Star.
London, England, 1823-02-18 00:00:00

TUESDAY,. FEBRUOY, 18.: 1823:

FREEHOLDS. •
°SPRINGY, KENT.
HOUSE, WATER CORN-11114,L, ike.

FREEHOLD RICH MARSH LAND, in MILTON.
The PARSONAGE, GLEBE LAND, and GREAT
Trill ES of the whole Parish of MILTON, near Graves-
end, htl 1 on Lease from the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury.
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
By Mr. ROBINS,
(Of Warwick House, Regent street),

At Garraw ay's Coffee-house, 'Change-alley, Cornhill, on Timits-
DAY, April 17, 1823, at Twelve o'Clock, in Lots, by order of
the Executors of Lieutenant;General Sir &MUM. .tecsuauiy,
Km. G.C.13. deceased,
Lor I. FREEHOLD DWELLING. HOUSE,
A. a Grocer's Shop, situate on the South bide of
the Town of Ospringe, with Yard, Garden, &c. in possession of
sirs. Rowlett, Tenant at Will

Los 2. A WATER CORN-MILL. in the Town. of Os-
pringe, by the road leading to Wbite Hill, working Two Pair
of Stones, Mill Gear, &c. contains the Ground Story, and Two
Floors over; Water Wheel, and good Head of Water ; a Stable,
&c. Two Timber-built Cottages, Gardens, &c. Two Orchards,
well planted. On Lease to Mr. Claggett, eight years unexpired
at Michaelmas, 1822.
LOT 3. THREE BRICK and TIM BEW COTTAGES; in
front of ditto, to Water-line, one Story high ; iu possession of
blessis. Sherrard, Fryer, &c. Tenants at Will.
Loy 4. A valuable LEASEHOLD ESTATF, held under
,the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury; comprising the Par-
sonage Glebe Land, and the Great Tythes of the whole Parish
of Milron, which contains about
ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
ACRES, "
With-four Barns, Stables, Granary, Yard, and Every convenience
for collecting Tithes, 'elite. in Possession and on Lease to
Fairman, 'Esq.
May be viewed by applying to Mr. Matthews, at Syndale
Mansion; or of Mr. FairMan' near Milton ; or the Bailie; at
Milton Parsonage, of whon; Particulars may be had; lion,
Ospringe ‘• Fountain, Canterbury; Mr. Wright, Crown, Rd-
cheater; Rose, Sittingbourne ;, FalcOn, Gravesend; Bull and
George,• Dartford ; Bell aritl Star, Maidstone ;.11ileasrs. Wreight
and Alorgan's Office, Faversham; at Girsaway's; and of Mr.
Robins, 170, Regent-street.
•

. • NEXT TUESDAY.
SM FT and CO. who . sold '2,154, a P ize of
£20,000,112 the Lottery just ended (being the last of that
value ect r drawn), and also Nine other Capitals in the same
Lottery, beg le.ve to offer a brief Statement of the present
Scheme to the attention of the Public. It consists of only 6,000
Ticker% and contains in Sterling Money, 1 Prize of X 20,000,
of £16,000, 2 of £l,OOO, 4 of £5OO, and the usual proportion
of ,aOO, £lOO, &c. To be all drawn Next .Tuesday.
Schemes at large may be received at No. 11, Poultry; 32,
Charing-cross • and 31, Aldgate High-street, the old and fortu-
nate Offices of and Co.

COUNT LAS CASES' JOURNAL.—Parts
and IV. will be Published on Tuttasoir mat.
Conduit-street, February 17, 1923.

PRIVATE PUPIL
AMARRIED and BENEFICEDCURGYMAN,
resident within a morning ride of London, and atcostonied
for many years to receive a FEW PUPILS into his house, bas
now a VACANCY. The most satisfactory references can be
given to Noblemen and Gentlemen, whose sons be his educated.
Letters left for the Rev. C. J. Mr. Jeffries,' Enokseller, 4, Pall-
M.&11, London, will be dt:ly forsi.u•ded.

TO EAST INDIA MERCHANTS,
AND OTHERS CONNECTED WITIA INDIA.
AN Advertisement appealed in the London News-
papers about eight or more years sines (k4s believed
the STAR), adverting to the death in India of,a Mr. Joao Two-
MA!, a native of Wales, leaving by will eamblerable property to
his brother, GILIFFITU Twowas, of Carmarthen, but who was
then also dead ; and advising the Hein to appear to prove their,
and claim the same: should this meet the wake of the
piety who so advertised, or of any one who can give such in-.
tormation as will lead to 3 foll discovery thereof, or of the death
and will of the said John Thomas, to Mr. John Sontt, Ns. 7,
Oxford-enert, Canno:i-greet ; or to M. Richud s, Trede-
gar lrion Works, Newpiert„illoomoufhshire, shall beiatadwtncly
rewarded.

LORD PORTSMOUTH'S CASE.

EXAMINATION ender the KING'S COMMISSION.

ISEYINSD 'DAY, MONDAY, Violet:war 17.

