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' elloir• alialbera nibble to say, but that' it,
was a tcf some d.aeription which certainly affected•
and his head, there email be little &mkt, and according
gaily . . break .s tombstnne, be woad hang to the wit:testes. for the prisoner, from that time dime
them for it. She,saw him on Friday beihre hieshot wasan alteration in his imderstattding, his mind. and
the prosecutor, he was then in ahem the sena/ de conduct,and th'econtinited down to the present time.
fanged state of mind. . It was observable, however, that to all purposes he
Thomas Kilby, a farmer residing near Ealingehad wait not deprived of *undemanding; and here it
annum the prisoner npnerdi of forty years; remedia would be•neceesary mean their attention to what was
tiered his having a fit st it-Year earn; lee had seen done at the time of conimitting the act. [Here the
him about lit or seven. treks ago. when he talked Learned Judge recapitulated the evidence of the pro-
about altering his will. He SW him again oh the sectror and Jones the blacksmith.] Here his nut-
Thar:thy b: fore the prosecutor was shot ; he talked ning away and absenting himself from his house for
about having altered his will, and asked him what he a week, betrayed a consciousness of having done an act
thought he had left Will Withers (his son-inlew) e which was wrong ; but here again an observation na.
He replied in the negative; the prisoner then said, luridly arose, that if his intention was that of mute
he had kit him Drury-lane; St. Giles's, and the Pane der, it bespokowdegree of insanity, as coupled with
them. in Oxford-street ; he then told him he must the evidesice as to his state in the month of March.—
leave his home, for there was a plot against him ta lAll these persons agreed th,t he was in a-desponding
hang him, and he could live 100 miles off as well at state, and his mind much disordered in March, and
at home He had seen him play carat (all-fours) that as fuss it went, brought it nearly to the time
three or Astir times a day. ' .:- - : when the act was committed ' • but for .sit or seven
Upon his crou-examination,ltesaidhehadworkeit . days atter that act, he shewed a mind capable of
for the prisoner for the last 28 years; he gaye his nr.: distinguishing right from wrong. That part of the
dent regularly, but latterly in a low totes He dined evidence elating to the Commission of Lunacy could
with him at half past ten o'clock in the morning, but have little weight, when they (the Jury) had the
was not- much surprised at the hour, at it was his ge. witnesses before them, and they were to determine
neral time of lunch. . (tom the evidence aleue which was produced before
William Wveden had gone to see the priioner en them. The question, therefore, was not whether the
the 26di Of May last, he found him lying on a bench in fact was done, because that was beyond the possibility
the garden, in a depressed and dejected state of mind, of a doubt, that he fired the shot at Burrows : that
and in his opinion, if not taken care .of, he thought, he injured him to a certain degree wars fully proved ;
would do himself or somebody else a• mischief. but whether he was guilty of doing it wilfully an 4
William Pawl'. a brewer at Isleweeth, had known materially, was the question for their determination ;
the prisoner upwards of 20 years ; had seen him three
• enefotir times within the last twelve months. On the
• 97th of May lasts by the. desire of both ,his sons-in-
and if at the time he was labouring under any disease
which deprived him of reason and understanding, lie
was not amenable to the law, because he was not a
rational being capable of distinguishing right from ,
flaw, he went to see the prisoner rzspecting a deed of
Is tryst ; be told hint he sent for him to make his will, nreng ; but it it did so far deprive him of reason, so as
. ana witnessaaid he was glad orit, fora bad will was .to form a right judgment of the ding, and if it
still left him in a capacity of distinguishing good
better than no wilt at all. He' talked very rationally
about it,' until suddenly stating, he said he had left from evil, 1:e would be still answerable for any
Hedge-lane to one son, and St. Gies to 'lse ether. act: be ought commit against the law. All the
Dr. Thomas arburton,. who rmarly had the circumstances, however, accompanying the act,
care of insane persons) stated,, that he first - saw the seemed to bespeak a mind which had concerted
prisoner-on the 9th of June last; he had a long eon. a plan of going away, to avoid being brought to jus-
versation with him, from which it evidently appeared ice—so far the facts made against him ; but it the
that he laboured under mentalderangement. He saw evidence satisfied them that after the fit in July, he
• hiin every day until the commission of lunacy was . was' ie such a state and under such adelusion, as not
taken out; he saw him up to the 18th of Jury, and to distinguish between right and wrong, they would
` was confirmed in the opinion he had first formed, that ,give him the benefit of such evidence. They would
he was insane; his disorder had the character of di. consider the case in all these points of view, and if
rangement arising from epilepsy: • • • they should be satisfied that he was in a situation ca-.
pable of know stag that lie was doing a wrong and stn-
stated, that persons affected as the ptisoner, gene-
, Upon his examination by else Learned Judge, he
proper act, they would find him guilty ;but if they
rally had delusiolts en particular suhiscts, and con. thought he was Lbouling under that temper of mind
cured a dislike to some particular persons, and th's which seas not 'eapable of forming an understanding
aelbsio,n was more charatteristic than any other of of right or wrong,, then they would
.acquit him.
this particular species of the disease. They would The Jury retired for one hour and ten minutes, and
conceive a hatred to their nearest and dearest friends, then returned a verdict of Guilty.
