Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 15, 1874, Page 10

SRR f— D e —— IEMARKABLE REVELATIONS. A Sane Man Who Was Treat- ed as a Maniac. His Ezperience in 'Eugl.ish TLunatio~ Asylums, Horrible Treatment of Pationts in Privaie Mad-Houses. ltow Some Physicians Aet in Collusion with the Propuictors of Theso Ks- tablisiments. Tha Evils of Being a Ward of the Lord- Chancellor. The Story of Mr. John Langley Plumbridge, as Cold by Himself EvANSTON, NRAn Cii1cAG0, Aug. 10, 1874, e the Kditor of Ih¢ Chicago Tribune: B 1t s ofton raid, aud gencrally belioved, that thare is 1o country n tho world where & ‘mau's liberty and proporty are so securc as In ngland: sud I myself firmly held this opinion until, during the yenr 1873, my convictions wero Tudely dispelled by moat nnplensant poraonal exporienco, An I boliove 1 am the flrat, and most probably shall bo tho Inst, to visit Amoriea under tho gusrdiauship of ihe Lord Clancollor of England, as one who, by petition duly pre- sonted to himn, bag been declurad to bo wholly Incompotent to tako chargo of himself or bis at- fairs, my exporicuce may probably be of inter- est to your Amarican renders, and roveal to them o0 aspect of Bnglish life wluck fow who have been placed in my circumatances live to toil, Tho injustico of whick I complain is, that T, & citizon of London, of known integrity and good position, TAVR DECN DENIED RIONTS secorded to tho vilest of tho humian race, Thoso necunod of theft or murdor aro uob condemued without bemng Lrought bofors s jury of their countrymon and logal assistance boing granted them ; but, on o question of tho most moment- ous interest Lo me, T have boen condomuod with- ont trial by jury, or boing present at the inquits at which tho question of my liborty or captivity waa decided, or being informod of the evidouee given against me, or tho result arising there- from. Such a stato of things ,in the land of Bi- bles, of Mlissionary Seeietios, of indignant meot- ings to denounce ulavery, &e.,—whero our gracious Sovereign littlo knows that numbors of her subjects, necused of no ertmo and unjustly condemnod as lunatics, are detned in bopeless captivity, uncared for andunsympathized with,— 18 woll nigh incrediblo; but'T shatl now proceed to give you sueh passages from ¥ OWN PERSONAT, NISTORY %8 shall appear necessuty L0 subsiantiate tho charges I have made, nud loave your renders to Torm thoir own conclusions on tha subject, Buflico it to soy that Tam the son of a mer- shiant of the City of Loudon, who, having in the yoar 1821 commenced o wholesnlo business, car- ried ou the samo succosfully snd ereditably until bils doath, which occurred in 1861, From the time of my leaving #chool in tho year 1843, I was associated with him in tho business ; ad in 1850, tho managomeut of it having for some yoars previously dovolved upon me, I was admitted a partner of the firm, nnd the business hiva beon earried on successfully on the snme premises on which 1t wus origivally commonced, np to the presont timo. For the past flve or aix years I Layo not taken 50 active s part in it as provious- Iy, my boslth not being good ; and, having ro- wlized n modorato compotoncy, i was unneces- sary to exert mysolf as in the oarlier period of my career. I lhave, therefore, contented my- solf with taking tho gonerat superintendenco of affaiza and attonding o my buoke, between tho hours of 10.und 4,—the nausl busincds-howrs it wholesalo firms in Loundon. In tho early parc of 1873 my health TECAMY, CONSIDEUABLY WORSE. There was no particnlsr disease,—nothing moro dan gonoral debility. I felt wenk, and quite wmoqual to mv busivess-engagements, If ina yurm.room, a feoling of famtness ofton camo »vor mo, and: I was obliged to have the windows fhrown open, or go into the fresh air for rolef. At might I wole up soveral times with sucha lealing of exbaustion and eraving for food that I was obliged to take port wine and biscuit, some- Mmoes two or throo times in the night, X countorzet it, Things went om in this may for scveral moutba. I gaw several loctors, and wont to different places, without leriving any benefit. Tho consequonco wue, that Thocamo much deproseed in npirits, and frequontly expressed my conviction to my fricnda shat I ahfild nover got ovor this Winesn, I still, Yowarver, continued Lo keep sbout, to.take drives, Mo, a8 uonal,~not keoping my hed, or giving ¥ay on nny uccasion #o much ay even tu huve dreakfaat there, and soldom. gotting down later han 8 or 9-0'clock in tho morning. 1 have two yrothary; who, although enthely unconnccted vith mo, aro ongiged in business sin tho City of London, and, 80 far as I can understund, a8 mggested to them that, unless somothing wus lono speodily, Llo rosult would bo thut I BIOULD BECOME INGANE, Who it was that did this, Lumn not in o position 1o stute. Thoy, however, saw two doclors on Ihe subject, who beguiled them into tho betiel \hat mitio was & cano of Incipient insanity, waaily rmedied if taken in timo by proper ‘medicul eutmions, but very derious it allowed to go cn anchacked ; and they positively sneceeded m persuading my brothors to consout to Lhave mo tenk to u private lunstic asyhum,—not beusnse [ Kug ingane, but for the purpose of preventing e from becoming inupne. At private meot- mg which 1 bad with my brothiorsut thy beygiu- sing of May 1773, to niy horror aud distnny L mformed nie that they hal mude an areay went, ou the rapresentation of the medical men thar & great deat would b dous for me, to SEND MB 50 A PHIVATE LUNATIO ASYLUS, Now, if you tuke « man in the full enjoymont S henlth, who has always been aconstomed tu sh active fifo und constant intorcoursa with mtel- fgout mon, such a8 ara uowlere mora plentiful han in the grest City of London: take lnm way trow his beloved wife and childran, and friends,—iu foct, from every suul who sympa- nzes with and loves him ; doprive him of the wuapution to wlich for yeara be hua buen aceus- owed and in which o delights - Jeot him have Jo snbatituto to which ko ean furn for soluce sud rulief ; whut bim up Ko thay hia shall bo to- wally doprived of that liburty which iy sn Lu- ghskmow’s birtbright and to whish he bwi all his life been acenstomed; cof- sign him to the sociely of lunatics,' idints, aud some of thoso whoe, though purfeedly sune, are inexpressibly misorable aud wrotched undar » knowledge that thoy have beon unjustly con- demned us madmen and thae they are” hopo- lessly doomed Lu u life-Jong napnsonmont, with- put tho shzhtest probusbility of their crucl wrongs ever heing redressed 3 udd Lo thess a mixture of seoundrels who hnvo swindied do- ricty, and beeu gob into un ssylam temporarily by their contaderatos, as o safo place whoro no Wrlt o legad procesn éan bo served upon thetn, wid whero thiey eun bid dotlanso to the inw wnd ihoss whom thoey hove vietimized, uutil, when tho Lhiag s blown uver, tey way again sufuly return Lo prey upon thofr follows aid repout the Bnmoprocess over agaip; I eay, place o man who porfoctly sano, stroug, and weull, in these ap- p-&liug circumslayeos ; doprive him of logsl rspintulico, #u that bo {8 outlrul{v ignorant of what liis position is in the wyo of tho lww, and knuws o1 ‘ that he In In the power of thuss whoge aulislstenca dopends wpon L'eonlni{ Wik 1a this position, and would you not nuturally con- eludo that wo bottor placo to DRIVE A MAN MAD (not to cura him) could. have beon doviged by the wit and Ingonuity of mmu? But, whon o man is In o weak ntata’of heaith, wn 1 was ut the *timo, oll this_ of conrdo becomes indescibably faro? Tho only answor I can give to this ques- tlon iay Y RELF-INTERESL) Who they wero L know not: probably thoy had nover proviously seen mo; thoy woro no doubt pald by the asylum<propriotor s handsome cum= misgjon on tho transaction, for miving their signntures to tho certifleato for my incarcaration, oty §t mity bo, wuro secrotly pistness in the con- corn thenmolves, - If 1 hnd hoon violont, If T hind sfrnek my wifo or iil-troatedd my obildren, there mlght layo beon nome justification, but I nover ovon went po far theo, or At any wubkoquont perlod, as to m:m- n throat against hor, and my childron ni loved mo. On hearlng my brothor's deeision, I bngged and ontrested