The Sun.
London, England, 1826-04-13 00:00:00

3, 1826.

.the extraordinary impression of the testator was a de--
cided proof of insanity. He particularly. dwelt on the
testimony of the Rev. Mr. Barnet, who had been induced
by the repreSentations of the testator to visit his daughter, the-
latter having described her as one possessed of satanic art-to be
as cunning as the devil—and to embitter his life by her shock,
ing misconduct. That gentleman, however, found her to be
quite the reverse, and was struck with the peculiar propriety of
her behaviour—with the anxiety she manifested to IN recon-
ciled to her father, in spite, of the treatment the had alwitytire.
ceived from him—and with the keen 'deliCacy she displayed
when speaking of the indignities to which he had subjected her.
It was remarkable, he continued, that the father praised the
affectionate interest he took in the welfare of his child, and gave
himself credit for the utmost purity of feeling. After the
Learned Judge had concluded his analysis of the evidence, he
.alluded to the circumstances under which thedeed was granted;
and here, he observed, that the owe with which it was revised
by the testator, and the bearing of the instriicdons giVen .by hint,
made out a strong case of sanity. But . when these onetime
stances were opposed to the mass of evidence which belted de-
tailed, the presumption was entirely changel. 'That showed
that, up to the-period of theetiisiiitoi's death . the-original delis.
lion kept hold' of his mind ; for although he was seized with
paralysis some time before that event, the effects of which
might have been supposed to reduce hint to imbecility, yet it
,was elcarly proved that after this affliction had happened to
hint, he rejected every overture of being teconeilekto his dough.
;ter, breaking out into the most violent exelamatioaa against a
friend who attempted this humane act,
..u.t declared that the
devil could only have swayed him in making such a proposition.
The various marks of eccentricity against the testator might
not of themselves have been sufficient to determine the judg.
anent of the Court ; but, as corroborating the predominant de.
InsiOn which possessed the testator's intrul,• they strengthened:,
the conclusion at which it was disposed tet arrive. It was
evident that that delusion was deep rooted, and that under its
influence the testator had dictated the deed which was the sub- '
ject of the suit. Notwithstanding the excellent charecter of
the daughter that had been sworn to, her father bad aecu ed ,
her of depravity, violence, vice, hypocrisy, artifice, and every :
thing that could disgrace the human character, and had con.
stnted her conduct into a species of revolt and rebellion against
his paternal authority. He had subjoeted her also to great
harshness and indignity, by tying her to bed,poats, pulling
out her hair by the roots, stripping her naked, rubbing her
; back with salt and water, and imposing upon her different
kinds of household drudgery. These arts he represented to be
ao Many proofs of paternal affletion and tenderness, and him.
self to he a perfect pattern of purity —as pure as the Deity him,
self. These considerations had led the Court to come to the
conviction, after carefully guarding itself against all compn.ue.
'innate feelings towards the daughter, that the testator was not
of sound mind, or non Compos mentis, when he executed
the will, and that therefore it ought to, be revoked and set
'

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

11A It I,BOROUG 11-STREET.

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FRAUDS AT TIIE it EDEN T-STHEET COACU•OFFICE.—
Joseph Lance:ter, junior the proprietor of the. " Atlas steatn-
packet, royal mail, coach, van, and waggon, bookinkoffice,”
at the corner of the Regent Circus, Piccadilly, way again
brought before Sir UEOHOE TARRANT, rstertlay, for fur-
ther examination on various charges of losing or embezzling
the parcels and packages committed to his care; and again
the Justice Room was uerowded to an overflow, by fresh
troops of clamourous complainants against him. Among
them were some persons who stated that they had book•
ed a parcel at the prisoner's office, containing a aunt of
money which had been raised by subscription in London for
the use of a distressed widow in the country ; which parcel
had not reached its destination, and they had' no doubt its con-
tents had been embezzled by the prisoner or some of his people.
Of this, however, they had at, present no proof, and fur uny
thing. they were prepared to show to the contrary, the parcel
might have been lost in the regular way ;" in which c.tse
they would have no remedy but by civil action. This appear-
ed to be the case, too, with all the other complainants; and
therefore no evidence was gone into with respect to any of
them.

Throughout the inquiry the prisoner's father vehemently
votested, as at the first examination, that his sop bed been
made the dupe and the " nape gout" of his boosc-Itecper,
Abbot, who, it will be recollected, has been a principal wit-
ness for the prosecution ; and, in proof of this protestation, the
tether said he was now ready to prove that one of the ten pound
bank notes stolen out of Mr. Addison's parcel had been paid
away by Abbot. He therefore meant to charge him with the

Upon this charge abbot was now placed at the bur by the
side of his master ' • and evidence was given to show that he
(Abbot) had received change for the note in question, from a
botcher living in Jermyn-street,'
Abbott, in his defence, readily admitted having changed a
101. note, as described ; but he solemnly denied having stolen
it, or knowing that it had been stolen. He was in the habit of
going out for change for notes, whenever change was wanted ;
and he well recollected, with respect to this particular note, that
his master called him into the office, and, pointing to the note
which then lay on the counter, told him to go out and get it
changed, as he wanted to give change to a gentleman who was
there, booking himself by one of the western coaches. Accord-
ingly he ran out with the note, and having applied at several
shops without success,, he at last procured ten sovereigds for it
at .11r. Wakeman-'s butcher's shop in Jermyn-street ; and his
master alterwarlis .at him back to get one of the sovereigns
exchanged for mi.l bso
After some inrther discussion, master and man were both
committed for further examination on Saturday next at one
o'clock.