The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-02 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

. .
- THE LATE 'HEE. AT OIID CAVENDISH-Fri:EFT.
Yesterday a jury assembled at the Bti(falo's
Head, New-road, 'before T..Sithr..iiqo, Esq., tbe Coroner, to
inquire into the deaths of threafernales,'who lost their limes by
-the late dreadful fire in Old Cavendish-strket.l._ Tlieintmes
given were Mr's: Mary Ann .16fies,.111 iSS Alargaret Motes, and
at girl nap-led ElizabetbOraves.
Jones stated, that he occupied the house destrOled. by
"fire in 0/it CaVendiSh-Street, where he carried ott lb/. business
of a tailor.. On!Fridaynight; about ten o'clock, all his .family
had retired, and he was sitting with 'a gentleman-dills ac-
quaintance, named Holmes, in the front parlour, about hail-
past ten<clork, when he heard a loud noise in the back par-
r lour, like the. falling of a heavy body... That room was fitted
up a.saa cloth room or shop. .He immediately went to ascertain
the catigt-tirtlfenoise, and perceived a strongstuell•of fire, On .
opening the back varfour door helliseovered the room' full of
smoke and flames,,, which burst.out upon him, and singed the
hair of his head'and scorched his fape. lle had only time to
call out that the,house *as on ire,'arid- to beg of all above stairs
to escape, when the flames extended evety way; au'ildlai'lras ob.
liged to fly' for his life. There were Then in,the housg„).4inself.,
the deceased. Mrs. Jones (.Who-was his houiekeepenlantrher two
sons.; Miss Morris, who occupiedrrooms on the second' *or ;
the servant girl and her sister, whose body has not .beerk.found ;
a foreigner, who occupied the first floor, and„his .seryant.
They escaped.. by the first-floor front windoW, as did Mrs.
JOnes's sops. He heard the cries of the :unfortunate' pefson:,,.
but could render them no assistance. (Here the witneos.-4.mrst
into-tearso The flames ascended with such tremendous rapidity
that neither life nor goods could he saved, andit was;initlossible
to ascend by ladders the front of the house: The'youtlis eratatt-
voured to save their mother, but she fainted, and they hail
only time to save their lives. The witness had been:emit% his
supper with his daughter, alto was also in' the room wifk him
and Mr.'lltdmes, when he was first alarmed, . He was riot' in-
sured, and his loss was-to a very considerable amount. r
In answer to some questions from jiircirs, the witness said he
had been in the room where the fire first originated; atiourpoi-
'pti§t nine o'clock,' with a lighted candle, but he did not,see any
spark fall from it. • He could not say how *the fire orizinvd.
Another witness-deposed to precisely.tlie..same effecirr,antl,
in addition, described the agonized appearance of Miss Arorris
and' the .girl'S'graini at the windows, but.no huMal),aidePAl
;each them before the flooring fell; and they were precipitatrd
into the. burning.gulph. It was stated, that on this ileitis wit-
nesied by the crowd, a scream ,of horror burst from. one, ex-
tremelo the other-of the street, and several periore sunk o i.tl,c
groutidin fainting fits.
. The Jury went %to the. workhouse_ to `perform the ati .9f
looking on the remains of the unfortunate persons,tanti'2;*llL
thmiist dikressing was witnessed. The bodies iverer.Aedtly
entirely..99munwd. • - •
. -
Qn the return of the Jury they returned a verdict or !•:.tttti-
dedftilly \burned to death." .
.The-body-of Betsy (haves; als6 a young female wi) 1:4:..d
cOme.on.the evening of the-fire on a visit -to her sister; being
subsequently found r. in the ,Iruins, another.. in lurst, with"::;e
same result,. was 11.0.2 On. her,.

