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The Sun. — 1862-06-19 (London, England)

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—June 18.  Edward Gregory, 34, was charged with the man. slaughter of James Driscoll. Mr. Cooper prosecuted. The prisoner was de fended by Mr. Sleigh. _  ....__ The prisoner and the deceased it appeared were employed with a number of other labourers upon the works of the Metropolitan Railway at King'scross, where a station is in the course of erection, the former being what is called the ganger of the others. They were both employed upon sume girders, or ribs, upon which an arch wee to be thrown over the line, on the evening of the 27th of May, when it appeared that a quarrel toot Place between. exchanged between them, and after some very angry wordeblows were them. The deceased struck the prisoner on the arm and face with an iron instrument called a podger, Which he was using in his Tilled for some time, and. work. The struggle continued at length, according to the evidence of two witnesses, the prisoner laid hold of the deceased by the collar and one of his arms, lifted him off his legs, and deliberately dropped him down into the cut• ting, a depth of nearly 40 feet, and by the fall be received such severe injuries as occasioned his death very shortly afterwards. There was some contradiction, however, as to the circuuistanceS under which the deceased fell or was thrown from the girder, and one of the witnesses stated that he saw the struggle, and that he expected both the men would have fallen from the place where they were, and that he threw a rope over the deceased to save him, but he was very excited and pulled it off. Another witness also said that the deceased was the worse for liquor at the time of the occurrence, and that he had threatened the prisoner with personal violence.  Mr. Sleigh in his address to the jury for the defence endeavoured to show that the unfortunate occurrence was the result of accident, and argued that that this was more likely than that the prisoner should have lifted np the deceased, who was proved to be a man nearly as heavy and powerful as himself, and have thrown him into the cutting in the way that had been stated.  The learned Judge having summed up, the jury, after a short deliberation, found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter, bat intimated that some of them entertained a doubt whether the prisoner intended to throw the deceased from the girder. The learned Judge, in passing sentence, said it was clear that the death of the deceased had been occasioned by the illegal violence of the prisoner, and it was fortunate for him that the jury did not believe that he had intentionally committed the wicked act of throwing his fellow workman from such a height, for if they had done so he should have felt it his duty to inflict a very severe punishment, as such an offence would have been very little short of murder. He then sentenced the prisoner to twelve months' hard labour.
The Sun. — 1862-11-18 (London, England)

MURDER OF BRITISH SEAMEN.—In September, 1859, the Kitty, of Newcastle, was lost in Hudson's Straits by being nipped in the ice. Five of her crew, who got into a small boat, after enduring great suffering by exposure to rie the cold, succeeded in reaching a Moravian missionary station, where they were hospitably entertained, of them sent to their homes in England next summand threr. But of the fate of the master of this vessel, Mr Ellis and the remainder of the crew, who left the ship in. a long-boatl nothing has been heard until the arrival of the vessels from the Hudson Bay stations this autumn, when the sad intelligence has been brought that the 11 poor fellows tel into the hands of unfriendly Esquimaux, and were murdered for the sake of their blankets. The missionaries at Okak, Writing to the widow of the master of the vessel in August last, say—" It is with grief, madam, we must inform you that it is, alas, only too true that the long-boat, with her master and crow, arrived at Ungava Bay, but that none of the men survive. Last winter Esquimaux from Ungava B"y visited our northernmost settlement, Hebron, who related that in the winter of 1859-GO, several Europeans in a boat landed at the island called Apatok, in Ungava Bay. They lived with the Esquimaux until about January, upon what the latter could provide for them ; but then, most likely when their provisions became short, the Esquimaux attacked them when they were asleep and killed them, stabbing them with