The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-22 00:00:00

MR. DYCE SOMBRE.
The following remarks respecting the imputed lan
this gentleman appear in the Delhi Gazette : „e of 3!"
"If such of our readers as are interested in the to „iv,
Dyce sombre will have the goodness to turn to our4dt
of the 9th of March 1844, they will find the trauslan set
document prepared in Paris by a Committee of Afeeioci
at the request of the Prefet de Police,' and at the
;t., so
of Mr, Sombre, when endeavours were being maAr
his person, and once more bring him within the Jar 0 d
of the tribunal by whose fiat the Commission of unsexce
been issued. The result was, as stated in the fkurgedos
dicated, that Mr. Sombre was pronounced entirely to or
the malady imputed to him by
mission. Circumstances, to which it is needless t..?,.,5e
at any length, induced Mr. Sombre to revisit !:;ellyo,
where ho was treated, it appears, in a manner 80.1'n, tY
variance with the expectations he had entertalat-4te
he again 'withdrew himself from the jurisdictioae
British Courts. In the course of his travels he Prlaetooll.
the Russian capital, and there became,
as
Ini"ter e 01001"
the Londe
siiveo
have been expected, anxious to establish,
natiops, the real state of his mind. To this
application to the Russian Minister of the letetlocl awej
Petersburgh (we write on the authority of official.,lo.2Jiih.
before us), the result of which was that between
Feb. 20, 1845, he was subjected to a series ote 80bje`e.
directed, as the Parisian Council had been, w the
to
most likely to require investigation ; from this tine hi"
dical men of standing, who conducted the same, 6 0 Ailyr
to have come out quite as untainted by insanity se t/tritli
themselves, and Mr. Sombre must have enjoY" tedi. to
ordinary degree the cunning, with which those a
iogel,o
the disease attributed to him are endowed, if nsorisseif.
elude the vigilance displayed and detailed in tse •TIJ•
before us, and which carry conviction to the.l;l")redic,l
bYefourdilhieontrsodf%
Sombre, armed with the testimony of the Etts'll ore' reloe
Council, soon after quitted St. Petersburgh, an 'so "'
Brussels, where he also solicited the intervestlhics
authorities to obtain a medical examination, °if beest'llh;
granted, and four physicians and surgeons, harill: with eO,
pointed to the duty, and investigated the cs=',lttle
closest attention, calling in to their assistance twe eioe
Messrs. Guislain and Crommelinck, whose studie:A4
directed to cases of phrenopathy, signed a certi,'„;.l of it
mously expressing their conviction of the sonn,,""tedtbe"
Sombre's mental faculties,•which certificate is ul`„,," dr!:-
of June, and is equally strong with those rev`°"dj.! A V.:,
up in Paris and St. Petersburgh. It is undeate.3,o,oo4
vellous circumstance that five Parisian, ten Russbool4t
Belgian practitioners, many of them of repute, triolli,ee
come, unanimonsly, to a conclusion so diaw.epolleive
posed to the declarations of the London physicia,o
which time may explain. We do not pretend 10,"ers
give the facts as we find them, and leave our read •
their deductions." de
It appears that the facts stated here have . 111.3.,ici!1
impression in certain quarters, and that the WI; tit°e6
few days come before the Lord Chancellor, cill
suspending the verdict of the jury. The Petit 1r Ptt'
lodged and Counsel engaged; among others -,,e awn,'
Wilde in its support, the object of which is to Pror'ej 0, ,
delusions under which Mr. Dyce Sombre lah"',,oseiv:'
completely removed, and that he is capable of
own affairs. It is said that Lord Metcalfe, from 'lee
once with the family in India, and also the person'
has for the petitioner, takes a deep interest in Oleg
4 Fr I o,*l
TRENT VALLEY CONTINUPOP
AND HOLYHEAD JUNCTION 11' eif
COMPANY. C°T'i
A meeting of the shareholders in the above 0.0 r
was held yesterday, in pursuance of a motto 11,,05; cief,r
the Committee of Management, for the purrnjoi'or
ceiving the report of the engineer in chief, t 0 bf
sidering what future steps ought to be tanoit.
Company. Donald Maclean, Esq., took the ere,/ ji
The notice calling, the meeting having beel,lereKit
The SECRETARY then proceeded to read t",eeorol
the committee, as also that of Mr. Rennie, t`,:esill.oo
in chief. The committee regretted the DC, thsigo
compelled them to call the meeting together a" o,4,`hy
It would be observed that they, in the adve
adverted to the re-survey of the line, which Pr±i,et•„,
the measurements made by the assistant-en,lblor,4
Higgins, were so inaccurate as to precludeple?
prosecuting their Bill in that session ef, crld,
But this, although it delayed theire,o
for another year, did not withdraw i",,t4j
the patronage of those who were locally gird
the demand for shares showed that the pl4ll,';', 5)
the advantages which the line held out. CPOI
served 9,000 shares, to give to such railwaYisbe4i
contact with them; but only 3,000 of those lint) aLe
ferred to the Trent Valley Compaq. On Aug' .n$ ‘71.4
was received from.the assistant-engineer, stsros ss,ef '
