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that was before his father's death, and that a boy
in a jacket, not then being 14 years of age, should
cry on that occasion was nothing very extraordi-
nary. Then there was the evidence of the Marquis
of Bristol, who said that Mr. Windham had dined
with him on two occasions, and that he behaved
very well for him, as if there Were other times when
he behaved ill ; but the Marquis of Bristol admitted
that those were the only two occasions upon which
he had dined with him. Then the other guardian had
said that he had seen him riding in Rotten-row, and
that there was a smile on his face, and that was a
thing which could not be very extraordinary. His
learned friend, in his opening, had told them that

my last letter how I was off for money ? Not very well,
considering that I only have 28 shillings a-week, and here
that soon goes, if any of the officers ask me to go with them
anywhere, and it is no good to ask Horrocks, as he says
you only spend it and throw it away. A donation of £5
note would be exceedingly acceptable on Monday next
morning if I could get it, but I don't like to borrow, for
there is so much row, and one really is treated so like a dog
now, one cannot get oven £lOO a-year, nor yet enough to
amuse himself with, and it looks so foolish for me not to be
able to have any money, and people all seemed to think so.
I must now say adieu, trusting on Monday morning to hear
from you, and perhaps to get a little donation in the shape
of a £5 note, which will be acceptable.
" Good bye, dear Mama, and believe me
"Your affect. son,
" WILLIAM."
" Sandgate, March 22nd.
" My dear Mama,—The reason we left St. Leonards is
rather good—you will be much amused—how some of our
friends find it rather hot for themselves. I found some of

the first school Mr. Windham was sent to was
that of Mr. Patten, at Blackheath, where his habits

