The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-12 00:00:00

DR. CHALMErts.

GLASGOW, JAN. 20.—1 'have called together
the Gentlemen of the agency of St. John's, for the purpose of
making itii(iiOn my acceptance of the offered chair of Moral
Philosophy in the University of St. Andrew's; and it is not
iFititout ratich 'agiation that I contemplate the prospect of leav-
ing such a number of friends, in whose kindness and Christian
worth I have foUnd a refuge from many disquietude% The
appointment is altogether unsolicited on my part; and just
happens to be the seventh that has been submitted to my con-
sideration since I have been connected with Glasgow.—You
will, ther'zfore; believe, that it is not upon a slight or hasty de-
liberation that I have resolved to accept of it ; and I now hasten
to offer the explanation of my seasons to those who are best en-
titled to know them.

My first is a reason of necessity, and is founded on the im-
perative consideration of my health. 1 should like to unite the
labour of preparation: for the pulpit with the labour of honse-
hold mirristrationi in the parish ; this is an union which 1 have
made many attempts to -realize, and I now find myself to be al.
together unequal to it; this mortifying experience has grown
upon me for a good many months, but never did it become so
distinct and decisive until the present winter. My very last at.
tempt at exertion out of doors has been followed up by several
weeks of utter incapacity for fixed thought. 1 find it impossi.
ble any longer to acquit myself both of the personal and mental
fatigues'of my Present Office; and when under an impressive
sense of this, a vacant Professorship came to my door, I enter-
tained it as an offering of' Providence, and have resolved to fol-
low it.

My second is a reason of conscience. lam aware that the
fatigue of my present office is shortly to be lightened by the
erection of a chapel of ease, and the Subdivision of the parish
into two equal parts. I have often taken encouragement to
myself from the anticipation of this important relief, and if my
succeneorbe possessed of ordinary strength, and have nothing
to Carry ,olfins mind from the direct work of the ministry, he
will now, I am persuaded, fee. the comforts of a sphere so re-
duced within manageable limits, that it may be overtaken—
but it'so happens of me, that my attention of late has been
divided between the cares of my profession, and the stu-
dies of general philanthropy—and while sensible of the re-
buke to which this might expose me, from those whose piety
and Christian excellence are entitled to veneration, yet I
can affirm of every excursion that I have recently made in the
fields of civic and economic speculation, that I have the
ness of him who condonneth not himself in that which he bath
attained. I can truly say, that when I entered on this field, it
was not because I knowingly turned me away from the object
of Christian-usefulness,, but because I apprehended that I there
saw the object before ; .but the field has widened as I have
advanced upon it, in so much that I cannot longer retain the
office which I now bold, without injustice to my parish and
congregation—without, in fact, becoming substantially, and to
all intents and purposes, a pluralist.
In these circumstances, gentlemen, I have been met, and
Most unexpectedly, with the unanimous invitation of at College,
within whose walls I can enjoy the retirement that I love,
and again unbosom myself among the fondest remembrances
of my boyhood.—lt was there that I passed through the course
of my own academiCal studies, and that I am now called
upon to direct the studies of another generation. Some of you
have long known what I think of the great worth and import.
arum of a Professorehip, and that I have even held a literary,
office in a University, through which the future ministers of
our parithet pass in numerous succession every year, to be a
higher station in the vineyard even of Christian usefulness,
-than the office of a single minister of a atingle ongregution.
Morel-Plainsophy is not Theology, but it stands at the en-
trance of it, and so of all human sciences is the most capable of
being turned into an instrument either for guiding aright, or
for most grievously perverting the minds of those who are to be
the religious instructors of the succeeding age.
It is my anxious wish, that those reasons, which have satis.
fled myself, should satisfied you. In the calm retreat of an an.
cient and far-femed University; in the employment, which it,
offers, so akin to the thing that I hold in the highest estima.
lion ; in the post of suPeriority, which is there assigned me ; in
the unhouuded leisure and liberty of its summer vacation, dlur.
inn; which I may prosecute my other favonrise pursuits and
more particularly may renew, for months together, my con-
verse with Glasgow, and so perpetuate my intimacy with your.
salves ; in these there are charms end inducements, which I
have not been able to resist, and which I have 'not seen it my
dutyto put aiysy from me.
I feel the highest gratitude for your affectionate, services, nor
shall I ever cease to remember your toleration for my errors,
and the kind and indulgent friendship, wherewith you have ever
regarded me.' 7f y prayer for you all is, that you may be enabled
by the grace of God, to live the lives and to die the deaths
of the righteous; that you hold fast the doctrine which is
• unto salvation, and grow daily in the faith of the Gospel.
which both pacific% the conscience rand purifies the heart—
• Quit not, 1 beseechyou, those stations of usefulness, to which
you were guided, not, I trust, 'Oy any human attachment ;
but, by a' principle of allegiance >to Him, who is the same
to-day, yesterday, and for ever;. do, with, all your might,
that which your hand findeth to do, and more' particular-
. 15' do T'crave, that, throughout the remaining months of my
abode in the midst of you, you will afford me the aid of all
your light and experience in the maturing of these final ar.
raugements, by which the parish may be transmitted in the belt
! pOsaihle condition to my successor.
(Signed) THOMAS CHA LME RS.

