The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-23 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY.
GLOBE.—The Repeal Banquet, given to O'Con-
yell and the other Government-convicted, but legally-
liberated Stte prisonsrs, came off on Thursday
evening. It was an entertainment on a monster
scale. Though the speeches of O'Connell, and the
rest of the orators of the day, were destitute of
novelty—the topics being necessarily a repetition of
the hundred-times-rehearsed grievance of the Irish
eople, hich constitute the warp-and-woof of Irish
rgitation, they were heard with approbation, and
responded to with enthusiasm by the assembled mul-
titude, as though the voice of the speakers were
then heard for the first time, and the subjects
of their harangues were never before embodied in
language. For the details of the meeting we refer to
the report in another column. This additional de-
monstration of the imposing position which the repeal
confederation now assumes, is pregnant with matter
for serious reflection. We cannot but contrast the
e resent rampant spirit of repeal with its prostrate
condition under the administration of the Whigs. It
las spread its ramifications throughout the entire
kingdom, with a rapidity which sets conjecture at de-
fiance as to the numbers who have enrolled their
names as
,members of the confederacy. It has
drawn to itself a large portion of the middle
classes ; it even boasts of numbers of the higher
c rders who have recently avowed themselves
converts to its cause, and who consent to be placed
in the forefront of the movement. Add to these
the not less formidable fact, that its constitution
is distinguished by the arrangements of its systematic
plans ; the skilful adaptation of its machinery for col-
lecting its revenues. These supply the means of en-
countering the Government in the most protracted and
expensive prosecutions of its leaders ; and of defray-
ing the other constantly-recurring charges pertaining
to the agitation. The confidence with which the multi-
tudes have been inspired as to the infallibility or in-
vulnerability of their principal leader, is also another
source of its strength. This unbounded and unwaver-
ing confidence—whether it be the result of accident, or
of superior tact or talent—as much as anything else in
the history of this extraordinary movement, has con-
tributed to swell the influence Mr. O'Connell wields
over the masses of his countrymen. It enables him
to control and move them at his will. For this
commanding influence, and for the greatly accele-
rated impulse which it has given to the project to
which he applies it, the Government has to re-
proach itself. Its own ill-advised proceeeings, de-
signed to suppress the confederacy, before the her-
culean powers of which it now totters to
its fall, has rendered repeal an object of apprehension
to many, and of annoyance to all—save those who PORTS3IOUTH, SEPT. 18.—The French Frigate Le
have committed themselves to its fortunes, and have Caiman came out of harbour this evening, and an-
determined to stand, or fall, by its results. Had chored at Spithead.
Ministers guided their proceedings with the pru- The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
dence which marked the policy of their predecessors Pretyman, having returned from Chatham, is placed
--shad they combined justice and equity in the admi- under the orders of Commander Sherringham, of
nistration of the government, with a calm but firm the Fearless surveying vessel, to assist in surveying
resolve to discountenance the repeal scheme, and all the Southampton river, the Fearless having got her
who enrolled their names as members of the Associa- engines out of working order, so as to require dock-
tion, or subscribed to the funds for the furtherance of ing for repair.
its objects, repeal would be now lingering out an The Swiftsure, an old 74, which was moored last
existence without energy, incapable of inspiring week in Portchester Lake as a mark for the trial of
its projectors with hope, or its opponents with Captain Norton's shells, has grounded, and sunk so
fear. Lord Fortescne prostrated it by a word. far into the mud (having heeled over and filled), that
It was then few in numbers, and feeble in it is expected the trial of the firing from the Excellent,
resources. Had the Whigs remained in power, which was announced to take place to-morrow, will
it would have been vox et prcetera nihil—a mere be unavoidably postponed, attempts having been made
sound, which would have amused by its folly, instead to raise her, but unsuccessfully.
of its scaring, as it now does, the timid by the The Netley tender arrived from Devonport yester-
boldness of its claims, and confounding the counsels day, with hands for the squadron fitting out here and
of the Government by the skilfulness of its strata- at Chatham.
