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London, England, 1823-02-13 00:00:00

LORD PORTSMOUTH'S CASE.

EXAMINATION under the KING'S COMMISSION.

TUIRD DAY, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12.
The Jury consisting of the following Gentle-
men, etssetabled at Freemason's flail, at the usual
hour :—,-
Lord John Fitzroy C. A. Talk
Hon. John Melville 0. Bankes
Sir Wm. Boughton W. Mellish
Sir Thomas Baring John Soane
Sir Henry Floyd Edward Walpole
Qeorge llyng John Morris
S. C. Whitbread Robert Farquhar
Horieywood Alexander Nowell

John Miles
0. S. Bepton
M. Bruce .
J. T. Hope
J. Jackson
H. Kendall
and
Thomas ltd:Read

Mr. William Pitman examined by Mr. TINDAT. —ls a sur-
geon ; has practised as such at Andover for ten years; has
professionally attended the family of. Lord Portsmouth for the
• whole of that time ; there was at all times a singular peculiarity
in the conduct of,the Farl ; on one occasion his Lordship re-
fused to comply with the professional advice of witness ; he
Addressed witness in harsh and unjustifiable language ; this
.was about twenty-three years ago; saw Lord Portsmouth for
'die last time about ten weeks ago ; his Lordship behaved very
politely and invited him to dinner ; saw him again the next
day ; perceived directly by his countenance that his tamper was
soured ; his Lordship then behaved veiy uncivilly ; had not
given any cause for such treatment. From the length of time
witness has known his Lordship, and recalling his conduct
during the whole of that time, he did not consider that he had
at any period of a long course of years been of sound mind.--
Cross-examined by Mr. WILLIAM—Had always thought
• Lord Portsmouth unsound in his mind ; never expressed an
opinion to the contrary.

By a Jtr non—lied not been in the habit of attending persons
of unsound mind professionally.
Ann Cole, called by Mr. POWELL—Is the wife of William
Cole, of Whitchurch ; has known Lord Portsmouth thirty
years ; was out nutting one day ; saw his Lordship ; did not
speak to her, nor she to him ; his Lordship did not give her a
.farthing, more nor less ; has seen him since ; on one occasion
his Lordship asked her to feel his pulse ; did so ; told him he
was very poorly, and wanted letting blood ; he asked witness to
bleed him -; said she could not ; he then wive her 35., and told
her to go, having first asked her 'to call on him the next day;
(lid so the next day at one o'clock, and saw his Lordship at
the gate of a copse ; felt his pulse again ; he:repeleted his request
for her to bleed him ; refused; he gave her 2s. 6d. ; saw him
another day ; asked her to fetch him a servant! she asked the
name of the servant ; said he did not know ; witnesss replied
then that she did not know who to go for ; his Lordship then
gave her a seven shilling bit ; he never Allowed her any tiling'
excepting a lancet t was in'eorupany with four other women one
day, when hill Lordship came up and made them put their hands
is their pockets and walk before him ; his Lordship never at.
tempted to take any liberties with witness ; not the least in the
world. (Witness was about 70 years of age.)
Sarah Adams, examined by Mr. WETitratEm...—ltesides at
Talton ; has known Lord Portsmouth 20 years ; met his
Lorslehifi ape day in a bye-road ; sometimes asked his Lord-
ship 6,), he was; he gave her something, which she has kept
'ever since ; has it about her now (produced a lancet- in a" red
Ak9Y,Pcee'erole); gave it her about 13 years ago ; the first time
time 'Atheist saw his lordship she was in company with Han-
-.)1_11 Curtis ; he asked her to feel his pulse, which she did, sad
!PIA him he
,IY4e.. very Poorly ; asked her to bleed him ; she said
she could not t he remarked that he had been bled by women
0._iki,44.101)11 ; Witnesarefased to hleed - him, because it was on a
rlattlY Morning ; his Lordship produced a lancet at the time
n asked
her to bleed him ; had never seen Lord Portsmouth
thenhisLOrdship on the following Wednesday, about',

