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The Sun. — 1858-07-06 (London, England)

THE CONFESSION OF WIFE MURDER. A SCENE.  Yesterday-morning Mr. Wiliam Baker and the - • jury who were empanelled to inquire ioto thu circumstances of the dea•h of a woman named Hoare, the wife of John Hoare, a labouring man, reassernb!ed at the ShercroA Arms, Bow-commonlane, 131orn1 y.'.  Tha inquiry was adjourned from Saturday last, and the first witness called was Mr. William Evan Willauis, `a dresser at the London. Hospital, who btated that, although he was summoned, he really did not rccAltet anything about the deceased's CaSP.  Coroner-7Butsurely you make %oirie note of the caFe4 that are brought in.o the hospital? Witu.ess,-,Wel],__ no, __not always ; is was very liktly that tho ether dresser, Mr. Keithely, was there.  The. Coroner said they were evidently, in somewhat Of a daewmit, the Foterain not taking the same view of the case as brother jurymen. It, however, wanted but three grains of common sense to nnaerstami_t_ e iu law perfec ly clear.  "Forel an—Perhaps I have not those three grains of common 'sense, but stall have iny,ownidea. od:crier—You may have that amount of cominl4 senst or you may not, but I and your fellowjurymen seem to see the case quite clearly. The Foreman—There is not the i 4 lighteat prcof that the man struck the woman, but there is no doubt the woman struck the war).  The Coroner [mid be must p.gain- remark tbat it ap; eared to him the. e could be no hosit itiou a.s ut the mAtter. It was n case of the utmost importance, for if the mail wat evert insane; vtid set at liberty by them (the jury) 'or the magistrate;, he InighLt:he, turnAt-AA he got loose commit anither murder. .it was given th>tu in evidence that the deceased's tibs wet e bound up at the L don Hospital, and it.was not a,c alt likely that if the deceased had .not sustained a fracture Of:the ribs they would ihave been .b..und up. The For ern tn'here' intimated that he could not ive. way. _._  r The,Cozoner sa!d, that as the Foreman was not iconviheed'he Must swear:the comtable to lock up !the jury until they came to a verdict. He (the ICotonet) had some other business to trans%ct, and 'would ram n iu about a couple of hours to receive, their vtrdict.  r same further rema k 4, the Foreman said as he saw there were eleven gentlemen agamst him, although he still held the same opinion as he did before, that there was no proof ttio man Hoare struck his wife and caused tin) injuries from which she died, with the exception of nit own confession, !which he (the Foreman) looked .upon as the statement of au insane man, yet, wider existing eircurns!ances, he would give way. The Coroner said he was very happy to hear such sentiments f.om th• Foreman, as it appeared to him that he (the Foreman) could do nothing else. The jury thou returned a verdict of " Manslaughter," against John Hoare, and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute at the Central Crin&i,. nal Court.  YOU GOING TO THE HIGHLANDS, Unrivalled for Scenery, famous in Story and Song ? If so, mike a note to call at (when in the Capital of the beautiful North),
The Sun. — 1858-05-28 (London, England)

SILK GOWNS.  It is stated that Mr. Clris. Shaw of the Leirister Circuit, and brother of the Right Hon. Frederick Shaw,- and Mr. Fahain, of the_Munster_ cant, were offered silk gowns by the Lord Chancellor, hut both declined to accept them for the present. The bitch of 12, called yesterday to the inner ought to suffice fora term or two. • ,  VIE LIST TIPPERARY AfErRDERb • The Tipperary kxaminer of yesterday gives the ' following version of the shocking murder of a wealthy farmer nam-d William Greene, a short, account of whisk was published in The San'of Wednesday : " It appeared that the deceased, who was a wealthy farmer, attended the fair of Ewly on Friday last, and having, with the following persons, drank three gallons of porter between them, the four, namely—John Brien, victualler, Tipperary ; John Kelly, John Kelly, and deceased, left the fair together, and proceeded on their way home