Star.
London, England, 1823-02-28 00:00:00

LORD PORI SMOUTIFS CAS&

EXAMINATION Nader the KING'S COMMISSION.
• &limeyslt 'DAT, THUaaIiAT,, VISRO4IILT 27.
The Couit opened at ten o'clock this morning, and
immediately proceeded to business.
[We have already inforMed our Readers that the unfortunate
Rairiif Portsmouth WU (at his own request) re-examined by
the Court and Jury yesterday; we are informed (for the Gen-
tlemen of the. Press were not admitted upon that occasion) that
'his Lordship appeirtld perfectly prepared upon all the subjects
upon which he was questioned; still, however, various answers
escaped him, which, from their incoherence or simplicity, are
said to have made a strong impression upon the Gentlemen of
the Jury. Wu understand that his Lordship corrected an an-
swer which he'had given on his former examination—meaning
that Lady Portsmouth had been nine months pregnant, not throe
years, as he formerly stated. The general idea of, and convic-
tion upon this re-examination is, that his Lordship's mind had
beef; in some measure prepared for the occasion, and that not-
withstanding this circumstance, his Lordship's answers to the
questions proposA were of such a nature as to involve consider-
able doubts of the NOble Earl's soundness of mind.]
ADAM put in a letter from Lord Puttsmouth to Lady
Portsmouth-, as follows :

irMideat Miry Aim; Gilstead, March 7, IMO.
" According to my promise I take the liberty of acquainting
you that I arrived here, very, safe, early to dinner, and found
the family in good health, excepting colds, as well as myself, and
in good spirits. They only wished to have you and your papa
'to celebrate onr wedding-day, which I am certain can't be done
with that mark of joy and joviality which might have added if
the season of the year allowed. The family here wish me to
stay till Friday morning next, which I think I shall accept, only
it might be the means of bringing you here and Mr. Hanson
much sooner than what you intended. You may inform him
everything goes on well here, as far as I have hitherto seen in
my walk of this morning. Very possible you will not return
home until the beginning of next week, which I will certainly
give. You have to stay with your uncle an aunt until then.
The girls and your brother Newton join with me in best love to
you st Cliddesdeu. " I am, my dear Ann,
" Your affectionate husband,
Addressed, " PORTSMOUTH.
" Countess of Portsmouth,
" Rev. Mr. Davis, Cliddesden, Basingstoke."
Mr. reams re-called and examined by Mr. Wixom—Has
heard the examinations of three of the medical gentlemen ;
had never given instructions to examine Lord Portsmouth to
any who have not been broughl forward as witnesses under
these proceedings; did not give Doctors Munro and Willis such
instructions; saw them upon the subject ; they had examined
his Lordship.
Q, What would have been their testimony if they had been
examined?

Commissioner Flummox objected to. the question.
Mr. Wttux rose to shew the propriety of the question, and,
after some oratorical sparring between the Learned Counsel and
the Hou. Commissioner, as to the person to whom Mr. Wilde
addressed himself, and upon the diagonal direction of the Learned
Counsel's eyes, the question was withdrAwn.
Mr. FRANCE examined by Commissioner HuLcocc—Was at
the conference between the Lord Chancellor and the medical
gentlemen; Doctors Munro and Willis were present; did not
consider that they were among those who were directed to exa-
mine into the state of his Lordship's mind ; witness requested
Doctors Munro and Willis to be present at the conference with
the Lord Chancellor.

Lnrd JOHN Frrattor—" I have enty waited until a fair oppor-
tunity presented itself to acquaint the Court with the unanimous
wish of the Jury, that Dr. Munro and Dr. FrancisWillisshould
he put into the witness-box, they not having been called by the
Counsel on either side." •
CHIT Commissiovzit—" It id ononli that you request it—
the Jury have a right to be satisfied; and I am informed that
both the medical gentlemen are now in Court."

;dr. FIiANCE, who had remained in the witness-box, then en-
tered into a variety of explanations, which tended to shew that
he had not availed binuelf of the evidence of Doctors Munro
and Willis, because they had prejudged Lord Portsmouth's
state of mind.

