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London, England, 1825-08-04 00:00:00

zinc. The instrument used to force a-patient 0 swallow food
is not an instrument of torture; as it has erroneously been sup'.

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posed. It is in the shape of a hotter boat, witty a close cover,
into which the broth, soup, or milk, is placed. _A tube goes
from it which is thrust into the month of the ,patient, and a

cock beingturned, which is fixed in the tube, the-'hiod passes
into the mouth, and the patient necessarily swallows some of
it. _,Mr. Frank would
,not converse at all. When pressed to
take his food, he wouldiay, " I can't, Dr. Wright. He said
be was very wicked, but he uttered very little. It was not ne--
-cessary to .use. force. He was only threatened, and he .gave
-way. I should say his degree of derangement was .greater in
1817 than before. I saw him last night. I think him unfit to
!manage his property. I hale no doubt that he is' incapable to
manage himself and his property. 1 saw him in February last.
I was requested to see the state of his mind in order to make an
affidavit. I thought him-id a cahet but • very weak-state of
mind. He did-.not appear to be his own master. He told me
that he was going to York to-Morrow. Dr. Dickenson Was
present, and said, " No, Mr. Frank, you are not going- to
:York—you are.going to town." He seemed to haVe no will of
his own.
Examined by Mr.- PEp vs—Alternate elevation and clepres-
sion-are characteristic of almost all cases of lunacy ; thoseonly
excepted of determined melancholy. ..
Examined by. 31r. Buounnast—He did believe that-vio-
lent constipation of the bowels.-would affect the intellect. There
were cases cf inveterate. constipation continuing for fourteen
weeks,.without affecting the-intellects. -He had known consti-
pation produced fiy agitation-of mind, but :he had never known
the-intellect to be affected. by the bodily disease. .11e did not
believe that any such effect would be produced by constipation,
however eevere. He had-seen Mr. 'frank on Monday and last
night. He began on Monday by .saying that Mr.-Frank` bad
not used him.well. This he said in order to prove the state of
.his mind. (Witness answered generally to. a series of-ques-
tions put by. the Learned Gentleman, that Mr.-. Frank had not,
at those last-interviews, discovered any of the instances of aber-
ration and uncleenness which had -been spoken.to by the other
witnesses.) .
the Socicrrott-GENERAL..—Witness described -a con-
versationwhich he had with Mr. Frank upon theSe.proceed-
ins.. Mr. Frank said he was ill-used, but lie took no pains to
show-witness how.; .and seemed to take very little interest in-the
inquiry. . He answered,,questions, but would not originate con-
versation. His daughter.--was present on Monday, and dir.
Lee. -Witness-was with him only a .few minutes. Varied tht
topics in-order to get him to talk, to,whicli lie was-little in-
clined. To other questions by the Commissioners, witness
repeated his evidence of the defective state of Mr.: Frank's mind
since October, 1816. He t-was consulted -about a-deed which
was understood to be a beneficial deed. He advised. -that the
deed should be laid aside until Mr. Frank would, get well.—
Witness thought that he -would recover, but not to manage
his property nor to execute a deed. Witness thought that
he was never in a state of mind to -be able to do. either--of

these things. ..
.Etty• Bunt, examined by 111 r. WAKEFIELD.—Lived .in
Hull in .IUIB. I let lodgings there. i\liss Fountain took
them. .I don't know how lung she stayed there. She turned
out tube Mrs- Frank. She was then living separate from her

husband.
This evidence was, after a aho:t argument from
.Mr.
Brougham, put aside, with the consent of the Solicitor-General,
because nonotice was given to. Mr. Frank of what Mrs. Frank
was doing, while, they were separated.
• Alra.,Alaria .Nicholls, landlady of. the Woolpack Inn, Don-
easter,kmv, r. Frank in 102-2 am. 11.823. . Saw Dr. Dickenson
and Mr. Frank on the 19th and two following days of.lune,
1823. Mr... Frank introduced Dr. Dickenson ; they -dined toge-
ther three days. Mr. Frank , ordered coffee—he had two or

three pots, and ate three or four toasts, nine poached eggs, a
pint of champagne, and as ponge cake. :This wasat•one or.two
o'clock in the morning. lie was. a very noisy customer. .He
rapg,..the bells, and called for-chamber-maid, waiter, ostler,
and boots.. _4e had no horse—he had a horse-whip. He said
'he had;.got- an estate. to sell, and wished me to. purchase. He .
wanted to sell it in building lots. -He wished. to, build a theatre
and a Methodist chapel. Bement into his room; I don't think
he went to bed at all. He made noises—he rang the bells all
along. An the morning he ordered breakfast. .11e'expected
Dr. Charley and Mr. Bransom. He cried out " Tally-h 6,"
and. other hunting sounds,' in • his bed room. I sent to Mr.
Fisher, and he came. Mr. Workman came.. also : he is the
steWarit. Mr. Frank left.the house with one of them. Be slept
at my house'a second night, and was equally as noisy. •He 'took
a pinto'' champagne at breakfast. He was at my house on the
Sunday following. He was.going to Campsall church, and took
two bottles of champagne,.vith him. He called from the win-
dow to the ostler to bring a ladder, that he might get out.
Examined by Mr. BROtiotiAm.—What-did the champaigne
stand him in a bottle,;l2s.?—Oh, more than that. Sixteen ?
—Yes, 15s. or 16s. Now, if it's a fair question, what does-it
.stand you in ?-4Much daughter.)
Chatham, a tailor at Doncaster, examined.—Saw Mr.
_tra wilp,,sspf the women of