as far as the cross of Shronell, four miles from Emly, where deceased and John Kay parted with the two farmers, a,,cl turned on a difietent road, being the most convenient way to their residences, while the others proceeded direct towards the town of Tipperary. The deceased appeared to be mach more under the influence of - liquor than the others, and Keily, who was somewhat sober, volunteered to see him home. Up to Sunday morning no traces of deceased could be found, when his body was discovered about 6 o'clock in the morning, foully mure dered in a field adjoining his own land, inside a ditch, his stick several yards' distance from him in one direction, and his hat in another. Upon the evident:4)ot Mr. T. J. Marressy, M.D., it appeared the wounds had • been inflicted on the deceased by some blunt iron iuetra ment. The back of his head was completely black, one of his fingers was split, and others almost cu., across, as if from a spade or slane (an implement used in cutting turf). So far as the investigation into this fearful case hai pr.). ceeded no clue can be traced to the murderers by whom the foul deed was committed. All that is known is that • the &ceased was last seen in Kelly's company, and the apt., a it h his daugLter, has been arrested on suspicion. Kelly is first cJusin to the deceased, and resided is his immediate neighbourhood. As yet no probable motive has been assigned fur the Perpetration of this terrible and apparently cowardly, deed. -A magisterial investiga.i m will• be held on Tuesday, when it is`expected that some evidence calculated to remove the veil of mystery ' which hangs over the outrage will be elicited. Deceased has 13It a wife and six children to deplore his untimely death. It is a singultr fact that the father of the murdered man was also murdered some years ago, when returning home from the town of Tipperary. Tae jury rcturned a verdict of wilful murder' against some person or persons unknown.' . •
The Sun. — 1858-02-06 (London, England)

SOVEREIGN. But the EMPEROR'S brother blustered with impunity. His address • was very graciously received, anti naturally so, because it went home to the heart of the party to whom it was delivered. In like manner, the military men who uttered such truculent dedances of England, who asked not only to be permitted "to seize the till" beasts in their den," and demanded "a reckoning f rora the den of 03543$ ins where the monsters  were sheltered by its laws," but even asked that "the den"—i. e., England—" should b' destrojed  for ever." • If these atrocities had not been approved of ' by the EMPEROR, why have not these bullying Colonels been reprimanded ? Why has not the Moniteur been suspended or even warned The Press has such extraordinary license in France 1 It must conform, not merely to the regulations, but to the wishes, of the Governme.'it• And we have no hesitation in saying that, if any perfectly independent English joue.nal were to call for an invasion of France, or to term it " a den of assassins," and demand that it should be destroyed for ever, it mould speedily find that the law was quite sufficient to punish such unwarrantable and inj ad ic ions language respecting a friendly country. If the EMPEROR does not adopt decisive Pleasures to redress the flagrant grievance be has no claim upon us. If he has not made the language his own, he should at least notice it, and exhibit unequivocal evidence of his disapproval. He is bouad to make the amende honorable to Great Britain ; and should we take any step, however trifling, to carry out his views, we shall be in the position of an individual who, having received personal chastisement, apologises while the marks of flagellation are still branded on his shoulders. But what necessity is there for any change in the law ? The clear and decisive evidence of Lords BROUGHAM and CAMPBELL, to which we yesterday directed attention, proves that the existing law is amply sufficient to punish any improper act committed in England. We cannot, and we will not, expel those who have sought our hospitality, although they make