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The Sun. — 1855-12-20 (London, England)

THE BURNOPFIELD MU ',DER.  NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Dec. 19.—Yesterday Richard Rayne was again brought before the magistrates at Gateshead County Police-office, on the charge of being engaged in the murder of Mr. Sterling, the surgeon at Burnopfield. A man named John Cain, alias Whisky Jack, was also placed in the dock, charged with being an accomplice in the murder. The magistrates were Messrs. G. Hawks, C. Bulmer, and T. Bramwell.  Mr. Stoker, of Newcastle, appeared for the prisoners. Mr. Stobart, the cattle drover, repeated the evidence he had formerly given, and added—l believe the prisoners are the men I met in Swailes-lane. I met a person and spoke to him. He spoke to me in Scotch. Ann Watson said—l am a servant with Mr. Rayne. a pawnbroker i❑ Durham. On Friday I saw the pri,oner Rayne, between 3 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, at my master's shop. He was ♦ery urgent. My mistress came, and he offered her a watch for 30s. He had his back to me. I heard nothing of the murder till a week afterwards. The man seemed like a pitman. I know him to be the prisoner Rayne by his features. Samuel Bennett deposed—l am chainmaker at Winlaton-mill. On the Saturday after the murder I was at Rowland's Gill. I found there a blue button or stud. (The button or stud was produced.) I gave it to Sergeant Turnbull the same day. I did not know the prisoners. I might have seen them. Sergeant Turnbull deposed—The button or stud was found three yards from where the body of Mr. Sterling was found.  Superintendent Squire deposed—l searched the prisoner Cain's house, and found a waistcoat, which thepri■oner Cain admitted to be his, and which I produce (The waistcoat had on three buttons of precisely similar description to the one found by the witness Bennett, near the spot where the body was found, and was ininu, one button.) I apprehended Cain, and he ,aid he did not know where the murder was committed, and had never been there.  Alice Rains deposed—l am wife of William Raine, pawnbroker, of Gilesgate, Durham. On Friday, Nov. 2, a man came to my shop with a watch to pawn. Ile asked 30s. upon it, and came down to 4s. The watch had a silver face with gold letters. The man was dressed as a pitman. There was no chain to the watch. It had a guard of worsted, about 6or 8 inches long. The man was very urgent. I think he would have taken ls. had not large whiskers. He had a fresh appearance. I thought he wanted to pawn the watch for drink, because his face looked dissipated. lam certain that Richard Rayne, the prisoner at the bar, is the person who tendered the watch to me.  The prisoners were then remanded till the 26th inst., but they will be taken to-day before the adjourned inquest at Burnopfield. In addition to the above facts, it is known that Rayne's house was the depot for the sugar used by Cain in dis tilling whisky.  THE SUSPECTEDPOISoNIAG CASE AT  hUGBLEY.
The Sun. — 1855-12-20 (London, England)

THE BURNOPFIKLD MV  NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Dec. 19.—Yesterday Richard Rayne was again brought before the magistrates at Gateshead County Police-office, on the charge of being engaged in the murder of Mr. Sterlincr, the surgeon at Burnopfield. A man named John Cain, alias Whisky Jack, was also placed in the dock, charged with being an accomplice in the murder. The magistrates were Messrs. G. Hawks, C. Bulmer, and T. Bramwell. _ _  Mr. Stoker, of Newcastle, appeared for the prisoners. Mr. Stobart, the cattle drover, repeated the evidence he had formerly given, and added—l believe the prisoners are the men I met in Swailes•lane. I met a per. son and spoke to him. He spoke to me in Scotch. Ann Watson said—l am a servant with Mr. Raine, a pawnbroker in Durham. O❑ Friday I saw the prisoner Rayne, between 3 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, at my master's shop. He was very urgent. My mistress came, and he offered her a watch fur 30s. He had his back to me. I heard nothing of the murder till a week afterwards. The man seemed like a pitman. I know him to be the prisoner Rayne by his features. Samuel Bennett deposed—l am chainmaker at Winlaton-mill. On the Saturday after the murder I was at Rowland'a Gill. I found there a blue button or stud. (The button or stud was produced.) I gave it to Sergeant Turnbull the same day. I did not know the prisoners. I might have seen them. Sergeant Turnbull deposed—The button or stud. was found three yards from where the body of Mr. Sterling was foetid.  Superintendent Squire deposed—l searched the prisoner Cain's house, and found a waistcoat, which thepri■oner Cain admitted to be his, arid which I produce. (The waistcoat had on three buttons of precisely similar description to the one found by the witness Bennett, near the spot where the body was found, and was minus one button.) I apprehended Cain, and he said he, did not know where the murder was committed, and had never been there.  