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The Sun. — 1861-08-03 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY OUTRAGE.  A very extraordinary matter is at present occupying the attention of the police. On the 31st ultimo a gentleman named M'Kenzie, resident at Pimlico, received a letter requesting an interview to the writer,'" Agnes Roney," at a house in Herbert-street, New North-road. Having a knowledge of this person from a previous introduction at Madrid, Mr. M'Kenzie duly altendei the appointment, and met the young woman. While conversing with her two men named Emil Schelk and Carl Hemmel, whom he had also known at Madrid, suddenly entered the apartment, and without uttering a word seized him by the throat and wrists, Schelk then observing, " I have an account to settle with you, and will do it now, by murdering you." Mr. M'Kenzie, almost strangled by the united efforts of the men, was fast losing consciousness, when the woman Roney interfered, saying, " Don't," or " You shall not murder the man," and it would appear that this induced them to release him; on finding that he was thus enthralled he dashed at Schelk and succeeded in getting him on the around ; this, however, was scarcely accomplished when Hemmel made a furious attack upon him, gst the best of the struggle, flung him heavily, knelt on his chest, and tightly grasped his throat. The now almost overpowered gentleman yet continued at intervals to call "Murder" and " Police," upon which Schelk said, " Stop his n'ise," "Choke him." A towel, or some such article, was partly thrust into his mouth ; then there was a call for a rope to hang him. This was brought in by the woman Roney, who in some way again used her influence, for the cord was tightened round his legs and arms instead of his throat, and having been thus secured, ho was carried into an adjoining apartment. The threats to murder him if he made the slightest outcry, er did not comply with all that would be required of him, were frequently repeated—the men holding at the same time heavy bludgeons. There was then a brief consultation; some papers were brought and placed on a bed, which Mr. M'Kenzie was required to sign, and under fear of his life did so— his right hand being relieved for that purpose, while the other was secured to his leg; after which all three decamped, taking the documents, whatever they were, with them. This outrage was stated to have lasted from shortly after 1 o'clock midday until 20 minutes past 5, when by the assistance of a girl who entered the room Mr. M'Kenzie was enabled to escape. Information of what had occurred was subsequently communicated to the police, and it has been ascertained by Edes, a warrant aficer of the N division, that the three persons named had not since been seen in the neighbourhood, that the woman lodged in the house, and on the arrival of Mr. APKenzie sent for the men, who came in a cab shortly afterwards ; also that she procured a rope from the yard. attached to the premises, but not any outcry was heard. It is understood that Mr. Humphreys has procured a warrant for the parties mentioned, who are Germans.
The Sun. — 1861-04-13 (London, England)

STOPPAGE OF SAILORS' PAY.  Sir J. PAKINGTON said he wished to ask his noble friend the Secretary of the Admiralty whether it was true that there had been a delay in the payment of sailors in Portsmouth Harbour; if true, to what !extent it was true, whether the practice extended to Plymouth or any other harbours besides Portsmouth, and what were the reasons for withholding the pay. He asked these questions in consequence of a paragraph which appeared in the Times on Monday last, which stated that great dissatisfaction was felt by the men in consequence. This statement appeared to give some colour to rumours which had reached him some time before, but to whichhe gave no credit,.that the pay of the men was postponed with a financial object till after the financial year. Lord C. PAGET said the Admiralty had not received any complaints of the nature to which his right hon. friend alluded. He also wished distinctly to state the Admiralty had in no case withheld the pay of the men for a financial object. When sailors desired to send money to their wives or friends there were two modes of doing so; they could either remit the pay themselves or remit a portion of it as it became due. When they saw it stated that some discontent existed amongst the men they referred to Portsmouth on the subject, and the report came up that day, but he had not had time to see it himself. Besides the portion of the pay paid to the wives, the men had a monthly allowance, which was made to them at all times. At this period of the year the books of the ships in the home ports were made up and the balance due to the men was handed over to them by remittances ; that was to say, they were permitted to remit it to their friends. A few days before the books were made up the men were asked whether they wished to remit a portion of their pay, and a great many of them did wish to do so, and then they wrote to their friends to state that they had remitted so and so—£s for instance—aad the parties probably expected to receive it by return of post. It was , impossible, however, they could do so, and sometimes they had to wait till the end of the month before the order could be got from the Accountant-General for the payment of these remittances.  Lord FERMOY said before the question was put he wished to tender his thanks to his hon. friend (Mr. Scully ) for having called the attention of the house to the recent evictions which had taken place in Ireland. The right hon. gentleman had alluded to the murder of Mr. Dare's steward There might be one person or ten persons guilty on the estate, but that was no justification for victimising 270 in nocent persons. It appeared that the sheriff and police were present to do their duty, but there was another legal officer who was not present—the relieving officer—whose duty it was to have been present to convey these poor persons to the workhouse, instead of their being left, as they were the whole night, on a bare mountain without shelter.