Dr. Munro examined by Chief Commissioner Taowxs—At-
tended Lord Portsmouth on the 7th of January, at the request'
of Mr. Carr ; received, previously to bis visit, a great variety of
affidavits, which were laid before him by the direction of the
Lord ChanceUor ; was introduced .to his Lordship as a Mr.
Thomas, by Mr. Coombs; his Lordship was reading a news-
paper; proceeded to examine Lord Portsmouth upon various
topics ; he stated that he had been compelled, against his will,
to sign many blank drafts, and also to assign over an estate in
the County of Ilerts ; he said be bad been impotent for
eight years, but bad ouce conversed with Lady_Portsmouth, in
November, 1811 ; he wished to be divorced; had already se-
lected and determined upon. his Ewen: wife. Ile expressed his
intention to have a throne erected fer the purpose of cele-
brating the birth Of the child, which, in the very next breath,
he disclaimed as his. .Abler had slept in Ate same bed with.
his Lordelsip and Lady Yortunouth ; could pot ;urn him out
of the ro.im, because the Countess would not allow him.--'
He stated, that when he left Edinburgh, Aldei and some of the
Ihnspe tamily had pursued hint as far as the teat of Lord
f.;ratitley ; s-aw his Lordship on the ensuing day ; he was then
More polite than at the preceding interview. Mr. Coorpbs re-
'mined in thx room all the time ; his Los dship's manner was
singular and morbid ; he stated, that he had been turned out of
his bedroom, and locked up in . bis dressing-burn ; -denied
Capy's evidence as to Aristotle's Jlasterpiece; .knowing what
his Lordship's weak points were, he wished to ascertain pre-
cisely how far the den:gaps existed. From the observations, of
witness at those interviews, is of opinion that his Lordship's
timid is deeld..dly unsound. Ile has um the least shadow dt a
doubt upon the subjectl should think from the evidence Ale.
duties the inquiry, sod the affidavits laid before him, that-his
•Lunlshlp was insane AS years 4,;(), wile:, he Wr3 from his

hone by his serragt. wham •fn. did cot sherwardb ditcharge.
A I.conAider hicLairdskiri inei. as lunacy supervening upon a.
very 'weak mind ; I conceive the Orgy in which his Lordship rer-
sons, If he may be said. to•reisol at all, that his LordshlP is both
insane and a fool; he drawl just Ortnelusions fkom wrung pre-
mises at one time, and at anOthei, wrong conclusions [roar just
premises ;-•when he speaks of his impotence, he speaks as a mad-
man ;lie says to this erect. lam impotent; an impotent man may
enter into a third marriage, with a prospect of happiii:•ss; I um
impotent, and therefore I will marry a third stiff..-; the pre•
mises in this instance were wrong, the conclusion just ; it is the
language of a•motirid mind, and therefore proves his wit y : wit b
respect to his folly, he says this, s I have been cruelly multrautrd
by my fanily and servants ;-a man of sense. would dii..sharge his
servants, therefore I will not;' here his premises are .otrr rt.
and his conclusion unfounded ;" went by the name of Thomas;
because he conceived that the name of Munro was b., llOtOt
mixed up with cases of lunacy, that it would have alarmed his
Loadship ; he, Lord Portsinovth, is totally unable to manage Iris
own affairs.