a quarter of a mile from the place where they met first ; this
meeting was by the appointment of his Lordship; again felt
his pulse, and told him he was better ; he said no, he was worse,
and very giddy in his head; he then asked her what pockets
she wore, whether corded or ribbed; she said ribbed; he did
not ask to see them ; wanted her to bleed him, but did not ;
he shewed her his lancet, and requested her to get a young
woman to meet him for the purpose of phlebotomising ; met
his Lordship again, wanted to be bled ; made her put her hands
in her pockets, bulging !hem out, and walking before him ;
did so till he told her to stop; then felt his pulse, and told
him he was better ;,he was then very angry, and said he was
worse ; told her he had met a nice girl as he was riding through
Whitchurch; he thought she could bleed ,him, and wished
witness to bring her to him, but could not tell where she. lived
he gave her a seven shilling bit, and told her not
,to go nutting,
or he should be very angry. Shortly after this his Lordship
went to London ; on his return met him again ; had tied her
arm up in a handkerchief, because she ktievilie would ask her
to bleed him •s; told him she had the rheumatism ; he said he
was very sorry ; made her put her hands in her pockets and
walk before him.
,Mr. Justice Beat was then called and examined.—Was re-
lated to the Grandey family. After the death of the Dean of
Exeter, became a trustee to the estate of the Earl of Ports-
mouth. About this time his Lordship recommended Mr.
Coombe as a medical man, and qualified in other respects to at-
tend upon his Lordship. Was decidedly of opinion that tkie
Noble Earl required some person, to take care of him. After
the death of the late Countess the Earl came to town. There
was a meeting of the Trustees about the state of Lord Ports-
mouth's mind, at least it was frequently the subject of conver-
sation between Lord Grandy and himself. Witness never
ceased to think that it was necessary for some person to attend
Lord P. Remembered a conversation with Mr. Hanson. On
the Friday before his Lordship's marriage with Mas Hanson,
Lord I'. dined with him. No conversation then Passed

relative to the .Earl's earnest desire for matrimony. Heard
that such things had been mentioned .by him. Could not re-
collect any instance of it. Had a conversation with Mr. Han-
son respcting the state of Lord Portsmouth's mind on the
Friday preceding the makriage. Had many opportunities of
observing the conduct of Lord Portsmouth. Believed him to
be utterly incapable of managing any important affairs. In
point of capacity he was not superior to a boy of 8 or 9 years
of age. When treated civilly he returned it like a boy. When
treated with whit he conceived to be harshness he sulked and
cried like a child. At table and in general intercourse he con-
ducted himself like a gentleman.
On his cross-examination, Mr. Justice BEST stated, thit
Lord P. had voted in the House of Lords on the Queen's trial,
and had signed a deed appointing trustees to his estate previous
to his first marriage. Lord P. appeared to have a tense Of
religion.

Charles Lee was next examined—Was a servant in the fa.
mily of Lord. P. since 1800. The house affairs were always
managed by Lady Portsmouth. Lord P. was never allowed
to meddle with thoso affairs, but wasallowed money.
John Harriston examined by Mr. BROUGHAM—Had been
17 years in the service of Lord P. ; had left his service 13 years ;
had known his Lordship 30 years. A coachman named George
had broken his leg, and was lying on his bed ; witness was at.
tending him ; Lord P. come into the room, and told George to
get up and go to wotk. George said he could not get up.--
Lord Portsmouth told him he should get up. George re.
peated that he could not. His Lordship then threw himself
across the legs of George, and witness heard the bone
crack. George cried out, and witness told his Lordship
that he had broken Ceorge's leg again. Ills Lord•
ship replied that he did not care for that. Witness with great
difficulty dragged his Lordship from off the bed, and carried
him out of the room, and told him that he had ruined the man.
His Lordship replied, " I don't care for that." • Witness, at
the request of the coachman, gave him a broom handle to de-
fend himself with. On one occasion his Lordship stood at the
porch of the church, and in a great passion told witness that he
was a d---d rascal, and should not enter.

The Rev. Chas. 31'Carthy, formerly Rector of Whitchurch,
examined—Had visited Lord P. up to the time of the late Lady
Portsmouth's death. Lord P. was of a very imbecile mind.
On three occasions at funerals, where witness had officiated,
Lord P. had appeared as a mourner amongst persons who were
far below his rank, and he appeared with a black cloak over his
clothes, which were not black. His Lordship came into the
church-yard with the other mourners, and always conducted
himself with propriety on such occasions.
Cross-examined by Serjeant PEl.l.—Often dined at Lord
Portsmouth's house, where his Lordship always conducted him.
self with great propriety, and was patticulurly attentive and
polite to ladies. Never saw any thing in the conduct of Lord
Portsmouth, either at table or elsewhere, which would have
induced witness to discontinue his visits at the house. The
conversation of Lord Portsmouth was vague and trifling like
that of a boy.

What was his behaviour at Church P—He was very attentive,
and apparently devout, and sometimes after the sermon he would
come up to me, and addressing me by my Christian name,
would say to me, " Charles, we have had a long sermon this
morning; we must have shorter ones."—( Laughter.)
serjeant pELL—Perhaps his Lordship was not wrong in his
judgment in that particular ?

