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The Sun. — 1866-01-23 (London, England)

THE QUEEN V. WINSOR, THE WHOLESALE MURDERESS. This case came on for argunient to-day before their lordships. It will be recollected that the prisoner was put on her trial at the assize held at Exeter charged with wilfully murdering the illegitimate child of another woman. It was stated at the trial that the offence with which the prisoner was charged was not a solitary instance of her wickedness, but that, on the contrary, other cases were ready to be proved against her. The trial was conchided, and after the learned judge had summed up the case, the jury retired to consider their verdict. They remained locked up for a considerable- time, as they were unable toagree, and, after vainly endeavouring to arrive at an unanimous opinion, returned into court and stated thatit was impossible for them to agree. They were told they must be of one mind before they could be discharged, and accordingly they were again locked up, and so remained until 12 o'clock at night. It being just on the verge of Sunday morning the judge was informed there was no likelihood of the jury agreeing, and he ordered them into court and discharged them without giving a verdict. She was again put upon her trial for the same offence, and the mother of the child, who had been in the former case indicted with her, was on this occasion examined as a witness, and a verdict of guilty was returned, and the prisoner sentenced to death. •  The counsel for the prisoner, Mr. Folkard, contended that it was against the law to place the prisoner in peril twice for the same offence ; that therefore the second trial was illegal, and that the prisoner ought to be acquitted. The motion was ordered to be argued before the judges at Westminster, and this morning the learned counsel appeared before their lordships to argue the case. He went at great len,gth into the authorities bearing on the case, and contended that the judge had no power to dismiss a jury in a trial for murder without returning a verdict, and that having been done, the prisoner was entitled to her acquittal. The Lord Chief Justice asked, supposing the court-house was on fire, whether a judge would then have power to dismiss a jury without a verdict, or whether they were to be burnt to death rather than be discharged ? Mr. Folkard said he apprehended the sheriff ought to take charge of them before such an eventuality arose.  The Lord Chief Justice asked where that officer was to put them—where were they to go to? Mr. Folkard thought the proper course would be to adjourn the case, or else that the sheriff should provide for them, as was the case at the Old Bailey. Tho arguments in the case seem likely to extend over the day.  The condemned woman Winsor was in ccurt in custody of the wardress of the prison in which she was confined, and sat in a corner of the court with her eyes cast on the ground, from which she never during the whole of the morning once raised them. She appears to be a person of about 50 years of age, with features of a very ordinary description.
The Sun. — 1866-05-26 (London, England)

CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. The ilioniteur to-day has no actual news about Germany, and the articles of the other Paris papers are written in a pacific mood. The German papers seem most desirous of war. They state that there is no cessation in the armaments. Prussia has ordered, says the Silesian Gazette, the formation of four armies—but in a spirit " purely defensive." The first is to protect the Rhenish provinces. The second is to protect Saxony. The third is to remain near Berlin and Frankfort in order to protect the capital, and, if necessary, to rejoin the army of Silesia. The other and more numerous body of troops will be so concentrated as to protect Silesia, which appears to be the more especially menaced by the Austrian troops assembled at 011mutz. An account has been received at Paris of the death of Garibaldi's brother Michel at Milan on Friday last. He had been ill for several days, and the General's son and daughter, who travelled to Nice by express on receipt of a telegraphic despatch, arrived too late to witness the last moments of their uncle.  Another terrific murder has taken place. The body of a woman has been found in a wood near Villeguif. It has been recognised as that of Madame G—, the keeper of a wine shop in the commune. The murderer is supposed to be a man with whom she is known to have been on very intimate terms. The police have arrested him. Free trade is decidedly in the ascendant in Paris. Latterly theatrical monopoly was destroyed, and what is called the liberty of the theatres was established. Now the authorities have made regulations respecting cabs and hackney carriages for hire in the streets, which will be acceptable as well to foreigners as Parisians. These vehicles are divided into three classes—the fiacre, or voiture de place, the voiture de renise, and the voiture de grande demise. For some time past only what are called the voiture de place had the right of being stationed in the streets. A company had the monopoly—that of Dueroix and Co. In 1863 they had 2,250 vehicles, in 1864 they had 2,500, in 1865 2,750, and on Ist January of this year they had3,ooo vehicles. The voiture de regieorlicensed carriages, the 2d class, is a more handsome conveyance and has better horses. The proprietors had not the right of stationing them on the public stands, but they were to be found at theportes cocheres, or gates of houses. They have a red number. The voitures de grandes remises are only to be hired for the day. A man could not be a coachman before without permission. Now any one can drive a vehicle for hire after making a simens .t h vehicleseAsltlreets o n mayfh ofe authorities th public 111) simple declaration atti oe nright hoof asttl at ioorni tii e have thought it right for payment of a certain sum perthaennun protection that there should be a fixed price. To have the public streets, the charge is right of station in the are to be the prices in future : 365 f. per annum, a franc a clay. The following Vehicles with two places, a franc and a half cs the hour the journey (long or short) ; 2 fran
The Sun. — 1866-08-10 (London, England)