J. Drummond, Eig: examined by Mr. TY D A r.L.—
I am a partner of the house of Drummond and Co.
bankers. Lord Portsmouth has kept an account with
us for some years. I can't exactly tell when first it
was entered in the joint names of Lord and Lady
Pottsmouth—about 1799. It continued so during
the life of the late Lady Portsmouth. I have
checks here drawn by Lord and -Lady Portsmouth
(witness produced them). The first is dated February
4, 1812. The amount is for 50t. . It is s:gued
" Portsmouth, Grace Portsmouth, London,Feb. 22."
I can swear to the hand-writing being that usually
forwarded to us; but I never saw Lady Portsmouth
write. 'l/4TheLacconnt stood in the joint names, and the
money was drawn out by Lord and Lady Portsmouth.
Mr. Serjeant PELL conjectured that the body of
the check was done in' the hand-writing of Lord
Portsmouth.

Wit ness.—l think ii is by the late Lady Portsmouth.
I can't undertake to swear. I have checks drawn
since the marriage with the present Lady Ports-
mouth. (Produces them). The earliest check since
the 7th of March, 1814, is dated 17th March, 1814 ;
it is signed by Lord and Lady Portsmouth for 1301.
the signature Portsmouth, and M. A. Portsmouth.
I don't know whose. handwriting is in the body of
the check. I do not think it is Lord Portsmouth's.
I see Feb. 1816, Jan. 1816, Dec. 1815; these are
checks signed by Lord Portsmouth only. There
is an endorsement by M.N. A. Portsmouth. I.don't
know whose hand-writing it is. I never saw Lady
Portsmouth write. "can't say now if ever I held a
correspon ence with her on business.

Mr. Seijeiint PELL—Hand me the check. I will
ask the gentlemen behind me, and if it is Lady Ports-
mouth's, I will, to save time, admit the hand-writing
of her Ladyship, or any of the parties.
Mr. Serjeant HULLOCE.—The-proof is so easy, bro-
ther Pell, that I think you are not unsafe in giving up
,that point for the accommodation of the proceedings.'
Mr. Serjeant PELL.—The persons behind me say
that the body of the check is in Lord Portsmouth's
'hand-writing.
Witness.—On looking over the vouchers, I find
that was the usual way of keeping the accounts.
'There seem, in 1817 and 1818, to have been draughts
`Without any endorsement, signed by Lord Ports-
mouth. only : there are several... One check appears
to be in the hand-writing of Lord Portsmouth, the
"other does not : some ate, and some are. not: here
are two like Lord Portsmouth's hand-writing., I beg
pardon :on one of these-is an endorsement. Ido not
find any of the checks endorsed by Lady Portsmouth
filled up in the hand-writing'of Lady Portsmouth.

Cross-examined by Mr. ADAM —There is one for
December, 1819, endorsed with initials M. A. P.
There is another, dated Edinburgh, 1822, with the
initials at the back.

By the Jury.—The account was opened in 1799,
in the name of Lord and Lady Portsmouth, and so
continued till the death of the late Countess. After
the marriage in 1814, the account was also opened
in the name of the Earl and Countess Portsmouth. I
paid the draughts because they were endorsed with
the name of Lady Portsmouth; but after 1815 or
_ _

1816, the account stood in the name of Lord Ports-
mouth only. I think it was in 1816. I have not
the, books to be certain. I don't know by whose
order the change. was made. I have honoured the
draughts of Lord Portsmouth only, since ihen. I
should now feel myself justified in honouring the
draughts without the endorsement of. Lady Ports-
•mouth. There were draughts drawn in the interval
between the death' of Grace Lady Portsmouth, and
the marriage of the present Lady Portsmouth. Lord
Portsmouth has called himself at our banking-house,
and taken up the amount of a check. I believe the
change of the account in 1816 was by order of the
trustees. I believe the account stood, between the
death of the late Countess, and the marriage with
the present Lady Portsniouth, in Lord Portsmouth's
own name, by his own order. I received the order
by post.—(The witness produced went thus;

" Hurtsbourn Park, Dee.
" Gentlemen—l shall be obliged if you would honour the
draughts of my sister, Lady Henrietta Wallop, and place the
same to my account, and you will oblige your's,
" PORTSMOUTH."

I don't know that Lord. Portsmouth ever asked,
when he called, to see how the balance of the account
stood. The letter is certainly in the hand-writing of
Lord Portsmouth ; the date and the words " Hurts-
bourn Park" appear to be in a paler ink ; it is franked,
the date is Dec. 5, 1815. I seldom conversed with
Lord Portsmouth. There was an account in the.
.name of his trustees, and an account in his own
name ; that regulation remains to the present day.—
All the remittances come from the trustees in the,
first instance. I received orders to pay to 1.61-41
Portsmouth any looney he might draw for.. The
transactions include a great variety of sums. fon.
1,0001. to 6,0001. Lord Portsmouth took np money
himself. I saw a draught filled up for 1001. I jibe.
some that my partner paid the money into.hhhaosdS.
The draught was filled up in my, apartment. don A
know if any one was with Lord Portsmouth siiherklie
called and received that money. In June, 105
4,000/. were remitted by the trustees to be.placed. to
the account of Lord and Lady
.Portstrsouth. It was
necessary when the account 'Stood babe dameof Lord
and Lady Portsmouth, to have their joint signatures
to the draughts. When the account stood in the
name of Lord Portsmouth Only, his name i'ould
hare been enough.
Dr. Burnaby, examined by >lr. PowEct.—l am a
civilian in Doctors Com Mons. I was applied to by.
Mr. Hanson, in March, 1814, for a license on Mon-
day, just after breakfast, between nine-and ten. lA.
tensed at the house of Mr. Hanson with ate litenie.
Cross examined by Mr. Serjeant did not
carry the license. I was shewn into a room,. and Lord

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JR: Is.