Alice Raine deposed--I am wife of 'William Raine, pawnbroker, of Gilesgate, Durham. On Friday, Nov. 2, a man came to my shop with a watch to pawn. Ile asked 30s. upon it, and came down to 4s. The watch had a silver face with gold letters. The man was dressed as a pitman. There was no chain to the watch. It bad a guard of worsted, about 6or 8 inches long. The man was very urgent. I think he would have taken ls. He had not large whiskers. He had a fresh appearance. 1 thoiislat he wanted to pawn tliti .catch for drink, because his face looked dissipated. lam certain that Richard Rayne, the prisoner at the bar, is the person who ten. dered the watch to me.  The prisoners were then remanded till the 26th inst., but they will be taken to-day before the adjourned inquest at Burnopfield. In addition to the above facts, it is known thatßayne's house was the depot for the sugar used by Cain in dis tilling whisky.  THE SUSPECTED POISONIIvG
The Sun. — 1855-07-24 (London, England)

FAILURE GE THE ATTACK ON THE CURTAIN BETWEEN THE BASTIONS KORNILOFF A4D NO. 2. The obstinate attack against the curtain between the bastions Korniloff and No. 2 was brilliantly repulsed by the second battalion of the Souzdel regiment, commanded by Colonel Dareyann, and by two battalions of riflemen from the Yakoutsk and Selenguinek regiments, which were under the orders of Major Stiepanoff. Being stationed in this spot at the commencement of the attack, they took possession of the banquette of the curtain. The reserve was composed of two, companies of the Souzdal regiment, commanded by Captain Mitchourine. At the third signal the French left the trenches before the redoubt of Kamtchatka, and threw themselves on the curtain, and on the citevaux de frize; volunteers heading them with scaling ladders. In spite of the violent fire of artillery and musketry, the French advanced boldly ; the head of their column descending the ditch, the volunteers rushed on to place their scaling ladders in position, but the intrepid defenders of the curtain leaping upon the parapet fired upon the most daring of the enemy who were endeavouring to scale the rampart, drove them back at the point of the bayonet, struck them with the butt-end of their muskets, and hurled stones upon them in the moat. The enemy, thus repulsed, threw down the scaling ladders, and retreated under cover of a heavy fire. Never theless, after having formed again, they made two attacks  * In the instructions found the body of an Englis h en neer officer were indicated the operations to be effected Wereby y the Sappers, as soon as the barracks and hospitals sor giseized. In addition to numerous machines rZ r 11,14 be 00 rd e 4 the assault, begs filled with powder were A na of the used by the Sappers, to blow up. those P A u °se,. to offer buildings in which the Russians might be B PP ' the least resistance.  The attack on the bastion Korniloff, the principal point in our line of defence, was made in considerable force. At a given 'signal, made from the redoubt Kamtchatka and from the ravine, the French columns, 12,000 strong, precededby a dense body of riflemen, threw themselves impetuously on all the lines of the fourth section. The grester portion however was directed against the bastion Kuniloff. 'Here, however, in consequence of torepa,rations 'Made by General Jouf4roff, everything was in readiness to receive the enemy. A sharp fire of artillery and musketry put a stop to the advance of the hostile columns, 'when they were within the distance of a hundred steps from the moat. • The enemy, .thus put to flight, sought refuge in the ravine and in the trenches. Twice, however, they drew up again in order, and endeavoured to approach the moat of the bastion. In these attempts they .were held in check by our murderous fire, were finally repulsed, _ _  and fled in the greatest disorder to the trenches. Our artillery and the fire of our battalion made fearful havoc in the French lines. The ground around the Malakhoff,  Mamelon, and the whole space up to the enemy's trenches, was covered with the killed.  ,
The Sun. — 1855-08-27 (London, England)

MONEY ORDERS.—General Post-office, Aug. 1855. On the Ist of September and thenceforth, the following regulations, in regard to the issue and payment of money orders, will come into force :-Ist. When the remitter of a money order presents a requisition for the order, he will not be required (even when the order is not made payable through a bank) to give more than the surname and the initial of one Christian name of the payee, though he will have the option of giving the name more fully; and it will suffice if the payee's signature be as full as the name given by the remitter, and be not in any way inconsistent therewith ; 2d. The payee will be henceforth required to furnish the address of the remitter, though he will still have to give the remitter's name. Although it will no longet be necessary to inter the remitter's address in the advice, the remitter will still h 2 required to furnish it, and postmasters must, as heretofore, enter it in their journal. CASE OF CHILD STARVING LIVERPOOL, Saturday.