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UKSCREDINGS IN LORD PAR r.vmmin

4gOIIDAY, Vaal. IL
rerries Ike Comosissioaers appelsted ander Ids
ligoketty's warrsot to faqirs ism tie elreassaiasses of
fa=ir rase, assoashiod is taw Great Hall of t
Twos, Greoilisosastsset,
Os Hall srarkillsitist b dew( partitions. and on
aserreffy semaigiedat soda for the parties
wed he the aisolishodesisailf
Malevessitlesk the.C•eadsbissen took Haar soars,
mud INOssosilfre Ills 'mitigate
(Mr;"Mores) sad for
Lord .

team ago. The lint stare Wastes saw his Lordship she
was is
.witli Hansa/Curtis ; he asked her es hel
his paismteld she did, sad laid hits he wal very poorly.
He asked her to bleed hies- she said she sesta mat he
remarked that he had been bled 'by wawa le Loaders—.
witness refuse**. bleed him became it mu no a Sneday
owning I bis-Leedsblp prodesed a lomat at the lie. he
Inked her toblesdklek Ow* eAer this hie Leedship
.mast tp4 Amedue; Pa kis, .abase elm met him 'gala; had
tied tip am a beadirmeoblef become eke Mew he
world ark her Se bleed him; told blatsbi. Mikisa stem
madam; he said be was MI sorry; made her pea het
heeds I. her peeiteti MI =Mk bolero hi..
.alr.Jestice Bosq4llNlllOStfrefil the bush by the colle-
gians Sergeaet.—was foisted to the -Uranus, tinnily.
After the death of the DeasettErmlor, Wears* a trustee
to this estate *Laid Portsmouth, beton which thee he
has often been a lied. to relative IsLerd Pertemeeth by
Lard<iranikey. 'dad lir. Cameos, as a pim
tiensanly medical man, to take west hisisi thought It
necessary that-souse one should Lebo came of Lord Ports-
mouth; never ceased to thimk see tlisegist his Lordship's
Intellect was similar to that of a bey of eight at nine years
of age. Lord P. could behave properly, and olvtervea
the necessary forms in company, het ems ',capable of
conceiving aey thipg great, or thiukieg in We names of
ordinary capacities; Lord P.'s Rarterra was. set at all
tenacious. Whams was a trustee= Ille Wale. bat with-
drew, in consequence of his disappooliatles of same part
of Mr. Hanson'. smodect. •The malkinetesee be bed eb•
served of common understanding =Mord P. was, whoa
his Lordship asked hiss whelks= he wield &gram become
trustee, if Mr. Ramos was removed Ness the trust. Wit.
ness disapproved of the former marriage, abet the rely
Lady Portsmouth was of yews to coeds= the stain ref
the family.
John Barrisionesambeed byttlr. Brougham.—Hadtbeee
in the service of Lord Portsmouth II years, and had
known his Lordship thirty years. George, a Coaches..
broke his leg. Wiles.' attesiimil him while lying oa the
bed. Lord P. came Sato the room, sad tad aleeryse to get
op snd go to work. George said Ise could sot; where-
upee Lord P. threw himself across .oimirge's legs, aid
WHIMS* beard the base creek. (letup cried oat, and
winless told Lard IP,lllikt leaked broken the leg again—
he amid he did net Safi ti. that. Waimea the. dragged
libillrem the bed. sad mid be had rallied she mu, to
whims his herdebip *ldeal *MO Jet • =al." -Wit-.
sera ems Usage a awl= to detead blame= walk
On one occasion Luria . timid at the porch of list church,
and in a great passion told.thelvAtuese that be was a-d
—d
rascal, and should not eater. 4
The Key. Charles ill•Carehykiiandeed.—Bad gloated
Lord Portsmouth up to the tionsOf the late.L•dy Pana-
ma's' Is's death. Witeem said ha was ora very imbecile
mind. On ths is occasious, at fenerak, where witisesseaS.
Mated, Lord Persineoth appeared as me monpt
very inferior persons. Appeared with a black cloak over
his plain clothes. Conducted himself with propriety on
those occasions.
Cress...earldom' by Mr. Sargent Pella--His Lordship's
tooversation was like that of a boy. There was no manly
propriety about him. Hi. memory was instinctive, and
he treasured op malice or dislike to particular pent:ram—
He was attentive and apparently devout at church, He
would come up to witness after the service, mad say,
" Chad •a, we have haute • long serums this arming, we
must have shorter...les."
Sergeant Pall:--Perhaps his Lordship was DOS wrong It
bin judgmeslin that particular.
' Witerss...-Why men most make long sermons es well es
long speeches someilsors.—( Laughter.)
Jultri Head caamined.—Hod been servant in his Lord-
ship...faintly ; was hired by the late Lady Portsmouth in
113 US, or. loos ; she told him solii's* Lord P. or ant, as lie
pleased 4 often refused to obef him. 'Lord P. would pre-
`scribe to the ' tits doses of jidlop, and pepper, and
mustard, and hold them till they took the physic. Wit.
item beard him say that he lust Isis best friend when he
lost his late Countess, widths t We airemet Comatose treated '
Mt like a dug.
Adjourned at dye o'clock.
TIBUIIIDCW, US. 13.
The evidence was totally saimportent this day, con-
sisting only of the testintom of carters, haymakers, Ike.
as to the conduct of his Lordship le their presence, which'
was strongly corroborative of the proofs given before of
his insmitty.

