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COMMISSION OF LUNA
I C.
Yesterday a commission of lunacy was executed
fora Commissioner Edward -Winslow, Esq.,,,a-dll i ; -,.-
Spacial Jury, of whom Captain Fitzgerald
adbpil*,..l,-..
foreman, at the Stag Tavern, Fulham-road, 1.2:.. s.eii, ',---;
to inquire into the state of mind of George 107 .47_14.
tiler, described in the Commission as of No. 2 es .(j‘T
id_.:
place, College-street, Chelsea, Esquire. ,-,,,
Mr. Dodd, from the office. of
,Mr. Dean, of . if'-, -- ~.._,;.-4 ..;-. ---
street, attended in support of the Commission,Aektoh had been issued at the instance of the wife of, trie-aU c.'ISM '
leged lunatic.
Mr. De Riemer, at his own request, was present to
watch the proceedings. He was stated to be about 70
years of age, but in appearance he seemed tote much
older. Hie sight is much impaired, as well as his hear-
ing, and after several attempts on the part of the
Learned Commissioner to make him acquainted with
the duties the Jury were called upon to perform, which
however, proved-ineffectual, the examination of the
witnesses proceeded. It appeared that Mr. De.
Riemer was possessed of from 7001. to 800/. per
annum, and that he had formerly carried on the busi-
ness of a watch-maker, in High-street, Portsmouth.
In 1816, he retired from business, and, up to Nov. 13,
1831, he had .conducted, himself as a man of sound
mind. Upon that occasion he became maniacal, and
raved, out that there were thieves and. robbers in the
house—that he had been knocked down in the street*
while on his way to his stockbroker to invest 3001.,
and that the party who had
.plundered him had con-
veyed him to a gaol and deprived him of liberty. An-
other remarkable delusion under which the unfortu-
nate gentleman laboured was, that his wife (to whoM
he was married about six years since, and is about
forty-five years of age) was his house-keeper;
and that his house was a mile and a quarter dis-,
tent from where he was living, and that Mrs. De
Riemer had run away from him, carrying with her
all his property. 'Whenever his wife reasoned
with him respecting his delusions, he confessed him-
self to be attached to her, declaring the matter to be
all a joke, but insisted that she was his housekeeper,
and that she had a husband living as a butler in a
nobleman's . family. He repeatedly' declared that;
rogues and robbers were by his bedside, and on one
occasion said he had consulted some mediCal praeti.
tioners respecting his sight and hearing, and they had
done him so much good, that in future, out of grati-
tude, he should Call them " mopsticks." Pnanothei
'oceattlrrlie offered Mr. Haritesg, 'a surgeon, 20r. SO
remove him to a sponging-house, he being at the time
impressed that his house was a gaol.
The unfortunate gentleman was questioned at some
length by the Learned Commissioner upon the point*:
spoken to by the witnesses, and his answers fullk
proved the unsound state of his.mind. . . .•, ..
The Jury. declared Mr. George de Riemer tOlia. s.:e
been insane from the 13th of Nov., 1831. ' -

