Star.
London, England, 1825-08-09 00:00:00

THE REV. MR. FRANK-THIS DAY.

The Commission appointed to investigate the state of mind of this
Oentientan assembled this morning, at the usual time and place, when
Mr. Commissioner Paw-mons resumed the summing up of the
evidence, pointing out as he proceeded, tho degree of importance of
each witness's testimony to the issue in question. In particular he
dwelt on the tesdnintri of the Medical Gentlemen wbd titre ex-
amined for the defence, observing that the evidence of a Mr. Bur.
'owes and Mr. Propert was important, on account of the numerous
opportunities they had of observing his general demeanour in the
years 1822 ; also that of Drs. Veatch and Durrowes as to his present
state of mind, was not only important on account of the diligent
care they had taken in examining him, but also on account of their
great talents and experience in that department of knowledge.
Another most important part of the case, was the demeanour of Mr.
Franks himself, while under their examination. They could not
have failed to observe, that he answered the questions put to him
in a pertinent and comiosed manner ; but they could not also have
failed to observe, that he possessed a very imperfect knowledge of
the state of his affairs, and that he still persisted in thinking Dr.
U. his best friend, and Mrs. F. a chaste woman. In conclusion he
would say, if, on the whole, they bad a reasonable belief that Mr. F.
was of sane mind, and capable of managing his own affairs, they
would find a verdict to that effect; but if. on the contrary, they
thought hint of unsound mind, and incapable of managing his
affairs, they would be doing hint the greatest possible kindness by
placing him and his affairs under the controul of the Court of
Chancery.

The room was then ordered to be cleared, and the Jury, after
deliberating for two hours, returned the following answers to the
two issues submitted to them :—To the first, whether Mr. Frank
was insane at the present time, and unfit to manage his affairs, they
were unanimously of opinion that he was.
To the second, when he first became so, they were unanimously
of opinion that be bad been so ever since the 25th of October, 1816.

SUMMER ASSIZES.
CROYDON, AUGUST 6.
William Harris was indicted for returning from
transportation before the term of his sentence had ex-
pired. Verdict—Guilty. ' Sentence of death recorded.
John Marsden was indicted for a similar offence.
Verdict—Guilty. Sentence of death recorded.
Samuel Carney was indicted for uttering a forged
order for the delivery of six sacks of flour, with intent
to defraud John Dudin Brown and Thomas Young.
The facts were clearly proved ; the prisoner was found
guilty, and sentence of death recorded.
Charles Caw was indicted for stealing at Farnham,
on the 13th May, a bay gelding,, the property of J.
Bartholomew.

The Jury found the prisoner Guikg:
,/The Lamm& Judisamdd he would consider of the ease before he
/passed sentence.—The business ea the Civil side was totally desti•
lute of interest.

Robert Little, William Weller, Edward Weller, and
Harriet Haskett, were indicted for assaulting and
robbing John Wellcr and Ann his a ife, on the King's
high way, at Dorking, on the 10th July. The p. isoner
Little persisted in pleading guilty, after having been
'repeatedly admonished to take the chances of a trial.
The prosecutor, who is a small farmer, was return.'
ing, in the evening of the 10th of July, with his wife,
from Capel to Dorking, where he resides. In their
way they were stopped by the prisoners, who were
tramper-a. The female prisoner pretended to beg for,
charity, when they all closed on witness and his wife.'
Little knocked them -both down with a bludgeon, and
the prisoner ran off with his hat and his wife's scarf.
These were found on the prisoners, together with the
bludgeon, in a barn where they were sleeping.
The prisoners said in their defence, that they were intoxicated,
and had no Intel:tie, of robbing.
The Jury, under the Learned Judge's direction, found them
Guilty. Sentence of death was recorded against Edward Weller
and the female prisoner; and the awful judgment of the law was
pronounced on the other culprits.
AUGUST O.
George Watts and Elizabeth Hannah Watts,. his wife,
were indicted for stealing at St. Mary, Lambeth, on the
18th of June, a pair of silver candlesticks, five silver
spoons, and a silver fork, in the dwelling-house of
John Lomas. _ _ _

