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The Sun. — 1845-07-03 (London, England)

MAGAZINE. .701.1?(.1 _.D S SHILLING tnber is the commencement of the Tire DOUGLAS present rau second volume of the Magsz'ne, and we are rejoiced to the oceans of " Balaant" with which the us a good sound taste, which can apprefind the editor acknowledging "the success that has firmly aat,,dp.utb,hlice -reo.ise•isinti.l'l: We eijoico at this, because it shows that noiwith• aenziiiileu as :d'ortldheh::shilolif'glatielabYe ciate and reward vigorous, nervo _list and manly writing such as constitutes the staple of I,ouy/s Jeri hi's Shilling establish We have two new Maga2ine. chapters of .6 St. Giles and St. James." Poor tst. Giles is aroused from his sleep in the bairn of the Lamb and Star, and arrested on a charge of having murdered and robbed St. James. Some smugglers have had their attention attracted by seeing a saddled horse grazing by the road-side, and on proce -ding a short distance th,-, fi y n St. James lying in the road, senseless, and bleeding frod m a terrific wound in the skull. On examining him they find that he still breathes, and, as one of them phrases it, that he has been altogether robbed and well-nigh murdered. They carry him to Dovesnest, the residence of Mr. Ebenezer Snipeton, the lovely Clarissa, and in spite of the opposition of _ Dorothy Vale, the servant, leave him there. Snip 'ton ,ton is from home, Clarissa enters the room, sees St. James, who has just recovered his consciousness, and the lovers (for they are lovers) recognise each other. Snipeton is an old usurer to whom poor Clarissa has been sacrificed : " It was here, at Dovesnest, that the thrifty money-seller kept his young wife close—f araway, and safe, as he thought, from the bold compliments, the reckless gallantry of the rich young men who, in theirh frequent time of need, paid visits to the friend who, t e security certain as the hour, never failed to assist them. A 1.,,, :iPeton was not, in the ordinary matters of life, a man South underrated his own advantages, moral and phYsic'!l ,r '''',)9th to say, he was, at times, not unapt to set what detraction might have thought an interested value on them. A d yet, what a touchstone for true humility in man, is woman ! Ebenezer Snipeton, in all worldly dealings, held i mself a match for any of the . r Adam. He could f with • money-coining sons o. is _ fence a guulea —and sure we are guinea-fencing a far more delicate art is an exercise demanding a finer touch, a readier sleight, than the mere twisting of steel foils :--he could fence, nay, with even the smallest current coin of the realm, and.—no matter who stnea against old man sword.' .him—.come off conqueror. ' Gold,' 'b says Shelley, ' is the And most wickedly at times, will hoary-bearded men, with blood as cold and thin as water in their veins, hack and slash with it ! They know —the grim, palsied warriors 1 how the weapon will cut heart-strings i they know what wounds it will inflict ; but tben,-the Wounds bleed inwardll ; there is no outward and  STIN,_LONDON,
The Sun. — 1845-12-23 (London, England)

THE ALLEGED MURDERS ON THE HIGH SEAS.  COMMITTAL OF CAPTAIN JOHNSTONE. (THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) William Dunn gave evidence to the same effect, that he signed three or four papers, but it was through intimidation. It was after the death of Mars and Reason they were signed, and in consequence of the captain saying, if they did not, "He would cut their hearts out, and make them sign them with their hearts' blood." Some of the witnesses not being present to complete the foregoing evidence, John Lavis, surgeon of the Westminster House of Correction, was called to give evidence as to the state of the crew when the Tory arrived. He said he examined, on the night of the men being committed to prison, Nelson, Gair, and Barton. This was on the evening of the 17th. The others, of which he had the names in a paper before him, he examined next day. The three first men appeared scarcely human, their wounds had not been dressed or washed for several days, their hair was dishevelled, and they very were dirty. By his orders they were put into the infirmary. The next morning he nude a particular examination of all the men. The witness then read a paper which he drew up at the time and signed. It stated that Nelson had an incised wound on the scalp, and another on the collar bone and back of the neck. The side of the neck and face was burned and disfigured as if by gunpowder. There were several wounds on other parts of the body. Gair was the worst wounded, having his head scared in several