By the iltry—sConceives weakness and lunacy combined in his I
Lordship's unsoundness of mind; insanity is of so different a
complexion in different patiente,that it cannot be precisely defined ;
eccentricity and aberration of mind is sometime; as difficult to
distinguish as the confines cf night and' day ; Lord Portsmotitii',
case is not dubious ; it is clearly marked ; his I.,)rdihip's mind
has always been weak; his insanity has doubtless he.n aura-
vated, although not cleated, by the cruel treatment he has re-
ceived, and the rapid journey from Edinburgh ; by s morbid
means a diseased mind, ill-treatment may have been an excite-
ment, acting upon a predisposition to disease; the only part of
his Lordship's conduct which did not bear out the. affidavits Was
that relating to " Aristotle's Nlasterpiece;“ has been ph r.itirt
to Betbletn Hospital for many years, and has fur the last twelve
years devoted his attention to lunatic cases ; no Iwo cases of
lunacy are preci ;Ay 'alike; Lord Portsmouth's unsoundness of
mind is incurable; he considered the mere seeing of Dr.
Hamil-
ton as a necessary preparatory step for Lady Portsmouth being
delivered of a child ; should have little doubt that his Lordship
was born with a very weak mind.
Dr. Francis Willis examined by Chief CommlssiontrTaOwee.
—ls a Physician—his practice Confined to the particular branch
of his profession termed insanity—visited Lord Portsmouth at
the request of Mr. France—the Lord Chancellor gave the Me-
dical Gentlemen directions to give their evidence in Court rather
than by affidavits—saw Lord Portsmouth on theaed January—
went alone, being out of. town when Drs. Ainslie and Latham
went—was introduced by Mr. Coombs by the name of Julie,—
his Lordship thought he was a friend of Mr. Coombs, and re-
ceived him very well—conceives it extremely improper to intro-
duce a Medical Gentleman as avowedly such to a supposed "
lunatic under examination—his Lordship said he had been taken
to Edinburgh against his will, to serve the purposes of a base-
woman—her Ladyship and the whole of her faMily had ill-.
treated him. His Lordship called Lady Portsmouth Mrs. A.—
they lied knocked hint down*and flogged bim-)iirs. A. had
brought Alder to his bed, and had had a child by hint—his
Lordship said be had never had intercourse with any Lady—he
had been. made to sign black drafts—turned out of the carriage
at Witham to make roam for Mr. Alder—he said they had
never made him ride behind the carriage, but he thought it
quite sufficient degradation to he made to ride before ; he then
related to witness the particulars of his marriage with the
present Countess, as already given in evidence. His Lod-
ship was extremely anxious for a divorce, and wished to know
it he could marry a niece;* they remained at Edinburgh, be-
cause after Mrs. A. (Lady Portsmouth) had seen. Doctor Ha-
milton, it was found neceesary. • The reason he did not thrash
Alder when he found him in bed with his wife, was because
he was a atronger man than his Lordsbip—if he obtained a
divorce he intended to erect a throne at_ Llurtsbour.nei.eituilir
to that used on the occasion of his Majesty's Coronation ; at
another time be expressed his ieeention of using the:throneloe
the. purposes of rectivins rongratsdatory addresses upon his
return from Scotland, after his long absence; witness saw his
Lordship last Monday week ; Mr. Prance Called upon him. and
asked hint what was his opinion as formed at the thrie'lirter-
views he had had with his Lordship; witness told 'Me. France
that he thought be (Mr. France) had not a leg to stend.upotei—
Witness considered Lord Portsmouth's mipd decidedly unsound.
In fact, his Lordship, if he was in a low condition of society,
would be looked upon as a " Tuns-a-Balkuis;" allot svonfd -be
pointed at by persons in the streets as one wilwilty:dettitote.of
understanding, and incapable of managlog any businesS of any
description. Lord Portsmouth's maid wes not of• such a. de- 1
ecriptiun as would be capable of being remedied, and apPe'ared
to have been originally in the same state of distemper he which
it now appeared. The delusions were not to be moved by' any
course of treatment ; milduess would not improve it, por would
harshness be likely to make it worse.
By the Jury.—The treatment Lord Portsmouth met with
from Lady Portsmouth probably did not aggravate the disease.
Witness believed that Lord Portsmouth had the unsound mind
from his birth, front the circumstance of his being, when wit-
ness visited him, in a perfect state .of bodily health, and the
symptoms being confirmed, and by ao means of the nature which
presented the usual expectations of recovery. A drunken maxi
laboured under a deprivation of sense : so did a man in a deli-
rium ; but no person could call a man in either of those condi-
tions a lunatic, for, the delirium and the intoxication at an end,'
the person wan laboured under the effects recovered ; the body
being restored to its original functions, the mind also assumed
its former tone, and •became perfect. But Lord Portsmouth
whether in bodily sickness or in bodily health, was just the same
in 'the mind. Did not consider, that if a man chewed proofs of
memory, and was able to sustain part in a anyersation, he_was
therefore sound, or that be was in possession of his intellect
during any part of that conversation. • Knew several instances
of men who appeared to be unsound but upon one particular
subject. Lord Portsmouth was not at all qualified to conduct
his affairs. No man who would follow a log of wood and mis-
take it for a hearse should be entrusted with the management of
his own affairs. Was sorry to differ from two such experienced
and able men as Dr. Latham and Dr. Ainslie, but looked upon
the conduct of Lord Portsmouth to be that of a man of complete,
unsoundness of mind. •
Here the efamination of witnesses concluded; and the Counsel
for Lord Portsmouth was informed by the Commissioners, that
they were ready to hear Mr. Adams upon the evidence.
Mr. ADAMS then addressed the Jury.—lt was im-
possible, he said, for any man who had watched this
case, and the effect which the evidence on both sides
had produced, not to be convinced that he had much
to- remove, much to eradicate from the minds of
those who were to decide upon the important que:-.
tion. The difficulties of the case principally arose
from the nature of the inquiry itself, which regarded'
the operations of the human mind, and requited the
most solemn and minute consideration. A period DI,.
twenty-five, diversified by a number of incidents„was•
to be travelled over ; and all the 'statements which
had been made of facts, alleged to have occurred
within that period, weir to be weigliett against.each
other. The great length of time which the circum-
stances embraced, the nature of the Jury betore whom
the case was investigated, the very nuntber of the.
Jury, were so many things against him in the perform-
ance of his duty. By far the greatest part of the in--
quiry had been conducted by that Jury ; and cer-
tainly greater acuteness or ingenuity never before
had been displayed. But when a witness was pot
into the box beforetweitty-threeGentlemen, by every
one of whom he was liable to be questioned, was be
not in a situation to be confounded ; and were riot
errors likely to appear which could not be az-
Atibuted to any other cause than that of the want
.of readiness to reply-to interrogatories 'which pro-,
seeded from a great variety of motives P —The'
Jury were aware of those difficulties, ansi would,
,he was convinced, make every allowance for any
.4
parent incongruities upon the part of the witnesses.
His Learned Friends on the other side had with great
address availed themselves in the proceeuinci of
unpopularity of the Hansons, 4nd taken all possible
pains to 'connect the case of that family with that of
'Lord Portsmouth. It was impossible that any could
feel more indignation than he felt at the conduct of
Those individuals; but he would impress upon the
;Jury that all apprehensions of Lord Portsmouth's