their knives. There is no doubt of these really being the men from the Kitty, because the Esquimaux knew there had been another boat with five men belonging to them, whom they doomed lost. They said one man of the murdered company had very frost •bitten feet , and him the Esquimaux would not kill by stabbing, but into the him a kind of heathen mercy, as they put him the open air until he was dead by severe cold." It seems that these unfortunate men had been murdered for the sake wmithurt here d of the blankets they had with them. It would appear that one of the Esquimaux wanted to save the three Europeans who lodged with him, but they met the same f as their companions. The tribe who committedbtvueghtin contact this do not appear to have been the information in to Hebron f European missions; and the friendly tribe who brought have informed the Mora. vian missionaries at that place that a little further north from Ungava Bay a whole crew, consisting in all from .10 men, were enticed onshore and then killed by Esquimaux.  I  NMI  We hope the lesson will not be lost on English Conservatives, or on their great organ, that the triumph of American Conservatism had been through the ballot and universal suffrage ! We must concede to them, we suppose, as they so loudly insist on it, that the Democrats are the Conservati,es, nt America. We used to think differently. We remember the time when the leading men of the other party—the \VEBSTERS and
The Sun. — 1862-01-14 (London, England)

FRANCE.  BOURSE, January 13.—The market has become more buoyant, and the business done, although not to a very large amount, has been transacted at an improvement on the closing rates of Saturday. Threes, for the Account, are now at 68f 90c. Railways firm, and rather higher. The following are the last quotations:41 per per Cents ... 97 Credit Foncier l2lO Do, end month.... 97 15; Belgian 41 — 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 60 Roman Bank Shares 2920 —1 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 736 25 i Spanish Threes 47# Do. Account 738 75 ! Home Debt  310 casks. Timber : 11,423 feet. Cocoa nuts : 8,00 Shingles : 291;000.  The business in the Jamaica Legislature was progresing favourably. No measures of importance had been introduced since the last packet, either by the Government or private members. There had been an unusual stir in the city and Port Royal, owing to the presence at the latter place of a portion of the allied squadron on the Mexican expedition. There were 15 war steamers in Port Royal at one time, of which six were French. Among the English vessels was the St. George, with his Royal Highness Prince Alfred on board. The Prince visited the city incognito on the 23d, and proceeded to Spanish Town, where he was entertained at the King's House by his excellency the Governor. O❑ entering the town in an open carriage the Prince was recognised and loudly cheered as he drove to the viceregal palace. The news of the outrage on the Trent had caused much excitement, and the idea of a war between England and the Federal Union was by no means unpopular. Business had been more brisk, the influx of country people considerable, and the traffic upon the Jamaica railway unprecedented. A large quantity of coffee had been brought down by the mountain settlers and disposed of for cash, and the haberdashery stores had also been doing a good trade. Matters generally bore a more hopeful aspect, and, with a good season, the coming year was looked forward to prove a prosperous one. Most of the sugar states were taking off their crop, and the yield generally was beyond what was expected.  From the Pacific coast of South America the news is very barren. Her Majesty's steamer Cameleon arrived at Valparaiso from England on the 2d December; the United States' steamship Wyoming was at Paita on the 17th.  The country of Bolivia continued in a state of anarchy. The people of La Paz had availed themselves of an attempted revolution in favour of General Fernandez, headed by Colonel Balza, to revenge themselves on General Yanez for his assassinations the month previous. Yanez was killed by the Cholos, and his body dragged through the street. Several of his officers were also murdered. In the attempt of Balza about 100 persons were killed, and he himself badly wounded. He finally took refuge in the house of the United States Minister. Fernandez in the south was in arms, in conjunction with Morales, but a force had gone against them. It was not thought that President Echa would be overthrown.
