The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-05 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sia—The interest you have always taken in
every thing which regards the Army and Navy,
induces me to request that you will insert in your
valuable Paper the accompanying copy of a letter
from .1. MAct.Eaw, Esq. Chairman of the British
Merchants at Lima, to Lieut. GLASSES, of the
Royal Marines, in approbation of his conduct
tiitrilst in command of a detachment of 50 melt
left in that city for the protection of British sub-
ts and their property. Indeed, so judicious
drere the measni tss adopted for this purpose, (al-
though previously no Englishman could appear
'in the st(eets after sun-set without being robbed
and stript rn the skin), not a single British sub-
ject was. p;uwiered of a single rial whilst the
detachment remained. During that time rob-
beries anti murders were daily committed in the
streets, and bands of from 50 to 300 mounted
robbers were frequently entering the city, and
carrying off from the inhabitants whatever they
thought proper. I am, Sir,
Your very obedient Servant,

LIMA, DEC. 13, 1824.

DEAR eta—it is with satisfaction that I express to you the
high sense which the British merchants, resident here, enter-
tain of tne :prudent, vigilant, and energetic conduct so inva-
riably displayed by you whilst commanding the detachment of
Royal .Marines, furnished for the protection of their persons
and property during the two. months which this capital was
exposed to all the horrors of anarchy and confusion, without
..any-constituted authority, civil or military, and that I state to
you their firm conviction, that to the very great activity mani-
fested by you, under such peculiarly trying circumstances,
they are indebted for that security which they enjoyed during
a period of such unprecedented exposure and alarm.
The British Merchants avail themselves of this occasion to
rnanifest to you the sentiments of respect and esteem they en-
tertain for you as a Gentlechan and an Officer ; and they fondly
hope that your advancement in your profession, and welfare
generally, will correspond with your merit and their good
wishes.

I am, dear Sir, yours very truly,
JOHN MACLEAN, Chairman.
• Lieut. C. Glaimn, Royal Marines,
H.M.S. Cambridge, Callao.

EQUITY REPORTS.

COURT OF CHANCERY, AUG.' 3.

PUBLIC CHARITIES. '
THE ELEPHANT AND CASTLE CHARITY.

This judgment was deferred in consequence of the expecta-
•tation that his Lordship's time would be wholly occupied with
the writ of Habeas Corpus. A short discussion ensued between
111 r. Sugden and his Lordship as to the time when the objec-
tion to the point of jurisdiction had been first insisted on, the
Learned Counsel stating that the objection had been made
the instant a petition had been, presented, without the caveat,
of the Attorney-General, the object of -which was to remove
the trustees.
The Loan CHANCELLOR remarked that there,wese two or
three ways of considering the case. The question of juristic-
- tion was certainly important; but another view was, whether,
upon the original petition, he should not order all the money to
be paid into Court, with liberty to apply to the Attorney-
General to file an information.
HART said lie had no objection to that course further
than that he deprecated delay, while the olijcets of the ChA!ity
were without bread.

The Loan CHANCET.LOR repeated his objections to a cha-
rity of this kind being under the management of trustees annu-
ally elected ; and thus much having passed, the determination
.of his Lordship's judgment stood over till Friday.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Aua. 3.

IN RE SUTTON-COLDFIELD CHARITY EX-PARTE THE

WARDEN AND CORPORATION OF SUTTON-COLDFIELD.

Mr. RolrrEt, opened the case on a petition from the Corpora-
tion. The history of the case, as stated by the Learned Gentle-
man, appeared to be this:—King Kent', the Eighth granted a
tract of land in Staffordshire, called Sutton Park, consisting of
about 2`,000 acres, for the support of the magistracy and police
of the royal town of Sutton-Coldfield, and for the general main-
tenance of charitable institutions in the lordship and manor of
Sutton. The Corporation, having since its foundation fulfilled
the purposes of the grant by means of the ordinary revenues,
(liscovered some time ago that the timber on their estate had in-
creased, in the lapse of 290 years, to an excessive quantity,
and obtained from the Court an order to fell and dispose of it,
and to pay the proceeds into Court. The timber was accordingly
felled and sold, and the sum produced by it (about 35,090/0
was delivered into the hands of the Accountant-General. The
Court further directed the Master to draw up a scheme for ap-
plying this surplus VIM to general purposes of charity, for the
benefit of the inhabitants of the town and manor of Sutton.—
The Master, having considered the subject, made his report,
recommending the expenditure of a certain suns, not exceeding
1,2001., for the erection of three school-houses and ten alms-

houses;and other annual sums for various purposes, viz.,—

. . „
Naccinaiion of the poor, medicine and medical attendance for
poor women latsouring under pregnancy, a supply of childbed
linen to the same, &c., &c.

