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The Sun. — 1869-12-27 (London, England)

ASSASSINATION.—A few days since the Moscow public were thrown into a state of consternation by a circumstantial and apparently wellauthenticated report that Prince Yury Nikolaievitch Galatzin, a distinguished member of St. Petersburgh society, had, while travelling in the central provinces of Russia, been surprised one night by three men disguised as monks, cut down, and despatched with great barbarity. And while everyone was shuddering over this appalling recital, a few days ago there appeared in the Moscow News a letter from the murdered man himself (whose powers of composition seemed no whit deteriorated by the operation) to the following effect :—" Sir,—l have just read, with no small entertainment, the minute details of the barbarous murder of which I was the victim in the town of Kozlov, a few days after my arrival in St. Petersburg, the assassins being, I believe, ' three men disguised as monks' The fact of my being here, alive and well, renders it probable that I was not the person assassinated ; but I am fairly informed, through official sources, that the existence of these three worthies is somewhat dubious, no one in Kozlov having either scen them or met anyone who has. I am, therefore, somewhat inclined to doubt the accuracy of the informa-1 tion.—l am, &c.",  A NEW WORK ON THE MARVELLOUS BOY  Dr. Daniel Wilson's book on Chatterton, just published, is remarkable as being the first biography of the marvellous boy in which the house in which he perished is correctly pointed out. An examination of the old rate-collector's books of the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, for the year 1770, for which we are indebted to a correspondent of the Atheneum, has clearly demonstrated that " Mrs. Angell, the sackmaker," from whose house in Brooke-street, Holborn, the poet's latest letters were dated, resided at No. 39 in that street, a few doors from Holborn, on the left hand side. It is an old red brick house, which has evidently undergone no important change since the Bristol boy died by his own hand in one of its garrets. Hitherto every biographer—and even Mr. Peter Cunningham, that laborious literary antiquary—has for no reason that we know of, mentioned No. 4 as the residence of Mrs. Angell, a house which has long ago disappeared. It is curious that Mr. Phillips's famous picture of Chatterton's death represents St. Paul's in the distance through the garret window, which was a possible thing from the garret of No. 39, but quite impossible from that of No. 4, for Chatterton's room, as we know, looked on to the street, while the front windows of No. 4 must have turned their backs on the City. The discovery will save the artist from the reproach of a blunder. It is also noticeable that Dr. Wilson fully accepts, as indeed it would be difficult not to do, the arguments which have been advanced to shew that the very full and circumstantial report of the inquest on Chatterton, which cheated Dr. Maitland and Professor Masson into writing elaborate essays, is an impudent forgery.
The Sun. — 1869-01-04 (London, England)

CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS.  (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)  PARIS, SUNDAY, January 3. The unexpected death of M. Lanjuinais, of the Corps L4gislatif, is the subject of general regret. He was member of the Left, but his moderation and sincerity gained him the respect of all.  M. do Moustier is much worse. He remains at the Foreign Ministry, and the physicians hold out no hope of his speedy removal. Prince Napoleon, though in no serious state of ill-health, is still suffering. He was unable to take part in any of the official receptions.  The Queen of Spain and the Duke of Madrid had an interview yesterday. The Provisional Government must take care.  The Suez Canal is now progressing so rapidly that the complete success of the work is assured. Public attention, both in France and England, is being directed to this undertaking now that it promises to be successful. It has been ridiculed and pooh-poohed until its triumph is no longer doubtful. The courage which commenced this stupendous work will yet reap its reward, for it is beyond doubt one of the greatest achievements of France. A second Charlotte Winsor has just been discovered at Chabeuil. A woman named Garet has for some time past carried on a tolerably lucrative business by practising the art of abortion. 'There is also considerable evidence in favour of misdeeds even of a darker hue : in short, it is likely that a story of the wholesale murder of infants who have been born alive will be once more disclosed. A large number of single women, and some who were married, have sought andfoundthe aid of this wretch. The bodies of the infants were buried in the cellar of the house where she lived. Various sums were paid for this species of " assistance," in one case as high as £2B.  A Marseilles paper publishes the interesting item of intelligence that Joye, the herbalist, and chief actor in the "poisoning tragedy," has been shaved and prepared for his voyage to Cayenne. The women convicts have likewise been removed to the place of their future abode— of course I speak in a temporal sense. The disclosures made at the recent trial formed, as was feared, by no means a complete history of these horrible crimes. A new case has just come to light—this time that of a wife poisoned by her husband. The death of this poor woman, who was of irreproachable character, occurred eighteen months ago. The process of analysis occupied ten days. The result is not disclosed, but it is currently reported that the proof of poisoning is complete. Miss Minnie Hauch, the latest Paris dq),lltante, has made a promising beginning in "La Sonnambuka." She is but 17 years of age, and has thereforq,,,puch to gain in experience. Miss Hauck has a fine voice, full of fresh. ness, and very exact in the higher notes, but admitting of improvement in the medium. She is under the tuition of M. Stralcosch, and could not therefore be in abler hands; but the general criticism is that the promise afforded by her debat has yet to be realised.
