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JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE
PRIVY COUNCIL-(TIIIS DAY).

G')lllit.o4 v. THE Mario? OF EXETER.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
Mr. TOlaNF.it continued to say he did not mean to
contend fur one moment that their Lordships had not
the fullest right to examine into the doctrine, but the
distinction which he drew item that subject was that
they w 4 re to examine Mr. Gorham en the doctrine
which was contained in the Articles. If the Articles
of the Church of En; lend did, as he had ven-
tured to submit, constitute the code of faith
a the Church of England, he then submitted that
it was not competent for the Bishop in his examination
to conitiruee another standard of faith. The Learned
Counsel than took a rapid review of theescntence pro-
nounced by the judge iu the Ecclesiastical Court, with
the view of showing that he had proceeded exclusively
and erroneously on the expressions used in the rubric at
the foot of the baptismal service, and the declarations
of the Church of England, as the Learned Judge had
called them, in the sacrament and in the baptismal
servicsa. Having done this, the Learned Coun-
sel lconcluded by saying he trusted their Lord-
shies would arrive at the conclusion that this
judgment wes erroneees, and would decide in favour of
the appellant. The Learned Counsel then resumed his
seat at a quarter to two o'clock, baring spoken yester-
day and to-day eight hours and a half.
Dr. LUSHINGTuN asked Mr. Turner if he (Dr. Lush-
ingaen) had uedeistood him to say that spiritual re-
generation wad a change of nature and not of condition;
and was the gift of the Almighty; that it might bo given
bolero or after baptism, as the Almighty should think
fit; that if infants received it rightly, iu that case they
may bare received the grace t f God before or in bap-
tism; that baptism was the sien regeneration; that in
such a case ireants were engrafted into the Church, ac-
ccrdiag to the 27th Article; that if infants did not re-
ceive baptism rightly, the baptism had no immediate
spiritual eels ct; and that he (Mr. Turner) maintained
these doctrines to be proved by the Articles, and required
itemaliate acceptance?
Mr. TURNER replied that Dr. Lushington was sub-
etantially right.
Dr. BATroRD followed Mr. Turner on the side of the
appellant. In his apprehension of the case all the l‘gi-
timate argureente had been brought forward at length,
and most ah y by his Learned Friend Mr. Turner,
that could aeadbly be brought under their Lordships
attention ; and he (Dr. Bayford) should not therefore
detain theht L adAhips at any length. This was the
first time is cur history since the days of the Reforma-
tion, and since the articles of the Church of Engiand
were established for promoting sound religion in these
realm., in which a clergyman had had au adverse sentence
passed against him fur holding unsound doctrine, when
he had professedly grcundud all the doctrines which he
hals t err., on tl,e Articles of the Church, when he had
been defended explicitly on that ground by his counsel,
and when the adverse sentence went upon the assump-
tion thst he had not entertained any unsound doctrine
judged by the Articles ofithe Church of England. The
Church of England had been inclusive, and her
desire had been to spread her arms as Aidely as
possible, and to embrace as many of the inhabitants
of this country as she possibly could. The Learned
Civilian then quoted a great number of ancient ecclesi-
astical writers, with the view of fortifying the arguments
employed by Mr. Turner to show that the benefits of
baptism were conditional on the exercise of faith and
repcntsncc on the pact of the recipient of baptism.
Dr. ADDAMS then rose to address the Court on the
part of the Bishop cf Exeter, the respondent. Ile said
he had net anticipated that the arguments of counsel on
the other side would have conchnled to-day. He was,
therefore, hut ill prepared to proceed, having in fact
none of his boobies by hies at that moment. Under these
circumstances, would their Lordfhips expect that he
should proceed with his ingumeut this afternoon?
The Couscie signified their wish that Dr. Addams
onkl pror!ued.

