Aged twenty-three, admitted July 25th 1822. This young man came
from Ramsgate, where his family had been once reputable, but are
now reduced. He carried about him no signs of frenzy, although his
intellects were quite deranged. He would sometimes say that Ramsgate
was two thousand miles off, sometimes only four hundred, and at other
times not more than twenty-five; but, if he were let out, he would go
home in half an hour. On being asked if he was aware of what place
he was now in, he would sometimes answer, “yes, in the West-Indies:”
and at other times in Turkey, America, France, &c.; sometimes he
would answer in Newgate, and at other times in the Rule of Three!! He
laughed at every thing, gay or serious, and seemed happy in his mind,
particularly at meal-times. He frequently danced for his amusement, in
his own peculiar style, which was by hopping on one foot, and turning
round all the while, until he fell down from giddiness. He was found to
be merely silly, and not dangerous to be at large, and was discharged
as idiotic, on the 7th November 1822.