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The Sun. — 1857-08-17 (London, England)

INDIA.--A coloured Map of India will be presented gratis with the Dispatch of Sunday next, Aug. 23. Tbiel Map, measuring 17 inches by 12, will form a part of the forthcoming Atoas announced to be issued Gratis, and t 0 commence on October 4. Many thousands of pounds will be expended in producing this truly invaluable work, which, completed, will be found the most comprehensive and generally useful, in fact, the beat Atlas ever publ Hailed. The "Dispatch Atlas" way be ordered of AO Bookseller or Newsagent in the Kingdom; or at the Office, 189, Fleet-street.  Lect the Emma of Dr. curious r co►nre City. claimed  censer third, ,ed, the 3r since  Court. ned on ng has le preof a in Cali-3 Surroin her  a third igation, 3gal prearded as heir  b scheme  affidavit bus con ) murder  rs. Cuu bat mar It was ondition e to the did not )d every ;h. Her she was urrogate lat there ;hcoming corrobofrom the ity of the her connodicines had been and was 3 trial.  the jury, Dr. Uhl, he eventKI to her ce of the hysicians. the force If willing 'elimi all g Dr. Uhl tor, how!e avoided This and noticed to believe 1 a sham. tinsel and himself in  r, and insuspected. I from the el that this o continue should bo detection. ight be reDnfidence ; bound, as uninunity, g out and nese argue 3 and pre doctor bad n breast of  was an ink .on to have , and prof aid in her r aoconehelotified the  gate task of v. He aganningbani eabouts for  . Hall was levue Hostponing the  his patient, ensely, was  tek of being the vicinity pproachirig ented to be ing relieved nd htd not or know e no appre tnents were t, and wer° reception of peight, and look out,Pn ;elf on Moir ements. An ras procured marked with ily identified Elm-street. Light-capped e California ver over the o be repro' igham. 11).° time for this o proceed to arity, to re: )-drama, ge manager; than us nal, rehearsal. by Captain Elm-street, nt Lining th° r house, and was paid bi mud playing nurse sitting in hFr arnls• Anne Burno,  sister, Dr. and others, police visit, had no legal arrest, toge" called sister, moured that ,he device for, has toastedtumb. IL le this was the at his death• are told that at No. 31, ssion of the  at escape 1 ham still re' ranee much -ong mental tl attendant, fe to remove  f 31, Bond' 11 be used )dy as such. eenth Ward actor Di 110•.. a witness of !e ; but Jos' ding, for he s a principal squally with iy, was coax'  sh church of eek, the der' iage between loth of Broca' "last time its seat, and ordered the ice. As soon man, with npingly made ved to be no said he had 20 years ago of marry ber ide the banns told he should that if he did ned. be presented Lug. 23. This I a part of the 3ratis, and t° ds of pound‘ 'aluable work, iotnprehensive tlas ever Pub' rdered of 01 m ; vr at the
The Sun. — 1857-10-20 (London, England)

DEATH SCENE IN MISSISSIPI.  The following from the Examiner gives an account of the execution of Jefferson Gray, for shooting Robert Abernathy, in Pontotoc county, Mississipi. With a general hurrah and shouting the crowd marohed their victim off immediately to the woods. About half a mile from the town of Red Land they halted at a hiokory tree at the roadside, tied a rope round the prisoner's neck, and threw the other end of the rope over a limb of the tree. They then gave him a few minutes to say his prayers and speak what he had to say. He first called for a drink of water, which being given to le said, "they had one end of the rope around Lis neck and the other over the limb, but as there was a God in heaven and a hell below be was inncoent of the charge against him." Some one then cried out, "Hang him up ; he is determined to die with a lie in his mouth." A motion was made to swing him up, when he cried to hold on, and he would confess and te:l the whole truth. A little time was given him. He then confessed that he shot Abernathy, that some difficulty had occurred between Abernathy, Jones, and himself ; that be went to Abernathy in the field, and attacked him en the subject. Abernathy having no gun acknowledged himself in Gray's power, turned his back to him to walk off, when he shot him in the back. After he had fired the gun Abernathy exclaimed, " You have killed me, Gray, but I am going to Heaven." He further stated that "na one else was implicated in the murder but himself ; that his wife was a good woman, and he hoped she would be taken care of ; that Abernathy wa a good man, and he believed was gone to Heaven ; as for himself he could see the flames of hell blazing under his feet like dry broom sage." He then prayed awhile, and called for some one to pray for him. Whereupon Major Steele, by request of the company, prayel a very solemn awl fervent prayer for the spiritual welfare of the prisoner, and for the sanction of Heaven upon their proceedings--the moatj,re3pactful order and silence being observed by the crowd during tha prayer. Some other remarks were then made by the prisoner, mingled with prayers, &c. He then called up the brothers present of the man he had murdered, and desired to shake hands and bid them farewell. They all, being three or four, we believe, came up and gave him their hands. Hw.e or during the int3rvals of these proceedings, a c.ntribution was made up by the company present, cf about two hundred dollars, for the benefit of the prisoner's wife and child, who were about to be left a wido AT and orphan. After whioh the prisoner was mounted upon a horse, a handkerchief tied over his eyes, made to stand on his feet upon the horse, the rope tightened over the limb, the horse led out from under, and the unfortunate victim of the terrible vengeance of an outraged community left to swing and quiver between Heaven and earth, as if unfit for either.