Dr. ADDAMS would do so, and advert to such parts
of the case as ho could without the aid of his books.
ilia Learned Friend, Mr. Turner, had protested it was
unnecessary for him to enter into the circumstances out
of which this question arose. True it was he did not go
into the pnrticulars which led to the institution of the
present proceedings by Mr. Gorham against the Bishop
of Exeter. But he (Dr. Addams) must say that Mr.
Turner had contrived to allude to those cir-
cumstances in a way rather calculated to
give a colour of grievance to the character
of the proceeding on the part of the Bishop of Exeter.
Then, with regard to the obstacles and delay of which
Mr. Turner had complained on the part of the Bishop, in
the mode of conducting the examination of Mr. Gorham,
on his being presented to the living of Bampford
Spoke, that had arisen not so much from any
conduct of the Bishop's as from the evasive
and circuitous way in which Mr. Gorham bad
chosen to answer the single questions which the
the Biseop had put to him. Now, with respect to the
question at issue, whether the benefit receiued at paptism
consisted of the remission of original sin, or whether it
went to a further infusion of grace ; and, if so, to what
extent, or under what limits. That was not the ques-
tion. Thee were open questions on which the members
of the Church of Euglond might entertain very
different, or even opposite opinions. Mr. Gorham's
upeound-deterine, of which the Bishop of Exeter com-
plainsd was this—that he separated the benefit and the
grace from the sacrament altogether ; and he did not
admit there was any connexion between thorn. In fact,
he unsacramentized the sacrament. It was not the
question whether the doctrine maintained by the bishop
was or was not a true doctrine ; but the question wss,
whether it was or was not ,the true doctrine given in
the Prayer Book ? If it was not the true doctrine
that 1%3.6 a very good reason for altos ing the prayer-book,
. '
but was no reson for reversing this sentence. The
doctrine itself, as tested by the Scriptures, was not in
question. The question was whether it was the doctrine
of be Church of England? and their Lordships had to
consider that and no other question whatever.
The Lea! n-xi was proce-ding with his argu-
ment when the Court ecljterrned at a quarter to four
o'clock until ten o'clock on Friday morning.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON
THE EARL OF ALBEMARLE.
(THIS DAY.)
An investigation, in the nature de lunatico in-
grirendo, vs as gone into this morning at Farrance'3
Hotel, before Mr. Commissioner Barlow and a highly
respectable jury, to ascertain the state of mind of th•
Earl of Albemarle.

Mr. Stanton attended on behalf of the parties pro-
secuting the inquiry, and Mr. Calvert watched the
case for his Lordship.
Mr. STANTON, in opening the cas,, stated that the
present Earl W 4 fifty-tbree years of age. At the
death of his father he succeeded to some estates of
considerable value in the county of Norfolk, yield-
ing about D,OOOl a year, but which were considerably
incurnbatd. Messrs. idedcalf and 'Voodhorne had
long need es the eo!icitors to the Keppel family, and
they bad undertaken this inquiry in behalf of the
Countesg, to whom his Lordship was married in 1816.
The question for the jury was, first, was or was not
his Lordship of unsound mind, and secondly, if he
was, when did he become so ? These were the ques-
tions the ja:y would have to d: tide after hearing the
evidence, and without detaining them with a
lengtheLed detail of the circumstances it would dis-
close, the Learned Counsel mentioned one or two of
the chief features of the case, and then proceeded to
call witnesses.

The first witness called was Dr. Sutherlaid. He
depo,ed as follows :—I have much attended cases of
lunacy. I was called in on the 25th of July last to
visit the present Ear!. I was called in by Lady
Albemarle. Colonel Koppel, and Mr. Parkin and Miss
Birne, were present when I arrived at his Lordship's
house. I found his Lordship excited, and I found
those physical symptoms which led me to be-
lieve- that he was labouring under paralysis
peculiar to people who are insane. There was a
trembling - of the upper lip. His Lordship
was in an excited state from having burnt his clothes.
Oa the 26th July he was received into my house
(Blackland's Howse), under the usual certificate,
signed by Dr. Southey and another gentleman.
When he came into my house he had a frequent
pulse, his head was very hot, and he was very much
impaired in his general health. lie told me he had killed
a broker at the sale at Willow-bank; he had attended
and had kn( eked the nose off another. On the tat of
August I met him in the garden at Blackland's, and
ho was crying. I asked him what was the matter,
and he said he had been up to heaven and there were
a million persons in the work unrepented, and that
his Saviour had commanded him to erect a guillotine
on that spot for their execution. From that time to
the 30th of October he had paroxysms of maniacal
excitement, exhibited by the usual symptoms,
such as hot head, quickness of pulse, uttering inco-
herently, and sleeplessness at night. It was suc-
ceeded by great emaciation and extreme exhaustion.
On the Ist of November I told him that his father
was alarmingly. ill, with the view of breaking to him
his father's d,ath. He then said his father was
fifty-five and he was twenty-five years of age. On
the 3d, when I went into the room he said he had just
returned from Austria, and had sailed hundreds of
times round the world. On the sth of November he
said he could take out live coals in his hands without
hurting them; that ne could make watches out
of dirt, v o;-th 5001. each; that he could
snake
that he and Mr, Cope were the richest men in Eng
land ; that they possessed Norfolk, Suffolk, Wales,
and Ireland. Oa the Bth I told him of his brother's
death. He asked when he died. I told him, and
he received it with great indifference, and then
he said he must be proclaimed king, under
the title of Charles the First. On the 10th
of November he said I must be mistaken as to
hislip... father's death for his tailor had brought him
Nit .._ .
kv On the Ist of December he told me
of money in different banks—he
radise Bank, and said his income
1 e Ile said also that he had valuable
. On the 4th he told me that he
and had been at the battle of
ed him how that could be, if he

