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London, England, 1826-08-11 00:00:00

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bet to see her MiliariaSete brother, who was c-n
fined up stairs; she said we-'could !tot •see
as her brother had taken the key to marke;t on her
saying the key could not be fowl, I went up stairs into
the garret, but found nothing; on• coming down I met
Mr. Smith, his sister, Mr. Broughton, and the con'tsble.
I said to Mr. Smith, 44 You had better let us see lien
aithout any further trouble." Thome; Smith went
down the passage to a door at the end of it ; lie pusi•ed
the door open and went in. As soon as I get there I
put my head in, undo-b.:erring that it was light, I said
this is not the room. Mr. b. whowas dose behind me,
I observed a door on his left hand ; it Yea: not fastened.
he pushed the door open, and I went in first. I t•b•-ei
a window on the opposite side; there was a small 11;)le
in it, and a few small holes besides, where the mortar
was not properly fastened. I bloke the mortar with a
small-ash itick, and loosened one of the bricks, and af-
terwards took down four or five of therm—The rest of
the party were then in the room. I observed no furni-
ture in the ro m except a small short bedstead; the
floor of the room was covered in places with heaps rf
filth; if it hid been shovelled u? it m ght have tilled
two barrows; it was excrement; a little rat chaff, and
a little straw were also in the room, and a part of the
former had stuck to the filth. There uas a piece of rug
on the floor near the fire-place very Willy. The bed-
stead was opposite the door, one side of it was against
the wall, a large door was propping up the bed; I said
to Miss Smith, " In the name of Gov, where is this poor
creature?" She went to the head of the bed, and turned
off the ends of two sacks, and then she fumed off a very
small filthy blanket, and said, it Here he is." He lay
coiled up like a greyhound, with one foot in one hand,
and the bther in the other hand, and his knees nearly
touched his throat.;. Re lay on a heap of oaten chaff,
on his left side; he turned himself round, and seemed
much alarmed, but made no no4t. I stepped to the side
of the bed, and patting him on the shoulder, I smiled at
him, which appeared to shake some of his fear off. I
asked him if he was cold, and he replied II Aye," in a
horrid tone of voice, more like a wild beast than a hu-
man creature. I said to his sister, 44 How can you be
such a cruel creature as to let this poor creature lie in
such a horrid state." She made answer and said he had
a good clean room to go to, but he would creep back
to that filthy place. I said that is a lie, for that he had
not been out of that room for a number of years. There
r was no fire in the room, nor any appearance of any
having been there for a length of time. There were'io
cinders, nor straw, nrr anything like it. There was
nothing like soot at the flack of the grate. When I saw
the poor creature he had not a thread on his back. There
was a small filthy pillow, so small that it might go in a
hat. The oaten chaff appeared very filthy, such as if a
pig had lain upon it, and looked as if a heap of chaff
had now and then been thrown down to refresh it. The
smell was very offensive. His beard was four or five
inches long. His person appeared very filthy. I re-
mained about ten or twelve minutes in the room, and
then went down stairs. Mr. Broughton and I went away,
having first stated it would be proper that be should be
removed to the Asylum at Stafford, where he would be
taken every care of. Miss S. said we might take him
where we pleased. Mr. B. wrote a letter to Mr. Garrett,
the medical Gentleman at the Asylum, which I took,
and, on the urns evening. I returned with Mr. Garrett.
George was removed. On my return, I observed that
the room where he had been confined had been cleaned,
and the dirt taken away ; the room was then wet from
having been washed ; Poison, the constable, remained
there daring the time I went to the Asylum, aod I
found him there on my return. When 1 got back, I
found that G. o-ge had been put into a comfort ible
clean bed. I heard the servant girl say to Mr. Brough.
ton, that she had never seen George Smith out of that
room. I am positive I beard her say this.
The Rev. lidracosightoa, and Poles., the constable, corroborated
Mr. Sid's statement.
Mr. John Garrett, the Superintendent of the Stafford
Lunatic Asylum, proved his receiving the idiot in
charge. In conveying him to the Asylum in the post-
chaise, the stench that came from him was so intolerable,
that though it was one of the coldest nights in January,
they were obliged to ride with all the windows open.
Oa his arrival at the Asylum he was put into a warm
bath, and other remedies adopted to do him goad.
Since he has been in the Asylum he has never been in a
fit; he never objected to being shaved, and was regu-
larly shaved twice a week, the same as the other pa-
tients. The witness is now of opinion that the right
thigh b one has been fractured. There hod been no re-
union of the bone until the patient came to the Asylum,
since whch the fracture has been attended.to, and he
now believes there is a re-union.

Several other bighly respectable physicians and surgeons gave the
same opinion with respect to the thigh. and expressed their belief
that the patient had never been troubled with epileptic fits or
paralysis.
Mr. Canaria a powerful reply. which lasted nearly three
hours, in the cour:en;trwhich he went through the whole of the caw,
and was at one part much affected.
At half past nine &dusk, Mr. Justice Buaatioan said, that at
that late hour, and after the fatigue of such close attendance, he
would not proceed further this night. but reserve his charge to the
Jury until to.niecrow morning,and the Court adjourned accordingly.
In the Crown Court, before Mr. Baron °ARROW. 16 of the gang
who were said to have lived in a cave, kom whence they issued in
concert for depredations, were found Guilty! There was nothing
in the evidence to support the melodramatic account of the habits of
life of these vagabond.. given in the narrative of their apprehension.
The cave was a hut, which was a depot for stolen property, and an
occasional rendezvous. They were not sentenced.
LANCASTER, Awn= 9.
POsTPONEMENT or WAKEVIIILD'S CASE.

The Judges entered this town yesterday, and proceeded to the
Caitle, where the Royal Commission was opened in the usual form.
This morning the Judges attended Divine Service, after which
they proceeded to the Castle, and commenced the business of the
Alitreil. The greatest anxiety Near manifested about the trial of
wakefield, which, it was expected, would be fixed for tomorrow
or Friday.

The Court was crowded to excess at an early hour, particularly
by fashionable females.
The wual preliminary forms bating been gone through, the fol.
lowing Gentlemen were sworn upon the Grand Jury :

Hon. Edward S. Lord Stanley, Furetnan ; J. Dolton, Esq.
IL F. Bradshaw, E-q. Thomas Greene Esq. W. Gale, Esq. C.
Gibson, Esq. J. Hargraves, Esq. William Holton, Esq. J. F.
Hindell, F.sq. Th.mias Legit, E.q Alexander Nowell, Esq. Hugh
llornby, .Esq. It. H. Parker, Esq. M Saudys, jun. Esq. Legendre
V. Starkie, En. E. B. Wilbraham, Esq. 0. Wilson, E.q. Hobert
Whalli-y. Esq.. I'. E. Townley, Esq. J. P. dlacbell. L,q. and G.
Wild. E-q.
ins LORDSHIP proceeied to address the Jury. It
had bren matter of congratulation to him to observe
the stale of the calendars in the of er counties cif. the
Northern Circuit; but he regretted to say, that in the
county of Lancaster, with which he was comected by
•,o many public ald private ties. that feelii,g was re-
versed. It was painful t s him, as it must give the
Grand Jot y pain, to observe the number r 1 persons ton-
tallied in that calendar, involving, as it did, almost t very
spLcies et ci icor. Mut there was one species of crime