The Sun. — 1861-04-13 (London, England)

STOPPAGE OF SAILORS' PAY.  Sir J. PAKINGTON said he wished to ask his noble  friend the Secretary of the Admiralty whether it was true that there had been a delay in the payment of sailors in Portsmouth Harbour; if true, to what [extent it was true, whether the practice extended to Plymouth or any other harbours besides Portsmouth, and what were the reasons for withholding the pay. He asked these questions in consequence of a paragraph which appeared in the Times on Monday last, which stated that great dissatisfaction was  felt by the men in consequenv. This statement appeared to give some colour to rumours which had reached him some time before, but to whichbe gave no credit, that the pay of the men was postponed with a financial object till after the financial year. Lord C. PAGET said the Admiralty had not received  any complaints of the nature to which his right hon. friend alluded. He also wished distinctly to state the Admiralty had in no case withheld the pay of the men for a financial object. When sailors desired to send money to their wives or friends there were two modes of doing so; they could either remit the pay themselves or remit a portion of it as it became due. When they saw it stated that some discontent existed amongst the men they referred to Portsmouth on the subject, and the report came up that day, but he had not had time to see it himself. Besides the portion of the pay paid to the wives, the men had a monthly allowance, which was made to them at all times. At this period of the year the books of the ships in the home ports were made up and the balance due to the men was handed over to them by remittances ; that was to say, they were permitted to remit it to their friends. A few days before the books were made up the men were asked whether they wished to remit a portion of their pay, and a great many of them did wish to do so, and then they wrote to their friends to state that they had remitted so and so—Ls for instance—aid the parties probably expected to receive it by return of post. It was impossible, however, they could do so, and sometimes they had to wait till the end of the month before the order could be got from the Accountant-General for the payment of these remittances.  Lord FERMOY said before the question was put he wished to tender his thanks to his hon. friend (Mr. Scully ) for having called the attention of the house to the recent evictions which had taken place in Ireland. The right hon. gentleman had alluded to the murder of Mr. Dare's steward There might be one person or ten persons guilty on the estate, but that was no justification for victimising 270 in nocent persons. It appeared that the sheriff and police were present to do their duty, but there was another legal officer who was not present—the relieving officer—whose duty it was to have been present to convey these poor persons to the workhouse, instead of their being left, as they were the whole night, on a bare mountain without shelter.