AUGUST 4. This evening I start for Verona with the intention of proceeding to Venice, if possible.  Murder and Manslaughter in 1865.  It appears form the " Judicial Statistics of England and Wales" issued on Tuesday morning that the total number of murders reported last year was 135, exceeding by one the number in the preceding year. From the counties 76 were reported, 51 from boroughs, and 8 by the metropolitan police. In Lancashire 28 cases occurred, of which 6 were reported by the county constabulary ; 13 cases occurred at Liverpool, 4 at Manchester, and 5 at other boroughs. In the preceding year the number of cases was 23, of which 5 were reported by the county constabulary ; 9 occurred at Liverpool, 3 at Manchester, 3 at Wigan, and 3in other boroughs. In Yorkshire there were 15 cases, 7 reported by the county constabulary, and 8 in the boroughs. In the preceding year there were but 5 cases in the West Riding, with lat Bradford and lat Sheffield. In Durham there were 10 cases, inclusive of 1 at Sunderland ; in the preceding year there were but 3 cases in the county. In the metropolitan police district 8 cases occurred, against 14 in the preceding year, there having been no case in the City in either year. In Somerset there were 7 cases, 4in the county and 3 in boroughs ; in Southampton 7, 5 in the county, and 2 in boroughs ; in Devon 6, sin the county and 1. at Devonport ; in Kent 6, 3 in the county and 3 in boroughs ; in Gloucestershire 5, inclusive of 1 at Bristol ; iu Staffordshire 5, inclusive of 1 at Wolverhampton; in Worcestershire 5, inclusive of 1 in the city of Worcester ; in Berks and Leicester 3 each ; in Cheshire 2, including 1 at Birkenhead ; in Lincolnshire and Shropshire 2 each ; in Norfolk 2, including 1 at Norwich ; in Oxfordshire 2, including 1 in the city of Oxford ; in Sussex 2, including 1 at Hove ; in Cumberland, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, and Westmoreland, 1 each ; in Derbyshire, lat Derby; and in Monmouthshire, lat Newport. InWales 8 cases were reported ; in Anglesey, Brecon, Denbigh, and Merioneth, 1 each ; in Glamorganshire 4, inclusive of 1 at Cardiff and lat Swansea. In 13 English and Welsh counties no case of murder occurred. Ported by the county constab There were 54 attempts to muluarryd,erfi,v3o2 obfyi%t•hhischmewteroreporie In the preeecing year tan,th e numberand l 7 ob fyatthteembportsoutgo murderhpolice ; was 46, of which 30 were boreP°rourtegdhs,byant dheoncoe in untythconstabulary ; London.ls were in different The cases of manslaughter were 27w9,ilhothweinuguman ibenrcinretahsee of 65, or 30.3 per cent., as compared preceding year. Of these 123, or 44.1 per 3c4entt.,pe ur-ereeeurt.,eported by the county constabulary ; 95, or . were in cities, boroughs, &c. ; 57, or 24.4 per cent., in the metropolitan police district; and 4, or 1.4 per cent., in the city of London. In the preceding year, of 241 cases, 101, or 41.9 per cent., were in the counties ; 88, or 36.5 per cent., were in cities, boroughs, &c. ; 49, or 20.3 per cent., in the metropolitan police district ; and 3, or 1.3 per cent., in the city of London.
The Sun. — 1839-12-10 (London, England)

