Loutherbourg, 'without so much crowding.' Finally she exhorts the world at large to contribute generously to the promotion of these beneficial objects. But even at the date of Mrs. Pratt's pamphlet the tide was turning--had turned. The nine days' wonder was over. The mania was dying of exhaustion. Incidentally, the lady relates that 'having suffered all the indignities and contumely that man could suffer,' the inspired physician had for a time retired from practice into the country. 'I have heard,' she continues, 'people curse him and threaten his life, instead of returning him thanks.' In truth, as the public credulity waned, the doctor's cures failed. His labours were of no avail; his prophecies were falsified. His patients rose against him; the duped grew desperate; the mob became exceeding wroth. The house in Hammersmith Terrace was attacked; stones were thrown, and windows smashed. Not much further mischief was done, however. De Loutherbourg and his wife prudently withdrew from public observation--quitted the kingdom. They were next heard of in company with their friend Count Cagliostro in Switzerland; Madame Cagliostro having accompanied them in their journey from England. But Count Cagliostro's career of jugglery and fraud was nearly over. On the night of the 27th December 1789, he was arrested in Rome, and shut up in the Castle of St. Angelo, whence he never emerged alive. In the curious and scarce _Life and Adventures of Joseph Balsamo, commonly called Count Cagliostro_, translated from the Italian, and published in London in 1791, copies are given of certain strange papers found in his possession, concerning which he was examined by the Inquisition during his imprisonment. In one of these documents there is unquestionable reference to De Loutherbourg, though the painter's name is not given at length, and appears surrounded by the jargon of Cagliostro's so-called system of Egyptian freemasonry, of which it is not possible to render any satisfactory interpretation. We extract from the paper the following:-- '_On the twentieth day of the eighth month_-- 'The Grand Master being employed in his operations, after the usual ceremonies, the Pupil, before seeing the angel, said, "I find myself in a dark room. '"I see a golden sword suspended over my head. '"I perceive Louth--g arrive. '"He opens his breast and shows a wound in his heart; he holds out a poniard to me." '_Grand Master_. "Is he employed in the service of the Grand Cophte?" '_Pupil_. "Yes." '_G. M_. "What else do you see?" '_P_. "I see a star. '"I see two. '"I see seven." '_G. M_. "Proceed." '_P_. "Louth--g has retired--the scene changes, I see seven angels," etc. etc.