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The Sun. — 1861-03-29 (London, England)

ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. " Hong Kong, Jan. 20, 1861." The expedition up the Yang-tse was to leave Shanghai on the 12th inst. It would first proceed to Chinkiangfoo, where a consul would be left and a gunboat; then to Nankin, where the Admiral (Sir James Hope) would communicate with the incur' gents, to prevent their interfering with trade, and would leave two steamers to insure his intentions  being carried out. The expedition would then go 011 to Kingiang and Hangkow ; at each place a consul and a gunboat would be left. Admiral Hopeoffered to take up a deputation of three from the Chamber of Commerce at Shanghai, provided the information obtained was made public. We have not heard whether the offer would be availed of, but it was accepted as an instance of consideration on the part of the Admiral for the general good. When the river should be declared open it was proposed to run the steamer Cowper, purchased by the Government some time back, between Shanghai and Hangkow till such time as private steamers were established. The result of the expedition is looked forward to with much interest.  From Tientsin there are dates to the 20th of January, when all was going on well there. It is said, however, smallpox was prevalent among the French troops and the Chinese. General Collineal' died from this cause on the 13th of January. The accounts just received from Japan, via Shang' hai, are most unsatisfactory, but we are not in /Osession of particulars. Mr. Heusken, secretary t° Mr. Harris, the American Minister, had been murdered, and it is said the Foreign Ministers had left Jeddo and retired to Kanagawa. There were onli two men-of .war in the port, Prussian frigates. TO Prussian treaty had been signed at Jeddo. From Foe-chow we learn that the treaty ignored there, and the mandarins decline, on application from the consul, to adjust duties according to the new tariff.  Her Majesty's steamer Imperieuse has left for the Bogue. His Imperial Majesty's steamer Weser has been lost off the entrance to Saigon; stores, &c., were likely to be saved.  The British ship Fearnought, which left here on the 9th for Singapore, struck some rocks outside the harboar the same day, and is likely to become a wreck. A steamer went to her assistance, but did not succeed in moving her.  The Chinese New Year holidays have passed over here and at Canton without disturbance. Busi ness at both places for the fortnight has been on a  small scale.  The steamer Ganges, with the 26th of December London mail, arrived here on the 12th inst., and the outward mail leaves to-day per steamer Madras.  Ro An Br Ha Pal  Gei Pal Nal Mu Li  Nei For Si"Me: sou  Ma Par Cur in c  Was  jest: Rot  the t  exer pare eve and wool  Batis culti Corn $o in  to do  natal Of ( Mew on t Mini  refoi  ado] on
The Sun. — 1861-07-31 (London, England)

THE ARMY.  When Lord Aberdeen and M. Guizot, some 16 years since, were for uniting to preserve the balance of power on the' A merican Continent, and to cave Texas and Mexico from ;ailing, into the hands of the ambitious Anglo-Saxon Republic, they little thought that a time was to come when numbers of their own countrymen would he willing, for the sake of morality and humanity, that the incorporation should take place, while the United States would be incapable of the long-meditated aggression. Whatever may be the issue of the civil war in that country the state of Mexico must engage its early attention on the return of peace. The hopes of conquest to the southward, which Mr. Jefferson Davis and his friends have cherished for so long, seem likely to be realised should the Seceders succeed in establishing their independence. lf, on the other hand, the Union be re-cemented by force, the North will be able to give a rich bribe to the slaveowners, by allowing them to add to the Federal territory the beautiful land which is now lapsing into barbarism. Mexico—cursed by the occupation of a mongrel and constantly degenerating race, superstitious, bloodthirsty, and cowardly, ignorant to a degree scarcely to be believed, and vet too vain to learn from its neighbours—cannot long remain without sonic interference from without. Unless England or the United States determine to suppress the outrages which are taking place, it will be impossible for either to condemn any bold adventurer who shall seize upon the Government, and shelter life and property under his despotic power. No one dwelling in a civilised country can have a notion of the state of this unhappy region, where, in the neighbourhood of a stately capital, with theatres and concert rooms filled every night with brilliant audiences, Lands of ruffians are robbing, murdering, and torturing in the name of the Church and the Constitution. We are aware that the tale of Spanish-American revolutions is not very interesting to English readers, who, besides their general disinclition to puzzle themselves over strange names -and .complicated events,4ave a natural impatiencevf-tireste nnmea iu &AU' uggl eav Whitt on year after year without object or cone "sion. But the indignities and the irreparable injuries sustained by British subjects deserve more attention. That there should be a country four weeks voyage of our shores, bound to u by treaties, as well as by ties of gratitude forsympathy and valuable assistance afforded in times gone by ; that in such a country our merchants and settlers shOuld be openly pillaged, imprisoned, and banished, and should narrowly escape with their lives when.pver a change in the fortunes of two implacable factions takes place; and that this should go on year after year in spite of the remonstrances of our representatives in Mexico and the Foreign Secretary at ho'me,'all of whom are unable to exact the smallest repatiation for these outrages—are matters which would hardly be overlooked by the English public ,were it not for the great events which are passing ,in Europe, and among the Americans of our own race.
The Sun. — 1861-03-21 (London, England)