Upon his cross-examination by Mr. Anoavties, he The prosecutor thee recommended the prisoner to ,
said the delusion was mostly against one particular -merge on account of their long and intimate ac-
perscn, to whomalie lunatic would do any injury, if quaintance.
he cnald :it *4s vet y common to express his resent- , The prisoner received the sentence with much ap-
ment prior to comm tting the act, and witness would parent todiffetence, al4 retired from Court without
be rather surprised it he did not. He was perfectly betraying any symptoms of agitation or uneasiness.
satisfied the prisoner laboured ander a particul ir de. l Six were convicted of felony, viz :—J. D. Sains.
balite' opinut a particular person s and this applied bury, G. Greenaway, J. Browne, T. Darden, and R.
to the prosecutor, Mr. Burrows, for the prisoner used Read, for having in their possession divers fogged and
tesay, that he was iii a conspiracy against him,. and counterfeit Bank-notes ; and Mary Miller, for steal-
' excited all the neighbourhood to injure him on ac- jug a pocket-book, and Bank notes to the amount of '
' Count•of his property ; and he stared to witness a £2OO, the property of W. Whitton. And hur wail,
etutiber of improbable instances, and more than once acquitted, viz :—Mary Moore, Sarah- *Kew, W.
said he had shot him. i Brown, and W. Nurten, who is ordered to remain. '
On his re-examination by Mr. Culteee, he:aid he I .
bad ho doubt the prisoner was insane from the first MR RICIIARD CORBETT, BART. v. SOS. PLTSILRY9 '
moment he saw him :he was satisfied lie had not en- - 9TURRWINIS CORBETT.
deavoured to deceive witness ;it was quite common • - (re TIM cm,. rOr CIIIANCERT.)
in this species of the disorder, for the lunatic to seek! On the 26th ult. this important cause, which has il
the means of rettgrance against the person who is . so lcng excited the atteiitien of the public, came est
the particular object of his delusion, and almost %mil to be heard, before his Honour the Master of 'the
faintly did so, unless taken care of . Roves, when the Court directed the Action of Eject-
Mr. Witban, Physician of Cold Bath-fieldi Prison,', ment to be brought against the defendant, to try the
had seen the prisoner two or three times a-day from l validity of the 7th codicil to the will of the late Sir
the day after his committal. He was at times es.; Richard Corbett, of Longnor, in the county of Sabre
timely absent, and laboured under considerable
by which the defendan t holds the Estates which' the Ba-
-mental delusion. He entirely concurred in the opi- ; ronet claims to be entitled to, both as Heir at Law
'Dion of Dr. Warburton, that he was then, and still , and Devisee in Tail of his late Ancestor. His Hos
continued, in a state of insanity. 1 nour directed the cause to be tried at the next Spring
. In answer to a question from the Learned Judge, i Assizes for the County of Salop.
he said, infependent of his delusion against the parti- I Bow-sTaisET.—Yesterday A. Simmons, a private in'
either person, he .was sometimes sane as to other ob- the St. James's Volunteers, was 'charged with refits.
jects, but he was always complaining that some cer-.,ing to pay fines, amounting to /6. 18s. due to the
la n ;pentane had used him ill. Witness supposed Corps fur non-attendance, to December 1811. The
.iliat.it times he might distingpish between right and : defendant produced a letter of resignation, dated '
men* He did nut think the prisoner conceived he :,April 8,1809; but which not being satisfactory, and '
bad shot Mr. Burrowes, and seemed to doubt who, the Quarter-master swearing that he was deemed A
Ilier •he • had done him any injury-at -ell.; for when; Member of the Corp at the Conner date, he was or-
wiiness ilterrogated him on that subject, he said he I diked to pay the tine, which he persisting in refusing a
bard oot shot Mr. Barrows, but he shot cow anal 11' warrant of distress was ordered to be issued fart' £l3.