•.. • •
ArAsatai Saunday
inliabitetiits HathiWosmith
ed, abodt half-past six o'clock, by a, yontrg...fe-
male, very respectatAlly dressed, apparently'vf •
about 20 years of ageobeing discovered ..by the
ostler of the .Geor4e pfnblic-house,
broad-way, nea.r:.tfie Wtil.ch-linuse, With all; her
Clothes tied'pver. her lie irnmediitely.ee.
leased. her from th.n...Siitnaiibn, when be found-.4kwe
in a dying'sAate,
(with pit' of her tongue
'cur -off. She:-/Wasconyeyo to the .workhouse,,•)J6,t
before she could receive any medical-assistance,
the poor creature breathed her last. It is'isnpr.
hosed that tholi:vifortunate young woman, whs,
a • perfect stra4tr in' llarnmersmith, ,wa s. Am!.
_Way to 13rentfeird, .and :was beset by soine;Ajf.
flan!, who ill used ber,, and robbed-her
shawl and other things., as no property was fina.nd
upon --her. •Two pets'ors• were seen coming fro_ m.
the Broadway about an linxtr,.prei;iiiiiS to`the.tli;i.
-cover), *taking Place,- The body' lies 'at. ,the
workhouse to be owned and aWairi(te:cprone.riii-
.
Inquest.
A few days agO Ihe::s.6ciety. or :A.T41404.0f;
• Pigeons at Antwerp , to Paris.
fly for a prize. • They were let fly in the French
capital at seven o'clock in the morning, and by
noohnomo fet. h els,ahme e day
firstarri thirteenired u oft themtalf had
-past reach-
edeleven
o'clock.

Ei4FCTIONEERING SPECULATIONS.

Tice Jobbers in Seats, for want of other
employment, are very industrious, in endeavour-
ing to excite contests at the next General Elec-
tion, particularly in the large and open towns and
boroughs. They conceive that, from the strong
and:unanimous feeling which prevails in all-the
large places against the Catholic Question, that
the Protestant Interest will, at the present mo-
ment, prevail, and that many individuals of great
respectability will now:offer themselves as Can-
didates, who, under other firCUMStal)Ces, vc-ould
not. Among several places, it is said, the follcv-
ing are likely to be -contested.; -but many- of
which; from our own knowledge, we are satisfied
will not be disturbed •
louden
ootithwark
46aint Albates
'Arundel
Bridport
Boston
Colchester
Canterbury
- Chichester
Carlisle
C Imbridge University
Ditto Town
Cricklade
Chippenharn
D,!vonshire
Dover
Durham., City
Edinburgh, City
Evesham
Exeter
Liu ildford
flrimsby
HNldon
Huntingdon, Town
kiull
klythe

Ipswich
Lewes
Lancaster, Town
Nialdon
Maidstone
Northumberland
Plympton
Petersfield .
Poole
Queenborough
Reading
Retford
Sandwich
Shoreham
Southampton, Town
Stafford, Town
Sussex

• Somtrsetshire
Sudbury
Taunton
Wellsf City
Wigan
Woodstock
\Vootton Basset
Westmoreland
Yarmouth (Great)

EDINBURG7I.—On 'Wednesday last, at a meeting of the
Town Council of Edinburgh, a letter from Sir JOHN MAR-
-JORIBANKS was read, announcing his intention of withdraw-
ing from the canvass for the honour of representing that City
in Parliament.

ARUNDEL.—On Ay last the Annual Buck Feast of the
to7poratior. of Arundel took place at the Norfolk Hotel; the
v mison, as usual, having been presented to them by his Grace
V,e Duke of NORFOLK.

LANCASTER--The Borough of Lancaster, which, thirty
years ago, was a scene of so much Electioneering manoeuvre,
w.,en the heavy purse of the late Sir .TAMES LOWTHER op-
posed the independent interest, will be severely contested at
the next General Election.

RE AM xG.—After all the premature exertions of new tandi-
dstes for the borough of Reading, we understand that the sitting
Members will again be returned at the ensuing general Elec-
tion, without any formidable opposition.

RETF_ORD.—The present Members for the Borough of Ret-
ford are expected to retire from Parliament at the end of this
Se lion. Capt. DuNDAs, brother of the patriotic Lord Dun-
DAs, and Mr. JOSIIIIA WALKER, the banker, are -expected
to be returned without opposition.

Hutr..—On Friday last, GEORGE COULSON, Esq. was
elected an Alderman of Hull, after a severe contest, in which
the numbers of burgesses who voted were—for Mr. COULSON,
673; CACUS THOMPSON, Esq., M 3. There were colours,
processions, and squibs, as at an election for Members of Par-
liament.