giee. The prominent fault of the Government The Osprey, new 12 gun brig, was docked yester-
policy, in its government of Ireland, was pointed day to have her copper cleaned. The other brigs
out to us from the commencement. It made forming the squadron here and at Chatham will un-
O'Connell the principal object against which its dergo the same operation. The latter, when ready,
powers were directed. It treated him as every- will be piloteddown the river, and anchor at the Little
thing, and the grievances of the people— Nore, to await further orders.
which constituted him what he is, the leader SEPT. 19.—Le Caiman steam-frigate sailed in the
and commander of the Irish nation—as nothing. night from Spithead for Cherburg.
This was the grand mistake; and those which fol- The Osprey, new 12 gun brig, was undocked yes-
lowed—the prosecution, with its blunderings, its ob- terday, having had her copper examined.
vious denial of justice by means of perverting the The Flying Fish, new 12, and the Pantaloon, 10
forms of law to the purposes of oppression—the de- gun-brig, were docked this day, to have their copper
feat of the prosecution by the reversal of the judg- examined. The Waterwitch, 10, is undergoing the
ment, founded partly on the very perversions which same scrutiny.
disgraced the proceedings, and exposed the adminis- The Styx steam surveying-vessel, Captain Vidal,
tration of justice to contempt—these were but the is coaling and replenishing stores in harbour, prepa-
polluted streams which naturally flowed from the ratory to returning to her station in the Azores.
polluted source. The dignity of an Executive The Emerald tender left this day for Chatham,
es lowered by engaging in a contest with a with hands for the experimental brigs.
private individual. It invests that person with the The Canton transport, having landed her troops
interesting attributes of martyrdom, if the proceed- (55th), left the harbour for this day for the Thames.
ings which are set on foot for his extinction are The Fanny yacht, having been driven to Spithead
crowned with success. If, on the contrary, those from Brighton, by stress of weather on Sunday last,
proceedings are abortive—if they fail to effect the left again on Tuesday, to attend upon Admiral Sir
purposes for which they are instituted, the triumph C. Rowley, Commander-in-Chief at this port, who is
of the individual over the Executive is signal and sojourning at Brighton for the benefit of his health,
complete ; and he becomes a hero—a conqueror—a which is progressing favourably towards re-establish-
demi-god, in the eyes of the multitude. By the ment. The duties of the port are still carried on by
employment of merely coercive measures—and the the Superintendent of the Dockyard, Rear-Admiral
present Government has tried no others with the Hyde Parker.
Irish people—the Executive is necessarily presented The Caledonia, 120, Captain Milne, was still in the
to the nation in a hateful point of view : and that Tagus on the 11th.
insubordination to the law, which seems so unhap- The Sylvia cutter, Lieutenant-Commander Tur-
pily to form absolutely a part of the nature of the nour, is undergoing thorough overhaul and repair in
less-informed portion of the Irish people, is fos- dock, prior to returning to the Jersey station.
tered into deadly enmity—ready, at a moment's en- The Volage, 26, Captain Sir W. Dickson, with the
couragement, to break forth into furious excitement. flag of Sir Hugh Pigott, was the only ship at Cove
From this consideration we derive apprehensions for on the 16th instant.
the preservation of the public peace in Ireland, in the As we anticipated, no experiments were tried to-
perilous circumstances with which the false palicy of day from the Excellent upon the Swiftsure.