'Witness—Why, men will make long sermons as well as long
speeches sometimes..—(Laughter.)
Jahn Potticary, a butcher at Whitchurch, was next called—
Lord Portsmouth was very fond of going into witness's
slaughter.house and knocking down the beasts. If he knocked
down a bullock, he would say, " It serves it right, the vicious
toad—(Laughter)."
Joseph,liead examined—Was hired by the late Lady Ports.
mouth in 1806 or 6, and directed to obey, 'or not obey as lie
pleased, Lord Portsmoth. IVitness often refused td obey his
Lordship's commands, which were frequently very abiurd.—.
Lord Portsmouth would frequently order witness to blow
out the candles and leave himself in the.dark, and would often
lock out the servants in the rain to get themselves wet ; would
often prescribe doses ofjalap, mustard, and pepper, and °blip
the servants to take them. At one time he mixed up a tipe,
of this kind in beer, and held a servant until he drank
it; at another time he prescribed six ounces of jalafi to
each of the servants, increased the prescription to tively.!
°nom, and afterwards ordered the dose to be repested. Wit.
ness did not choose to obey Orders of Oa- kind ; heard Lord
Portsmottth say that he lost his best_friend when lie lost hi* late
counteed, and that his present Countess treated him like a deg.
Adjourned at *quarter past five. ,

" Siar—lt is with sentiments always of the most profound
gratitude and love that your faithful subjects, the Deputies of
the Departmente, approach to depose at the faot of the throne
the homage of their respect.
" The necessity for the regular vote of the taxes med.; it our
duty promptly to 'answer the surnmone. The approbation of
the King and the public welfare are our recompense.
" Under a firm and paternal Government, the internal situa-
tion of the kingdom could not fail of ameliorating., The wis-
dom and courage of the illagLetretee, theloyalty of Juries, AV ose
consciences nothing has intimidated, have defeated conspiracies
wherever formed, and justice has destroyed the hopes of impu-
nity entertained by the factious.
"-Sire, it was reserved to the Most Chtistlan King to raise
our temples from their ruins. Thanks to your pious solicitude,
religion daily reassumes that salutary influence which inspires
men with more-attachment to their duties—more respect for the
laws of their country. - The conventions recently concluded,by
your Majesty with the Holy See have restored to your Churches
their former Pastors. Soon will labour and indigence find,
throughout even the Provinces, the consolation and relief of
which they have been' so long deprived.
" The Ordinances of your Majesty, Sire, have prepared new
means of economy and fixed order in the public accounts.—
Henceforth France will be better 'lnformed of the legal appro-
priation of the public foods. She already enjoys the fruits of
the progressive improvements of the Administration ; and an
excess of 40 millions above the credits opened in 1.922 attests the
prosperous state of our finances.
" Yes, Sire, it Is by the return to religion, tillegitimacy, and
to order, that this tine France, enjoying at length real liberty,
chews to Europe how public calarnaties may be redeemed.
" Why should the example.of oar present prosperity and the
lessons of our past misfortunes be lost upon a neighbouring
State whose independence we do not question ? But can we see
without alarm the discords which devour her, and abandon our-
selves to the dangers with which we are menaced by the cola-
mities which afflict her ?
"Destined by Providence to close. the abyse of revolutions,
your Majesty, in his paternal solicitude, has made every effort
to guarantee your subjects, and to save Spain herself from the
disastrous effects of the rebellion Of a band of perjured soldiers.
A blind infatuation has rejected the counsel of the chief of the
august family of the Bourbons.
" Sire, we are PrenchMene no sacrifices will be considered
too great by your subjects to defend the dignity of your Crown the honour and security of France.
It is to your Majesty, Sire, that it belongs to deliberati; it
is for us to concur, by all our efforts, in the noble enterprise Of
suppressing anarchy, to recognise peace alone, to restore to
liberty a Prince of your blood, to Insure the repose of Spain, to
consolidate that of France, to deliver from the yoke of oppression •
a magnaiihnous people, who assisted us to burst our own fetters,
and who can only receive from their legitiMate Sovereign insti-
tutions conformable to their views and manners.
" Sire, your courageous and faithful army, which knew how
to tonteinn the dastardly insinuations of revolt, goes forth with
ardour. Under the banner of the Lily, at the voice of your Majesty, and lett by a Prince that your heart and your eubjeets
delight in calling your son, this noble standard will only pro.
claim enemies to the factious.
" We return thanks to your Majesty for the precautions
which you have taken to protect our Maritime Commerce. Your
prescient wisdom watches over all our interests, and the naval
forces of your ISlajesty, which have so often afibrdedthnely aid
to humanity, will maintain with equal devotion the.honour of
the French flag.
" Sire, your faithful subjects, the Deputies of the Depart-
ments, deeply affected by your Royal promises, will repeat
them to your people. They will tell them that the most just of
Kings wills the assembling and maintenance of his armies, only
with the view of preserving. social order, and defending our
country and our institutions frern all contagious and disorganize
ing yrinciplee." •
'I lie King replied :
". receive with the greatest pleasure the Address of the
Chamber of Deputies. I shall. be faithful to the came-
ments which I have contracted ; but whatever may happen, it
is from my intimate union with the legislative Chambers that
will result the internal prosperity and external consideration of
Prance."

