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The Sun. — 1848-09-07 (London, England)

CONFLICT OF THREE EUROPEANS WITH A KAFIR, IN WHICH THE LATTER WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED.  The same post has brought us the intelligence of the death of a Kafir by some Europeans. As the letters which refer to this event were written when the preliminary examinations were going for ward, we can only give the perticulars which they supply : "On the night of the 31st' ult., a little after nine o'clock, a European came to the house of the resident clerk of the peace, and stated that he had just been assaulted by Kafirs. Ho appeared severely cut and maltreated. On inquiring the particulars, ho said that when about a mile from Alice on the Fortßeaufort road, he was attacked by three Kafirs, and in defending himself he killed one of them, when the other two ran away. The constable and another person, accompanied by this man, immediately went to the place where the outrage was said to have been committed. The night was extremely dark, but they succeeded in reaching the spot, and after searching some time for the body of the Kafir, the man who reported himself to have been so brutally used, exclaimed, ' Here he is 1' On approaching nearer, they saw the body of a Kafir lifeless in the centre of the road. The constable struck a light with a view to examine the body, but on recollecting himself, being near a dense bush, and unarmed, without knowing the facts of the case, ho immediately extinguished it. After removing the body from the main road to the side of the bush, they returned to give information, and procure assistance from the military to bring the body to Alice. " A pity of thirty men were sent out, who on the following,morning at ten o'clock brought in the corpse on a stretcher, and conveyed it to the office, where a doctor w s immediately called in to ascertain the cause of his de th. " On t o investigation of the case, it appears that the Kafir was barbarously murdered. The Englishman who reported isimself to have been attacked by three Kafirs was in c' mpany with two other Europeans and this Kafir, ant in some quarrel or other they fell upon him and murd red him. Two of the men are now in custody, and the constable is in search of the third."  Anothe. "Amu by two mi going to were attac killed one took this I opit to a of this slappearshope at t a e  r correspondent writes— der was committed here the night before last itary settlers. The latter stated that when ort Beaufort the night before last, that they ed by three Kafirs, and in self-defence they f the Kafirs. It, however, appears that they afir (who is murdered) with them from Alice eir goods, and from the examinations taken. he Kafir was strangled by these men, supount of about 2/. which he had." to be able to supply further particulars ical atlair next week.  THE REbENT FATAL ACCIDENr AT
The Sun. — 1848-07-19 (London, England)

NAPOLEON—" Ce n'est pas la Coalition qui m'a detrone, ce sont les idees liberales " I have net been dethroned by the coalition, but by,liberal opinions." " Je ne puis pas me retablir jai ehoque les peuples ! " " I can never re-establish myself, for I have abused the rights of the people." " J'ai peche contre les ideas liberales, et je mums r I have sinned against liberal ideas, and I perish." The mightiest conqueror the world ever saw,, either in ancient or modern times, made this acknowledgment as to the irresistible supremacy of liberal ideas. HE spoke thus, of whom the historian ALISON has written emphatically in these words—" Equal to ALEXANDER in military achievement, superior to JUSTINIAN in legal reformation, sometimes second only to BACON in political sagacity, he possessed at the same time the inexhaustible resources of HANNIBAL, and the administrative powers of Cir.sar !" And yet it was this extraordinary mortal who confessed that he had been dethroned by liberal ideas, that his puissance was beyond the possibility of restoration, because he had abused the rights of the nations, and that, in fine, he perished, because he had sinned against the thoughts of democracy. If NAPOLEON could not withstand the tremendous influence of those liberal ideas—those ideas which have aggregated their strength and increased their velocity almost inappreciably since his  There is, however, a still more fatal objection to the system. Incalculable injury may be inflicted upon innocent persons ; their future prospects in life may be blasted ; they may be reduced from comfort and affluence to want and penury, and involved in, absolute ruin by the vindictive proceedings of some malignant scoundrel. Any person who pleases may prefer a bill of indictment against any other, without the slightest notice or intimation of such an intention. The charge is investigated by the grand jury—if investigation it can be called—behind the back of the accused, without any opportunity whatsoever being afforded to him of repelling the unjust accusation, or of explaining circumstances which could easily be cleared up. The hasty and slovenly manner in which grand juries too frequently dispose of their important duties has now, unhappily, become notorious. We have, during the past year, seen parties placed upon their trial for murder, when the first witness called, a medical practitioner, distinctly  THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1848  Another of the persons implicated in the murder of General BREA, and of his Aid-de-Camp Captain  MANGIN, has been arrested at Ivry. A notice appears in the Moniteur explaining that Treasury bons, not already converted into Five per Cent. stock may be converted at any time, at the option of the parties, but that as to such as were converted under the decree of the 7th of July, the holders  must apply within one month of the promulgation of the decree to obtain the compensation, being the difference in price between 80 and 100 francs. M. Ducoux is said to have been named Prefect of Police, vice M.
