The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-22 00:00:00

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.

Yesterday a commission of lunacy was opened at
the Swan Hotel, Walham-green, to inquire into the
state of mind of Charles Richard Harrison, Esq., an
inmate of Dr. Philp's establishment, Kensington
House.

Mr. Alexander with Mr. Bloxam attended as coun-
sel for the commission • T. W. Giffard to watch the
proceedings on behalf of the alleged lunatic.
Mr. ALEXANDER stated that Mr. Charles Richard
Harrison was the son of a merchant, and was forty-
two years of age. Upon the death of his father he
came into considerable property, and married his
cousin. He was brought up as a timber-merchant,
but instead of following up that vocation he became
extravagant and gave himself up to farming pursuits
and field sports ; he took two farms at Guildford,
in Surrey, of 1,000 acres, and kept up his sporting
stud at Hockton, Hull, and got a notion in his head
that all his property could be disposed of to the Hull
Dock Company. In the autumn of 1845 he became
exceedingly wild ; he was placed in Moorcroft House
Asylum, near Uxbridge, kept by Mr. Stilwell,
and there he threatened the life of Mr.
Taylor, a surgeon, and having been foiled
in his object, he became morose and sullen,
and it was necessary to administer food by the means
of the stomach pump. In May, 1846, he effected
his escape from Moorcroft House, and visited Guild-
ford, where Mr. Taylor, the surgeon, resided. He
was again placed under the protection of friends, and
continued in Osborne Wick House, in Yorkshire,
which was kept by a member •f the Society of
Friends. On the sth of February, 1847, he again
made his escape, and was discovered at Leeds, armed
with a brace of loaded pistols. By stratagem he was
prevented from doing any mischief, and his person
haying been secured, he was removed to Dr. Philp's
establishment, Kensington House, where he had be-
come more composed, and it was to be hoped, for the
sake of the unhappy gentleman himself, that the in-
fluence Dr. Philp exercised over him would continue.
Dr. Philp, physician of St. Luke's Hospital, and
superintendent of Kensington House asylum, stated
Mr. Harrison was a suicidal patient, and that he
frequently spoke of the Emperor of Russia, and
talked of seeing angels and visions, and was decidedly
of unsound mind.

Sir Alexander Morrison having given similar tes-
timony, the unfortunate gentleman was introduced
into the room. He is a flee man, and of military air,
and wears a full moustache.
The jury found Mr. Harrison insane from the 11th
of January, 1846.
The unfortunate gentleman's property was stated
to be about 12,0001.

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HE MURRAIN AMONG CATTLE.
At the monthly meeting of the Highland and Ag-
ricultural Society of Scotland, held at Edinburgh,
on Wednesday last, the secretary read a communica-
tion from the Board of Trade to the effect, that the
Epizootic'', which was thought to he disappearing,
had brolip: out with greater violence than ever among
the horned cattle of Wallachia, and that three-
fourths of those which had been spared from last
year's visitation were falling victims to it. The.
secretary said, that though the communicationth just
eiptitdoeibneic
adcoruenfetrreyn,ctehetoditrheectosrtasteeoonf, i
readdistant h
conceived
duty to submit to the public all information their
duty
conveyed
to them on so important a
subject, in regard to which
Professor Dick, who was present, had promised to
give to the meeting the results of his experience.
Protessor Dick then rose and made the following
statement, which
we give as of great interest to
the public at present :—Professor Dick stated that
um
Pleuro-Pneo '
and v ma was still prevailing with great vio-
lencearied with the weather. It existed at pre-
sent to great extent in East Lothian, as well as in Aber-
deenshire and throughout the north. -He was informed
yesterday by one of his pupils, who is in practice

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at Iklaybde, in Ayrshire, that g.,,Ar''' *Aa,4. -Org.:, ' . o\
occ.sionally a solitary case for ififteen-,iiiiles' R 7 Otte
..le
dur Pg the last twrive nicVOfS. -<.:---.02:7: ~.,:)ff. 4(t:
ket4t,
dered its origin and p...orag;ation \to be aftniWie Teal,:iit*
and attributable to influences to 14ich'2.0-01a7jiit
..:'
lower animals were equally exposd;...-in-4111n4riMt. -
of which the Professor referred tiirtifiel4i4tgAccOil.•
dernic in the form of influenza, under which he him-
self was evidently labouring, and in conseqaence of
which the public schools have been partially closed.
The disease consisted of active inflammation in the
lungs, and in the pleura which covers them and lines
the chest. It was attended with great danger,
particuarly when the pleura was principally affected;
and such cases generally were fatal, unless the
proper remedy was immediately applied ; because
when that membrane is attacked by inflammation,
being what is called a serous membrane, it very
rapidly proceeds to pour out serum and lymph be-
tween the lungs and ribs; the chest fills with water,