— A dreadful case of this nature has just been made known to the authorities. The parties implicated are a man named Aspinall and his wife, residing in Lawton-street. Aspinall is a clerk in one of the Liverpool departments of the London and North Western Railway. It appears that up to within a period of three years past they bad behaved kindly to their children, nine in number ; but latterly they have dissipated their means in habits of intoxication, and refused the children food. One of the public officers on Friday went to the house of the partien, and was horror-stricken at what he witnessed. There was scarcely any furniture in the room in which the children were, and alongside the grate he saw something crouched near the wall, and en approaching it he found it was a child about four years old, in a state of' nudity, and gathered up like a dog. Its hip bones were nearly protruding from the skin. It could neither walk nor stand. A child fifteen months old was also in a most emaciated condition and dying'. while a third was likewise in a state of nudity. The eldest daughter stated that the youtgest child, which was then dead, was required to be washed about three weeks ago, but the mother would not perform that duty, but requested one of the children to pump water on it, which she did, until it was cleaned. This was of frequent occurrence, and the result was that the child took cold, The and having no food, became debilitated and d other child is not expected to live. An inquest was held this afternoon, and Dr. Kemp gave it as thatopinionhise ntof the child died from gross neglect and constant wa food. He added thathe never saw a child so emaciated, the leones actually being all but the skin. The man and wife inculpated each other as to their drunken habits, and constant neglect of the children: Th e jury, however, returned a verdict of Murder"l against b0,..413. parties, and steps were taken to provide properly • - for tha, _ other children.
The Sun. — 1855-09-15 (London, England)

THAMES.  HORRIBLE CRUELTY TO A WlFE.—George Rood, a labourer, a singularly ill-favoured, dis+.ipated-looking fellow, of No. 2, John-street, Charles-street, St. Georgein-the East, was brought before Mr. Ingham, charged with attempting to murder bis wife, Ann Rood, and throwing her from the first-floor window of her dwelling into the street.  The priasecutcr, who VMS led ip'W court, and was in  very weakly condition from loss of blood, sthted .that aer husband had long been in the pr.tctice of ill-using her. He came home last night drunk, and took he r child from her, and after throwing it across the room, commenced swearing at her, and kicked her. She went 4:o the assistance of her child, and he said, " It's you I want. I have been waiting to.do this a long while, and I am determined to be strung up for you, and I shall not be satisfied till I have taken your life." He then took the chi!d from her again. She took it from him, and a struggle ensued, and he again kicked her and beat her She went towards the window, which . was broken, and .hrew up the sash, and, being fearful the child woulei be killed, she dropped it into the arms of a neighbour in the street, and called out "Murder." She was banging nut of the window, and calling on the neighbours to assist, when her husband. raided her by the heels and deliberately threw her out of the window into the street. She was most fearfully bruised, and was rendered hiseusible. The poor woman, who was in great pain, here sobbed aloud, and was assisted to a chair.  Several neighbours of the parties spoke to the brutal conduct of the prisoner, and said that he had often threatened to kill, his wife, and Mr. Field, an undertaker, said the prisoner was a most, brutal drut.ken scamp, continually inebriated : the wife 'was a sober woman and very industrious.  Henry Groves, 251 K, said he beard scream of murder last night in John-street, and saw the woman hand her child to the people below. Directly afterwards the prisoner lifted her up and, using horrible imprecations, threw her out of the window.  The prisoner on being called on for MI defence, said, in a sullen manner, "I have nothing to say."  Mr. Ingham—Of all theaabominable and cruel cases of assault on woman it has been my lot to hear this is the worst ; and if the Legislature had given me the power to inflict a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment and hard labour, I would have enforced it in this case. I sentence the prisoner to six month►' imprisonment and hard labour, and at the end of that period he is to enter into sureties to keep the peace towards his much ill used wife, and all her Majesty's subjects for the space of 12 months.  The prisoner was immediately sent away in the van to prison.
