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London, England, 1818-05-09 00:00:00

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a deserter. to the army, and to the ravenous people who made
me suffer all this torture, *Lich ou bantam hem' ran endow
—my soifferit4es„, whirls have beets. spoken of so rudely and
so vilely, are private. They sloopld, he inquired into
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ed hire. 1 might tee hive hero provided fur after my sir.
vices, and slot left a mined, without a commission or pension.
I mono, say any more threenith leis chsettel. Why chmi,td
1 bee in this neriiiiiie wuhuut re dress, when toy
affairs might he settled at once? Lorill'alenerstene was. 'wr-
ing. every lowly else, when be would not see me—and he
vary
well knowsl did 11114 11110111 to kill hialry firiiie et him."
The COlllllO for the Prisoner proceeded to matinee, wit-
nesses to prove his insanity.
Previous to the examination of the first witness, the
Ladies present ("tie requested to withdraw.
Dr P. R Parshie said, he knew the Prisoner reading in
Pimlico, and was yelled on to visit him, to the yiar 16In ;
the Prisoner opeued the bed-room done, add then irtircel to
the bed. The wit oess proceeded ter wansine him, rind (iron?
that he had committed a complete and dreadinl mutilation
oil the lower -part of his body. He wet then decidedly
insane; of this he bad not the tuna st olooht.
In his cross-examination, be said that the Prisoner was at
the time so exits nodal by loss of blvd, that be put no
questions to him, but proceeded to bike op the vessels w lire
the amputatiou had bees, made. The Primmer was disposed
to be silent, as persons generally are who have disabled
themselves, or'iiitempted sniride. On asking hive whether
his friends should be infinpied of the si-de he was its, he
said he had owe, nor did be wish any body to know of the
matter. He said, in answer to a question as to the cause of
Iris act, that hr did not know how it happened. it was Kin-
cipally from the net itself that the witness formed the opi
ohm of the man's insanity, but uis a future visit be f I
him incoherently leaking shunt visionary sufferings. Wit
decided impression was, that the Palmas., at that time
was notenestionahly insane.
In answers to questions from 37... Justice Berceir, the Wit
RCP!' Rlid, that he had beet is praetor 16 years, and had had
from 10 to 40 insane pawns under his care in the course of
his practice. On the full belief of his inamoity he cautioned
the people of the house to remove every dangerous weapon
from the Primmer, and recommended his removal to the
York Hospital. He had stated this both to himself and to
the people of the house.
Mrs. J. King stated, that the Prisoner cant. to her house
early iw April, IRIO, and in • few days after be came, she
was led to think he was 1111/811P, both (runs his manna and
conversation. He quitted her house fur the York Hospital,
where he rentaiued many weeks. He was sent there in cod-
sequence of the Injury, to which Dr. Patio, alluded. He
was very capricious in his inauseee, and had many plash
rides In his cantina while he reinaised in her house. He
was always giving contradictory orders as to what Ise would
eat.
Sampson Mettle aid, that the Prisoner came to lodge
with him in November, 1813. He said be was just returned
from *brood, and was a Lieutenant in the 62d regiment. He
lodged *early four months with witness, and his conduct
MU invariably that of a devalued man from the very first
day be Caine. Ile took two parlours at witness's, and seemed
pleased like a child, at seeing some nest bamboo chairs sv db
roses too them. He said, the first day became, he'd dine in
bed. He said then be wished to have a skilful surgeou sent
for. Witness went several times and got money for him at
Cox and Greenwood's. lie remembered going for him to an
optician's, at Charing.croa, lb bent a piece of lorailstour,
which he said be had Nought there, and to pay for it 15s. On
going for it, however, witness found that the price was bee
guineei. (ha bringing back this ariswer,Tee Prisoner asked the
witness, first, whether the loadstoue would nut lift his hat off
the table; and afterwards, whether be could draw io the
the people with it through the wall as they..paised aloe* the
street? He waited these inquiries by asking whether he
could touch the stars in the inwasent with it, and what
they were made of? If the Imagine could do these things,
he said, he should have it. In his temper he was sosietimes
affectionate, and at other times contemptuous. Witness's
conclusion was, that the Prisoner was mad, though sot out-
, regrows. He sent for a lawyer oar evening 111i/raw tip a
memorial to the Doke of York, but when the Gentleman
• tame, aid talked with him, ha weld away and could make no
blind of him. He always paid his way while at witness's
house; and the reason he budded on hie giving up IA ledg.
lags rat, became, after giving witness and two friends per.
mission iodise in his pat lour, be came in as they were about
to sit down and locoed them all wt. iTitness then deter-
mined he should quit the house.
Grerge Vickery staled that the Prisoner lodged at
• his homer, 33, George-street, Chelsea, from April 1817,
until last April. He neatly seemed sullen, as if be had
something tea his mind, and the !nag thief; set him is. a
rage. Wittiesa thought hint deranged. Medical attendance
was not called fur to him during his rssideoce with thu
whom.
Orbse-auldned—He did not often seem to know one
thing from another, and he never knew what day of the
week it was. Never felt insecurity either fur himself or his
children, ply the Prisoner's residing In the same house.
Preaantheed—The day before be fired at Lord Palmer-
ston, he told witness that his Lordship was the best friend
he had in the world.
In answer to a question from the Judge--witness said
that the Prisoner was not Violently aisd, Omagh be mostly
seemed depresosd—nor did he ever give witness stn irrational
Aussie,. He was regular io his hours of going to bed,bot
he sometimes rose late. At times be would dine at home,
tad sometimes have no dinner when he staid In bed late.