the Government has surrounded it. It is obvious PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 22. The experimental
that a change from coercion to conciliation cannot be
squadron is not yet ready for sea, although we ex-
mission of previous wrong, which would be the death-
made by the present Ministers. It would be an ad- pectest it would have been by the 20th ; but the truth
of what w few weeks stated a fe weeks ago is now proved—
note of their administration. The party which seamen are not so plentiful as supposed, and numbers,
urged them to employ force is now exhorting some tired of waiting for the brigs to be commissioned,
more decisive step than any they have yet taken ; really have left the port for other places and employ-
and will not be satisfied unless a vigour beyond the ment. Tenders are daily arriving with hands from
law be exereised against the Repeal Association and other ports, and vessels sent from this and other ports
its leaders. What, if the Government again commit to convey seamen. This would not have been the
itself to such evil counsels ? Even if proclamations case had the brigs been commissioned when ready,
be issued, and obedience to their commands be and hundreds of the finest and best hands would have
obeyed ; or, if disobeyed, the military are called out been secured to the service. We stated last week
against the people, and enforce obedience at the that the Daring entered her complement, and could
bayonet's point ; and thus the strong arm of authority have entered many more on the day she hoisted her
succeeds in suppressing the agitation for the moment— pendant. This has been seized upon (as we expected
what then ? Who can tell how soon, or how fearfully, it would be), as corroboratory of the statements made
the smothered flame may break out again from the in certain daily and weekly " sources of information"
deceitful ashes ? The lately-defeated prosecution has upon the present efficient state of our naval force. It
shown with what instinctive dislike the people of this is, in fact, however, corroborative of no such allege-
country view the stretching of penal statues so as to tion, but merely proves this, that the Daring and
include constructive crimes. A renewal of the attempt Waterwitch, being the first of the squadron commis-
in another, and more offensive—because still more sioned, had a rush made to enter for them, and the
anti-constitutional—form, would provoke a demon- former having a very excellent commander, and a very
titration in this country as decisive to, ;as it would be " winning" look, was manned, and to spare, before her
destructive of, the Government. The course which sister had half her complement on her books, and be-
alone promises tranquillity to Ireland involves the fore the other vessel of the squadron had entered a
abandonment of office by the present Ministry, single hand.
They would not adopt the only policy which can The Queen, 110, Captain Martin, is completing
r
arrest the progress of repeal, if they could; and
Provisions for five months at Spithead. She will be
could not, it' they would. The former would be an ad-
inspected on Tuesday by
after the Commander-in-Chief,
for Plymouth.
sall in a da
mission of essential error in their previous proceedings
eand ' two ar
too humiliating and dangerous to be made ; while
even, if Ministers were prepared to make the experi- The Styx, y
steam-surveying-vessel, Captain Vidal,
having coaled and replenished stores, left on Friday
ment, the party on whose support in Parliament their afternoon to resume her duties in the Azores.
retention of office necessarily depends, would refuse support to a conciliatory policy, and thus drive them The Alfred, 50, Commodore Purvis, and the
Ardent, steam-sloop, Commander J. Russell, left
from their seats. If Sir Robert Peel be possessed of Monte Video on the 26th of June for Rio. Captain
patriotism, he will not expose the nation to the con- Talbot, of the Vestal, is to command the English
sequences of persisting to contend with the increased squadron before Monte Video, until his sailing for
" difficulties" which beset his government in Ireland. India, when the squadron will be commanded b
H y
e has done enough to show the danger of attempt- Captain Sir T. S. Pasley, of the Curacioa, 24. The
ing to do more. Let him retire with dignity, instead Gorgon steamer was still ashore on the 30th of June.
of waiting until the gathering elements, indicative of A Court-martial, consisting of Captain C. Talbot,
an impending storm, drive him from the helm. of the Vestal, President; Captain Sir T. S. Pasley, of
STANDARD.—On Thursday a party, variously the Curacoa ; Captain C. Hotharn, of the Gorgon;
estimated as in number 700 and 900, assembled in the Capt. Willis, of the Frolic ; and Commander J. Rus-
Music Hall, in Dublin, to celebrate by a dinner the eel, of the Ardent; assembled on board the Vestal, at
late "gaol delivery "by the -Whig law Lords. The Monte Video, on the 19th of June, tee try Mr.
dinner is described by the Freeman's Journal, with a George Durbin, late mate of her Majesty's ship
manifest relish, as a "substantial banquet, in which Alfred, on the following charges preferred by the
taste was happily blended with abundance." Admiralty, viz.:--
'Whether we get credit for the wish or not, we "I. For general neglect of duty during the period
mast parenthetically avow our earnest desire that of his belonging to the said ship Alfred.