thom not to send mo Lo u lunatic asylum; told them nothing could bo done for mo ; sud tried for & lnn|{ time, and by ovory means in my power, to indueo them to alter thelr arrangemont: but thuy wers Infloxible, e arcangomont, thoy said, had boen ulready mado, and nst now be earried out, Usnid, #T will never go to such & place unless I am foraed to doso.” “One of thu kespors from the saylum, who was in waiting, assitred me In u persiasivo manner that 1t warw very sies villa, with every comfort, and ladios and genllemon tu associnta with, 1, howover, gtil) decliued 5o go, nobwith- standing thin tepting announcemont, Things were in this statowhen 1 aid to my Lrothors, "I am just gowg nlo tho haire dreraer’s, noxt door, to bave my halr out;” to wlioh they aseented,—tlio keoper menanwhilo Leoping n watol an the door till T should como out. Aftor havimge tuy binie cut, I noticod » win- cow ;at the back of the shop, and, telling tho wan L did not wint my brothers Lo sro o By by, Jumped out of tho Window nud mnda iy entapn, Two days witorwards, howover, Ias unfortunate enutigh to b . WHACEED ANV APPRENENDED Ly threo stulwact Fn‘mm"““’ whu conducted mo iu a cab in trinmph to tho station-huuse, Some throo houra ufter this, thrao mun wrrived from tho Innutie msvlum, and drove o with me. Seving the odds wore too gront fur mo to offer successful rosistance, T went with them quietle. Attor driving for ubout an Botie, we cuinw to o largo, old-fushioned house, vho arch over tho goto leading tu it surmounted by & atouc lion with hiw tnil oxtended ut full length, I was wken throngh & bandsume hull nto thae asylum, and was at onco struck with the Jook of hopuless misery npcribed upon the wrotched conntenances of moet of its fumates, I aftorwards loarned that wbo payment for msuch tronimont as I heve describud g anough to drive any sane man _ mad, for mo was at the tute of L5, equivalont lo §25, por weel,—of course 0 come ont of my own proporty. Iwas wken into. private rour sud requestod to dolivor up whatover Ihod in my possossion, Tho tbings talen from we wore my koite, my money, and my privato memorands which 1 always carricd sbout wWiLh T, und which would show the proptistor ey tuy proporty smounted to the sum of about £34,000, oyual to 120,480, and that my ounuat Lwoms was from £2,000 to £3,000, (Theke privats papers, I way at. Wwero nevet roturned to my friondn) iy this the propritor wonld 800 that bo hiadl & Yery oxcellont custumor banded over to liim, vut of wiom, W 1¥ COULD MANAGE TO XEEP RIN, ho conld gat o steady sun_yearly. Upon the face of it, iL was no wore likely that lio would’ let muh 8 one go voluntarily, than that s man of buwincss would dechuo the offer of a custumor o denl with him, of whoso position and weslih ho brd anipls ovidenca, 1n ordur curelfully lo guard ngainst my cscapo Dr. B, the proprivtor of tho asylum, had adyise ny friends that it would be well for mo to havoe o kpecisl attondant, aud I bnd thereforo a keepor specially Kot to wateh me, to dog me nboat overy- whero during the day, aud be in tny réon ut night. My brothers lind been beguiled iuto ths holief that ovorything thatncdical skill aud Rinduess could efrect woulkl hero be douo for ma, Wo act thus woitld, lhowever, have been qmte contrary 1o Dr. §.s pecunisry interests, o 4o overy- thiny to injuro muo montally, would best sul surye tho objoct lio hud it view : mougy-maling, ~Tor which vhject, »ud not from & philnuthrop- ie desire to do guoil to his fellow-crantnres, us my brothers had been lod to belisve, ho Lepta privato lunatic seylum. The very flvnt night I pnssed at this place, T liad » forotaste of what I might expect. 'fho Leaper who waa in my room hud hig orders to TREVENT JI¥ OLTTING ANY SLEEP; and by conntantly turning_about, pretending to couglt, snero laudly, tulk in his slecp, ete,, of- fectunlly banished shimbor from my uyes. Thiu was continned vightly of course. I complatued ; uod, when one man was tired out, another took Ine place to pursne tho samo systein. Evary- thing wud doune (o aggeavato my nervousucss, frout which I was sulferivg on admission, 1f I spoke, the nuawer Wik, **Shut up, yun se— and_such brutal langnage as the following was uked toward ma: “ Il knock your blasted hena oft* T bresk yonr bloody jaw for you!" “1'i pull your blugted heart outl™ ote., cte., and I was afruid tu compluin {o my friends, lest they should carry these threuts into exe- eation, No wonder that I beeamo, un- der the troatmeni, mervons and dejectwd, bomg obliged to_cut amd diink whatover they guve mo, Morphine &ud other drugs could bo udminintored nt ploasuro, as, if I refused to drink, I was forced fo do 6o by tho threst, aggravatod, Why, then, should theke modics! men roconnnand and stroueiy pres ny hrothary to do & thiug se clewdy veruicious 1o 1wy wol- “'Thero, drink it down! If you don't, I'll PUT IT DOWN YOU WITH TIE BTOMACH-PUMP ¢ nnd that won't be pleasant, I promiso you!” This wag suflicient, s I had sey boforo mo illustra- tiony of tho slomachi-pump treatment, which wag enongh tamake mo drink austhing sot be- fare mo rather than undergo it. ‘Lhore was o man there named P.. who could not hase been moro than 30, “Tom™ (so e was called), suid tho 'keoper, *when ho' enma hoto eighteon monthy “f"o' wns a8 smart o young folinw as you could find snywhero; ho could rnp round that oro ficld with the best of ns ; but he'll never do o no more.” and no wonder; poor 'Tom's constitution was thoroughly broken np, I havo often seen hiw held down on g sufa by ive or six keepers, strug- ghng desperately, and brandy forced down his throat with the stomach-pump, in_spite of hiu strougest c¢forts to prevent it. 'This wan, by this horrid trastment, wus driven raving mad, {I)is exciternont was kept up by his being gven stout und other oxciting Hquora, in tho pisce of good, nourishing food. In explanation of this, 1 overheard onw keeper saying to avother, * Wo must wear 'em oat, or & THERE'D BE ¥O TRADL.” Dy o eystomatic persistevea in this conrge his constitution was thoroughly broken up, aud Lis itellect ronderod feeblo, 80 that there should be 1o powsbuity of L ever gettiug out of o umud- vuse. No medical trentment was sttompted with me, and no eMort whatover to benelit me was made. Stutistien show that the cures 1o privata asylums 4ro not lu:ml‘y 50 wumerous a8 in public estub- lishments, whero 40 por ceut avo cured; in pri- viitd 25 per ceus uro returned as cured, but theso nre mostly fictitions; puklic suspicion wonld bo uroused'if tho true figures woie givon. Thoeway in which theso roported cures mro got upisas tollows: Iv is well Jkuown by swindlors, and thoso who get into debt fully ju- touding uevar to pay,—for nil I know, Ly those wno comnnt fur grestor critues than {bese,—that, whea they ave in a plave of this kind, thoy cary sot the luws at dofimica; no legal process can touch them hore, Of courso thoy Jiuve 1o 1oy, wad it would not bo word the whils af tho proprictors to Leep thom any Tnsgzer than they lika to utay, Thoy aro, theve- fora, ‘gm. in by cunfederutos whenevar it is dosic- able for thew to kegp out of the way, under pro- tonge of insumaty 'lhe propriotor 1w gled to huve them, uid tukes thern, I binvo no dotbt, for novery trithng suw, 08t wakes 1t sppesr on e hooks that o cevkain pumber of cures have been effected, und it s most japortant tho pub- lio nhowtd b under this delugion in ordar Lo the purmunence of the systom. No wun who has plenty of monoy HAS MUCH CHANCK OF EVER BEING NELEASED, Tho statistics show what the Chuucery pationts —ta which vlasn I cofortunately bslong—staud Iesty chnuce than wuy others,~nok v i a hundred over obtainig thair Mberty, OF courss, whers volatives put them in, w”order that thoy nuy sppropriste thelr propecty, thoy take curo to lkeop them; and, if the relatives ure boguiled, us tuine woro, the asylamevroprictor will udopt wvory ruse to keep bis prisouer § und how muny hundrods buve boue gol rid of in this way, who eun tell? 11 ever ey gat mo in thelr clutehey again, depend ou it 1 Ahall_uct be ous of the tortauate five lu {he hundred, again to bo sek at latge, Lut oue of the uufortunute hinely-tive condemned Lo porpeliul imprisonmout, Whilst othor putionts ure visitud three