The Sun. — 1862-03-05 (London, England)

MURDER OF A GAMEKEEPER. John Hall, labourer, aged 33, was charged with the wilful murder of Stephen Moulder, gamekeeper to Lord Dillon, on the 20th Dc..,ember last. The case commenced at 9 o'clock in the morning, and occupied the whole of the day, and was not brought to a termination before 7 o'clock in the evening. A great number of witnesses were examined, and several of them were subjected to a long cross-examination, but the facts themselves lay in a very small compass. Mr. Sergeant Pigott and Mr. Sawyer conducted the case for the crown, and Mr. Staveley Hill and Mr. Harrington for the prisoner. On the night of the 19th of Decembei last, two gamekeepers of Lord Dillon's, named Stephen Moulder and Thomas Curcis, were watching a coppice known as Shears coppice, part of Lord Dillon's estate at Ditchley. They commenced between 10 and 11, and remained there till between 12 and 1, when they heard some one in the coppice. They proceeded there, and saw two men coming across the ride. They followed them along the ride, and when within ten or twelve yards of them one of the men turned round and deliberately fired at the keepers, the result of which was that Moulder received almost the entire contents, and fell to the ground, dying instantly. Some of the shots also struck the other keeper, Curtis, but did not injure him. The man who fired the gun ran off immediately he had done so, and Curtis, believing it to be Hall, called ont, " Jack, Jack, I know thee." The man swung himself over a gate and got away. The other man who was in company with him was a labourer named John Tuckey, who was captured by Curtis, after a scuffle, Tuckey calling out to his mate to come to his assistance. Tuckey was taken into custody, when he gave up a ramrod which Hall had dropped and he picked up. It was proved in evidence Hall and Tuckey had been together on the 19th of December drinking at various public-houses, and about 11 o'clock at night went to the house of John Maycock, brother-in-law to Hall, where the latter asked Maycock for his short gun which he had to repair. The gun was fetched, and loaded, and Hall and Tuckey went away in the direction of Shearscopse, where the unfortunate occurrence took place. At a public house where Hall, Tuckey and others had been drinking on the night of the murder, Hall used some angry language towards the keepers, and said he should not mind shooting a man. Certain footmarks were traced from the gate, where the man who fired the gun had made his escape, to the turnpike road, and these being compared with the boots taken off Hall's feet, corresponded most minutely. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder, but recommended the prisoner to mercy on the ground that they believed his firing the gun was a momentary act, and that he only meant to disable the keeper, but not to kill him. The Judge said he quite concurred in the verdict, and could not see how the jury could safely have come to any other conclusion. His lordship then passed sentence of death in the usual form, and said that the recommendation of the jury should be forwarded to the proper channel.
The Sun. — 1862-03-05 (London, England)

MURDER OF A GAMEKEEPER.  John Hall, labourer, aged 33, was charged with the wilful murder of Stephen Moulder, gamekeeper to Lord Dillon, on the 20th December last. The case commenced at 9 o'clock in the morning, and occupied the whole of the day, and was not brought to a termination befoto 7 o'clock in the evening. A great number of witnesses were examined, and several of them were subjected to a long cross-examination, but the facts themselves lay in a very small compass.  Sergeant Pigott and Mr. Sawyer conducted the case for the crown, and Mr. Staveley Hill and Mr. Harrington for the prisoner. On the night of the 19th of December last, two gamekeepers of Lord Dillon's, named Stephen Moulder and Thomas Curds, were watching a coppice known as Shears-coppice, part of Lord Dillon's estate at Ditchley. They commenced between 10 and 11, and remained there till between 12 and 1, when they heard some one in the coppice. They proceeded there, and saw two men coming across the ride. They followed them along the ride, and when within ten or twelve yards of them one of the men turned round and deliberately fired at the keepers, the result of which was that Moulder received almost the entire contents, and fell to the ground, dying instantly. Some of the shots also struck the other keeper, Curtis, but did not injure him. The man who fired the gun ran off immediately he had done so, and Curtis, believing it to be Hall, called out, " Jack, Jack, I know thee." The man swung himself over a gate and got away. The other man who was in company with him was a labourer named John Tuckey, who was captured by Curtis, after a scuffle, Tuckey calling out to his mate to come to his assistance. Tuckey was taken into custody, when he gave up a ramrod which Hall had dropped and he picked up. It was proved in evidence Hall and Tuckey had been together on the 19th of December drinking at various public-houses, and about 11 o'clock at night went to the house of John Maycock, brother-in-law to Hall, where the latter asked Maycock for his short gun which he had to repair. The gun was fetched, and loaded, and Hall and Tuckey went away in the direction of Shearscopse, where the unfortunate occurrence took place. At a public house where Hall, Tuckey and others had been drinking on the night of the murder, Hall used some angry language towards the keepers, and said he should not mind shooting a man. Certain footmarks were traced from the gate, where the man who fired the gun had made his escape, to the turnpike road, and these being compared with the boots taken off Hall's feet, corresponded most minutely. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder, but recommended the prisoner to mercy on the ground that they believed his firing the gun was a momentary act, and that he only meant to disable the keeper, but not to kill him. The Judge said he quite concurred in the verdict, and could not see how the jury could safely have come to any other conclusion. His lordship then passed sentence of death in the usual form, and said that the recommendation of the jury should be forwarded to the proper channel.