Byron came in. I hid never seen him before. Mr.
Hanson came in, and announced that 'Lord P..rts-
mouth was ready to receive us in the adjoining room.
I had never seen Lord 'Portsmouth before. We went
into the roots. ' Lady Portsmouth was not there'. I
ari *not aware that I saw Lady Portsmouth that
morning. The oath was administered by me to Lord
Portsmouth. The terms are, 4g You know the contents
of this affidavit. You know tie hand-writinr, and you
believe the same to be tine." The affidavit was pot
read to him. He to k the oath in the usual form. I
certainly should not have admiiiiste'red the oath, if I
had not felt pci Iced y sure that he undei stood the na-
ture of what he was doing.
By the Jury.—l had no other means of judging of
Lord Port,montli's mind than by his conduct. 1 did
not converse with him. He read the affi.iarit. He
appeared to read it% Ile did not read it lcud. He
cast his eyes on it fora considerable time. I knew
little-of Lord Portsmouth, even by hearsay. 1 never
saw him before that morning. lie received me :+.s if
he expected my cominz, and understood the occa-ion
of it. lie received me with a bow ; he did•not ap:.ear
surprised or flurried ; everything was regular in 11:s
manner. The warrant mentioned by a former witness
is the affidavit.

By the COMMISSIONERS -It is not unusual to take
a blank license, in waiting on pet,' le of rani I was
informed that I was going to ‘‘ air. on a person of
rank. I was not in the room five minutes before I
was introduced. I don't know that anybody was near
him when he read the affidavit. .

_ .
Francis Revell, a London upholsterer,- was exa-
mined.—He had been sent down to do some work at
Lord .Portsmouth's house, and had seen what he
thought good evidence of the ill-treatment endured
by Lord Portsmouth : but there was nothing essential
to the case in his testimony, except that once Lord
' Portsmouth had said in his hearing, that he would
not be beat about so by that d—d villain Alder, and
he hoped one day to have justice.
Mr. Skirroto, x-rtritined by Mr. DENM A N.— I was
first acquainted with Lord Portsmouth eighteen or
nineteen years atr,o. lam a banister at law. lam
related to Lord Grantley, who introduced me to his
Lordship. lam related to Mr. Hanson. I saw his
Lordship at dinner and in parties when I first knew
him, hut never alone before a certain period. I had
no knowlede of his priv:lte affairs. I -knew the late
Lady Portsmouth intimately from my infancy. I did
not see his Lordship 'till -vrithin nil* months of' her
death. Alter that, I saw him for the first time on the
Bth of. March, 1814. I knew nothing of his marriage
with Miss Ilansdn. My carriage attended the wed-
ding, but witbobt my knowledge.. I should not have
'objected to it if I hal been at home. The first I
knew of it was on Monday, the 7th of `March, in the
afternoon when I returned home frOm dinner. I met
Lord Portsmouth at dinner on Toeiday, the Bth,- at
Mr. Haoson's, in Bloomsbury-square. I was invited
to meet Lord:Byron. and the ,Mr. IViCkham.
The invitation came of ditee &clock on the Bth of
March; it contained an apology for th'susidenness
of the invitation, and it was pm:lWe I might he in-
troduced to Lord and Lady Portsmouth. I did cot
meet Lord Byron and Mr. Wickham. I met Lord
and Lady Portsmouth, but did not converse much
with them. The conduct of Lady. Portsmouth was
most becoming. Mr..Hatison seemed to exercise more
interference and influence over-Lord Portsmouth than
one Gentleman is entitled to use to another. I did
not see Lord Portsmouth again till the Spring of
1815, when I dined with him. There was a party ;
my Lord Grantley was there; Lord Bolton was there,
Sir Alured Clark, Sic H. N. Wilson, and Mr. It. Wil-
son, of Lincoln's Inn, and some Ladies. Nothing
partiCular occurred. On-recollection there was some-
thing very particular.
.A proposition was made,
,when the Ladies had' withdrawn, by a certain Gen-
tleman to drink my Lord Portsmouth's health, and
congratulate him on the dismissal of the petition of
Mr. Newton Fellowes, and the failure of the Com-
mission. I would rather not give the name of the
Gentleman who proposed that proceeding—it would
be a breach of that confidence by which the society
of Gentlemen is held together.
After a short discussion, it was agreed to wave the
que.tion which led to the last answer.

Examination resumed.--His Lorifship certainly
criod a good deal, and 1 don't wonder at it.

Mr. Serjeant PELL objected to the interlocutory re-
mark; of the witness.

