The Sun.
London, England, 1814-08-05 00:00:00

PRIVATE MAD 1-VOUSES.

BOW-STitarra---On Wednesday an investigation
• into • some proceedinas at a private mail house,
took place at the Office, which commenced at
abmit•eleyen o'ch;ck in the morning:, and did not
tinish.till- nein. ten at night, and indirectly brings
. the regulations' of these receptacles for afflicted
insaose .petsoos, under the cognizance, of the
Yo
James Knight, formerly a keeper employed •in
tishefs bouae, toiver 1-lington, appropt hoed as
a private toad-house, for persons vvhose relatives
or friends call afford to pay for their being, taken
care '4, - t Raided • before Mr. NAL{ ES, the Sitting,
•Mq.,,:istrate, to exhibit a complaint against Geo.
• . one of the present keepers, for violently
aassaulting and otheraiae Mr. James
•Liiiibitly, .one of the persons unfortunately Con-
-filed in that house. •
On the Magistrate investigating the-ground or
cauae for assault and ill-treatment exercist..l
I.hayige Purcell against Mr.-Limbray, it dhl not
'appear -that it WaS tt lA!CeSt,i.CS'y pother' exercised
over the afflicted man, or that coertiola, -which it
is sonietimes ueeessary, the keepers of insane per-
sons should have the authority to exercise ; but
that the assault 'nod ill-traatinent complained-of
W4S 4 wanton act, quite unnecessary to his good
management, and that it arose from an act of rea
VI rrae• oil the part of Parcel! against LiMbray. - It
appearealathat at the tbrie„ the latter was playing
• :It trap-ball in the play-ground, observing Purcell
at' II 'window with some young women, he called
to him, '' Ah, George, what ate von after the
girls againi:•" at wilicit Purcell was extremely (lis-
- pleased and enraged, came down stairs and at-
carked Limbray most furiously, kicked orpashed
Nil! in the small of his hack,. piuioned him, and
at length put on aatrait-waistcoat.
• ' The ilS,i4Ult tO the Magistrate with -
rmt•a sufficient provoeatio.n, and unnecessary to
the good management. of Mr. Linabray, Mr.
NAtas-a4greed to dispense with the lisital custom
.grantiwa a warrant for an assault upon the in-
forinaton, upon oath, fom•the party assaulted,
and under the circumstances granted a waraant
for the - apprehension' of George Pureell, on the
infwination and oath of James Knight.,
Un Wednesday morning, Cox, belonging to
this Office, was dispaaelied to Fisher's house, Is-
liagton, to execute the warrant, accompanied by
Knight, to point out the .person of George Par-
cel!. They arrived ot•Fisher's house abo•ui eleven
o'clock, and having gained admittance, Knight
painted out the person of George Purcell ; the
woman who keeps, the house then appeared. Cox
s`niWed her his warrant, when she refused to,let
him take, any :ierson out of .her house, and she
actually gave orders•to the loot-keepers not even
tcalet ti'e ()dicer leata the house, in consequence
ot.which they turned the keys on him and kept
Min a `prisoaer for about tWo hours. James
FaZght, the witacss, being allowed to depart,
proceeded from Ishigton to Bow-street Office,
anal gave information of what had loninened, %%ieu
NARES dispatched two other Offiems to his
• as;is.:mee, who having gained admittatice 'into the
house remonstrated with toe woman who keep;
th< house on detaining the Officer, when he was
allowed to depart and. bring with hint George
Parcel), as his Prisoner, soap after one o'clock.
On their arrival at the Office James Knight at-
tended and repeated the testimony he had given
to induce the Magistrate to grant the warrant
against Purcell.
The pi i,iontar produced 'William Mintier another
of the assistant keepers in Fisher;s-house, to con-
trovert what James Knight had stated, but On an
iovestigation of this witness it turned out that he
had assisted Purcell in his attack tiponMr. James
timbray, and in consequence he. was taken into
custody and ordered to liad hail, as well as. George
• rureell to answer lot the assault at the ensuing
Sessions tot
.the county. -
Mrs. Limbray, the wife of the unfortunate
• :lathes Limbray, attended during the investiga-
tion. She stated, that her husband was employ-
ed in the Imperial Insurance Fite Office, but lost
the situation owing to the unsettled state of his
Ater he had left the ofke he wandered
about the 'country spending his money and con-
.suming his property lay, %chid) obliged her to
have as consultation of Physicians ripoii his state;
consisting of Doctors Monro, Ainslie, and Powell,
a-trtl they pronounced him insane, She waA asked
to prod:tea the Doctors- certificate of hiss derang-
ment. She replied that she had not got it with
her,. hut that it was at home ; she • confessed,
however, that the Doctors had omitted to sign it.
She made no complitiat •repecting the treataient,
4.f bet husbkrid.
,She is left with six small
children. •
- Mr NAREF thought that he lioaltl not be &-)-
.
jug his platy if he suffered such a violent and out-
rageous art as Mrs. liaskerville, the keeper of the
douse, had committed, in making CON; the con-
ductor of a party of pat roll!, a prisoner for about
two hourFl, witkottt notice, and accordhigly, on
the information, on the oath of Cox, granted a
• ,ivarnint against, and diSpat'2hed Dickons to iippre-
liend her, who 1N ought her to the Onlee between
• eight and nine o'clock, and after a short-time her
examination was gone into before Mr. PataNta,
which did not conclude till near ten'o'cloelt.
• Mrs. Baskerville alleged, that she thoWght the
Officer was come-to apprehend-or tah'e.
bet house Mr. Limbray, who, -being ir.patiant,
she deterniined he'alitoild tint be tat-en gait till Dr.
Sutherland Caine, who she expected at the tins!
very shortly from St. Luke's. Shc rainiessed her
,taolt 111 niaLing a tarisoncr of the elliarr, and oat-
fribute4 her ni froliiinCt 'lO the flurry ,:ate n/a5
beiag the last tittle she ever had a Cons-table 'An
bee house.
Mr. BIE•rtE tOld tier, it NrAT, not Dr.lSatlaarla.tul
• 'icing present, that could at all have justified her
cQuduct the warflint was a le!4al ainhoritY, and
'•
the 4klagistree asked her how :die could (fart. to
, „make a prisoner -of the Constable, who teas the
• o&—e', ard •airived-witl 1.• 1 •
aaang s • • IPS fltt. vnAty,
mini who, it appeared, had 3 iiewn he.r his,Warra t ,
which, she aelalowledged, but declared she did not
that it was ag-aiust George Purcell, although
Magistrat< pointed Oat to her that the name
was written very large and legible, and in the
mast conspicuous part of the watrant.
avers.l34aliervilie was 'aslacti 'she, had a licence

