.3 i ltd. and they vary ttom that sum to 3.7001.
31r. Thomas deoused to the annual rt nisi of the premises at pee-
scut; the houses' in Pepper-alley produced 29/. 13s. per annum ;
that to his own occupetion was worth 109/. per annum ; and he had
let see adjoining one for 80/. per annum ; retnenibered Mr. Perrin
caU:d upon him. and can swear that he never said taktino notice of
the houses on Pepper.alley because its inhabitants were his in.
imams, nor did hart). any thing to that effect.
Mr. linotard, a surveyor, deposed to the value of the premise.,
which In his opinion was 3.2931. including the taments at the
back. . _ .

r. FC. Alwanlis believed the talue of the premises to be
3,153/. Os. Ikl.
hlr. IVinsrenley 'clued the premisewat 3.6811. 10a.
Mr. NXA N replied, after which the Jery retired, and in half
as hour returned with a verdict of 2,8001. for the claimants.

The Rimy Ginette says—The mortality in this town has,
wi:liin.these few weeks, been very plat. Since the com-
mencement of the present month there have been thirty-
two burials, twenty-sx ef which were those- of children
under eleven years of age. The prevalent and fatal disease
is measles.

An extraordinary instance of instinct was witnessed near
Maryport last week. A poor redbreast attempted to tly
over the riser Ellen, bur through great weakness fell into
the water. Its helpmate, another redbreast, seeing its dis-
tressed situation, came to its assistance, and seizing it by
thestutt of feathers on its head actually bore it safe to land.
—Tee i ltr.n•*r.

BOW.STRZET•

Yesterday James nrsosprun,Jolsoran. reakee.
Irv, and George were brought before Mr. r Ns!' t:
charged with selling cm;it.lyeit coin.
The manners. oho ar.: all rting men, nodded In the neighbour-
hood of Battle-bridge for some time past, and were in the habit of
meeting almost every night at a public-house called the Prince
Regent, at the corner of Wellingtomaguare. Gray's Inn-lane-road,
when their conversation and manner Created a .uspicion that, they
were engaged in the circulation of bate coin. Private information
being given to Avery, one of the concha-tore of patrol of this
office, he got en old man named Martin to pat himself in the war
of Johnson. who was understood to be the leader, and the latter
very soon fell into the snake by sakilerMartin if he wished to buy
any 4- queer porter," (bad coin): -Matey) agreed to purchase if
they could bargain, and it was arranged that he should meet the
parties at the Prince Regent on Tuesday evening. When they
met, Martin agreed to purchase six bad half-crowns at a shilling
each, and Johnson rent that number from Wilson who had a quan-
tity to a bag, and gave them to Martin, who paid the six shilling.'
to Johnstin. The other tw`o Prisoners were sitting in the caste box,
and joined in the contersation. An appointment was made for
the next evening at the same place, in order to make further bar-
gains. but ori that evening Avity raid some of his men went to the
house and took the prisoners into custody. They found them si-
ting tnjtether as usual, and when the jitlicars entered, one of them
saw 11 itcon put a bag under the seat V. here he was sitting. This
bag was drawn firth, arid found to contain forty half-trowns.
The prisoners made loud protestatiims of innocence, and Thomp.
son particularly detlired that he had no knowledge whatever of
the transaction spoken of by Manin, and that he was sitting by
mere accident in the same box will-the Others at the time they were
taken. Ile begged to be set at' liberty nit the sake of his wife and
two infant children.
_ _

Ilr. b'llNett7tr.r. said the evidence was too strOng to admit of
his discharging any of them at preeent, and remanded the four
prisoners for further examination on Friday next.