LORD PORTSIVIDIrrIPS. CASE.

EXAMINATION

, .
SrCONI) PAY, TI.TXSDAY, FEB. 11.
As soon as the Commissioners hail taken 0104'
seats.

Serjeant Pr LL addressed the Court, and _said that he
wished to correct a mis-statement which had gone forward to
the public. It had been stated in all the Morning Papers that
he appeared there as the Counsel for Way Portsmouth. He
wished it to be distinctly understOod' that that was not the citse,
and that he attended there•only as the Counsel for Lord ports-
mouth. As the public papers, to which he must say all were
indebted, had been the medium of circulating the mis-state-
mcnt,•7ie was titre, from their liberality, that he had only to
mention it, and that it would immediately be corrected.
The Learned Serjeant then said, that as the order of the
Lord Chancellor would materially govern the proceedings, be
`fore they went on any further he wished that it should be read.
The order was •then read. Tt in substance directed the .Corn-
missioners and the Jury to inquire into the state of mind of the
Earl•of Portsmouth, and to report whether he was fit to manage
his own affairs. It directed that every person who had the Earl
in their custody should produce him, for the examination of the
Commiasioners•and the Jury, whenever they should require to
• see 'h

Mr. Serjeant 1.4. then stated, that he had 'found it his dtity
'to have an interview with the unfortunate Nobleman. The noise
'ln the Hall was at this time so loud that no one at the lower
end of the table could hear the Learned Serjeant distinctly;
but as far as we could. collect the purport of what he stated it
was-that the Earl of Portsmouth had earnestly requested, in the
course of the interview, to know whether he should be called,
and if it mere, necessary for him to appear ; he strongly wished
that he might be apprised of the fact, and due notice given
him to prepare himself. The Learned Serjeant promised to
give the unfortunate Nobletnan the earliest information he could
obtain as to when hewould be required to appear. The Learned
Serjeant now, therefore, in the presence of the whole of the
.Counsel who attended in support of the proceeding against the
Earl, wished to ask them at what stage of the proceedings they
meant to produce him as a witness ? •If they could not conve-
niently state the day on which he would be called, they would
in kindness, liberality, and humanity, not call him suddenly to
meet the painful struggle, but would allow him some opportu-
nity of preparing himself.

M. IVETHEnEct. replied, that.at present it was not pos.
siblefor them to state at what partiof the proceedings, or when
it wouldlie necessary, to call in and examinethe--iiol4 Lord.
The CHIEF CONtntsstowynt read the order. and from the,

terms of it he said the Noble Lord must be produced at the in-
stance of the Commissioner; or the Jury. The Learned Com-
missioner was of opinion that it aid not depend on the Counsel
on eititr side when the Noble Lord should or should not be
examined.

The first witness called was John Edward toomb?., a medical
Gentleman, who was examined by the Coatmow SE EAN T.—
The witness deposed that in 1808 he was applied to by the late
Lord °motley, General Norton, two of the Trustees of Lord
Portsmouth, and by the lute Lady Portsmouth, to go and reside
with his Lordship and take care of him. The witness said, I then
found him in much the same state as he is now ; he was at first
exceedingly polirtkto me, as be is to all strangers, but after re-
siding with hint three or four days, I discovered certain pecu-
liarities ; his general conduct certainly implied that he was a
man of peculiar mind.; he, had so, many peculiarities that I
cannot specify them; I remained- in the family until the year
1811 t from what I observed of his ,conduct I thought him