Torquay acquaintances there with whom I used to amuse
myself, and I found that Horrocks had known them abroad.
Well, I got to like the place, and enjoyed myself; he found
a lot of people he know, but I only knew these people Well,
we went to their house, and they and I got on very well to-
gether ; one of them, which I liked best, was a Roman Catho-
lic. Well, I found out that they also knew a little about
Horrocks, and the moment he saw how matters stood, that
I was generally with them, he took into his head to leave, and
almost insulted the ynung lady he knew of the party, though
she shut him up very quickly.
"Direct, Post-Office, Sandgate Kent, to me. I enclose
you a Note fur Sir E. Lacon, which pray forward at once
to him, and explain all which I told you to write as well to
him. Good bye, dear Mama, and believe me,
" Ev. yr. affecte. Son, " WILLIE."
" Pavilion, Folkestone, Monday Morning.
"Dearest Mama,—Horrocks has written to Alfred, stat-
ing that we shall be here some days, and that he hopes to
bo across the water some fine morning ; he is very much
mistaken though as regards that. He has been writing to
Lord Belhaven and others saying that you have tried to
ruin him for life, you must trying and settle with Lord
Clarendon at once, and loose no time when you see him on
Wednesday in getting him to do the thing at once. Hor-
rocks says that he never will go back to Felbrigg, but he
says he should be very soon dead if he was to go, so we must
manage to get the appeal so worded that I can come and
live with you altogether. I hope Lord Clarendon will suc-
ceed, because I want to have a London season. If any let-
ter comes for me from Norwich or anywhere forward it to
me here at the Pavilion, Folkestone. I must now say good
bye,with love to Mama, Theodore, Emily, and Constance.
Believe Ever yr affect. son, "W. F. WINDHAM."
"No. 12, Grand Parade, Hastings, Tuesday, 28th.
" Dear Mama,—Alfred is really two bad. He has
written again to Horrocks telling him to tell me that I
shall not now be allowed to go to Felbrigg, as I have not
gone Abroad, but that I shall be sent to some strict tutors
to read till I am of age, in some remote part of England.
He seems to think he is above Sir W. Wood and every-
body else concerned. Now, I think very probably that
we shall have a war with Spain or some other country
seen, by what the papers seem to say. Now what I want
is to get our regiment embodied, and then Alfred cannot
help my being with them and allowing me a good round
sum of money. Now if Lord Clarendon and some others
were to try I think it may be managed that we should be
embodied, and stationed in some jolly place like Shorn -
cliffe or Plymouth. I think you might ask him, or else 1
ehall:try and get into the Life Guards or some other regi-
ment, as the money is reduced now for commissions. If
I go on with this life I shall go melancholy mad. I cannot
bear it. Do look sharp and do something. Good Bye, love
to Johnson,
"And believe ev yr. affect. Son, WIND
HAM."
"Sunday, W. F. INDIUM."
22, Vic, Hotel.
"Dear Mama,—l am very happy and contented, praised
by the Adjutant, and told I march and hold myself and
learn my drill quick and well. I marched to church this
morning at the head of my company. If they attempt to
touch me go to Cambridge at once, that will stop all non-
sense. Come down to see me when the weather gets
warmer. We are ordered to hold ourselves in readiness
for being embodied, perhaps.
Goodbye, dear Mama, please send me a little donation,
as I have nothing, and believe me,
6' Yr affect Son, -66 W. F. WINDHAM."
He would ask the jury, if they had not heard those
letters they could have formed such an opinion of
the evidence of the tutor, for he believed no young
man could write more rational and affectionate
letters, and they were in themselves of a business
like character, and excellent in their spelling and
composition. Mr. Horrocks and General Windham
were most desirous that Mr. Windham should
travel abroad, but on an appeal to the Vice-Chan-
cellor Wood he was opposed to them, for he only
ordered Mr. Horrocks to travel abroad with Mr.
Windham, if he did not object to it. Then he re-
ferred to the singing of Mr. Windham, and his
imitation of the "haughty ruffian," in the bur-
lesque of " Fra Diavolo, ' at Edinburgh, and sing-
ing Ethiopian melodies. It was admitted that his
powers of imitation were very great, although it
did not please the quiet habits of Mrs. England,
the lodging-housekeeper, and it excited no sarprse
that she was anxious to get rid of them. The
learned counsel then referred to the affair at
Aylsham, when Mr. Horrocks made an imperative
order that Mr. Windham should go at once to Lon-
don, and on his requesting to know the cause, Mr.
Peatfield replied, " Oh, you know very well." Mr.
Windham had no wish to come to London, and
made the remark, "Mr. Peatfield, you are a sneak."
He wished to drag Mr. Windham to London against
his will, which led to his making the remark ; and
although it was some time since he (Sir H. Cairns)
was at school, yet he had still some of his boyish
blood in his veins, and if he had been treated in the
way Mr. Windham had, if he had not called Mr.
Peatfield " a sneak" he felt sure that he should
have thought so. As to his manner in church he
was very punctual in his attendance, and that led
to the remark on one occasion that the clergyman
had commenced before his time, showing clearly
that he knew what he was about; and even Mr.
Peatfield had said that Mr. Windham had plenty
of brains if he would but use them properly. Thus
Mr. Peatfield became a witness in Mr. Windham's
favour; and he further said that he would be sure
to get a commission in the Guards through General
Windham if he would only apply his attention to
his studies. The jury would remember the solemn
way in which Mr. Chambers introduced Dr. Nichols,
whose evidence differed so materially from his affi-
davit as to the age of the boy. In his affidavit he
said the boy was only three years of age when he
saw him, and gave his opinion that he would be-
come insane ; but in his evidence he said he was
five years old, and as to the boy becoming a lunatic
in that ho had at any rate been a false prophet.
In the will of the late Mr. Windham, he be-
queathed his estate to his son, leaving General
Windham his guardian ; and amongst other things
in the will, he expressed a hope that General Wind-
ham would never allow his affairs to go into the
Court of Chancery. How he had fulfilled that part
of the bequest of his brother they had seen. Dr.
Nichols had spoken of the conduct of Mr. Wind-
ham at the ball at Norwich, and said that his de-
meanour had attracted attention, and he said that
he saw Mr. Windham running about the ball room.
He asked him if he had lost his partner, and he
made a reply, "I am off—l am off ;" but whether
ho was off to look after his partner, or off from the
ball altogether, he did Not venture to say, and
therefore it was left to the jury to draw their own
conclusions. Then he came to the evidence of Dr.
Dalrymple, who gave strong opinions that Mr.
Windham was of unsound mind. He said that Lady
Sophia had written to him to see that a horse was
to be provided for her son and that he rode it ; that
the horse came home without him, and that the
saddle and bridle were not found until some days
after. Now this was made a great deal of by Dr.
Dalrymple, but the next witness who was called
fully explained the whole matter. It seemed that
there was a crowd at General Windham's ovation,
and as guns were being fired the horse broke away,
and found his way home in the way which had been
described. It was said that he was very noisy at a
dinner which was given at St. Andrew's Hall, Nor-
wich, on the occasion of Gen. Windham's ovation ;
but it should be remembered that this dinner was
given in honour of his uncle, of whom he was very
proud, and therefore his conduct was by no means
extraordinary. Then Dr. Dalrymple spoke of see-
ing Mr. Windham in low company, with his arms
round a porter's neck near the Duke's-bridge, and
some few other trifling acts ; but in his affidavits
to the Lords Justices he stated that he was so
utterly unconscious of what he was doing that if
he committed a homicidal act, or shot a keeper as
he would a dog, and if he were to be tried for it,
that insanity might be successfully pleaded as an
excuse, and therefore with such an affidavit before
them the Lords Justices had no alternative but to
order the issuing of this commission. But the jury
would remember that although Dr. Dalrymple was
pressed upon this point in his evidence he proved
nothing of the kind. Then there was a Air. Johnson
called, but he proved nothing. Following him was a
Mr. Scott, who gave his evidence in a very metaphy-
sical way. He said that Mr. Windham's mind had
no memory to act upon conviction. He said he
told him that as his income would be only £3,100
or £1,200 a-year, it would be impossible for him to
occupy Felbrigg Hall, and that he ought to live in
a wing of it, but that Mr. Windham, while agree-
ing with him, did not act upon conviction. Why,
the time was not come for him to act upon convic •
tion, for ho was then under age, and his affairs
were then in the hands of his guardians. Mr. Scott
further said that Mr. Windham's instinctive im-
pulses were not under the control of intelligent rea-
soning, And he gave as an instance of it his driving
a dog cart and crying out "Make way for her Ma-
jesty's mail," and getting into a row with some of
the men belonging to Wombwell's show, when he
got a black eye. It was also said that the mail
cart driver came up and said, " I will defend my
friend, Mr. Windham," and that a fight ensued,
just as if there was anything remarkable in that,
and as if any other man who saw his friend insulted
would not have done the same. Then a good deal
was said about Mr. Windham's conduct at Spa,and
'Ctrs. Wilkinson said he was often in her drawing
room, and that she treated him like a child. She
also said he misbehaved himself at the table d'hoie,
and laughed so loud that the keeper of the hotel
came to her and spoke about it in French, which she
interpreted to Mr. Windham, and this was a second
reason why she considered him as a child. She

