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The Sun. — 1860-02-21 (London, England)

VALEN N. TI F'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the. Fairy i a extraordinary revenue in time of war. I object to from the steamer Imperador into the boats. A pedition was undertaken now sue for mercy, and 10 Do. A lAinroves. no div. t all - of the True Lovers' Knot. The pantomimists the unrreal e 10 Do B tilap.c.per an. all - Some of the articles in this Treaty on their own hawser was attached to it, and abont 60 bluejackets are using their best endeavours to capture the mur- --• hasbeen pd.tola Leclercqs. UM - merits- I object to others, not on their own merits, from her Majesty's steamer Retribution having pre- , derers whose act has brought ruin on all connected 50 Dublin andßeltestJune. all - TH EA T R E-ROYAL LYCE i . with them. Every village of this tribe (with but steels 25 Dublin Abr.June. all 71 8 but because oven if I thought the financial calcula- viottsly landed on the beach at Manora, hauled it East Anglian lrl 134 145 Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste.one exception) has furnished its quota of men for Stock isastern Counties IC 50a 571 57 1 7 olett Brilliant and Increased Success of the new Drama.-sCe e tions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer likely to on shore. The end of the cable touched the land at the pursuit of Zungee (the robber chief) and of the Eastern Union A Stock 100 38 40 Dubois and Therese Defarge, by Madame Cele t . Stock Do. do. B Stock lea 26 28 Drama called A TALE OF be borne out, I conceive that this is not the moment 8.29 Newell landed at nine a.m., and murderers. The one recusant village, which failed 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 85 - THIS EVENING, a new _s , , f rom the story of that _, ~ „20 East Suffolk all - TWO CITIES, by TOM Taylor, E : Principal . 1 characters by J. tic widen to enter into such stipulations, and that •ntend the joining of this end to proceeded to super' has ahead been unished to join in the pursuit, y p . Charles Dickens, Esq. r ncipalo Do - name by_. Lacy, Villiers, Rouse, Forrester, J. if there were at this moment any means you could the cable, which had been previously laid down On the 18th December a tachment under Stock j Edinburg and Glasgow 10,'s 811 821 James Vininsa Walter H. Butler, Johnstone, T. Lyon, Morton, Palmer, White, Rothneproceeded against Stock Fdin I'erth & Dundee 100 29 29 Clifford, and Fredericks ; Misses Kate Saville, Stuart, Turner, provide in the present state of the revenue as a from the telegraph station to the beach. The whole the command of Major y . _4 ~ , . 5 it. In the skirmish which ensued the enemy 1 Junction all - st(?ckiS North & Clyde Mrs. Campbell, and Madame Celeste. substitute for the lose about to be occasioned by was then placed in the ditch, which had been exca- . Furness - After which, will be produced ,the GrandiChristmas Exthis lost eight men killed. Our party captured 300 stocki(l lasgow & South Westn. 100 101 103 teavagaza. and Pantomime., KIN(..s r lIII4JSI I B!,ty, the treaty, I think they would bo most objection- vated under the superintendence of Mr. Forde, the head of cattle on this occasion. Our loss was but to elreat North of Scotland all - LITTLE PET and the
The Sun. — 1860-04-17 (London, England)

HERTS.  The final inquest before the coroner, Mr. F. Day, was held on Saturday afternoon, at Beechwood Farm. The- only witness who made any additions to his former depositions was William Holloway, who, it will be remembered, called at Cane's cottage on the night of the occurrence, at about 20 minutes to 12 o'clock, and saw Cane and Bliss there, whom he knew, and two other men whom he did not know. He stated that all four men were standing up with their caps on. They looked like men who were going out; he told his wife so when he got home ; they were strong-built men. He might know one of them again, whose side-face he saw.  He saw Cane and Bliss together at Cane's cottage on the morning of that day, between 8 and 9 o'clock. When he was in Cane's cottage at night he saw one gun only, which stood in a corner. He heard of the terrible occurrence the next day., and it occurred to him that it was very likely the keepers were shot by the men whom he saw on the night before. William Burgess said they had had no poachers in the preserves since the occurrence. Police-constable Townsend said that on a piece of paper taken out of the body of the deceased there were the words "Houghton Regis" printed. The corner of the summons which was found in the wood having the word " ough" written on it, was picked up on the Saturday previous to the night of the fatal affray. We may hero remark that Dunstable. Houghton, and Houghton Regis are one and the same place, and that it joins Dunstable and Totternhoe, the latter being the place where Bliss a that r i lives. In summing up, the coroner said he did not aab attribute, tercei batnuo et s, Burgess'suvonidc under the wt circumstances,hhdeiecchl alr,ei declaring eimportance To tt 00sen ot hr ae believeduwcho wood. . his mind that part of the evidence was most important which proves that Burgess struck at the gun raised at him, and shows the state of Cane's gun on the morning of the murder. Stringer's evidence was most material in connexion with these circumstances, as it shows the condition the gun was in when he parted with it on the previous morning. Holloway's evidence he considered was also of the greatest importance, as it shows that Cane and Bliss were together on Wednesday morn• ing, and also as late as a quarter to 12 o'clock on the night of the murder. The jury consulted together for about half an hour, and then returned a verdict of wilful murder against Cane and Bliss. A doubt has been raised whether the murder of Seabrook, the gamekeeper, was committed in the county of Hcrts or Beds, the parish of Flamstead, in which the mansion of Sir Thomas Sebright and much of his preserves are situated, being in Herta, and other parts of the woods in the parish of Whip' sande, in Beds. The keepers were in the_county, of Beds when they were shot at, and Seabrook fell with his head in Rerts and his feet in Beds.
The Sun. — 1860-03-09 (London, England)