The Sun. — 1861-09-18 (London, England)

LEGREES. 3 and 4. The publication was not a libel. The freedom of the press and the discussion of public matters should not bo restrained. Malice apart, the greatest latitude was allowed in the discussion of public questions, and on topics of general interest a warmth and freedom are tolerated which would not perhaps be submitted to in the case of a single person. The drama was not shown to have been published maliciously. Mr. LONG was neither the author nor the translator of the work, nor had he identified himself with the truth of the matter. If the jury found Mr. LONG guilty they would be carrying the law of libel further than it had ever yet been carried, and striking a serious blow at the freedom of public discussion in India."  The result would seem to be to make a martyr of a worthy but rather weak missionary; to give the indigo planters a legal victory, but to fix on them a lasting disgrace; and, finally, to render necessary a change of the libel law in India, which shall assimilate it to that of this country. That Mr. LONG might have stated more clearly that he did not adopt the charges of the Drama is admitted, but that he intended to imply or assert their truth it is absurd to suppose.  Russia, like ourselves, is ruled by a German family; bat how different the result of different training. Education has made our QUEEN a real Englishwoman ; and though under the degrading system which rejects all noble English blood as too ignoble for Royalty, we do our best to keep the foreign blood pure, we have yet no doubt that our Prince of WALES will turn out an Englishman every inch of him. But if our discipline manufactures Germans into first rate constitutional monarchs it can also make of them heartless and ruthless despots Tzars, in fact. Real Tartars European polish, as of old, serving only as a superficial disguise to the feline nature beneath. The savage with the " mild eyes" was succeeded by a son of whom it was thought that the heart was as mild as the eyes. But Czar-despots cannot get rid of their nature ; and we have now too many painful proofs that the present CZAR is no exception. The tamest of VAN AMBURGU'S huge cats could never be trusted not to kill a man, and the mildest CZAR can never be trusted not to deceive, torture, and murder in the interest of Czardom. ALEXANDER IL is at this moment but too plain an exemplification of the sad truth. Czardom is so holy a cause in his eyes, that to act the venal spy, and to ensnare the inhabitants of a town into acts which might afford a miserable pretext for wholesale butchery, is holy work. The Poles were created for his uncle CONSTANTINE to outrage, for his father NICHOLAS to murder by wholesale when they resisted his brother's outrages, and for
The Sun. — 1861-01-02 (London, England)

FORTY BOYS.  First Visit to London—For One Week Only. St. James's Great Hall, Regent-street and Piccadilly. Mr. MITCHELL begs to announce that he has entered Into an ENGAGEMENT wits Dr. MARK, of the Royal College of Music, Manchester, for the First Appearance in London of his BAND of LITTLE MEN, 40 in number, selected from the students of the College, an institution originated by Dr. Mark, for the purpose of affording an efficient musical and general education to boys in the poorer or, middle classes of society throughout the kingdom. Notwiths canding the great success which has attended the concerts given by Dr. Mark and his Little Men throughout Scotland, Ireland, and the provinces, they have never appeared in London, and the present engagement is limited to one week only. The FIRST CONCERT will take place on SATURDAY EVENING, Jan. 12, 1861, at Eignt o'clock ; Second Concert on Monday Afternoon, Jas. 14, commencing at half-past two, to terminate about four o'clock. The subsequent Conogrts will be given on Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Evenings, Jan. 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19; and on Thursday and Saturday Afternoons, Jan. 17 and 19. Sofa stalls (a few numbered and reserved near orchestra), ss. ; reserved seats, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; back seats and galleries, ls. ; which may be obtained at the principal libraries and musicsellers, and at Mr. Plitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, W. Programmes and full particulars will be duly announced,  KEATING'S COD LIVER OIL, just imported. The Pale from Newfoundland, and the Light Brown from Norway. The supplies of the present season have never been surpassed, the fish being unusually fine, and the oil nearly tasteless. Professo-s Taylor and Thompson, of Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitah, have analysed, and pronounced the Pale Newfoundland 011 the best and most desirable for invalids of very delicate constitution. The Light Brown being more economical in price is brought within the reach of all classes. No higher prixe need be paid than the following:—Light Brown, Is. Bd. per pint, or 3s. per quart. Pale, is 6d. half-pints, 2s. 6d. pints, 4s. 6d. quarts, or in five-pint bottles 103. 6d. imperial measure, at 79, St. Paul's-churchyard, London.  Pullinger, the late chief cashier, sentenced to 20 years' penal servitude.  19. Lady Byron, the widow of Lord Byron, the great poet, died.  21. Captain Sir F. Leopold McClintock, R.N., presentation of the freedom of the City of London to. Murder of a wife and six children by a sergeant of artillery at Sandown Castle, Isle of Wight ; coroner's inquest on the bodies. Lord Brougham, installation of, as Chancellor of Edinburgh University. 22. Paper Duty Repeal Bill rejected by the House of Lords, on the second reading, by a majority of 89 ; the numbers being, ayes 104 ; noes, 193. 23. Sir Charles Barry, the architect of the houses of Parliament, &c., buried in Westminster Abbey. 24. Albert Smith, the novelist, &c., died. 25. Garibaldi's expedition, successes of. 31. Storm of the 29th inst. Upwards of 100 vessels were wrecked, and lamentable loss of life.