every poor Contributor to the repeal rent had par- "2. For uncourteous behaviour towards Commo-
taken of such a dinner upon the same occasion, then dore Purvis, and remonstrating with him on the dis-
One good at least would have resulted from the mon- cipline of the ship in March, 1843.
strolls proceedings of the Lords Cottenhatn Campbell, "3. For leaving a boat and neglecting to report
tied Denman; but alder visum—the millions must two of the crew, although they were drunk on duty,
starve tpon lumpers, and even find them curtailed by he being the officer in charge of the said boat."
repeal rent and priests' rent, while the master agitators After some deliberation the Court found the pri-
feast and fatten at substantial and tasteful banquets, soner guilty of the second charge only, but in con-
for which, directly or indirectly, the lumper eaters sequence of his previous good character, and the
must pay. The business of the celebration corn- time which had elapsed since the date of the offences
meneed by reading the letters of apology from charged, the Court sentenced him to be severely re-
invited pests, and a long correspondence it was. primanded only.
Somebody once complimented a worthless fellow The Fisgard, 42, Captain Duntze, arrived at Val-
by saying that the " negative catalogue of his paraiso on the 25th of May, and was joined on the
good dualities was indeed a long one;" so the 3d of June by the Daphne, 18, Captain Onslow, from
negative catalogue of the guests at this O'Connell Monte Video.
festival was, indeed, very long; se long as to The Comorant, 6, steam sloop, Commander Gordon,
exhaust pretty nearly the whole list of respect- left Valparaiso for Callao on the 3d of June.
able names, at any time pledged to Whiggery and The Rose, 18, Commander Sturt, sailed on the 3d
Liberalism. The only nobleman in actual presence ult. from Sacrificioz for New Orleans, where she
was, after all, but a very modern Irish Lord—poor arrived on the 17th with dispatches from Mr. Bank-
Lord Ffrench, the representative of a bankrupt banker head, in Mexico, to the British Minister at Washing-
and an ex-justice of the peace for the county of ton. She returned immediately to Vera Cruz, where
Galway. The gentleman class was represented she shortly expected the arrival of the Inconstant, 36,
by Mr. Smith O'Brien, the ex-Conserva- Captain Freemantle, to relieve her.
tire Member for Ennis, heir to the best The Spartan, 26, Captain the Hon. C. G. J. B.
pensioned family in Ireland for several gene- Elliott, left Port Royal for Havannah on the 6th of
rations, and, as everybody knows, the prince of i August.
T fribbles. The great body of the meeting was made I he Inconstant, 36, Captain Freemantle, left Port
up of Romanist bishops and Romanist priests, Royal, Jamaica, on the 2d ult. for Vera Cruz, to col-
Rooneys and Mulrooneys, &c. The affair was in- I lect freight on Government account for the payment
tended as a triumph, and a triumph certainly it is, of the troops in the West Indies.
but to whom is it a triumph ? If it is not a triumph 1 The Electra, 19, Commander Dareey, was at
to Sir R. Peel and to the Attorney-General for Ire- Grenada on the 26th ult., where she would remain
land, we are at a loss to know what are the trophies of during the hurricane months.
good government. We have given the speeches pretty I The Serpent, 16, Commander Nevill, was at Singe-
fully with a view.to this very object, that the English pore on the Ist of July, expecting shortly to proceed
reveler may compare them with his recollection of the ' to England.
speeches of the same parties last year, and by a coin- The Prometheus, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Hay,
parison measure tine mighty change that has been left the Gambia for Sierra Leone on the 7th of July.