HORRIBLE IKU.RDER IN NOTTING HAMSHIRE.  A cold-blooded murder was perpetrated at a place called Walkeringham, about fAour miles from Gainsborough, on Tuesday night. d es otealtvtlaelkjoebribnegr., named Charles Spencer, who resides hanamd , left had Walkerithbe e n t o Ferry,Gainsborough crossing the Tthraotntd,aoyn, his way home, at twenty minutes to eleven p.m. He had been stopping fora a shorttime at the Ferryhouse, Walkerith, and it and washa there ihtniilset possession‘Nt, • io time i ie t hnotes, e a payment thatbee n he ea paid d£ i 1 n 0 considerablyalldd largerto took 0 oakmo place,un t. t wAot individuals, named JohsnhilFoeesenltnon, blacksmith and landlord. of the Three and James Fenton, labourer, Wanlierhaighearmmtno re: lhation, however, to John Fenton) were in the publichouse. In crossing the Trent the murdered man was accompanied by the two individuals named and another individual, a Mr. Anderson. As soon as the boat reached the Notts side of the river, the two Fentons walked on towards Walkeringham, about one mile distant, leaving Spencer talking with Mr. Anderson, who lives near the banks of the river. Nothing more can be ascertained as to what took place; but the body of Mr. Spencer was found next mornidg in a dyke, only about 40 yards from his own residence. The body presented a truly horrible spectacle ; the head was almost completely severed from the body, there being two terrible gashes on each side of the neck, only a little of the flesh in front and a little behind remaining. A pool of blood was discovered on the road adjoining the dyke, beside which two discharged pistols were found. It is very evident, from the whole of the circumstances we have been able to gather, that the murderer had been lying in wait for his intended victim. It appears as if he had taken up his position against the old barn which the deceased, to reach home, would have to pass. Before deceased made his appearance, it would seem as if the pistols were fired, the report of which alarmed the village schoolmaster, who immediately,rGod's got up and looked out of the window, at which time, it is said, he heard some one exclaim, "For what are you going to do ?" The moon was shining splendidly at the time, but he saw nobody in the road, and therefore did not think it necessary to take any further notice of the matter. The shots failed, it would appear, to take their intended effect, and the murderer then seems. ceeded to attack his victim with somet° weapon, with which he made formidable eidpabroce have hd:esscbreibened, cutting muffler rounddeceasedtahkaedn.right the fearfulthrnug gashes a t h iweke Fenton committing the horrible Were foun upond caps t his neck. John in ocustody. on. suspicion of deed. In his possession ed caps corresponding with those found the pistols, and also some bullets, which fitted the barrels accurately. A pair of trousers and a pair of leggings, which, it is alleged, the prisoner wore on Tuesday, were found, partly washed out. The inquest has not yet been held.—Manchester G ttardion.
The Express. — 1847-01-08 (London, England)