The Sun. — 1848-08-24 (London, England)

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Liverpool, Aug 21. 4s Alexander Catherine Gibson, were indicted for a burglary • Od, in the 6d house of Joseph rossley, at Salford. Mr. Pollock and Mr. Wheeler conducted the prosecution,• the prisoner Street was defended b Mr. M kon , and Jackson by Mr. Mew. Worrall pleaded o 6d It appeared that the shop of the prosecutorg had been t entered by the skylight, and a large quantity of pro'od• perty had been removed. The chief witness ag ainstp the 0d prisoners was a person of the name of Bacon, who .. os leged that be had been in the company of the prisoners )iiOd at a public-house in the neighbourhood the night of the robbery, and that he was solicited by them to join in it. They had several times asked him before, but he had always declined. He said, however, that he had gone to the house with the others; that it was pointed out to him as a place where robbery could conveniently be committed, as no one slept in the house, and that he was wandering about the neighbourhood while the robbery was committed. There was no other direct evidence against the prisoners, except some casual observations which were sworn to have passed in the dock while before the magistrates between Jackson and Street, implying their presence at the robbery. The jury found Street and Jackson Guilty. 14i His LORDSHIP sentenced Street to be transported for fifteen years, and Jackson and Worrell for ten. '54 Michael Hogan was indicted for cutting and wounding John Williamson, a constable, in the execution of his duty, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. Cobbett conducted the prosecution; Mr. Pollock the defence. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor that he was on duty at Manchester, late at night, when he found a number of women of loose character making a noise in the street. He told them to move on; while he was doing so, the prisoner came up, and asked if he had seen the woman whom ho (the prisoner) was looking for, using at the same time some very coarse expressions. The officer took him by the shoulder and told bim to go home, on which the prisoner drew from under his coat a bar of iron about two feet and a half long, having a handle formed by twine lapped round it, and struck him a blow on the temple, inflicting a severe wound. The prisoner then ran away, but was pursued by the prosecutor and another officer. He ran into a court, but found there was no exit at the other end. In returning he met the prosecutor, and again struck him, but Was finally secured. The weapon he used, and which was now produced, was a moat murderous one having a sharp point at one end, and being formed like a chisel at the other. Witnesses were called .for• the defence, to show that the prosecutor had behaved improperly to one •of the women in the street, who appeared to be the prisoner's wife, and afterwards assailed the prisoner when he interfered in her defence, but this was not made out. Verdict, Geilty.—Sentence deferred.