to be a man of extremely weak, I may say certainly of an
unsound, mind; he was so far weak, as to require the at-
tentiou of other persons; I was placed with him for the pur-
pose of regulating his conduct, and was with him three yearl
for that purpose, and received remuneration for my ser•
vices. I am connected with Lord Orantley's family by mar-
riage. Lord Portsmouth neither settled, his own accounts nor

had the command of money, and when he did give orders they
were not at all times obeyed. Ile had often insisted on par.
ticular servants being discharged, but Lady Portsmouth (the
late Lady Portsmouth) would not allow diem to be discharged,
unless she conceived that their conduct had been improper.
When I was applied to on such occasions, I seldom confirmed
his sentence ; frequently servants were still kept, notwithstand•
ing his reputedly insisting that
.they should be discharged.—

Indeed, for the three years that I remained in the family.—
I do not remember one servant to have been discharged solely
by the act of his Lordship. The witness related some peen.

liarities in the manner of Lord Portsmouth when at table ;
amongst others, was his frequently exclaiming that he-had
been run against by the servants an A hurt, When he had not
been touched. He would often turn front table as any one of
them came near, and in a threatening tune and wild manner
tell them to take care how they came near him. He would
often take an active part in the husbandry occupations about
the estate at Hursemore, and would superintend those opera-
tions. He was Particularly fond of driving the horses, and
drove a team walking by the side with a whip. He was often
seen in the fields amongst the men whipping the horses,
and acting as a carter. This, in fact, was his chief occupation

whin he was in the country. In 1811 the witness left the fa-
mily in consequence of his marriage. After' the death of the
late Countess in 1013, he was appointed to remove his Lordship
to London ; he attended him at the instance of the Trustees,
and remained with him until ist Feb. 1514. The witness con-
tinued : " I observed no improvement in hit state of mind.—
About the time I removed him he was perpetually holding
conversations about women, and expressed a strong desire to be
Married."

Question—Did he mention any particular person to whom he
should wish to he married ?--Yes ; several.
Do you recollect their names?-1 remember one was Alias
Duvine. Ido not recollect the other names.
Did the name of Miss Hanson form any part of that num-
ber ? Certainly not.

Witness continued—l remonstrated with him on the impro-
priety of his thinking of marriage, and told him, it was too early
a pet to think of so soon after the death of his late Countess.
lie replied to my remonstrances, that he should not be happy
until he was married. I saw Lord Portsmouth again on the 2d
of July last ; it was about 18 or 20 miles from Edinburgh ; I
went to Scotland at the particular request of the late Lord Grant-
Icy ; the present Lord Grantley was with Lord Portsmouth when
I saw him. On our way to London be gave us a long history
of his ill treatment at Edinburgh ; he said that a Gentleman of
the name of Alder, who was resident in his house, had treated
him with great indignity anti cruelty, and had frequently
beaten him and knocked him down. Ile told us that he had
been frequently interrupted in his bed-room, by this Mr. Al-
der, and had frequently
been sent for by Lady Portsmouth at
night, and sometimes at one or two o'clock in the morning, on
her complaining that she -was unwell. I asked his Lordship
whether Mr. Alder came dressed on those occasions; bis Lord.
ship replied that he came sometimes in his robe de chambre and