IiIARLBOItOEGH-STREET.
I.lnOniso lier-exus. -Yesterday Thomas, Yates. a middle
aged, clerical looking man, was brottght rip by the Olikeri of the
Mendieity Satiety, from Peter's-place, Walworth, for obtaining
money under false pretences.
3fr. Walker, the manager of the Mendicity Society, stated that
the case of the prisoner was one of as From a nature wi he had ever
known. For the purpose of carrying his plans into execution he had
assumed the name of a highly respected clergyman of the Esta-
blished Church, in which character he had written to Lord Dudley,
recommending to his Loniship's attention the case of Mary Jones,
of Cheshire, who by losses in business, Mid .having had her house
destroyed by fire, was reduced frosu affl i uence to. ndigence, fie
stated that he had made, the like appeal to the Evil of Stamford
and IVarrington, who had sent the distressed..per'son 61. He added
that lie had received a letter from Doctor Hodsell, who certified
idiot Mrs. Mary Jones was the person represented, and that
he as Treasurer to thd Literary Fund Society and Chaplain
to the Royal Humane Society, had represented her case to the pro-
per authorities, and had obtained relief for her. To this letter he
aubjolned his signature as the fiev. 1/r. Robert Yates, of Feder's-
Walworth-common. A similar letter wet 31130 written to
Lorti Rolle, and to the Earl of Stamford and Warrington; but Lord
Rolle, from some bad spelling towards the conclusion of the epistle,
suspected that all was not right, and being intimate wi.h the Rey.
Dr. Yates, his Lordship wrote to him for farther particulars, When
the Rev. Gentleman informed him that he knew of no such person
as Mrs. Jones. In consequence, his LoidabiWsent the letters to the
Meadicfty Society. The Earl orStomfivrd and Warrington enclosed
U.-in a note to tool Dudley and Ward, begging of him to send It
to his friend the Reverend Dr. Yates.
_ . _

The Petitien of Mary---Jonee was then read. It stated that she
had live children to .s..ipport, and that about 801. would enable ha
.to begin bosinese again.
Lord Dudley and Anvil being petinfied of the fraud, and
desirous to detect he author, wrote to she pretended Dr. Yates to
wait on him of his house. In'reply, his Lordship received a letter,
purporting to be from the Rescreen ISoctor's lady, in which she
stared that her husband had been thrown from his horse, and son
very ill, but either Mrs. Jones's niece or she would wait upon his
Lordship, or if he would wait until the recovery of Dr. Yates, that
gentleman wonld do himself the honour. 1 his letter war, signed
Catherine Tales. This answer strengthened kin Lordship's se .Tl,.
' clone, and he sent one of his servants with an officer to discover the
Reverend Dotter, and take him into custody
Mt. Pyxis—What is your name and business, and what do you
say to the charge P
Prisoner-31y name is Thomas Yates, and I am a cooper by
trade, and haste worked in the Weld IndiaDoets for 19 years ; but
by old age coming on I was discharged ; but I never wrote any
letters to any t.osletnan in.my life, needle I ever go by the name of
the Reverend Pr. Robert Yeti,.
Lord servant stated that he unit to Peter's-place,Wat.
worth, when, in looking about for the supposed residence or there
reread gentleman, he saw Iwo females name out of No. 6. They
inquired who he was leaking for ; sad when he had told them, one
of them said, " Oh, there is the 'muse, lam biadaughtew" Re
went with her to the house, where he saw the prisonayand informed
him that he came from Lord Duellry and Ward, who had sent a
sovereign for Mrs. Jones; on whith the prisoner acknowledged
himself an the reverend 4cntlemar, and desired his compliments to
Lord Dudley and Ward; and that be was much obliged to him for
the money. •
The
.prinoner, on being asked hr an explanation, still denied
all knowledge of the trantmetion, when Mr. Dyer said that he
was only surprised that humane persons were to be found to
give credence to such tales when frequar.teeposures had taken place
at the office. Ile hid no iloubi but eat he had imposed on various
other persons by similar practices, and he would therefore remand
hin, fora week. •

