The Sun. — 1826-03-24 (London, England)

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 -extraordinary 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 Craven-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 constant alarm from his violence. His language was wild and incoherent, 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 several articles in.his room, he ran down stairs: into-lie yard, and began to deMolish a wall, and to throw the bricks at Mr. Clemence 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 attempt 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 appeared before the Magistrate, an object of the utmost commiseration. 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.