or four tinion u yowr, Cliunvery pationts aco only vieited onco. Whilst othor putiontu ure undor tha pro- tection af their frisndy, Cliancery putionls sroe romoved frum the Smtunt[un of " their frionds, who ure not ullowed Lo futerforo in thoir bolslf, OLher putients uro Flumd whero their frionds lko; Chinncory putivuts avo placed uuder sy bruenl mudhousa-keapors Chuncory ikes 1o cunslin thera 1o ko that they ars practically givon over Lo the usylumekeoper, budy and koul, 0 du us hislikos wit, Aad slthongh, trom their weulth, thoy whoild Lo ‘troated the 'host, bulng practically unprotested (for whot earthly good viuittigg 1hout onco o yourg) they nre far worde huu miy be the olher “olavses whoss Irivnds buvo it in thaly powor to remoye thom \\;ficu they plesas, Bueh is my undosirablo po- sitlon A CHANCERY sATLE and, o o men 6w tho Lord Qhancellor Fraannelr, s Fuci ot stutistion will show wint, inabewt of being uilored wdv bie work in the world, he will bo kopt in confinement under the presont wyiony, & wrotohed aud hopolows pris- onery enduring Indignitios too sliocking to Le oredited but by thouo who bave renlty saon them infiietod, Undor tho droadful cironmatances T havo nar- rated, noeing mon cruolly tortnred nand driven mad bofore my oyes, and fulle oxpectitg mysolf to trenlod i tho wame mammer, no wondor that my (rionds who had heon doluded with tho Idon that n vory short timo at thin plnce wonld suflico for my complets rocovory, when thoy ealled to see mo fond, on onch occaslon, a.matkol chsnga for thoe worse, I told them I fully expocted %o be murdered, that I would give overy shilting I posacased to #ot out, and much mord to the samo sffect; but ;lrlhuut avall. I was still Joft fn tho powor of Uuder thoso olroumstancos, my thoughtsnatar- ally tremed to tha bost way of MARING MY ESCATE, a8 tho only means of avoding porpatual onfine- mont, a8, udend, It eventually proved, Tho houso wan gyrrounded on throo sldos by brick walls uud facod by » river, My first sttempt was by tho river. One day, whon out with my Koopor, and o was off (i guard, I suddonly vlunged in, houd firnt, and” swam Lo the othor Hide, Thoy were speadily over a bridge closo by, and bofors I could dlslauce them, enenm- bored an I wan with my wot clothes, I was ro- waptured, My next attompt was equally uusue- cogsful, Tn urdor to aggravato the norvousucss from which aloue I was suffering on adonusion, aud to muke it issuo in inssulty, I was not al- lowed to go ta bed at the samo timo as the other pattents, bub was kopt up much later, aud com- pelled to got up outlior. Ona night, with- out any warning, the assistant surgeon cauig wwldonly into my bedroom and inslsted (hut I sliould wwullow” tho vontonts of a visl he had in his hund. T refusoed todo so; upon which he called iu thros ot four keopors, whio held me down on tho bud whilst Lo poured thu contents down tuy nos- trils with a tesspoun, I of voursoe resistod vioe lently. Speakiug ot this circumstance, I ovor- | hetird one of the keopers who was proseut say to snothor: “Td have cronked tho — thon it 1'd bad tho order You may judgo from tho languuge what lind of mon aro amployod ab thoe pluces, nod that I was comstautly Gopt in duesd tiat Ishould bo murdered, In fact, L was told that T HIIOULD N PUT TO DEATIL; and my confinement—boing cut off from most of | my friends, who wero kopt from visiting me un- dor pretenso that the excitemont would be det. vinontul to me, and belug deprived of the ser= vices of my solicitor, so thnt 1 knaw not what to do,—dravo nte well niglh to deaperation, Omna night, botween 11 and 12, T was loft alone with the hend-keeper nud the mnn wiho hud threatoved to, *cronk” mo aud to pull my bloody hoart out, ‘I'lis man was ordered for tho flyst 4imo 10 be in the room with me that night. Alsrmud at (his, and diven to desporation by the crusl porsecution to which I wus exposad, I attaoked this mun and the hend-keoper, lioping to get possossion of tho koys he had and effect my eneapo. The two keepors woro disabled, but thelr cries for assistance brought in & number of others, by whom I was overpowarod, and gonsigned to tho worst dem in tho place, constructed for raving madmen, and fastoned on tho outsido with three onors mous bolty, whilst the windows were blocked up with wood, in which small holes wero borod to adwit light. Iu this room, with not = sivgle articlo of furniture in it, with a straw mat- treus only to eleop on, wilk even my clothes taken away, L was HENCEFONTIL TO PASS MY N1GuTS, whilst tho moat powerful keeper in (o place plsoted his bedstead outside the door, ‘L'his wus the way in whioh & man was_trosted who,pre- ‘vious to hip incarceration, hnd kept his carringe, and hiv muto and_fewelo servants, and had to- sided nz\Vv.»llualchmlga, Suwton, Surray,—a placo with 8 actes of benutiful gardens, nid sbout 1,600 fruit-trees; whoso diving-room was 40 foot in leugth, and other rooms i {ro- portion: whoso incomo was from £2,000 to £8,000 yearly; nnd who had bean reeustomad to all tho comfort snd attontion Which such au jneomo insuros. Because I had thus atiempted to rogain my liberty, my wifo was now persunded by Dr, 8., in order to preveut tho posuibility of my ever gotting oic of & mad- liouso, eud Lo rivet my shrckles still stronger, to TIROW 3Y AFFAIRS INTO OIANCERY, Of what was goivg to boe done I was Lopt in pro- found ignoranco; and the fisst intuuation of this was, that 1 received n peper stuting that my wife had presentod a petition to the Lord Ciau- collor decluring that 1 was wholly incompetont to tha nanagement of wywelf or my nf- Inirs, showing mo that my own lawsor, whom I tmd_cmployed for twonty years, | iustend of being employed (o defond e, had been employed {o present the petition against me, 'Lho caso was to come off beforo Mr. B, awe of tho Mastors in Chancory; aud, althongh I hud thus heen deprived of 1y wohisitor at the groatest cisis of miy lifo, I con- gratulnted myself with thoe ides that L should at al) ovonts hiear tho ovidouco given agamat me, and have an opportunity of cross-examiving tho witnosgas aud miakmg my own defeuso, Thoday came. Iappeared before Alr, 1., andnt onco bold him that I wishied lo bo removed_ from this asy- Ium, “Well,” said Lie, *wo will now go to seo abuitt your proparty,” und Joft the rooni, having beow in it nbout five minutes, Iof course ox- pectod the exnmivation was now abous to com- munco, bub was thundarstruck Lo fiud that without ssking me any quessions to ascortain the state of my mind, without giving me nny op- portunity of liearing tho evidance against me, 1 WAS CONDEMNED AS A LUNATIC, . without lawyer, jury, evidence, huving any opportunity of sposking w word in my own de- feuso. It muy bo replied that tho stata of my mind prevented thiw; (o whiol 1 offer on em- phutic deniul, and my wifo and brothers will tege ury that I wus quito competent to understand aud take my part in this, to me, moat moment~ ouy matter,” That o mau is thos to be brunded a8 alnnatie, to have his liberiy and property, Liis wifa and children, takon from him without hieuring the evidonce, or being sllowed to suy ous _word in hus own Lehalf, is so uiterly un-English that it sounds jucrodible. Under tho Anquinition even, tha aceneed hud some form of trinf; wa know that, 1,800 years ago, Punl, whon brought befara Agripps, thought himsclr happy thut Do was pormntled 0 wpouk for himgell; but in Eogland, iu the lutter purs of the ninoteenth century, I cun aay, from my own bitter expori- once, & man whoio liborty, whose proporty, eve- 1ything Do holis dear, is ut stube, can bo' con- demned, afier being deprived of logal assistanco, without boing allowed to exorcise rights which wero granted smongst enlighitened nations 2,000 yoars ugo, Sncl w éuse as this, howover, maroly roguires Lo bo known to tho British publie (o m- sure justice being dono; and a thing of t Jand, dono under the cover of sedreoy, in- o mud- Louse, WILL NOT STAND THE OFLN LIGNT OF DAY at tho bur of publio opinion. YLaso abuses only oxiut bocuuso they aro unknown uud disbolioved ; and it is tho policy of thoso who profit by tho aystem to mako as liftlo noive as possiblo us to ihe way 1 which thoy got their pationty, or how thoy wunage to kevp thom