The Jury acquitted the woman, but found the man
Guilty. Sentence of Death was recorded.
George Smith was indicted for stealing at St. Olave,
Southwark, on the Sd of February, a horse, the pro-
perty of Henry Verrill.
Mr. Anonym conducted the prosecution, and Mr. ilsonamr
the defence.
The prosecutor lost the horse in question on the Sd
of February, from his field, at Lewes, in Sussex. It
was seen safe as late as six o'clock in the evening of
that day. On the Sd of April it was found in the pos
session of the prisoner, wbo kept stables in the Borough,
and drove a van. To Hall, the officer, who appre-
hended him, he stated that he had purchased the horse
of a man named Clarke, at his own stable, on the 7th
of February, gave iii. for it, and had a receipt which
was written for him by a Lieutenant Everett, and
could produce it.
The defence set up for the prisoner, and established:
by evidence, was twofold ; first, an alibi as to the 3d
of February, when the horse was alleged to have been
stolen ; and, second, that he had bought and paid for
it of a man named Clarke.
A great number of witnesses gave the prisoner an excellent
character for honesty besides.
The Jury, under the Learned Judge's direction, found the
prisoner Not Guilty.
Saturday, 111r.Gammanded in his b 'noon from
Norwich. Owing to a storm of thunder and lightning
the ascent did not take place until neariy six o'clock. The
balloon took an easterly direction nearly in the line of
the Yarmouth Road, and continued visible to the spec-
tators in Norwich, as it slowly floated along in that
course for about tweory•-three minutes, when it pene-
trated a layer of clouds that effectually concealed tts
further progress. Not long after it disappeared the
thunder-storm returned, with renewed violence, and
the frequent flashes of lightning must have made the
situation of the aeronaut peculiar and awful. Nothing
was heard of him in Norwich that night, but c
able apprehensions were entertained for his safety.

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ton‘lon, Aug; 6.
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Isegleave to trlnunit yolk: sed i'•Ndtice
should feel obliged to yon to make public at Ltoyd'i. for die ihfory
mikes of the Comniercial an.l. Shipping Iniel:ests of this
am, &c. (Signed) F. T. s P A /CO, Constil-General.
John Bennett, Esq. Secretary, Lloyd's.
Portilgueie Consulate, t.ondon, Aug. C .
An Offizial Communication has been recei‘ed at thii
Office from his Excellency the Ciinde de Po.to Santo;
Secretiry of State for Foreien AfLtits in L sbon, in;
structing me to make it public-
" That hie Mist Faithful Majesty; at the repreientition of tbs;
Royal Board of Trade of that City, has been pleased to order, that
to the manifests of the carped of vessels proceeding from foteign. •
ports to the ports of hii douißsions, shall be attached one bill of
loading of every, shipment 'CoMpoiing antis cargoes, under the.
Consul's seal of office." •
In conformity with these instructions, I hereby' give notice, that
henceforth I shall require from the brokers of vessels • Issiund to
Portugal and Wands adjacent, when they bring the eockets and
manifests for my legtlization, to furaisit me, at the same . time.
with such bills of loading (one of each set), without Which I shall
not feel myself authorized to grant the usual certificates of clear.
ance at this Office.
(Signed) F. T. SA MPA YO, Consul-General.

LAW RLPURh;:

COURT OF CHANCERY, AUGUST 7.
1:4 IHE MATTER OF WOOLLQB. A LUNATIC.

A commission of lunacy was in 1821 _issued
the present lunatic John Wo:,ller, and after the findiuß
of the Jury, it was discovered that the date of t►e lunaey
had not been carrilkl sufficiently far bick, and that
certain important evidence had not been adduced before
the Jury. file Petition now prayed that a new corn-
mission might issue. It was supported by Mr. George
Tuner (with whom Mr. Whitmarsh was engaged as
senior Counsel, but was unable to •att!nd consistentlt
with the performance of his du'y as Commissioner upon
the lunacy now pending against Mr. F ), and opposed
by Mr. Sugden and Mr. Lovatt. After hearing Counsel
'fully upon the Petition, the decision was deferred.

IMPORTANT TO SOLICITORS.
IN THE MATTER OF MIDDLETON, A LUNATIC.

