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The Sun. — 1828-09-22 (London, England)

RVEST.—The present moon, usually called " the harvest moon," will see the greatest part of the grain in the North of England secured. The weather of this week has been auspicious in the highest degree for the labours of the husbandman ; in this part of Yorkshire we have not had a shower since Sunday, 'and on Tuesday and W, daesday the baroMeter stood at a higher point than it had ever before attained during the whole of the present summer. Under such circumstances the latter harvest cannot, with ordinary diligence, fail to be well secured, and it will compensate for an injury which the first harvest sustained. Taking the average of the whole of the United Kingdom we may venture to say, that the crops have been well gathered. —Leeds Mercury. A GllosT.—One of the most fashionable streets in the Metropolis has lately been obstructed by crowds assembled to look at the face of a pretty girl ; and now another less fashionable, but not less frequented, is placed under similar circumstances, by the asserted gambols of a ghost. You cannot pass the end of Percy-street, Tottenham-court-road, after sun-set, in a direct line, because of a multitude, who say they are watching the motions of a spectre in two newly-built or repaired houses, at the corner. One of these houses was formerly a house of ill-fame ; the other was a public-house, distinguished by the name of the Crab Tree, and they have been empty for years. It is niece easy to describe the buildings than their present said-to-be supernatural inhabitant. The following questions and answers were asked and given on Saturnight, and they will best show its form and feature : " What the are you looking at ?—The d—l himself, I believe, Sir; I cannot say I have seen him, but this young man has. What does it all mean, young man These new-fronted houses are haunted, Sir. 1.1g7.4°,; seen the ghost ?—I have seen strange lights and. havesbn seen a after dark going from room to room, and some _ the ghost, but I and some snore of the neighbours have searched the place and can find nothing. Tell me what it was seen • you have heard about it ?—Last Monday weeknight, and window of and several room, dressed all in Nfoor.t2ll7, fidrrsetsset(irleik-eaat satlilloers;ectoinied.itfiloeoxotr nights after, 'it danced from its Land, and now it's moved white, with a blue taper in .1 s • k man, they say, tinroadtile house of ill-fame, into the Crab Tree, to abate the nuisance; All earthly means horei q constables, and watchmen, the powers of the 'gat" e.'and unless exorcism can be e effectually been exercised in vain; ed or the people can be persuaded that the administer Crab Tree, good d-1 is no longer in the by to the peace and areepieiatrr.eien the shape of the }livaamr.sca°guor was murdered and the closet in which the foul deed was perpetrated is locked up to this day. This we know, that since the place has been 'in confusion, three attempts have been made to I break into the house of Mr. CLARK' dentist,'No. 19, Percystreet, which stands opposite, of that partof manyotten
The Sun. — 1828-12-18 (London, England)

BURNING OF WIDOWS IN INDIA.  Mr. POYNDER asked the Chairman whether any communication on suttees had been received by the Directors since the subject had been discussed by the Court of Projn•ietors, or any information which would allow them to hope for a speedy end to that system of authorised, but unnecessary murder. The CHAIRMAN was willing to communicate any information he possessed. Information had certainly been received from India subsequently to the laSt discussion of the subject, in a despatch from the Bengal Government. The despatch contained reports on suttee. It should be read to the Court. Here the despatch was read.. The sum of it was, that difficulties lay in the it'll), of an adjustment of the question, in consequence of the difference of opinions expressed by different officers in India as to the facility of abolishing the custom. Another difficulty arose from the different dispositions of the natives.  The CHAIRMAN added, that it was satisfactory to know-that the number of widows burned in 1826 was less than that of tiny preceding year•. • Mr. POYNDRR asked the gross number of women sacrificed in the year 1825 ? After some delay, the CHAIRMAN declared that in 1824 the number of suttees was 578 ; in 1825 it was 639; and in'lB26 it was only 580.  Mr: POYNDER gave notice of his intention to call the attention of the Court and the public again to that iniquitous and unnecessary system. Mr. HDIVIR said, the Court ought to consult with the. King's" Government immediately, and unite with them in abolishing this horrid practice. Mr. Dtxox was sure that every Director and Proprietor of the Company was eager to abolish the practice as soon as it could be done with safety. Mr. I luau: called the attention of the Court to a regulation issued by .the General Post-office in Bengal, requiring that .every letter should bear written on the outside the name of the sender, as well as of the person to whoM the letter, was directed. This was a system of espionage ,scarcely known'in the mot despotic countries of Europe. Nothing could sanction such a practice. A DirtEcTon.said the, regulation was intended for the secuu•ity of the letters and the satisfaction of the writers—rnot for espionage or any political, pm.pose on the part of the Government. Private ctn.