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The Sun. — 1848-02-26 (London, England)

WEST, Q.C.—ls about seventeen years of age. Was servant to the late Mr. Lloyd. Remembers the day he was shot. Was driving the gig in which his master was, and when above a mile from home, two man were walking before them, and when the gig overtook them, one went each side, and the prisoner told witness to come down. Mr. Lloyd asked what .or, and they said they wanted to shoot htm ; and Mr. Lloyd said, " Pull away boys." Witness cried out, " Don't kill my master," and immediately one of them fired (identifies the prisoner as the man who fired the shot). The prisoner told the other man to fire, and he tried, but the pistol would not go off. Saw the prisoner about a fortnight after, among five or six others, and pointed him out as the man who shot his master.  In the cross-examination of this witness his first informations were read, in which he stated that he believed the prisoner Donoghue was the man that shot his master. To account for this, he said he had been then going into the town ofElphin every day, and that he was afraid to positively swear against him. Patrick Holmes was the next witness, who proved that lie was going an old road to the Rev. Mr. Lloyd's on that day to get a bottle of wine, which Mr. Lloyd had promised to his wife, who was sick, and that coming towards a fort of rising ground he lost sight of Mr. Lloyd, and he heard a shout from some person, and then heard a shot, and going over the rising ground, be saw the body of Mr. Lloyd in the gig. Be appeared dead. Ile then saw two men coming from where the smoke was, and they beckoned to him to go back, and he did, as he saw pistols with them. He knew Flanagan, but he did not know the prisoner before that day (identifies him as onu of the men); a man named Coghlan shook hands with Flanagan and said, " Well done, boys--you took down the old fellow." Thomas Brehery proved to having seen two men that day running across the fields, and that the prisoner was one of them, having a pistol or a short gun concealed under his coat. Mr. BURKE addressed the jury for the prisoner in an eloquent speech, contending that there was a discrepancy in the evidence, and that some of the evidence could not be relied on. The Judge delivered a long and able charge to the jury, who, without leaving the box, found a verdict of Guilty. Roscommon, Feb. 23, half-past five o'clock. This moment the jury have returned a verdict of guilty against Thomas Donoghue, for the murder of the Rev. John Lloyd, on the 28th of November last. The Judge was deeply affected on hearing the verdict, and, after some minutes'deliberation,addressed the AttorneyGeneral in a low voice, when his Lordship had the pri. soner removed to his former cell, and postponed passing the awful sentence until morning. The Court never was so densely crowded, and before the Judge charged the jury, the whole assembly anticipated the just verdict of this the foulest murder that ever disgraced any country. Six o'clock, Wednesday evening. Three persona are this moment committed for the murder of Major Mahon.
The Sun. — 1848-10-30 (London, England)

WETCKE R. " MOLKSE."  The Minister stated that, in consequence of [the receipt of the Imperial manifesto, and the letter from the Plenipotentiaries of the Central Power, it would be expedient to remain in stetu quo for the present, and wait for further overtures.  The journal of the Austrian Lloyd gives detailed accounts of the state and excitement of Vienna. The Imperial palace, it was reported, and all the other public buildings, were filled with gunpowder. They were to be blown up as soon as the first piece of artillery should be hoisted against Vienna. It was also said that the Hungarians, by order of Kossuth, had fallen back four miles (German), and that they sent a deputation to Vienna, stating that they merely intended to reorganise their army, and were ready to fly to Vienna at the first signal ; but as it was expected that this appeal would not be made by the present Committee for Public Safety, who are inclined for peace, Dr. SCHUTTE convoked a popular Assembly for the 23d instant, for the purpose of constituting another committee which should act with more resolution.  Accounts in the Borsenhalle of the 26th instant state, that WINDISCIIGRATZ had notified to the Viennese, that if they did not surrender by the evening of the 24th, he would bombard the city on the next day.  