Mr. ROUPEL having concluded his statement, prayed for
leave to the petitioners to enter into contracts with surveyors for
the erection of the buildings recon:merided by the Master, and
Applied for an order for receiving from the Accountant-General
the monies necessary to the accomplishment of the objects men-
tioned in the report.
• His Horton a declared that the Master ought to have ape-
.cified' the particular suns necessary for the erection of each
school by itself. He should refer that back to the Master to be
aspecified distinctly. He should grant the other prayers of the
petition as a matter of course, consequent on the confirmation
of the Report.
Mr. RAY, for the Attorney-General, called his Honour's at-
tention to certain objects for which sums of money were sought
by the Corporation. One was for the purchase of new maces ;
sootier for an annual dinner to the membefs of the Corpora-
tion. He submitted to the Court whether it was proper to de-
duct a portion of the Charity revenues for such purposes.
Mr. RouPEL contended that these were necessary expences.
The original mace, usually borne before the Coporation, having
been in use since the reign of Henry. the Eighth, was now quite
worn, The internal police of the town and manor of Sutton
was in the jurisdiction of the Corporation ; and the mace and
,cloaks for the Serjeants were, as emblems of . their official au-
thority, necessary to the public dignity of tint Gorporation._
As to the annual dinner, the object of it was,to, bring the bur-

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gesses together, and ft was but a trifling compensation to them
• for their gratuitous discharge of the trust duties of the Charity.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR— fiag the Master recommended
tire purchase of the mace and the annual dinner ?
flit. itouPEL—He has. Sir.
The. Vici.-CtrAticELLoa—What is the expence of the

dinner ?
Mr. ROX/PIEL—Rut twenty-flue pounds: a mere trifle to such
a rich Charity ; besides it has been sanctioned by most ancient
VICR-CrIANCELLOB—Let those items be granted.
Mr. RAY said that he mentioned it merely because it was a
practice very liable to abuse.
His Morons further granted an order for the annual sum
necessary for the general objects collectively ; and directed the
sum (10,0001.) which may remain after such expenditure, to be
vestal in the public funds, and the dividends, accumulating
frotn•it, tO be added, according as they may arise, to the pa-
rent 911.3).

• TA a Hereford Journal says—" We uriderstatid
MEitzurrit, the prosecutor of Protcrt, as we stated in a late
l'aper, has been completely ruined by the expences he incurred
in bringing that person to justice, and he has been obliged to
part with his mill in consequence of the detention of his mare
till after Probert's conviction, and the attendance required
from himself and family in London, to give evidence on the
trial. His ease has been drawn up, and he is now making an
appeal to the charity of the humane and benevolent."

At York there is a watch-maker who exhibits
a livingfica with a chain round its neck.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.

FOURTH DAY.-THURSDAT, AUG. 4.

TN THE MATTER OF THE HEV. EDIV \RD FRANK (A.
SUPPOSED LUNATIC.)

The further examination of witnesses in this case was pro-
ceeded in this morning at the usual hour.
George Tetsall—l keep a hotel in the Adelphi ; Mr. Frank
was there in February last. He was there Irons the 7th to the
14th, except two days on which he went to Cambridge. Mal-
colm was with him the whole time. Dr. Dickenson came.
Mr. Frank bespoke a bed for him. He came on the 12th, but
did not occupy the bed. I consider that Mr. Frank behaved
in a very eccentric manner while he remained. Malcolm was
absent from him for some few hours. He usually boarded
with bins. Mr. Frank did not pay me his bill ; a part was
paid by Dr. Dickenson, bv a check, signed by himself, on a
banker at Newark. Mr. Frank sometimes ordered the dinner.
I don't think Malcolm did. They quitted my house on the
14th, at five, or about five, in the morning. I was aware that
they intended to leave early in the morning, but not so early.
By the word " they" I mean Mr. Malcolm and Mr. Frank.—
The coach was to call at the end of Adam-street, at between
seven and eight o'clock. It was Mr. Frank who told me to
send and take places in the ceach to Woodbridge. Mr. Frank
wore, while in my house, a green shooting coat and trowsers,
and a foraging cap. I never knew him before. I did not ask
for my bill. It was about 12/. 15s. 4d. Dr. Dickenson gave
me a check for this ; but there remained tbr the two other days
they stayed a balance exceeding 71., which is still unpaid. Mr.
Frank described Dr. Dickenson as his.agent. When Dickenson
gave me the cheek for 12/. 15s. on the hankers at Newark, I
sent to him and requested to have a check on some bankers in
London, to which he replied that that was the way he paid Mr.
Frank's hills.