-, respondence was as sacred in India as in England. A PROPRIETOR acknowledged the existence of the Post-ollice regulation as stated by Mr. Hume ; but added, that correspondents lay under' no obligation to comply .with it. . ' . After some further unimportant discussion on the 'subject, the Couit adjourned.  The Aldermen of London have been remarkable foi-their love of indolence and good cheer time out of mind ; for as early as 1475, when Edward IV. invaded France, he took 'witlr hiM some Of the most .corpulent of the Corporation—" les Nurgeois de LijOres le.plus charge de ventre"--that the fatigues of war might the sooner induce them to cry out fOr pettce.  "
The Sun. — 1828-05-05 (London, England)

NOTICE GIVEN ON FRIDAY. Thuriday, May 15. Dr. phillimore—Bill to alter and amend die Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction estereised in Country Courts.  The convicted felon,' SN'tyru, for whose detention in this country until the trial of Wat, CORDER for the murder at volstead, Suffolk, the Magistrates have applied to the Home Office, there is reason to fear, has been already removed to New. Solidi Wales, a convict bearing that name (W. Sstrix),. who was brought to one of the hulks at this port in July last, frog Bury St. Edmund's, having been sent to Botany Bay in the Phanix,, which sailed hence on thC 27th February. Smtitt, who is 27 years of age, was sentenced. to seven years' transportation for stealing from the person. His general course of- life had been very disorderly, he having several times been in custody previous to his apprehension for the offence of which be was convicted.--Hampshire Telegraph. _ _  - • DEAD BontEs.—The supply of dead bodies for dissection beingnow under the consideration of Parliament, we are reminded of the.riots which took place in London in 1795, upon this very subject. Twenty of the parishes of the metropolis and its neighbourhood coalesced to prevent the robbery of church.yards.• They set forth the dreadful scene that had just taken place in Lambeth burial.-ground. One night three men were discovered conveying away dye human bodies in three sacks. In consequence of this, people of all descriptions, whose friends had been recently buried there, assembled on the grO"hi nd the next morning, and demanded to be allowed to examine the graves. • This being refused, a furious contest took place between the populace and the Peace Officers, who were soon overpowered. The assailants now rushed into the burial ground, and, began to tear open the graves, when an immense number of the eoffine were found to be empty. :Many of the people, in a kind of phrenzy, snatched up the empty coffins of their deceasedvelations, and ran with them through the neighbouring streets. Thr Coipmittse proceeded to state that they had ascertained that the grave-digger was the chief robber ; and that eight eminent surgeons were in the habit of buying these bodies ; and that they retained in their pay 15 ho ly-stealers, and five shillings were given to the grave-diggers for each corpse they permitted to be taken. • Thirty burying-grounds had been robbed. The surgcons paid for each adult corpse, if not green or putrid, two guineas and a crown ; and for persons under age, six shillings fur the first foot, and pittepence per inch for all above it. . One eminent quack, who styled himself an Articulator, was proved to have made a wanton use of these bodies, by using the skulls for nail boxes, soap trays, kc. And that his child had an infant's skeleton to play with as a doll. The Committee also stated, that much of the human flesh had been converted into an adipose substance resembling spermaceti, and burnt as candles, whilst some had been converted into soap.  41 et •  '" •  , Ne
The Sun. — 1828-04-09 (London, England)

DAY.i  APRIL fir:  igued for the the 26th Jan. man, on the pleaded Nut f those emoite. He wag afro pleaded  peared for the Mr. Moony  —The indictith which the n stating the dismiss from fr against the use on vague ich you may [aria Bagnell,  the Assizes, ig mentioned , is what Mr.  le situation ®f ;el, who will .e which may 4011 who wag ge, livii g at Counsel went Lies where the yirs. Col, his the prisoner garret : the about fifteen g the watch of murder ; stairs directed sr, and found ise door, they a wag an iron  saw several 's in bundles. Rome one sal en they got to ell slept, they 3und a gimlet erwards tried rid which had bed •rcom of on the bed ▪ and found chen. They on going to dered. The merit. They Counsel that Le evidence.  —I am nearly of Mrs. Cog I was living her 14 or I 5 mer, but did red ; the prix him. The t 15 months ; slept at the of the bou4e, Bagnell slept 'ants were iia le o'clock ; I last, Bagnall re were two I warmed •I had done I onie upstairs, Bagnell iu  I wag not lock, when I the house. I on had called xhat was the 'le watchman and made a IS awake. I sae there, nor own into the le watchman► inn= in the say anythiag 3w the baciiby two bolts e to see the the house for  ..ass—l used who fastened  —I once lived nth*. I was id left a Halo h us on that I lived with  be service. I am servant 26th of Jan. k her supper veeu the ser. by the pr 'y before the oa. It two Ni was about e blood droll brown coat)  aro Saturday the, eard the re' •der," cried ; L. In cooeet door of y rattle, and its rattle ; eard a noiAe man said go three other Lnd went up t in and rail f the houses, on our way  Jere in thi. 'en went to, vhich led or two he, Line to see if basket with further, and r of snuffers chair burnthere was It up stairs, Int of the e or four  Sight of stairs into the cellar, and I skewed him the basket with the breed and meat, he said that was theirs. I went out into the garden and he with toe; I said I had seen enough, and did not go into the kitchen again ; the prisoner did not go upstairs with me. Crosa-examined by Mr. Serjeant Bompa.ss.—The back of. the houses is open fields to a considerable distance, we alight be a couple of minutes or more going round ; I was the hilt that came to the back door. Benjamin Bedgood, another watchman, examined by Gunning.—This person corroborated the former witness, and added that the handle of the gimblet put into the 11015 would not touch the door. A bu!let-hole was in tue stair garret door. The prisoner said he had come I"in and found the latch fastened, and went up stairs and loaded three pistols, and discharged one through the door ; t then went up stairs again, and discharged one pistol at the back of the house and the other in the front. I have atOod ca the stairs when the garret door was shut, the door is not close; I could see through the door, it is a very slight one. The trial was not concluded when our reporter left.
The Sun. — 1828-11-27 (London, England)

MANCHESTER IVIUSICAL FESTIVAL.—We stated, a few weeks ago, that the surpins amounted to the sum of 5,0001. The Committee have divided it amongst the undermentioned charities, in the following proportions To the Infirmary House of Recovery 350 Lying-in-Hospital 3OO Ladies' Auxiliary to ditto 5O Eye Institution l5O School for the Deaf and Dumb 3OO Salford Dispensary 5OO Chorlton Row ditto 4OO Ardwick and Ancoats ditto 3OO Lock Hospital lOO Humane Society 5O  "We are much gratified in being able to state, that two men have been apprehended, charged with the brutal treatment and robbery of Mr. Greenhill, at East Ham, and of whose guilt there appears but little doubt. Two Irishmen, Michael Cashom and John Brien, who were in the employ of Mr. Greenhill, but who absconded directly after the robbery, were traced to Bristol, and there taken, with the gold watch and a hat, the property of the venerable gentleman, and which he has sworn to he those he had in his possession when assaulted. The prisoners have arrived here, and are confined in the new prison to await their trial at the ensuing assizes. They are young men, the one twenty-five and the other twenty-six, and in their prison dress have not that ferocious appearance which might have been expected from the murderous attack they are supposed to have made upon their master. A very ludicrous scene followed the introduction of these men at the gaol. They were, as is customary, taken to a bath, provided for the purpose of maintaining that cleanliness which is so observable in every partof the prison; Cashom first went through the ceremony without objection, and was conducted to a yard in the gaol uniform, unperceived by Brien, who was-then required to undergo the like wholesome discipline; but on his entering the place, and observing a copper boiling with water, and an oven in the process of heating, at the same time casting his eyes upon the clothes of his late companion, which contained neither flesh nor bones, his ignorant mind became alarmed, and neither promises nor threats could induce him to enter the bath. He was frantic with the idea that he was either to be boiled or roasted alive, which he concluded had been the fate of Cashom. After a struggle in which the prisoner struck one of the assistants upon the face, which drew blood, he called loudly for a priest, and begged to have time to pray; for nearly half an hour he was allowed to remain on his knees, apparently in devout prayer, but at the conclusion, he was not convinced of his safety from either water or fire, and in order to get him into the bath, his clothes were torn from him piecemeal, and at last he was thrown in neck and heels; having, however, enjoyed the luxury fora short time, he was as unwilling to be again clothed, and in the necessary force obliged to be used, he received some bruises. He afterwards expressed his contrition for the trouble he had given, but still declares that it arose from his fears that his partner had been either boiled in the copper or destroyed. in the oven.—Esse,r Herald.