directions with wounds. His face was much disfigured with gurpowder, and he had several wounds on the body. There were about twelve other of the men who were wounded, some of them very extensively, bin the two named were the severest cases. Allison had a severe wound by which his ear was almost separated. The wounds had, however, healed very readily, and might be considered more extensive than sevcre. This was the substance of the written paper. The witness continued, and said he examined the captain after he ivas taken into custody. Witness found a punctured wound on the back of the leg. Since then it had been atteaided with severe erysipelas inflammation. The captain was much depressed when he was taken, and in a bad state of body, which might have been the cause of the inflammation. The prisoner had no symptoms of recent drinking. The wound named was the only one. William Clapp, second surgeon at the Seaman's Hospital, was next called, and examined respecting Morris, who had been taken into that hospital. He corroborated, as far as that party was concerned, the statement of Mr. Levis.  Alexander Sinclair, the carpenter, next called, was examined respecting the origin of the transactions on board the ship and relating to the death of Rambert. The ship was quiet until they passed the Island of Ascension, about the 23d of September. They were short of provisions and water then. The quantity had been limited for six or seven days to a pint of water per man. A gallon a day is reckoned the allowance. Several of ,
The Sun. — 1845-04-04 (London, England)

THE MURDER IN ST. GILES'S. INQUEST ON THE BODY. Mr. Wakley, the Coroner for Middlesex, having appointed ten:yesterday morning for the holding of the inquest on the body of the unfortunate woman, Mary Brothers, who was so inhumanly murdered in a brothel, in George-street, St. Giles's, on Monday night last, the jury summoned for the occasion met at the Angel Inn, High-street, near St. Giles's Church, and their names having been called over, Mr. WAKLEY, before administering the oath, inquired if any one were present who could identify the body ? The husband of the murdered woman was introduced, and to questions from the Coroner, said that he had seen the body, which was that of his wife, Mary Brothers. He had been married to her 15 years before, but after their separation she had gone by another name—that of Ann Tape. The jury (15 in number) were then sworn, and Mr. Rogers, tobacconist, of High-street, Finsbury, was chosen foreman. Mr. Misr" the Deputy- Coroner, asked Harvey, the beadle, if any one were present who had been with the woman at her death ?—The beadle answered in the affirmative. The CORONER then said that the jury had better go and see the body. None but jurymen could then be admitted; but if the gentlemen from the press desired it, they would be admitted afterwards. Haryey—l have not the key of the house. I asked for it, but it Was refused me. Inspector Rawley—l have got the key in my possession, and I am ready to accompany the gentlemen of the jury to the house in George-street. The Coroner and jury then left to see the body. After an absence of half an hour the Coroner and jurymen re-entered the inquest-room. Police-constable, William Willis, G 4 E, examined—l am employed at the George-street station-house, and while on duty there as gaoler on Monday night, the 31st March, a woman named Palmer came with police- constable Allen and stated that a man had been stabbing a woman, at No. 11, George-street. I then was directed by my inspector to go to the house with them. I did so, and there procured a candle, and saw three or four women standing at the door of the room on the left side of the passage. I went into that room, and saw the deceased with her back against the tire-place, her head bent down ; and I heard a gurgling noise in her throat. She was bleeding greatly from the left side of her neck, and there was much blood at her side. I raised her head, and saw a wound above her left shoulder, and a knife sticking in it. I desired constable Allen to pull it out, and he afterwards went for the surgeon. Mr. Fitzgerald came in less than ten minutes, but the woman was quite dead. She did not speak or move from the time I first saw her, and the gurgling in her throat ceased in about four minutes. I then locked the door. I did not see any person in the house charged with having caused the death of the woman. There was another room adjoining that in which I saw the woman, and on a bed there I saw marks of blood. There was a window there with a saw in it. I saw marks of blood on the wainscoting, as if the blood had spurted there. Mr.