future ekposure to sticit treatmeiii Crete at art eilch
Vo WM- nix_ the ,daculties which presented them-
selves, it would he recollected that early in the dis;.
cussions of this case Mr. Serjeant Pell had complained
of want of access to Lord Portsmouth ; and of that
unfair denial he had every'reason to urge fitrther
complaint. The .I,lly Ltd to consider therelY *hes
titer Lord Poi Esmond? wa, A person of "sand of
sound mind? whe.her he or was neat` incapable of
taking upon liirnteif the management bi hit own
affairs ? The advocates for the other sida must prove
that his inefficiency arose front tinsoondrie•s not front
weakness of mind, otherwise their efforts were at an
end: It must be admitted that for rhany years Lord
Portsmouth had committed acts which; beyond all
demonstration., proved that his faculties tt ere beneath
the ordinary faculties of man—that hit Understand-.
ing was marked with imbecility—but, GOD forbid
that the mere fact of the want of v igotir of mind should
subject him to the charge of madness. The Jury should
pause before they permitted the ingenuity of the Bar
on the other side to Weigh with them ; they should
' look to the-facts stated in evidence, and place those •
facts as a counterpoise to ten thousand opinions.—:
They were as well qualified to judge as the medical
men who had been examined, eminent as those usedi •
cal men were, for the question was not one the deci-;
skin upon the merits of which depended upon the
observation of professional persons. There was in the
case an acknowledged solid distinction between an
unsoond and a weak mind ; and there existed amongst
the Physicians a vat ianceof opinion of a most remark-
able kind on the question. It was for the Counsel on
the other side to shew that beyond all denht the mind
of Lord Portsmouth was unsound-4o chew by f.scts
of an incontrovertible nature that it was filled with
delusions, and not imbecility, before a verdict could
be found to place Lord Port.imouth order a controel
to which it had never before been thought proper to
subject him. The Learned Counsel then reverted to
the authorities quoted by Serjeant Pell, and urged as
of great importance the authority of Lord Hard wicke,
who said, that total deprivation of sense was neces-
sary to be proved before a commission of lunacy
could be 'established. In the case of Lord Donegal;
there was an exhibition of much greater weakness of
Mind than in that of Lord Portsmouth ; but the autho-
rities of that day refused to recognise the principle of
treating an imbecile man as a madman; noW what
proofs were there of Lord P.'s unsoundness ormind?
The charge was founded on facts said to h ave occurred
within animmense period of time, and to-taught together
with violence to the view of the Jury at one moment.
Great weakness had been shewn upon the part of
Lord. Portsmouth, but much greater upon thepartof
Lord Donegal. It was granted that fraud and impo •
Sition had been practised upon The weakness of the
latter, sufficient to justify a*Court of Justice in doing
away the atalidity made bytim : but that weakness
was not considered adequate to sanction a Commission
of Lunacy. It. Might have been.expected that the
Counsel for the other side Av•uuld have-defined an un-
sound mind. No attempt had been made which could
give-the least satisfaction. All the Medical Gentle-
men were at %rail:ince upon thesuhject. "There itp-
peared•to be no ground or principle common to tbein
all, and how did their opinions -agree with that evi-
dence which-Lord- Hardwicke required? Was dot
Lord Portsmouth Ale to comprehend what was said
to him? Was, he not able to compare facts, and to
exercise his judgment upon those facts? Was there
any occasion to show that he was deprived of those
faculties_ which -constitutetf'soundness of mind ?
Would.any one who heard him speak the-day.before
say that he was not a nsitir of feeling, and that.he
was not out of the range of those cases to which
Lord Hardwicke had referred? If unsoundness of
mind were to be defined, as some have 'defined it,
an incapability of reasoning upon probabilities, and
drawing just conclusions from premises laid down
before it, he feared That a eonsiderable number
who were masters of their properties in every sense
of the word, would come under the denomination.
in fact, nothing had been said, of a precise nature,,
affecting the sanity of Lord Portsmouth's mind. The
Learned Counsel denied that, at pny period of his
life,' Lord Portsmouth bad betrayed the mind of a
lunatic or an ideot. In the year 1799, when he 'was
married to the late Lady Portsmouth, what evidence
was there of mental aberration? Was it credible that
such a woman as. Lord Grantley's sister would marry
an ideot, who was duer for confinement than for the
altar? Dr. Goddard and others spoke to his extreme
devotion. If Lord Portsmouth were an ideot, would
he have spent Sunday after Sunday in Church—
would not his ideas have wandered away, arid he have
sought more agreeable Occupation ?If aas capable
of understaniliog the service of the Church of Eng-
land, how weak coever his mind or disgusting his ap-
petites, ;till he had, reason enough to raise him above
the rank of lutricil •In the front of the battle was
placed his second marriage, as evidence of his insanity.
It was stated on the other side, that Lord Portsmouth
having gone oticto breakfast at Mr. Hanson's, was
carried off to St. George's church, and married in the
.very mourning Ise was wearing for his deceased wife;
and-that after the-ceremony he was sent off to Salt
•Hal, without %lean. linen: It'appeared in evidence,
however,s thlit the subject of marriage had been •
pre-
viously discussed- WhenoLord Portsmouth was only
three months-a widower,-Lady Henrietta Wallop had
proposeikhe'sutject of a fresh marriage to his &en-
, rion.. What *Old the-Jury think, after Mr. Wetbe-
rell's npe4ng, when they'learned•that Noble person.,
and females too, had recommended the 'very thing-to
his Lordship, which it was afierwards alleged to have
been an itt of insanity for .him to adopt ? Lord
Poitsmduth was a person to whom the comforts -of
matrimony in one sense were not purchased too dear
at the expense of some of that rigid-decorum whir's
persons in general were bound to obsetve.
that Lord Portsmouth
Coombe had ,told the .luny
came Aci townintent on nrartrage. The butler saidaia
hicevidence, Ltwd Portsmouth had told hien I,e -was
going to be married, and that Mss Hanson was the
lady. He-(Mr. Adams) felt the full contempt for
041,er.re.klwainsojodngewohficohle they. all did,riat dtisnwet they
the...
.Was it Liken a proof-of insanity thin his laorklairwas
mat tied in tour months after his •fortues curileistt
.cease'? Mr. Halls stated, in his eviikeeestadoura ,
I-Lamm was known to his Lordship_severaiimonethis•
before the mat riage ; that-Oen .la-she• time bfstise lite
,Lady Portsmouth, he had slimy signs of his *dash a.
titan tar Miss Hanson. The Learned Counsel then
enter ec. into the reasons- why no preparations were