plans and sections would be ready in a weell.Deeerei
this promise not being fulfilled on the 24th he live,
he requested Sir John Rennie to re-survey he live,
f
they received a report from that 'eminent enr'dioglitiO
forming them of, a fact, which they excel,. aers'oi
gretted to be obliged to inform the share of ,00
as the measurements were so defective, tor,'
advisable to delay their application to Parthieg'd
another session, as he certainly could not es: ,loos id
give evidence in favour of the line. NePtTovtter' felt/
amalgamation were thou going on but as ct to
yet in the bush the Directors would not fn r",.16,11,09
them. The treasurer's account, after paYini, CO`
expenses, exhibited a balance in favour of t"
of 90,4501. ls. 7d. so eml
The CHAIRMAN said that the report wi;snao
that he need not offer any observations th—egto;i
would, however, say that, with respect to the nos it
things wore so favourable an aspect, that hesohod
would be carried advantageously into 'effect' st,
holders as might dissent from the arrangerneoo
'receive the amount of their deposits hack' JO
expenses already incurred.
or .
t
pell
dO,
;it°
A SHAREHOLDER wished to know wits-
-16,000/. expenses was incurred by the
hiun
assistant-engineer ?
The CRAIRMAN replied, about 2,0001. he,
After a very long and anery discussion on 41t
referred to in the report,
Mr. PRITCHARD wished to know whel"..,eort I
~F
treaty had been entered into with the .-11"-
Company for an amalgamation. He had beoti,
that such was the fact by an absent Chaireltaboli4
(Mr. Pritchard) was now prepared to prove of c
not so. The report had, however, the effec",her
many persons to invest their capital in this s-
the issue of it was before the shareholders. so
The CHAIRMAN said he was not the genti,
to, and he thought the subject more of . P`'
a general matter. a A
After a considerable time had been wasptil 111'‘)1'
sonal recrimination, Mr. TURNER nrol)°s'Acel
report be received, which having been- secon-
CARLISLE, ,
1 tiofj.%lllr.rl
Mr. NEALE proposed an additional res°'?,e e.frd
committee of twelve gentlemen (six from '1; 'll
and six from the shareholders) be appointeuto co,vo
.gate the present position of the Company: rer
especially the proposed amalgamation, 110d%itgIcle0
the acting committee and to the sharelly•
future meeting.
ettis rljt
This resolution havipg been seconded,
carried, as was the report itself. ; te(11114.4;‘
The following gentlemen were then appo-ngo-:
mittee :—From the Directors, Mr. Maclean,
rbiq'
side, Captaih Hotham, Mr. Gipps, Mr.
Mr. Churchill; from the shareholders, "%Iry $ nev,:oi,
Lockadale Warren, Mr. Edward Wright,„';llP,
Mr. Defflin, Manchester ; Mr. Shaw, and a
D Thanks were then voted to the Ch
Directors present, and the meeting broke tit''
TH„
E QUARTER OF A MILLION Lg'--;
L'hes'4.
Since our last the great subscription of Islo,
o-
,
neighbourhood to the 250,000/. fund has been two/
nearly 1,900/. Of this increase the largest oojei
ficent donation by Mr. Robert Munn ge
of I,°Thtl keif
recollected that last year Mr. Munn contribse,s4w
the 100,0001. fund; and it was stated at the I.eLios r
in the Town-hall, at which the present subscrqpe'A
ginated, that he was then suffering from seVerc stVj
accounted for his not contributing the amount nr°oolAutly
at that meeting. We also notice in the H 4410019
the very handsome donation of 5001. by Mr- '6-0 0;;ty
Bacup. The remainder of the subscriptions pti,toA'
amounts, and the aggregate total of the sub idea Y,,14
evening is upwards of 80,0001. If to this be a,
smiptions of the West Riding, of Liverpool, Gterihr tY.,e
burgh, Dundee, and Stroud, the entire sum 5t1,,,1L,•4?1;ie
the 23d ult. 'will be found already to reach 15. tilt"
fifths of the whole amount sought to be rac' ~n.tr,f
weeks.--.Mandester Guardian of yesterday., Pr;
d
THE CASE OF THE SHIP TORY.—C3Ptsnr(l
who stands charged with three murders on i',100,,,`"0";
Tory, on her voyage from Hong-Kong to 1,011",,,, h,"; t 7
with cutting and wounding twelve M the ere,..4
recovered from his severe illness, which preven',;4lL.,,v sr;
his trial at the last session of the Central Cr'nwoonel?
. he will be tried at the ensuing sessions, Which•Ctor• e
the 2d of February. Mr. Humphreys, the 9/13
for the defence, has had several interviews
iews P;01
and Mr. Jervis, tucas's counsel, and Mr. ClarP-etrilift
retained for the prisoner. The witnesses, twellvo te
have been maintained at the expense of the Cr; is o,ll°
commitment of the prisoner, and are all stayo,;,r,
All the wounded men have recovered except ;ice•s"or,ol
ceived twenty-five sabre cuts about the head, the
and Morris, the Frenchman, who was shot 1..Y.,1 O'lV
It has been resolved that three bills for 06,41'
twelve for cutting and wounding shall be 1?„,1701,1",,C),,'
grand jury. The prisoner who stands charge', er'lli;er',,il
enormous amount of crime, has become more.vAl isse'o!,,!
and does not betray the least symptoms a ¢ .licit
tellect. The Attorney-General and arotlter.l•7""pf
will conduct this important prosecatieit hie -
Crown.