The Sun. — 1845-04-04 (London, England)

THE PUNJAUB.  Of actual and late occurrences in the Punjaub since our last, we have little to record, as what has taken place Is a mere repetition of what we had so frequently detailed; scenes of rapine, plunder, and bloodshed. The younger brother of Raja Heerah Sing, named Jewaheer Singh, had come round to Jesrowta, the family seat, it we may so call it, of Raja Dheean Singh, with the view of securing the valuables and cash deposited at that place. He succeeded in anticipating the Sikhs, who had marched from Lahore on the same errand, under Sirdar Sham Singh, Attareewal. lah, and removed a large portion of the cash and jewels to the castle of his uncle Raja Goolab Singh, and then undertook to defend the place, which he did for some time. The Sikhs finding it more difficult to reduce the fart than they had anticipated, or preferring treachery to the force of arms, sent a deputation with overtures to Mecan Juwaheer Singh, tendering him their offers of support if he would become a candidate far the office of Wuzeer to the State on certain conditions, which were named; the chief of these were, that the Mcean (a title of nobility next to that of rajah, and superior to that of sirdar) should pay down to the army a certain sum of money, increase their present pay and allowance by three rupees a month, and pay the whole of the state troop.; for three years out of his own resources, the revenues of the country in the mean time to accumulate in the state treasury. The young chief listened eagerly to the proposals of the Sikhs, and went so far as to agree to give up the fort and admit a garrison cf the Sirkaree or Govern. ment troops. Not long after he had done so, however, he was ad. vise(' or conceived, that treachery was intended, and, seizing an opportunity, fled (ruin the place and gained Jumbo°. The Sikhs, enraged at the esc..pc of the Mcean, gave up trot only his residence, but also the small Lewis which surrounds it, to plunder, and found in their eager search after booty, near '20,000/. worth of silver con_ ceased. They also obtained possession of a consider:o,lo quantity of ammunition, grain, and cloth, and gave way to the most unbridled liven-e. plundering all the villages which owned the sway of any of llheeat, Singh's family far and near. The Zumeendari tied to Jumbos, loudly calling on Raja Goolab Singh to protect them, or put them to death at once if he could not do so. At L More itself everything is confusion. The soldiery do just ti:; they please. The only good result which has followed the late revolution is the recal from their banishment of the different members of the l:indhanwallahs, who, as the great enemies of the Dogra faction, and the chief agents in the murder of Shere Singh and Dheean Singh, had been expelled the Sikh territories, and the whole of their property confiscated. They entered Lahore on the 30th of January, and were received with distinction. Prince Peshora Singh continues quiet in his jagheer of Seealkot, though &putstins frox all I,3ltie! bate waited upon him, and toustit to inducs
The Sun. — 1845-04-04 (London, England)

THE PUNJAUB.  Of actual and late occurrences in the Punjaub since our last, we have little to record, as what has taken place Is a mere repeti. tion of what we had so frequently detailed; scenes of rapine, phut. der, and bloodshed. The younger brother of Raja Heerah Sing, named Jewaheer Singh, had come round to Jesrowta, the family seat, if we may so call it, of Raja Dhecan Singh, with the view of securing the valuables and cash deposited at that place. He succeeded in anticipating the Sikhs, who had marched from Lahore on the same errand, under Sirdar Sham Singh, Attareewal. lah, and removed a large portion of the cash and jewels to the castle of his uncle Raja Goolab Singh, and then undertook to defend the place, which he did for some time. The Sikhs finding it more difficult to reduce the fart than they had anticipated, or preferring treachery to the force of arms, sent a deputation with overtures to Mecan Juwaheer Singh, tendering him their offers of support if he would become a candidate for the office of Wuzcer to the State on certain conditions, vt hick were named; the chief of these were, that the Meean (a title of nobility next to that of rajah, and superior to that of sirdar) should pay down to the army a certain sum of money, increase their present pay and allowance by three rupees a month, and pay the whole of the state troops for three years out of his own resources, the revenues of the country in the mean time to accumulate in the state treasury. The young chief listened eagerly to the proposals of the. Sikhs, and went so far as to agree to give up the fort and admit a garrison of the Sirkaree or Govern. ment troops. Not long after he had done so, however, he was ad. vised or conceived, that treachery was intended, and, seizing an oi•portunity, fled from the