Mr. IlitoronAm—We will admit that Dr. Dickenson acted
as Mr. Frank's steward.

By the CHIEF COMMISSIONER.—The eccentricity of Mr.
Frank's conduct consisted in ringing the bells violently, and
when the waiters entered. either (lid not want any thing, or
asked some frivolous questions. fie told me, that he had some
actors to sup with him, that they drank freely ; that he made
two or three speeches, without studying them, and that he
liked the company of the actors very much. He said his name
was not Frank, but De Frank; but that he had never taken
that name. Mr. Malcolm did not appear to exercise any con-
troul over Mr. Frank—he was subservient to him. From Mr.
Frank's conduct, manlier, and language, I do not think him
of sound mind.—(This witness was not cross-examined.)
Letitia Chatham—l was chambermaid at Tetsall's hotel
when Mr. Frank and his friend were there. I answered the
bed-room bell (Mr. Frank's bell.) It rang very often. He
always wanted something. I was obliged to attend upon him
and to dress him and undress him. I had not much conversa-
tion with him. lie frequently spoke of Miss Foote. Mr. F.
was very blind. I was obliged to lead him up and down stairs.
He said that Miss Foote was a very fine woman, and that he
was very much attached to her. Mr. Frank did not appear to
me of sound mind, very far from it.
By the CHIEF COMMISSIONER—I was obliged to give Mr.
F. his clothes. He did not seem conscious of his wearing dirty
clothes. I took the liberty to dress him. Mr. Malcolm did
not attend him in the bed-room. He only attended him at
meals. lie (Frank) used to ring the bell at five in the morn-
ing to know what the hour was. I used to tell him that it was
early, and not to disturb the house, and then he would remain
a little longer. He did not speak of love. He said Miss Foote
was very fine, and that he saw her every night when at the
theatre. lie did not employ himself with any particular busi-
ness, only walking from one room to another. --(This witness
was not cross-examined;) •
Birr.—l am waiter at the George Inn, at Grantham.
Mn Frank was there this year in January or February. He
used to ring the bell very frequently without knowing what he
wanted. lie once made a speech to me. He said he intended
•to have a party of players to sup with him, and that he wished
to speak to me-to have my opinion of it. He spoke of Miss
Foote, and said she was a beautiful insinuating little creature.
He had a party of players with him, and did make a speech to
them. He often spoke of Mr. Hayne's conduct to Miss Foote,
and said,- that if he were Mayne he would marry her imme-
diately. He remained Witham two clays; was constantly talk-
ing of the-pretty girls. He once said he would go up to town
-by the mail and-see Miss-Foote. -In my opinion he could not
see five yards before him. While he remained, a boy came
'-and said, that a gentleman at the Blue ;Lion wanted to see him.
•He said he-would not go unless he knew the gentleman's name,
-for that perhaps he might want to murder him—that such
things .often happened. :The boy came again with the same
ITlOagago, rid the answer was returnoct. Mr. Frank tie-
sired me to go down -and-see who it was. I found it was Dr.
Dickenson, who-tame up With me to see Mr. Frank. <I showed
Dr. Dickenson into the room. Mr. Frank told me to stop ,in
the room, and not to leave-it. Dr.'Dickensun told me to go out.
I went to the door, and Mr. Frank-railed me back again, and
desired me not to leave the room, forle did not know the man.
I went out, and was called in again, and Mr. Frank ordered
coffee for two. Dr. Dickenson took Mr. Frank with him down
to the Blue Lion.—(This witness was not cross-examined:)
J. Tunhard.—l keep the Blue Lion at Grantham. Dr.
Dickenson was at my house in January last. Mr. Frank came
there. Ile behaved rather strangely. He stopped at my house
eleven days. Dr. Dickenson did not stop all the time. ,MalcOlni
came and remained about a week. Frank had a party of
players with him. He made three speeches to them in my
hearing. lie had no money. He got one remittance of money
by begging hard for it. I wrote that letter for him. Mr. Frank
often rang the bell violently, without wanting any thing. There
was a house of ill-fame near the church at Grantham ; Mr.
Frank wanted me to take him there. He said Dr. Dickenson
had taken hint there—that Dr. Dickenson was the devil for wo-
men, and that he was the same. I took Mr. Frank to show him
the house of ill-fame. He remained there the whole night, and
on the next day told me what had occurred. Dr. Dickenson
called in a carriage once, as did Miss Frank. [A letter was
here handed to witness.] This letter was received by me for
Mr. Frank. I opened it, and read it for him, and gave him the
two sovereigns it contained. It was dated the 29th of January,
1825, and addressed to " Rev. Mr. Frank, Commercial Inn,
Grantham," and was to the following effect :
Dear Sir—Enclosed are two sovereigns, which I hope you will
receive in safety.
Pettifar is very sorry that he has not got your clothes done,
but having had orders for much mourning has prevented
him • but he will certainly forward them to you to-morrow.
I Ciave ordered with -Mr. Lee, so that you will not be want-
ed before Wednesday ; but for fear any other rascal have re-
coarse to coercive tneasures, you had better hold yourself in
readiness.

