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The Sun. — 1863-07-24 (London, England)

THAMES. HORRIBLE ATTEMPT AT MunnErt.--flenry Turk, a joiner, aged 32, of 9, Oxford-terrace, Manchester-road, Poplar, was brought up on remand before Mr. Partridga, charged with wilfully and maliciously cutting the throat of Charles John Turk, his brother, with intent to murder him or do previous bodily harm. Mr. C. Young, solicitor, defended the prisoner, who was remanded on Saturday last, when the only evidence given was that of Michael Halton, a police sergeant, 26 K, who stated that hearing the prisoner had cut his brother's throat with a razor he took him into custody. Ho brought the prisoner into the presence of his brother, who said the prisoner had wounded him. The prisoner denied having done so, and he then took him out of the room. Charles John Turk, who appeared to be in a very weakly condition, stated that he had been lodging with the prisoner, his brother, for more than three weeks. He came up from Plymouth at his father's request, to get some work as a blacksmith. He had made up his mind to return to Plymouth again. One day last week he asked his brother for his razor and used it. It was afterwards put in the washing-stand drawer, On Friday last, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock, he went to bed. Shortly afterwards the prisoner came to bed, and after that he found him put his hand over his shirt collar, unbutton his shirt and turn his collar back. Suspecting nothing wrong he went to sleep. He was aroused by some one cutting his throat. The blood was trickling over his shirt front. He hallow] out murder, and called to Mrs. Cameron to bring a light. She came up stairs with a light, and the prisoner was behind her. He lost a good deal of blood. Grant came to his assistance. He had no previous quarrel with his brother. He knew it was his br,,ther, who came to bed, because he spoke to him. His brother wrote to him to come up to London. Ha came to London twice. He came to London last time on Sunday week. His brother said he could not go to work on the following morning at the Limited Ironworks. On the Sunday evening he went to a friend's house with his brother. He went to the Thames Ironworks on the following day, and finding no work he came home about half •past eight that morning, and said to the prisoner, " I know this is humbug, there is no work for me." He had been looking for work ever since,  Mary Matilda Cameron, of 9, Oxford terrace, gave confirmatory evidence. Mr. Grant, surgeon, said ho had attended the wounded man. There was a transverse wound three inches long and a quarter of an inch in depth. In his opinion the wound was inflicted with a razor.  Mr. Partridge committed the prisoner for tzial, and refused to take bail.  Mr. C. Young—The prisoner will reserve his defence.
The Sun. — 1863-04-25 (London, England)

THE CASE OF JESSIE MACLAUCIILAN.  Mr. STIRLING rose to move for copies of the prccEed • ings at this trial, and of the subsequent proceedings before Mr. Young- which led to the commutatien of the sentence. Ho stated the circumstances of the case, which are well known ; the result being that after the trial and conviction, it having been thought that some suspicon of the murder attached to Fleming-, petitions were sent to the Home Secretary, who ordered an inquiry to be made, ex-officially and in private, into the matter. He urged that the Home Secretary had no right, in the exercise of his prerogative, to review and revise a sentence in a capital case, and that by means of an irresponsible and private tribunal, collecting and acting upon evidence in its own discretion. He wished to know what share the Lord Advocate had in the transaction, as he thought, as public prosecutor in Scotland, that functionary ought not to have any share in the exercise of the prerogative of mercy. He complained of the treatment to which Fleming had been subjected by its being implied that he was guilty, owing to the course which had been taken by the Home-office. Sir G. GREY could not accept the doctrine that the Home Secretary was bound to accept as final every verdict and to refuse to inquire into facts which might have arisen calculated to impeach verdicts; on the contrary, he was bound to take that very course; and in the case in question it was plainly his duty to do so. On the evidence at the trial of Maclachlan the jury could not have found any other verdict than that which they brought in; but the statement of the prisoner taken down five or six weeks be fore the trial, and not inconsistent with the evidence then given, produced a profound impression on the public mind that justice had not been done, and that, admitting her participation in the crime, suspicion attached to others. Being of opinion that a further inquiry was necessary, he left the m, de of conducting it to the discretion of the Lord Advocate, who took the best means in his power to test the truth of the prisoner's statement, and in the result he came to the conclusion that the capital sentence should not be carried out, but that, as a participator in the crime, the prisoner should be subjected to other punishment. As by Scotch law Fleming, having been a witness in the case, could not be tried afterwards, he had no other course to take than that which he had adopted consistently with his sense of duty. In answer to Mr. DENMAN, The LORD ADVOCATE said that according to the law of Scotland a person having given evidence on a criminal trial, could not be tried for the offence in question. Some discussion followed, and Sir G. GB.EY said he would consider whether he world give the papers asked, and the subject dropped.
The Sun. — 1863-07-31 (London, England)

LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1863.  Should a war really arise out of these Polish complications, it will be no partial war, we may be quite certain of that—like the last one, let us say, the battlefields of which were restricted first of all to the borderland where the Russian and Turkish Empires meet, and eventually even to the soil of the Crimean peninsula. Another European war, a war originating, not like the last, in the  cupidity of the CZAR, as to the manner in which the Sick Man might be expected after death " to cut  up," as the phrase is, but in the fact, each day becoming more recognisable, of the resurrection of the Polish nationality from the grave in which its murdered remains have been now for the chief part of a century buried away ! An European war, the tocsin of which should prove to have been it length rung by that Russian-Polish Nationality, would not be a partial war, but a general war ; would not be a war of Parties, but a war of Principles. At intervals, during the last few months, this probable war Principles, this threatening at least of a general war among the great nations of Europe, has appeared for a brief moment at a time—even in the estimation of diplomatists —to be most imminent. Even now the hazard of it, is very far from having passed away altogether. A contest of this supreme importance and extraordinary magnitude, is still within the limits of possibility. Any day the signal for it may become visible to all Europe, as suddenly as the sign al which was given for the war which broke out in Italy Meaning in the telegraphic announcement Of the severe words of reproof addressed upon a memorable Jour de l'An, by the French EMPEROR, to the Austrian Ambassador. And we are thus seriously disposed to regard as at this moment within the limits of possibility, if not of probability, the announcement given as Suddenly and startlingly of this general war in Europe, this war, not of parties, or of nations, but of Principles for several reasons that may at once be very readily particularised. About the most apparent of these reasons being the fact that is reference to Poland itself the alternative of war or no war seems to depend now at any instant upon purely by the the choice decided upon whim of one man in supreme power, acting upon the spur of the moment, and under a great irritation the goad of. It will be remembered by the readers of Mr, indiscreet,but here and INGLAKE'S shamefully there wonderfully eloquent, the historical romance aboutlast European war, the war partially fought Out betweenEuro Russia and the Western Powers of great Autocracy, that in one of against that of the most picturesque passages in one of the chapters of the work, the opening writer ref cart, seated in his Cabinet at St. Petersburg,refers tothe cart, as to an angry man who had but to ring a bell, at the momentary dictate of his passion, and within the throb of a few seconds upon the pendulum, to light up, through the agency of the electric fire, the flame of war at opposite extremities of his vast deuainious. The autocrat thus referred to, it is true, was the Czar NICIIOLAS, and not the Czar
The Sun. — 1863-07-31 (London, England)

SUM  LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1863.  ---~--- Should a war really arise out of these Polish 1 complications, it will be no partial war, we may be quite certain of that—likc the last one, let us siy, the battlefields of which were restricted first of all to the borderland where the Russian and Turkish Empires meet, and eventually even to the soil of the Crimean peninsula. Another European -war, a war originating, not like the last, in the  cupidity of the CZAR, as to the manner in which the Sick Man might be expected after death " to cut  up," as the phrase is,• but in the fact, each day becoming more recognisable, of the resurrection of the Polish nationality from .he grave in which its murdered remains have been now for the chief part of a century buried away ! An European war, the tocsin of which should prove to have been at length rung by that Russian-Polish Nationality, would not be a partied war, but a general war ; would not be a war of Parties, but a war of Principles. At intervals, during the last few months, this probable war Principles, this threatening at least of a general war among the great nations of Europe, has appeared for a brief moment at a time—even in the estimation of diplomatists —to be most imminent. Even now the hez trd of it, is very far from having passed away altogether. A contest of this supreme importance and extraordinary magnitude, is still within the limits of possibility. Any day the signal for it may become visible to all Europe, as suddenly as the signal which was given for the war which broke out in Italy ! Meaning in the telegraphic announcement of the severe words of reproof addressed upon a memorable Jour de l An, by the French EMPEROR, to the Austrian Ambassador. And we are thus seriously' disposed to regard as at this moment within the limits of possibility, if not of probability, the announcement given as suddenly and startlingly of this general war in Europe, this war, not of parties, or of nations, but of Princiai es for several reasons that may at once be very readily particularised. About the most apparent of these reasons being the fact that in reference to Poland itself the alternative of war or no war seems to depend now at any instant upon the choice decided upon purely by the whim of one man in supreme power, acting upon the spur of tt-he moment, and under irritation. the goad of a great It will be remembered by the readers of air. INGLAKE'S shamefully indiscreet, but here and there wonderfully eloquent, historical romance about the last European war, the war partially fought out between Russia and the Western Powers of Europe against that great Autocracy, that in one Of the most picturesque passages in one of the opening chapters of the work, the writer refers to the CZAR, seated in his Cabinet at St. Petersburg, as to an angry man who had but to ring a bell, the momentary dictate of his passion, and within the throb of a few seconds upon the pendulum, to light up, through the agency of the eiectric fire, the flame of war at opposite extremities of his vast doThe autocrat thus referred to, it is true, was the Czar NICHOLAS, and not the Czar
The Sun. — 1863-07-31 (London, England)

LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1863.  Should a war really arise out of these Polish complications, it will be no partial war, we may be quite certain of that—like the last one, let us say, the battlefields of which were restricted first  of all to the borderland where the Russian and Turkish Empires meet, and eventually even to the soil of the Crimean peninsula. Another European war, a war originating, not like the last, in the cupidity of the CzAR, as to the manner in which the Sick Man might be expected after death " to cut np," as the phrase is, but in the fact, each day becoming more recognisable, of the resurrection of the Polish nationality from the grave in which its murdered remains have been now for the chief part of a century buried away ! An European war, the tocsin of which should prove to have been at length rung by that Russian-Polish Nationality, would not be a partial war, but a general war ; would not be a war of Parties, but a war of Principles. At intervals, during the last few months, this probable war Principles, this threatening at least of a general war among the great nations of Europe, has appeared for a brief moment at a time—even in the estimation of diplomatists —to be most imminent. Even now the hazard of it, is very far from having passed away altogether. A contest of this supreme importance and extraordinary magnitude, is still within the limits of possibility. Any day the signal for it may become visible to all Europe, as suddenly as the signal which was given for the war which broke oat in Italy ! Meaning in the telegraphic announcement of the severe words of reproof addressed upon a memorable Jour de An, by the French EMPEROR, to the Austrian Ambassador. And we are thus seriously disposed to regard as at this moment within the limits of possibility, if not of probability, the announcement given as suddenly and startlingly of this general war in Europe, this war, not of parties, or of nations, but of Principles for several reasons that may at once be very readily particularised. About the most apparent of these reasons being the fact that in reference to Poland itself the alternative of war or no war seems to depend now at any instant Upon the choice decided upon purely by the whim of one man in supreme power, acting upon the spur of the moment, and under the goad of a great irritaiGlt will be remembered by the readers of Mr. LAKE'S shamefully indiscreet, but here and there wonderfully eloquent, historical romance about the last European war, n the war partially fought out between a ; - --ossat and the Western Powers of Europe against that great Autocracy, that in one of the most picturesque passages in one of the opening 1 chapters of the work, the writer refers to the CZAR, seated in his Cabinet at St. Petersburg, as to an angry man who had but to ring a bell, at the momentary dictate of his passion, and within the throb of a few seconds upon the pendulum, light up, through the agency of the electric fire, the flame of war at opposite extremities of his vast doThe autocrat thus referred to, it is true, was the Czar NICHOLAS, and not the Czar
The Sun. — 1863-10-08 (London, England)