place and gained Jumbo°. The Sikhs, enraged at the escape of the Meean, gave up not only his residence, but also the small town which surrounds it, to plunder, and found in their eager search after booty, near ‘20,01M1. worth of Aver con. crated. They also obtained possession of a considerable quantity of ammunition, grain, and cloth, and gave way to the roost unbridled license, plundering all the villages which owned the sway of any of Dheean Singh's family far and near. The Zurneendars fled to Jumboo, loudly calling on Raja Goolab Singh to protect them, or put them to death at once if he could not du so. At Lahore itself everything is confusion. The soldiery do just as they please. The only good result which has followed the late revolution is the reeal from their banishment of the different members of the Enid. hanwallahs, who, as the great enemies of the Dogra faction, and the chief agents in the murder of Share Singh and Dheean Singh, had been expelled the Sikh territories, and the whole of their property confiscated. They entered Lahore on the 30th of January. and were received with distinction. Prince Pechora Singh continues quiet in his jagheer of Seealkot, though deputa. tions (coal all pude', 43, e waited upon nil; and Sought to induce
The Sun. — 1845-01-20 (London, England)

ATTEMPTED MURDER AT UXBRIDGE.  Since Wednesday last the greatest excitement has prevailed throughout the town and neighbourhood of Uxbridge, in consequence of a most diabolical attempt made by a young man, named Thomas Deckman, to murder his wife and child by means of poison. From the inquiries made into the circumstances by Inspector Cooke, T division, and other officers of the metropolitan police, it appears that Thomas Deckman, who is not yet twenty years of age, and is by trade a journeyman baker, was married to his wife, Elizabeth Deckman, last October twelve months, and they have one child six months old. For some time past the husband has been out of work, in consequence of which they had been compelled to remove from their lodgings, and took up their abode at the house of the wife's father. From the period of their marriage they had mot been a happy couple, and the husband had often threatened to do for her, and had on one occasion sharpened a razor, and placed it under his pillow for that purpose. On the morning of Wednesday last the husband got up before his wife, and left the bed-room, saying he was going to enlist for a soldier. Before, however, he left the house, and while he was in the sitting-room, the wife heard a rattling of crockery, and thought that her husband was getting himself breakfast. She afterwards got up, and made some coffee, and about nine o'clock sat down with her sister to breakfast. On adding sugar and milk to the coffee she noticed that the milk immediately became curdled, notwithstanding which, she, however, drank the contents of the cup, and, in less than five minutes afterwards, was seized with a feeling of sickness. She then poured out another cup of coffee, and again added sugar and milk, when the latter was again curdled, when her suspicions became excited, and she poured some coffee into a basin, and added some milk, and found that it did not curdle. She then tasted the sugar in the sugar-basin, and finding that it had a strange taste, she concluded that some poison had been mixed with it, and sent her sister with the basin and contents to the shop: of Mr. Chave, chemise, in the High-street, who, on tasting and examining the sugar, declared it to he mixed with oxalic acid. The wife was, during two hours after taking the coffee, exceedingly ill, and it was only by administering emetics that the poison was extracted from her stomach in time to save her life.  Information of the occurrence was immediately forwarded to the police .station, when a search was made after the husband, but he could nowhere be found. A. description of his person was then distributed throughout the police districts, which resulted in his apprehension in the course of the following .night. .On Friday he was brought up for examination before Mr. T. T. Clark, a local magistrate sitting at the offices of Messrs. Riches and Woodbridge, the clerks to the magistrates at Uxbridge, and, after a short examination, was remanded
The Sun. — 1845-11-21 (London, England)