Mr. Mx, the Surgeon, declared his opinion that the Pri-
mmer was, on certain points. in as insane state of Wail.
He was insane relative to his regiment; be used to say that
he was borne down irresistibly by the oppressive baud of
the Almighty. He had iro doubt of his being deranged.
The bre. S. Cotton, the Ordinary of Newgate, said, that
be had had frequent upportnnities of conversing with him
since he was committed to prison. Ile thought him derang-
ed from the incorrect notion be seemed to have relative to
the acts he had been guilty of. He said be had suffered
great a depreciation"—(wns his aurti)111011 that he was
impelled by (lad to Sre at I.nd Palmerston."
Crors.eraminird—The Prisoner was a fatalist, from his
conversation, and seemed impelled by • power which be
could not control. He was evidently the victim of false
insprisAions. and seemed, as he said, to be impelled" by a
Holy Spirit."
At Rye o'clock Mr. 'malts BAYI.F.T proceeded to sum
up the evidence • at six o'clock the Jury retired for half an
boor, and brought in a verdict of--Gailly of the jeers
charged to hiss, bat Mot he was in a slate of oseotal de-
rangement when he committed ft.

The seate hooks belonging to EDWARD LING,
of Wainfleet All Saints, an industrious fisherman,
having frequently been robbed of their fish, last
week the scale thief was caught by our of the
hooks in his hand, which they were actually obliged
to break from the rest, before he could be liberated;
he the!, had to suffer the said hook to he drawn
through his hand before lie could lie freed from
it.—(Sfarnford Mercury.)
On Mouthsy se' ght, alter a series of inqui-
ries, which evinced a considerable share of address,
patience, sod ingessuisy. Mr. CEORGE WRIGUT,
High Constable, succeeded its arresting, in a I se
iu Michael-street, in Waterford, Elizabeth Roche,
otherwise ntzpatrick, charged with huvill
carious articles of dress, the property of the lion.
Mrs. Itt.Atitscoob, stud others Iselongissir so EI.I.
411 ETD CONDON, living with Mrs. IS. The pro-
Lerty was stolen from the house PONSONDT
lORE, of Wrxfoltd, Esq. where Elizabeth Roche
was at service, sod where the Mu. Mrs. ULACK•
WOOD, sister to Mrs. lithe, was, we Ulltitiblilild,
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On a visit.

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