The Sun. — 1869-01-04 (London, England)

CONFESSION OF MURDER.  At the Lambeth Police-court on Saturday mornin., Wm. Showard, aged 57, was charged before Mr. Woolrych, on his own confession, with wilfully murdering his first wife Martha, at Norwich, on the 15th June, 1851. The prisoner, a gentlemanly-looking man, very weak and feeble, wept bitterly. Inspector Davis said that on Friday night while on duty at Carter-street Police-station the prisoner came into the office and said —" I have a charge to make against myself, for wilfully murdering my first wife, Martha, at Norwich. I have kept the secret for years, but I can keep it no longer. I left home on Tuesday with the intention of destroying myself. I intended to have cut my throat with the razor I have got in my pocket." 1 asked him for the razor, and he at once took it from his pocket. He then said—" I have bean to Chelsea to-day and yesterday by steamboat, intending to destroy myself, but the Almighty would not let me do it. I wish I could have done it." I then put hint into a cell, and ho moaned very much during the night, and seemed in great distress of mind. Ho did not mention any of the facts of the murder until this morning. When about to bring him from the station to this court, I said, "Do you recollect shat you said to me last night ?" and ho replied, "Yes, perfectly well." I then asked him if he would give any particulars of the crime he had charged himself with. He said, "It was on the 15th Juno, 1851. 1 cut her throat with a razor." I said, "How did you dispose of the body, or bow was it that it was not discovered ?" He replied, " Tho body was cut up, and I believe a portion was kept in spirits of wine at the Guildhall at Norwich by order of the magistrates." I then asked him how it was he now came and confessed, and he said, "I went last night to a house in Richmond-street, Walwortb, where I first saw my first wife, and that brought it so to my mind that I was obliged to come and give myself up, and again he said, "You'd find it's luito trite. and they wia know all about it at NOI wich." Prisoner further ;laded tint he l ept the Key and Castle at Norwich, and previous to that keiA a pawnbrok..r's shod 14 or 15 years, eml at the time of the mut dor was living at St. Martin's, at the Palace, Norwich. In reply to Mr Woolrych the prisoner said.the statement made by the inspector was correct. lie was r; manded for further inquiry.  The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson has consented to preside at a great metropolitan meeting in favour of the 1)allot, which is to be held at the Arundel Hall, on Friday, Ili 15th inst.  A meeting of the spinners and manufacturers of Rochdale has endorsed the resolution of the Manchester meeting in favour of working mills only 30 hours a wook during January and February, provided one-half of the cotton spinners assent.