wrought in the prospects, the spirits, and the means 1 The Griffon, 3, Lieutenant-Commander C. Jenkins,

of mischief indulged and exercised at Mallow, Tara,
Muliaghmaq, and the other scenes of the mon-
ster meetings. The monster meeting are for ever
crushed; and there, on Thursday, was their
old monster father—toothless and fangless—meekly
gulping federalism, and actually preaching the
value of the British connection. Pis'ol chewing
his leek was a too respectable type of the ab-
ject prostration of the incendiary upon this festi-
val given in his honour, and attended by hun-
dreds who would be only too much delighted to
applaud his hackneyed common-places of treason if
he had only dared to repeat them, but he did not
dare. " The vinegar-cruet" of his afflicted ima-
gination was present to his mind's eye, to sour his
joys and make his blood curdle at the first sugges-
tion of any of the old seditious topics. He talked
nothing of hurling defiance at the Saxon Attorney-
General. Oh, no. The very name of the Right
Hon. T. Smith would have sent him up the chim-
ney. Is not this a triumph—a triumph equal
to any of the twelve labours ? If Lord Bacon lived
in our day he would certainly add to his interpreta-
tion of the fables of the ancients, an explanation that
the Lernean monster was an old incendiary, direct-
ing an organised and extensive conspiracy, and
that Hercules was an Attorney-General, who
lopped the brute's heads in detail, taking good care
to provide against their reproduction, by the severe
cautery of the law. This single speech, in which no
one word of treason or sedition can be found, though
proceeding from lips from which scarcely anything
but treason or sedition has escaped for the last
forty years—this " miracle instead of wit," the one
not seditious speech from Daniel O'Connell, is in-
deed a testimony to the Government and the Attorney
General, as proud as fancy can conceive. And now
let us look to the future of Ireland, and to the
probable effect of the great triumph of the law.
The agitation will be continued, at least in
the attempt, because "no agitation, no rent,"
and the rent cannot be dispensed with. But
we have, in the instructions issued by the
Repeal Association, evidence of some misgiving as
to the success of the project. "The people," say
these instructions, " are now committed to repeal I
A nation cannot, without the deepest dishonour,
abandon opinions so loudly and so unanimously pro-
claimed." This appeal to the point of honour looks
very like apprehension that some strong appeal is
required; it is followed, however, at a little distance,
by proof that the parties making it are very much in
earnest.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

arrived at Port Royal on the 6th of August from St.
Juan de Nicaragua.
The Pelican, 16, Commander Justice, was at Hong-
Kong on the 21st of June, awaiting the arrival of the
next instalment of the Chinese ransom, wherewith to
proceed to Lugland.
The Samarang, 26, Captain Sir E. Belcher, Knight,
arrived at Singapore on the 2d of July, from a cruize
among the Celebes Islands. She had encountered off
Salombo, Java Sea, some piratical junks, who fell into
the dangerous mistake of taking the Samarang for a
merchantman. They, however, discovered their error
when within gun-shot. In the skirmish which fol-
lowed Captain Belcher received a ball in the thigh.
The pirates were beaten off with much loss, their
captain being, we are informed, among the slain.
The Vixen, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Giffard,
left Trincomalee on the 10th of July with dispatches
from Vice-Admiral Sir IV. Parker, the Commander-
in-Chief, to Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, at Hong-
kong.

The Scylla, 18, Commander Sharp, arrived at
Pictou on the 4th ult., from a cruise in the Bay of
Funday.
The Siren, Commander Smith, arrived at Madras
from Moulmein on the 16th of July.
The Wolf, 18, Commander Vyner, received orders
on the 21st of June to sail from Hong-Kong for
Chusan, to place herself under the orders of Captain
Graham, of the Castor.
In Harbour—The Victory, Excellent, Firebrand,
Daring, Osprey, Flying Fish, Waterwitch, Nautilus,
Pantaloon, Dwarf, and Echo.
In Dock—Prince Regent, Athol, Vindictive, and
Scourge.
At Spithead—The Queen.
DEVONPORT, SEPT. 20.—The Flora, 36, recently
launched, was docked on Saturday for coppering.