was only 25, and he said he had died, and risen again.
i
I He said he had died three times, that he bad been
crucified, and had lived in the time of the twelve
Apostles. On the Bth he said he had killed 150 men in
fighting; on a former day he told me he had killed 70
He said, also that he was a very good winner, that
he had ran against the Hero and Flying Dutchman,
and beat them both. On the 11th he said he had
ascended up to heaven, and baptised 50,000, all of
whom he had thrown into the sea—one was a speckled
child, which he had killed. He had seen him this
morning, but he made no observations. He was
decidedly of opinion that since the first time he had
seen him he had been and still continues of unsound
mind, and unfit to manage his own affairs.
The Doctor was cross-examined by Mr. CALVERT,
Q.C.—He had not seen the Earl before the day he
was called in, and before he removed to his home he
had only seen him once. The excitement under
which the Earl was labouring might have resulted
from a paralytic stroke. There was a clergyman
present when he first saw the Earl, whom he believed
to be the Earl's brother. When the Earl first came
into his house he visited him every day, but since
then his visits had not been so frequent, owing to
an improvement in his state. Since the Earl
had been with him he had seen his brothers
and sisters, Mr. Steer, and Lady Albermarle, but no
one saw him without his knowledge. He did not
know how often he had seen his solicitor. The Earl
had had access to newspapers and religious books,
but he did not know what the books were. His state
was such that he might have access to books of which
he knew nothing. He knew that the Earl had access
to newspapers, because on one occasion he
told him that Bolingbroke was the first fa-
vourite for the Derby. On the 6th of December, the
Earl said to him, "I will put you in the way by
which you shall make a million of money with the
medicine you ordered me. It shall supersede cham-
pagne and claret." On the Bth he told him that he
had won 100,0001. at billiards of one of
the men at Blackland's. He was subjected
to annoyances in circumstances that were
likely to produce excitement. There were
actions as well as expression on the part of the Earl
to indicate insanity, for on one occasion he nearly
killed his keeper. On the Ist of October the symp-
toms of violence began to subside, and since that time
his excitement had been gradually subsiding. The
symptoms had now assumed a chronic form. The
Earl was dirty in his habits, and had a pecular habit
of rubbing his hair off his head.
Oa reexamination by Mr. STANTON, the Doctor
gave it as his opinion that the symptoms the Earl
was suffering from were of a permanent character.
He fancied now that he was in a convent.
By the COMMISSIONER—Is he here? Witness—
No, he is not.
By the COMMISSIONER—CouId he not be produced
here ? Witness—Why, he has expressed a wish to
get out of a convent, and it might be dangerous to
bring him.
By the COMMISSIONER—CouId he be seen in a
private room or at the Asylum ?
Witness—He may certainly be seen in a private
room ; but I am afraid of the excitement coming on
again and resulting in paralysis.
Mr. CALVERT said, under those circumstances he
would be no party to his being brought there, and
he would, therefore, suggest that the evidence should
be taken as far as it could go, and then the jury
should go, in company with the Commissioner, to see
the Earl at the asylum.
By a Juror—ln consequence of his violence the
Doctor said he had more than once felt it to be his
duty to severely coerce the Earl.
Dr. Southey was the next witness examined.—lle
said, I have directed much attention to diseases of
the brain. On the 25th of July last I was called
in to see the Earl, by his own brother, but I had
little opportunity of conversing with him. I, how-
ever, saw sufficient of him and of his actions
to convince me that he was insane. I
have since seen his Lordship at Blackland's,
I saw him on the sth of November, and then he
seemed to be labouring under extraordinary delusions.
lam now decidedly of opinion from what I have
seen and heard of him that he is of unsound mind, and
wholly incompetent to manage his own affairs.
Cross-examined—l have seen the Earl three times,
the 25th July, and the ith and 19th of November.
On the 19th of November he laboured under the
delusion that he was a fire-eater. He lit a piece of
paper at the candle, and twirling about, said he could
make jewels with it. He spoke repeatedly of his
inordinate wealth, and seemed to be quite lost upon
figures. Property, however, did not appear to be
the only subject of his delusion, for he talked of
his travels, and seemed to have strange no-
tions of time, such as that to-morrow
would be the first day of the year one.
He talked frequently of his skill in watchmaking, and
said he could make watches worth 5001. out of
nothing. lam acquainted with that species of para-
lysis spoken of by Dr. Sutherland, and I am de-
cidedly of opinion that it would be dangerous to
bring laim here to-day, since it might lead to renewed
excitement that certainly would retard his mental
recovery, and might prove dangerous to his life.
By the Jury—His Lordship has made some ob-
servations to me about his solicitor, but on these
occasions they have been rather the reverse of in-
dicating insanity. I have not seen him since the 19th
of November.