The Sun. — 1857-09-15 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPTED MURDER OF AN INFANT.—Bridget Ravenagh, a milk carrier,residing at No. 22, Fitzr ry-nsarket, was brought before Mr. Beo.don, charged with attempting to murder her infant child, by atrusinisteting to it some kind of narcotic poison. Mr. William Boyd Muebed, surgeon, University Hospital, deposed that yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, the prisoner at the bar was brought to him at the hospital, with a child in her ar ns, by a man. Mr. Beadon—What was the age of the child ? Mr. Mushed—About four or five months old. Mr. Beadon—ln what state was the child ? Mr. Mushed—The child appeared to be suffering from some narcotic poison. Mr: Beadon—Had yon any conversation with the prisoner I . • Mr. Mushed—Yes, I asked her the particulars, to see if I could gather anything from her as t, the symptoms, but she gave me no answer. The man who was with her gave me the bottle produced, which smelt very strongly of laudanum. The prisoner then said she had purchas©d a pennyworth of aniseed at a public house in Tottenham-court-road, which she had given to the child. I then directed the child to be removed to one of the wards, and the usual remedies were at oncesapOA to restore animation, but with very little success, as the child was just alive and that was all. • Mr. Beadon— What wore the symptoms.? Mr. Mustied—The symptoms were compatible with those of a child poisoned by opium, or some narcotic poison. The pupils of the eyes were contracted, and the featurz.s pals and emaciated. The chill was of so tender an age that it was impel-Me for it to recover. The child was no doubt dead by this time. John Maynard, No. 31, Fitzroy-market, said—Yes tfelay afternoon I was in my workshop when I heard the noise of a woman crying proceed from No. 32. I went to the apt, but seeing the doors and windows closed, I returned to my shop. In about five minutes afterward', I saw my next, door neighbour go into the house -and heard her say, "shut the child's mouth." I went into the house and saw the Child lying on a chair. Prisoner was there. I asked her what was the matter with the child, and told her it appeared to be dying, aid recommended her to take it to the hospital. I then took up the child and carried it as far as the hospital, followed by the prisoner, to whom on her arrival I gave it up. The bottle produced was glvsn to me by a peron named Ward, as he Was returning from the hospital, and I gave it to the surgeon. Another witness was examined, who proved heating the prisoner wish the child was dead, as she war tired of the troulie oc nursing it. This witness eiro proved seeing the prisoner administer corns liquid to the child out of a bottle. The child immediately became insensible and appeared to be dying. The prisoner, who appeared to feel her position most acutely, was remanded for a week.