Hull. He said he could always please Mrs. Frank tips...
Dr. Dickenson...l said, " For shame, Mr. Frank !" He used to
come into- the shop, and war to Spar. Once or twice witness
was obliged-to giveltini a gentle hit. His dress was no ways
particular.
WilliaM Short, waiter at the- Dog and Duck, at Hull,
knOwS . Mr. Frank...' He. was...a...customer -of the house.—
He would order something, and then ring the bell-three
or four times before it could begot. ' lie conversed principally
on women--wanted to know 'it' there was a fine girl in- the
town. Ile mentioned one-,nr• two--Slater and Pearson. lie
would go about to the shops, and buy things for them., lie
mentioned a new gown and parasol, ..which .he sent witness to
pay for. After that lie.dined. He wished .me to send some
one with him to show the way. to Slater's. I sent some one
with him, and he reinahled darn-401w night. The following
morning he.gnt his breakfast. .11e.went with- Pearson too. It
was the second time he came to our house. When Mrs. Fi•ank
came to our house, lie was with Miss Pearson. Sirs. Frank re-
mained-while he came in. He praised me for a trusty servant,
and said he would trust me with any thing. Mrs. Frank asked
how he was going on. 1 told her his proceedings about women.
Sir.. Frank was present, and said.that Pearson pleased him
more than any other woman. Airs. Frank said she was very
glad to think that be had met with such a person as Miss Pear-
son. She asked me if I knew her. .1 saidahe was a very nice
woman of that description. Mrs.. Frank said she would have
no objection to Miss Pearson living within a 'mile or so,
to keep Mr. Frank at home. • I Said that, she was so fine a
woman-I wondered how she could let Mr. Frank be driven
from home. She said that it was his fitncy to go about with
different women, not for what he could do with them.—(The
conversation was ca inued in terms too revolting for 115 to re-
peat.)—!-Ie had seen Mr. Frank take Miss Pearson in-a coach
to the theatre at Beverley. ordered the chaise. I saw a
female companion with Miss- Pearson. lie was very liberal ;
made frequent presents of' -wine; he sent two dozen to Miss
Pearson.. lie used to-send from other people's houses fOr
bottle or two, till Z stopped ,it by sending back word that he
could have no more: I considered bun unsound in mind. He
would send wine and presents to any girl he spoke to. He pro-
posed to establish the as'an innkeeper at Askell. He told me
that he was building many houses there. Witness talked with
him about Dr. Dickenson. There were reports going about of
his intimacy with Sirs. Frank, whiels . matte witness speak of
it.—Mr. Frank said it was nothing; he did not believe a. word.
of it.
The CouaT declined receiving particulars of-evidence re-
specting the deed.
- It was dated the 15th .of April, 1817, which was all the in-
formation upon the subject required by the Jury.
A deed of separation had been signed in January, .1817.
Mr. William Wentworth is a surgeon at Cambridge. In
February last he was called to
.the Eagle Inn, and saw Sir.
Frank, He said that the chamber-maid had thrown away some-
thing which he used for the excoriation of the —. It was a
1 lotion: He had no prescription, and there was none lest in the
phial. He wanted the bottle filled for lid. I told him I was
not in the habit of being consulted in cases of this sort. Ile
said that he did not come to Cambridge to be imposed upon.-
1 said I did not want to impose on him. I came- there to be
consulted as a surgeon, and that the conversation was at an
end. He said 1 might go about my business. My impression
was, that I had seen a very-odd character—that he. was a fool
or a madman—perhaps both.
• Mr. John Newby.—ls chapel clerk at Trinity College,
Cansbridge..__Xnew Mr. Frank, and-saw him there in February
last. He came to see the chapel. He wanted 'to see me, and
I went down to the Eagle Inn. He was at dinner, and a young
man of Emanuel College with bins. lie asked if an old friend
of his, Fanny 'Wells, was living. He would not mind 101. to
see her. From Fanny Wells he called for a bottle of sherry.
• Mr. Frank said that he was going to bring his son down in the
winter, to enter the College. The gentleman of Emanuel went
away. (Sir. Frank talked loudly of his amours.) He said tie
had left his carriage in London for his wife, friend, anti chil-
dren. He said he loved his children. Hospoke of inviting a
party to meet me and a gip at dinner. 1 took him to be a
'huntsman ;. be was dressed in a green jacket, striped trousers,
and white waistcoat. .1 remembered him at Trinity 18 or 19
years before. -I delft think he was in a sound state of mind.
Examined by Mr. Baouonass—klis conversation was in-
decent, and he unbuttoned and exposed himself shamefully.
,He swore at every word—his conduct was,any thing but ,like
that of a clergyman. Witness. promised to send him a bottle
of milk punch—had been celebrated for his milk punch—kept
a lodging. house for young men-; has a curious 'selection of
prints, but-not one•iirlecent. one—not one which the most
, modest lady. in the might not .look at without blushing.—
, (The question was put, over and over, if he had any pictures
with unclothed figures in them, anti the witness greatly amused
' the-Court by the varied tone-with which lie always made back