The Sun. — 1861-05-20 (London, England)

SEDUCTION AND MURDER. A C ayment o t hannay, near 650 t a h • do so, he does not comply with his solemn engage- s rona, ave Just completed their annual train- who convoked the Diet and de facto has sovereign peror has promised to allow the inhabitants of the nations and popular rights, they have not only over-112,300, her Majesty graciously heading the list Tours, three days back, a murder was committed. A man, meats, our country, besides the guarantees it already ing at York, under the command of Col. Smythe, powers in Hungary. military districts to send representatives to Aeram • thrown the Constitution of the United States, but with a donation of £lOO. The annual subscrip . * tions named Bentre, of Clere,went to that place and called at the holds, will take all others it may deem necessary M.P. They were reviewed by Major-Gen. Lord W. "In what form shall the result of the delibera- but the d • y eceive themselves. The South Slaves a ' the Constitutions of the " Confederate States" themlast year amounted to .£3,150 odd, the donations hour of a person of some property named Gallais, in whose for the complete satisfaction of its interests." Paulet, who complimented them highly on their tions of the Diet be made known P-In the form of fe l n selves, refusing in every case to refer their new to £1,428 ; and certain bequests to V4O, includvice his wife was. se Gallais was not at home, and the man e o sympathy for Austria, and are by no means Letters from Tangier mention the arrival in the efficiency. an address rather than of a resolution, because no usurpations to the votes of the people, thus making g '2OO on account of one by the late Mrs. Jane went to him at a place where he was playing at bowls. On Iresolves of the Diet can have legal force until they likely to be so a gullible" as they were in 1848 and themselves doubly traitors to both the States and irri- Lberston, and £250, the balance of £1,900, by province of a new Basha, Kaid Kern, one of the The 6th West York Militia, 500 strong, have • 7,000 seeing him Gallais held out his hand, but the man without just / have been sanctioned b the Emperor. A manifesto 1849. The negotiations between the Croatian and the nation. The despotic rulers over 4,000,000 of thtelTate Baroness Sternberg. Of a loan,of ±-: chiefs or generals of the Bokharry Cavalry, or body finished their annual training at Halifax. Th d b Y • ey woul e even less expedient than a resolution as Dalmatian deputations which are now here failed enslaved Afrieans, they presume to extend over us, on mortgage, £6,000 has been paid off, leavitig a speaking a word stabbed him with alarge knife A the abguard of the Sultan. It was said that after the de- were reviewed by Col. Campbell, C. 8., who ex- it would make an amicable understandin 1 ' • ' ' g a most because the Dalmatians declared that they would • • the white races of all nations, the same despotism, balance of £l,
The Sun. — 1829-02-17 (London, England)

EXECUTION.--(MIS DAY.)  It was not until within an hour...of the. usual. time appointee! for the executions in front of Newgate, that any thing like a crowd began to congregate in the usual space before the old Debtors' door, to witness the execution of Joseph Burnhqm and _Benjamin Barrup, on whom the law had been left to take its course. The former was 96 years of age, and was during the last Sessions convicted,with a young female named Esther Shaw, of a daring burglary in the house of a gentleman, named Milton, at Hillingdon, near UxbriiNe, but without any circumstances of aggravation. The latter, who was very respectably connected, was one year older than his fellow convict, and was convieted-the same Session, after an acquittal on the charge of murder, of maliciously shooting at and wounding Mary Mortlock, a gitl 19 years of age. On the trial several witnesses appeared to prove the plea of insanity, and great hopes were entertained by his friends, up to the arrival of the order for his execution, that his sentence would have been commuted. Neither of the. Sheriffs were present, but about a quarter before eight o'clock Under Sheriffs Tilison and Richardson arrived and, with Mr. Worthier, immediately proceeded to the press-room. In a few minutes Burnham was led in by the Rev. Mr. Cotton, and without speaking a single word suffred his arms to be pinioned, and then took a seat on the bends with the utmost composure. The Rev. Gentleman then retired, and led in Barrup, who with a light and quick step walked up the press-room, bowing respectfully to the UnderSheriffs, and without exhibiting the s'ightest sensation of fear or discomposure. A