P. S. I intend going for Hull in the morning. You well
know the purport of my errand—shall be back on Wednesday
or Thursday morning. .
I hope Miss Mariners will have a full house, and hope your
influence will have u little effect with Miss Payne at the Con-
cert. I am, dear Sir, your's truly,
JOHN DICKENSON.

Newark, January 29, 1825.
The Rev. E. Frank, Commercial Inn, Grantham.
The two sovereigns, he said, were not enough for him. They
were not enough to pay the I often wrote for him. I
sent letters to Lord Robert and Lord Charles Manners, enelos.
in" tickets to them.
'Lord Robert and Lord Charles Manners called.—l did not
think Mr. Frank of sound mind. _ .

By the COMMISSIONER.—Pray what was the nature of the
speeches I—One of them was a speech that he had made at the
Whig Club at York.—(A loud laugh.)—Another speech was
on the subject of the slave-trade.—(Continued laughter.)—The
third I do not recollect the subject of.
Mr. Commissioner Put Lt.i swim—Was Mr. Frank a
Member of the York Whig Club ?
Mr. WAKEFIELD.—I believe he was, Sir.
Mr. BROUGRASI.—Yes, yes ; and he also wanted me to be
proposed a Member of the Pitt Club.—( Laughter.)
Mr. Mason.—l am a solicitor at Doncaster. I was present
at a public-house there when several Of his tenants came to pay
their rents to Mr. Frank. Dr. Dickenson and another person
were in another room. _ _

Cross-examined by Mr. Brim Cona 51.—Mr. Bellamy has had
the management of Mr. Frank's affairs ;n sonic things.
The SorderrOn-GENEuat here said, that the Jury would
exercise their discretion as to whether they should seeMr.Frank
then, or till after the medical men were examined.
The Jury said they would hear the medical men first.
Sir George Tuthill—l saw Mr. Frank in March last, and
saw him since with Mr. Warburton. By order of the Lord
Chancellor I have seen him since. I saw hint in June and last
week. I believe him to be in an unsound state of mind. I
think he is so now. He was in different states each time.—
When I saw him in March he would have all the conversation
to himself. When I saw him in June he was in a low state.—
He would not originate any Subject, but would listen to me.—
When 1 saw him last he was in an intermediate state, between
the two. When I first saw him he was much excited. When
I saw hint last the excitement was much abated. I conversed
with hint on the subjects mentioned in the affidavits before the
Lord Chancellor, and I was convinced from his manner that he
was of unsound mind. I spoke to hint of his separation from
his wife, of his reconciliation, and afterwards of his confidential
employment of Dr. Dickenson. He seemed to think that he
was at first deceived as to the charges against his wife, and that
the whole was a contrivance of Mr. Bellamy and his sisters._
He said he had taken Mrs. Frank back without instituting :my
inquiry whatever into her conduct. Indeed he seemed inca-
pable of conducting any inquiry whatever. I could not make