The Viennese replied, that, if he carried his threat into execution, they would immediately hang the two Imperial generals who were in their own hands. Letters from Vienna of the 21st instant in the Kolnische Zeitung, state that the conditions laid down by WINDISCHGRATZ for a peaceful agreement with the city are—The complete disarmament of those who have taken arms since the 6th of October, the dispersion of the Academical Legion, the closing of the University, and the extradition of Count LATOUR'S murderers. A letter from Breslau of tha 234 says :—" The Imperial troops are beginning to construct a bridge at Kloster Neuburg. A deputation of students has set out for 011mutz with proposals for a mediation." A letter in the Augsburg Gazette of the 20th says :—There is no longer any doubt as to the entry of the Russians. The two Hungarian regiments garrisoned at Lemberg, which appeared inclined to set out for Vienna, as well as a regiment of infantry, which testified sympathy for Vienna, had been declared in a state of mutiny. The garrison of Lemberg is 17,000 men strong." The account from 011mutz are to the 20th October. The following is a list of the new Minis-try : Prince SCHWARTARNBEG, Minister of War. M. CAI:IIII'AR° MATER, Minister of the Interior. M. BRUCK, Commerce and Public Works. The present Ministers, WESSBNIIIinG, KHANS, and BACII, the latter of whom has arrived as a fugitive at Nuremberg, will retain their portfolios. The President of the Diet of the Tyrol and the Vice.. President of the Government of Innspruck have issued a proclamation, called on the people to rally round the
The Sun. — 1848-10-30 (London, England)

MURDER.—TELE WALWORTH ABORTION CASE.— Spencer Linfield, 66, widow, Richard Orpin, 35, carpenter, and Mary Ann Dryden, 53, widow, were indicted, Linfield with the wilful murder of Eliza Wilson, and Orpin and Dryden with being accessories before the fact., Mr. Ryland was for the prosecution; Mr. Ballantine was counsel for Linfield, and Mr. Parry for.Orpin. Dryden had no counsel. Mr. RYLAND having stated the case to the jury, called the following witnesses:— Mr. S. Elyard, a magistrate of the county of Surrey, had taken down a statement made by the deceased on Wednesday, the 20th of September. He had seen her on'the previous Sunday. He was asked to go there by .the Inspector of Police to take down the statements of a dying woman. He did not take down the statement on the Sunday, but went again on the Wednesday, when he took down the statement produced, the young woman telling him that she believed she was dying. The following was the statement : " I am in my thirty-second year, and having had criminal connexion with Richard Orpin, and suspecting myself in the lawily-way I mentioned my suspicions to him. Ile replied, Stop till Monday, and we will go together to a woman in East-lane, Walworth, and that I need not not trouble myself for three or four months.' He went with me on Monday, Sept. 4, to East-lane, but we could not find out the woman, and on the following day I went by myself, but did not succeed in finding her. I saw Mrs. Dryden, who resides in York-street, Walworth, to whom I mentioned that I was in the familyway, and informed her I wished to get rid of it. She said it would be all right if I would pay her 45., which I gave her. She then gave me a box of pills and a bottle of stuff which did nct have the expected effect. Mrs. Dryden then went with me on the Wednesday to Mrs. Linfield's, in Prior-place, East-Lane, Walworth, a herb shop. Mrs. Dryden said, I have got a friend of mine come to see you. Mrs. Linfield, without asking any questions, said, ' I will take her upstairs directly, and shortly afterwards did so, and told me to lie on the bed on my left side. I did so, and she then performed an operation with some instrument. I went again on the 9th, and she used the instrument again, saying - I slept there that night, and paid Mrs. Linfield 21. 10s. on the first day, and she gave Mrs. Dryden a few shillings for taking me there, I went to Mrs. Linfield's again on the 11th, when she again used the instrument, and when I returned home I was very ill. I told Dirs. Linfield that my father thought I was ill, and she said, ' Nonsense, you are all right.' Richard Orpin promised to calledpay th 21.emr 3. ILOisi ,fi butod has not wa sdone presentso . 'h on e each c 3h. occasion. o ung an I went, and was perfectly aware of, the business which, I "
The Sun. — 1848-08-11 (London, England)

COUNTY TIPPERARY ASSIZES. SENTENCE OF DEATLl.—William Carthy and John Ryan were placed at the bar to receive sentence, and the clerk of the crown having asked the usual question, why sentence of death should not be passed upon them, Carthy (who appeared pale and emaciated) said, in a firm, calm, and steady voice--I have nothing to say; all my prosecutors have not sworn one word of truth against me. His LORDIMIP said—William Carthy and John Ryan, you have been found guilty for conspiracy to murder Mr. Richard Bayly—a conspiracy which appears afterwards to have been, to a certai❑ extent, carried out. Bayly was assaulted—he was fired at; and though he still survives, I am afraid he will carry with him the injuries which he has sustained to the last period of his existence. Mr. Bayly, as far as I can collect from the evidence, never injured either of you, nor do I believe he had dealings or transactions of any kind with you. And what could have stimulated you to have conspired to take away the life of a worthy and amiable