AUCKLAND. A very favourable commercial treaty has likewise been arranged with the Government of Lahore, securing to British merchants the navigation of the Sutlegde branch of the Indus, hut fears were entertained of a civil war in that country. NEHAL SIXGH, the heir apparent to the throne, and Mau& w SINGH, the Prime Minister, are at loggerheads, and if they come to blows, nothing is more certain than that the intervention of England will be invoked, perhaps by both parties. This may suspend for a time the advantages of the commercial treaty, but in the end they will be more than realised by the preponderance of British influence in the Punjaub. The murder of Colonel HERRING, of the 37th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry, about 40 miles from Cabul, ;3 in great measure attributable to the indiscretion of that gallant offices. The lament. able details will be found below. But by far the most important news from India is the discovery of a conspiracy at Kurnoul in the Deccan, which must have had for its object the overthrow of the British Power in India. We copy below, from the Madras Spectator Extraordinary of the I4th and 19th of October, a curious made by the account of the immense preparations Nabob of KURNOUL to take the field against the English—preparations which he never could have carried on; save in concert with the other Native Chiefs. Kurnoul is an independant Mohan,. "sedan principality, the fort of which is about two hundred and seventy . miles north-west of Madras. The Governor-General having received certain information that a scheme was on foot, directed by the Nabob, for organising a general rising against the power of England, a force wag simultaneously marched against the fortress of 11Coraonl sod Joudpore, which were surrendered without firing a shot. The result proved the wisdom- of the Governor-General's prompt decision. We hive not yet learned who were the engineers ;Nato superintended the Nabob's gun-foundries, but SY,  not be surprised to hear that we are in. e shouir t Irbted t< ) our good friend's the Russians for this - 6licitue e anboeurtcitahlenfea.te) of our empire in India. The commercial It will. he found in r 0. Air article. Fret n China wsCfirtoym India is interesting. Thee have no news by this arrival. ulagsr and Cruiser had sailed for Canton, to protect the Brit Larne, Favou .ish vessels there. The Wellesley, rite, and Algerine were ordered to 3ombay, to ii C triton if old themselves in readiness to sail for necessary, on the receipt of despatches frc Supe rintendant ELLIOT, which were daily exi, ected. ne WS from Persia represents the SHAH as having re ason to be heartily sick of his connection with Ru ssia. The Governor of Shiraz, one of the Sit/ tn's sons, was made a prisoner by the people, who refused to give him up, because he had rent ,urse to imprisoning the merchants to relieve h Ls exhausted treasury. As for the SHAH himself .he remained at Teheran, a helpless witness of ay.: disorders of his kingdom, fomented by the intri' o des of Russian agents.
The Sun. — 1839-12-27 (London, England)

JOSEPH STURGE. Birmingham, 12th month, 24th, 1839.  A merry Christmas and a happy New Year are generally the congratulations at this festive season, and every auxiliary is eagerly sought after for the embellishment of the person. The decorative beauty and culture of the tresses of female loveliness especially, enhancing as they so greatly do the charms of personal appearance, occupy by no means a small share of attention at the toilet. It is more particularly at such periods that the enlivening and wonderfully revivifying properties of that most delightful article, Rowland's Macassar Oil are displayed, and which place it as an invigorator and beautifier of the hair, beyond all precedent. Indeed, among the chief virtues incident to the use of Rowland's Macassar Oil (in reference to ladies' hair) may be reckoned its enduring properties in preserving the ringlets in pristine decorative beauty through the heat of the ball-room, or locomotion of the promenade. THE BOASTFUL ToitlES.—Spechnens of assumed full-blown importance similar to the following exquisite piece of fierce swagger, in the Brighton Gazette, are to be seen now in most of the Conservative organs :—" We are happy to learn from a source on which reliance may be placed, that the chiefs of the Conservative party have at last determined to adopt, what the country has long called for, a vigorous course of action on the meeting of Parliament. In a short time, therefore, we doubt not that we shall be able to congratulate our readers on the overthrow of the traitorous' Ministry?'  A few days ago some labourers, in opening a fresh stone pit at Chilton, turned up the skeleton c,f a tull•grown person, about 18 inches below tne surface ; and it is conjectured that it is the body of a man who is supposed to have been murdered. The village gossips say that some 20 or 30 years since a Scotchman, w►th a pack of linen, &c., lodged at the house of a person who occasionally took in travellers (near to which premises the skeleton was found), and was never seen afterwards. He had previously exhibited some money, and part of the family were afterwards seen dressed in goods which the neighbours identified as having been part of his stock ; rumour did not hesitate to say that he had been unfairly dealt with. About six or seven years ago this person died, and the story was again revived, from the singular request he made on his deathbed, that the 51st Psalm, eld version, might be sung over his grave. The words of the second verse are certainly very singular :  " Wash me, 0 Lord, and make me clean, " From this unjust and sinful act ; " And purify me once again " From this foul crime and bloody fact." We give this as told by the gossips (with a sad shake of the head and rueful countenance), without vouching for the truth of it. We understand the parish officers did not think it necessary to hold an inquest, though pcg haps the coroner may .—Bucks Herald.  (
The Sun. — 1839-10-28 (London, England)