and the animal sinks and dies rapidly. Man, and
all the domesticated animals, are liable to the disease,
although they may not he equally affected at the
same time. Horses, as well as dogs, during the pre-
sent Epizootic, have been less afloted than cattle.
The disease is not,
,-4-,21-is,rallty speaking, so fatal in
bores as in cattle, Leause huses, being under con-

tinuai notice, were better attended to the symp-
toms were at once noticed, and they were seldom
lost. The same would he the case with cattle it
pror,,erly looked after; but too little attention is paid
by the breeders and rearers of cattle to the 'health
and comfort of their stocks and the symptoms of
their diseases ; they, at the same time, are not so
much under the immediate observation .of their
owners, and the symptons are not so distinctly marked
as in the horse. Irdeed, the early symptoms very
readily escape notice, because they are obscure.
To illustrate the treatment required, the Professor
referred to a case in Lanarkshire where he had been
called on for advice ;—his instructions to the smith
or furrier on the property were, that he should bleed
whenever he observed any cough or alteration on
the milk or feeding, clean out the bowels by laxative
medicine—say 11b. of Epsom salts, nitre, tar-
tarate of antimony in large and repeated doses ;
repetition of the bleeding ; blistering the sides, and
even firing, if necessary. After the inflammatory
action has been subdued, tonics should be adminis-
tered. By following this course the smith has ac-
quired a local celebrity. It was sufficiently simple if
adopted at an early stage of the disease ; but if it has
made a certain progress, no reasonable hope of success
can be entertained.

THE APPOINTMENT OF DR.
HAMPDEN.

The following protest refers to a memorial which
will be found below:

We the undersigned clergy, resident within the
archdeaconry of Coventry, having observed with pain
that a petiti ni is about to be presented to her Ma-
jesty from certain of our brother clergyman of this arch-
deaconry against the appointment of Dr. Hampden to
the bishopric of Hereford, desire to record our pro-
test against such petition as alike unjust to Dr.
Hampden, interfering necessarily with her Majesty's
selection, and likely to prove highly prejudicial to the
best interests of the Church of England.
Josiah Allport, M.A., perpetual curate of St. James's,
Birmingham.
C. T. Arnold, M.A., assistant master of Rugby
Schoool.
J. Casebow Barrett, M.A., incumbent of St. Mary's,
Birmingham.
H. J. Buckoll, M.A., assistant master of Rugby
School.
Carew Thomas Elers, vicar of Bickenhill.

B. Congreve, M.A, assistant master of Rugby School,
and fellow of Wadham College, Oxford.
G. E. L. Cotton, M.A., assistant master of Rugby
School, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge.
Sydney Gedge, M.A., second master of King Ed-
ward's School, Birmingham.
William Gower, MA., incumbent of St. Paul's, Bir-
mingham.
Joshua Greaves, MA , incumbent of St. Peter's,

mingnam.
A. William Gregory, vicar of Corley.
Henry Hake, vicar of Chilvers Coton.
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H. Highton M.A., assistant master of Rugby School,
and late fellow of Queen's College, Oxford.
J. S. Hodgson, M.A., rector of Brinklow.

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Arthur R. Kenney, rector of Bourton-on-Dunsmore.
James M. Knott, vicar of Prior's Hardwick.
W. Duncan Long, M.A., incumbent of St. Bartholo-
mew's, Birmingham.
John C. Miller, M.A., rector of St. Martin's, Birming-
ham.
Edward Miller, vicar of Radway.
J. Moultrie, M.A., rector of Rugby.
Thomas Page, M.A., incumbent of St. Matthew's,
Rugby.
_ _

U. Parker, vicar of .Bulkington.
3. Richings, vicar of Mancetter.

John iieriry Smith, perpetual curate of Milverton.
It. Strong, curate of Monk's Kirby.
A. C. Tait, D.O L., head-master of Rugby School,
and late fellow of Banjo' College, Oxt%ird.
Richard Tawnev, vicar of Willoughby.
11'. Wakefield, M.A., vicar of Curdw•orth.

Joshua G. Watson, vicar of St. Nicholas', Warwick.
Isaac D. Winslow, vicar of Napton-on-the-Hill.
J. Congreve, curate of Harborough Magna.

TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL.
We, the undersigned clergy exercising duties
within the county of Bedford, beg leave to submit our
opinion to your Lordship in the following particu-
lars :

1. That we have no share in those feelings of alarm
attributed to the clergy, through the activity of a
portion of them, upon the subject of Dr. Ha►npden's
elevation to the episcopal bench.
2. That we have throughout this agitation of so
grave a question looked for the affirmation and proof
of some sufficient reason ; some unquestionable state-
ment of erroneous doctrine supported by Dr. Hamp-
den ; some palpable evidence of unsoundness in the
faith. But none such have we found ; no
proof or evidence of any " strange doctrine con-
trary to God's word," as held or favoured by Dr.
Hampden.