sorpeAltithoNt, od. that, onco begs iq,, .!44 shirt. told
us ttuts,likAldir was in the habit of sleeping on the same door
as Lady liintattiOuth. I asked Bins wiat'lllr. Mier did when
ltetain'e into •He told us that' he mostly remained
there of contidatzlile tamp and that he, always lay on the left
hand aide of Lady Portsmouth, so that she was between him
(Lord Portmouth) and 31i. Alder. 1 then asked his Lordship
why he did not kick him (Alder) out i Ills Lordship tolled
that he was afraid, as Alder it'Sribb.powerful a man, and he
did not like to encounter WM. Alba Lordship told us that a•
relative of Lady, Portsmouth .had ill tniedhim by whipping
hint and knocking, him down. lie told us that Lady ports-
mouth was in the' habit Of keeping a whip behind her pillow,
and that she had been in the habit 44 applying it to his. Lord-
ship. 116 mentioned the servants as having ill used him.
I saw his Lordship yesterday, he told me that he then felt
the effects of the blows weskit he had received from Mr.
Alder ; from what I saw of his Lordship yesterday, I think
there Is certainly no improvement in his state of mind; he
told me and Lord Grande!, that Mr. Alder had been intro-
duced into his family us a medical man by Mr. Hanson,
but that Mr. Alder had told him (Lord Portsmouth) that he was
a trustee. I remember Lord Portsmouth saying, on our
way frOm Scotland, that he would repair to Hursemore and
have a great throne erected, and would pass sentence on all
who had . ill-treated him. The sentences, were, 1 think, that
Alder should be hanged and gibbeeted; Mr. Hanson was to
be hanged, and also Mr. Newland Hanson ; Lady Ports-
inciutli, whom he 'calls Mrs'. A. or Alder, was to receive
transportation for life ; he mentioned a great number of per-
sons whom he' would' sentence to be transported, fined, or
imprisoned. He mentioned these things, at least, half a
`dozen times over. He said Lady Portsmouth would have
child shortly, and that it was his own child, and that Lady
Portsmouth had told him so. 'Witness proceeded to state
the means by which Lord Portsmouth was managed.—
" There was no difficulty' in managing him ; he was influenced
chiefly by terror and kind treatment ; terror had a great
effect upon him ; any fraud might be practised upon him
with the greatest ease. The late Lady Portsmouth treated him
with particular kindness and indulgence,—l might say, she was
kind and indulgent to a fault ; there was not a gratification
that she did not endeavour to procure him ; a degree of firm-
nois was sometimes requisite to controul him, I do not say ter-
ror;" on the whole, from the year 19(18 to the present time, the
witness declared his opinion, that Lord Portsmouth, although
he might impose upon strangers, hail not been a man of sound
mind.

Cross-examined by Serjeant Pe L L —Lord Grantley and Judge
Best, and General Norton were trustees under a deed. There
is something peculiar in the pliyaiognotny of Lord Portsmouth ;
his eyes are peculiar—his manner is dignified notwithstanding.
He .was a man of an amiable temper—very amiable when not
actuated by passion. Ile has a good memory. Does he know
right from wrong'? -Certainly; That is to say, in a general
manner. (The witness entered into several explanation subse-
quently upon this question. and explained that he meant that
his Lordship was capable of distinguishing in ordinary and in
ceremonious intercourse what he was to do.)—He would not
after instruction behave in a rude manner—he was capable of
instruction, and had been to Italy, under the care of a private
tutor. I have not informed him of this proceeding, as I
thought it would have been cruel; but he has been informed.
He asked me about it ; but. I referred, him to Mr. Skirrow,
who is his friend and legal adviser, a Gentleman of the Bar.—
Lord Portsmouth is exceedingly fond, of driving horses ; he
has an assortment of two .dozen whips at least for his own
use ; a person of experience always walked behind the
carts while liia Lordship was driving in order to protect him
from injury; he hair driven a curricle; but I do not recollect
that he ever drove out the late Lady Portsmouth.
Q. Probably you were not surprised at Lord Portsmouth,
who' had been so cruelly treated by Mr. Hanson, sentencing
hint to be hanged P—l hope I was not surprrsed ; certainly I
was not