The Count de Lagarde arrived yesterday
morning in Paris.
The speechesOf Lord Liverpool, Mr. Brougham,
and of all the Members who spc,!ce in the Eng-
lish Parliament, have been translated into Spa-
nish, and sent to Madrid.--(Toile.)
We'are assured that in eight days there will
not be at Toulouse a single officer, nor even a
soldier, of the Army of the 'Faith. The prep-
rations which regard to clothes and provisions of
arl kinds are nearly finished, and nothing can
retard the immediate entrance into Spain, or at
least the establishment upon its extreme frontier,
of the Regency and of the troops whose opera-
tions it will have tu.direct.---(lbid.)
A tc2 o'clock six battalions of the Royal Guard,
a battalion of field artillery, and a squadron
of light artillery, were marshalled in battle array
in the Court of the Tuileries, and on the Place
du Carrousel. Marshal Duke de Ragusa, Major-
General de. Service, began to inspect ; home.
diately afterwards their Royal Itighnesses Mon.
sieur and the Duke d'Angouleme, attended by
Generals Bordesoult, Bordemont, and a consi-
derable Staff composed of General Officers of
different regiments, passed in front of each hat.
talion, amidst the long-repeated acclamations of
an immense multitude who thronod all the ave.
titles of the Castle. All these battalions, in
effective strength, extended the whole length of
the Carrousel, and presented, by their noble

countenance and brilliant equipment, an impobing
spectacle.

After this review, the troops defiled before the
Princes and Princesses, who had taken their pa-
sition at the foot of the grand staircace. The
artillery executed various manoeuvres whilst mar-
tial music was playing. His Royal Highness'
Monsiiur advanced amidst the troops, and with
that chivalric accent which distinguishes him,
spoke of honour and fidelity, and was heard by
even,- soldier present.
observations which his
The following are the
Royal Highness addressed to the Officers of the
Itoyhl Guard :
" oe,ntleuien--To spent to the Boys} Guard of courage,
Acidity, and devotion, would be to "L": 43 Ulm in oackss
ho•p agc,„
I congratulate, from the bottom of vox heart, a ton who
is dearer to inc than life, upon bent,: destined hy the Eing- 'to
the honour of commanding you. he different corps of the
Owl and or the trench army, Ate equally good to present to

To-day, at four o'clock in the afternoon, a
commissary of police presented himself at the
office of the Courier Frungais to seize this day's
number of that paper. According to the roga.
tory commission of which the commissary was the
bearer, this seizure took place in consequence of
the account of a secret committee being published
without the authority of the Chamber. To judge
by this proceeding, the Minister appears to as.
similate the rumours which we had stated in a
few lines respecting the secret committee yester.
day, with they publication of the proceedings of
a sitting, a real account of which would have
filled three papers such as ours. It is a question
upon which the tribunals will have to decide.,
There does nvt exist an example of similar se-
verity for such a cause. We could easily name
many journals which have not been molested fel-
speaking of secret committees, although they ex•
ceeded the limits to'which we confined ourselves:
--(Courier Franc ais .)

TIIP, FRENCH BUDGET.

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, Fran. 10.