!him understand that there was any thing extroardinary in his
taking Dr. Dickenson back after what had passed. He added,
that his affairs had been badly conducted before, but that now
they were capitally conducted by Dr. Dickenson, and that he
was his best friend. He said that he had lately written to seve-
ral of his friends, but that he had got no answers from them, as
they were all intercepted by Mr. Bellamy, though Mr. Bellamy
had no .access to them. I pointed out the impossibility of
Mr. Bellatily doing this, but he said he got the letters at
the Post-office. I could not make him understand the impos-
sibility of Mr. Bellamy getting at the letters. He seemed inca •
pable of comprehending it. He laid the blame of all his mis-
fortunes to Mr. Bellamy, who, he said, had robbed him of
several sums of money. I also spoke to him of the transac-
tions imputed to him at Cambridge and Yarmouth, but he
did not seem conscious of the impropriety of his conduct.—
The worst, he said, had been made of it ; but he did not ad-
mit that his conduct was improper. I now speak of what
took place in March. This was in Newman-street ; Mrs. Frank
was then with him. When I saw him in June, he was in a dif-
ferent state. He was then in a sponging-house in Chancery-lane,
under arrest for debt. Mrs. Frank was there also. Mrs. Frank
at either of those places did not appear to be living with Mr.
Frank. Ile said in March that he was livng at Hampstead.
When I saw him in June, lie attributed all that had happened
to him to Mr. Bellamy. I mentioned to him in June, that I
had heard a report from Mr. M‘Neil, that if this commission
did not issue, his.property was to be put in trust. He said it
was so ; but he could not give a reason why. I told him that
Mr. 314 Neil had said to me that he was to be one of the trus-
tees, and asked him, did he know who this gentleman was.
He said he did not know. He did not seem to know why his
own law agent should not be employed to oppose this commis-
sion. My opinion is, that Mr. Frank is now of unsound mind.
and incapable of managing himself or his affairs. I have heard
the evidence. Mr. Frank does not appear to labour under any
particular delusion; but he is of unsound mind. I asked Mr.
Frank srolether he had heard of what the witnesses had sworn
in the affidavits against him. He said he bad heard some-
thing of it. I told him of what was said of his conduct at
Cambridge ; but he would not admit its impropriety.
(This gentleman waa not cross-examined.)
_ _

Dr. Munroe—l saw Mr. Frank on the 29th of last month.
I have seen him three times--on the 29th, 30th, and 31st of
last July. On the two first occasions I had ample opportunity
of observing the state of his mind. Ile told me that he had
once been under the impression of an improper connexion be-
tween Dr. Dickenson and Mrs. Frank, but that he had been
deluded into it by Mr. Bellamy, and that Dr. Dickenson was
a good man and his particular friend ; that he bad entrusted
him with the management of his affairs, and the collection of
his rent, and the payment of his accounts. He said, that Mr.
Bellamy had behaved very badly to him ; that he had inter.
cepted his letters, and that he had bribed the post-masters for
that purpose. He went on to say, that he had lived with a
Mrs. Bury while separate from his wife, and that he had given
her 1,0001., and furnished a house for her, which was very
ample. He appeared totally indifferent to his household af-
fairs, and to be in a state of perfect nonchalance as to affairs
which might interest another man. He laboured under the de.
lusion that Dr. Dickenson was his particular friend.
Mr. 1311017611A3t objected to the, witness's assuming that
this was delusion.