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had also told them a story about his having danced
with a young lady to whom she had introduced him
at a ball, and that because she did not dance fast
enough to please him, he threatened to box her
ears ; but young persons often had jokes with each
other, and therefore he did not think that this was
a circumstance which required much attention. Be-
fore he parted with Mrs. Wilkinson, whose man-
ners were somewhat fascinating, he could not but ex-
press his surprise that she was in the habit of
having in her drawing-room and sitting-room,
morning and night, a young man whom she de-
scribed as dirty and of very disgusting habits, and
he had some curiosity about it, and should have
asked her a few questions upon it, had she
been recalled. He would now come to the
course taken by the guardians, and should like to
know how they could Justify the taking away Mr.
Windham from the country, in a place where he
could do no harm, and launching him into a position
like that he was put in in Duke-street, where the
keeper of the house was a retired valet, who one
day waited at table, another day sat down to table;
one day received a glass of champagne for waiting,
and next day paying for a bottle of champagne for
himself. When Mr. Windham went to lodge at
Mr. Llewellyn's he made an arrangement as to
the rooms he was to occupy—that he wanted a room
for Mr. Peatfield, what he should have, and &further
agreement that he should have a bottle of wine,
when he required it, at wholesale price. Now no-
thing could be more rational or intelligible than the
conduct of such a man ; ho had a latch-key, and was
intrusted with all privileges, the same as any other
man. The evidence of Mr. Llewellyn went to prove
that he acted as a rational man ' • and although ha
said he could not remember whether Mr. Windham
was sworn when he appeared at the Westminster
County Court, when summoned there by his groom,
he said he so successfully disputed the charge that
it was reduced by the Court to one-half. Then as

to Mr. Windham's knowledge of the value of his
property ; he said when he came ini,o the possession
of it he intended to construct a railway from Cromer
to Felbrigge, that he intended to become a magis-
trate, that he hoped to be a member of Parliament,
and that he intended to decorate the church. Now,
he would ask, was there anything irrational in any
of those propositions P As to the marriage, Mr.
Llewellyn knew that it was about to take place, but
although Dr. Babington, the medical man of the
family, came to the house, he never mentioned a
word of it to him, on the hypocritical pretence
that he did not with to expose Mr. Windham.
As to the rubbish about the bath-room, it was
admitted that Mr. Windham's clothes were
taken into the office, and, on the bell not being
answered, nothing could be more natural than
that he should open the door and go towards
the office, without the slightest idea of finding
any one there ; and, consequently, there was
no wilful exposure at all committed by
Mr. Windham. Mr. Llewellyn, in order to cover his
contradictions, had made a sweeping assertion,
that if he should say he had seen Mr. Windham
naked, or only partially dressed, a hundred times,
he should not be going beyond the mark ; but the
fact was that Mr. Windham was not a hundred
days in the house, and certainly did not have a
hundred baths. Had there been those frequent in-
stances of his being seen naked, there would of
course be plenty of witnesses brought forward to
speak to such facts, and therefore Mr. Llewellyn's
evidence on this point was grossly incredible and
contradictory. As to the alleged indecency of Mr.
Windham to Mrs. Llewellyn, she stated that it had
occurred once or twice after the first time; and when
she said that, he was lost in amazement how a vir-
tuous woman could ever put herself in a situation to
witness it a second time. He said he had no hesita-
tion in saying that it was a positive falsehood, and
the person who invented the falsehood of it having
taken place once or twice could be guilty of invent-
ing the falsehood that it had ever taken place at all.
The Court adjourned at a quarter to five o'clock
until to-morrow, when Sir H. Cairns will resume
his address to the jury on behalf of Mr. Windham.
Mr. Windham was in court the greater part of
the day.