The Sun. — 1857-10-31 (London, England)

THE BALL'S POND MURDER.  120}  Robert Thomas Davis, carpenter, 40 years of age, was indicted for the wilful murder of hid wife, Martha, by cutting her throat with a razor. Mr. Payne prosecuted ; Mr. Sleigh defended the pri- Goner.  ..". •••  ... •••  - 63  The particulars of this murder have been so recently before the public, that it is only necessary to state that the murder was committed after a quarrel between the prisoner and his wife after they had been drinking together at various public-houses in the neighbourhood. They resided in Dorset-street, Islington, and it appeared from the evidence adduced, after they had retired to rest with the child of four years of age, that the prisoner cut his wife's throat with a razor—that she ran out of the house into the street, and communicated to the people, who congregated around her, the injuries she had received, and that shortly afterwards she sank from exhaustion from loss of blood and died. The prisoner Davis showed the razor to the people ti' sembled, remarking that that was what he had done it with, saying at the same time, "I have done it at le,st ; I'm a happy man now, and I shall die for rt." On the following day he stated to the Inspector that "he did not do it, it was done in a moment. She was the best wife that ever lived." The prisoner was heard to lock the door that his wife might not leave the room whilst he fetched the razor from the bed-room.  - 114  - 108 - 102  - 62  -10 i  - 87 - 82 - 83 - 97 - 9i -16 A  - 69 - 18.  - 138 - 114  Mr. Sleigh, for the prisoner, urged the jury to take a merciful view of the case and return a verdict of manslaughter from the absence of premeditation on the part of the prisoner, which was tle essence of the capital charge of murder. They were in ignorance of what occurred between the prisoner and his wife previous to the infliction of the wound, and what provocation had led to the sudden outbreak of passion that had caused the wife's death.  .-.• •••  - 160  - 66  The learned Chief Baron having summed up, The jury found the prisoner guilty of Murder. On being asked by the clerk of arraigns if he had anything to say why he shoal not be sentenced to die according to law,  - 130 - 95 - 86  - n  The prisoner, who cried bitterly, said—" I loved ray wife and child too dearly to do my wife harm. If I had not been deprived of my semen by liquor I should not have hurt her. I have many friends here who know it.' The Lord Chief Justice, after remarking on th• enormity •f the prisoner's offence, passed sentence of death on him in the usual terms.  - 14  41 - 93 la  The prisoner appeared t 4 feel acutely his wretched position. He frequently wept during the progress of the trial, and lifted his tremilous hands in a supplicating manner. Hs was then assisted from the dock, crying bitterly, by the warders in attendance.  ..• • 1 - 22§  07 - 109 99 - 101
The Sun. — 1857-08-15 (London, England)

PEEP INT,  'NSTER-HAT,L.  (Being as much as Mr. Punch can recollect of the Descriptions appended to the Wellington Meru_ ment Models.) The Duke of Wellington, supported by pot tude and the Hon. East India Company, trans pies on Misrepresentation and Unconstitutionkkism and brandishing the sword of Justic 3 in the face of Ingratitude, plants the Standard of Nay; oral Liberty under the protection of the British lion. Motto, " Bonus, bona, bonum." The Duke of 'Wellington plucks the Symbols of Despotism from the Lair of Tyranny, and putti•ag to flight at once Napoleon and Anarchy, introdi ing History to the Speaker of the House of Lo•Ais, and calls upen Time to take notice of his speetAn. Motto, " Verbum sat sapienti." The Duke of Wellington between Hono'n. and Glory leads the British Grenadiers into act!Lein, and pointing to the Angel of Temperance to show the moderation of his proceedings, beckons to Modes , Economy, and Charity to advance the flag of E land. Mott,, " Dontine dirige nos." The Duke of Wellington sustains the fora-1 of Britannia (who is tottering from the effects orz the earthquake of Revolution), and holds to he*t no4o a restorative via inscribed " Waterloo," wl-Aiie t),O discomfited Marshals of France slink awry in ,u directions, pursued by the avenging Furies,. Mottos " Bis dat qui cito dat." The Duke of Wellington, at the head of the dinal Virtues, repels the advance of Tippo add Allies terror into the Demon of Revolu3,,io,' while Fame proclaims his deeds through the sill er trumpet of Rectitude. Motto, "Go thou and do likewise." The Duke of Wellington, his foot firmly plan ted on the Constitution, defies Arrogance, AggresE•ion, and Usurpation ; and, hurling the Bible at tbs in. fidel Domination of France, transfixes with ,he spear of Uriel the ferocious serpent of Oriental treachery, and by the grant of Catholic Elmancip,a_ tion invites Hibernia to the bosom of Britaniala, Motto " Thera is no mistake." The Duke of Wellington, mounted on his charger Copenhagen, whose bridle is held by Chivalry, Valour fastening the Hero's spur, while Prote'stani Religion delivers to him the Sword of Loyalty. Under the horse's feet are Murder and Treason ; and Foreign Invasion, mortally wounded, otaggers backward against the Boulogne column. Mottto, " Anna virumque cano." The Duke of Wellington as Bellerophon delivers Europe from the clutches of the monster Bonaparte, places the British Crown upon the Proud Piun'aeles of Mercy, Liberality, and Emancipation, while Time breaks his scythe in sign that he will never destroy the good work. Motto, " All is serene." The Duke of Wellington, in classical costume, to show the simplicity of his mind, leads the charge of the Guards at Waterloo, IV 6.0 are dressed in mediceval armour, to sh,Thir that their glory was not for an age but for all tirr.e. Mercy and the Genius of Treaties fly a short eis_ tance behind him, and Britannia follows as Ulla, on, the milk-white lamb, while the British Lion frantically rends the tricolour, and the Fiends of Revolution cling affrighted to the rock of Liberty. Motto, "Such is Life."
