The Sun.
London, England, 1826-03-24 00:00:00

sor, aceing his youth, and considering also the
period, in which his mind ha's received its im-
pressions. The character of this young Prince
is not much known, but, with whatever care the
tight-laced maxims of the last age have been
instilled into his mind, has been ,fully counte-
nanced by the spirit of liberality that is the dis-
tinguishing sign of our times. It would be expect-
ing too much, therefore, to think that he would
tamely follow in the track which has been laid
down in the present reign ; and his desire of distin-
guishing himself would probably correspond with
the efforts that have been made to check in him
this impulse. As the all-powerful favourite too
of one reign, seldom retains his ascendancy in the
next, it is more than probable that the influence
of Prince Metternich would not be able to
support itself long in the event of a change of
sovereign, in which case, the European system, as
it is called, would probably crumble to pieces.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

13ONV-STREET.

LAMENTAIILE CASE or INSANITY...--Yesterday morning,
a coach arrived at the door of this office, in which were two
constables, with an unfortunate gentleman in their custody,
whose hands and feet it had been found necessary to tie with
cords, to prevent him from committing further violence on
himself and others. The individual in question, Lieutenant
Robert King, of the Fusileers, was removed from the coach
into the office, with a great deal of trouble ; and the officers
were obliged to secure him by placing .hanticuff's en him, and
chaining his wrists to an iron belt placed round his waist.—
Sir fttenaun Iliasur directed that he should be treated with
the utmost kindness and .humanity. Such was his -extraordi-
nary strength during one of his paroxysms, that it required six
officers to secure him, and several of them met with bruisei and
contusions. On being placed before Sir Mt:mum ButsffE,
the unhappy gentleman, who is evidently a man of education,
though his appearance beggared all description, began to rail,
in no measured terms, against those who had. violated the rights
of an Englishman, by entering his house and depriving him of
his liberty.—Mr. Clemence, a tradesman, who resides in Cra-
ven-street, Strand, was examined, and it appeared that Lieut.
King had been a lodger of 'his for four months, during - the
whole- of which period his behaviour had been very singular;
but during the last three weeks, the family had been. in con-
stant alarm from his violence. His language was wild and in-
coherent, and his acts outrageous. On one occasion he threat-.
ened to murder Mr. Clemence, and that morning his conduct
exhibited confirmed symptoms of insanity. Ile threatened—
" I f Mr. Clemenee came near him, to play the Devil with him."
He afterwards called for water, anti the servant took bins some
—when lie received it, he threw it on the room floor ; a second
jug Of water was disposed of by hint in a similar way, and he
hurled the pitcher at the girl's head. Having destroyed seve-
ral articles in.his room, he ran down stairs: into-lie yard, and
began to deMolish a wall, and to throw the bricks at Mr. Cle-
mence and his family, and they were in imminent danger. lie
then proceeded to break the windows of a kitchen, in which the
female part of the family had entered, and. had locked the door
for security, and he threw brickbats. at them, declaring that lie
would annihilate the whole of the Clemence family. SayerS, a
parish constable was .sent for, .and, with assistance, an at-
tempt was made to secure the Lieutenant. He flattened
himself in his bed-room, and as Mr. (lenience. was striking.
at the, -Aloof : to. break it open; the Lieutenant opened the
door .suddeply,..and thc., poker accidently struck hint on the
side- of 'the head,' Mal lie bled considerably. • IVitile they
were ! attempting 147... Secure him, his clothes were torn
to pieces from. the,aesistance he made the skirts were
removed front his coat, and in this deplorable state, one
side of his head being covered with coagulated blood, he ap-
peared before the Magistrate, an object of the utmost commise-
ration. Sir R. Ilium tr. attempted to soothe the feelings of the
poor maniac, but to no puose ; he exclaimed that lie was an
Officer who had fought fortis King—Ged bless him—and for
his country ; that his brave Commanding Officer, Sir 11. Cal.
vert, would speak of him as a man of honour and a Gentleman.;
anti Sir 11. Calvert would come to him, by lie should ; but
f.eiterotrilehiniatbuirtinnecdhtrdouhrtiteireekisw,oirnsdaeyeeriaittliiieedc,oTaaub)olek,
ha would not send . for Sir...tinny, he'd see him cursed first.-...
awtitrat
Lilly-livered rascal—see the ass's ears." The 'Magistrates hay.
ing satisfied themselves of the insanity.of the Lieutenant, made
an order, under the Statute? for his admission into the lunatic
asylum at Buxton. The Lieutenant declared that he would go
to tio place, except to the Secretary of State's Office, and he
would remove Sir Richard from his office. Under the idea
that he was going to visit Mr.' Peel, he was. conducted in a
coach, in the same shocking condition in which lie appeared
before the Magistrates, to Davies% mad-house.