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London, England, 1805-12-11 00:00:00

ceived on the other fide of the Hall, at, Ted
himfelf on the diforder now referred to Bet" cen
clear andisnclouded r eafon,andinfanity,there are in -ny
fhades of more or let's deviation. To point tort toe,
difference is impoflible ; language is not c4pintis and
accurate enough to aff,rd Inch means, and the whole
is difficult of inveftigation." This ticillul Phyft:ian,
after dividing infanity into its clad s, proceeded to
affert, that a hypochondriac, who itnagin:d himfelf to
be conftruded of glafs, was not afitded from the dif.
order of the brain, but of the abdomen, and the me-
dical and legal definitions of the difeafe were ',recite-
ly the fame. The Learned Counfel next adverted to
the diftindion between the lunatic and the idiot, and
explained, that the former alone could rife& lucid
intervals, while the latter was co tlg, ed to perpetual
imbecility. He proceeded to diltinguith what the law
had deemed to be a lucid interval, and cited as his
authorities the remarkable cafes of Whitacre o.Whit-
acre, the Attotney General o. Panther, and Green-
wood,. Greenwood, not omitting the very fingular
precedent of the King,. Hatfield. " It was (faidhe)
my painful office to defend that unfortunate man,
who aimed a fatal bllw at the perfon of ram beloved
Sovereign, at Dturplane Theatre. Lord Chief Jul-
tice Kenyon, feeling indignant at the horrid at of
atrocity, on the commencement of the trial, (poke
with unufual feverity to the prifimer ; hut when I
prrdsced evidence that this wretched maniac-, juft be-
fore the tranfadion, had dragged his own iutant out
of its cradle, in order to facrifice it (as Abraham did
Ifaac of old for a pig its purpofe), then it was acknr.w.
ledged to be fit and real...bitable that the Kiog's laws
thould be extended towards his Majefles fubjed,and
it was confeiTed, that not only for the fake of the in-
dividual, but of the Monarch himfelf, that this me-
lancholy vidim of difcafe fhould receive pro:cf.:ion."
Mr. EIURIIIa alfn made feveral alliilions to other
cafes, in which the opinions and ultimate deeifinns of
the Judges flrengthened his plea on the prefent oc-
cation. The validity of the agreement now under
confideration depended, therefore, upon the real ftate
of Mr. Warren's mind at the time of his having
contented to it. Even if it was contralted during a
lucid interval, he Ihould contend that it was perfealy
valid. It appeared from the evidence, that Sir Tho-
mas Spencer Wilfon, a relation of Mr. Warren's,
was a kind of hypocsndriac, who (hut himfelf up
from fnciety, and was apt to concei.:e unfounded pre-
judices againft certain individuals. It was not, there-
fore, to be wondered at, that Mr. Warren found him-
' fell highly injured by being entirely excluded from
any participation in his relation's property. It was
on that account that he conceived that forne unfair
dealing had been going on, in order to effect fuch a
purpofe, and his condud on that particular point
might therefore to bangers appear eccentric. He
was faid alfo to have written a letter to the Princefs
Royal before the was married to the Duke of Wir-
temberg, as he had been informed that fome expref-
lions of regard had been uttered by her. Whenever
this fubjed was mentioned, he was filmewhat agitated;
but there were many lucid intervals in which he
(hewed himfelf to be a man of great learning and fa-
gacity —Various inftances were adduced to thew that
Mr. Warren always conduded himfelf as a man of
bufintfs would do in pecuniary tranfadions.
Mr. N. Cheefeman, attorney, at Bath, depofed that
he had attefted the deed in quellion, and that lir..
Warren always appeared to be pettedly in his found
judgment. He had various opportunities of fceing
and converting with him at the Chrittopher Inn, at
Bath, where he generally dined. He thould have had
no hefit.rtion in attelling a will or deed of fettlement,
made by fuch a perfon, had he been required fo to do.
He alfo frequently taw hint on the greet and in the
parade Coffee Houle. Mr. Warren fometimes talked
about Sir Thos. Spencer Wilfon, and intimated that he
thought lie had been ill ufed, and that a Will had
been forged to deprive him of an elate. But even on
that fubjed he did not appear to talk incoherently,
or like a madman, although the wittiefi did not think
that he could fobnantiate his claim.

Mr. Robert Woodgate, Solicitor in London—
Had known Mr. Erafmus Warren for fifty years.
Had applied in t7O to him about the difpofal of his
elate of Bromly, in Ella, and in all his converfa-
lions with him, he never conceived that he was in•
Pane, although he could never prevail on him to fix
a price.
Mr. Holmes, Clerk to Mr. Lawton, Attorney for
Mr. Warren—Had occafion to fee Mr. Warren in the
month of April, 1802, he having prepared the agree-
ment in quetlion, and having called on him at the
Coffee-houfe, to receive the abftras% covenanted by
that deed. He was told by Mr. Warren, that he
could not (tallith it, as his fon Valentine, in Eller,
was the only perfi.n who had it in his power to do fo,
land that it appeared to be that fon's intention to throw
every thing in the way of the fulfilment of the bargain.
He fay, no fymptoms about Mr. Warren, he having
always converted like a man of Wines.
The Rev. W. R. Wake, Re for orGreat Bromly,
in Eat, and Nicar of Backwell, in Somerfetthire—
Was intimately acquainted with Mr. E.Warren, from
the beginning of the year 18ot. Refided at his own
houfe, on the South Parade, at Bath, and Mr. War-
ren lodged at the lower part of it. Was in the habit
of feting him daily, and even of employing him to
do Sacramental duty to about tso communicants,
though he always declined preaching. This duty
Was performed fo we:l that he was requeited by many
of the congregation to continue Mr. Warren its the
employment. Mr. Warren ufed to do duty altar at
other churches, and generally regularly although not
officiating ; he was an extremely cheesful, and fenfi-
ble man. In about fix weeks after their acquaintance
commenced, they became exceedingly in. i nate, and
Mr. W. communicated Isis intention of difpofing
of his elate in Ellex, and on all occafions talked like
a man of butinds, and was extremely attentive to his
own intereft in pecuniary concerns. Never difeover cd
any fymptoms of infonity, nor did he ever conceive
that Mr. W. was affiiaed with loch a diforder, till he
heard of the Commiflinu of Lunacy being iffued
againft him. He c u:d never have had ans. objeniors
to tranfaa bufinef, ith him, nor to attest any deed
were he to have been fo required.
On crofs-examination by the Solicitor General tl is
Rev. Gentleman

given ham a living
worth nearly yObl.
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of Mr. VV:i lions

After converting
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and Gentlemen,

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confelnd that Mr. Wa-ren had
; in Eire& (that of Great Bromley)
a year. He never heard that any
was defigncd for the Chtuch.—
upon cettain fithjeas hio gene-
macy and regard between Chriiti.4,l:
their intimacy cute:tied towar