' sow, and a child, and Mr. Barrows ; • Mid when the . ifs. being double the amount.
witness .06served, that be must have clnirged .his I
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I HATtO N els-. A RDEN.—Yesterciay several retailers us.
blunderbuss very often, he replied,. 4,4 0, no! it was : vegetables and other necessary articles, in :he vici-
till 'done at one shot." • I tiny at Clerkenwell, were summoned by the Society
John Holstead, Clerk of the Petty Bag °lice, pro• ranr the Supprcssion of Vice, for serving their custo-
duced the Commission of Lunacy against the- priso-IMers on the Sabbath day, When they pleaded that the
tier, dated 17th of Juae. The inquisition appeared ' ha.rgships•cif- the times compelled them to do so for
to have been held on 'the 18th, when the Jury found' the support of themselves and families ; in conside.
him a lunatic. from the 90th March. I -ration 'of which they were dismissed, on paying the
The Learned Judge.'in eummiug up the 'en...dente ' arekenees. - •
to the Jury., after sating the !name of tbe vaancssil . As several
... Offic„els were lately returning front.'
observed, there was ao doubt but the offence of firel,a.
t: :Caste cannel to Limerick, and riding very fast;
ing any weapon •of . this. description, if done wilful]
..:n0*,.:,.r
iSro.,onater,
.of the
.Enniskillen Dragoons, was
and maliciously, was a most heinous offence, an :i)4l.
wrown ft oat his horse, and fractured hit
that which had been done in this case certainly. ,Al'4l.
brought the party within the penalty of the law, Oro- I vita.: - .ea•
• '1'5441 he was, as soon as possible, trepanned, but
t it c:. He has left a wife and children to
vided it was so done wilfully and maliciously. Nei }A
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. stated this the more patticubuiy,.. because the only.' Illnt his loss.
doubt would be, whether the pnsnner at the bar had On SaturAay last, two men, who have been in the
done it wilfully and maliciously ? for in order to con-. 1
habit of vendinglrish.cloth in the neighbourhood art
-stitute the *Renee, it *must appear that his mind went ;Castle Bromwich, Coleshi.U, &c. weie passed on the
road, near Minworth, by some countrymen ; after a
aloagwith the act ;'be must have a mind capable of
short period, one of them was discovered with
*rowing what might be the consequence. Without; wry
his throat cut, and his head nearly severed from his
go through the whole of the evidence, he should
body. An irameiLate alarm was given, and his corn-
-call their attention, not to the fact whether the act
panion was taken into custody ; he wasiound folding
ewas.done, for thaucieuLl not be denied,.but to disco.
.mer whether the mind went along with the act, and some pieces of linen, on which were bloody marks,
whether be knew at the time that he was doing iightl and upon searching him, his stockings, breeches, &c.
piuri,..were tound covered with Wood; any many other sus-
or wrong ? and upon this softie of the witnesses,
glicious circumstances appearing, he was taken to !lir-
-titularly the•two servants, seemed to contradict alai
other, mad went beyond possibility. It was, .howa,aningham in custody. .
ever, -cero,in that theprisoner was seized with a fit in I The account of the apprehension of Dr. Simons,
' -awn, on which occasion he fell from his horse, and lan alien, at Dover, which lately appeared in the
ess as broUght home iu a state of insensibility, and so papers, is stated not to' have been incorrect in the par.
amitinateld Wail . it about F 7 medical aid; but dela:lra.' He has since been libensted, and his license

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what the nature of dua fit was, whether apoplexy
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th 7 LitND TAX.

It may riet6fearlisito diaw the attention of the
public to the advantages which the present Int+ price
of the Fonds holds out, not only in the Redttnption
of Land Tax by such Proprietors ofEstafts as may not P
'already have redeemecithtir Land Tar, hut udsoln the
purchase of Land7Tar, as a Fee Farm Rent upon an-
other man's Estate. At the present price of the
Rinds money salaid out will yield nearly 5 per cent.
Interest, and if the Land Tax should be purchased as
a Fee Farm Rent upon another man's Estate, this
will give to the Purchaser a right of-Voting for the
Election of Members of Parliament for the County,
if the annual amount of Land Tax purchased shall
be Forty Shillings or upwards, and with this ad-
vantage over other Freehold Annuities, or the Fee
Farm Rents which give a right of Voting, that it
need net be registered with the Clerk of the Peace for
the County, and, therefore. would entitle the Pur-
chasers to Vote, if Purchased at any time before the
Election—this is proiided by an Act of the lust Ses-
sion of Parliament (Cap. 99), of which the Public
may not generally be aware, and therefore we have 1
subjoined an extract of it--' Be it enacted, that in
66 order to entitle any person to vote at an Election
64 for a Member of Parliament, in respect of Land-
" Tax so Purchased as aforesaid, it shall act be neces-
" nary' to have the same or any Memorial of the
64 Contract or Certificate qf the Purchase thereof re-
, " gistered as other Fee-farm rent and Annuities, or
" a Mem,,:ial of the Grant thereof are required by
" Law to be registered, before any person can vote
i " for Electing a Member of Parliament in respect
i 46 thereof."

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bIE, as hi 0100Atibit- it woUld be a nice leap.
kited of being buried in different.chuich-eardis and'
ff any on should break his to/2111,4m5., be would hanf