gentleman who never did you any harm, I am at a loss to conjecture. I am unwilling at this awful moment to harrow your feelings, my own, or my hearers, by a recapitulation of the facts of this case. I must only say that your conviction has taken place after the plainest and upon the clearest evidence. You have been convicted chiefly upon the testimony of persons steeped in guilt like yourselves. If nothing else can deter persons influenced by motives such as appear to have influenced you, from engaging themselves in crime, surely the treachery of persons engaged in offences of this kind ought to be sufficient. The tie that binds you together is snapped asunder by persons steeped in crime such as that of which you have been found guilty. You cannot but expect that at some time or another transactions of this nature will be found out and brought to light, either by the person who engages in them, or by time and circumstances. His Lordship then assumed the black cap, and sentenced the prisoners to be executed on Satttrday, the 16th of September. Ryan (who appeared unmoved) said—My Lord, I beg leave to speak one word, if your Lordship will permit me. I will shortly stand another trial before my God, and I declare to that God, and to you, my Lord, that there was not an oath taken against me but a perjured oath by my prosecutors. Garrighan and Whelehan never spoke to me, nor I never knew them. CounT—l am sorry to hear you speak iu this manner, as your minds must be in a very wrong and improper state. Ryan—l declare to you, my Lord, and to my God, that they did not swear one word of truth. Carthy—l hope we are better off than they are. Our fate does not trouble us in the least. Ryan then said, in a stentorian ♦oice, as he was leaving the dock, "In the other world we'll be left in where you wont."  The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday, at their dice in Whitehallplace. A
The Sun. — 1851-07-28 (London, England)

FRANCE.  The Journal des Debats quizzes the proceedings of the Peace Congress after the following amusing fashion :  "We see, by the English journals, that the Congress of Peace has opened its sittings at Exeter Hall, in London. We dare not promise it a very great success in presence of the other Congress of Peace, much more positive and much more practical, called the Exhibition. We have not yet seen our old acquaintance, Red-skin, the Indian of good complexion, who took last year to Frankfort his calumet of peace. If he had been present, he would, perhaps, have prevented the massacre of the innocents, of which we have to complain. We saw in the Exhibition, in the French part, a collection of little soldiers, in colour, sent by Silberman, of Strasburg. There are cavalry, infantry, artillery, and chasseurs of Vincennes, in all the eclat of their uniforms: you can buy 400 men, infantry or cavalry, for 20f.; it is a permanent army at a cheap rate. The English, who have not, fortunately for themselves many soldiers, were not aware how many had entered their territory under the cover of free-trade; they did not suspect that horse of Troy, introduced within their walls, machina inyens, faeta armis. The Congress of Peace has directed a murderous artillery on this army of painted pasteboard. We cannot say how many have been left on the field; since the famous battle of petits pates on the banks of the Euphrates, under the direction of Fourier, we have not heard of such carnage. The Congress of Peace has then voted unanimously as all those of a Congress of Peace ought to be against pasteboard soldiers and wooden swords. M. Delbruck was the first to call for the censure of the Congress on play things,which familiarise children with ideas of war and battle, Mr. Cobden, a serious man, took up this luminous idea, and made a esthetic address to mothers of families; Mr. Cobden, Member of Parliament, solemnly ranged in battle the red Goats and blue coats; ho described in picturesque language the blue coats rushing on the red coats, and made his auditory shudder at the sight of so much blood in effigy. It was specially to French mothers that the eloquent speech was addressed; for it is particularly in France that the deplorable mania of playing at soldiers prevails. And the Congress, as we said, unanimously voted a motion inviting mothers of families not to give any more pasteboard soldiers to their children. Henceforth they must choose for presents little instruments of labour and manufactures, gingerbread ploughs, chocolate locomotives, illuminated tables of Pythagoras, and there will then be nations of little sheep, grazing peacefully, protected by the crook of their shepherd, to the music of the pipe. There are, however, very serious, very honourable, avid very respectable men in the Congress, from whom we demand pardon for speaking so lightly of their childishness. But, seriously, which are the greatest children— those who make playthings of such speeches, or those who make playthings of painted soldiers?"