TUE BATTLE OF SUNDAY.  Sunday morning broke upon the hostile armies as fair as that of the preceding day. Contrary to the universal expectation on our side, the enemy again allowed the early hours, so well suited to offensive mar cc•ivres, to pass away undisturbed by the sounds of battle. The adaptation of their plan of attack to our new line doubtless necessitated this. About nine o'n!oek a few shots were heard at various points of our front, but it was only at a little before ten that the report of whole volleys announced the resumption of the fight in good earnest. The firing that had begun upon our left at once assumed the fiercest character. The enemy repeated the tactics of the previous day by throwing themselves first upon our extreme left, formed by General Beatty's brigade of Negley's division. It stood the onset for some time, but finally retired. Desiring to unite the two portions of General Negley's command, General Roseneranz ordered General Wood's division to take the position of the two brigades stationed further to the right. The rebels, perceiving the withdrawal of Negley, and belie'ving it to be a retreat in good earnest, quickly  also moved upon the centre, and the action speedily became general. Finding themselves unable to make an impression on Wood, the enemy, after the lapse of an hour or so, seemed to concentrate their main strength upon the centre, now again commanded by Thomas.  During the night our troops had constructed along the line barriers of logs and fence rails, and thus comparatively sheltered, they kept up a continuous, murderous musketry fire upon the enemy. Our artillery was planted upon higher ground in the rear, and fired over the infantry. Destructive as our fire from small arms and cannon was, it did not stay the advance of the rebels. At times they staggered, but only to rally and push again forward toward our line. With frantic yells, Longatreet's and Hill's corps both came rolling steadily on, in columns by battalions. Our centre, weakened to the extent of almost one-third, was not strong enough for success in this unequal contest. Closer and closer approached the shouting hostile masses, and at last forced Brannan's division to yield its position. Meantime, as General Reynolds was severely pressed, General Wood was ordered to march instantly by the left flank, pass Brannan, and go to his relief. Davis and Sheridan were to shift over to the left, and thus close up the line. As the occasion was urgent, General Wood drew in his skirmishers with considerable haste, and the rebels, for the second time mistaking a withdrawal for a flight, pressed forward like a torrent, and poured musketry, canister, and grape into the flank of the division, moving upon the double-quick. The men endeavoured for a time to keep their files in order, but as the pitiless storm of lead and iron continued to be hurled against them, the regiments began to spread out like a fan wider and wider until finally they were torn to finders. This was especially the case with the brigade commanded by Colonel Buell. Parker's brigade alone passed on its destination comparatively intact.
The Sun. — 1863-10-08 (London, England)

THE BATTLE OF SUNDAY. Sunday morning broke upon the hostile armies as fair as that of the preceding day. Contrary to the universal expectation on our side, the enemy again allowed the early hours, so well suited to offensive insfucrivres, to pass away undisturbed by the sounds of battle. The gdiptation of their plan of attack to our new line doubtless necessitated this. About nice o'clock a few shots were heard at various points of our front, but it was only at a little before ten that the report of whole volleys announced the resumption of :Co fight in good earnest. The firing that had begun upon onr left at once assumed the fiercest character. The enemy repeated the tactics of the previous day by throwing themselves first upon our extreme left, foruned by General Beatty's brigade of Negley's division.lt stood the onset for some time, but finally retired. Desiring to unite the two portions of General Negley's command, General itoseneranz ordered General Wood's division to take the position of the two brigades stationed further to the right. The rebels, perceiving the withdrawal of Negley, and believing it to be a retreat in good earnest, vielily  also moved upon the centre, and the action speedily became general. Finding themselves unable to make an impression on Wood, the enemy, after the lapse of an hour or so, seemed to concentrate their main strength upon the centre, now again commanded by Thomas. During the night our troops had constructed along the line barriers of logs and fence rails, and thus comparatively sheltered, they kept up a continuous, murderous musketry fire upon the enemy. Our artillery was planted upon higher ground in the rear, and fired over the infantry. Destructive as our fire from small arms and cannon was, it did not stay the advance of the rebels. At times they staggered, but only to rally and push again forward toward our line. With frantic yells, Longstreet's and Hill's corps both came rolling steadily on, in columns by battalions. Our centre, weakened to the extent of almost one-third, was not strong enough for success in this unequal contest. Closer and closer approached the shouting hostile masses, and at last forced Brannan's division to yield its position. Meantime, as General Reynolds was severely pressed, General Wood \via ordered to march instantly by the left flank, pass Brannan, and go to his relief. Davis and Sheridan were to shift over to the left, and thus close up the line. As the occasion was urgent, General Wood drew in his skirmishers with considerable haste, and the rebels, for the second time mistaking a withdrawal for a flight, pressed forward like a torrent, and poured musketry, canister, and grape into the flank of the division, moving upon the double-quick. The men endeavoured for a time to keep their files in order, but as the pitiless storm of lead and iron continued to be hurled against them, the regiments began to spread out like a fan wider and wider until finally they were tor❑ to finders. This was especially the case with the brigade commanded by Colonel Buell. Parker's brigade alone passed on its destination comparatively intact.