The Sun.
London, England, 1813-04-26 00:00:00

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Bow-3,rrtr.iT.—On Th urst!,iy man ITM:" bron At
from the ,Sugar-loaf public •
house, in Di.urV-
lane, ellarged with an, assault upon a ivo.
man- at that - house, under the following
circumstances It appeared that
.: the
man -resides on Wimbledon Connuon, and keeps
fowls, and had found an egg in One of .her
nests, on which she -described. an inscription
_to
'appear, '' Buonaparte will (lie this year. She
concluded this was a supernatural ciretunstinicc,
and brought it. to London to show her sister, who.
keeps the Sugar Loaf public-house as above ;' she
called lita:,,friends and customers together to see
the marvellous act of _natcire. Among them, was
the man charged with theasstulf, Who; it seems,,
had been attracted:to vice:, theextraintltnary act
of nattwe, 'who, it appeared, while she wils ex-
Whiting the egg, gave her a blow on her arm by
design, which ktioaked the egg out of her hand
and broke it. The.witnesses who attended ad-
mitte.d and .confirmed that an inscriptitm to
above effect did appeal' on the egg in question,
but whether it Was an act of nature or of ,_rt (J2'
artifice,-they could not certify. Mf. N.si cs, the
Sitting Magistrate, advised ti!C man to make the
matter up with the woman, and they retired for
that purpose. On their tetarn with the officer,
the mini stated, that the woman had demanded"
10/.„as a remuneration for theloss of her egg,
The 'Magistrate considering the demand extrava-
gant and exorbitant, dismissed the complaint.

MAnanovsr.s.—Ori Friday, between twelve and
one o'clock, infornmtion was laid before Mr.
NARES, that a t,,,:ntlenran of the name of Brazing
wits illegally con‘ined in su Madhouse at Bethnal-
green,.under prett4nee of being insane. Mr. NAlli.S
granted a mullions, calling upon Mr. Rhodes; Cie"
keeper of the inad4iouse, forthwith to produce the
gentleman, before hint .at Bow-street.
At four O'clock the parties 'appeared. 'Mr.
Ci:42.set.t. attended as Counsel fof Mr. Hazing:
Mr. NAitts first called upon the sup-posed lunatic
to make his.complaint.• _He Stated, in a very cut
lected manner, that in thc,e.arly part of his hfe'he
had been extremely imprudent and dissipated, but
that his habits were afterwards completely reform-
ed ; that in July 18114 hrinsell
with reading the Vicar of IVakefield, -be was in-
veigled int° a coach under. some false pretence,
and carried to Mr. itliaLs's, madrhnuse 01 Beth-
nak;reen ; that be was -there_ treated as ati. ma-
niac, although. fully in his- senses ; that he was
'cut oirCroM all correspondence wiih 'his friends,
and that a-letter he %I-rote to,the. Lord Mayor was
intercepted ; that iirtiliT4;', situation intolerable,
in the negiuning of March lst he made his es-
cape at the hazard of his life ;'that he lived quietly
and peaceably for a fortnight, when be was again
seized and carried-back to the mad-house ; that he
was there put. into a strait ‘vai,4coat, and chained
to his bed ; that he contrivedimwever, to have a
letter sent to. Surgeon Birch, of Spring-gardens,
(at
.whose instance this application was made),
describing his deplorable condition, and that his
elder brother had lately died, leaving-a large for-
tune, runt lie was hisiteir-at-law.

Mr. Rubins said, Mr. Bazing had been origin-
ally sent to his linuse by the parish, under the cer-
tificate of a Mr. Simmons ; butt he allowed that,
during the whole of the time Mr. B. had been in
confinement, his conduct had been tinier, orderly,
and rational, and no. symptom of .insanity was
visible about him. fresh certificate accom-
panied hi,n when lie kv.n.S brought back the second
time. The.visiting physicians had been-to Mr.
it's house, Without any -complaint being•made- to,
them, and he thought he was. justified. in keep-.
ing a patient till they ordered him to be dis-
chatted..
Mr. Birch the surgeon, Mr. Morris the surgeon,
v.ho had formerly been in the habit of attending
tzingi and several others who had known
great Mintber of years, then deolared that
they came forward voluntarily on his behalf, as
bvinti an oppresed man ; that they had always.
conceived him to Oe perfectly in his, senses, anti
'fliat they were exceedingly surprised to heir that
he had. In.,cl4ti, a mad-house.- Several certifi-
cates to the same effect were, likewise produced.
Mt:, e.xpresse;l considerable indignation
that Mr. Rhodes should have kept a Gentleman. in
continementilenly two years who betrayed .no
Syniptoniof insanity ; and observed, that it would
havL,. becu a ;ninth fittkr thing to have sent word to,
the vis;ing 4..'hysirialAs, that there was a person in
his boa-ie %rho appe::.l-,.!il to be improperly ccnitiac :.
As far as he had authority, be ordered.Mr.Bazing
to be discino•ged. As it was a matter,. however,
in which the public were' most tr eply intereSted,
be wished into be still farther investigated. Dr.
Currie, the physician, had particidatly studied.
the regulation bf iad--housess and he .should -try
to ptocure his prlefice. another day y; when he
retinested that- both. Mi. Rhodes and Mr. Bazhig
would attend. .

Thii they both very readily agreed to; and Mr.
likzhig was inntiediately liberated, and walked
Off frith 11:s friends.

Ntr, CAMPBELL, in returning thanks to Mr.
An ;s for his patient investigation of this.extrm-
ordinary ease,, said, he had no doubt the humane
interference of'the Worthy Magistrate bad pot
'only rescued this indiyidtial from oppression, but
would lead to important pnblie benefits. ,

Iluffey
.Wltik and Richard I ayward on Friday
undehvent an exaMination, charge(l on sospitiou
of being concerned- in breaking open robbing the
. Canterbury bank of between 8 and 9,000/.
It. appeared by the evidince of several Witnesses
that the, prisoners were in London early on the
Monday morning 'after the Bank had been robbed,
and were introdticed to a man, to whom they of--
ferell a variety of notes and bills for sale for less
and to induce the Man
than their noininal value ;
to purchase them, 4aid be might do it with great:.
safety, as they ~i.ere.out of .the Canterbury
,Bank
S.attn..lav niht„ and the rokbiry would not be
discovered till -the time they were then treating
for the sale of its booty, and the discovery and
pli;suit vat ld be Very much impeded, as tbey ilsld
I.)::.ikit an instrument in one of the locks. This
Proved to be tile ciie,.as part of an instrument was
tun at w one' of the Joeks.7-7Tlm4, were remanded.

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