The Sun. — 1828-01-03 (London, England)

CHARACTERS OF THE BRITISH SOVEREIGNS WHICH HAVE REIGNED FROM 1066 TO 1820.  According to the curious and extraordinary work of Monsieur Cresar Moreau, F.R.S., on the Chronological Records of the British Finance, we find the character of each British King described in the following manner : William 1. was at first just and humane, afterwards cruel and severe.  William IL was violent and arbitrary, and historians say he had not one good quality. _  Henry I. was cold, prudent, and politic, yet intriguing and ungrateful. Stephen was prompt in decision and hold in action, his friends applauded his generosity, and his enemies admired his forbearance ; he won the high by' courtesy, the low by condescension, all by an air of affability and benevolence. Henry 11. possessed every accomplishment--he was liberal, humane, and courteous.  Richard I. was a great warrior, even a century after his death his name was employed by the Saracen cavalier to chide his horse, and by the Saracen mother to terrify her children. But when we have given him the praise of valour his panegyric is finished. His laurels were steeped in blotid, and his victories purchased with the impoverishment of his people. To his wife he was as faithless as he had been rebellious to his father.  John, historians say, was polluted with meanness, cruelty, perjury, and murder; uniting with an ambition, which rushes through every crime to the attainment of its object, a pusillanimity which often, at the sole appearance of opposition, sank into despondency; arrogant in prosperity, abject in adversity, be neither conciliated affection i❑ the one, nor excited esteem in the other.  Henry 111. Historians say he was gentle and credulous, warm in his attachment, and forgiving in his enmities, without vice, but also without energy, he was a good man and a weak monarch.  Edward I. Historians say lie was cold, penetrating, and courageous.  Edgard 11. was weak, indolent, and incapable of governimnt.  Edward 111. Authors say that this was one of the greatest and most accomplished Princes that ever sat o❑ the Throne. Richard.H. Authors say that his education was neglected, which rendered him haughty, irresolute, and a slave to pleasure, but he was liberal to his favourites. Henry IV. Historians say he was proud, cautious, and resolute, and sometimes cruel.  • Henry V. was not only a warrior, but a statesman, but being continually engaged i❑ war, he had little leisure to discharge the duties of a legislator, he was endowed with many amiable virtues, and unstained by any considerable blemish.  Henry VI. His personal character commanded the re, spect of his enemies ; he was virtuous and religious, humane, benevolent, and forgiving. Edward IV. Historians say, was a Prince of elegant person and insinuating address, cruel and revengeful, a slave to pleasure ; but in adversity, evincing a great fortitude. Edward V. reigned only from the 9th of April to the 22d June.  Richard 111. was cruel, unrelenting, silent, and suspicious, and as much deformed in body as in mind. Henry
The Sun. — 1869-05-18 (London, England)

POACI7ING AFFRAY NEAR " • • GRIMSBY. •  • The Inquest on the body of Enoch GOdly, the gardener thot dead by a poacher on Sunday morning at Grimsby, has been held. James Marshall deposed : I am gamekeeper to Mr. Thorold, of Cuxwold. On Sunday morning Last the deceased, Enoch Goldy, and I left Cuxwold for the purpose of watching game. We reached Ravendale about two o'clock in the morning. About four o'clock we observed two men on'Mr.- Thorold'•s property; I saw one of the men • creeping down by the hedge-side with a gun in his hand • preparingeto- shoot • a hare. The -hare ran from them, • and .tihen-• the- men came • -towards the hedge ; when they got :opposite to us they stopped. I observed that they saw us, and I jUmped up and endeavoured to get over the hedge. I said, " Holloa, what are you doing there this morning-with a gun?" One of the men replied, "Do you mean that, you b—?" and he turned and ran back. In getting over the hedge I attempted to get - hold of him, but did not reach him. The men ran away. Deceased jumped over the hedge after me, and we both gave chase. Deceased passed me, and I said to him, "If you can catch them, run up at once while I am close to." Geld,* said, " Aye, but they have got a gun ;• I'll run them till they stop."' After running about a mile and a half,' going through a wood Goldy called out to give me an idea which way they werhoing. I. then