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.  OLD COURT.  MURDER. ON THE HIGH SEAS,—John Wentworth Fairbank, aged 19, the steward of a vessel, called the Secret, was indicted for the wilful murder of Arthur White, the Captain of the same ship, on the 14th of April, on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of Englraid. Mr. Justice BOSANQUET summed up the evidence with great perspicuity, and the Jury, after about twentyfive minutes' deliberation in their box, retired to consider their verdict at twenty minutes past two o'clock. At about half past seven o'clock the Jury returned into Court, and declared the prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter. Mr. Justice BOSANQUET then addressed him, and said that it was not for him to say that he was guilty of the high crime imputed to him after the verdict which the Jury had returned. It was his duty, however, to protect the lives of her Majesty's subjects, and he should not be acting rightly if he did not make an example of him. The Learned Judge then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for life. A fresh Jury having been sworn,  George Minty, aged twenty-eight, the witness in the last case, was put to the bar, and arraigned upon the indictment found against him,, which charged him with the murder of James Shaw, on the hiz,h seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, on May 21.  Mr. C. PHILLIPS and Mr. CLARKSON defended the prisoner. Mr. ESPINASSE appeared for the prosecution. On the death of the captain the prisoner took :the command of the vessel ; the deceased, who was of a weak constitution, was cook. The witnesses who were examined spoke to the prisoner having often struck Shaw with a coult and broomstick, and on one occasion, after beating him severely, be went away, giving the implement to one of the boys to continue the blows after he had gone ; that after repeated floggings the deceased died on the 21st of May, when he was buried in the usual manner, the prisoner saying prayers over the body. On the cross-examination of the witnesses, it appeared that the crew were in a inuticous state, and that many complaints had been made of Shaw's conduct ; the prisoner was steering the ship towards Rio, but the crew compelled him to steer .for the Falkland Islands. Two of the crew had lost their wages from the prisoner's representations. Mr. Hunsworth, whose fa .al ily were with him as passengers on board the vessel, ,s•cated that she was short of hands, and that the passen.gers were obliged to work as well as the men ; the ship was in want of water, and in a bad condition, and it was necessary that she should go into the Falkland Islands for assistance and repairs ; he never saw any misconduct on the part of the prisoner to the deceased. Mr. C. PHILLIPS addresE;ed the Court for the prisoner, urging that it was not shown of what complaint Shaw had died, and that the necessity of punishment was proved from the mutinous state of the crew.  At this stage the Jury stopped the Learned Counsel, and after a few words from Mr. Baron MAULE, they returned a verdict of " Not G uilty," and the prisoner was instantly discharged.
The Sun. — 1839-01-08 (London, England)

THE SECRET VIOLENCE OF DESPERATE MEN  CANNOT BE SUPPRESSED, AND THE CONCEN  TRATED MASS WILL BUT DISPERSE IN A MILLION OF INCENDIARIES." Whatever may be the taste of others, we have no wish that the free and merrie land of our forefathers should become a prey to the complicated honors of West India slavery. We have, in conclusion, one word to say as to the accuracy and knowledge of the reporter upon whom the Chronicle founds its opinion. In his yesterday's report from Manchester he referred with considerable indignation to a speech of Mr. DEEGAN, referring to s book which recommends a sweeping system of infanticide, and he censured the orator very severely for coining such a tale, and he mocked at the ignorant people for believing the wicked fable. His own humanity would not allow him to believe in the possible'eistence of such a work, nevertheless it exists. Mr. DEEGAN said not a word of it which is not warranted; and as long ago as November 24, we denounced the abominable recommendation of the theory of the painless extinction of infant life. So much for the ignorance of the Chronicle's reporter, on which alone he condemns the language and ignorance of others. Mr. STEPHENS also referred to that book in his sermon at Ashton, as reported in our Paper on Friday, and he gave us, horrifying as his statement was, no information concerning it, except that it was written by A Pooß-LAW COMMISSIONER, which we did not before possess. If that be so, we can find in his proper and overwhelming indignation almost an excuse for the thrilling curse which he then denounced against those who should obey the Moloch law of such a demon as the author. It is inf..  cumbent on the Government, we can assure it, if it would not excite in the mass of the community a sentiment of horror and detestation which no pen nor tongue can describe, to cleanse itself with the Poor-law Commissioners from the supposition that it ever countenanced, encouraged, or was privy to the publication of this murder-recommending book. We are for equal justice, and if Mr. STEPHENS is to be punished for his language, without reference to the state of mind of his auditory and its cause, this Poor-law Commissioner, and any Ministers who countenance him, ought at once to be torn in pieces.  In our columns of this day will-be found a long extract from a very clever article in the January Number of the British and Foreign Review, on the political bearing of the recently adopted Austrian and Turkish Commercial Treaties, which we recommend to the especial attention of our readers. All Treaties are in their effects upon the interests of nations more or less political ; and never, perhaps, were Treaties adopted for commercial purposes, more essentially political in all their collateral bearings than the two to which England, Austria, and the Porte, are the high contracting parties. Vigorously executed, their moral influence will be felt throughout Europe ; but if we suffer them to remain parchment trophies of our triumphs over the machinations of Russia, then will it be better for England that they hail never been written. They involve