INQUEST ON A CRIMINAI LUNATIC.  Yesterday afternoon Mr. Sergeant Payne, the coroner for the city of London and Southwark, held an inquest at Bethlehem Hospital, on the body of Mary Ann Brough, a criminal lunatic, who was acquitted on the ground of insanity on a charge of murdering six of her children at Esher, in the month of June, 1854, and removed to this establishmeat under a warrant from the Crown in August of the same year.  Dr. William Charles Hood said—l am doctor of medicine and physician of Bethlehem Hospital. The deceased was brought in here on the 20th of August, 1854. She was tried at Guildford in the previous July, before the Chief Baron Pollock and Mr. Justice Erle, on a charge of murdering her six children, and acquitted on the ground of insanity. She was sent here under a warrant from the Queen. Her name was Mary Ann Brough, a married woman, and her age on her admission was stated to be 43 years. Her health was apparently very good for a short time, but afterwards she showed peculiar symptoms of mental derangement, which made me believe that organic disease was going on in the brain and had been so for some time. She went on very well until the 19th of November, 1856, and on that day she had a paralytic attack affecting her left side. That attack however gave way to some extent to medical treatment, but on the 4th of December, 1858, she had another attack of apoplexy, followed by paralysis, chiefly affecting the mouth and tongue. On September 27, 1859, she had another attack, which affected her legs, and she almost lost the use of Ahern, and her mind became much weaker after this third attack. On January 30, 1861, sho had another slight paralytic attack, and very soon after she became so weak that she was unable to sit up, and a water bed was provided for her. She remained in that condition until the 17th inst., whey she lost all consciousness, gradually and rapidly sunk, and died on the evening of the 18th. The Coroner—What was the cause of her death, and how should it be properly registered ? Dr. Hood—Paralysis, resulting from apoplexy, called serious apoplexy, an effusiokof watery fluid on the ventricles of the brain. , The Coroner—Then insanity had nothing to do with the cause of her death ?  Dr. Hood—Yes it had; and although there was considerable doubt expressed as to the propriety of the verdict, for when she was tried there was not much evidence to prove her insanity; yet I have no doubt that even then the brain was diseased, and that she committed the act while under the influence of insanity. Especially so, was proved that some years before the trial she was attacked with paralysis of one-half of the hemisphere of the brain, by which the brain itself would to some extent be affected. as it  After some further evidence, the jury returned • verdict of " Natural death."
The Sun. — 1861-01-09 (London, England)

IRELAND.  DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING  THE MONAGHAN MURDER.  A correspondent of the Belfast Newsletter gives some particulars in reference to this tragio event not contained in either of the accounts already transmitted :  " MOI4AMIAN, Jan. s.—The murdered men, Jas. and Robert Shaw, resided in the townland, and are said to have gathered a considerable sum of money. In fact, I have been informed that the two unfortunate men were worth considerably more than £7OO. Although their circumstances, therefore, were considerably above the average, yet they seem to have lived miserably. They had neither servant, bed, nor blanket. I was pointed out the place in which they slept, a stable (a portion of their dwelling-house), which was also occupied by two horses, for one of which the murdered men recently refused £5O. It was also stated—and I have reason to believe it—that for the past five years they never undressed in retiring to rest, and yet they seemed stout and healthy men. I give you this preliminary sketch in order that you may better understand the narrative of the murder. It seems that the unsuspecting men repaired to the door to speak with the persons outside. Robert would seem to be the first to open the door, for when found he was lying inside on the floor, his head being towards the interior of the kitchen, as if he had been shot from outside. The doctor described the wound that caused death as being a gunshot wound, entering behind the ear and going out at the left side of the crown. While Robert was being murdered James seems to have lost selfpossession, and must have passed over the body of his murdered brother to reach the door, not availing himself of a loaded fowling.piece that was found in the house undischarged, and on reaching the door he was fired at, the ball taking a portion of the skull and a large quantity of the brains, which were found adhering to the top of the doorpost, the ball grazing the other part of the side wall, where its mark is very visible. Thus you will perceive Robert was shot near the door, James was shot next at the door, and, like Robert, fell inside. When the bodies were discovered yesterday, at 1 o'clock, James's body was lying across Robert's legs, and from this fact it appears evident that James was shot after his brother. A second party is, I understand, also arrested, but the evidence for so far is not clear against either of them. Though this is perhaps, as diabolical a murder as you have ever recorded in your columns, yet there is one thing about it different to many other murders. The deceased were quiet, harmless, inoffensive men. Though Protestants, I believe they have been at no place of worship for many years, never were, so far as I know, connected with any party, and always lived on good terms with all their neighbours. At the same time I must observe they could not have been murdered for their money, as it was pretty generally known that they seldom kept any in their house, and what motive could have led to such an awful crime is for the present a mystery."
The Sun. — 1861-08-14 (London, England)