I saw Lord Portsmouth on the sth of July last. I
have seen him nine or ten times, and nett mote. I met
him once in the street—the only time! was ever alone
in his company. He was not very well pleased. He
said, " I am angry with you, because you refused to
be my trustee at Fairlawn?" and my answer was " If
you rake my odvice," you
.will have as little to do
with a. lawyer (or a trustee as possihle." met him
last July at Lfld•Grantley's. Mr. Combewas there.
When they left the room we were atone togeti•er.
He said that he w.ts Mitch distressed; that a Gentle-
man of thetiarne of Alder had been-living in his fa-.
miry for seveial years paSt, I asked how he came
there? He said he was intitishiced'by Mr. Hanson as
a lkiedicargentlelodnp tp.,Wait„on La4y Poe tsmouth,
islte was sebject to tirteri!siiitte sio isd had a bad state of
heaflll. rtcild his lipdship no more a medi-
tal tciF4ship_said he knew he
was a ippineAl marl, hot a WYE in ibeluibit of attertcl-
tit4f:P4ii..o6i4 040#. then asked after
hat; n)4dPei M." der gtended on her Ladyship ?
tordshipsaidW toeorne 9ndlay down
64 the beci,.. I thealigd,hiS .1..o)-cisilip that he ago-
bishedini ezefeiticrlr:by his. account, and that lie
Ought to bitrilturtlid out Mr: Alder, and have broke
hi,r,ccts.Olysttime he saw Mr. Alder in company
With hisWastiaiir:that; l lis Lordship said be would
do no.spch thing, thit Mr, Alder was a terrible,
low, and. had shot men Isre.er biz times. :tom-
piai iietf df 014realnieiit ithathe wasAuliforing pans
from the bloWs whiebase.baal.yeativrecitrous Mr. Al-
; once he complained or pains in his thighs, from
Mr. Alder having knocked him down in Edinburgh,

mad he fell against the chair. I told him I should send •I
for proper assistance, if he had any more complaints
of the same kind. I told him to relate his sufferings
to Lord Grantley. His Lordship told me Mr. New.-
ton Hanson was in the habit of beating him. He said
that whenever Lady Portsmouth directed that he
should be beaten, he was sensible that he deserved it, but
when N. Hanson and Mr. Alder beat him, he did not
deserve it. He said Lady Portsmouth was with child.
He said that Mr. Hanson knocked him down five'
times at the house of Mr. Norton, in Harley-street
I often tried his Lordship on that point he invariably
kept to the same account. I remonstrated with Lord
Portsmouth. I told him, if this Gentleman was in the
habit of lying down on the same bed with Lady
Portsmouth, I should be very much inclined to sus-
pect the child is not yours; and therefore it would
be a great fraud upon your Lordship, should you so
consider it. His answer was—" lam sure it is mine.
Mr. N. Hanson and Lady Portsmouth have always
told me that Alder was so ruptured that he could
not get a child." His Lordship was pleased at the
idea of Alder not being able to do it. He repeated
these assertions in the presence of the late Lord Giant,
ley, Mr. William Norton, Mr. George Norton, and
the present Lord Grantley, over and over again, and
vas uniformly the same story, with many new cir-
cumstances, and %sit): great accuracy and particu-
larity, which convinced me that he said the truth.—
He told me that Miss Laura Hanson, and some. of
the servants, whom he mentioned, beat him. I asked
him how he lived at Edinburgh ? He said that he
was only allowed to go out two hours. Ho had gone
out previously five hours: that he was locked up at
six oclock, as soon as it began tp grow dark, in
Lady Portsmouth's dressing-room, and there kept till
bed-time. He-said, had it not been for the late Lord
Grantley's sister, he should not have known what to
do. He said that, from November till July, while
in Edinburgh, he had only Si. in his possession.—
I told him I should go to town, and represent what
be had told me. lie said, " You must go to town,
and take out warrarits to take up Mr. Alder, Mr.
Hanson, and Mr. Newton Hanson." I went again
cm Sunday morning. I told him I had received a
letter front Mr. Hanson. Witness read the letter—
" Mr. Hanson thinks it proper to let Mr. Skirrow
know, that the most serious consequences are to be
apprehended to Lady Portsmouth (who is in the last
stage of pregnanc, ), in consequence of Lord Ports-