The Sun. — 1869-01-04 (London, England)

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.  (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY, January 3. the unexpected death of M. Lanjuinais, of the Corps Wgislatif, is the subject of general regret. He was member of the Left, but his moderation and sincerity gained him the respect of all. M. de Monstier is much worse. He remains at the Foreign Ministry, and the physicians hold out no hope of his speedy removal. Prince Napoleon, though in no serious state of ill•health, is still suffering. He was unable to take part in any of the official receptions. The Queen of Spain and the Duke of Madrid had an interview yesterday. The Provisional Government must take care.  The Suez Canal is now progressing so rapidly that the complete success of the work is assured. Public attention, both in France and England, is being directed to this undertaking now that it promises to be successful. It has been ridiculed and pooh-poohed until its triumph is no longer doubtful. The courage which commenced this stupendous work will yet reap its reward, for it is beyond doubt one of the greatest achievements of France. A second Charlotte Winsor has just been discoverea at Chabenil. A woman named Garet has for some time past carried on a tolerably lucrative business by practising the art of abortion. There is also considerable evidence in favour of misdeeds even of a darker hue : in short, it is likely that a story of the wholesale murder of infants who have been born alive will be once more disclosed. A large number of single women, and some who were married, have sought andfound the aid of thiswretcb. The bodies of the infants were buried iu the cellar of the house where she lived. Various sums were paid for this species of " assistance," in one case as high as £2B.  A Marseilles paper publishes the interesting item of intelligence that Joye, the herbalist, and chief actor in the "poisoning tragedy," has been shaved and prepared for his voyage to Cayenne. The women convicts have likewise been removed to the place of their future abode—of course I speak in a temporal sense. The disclosures made at the recent trial formed, as was feared, by no means a complete history of these horrible crimes. A new case has just come to light—this time that of a wife poisoned by her husband. The death of this poor woman, who was of irreproachable character, occurred eighteen months ago. The process of analysis occupied ten days. The result is not disclosed, but it is currently reported that the proof of poisoning is complete. Miss Minnie Hauch, the latest Paris dBOtante, has made a promising beginning in "La Sonnambula." She is but 17 years of age, and has therefore much to gain in experience. Miss Hauck has a fine voice, full of freshness, and very exact in the higher notes, but admitting of improvement in the medium. She is under the tuition of M. Strakosch, and could not therefore be in abler hands; but the general criticism is that the promise afforded by her delnlt has yet to be realised.
The Sun. — 1869-01-04 (London, England)

CONFESSION OF MURDER.  At the Lambeth Police-court on Saturday mornin, Wm. She ward, aged 57, was charged before Mr. Woolryeb, on his own confession, with wilfully murdering his first wife Martha, at Norwich, on the 15th June, 1851. The prisoner, a gentlemanly-looking man, very weak and feeble, wept bitterly. Inspector Davis said that on Friday night while on duty at Carter-street Police-station the prisoner came into the office and said -" I have a charge to make against myself, for wilfully murdering my first wife, Martha, at Norwich. I have kept the secret for years, but I can keep it no longer. I left home on Tuesday with the intention of destroying myself. I intended to have cut my throat, with the razor 1 have got in my pocket." 1 asked him for the razor, and he at once took it from his pocket. Ho then said—" I have bean to Chelsea to-day and yesterday by steamboat, intending to destroy myself, but the Almighty would not let me do it. I wish I could have done it." I then put him into a cell, and ho moaned very much during the night, and seemed in great distress of mind. He did not mention any of the facts of the murder until this morning. When about to bring him from the station to this court, 1 said, "Do you recollect what you said to me last night?" and he replied, "Yes, perfectly well." I then asked him if he would give any particulars of the crime he had charged himself with. Ho said, "It was on the 15th June, 1851. 1 cut her throat with a razor." I said, "How did you dispose of the body, or how was it that it was not discovered ?" Ho replied, " The body was cut up, and I believe a portion was kept in spirits of wine at the Guildhall at Norwich by order of the magistrates." 