The Heels., 1, steam. sloop, Commander J. Duffill,
having refitted, will return to the Mediterranean.
The Caledonia, 120, Captain Milne, is ordered to
return here from Lisbon. On her arrival it is ex-
pected-the St. Vincent will proceed to Spithead.
The Rhadamanthus, 2, steam-vessel, Master-Com-
mander T. Leen, arrived yesterday from Cork.
The Netley tender sailed on Monday with seamen
for the experimental squadron at Portsmouth.
The Stirling Castle convict-ship, with her estab-
lishment, merely awaits steam-vessels to tow her to
proceed to Portsmouth.
The Adventure transport, M. Raskelly, master,
sailed yesterday with stores for Pembroke.
The Netley tender returned yesterday from Ports
mouth.
In Harbour—The San Josef, Rhadamanthus
Hecla, and Confiance.
In Dock—Tha Flora, Kent, Armada, and Ranger.
In the Sound—The St. Vincent.

SHEERNESS, SEPTEMBER 20.—The Monkey steam-
, vessel arrived to-day from Woolwich to assist the
Africaine in towing the three brigs Mutine, Espeigle
• and Cruiser from Chatham, to be inspected by the
Commander-in-Chief Sir J. C. White, and receive
further orders.
The Thunder, 6, Commander Barnett, is still in
dock repairing at Chatham.
The Brilliant, 38, is now docked for razeeing.
The Aid, navy lighter, is loading stores for Dept-
ford and Woolwich at Chatham.
The Duck, navy lighter, was docked yesterday at
Chatham to repair copper and general defects.
The Lively arrived yesterday at Chatham with
stores from Portsmouth.
The Rochester sailed on Wednesday for Ports-
mouth and Devonport with stores.
In Harbour—Ocean, Raven, and African.
In Dock—Vernon, Herald, and Brilliant.
In the Basin—London, Amazon, Monarch, and
Vulture.
At Chatham.--In Harbour—Poietiers, Mutine,
Espiegle, and Cruizer.
In Dock—Thunder and Duck lighter.
PROMOTIONS.—Lieutenant J. M. Potbury (flag of
San Josef), to be commander.
APPOINTMENTS.—Commander E. G. Fishbourn to
to the Naval College, for study.
Lieutenants—G. W. Preedy to the Queen ' • W.
K. Hall to the Pantaloon ; A. Young to the
Espiegle; B. P. Priest, of the Dublin, to the Carys-
fort • G. Ogle to command the Royalist.
dasters—James Bodil to the Winchester; G. Gur-
wood to the Espiegle.
Mate—J. Furneaux to the Mutine.
Second Masters—G. Harwood to the Royal So-
vereign ; W. G. Sturgess to the Pluto.
Assistants—H. Edmunds to the Mutine; W. B.
Fegen to the Fearless ; T. Tait to the Cruiser ;
0. T. Miller to the San Josef; G. Everest to the
Osprey; V. C. Clarke to the Daring; J. S. Brummer
to the Flying Fish ; J. Patrick to the Minden.
Naval Cadets—W. Dawson to the Mutine.
Clerks—J. Winsom to the Firebrand ;W. Balfour
to the Osprey.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON THE
SON OF TIIE LATE POET, T. CAMP-
BELL, ESQ.

A Commission de lunatico inquirendo was opened at
the Ship Inn, Waltham Abbey, before Mr. Commis-
sioner Winslow, and a special jury of sixteen gentle-
men of the county of Essex, of whom J. Colvin,
Esq., was foreman, to inquire as to the state of mind
of Thomas Telford Campbell, Esq., aged forty, only
son of the late poet, Thomas Campbell, Esq., de-
scribed in the Commission as of " Dr. Allen's Asylum,
High Beech, Essex, bachelor."
The case excited the greatest interest in the neigh-
bourhood, and the court was much crowded.