HUNTlNoDozi.—Borough Interest—The late Lord SAND-
wircii, who was well known both at Eton and Cambridge by
the cognomentum of "JEMMY TWITCHER," having the
privikve of appointing a chorister at Trinity College, presented
that Soeley with one, not only, ignorant of music, but also
destitute of the three essentials necessary to make a singer,—
voice, taste, and ear,—and for no other reason was he appointed,
but because he had a vote for Iluntingdon—This gave rise to
the following pointed

EPIGRAM.

A singing man, and carnot sing,__
From whence.arese your patron's bounty
Give us a song ?—" Excuse me, Sir,
" Aly voice is in another county."

Although the residence of so many of our
rountrytnen on the Continent has been felt by
tradesmen, the more observing begin to see good
arising out of it, from the gradual introduction
there of a taste for many comforts, that ma; be
termed peculiarly English, and the supply of
which must for some time he derived exclusively
fpm British markets, and in no article is this

amore manifested than in the extended orders re-
ceived from the continent for carpets. •This taste
'has received a new impulse, and although many,
.41-versed in the science of political economy, at-
tempt to depreciate the substitution of machinery
for manual labour, we are glad to find it increas-
ing. in every branch, and in none more than in
carpet weaving, since the consequent cheapness of
this valuable article of domestic ornament and

convenience will materially contribute to its in.
troduction among the middle classes of society
throughout a considerable part of the continent,
farticularly throughout the northern districts,
where its utility, it is obvious, must be fully ap-
preciated. The extensiom of this manufacture
from British looms will be of the greatest conse-
quence, because the wool used is entirely of Bri-
tizh growth. We feel therefore warranted in
14islting success to the very ingenious establish-
ment recently projected, and about to commence
in that article at Battersea ; it is a similar prin-
. ciple which has enabled Manchester, Glasgow,
Leeds, &c. to nearly monopolize all markets for
their manufactures. Recent experience has shewn
that perhaps there is no article, the manufacture
of which may be extended with more- advantage
than Carpets, even in this country, but still more
for exportation to the Continent, where they have
but recently been introduced : and it may be
anticipated that at no remote period it may be
nnmhered among the staple manufactures of time
country, and deserving, in common with them, of
every possible. encouragement.

The other day, a female was apprehended on
a Justice of Peace decreet, for ninepence. •The
gaoler, on receiving the usual fee of one shilling
at incarceration, paid the debt, and set her at
liberty.—(Dundee Advertiser.)
Oae of the Lion-Tiger Cabs, belonging to
Atkins•s Royal Menagerie, died a few days since
al..Rye, in the lap of a female, in consequence of
the extreme heat of the weather. This curious
animal, which is said to be the same the Duke of
lonic once put in his pocket, has been since
ten:omitted the British Museum.

COMMISSION OF LIJNAC'Y.

IN THE MATTER OF THE REV. EDIV 111 D FRANK (1

SUPPOSED LUNATIC.)