...rd Portsmouth were i'mniediatelf dell;d la
Siatylmeeial'Joryasea had beim saaessotaid, OPitliom
oidy a swill number amended.
Mas bolos having been read, the tladvelkedirs
aeMied to call over the Jury. ;
Lord John Fitzroy was thshrst is answer.
His Lordship insasediately stepped forward,-and urged-,
to the • Comatissioaers the great iscoovenience which
• might result to him, la the discharge of his public duties.
es a Member of Parliament,-if /111 were called apes as s
Jarysaan is this case... Where were several EleesionsgeMt
oa, cad he might berisalhetted to sit ea atsEleetion
mitten—if so, it would be impossible for bias to perform
hotb duties. There were other calls ups him, as Member
of Paellanmes!, eolially pressing.
Mr. froward (the Chief Commissioner) said, that as the
• Preset Comosission was held uriderhisddajesty's repress'
commands, herltstoot oppreheud the ground of exemption
urged by the petite Lord could •be admitted.
His-Lordship, cosismptentto, took his seat as Forum
• of the Jou.
Several other Members' of Parliament urged similar
espies as grounds of exemption, but they were trot allow.,'
• eel, aart they were woes on thedury.
. The tettil mambo; of the Jury (meaty-throe) were this
' by ordinary special Jurymes who were is at.
amptoe.
The lery having beim sworn, the Chief Commisaloiso
• delivered a short charge, I. which be stated. thht the
lethrtiost foe them to decide was, whether Lord Porte.
‘qautieb,was or was met of armed mind, and capable (Wear
dueling his own nears/
At twelve o'clock Mc..lretheraTl. ler-An peatimices
==ixto epee theism.. tie Jury. Coin *el
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Vessomr. vas. 111.
The Commissioners and the Jury assembled this day at
One o'clock. A. soon as the Commissioners bad taken
allele seat.,
Mr. Sergeant Pell desired to know et whet image of the
proceedings (..Niansel meant to prodace Lord Portsmouth
as • witness. If they could not state the day, they would
in humanity not call him soddenly to meet the painful
Ong* bat allow him the opportunity of preparation he
so aeximnetydesired.
Mr. Wedierill saldvit would be Impossible at present to
conjecture at what 'instill would be thought necessary to
examine the noble Lord.
The first witheis examined was John Edward Coombe,
a medical gentleman. He stated, that in I heti he was ap-
pointed tei reside with the Earl of Portsmouth, and to take
care of him. Witnessvemaitted in the family till Milt,
tad considered the Earl to be a man of extreme weak

naiad-7-0f unsound mind. Witness stated l iostauces
of the want of ordinary faculties in the East.
Dr. Hunter was nest visualised. He meted, the' open
• first acquaintance, the Earl might be supposed to be
like ordinary men ; but la ver7 short isequalntanee 'dis-
missed that opinion, and the kart them adopted all the
wanderings and peculiarities which here the attributes of
is total delicieacy.
Dr. Ludlow was the third witness. He mentioned that
one of the peculiarities of sbe -Earl was the idea that an
address was in conteniptioliew le him from the gentry of
the neighbonrhood,and that he was to receive it open a
-throne; but what that address was fur he could •-not
guess at.
The Court adjourned at a quarter before five till was
o'clock to-root raw.