YESTERDAY.—ALLEGED MURDER.— Before Mr. W. Carter, at the Jolly Gardeners, Princes-street, Lambeth, respecting the death of Wm. Rowe, aged 47 years. The inquiry bad been instituted in consequent/. of • letter having been sent to Mr. T. Dunn, the summoning officer, which contained a most serious charge against the wife of the deceased. The communication was forwarded from a benefit society in Hatton-garden, and was to the effect that a man named Rowe had died suddenly, and as he was the fourth hatband, and there being so short a time between his marriage and the death of the last husband, it was thought necessary to hold an inquest. Mary Hunt deposed that she was secretary to a Birmingham benefit society for married females; the members numbered about 150, and the funds were to aid the sick, to pay at the death of a  husband, and 61. at the decease of • member. The wife of the deceased man, witneu had been informed, had had four husbands, the whole of whom had died very suddru..y. Mr.. Rowe had been paid for one husband's death some time since, and she had applied for the money for a second death. The members had a meeting on the subject, and found that Mrs. Rowe had boen paid for two deaths at another club, which would make four husbands in the whole. Two females had been appointed to visit the deceased during his illness, and at the death there appeared some reluctance to allow the body to he opened to ascertain the precise cause of death. Mr. Smyth, a surgeon, of Vauxhall-walk, had been the medical attendant, but he did not give any opinion us to the cause of death. It was shown in evidence, however, that there was not the slightest cause for any suspicion against the wife, and the coroner, in strong terms, animadverted on the conduct of the persons connected with the soeietr, which is called " The Friendly Sisters;" trusting that the caee would be a warning to them for the future, for no one could possibly tell what such vague rumours might lead to. lie then left the case in the hands of the jury, who unanimously returned a verdict of " Death from natural causes."-- Res acre.—By Mr. Payne, at Guy's hospital, on the body of Um Mary Bateman, aged 72 years, lately residing in Morgan's-lane, Tooley-street, Southwark. The deceased, on the 14th of Dec. last, was passing along the Blackfriars-road, towards the bridee, and in the act of crossing to the opposite paving, when • four-wheel cab, numbered " 269-3," came up, and before she had time to recover the footpath, she was knocked down, thus sustaining a broken thigh. The unfortunate creature was at once taken to a neiehbourind surgeon's, and from thence to the above teepiral, wherein she lingered urtil Tuesday last, when she expired from the effects of the injury. It further appeared that the accident was wholly unavoidable, and, in tact, attributable to the deceased's deafness, the driver havinu cried out several yards before he reached her. The deceased had formerly been a gentleman's housekeeper, but had been Heine, during the :ant ten years, in independent eireurnstanees.—Verdict, "Accidental death."
The Express. — 1847-11-09 (London, England)

WORSHIP-STREET. SUBPECTRD MATRICIDE AT HACLNCY.— Wm. Sheridan was chard upon suspicion of rs wilfully murdering his mother, M. ranee' Sheridan, an inquest on whose body appears in another part of our paper. —Police-sergeant Has kes stated that on Monday last information reached the station-house that the deceased, who had expired after a short illness on the previous Friday, had met her death by unfair means. A preliminary Investigation had taken place berme the coroner, who had given orders tar the prisoner's apprehension. On the road to the station the prisoner stated that the charge had arisen from the bad feeling of one of his sisters ; the latter, however, who was the principal witness in the came, was unable to attend, being then under the care of Dr. Osrrod, from injuries she had sustained at the hands of the prisoner.—Mary Armstrong, who had laid out the body of the deceased, stated that she heard the sister accusing her brother of poisoning hie mother, that he made no denial of it upon either occasion, and that the sister afterwards told her she had been seriously injured by the prisoner in consequence of her interference. —W. Randle, the landlord of the -house, deposed to his having been disturbed by constant altercations between the prisoner and the rest of his family, and one of which occurred with unusual violence on the night preceding the death of the deceased, while she was confined to her bed.—Mr. Hawn, surgeon, deposed to having attended the deceased for the four days preceding her death. During the time she had been under his care she had been labouring under diarrhma and extreme vomiting. She was progressing favourably under his treatment until the day preceding her death, when he was asked whether she was not in such a state of danger as would justify the preparation of her will ? He replied, with some surprise, in the negative, as she was decidedly better, twat on visiting her in the evening found that she was alarmingly worse, and labouring under symptoms which coald not have been produced by anything he had prescribed for her. This was at 10 o'clock at night, and at 4 the next morning she was dead. The post morfem examination 'rid since been made by himself and Dr. Letheby, and from an analysis of the contents of the stomach, and appearance of the liver, they had come to the conviction that the death of the deceased had been caused by arsenic, of which they had die. covered a sufficient quantity to destroy the lives of several persons. They were also decidedly of opinion that some portion of the poison must have been administered • week or • fortnight antecedent to, and a considerable quantity within 48 hours of, her death. On being called upon fiar his defence, the prisoner repeated the statement he bad previously made to the officer, that the charge had solely emanated from the malicious feeling of his sister, who had participated with his mother in an allowance of 701. per annum that he made her out of his income, and was actuated by a groundless fear that he, as the eldest son, would become sole inheritor of hi. mother's property.—The prisoner was remanded.
The Express. — 1847-07-27 (London, England)