The Sun. — 1855-09-15 (London, England)

THAMES.  HORRIBLE CRUELTY TO A WlFE.—George Rood, a labourer, a singularly ill-favoured, dissipated-looking fellow, of No. 2, John-street, Charles-street, St. Georgein-the East, was brought before Mr. Ingham, charged with attempting to murder his wife, Ann Rood, and throwing her from the first•floor window of her dwelling into the street.  The prosecutor, who was led into court, and was in a very weakly condition from loss of blood, stated that her husband had long been in the practice of ill-using her. He came home last night drunk, and took her child from her, and after throwing it across the room, commenced swearing at her, and kicked her. She went to the assistance of her child, and he said, " It's you I want. I have been waiting to do this a long while, and I am determined to be strung up for you, and I shall not be satisfied till I have taken your life." He then took the child from her again. She took it from him, and a struggle ensued, and he agaite kicked her and beat her She went towards the window, which was broken, and threw up the sash, and, being fearful the child would be killed, she dropped it into the arms of a neighbour in the street, and called out "Murder." She was hanging out of the window, and calling on the neighbours to assist, whe❑ her husband raitied her by the heels and deliberately threw her out of the window into the street. She was most feat fully bruised, and was rendered insensible. The poor woman, who was in great pain, here sobbed aloud, and was assisted to a chair. _ _  Several neighbours of the parties spoke to the brutal conduct of the prisoner, and said that he had often threatened to kill his wife, and Mr. Field, an undertaker, said the prisoner was a most brutal drunken scamp, continually inebriated : the wife was a sober woman and very industrious. Henry Groves, 251 K, said he beard screams of murder last night in John-street, and saw the woman hand her child to the people below. Directly afterwards the prisoner lifted her up and, using horrible imprecations, threw her out of the window. The prisoner on being called on for his defence, said, in a sullen manner, "I have nothing to say." Mr. Ingham—Of all the abominable and cruel cases of assault on woman it has been my lot to hear this is the worst ; and if the Legislature had given me the power to inflict a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment and bard labour, I would have enforced it in this case. I sentence the prisoner to six months' imprisonment and hard labour, and at the end of that period he is to enter into sureties to keep the peace towards his much ill used wife, and all her Majesty's subjects for the space of 12 months.  The prisoner was immediately sent away in the van to prison.