This •was a case suntlar to the Portsericolth
cause. It was a commission under the Great Seal, authorising
the Sheriff to summon a jury to inquire into the fact whether
the Rev. EDWARD FRANK was a lunatic of unscund mind.
The writ was in the nature of a de litn6tico inqairendo, and the
jury were summoned to attendin the Great Room, in {lrays'-inn
Coffee house, facing the street, and on that account subject to
great annoyance from the continual passage of coaches. Eleven
o'clock was the hour appointed, hut the Chief Commissioner did
not arrive till 12. Mr. Brougham- arrived express from York,
being specially retained for Mr. Frank. His sudden appearance
in the room excited a good deal of interest and surprise. The
Commissioners were Mr. Phillimore, Mr. Whitemarsh,, and
Mr. Carr. The Counsel for the Commission were, Mr. Solicitor
General and Mr. Wakefield.- For the Heir at Law, Mr.
Pepys and Mr. Knight, by vii tae of an order from the Lord
Chancellor, empowering Mr. Bacon_ Frank, 'or -his Counsel, to
.
appear, in order to watch the evidence. Against the Commis-
sion, arid for Mr. Frank, Mr. Brougham and Mr. Spence.
The following Jury were then sworn : Ricirann
BIRNIE, Bow-street, Foreman; Sir James Willianis,
Kentish Town ; Mr. William Forsteen, Hans-place;
William Humby, Pall-Mali-place ; William Wix, Isling-
ton ; William Creighton, Brentford ; Joseph Smith,
Gray's-Inn ; John Jackson, Silver-street; .Tames Agar,
Holy-terrace ; Charles Stable, Terrace, Kentish-town ;
James Mansfield, John-street, Bedford-row; Thomas Framp.
ton, South-street, Finsbury Benjamin Cooke Griffinhoofe,
Kentish-town ; John Lewis Blackmore, Norton-street ; Isaac
Smith, ditto ; Joseph Spicer, Gray-street, Marylebone ;
George Ilornby, North-place; Richard Latham, Great Rus-
sell-street Thomas Richard Read, Claremont-terrace ; Rich-
ard Carpenter, Goswell-road ; Francis Stedman, Barron-street;
John. Inwood, Euston-square; William Bryden, Tavistock-
square.
The Writ of Inquiry was then read.
The Chief Commissioner (Mr. Po im.rmottE) then stated
the nature of the inquiry. The jury were to inquire whether
the Rev. Edward Frank was a lunatic, enjoying lucid inter-
vals, or whether he was a person of sane mind, and capable of
managing his own affairs : for it was now decided in law, that
a person labouring under lunacy or unsoundness of mind, which
consisted in being subject to the influence of a particular-delu-
sion, rendering him unfit to manage his own affairs, was to all
intents and purposes of life in a state of lunacy. If they should
so find, they would mark the tune at which lunacy commenced,
and say whether there was a continued delusion of mind, and
report the result of their inquiry to the Lord Chancellor. He
would merely add, that the whole business should be conducted
like a case at 2Visi Prior.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then addressed the jury, pre-
facing' his observations by alluding to the great noise, in the
street, which made it difficult for him to make himself
sufficiently understood, but he would endeavour, by their next
sittings, to find a more appropriate place. The first question
for their consideration was, whether the Reverend Edward
Frank, clerk, was of sound mind and understanding, or of un-
sound mind and incapable of managing his own affairs; and
here they would fix the point of time that he became unsound,
if they should so find that he was a person ,who ought to have
bee-i placed under the protection of a commission of the Great
Seal. • The period of time was material as to the -interests of
the heir at law, but totally immaterial as to the commission.
The-Jury must say, in their return, whether he was a lunatic ;
but that was not material in point of law as to property trans.
' Mr. BROUGHAM observed, that by a late decision under a
-commission of lunacy, the verdict of a jury had been given in
evidence to invalidate the transfer of property by a lunatic.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL would admit that fact, but
questioned the propriety of the new doctrine laid down. But
the verdict of the jury was only presumptive, not conclusive
evidence of the matter. In the present case, it. was not neces-
sary that they should confine themselves to the use and import
of the word " lunatic," for it was only a word of new creation,
and it had been decided in the case of a .Mr. Pamnure, of
Essex (where the jury had returned a loose verdict, that he was
incapable of managing his own alThirs-from extreme old age),
that his unsoundness of mind, arising from infirmities, was a
sufficient case of lunacy. Lord Erskine had settled this point,
which was confirmed by 1 ord Eldon. Lord Erskine had
approached the subject with the consummate skill of a
lawyer, and the acute science of a metaphysician. The
word " lunacy" was of new application. Formerly, in
the old law books of Coke, Littleton, and others, unsoundness
of mind was denominated by non compos nzentis. •It was
therefore unnecessary to load their minds with the distinction
of terms and metaphysical discussion respecting the classifi-
cation of cases, or the general opinion of medical men, as to
what constituted unsoundness of mind. Ile would at once
proceed to give a succinct history of this unfortunate gentle..
man's malady, or rather his character and manner of conduct-
lug and he would clidcarum tv utnizpic33, itS moo,