when thoy are got. Thoey 1ssue wo swnuual balance-shects to tho pubkic, showing tho smount of commission puid to medicsl men for the introguction of wenlthy putients, neither do thoy let it bu known who' umangst those avo secrotly partneis in tho wmadhouso-business, I asked 8 lady i wot 1 tho grounds of the smsylum one day, ‘“Aro you any bettor since you camo here?" * Ol dear! no, sir,” exolaimed slo, with & mourntal air, ** Iam s grout desl worse ;" ndding, with o look of surprise, " NONODY EVEL GETS ANY LEITER WO COMES LERE, Aa roon a3 X got nto the place, T was informed by o mun who was perfectly sane, that Lo thought my friends might Have sout nm to sowme bettor placo ; for, #aid Le, *Yon have !c‘umn‘ Lo tho worst lunatic usylam in the Kiug- o, Wo hnve in England sociotics for nearly evory purpogo that v bo mentioned there 14 oven w oo for lost dogs ; and Ear 3ujusty the Quuan —who, it ig well Jaown, hus & fosling hewrt— Lis recently writton & lottur, whiol apponrec 1 the newspapers, lamouting tho nufferiug of dugh and cat's but (e linos of Cowpor ureatill trug s This, of all mialudies that mon jufut, Clulis okt companslon aud roceryes e losst, A.Suv&mm:d Luontio's Protectivs and Visiting Bocioty 1u loudly called for; und, if vueh a ons is eptublished undor propor suspicos, nud, in tho good providenco of God, I s rentored Lo m; Tights, 1 will heud the list of subserptiony wit & douation of £100, equul to §500, As it Iy, tho sorrowe und u“n'm'ln‘;n of theso poor croatures are unmrull{ copeealid § _consuquently nothing 18 dong for their tollef, ~ Tistion bas lideed pur- truyed in 8 Mle-lllio munnor the way fu which thoso things arve wmunaged, sud Mr. Charlos Rende, in b *ard Cunly" Claptor 28, huw givou u graphio decription of tho mauuer iy which two artful edicsl mon pursusded e futhar to plos ks wom dn ay usyluia, undor proteuse that his was & wago of Incipiont ineanity (this young wuan hud monoy), Just ay un{ brothiers wore persnadod tu & similir rso, In *Valontine Vou," ulso, the udvou. # of Mr. Giesuwood Goodwan prosont 4 vivid illustration of thasirocities of tho private. Tuuntic-naylum business; aud £ can testily thup thedo ropiesentalions 1O NOT 60 BEYORD TIE TRUTH, I hnow of no work, however, writtou by one who fiom porsounl oxperloncu can give an ace count of what goos onin these ostablishments; for thoso who conld enlighten the world on these mubbars uro curolully gudrdaed, and pous, (ok, aud NIRVELLE y ST P O B AT A PR TVRY on paticnty ke iutrodaces to e PAVLUNY ’1} P TReS SUERUR] LSS 100 f"f"" are kept under lool And koy, 5o thab therg B no communleation with the outar world. would not havo it understond, from what 1 hare atnted, that 1 oondemn - ali niedical mon- aliko, Tar from it. Tn England wo havo In that pro- fousion #omo af tho brightest ornamonts of so- cloty,—nton who would seorn & dishouorable au- tlon, and aro rondy at all times to rixk thelr own lives todo gond “to thele fullow-crentiros, fro- Tmnuy withuit any prospect of fua or rownrd, Whero I, Iowover, nufortinatoly, anothor el o aro avar ready to prostivute thoir falonta for tho snliv of gain; and thews nlone are £ho purtivs X wiwh to condemu, Aftor my utlompt to ereapo aud disabling tha tno koopors, I was not allowed to take my noaly With tho uther peisonors, but was conflnud to the bath-room,—~nu underground apartwant, whuie the wornt and ot rofraelory prisuncrs woro kept for punishment, 1 MADE ANOTHER ATTRMPT TO ESCAE, by gotting over the roof 3 but Lad unly reachod n barred window, about 14 feat from tho grouud,| whon 1 foll. Torlunatuly, howovor, I wna nok burt, I was fmmodistoly pouncod upon by n number of keopors, ous of whom, finding I was nninjured, fu dragging mo slyly guvo mo & kick with liug heavy boot on y aulklo, theroby fuming mo, Ou gottlug insido I complnined ‘of this, which, of ‘course wus streunously donicd by the mnn who had dous 1, whoso pare was, ag a'mnt- ter of conrno, talion by {ho sssistant surgeon. It wan now prolendod, tn ordor to pravent auy fur- ther attompty ab.roguining my libocty, that my leg wag brolanor suriously infured, andjiv way sirng- ped up tightly from the took to th'knao, Thin ©ave ma considerable pain, and, erippled in this way, Iwas unsllo to walk for n month or six weoks, I wan compellad to sit in one position, with my log up; aud, nithoupl I endeavorad lo porgnndo them to romovo tha bandage, telling | thom I wouldundertalo to walk vary woll if thoy would ouly do Ro, yet, aa it yrovontad my encap- | ing. and, by tha absenca of exercive, touded to ! increnss my noryousnoss, tho beon wos of courue ' denied, Doctors wiip have navluma of thoir ewn visit thi pluce. Of course thera in no chanes of por- | sunding them you ure o fit subjoct for lborty, | Conunnmloners of Lunnoy, whono duty it is to visit theso pincen, and whe, I donbt not are ex- | cellent nnd worthy. may visit alno threo or four times yoarly, 'hoir visit 1 supposod to bo un- oxpected ; but the propriolor Hmu information | when thoy aro cowing from soma sotiree, and TID VISITATION 13 MANAGKD AS FOLLOWS: Immediato Informntion is given to the koapers of their arrival, who at onee procoed to wash tho faces nud brashi the Lnir uf tha prisoners, and nt- tira avery ono in their best clothoy, Meantimo tho Conpmissioners are at lunchoon in nn elegantly~ furnished roons, in company with the doctor and liiy wifo and tho nasistant surgeon. ‘Lho vor; best chiampagne and choleost viands aro nnpnllcfl to them in the most fras and liboral manner; aud when tho hour allotted to lunebeou has puvssed, nndor tho oxhilncating influcncs of tho chamungne, nnd the very respactful attontions of thoir host und hosless, they have como to {le plensingeonclusion that the doctoris an oxellenct woulal, kind-hearted individual; and, undor_ tho fluenco of this improssion, they procoed to visit tho nrisoners, and woo to that mun who hing the Vrnumnpllun to complain of his trent- ment. With tho prisoncrs they shake hauds and #ay, * Uow d'vo do?” bub ask them no questions (o ascertnin the state of their minds, Ouo prisouer, bolder than (he rest, advauces, and, respectfully talung off lis 'lat, snvs, * Qentlomen, I bog you will give an order for my release. I ain not inkane, I am most unjustly confined here,—~for what reasion has never boon wade made known to no. Do kindly oxort your authorily in my beball.,” Tho doctor, who is oing round with tho Commissionors, ok this ju- otruption looks thow full w tho faco with & po- culiar smilo of merednity, and ono_of ‘the gontlemen yoplies in o kind tone, “Well, my good inan, all i'uu havo to do i8 to tallt tho mat- tar over with Dr. 8., nud, if vou can convinco him that vou ave all right, I sm sure o will ro- leano you a koot na ovor hais katistied you are it to go ;" and thay pass on, lenving tho poor foliow in tha deopest deaction, 18 wall ho may bo, As 10on 04 thoy a1a out of hearing, tha doctor ob- sorves to tho Cominissionors, ** Poor fellow ! ho i very intolligont-looking, but you know very routlomen, nll theko mad neoplo insiat ero 19 nothing tho mattor with them;" to which thoy cordially assout. THENE 18 RO CANCE for the unhappy prisoners. 