It was arranged that the doctor should go and see
his Lordship and return.
Mr. Get rge Henry Illus, surgeon, deposed as
follows :—I am surgeon to a lunatic asylum. I knew
the Earl of Albemarle about seven months before

the 25th July. I attended his lady, and had fre-
quent opportunities of seeing him. I saw him
in the 25th of July, and with Dr. Southey I signed
the certificate for his going to Blackland's. On that
thy, having been sent for by his lady, I found him
burning a portfolio and talking very incoherently
about his immense wealth. He told me that he had
knocked two men down. I never saw him so excited
before, but I had always considered him eccentric.
From the whole tenor of my observations with his
Lordship I was then decidedly of opinion that he was
of unsound mind.
Cross-examined by Mr. CALVERT—I was with his
Lordship on the 25th, about three-quarters of an
hour. I attended Lady Bury. His Lordship did
not appear to me to be a healthy man. I remember
being called up on one occasion to his Lordship, who
thought he had taken a black draught. It certainly
was a black draught—it was a phial of ink.
I administered an emetic to him, but how he took
the ink I cannot say.
By the Jury—lt never crossed my mind before
the 25th that his Lordship was of unsound mind ; his
conduct on that occasion was so entirely different to
what it bad been before. On the occasion of his
taking the ink, which was in May last, he seemed
quite conscious that he had been doing something
wrong.
Mr. William Crawley deposed as follows :—I
am an attendant at the house of Dr. Sutherland

and have been so for the last five years.
On the 21st of July last I remember
guing to the Earl of Albemarle's house in Berkeley-
square. I remained there all night, in consequence
of his Lordship being in a weak and excited state.
He was removed the following morning, the 26th.
He could not be persuaded to leave the house on the

25th. Since then I have repeatedly attended his
Lordship. I attended him for the first three weeks.
The Sunday following his removal to B:ackland's
he became very excited, and on the Monday morning
he got out of bed, and taking up a large water-jug, he
said "By God I will kill you." I sat up in bed, and
caught the jug as he struck at me in my arm. The
jug was broken into pieces. I then got up, and
having dressed his Lordship, he was removed to
another apartment, where he took off his coat, and
wanted to fight me. On occasions when he
was allowed to walk about the garden he
always wanted to eat the leaves ; when I would not
allow him to do so he became very excited. After I
had attended him three weeks I was removed to an-
other patient, but I returned to him on the 18th of
October, and have attended him since then down to
the present time. On the Ist of November his Lord-
ship told me that he was at the battle of Bunker's-
hill and fought with Captain Brown. Captain
Brown, he said, cut his head off and it fell on the
ground, Captain Brown then picked it up, and stuck
it on his shoulders, when he was taken home and
placed in bed. The next morning his head was as
firm upon his shoulders as ever it was, with the ex-
ception of its being rather shaky. On the 2d of
November his Lordship told me that when his father
died his youngest brother would be the Earl of
Albemarle, he himself being Jesus Christ. On
the 4th of November his Lordship said, 4,000 years
ago, he was called the Fire King, he then performed
at Lyceum Theatre, and the Queen used to go and
see him go through his performances, and when he
used to jump into the flames the audience shrieked
out. He used then, he said, to hide himself in the
coal, and refuse to return people their money. On
the following day after Dr. Sutherland had an-
nounced his father's death, his Lordship told
tr e that he could bring him to life again,
and introduce him to the world as Pope Pius.
lle said he had been round the world with Captain
Cooke, and returned with savages, who robbed and
pillaged the world. Ou another occasion he said he
was in an engagement and had his head cut off, which
rolled down a hill, and he ran after it, calling to people
to stop it. On 26th November he said be had come
down from heaven after the flood to redeem mankind.
A fter remaining upon earth, he ascended again to
heaven. On the 2d Dec. his Lordship said, when his
father died he met him going to the grave with his
butler. On the 6th of Dec. his Lordship called
me Alphonso. He said, Alphonso, I know what
I am now. I am Jesus Christ. I was crucified after
the flood. I have been dead three times, and brought
myself to life again. Yesterday, the 11th, his Lord-