m Koh having been taken away from Edinburgh ;
and Mr. Harison presumes Mr. Skirrow will think it
proper that this should be immediately mule known
to Lord Pertsmoutle' I read it to Lord Portsmouth:
it was dated•6th July, 1n?..; his Lordship said, I
expected it would be so. his Lordship took me by
the arm, and said, " I have been thinking what
shall be done; W you can connive to transport Mr.
Alder, Mr. 11311S011, Mr. Newton Hanson, and the'
rest of the Hanson family, I should like to make it
s'ith Lady Portsmouth, because of the babe."
From that moment I was convinced that my Lord
was of unsound mind ; my opinion has never varied.
I continued that evening with .him. Next morn-
ing I saw a writ of habeas 6-en-psis served on Lord
Ciran:ley. I tendered two affidavits to Judge Bayley.
I exelained to Lord Portsmouth the nature of the
proceedings. Ile asked me where he should gee and
was very much distressed. I did all I could to pre-
vent him from moil !deg to Edinburgh. lie came
back to my house under grcat alarm, lest lie should
be taken by Mr. Newton ileteon. He had been al-
most assaulted at the door of Mr. Justice Begley by
the Hai:sons, under the pretext of paying their re-
spects. Ile once asked me how the the one Was going
on? Ile had been told at Edinburgh by,Mr. New-
ton Hanson, that a throne was making._ I told him
it was all nonsense. Ile went to Lord Grantley's to
thank him for having brought him (Lord .Ports-
mouth) from Edinburgh. He there met Mr. Justice
Best, and told him lie had a great triumph over the
party. He returned to me, and seemed very irra-
tional; wanted to have a Bow-street officer to attend
Frn, rend mentioned Lavender as the man be would
prefer'. His conduct compelled me to take.an opi-
nion from medical men on his condition. I called
an Dr. Powell and Sir George Tuthill. I did ao in
consequence of a paroxysm of rage into which Lord
Portsmouth flew, and he tore some papers. He
WAS so violent, that Mr. Combo was obliged to take
hold of him forcibly. Lord Portsmouth fell on his
knees, and begged my pardon. I told him to rise,
and asked him how he could think of so mean an
action as that of going on his knees? lie said Al-
der and Lady Portsmouth always made . him beg
pardon on his knees when he did wrong. I have an
order for the production of papers, not signed by the
Commissioners. It professes to come (tom the Soli-
citors of Lady Portsmouth. It is signed by Palmer,
France, and Palmer.
The Cosestisatoesns interposed, and asked who
was Lord Portsmouth's Solicitor in the cause?
Mr. Serjeant Past. said that Mr. France, as he un-
derstood, was present in that capacity.
The CosrmissioNzas required to know immedi-
ately if Mr. France considered himself as the Solicitoi
of Lord Portsmouth? and proceeded to eitamine hira
far that purpose.
Mr. France, examined by the Commessoetne.-1
consider myself as Solicitor fur my Lord POrtsmoistie
certainly. I have not seen Lord Portsmouth. I hav'e
never been permitted to see my Lord Portsmouth. I
received instructions from Lady Portsmouth at Edini
burgh. !Ter letter intimated, that at we haddefendedi
Lord Portsmouth upon the former petition, the fiopedl
that we would do our best on this occasion. I wasl
certainly authorised to act as Lord Potesmotith's So-'
licitor in 1803, and that order has since been coun-
termanded by his Lordship.
The CostsclSSlONEns said it certainly was necessary
that Lord Portsmouth should be properly defended,
and if" they had any doubt upon the subjeit,
.they
would appoint professional persons for that purpose.
Mr. Serjeant PELL said, that he had been so cau-
tious in having full and perfect instructions for the
purpose,' that he waited on Lord Portsmouth, with
that intent, and received his Lordship's orders id per-
son to defend him in this isssuc.
Examination of Mr. Siirrota resumed.--1 have seen
kiin.frequently since, and taken au active part in his
concerns. 'I believe Lord Portsmouth to be tho-
roughly of unsound rain& His perception is imper-
fect, his retention extraordinary, his judgnteut alto-
gether weak. lie is extremely credulous. I can make
him Wien, poor map, anything ; aad I can also re.