1f thay acknowladge thomulves {u b ineate, of courso thay aro kepb in; if thoy wny thoy aro not, it is equ looked upou rs & proof of aberration of miud, oud no notico I8 tulen of their complrints, At night I was kopl in the room nreviouely do- reribod, without o miorwel of furniture in it. Next to thin, sepurated only by s thin wooden partition, waa anothier of theso cells, known ns socligion rooms: sud, in this cell ndlaluin{; mino, tho worst cases wero nightly put. ‘Throughout the live-longnight my ears wonld be grontad with the most dreadful moans, groans, nud cries, of which not the slightest untice was tukon, nud of which the followiug is a_npeel- men: *Marey! morey! morey! morey! Pofico! poll policol Murder! murdor! “murder!” succcoded by o long and esrncst prayer, ond followed by such exclamations an those: * Why don't you cut my thront? Why don’t you kill ma at ouce, atd noi tortuio me in this monnor? Yo aro’ killing mo with your cruelty! Oh, Mary! [I suppose, his wifo,] “why don't {un comotoma? Why luve you sent no to such a placo os thin? Why, this i tiko a cell in Nowgato, Oh. let mo oucl let mo out! lob mo out! Morey! merey! mercy! merey! Io- lico! ypolice! polico! Murder!” murder! mur- der!" "This man died in ohout gix weeis from Iug imprisonmont,—un porfect gontleman, holding % good position, & mau of property,— A VICTIM TO TIIS ATLOCIOUS SYSTEN, Tho nunbers who dioat this place must bo out of all proportion to the numberof inmates. Somo aro sond Lome o fow-days bofore, in ordor that tho number of deaths may not bo 60 marked ag to nwalten iuquiry ; but thess may be traced from tho bool, und £ Liave no hesitation in snyiug that a fair investigation will reveal n wtata of thungs not thoughu posible, and the public will bo asking, *1a it possibio that mon can bo got in horg, not simply a8 prisoners, but under cover of aeerecy,—by modical moans, by uwo of the stomach-pump, by cold shower-Lathy, ete., in the dopth of winter, to be got rid of, o that thoso who have been the moaus of their incar- coration 1may speedily come into the full enjoy- ment of thelv property?” I leave thin question - for others to suswoer, Tho swindlers who lhave boon got fun, and aro sune enough, of cowso form valuabla helpera to the [11'0Brlnln(u in tha treatinent of weslthy pationts For Lrandy and cizars they swili egist hin i all bis plans to frighton and distreny the unbappy prisoner, and keop him Trom escaping ; aud, if ho complutns to tho Com- misionors, tho doctor Hays, with n meaning milo, ** Gentlomen, this is pure delusion. The partien compluived of aro patieuts ng well. I cun show you the cortificaten, What object can they have'in tornfying and ill-using him. It is all dolusion.” This iy tho invariablo roply to all that is niloged against tho avylum-keopor, Ile alwaye declarcs, **1¢ is ull (lo pationt’s delu- sion,’ NOWEVER HORTINLE A REALITY may have beon tho sullerings inflicted. I have no doubt whataver this will Lo tho reply to all the charges I brivg agmust Dy 8. and pleuty of keepers, and wwindlors, and othors intorested in the system, will bo brought for- ward to sweur that evervthing at ——— Housoe is condueted on the mout humane aud honorabla prineiples. Why, thon, did Lusy, whenever my wife and brothors emne to keo me, I will give every shilliug I poicss to get out of thim pinca, e why aid Iwrite on s pieco of papor, soon nfter entaring, sud after soeing poor P. driven Tuviug med, cb o out of this place, tha most horrible crueltiea aro practiced,” und Land it to my brothers the firet timo I got an opportunity 7 Yor vix mouths I romninod at this place, kept in ignorunca of the decision arrived ub at (ho wock oxamination, tormeuted with tho most tor- rible snx:ely, not knowing for what reason I Tiad bean pat in #ach @ plice, sud no one vouuh- entlng to give me tho iuformation, At the end of tLat sime, my frivnds cowpliod with my wish, aud RENOVED ME TO ANOTIER ASYLUX, (Dr. W.'s), Iore my trentmont was wmuch bet- toe ‘The hond-keepor himeell” sald to mo, ** Mr. Plumbridge, I cunsob seo snyiling the mattor with you,* Dr. H, W,, howavar, of couro peu= mulu«fnmc 1 was unilt to enter upon ray usunl dnties,—ho hadan_ eye to £ s, d,—und all the dootors 1 wuw, under’ his Iufluence gave the snmo opinion. Ono day my brothers camo und wnid, ¢Dp M, is commg t0 Koo you, wu waro told, in s day ortwo,” **I will not'wea Dr. AL," T repliod; "ho js & mad-tootor, who f8 saro to demn wo, Yol Dr. Wo I will nob seo bt 'hin they promised to_do, aud ‘per- formad, ‘L'wo days after, when I had disminsed the subject from my miud, junt us I had nuishod nty dintor & mesaege camo ik o trinud wished to a0 tue in tho drawing-room, Iwout atonce, and on untoring, found Dr. 11, W, thore, aul, withoat preface, wan jutroducod to Dr. 3, Contrary to my own oxpross reqitost and that of wmy broth- ors, 1 had thus Loeu munn‘vnd to soo him. Nuw, Dr, M. is ona of the lending mud-dootors iu_Xoudon,—one of those rempecting whom s soliaitor sald to me, ** Why, my desr sir, I 1 wau to go to such & man 1y that, ho'would sy that [ was fusunn;” one, in fact, who wonid LUONOUNCE ANY ONE A LUNATIO, ‘This is hin busincss; sud s vory excellent in- como ho i paid, no doubt, if the truth could ho come nt, by themadhiousa-keepors as commisaion ent. Dr. We was, thorofore, very anzlons that T alould sea him, ay hin qeclslon wonld influengo all othors, who would notdaroputo thogront Dr. M.'sopinion. Iknew, of courso, the decislon of #ieh o man wonld bo advorno, and therefora spocially dosirod not to sea him, Aglentod by boing thita anddenly and miexpeot- edly intraduced fo & inan ou whoon flat my liber- ty or continnod huprisonmont doponded, X'was of coursy thrown off my guard, nad could nut delend myeoll 08 otlierwisge might hnvo dons, though my _ efforfs would hiave Dbeen quite iwelors, I wmin convincod. My brothors, who hind scon mo two days pro= viously, and hnd comu to tho conclusion thnt I ought'te bo at liborty, woro astonnded to raceive his opinfon to the "ollo\rlng uifeot: *'That T 1nust aull romain In confinement, as mine wag & vury aurious formn of montul dinongo, from which purdons very sellom recover,” T kuew now that sl tho doctors T aaw wore in 1ho intereat uf the fwomlolnr. and that T should never t:nb out If I walted to got my lberty throngh them, A fow dnys Intoy I waa TORTUNATE ENOUGIE TO BCALE THT WATL, A ohnlgo was diiving by on the road, nud I gob o rido o tho railway stailon, whore I fonnd o train just sturtiug, and got oft—this hoing my [ourth attempt to nseapo—without bofng recaptured, T communieaten with my brothers, asked them to linvo' mo at tholr houses, awd try if I was not posfectly sane, which they did for roveral wedls ; and thn reault way, thut, notwithatanding all tho doctors had declarad in very stroug terms the nceersity of keeping mo In” a madhiouss, thoy found thnt thero wi KOTIING WX TITE MATTER WITIEME, ‘Dut that I was precisely the same in every ro- wpect 09 Thod boon for thirty yeorsto thelr Itnowledgo. b Tut you can only got a logal dizcharge from an asylum_{hrowgh the doctor's signaturo, I had arcapod,. and tho solleitor Tongaged told mo thas the potico might at any time peeapture mo and hand mo over, as thoy did n tha firat in- ntance. I thorefora wont ovor to Franco, having provionsly writton Lo the Earl of Shaftesbury, narrating tho haid cironmatances of v cnwe, Tho nobto Farl, In roply, nont ma a very kind lotter, ntating that ha could do nothing for me, nAmy cano was {n Obancory ; but thet ho had #ont on my letter to the Tord Ohancellor. Tho Lord Chaneollor, ou racotving my lotter, sent it on to Dr, B., ono of the wisiting physiclans in Chaneery eatior, with Instructions to sco me. Dr. B, called on my brother nt his resi- denea in Tondon, and, on hoaring that I was in TFranco, kindly voluntcored to coma ovor and Koo ma thera. Inireply to thls I wroto to him, stating that T wonld not trouble him to como g0 far, but wonld rolmn to London, and then make an appointinent, to sco him thero. Accordinglv, on my sdtnrn, Iwgoteto him, Anving I should ho glad to gee him at an ap- poinited timo at my residonca, Aty brotlior took thin Jetter up to tho Cliancery office in Lincomn'a Inn Flolde, aud the Ghiof Clork innuirad whother Tcould not como thero to soo Dr. B., who, e neserted, wonld bo at tho ofilee. ALy brother roplied in the aflirmalivo ; and accordingly. at tha timo appointod, my wifs and brother accom- panied me. On entoring the room, my friends not boing allowed to go with me, I wna intro- dueed, very much to my surprisé, toa Dr. . As I gowmy letter addrossed to Dr, B, Iyin bofors him on tho table, I_ s, called by appaintment to ano Dr. B., who Bog been doputed by the Tord Chuncellor to #eo me, In canscquovce of a letter nddrossed to the farl of Shaftsbury.” *Oh!” anid he, **it anos not mattor. I will seo you myself.” In the interval n changn of governmenb had tnkon placo. ‘Tho Tord Chancellor under dr. Glud~ atona's Administration, who hnd re(‘ucnlod Dr. B. to soe me, bad given placa to the prosont Lord Chancellor undor Mr. Disraeli's Pramier- ship, Dr, R, having cslkod mo pevaral ques- tions, cansed my friondy to bo ndmitted, and said that 1AS QUITE SOW WELL, and & Jegn) gontleman who was presont ab the interviow aseiired mio that nll T had now to dn