The Sun. — 1851-06-21 (London, England)

PLATT. MURDER OF A POLICE MAN. The trial of Patrick Cane, John Hickey, and James M'EllicJit. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The Learned Counsel for the prisoners then severally addressed the jury on behalf of their respective clients; and, with regard to Hickey and Cane, it was stated that evidence would be adduced to show that the police were mistaken in speaking to the identity of Hickey, and that Cane was at his own house at the time the offence was alit-ged to have been committed. On the part of M'Ellicott it was contended by Mr. Woollett that the evidence was totally insufficient to convict him, inasmuch as it was distinctly proved that he had not struck a blow, and that at most he could only be held constructively guilty of the offence of murder. by being present at the time the fatal injury was inflicted by one of his companions. A great number of witnesses, all Irish people, were called on behalf of Hickey and Cane; and on the part of the latter it was sought to be shown that as he was going quietly home on the night in question a policeman interfered with him and struck him on the head with his truncheon, and it was represented that he went home and was engaged in washing the wound at the time of the affray, and the blood upon his person was accounted for by this circumstance. On the part of Hickey an attempt was made to show that he accompanied a man named Harrington, and another named Shea, to the house of the latter, on the night in question, at five minutes to one o'clock, and that he remained with them until half-past one, when llarrington accompanied him home. Both these witnesses swore positively to this fact, and they also attempted to prove that the prisoner Hickey had been mistaken for Clarey, who was represented to have absconded; and they represented that as they were walking towards the lodging of the prisoner they met Clarey, and that he changed his eoat for a jacket that was worn by Hickey, and it was stated that this was done in the open street. In addition to the improbability of the story told by these witnesses, it was made clear that a portion of their statement was manifestly false, for, although they swore positively that they were able to speak to the time by looking at the clock that was in Shea's house, upon being asked by the counsel for the prosecution to tell the time by the clock in the court, they both, after some hesitation, admitted that they were unable to do so. Mr. RYLAND, in his reply upon the whole case, called upon the jury to dismiss the . evidence that had been adduced on behalf of the prisoners entirely from their consideration, as he said he could. not help coming to any other conclusion than that it had boen built up upon foul and corrupt perjury. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE having summed up the case with great care and minuteness, The jury, without any hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty of manslaughter against Cane and Hickey, and Acquitted M'Ellicott. Cane and Hickey were sentenced to be transported for - 5 years.  NE W
The Sun. — 1851-06-21 (London, England)

PLATT MURDER OF A POLICERAN. The trial of Patrick Cane, John IJickey, and James M'Ellicott. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The Learned Counsel for the prisoners then severally addressed the jury on behalf of their respective clients; and, with regard to Hickey and Cane, it was stated that evidence would be adduced to show that the police were mistaken in 'speaking to the identity of Hickey, and that Cane was at his own house at the time the offence was alleged to have been committed. On the part of M'Ellicott it was contended by Mr. Woollett that the evidence was totally insufficient to convict him, inasmuch as it was distinctly proved that he had not struck a blow, and that at most he could only be held constructively guilty of the offence of murder by being present at the time the fatal injury was inflicted by one of his conspenions. A great number of witnesses, all Irish people, were called on leshalf of Hickey and Cane; and on the part of, the latter it was Ought to be shown that as he was going, quietly home on the night in ;'question;; policeman in-, tertered vvith himand struck him on the head with his, truncheon, and it was represented:that be went home and; was-engaged-in washing the wound at the time of the. affray, and the blood upon big person was accounted; for by this circumstance. On the part of Hickey an attempt was made to show that he accompanied a man named Harrington, and another named Shell' to the house of the latter, on the night in question, at five: minutes to