Mr. Moxon appeared as counsel, and Messrs. Der-
ton, Barker, and Choppin appeared as solicitors to
the Commission, which was unopposed. The Com-
mission was taken out at the instance of the trustees,
under the will of a relative, from which the subject
of the Commission derives an annuity. The inquiry
was rendered necessary by the demise of his father,
under whose will he, however, takes no property.
After the jury had been sworn, and the proceedings
were about to commence, Mr. Campbell, having ex-
pressed a wish to be present, walked into the room
unattended, and after bowing respectfully to the
court, took his seat by the side of the Learned Com-
missioner.

[le is about five feet five inches in height, dark
complexion, very good•humoured countenance, with
a stout, robust, muscular frame. lle throughout paid
the greatest attention to the proceedings, and evinced
no symptoms of a disordered intellect.
The Learned COMNIISSIONER having addressed the
jury explanatory of the laws of lunacy,
Mr. Moxon addressed the jury at some length to
the following effect :—He had the honour to appear
for the trustee 3 for the annual payment of a sum of
money to Mr. Thomas Telford Campbell, and who
felt it unsafe to continue such payment until a jury
had decided as to the state of his mind. It was about
fourteen years since that Mr. Campbell's father, in
consequence of some extraordinary conduct, had
deemed it necessary for his protection to place
him under the care of Dr. Allen, at his asylum, High
Beach, Essex. lie was sent there under the usual
medical certificate, signed by Dr. Scott and another
gentleman. Mr. Campbell had continued to reside
there up to the present time, but for the whole
period from his first entering the establishment he had
been fully at liberty, without the slightest confine-
ment or restraint, as Dr. Allen deemed it a mild case,
and only thought a little moral control necessary,
such as restraining him from drink, to which he had
formerly been accustomed ; he, therefore, used to
walk where he pleased daily after breakfast, returning
to dinner, and again, season and weather permitting,
until between eight and nine o'clock in the evening.
lle was a great pedestrian, frequently walking thirty
or forty miles per day; in fact, he was computed to
have travelled over a distance of 80,000 miles during
his residence at High Beach Asylum. He is parti-
cularly attached to the neighbourhood of Woodford
and Epping Forest. He was perfectly harmless, but
had several singular delusions. One was, that Chinn's
Lozenges, which he had formerly taken, had
got into his bones and destroyed his constitu-
tion ; and he had some time since accustomed
himself to lie down in the sun in the Forest,
in order, as he said, to evaporate Chinn's Lozenges
out of his bones, and eradicate the diseases they had
engendered. He took occasional diilikes to some of
the inmates at Dr. Allen's, and had been known to

attack some, when, as he said, they got in his way in
the passage, although, on such occasions, there was
plenty of room for him, and he would afterwards say
that he thought he ought to thrash them well. He
had exhibited some extraordinary conduct to the tailor
who worked for the establishment, and to the slaugh-
terman who killed the beasts, &c., for the use of the
inmates; in the latter case he had eaten part of the
brains of an ox which had been just killed; he would
have them warm from the head, without being cooked,
and ate them without any bread. Mr. Moxon having
detailed the delusions and general conduct in accord-
pee with the subjoined evidence, expressed a hope
that, whatever present appearances of sanity Mr.
Campbell might present, the jury would not, after
hearing the evidence, consider that his late lamented
father had placel him unnecessarily under restraint;
indeed, it could not be supposed that he could have so
treated his only child, except for his due care and pro-
tection.

Mrs. Mary Johnstone was then examined. She
stated that her husband was a surgeon, of Dover-
street, Piccadilly. She was an old friend of the
family, particularly of Mr. Campbell's late mother.
About 14 or 15 years ago witness was in London,
and on a visit to Mrs. Campbell. She observed that
young Mr. Campbell's manners were very peculiar.
Once when at dinner he took offence because the foot-
.

man accidently removed his chair, uponWhich,-;i6-i-
-out saying a word, he got up and left the table, went
out of the house, and did not return for several hours.
On other occasions, when the family would be taking
lunch or other meals, he would sometimes take it into
his head that he was not wanted, and would suddenly