was to present my petition and ho restored to my former position: in which Dr. R. joinod. You may judge that I wont away from this mooting withi o joyful and thankfal heart. A honvv welaht was faken off my breast, and T hoped T hiad at last got of tha power of thoso by whom I had been 8o khamefully treated, I was ignorant of tha wiles of Chancdry, or I should not have cougratnlated mvself go soon, I wag dentined, howaver, spoedily to ba undeceived, aud to find that T had nat ot rid of my shackloy, and that there was littlo nrobability of 1y doing 80, Two days later, to mv diwmay, T recoived o formal lotter from the Chancery offlee, stating that, although Dr. . considered mo noarly, 1f not quita, well, on reconsidering the matter ho considered it advisablo that T BIOULD WAIT SIX_MONTHS LONGER, Expostulation wus in vain, My wife wrote to Dim, byt received uo reply whalover, My solicl- tor informed mo it was no use trying to securs ' roversal of tho scutonce oblained nuder the cir~ cumstances provionsly siated, * If you do so," lio wroto, *‘the Juidge will rofos tho matter fo Dr. R., who practieally docides the enge.” In this mannor I was cntrappod into scoing Dr. A, aud Dr. B2, ero was o mnn who, contrary to the command of tho Lord Chancellor, had talion npon himself to decide my caso; who, in the first instance. tolla_mo all ia quite right nnd I can at onco get my dischargo, and thon, baving raised theso hopes, immodiately roverses tha decision he had givon in tho presauce of my friends. If they woro fatisfied and wished my release, upon whom the responsibility would devolve, what object lind Dr. R, inopposivg their wighes ! Of courso I can only giva MY OWN ORINION on tho matter, whicl iy this: I found, upon in- veatigation, that Dr. M., whom I had been forced to seo contrary to my own express wish and that of my Lrathers, resided in the samae’honsa with Dr. R. Deing in the sumo proforsion, thoy ara na doubt futimate friends. Dr. ., s L have baforo statod, gava o very strong opinion ogaiust mo ouly w fow days before T mnde my eecape ; wfter which my frienda found, as they nllt;ht havo doue loug befora if I, cauld have obtained wmy Tiberty, thut thero wae nothing whatover tho matter with me. Now, Dr. R, evon though uuder tho influones of Dp. 1., could not ut once condemn mo to go back ton madhouse; but, by proesastinating aod putting off my legnl digehurgo, ho conld give au oppor- tunity to the prapriator of n madhouss ta carry out such plans that, whon I was ugain bronght boforo him, in six montLis' time, ho might, beln; backed up by Dr. M.'s opinion, send mo ba again to hopeless impriconment ; and.- A HANDEOXE COMMISSION, I doubt nat, would e sunually paid to Dr. M., ng usugl iu thoso cases, for such n worvico, The renson Dr. B, hind nat been allowed to kea mo, ae he promigad, I concluded was, that, as he live(] 100 miles from London, he was not uuder Dr. 3L'a fufluence, aud wauld, no doubt, at ounce bave _restored my rights, Dr, R. was undor Dr. M.'a fufiuance, and therafare L was entrapped into secing him under pretenso of soelng f;r. B, as I hud Leou eutrupped inta seoiog Dr, 2. Tt will bo o matter of no surprise that I was deeply grioved, ‘when in confiuoment, that my own wifo should avar hava given haor consaut to miy boing seut to puch place; that she should tako away my solicitor, leaviug mo utterly do- fonsoless, with such a churge hanging over mo, after the sham oxsminetion I buve desoribod, to Lo condemnad as « lunatio ; and that she should omploy him to transfer the whole of my incomo into har haude. 1 wish it, howaover, clearly to be uuderstood, that I LXONKRATE FER FROXN ALL DLAME, and_that my affection for her in wnultered, and I think it (mpossible sha could willCully wrong a husband who, sho L acknowludied, Iing ever been kind and affoctionate towards hor, Iate tribute it all to the fuflueuco of Dr. Y., a8 provi- ously stated, My brothors, alvo, I have nover blamed in this ‘mattor. ‘Cloy littls know what wouldbo the consuquenco to mo of gying thoiy consaut towy being plwned iu a madhouss, ac tho motiven of thozo by whom puch & conrse wan 8u strenuously recomusonded, ‘I'wo betlor broth- ors, or moro truo and Londorsble men, are not to ba found. Utterly disappointed and disheartoned by the {ujsutice to which I had baen exposed, nnd my eoliettor having givon me to understand that I wus not sato in England, I resolved, ot tho eurlie out possiblo moment, for a timy, to LEAVE A COUNTRY, whera such thinga are done, and to coma toa laud whore, over sluce the duys of the Pilgrim Fathers, the oppressad of all untiows havo fanna wern horvrd aund loving hands to weleomo them, aving, in che tirst plnco, stud fn Pacis u tow weeks, I travelod throngh Delgium, and autled fram Awewerp for. Now York, where T avrivad st e baginning of May. Hero I forcunutely folf n with a purty of my 0wn countrynion, who had snilad from Bogland with the wtuntion of wmak- Ing s tour in Aweilen. L joined the party, sud wa traveled togothior through the Cities of Plute adatphia, Dsltimore, Washington, Jchmond, Lesington, Cinchunall, Loulsyiile, St Lous, and Chiengo, ~Lasid nothing to them abant my cheumstances uutil wa wrrived in Chieaga, Thon I mudo known to thom bricily what I have bero woro fally uareated. I necd neavcely say that they wora annoyed at what [ fold thom, and wouid hsve thomght 16 Impogsiblo such things could bo done in England Lud they not the greatost confidonco in my vorsoity. Thoy choorfully and unanimousty sigued ‘TUE POLLOWING PAVER 3+ SusnMan Hause, Quiosao, Moy 80, 1674, Ttaving beon fuforinod that & netition haa Laen pro- souted 10 tho Lord Chaucullor of Englsad, stating that Me, Plambridge, of Wellosloy Lodgo, flutkm( Hurrey, is Lotally incomypirtont 10 tho *munagoment of hia af- fatr, thio undoralgned, Bavig Waveled with him for thired woaks In Awmicrics, have 10 hes {ug thelr convigtion that ho s quite compelent to the management of himaclf, nntlof-uny biusmesd that muy dovolvo wpon b Themu Dormen, Handswich, Kent, T, I, Dobhin, Hornsey Lane, Loudon, W 1L, Parson, Mymoath, 1t 1, Huteboson, Johnwion, Seotland, Juwsea Mudford, Shottield, Jixulhml. Jolu Frith, Shodiel], England, Wiillam Walker, Shiofllold, England, 3. P ofiold, Eugland, B, W, , Londut, England, W, Fauter, Jr., 7 Mbillifiot Lang, Rngland, 3. 3. Coliny, T4 Whitefriurs, Cneator, homu Ari, Lals Weadon, Northampton, 8, Groenwag, Kiburng, Loudon. Willkam Chott, 6 Sorniigion Rovd, Bow. Saduy Nlgpon, Darllugton, Dueliam. Elteabioth Wppda, Darimgton. Durhais, Rav, T, Serond, Citton, Lriatol, Jumos Baldwii, M, D., Dunbury, Conn,, U, 8, & v, G, Youny, Livinglo, trelnd, W, Tiuritey, Cantleford, Yorksliiro, W. A. Slorl; Wanlington, U, 8, A, Tl by an unprojudiced hody of eightosn of my own countrymon (consistiug of two olergy- men, ona medieal man, ouo oftlcer In the urmy, and tha others highly roupeciable mon engagod in commerco, who woro with mo conatantly travoling about for throu weelks), tho nccunation Lrought ngsinst ma nt tho moek examination 14D DEEN DEULARED FALSE, AN T adlt for In justico,~n fuil and fair oxamina- tiow bufore n ;ur,v of my own countrvmen, in placs of the sham examination sipbored to hnvo talon place,—whoro I shinll bave liborty to henr thio avidouco, and proper logal uusistauco. This, I have no doubt, public opinion will damnuc in England as soon as my cuso, which hag hitherto been kopt in seccreey, 18 known. “I'ig Lord Ohaucollur has powor 0 graut thin act of justico to ma; and that powor, I feol sure, will be exertod on my hohnlf, In TFrance and Amorlen, wherover I have gone, I havo Laen looked upon and treated aw o man of souso aud lutoligencs. Tam bappy to kuow tbat, {u your country, there ave mo privaic madbouses, and Lhat, in this Htate, no man can be condomued a8 aJunatlo until he has beon pronounced Ho by & fury. This is tho chango which Is ueeded in Lugland. At present NO AN 18 BAPR. IIe moy bo confined notwithstanding his most stronnous ronintsuco, and condemned nb ¢ moci oxnmination, whore lo is not reproseuted or al- lowed to be present. Wifo and childron, lberty nud properlv, may ba taken from him with entiro impunity from punishmont on thoe lmh of thone who ato guilty. If hu dots & honr- ng oven, tho time spoctied ns that at which ho beeame insano I8 after he has been confived and placed in tho powar of thess unprincipled mon, Ho that tho whoto of tho ovidonce i in tho in- torent of tho lunatic propriotor. 