a bad return for the favour, and exhibit even Imperial ingratitude to those by whom they were sheltered and protected in the hour of need. If "laws are made for every degree," the first criminal who should raise his hand at the bar, and plead to an indictment for a violation of English neutrality, is our " good friend and ally," who, while a fugitive, levied war on a friendly nation, and committed, or at least attempted a murder, in carrying out the futile attempt. We trust Lord PA.LS2ERSTON will be warned while there is yet time as to the dangers attendant on the course on which he is entering. The light cloud is already passing over the face of the moon, and after Monday it will be too late b retrace his footsteps, or to retrieve the popularity which wEI fie for ever forfeited by the unmanly concession. If England did not yield to the demands of NAPOLEON the GREAT, it will not cry craven because of the bullying bluster of Louis the "
The Sun. — 1858-04-16 (London, England)

DOUBLE MURDER NEAR  TAUNTON.  TAUNTON, APRIL 15,  A. most horrible double murder took place in the village of Creech, about five miles from this town, on Wednesday morning. It appears that a man named John Bucknall, and his wife Elizabeth, about 70 years of age, kept a small publichouse called the Cottage Inn, iu addition to which he carried on the business of a jobber. On Tuesday evening he mentioned to a party in the presence of his grandson that he had 401. in his possession, and desired him at the same time to call him early the following morning, so that they might attend the Ilridgwater market. The grandson states that he went to the house at six o'clock, when he could not make any ono hear. He went down the village and told his father, who requested hire to go back to the cottage. He did so, and procured a ladder, which he placed against the bed-room window; but he could not see any one. He again went to his father, who came back with him. The grandson then got over the roof to procure, as he said, an iron bar to force open the front door. In the meantime the father, seeing some smoke issuing from a crevice in the cider cellar door tried to open it. He could not do so at first, although it was only on the latch, on account of some heavy substance against it. He managed to work his body through a small opening, when he found the body of his father weltering in blood. On going upstairs he found his mother with her throat cut, in bed. Information was given to the police, and Sergeant Judd, with several constables, wore soon on the spot. They found that the old man had been shot through the head as he was endeavouring to let himself out. The ball had come Gut at the right cheek and struck the door. Although a careful search was made, the bullet could not be found, neither could they find the knife with which the woman's throat was cut. In a little room was found a gun that had recently been discharged, and which the grandson said had not been used since the previous Wednesday, when he discharged it. A. bar was found at the front door, which was open, with the bolt shot out, as if it Lad been forced open; but this could not have been theht ec kaoes old woman's owa fs mtt hhaeenr bones wereox oeos kune upstairs ms ianrrdsk had violence on the d.)or or the post. The key of this door .arelnnottheahcleoputresesao; couldl ahltrbaecftoeudn'fir.o from ban)xyeths icupg3.in,aecsi b; abouuttatkheenpatiacey the grandson was taken into custody, and on the right lining at the back of his coat there were marks a rta of his coat were r kf whether thea s fa day found several spots blood. On the bloody knife had been wined on it. He could not give any account of what he halt done with the knife, and only a few shillings were found in his pocket. He was convoyed to Taunton gaol the same evening. The murderer must have been close to his victim when h) fired off the gun, as the wadding sat fire to the old man's co it. The prisoner, who has lately come out of gaol, will be brought up before the magistrates on Saturday. Re is About 20 years old, and .5 feet 9_inehos in height.