The Sun. — 1857-06-18 (London, England)

THE MURDER IN THE CALEDONIAN. ROAD. This morning Robert Robinson Tripp; aged. 62, was indicted for the wilful murder of James Scott.. Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Metcalfe., The facts of the case 'have qlready been reported in The Sun; and therefore it will merely be necessary to remind our readers that the prisoner resided at 23, Giffordstreet, Caledonian-road, and that on the morning of the 7th of April the deceased entered the house of the prisoner, between the hours of two and three o'clock, it is supposed to speak to the prisoner about the payment of his rent. An altercation took place, and afterwards a quarrel, during which the prisoner stabbed Mr. Scott in the side with a sword.  A. number of witnes,es were examined, whose evidence went to prove that the prisoner was in arrears with his rent, and that the deceased went there armed with a &stress warrant to levy a distreas:' Scott being the-owner of the house kept a street-door key by which Vs was enable I to enter the house at any hour be pleased. * For the defence it was contended that the prisoner was not guilty of .;he murder of the deceased, and that his death was occasioned solely by his endeavouring to force his way into the apartment of the prisoner at an unseasonable hour of the night. Mr. Baron Watson, in summing up the evidence explained to the jury the law with respect to murder and manslaughter, and observed that one of the witnesses spoke to the deceased having a paper in his hand, what it was thought was a witness's warrant. Now, if the deceased had gone to the house in which the prisoner lived to levy a distress in the dead of the night, he committed an illegal act, as no person had the power to levy a distress between sunset and sunrise. No landlord possessed the right of entering the house of a tenant in the dead of night. There was no evidence as to what took place doting the quarrel which the deceased had with the prisoner, and it would be for the jury to form their own conclusion whether anything then took place, such a blow or provocatiisn which would reduce the crime to that of manslaughter. It was clear that an angry feeling existed between Scott and the prisoner, and if the jury bad any doubt on the point they would, of course, give the prisoner the benefit of the doubt.  Tfi ejury, after a short oon•ultation, returned a verdict of manslaughter.  Mr. Baron Watson, in sentencing the prisoner, said the jury had returned a verdict of manslaughter, and therefore they had materially reduced the crime. It was impossible for any person but himself to know what really took rhea during the quarrel, and under these circumstances the jury had taken a very merciful view of the case. He fe►t that the crime of manslaughter of which he had been convicted was one of the worst de• scription, he should therefore sentence him to eight years' penal servittrle.
