Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-08-18


london, Of JcsAruM cuLpr late Captain In the len
Lincers and aedgcd have become insane because h,
imagined and acted upon tho deusion ha, the Queen
Eugand in lore with him. has called forth the folio,
Ing article from the London TSaa.
"Nothing can be more slightly de6ued than tho limo q
demsrcaton between sanity aud insanity Physician,
and lawyers have yeAed themselves with attempts at def
milton in case where defuition Is Impossible Tber,
has never yet been given to tho world ANYTHING In IN,
shape Of formula upon this subject which NAV not n,
torn to shrsds 10 i've minutes by ordinary ogcan
Make the definition too narrow Il becomes meanip,les.
make il too wide, the whole human race are nyoyrJ n
the drag-net In strictness all mad as o((en n,
We give way to passion to prejudice, vice. to vsnit,
but II all the Passionate, prsuiced vicious and vain
people In This world to be locked up as luuac who
TO keep the key of the asylum As was very l,ix oh
served however, by learned Baron of the EIchequer
when no was pressed with his argument II Nc are Mi
mad, being all madmen do the best we can nm
der such untoward circumstances There must be kin
OF rough understanding to the forms oil unacy which
cant be tolerated We will not interfere it'll the spend.
thrift who is hngng his patrimooy away upon swnders
hsrots and blackegs until no denucd himself of hi
possessions aud Incurred debt We have nothing TO say
to his brother mailman the miser who pinches bs belly
10 swell the balance at his bankers-benv IA ye.rs N,
age and without amily-but Il he refuses TO paw taIes
society wiz NOT accept his monomanis as pieadable
IN oar. so the Glasgow Sabbatarian may pull down
his blinds Of Sunday afternoon and drink bim..Ii
dead drunk with whiskey toddy; society pr,iss, ,ba
saint and winks at the backsldiug. Let young rned-
cal student excite himself beyond the point w6b his
weak head can bear Evans or the Cider Cellars and
sally forth In quest of soon az hs h,s
carried his purpose partially into effect 90 will know the
.easea mey. Again, to take another and perhaps the
most common form OF madness which in this strange
"hrhgiS OF world what would become Of IL II minopi
sane pro nae rice to rush upon all the stupid yu
fellows who imagine that every pretty or
sr woman they meet has fallen sacrifice their accom-
pishments aud their charms L. not tn, history Of
every drawing room, OF every social meeting In which
the two sexes brought together Sedecepton upon
this important particular is general be almost the
badge o. masculine humanity Many lady has been the
victim OF this kind Ut persecution who clearly
that Bottom. the wore tho ASS head and who
has shared Titinas without her blindness
The law can scarcely be brought bear upon this form
oil insanity unless indeed declare itself by some overt
act as when poor Miss Burdett Coutts seduousy
eourted by her Irish sutor Another Of the same
kind decided yesterday which the lady whose mama
has been taken IN vain stands the highest in the
Captain Childe late OF the 18th Lince has in his crazy
bran been connecting romance In which the prime
actors are bis own worshpul self and the Queen of these
Kingdoms, and has proceeded by acs such as the
transmission Of violent letters and orh work out
his romance IN action. The natural but not very
agreeable consequence TO himself has been that he has
spen, some Of his life ina lunatc asylum aud il at
this present in the hands Of Lunacy Commission The
question is whether his mind has yet recovered its
tone that he may he set at liberty without danger to him
sell or others from his strange delusion.