1 then asked him how it was he now came and confessed, and he said, "I went last•night to a house in Richmond-street, Walworth. where I first saw my first wife, and that brought it so to my mind that I was obliged to come and give myself up, and again ho said, "You'll find it's quite true, and they will know all about it at Norwich." Prisoner further added that he kept the Key and Castle at Norwich, and previous to that kept a pawnbroker's shop 14 or 15 years, and at the time of the !milder was living at St. Martin's, at the Palace, Norwich. In reply to Mr. Woolrych the prisoner said the statement made by the inspector was correct. Ire was r, mantled for further inquiry.  The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson has consented to preside at a great metropolitan meeting in favour of the ballot, which is to be held at the Arundel Hall, on Friday, the 15th inst.  A meeting of the spinners and manufacturers of Rochdale has endorsed the resolution of the Manchester meeting in favour of working mills only 30 hours a week during January and February, provided one-half of the cotton, sp4a2g iteBW,
The Sun. — 1869-07-28 (London, England)

CAPITAL PUNISHIIENT BILL. Mr. GILPIN moved the second reading of this bill. In so doing he expressed a hope that the time had now arrived for Parliament giving its assent to a measure for the abolition of capital punishm, nt, more so because it had been shown that the carrying oat the extreme sentence of the law did not deter crime or stop the hand of the murderer. He could not understand the persistency with which the measure had in former sessions Leen opposed by the archbishop and bishops; but ho they would now be induced to give their sanction to the present bill, and thus put au end to the immorality arising from the system of capital punishment, which had been successfully abolished in many party of the world with success.  Mr. FOWLER sail he thought that if any further argument were wanted in favour of the bill of the bon, member for Northampton they could be found in the blue-book published since the law of capital punishment was abolished in all cases except murder. In every case crime had decreased, and that had in consequence of juries not having the fear of capital punishment before their eyes for such crimes as forgery, arson, and the like offences. He thought a step in the right direction bad been made is abolishing public executions, because it had been clearly shown that public executions did not deter, the hand of the murderer. Another good that would result from the abolition of capital offences was making the punishment a certainty, instead of as now allowing it to depend upon the the determination of the Home Secretary. At present there was no certainty that the verdict would be carried out, because the Home Secretary had a power which he did not think it was right should he possessed by any one. Ho knew that the Home Secretary was persecuted b memorials being presented for a commutation of the sentence of death, and no more :memorable case had occurred than that of William Palmer, the Rugby poisoner, a greater scroudrel than which never existed in the history of crime. No sooner had sentence been passed than the Home Secretary was persecuted by memorials in favour of a commutation of the sentence, on the ground that some doubt still existed as to the bringing home clearly the crime to Palmer. Now this state of things ought not to exist, and the only way to put au end to them was to abolish capital punishment, and to make the verdict of a jury and the sentence of a judge certain of being carried out. He seconded the motion for the second roading. Mr. J. D. LEWIS opposed the motion, and moved that the bill be read a second time that day three months. He contended that there was no indisposition of a jury to convict where the evidence was clear that wilful murder had been committed. He thought the house ought to pay some attention to the cpiuioa of the judges on the subject of the abolition of capitol, and that opinion was in nearly every case adverse to such a proceeding.  (
The Sun. — 1869-01-16 (London, England)

III." Of course, the title is a sufficient description of the contents. The Marquis de Moustier is considerably better, so much so, indeed, that the doctors have at last been able to consent to his removal from the Foreign Ministry. He was carried away yesterday in a sedan chair. Prince Napoleon is quite recovered, and has issued invitations for a dinner.  Several Englishmen have visited the chateau of M. Berryer, with the view of purchasing it. Three have already bid for it. An extraordinary tragedy of starvation and cannibalism has terminated in Algeria. An Arab was found guilty of murdering and eating six persons in less than a month. He was sentenced to death as far back as October last, but was executed by-shooting only on the 4th of this month. Whilst on this cheerful topic, I may mention that the Vienna tribunals have condemned to six weeks' imprisonment an individual who carved out for himself the special career of bunting down and killing dogs, especially hound. The flesh of these animals formed his regular subsistence. In his dwelling were found the smoked hams of dogs, cutlets—in short, a complete butcher's shop. In addition, there was a large collection of sauces for the dressing of the delectable viands.  