said, " Goldy, run through a gateeteacl," when he stopped and hesitated a minute, as if .he had lad sight of the men. Goldy then turned to the right, and was out of my sight. I then immediately heard a great clap, which turned out to be the report of a gun. Then I heard deceased call out " Oh, dear ! Come 4,-Marshall ; come up, Marshall." I then saw Goldy come back past the gateetead, and run right into the hedge. I was then about 100 Yards away. Xthen saw the man that had the gun in his handnin up to Goldy, point his gun at him—not from the shouider, but holding, it with both hands—and fire at deceased.. Bt appeared as though the man put the innzle of. the gun close to deceased, who was partly down on the hedge. I only saw one man with a gun. There was time to-•reload the gun between the two reports. When I got up to Goldy he was quite dead, and I perceived there was a great hole at the back of his head. Both men rdm away, and whilst I was looking at the deceased I lost sight of them entirely. Mr. H. George, surgeon, North Thoresby, deposed that he had rria,de a postmortem examination of the deceased. Ire found a gunshot wound in the left breast, between the second and third ribs, which bad gone through the left lung, from which he eXtracted- a quantity of Aot and wadding. He also feund a wound at the back of the left ear, which penetrated the brain several incher. Both wounds were sufficient to cause death.  By the advice of the coroner, the-jury returned an open verdict of wilful murder :against some person or persons unlinown; thus leaving :the matter in the bands of the uiagistrateti.
The Sun. — 1869-03-19 (London, England)

LORD NAPIER AND MR. RASSAM. in his report of the taking of has not occurred in Paris for many years. of deaths at present ascertained is four, the .number aflrae ntint he referenceE m per tro the Theodore acceptanceaftafter t h eo f captives stsh had LeonrdtsNapieiar of Magdala, contradicting some of the statem of r. Rassam, Injured fifteen though this latter taro. It will thus be seen that the loss of life, point is ,uncerthough grievous, is not excessive; but 3 l cattleg d ; been delivered up to him. attendant upon the explosion invest it with a-scharacter'°` STATE OF IRELAND exceptional horror. Two human bodies hurled to ward' Their etrcumstanoes lordships then proceeded to consider the causes were dashed against an iron bench on the opposite side of of .1,2,0 late murders and outrages in Ireland. the street, and were broken into pieces by the vio- • a short (1.- • the A fte.discussion subjectj dropped, and the lence of the shock, some of the bleeding limbs House ad): 'urned• striking the fronts of the shops, whilst par-tides of human brains, penetrated into a room in the second floor through a window which was shattered by the detonation. The head of one of the victims was blown into the Rue Victor Cousin, opposite the manu• factory. A bar of iron, driven forward horizontally with the speed of an arrow, perforated the front of a shop, came out on the other side, and remained fixed in the wall of a court beyond. The least mutilated of the four bodies was only to be recognised by a ring on one of the fingers. The others were reduced to fragments. Pieces of flesh in a state of pulp were found on the trees which line the pavement, other pieces were scattered about the squares, and had to be gathered up with a shovel. The Place de la Sorbonne looks as if it had been bombarded. Not a whole square of glass is to be seen ; the shop-fronts of the opposite buildings are shattered ; in the middle of the square are several cartloads of charred timber reduced to fragments. One of the most melancholy circumstances remains to be related. A young woman, at work in a neighbouring house, was so overpowered with fear at the explosion, and the cries of fright resounding on all sides, that she fell utterly insensible. She was carried to her residence, where she now lies in a hopeless state—blind and insane. The stuff which caused all this devastation was a liquid named bichrate of potassium, intended for torpedoes. M. Fontaine, one of the proprietors of the manufactory, has received the Cross of the Legion of Honour as a reward for the discovery. Such discoveries have their value, but there can be no sufficient reason why the hideous stuff should be kept in the centre of a great city. It is understood that the Government here has been officially informed of Dom Fernando's determination not to accent the crown of Spain, even should it be offered him.