as possible, rather than amplify, the relation. The Reve-
rend Mr. Frank was a clergyman of the Established Church,
and was descended from a very ancient and respectable
family in Yorkshire, and possessed of property amounting to.
8,000/. a year. Ile had besides two livings, one of them in
Suffolk, and the other in Shelton, in Norfolk, worth about
1,4001. per annum. He had a family of several children, of the
ages of 21, 19, 16, &c. In 180 e he married a young lady,
named Sowerby, and 1812 Mr. Bacon Frank died, leaving hint
possessed of the family estate. He had lived principally at
Shelton, but his wife prevailed upon him to go and reside at the
splendid mansion of Campsall Park, in Yorkshire. In 1814 he
was at Campsall, but he principally resided at Shelton, while
his wife lived in Yorkshire. In 1815 a new and very consi-
derable performer appeared on the stage, in the character of
Mr. John Dickenson, whose name would be echoed and re-
echoed through the eourt. A more notable performer in this
or any other matter, could not be found than Dr. J. Dickenson,
who was capable of performing in any drama whatsoever.—
How he got his dignity of Doctor he (lid not know, but a diploma
could not be purchased without expence, and the money might
have been supplied from a quarter -which he would not then
name... He made his appearance at Doncaster in 1815, where
an. advertisement appeared in the Doncaster Gazette, on the
part of-Dr. Dickenson, promising to cure all sorts of rupture to
which the human-frame was unfortunately liable, whether it was
with children or adults. He had cured 1,800 cases. Children of
four years of age could be cured in three weeks, and men of 50 in a
-month.. The advertisement was dated April, 1815, and signed by
'the rupture-doctor. Whether the doctor cured or caused ruptures
'he did not know, but it not unfrequently happened that those who
undertook to cure ruptures were called in by persons who had no
ruptures at all. However, Dr. D. was called in by Mrs.. Frank
to cure—he (lid not know whether she had.a-rupture=but he
was called in to cure two of the children, the youngest was 12
years of age. He did not know whether the doctor got his de-
gree at Oxford or Cambridge, but he contrived to get complete
controul over Mr. Frank, his wife 'children, and even his pro-
perty. • That the woman was abandoned, was beyond all doubt.
The rupture-doctor got into the house, and afterwards the lady
wrote to her husband at Shelton several letters, recommending
the doctor in the-strongest terms as a man, who for 401. a year
performed the medical duties of the family. She wrote one
very strong letter indeed, and in another she said that the doc-
tor lived with her at Campsall-hall. She was quite raptured
(he was going to say ruptured) with this doctor; but the most
barefaced adultery was practised between them. In 1816, Mr.
Frank being taken ill in Norfolk, she and the rupture-doctor
-went to attend him; and even there she carried on her adul-
terous intercourse. Letters containing allusions of the most
obscene description were written by her; and these might be
produced if called for bylhe jury, who would see, by the per.
usal, whether the mind that could conceive them was not en-
tirely gone. The case strongly resembled the Portsmouth case.
She wrote to her husband-one letter inviting him to fornication ;
for, speaking of a black or fair girl, she said, " .As for Maria,
I dare say you work her plagecily hard ; but pay her libe-
rally," This was dated July 10, 1815, while ,she was car-
rying on adultery in Yorkshire with Dickenson, and inviting
her husband to commit similar abomination in Norfolk. What
did they think of the mind of such a man ? He would not say
that because a man was profligate he was therefore mad ; for
a man might be of the most abandoned, loose, and profligate
character, and yet be not of unsound mind. He would instance
one.case in point—that of Lord Audley, in the reign of Charles
Ihe.tiecond, where the grossest abominations were practised
from design and the mere spirit of wickedness. That was suf-
ficient to shew that profligacy did not constitute madness.—
But here they aaw ,a man conducting himself, and suffering
others to conduct him, in a manner totally unbecoming the
character of a man, a:Christian, and a clergyman—in fact, in a
manner proving himself to he quite deranged. She went on to
say in the letter, "You must come home-sound wind and limb,
and tell me is there any prospect of your corning this year or
next? I ametscure in a cool constitution, or you might take
a run down for a short time, and not leave me consuming."—
( Laughter.)—He never saw letters like them ; it was impos-
sible that a woman writing such letters could believe him in
his senses. He would say that a man who conducted himself
so on the subject of women was as much mad as a man who
thought himself, in the fantasy of his mind, a King or Em-
peror. In 1816 he was beyond all doubt as confirmed a mad-
man as any confined in St. Luke's. Any thing in the shape
of :woman set him in commotion—his mind was all alive to
the witching illusion. .The fringe of a petticoat, a flounce,
or the mere colour red or- white, awoke his fancy, and he was
ali impatience to marry the lady. Nay, he would fancy that
the lawn sleeves of Dr. Bathurst, in the Cathedral. Church of
Norwich, adornedft lady, in his prolific fancy, and would talk