SHOCKING MURDER AT IROME.  FROME, TUESDAY.  • Mr. Bruges Fry, county coroner, opened an inquiry to-day into the circumstances attending the death of Uriah Greenland, arYed 24, who was murdered by his uncle Byard Greenland, as recorded in this paper y.:sterday.  The prisoner was not present, having been remanded yesterday to Shepton Mallet gaol by order of the magistrates. This circumstance occasioned strong comment on the part of the coroner and jury, and it was ultimately decided to adjourn the inquiry in order to allow the prisoner to hear the evidence adduced against him. During the examination of Millgrove, P.C. Cooke arrived in the room with*the important information that the handle of the knife had been found, but the blade was broken and has not yet been found. The knife handle was then put into tt:e hand of the witness, and he said that, although he could not swear it was the one he had seen in the hand of the prisoner, it was very much like it. Mr. Benjamin Mallam, surgeon, said, on the morning of Sunday last, at 10 minutes past 12 a.m., I was e tiled up by the last witness, and requested to go to Murtree.gate, as a man had been stabbed. I went immediately and arrived at half-past 12. The deceased was alone in a sitting posture quite dead, but warm. Mr. Crane, the gatekeeper, came up with a lantern, and I then examined the deceased's breast, and found a wound. Farmer Beauchamp's son came up with a horse and cart. From what I had heard, I asked him to take the horse out of the cart, and proceed to Buckland, and tell the policeman there that a man had been murdered by Byard Greenland, and to arrest him. I sent Millgrove back to Frome for a policeman. When the officer arrived I left the &ceased in his charge, and went down to the gate and examined all the scythes and reaphooks with a magnifying glass, but found nothing but dry dust on any of them. I then had a pair of trucks and a hurdle on which I had the deceased laid and brought to his house. In consequence of a telegraphic message received from the coroner yesterday, I made a post-mortem examination of the body at five o'clock, 42 hours after death. I found an incised wound five-eighths of an inch long, on the left side of the chest, between the second and third ribs, an inch and a half from the breast bone. The bag of the heart and the upper portion of the heart, called the antic arch, were pierced through. This was the cause of the death. The knife passed through soft parts only, so that there was not sufficient resistance to break the blade from the handle. Th© only other witness examined was Mr. (lane, the gatekeeper, who repeated the testimony he gave yesterday. The Coroner then adjourned the inquiry till tomorrow at ten o'clock, P. C. Watts being instructed to communicate to the magistrates the wishes of the Coroner and Jury, that the prisoner should have an opportunity of being present at theinvestigation. Diligent search is being made by the police for the blade of the knife. •
The Sun. — 1861-08-14 (London, England)

