The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-31 00:00:00

COMMISSION OF LUNACY, JAN. 30.

Yesterday morning the Commissioners and Jury re-assembled,
to pursue the inquiry relative to the insanity of James King, Esq.
The arguments of Counsel being concluded, the Cult? COW-
stlssmoszit summed up the evidence; and at half-past five in
the afternoon, the Jury returned their verdict, viz. :—" That
from the 31st day of December, 1823, to the 16th September,
1826, Mr. King bad been a lunatic, enjoying lucid intervals, and
that from the latter period, he has been a lunatic without lucid
intervals.

menthe ago, her determination to shOot Mr. Randall. On g
Saturday, about six weeks ago, the prisoner called in and said,
" Don't be alarmed,l am going to try the pistol in the yard ;" and:
she added that she would shoot Mr. Randall. She went into the
yard and fired, but the pistol made very little report indeed. She
came up stairs again, and said the flint was not good, awl she
thought the pistol was not good ; but upon a second trial in the
yard, she produced a dreadful noise, and shook the foundation of
the house, and frightened the whole neighbourhood.. When the
prisoner went away she said, " Now I am going to Randall's
counting-house, and I'll shoot him. I shall be here to-morrow."
Oh, said witness, how can you expect to be at large, if you think
of committing such a rash act ?

Mr. HARMER having examined all his witnesses, pressed for Es
committal, and observed, that the Charge in the pistol was sufficient
to have blinded the prosecutor, if it had been fired in his face.

Sir JOIN PERILING asked the prisoner if she had any thing to
say to the charge ?
She replied,- that she was anxious to give the Ablermaisv a com-
plete history of her connexion with her accuser, and the motives
which actuated her in what she had dons, if the Alderman 'monld
permit her; but she would put herself under the advice of

Mr. ALEXANDER, a Solicitor, now stepped forward, end said
he had not attended on her behalf or at her request, but he had.
received a notice of her apprehension from the Governor of
Compter. All he knew of the prisoner was this : She had bevy
recommended, to him by a friend, as a client, for whom an action:
of breach of promise of marriage was to be brought. He wrote:
to Mr. Randall, and, at an interview, be was informed of eircum-
stances which induced him to think such an action wonfd not be.
advisable ; but on seeing the prisoner subsequently, he told her to,
bring all her friends to him who knew any thing of her history,.
which, after some time she did ; and, from their statements, he
was satisfied there was ground of action, and he determined ow
Friday last to commence proceedings; but a difficulty arose—ho•
could not obtain Mr. Randall's two Christian names, and he di-
rected the prisoner 'to make inquiry in the neighbourhood of Friday-
street. He submitted, that the might have pulled the trigger ac-
cidentally in struggling with Mr. Howell to retain the pistol..
He advised the prisoner certainly to Miter into no justificatory de-
tail here.

The prisoner was still desirous of stating her case, but yielded
to the persuasions of the Alderman, Mr, Harmer, and Mr. Alex-
ander, and contented herself with saying, that when she accosted
Mr. Randall in Friday-street, she begged to detain him a few
minutes ; that he replied to her with very harsh language, and
that she meant only to fire over his bead to fri,:thten him, having
supplicated and done everything else to gain her point, in vain.
The ALDERMAN said, he thought the charge con:olete]Y esta-
blished ; but he remanded her for a week, that she might have
the superior accommodation'at the Compter, instead of IV,Trgate'
until the Sessions approached.
MARY-LA-BONNE---ExeeNCES OF A COUNTUT FRNEAAL
Yesterday a respectably dressed woman attended to prefer a cow--
plaint against a Benefit Society, for refusing to pay the expences,
of her husband's funeral. The persons attending for the Bene—
fit Society did not deny that the claim was just, but declared:
they knew not how to set, because they had received a ball
from the undertaker of a parish in Devonshire, where the. de
ceased man had been buried, and if they paid the widow the'
usual bequest of 201. upon the death of any member, they were'
afraid she would not pay the bill, and the undertaker %caul&
eventually come upon them for payment. The widow said, she'
had no objection to pay any thing. reasonable, but the biro(
was so exorbitant and extraordinary, she could not think of pay-
ing it. The bill was put in and read ; it was to the following
effect

Beef, Boiled Mutton, Roast Pork, and Potatoes . 8 4 0
Five Gallons of Strong Beer .
Six Bottles of good Port Wine 1 7 0
Gin and Water, Fire-wood, &e.
Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Bread and Butter, Sausages, &e 1 18 0
•

The reading of the bill excited laughter in the Office, and the
Magistrate observed, it was one of the most curious under-
taker's bills he had ever seen. The officers of the Benefit So-
ciety were ordered to pay the widow the money to which she was
entitled ; the country undertaker being left to pursue his remedy
against her.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DERING THE WELK,

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