of her till people supposed him perfectly deranged. About the
end of 1816, he was induced by some respectable persons to
consider the state of his property ; and in 1817 he executed a
deed of separation from 'his-wife. Ile wrote a letter to a friend,
saying, he would .never live with his wife again, and yet, to
complete his disgrace and degradation tenfold, he consented to
live with her again, and to endure that scandal and disgrace of
the rupture. doctor to continue as an-incubus on the family :up
to the present time. The doctor made his first introduction in
a s;mif-coloured or cinnamon coat; and if they found him in
1825 assuming the complete controul of the property, how was
it possible for them not to see.that Mr. Frank was unfit to ma-
nage his own affliirs In 1817 he assumed the tone of reason,
and made provision for part of the family; and in May, 1818,
he • wrote to his sister, saying, " that his wife was the most
abandoned of women, living with that most impudent, swear-
ing, low-likd fellow, Dr. Dickenson ;" but in 1821 he went to
live with her. What would they say of the intellect of such
map ? But more than all, in 1825, after he had abused the
Doctor, he ate up all his words, and suffered the Doctor to live
with hint. What would they • say of him who believed the
Doctor to be his friend after the scenes of 1813, 1821, 1825 ?
In November, 1821. he went to live with her at Winthorpe, in
company with the Doctor.
Mr. BuouGIIAM objected to any thing being stated as pass-
ing between her and the Doctor, without having been brought
hone to the knowledge of Sir. Frank.
The SOLICITOII-GENERAL would ask the Jury whether
the man was sane for one moment after 1821, who could go to
Winthorpe, in the neighbourhood of Newark, and there reside
in a cottage, in a place called Pelham-street, with his family
and the doctor, while his wife was with the doctor. She
there put on a white sheet--a white robe of purity, but not of
penance. No, no ; .it was not sanctified, although her daugh-
ters Miss J. and R. were there. The same wickedness was
carried on—the same—
Mr. BROUGHAM here begged that the witnesses might
retire. •