The Sun. — 1858-03-13 (London, England)

FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The Regency Privy Council met to-day. There was perhaps more than one matter to be taken into consideration, but the principal point was that of the Italian prisoners under sentence of death in the prison of the Roquette. The Council opposed any commutation of punishment for several reasons, namely, the number of victims killed, wounded, or disabled for life by their crime. If any life be spared, it is that of De Rudio. It is contended that this man acted in all probability under restraint, or rather under menace, and it is remembered that, on a former occasion, be was wounded with a poignard for what his fellow-conspirators no doubt called weakness or cowardice, but which he would term remorse. The execution is said to be fixed for to-morrow morning at daybreak, and two only, namely, Orsini and Pierri, will mount the scaffold. The wife of De Rudio, with her child, has been in Paris for some days. The effect produced by the pamphlet "Napoleon 111. et l'Angleterre" on the public generally is favourable. It is undeniable, however, that the great body of the people, whose well-being depends on peace and amity with England, and who, notwithstanding all appearance to the contrary, would consider a rupture as one of the greatest calamities that could befall the country, are well pleased with the continuance of friendly relations of which the brochure gives assurance. It is stated as a fact that the resumption of the Conspiracy to Murder Bill is not demanded by this Government. Tile Emperor, it is said, sets too high a value on maintaining friendship and alliance with England to insist on a measure which concerns himself personally, and which is thought to be distasteful to the English people. He perhaps also believes that, even if passed under such circumstances as the present, it would hardly be ever executed, and the feeling in England might be one of eobiness and estrangement, with little or no compensation.  _ The accounts of Prince Jerome's health this evening are net encouraging. He is suffering under a very severe attack of influenza, and, at his age, this is rather serious.  The Moniteur Bays :—" The indirect revenues of the mouth of February exceed those of the corresponding month of 1857 by 2,251,000 E, and if it be taken into account that the second decime on regis tration dues has ceased to exist since the beginning of the present year, the improvement is in reality 4,269,000 f. The month of January had shown an amelioration of 2,100,000 f , so that the increase for the two months amounts to 6,369,000 f." TheThare de la Loire, says:—" Two shells found at Maussave have been deposited at the parquet of Aix. They appear to be of a similar manufacture to those used on Jan. 14, but the screws are different."  BOURSE, March 11.—The following were the closing quotations :  Credit Fouler Belgian 4,2 Piedmontese (5) Roman BB Austrian Spanish Threes home Debt .
The Sun. — 1858-08-02 (London, England)

LAMBETH.-Robert Newman, a mid.dle- ad 1 British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 210/0s whom M. Guizot recently cilled fhe man of the ge the stearoship Imperatre b L• t 0 -, y 'en .- o . a , 1 W. lei mcbio. Al heuith M. d Azeglio was Pre-ident of th ' ts not so drunk as ou made believe. I man and journeyman pipemaker, was charged with all even y Caledonian Bank ..... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 031 15, e moment ' Oae eenerally figures to one's self that City of Glasgow Bank 51. per ce.nt. 10 0 0 10 0 0 MOO t and the officers (Attie Royal M.-trine Light Infantry Council and Minister for Foreign Affeirs, the prin- • '• • . • sh 11 send you to prison for 21 days. the comraission of a murderous assault on his wife. Clydesdele Bank .... 5%1. p cent. 20 0010 0 0 129.0 s the merit of a political man consists in a certain ob. a who preceeded in that ship from En I dtCI • cipal member of the cabinet, he who was the eoul • Prisoner-Twenty-one days for being drunk ! gan o una, sal y t, haac in followine out his system, and. one is From the evidence adduced, it a dh f c ppeare t at or E t ramorcial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 21210 s 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 9;10s as a mark of their high esosern and a 't• f lit the actor, the mover, was in reality tit pprecia ion o o ~ C 't you tak small fine ? e tempted to apply to him the praise which Horace -'h e a • some days during the week before last the prim as ern Bank.... .... . _ ner Edinb. & Glasgow.... 3341. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 his kindness and courtesy (lilt ing the vo I 1 Nl' • ter of Finance. If it were ever permitted yage-. uy, i loli , The Lord Meyar-Fine ; no, y certainl not. Go had been on the loose, and on the week follow• National Bank • • .... 634 per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 167 10 9 makes of his ' Justum ac tenicem propositi virum tug 1858." in judging of a MAD, to evoke the shade of Napo- There • • f 1 h h • ' is nothing more aset an sue an idea to the tread.mill, that's the proper place for you. complained of pains ia his heed and a t f wan o rest. Northof Scotland Bank 51. percent 20 0 0 210 0 51256 d Royal Bank of S cotl. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 132108 Orders were yester•lay received at Chetham gar- lean, we should be tempted to repeat here, in Histor h 6 •fi • f 1 f d • yBoWBus an in mty 0 examp es oun er- He was then removed. On the morning of-Sunday July 25, at about four utilon Bank of Scot. .. 81. percent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 stiles rison by the officers in command of the three hatta- r eference to the ascandent obtained by M. de takings lost bth Vil d fals obst. f y e in an e inacy o o'clock, his son was awoke from his s'e bth Western Bank •• .. .. .• 7/. per cent. 50 0050 0 0 lions for the draughts limier orders to embark for Cavour, that which has been said of the great st t
The Sun. — 1858-01-08 (London, England)

WORSHIP STREET. --Joseph Reynolds, a respectably -dressed man, described as a greengrocer in Oak-place, Hackney, was charged Wore Mr. Hawnaill with the following aggravated outrage. Mrs. Jane Archer, the wife of a bootmaker, who was in a state of great suffering and debility from and the prisoner live next door to each stated, --uslage to which she had boon subjected, other, and we inhabit two of five houses to which there is a gate common to all of us, and through which I must go to reach my own doorway. At 10 o'clock this morning I went out on au errand, and on returning in a few minutes, finding this gate locked I knocked at it for admission. The prisoner. came out, and I asked him to let me in, but he re' fused to do so, and made use of the most digustin language. I turned round, intending to go through another person's premises, when he ruche 1 out at tho gate, and lifting up the lid of a well close to the gate, exclaimed, "you wretch, I'll now put you down this well." At that moment, however, his wife came up and dragged him away, but he broke away from her, and she instantly closed the lid of the well. I then got inside the gate, but he overtook me, and, exclaiming, "I have long wanted to make a public exPosurs of you," seized me by the wrist and leg, turned me completely over, with my head downwards, and my petticoats over my head so that I could not see. I screamed " Murder !" and " Police !" which brought the neighbours to my assistance, who , begged him to stop his violence , but instead of by main force, and flung me over a fence into an adjoining garden, into which I , that, lie lifted me up fell, and my head came violently against a wooden post. While be was holding me up by the leg and exposing me as I have described, he repeatedly struck me about the head and shoulders with his fist, and threatened to knock the life out of. me. Both my wrists were cut and bruised and bled -tery much, my cheek bone is veryjured, I feel extreme paiA much bru-sed and inin the shoulders and back, and, having only just recovered from an illnos', I he! ye/3'W all over from the effects of the prisoner's brutality. In answer to the magistra!e's quetions about the wounds in her wrists, the witness said the prisoner, when he first attacked her, had a razor in his hand, but whether the wounds were inflicted with that or not she could not say. At the close of her evidence the poor woman became s) faint and ill, and was subjected to such a serious heanaorrhaoe, that Mr. Haminill ordered her t be immediately • supplied with restoratives and taken home ina cab. A married Woman, named Compton, said—l heard the screams of "Murder" and "Police,"and on looking out saw the prisoner holding the complainant up by the leg and arm, with her head down and her person most shamefully exposed. I abused him for his infamous conduct, and he re= leased hsr for a moment and she fell, but as‘soon as she got up he struck her violently about the head and body, took her up again, assailed her with the most abominable epithets, and pitched her over the palings into the next garden. Harris, 539 N—l was fetched to the prisoneria