1o i8 also kupt in ignorance of any trial coming off, go that he may not bn praparad in such a case. Such is tha welt-utgh incrediblo stato of things in England in the latter part of the ninotoenths contury, Vo thonewapaper-preus of thecountry,—that mighty wwaf both in Eugland aud Amarica,~we ool or the SXPOSURE AKD CORREQTION of such abuses, which ought to haye been banishod conturies ago. At Washington, in compauy with tho party of Englishmoen bufore referred to, I was iatroduced to aud shook heuds with your Presidenc, and have mixed with all claesos; nnd, although my history s beon unknown, Lnva heen runch plarsed with tha atiention aud nffa~ bility I have overywhoro mot with, Should my trials Lo the meaus of eslling attontion to tho Bufforings and sorrows of those who, uot having liko myuelr had (ke good fortune to' ceenve, nro still uujustly confined in thess places,—and thora are plenty sioh,~nnd lond Lo their reliof, £ shall foo) thab I havo not putlered in vain, Lut T must now closo this loug lotter, and re- maliu, sir, your obediont servant, Jony LARuLEY PLUMGDIDGE, Formerly of Wellesley Ladge, Sutton, Surroy, and 22 auy 24 Botolph Lane, London, Enginud, HEEL AND TOE, Something Adbout Dances, O} hnd New-—'F'ite Nocils of the Ancieniy, and the Graceful Pastames of Al Nationss A writer for the San Francisco Chronicls hag Leen invealigating tho subject, aud says However ntueh peoplo may-difior rogurding the propriety of duncing, thero ¢an bo no digpuio s Lo i3 autiquity, Lu fuct, it iv o matter of bisto- Ty that Lo enrlieat poople of whor wo have auy record are known to huve resorted Lo duucing as o woans of pleasuro, and, in somo juatances, de- voutly n‘lr pod tho Jight fantastie in their relig- 1008 worsl xlp‘ ‘Lha most populac douces of the prasont, in mwany mstancas, bud oiigin years ago wish soro half-civitized or bubarous peovlo. A commuuication in n Boston contemvorary pre- genls somo intercsting historical facts “about dancing snd_dunces, Originally, ho suys, daue- ing was hardly moro than @ saltatory of swaying motion,—a kot of cudenco promotade, whick was introduced into overy rohgious rico, AMONG THE IEENREWS. Tho Lovites were divided into two bands or companics,—ona of slugers aud the othor of dancers,—and, when rejoicings wero held in Lonor of any imporlant avont. the ]lu'inatu por- formed golemn dwnces in_token of their joy end gratitude. _Froguent allusions are mado. in David's Usalins 10 thin moda of thanksgiving. In Lgypt tho priesta of the god Osirs por- formed astrouomical dances, synbolicsl of the mations of the heavenly Lodies, and which wers «quite sinnlar to thoso instituted by the Chinoso and Lindoos in honor of thair goda. ‘I'iso pucient Grooks almost invariably com- Lined dutemmer with muste i thoe worship of their numierous divivities. One of tho most celohrated of theyo dances was tho Guossian, eaid to huve been imported from tho island of Crete by Ihesous. [t wass cireular dance, liko moat of thogo performed aronnd the sucrificial altars, With the oxcoption of tho dnngo of Bacchiua, nourly all tha sacted dsnces ware rathor sinple. ‘I'ho Phrygian danco or the Corybantes was, how- ever, somowhat ferocious aud wild in its ohar- aotor, the duncers being all armed with lances and dhields, and displaviog o warriorsfike spirit m tho priucips! figures. Gradually, aud almost impercoptiby, the nutiire of il these dancos was modified aud becamo moro thoatrical, THE HOMANS porformed only sacred dances at firet, end re- Rarded all others us degrading. Romulus 1 sawd 0 have invented the tivst wur-dunce, and Numa instituted tho ordor of the Balii, whoso oceupu- tlon it was to danco avound the altara of the god Mars, A time ontnw, however, when the Ito- wany departed from Eheir primitive rigorousuess, sud, ranning into the extrome, they honorad dunving as ono of tho mast ennobfing arts, Thoy even treated favorite publio dancovs in & manuer beficting great men or soveycigns ouly, T'wo mimie doncery, Pyludes and Bathyllus, “created 80 great an onthuaasm that the poopls went vo far ag to sulect thom for arbitors in public mat- ters, Tlus tomporary excitemest—aborration, we wore going to suy—soon digd away. ‘Tho lirst couverts to Christlunity,” being still fmbuod with their Pugun custows, introduced daneiug iuto their uew torms of worship, Lurgo compunies of mon snd women wero in the habit of guivg out iuks tho dusort to participate in the rohgious cervmonies, which muinly vonsiated iu il fantastie dauees, Thoso buving in time be- come rather tov licontious, werg prohibitud by the ecelusiustionl suthoritios, and dancing onco muora fell inte disropute, The canct dato of ity revival is not known, but 1t seemed te- Luve zomo ity favor ut tho tima of the murriage of Iswboel of Arragon to Quleazzo, the Duko of Miluu. Cathunne do Mud 3 tho first 1o BRING BALLETS AND BALLS INTU FASHION, ond theucefurth thoir populurity steadily in- crensied, &ud dunclug bocamo & rafined puatine In 1661 Lows X1V, founded au ucademy of dunic- ing, the mamburs of which, thirteou in” number, weru gelectod from tho best duncers in the kug- dom, Until 1772 bullol-duucers nover appeured on the stago withont being maskoed, Afier loave Lad baou given thom oneo or bwics to sppear, on spueisl ocoariony, without thoir munsks, thoy wora tinnliy nllowed to diseard them eutiroly. 1 connection with thisit may nov bo amiss to stoto thab womon wero, for a long while, ox- cluded fiom tho ballet, ‘aud the first who ven- tured upon tho stugo in the cupachy of dancors woro regarded with contempt. Tho dances of tho virious nutions of tha clyilized world are gonornlly tyslu'.d of tho prodominnting traits of oharwctor und emotional disposition of the natives, More purtioulurly is this notice- ablo in Southorn countrios, wlioro pantomimo Iy #o frequently tho wloyuent hingunes of the pussions. Ju Spain the daucos aro both BULUTED AND VOLUPTUOUS. They ero #oldom subjectad to tho rulos of the art, aud uro more impulsive than studied. Euch lu‘ovhu: —w o might nhuost euy cuoh town—has its oeal and fuvorits dunes, Iu Catulonisxnd Ar- ragon it I Lo jotas in Andalasia, & hvely and sprightly dunco cslled the Andulusiun: at Cor- dovis, it is o vort of Mourish dunw, than which nothlug ean bo more gracofnl, performed an it iy fu the inidut of luxurint groves of luursl and dfango troey, The nationul duuce of Spa I, howevor, tho fundarngn, which 1, 10 & moasuro, o oombiuntion of ull tho others, Ab one thuo u from tho tarantnls, the peopls goneraily beliovy- ing that tho vonomons sting of thin aplder wag cutad by this lively danco, The saltaroto and Bicilian prodominaten i Lho envirous of Romo. WALX OLIMATES ) 8oom to bo naturally produasive of aud tha most | fuvorablo to tho bowt angors and dancots, Tltera alono aan ba found that glow, and vivaelty, thit hupolousuess and onthuaigm which can hardly | over ho oqualod fu Northoin elimaies, In Ibase | #la, for listanco, dancing Lt quite ag common o ! o nu in Spain or Tl B3ut Low vast tho | differoucsl Yho Rumdlan possauta dauce if heavy, listlass, and oftontimo dovold of grace- | faluess, 1lo maraly Awaya to aud fro (o the | monotonous musio of the balaleica, & long gul- tar, whoso notos ara faquantly droinad by the slionts and songs of tho Lystnanders, T'ho danco of tho Quisnalts is nothlug Luk o uolay teamp, or condonsed atamping of tho foot, dignlited with the ouphonious naines of koppal, tropak, and Lnstoholk, Bt tha Uourt dance I tho piosaner of Pollsh onigin, s indleatod by,the namo, It 16 moraly » moastired promennile or march, affords lug tha vory bost opportunity for convarsation, aad 15 at oneo gracetul and nuconstratned, wivile tho atrigtost etiquotts may bo muintained. Tho rodowa, mazurks, and varuovlonua are all Poilsh dancea, GREAT DRITATIN, PRANCE ASD GERXANY havo oach busn the birth-placo of xvmu anumbor of specinl or fancy dunces, but ut, tho prosant day Lhcra is raally no naitonsl danclug, and thie sama Byl proviaule In all countries, ut least ju yood socioty, Tho