A tunnel under the Straits of Dover, as well as a bridge over them, is under the consideration of the Government. A mixed commission, comprising naval officers and scientific men of various grades, have reported in favour of this still more stupendous project. The cost is estimated at twenty-five millions sterling. The Avenir National mentions a circumstance which may give rise to some little trouble between the Dutch and Prussian Governments. A Dutch merchant ship was boarded by a Prussian war-ship. This act, the Arenir I National concludes, was intentional, for the Dutch captain made all the usual signals, and it was open day. Not content with hauling 'up the Dutch vessel, the Prussian captain finished by insulting the crew, exclaiming that they would speedily suffer the fate of the German Principalities. The Dutch captain replied that Prussia might do as she pleased with Germany, but Holland she would never touch. After a little more silly recrimination the two vessels sheered off. But when the Dutch ship entered a Prussian port, it was at once boarded by the police, who preferred a charge against the captain of an "outrage to his Prussian Majesty !" The captain appeared according to summons the next day, and was invited first of all to deposit a bail of £BOO, being forbidden to leave the port until the security was given. The captain replied somewhat testily that he should go where he pleased. The authorities, not liking, it is to be presumed, to apprehend the captain in person, seized a debt of a few pounds which was owing to him at the port. This is the story; it remains to be seen whether the Dutch Government will tolerate the insult. The arrogance o; Prussian officials is notorious throughout Europe.
The Sun. — 1869-01-16 (London, England)

III." Of course, the title is a sufficient description of the contents.  The Marquis de Moustier is considerably better, so much so, indeed, that the doctors have at last been able to consent to his removal from the Foreign Ministry. He WAS carried away yesterday in a sedan chair. Prince Napoleon is quite recovered, and has issued invitations for a dinner.  Several Englishmen have visited the chitteau of M. Berryer, with the view of purchasing it. Three have already bid for it. An extraordinary tragedy of starvation and cannibalism has terminated in Algeria. An Arab was found guilty of murdering and eating six persons in less than a month. He was sentenced to death as far back as October last, but was executed by shooting only on the 4th of this month. Whilst on this cheerful topic, I may mention that the Vienna tribunals have condemned to six weeks' imprisonment an individual who carved out for himself the special career of hunting down and killing dogs, especially hound. The flesh of these animals formed his regular subsis• tence. In his dwelling were found the smoked hams of dogs, cutlets—in short, a complete butcher's shop. In addition, there was a large collection of sauces for the dressing of the delectable viands.  A tunnel under the Straits of Dover, as well as a bridge over them, is under the consideration of the Government. A mixed commission, comprising naval officers and scientific men of various grades, have reported in favour of this still more stupendous project. The cost is estimated at twenty-five millions sterling.  The Avenir National mentions a circumstance which may give rise to some little trouble between the Dutch and Prussian Governments. A Dutch merchant ship was boarded by a Prussian war-ship. This act, the Avenir National concludes, was intentional, for the Dutch captain made all the usual signals, and it was open day. Not content with hauling up the Dutch vessel, the Prussian captain finished by insulting the crew, exclaiming that they would speedily suffer the fate of the German Principalities. The Dutch captain replied that Prussia might do as she pleased with Germany, but Holland she would never touch. After a little more silly recrimination the two vessels sheered off. But when the Dutch ship entered a Prussian port, it was at once boarded by the police, who preferred a charge against the captain of an "outrage to his Prussian Majesty !" The captain appeared according to summons the next day, and was invited first of all to deposit a bail of £BOO, being forbiddenko leave the port until the security was given.  The captain replied somewhat testily that he should go where he pleased. The authorities, not liking, it is to be presumed, to apprehend the captain in person, seized a debt of a few pounds which was owing to him at the port.  This is the story ; it remains to be seen whether the Dutch Government will tolerate the insult. The arrogance of  Prussian officials is notorious throughout Europe.  THE TrEATII.EI?