ship told the doctor in my presence that his income I
was 490,0001. a year. I have seen him this morning,
and, although he is very quiet, he is certainly insane,
and has been so since the 25th July.
Cross-examined by Mr. CALVERT—On the first
Sunday he was under my care I found it necessary
to put a straight waistcoat upon him, but it did not
remain more than half an hour. His Lordship has
' not committed any outrage since the occasion
I have mentioned. About a fortnight ago,
however, he commenced slamming the door
violently, and on my requesting him to desist he
came up to me with his clenched fist and raid he
would knock me down if I interfered with him. On
another occasion he kicked me, but since the 18th of
October, except the incident I have just mentioned,
he has shown no symptoms of violence. He is now
tranquil, compared with what he was some time ago,
but there is no change in his state of mind.
Latterly a person named Charles Barrett has relieved
me in sleeping in his Lordship's room. I have fre-
quently asked his Lordship if he would like any
books, and he always said no; the newspaper is
enough for me. He has had one book since he has
been with us. It treats of consolation to sinners.
Horse -racing and money in the funds are
the topics he speaks of. He always seems
anxious to know the state of the funds. He has told me
that he was an officer in the army during the Penin-
sular war, and in the war he often saw soldiers have
their heads cut off, and take up others in mistake.
From his manner I think his Lordship believes what
he states ; he laughs sometimes. One day he
threw some stones in the fire and said they
would come out watches. His Lordship has
access to other patients in the garden, but I am not
aware that any of them are excited upon subjects
connected with the currency or the funds.
Dr. SOUTHEY, having returned from the asylum,
was recalled and examined. He said, I have
seen his Lordship, and he seems more quiet. I
spoke to him on the points of his delusion,
asking him if he made watches. He said
that was all humbug, but he made jewels. He said
he was 25 years, and on the subject of his property,
he said he had 30,000/. in the funds, and had re-
peatedly made by buying and selling. He said he had
been repeatedly engaged in battle, and had killed
many men, one of whose heads he cut off, and he remem
bered when he was a boy fighting and killing two
boys. From what I have seen of him to-day I am
decidedly of opinion that he is of unsound mind, and
incapable of taking care of either himself or his pro-
perty. It is possible, but very improbable, that he
may recover.
Cross-examined by Mr. Calvert--I believe that it
is necessary that his Lordship should be kept per-
fectly tranquil to admit of any chance of his
recovery. It would seem that he has overcome his
delusion about the watches, but when I spoke to him of
jewels he said he could make emerald drops. I asked
him about his property, and he appeared particularly
anxious to know the price of funds. He said he
frequently fought in single combat, and always killed
his man.
By the jury—l am quite satisfied at present he is
not capable of taking care of himself, nor do I think
it would be advisable to bring him here to-day. I
am not without hope of his ultimate recovery, but it
is highly improbable.
Mr. George Steer, of 24, Great Queen Anne-street,
the brother of Lady Albemarle, was about to be ex-
amined, when
Mr. Calvert intimated that he was in a position to
dispute his Lordship's insanity since the 2ith of July,
and he therefore hoped no circumstances would be
alluded to anterior to that date.
Mr. STANTON said, the evidence he was about to
put in would trace the insanity to the 231 of July.
The examination of Mr. Steer was then proceeded
with. I have known his Lordship for thirty years.
During that time he has been married to and lived
with my sister. On the 24th July I remember his
dining with me in Queen Anne-street, and on my
coming home I found him in my drawing-room
reading a religious book to my mother. There
was something peculiar in his manner which I had
not observed before. I repeatedly called him to come
down to dinner, but it was some time before be
would do so. At dinner he talked very strangely
upon religious subjects, and repeated the Lord's
Prayer aloud three times. It was so peculiar that I
asked him what induced him to do so, and he imme-
diately got up and said, " I will tell." He
stood for some time in an erect attitude,
and then rushed out of the room. I went home with
him, and on the way a boy ran by, making a noise.
He rushed at the boy, and said, if I had not been with
him he would have murdered the lad. I gave the lad into
the charge of a policeman, to protect him from his
Lordship's violence, and then I got his Lordship into
a cab, and drove him home. After he had been up-
stairs for some time his Lordship came down in his
waistcoat, and began talking in a wild manner about
his friends and his property. On the following day
1 went up stairs to him in his bedroom, and found a
fire in the grate, and the room full of smoke. I asked
him what he had got a fire for. He said, " Oh, I
don't know !" and on turning round I found him
without his shirt. I asked him what he had done
with it, and he said it was burning in the fire. I
asked him why he had put it there, and ho said,
"Because it did not fit me."
Cross-examined by Mr. CALVERT—I was of
opinion that on the 24th he was in a dangerous state,
and I suggested that some one should sleep in his
house to protect it. Up to that time I had uni-
formly treated Lord Albemarle as a person of sound
mind.

