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world, l,e will DO kept in confinement under the
prcaoht sFRtnm, n wr0tcated Ana llopologA priB-
o3,ott enduring tndignlios tnu allnckinE to be
innicto,1. Ae"'' "o'' '"o"'
u',der tho dreadful crculnstancea havo nar-
sGn. rsa aoeiilE MOI, ctuolly tortnrcd an driven
to DO trrnod ii tlio aaint, ,nau,tor, no
dsi's Wiz viz tSe s o sas s,at En' ,oas ss shoss asSs
time at tl!s plaoe would suffice for my comp'eto
Gacl, OCCASION, n,mar1totl olango fur tho worRo.
/ told shem fully expected to b. murdered,
lint would giro ovary shilling poaaaaHod to
set out, and much moro to the Ramo sffcot but
DR.. 8. s
Under thcso circumstances, my thoughts nntur-
! ally turnsd to 4l,o bost way Of
| NAKlSn MY EscArE
ah slie only mea'is Of avo!dini' rorpntnn contne-
moat. ~, inae'tl, II eventually Proved. Thy
honso waa SURROUNDED on throo sldoh by brick
walls a,ad faced by river. NY first attempt wnH
oy tho river. Ono day, wlicn out with my
Keeper, and ho was OF his guard. I suldonly
plunged in, hoad iirrt md swnm 70 th" otllor
aido. They were speedily over bridge cloAo
by, and bofure I could distatlce then enc,lm-
bored 40 I was with my wet clothes. I wnB TO-
captured. aty next atlolnpt was squally ussuc.
cosslul: 1n ortler to aggrAvato the norvousncsH
from which alonu waB suffering on adninaion,
aud to mako 1t iRauo In insaliity, wnR not al-
lowed to go to bed Mt tue sulne tilnu tho other
pa.,ents, but was kept ~ much Inter, mud COM
pcled to got up eatliar Ono night, with
u'tt any warming, the assistant Burgeun cAtlo
s!ulduuly into my ballroom aud insisted that
should swallow tho contenta Ut ytai hs had IN
hts lu'd. refused to do 50; upon WHICH hs called
u !hroe or four keepera, glo held down on tho
bed whilst ho poured this contents down my nos
trils with teaBpuun. Of course resistod vio~
lertlyy. sl'taking ot this circumstance, I ovor-
anotGer nns Of o fsspors ] WIG T1s toHent
III had tho order" You t1lay judge from tho
language what lind OF mon aro employed at
tli'st placcs, mud That was couAtnitty lnpt in
d.vat1 that should be murdered. In fact, twas
told that
SHOULD nE PUT To DEATH;
and my c1nlucneut- being cut of from most Of
my friends. WHO werc kept from visiting 1ne un-
dor prctsnbe that tlls excitement would be det-
tinlontai to me, and being deprived OF tl,s ssr-
vices Of my solicitor. 90 lit Enaw not what to
do.--llrove nse vell nigh to desperation.
Ono night, between II and H. / was loft alone
with the ltead-keeperI and the ,uau wi'o, had
threatened to. "e5oak" 5'l me aud to pull ny
first .lnlo TO be in the room with that night.
Alarmed at tlie, and driver. to deaperAtion by
tha cruel persecution to which ] was exposed,
attacked this nun md tic hoasl-kcoper, hoping
my uHcapo. The two keepers wore disabled hut
their cries for assistance brought in Il number
Of others, by whom I wan oscrpowsrod,
ana eonssned to ~, tho worst den in thS
fastened on tho 0utHdo with three onor-
= nous boits, whilst The windows were blocked up
with wood, in which small holes wsro borod to
adult light. Iu this roou With nok q giuglo
article uf furniture in It,, with q straw INIT
tress only to aleop oil, with even my clothes
takan away, l waH
| AENCEFonrII TO rAss ny NIGHTS,
whilst Tho n,oAt powerful kueper in lilo p!acn
tnH Iil hatf t}uttfn In
tho way IN which man waH troated who, pre-
viona to Liz incarceration, had kept his carllago,
ard biz Mn.o and tetnn!o servants, aud had ie-
siled Ut Wellesley Loge, Sutton, SurEoy-a nlaco
1,d00 frllit-trecH; whoso dining room wna ~
feet In length, mud othor roosns in pro-
portion, nhoso Income, was from E2, 900
to Ea,ooo yeurly; md l>,ol who Lad been
which atch au iuco,no inssiros. Beeause 1 Ind
thus attempted 10 regain my liberty, MY wife
was now persuaded by DR.. s., ln order to prcvout
tho possibility Of my ever getting ons Of 1natl
house, Eld to rlyct my BhnckleB btill stronger to
| THROW 31Y AFtA11ts INTO Cl1ASCEnY.