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move any delnsiots from his mind, however strstp—; ertraordinary • love ef of unrals • bell-ringing, •.• " • oel i l-e 4i ~.. his'
I- httre clone it in the presence of thaaphyiicians. Ms interstices of sitting onsataterinesund.toteauting joatiee
manner would not let as stratigee'soppore the real On his'aittposed enemies; „gar. tali* he itlkntitkieds
state of his 'niind ; insoriinch, that when I was asked- his intention of sitting owe throne,-it was On acceont
in 1814 to Make an affidavit; I refused. I said I of his having a child. I first tokl hill) that Mr. Alder
could not judge if he was sound or unsound in mind. was the father of the child. He thought it vies his
Cross-esamined by Mr. Serjeant PELI..—I knew men for three reasons—first,because Alder was sup-
Lord Portsmouth during the life of his first wife. I I tuned, and could not get a child ; secondly, because
have known Mr. Hansons family from infancy. Lord i Lady Portsmouth had told him it was his, and so
Portsmouth was acquainted with them during the I had her family ; thirdly, Lady Portsmouth had been
' life of his first wife. I believe• hi then knew Lady ito Edinburgh, and had seen Dr. Hamilton, who was
Portsmouth. I have no doubt he knew and was ac- the cleverest fellow in the world—(Laughter). These
quamtedwith the present Lady POrtsthouth, during expression's would have-convinced meof the nnsound-
the lifetime of his first wife. I should think her to ness of his mind. The reasons are nor bad ; but it is
have been twenty-four or twenty-five years of age at impossible to conceive that Lady Portsmouth, by
the time of her marriage. She is a well-informed rocking at Dr. Hamilton, could be made to bring
person, not, as I think, of a good figure; very gen- forth a child. It appeared, moreover, that Lord
teel in her manners, and of uniform decorum. I dined Portsmouth had given the witness to understand that
with them the day after the marriage, in consequence he was doubtful if lie had ever had sexual coo-
of a note which I received on Tuesday. • Lord Byron nexion with his wife.
was really expected. An excuse came just before Sir Henry Halford examined by Mr. BROUGIIAIi.
dinner. Lord Byron, from his childhood, was intl. •—I am President of the Royal College of Physicians.
mate with the Hansons. Among the company were I saw Lord Portsmouth first on the 16th of Januafy.
Mr. and Mrs. Farquhar; he is a Proctor, and was I was called in by Mr. Skirrow. I was not engaged
then a Member of the House of Commons ; whoever at all by Mr. N. Fellowes, the petitioner. i have seen
were there were persons of respectability ; I have no him frequently since then. I saw him yesterilay. I
ecollection of seeing Lord Portsmouth after till July. had full opportunity of examining him. There wart
I had dined with. Lord Portsmouth at his house in never any impediment thrown in the way of it. lam
the Spring. The proposition for drinking his health of opinion that Lord Portsmouth is of unsound mind,
was after the dismissal of the petition by the Lord not fit to manage his own affairs, er any others. I
Chancellor. A proposition was made to congratu- have no doubt on the subject. My opinion was early
late Lord Portsmouth on his escape ( o it was framed, and is since confirmed by repeated observa-
called). That petition was for the purpose of esta- lion. I'shoirld think his Lordship was born. with a
blishing lunacy against my Lord Portsmouth.— puny sickly intellect; I never saw him-before January
There• might be some variation in the petitions last ; I have seen him in presence of Mr. Skrrow. I
now arid then, but the object of each is the lame. heard Mr. Skirrow give his evidence; I think Lord
Every one heard the proposition; I thought it ex. Portsmouth does not understand the fell measure of
tremely injudicious. We drank my Lord's health, this inquiry ; I heard Mr. Skirrow explain it to him.
though I tried to put a stop to it. On the Bth July I doubt if his Lordship was capable of understanding
Lord Portsmouth was brought before Mr. Justice what he heard ; I should have thotightlhat Mr. Skir-
Bayley : you, Mr. Serjeant Pell, and I being there ; row's description would have been eifough to inform
no one could conduct himself with more propriety a man of sound mind.
than my Lord did then. Lord Portsmouth mentioned Cross-examined by Mr. Aoaat,—ln respect to this
Mr. Alder, and Mr. Justice 'Bayley advised his Lord., proceeding, Lord Portsmouth.seenia fearful of some-
ship not to distress himself with that. I mentioned thing which he does not fully understand. It was
a subject upon which Mr. Justice Bayley said, "fakir- always represented to him that it will protect him
row, had not you better avoid irritating Lord Ports- from persons whom he is led to'cnnsider at enemies.
mouth's mind with that topic now ?" You also (ad. I think that is the idea lie has of it. Mr. Combe ex.
dressing the Learned Serjeant) made a similar sug. plained it in- part ; Mr. Skirrow in part. 1 myself
gestion. Mr. Justice Bayley said, with his usual ha. said, that whatever might be the issue of these pro-
mattiO*. 66 You are a free agent, you may go where feedings, he would be much more happy and secure.
vou like, that's all I have to dn. with yOur affairs."— He complained of ill treatment. I infer the unsound-
Mrs Ja.bee Bayley said to me, " Mr. Skirrow, my ness of his mind from ,the deficient sense he dis.
Lord Poitsmbeth intendi going to your house." I re- , covered of the very gross injuries of which he com-
plied that 'Outsold not he convenient for any length of plained. Ile is not capable of drawing conclusions
time. He returned torny house for the presentsand was on reasonable probabilities. He understands -tom-
kindly received. !never did basiness with his Lordship. moo questions, such as a child can comprehend. I
The only business was to give instructions about don't recollect putting any question which he did not
farms, and the repairs of the house. I wrote to Lord .understand. His answers were all pertinent and apt
PortarnOuth at Edinburgh in answer to his letters; to the common questions I put to him. His Lord-
undoubtedly the letters retorted to what may be called ship stated, that while he was in Edinburgh he was
business. I wrote to hint about the Irish subscrip- locked up, and had not the use of any money. I should
tien. Lreceiied an answer. I have several letter's from have had no doubt as to the strange facts of that
him en bastness,-ehleßy with respect to the repairs of nature which he described; but that again he told
houses; There were disputes With the trustees. At me he was compelled by Mr. Alder, and Lady Ports-
the request of Lord (IPonier, I Consented tolos.come mouth to go out and stay for a certain time, and
the referee. I did it with the consent or Lewd Ports. that he was afraid to return till the time had
mouth; expressed in a note which he sent me. The elapsed. Upon asking him if be had had sexual