*MIDNESDAT, rut. It.

Mr. William Pitman examisted by Mr. 'Fiatial.•-fis •
surgeou—has practised as such at Andover fir ten years—
bas professionally attended the familyof•Lord Portsmouth
ler the whole of that ann. Remembers the circumstance
-of Mr. Combs coming to reside in his Lordship's Issue,
as his family physician. During Mr. (:oonsbe's residence
in his Lordship's family, his Lonnitip behaved very ill to •
-witness, who accordingly applied to Mr."Coombe—this
gentleman reniousttated with his Lordship. and possessing
*web imilaenee over him, succeeded in pomading hint to
-euesplisuce with the advice of witness. Saw Lord Ports-
Jowls, for the last time, about ten weeks ago—his Lord-
ship behaved very politely, and invited bins to dinner—'
raw him again the next day. and perceived directly by
Dig countenance that his temper-was soared; his Lordship
Jinn behaved very uncivilly—ha& not given any cane fur
ouch treatment. From She length of lime witness bits
known lils Lordship, mud recalling his conduct during the
whole of that time, did not consider that lie had at any
period of a long comae of 'tau been of sound mind.
ligrali Admin. examined by Mr. Welberell,—Resides at
Tinton; has inusio told Portsmouth tweals).years met
W's Lordship one day in a by-road; sometimes asked his
-Lordship bun be as be gave her something, which she
'has kept ever sines t a as it about her now. (tieudiseed a
in a I Cli 1110f0.40 fan); glut it liei about

INIDAY, iris. 14.
The proceedings were resealed at .IPreatuasoei' Hall,
at teu o'clock, this stunning.
Thomas PJwell examinad by Mr. Pepys.—Was bailiff
to Lord Portsmouth frusta lel I to 161,:ri always passed
his memento with her late ladyship. She always telt
obliged to the &cresols for loodiog and 'llisoorsog huts
lordship.
James Palmer, chastised by Mr. Tyadal.—Was once
*meant with Mr:Hansom, mu., was is his service at the
time of Lord Pal unisistl'a manias, with Miss H 41011011;
recollects Lord P. comotog to Mr. Moutons's boos., three
or four days preceding the mamma —he came sometimes
to breakfast. at whets to test was wt aware of any pre-
pairetious going forward fur the marriage. if there had
been witness would have knee& of tt t the first intimation
enema had of the intended *army was Mr. 1441141013.•
carriage being ordeteil to the dour, on the morniac of
Monday, toe Ilk of Match t Miss Elias Hanson, the pre-
sent Lilo) r-bleoloouth, and Mr. Hock *utak, *mean tilt
pwseas toad g.:4 tato Me oaniage Cliallt• • ii.1.4..11