The Sun. — 1848-08-24 (London, England)

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. Od NORTHERN ClRCUlT:—Liverpool, Aug. 21. ariannedeGr iztVsoonr,rawll;reJoinhndieStetrdee ft c, ,rlasaabcurJglaacrhysonin, and Cat/lerjne Gilison, were indicted fur a burglary in the (Before Mr. Justice CnEsswEt.t..) of Joseph Crossley, at Salford. zd. hCoaAutshieee t6d Mr. Pollock and Mr. Wheeler conducted the prosecu' tion; the prisoner Street was defended by Mr. Monk, 7s rsekmyleigrehdt: atTerlheaehlaiergf eniqtnueasnetietgyaionfstptrhoeand Jackson by Mr. Mew. Worrell pleaded guilty. od. penertet It appeared that the shop of the prosecutor had been 10,1 prisoners was a person of the name of Bacon, who al • es leged that he hid been in the company of the prisoners ilit at a public-house in the neighbourhood the night of the old robbery, ro and that he was solicited by them to join in it. They had several times asked him before, but he had always declined. He said, however, that he had gone :e. to the house with the others; that it was pointed out to committed, as no one slept in the house, and that he was yredhadbybetehne him as a place where robbery could conveniently be wandering about the neighbourhood while the robbery I was committed. There was no other direct evidence against the prisoners, except some casual observations which were sworn to have passed in the dock while before the magistrates between Jackson and Street, 'fin.. • plying their presence at the robbery. ilThe jury found Street and Jackson Guilty. A His Loupsitir sentenced Street to be transported for 1 fifteen years, and Jackson and Worrell for ten. 16 Michael Hogan was indicted for cutting and wounding John Williamson, a constable, in the execution of his duty, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. Cobbett conducted the prosecution; Mr. Pollock the defence. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor that he was on duty at Manchester, late at night, when he found a number of women of loose character making a noise in the street. He told them to move on; while he was doing so, the prisoner came up, and asked if he had , seen the woman whom he (the prisoner) was looking for, using at the same time some very coarse expressions. The officer took him by the shoulder and told him to go home, on which the prisoner drew from under his coat a bar of iron about two feet and a half long, having a handle formed by twine lapped round it, and struck him a blow on the temple, inflicting a severe wound. The prisoner then ran away, but was pursued by the prosecutor and another officer. He ran into a court, but found there was no exit at the other end. In returning he met the prosecutor, and again struck him, but was finally secured. The weapon he used, and which was now produced, was a moat murderous one, having a sharp point at one end, and bang formed like a chisel at the other. Witnesses were called for the defence, to show that the prosecutor had behaved improperly to one of the women in the street, who appeared to be the prisoner's wife, and afterwards assailed the prisoner when he interfered in her defence, but this was not made out. Verdict, Guilty:--Sentence deferred.
The Sun. — 1848-08-24 (London, England)

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUl7'.—Liverpool, Aug. 21. (Before Mr. Justice CeessvvEm..) Alexander Worrell, John Street, Isaac Jackson, and Catherine Gibson, were indicted for a burglary in the house of Joseph Crossley, at Salford. Mr. Pollock and Mr. Wheeler conducted the prosecution; the prisoner Street was defended by Mr. Monk, and Jackson by Mr. Mew. Worrall pleaded guilty. It appeared that the shop of the prosecutor had been entered by the skylight, and a large quantity of property had been removed. The chief witness against the prisoners was a person of the name of Bacon, who al • leged that he had been in the company of the prisoners at a public-house in the neighbourhood the night of the robbery, and that he was solicited by them to join in it. They bad several times asked him before, but he had always declined. He said, however, that he had gone to the house with the others; that it was pointed out to him as a place where robbery could conveniently be committed, as no one slept in the house, and that he was wandering about the neighbourhood while the robbery was committed. There was no other direct evidence against the prisoners, except some casual observations which were sworn to have passed in the dock while before the magistrates between Jackson and Street, implying their presence at the robbery. The jury found Street and Jackson Guilty. His LORDSHIP sentenced Street to be transported for fifteen years, and Jackson and Worrell for ten. Michael Hogan was indicted for cutting and wounding John Williamson, a constable, in the execution of his duty, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. Cobbett conducted the prosecution; Mr. Pollock the defence. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor that he was on duty at Manchester, late at night, when he found a number of women of loose character making a noise in the street. He told them to move on; while he was doing so, the prisoner came up, and asked if he had seen the woman whom he (the prisoner) was looking for, using at the same time some very coarse expressions. The officer took him by the shoulder and told him to go home, on which the prisoner drew from under his cost a bar of iron about two feet and a halt long, having a handle formed by twine lapped round it, and struck him blow on the temple, inflicting a severe wound. The prisoner then ran away, but was pursued by the prosecutor and another officer. He ran into a court, but found there was no exit at the other end. In returning he met the prosecutor, and again struck him, but was finally secured. The weapon he used, and which was now produced, was a most murderous one, having a sharp point at one end, and being formed like a chisel at the other. Witnesses were called for the defence, to show that the prosecutor had behaved improperly to one of the women in the street, who appeared to be the prisoner':; wife, and afterwards assailed the prisoner when ho interfered in her defence, but this was not made out. Verdict, Guilty.—Sentence deferred.