witness went into a statement of the circumstances intercourse with his wife, he said he could not swear.
and. conditions under which he had accepted the Since his return from Edinburgh, he was convinced'
charge of reference. The chief particulars were these, that the child was not his, because Lord Grande) and
that he had secured the charge under instruments Mr. N. Fellowes told him it was not his child. May
drawn up by himself and duly sealed, because be I give you another instance ? He said that Mr. Alder
wished to be safe from the consequences of the nu- had been in bed with him and his wife, and yet he did
merons suits then pending in Chancery. The only not express that indignation and resentment which I
thing in the instruments which he did not put there should have expected from a man of sound mind.;--1
himself was his own remuneration : that was filled up He did not resent it, he said, because it would have
4 the trustees, the amount was I.:100. Lord Ports- I been of no use. He complained of being beaten and'
mouth was mach afraid of what might be dune to. whipped, and that he had never been allowed any
hire by the Hanson family, and wished to have a, money, except the most school-boy allowance. I saw
Bowsstreet.ofacer to protect hies- He had a- sense of him yesterday. Mr. Serjeant Pell came in : he re.,
injuries which they had done him. His memory. -waslceived him warmly: it looked to me very like friend-
good; excellent, extraordinary; his judgment was not 'ship. A sickly puny intellect is when wparty is un-
disturbed, or did not seem to be so in the Accounts able to exercise it in a flint and coherent manner. I
which he gave of the ill-treatment he had suffered ; should think Lord Portsmouth's mind has always
I think it was at my house that I first saw any de- • been in that condition.
fect in his perception; up till then, the Sth of July ' Dr. Bailee, examined /by IVlr.Trutaitx.—l attended
last, I saw. MO defect in its--I should say, Mason the Lord Portsmouth 17th January, first. Mr. Skirrow
Bth day of January lAt, I first found that I. could spoke to me on the subject. I have seen Lord Ports.
make him believe anythirt ; ',think I have the power mouth three times.. There was conversation : not
of removing his Lordship s delusions; I think others much originated by Lord Portsmouth. I believe him
could do it; my influence over him is rather more ,to let of weak and unsound mind, and altogether in-
than that ; no particular attempts have ever been capabla of managing his own affairs: I have seen no
made by me to see how tar his delosions might be reason to doubt it. I saw him last, on 28th January.
turned ; his general reason for believing anything is, titoss-examined by Mr. Serjeant Pota..—l believe
that somebody he knows told him so; he has not Mr. Skirrow introduced me. All the company pre-
been at any one time under a delusion as to these sent Wire Mr. Combe, .Mr. Skirrow, Lord Ports-
proceedings; I told my Lord, in the presence of Mr. aiouth, and Sir 'Henryl
enty.atford; I can't say I recol-
Todd, that there was a protest going on which went lect all the cOnveisatien; Loid-Portiniouth seemed
to put him and his estate under the protection of the at first a.little out ofltumeur, or irritated; bin seen
Lord Chancellor. I have heard nothing ftoin Lid recovered himself= the irritation continued two or
Poitmouth which led me to suppo4 that he was un- three minutes. I don't remember the exact conver-
der the delusion that these proceedings were going' ration, but questions were put to verify, or not to
on for the *pose of punishing'the Ilansons. I be-, verify affidavits. His Lordship said that he had been
ieve he might have thbught so in part. I think he- beaten with whips; that he had been forced to carry
aaa that notion,.undoubtedly. I told him, 'in the gte-'
of that ; and explained the nature of the'
sense of Slr Henri Halford, in Hattetirer-square, the'
rary '
procee4nis, and told him that I thought he would plates of Meat like a servant; that he was ebliged to
sign grants of lame! and draughts for money, the con-
iont tents of which he did riot understand. He men-
tioned that Lady Portsmouth had gone fifteen months
,bein a much happier state than at present. I don't with child; 'that the:child would have been born in
i think he perfectly understands the matter now. I was January, but that Mr. Newton Hanson called and
1 in &lows, When 1 saw you wait on bite, liffr.Serjeant, told him it eras put off for a little while, and so it,
lin your gpwn and wig, that you would haae_ per. did. not come till March I Ile had, a list of punish.
reedy explained the matter Co him, so as to-satisfy ments, in which some were set down to be hanged,
'nurse!): I remember he received you as:a Gentle- others for transportation, others for imprisopment.—
man whom he was-most glad t 6 see. I remember his He had no dobbt of being able to carry them into
I Lordship talking to you about the trial. in }lamp- execution; he talked :of building a throne, and re-
, shire. His Lordship expressed his gratitude to you ceiving the Congratulations of Hampshire. The pu-
for something which you did then. I was With his nishments were 'in his own hand-writing. The objects
Lordship at a Corporation dinner at Andover, in Nu. of 'thempere branches of Mr. Hanson's family. I
gust last. There were about forty people present.— 'don't recollect anything about a miscarriage of Lady
I Was with him at Ilurtsbourn when Dr.l3authead PortsmOuth, at Newbury. All this passed in the first
arrired. I heard th'e Doctor say, " My. Lord, they conversation, which did not last more than an hour.
are going to make you a madman, and your old I have-se badartnernory, that Itook notes of the con-
friend Mr. Prance and I are come down, to defend IltalatietqUal itfter hutifing.him„ and I have no men-
Yon against the preceedings." He Said "Mrs. Alder dotkif it litany notes. • . There is adistinction between
1 (meaning Lady Portsmouth) and old Hanson were a weak and an unsound mind. Without these facts,
always telling me I was mad, bird did not Mind it."' f should take Ms Ulla Vibe weak"; but with them,
I Considered Lord Portsmouth'S runic -necessary to than is the rullest pea*/ of iinsonndheis of intellect.
the instrument which madame referee. I never told He thought that miscarriages were in consequenceof
my Lord that Mr. France was acting as his solicitor.* the child being ill-begotten, and not from any other
- Ilie knew that Mr. France had been Mr. Hanson's elicurnseanCes or accidents. I shoUld say, anyone of
clerk. In answer to various questions put by the_ fhe faits Woad. be satisfactortevidence of an unsbund
• .tury, the witness corroborated various parts Of the mind; but altogether, they cooaatute a degree-to
Iprevious evidence respecting.LoMPoitsMotitn ante- proof which admits of no dohlat.: I infer theallWaond-
gatioos of the cruelty and abuses of the Hansons, his Incas of his Lordship's mind front each of the citcum