The CHIEF COMMISUJIONER assented to this, but said that
the members of the family might remain.
Mr. BitotrcitAx—Of course no member of the family can
be here to hear their mother called a
The CHIEF COMMIS3IONER-111r. Frank himself may
remain.
Mr. BROUGHAM—Oh ! it is impossible that he can be
here.

The CrizEF CorststisstoNEn—Yes, he may. I
Mr. BuoticaAm —Oh ! Sir, it is 'impossible, quite im-
possible.
The CHIEF COMMISSIONER.—Such things have been; we
have seen it.
11r. KNIGHT said that the heir at law (Mr. Bacon Frank)
declined to attend.
The Sor.rcuroit-GENT:rtar. proceeded. The petitioners to
the commission were Miss Catherine Frank, sister. of Mr.
Frank, and Mr. Thomas Jones Bellamy anti Charlotte, his
wife.

The CHIEF COMMISSIONER.-31r. Bellamy cannot stay in
the room if he is to be examined.
[lt was here understood, we believe, that Mr. Bellamy would
not be examined]
Mr. BROUGHAM.—Not examine Mr. Bellamy!
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL resumed.—Eleven years had
run on since the cinnamon-coloured-coated doctor had attended
RodOlphus (one of the boys), but whether he cured him or
not did not appear. He lived with Mrs. Frank, the ‘• fair
penitent," • who had put on the white robe of purity. In
' May, 1822, all the parties were found pigging together in the
dirty low cottage. They would suppose that the husband
slept with the wife ; but, no, he slept at an inn, and the doctor
and she slept together. Not even a skreen was put up on the
window, but a coat was hung up there to hide their orgies
from the gaze of the passer by. At Doncaster the Rev. Gen-
tleman asked two persons whether they knew of a place where
was 2,000 and that he had been intimate with the half
of that number. He said that he could please Mrs. Frank better
than Dr. D. could. Addison said, in one of his amusing papers,
while describing a coquette, but she was outside all form, and
inside eau tie lace ; but the brain of this gentleman was a se-
raglio—(laughter)---for his thoughts and conversation were al-
ways about women and brutal sexual intercourse. It was his
constant existence. Bleeding in the arm was considered sexual
intercourse in the Portsmouth case. In 1823 the parties were
traced to a hotel at Askerne, where the same scenes of ribaldry
and indecency were continued. What would they say of that
infamous man (the doctor) not only administering to the
lascivious:propensities of Mr. Frank, but actually bringing a
strumpet into the house where the Misses Frank were, and
demanding of her to give up the keys ? Would they believe
that Mr. Frank was in the' house at the time ? Yet so it was.
ALDOncaster, in 1823, he talked to a lady about setting up a
-coaeli and jockeys; and ai Stamford he kept ringing the bells
at the inns, to the great annoyance of the waiters. He had a
theatrical turn at Grantham, and another at Stamford, where
lie made a speech to the waiters about the beautiful Miss
Foote. His visual powers were short, for he could not see far-
ther than a few yards before him, but he supposed that he saw
Miss Foote on the stage; for a petticoat swimming betbre his
a;.,..a...a 4eaas;aattua, was sumcient .o complete the delusion
that Miss Foote was present. In fact, he was deranged. In
1825 lie gave a bond to Mr. Dickenson, at the Adelphi ;
but in Cambridge lie behaVed more fantastically than ever. He
told a student Of St. John's College, that he had slept with two
women, with his shirt oil: But the whole of his conduct was
not the effect of wickednesa, but delusion—it Nyas a continued
course of derangement and systematic madness. At Yarmouth
he walked over the bridge with two prostitutes, in utter contempt
of every thing descent or rational. The Learned Gentleman
stated several other actions of a similar nature, and concluded.
by saying that he had sent in one place for the son of the land-
lord of an inn to a place where he associated with a number of
worthless girls ; and for what purpose ? merely to tell him to re-
move a trunk from one room to another. Here the common faculty
of memory was lost ; she mind was disordered, and the man was
altogether the victim of delusion and obscenity. Dr. D. had now
the receipt of the rents, the possession of the wife, house, and
property. He had stated but one half,—not one-tenth of the
acts of wickedness, profligacy, and abandonment, which dis-
graced Mr. Frank—which disgraced his wife, children, al.('
ruined his property. But were these acts of a man of sound
mind, or the involuntary acts of a mind demoralized, and which
had given up the direction of every thing to the controul of ano-
ther ? In conclusion, the case was one of loss of sense and rea-
son. ,In the Portsmouth case, the Jury returned a verdict of
" unsoundness of mind." Ilere the individual was as mad as
an inmate of St. Luke's, but the Jury would return a verdict
according to their judgment, and say whether Mr. Frank was
not a proper person to be placed under the protection of the
Great Seal, fiom the unfortunate state of his mind, and the me-
lancholy consequences resulting therefrom.
Mr. PENS wished to know the time at which he fixed the
malady ?
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said it was immaterial.
Mr. Bitotionaat thought it important.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that he did not wish to
overturn the deed of 1817 (deed of separation).
The CHIEF Com at issiox En decided, that according to the
decision of the highest legal authority, the earliest period
should be taken.

