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e*  fixty-lwo  pounds,  two  {hillings. I  do  not  mean  that  h
«  fhould  appear  againft  him.7'

Lord  Advtcate. You  have  known  this  gentleman  feveral
years. Did  you  ever  imagine  he  was  inftine  ?  I  have
fometimes  obierved  him  peevifti  and  difcontentd ;  but  I
never  faw  any  marks  of  infanity  in  his  appearance,  till
Monday  the  ijth  of  April  laft,  when  it  occurred  to
me,  from  the  recolleftion  of  fome  circumftances  in  his  be-
haviour on  Saturday  the  I  ith,  (on  which  d^y  I  had  feen
him  at  Haddington,)  that,  the  ftate  of  mind  in  which  he  then
appeared  to  be,  had  been  in  its  progrefs  on  the  Saturday. —
"What  ftate  of  mind  did  you  think  him  in  on  the  Monday?
Downright  mad  ;  that  is,  he  appeared  to  be  deranged,  or
r.s  if  the  rational  powers  of  his  mind  had  left  him ;  and
Sir  Francis  thought  the  fame. Did  you,  fuch  being  your
opinion,  Propofe  fe curing  the  pannel?  Yes,  I  did. "What
reafon  had  you  for  believing  him  deranged  ?  His  wild  ap-
pearance and  behaviour. I  fhould  have  mentioned,  that
I  was  on  my  road  to  GilmeVton  on  the  Monday,  when  a
fervant  met  me,  and  put  into  my  hands  a  letter  from  Sir
Francis,  which  began  with  thefe  words  :  "  I  am  forry  to
"  inform  you,  that  Gordon  is  {lark  mad ;"  and  Sir  Fran-
cis added,  that  George  Spinner  had  been  lent  for,  on
account  of  the  Major  having  told  Mifs  Kinlpch,  that  he
had  fwallowed  poiibn,  though,  whether  the  cafe  was  fo
or  not,  Sir  Francis  could  not  fay. Have  you  that  card  ?
No. What  became  of  it?  It  was  torn  in  pieces,  and
committed  to  the  flames. Sir  Francis  and  a  Mr  Low,
(\Vho  happened  to  be  at  Gilmerton  at  the  time,)  having
•walked  out,  I  was  left  with  no  other  company  than  the
Major,  whofe  behaviour,  as  he  both  fpoke  and  afted  in  a
molt  extravagant  manner,  rather  alarmed  me. 