The Sun. — 1858-07-02 (London, England)

MIER AND SOIG'IDE AT STAFFORD.  . A dreadful affair took place in Pe,01.. terrace, Stafford, on Wes,lne.iday night, when a young tam: named Join Cooper was mutdered by his ,companion and fellow lodg-er, H, my Murray Hall, who almost immediately afterwards killed himself by cutting Ida throat with a razor. Th • murderer and his viettin, ,both young rnee, were cotdw,,iners by trade. Henry'MUrray Hall occupied a small house, in which he lived wiih a female by whom- he had three childten ; and the murdered man lived with them. They wer ! both ac tbetomed to take an interest in politics, and they had lae'y been very busy on behalf of the contsstel right of the burgesses of St iffird to fish in tho wevers of the River Sow, under hs urovi•i,im of King John's Charter, in spite' of the E -r1 of Sipes sbury and ut her landowners on he banks of the raver. Pablic meetings lal been hell in the town upon the qae,tion,„ of which Hall was chairman, and it had lo,eu resolved: to open a' suhscription to try .the question. • Notices were served on Hall and others not to angle iu the water, but he and &her burgesies nersiet of in t;e ac Writs' were then served on him and others, on which he _bet:nue greatly excited, and tliteatened to do some hing. Ou Wednesday night he and Cooper retired to bed. as usual, in one room, his children•and their mother occupying the other. Shortly afterwards his manner beeline so excited that Cooper, fearing some mischief, drcised himself to go and call Iti4 brother, to calm his excitement: On re urning with his brother, Coop,r went into the house, when Hall, who was a tall, powerful, man, shouted out, that lie "would mike the aristocracy remember it," and rushing clown stairs, caught up a.sharp shoemaker's knife from the workb nob, and thrusting C. oper against the wall struck hint in the ab lomen. The woman, who followed Hall down the str,ir,, immediatelystopped his aim, w hen Cooper ran out of the house into thegardeu, followed by Hal', who, cxzept au old tattered shirt, was cplite naked. Cooper was almost instantly ore:taken by his pursuer, who inflicted several severe stabs on his chest and heart, and the unfortunate mat fell at h:s fe.t lifeess corpse. As soon as this- deed was perpetrated Hall walke I back to his braise and said to the mother of his children, "I have done for him," adding that he would have served her the Same if shy had attempted to Nto., bith. He t! en went up stairs and kissed his children, and again descendinginto the kitchen, having possessed himself of a razor he inflicted a severe gash ou the right side of bii neck, completely severing tie c trotid artery. The unhappy man fell backwards on the floor,, the blood spiting over the farmture and flowing in a pool around his body. Several persons, who were e reused by the ory of " murder," saw the deceased in-n in the garden from their bedroom windows, but they were unable to interfere until too late. The dead body of Cooper was conveyed into the house and placed on the floor near that of his murderer. The coroner's inquest was to take place last (Thursday) evening.
The Sun. — 1858-02-08 (London, England)

LATEST NEWS.  THE AFRICAN MAIL.  [BY ELECTRIC, TELEGRA.PIL  PLYMOUTH, MONDAY Mom" No.  The African Steam Navigation Company's mail packet Ethiop, Commander Croft, arrived last  Her dates are—Fernando Po, Dec. 27 ; Cameroons, 28th ; Old Calabar, 30th ; Bonny, Jan. 3 ; Lagos, 7th ; Accra, 9:h ; Cape Coast, 11th ; Liberia, 15th ; Sierra Leone, 20th; Bathurst, 24th ; Goree, 24th; Teneriffe, 30th; and Madeira, Feb. 1.  The Ethiope brings 3,056 ounces of gold dust, and the cargo includes 460 puncheons palm oil, 12 packages and two cases ivory, 28 teeth, 22 tons camwood, 85 cases arrowroot, 9 cases sundries, and 16 octaves Madeira wine.  At Sierra Leone trade is brisk, especially in breaking up the slave vessels condemned by thu Mixed Court.  Rear-Admiral Sir George Grey was expected  shortly.  A war-steamer has been ordered to visit Elobey, one of the Spanish Cerise° islands, w hero Casptain Stewart, a British resident, has been cruelly shot by the natives, in the presence of his wife. The partial success of the Niger expedition in establishing trading factories in the upper parts of the river is said to be the cause of the attack on the settlement, George, by the jealous natives. A swift paddle-steamer, drawing four feet only, will t e required to complete the operations of the expo. dition.  