His dress and appearance were very remarkable. He sighed
continually, and appeared to pant for breath at every moment.
In my opinion, he is of unsound mind. I should say simply
of unsound mind, without specifying any particular class of
delusion. He is incapable of managing his affairs.
By Mr. Baocunwsf.—l think he labours under a delusion
in thinking Mr. Bellamy in a conspiracy against him.
By a COMMISSIONER.—I conceive, from all I have heard
of the evidence, as well as from my conversations with Mr.
Frank, that he is labouring under delusion with respect to Dr.
Dickenson's confidential qualities, and the conduct of Mr. Bel-
lamy.
Mr. Warburton.—l visited Mr. Frank nine times. I have
gone to see him with Sir George Tuthill. I entirely concur
with him in opinion as to the state of Mr. Frank's mind. I
had conversations with Mr. Frank as to the conduct of Mrs.
Frank. He said he made no inquiry as to his wife's conduct—
that the whole was a conspiracy of Mr. Bellamy and his sisters,
and other persons--that Mrs. Frank was an excellent woman,
a virtuous wife, and a good mother. I asked whether he be-
lieved that Dr. Dickenson was a man of property when lie was
first introduced at Campsall. He said he did, as that he inhe-
rited some property. I asked him whether, after what he had
heard, he thought Dr. Dickenson a man to be trusted with
the management of his property, &c. ? lie said yes. He had
entire confidence in him: he was his best friend. I spoke of
the conduct imputed to him at Cambridge, and elsewhere ; but
he seemed to make very light of it. I asked whether it was
consistent with the dignity of his character as a clergyman, or
a gentleman, to be running up and down after women of in.
famous character ? He answered, " Oh, Mr. Warburton,
what does that signify ?" From what I have seen, I believe
him to be of unsound mind. I don't think be is a lunatic;
but I think be labours under a great degree of delusion, which
it is impossible to make him understand. Such I think Mr.
.Frank's case, with respect to the conduct of Dickenson and Mr.
Bellamy. lam convinced that he is of unsound mind, and
not nble to manage his own affairs, and that he has been in
that state since Dr. Wright attended him in 1816. Mv opi-
nion- is, that he was so before that year; but from the evidence,
•I can say it is my firm opinion that he was so in 1316.
'Several letters which had been proved in evidence were now
rutin and read. (Of this and the other letters read we can
,give only a mere outline, and that from memory alone. No
notes were taken of them, in the confidence that (as is usual
in such cases) the press would be allowed copies. This, how-
ever, the.parties interested in promoting the commission de-
clined. front (as -they alleged) " motives of delicacy to the
family of Mr. Frank." We quarrel not with this cause
of refusal, though -we are, unable to see why " motives of deli-
cacy" should operate to prevent parties from giving a correct
account of matters which a sense, we presume, of justice have
induced them to publish In open court, and which must go
forth to the world in some Shape). 'The first letter f'rom
Mrs. Frank to her husband, and was dated Campsall, May 14,
1815. It began (as did all Mrs. Frank's letters) With "My
dear Edward." After mentioning some matters of business,
it went on to say, that dear little Rodolphus Itheir child) was
genii* on extremely well, and that liis navel was nearly
cured; that he was attended by a Dr. Dickenson, who was
famous for the cure of all sorts of ruptures; that this doctor
undertook to dispense with the use of a truss, and to cure a
patient in a few days ; that Government had offered him
1,0001. for his secret, which he declined, unless the money
was guaranteed to him. The letter then went on to describe
the great attention paid to the child by Dr. Dickenson, and
the prospect there was of his ultimate success in his under-
taking, on which the writer congratulates herself and her
husband. It adds, that Dr. Dickenson was at that time
in a delicate state of health, but he had a notion of settl-
ing at Doncaster that he was rather high in his charges,
but still it was well to get so clever a man. This letter
concludes by expressing a hope that her husband would write
to her soon.

The next letter was also from Mrs. Frank to her husband,
and bore date May 20, 1815. It alluded to several family
transactions of a pecuniary nature, which the writer hoped to
have put in a train of settlement. It speaks in very sensi-
ble terms of the necessity of Mr. Frank looking a little more
to his own affairs, and taking their management into his own
hands, and obtaining a proper account front the parties who
had hitherto managed them ; says that an attorney and an
agent will never do, and advises him to appoint one Mr. Work-
man, on whom he could rely, as his steward. It then adverts
to the long absence of Mr. Frank from home, and makes a coarse
and indelicate allusion to a supposed improper connexion. be-
tween hint and a young woman, whom she names Mary ; but
adds, " I hope you pay her well." She then goes on to say
that she will not feel at all jealous on the occasion—that she
will not sutler the 44 green-eyed monster" to influence her : all
she expects that her husband will conic home " sound wind
and limb." She is, she adds, as he always said of her, a cold
constitution in that way ; but at the same time she should like
to know whether he intended to return home (Mr. Frank was
at this time living at the parsonage-house at Shelton in Nor-
folk) that year, or the next, or the year after. In this letter
she also talks of the ;•reitt attention paid to the children by Dr.
Dickenson, and of her having engaged his attendance on them
at 40 guineas a year, he finding his own medicines.
Another letter of Mrs. Frank's, dated July 10, 1815, and
addreased as before, was also read. It spoke of family affairs,
and again mentions the great kindness and attention of Dr.
Dickenson.