Q. Then you did not consider the sentence as too severe ?
Here Mr. Byng, the Member for Middlesex, who is upon ,
the Jury, made a loud exclamation of surprise. i
Mr. Serjeant PELL asked the Hon. Member the reason of his
surprise
Mr. Byng said he was surprised that the witness should be
called upon to give his opinion on such a Mattel.
Mr. Serjeent TELL said, that site questions he had put, he
believed were quite usual In the, coarse of a cross-examination.
The witness proceeded—Lord Portsmouth had voted on the'
Queen's trial, witness did not know whether he recollected on
which side, but remembers his Lordship having said, that he
thought he had voted wrong.—(Laughter.)—Witnessamtinued
—I believe the late Lord Grandee, •always had his proxy : I
remember Lord Portsmouth having told me so; his Lordship
had written some 'letters very well, others were very faulty ;
he understands French, has been instructed in Latin, and
knows arithmetic, at least he can do a sum of addition with ac.
,fore cur ay.,.
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elated by the learned Judge to be a free agent, and had been
allowed to go where he pleased.
Mr. Christopher Hunter, a medical Gentleman;was then exa-
mined by Mr, PEPYS. The witness resided at Whitchurch, and
was in the habit of' attending on those of his family who hap.
pened to be ill ; witness obtained a written permission from
his Lordship to ride through his park on visiting his patients
who resided round about it ; when he frequently was stopped
by his Lordship, who accosted him, and used exceed.
ingly . abusive language, asking him haw he dared to tree.
pass on his grounds, and threatened to prosecute him. This
happened. very ' frequently, notwithstanding repeated expla-
nations, and his Lordship would often spring out upon him,
as Ito went thrOeigh the park, from behind trees and hedges,
or from under covered shades. Witness has known him to wait
for more than two houre in these places, and would often find
him lurking in the same spot upon his return from his patients,
and was then accosted in the same manner as before. These
interruptions and menaces would happen after the witness bad
made. himself acquainted to his Lordship. . Witness saw leis
Lordship yesterday morning; his Lordship complained of the
usage which he had received from Mr. Alder on three or four
occasions, particularly of his coming into bed with him and
Lady Portsmouth, but said that he could not help it, for Mr.
Alder was a powerful man, with large whiskers.
Mr. Danis Ludlow was then examined by Mr .
:Befiwer.
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silitinaniflnuiceothogteeni
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lay:ln:eve,
age:
anearhr?..t:
—He had known turd Portsmouth for 23 years, and had fre-
quent opportunities of seeing him. Before 1808, he resided
in the neighbourhood of Lord Portsmouth and visited biro fre-
quently. .He was, from the observation of the witness at that
time, a person of unsound mind, and was generally reputed to be
so ; Ite was at times exceedingly civil tothe witness, and atother
times lie was exceedingly angry at the witness whenever he met
him, and. attempted. once .to drive over hint without any
cause. Lord Portsninuth was generally anxious about my
patients, as to when they would die, because he would toll the
bell for them ; he was particularly fond of tolling the church
bell; he ale, anxious to know when one old woman, a patient
of mine, would the, ml she held a cottage of his during her life,
and he said, if she died, it would be a good windfall for him.
—4 have efteb seen his Lordship amongst the teen in the hay-
field working eitil them with the greatest femiliarity ; he did
not call any of them by their proper names; one of them, a ger.
doter, lie called "Cebbage stump," and gave others similar f
names.- Lord Portsmouth went to the funeral uninvited, and'
the family were much hurt at his appearance there, but he was
permitted to remain. Witness saw Lord P. yesterday uturninee
—ln the course of conversation he Menuuned that it was ill
behaviour in Mr. Alder coming to bed to him and her lady..'
ship ; he mentioned with respect to Mr. Alder, that he was
a man with large whiskers, who was perfectly notorious,
for he had had twenty bastards already ; he said the girl
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knew nothing at all about it until the 3lon.
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day *bat lie wits tarried, •
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five o'clock, and in
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seen the late Lord Grantley
Lord Portsmouth on one particular occasion, after having been
in a hayfield, eat with remarkable voracity at dinner.
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call another witness, when the Chief Commissioner int rpos- d,
and said they had already
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The Court accordingly adjourned.

THE IRISH 0. P. TRIALS.

FOR THE SUN.

Ma. EDlTOR—from your acknowledged
im-
partiality mid disCrimination., I ruust own that I was much 44AP•
pointed in observing in your popular and loyal Paper the recent
trials at Dublin, entitled, " The Trials of TILE COXs!IItA7
Tony !" Now, Sir, for the.present4 ahlal contentolY44ll4
merely asking you to obtain from your' Dublin agent a correct
report of THE EVIDENCE
given on these trials and to insertit in your Paper; after which yoit may,. if you plittiet
the lrtirtos.speechei of the Lawyers on both sidas . The il%!.
section of Tax -EVIDENCE 0?..1LY will be sufficient for toy
purpose, without any observation :or comment. It will Op!
tbeeyes of John Bull, end lead him to conclusions not in an 7
degree creditable to the, individuals who have been cngsged'lll
getting up the late farce; which will end in their own aisico-.
fiture. AN HONEST and CANDID CATHOLIC.
British Coffee-house, Feb. 11.

••• it is proper to, inform our Correspondo:t,
that Tilt
EVIDENCE on these trials would occupy two or three of our
The word CossPutvrons was used Prilitta
Reports, and not in any statement from ourselv.!g•