The Sun. — 1857-10-10 (London, England)

OUDE.  The following letter from Corporal Kerr, of the 78th Highlanders, was written on the road to Lucknow  " When we left Persia, after the battle of Mel:ammo:al], we all expected to be in England in the month of September. We sailed up in the ship Kingston four miles from the fort. We then went on board the Hon. Company's steam frigate Agatha. We sailed close under their batteries, and they kept up a heavy fire on us all the time. We landed half a mile above the fort, but they would not stand. I was one of 300 who followed them up the river Croon 264 miles. We came up with them at the town of Auaz. We took one big gun, 154 stand of arm", 500 mules, and destroyed all their stores and ammunition. The men that did this were the Light Bobs of the 64th, and the Light Roughs of the 78th. The enemy were 7,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry. We were commanded by Hunt, of the Light Company, WI Regiment. Woll, we left Mohammorah on 9th May, in the frigate Berenice, for Bombay. We called in at Ma-ca. When we came t ) Bombay we expected t 3 get ashore to spend our clearance, but "0 ; we (that is the Light Compaey's Rougha) `vent on hoard of the ship 11a))y Castle, fir Calcutti, as our _service was much required there, fur the sepoys had mutinied, and killed every man,_ woman, and child who had a white face in Bengal. We bad a stormy passage by Ceylon, and we. anchored in Calcutta on the 9th of June. We sailed up the Ganges to a hours, anpdlacmelcraelhlel Cthin-suriah, stopped twelve called Barrackpore, and disarmed foetct :e)poayPretg.7inotos. We then got the route to Br )0 miles up the country, and shot and arr,"'ll4 caught, there.. We then got the route funr'A.allihwnebad, 200 miles further up, for the sepoys had killed' every one, and burned down all the hones. We stopped two days, and got the route for Cawnpora, 126 inijes farther. We came up with the enemy on the 12th of July ; fought and wen the but.° of Futtypore—our strength, 2,000 ; enemy, 9,000. We then marched on till the Lath, when we fought four hours and twenty minutes the battle of Chinasarow. We rested one day and took the road again. We fought and won the battle of Cawnpore, one of the hardest battles since Wat,Tleo. The enemy was commanded by Prince Nana Silvb —infantry, 15,000 ; cavalry, 5,000 ; ours, 1,824 ; cavalry, 68 ; and those were gentlemen volunteers who had lost their wives and children. Sir Hugh wheeler and two companies of the 84th Regiment, with 200 women and children of the 32d Regiment, were murdered two days before we took Cswnpore. I went down to the place to see them ; they were cut and hacked to pieces. Such a sight I never I wish to see again. We fought four general engagements under General Havelock. He has been in Waterloo and 27 general engagements, and he says
The Sun. — 1857-06-02 (London, England)

THE 81,032 LAY HURST MURDER.  Since the committal a George Jackson and Charles Brown, charged with the murder of Mr. W. Ctiarlesworth, both the prisoners have made confessions. That of -G. Jackson is as follows "I went to the Coach and Horses on Friday night, and was looking at them bowling, and they made me make one. This young man was then in the house. I sat in the house on the contrary side to Mr. Bamford. Mr. Bamford and Mr. Charlesworth were quarrelling, and I listened to them. John Cresswell (called 'Dulcimer Jack') and Brown were making a bargain Cr go and frighten Cbarleswo:th. Cresswell said, ' I'll go and put anoth-r jacket on, so that he won't know me ;' and when against Mr. Fitchett's hedge he said, ' You must not say ant thing, we shall have something to-night.' He said to me and C. Brown, Go on after him, and follow him, and lay hold of him, and I'll follow.' I felt very tipsy, and me and Brown went on, and I was' going on and Brown sa'd, Oh come on, we shad have some money to-night.' I was that tipsy I did not know what I was doing. I pulled a stake out of the hedge as I was going along, and Mr. Charles' worth asked me where I was going, and I told bin' I was going along the road, and he catched me 3 stroke with bis stick. He said, " I know you are after me ; .you mean to rob me." Then he up with his stick to hit me again, and I got this stick, and , hit him on the back of the bead and knocked hint down, and I was so sorry I tumbled down myself. I was very tipsy, and I did not know what I Waj doing, or I should not have done it. That was aIX as I did at him, and Chariot Brown picked big pockets and gave me the money, and I put it into my pocket ; and be picked up the stake, but whether he hit him I cannot tell, for I was that put about I sat on the hedge, and was rather s'el; directly after. He (Brown) said, " Come on," and we did, and we went off along the road across the fields. When we got towards our house he asked me for some money. I gave him three halfcrowee; He said, " The other will do at night, and we parted at that, and I never saw no more of him till next day at the Coach and Horses. " Duley Jack" came to me and said, " You must not say anything ;" so that's how it W 34 sealed." Brown said, " I did not pick up the stick nor did not persuade him to go with me. I piekea one pocket, he picked the other. I gava him the money. He gave me two halfcrowns. That's all.  Country Markets.