'I he Minister of Finance presented the Budget.
Ile Observed, that as Ministers iu the last Session could only
present an outline of the accounts fur 11121, they now brought
forward the law project and the' documents necessary for defi-
nitively adjusting thetn. Ilir Excellency then went into de.
tailed ctplanations on the supplemental ijants required by the
different Ministerial departments. The total rendered ne-
cessary hp the settlement of the expellees for 1821 is
12,383,832 f. But the adjustment •of the expences warranted
the reduction of the credits opened by the law to the amount
of 11,08,1152 f., which makes a difference of only 813,91101. be.
tWcon the estimated and the real expences„ By the adjust-
ments which have thus been made, the expences of: ..1821,
which were calculated at 822,235,274f,1 became 1183,054,2441;
The receipts of 1821, estilliated at 1389,021,743 f., '
lave,produced an excess of ' -26069,890 f.
This increases the resources appropriated fur the
service, of 1321 to - - • -81.5,591,435 f.
The adjustment of the credits makes the expen-
diture only 1183,054,23411 ,

Surplus produce over the expenditure for 1021 32,537,181 f
In the account presented to the Chamber in June, 1022, the
surplus for 11121 was stated at only ;11,542,404f. which teria
transferred to the budget for 11122. The budget of that year
Also presented a surplus receipt: beyond, the expenses
11,202,330 f. There was, therefore, a stint left unemployed for
1028 of 10,287,101;E

In 1822. the credits. granted, have been exceeded by
25,356,637 f., in consequence of expenses not provided for by
the law. The receipts of the same year, however, exceeded
the estimates, viz. for registration, 4,806,097 f. ; woods,
275,1195 f. ; customs, 8,045,903 f. ; salt, 955,836 f. ; indirect
taxes, 10,823,59 y 1. ; post-office, 700,708 I ; the lottery,
3,325,625 f.; miscellanies, 894 f. ; finally, the negociation of the
12,00J,008f. realized in 1822, has produced 16,493,592 K,
which, allowing for 800,909 f. of defalcation on some articles,
makes 46,532,1 22f. of excess In the estimated receipts. Thus
the adjustment of the budget 'of .1822 presents the following
resulta:—
Receipts . 958,859,983
Exences -
Excess 926,201,102
of the disposable receipt on Ist of JA_
nuary, 1823 . 32,668,801
Which, added to the disposable excess of 1821 10,20,106

Makes the reserve, with which we commence the
service of 1823 . - 42,945,907
The circumstances under which these receipts and expences
are about to be placed impose the objection of looking for-
ward to the diminution which had taken place in the former,
and the increase which may inevitably arise in the latter..—.
The estimates for 1023 have, however, been made on an low
a settle, compared with the receipts of 1822, that there is
to reason to apprehend that the ordinary wants of the cur.
rent public services will not be covered by the receipts thereto
appropriated. _

As to extraordinary went*, it it impossible for us to foresee
them with precision, as they depend upon events. It would be
contrary to the interests of the country to publish beforehand
the detail of the armaments to whieh the Government may
think fit to devote its attention. We conceive (said the Mini-
ster) that in such eircmnstances our duty would be to confine
ciurseltt.s to asking of the Chamber a supplementary credit of
100,00(10,0001:, which the Minister of Finance cannot touch
except to meet the extniordinary expenees in -the different Mi-
nisterial deplirtments, in virtue of the Royal Ordinances which,
as well es all the supplementary credit's, will be 'submitted to
the ratification of the law, with the uccoullts of the services for
which they might be required. A creation of four millions of
renter, added to 42,9•15,907 f. of excess on the *spencer; of the
services of 1821 and 1822, will complete for 18211 the means of
satisfying the eventual and extraordinary wants for the service
Of this year. This is the least burdensome mode by which we
can meet the expenses into which the circumstances in which
we are placed externally ay involve us. "
The Minister then took a vies.; of the provision for the
corms and expences Of 1824, which will include the sum pro-
ook‘d by a law projezt fcr the dotzition of the two Chambers.--
/n pursuance at the charges, augmentations, and reductions
whirh the Minister now briefly stated, and the fall details of
which would he subielitted to the. Chamber; the nu mint of the
reeeipts for 18'24' would be 904,3344 ff. and. the expenses
903,770,0 WE,' leaving a presumed' surplus of the receipts to
the amount of al,i7fit.
In recapitulating the results of our financial situation, such
414 it will appear from the difrerent law projects which will be
proposed to the Chamber, and the annexed do...uments, there
arises from ille-tiefliiitive adjostyierit' of 1821; n SrrPitig to be
carried forward to 182:1of,10,287,106f. Thi abstract of the re
ceipt-and expenditure of the budget for •1/12-gives a surplus of
32,,M,C01f., widish may also be applied to the ordinary ex.
,Perieesof 11123. 'Tiles we already possess 42,94i,Wit to ‘lK-
.Cetupt.pf the 100,000.0410 required as a supPlementary credit for
thcelyest 1824. The four ndllisns of r, rates which we ask will
be sufficient to complete thr-necesary wive and means for at. ,