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got me the fore wheel of the carriage, cod sald, ter
coke to the coachman. •• Drive to St. George'. Churc. h
Blesseisbury;" ellipse. was behled the carriage ; Lord P.
bad walked 00 before wish Lord Byres ; Lord P. was
deemed in a drab great coat, black east sad warmest.
light email clothes. and Heasisso hoots; the carriage step.
Pod RI It. GeoveresCharch-a.it woe in the inerping ; the .
net set of the curiae sad west late dr sheveht
Halmos sold the awesome to wait, bet set elate.
site the chetah. Lord P. the unmet lady, sad Miss
Hasson afterwards retansed to Mr. Melltieleit.
dosjoesie Geese examined,—Lived as iseadlisnaa
Lewd Peetemeeth free April tall is Ochebef 18131 was
directed est tiestteridie the orders of his lordship; weft •
with the faked, to Waydsteg se the year Isle day
was est with the carriage and fear horses; Lord P. was
es the boa-Ardy f sutured, std Miss were ht. •
aide; Lord Portsmouth was very aurae to drive, but in ,
coasequesoe of orders received feeds Lady POdUlliellia.
would net glee op the terse Leidy Portsmouth ordered
hisslordship to pt of the hoz, he refused, bet afterwards
did me, and .got la; as he was ruing out, Lady Pork. •
month posited him of the steps, •he fell cud was covered
with mod; Lord P. said he would brim as autos evilest
witness and Lady Portsmoutb ; west %towhead Is 115111, •
and Mr. Alder was there—one day Lady P. Mks Hewn,
and Mr. Alder, went across the rivarthey woes abuse
three or No, days; has area Mr; Mumma strike
i Lord Ptiftsiamilli with a stick or,ultip, at ilartaboorn .
iPark.; his lordship
.frequestly eemplateed a the ilt•
erestmeat he received trues the Haeralevaliya what on
A& bee, 'sad his leedettip we driving. ha vreeld he.
.spesietly rue against the- carriages, end *Ms he had ere. I
etrd asefeslon, be word say to witasswies. there dene •
'getup, drove 'ea about, that's replete.
dears -examines, by Mr. Broieglesete...Wu
gardeser is Lord M's service from ISIS to *SIC the
Ceeatess deeiredditeals net I. kled his Yodels*. Mt to
Motile hies for mks, has botiewasl steep of wham; ,
I.llk lordship Ma with wits,* sad his. wife la the
klisehee rits lordship afteverards entered dilate should .
•OM have meat. Mr. Alder 11.0 at Fairlawn every sight.
Is a ruin called " the Beer.assea," hokum which mad
IMt af.Lady P. there was *sly a adreeelegareek which
,apimed lute-each. At the thasLady Putnam& used be
'ge to Lend.. every day, Mr. Alder was us at /Arians.
this was In ibis; miters left the service la idle, la cos •
sequeu of the iii kestesest :to wilds hoed P. was sob-
h jest ed ;
hods Sri/ P. warain
paidg., .
By e•
streb•P. ielteede irbest ha borrowed'
of him ; saes paid Mrs Ps. Is wombs after he bad bor-
rowed it; cues pee dews he his amount money lent to
Lord r. 4 her ladyship.pirld madam, at ordered hies
not to lewd iris lordrip say more moiry ; Lord P. and
Mr. Alder did not associate ; Mr. Alder and her ladyship
were friendly eaungli.
Thos. Blomdeid, remained by Mr.Tperlal.—Lieve seat
dooreolord P. et Fairlawn Grove; could hear say thing
that passed at Lord P.'s. If tolerably lord; has heard
stir of murder. mid violent screams, std tries ninth
'greeted to come from Lord P.'s frequestly ; tae sue
Lord and Lady P. together ou the coalmen before the
house; one Sunray was in front of the boar with his
wife, when they saw,Lady P. and a (epitomes, wisest he
wederstood to be Mr. Alder crossing li. curios; Lord •
tr ,P. followed them. Mr. Alder turned bees and purred
Lewd Portsmouth, who ran within the eyeliners is front
1-01 his lordship's Muse.
Joseph Moir, immured by Mr. Powell.—Went into
the service of Lord P. as under-gardener sad carter. in
April, MI6, air left the service of his own occur" in
1811; there are two Sights of steps to the house,. owe at •
the front and another at the back; ones tow Ij.sdy P., a.
gentleman., and Lord s'. standing together la the hall, aped
Lady P. struck his Lordship violently is the feu; Lord
P. cried out ; the gentleman theta took a whip sat el,
Lady 4'.'. (ands, with which he whipped Ids Lenlehip sea
vilely; he pried owl severely, and rote towards the stow,
trance; the geatlemaa followed use, and pushed
down the Mops.
The Court then adjourned. 4.10.1" •
Extract of a letter from Paris, dated &IL l 1 e"••••
" It is curious that the right so ostentatiously as.
Bunted of interference in the snidest of foreign na..
lions is finding opponents even in Germany. 11 have
been assured that the King of Wurtembarg has sent_
a circular to the Ministers at Foreign Courts, pro-
testing against the exercise of this right by the'
Allied Sovereigns. This circumstance excited the
highest astonishment at Frankfort, where intima-
tion of it arrived when the Diet wits sittiag; bat as
the wasters of this body ere literally
the remarks of its members on •
A similar act of imprudence was
part of Bavaria. In Prussia, one
the unholy Alliance, though no
to be looked for, there appears
ral couutils at least. Letters
Berlin, which mentuin that M,
of Prince Hardenberg, is dead,
Lions are to descend either to F
yeller), M. Beywe, or General
all men of liberal principles."

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terally ' secret' ones,
it did not transpise.
was expected on the, •
one of the nientbevae(!:
no step of this goo
s a hope of more Ad) ,
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