The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-23 00:00:00

ab) Entetligenct.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.
The adjourned inquiry in Mrs. Cummiug's case was pro-
ceeded with, and virtually, though not formally, finished
yesterday. The lady was again present.
To prove her sanity, Mr. Solomon., fruit salesman, was
called, and, in the course of his examination by both counsel,
it was elicited that he collected some of Mrs. Cumming's
rents. He put in several vouchers, and gave the most satis-
factory explanations upon every point on which a doubt bad
previously rested.
Mr. E. Jones had examined the Welsh property, and had
come to the conclusion that it had been badly managed by
the agents, but; was managed better since Mrs. Cumming
had taken it into her own hands.
Mrs. Hutchinson had known the alleged lunatic Id or 16
years, and hal never reason to suppose her otherwise than
sane. She lived on very bad terms with her husbard.
After other evidence had been adduced to the same effect,
the jury retired for refreshment. The interim was occupied
I by the counsel on both sides, in an earnest consultation,
in which they continued for upwards of an hour, when they
returned into court. It was then announced that an
arrangement had taken place; and, at the close of some fur-
ther discussion, the Commissioner, addressing the jury, said,
that in ordinary cases they might be discharged, as was the
practice in the common law courts, by the withdrawal of a
juror (all parties consenting), but, in the present instance,
an arrangement having taken place, the commission having
been tamed by the Lord High Chancellor a difficulty arose
as to what report he could make to his lordship; without first
consulting bun, he could not discharge the jury. In the
arrangement great liberality was shown by all parties, and
he theretore proposed an adjournment until he had taken
the opinion of the Lord Chancellor, when the jury would
be reassembled to hear the result. This was agreed to on
both sides.—Mr. retendorff said that before the jury separa-
ted he was happy to inform them that the person of the
lady we., free.
Dr. Milling, however, urged that he had a claim to retain
the lady under the certificate, until she was legally dis-
charged.
The learned Commissioner said he would take that
responsibility on himself, and would undertake that she
should appear when the court met again.
Mn. Cumming then left the room in the company of her
Mends, apparently much affected. She entered a carriage
with Mr. and Mrs. Hutchins, and drove off from the Horns
Tavern.

When the jury re-assemble, the Lord Chancellor's opinion,
u well as the terms of the arrangement, will be com-aunica-
tad to them.

CLEAVE V. SAWYEEL-Mr. T. Sawyer, of Pope's Head-
alley begs us to state that he is not, as has been erroneously
supposed, the party concerned in the case tried at the Surrey
Sessions, and reported in our paper of the 21st inst.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-YESTERDAY.

NEW COURT.
STEALING A• LIVE CYAN.— W. Standen, a railway porter,
was indicted for stealing a large live crab from a basket
which had arrives' by the night train of the South-Eastern
Railway. The prisoner was seen by one of the clerks of the
railway at about four o'clock in the morning with something
under his arm, and on b-ing questioned as to what it was, he
said he had a few apples; but on the bundle being opened,
the crab in question was found in it, and the prisoner begged
that he might be allowed to put it back and have so notice
taken of it. lie was found Guilty. The learned judge said
he would always punish servants of any public companies
who came before nim w:th the greatest severity, as he
thought it was their duty to protect instead of to rob the
property of their masters. The sentence in this case would
be six months' imprisonment with hard labour.

AMATEVI& AND ACTOM.—John Coffin, described as a
law-stationer, was indicted far stealing bank notes to the
value of 501., the property of Alfred Davis.—The prosecutor
had engaged on the night he lost the notes, to play the part
of Richard 1.11., at the Bower Saloon, and when dressed for
that part, he placed the notes in his pantaloons. On taking
otr the dress, he forgot to take the notes from the pocket ;
o:c remembering it he went back the next day, but found the
notes had been taken from the pantaloons; one of the notes
was traced to have been passed by the prisoner in payment
for a pair of boots. The prisoner was prompter on the night
in question, and called on the prosecutor the morning after
the notes were lost, but could not see him. Ile then went
clown into Hertfordshire, where he was taken into custody,
some of the notes in question being found in his possession.—
Tbejury found him Guilty, and the prosecutor recommended
him to mercy on account of his former good character.—The
Common Serjeant sentenced the prisoner only to four months'
imprisonment, with hard labour.