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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT -LAVER-
POOL.
Yesterday morning, about six o'clock, it was diS-
covered that the tar and resin works of Messrs. Platt
and Son, at' the south end of Liverpool, were on fire;
These works are very extensive, and have fronts to
four streets—namely, Parliament, Greenland, New-
hall, and Jamaica streets. They occupy a space .q
nearly 700 square yards. The tar and resin works
are in the centre, and front to Parliament and Green-
land. streets. 11.,t each
,end are ranges of lofty, ware-
houses, one range fronting Jamaica, the other New-
hall-street, and are generally filled with general mer-
chandise. The fire, from the extremely combustible
nature of the materials on the works, soon got head,
defying all the; exertions of the fire police, under the
able management of Mr. Whitby, as well as- of the
West of England engine, under the direction of Mr.
Whitehouse, not merely to subdue, but even to arrest
its destructive progress. .
The state of the wind greatly contributed to fan
and to spread the flames. There was a strong breeze
from the south-east, which, blowing right across the
river, carried the .flames in a body from the tar and
resin works to the range of warehouses at the, east
end, while the intense heat fired those at the -west
end. The result was, that by eight o'clock the whole
was one mass of ruin. Meanwhile, the dWelling-bouses
on all sides of the burning pile. were exposed to in-17
minent danger, from the direct flames in one direction,
and from the intense heat in every other. The neigh-
bourhood is densely inhabited, and the alarm of the
inhabitants was great. While they were removing.
their furniture, the fire police, despairing of arresting
the career of the fire in the tar and resin works, played
on the 'houses. The whole of those in • New-hall-
' street were, however, utterly destroyed, and others
in Greenland-street were seriously dammed.. A school
.belonging to the congregation of Great George-street
Chapel washeld in the lower room of one of the ware-
honses in Greenland-street, and was, of course, con'
sumed, with all its books and furniture;
The fire was, it .appears, caused by the 'boiling, a
turpentine early in the morning. .
• Two men in one of the warehouses escaped_ from
burning by, descending, the stairs being on fire, by
the jigger rope.
The warehouses contained_ wheat,_ flour, and cotton.
The damage is estimated at 50,0001:
The flames in the contiguous premises had:not been
quite subdued at the departure of the half-past ten
o'clock railway train. The breeze from the south-
west continued to blow and to spread the flames.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ABEERT'S IIAR•
RIERS.—His Royal Highness's harriers met yesterday
morning on the Buckinghamshire side of the Thames,
at Ankerwycke, close to the manakin of George
Simon Harcourt, Esq., the late Meniber for the
county. The field consisted, in tradition to the Prince,
who was present, attended by Major-General Wemyss
and Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, only of the
gentry and yeomen residing in the immediate locality
of the meet. - A fine hare was soon found near the
village of Wyrardisbury, which afforded an excellent
forty minutes run, and was killed in the park of Mr.
Harcourt. The pace was extremely fast throughout.
The Prince, who was mounted upon his favourite
hunter, took the whole of the leaps which presented
themselves (and some were of rather a formidable
character) in excellent style, and was the first in the
field up at the take. The harriers are in capital Con-
dition, and went through their work in beautiful style.
TILE LINEN TRADE.--Whether or not the linen
trade, in the North of Ireland, has undergone any re-
cent improvement, has, we observe, called forth opi-
nions from some of our Contemporaries, both in this
country and in England. We have made inquiry
upon the subject, and we find that all that can be said
is, that there is a feeble indication, but still an indica-
tion, of amendment. This is, in so far, satisfactory;
France
la but, it would be foolish to say, that any change, to be
boasted of has yet occurred. We only trust that the
m slight
ents symptoms alluded
ship-
yarns
to o fear that we can have little hope of trade in that
quarter, under the existing French tariff. It is, how-
ever, very satisfactory to learn, that some recent pe. place S
; mbeout u.e
ship-
Inents of Irish flax have taken place to Belgium,
France, and America • thus proving, that an unpro-
tected branch of 1631:agriculture can enter into com-
petition with an article of foreign growth.—Bel-
fast Whig.
TILEBRINDLE WILL ClusE.--Our readers wilt
recollect, that a short time ago we gave extracts from
' ion signed by 194
a petit members of the Roman
Catholic congregation of Brindle, addressed to
their Bishop, requesting him to prevent confes-
sors from making the wills of their penitents
in their own favour, and to oblige the Reverend
Thomas Sherburne to restore the Brindle property
to the natural and legal heirs. This petition having
met with no attention from the Bishop, a copy
of it, we, hear, has been sent to the Pope, as the peti-
tioners are determined to be heard. From what we
learn, on good authority, a person high in office may
be expected in these parts from the CoUrt of Rome,
to investigate the accusations which have been so 'per-
severingly brought against certain members of the
Roman Catholic clergy, and which have created so
great a noise in this part of the country.—Pre.gton
Chronicle.

The Album Artesien gives the following affecting
account of the wreck of the brig Forbin, of Nantes,
Captain Ducouret. She left Marans with a cargo of
oats and beans for Toulon, and on the 27th araived
off Parquerolles, where, being overtaken by a storm,
she was driven off the Carmague, and carried by the
current on to the shore, from which, on. the 28th, she
could see the lighthouse of Faraman. She put out
two anchors, but they dragge3, and, seeing little hope
of escaping otherwise, the crew made a raft. This,
however, was carried away from the vessel's side just
at the moment it was finished. At length the vessel
was upset by the violence of the waves, 'and could 'not
be righted. The cabin boy jumped overboard, and
being a good swimmer, got safe ashore. The Captain
and his wife, the mate, and five sailors, got upon the
bulwarks, the only part which remained above water.
Madame Ducouret was several times washed off, and

was as often caught and saved by her husband. At
length she was washed under the vessel and net

more appeared, and the Captain himself perished'in a
last attempt to recover her, The mate made as many
as fifteen efforts to assist them, but failed, and with
difficulty' regained his place. Here he and the men
remained till six the next morning, when the sea be-
came more calm, and a boat put off, and conVeyed
them to the land. The bodies of 'the' Captain and
wife were found about three leaguesfrom the`wieCk.
The property of the late Lord Hill has, it is stated,
been distributed among his relatives very judiciously.
Annuities of 100/. a year each are left to the' children
of his late brother, Colonel' Noel Hill. A sum of
2,0001. is given to the eldest son of Sir Francif3 Hill;
and to his other nimerous nephews and nieces he has
left 1,3001. each. :He has left 2,0001. to his Aide-de-
Camp, Colonel Egerton, and the estate and mansion
of Hardwick to his nephew, now 'Viscount: MI
Salopian Journal.