By the Jury—We had not finished dinner when
his Lordship finished dinner. Ido not know that he
has been in the habit of buying in and selling out
funds.
By the COMMISSIONER—He has never bad an
income equal to that which has been mentioned: He
had 5,000/. a year as Lord Bury, but I do not know
the amount cf his present income.
Re-examined—l saw his Lordship a few days ago,
when he told me that his income wa►s 440,0001. a year
and that the late Earl had left the Dowager Countess
100 race-horses. I am satisfied that his Lordship is
insane.

Miss Ann Beale, lady's-maid to the Countess of
Albemarle, stated that she had many years been in
the service of !the Countess, and knew his Lordship
well. On the 23d of July his Lordship cut up a
great number of pieces of paper, and pasted them
on the furniture: in the drawing-room
and his study. He said he was going to buy some
more furniture, and those he marked must be taken
away. He was much excited, and the same morning
he burnt a coat and some boxes of his own, in his
bedroom. He went out, and on his return he said
he had seen Mr. Fleet who could build a house like
that he had mentioned in &fortnight From what I
saw I believed he was in his right mind on that day.
Cross examined by Mr. Calvert—On the evening of
the 23.1 Mr. Edward Keppel slept in the house in
Berkeley-square,
Mr. John Neal, the servant and valet of the Earl,
was n,xt examined.—On Sunday, the 22d of July,
he told me to get a cab, and when I did so, he went
out, with the view of going to Mellington House,
and shortly after returned. I was at Mellington
House, but I did not see his Lordship there. On
tho same night he spoke to me differently to what he
had previously done before. On Monday, the 23d
of July,:.[ remember the wife of a coachman
coming with a bunch of keys, which I gave to
his Lordship, and at his directions I got
a cab and we drove to Mellington House. The
first thing he did was to search for one particular dog
—there were four in the house. He found the dog
under a bed, and his Lordship ordered me to kill it,
which I did in his Lordship's presence, and then by
his Lordship's direction I buried it in a particular
spot while his Lordship went for a rose-tree which
he afterwards planted over the dog's grave, and said he
should call it his dog's rose. He then directed me
to pull down the looking-glasses, and he assisted me
to do. He said he should get rid of all the furniture,
as he intended to have it replaced with new. I then
returned to Hounslow-square, and when his Lordship
came
withthe
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the stable excepting this one, and then, by his
direction, I destroyed two other dogs. I did not do
it at first, his Lordship seemed so very strange ; but
he requested me to do so a second time, and I did as he
ished. I killed two dogs, and set a larger one at liberty.
I returned then to his Lordship, and found him in
bed. He asked me what I had done with the dogs,
and I told him. He seemed very much pleased, and
laughed in a strange incoherent manner. Some time
previous the first dog had bit him ; his Lordship
said, and his reason for killing the others was that he
knew it would displease another party.
Cross-examined by Mr. CAL-vela—His Lordship
was in the habit of having a fire in his room in July, but
I am not aware that tlothes were burnt on the
Monday.
By the Jury—Mellington-house was not his
Lordship'a own house. On Monday the 23d I told
some of the servants I thought his Lordship was
insane. I was afraid not to disobey his Lordship's
order about killing the dogs.
Mr. Woodhouse, the solicitor, stated that he was
acquainted with the circumstances of the Earl of
Albemarle. During his father's life be had 9001.
year. The estates he had succeeded to were valued
at 9,0001. a year, but they were considerably en-
cumbered.

This being the whole of the evidence, the jury now
retired for an hour, to enable a portion of them to
repair to Blackland's house to have lan interview
with the subject of the enquiry.
The jury having returned,
The Learned COMMISSIONER summed up the whole
of the evidence, and after a short consultation the
jury came to the following verdict :
",That Augustus Frederick, Earl of Albemarle,
Viscount Bury, and Baron Ashford, is of unsound

mind, and is incapable of managing himself and his
affairs, and has been so from the 23d of July, 1849,
and ever since.:

IRELAND.
(raoaz OUR CORRESFONDENT.)
DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING, DEC. 11.-7 he
only thing just now occupying concern amongst the
quidnuncs here is the case of Captain M'Manus, an
ancient Lothario, of seventy-two, who, after swind-
ling (as alleged, for the trial is not yet over) a young
industrious woman out of her virtue and money,
afterwards endeavoured (as alleged) to drive
her from the country by a series of de-
famatory persecutions in the shape of letters.
The case occupied the entire of Friday, and
was then adjourned until to-day, one of the juryman
(Alderman Tagart) being obliged to hold a court for
election of town councillor yesterday in the Castle
Ward, at which Mr. Martin Burke was returned
without opposition, vice Mr. John Reynolds, M.P.
The country papers received to-day are but two or
three. A Cork paper of this morning, and two
Belfast ones, are the only " provincials" that come
this evening, and they do not bring a particle of news.
THE FUNDS—(THIS DAY.) STOCK EXCHANGE
Three per Cont. Consols, 96,1—Ditto for opening, 961
—Three and-a. Qua! ter per Cent. Stock, 96—Bank
Stock, 203—Royal Bank, 1 1 —National Bank, 18i—
National Insurance Comr any, 19 Midland Great
Western and Royal Canal, 244—Waterford and Lime-
rick, 81.

ROYAL EXCHANGE. —Mining Company of Ir,:land, 5
—Midland Great Western and Royal Canal, 24k.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)
We stated in our last that although extremely
little business had been done during the week, and
the tendency of prices had continued unfavourable,
yet on Thursday and Friday offers were made for
yarns and goods, in some insLnces for considerable
quantities of the latter, which showed that the buyers
were beginning to think the time at hand for the
advantageous execution of their orders. Indi-
cations of the same kind have been more general
to day, imparting an improved tone to the market.
The appearance of a little more life in Liverpool has,
no doubt, had some effect on our exchange; as have
also, and in a greater degree, the advices by the recent
overland mail, which, on the whole, are of fair
promise. Though the transactions in yarns have
been of very limited amount, they have certainly
exceeded those of last Tuesday. Some purchases
hare been made for India, and even for China,
both in mule and water twist; in the former up to
No. 50's inclusive. For Italy there has been rather
more inquiry; and the Greeks have shown them-
selves a little in this department; while the home
manufacturers have been accepting some of the
lowest offers they have met with. The Germans hare
been the least inclined to operate ; as, at this season
they can ship but little. On the whole, the* is an
evident increase of firmness in all kinds and numbers,
except, perhaps, those above No. 60. We are glad
to note that the spinners of 20's water, the most de-
pressed of all counts, will not not sell at their own
quotations of a week ago. The improvement in
goods exceeds that in yarns. The finer printing cloths
are firmer at previous rates; while the quotations
for the lower qualities are 10. higher. At lid,
under the current prices, the shippers would operate
freely in 40-inch shirtings, up to 60 reed, which marks
a fair improvement since this day week. If the terms
offered some day s back were submitted to, the sales of
low jacconets would be considerable. In the light
fabrics here enumerated some operations of fair extent
have been effeett d. In domestics, the slight advantage
previously gained is fully supported; and for T
cloths there is rather more inquiry.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have had less business
transacted to day than on the preceding Monday, with
little change in prices. The wool dealers are asking
better prices for the raw material, and in some in.
stances have obtained them.

MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have only to
reiterate our report of the satisfactory condition of
trade in this town, which is working well for the oper-
atives, who are fully employed and earning good wages.
The manufacturers Lave made fresh progress in the
sale of their goods, and there appears every
probability of a good spring trade at fair remunerat-
ing prices. We understand that there are houses
working on orders which extend to some months
hence. The dyers are plentifully supplied with work
and busy. A steady business is doing in the raw
silk market at late rates. The stocks of thrown
silk are lighter than they have been fur some time
past.

HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The principal busi-
ness that has been done w•as with a few buyers of
job lots. The wool market continues firm, and the
business of the district may be considered healthy for
the season.

lIALtrAx, SATURDAY.—The demand for worsted
goods, both plain and figured, continues steady, with-
out any material change in prices. The spinners are
still full of orders, and most descriptions of yarn sell
freely at improved rates. The sales of long wool are
considerable, and prices are very firm, with an upward
tendency. There is also more inquiry for short wools
at rather advanced quotations.
LEEDS, TUESDA Y.—Pair market both on Saturday
and to-day. More done to-day at the White Hail
than fur some weeks past. Manufacturers pretty
well employed and stocks low. Prices very firm, and
in consequence of the advance in price, wooll will
probably go higher.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Bminghall-etreet.
F. J. Ablett, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire,
draper, Jan. 5, at eleven—J. Jacobs, Canterbury, auc-
tioneer, Jan. 8, at twelve.