OF what was goiuA to be done was kept 10 pro-
found ignoranco; aud tile first inti,rlatioll Of
this WIS. that received y paper stating tlat my
collor declaring that was wholly incompetent
fairs, and showing mo tint NY own
lawyor, whom ,iad employed for twenty
| 5GMlPs 4AdtEaA VI u6IHkt EuHlUtGu u
defo1id me, Ind boen employed 10 rlesent tho
petition against ne. Tho caso was to como of
before Atr. H., one Of tho Masters il, Clancory !;
and, although had thus loon deprived Of my
gratulntcd myself with tho ilca Tint Should at
all events hehr the oyidenco given against me,
and have all opportunity of cross. cxatniuiNg tho
WitnoBsos aud making my own dcfeuao. Thoday
came. I appeared before Alr. d. and ut once told
him Tint ! wished 10 be removed IRON this asy-
lnm. "Well," said llc, ''ws will nov go to eco
about your proparty," md loft the room, having
bcen In It about five minutes. l III courae OK
| pectou tho exalnjunti0n WnB now About to eDm-
,nunco. but was tlunaarstruck 10 lird that
without aaking me any questions to ASCERTAIN
tha state of ny mind. without giving ma al,Y op-
postunlty Of leafitlg tho evdenee against MO,
WAS coNuEnSED As LuNArl0,:
without lawyer, jury. evidence. or having any
| opportunity OF speaknS u word in my own do
! fellse. It may bn replied tint tho atnto OF my
mind prevented tllR; to Which | o!fur m esn-
phatic denint aud my wifu and brothers will tea-
thy that was quito competent to understand
aud take my part in this, to mo. n,oat nomcnt-
GUS matter. Tint Il man il thns 10 be branded
az ln.satic, to l,ave LIN liberty aud property,
Ills wifo ali children. taisou from him without
llcarins the evidence. or being allowed to sny
QUO WORT in h,a own Lellalf il 10 utterly
nn-Englisll that it sounds Incredible. Under tho
InYuHiton even, tho eeeused had some form of
trlat; VIC know that. $40 years ago paul, when
brought befosa Agrlppa, thought himself happy
III England. iu tho latter par5 Of The nineteenth
century, cau aay. from my own bitter oxperi-
once, a man whoso lloorty, wlloBo property, evo-
lytlng he hollis dear is ut atnke, can DO con-
lcmnua, after being deprived Of iogai assistance,
without Being allowed to exercise rights which
wero granted amongas enlightened natio1ls 2, 200
years ASo. Such u cuae as this, however, merely
rouu1rcH To bo known to tho British pubf,c To III.
sure Justice being dono; and q thing Ut this
kind, dono under the cover Of secrecy, in mud
house,
WILL NOT STAND THE opEN LIGHT OF DAT
| at tho bur of pubic opinion. Tleso ablHea ouly
oxst becauBo they are unknown a,d disboliovcd !;
alsa it il tho policy Of those WHO profit by the
system to make III lstto noise as possible aa to
iha WAY Ill which they got their pationtu or how
they nlAuags to keep tl,om when they arc got.
Thpy ,sauo no annual balance-shents to tho
pubic, showing tho amount Of commission paid
10 nefllcal men for the introduction ol
wealthy patients. neither do they lot it b. known
who uIuongat these aro aecretly partnefs il,
tho NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., l asked 3 lady /
mot in tho grounds Of tho asylum.