SCALDED TO DEATII ET COFFEE.-011 Saturday an inquest was held in Liverpool, on the body of Robert }'itten, who met his death under the following singular circumstances :—Margaret Wilson, deposed, that she was a single woman, and lodged in the cellar of Mary Howard, alias Phythian, Eldon-street. The deceased, who was thirtythree years of age, lodged in the same cellar. About eight o'clock on Saturday night week, the Bth Instant, witness went home and found the deceased sitting by the fire in a very intoxicated state. The landlady, Phythian, went out for some bread, and while she was away the deceased and witness had a few words after he had got into bed. On the return of Phythian she asked what was the matter, and witness told her that he Was grumbling because she had refused to go to bed. Phythian then said, " Never mind the drunken sot." Immediately on hearing this he sat up in the bed, asked what the dispute was to Phythian, and called her a " ------- old faggot." Some other angry words passed between them, and at length Phythian took up the poker and said she would strike him if he called her a "faggot" again. She put the poker down, and then ho said to her, " NS' hat else are you? are you anything better than a faggot?" She said, if he repeated the welds, she would scald him, and immediately after she took up a tin pan, containing hot coffee, which lay upon the hob, I and threw it at him. The coffee went all over his bead, face and neck. He called out to witness, and said, " Margaret, lam murdered." Witness went to him at once, wiped the scalded parts, and sent to a druggist for some. thing to dress him. The following morning he was sent to the Northern Hospital, where he remained ilp the period of his death, which occurred on Thursday last. Phrtion, to who was quite sober at the time, went out after throwing the pan at him, and acknowledged to two of the neighbours that she had given him " a faggot's mark by throwing but coffee over him." Witness bad not beard any words between the parties before that time, The bed, she said, was about three yards from the fireplace, and the pan, which was without ary lid, was quite full of coffee. The jury having returned a verdict of " Manslaughter," Phythian was committed to Kirkdale gaol to take her trial on the charge at the approaching winter assizes. Prior to leaving the Court she burst into tears, and expressed a hope that the Coroner would allow her to see the body of the deceased. The Coroner said it was a singular application, and that he should not make any order en the subject ; but he should not prevent her float being shown the body b the officer who had her in ichar N. The officer accordin& took her to the Northern t. .. . to view the • • od (therals coutuded her tb •.. fos-rt/STQQI "." 1
The Sun. — 1845-11-21 (London, England)

MAN SCALDED TO DEATH BY COFFEL—On Saturday an inquest was held in Liverpool, on the body of Robert Fitten, who met his death under the following singular circumstances :—Margaret Wilson, deposed, that she was a single woman, and lodged in the cellar of Mary Howard, alias Phythian, Eldon-street. The deceased, who was thirtythree years of age, lodged in the same cellar. About eight o'clock on Saturday night week, the Bth instant, witness went home and found the deceased sitting by the fire in a very intoxicated state. The landlady, Phythian, went out for some bread, and while she was away the deceased and witness had a few words after he had got into bed. On the return of Phythian she asked what was the matter, and witness told her that he was grumbling because she had, refused to ge to bed. Phythian then said, " Never mind the this he sat up in the bed, asked what the dispute was to Phythian, and called her a" old faggot." Some other angry words passed between them, and at length Phythian took up the poker and said she would strike him if he called her a "faggot" again. She put the poker down, and then he said to her, "1% hat else are you? are you anything better than a faggot ?" She said, if he repeated the words, she would scald him, and immediately after she took up a tin pan, containing hot coffee, which lay upon the hob, and threw it at him. The coffee went all over his head, face and neck. He called out to witness, and said, " Margaret, I sin murdered." Witness went to him at once, wiped the scalded parts, and sent to a druggist for some• thing to dress him. The following morning he was sent to the Northern llospital, where he remained up to the period of his death, which occurred on Thursday last. Phythian, who was quite sober at the time, went out after throwing the pan at him, and acknowledged to two of the neighbours that she had given him " a faggot's mark by throwing hot coffee over him." Witness had not heard any words between the parties before that time, The bed, she said, was about three yards from the fireplace, and the pan, which was without ary lid, was quite full of coffee. The jury having re• turned a verdict of " Manslaughter," Phythian was committed to Kirkdale gaol to take her trial on the charge at the approaching winter assizes. Prior to leaving the Court she burst into tears, and expressed a hope that the Coroner would allow her to see the body of the deceased. The Coroner said it was a singular application, and that he should not make any order on the subject ; but he should not prevent her from being shown the body by the officer who had her in charge.. The officer accordingly took her to the Northern novae' to view the bociai, and afterwards conducted her to