In the Country.
W. Plumley, Bristol, poulterer, at the Court, Bristol,
Jan. 1, at eleven.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
I. Roberts, Mold, Flintshire, draper and grocer, id.,
on Thursday, Dec. 13, or any subsequent Thursday, be-
tween eleven and two, at
,_the office of Mr. Turner,
Liverpool.
I. Booth, Crewe, Cheshire, draper, 64.1., cn Thursday,
Dec. 13, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
G. L. Richardson, Liverpool, cutler, 81d., on Thurs-
day, Dec. 13, or any subsequent Thursday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
F. Berner, Birkenhead, tea dealer, on Thursday,
Dcc. 13, or any subsequent Thursday., between eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
J. Everall, Whitchurch, Shropshire, chemist and
druggist, Is. 100., on Thursday, Dec. 'l3, or any subse•
quent Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office
of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. W. English, Poultry, chemist and druggist, Jan. 4,
at eleven.

In the Country.

J. Sweden, juu., Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire, farmer,
Jan. 2, at half-past twelve, at the To‘vn-hall, Kingston-
upon-Hull—J. Saner, Kingston upon:-llull, tailor and
draper, Jan. 2, at hall-past twelve, at the Town-hall,
Kingston-upouliall—W. Howett, Liverpool, broker,
Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Has-
kayne, Liverpool, merchant and ship broker, Jan. 8, at

eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—R. jellety, Leicester,
cabinetmaker and upholsterer, Jan. 4,. at eleven, at the
Court, Birmingham—T. Wood, Leicuster, timber met.-
chatt, Jan. 4, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—J.
F. Heathcoat, chemist and druggist, Jail. 4, at eleven, at
the Court, Nottingham.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.

A. Webb, Wakefield, Yorkshire,see;inae;ehant, Dec.
6, certificate of the third class, after Z 1 days—W. Gar-
rod, Hackney, draper, Dec. 5, certificate of the third
class, after 21 days—J. Carey, of Shepton Mullett,
Soluersetshire, printer, I), c. 7, certificate of the first
class, after 21 days—W. J. Bebell, Gloucester, ship and
boat builder, Dec. 7, certificate of the..first class after 21
days—J. Lloyd and G. Lloyd, Brit atington, Cheshire,
builders, Dec. 7, certificate of the third class— W. Pit-
field, of Tottington Lower End, Lancashire, Dec. 10,
certificate of the third class—G. 333 ier, Kirkbeaton,
Yorkshire, stonemason and contractor,, Dec. 6, certificate
of the third class, after 21 days.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOM VED.

J. Wrigley and W. Wrigley, Husie-ads:Within-Sad-
dleworth, Yorkshire, cotton yarn doublers—C. Andrews
and N. Wyatt, Modbury, Devonshire,. lime burners—ll.
Walker aLd Maria Walker, Leeds, tea, dealers—S. Lin-
coln and J. Bennett, Sackville-street, Piccadilly, hatters
—D. Davies and W. M. Maxwell, (a doxten Colliery,
Glamorganshire, colliery proprietors- W. Buckley and
W. Knight, Oldham, brassfounders--(1 B. French and
J. Bullock, Primrose-street, Bishopsgs le, City, iron fence
manufacturers—G. Rawlinson, G. .Boughtun, H. C.
Hextall, and R. Johnson, Cheapside, milkmen (so far as
regards the said G. Boughton)—T. 'W. Cross and J.
Chappell, Leeds, American pail man teacturera—S. N.
Gamble and W. Lockwood, Liver sedge. Yorkshire,
worsted manufacturers—R. N. Long mild J. Holborow,
Wotten-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, is illers—S. Willis
and S. Gardner, Birmingham, button z inufacturers—T.
Hill and G. E. Hill, Birmingham, linen c rapers—J. Tate,
W. Jamieson, and R. Jamieson, Dula afield, Cheshire,
cotton manufacturem

INSOLVENT PETITION ERS.
Samuel James, Builth, Brecknockshire, cordwair.er.
William Car ter, Alton, ILmpslaire, p 1 as Aber.
Pl.cebe Taylor, Darlaston, Staffordshire.
Benjamin Chat&eld, Petarsfield, Ramp aibire, baker.
James Wil,on, Alton, Hampihire, tar.
Thuophilus Knowles Ridley, Pencona*DF , llerefordshire,

farmer.
John Hart, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staff-br hhire, grocer.
Nathaniel Gordon, Great, Marlow, ackiughamshire,
veterinary surgeon.
Jehn Wesley Tiramis, Middleport, St aff ardshire, watch-
maker.
William Winter Wood, St. Alban's, core imainer.
SCOTCII SEQUESTRATE )NS.
U. Campbell, Cumnock, Ayrshire, vvi no merchant, to
meet thx. 13 and Jan. 3, at one, within the Crown Inn,
Kilmarnock.

R. Paton, Paisley, wright and ticnbe r merchant, to
meet Dec. 17 atd Jan. 7, at one, wilb4 I the Saracen's
Head Inn, Paisley,