Messrs. Smith, Lambert, and Co. of Lincoln's IDS)
were employed to present two petitions in this .nobtter
against Mr. Garland, with respect to his costs. .It aft-
peared that he was the Solicitor of all parties in the
matter for a considerable tune, and that he had taken
a private bond from the Committee of the lunatic's
person and estate, to indemnity him against any costs
he should not be allowed in the Master's Office, upon
his general bill of costs against the lunatic's estate.
Mr. Holum appeared for the Petitioner, and Mr. LovArr in
opposition.
His LORDSHIP expressed himself in pretty warm
terms against this practic'. Much bad been said by
his predece.sors against solicitors acting in a cause for
all parties, and it was to be hoped that such a practice
was now very near an end. Nothing could require more
anxious jealousy on the part of the Court than 'to see
that a solicitor conducted himself properly, in -a case
where he appeared as the solicitor for the Committee
of the person of the lunatic, for the Committee of the
estate for the next of kin, and for the heir-at•law ; when
in fact it was almost ab.olutely necessary that dif-
ferent solicitors should be employed for the, different
parties, the interest of one being to charge the lunatic's
estate with as much as possible, and the interest of ano-
ther to charge it with as little as possible. It had been
said, a solicitor bad been known to' state to his client
that he would not be concerned in a matter, unless
upon an understanding that he was not to have WI bill
of costs taxed; now, if ever such a case occurred again,
this Court would certainly consider it the duty of every
Court of Justice to say, that that solicitor should never
be allowed to have another client to be concerned for.
And what was the effect of the bond (before mentioned)
here, having been given and taken, but that the Solicitor
said to the Committee of the E tate. is You shan't tax
my bib of casts, because it is a matter of indifference to
me whether I am paid out of the estate, or out of your
pocket. Out of one or the other I must be paid." This
understand.ng having affected, and run through the
whole of this case, it had vitiated the whole ; and. there-
fore, upon general principles, and public policy, the
Court felt imperatively called upon to make, in this
matter, a very special order—and le•t that order should
in any way be mistaken, his Lordship wiil pen it with
his own hand. A very important circumstance more
appeared here, which was, that them appeared to have
been balances due to the estate upon ti.e accounts, at
different times, but that not a shilling had been pa'd
1 into Cum t.

The Ebenezer, PROSSER, has arrived from S•.
Vincent, and brings letters to the 4th July. The ne-
sines are all quiet and contented there. Generally
throughout the islands the crops are not likely to turn
out by any means so good as they were expected to be
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earlier in the year.
Ship letters are arrived from the Brazils to the 21st
June. The following is an extract from one dated
Ceara:--" Business is very dull here in consequence
of the scarcity of farinba. Peop'e are literally dying
daily for want of food ; others manage to suppatt an
existence by eating bark and the roots of trees. We
were in hopes of receiving assistance from Maranham
and Pei a, but have just learnt by letters from thence,
that the Government has prohibited farther exportation
from those parts, fearing like evils may befal them."
Letters from Lima, to the 6th of Apt il, have been re-
ceived. Up to that date co impression had been made
by the blockading force on the fortress of Callao.. The
trenches had been opened at the distance of about a
mile from the town, and a :mast fire was maintained,
which, however, was answer d with nearly equal spirit
on the part of . the besiged. The rumour of an offer
having been made to capitulate is not adverted to in
these levet s.
The public should be cautioned against two men in
the garb of sailots,• who call at respectable houses,
pretending they are just arrived from Madras or Bom-
bay by the Britannia, and that there are some cases of
goods by her consigned to the party at whose house
they call, but that they have lost. the -letter funs the
Captain, ace. and to carry on the deception, beg they
may have a letter to chew him to prove they have de-
livered the message. These fellows gent rally apply-to
people connected with India, and their business being
plausible, are admitted into houses, entertaindid, and,
too often, have money given them, upon the assurance
that " Poor Jack has not a shot in the locker to carry
him back to Blackwall." There is little doubt ibis ob-

ject of these villains is to tob if an o?portuni y offers,
and the public should be on their guard. Twc
tempts thus to impose were made yesterday in
neighbourhood of Croyd n, bit. failed in both inst.mccs.

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