The next letter was from Mr. Frank to Captain Mainwar.
ing, and dated London, January 6, 1817. In this (the sub-
stance of which we gave on a former day) Mr. Frank gives
authority to Captain Mainwaring to remove Mrs. Frank from
Campsall, and expresses his fixed resolution never to see her
face again.
The next letter was from Mrs. Frank to her husband. It
was without date, but it appeared to have been written before
the close of 1816. It purported to be forwarded by the hands
of Dr. Dickenson, whom Mrs. Frank describes their good
friend, and whom she recommends to her husband for his great
kindness and attention to the family. She advises Mr. Frank
to allow him a guinea a-day and his expences, for his trouble
(in going to him on some family affairs), and recommends that
he should for his great kindness make him a present of a hand-
some set of silver castors, or some such article of plate.
The above letter is noticed in one addressed by Mr. Frank to
Captain Mainwaring after he had separated from Mrs. Frank.
He mentions that he has given the present of a set of silver
castors, but from his (Dr. Dickenson 's) most ungrateful con-
duct, he determines to allow him (for services done in attend-
ing his family, &c.) not more than a guinea per day. The

next letter was dated London, May 9, 1318. It was from Mr.
Frank, and addressed to his sister in the country. In it he
speaks of the " disgraceful conduct of that wretched woman
whom he had the misfortune to call his wife ;" who, by her
profligate conduct in cornink, to town with a low common fellow,
had consigned herself . he feared, irretrievable ruin. There
was another letter react, but it was of no importance. This
closed the case in support of the commission.
The Court adjourned at a little after one o'clock into another
room. 31r. Frank was brought before them and underwent
examination, which lasted during the space of an hour and a
half. At half-past two o'clock the Commissioners resumed
their seat, in open Court.

Mr. WAKEFIELD proceeded to sum up the evidence for the
case of lunacy. He declined going through the evidence by
detail. He had only to advert to a few points, being firmly
convinced that the Jury were fully competent to judge of the
facts which they had heard. The object of this inquiry was,
that the state of Mr. Frank's intellect should be clearly ascer-
tained, and the best method taken to secure his person and
property from ill-treatment and imposition. No gentleman
who had heard the case hitherto could doubt that Mr. Frank
was of unsound mind. He called their attention to the state
of his family circumstances when living with his wife and
children at Campsall. One of the modes of judging of a
man's mental soundness or unsoundness was to observe whe-
ther, in ordinary affairs, he suffered himself to be treated in a
manner so unbecomming that it would be certain that so other
man would put up with the same treatment. What Clergy-
man--what man would suffer his wife to write such a letter as
that of June, 1815, in which playing upon the known weakness
of his mind, she contrived to keep him engaged in his low
passion for other women, that, he being from home, she
might with the more security indulge her passion for her Para-
, mour. Dr. Dickenson was just about that time introduced
to the family. They might have noticed the progress of his
distemper, from high excitement to the lowest despondency.
In the transition his mind might have acquired some portion
of reasonable power, as much as would have enabled him to
make a provision for his children, quite agreeing with the best
feelings of affection and sound discretion. Since 1817, his
mind never seemed to have emerged from fixed despondency.
He had at one time, in 1818, a clear conviction of his wife's
infamous behaviour with that " scandalous fellow Dicken-
son," as his own letter expressed it. Yet in 1821 he received
her back so tainted, without any conditions—without any ap-
parent recognition of her guilt, of which-he had before the most
perfect knowledge, and had continued with her ever since. He
dated the utter extinction of Mr. Frank's intellect from
November, 1821, since which he had never been in a state to
judge of the conduct of his wife. Mr. Frank showed himself
utterly blind to that infamy of which he expressed the most
indignant apprehension in 1818. This was the main feature
of the case—the positive extinction of all moral feeling in
one of the most delicate points of every married man's fate.—
Adverting to the loathsome conversation described by a low
waiter at a country inn, he observed that Mrs. Frank re-
ceived the grossest information from that waiter, and listened
to the more indecent professions of Mr. Frank with callous
assurance, as the result of lunacy and imbecility. The insults
proved to have been offered to him, the vigilance of Malcolm
exercised over him, proved a general conviction of his insanity
to have prevailed. Some stress would, no doubt, he laid on
the failure of a former application for a commission in 1822.
If the arguments for his soundness then were good, they would
make nothing to prove his soundness at present. They would
observe that certainly some persons must have objections to the
guardianship of the Lord Chancellor being thrown around him.
His wife, who was sharing in the expenditure of his fortune,
must oppose it. He begged pardon, not sharing his fortune
with Mr. F. that could not be said of a man who, with an
income of 8,0001. a-year, was left without any supply of money,
wandering like a vagrant about the country : she was sharing
his fortune with Dr. Dickenson, not with her husband. He
appeared for parties who could have no interest in the issuing
of the commission. He appeared for the brothers and sisters of
the lunatic. Mr. Frank had a family of small children. If he
should be found a lunatic, he could make no will, so that the
motives of his clients were unquestionable. The most humane
verdict for Mr. Frank would be that which would give him the
protection of the Great Seal ; and with these observations he
left the case with the Jury.