AS many OF our readers may remember I.oudon SO
cey in the interval the accession Of the
Queen TO the throne and her marriage with the Prince
Consort must remember that the pet moLomanis Of the
day among aspiring dandes that their sovereign had
fallen in love With them. Not only the deusion CON-
mon among the younger dandcS but those who had
passed their meridian, dyed their wtiskered pories
sfrssh reset their anclly teeth and used every sh TO
conceal the raVages OF time The deuson, We believe
scenied somewhat lar down into the ranks OF society
Sous yCunS attorneys and merchants clerks took il
into their wise heads that they could not carry
the measure Tough With we. nger least they might
succeed in inspiring their Sovereign with an nnbonnv
passion This result was 10 be brought about by the sim
pie process II aifording the Qiee-then glowing with
tne honoTs oil her young sceptre-an opportunity OF OBJ
timing single glance at their manly and express
We features a. she cantered by them in the park or
gliuced down from her box at the Opera upon the nil
which contained collection OF such priceless gems
Captain Chde whose has been under cons Iteration
br the last week simply pushed this se-deusop further
than others and to point which clearly proved ,hs, he
had become Of uusouud mind. The unfortunate gentle
man-or most uni 7tinste he indeed is-was we'll born
and well bread, educated one Of or public schools
transferred IN due course TO crack regiment and was
possessed TO all appearance of more than an ordinary
share OF intelligence aud ability. lie is described
moreover as hAvng been man Of singularly grace
ul appearance and attractive manners. In this case
at least there elfdeception upon this point
But all these advantages became distorted to his
tie was vain man. to begin with ! he became vainer
ant yet va'ner, every day he lived and at las, abso-
iucly mad with vanity. What more natural than that the
lady most highly placed in these realms should seek TO
unite her lot with that Of the handsomest most elegant
and most attractive they contained The lady was
the young Queen Victoria-the Captain Childe
Under the influence Of this deluson he became nightly
attendant at the Opera OCCUPIED central STALL and kent
e gda uIec'eu ~ tue queen all the time Of the per-
iormance His brain grew cra-er Gnd crazier night alter
night just as was tho with the Knight Of La M,ncha
alter protr.cted course OF chiyalric romance. When
the mind - in this state every thing food to the
leading idea Captain Childe that the careless
glance which fell anywhere, |. might happen was esne
cay directed at him. and in short that his Sovereign re
cprocated the passion of her handsome subject Day by
day he became more confirmed 10 the monomanai' in
formed his brother OF il as substantive fact wrote let.
tiers to the object Of ha insane deuson and In sbort
comported himself precisely as madmsn would VI der
such circumstances. To show how strong hold the
insane idea had got upon his mind il may be mentioned
that not even the marriage of the Queen with Prince AL
bert was sufficient to dspel it. This he thought mere
oind heid out TO the worlds mere sham marriage TO
silence the importantly oil her subjects but that time
would arrive when his royal mistress would be enabled n
act IN manner more consonant with her own feelings =
"nhe ah tnis madness was in progress. his own family
.he mAry authorities and the home office apnes, 10
nave treated him with the greatest consideration More
Than once he was tried sud led again 10 see If his deli,
zion hId passed of, but In vain Both in Dublin where
us regiment was qulrtered aud in London where IL was
necessary to call in medical assistance and 70 place him
under suitable restraint " yves
N Is need 70 trouble readers With the full par.
ucuaIs OF what occurred during the long
held in Cementsnn. Suffice il to saw that Docto,s
Southey, Hume Connolly and Sutherland g,ve i, 40 RI;
opinion that the unfortunate gentleman still labored under
ns anu that he could be discharged from cus
y tuou! Danger o. his causing future annoyance and
Porng ns own safety. In this opinion the Jury fully
concurred after most patient exn1nation of The case
aud alter confirmation with Captain Chide That the
uecs'on n"s wise one no doubt. Had he been
released from custody yet under the influence of his we'll
established deusion, the probable Consequence would
a'a oeeh some personal assault upon the Queen In pub
NC place Not the least singular feature In the case il
mat IN order tn m.ke on. his insanity abe counsel opposed
70 h's liberation relied in good measure on ling series of
letters "!ten 10 cypher by the lunac in which the Queen
"u' ueS'gnatel as Seret,' Prince Albert lorenzo
inc magnificent aud the Duchess Of Kent as "D,mo" or
pphd' NJ Lsm1n, OF the State Paper.onice Obtained
he key ard hi5 Interpretation cor rmed By Mr. Bah
plse' ''oe''or "heatsonc and Mr.. Levin. IL would
however be somewbat unsafe to hang men ON cvnber v
enough" '' "''
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