Iredale--I resided at Doncaster for 22 years; am a
coach-proprietor. I have known Mr. Frank for 25 years. I
know John Dickenson ; he came to my house about March,
1815, and took lodgings. He was afterwards joined by his wife
and two children. He carried on business as a doctor. Pa-
tients came to him for advice as to ruptures. They were the
lowest class. Mrs. Frank called about two months after he
came, in consequence of an advertisement published in the
Doncaster paper.
[Here a long discussion took place respecting the admissi-
bility of evidence touching the advertisement; and the Com-
missioners at length decided in favour of Mr. Brougham's
objection. ]
Witness continued—I introduced Mrs. Frank to the,doctor.
Mr. Frank did not go to Oainsborough as he intended. He
got out of the coach between Ilawtry and Doncaster. He went
about six miles, and gave me a sovereign for the fare. He
asked where Mrs. Riley lived, and if knew where Mr.
Dickenson and Mrs. Frank were about to take a house. I told
him that Mrs. Riley said people would not take Mr. Dicken.
son and Mrs—Frank inon hearing their ,character. He said he
was glad of it, as it would put an end to their system.
This was in the summer of 1023. His son did not hear the
conversation. He said he wished to buy four or five of my
chestnut horses, and he would give 5001. for them, as he
wished to run a coach to Askerne and back. I would not
take the 5001., because I thought it wrong. The horses were
worth about 20/. or 251. each. I saw him afterwards in the
summer of 1823, in a steam-packet, going from Thorn to Hull.
There were about 40or 50 persor s on board,ladies and gentlemen.
lie said, " There are some fine women on hoard; i am going
down to Hull, and I think I can man them all." I said, " Mr.
Frank,you should not talk so in the cabin." The ladies got upand
retired. I told him —" Mr. Frank, you should be careful ;
there are some very respectable ladies here." He said, " Never
mind that ; if you will go and fetch them in one by one, I can
-- them all." Ile said that he had spoken to the steward
of the packet to get him six or eight fine girls. He appeared
shortsighted. His appearance and manner were not those of a
sane per on at this time. His conversation was not coherent and
connected. In the .first place he would begin talking about
horses, and then change to women. Ile finished one subject
before he began another. I recollect the doctor leaving my
house (where he resided aboutfive or six months), and going
to Campsall-hall.
Cross-examined by Mr. Bnou Girasr—l mean about finish-
ing one subject before he went to another, that he first spoke of
horses, then went to women. I was examined in Chancery. 1,
did not ewear any thing that toolcplace at • G ainsborough and

T E AItM Y.

A detachment belonging to the 7tll Dragoon
Guards marched, yesterday, from Westminster for Bristol, on
route to Ireland.

Detachments belonging to the 12th, 43d, and 65th Regiments
of Infan try, marched, yesterday from Westminster for Plymouth.
A detachment of the Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards
marched, on Saturday last, from Westminster for Canterbury.
A detachment belonging to the 4th Regiment of Light Dra-
goons, marched, on Saturday last, from Westminster for
Maidstone.

Detachments belonging to the 44th, 45th, 53d, 57th, 59th
and 82d Regiments of Foot, marched, on Saturday last, from
Westminster, for Chatham.

READING, JULY 30.—0 n Tuesday last, the officers and
men of the Berks militia were disembodied, the period of actual
service having expired. Upon the arms being returned into the
store on the day previous, Colonel Ravenshaw expressed his
approbation of the conduct of the men, and the very rapid pro-
gress they made in their military duties.

NEWCASTLE ON TYNE.--.The Chamber of
Commerce, and the merchants of this town, haVe resolved to
present an elegant Tureen, value 100 guineas, to CHARLES
OGLE, Esq. as a token of their estimation of his official con-
duct during the many years he has held the collectorship of the
Customs in this port; which important office he has recently
resigned.

OPENING OF THE GOOLE CANAL.—On Thurs-
day last, a party of the Directors of the Aire and Calder naviga-
tion proceeded in one of their boats, suitably fitted up for the
purpose, from Ferrybridge, where their new canal joins the
river Aire, along. the whole Hue, into the docks at Goole; this
being the first vessel which has made the voyage. They found
the whole of the works in such a state of forwardness as to
warrant the expectation that the country will have the use of
its great facilities ere the setting in of winter. This magnifi-
ant work is nearly 18 miles in length, has 7 feet depth of
water, and is 63 feet wide on the surface ; it is crowned by 16
stone bridges of elegant construction, and 8 cast-iron swivel
bridges ; and 15, or more, culverts, all of solid masonry, are
laid under the canal, for the purposes of draining, and also of
warping the lands adjacent. At Goole, it is terminated by a
large basin or dock, for the Teception of river craft, 900 feet
in length by 150 in breadth, which communicates with another
dock, for the reception of ships, 600 feet long by 200; from
each of which vessels are passed by locks into an outer harbour,
300 feet by 200, which ;communicates by two other locks or out-.
falls with the river Ouse, immediately adjoining the entrance of
the Dutch river. . The whole of this stupendous undertaking,
which has been executed in the short space of three years, does
equal credit to Mrs. Joliffe and Banks, the contractors, and to
Mr. George Leather, of this town, the engineer.