Consul Itchinson was at Bonny, Jan. 2, in the Bloodhound,: (30 Lieutenant Robson, to inquire into the cau'se of the murder of a Krooman by thg natives, at the cash-house of a British supercargo. The trade of this river has been somewhat suspended.  Governor Sir D. Prico went from Accra to Cape Coast Castle in the Ethiopia. Some sickness prevails at Liberia, !where three deaths occurred rather suddenly.  The Governor of Bathurst was preparing to go up the Gambia in the steamer Dover.  Heavy rains have fallen at Teneriffe, but have not affected the health of the inhabitants.  At Lagos, the steam-ship Fleela, 6, Commander  Eplin.  The vessel Brune, Lieutenant Lodder, bad crossed the bar and was lying in the river opposite the town.  The paddle-wheel steam ves3els Medusa, 4, Commauder, Wm. liouden ; the Spitfire, Commander. James Campbell ; and the sloop Heron, 12, Commander Wm. Ttuicott, were at Sierra Leone. The Royal mail steamer Armenian left Madeira n the 30th of January for the West Coast.  The brig Peeping Tom has been condemned ai Sierra Leone as unseaworthy. Zile merchant ships Olinda and Africa were a' Old Calabar.  The Oliuda reports the Lima, from London for Valparaiso, off Cape Verd.  The Catherine left Bonny, Jan. 3, for Liverpoo  The American brig Hannah arrived at. Liberia December 1, the ship M. C. Stevens on the 25th, and the British brig Constance on the 29th. The cutter yacht Miranda arrived at Tenerilre or the Bth of January ; the British steamer Cleveland arrived on the 23d, and left the same cl.ty for Loando ; the schooner yacht Maria left, January 29, for Grand Canary.
The Sun. — 1836-08-01 (London, England)

FRASER'S. The " Gallery of Literary Characters " on this less flippant, than the month a portrait of old Sir John Soanc, to wetch a brief memoir is prefixed, better, because. . . . . In the " usual biographical notices i a small poet," which is occurs a Postscript to the Second --ac . . ~ Cambridge," tntetrhisfrPoemm-dlcal—l so lively, and at the same time so just, that we extract it for sketch of that very common biped., • the amusement of our readers : " A small poet is ono that makes himself that - which Nature never meant him ; like a fanatic, thlt inspires himself with his own whimsies. He sets - up 11:Am-dasher of small poetry, with a very small stock, and no credit. He believes it invention enough to find out other men's wit ; and whatsoever be lights upon, either in books or company, he makes bold with as his own. You may know his wit nit to be natural, it is so unquiet and troublesome in him ; fur as those that have money but seldom arc always shaking their pockets when they have it, so does he when be thinks he has got something that will make him appear. lie is like an Italian thief, that never robs but he murders to prevent discovery ; so sure is he to cry down the man from whom be purloins, that his• petty larceny of wit may pass unsuspected. He takes jests from the Owners and breaks them, as justices do false weights and pots that want measure. Ha disclaims study, pretends to take things in motion and tq shunt flying ; which appears to be very true by his often missing of his mark. As for epithets, he always avoids those that are near akin to the sense. For similitudes, he likes the hardiest and most obscure best; for, as ladies make black patches to make their complexions seem fairer than they are, so when an illustration is more tobseen. than the sense-that went. before it, it must of neceltsity realte it appear clearer than -it did ; Tor contraries arc best! set off by contraries. He has found out a new sort of Poetical Georgics-1 trick of sowing wit, li!.c clover-grass, upon barren subjects which would yield nothing before. This is very  useful for the times wherein some men say there is no room left for new invention." A " Most Talented Fatuity." shows much power of gmo d. humoured satire. The sketelt of the pompous old blockhead who was an authority .-mong. his friends, on the, strength of his having "once suiped m company with Dr. Johnson," and " more than once sba!zcn hands with Garrick," is true to the life. " O'Fiarlon and his Wife," is a sad story of domestic life, told with much feeling and simplicity. The " Prout Papers " conti,in many ably translations from Horace, and an ingenious 1....!tin version of that well-known Irish Melody, " Eveleen's Bower." The " Familiar Letters of Cowley," is a delightful Magazine article, and the notice of " GraAtley Berkeley anti his Novel," one of the savagest criticisms that has ever appeared in Fraser. Whether it be just or not, we cannot say, as we Flo not happen to have read " Berkeley Castle."