Mr. PEPYS appeared for the heir at law, who was directed
by the Lord Chancellor to appear to assist in that point of the
inquiry which respected the execution of the deed. All he
had to do with the evidence was to direct the attention of the
Jury to it with a view to their fixing the date of the lunacy,
and of that deed. In the absence of all direct evidence upon
that point, and with such abundant evidence of the continual
wasting of so large an income for years by Mrs. Frank and
Dr. Dickenson, so as to leave Mr. Frank himself at this time
a mere pauper, he called upon the Jury to fix that date at the
earliest period admissible by the evidence. He gave a touching
description of the situation of this young gentleman, who for-
bore all comment and reproach on any parties. All he requested
was, that amidst so many transactions notoriously improper,
that every thing might be effected to undo as many things which
had been clone as possible. Many questions might hereafter
arise upon deeds and bonds, and especially upon a will, if any
should exist, on which the verdict might throw a very useful
light, by fixing a period, and above all an early period, for the
existence of his insanity. Adverting to the evidence for this
pose, he contended that the insanity must have existed in 1815.
fhe facts which proved it, chiefly, were his own delusion with
respect to his wife's conduct, and the management of his pro-
perty having for all these years been totally withheld from him.
How could a man with a glimmering of reason allow a quack.
doctor to take possession of his house, and hear that his wife
had been visiting the doctor's bed-chamber, anti find his wife
hid behind the curtains, without feeling any adequate resent-
ment ?—(The Learned Counsel continued to comment in a
similar way upon the chain of evidence.)—lle concluded by
recommending the jury to find the insanity as early as 1816.
being the period which, according to his apprehension, was the
best supported by the whole of the evidence as that in which
the mind of Mr. Frank had suffered a final and a total extinc-
tion of reason, so as, according to the words of the Commission,
to have rendered him incapable of taking proper care of himself
and his property.

Mr. BROUGHAM said that he would not detain the Court in
hearing him to-day, and he hoped not to have to detain them
very long to-morrow morning. The substance of his observa-
tions would go to the law of the case, by which, with a few re-
marks upon some of tl.e facts, and a very little evidence, he
hoped to be able to do away with the effect of much, if not of
all, that had been advanced. lie bespoke for these purpose the
.most impartial hearing of the Jury when he should address
them to-morrow morning._Adjourned at four o'clock.

SINGULAR DISCOVERY or A MURDER IN
FaANcli.—A. trial of considerable importance is
expected to come on in the Court of Assizes of
Laon hi the course of this month, respecting an
assassination which took place about nine years
ago, at Tombes, in the Canton of Verniaud, on
the persons of one Digagny, the proprietor of the
farm of Tombes, and a beggar, who ,were both
killed on the farm with knives, and afterwards
thrown into a well. An inquiry was set on foot
at the time, but no clue of the murderers
was obtained. Upwards of eight years had passed
over, and the circumstance was almost forgotten,
when Providence, which never suffers guilt to
escape with impunity, raised suspicions in the
mind of the King's Procureur-General. The
Procureur of St. Quentin immediately set an in-
quiry on foot, and nearly eighty witnesses were
consequently exaicined. Five individuals were
convicted as accomplices, viz. Perre Marly, aged
50, labourer ; Seraphin Manly, his son, aged 32,
cotton-weaver ; Cesar Trochain, aged 28, la-
bourer ; Pierre Xavier Merck, aged 34, turner
ik J. B. Jerome Merda, his father,
aged wood
68,o(;
I formerly a weaver—all of Leschelles.
They had all left their dwellings ; some were
at Paris, others at Charleville and else-
where.
However, through the exertions of
the police, they were discovered in less than 48
hours after. They have all been arrested, and
by a decree of the Court of Accusation for the
Court Royal of Amiens, referred to the Assizes
of the department of the Aisne to be judged. It
appears that Marly, the father, was the instigator
of the crime by means of bribery, and that he
and his son, together with Xavier Merda, were
present at the fatal moment; that Jerome Merda,
the father, gave every information respecting the
means of murder, the most expeditious mode of
concealing the bodies, &c., and Caesar Trochaiu
was the assassin.