*teem al'ich I lave named, and .also from t"e
.common amusements. I cannot conceive a mat
of rank with moderate intellect amusing himself
in driving dung-carts, or attending funerals,. et
ringing bells, and afterwards sharing the money
with the low people engaged in that etcupation.—
I cannot conceive the possibility of a man or. ;wed
mind ever being brought to believe that pregnanty
could be postponed three months," or that he, as a
Peer of the realin,was entitled to execute. puniehmenee
upon those who displeased him, or any °theta :lOW ,
outrageous delusions under which hie Lordship snfe-
fers. It is perfettly possible that a man slimed hare
some of the faculties of as. mind very unsound, quite ;
unimpaired. A man of bad judgment, or none atelle
may have a good memory. I believe that him Nag&
might be much more composed, but ieconerieeit;-•
impossible for his mind to improve' io rt-peenter tee'
power of intellect. He never, fin instance, svtm
forego the amusement of attending funerals ; diet It
too much possession of his mind ever to be eradicate&
He might leave off ringing bells, if it %sete bhewn to
him that it was not becoming in a Peer; but in a forte
night after, if .be met with any people ringing bells,
he would enter into the amusement. As to these pro.
ceedings, he seemed to have an undefined sort of sus.
picion of danger arising from them about him.
lie examined by Mr. DitNUAN.—A man may be
weak in judgment, and shew a good memory ; he
may make a perfect lunatice and have an excellent
memory. With regard to his management of pro.
petty, I am sure he is not able to manage it for him-
self. He would become the prey of ail the crafty, frau:
dulenrpeople who might approach him. His intellect
is scarcely enough to keep him out of bodily danger.
Dr. Powell examined by 111r.Weenteeet--1 ',kites!
Lord Portsmouth between the 9th of August and the
12th of February. I have known his Loidsltip for
a long time, and I have always been of opinion that
his Lordship's mind is unsound. I was of this opi-
nion before I had been half an hour in his company.
He talked to me about the erection of a throne at his
country seat in Hampshire, where, he said; he was the
king. Ile told me that he had employed Mr-Oake
ley, the upholsterer, to make it, but it was not yet
finished; and that he had conferred upon the suee
ject with Mr. Hanson, and Mi. Shaw, the architect.
He said he intendee•to have it made exactly gibe the
throne used by his Majesty at the Coronation. Oa
this throne he intended to sit for the purpose off ad-
ministering justice and holding levees like the King.
Afterwards he said that Mr. Oakley. should not make
it; but Mr. France, who made the Nitli.s, and then
they should be exactly alike. His Lordship -after-
wards told me that Mr. Serjeant Pell had eseeised
him to put the throne aside for the presente He odd
me that at Edinburgh he was told not to come in for
a certain time, and if he came in before that time he
was refined admittance, and was punished. He stated
that be had seen Mr. Alder and the Ceuntess ie bed
together quite Baked. One day he appeared particu-
larly pleased because 1)r. Hamilton bad written to
him to consult him about the name of the child. His
Lordship put himself in a dignified attitude, and said,
" they have consulted tee nesst properly on this oxen.
sion."." But, my Lord," said I, " are you quite sure
that the child is your's? Is not there some chance,
since Mr. Alder lay upon your bed occasionally;
that he has some title to it?"--" Oh, ;lie' said his
Lordship, " it can't be his, because the Countess
and. Miss Hanson told me so." After other doubts
were started, his Lordship said, " the child must be
from me, as he is incapable of anything of the sort.
Young Hanson told me not to be alraid of anything
from Alder, since he is so much ruetufed." Now
these were answers which shewed a delusion that
no man of reasonable mind could possibly be under.—
He told me that Alder had repeatedly kn eked hint
down, and that Mr. Hanson had good over him and
compelled Min to sign the deeds ; and that the •
Countess had obliged him to sign the checques for
her own benefit. He said, that on the morning when
he left his house in Lincoln's Inn-fields, he bad nee
intention whatever to be married, but Mr. Hanstie
said he must be married; arid he (Lord Portsmouth)
acknowledged that he had never consulted any (ibis
connexions, friends, or relatives, upon the subject of
that marriage. He stated•that Alder was first into,:
diked by Mr. Hanson a a medical Mail to attend
upon the Countess, who was subject tohysteries. His
Lordship said he had often been roused hi the Middle
, of the night by the Countess, who laid she was it
and wanted Mr. Alder, who generally came in hie
'shire. When he got into bed to the Countess on the
opposite 'side, she would tell him (Lord.POrtemotelt)
to be quiet, and go to sleep—(Letreghter)e—Wite
ness continued—l am Secretary to the tent*
sion for Licensing Houses for the reception of Lena-
!' tics, which I visit, and 'hare therefore•seett mote dile
i most practitioners. I have-heatrd•the whole** tfte
I evidence, and I ihoilla say, if I had never known Ms
I Lordship, that the disoider of his mind is of leeg
standing; and, as I have !mown -him, I tan me prat-
tically, that his mind is mech *one.
. .
Cross-examined by Mr, c. F. Vl7st.itasts.—l hive
known Lord Portsmouth for twenty years; I have
dined with his Lordehip, and walked with him: he
has certainly a character of ithbecility impressed tipeo
his countenance; he had always appeared in in 01-
son nd mind ; weakness of mind is generally connected;
there are some symptoms in his case which are hi-
consistent with weakness. I consider that there Ore
unconnectedness about, his ideas.
• Will not a series of ill-treatment from a plia4s
nearest and best relatives often produce temporary die
rangement?—Temporary derangement! It ),1 il Ip 4,
duce permanent derangement in the stitificreet Stile*
All men might be driven mad by rech catteeL.4.ole,,,e'
Suppoee there is an absence '4,640U-tie
afterwards, will not the mind somettmealuirdetor—eZ;
You put an hypothetical case;' bef aPeratnt KO Mif/
Portsmouth, I should say, that heileiteeff, Xpilie oi 4
If he Se placed in the same siruilkit., in *hie!:
was twenty years ago, might he Itieeietnias( tee
same state of mind in which he wii thnit:.:*
never can.—The Doctor said, efiet"4refrortil
did not appear to him to be a Seittertirpeebleier f: et
off-
.: ..:
the wrong that was done to him ; hia mut r 4a,.._ ..
week. He might treasure up die renjtreideraitZe.
injuries done to him; but a man of Mind veld '•lit
acted upon them. Twenty years ago lfie" itili
4
Lord Portsmouth was unsound or imbecile, I
then coesidered it one or the. othee e 101114:4#
this timeexactly say which. .i. e ,
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