The Sun. — 1848-12-07 (London, England)

SOUTHWARK. George Bowditch, a journeyman in the employ of Ge(Tge Thorn, a baker, was brought before Mr. Cottingham on the following charge:— The master, whose arm was in a sling, owing to a dangerous wound inflicted with a knife betwee❑ the forefinger and thumb of the right hand, stated, that for some time past he has had reason to be dissatisfied with the prisoner's neglect of business and his improper intimacy with a female servant in the house. He had been re monstrated with on the subject, and in order to keep him away from the kitchen the door was kept locked. About two O'clock that day complainant went into the bakehouse where the prisoner was etigaged, and the moment he entered the place the later seized a long and sharp knife, and athancieg with it towards his employer swore he would " do" for him. The complainant retreated some steps on seeng the weapon, and was followed by his assailant, who made two or three attempts to strike him with it, when the former, fearing that the prisoner would murder him, made a sudden rush, in order to snatch the knife from his gresp. He succeeded in laying hold of the blade of' the knife, and a struggle took place, during which ho made the most vigorous efforts to disarm his antagonist, who, however, still retained possession of the handle of the knife, the blade remaining in that of the cemplainant, wh ise wife hastened to his assistance, but she, in her attempt to take the weapon, was cut in the hand. Finding that the prisoner continued to strive hard to get the knife into his own hands the complainant's wife hastened to obtain assistance, and a policeman at length being informed of tie circumstance entered the bakehouse, and succeeded in getting possession of the knite, which was produced in court, and was a very formidable weapon, used fur the purpose of cutting dough in the hakilouse. The complainant added, that the struggle between him and the prisoner lasted nearly three quarters of an hour, and that to save his own life lie held the blade of the knife, which inflicted the wound between his forefinger and thumb, and, as a medical certificate described, was of a dangerous nature, and within almost a hail's breadth of dividing the artery. A policeman said, that when he entered the bakehouse he found the parties struggling with one another, each having hold of the knife, which he (the policeman) took pessession of, and the complainant then described to him what had previously occurred, and he therefore arrested the prisoner. The prisoner, in defence, said that his employer flew into a great passion with him while he was scraping the dough off his trowsers with the knife, and tried to get possession of it, and that in the struggle he had his hand cut. He (the prisoner), however, denied having used threats against, his lite, and now regretted what had taken place on the occasion? Mr. COTTINGHAN, in order to hear evidence of the prisoner's former character, remanded him until Tuesday.
The Sun. — 1848-08-30 (London, England)

THE CHARTIST MURDER AT ASIITON.—The ad- The they •at the same time do not object to where Court, 3, aeCe t t lace where it can be seen, or send a corded as there is a more abundant supply By P - ' ri Yanchester—W. W. Ward, Stafford, Staffordshire i familiar to our readers as holders of the silver sculls, the journed inquest on Bright, the policeman, who was chas 3,1 P he other cause brought forward by the Hon. placed at a proper p . , meta e. " Th• • • 1 vete treat - min h t f II 1-li h. h b dealer Sept 19 at eleven at the Court ie. • _ symbol of amateur championship of the Thames, some murdered on the night of the 14th of this month, WOI 2,09 eitther for the W t Riding, namely, the propensity man to give notice ot danger. Is witness aso swore , . y re__ cees,s o. ye..ow _avannae _aye een , • , , _, , irmingham .r for d;...etis . ,es h ton ft. which that he so far `-'eheeked the sPeed of the express train, sold, in bond, at 19s to 19s 6d for good quality, a cargo E. Fellows, Hilston, Wolver amp . i , icensed victualler, years ago. resumed on Monday, before Mr. Rutter, the district „ill Nya. ,:"'ec, mon, which led to much waste o ime, e place of An, 'I d ha if the Pre"ston train had been 30 or 40 yards be- of white 2,800 chests 28s 6d, one of fine yellow Sept. 21, at eleven, at the Court, Birrningeammj. Den. The Colquhouns took their station nearest on the Sur- coroner. Mr. George Higginbottom took th _ is ~,atil:nd eau.