BIRTHS. v Pl.)ifr , t
On the 15th inst., in Doughty-street, Mrs. tr. ;L ~,i,c ol
of a lion. • tbe
Oa the 17th inst., in Albemarle-street, e
Jlennessy, Esq. of a son. ',fel 1
,L 1 ,
On the 17tli Ilist., Mrs. George Knox, of Clo ,s,
iA''' 0
Islington, of a (laughter. the 44,)
On the 18th inst., at Bedford-row, Islingrol' of. o' i
Brown, Esq., of the Middle Temple, of a son'.,, iftileNpe ~
On the 18th inst., at North Brixton, Mrs. d .
95eS' 1‘
r (11.11 JO
On the 16th inst., at Ilampton-wick, 161
of M. T. Coleman, Esq.,' of a daughter. t , gCr° c
#
On the 17th inst., in Great Surrey-stree o
Eaton, of a daughter. sl3
On the 17th inst., at Ventnor, Mrs. Charles
son, still-born.

Arc- ter
MARRIED. „to, tig.!.iio
On the 20thinst., at Union Chapel, Islinr ,t pt
Sands, Esq, surveyor, Glasgow, to Eliza, el";oice,
the late Gorge Buchanan, Esq., of Finnich
shire.

DIED. westa
On the 17th of December last, at Niagar°' 110.- 0111)
Lieutenant-Colonel William Elliot, Kul, C°°
OOP
Majesty's Royal Canadian Rifles. ,;,fit
On the 7th inst., at the Pieta, Malta, th° 114° too
Ilookham Frere, aged 77. 1
On the 9th inst 4 at Dover, Dalton, ag,°6.,,i jot
17th, Charles, aged 18 days, twin sons °I „tlif
Tumby, Lincolnshire.
On the 14th inst., at Northamptonshire,
tie°. 4.6
of the late Samuel Nott, Esq., aged 78. w 1.4: ler
On the 17th inst., at Bucking, Essex, WirSn' /71,1 r,
On the 17th inst., at Leamington, T. Stall; e late
On the 20th inst., Mary, the wife of tills
Mellish, of Newton-terrace. Kennington-6nee

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