made for the celebration of the marriage.- His Lord-.
shi,p was apprehensive that Mr. Newton Fellowes, or
sourehodv el-e, would otherwise have prevented it.
The marriage was certainly not celebrated according
to the rank of Lard Portsmouth. but it did not fol-
low that the marriage it-elf was improrer. He now
came to that great point ,re,arding the conduct Of
Mr. Alder. He would admit all that his Learned
• Friend, on the other side had asked for with respect
to Alder. • He wornd join in every expression of
horror and detestation which had been uttered against
Alder, and against Lady Portsmouth too. If a tenth
rart of What Was alleged was true, he would give
them up to the indignation and disgust of the
world. But the shocking conduct of those per-
t,ons did not prove Lord Portsmouth's insanity.
Ilis wife had acquired a dominion over his mind,
from which he had never been able to deliver
Hmself. , That was not an unexampled case.
The Learned Counsel then minutely criticised' the
evidence of Capy, which he contended was wholly in-
credible. lc was singular too, that the fact of Lord
rortsmouth mistaking a log of wood for a funeral,
which was so much relied upon as proving his insa-
nity, re,ted entirely on the evidence of Luke Cox.- It
might he that Lord Portsmouth knew it was a log ofl
wood, and was merely playing at funerals: then it
would be no delusion. The w itness's words were,
that Lord Portsmouth followed " as though it was
a funeral." His (Mr. Adam's) construction of that
was, that Lord Portsmouth knew it was a log but
treated it for amusement as a funeral, he played with
it as a hobby-horse. If the fact was false it went for
nothing ; if true, it might be only a foolish sport, and
no delusion on the part of Lord Portsmouth. The
Learned Counsel then adverted to the evidence-of.
Gorse respecting Lord Portsmouth carrying away a,
barrow full of tire, which was only a foolish trick;
and the letter to the Rev. Mr. Antrobus, which he con-,
. tended to be decisive proof of irk Lordship's sanity,
It was the production' of a stupid and ill-informed,
but not insane mind. He then referred to the instruc-
tions given to Mr. Palmer for the will. There was,
Lord Portsmouth doing one of the most solemn acts
of his life. How? Under the advice of a most re-
spectable Attorney. Was that evidence of insanity ?
The bequests were, at that tithe, all natural and proper.
When those instructions were given no cruelty had
been practised upon hi, Lordship. But what had
since happened ? What had the Jury heard yesterday,
at the examination of Lord Portsmouth up stairs?—
When asked what he bad done as to the bequests un-
der his will ? he answered;" I revoke them all; they
deserve nothing from me ; they shall have nothing."l
What could be more natural than such an answer, .!
considering how deeply he had suffered from the,
parties for whom he bad bequeathed propert) ?
The CHIEF Coumisstowee here told Mr. Adam,
that as.the hour of adjournment had arri,ed, if he
had- much more to say, he had better reserve it,
for to ma row (this day). The Court were sorry to
interrupt what had been so ably conducted. •
After a moment's consul!ai:ion with his Learned