The Sun. — 1855-01-01 (London, England)

THE BATTLE OF INKERMAX.  (From tlte Illustrated London Naos.)  Sebastopol lay shrouded In the thick Norember gloom, And through the midnight 'Reno' The guns had ceased to boom. The sentinel outworn In watching for the morn, From Balaklaya's heights, Beheld the Russian lights, In the cloie-beleaguered fortress far adown ; And heard a sound of bells Wafted upwards through tie dells, And a roar of mingling yoices and of anthems from the town.  They prayed the God of Justice To aid them in the wrong, They consecrated Murder With jubilee and song. To the slain, the joys of Heaven, To the living, sin forgiven,— Were the promises divine That were passed along the line, As they gathered in their myriads ere the dawn ; While their priests in full accord, Chanted glory to the Lord, And blessed the Russian banner and the sword for batttle drawls Stealthily and darkly, Amid the rain and sleet,- No trumpet-call resounding, Ner drums' tempestuous beat ; But shadow-like, and slow,  Came the legion; of the foe, Moving dimly up the steep, Where the British Camp, asleep, Lay unconscious of the danger lurking near ; And the soldier, breathing hard, On the cold and sodden sward, Dreamed of victory and glory, or of home and England dear.  Hark ! Heard ye not a rumbling On the misty morning air— Like the rush •f rising tempests When they shake the forest bare ? The outposts on the hill Hear it close, and closer still. 'Tis the tramp of iron heels, 'Tie the crash of cannon wheels. And " To arms !" " to arms !" " to arms !" is the cry. "'Tis the Russians on our flank ! Up, and arm melt British rank ! And meet them, ,gallant Guardsmen, to conquer or to die."  Men rose the loud alumni With a hurricane of sound, And from short uneasy slumber Sprang each hero from the ground ; Sprang each horseman to his steed, Ready saddled for his need ; Sprang each soldier to his place, With a Ftern, determined lace ; While the rousing drum and bugle echoed far, And the crack of rifles rung, And the cannon found a tongue, And down upon then► bursting came the avalanche of war.  VI. h e heart Death that day Through the cold and foggy darkness Sped the rocket's fiery breath, And the light of rapid volleys, Butlneacha English of Living Throbbed impetuous for the fray, And our hosts undaunted stood Beating back the raging flood— That came pouring from the valley, like a sea, Casting havoc on the shore, With a dull and sullen roar,— Tho thundercloud above it and the lightning flashisg free. On darkness grow the daylight, 'Mid the loud incessant peal ; On the daylight followed noontide, And they struggled steel to steel ! O ye gallant souls and true! O ye great immortal few ! On your banner, bright unfurled, Shone the freedom of the world. In your keeping lay the safety of the lands— Lay the splendour of our name Lay our glory and our fame ; And yo held and raised them all in your dauntless hearts and hands !
The Sun. — 1855-10-01 (London, England)

GLASGOW AUTUMN CIRCUIT COURT.  GLASGOW, Friday.—The Autumn Circuit Court of Justiciary for the city of Glasgow and the counties of Lanark, Renfrew, and Dumbarton was opened here onl Tuesday by the Lord Justice Clerk and Lord Ardmillan, and brought to a close to-day. In all there were 6S cases for trial, in which 88 persons were implicated, and some of these were of an aggravated character. The following were those of most importance : James Moore was charged with the murder of Bernard Macaulay, by stabbing him to the heart with a knife in the streets of Glasgow, on the 22d of August last. There had been some disturbance between the parties, when the prisoner, in the course of a scuffle, drew a knife and inflicted a wound of which the man Macaulay died instantaneously. The prisoner offered a plea of culpable homicide, which was accepted by the Crown, and he was sentenced to 21 years' transportation. The termination of this case has excited much disapprobation, especially as the use of the knife has become lamentably frequent in Glasgow of late. No good reason can be given for its not going to trial, excepting the exercise of one of those unaccountable fiats for which the law officers of the Crown in Scotland have become remarkable. Henry Mason was accused of the murder of his brother, John Mason, at Kirkintilloch, in Dumbartonshire. From the evidence it appeared that the parties, who were much the worse for liquor, quarrelled, and the prisoner pulled his brother from the house to the street and back again by the hair of the head, threw him often to the ground, and pressed upon his belly with his knees, in consequence of which he died. The case lasted the whole of Thursday, when the jury brought in a verdict of culpable homicide, and Mason was transported for 15 years.  Agnes 1 VAllister, repulsive-looking woman, was found the journals are already- pointing to the evidence guilty of an attempt to murder her child, a little been boy which showed that a former Governor of Madras 3 years of age. It appeared that the child badand a former member of Council at Bombay, with crying, and when the prisoner believed that no one was looking on, she threw the boy into the sea at Greenock- other high authorities, considered gubernatorial quay, but ruralising illegal—as it certainly is, when frequently : fortunately, the act was noticed and the child rescued, indulged in and protracted, in the last degree inThe woman was sentenced to 15 years' transportation, convenient. Lord Elphinstone has just returned A batch of returned convicts, with whom this city has from the Deccan to Bombay, and will in all likali. been sadly infested of late, was brought up, and half-a. hood remain at the seat of Government if his health dozen of them convicted of theft and housebreaking, permits till next hot season. Little or no business They were sentenced to 15 yore: transportation each, ,► has been transacted in the market during the pa*