° of public business being so tarch y a t t ve been able to have pulled 600 chests at 21s. For refini fair title Liverpool, grocer and tea dealer, Seat. rey side; Mr. Fellows and his partner had the next Mr. Bernard, juryman, and Mr. John Sykes appearec.l to N ng under bond a I, 20 at I , e even, •dence was pre inclt ; aclon,a. The first charge has been openly stated and yond the station he should ha . . ' 13/ G b• ' 1 that the con- up the speed at which be was going when the collis o d 1 • 1, Ct L I—Mary Ann 0 i n email( exists, and 400 cases of brown have been sold at tee our , iverpoo wens, Toxteth- worse berth; then Wood and partner, Messrs. Bovill instead of Mr. Newton. No further. evi . Bider th overnment; ut it is c ear y , . d- ht miles an hour, and that at ISs per cwt. On the part of the home trade buyers park, near Liverpool, victualler, Sept. 20, at 1 t and Harrison having the advantage of the Middlesex sented, and the coroner stated tha , d'h th tit remame wit e near e Propensity for discussion as the real cause of took place did not excee mg e even, a return a verdict St once, or goek the pr o little desire is. however sh urt Liverpool. station. All took the start well except the Messrs. jury whether they would . s _ he scarcely felt the shock; that it was impossible t , own to operate, and which is the Co , eseat unsatisfactory state of public affairs. b ascrib cf • h C tf R . S At t e our o eview, ept, 1,„ her time to collect intorma res, work a line with one signal; that on other lines they to e e to prices of Foreign ruling above those Colquhoun, who were badly off in that respect. Mr. again adjourn to afford furt . . , , , p. (
The Sun. — 1848-10-11 (London, England)

SOUTHWARK.  TriMane Hughes was charged on the police-sheet with maliciously assaulting and wounding Eliza Minon, who is not expected to survive the injuries inflicted upon her. William Hinchcliffe' 85 M, stated that between twelve and one o'clock that morning, while on duty in Tooley-street, his attention was called to cries of " Murder !" proceeding from a house in Unicornsquare. He repaired there without loss of time, and at the door of one of the houses, kept by a person named Jenkins, he saw a woman who entreated him for God's sake to go into the house, as there was a man murdering a woman in one of the rooms on the ground-floor. He immediately went into the back parlour, and on his entrance he observed a woman lying on the bed on the floor, and the prisoner standing over the spot in a stooping position, with his. hands resting on a washhand-stand, and with his back turned to the woman, kicking her on the head with the heel of his shoe. Her head and face were completely covered with blood, so that it was impossible to discover a feature in her face. The prisoner accompanied each kick he gave his victim with the exclamation, " I'll do for you now." When the prisoner saw the policeman he attempted to make his escape by rushing out of the room, but he was secured at the streetdoor by another policemen, while policeman 85 went to the assistance of the unfortunate woman, who was stretched along the floor apparently dead, and bleeding profusely from several wounds on her head. lie forthwith procured a cab, had her placed in it, and driven off to Guy's Hospital, where ail examination took place, and it was then found that the patient was still alive, and that she had no less than seven serious wounds on different parts of her head, all recently inflicted by the prisoner in the manner above described. Policeman 278 M stated that about half an hour before the above occurrence took place, he saw the prisoner quarrelling in the street with a woman, whom he supposed was the same person now lying in the hospital. He (the policeman) [bade them _go , away, and he was afterwards called to the douse where he secured the prisoner in the act of rushing into the street. The prisoner made a very determined resibtanee.  Mr. COTTINGHAM ordered the shoes to be taken off the prisoner, and on examination it was found that they were shod with iron and capable of inflicting such wounds as those described to be on the woman's head.  Mr. COTTINGIMI —This is one of the moat brutal cases that has ever come under my notice : a strong man like the prisoner standing over an unfortunate woman, and, as described by the policeman, standing with his back to his victim and jobbing the heel of such a shoe into her head.  The MAGISTRATE then asked the prisoner what he had to say in his defence ? The prisoner—She robbed me of my money last night. I caught her afterwards in a brothel in Unicorn-square. Mr.