one o'clock, and that he remained with them' until half-past one, when Harrington accompanied him home. Both these witnesses swore positively to this' fact, and they also attempted to prove that the prisoner Hickey bad been mistaken for Clarey, who was repre-': seated to have absconded; and they represented that as they were walking towards the lodging of the prisoner they met Clarey, and that he changed his coat for a jacket that was worn by Hickey, and it was stated that this was done in the open street. In addition to the improbability of the story told by these witnesses, it was mode clear that a portion of their statement was manifestly false, for, although they swore positively that they were able to speak to the time by looking at the clock that 'wee in Shas house, upon being asked by the" `nounsel for the prosecution to tell the time by the clock 'thegtourt, they both, after some hesitation, admitted 'thatifia were unable to do so. Mr: BYLAND, in his reply upon the whole case, called' upon the jury to dismiss the evidence that had been , behalf of the prisoners entirely from their "ponsideration, as he said he could not help coming to. Otn3t 'oalet conclusion than that it had been built up uponz foul in corrupt perjury. -Mg:Justice COLERIDGE having summed up the case vatttagreat care and minuteness, The jury, without any hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilt)? of manslaughter against Cane and Hickey, and Acquitted M'Ellicott. Cane and Hickey were sentenced to be transported for 5 years.
The Sun. — 1851-03-19 (London, England)

EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Great Northern, 18% —York, Newcastle, and Bar. wick, 22:14—York and North Midland, 2876.  CHILD MURDER IN HoLDEnrotss.—On ,Ta27es,dawyasa country girl, named Sarah Harrison, e° brought before Messrs. Edward the Sculcoates-hall, Watson, and Robert Harrison, Gibson,agKeiro female child. I showed that on the Tuesday on the charge of having in The evidence entered into female child, verging on a state previous the bodyof awith its side completely ripped of decomposition,daetred her andditch in the township of Thirtleby, by a inquest was accordingly held over Kendal, a labourer in the employ of t. open,ma n namedw a was found uji iadm ine e a : the coroner for the district, but the body by Mr. next. The case was then put into the to Thursday adjourned Anthony Coulthard, superintendent constable hands of Mr... Hyam. of Thirtleb ivesAoZ ',ldle division of Holderness, and he succeeded in apprehending the mi of the prisoner within twenty-fcur hours after the prehendmg adjournment of the inquest, at No. 15, Alicia-street, Hull, . where she was living with her father and mother. It appeared that she had lived with a Mr. Dunn, of Humbleton, but, on finding herself pegnant, she left Mr. Dunn, and went to the Skirlaugh Union, where 1, s-e was delivered of a child on the 14th of January. She left the union ou the 4th of February, telling them that she was returning to Mr. Dunn's, at Humbleton. She seems to have remained at Mr. Dunn's about a week, when she left, and came to Hull on Tuesday, the 4th inst. She then went to the house of a person , f the name of Ann Hague, to whom she gave the infant's clothes, stating to her that the child died at the union, and had been buried there. A Post inortein examination of the body was made by Dr. Kirk, of Iledon, and it appeared that the child had been killed by two stabs in the side, from the spine of the back to the breast bone. The prisoner, who cried bitterly while the case was proceeding, was committed a to the e assizes by the magistrates, and was conveyed to . York Castle ull on the same evening, in the custody of Mr. Coulthard.-1 Advertiser. Love—a passion which has caused the change of übdued empires—a passion which has inspired heroism, and Subdued ho never felt never was appy ; avarice-a passion which he w and he who laughs at never deserves to feel.—Eliza Cook's Journal.  [ADVERTISEME_NT• --Holloway's Pills, a most extraordinary Cure of Dropsy effected by their use.—Mr. George Rowley, of Tobago, had suffered from this disease for upwards of five years, during which per:od he underwent the operation of tapping five times, his malady was most skilfully treated by several practitioners, notwithstanding which he got gradually worse, his strength and health failing so test as to render any hope of recovery almost vain. As a last resource he tried Holloway's Pills, and by persevering in their use according to the directions affixed to each box he was completely cured in a few months, and he is now restored to a good state of health.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London.