FORIKTOW Af4tIIAGES....4.4XItMtIy Vial the day appointed by
Mr. ll'inkfield and 31r. Hitchock for the final tiecision of this
important case, the particuiari of which hare appeared fully in our
fel the comas of the morning Ur. Gest entered the office, and
gave into Mr. Dyer's hands the Act of Parliament, which was
brought ferwsrd by Lord. Holland in JuLy entitled " An Act.
to render Foreign hfortagerrvalid." Mr. Grist stated that be had
not been aware of ouch an act qutil a gentleman in the office had
intitrmed him of the cireumstance, and lie considered, from the
wording of the Act, that it was totally free from every objection
which the det'endaat's party cauld urge, m the Act went to render
valid retrospectively as well as for the future, oil marriages on the
Continent, either in. the army or navy, provided they were per-
formed by a clergyman of the Established Church.
31r. DrEn, on reading the Act, observed, that Consuls were left
out by the house of factors; and British factories in a foreign
country were stated to possess the 'same priiilegea situ Ambassa.
does home; and if the house of a .Consul was consideied as a
factory, it went to overthrow all.objectiows.
Just, however, at the close of the office, none of the nartics
making their appearance, Mr. Dyer sent ever to Mr. lArinklield,
who instantly attended ; when 31r. AVinktield stated that there
had been a consultation of the different parties at his house, and
were then there; when an arrangement was likely to take place,
by Mr. Votlett agreeing to give Mrs. Vodoz a sun' of money (we
believe about IT/. or 900 : but the question as to whether the
ntartiage was valid or not Val not aramed; although he was not
inclined to give apace tittle of tho validity.
Mr. Hvyrt replied, that Lord Holland's Act, and which Mr.
Grist had brought with him, set aside all doubts upon the
subject.

We are extremely sorry to state that Captain Rae, of
the Eclipse, Liverpool trader, was drowned on Thurs-
day forenoon, at the Bryon&law, Ghe;gow. One of the
tracking steam vessels struck the Eclipse with such force,
that Captain Rae, who was standing at the railings of the
gangway, was tossed into the river, which was high at the
time, and the body was not found late at night. Ile has
left a wife and four children.--Liverpool Paper.

The Charles, of and from Calais, Maaset mister, arrived
at Dover on Thursday last with merchandise. On the fol-
lowing morning some paper parcds containing tea were dis-
covered on board by the tide-surveyors, who suspecting
a further quantity might be concealed in the vessel, a
sear.h was made in tie hold, end between the package of
merchandise were found several
,bags of tea, containing
about one hundred weight, and four packages containing
paintings, gold watches, and silk goods, which, with the
vessel, were seized. The master and three of the crew
then on hoard were also detained, and in the evening were
proceeded against before Edward Thompson and lienshaw
Latham, Esqrs., Justices of the Peace fur the Town and
Port of Dover, who convicted the several parties in the
penalty of 1001. each, and in default of payment were
conimitiad to prison, under the new code of laws for the
prevention of sinugglinr;, which came into operation on the
Gth inst. —Kentish GaLette.

ALTERATION IN 'rue IRIS:I MAIL?—It IS at present
in contempletion to start the London mail from Holyhead
fur Dublin the moment it arrives, without waiting, a; it
now does, for that of Chester, which will be transmitted
by separate steam-vessels. A new line of road is also in
contemplation, by which the distance will be shortened at
least ten miles, so that it is anticipated that, by the be-
ginning of autumn, the English letters will be delivered in
Dublin by eleven o'clock, A. at. on the second morning
after their despatch from London. A plan is also under
consideration for forwarding the English mail at four
o'clock in the evening; in place of seven in the morning,
as at present. We trust this alteration will cause some
change in the hour at which the Holyhead mail leaves
thin city at present ; which, in order to meet the London
mail, is very soon after six o'clock in the evening. As the
Chester mail to Dublin will be transit-tined by 14i:irate
vessels, making its departure from this city a 'few hours
later can be of little consequence, while it would be a very
great accommodation to our fellow citizens. Chester
Cotirant.