NCE.--SITOCKING PARRICIDE.—The journal de Lille publishes an account of a double parricide at that place. On May 20, a tailor, named Lahousse, of the Rae Jean Jacque. Rousseau, sent his daughter Ilortense, aged lit, is grater named Pennequin, to purchase some jam foe his family , which was spread on bread, and eaten by Laheame, his wife, and one of his daughters. An hour after, these three person. gave signs of having been poisoned, Hortense alone, who had not taken anything, not being affected. Three days after the victims, after having been subjected to different remedies, recovered their usual health ; but, after eating some rice soup, they were ail seized in a similar way, and the father died, after six days of horrible suffering. The mother remained for nearly two months in the hospital, but then, being paralysed in all her members, insisted on being removed to her own house. She was attended by her daughter Hortense and a medical man. The latter remarked that when the poor woman began to recover ahe immediately had a relapse. This excited his suspicion against the daughter, but he did not communicate it to the police. The police, however, had cellected information which induced them to watch the girl, and she was arrested. The day after her arrest the mother died. She then made a full confession of her guilt. It appeared that, after administering the jam, she made every effort to threw the suspicion of having coin. witted the poisoning on Pennequin, the grocer. She first went to the commissary of police, and made a declaration ; abs then went to Pennequin, accompanied by a neighbour, and reproached him with negligence, etc. The body of her father having been opened immediately after his death poision was discovered in it. On the 20th June. Pennequin was tried before the Correctional Tribunal for homicide by imprudence, but acquitted ; the public prosecutor declaring that even a shadow of suspicion did not rest on him. The girl Hortense was present at the trial, but nothing in her feattues or conduct manifested either fear or remorse. When questioned by the Jugs d'lnstruction after her arrest, her ILCOUIIt was that she had poisoned her father, mother, end sister in order to be free from their reproaches, and at liberty to carry on a disorderly course of life with a young sculptor named Logeois, living oppo,ite her father's house, with whom she had intimate relations. She declared that it was at his instigation, and by means of a false medical prescrip lion which he had drawn up, that oho had procured and administered the poison. Logeo's was, inconsequence, arrested, sad made, it is said, complete avowals. Toe chemist who said the poison had not, it appeared, inscribed it in his books, and he even obstinately denied that be had sold it. It was, consequently, necessary to take the girl Hortense to the man *s shop, where she pointed out the bottle from which the poison had been taken. She was, both in going and returning, accompanied by an immense crowd. Her sister, who was also poisoned, lies in a most alarming state, and her death is expected almost every hour.
The Express. — 1847-07-23 (London, England)

JULY 21. Crown Cocoa—Before Mr. Justice Wightrosn. Moans& NEAR Stinrrun.n.—George Bradley (26) and James Bradley (23) were charged with the wilful murder of John Riley, at Sheffield, on the 12th of January last. The prisoners pleaded not guilty.—Mr. Serjeant Wilkins stated the case. The deceased, John Riley, was a man about 44 years of age, &tobacconist in Waingate, Sheffield. His place of residence, however, was at Broom Lees, a mile from Sheffield, on the Grimesthorpe road. On the night of Monday, the I Ith of January, he closed his shop in Vain gate about nine o'clock, and went with • friend to the Cattle Market Inn, where he remained till half-past twelve, when he left to go home. He was perfectly sober. In going to his home he had to pan a place called- Burger's-gate, where Mr. Riley received certain blows which caused his death. He got to his house about 20 minutes to two o'clock in the owning, and Mrs. Riley, who was sitting up for him, let him in. He was covered with blood and bruises. A large lamp at one side of his head ultimately caused his death. His watch had been stolen, and one of his pockets turned inside out ; but another, which contained 26c, had been overlooked by the murderers. Mrs. Riley assisted him to bed, where he lay, attended by • medical prectitioner, till the following Saturday, when he died. The circumstances tending to connect the prisoners with the robbery and murder are as follows; on Thursday? January 14, the prisoner, Jame' Bradley, went to a public-house in Sheffield, produced the watch taken from Mr. Riley, and asked • man named George Bowling to sell it for him. Bowling suggested that they should ge together to • man named Sales, who eventually paid 17e. for the watch. After sitting some time at the Cofth and Horses, Sales, Bowling, and Bradley went together to the All Nation's public-house. They there drank together, and James Bradley made the following statement : ' You must not say anything about the watch : it came from Mr. Riley, the tobacconist, in Waingate ; I robbed him of his watch and 30s. ; I knocked him down the first Mow. I heard that we mimed 31. and the shop key. I heard that Mr. Riley got home between two and three o'clock in the morning." He also made emend other implicatory oonfesaions. The evidence spinet George Bradley was very alight. He was merely seen near the Cattle Market Inn about the time the deceased left it. Evidence in support of these facts having been adduced, sad the respective counsel for primers having addressed the court, the judge summed up, and the jury, after a seereltstien of 36 minute', returned • verdict of Not (hay. Mire Is another charge against the TER MISPIRLD Mosinias.—Before the rising of the mows this mom, Mr. ISM wade an application for the deauetkai et ist Raid Rata the next arises, on the ground ihat tastier ResEriell evidence could be adduced, and that It wee agagragy /e the ends of Janice that the Eidson die earls hillisineate should be postponed to the neat asidose.—The Jeffs • Very well ; I will consider of it. You had bolter anew Mr. Berjeant Wilkins to see the affidavit.