'for'the.house F..:,he'repko natt,; bitt had it
'not with her. She %vas asß'ed it was 'not an tit-
common circinnstithce for female. to keep*such ti
house: She answered it w:'::-4,not,; she had know's] •
several instances where femilles had licences grtni't-
ed ' them by. the College. Dr Sutheiland was
concerned with her in the house, but Isis name did
not appear.
Mr. iticumkos,ots, the Mr.gistrate, \VII& was
sitting, on the bunch with Mr. Btazite., said he
was a subscriber to St. Lake's, nod as such ‘visli-
cd to ask her it it Was known to the Governors Of
St. Luke's that Da.. Sat herland was concerned
With her in her house Mrs. llaskerriile replied
they did. Dr: ButherYand had purchased Dr. Sim,.
tumid's share in her house. in consequcnceof
Dr. 'Siitherland having a share in her house he did
not certily.to it.
MAvLeoaouGH-SinET.-r-ThOMOS ,nogSter, was
• resterday 'charged with stopping- Wm. hardy on
the King's highway, putting him iii fear,—and
taking Trort his person a watch, ribbon and gold
seals. The prosecutor stated, that, he was looking
on at a boxing match in the park yesterday morn-
ing, when he was attacked by-the prisoner, Who
snatched his Watch, from his fob and made
The prosecutor, however, secured loin with the
property in his possession. The, prisoner was
fully Otrunitted for trial. Several ilclipoeliets
were charged Nvith depredation's in, Ltydc•irark,
and committed for trial.