SHOCKING MURDER AT IROJIE.  FRONIE, TUESDAY.  Mr. Bruges Fry, county coroner, opened an inquiry to-day into the circumstances attending the death of Uriah Greenland, aged 24, who was murdered by his uncle Byard Greenland, as recorded in this paper yesterday. The prisoner was not present, having been remanded yesterday to Shepton Mallet gaol by order of the magistrates. This circumstance occasioned strong comment on the part of the coroner and jury, ) and it was ultimately decided to adjourn the inquiry in order to allow the prisoner to hear the evidence adduced against him. During the examination of Millgrove, P.C. Cooke arrived in theNroom with the important information that the handle of the knife had been found, but the blade was broken and has not yet been found. The knife handle was then put into the hand of the witness, and he said that, although he could not swear it was the one he had seen in the hand of the prisoner, it was very much like it. Mr. Benjamin Malian], surgeon, said, on the morning of Sunday last, at 10 minutes past 12 a.m., I was called up by the last witness, and requested to go to Murtree.gate, as a man had been stabbed. I went immediately and arrived at half-past 12. The deceased was alone in a sitting posture quite dead, but warm. Mr. Gane, the gatekeeper, came up with a lantern, and I then examined the deceased's breast, and found a wound. Farmer Beauchamp's son came up with a horse and cart. From what I had beard, I asked him to take the horse out of the cart, and proceed to Buckland, and tell the policeman there that a man had been murdered by Byard Greenland, and to arrest him. 1 sent Millgrove back to Frome for a policeman. When the officer arrived I left the deceased in his charge, and went down to the gate and examined all the scythes and reaphooks with a magnifying glass, but found nothing but dry dust on any of them. I then had a pair of trucks and a hurdle on which I had the deceased laid and brought to his house. In consequence of a telegraphic message received from the coroner yesterday, I made a post-mortem examination of the body at five o'clock, 42 hours after death. I found an incised wound five-eighths of an inch long, on the left side of the chest, between the second and third ribs, an inch and a half from the breast bone. The bag of the heart and the upper portion of the heart, called the aotic arch, were pierced through. This was the cause of the death. The knife passed through soft parts only, so that there was not sufficient resistance to break the blade from the handle. The only other witness examined was Mr. (lane, the gatekeeper, who repeated the testimony he gave yesterday. The Coroner then adjourned the inquiry till tomorrow at ten o'clock, P. C. Watts being instructed to communicate to the magistrates the wishes of the Coroner and Jury, that the prisoner should have an opportunity of being present at the investigation. Diligent search is being made by the police for the blade of the knife.
The Sun. — 1861-11-16 (London, England)

SHOCKING MURDER IN DRUIEI'•  CO URT.  Yesterday about three o'clock a shocking murder was discovered to have been perpetrated at No. 10, Drury-court, Strand ; the unfortunate victim being a little girl about 11 years of age, named Mary Ann Reeves, and the murderer, it is supposed her brother, Richard Reeves, a lad of 17. The unfortunate child, it appears, on account of the outdo -)r occupation of her parents, was usually left in charge of the younger children, and early yesterday she was seen in the court. Towards the middle of the day she was nowhere to be found, and inquiries after her were set on foot. A number of the companions of the poor little child, searched about the neighbourhood, but without success. Two boys named Carney and Lynes were also engaged in the search, and when near St. Clement Dane's Church, the brother, who had been walking with them, told them it was no use looking about for his sister, and directed them to go home and tell his (Reeves's) father that he had strangled his sister in the coal cellar, and that he intended to drown himself. The lads, horrified with this intelligence, ran to the residence of the lather, who was found in a state of intoxication in his room on the second floor, and quite incapable to understand anything that was communicated to him. As soon as the other parties in the house heard the message young Reeves had sent home they proceeded to the cellar, and there the poor child was found quite dead, with a piece of rope tied tightly round her neck. In a short time after the discovery of the murder, Mr. Allfrey, of King's College Hospital, arrived, and he pronounced life to have been extinct about four hours. The police took possession of the house, and Rogers, 17 F, despatched a brother constable to the station in Bow-street, in order that steps might be taken for the apprehension of the lad Reeves. The father has for years been employed by the tradesmen of Covent-garden market in mending selves and baskets, and the lad usually helped him in his occupation. Young Reeves is so well known in the neighbourhood, that it is almost impossible for him to elude the vigilant search that is now being made after him. He appears to be a person of the most vindictive disposition, as but a few days ago he attacked his mother with a knife, and very severely injured her.  N o motive can at present be ascribed for the perpetration of the dreadful crime.  The discovery of the murder has occasioned the greatest exuttement in tne crowded neignoourhood of Drury Lau.. About half-past four the police succeeded in apprehending the lad Reeves in Carey-street, Lincoln-inn-Fields. On being taken to the station-house, he made a statement, which leaves no doubt of his guilt. A photograph of the prisoner was found in his father's room, which was at once taken possession of by the police, and no doubt facilitated his capture. He is diminutive ;in stature, and has the appe3rance of not being over fourteen years of age.
The Sun. — 1861-11-16 (London, England)

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