smile played On his features, and when his wrists were being fastened, to which ceremony he paid great attention,' he said, with a quick voice, " Tie them tighter, if you please." When the ceremony of pinioning, was completed, Barrup advanced to his fellowsufferer, who rose to meet him, and, after shaking hands with him and saluting his cheek, said, " God bless you, and forgive us both—God bless you all." With an air t f impatience he then proceeded towards the door; but afterwards took his station behind Burnham, and the melancholy procession proceeded in the usual manner towards the scaffold. About midway, Barrup stopped short, and said to one of the attendants sharply " Have the goodness to take off my neckerchief." This was done; and, on arriving at the scaffold, Branham first ascended. During this part of the ceremony, Barrup kept a profound silence, and ascended the platform with .the same firmness, which did not for one moment forsake hits. He bowed on each side to the crowd, and then resigned himself to the executioner, fervently exclaiming " Lord, pardon me—Christ, receive my soul." At five minutes past eight the drop fell, and the world closed on them for ever. Burnham, who was an athletic and powerful young man, appeared to suffer much, and for several minutes his convulsive throes were apparent. Barrup appeared dead almost instantly. He was a very slim young man, and was dressed in a new suit of mourning.
The Sun. — 1829-08-26 (London, England)

SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Witness recollects the funeral of Smith, and saw it go towards Ledger's house, when he observed some confusion. He heard a shot fired. In a few seconds two more. They were fired from Ledger's house. The people were greatly excited. Before he left the Chapel-yard, after the second Mass, the people called on him for permission to take the body of Smith to the house of CaPt. Dobbyn, and place it down there, as a mark of their indignation for his having been accessary to the homicide. He would not allow them to do so. Charles Walsh was then examined for the de-. fence—Lives at Borrisokeen. Was early there on Sunday. He saw a policeman go by, evidently on express. A townsman took up two stones, and evidently intended to attack the policeman. He saw a great crowd. He heard that Ledger was a marked man in the country. He saw the funeral evidently pass Ledger's house. He saw a body of men go in advance of the funeral, halt, and take stones out of a wall, and evidently, by the exercise of their arms, began to throw stones at Ledger's house. James Paull, Setjeant of the 62d Regimeri—H, saw the funeral, when upwards of 1,000 people attended. After the corpse passed Ledger's house about 20 yards, the people began to throw stones at Ledger's. Anne Lambert heard millions of stones thrown.  The defence having closed, his Lottosmee rose to address the Jury exactly at twelve o'clock. About two o'clock his Lordship concluded. The Jury then retired ; at three o'clock they were sent for by the Judge, when they said they had no prospect. of agreeing. lie then directed the Sheriff to provide for their accommodation, and left the Court. .About four o'clock the Jury informed the Sheriff that they had agreed. At nine o'clock the Judge returned to Court,when a verdict of Not Guilty was recorded, The Jury were all Protestants, the prisoner* wet Protestants, and the four men who were shot were Catholics. The Counsel for the Crown never argued any law points, and the Court frequently in. terposed, when the opposite Counsel were quoting Acts of Parliament. The peasantry are quite in.. dignant at the result; but I must decline at present alluding to the subject of their feelings; and I dread some bad consequences will follow this acquittal. They are heard swearing that they never will look for law or justice again, as they consider it useless„ During the entire of yesterday, Mr. Otwar Oave, M.P., was sitting on the Bench, and did not kayo it until three o'clock, when the Judge retired. Burke and Smith, the two hired assassins, 'whose ease I have already sent, have beet executed here this mottling. They appeared on the scaffold in dreadful sate of insensibility, A policeman last night called upon Farrell, one of the witnesses in the case of Ledger, aud told him the latter had been acquitted, " I know that," said Farrell ; <4 I wanted them to leave me at home, as we could expect neither law nor justice from an Ocange Jury." information:, his occurred long before the trial was over. The poleceman lodged information:, and Farrell was taken into custody. Mr. Shc.i/ will this day make an application for his. release.