3. On the contrary, we have seen charges advanced
upon the faith either of extracts from his works,
or of general statements of their constructive
meaning, which an examination of the original
writings shows to be entirely unfounded :
such extracts, by their garbled form in some
instances, by false connexions in others, quite revers-
ing the true meaning of the passages. And we have
reason to think that many of the clergy have received
their impression of Dr. Hampden's doctrinal views
from these untrustworthy sources.
4. That having seen these modes of impugning Dr.
Hampden's orthodoxy so largely adopted, and having
seen no one proof of unsound faith extracted front
any of his writings, we hold ourselves at liberty to
conclude (even those among us who have not made
a thorough search through all his works) that none
such are to be found.

h rthihasevt
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nnindeediitoanlr
aawdnhdi
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wuoeennrs
et
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regard
doc-
trines iansme.
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C,ne
only as admirable expositions of the truth upon those
points, but sufficient also to satisfy our minds that the
faith of their author and his view of Christian doc-
trine is worthy of all approbation.
6. That consequently, the only objection to the
elevation of Dr. Hamptien stands upon the authority
of the vote of censure passed upon him by the Um-
versity of Oxford in convocation, in the year 1836.
And that we do not, in the present day, regard that
vote as of so much weight as properly to stand in the
way of Dr. Hampden's elevation, for reasons which
we think it unnecessary to mention.
7. That Dr. Hampden has since the time of his
condemnation received a direct expression of confi-
dence, in the very article of previous censure, from
the legitimate heads and governors of the university ;
whose age, and station, and responsibility, and
maturer judgment entitles their act, in our opinion,
to more weight of consideration, as representing the
sense of the university, than the act of a body composed
in great part of younger and leas responsible
persons
8. That under such circumstances, and reviewing
the theological history of Oxford during the period
that has intervened since the occurrence above alluded
to, we consider the appointment to an episcopal station
one holding and stating the great doctrines of Chris-
tianity in that vital integrity',
er
, strength, and simplicity
exhibited in Dr.
mrhouomrnchs
a.
The following is an extract circumstancea
sermons,
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favourable to the health
of the C
datedwyielslttearkdtake
Hereford,yp,la 1c
17
is private
when letter,
morning. Thefixed
it
a large majority of the Chapter.
place,
by
th,a General Chapter met, in con-
sequence of the Dean having summoned them,
to lay before them the various communi-
cations he had received as to Dr. Hampden, and also
to consent to sign a petition to the Crown which he
had prepared against Dr. Hampden's appointment.
This was rejected by a majority of 7 to 3, and I
know three or four of the preben daries who were
absent, and would have swelled the majority had they
been present." , arrivede tt
election fi"ed The
for co
thege 2

FOREIGN FUNDS.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussaLs. DEC. 20.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent .. •• • • • • ..
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent --
Ditto Three per Cent • • ......
Ditto Thirty-seven ➢lillione, ditto ......
Ditto,ditto,lB4o. ••
Ditto,dltto,lB42 . • • • • • • • • • •...
Ditto, 1843.... •• • • •
Ditto, 1836... • • •
Ditto, 1838 .. • • .............. 67
Ditto of the City, 1832 ....... ..... 99Lii
Ditto, 1843 . • • • • • • ....... '
Bank ofltelgium.. • '
—Brussels Papers, Dec. 20, •••••'• • • • • • 8014

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ST. 'THOMAS'S DAY.
THE WARDMOTES.
Yesterday being St. Thomas's day, the annual elec-
.-.►of Common Councilmen and other ward officers
the year eniuing, took place wich the usual for-
t, ales throughout the City. There was a great
la&k of excitement in the proceedings generally. The
chief subject of discussion in all the principal wards
r- s the sanitary question, and at some two or three
C. 7 the meetings observations were made on the con-
' - tiplated relief of the Jewish disabilities. An ab-
stract of the proceedings is subjoined. It will be
observed there are but few contests, and the elections,
with three or four exceptions, may be considered
virtually ended.
The wards are arranged alphabetically, and the
pew candidates are distinguished by an asterisk :
ALDERSGATE (8 MEmsEes).
This wardmote was held at one o'clock in the
C,•neral Dispensary, Aldersgate-street. Alderman
Str Peter Laurie presided. Mr. Deputy Larkin,
J. T. Norris, Air. J. Woods, Mr. S. Maw, Mr.
Godson, Mr. G. Stacey, Mr. S. Sherwood, and
?11r. H. de Jersey, were unanimously re-elected. The
proceedings altogether occupied less than an hour.
ALDGATE (8).
Mr. Alderman Humphery, M.P., presided at this
ward.mote. There were three new candidates here
th -fill the vacancies occasioned by the retirement of
3,1-_ssrs. Jerram and Salter. On a show of hands the
I-flowing were declared elected :—Mr. Deputy Lake,
E. Fisher, Mr. B. Massey, Mr. R. B. Whiteside,
G. Clifton, Mr. A. Freeman, *Mr. Bucknell, and
Turaley. Mr. Burnell, the third new candidate,
retired..