jlsf sud country dance ara puraly English, whilo the rool {s uninlstakublvof Scoteh oligin, ~ Who minuat—ae-cailod becauso of tha sliort atep (monun pas) taken In tho diffacont figures—origiuated in tho old French Provines of Poitow, nud was afterwards jutroduced by tho Marquls do Fiaumareun into Jingland, whore it Tongs romalnod in grent favor, und desorvadly, for it way & diguifled und graceful duncs. ‘Lhe gavolte, whioh lLns roontly como into fashion hioro a8 o faney dance, wus tripped conturion ago, by tho ponsant girld in tha gavor's coautry & sanll, mountainons comntey in tho nolgborhovd of Gup in the Houth of Fraueo, THE EVER-DELIGUTIUL, WALTZ, conteary to genura! bulief, i not of (ierman ovi- gin, T was oXurumely popular in France toward the thirtoanth and fonctoenth santurion, and bee eama kiowvu i Gormany ouly after that period. Its populurify was doon ustablished la a1l coun tricy, despite tho |lrfi{fldlc£‘fl und objuctione satsed aguinst it 'Tho polles was brought from the Torosts of Hungary in 1840, and crontad quito 8 sonsution, Bvoryiing was douo in polks fushe jon, Lhero woro polhs hats and drosa goads, polka jowelry aud polka triwning, Shortly nttor tho pollis becama poputar hors, or aboiit tho seme tima, Mr. Polk was olected to tha Prosidonoy of the United Btates, and, owing ta this somewhat_singular comcrdonco, many por- gous eupposed thut tho now dance had bona named ntter him, or in lis honor, 'The achot. tischo nnd mnzarka noxt eamo in vogue, and from thud Limo fanoy dnncos mmltiplied rupidiy, many of them gowg out of fashion bofora tha ond of a mouth. Not faw of the modern dancoe woro first brought out on tho atago. TUF, COTILLON— introduced hero under tho name of tho German— i8 o vety old dance, whieh lias boon but slightly modified, for mwont of it fignros woro well kaown moro than 100 years ago tn soveral af the suctent Proviuces of Frauca, The Louguet, mirror, und butterlly figures, for instunco, woro quito pope ular, and it mofnly consisted, sud docs nw, ol ronnd dances, Thien, as now, it required some talout ta b a'good londur of the cotidlon. Tha Oriontals nro veey fond of witneasing Lallets and intriealo pna suel, but thoy uovor dunca tham. silves, ~ The dancos of tho bayaderes and ulnees aro truo pautomimes, though not alwaya very delicate or graceful ones, THE MOORINT LADIZS OF RANK who gpend their deys i teimning garlands of Josmnine und suoking long chubouis, some: hsa vary the monotony of their «Xistonco by & Tittto danee fu thoir pecluded” apartmonts, Qna of thcie numbor performs a rather montnful tune on a guitar or tsmborine, whilo anothor wouan, clad in o Junse and transpuront gown, with long, flowing slocves, risod and begins nao- rivg of cuutortions aud wvaying motions, untl, utterly oxnaus who gives up the placo to thivd bno, wiin foes through the same perform. aneo with ‘evidont pleasure, aud mnot wulraquently a uort of feonzy, ot if overpuwered by lher omotions. Bal all public dancing 8 douo by buyndoras wita, thuagh well treated, much admired, an highly praised, ore regurided as owwasts from waciec, nnd unworthy of vaspect, Their tantase tic dunees ure, huwever, n prominont featuro st avery fastival or pgathering, whether publia or private, nud oxeito tho geeatest onthusiusm, whieh finds veut in loud appluttse and ahouts ot dolight, 1 a profusion of gifts shawered upon tho bawitehing dancery, and in tho burning of porfumes aud aromatio gams. In short, the practico or custom of dancivg soems to be ine crout to maukind, for it has existed from tima immomoriat among all nattuns sud peoplo of tha gh;‘hlu, rogardless of color, race, religiom, or Lisbiis, e A PEAL OF BELLS. Btrlke the hiclla wantanly, Tinkle, Huklo well § Bl o wine, brivg mo fowers, the stver boll. ARl uy e b seented ofl, 1uigg on Taden orangestrece, Whosa nladowed foliaga by (b foll To grolden mps aid orangos, eap my golden plates with frut, Golden trolt, fresh.pincked and rips § Btriko o bells und breatho tho pipe § St out wliowers (rom Aunsmier-lours 3 Bilonce tht complaining lu Shut out thinking, shut out pain, Trom hours that Cannot come ngaln, Btrike the bells rolemaly, Ding dongg deap: My friend is pasuing to his Lod, ‘wad aslenp s ‘There's plaited linen ronnd his hoad, Wihile taremast o bis foet— 10is feot that canaot earry Lim, Bog fuste o gow, my lights arb dimy o atlll; your musio 13 not swoct— Tltera 18 no musle more for him 3 1ia lights aro out, his foist is dons iy bowl that sparkied to the brim 1a drained, Is broken, canuot bold, 2y Llood i caill, Lis blood s cold; Ttfs death is full, sud mnine bogun, —Christina Rosaetil, — s The Proper Titio of Queen Victorin A discussion hss arisen in England sbout the proper title of Queocn Victoria, aud the Fall Mall Fazelfe, in ailuding to tho subject, suys: * Dr, ko ndks of tho Times whothor * Quoon of the nitains ' i not tho Queen's logal titlo, It cor- tainly is the title on she coin, * Britunniarum Re« cins' But is tho evin to Le set against acts of 'arhament and proclamations whion describa her Mujeaty a3 Queen of the United Kingdom of Qrent Butuin aud Iroland ? The * Dritnnniarum Reglna' must be taken oy o Totin abbrevistion of i utlo rather too long and too awliward for nanmnsmatio use, As to the phrassitself, * Britsh Tslanda’ is, from Anstotle dosnwmds, the very ofdest deacrsption in all languages of fl two islanda of Great Dritain.oud Ireluwr.d%§ bub it may bo doubtod whothero they ever were n_any lauguage epoken of as ‘The DBritning,! At aoy time sinco the Ar- Toncan migration ‘Tha Britaine’ would have weunt tho insular and tho con. tinoutal * Britannin,’ tho island of Groal Britein, und thut part of Ganl called * Dritounia,’ ¢ rittany,’ or * Brolagne,’ It is in opposition to Lhis Inst, ‘Britaunia Mivor," that we apoak of onr own {sland a8 ' Great Bntaln,’ Britannia Major.’ Ivmay perhaps bo better not to go tao winutely wto the subject, a8 Drltanuiaram Rogina fdoes in the htoral and grammatical soue amount to a clain of soveroignty ovor part of the territory of the French Republic, though doubtless nothing waa further from tho thoughts ©f thoso who int bringing in _tho title of * Britsu. pinrym Rex’ gavo up tho titlo of * Franoin Rex." Thore 18 a ditliculty of the same kind st the othor ond of Lurope, ‘Lhe Czar calls himself ‘ Eme poror of ail the Nuwnlaw,” Yot itis certain that ouo at least of the Russing, tho old Bod Rusala, forms no pert of the Russlan dominions, U forms instosd the moro northorn part of the madern Kingdoms of Gulieis sud Lodoneria olegant Latin formsof the original Russian namen —now hold by tho commoun Bovereign of Hune gary and Austrin,” —_— ¥iilledale Collere—~Laving of tho Oore ner.Ntone, Tha corner-stone of tho new Collego-building will be laid with duo coremuuy on ‘ueaday, the 18th inst., ab illydato, Mich, “Addrossea will be mido by’ the Collego-Prosident, by tho Ilon. Ionry Waldron, and by Sonutor Chaudier; and addrdnacs aro expootor] from the followlng-uamed gentlamen, who hayo beon fuvited to bo prodonts . Bagloy: ox-(iov. Bilal; fiold, . D., ox-Proaidont; Davfel I, Brggs, merintendent of IMiblic Inotruetlon; tho Rov, D, W, C, Durgin, of Now Markot, N, IL.; Prouf~ dont Anoll, Gt {hio Micliean Unlversity; Troni- dout Mairehi Oborlin Oollogo ; Mayor Mof- fatt, 5f Datroit; tho Hon, Wittor J. Baxtor, of counlntory of the Churels of Rotue bnd wssom. bled witly the mrontion of probibuving sud eon- surlug (s dance, bub thoe clorical gentlumon appointod sy llll(luns and urbitrators wers so fas. cinated and olectrifind by thevarious ligurosthat thoy uneensatously begged pormission to danca thomeelves, aud woro theroforo unable to pro- nomnee against it, Danciug i no loss populne in Ttuly, o olobratad turantula i3 casoutiully Neapolitan, uud its nsme was derivad, it L4 sald, the Board of Education ; tho Presidonts of Adel- un, _Albion, Kulamazan, and Olivet Collogoes ; theTlon, O, Ifosford, ex-Suncrintondont of Publia Instruction § the Hon. J. Il Wads, of Oloveland, Q.5 Geu. Anson Bt of Chleago; Qon, Jasg- por Packard, of Tndi tho Rov, Dr, V. I, Porrine, of Atbion Colloge; Duano Doty, Supere intendont of Public Schoola of Dotrolt: the Hon. E, L, Koon, of lllkdalo; Jud,d Dickors man, and othors. e