Friend, llr. ADAM signified that he should be obliged
by resuming the argument he had to offer, agreeably
to the time suggested by the Court. He said he had
only a few more observations to make on the present
head. He then concluded this part of his.addless,
and the Court aeljourned.—llis speech was three
hours in deliverinr.

THIS DAY—FRIDAY. .
At one o'clock Mr. ADAM had contladed his sum-
ming up, and, as our Piper was going to Press Mr.
WETHERBLL ro,e to reply. We understood him to
bespeak the attention of the Jury for one day more,
and therefore conclude that no verdict will be
gi% en to-day.

TITBES Iv THE ClTY.—Yesterday a meeting was
held at the MAn.ion-lionse, Sir WILLIAM RAWLINGS
in the Chair, for the purpose of considering the claim
made by the Clergy of those City Parishes not within i
the operation of the Act of the 37th Henry VIII. by,
which a sum of `is. Ski. in the pound on the net rental'
is implyed, in lieu of all other tithes, oblations,
Several gentlemen addressed the meeting, after which
a Petition *as read; and it was unanimously agreed
that the Right Reverend the Bishop of LONDON pre-
sent it to the House of Lords; and the Right Honour-
able the LenD MAYOR to the HoUse of Commons.
EXECUTION.—It will rerhaps be recollected that a

poacher, of the name of him Rolfe, was lately
charged with the murder.of John Lander), his corn-
p:tnion in that unlawful occupation, in a plantation
in the parish of Lialeport, Cambridgeshire. He was
found guilty at the Ely Assize Court, on Friday, and
eyiecuted on Monday last. Previous to his execution,
he made the fcllowing voluntary confession:

" nit he went with Linden from the house of the Litter, on
the night be committed the murder, to the plantation, where
th.-y agreed to take the game—soon after they had arrived there,
while Lamten was stooping to Net a snare, he struck him with the
back part of a casting-tool-7a kind of fen spade, which he had
brim:tit with him from Linden's house—that he repeated the
blows two or three times, though he believed the first had killed
Lim, as :be only words he spoke after were"Oh dear!"—that
lie did not struggle at all. The bludgeon he said, produced in
Court, he had never seen before : that Landes' took no stick
with him, but cut one, on entering the plantation for himself.
He laid that he had determined to kill Linden two or three days
before he did it, and that his object was, the booty of his money,
ssatchs and high shoes, which he unlaced and took from his
feet; but that be was also afraid Landes should reed against
him for-ewe fowls they had Stolen together. chat the fen-1
spade, whiai.he brought firm Landeu's house, be intended for
another purpest beside the murder of Emden, which was to
dig his grave, and bury him With it; which he tkeeigbe he bad
sufficiently done:'
—After 'the body had hung the usual time, it was
cut down, and comigned to a lofty gibber near Lit-
tleport turnpike-rold, there to be hung in chains.
Munnen.— Thursday se. *nnight, a most shocking
and diabolical rape and murder were committed, on
Coombe-bill. near: Chard,somerset, on the person of
a girl, aged 14, who had her throat cot from car. to ear.
Suspicion fells on two ill-looking vagrants, dressed
like sailors, who weve scrip on the road about the
ups' the ptor unfortunate girl must have. met with
ber, 9ntimely end. Our correspondent informs us.
thit be has just seen the Su, germ, who had been to
inspect the body previous to an luqueva being held on.
it; and he is of opinion that the effectual manner '
• which the throat is cut, the head being neatly severed'
from. the body, that too persons must have assisted in
the murder, *A that her :eism had beeit violated.

Et' ENINti STAR.

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FRII)AY, JFEBRUARY 411. 1W.:3

STOCK EXCHANGE, 11AL14PA8T TWULVIZ.

Mtn Speech of AL dr Cutaway/ammolon canoed greet sena.
firm in the City tide morning, as is is diseideily for war, and the
Public are now looking with nainek-amairty to our Minimisers,
Consols opened this morning at 73* g i 'Mt 73, at which price they
are up to this flour, with a good market for money transactions;
but little doing in time bargains.
FOREION reNDs.
There hag been a great bustle is the above market this morn-
ing, and a good deal doing in Spanish Roods. Most people seem
to he selling, iti contemplation of hastilltirs commencing with
Spain. Chilian, 69 ; New Spanish, 34t I ; Old, 41 ; New Prus-
sian, /61 ; Old, BO; Bussim, 731 ; Danish, 79 ; Neapolitafi, 67
Colombian, 48i ; Spani,h" Scrip, 34. disc.
It is this moment reported, teat the ',tench Funds are 79f. 40e.
and the Spanish down 3 per Cent.
RUSSIAN FIVE PER CENT. STOCK OF 1322.

INTIM/NS I'ATAIILE IN LONDON.
The DIVIDEND on the above STOCK, which heersnws
DUE on the let of MA ECU next, will be PAID by Mr.
N. M. ROTHSCHILD on that and every succeeding day, Sun-
days excepted, between the hours of Ten and Two o'Clock, and
the Holders are accordingly desired to leave their Coupons, wiqt
Lists thereof, in numerical order, at Mr. Eivrtseuttlis Count-
ing house, No. 2, New-court, on the 2gth instant, as one day
will he required to intervene in all cases, for the purpose of exa-
mination.—London, New-eourt, 7th February, 1923.
Pl. 7,:E OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. •
per Cent. Reduced 737 A 3/8
, 3 per Cent.Consols 731/8 72% 73
31/2 per Cts. 8578 %-4 per Cents. Old 93 92%,
4 per Cents. New 93 92% Yg
'•l3ank Long Annuities 19%
Imperial 3 per Cents. 72%
•
India Stock 235%—80nds 255. 225.
South Sea Stock 833/8 827/8
•
Exchequer Bills of £l,OOO, 10s. 7s. 9c.
' Ditto Small, 10s. 7s. 9s.

Consols fir Acct. 7qA 3/8 72% 731/4 73.

The Stocks have taken a sudden turn, it is said,
in consequence of news received by express from
Dover, that the French soldiers have refused to march
against Spain, and that the French Government had
agreed to accept the mediation of England. Consols,-
at half past one o'clock, 755/8 %, buyers.