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The Sun. — 1852-12-10 (London, England)

ATTEMPT TO MURDER AT WALHAMPTON.—Two men 105 have been committed on the charge of attempting to 105 murder the aged gardener of the Rev. Sir George Burrard, at Walhampton, in the parish of Boldre, and who, it is surprising to state, is in a fair way of recovery, after receiving the most brutal treatment. Mr. Pilbeam, superintendent of county police, obtained such evidence as led to the commitment of two notorious characters, belonging to the same neighbourhood; named William Smith and George Perkins.  161 20 5 2  all all 25 20  ~0 I 21  ail Do., No. 2, 7 p. e... .00 Bristol & Exeter 4p,  cent. Stock 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 51 per cent 34 Cork&Bandon 5i p.c all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction  all lEastAnglian (£3108)  6 per cent ......... . all Do. (£5) 7 per cent. 2 Do. (£7l7x) 7p. et.  all !Eastern Counties Ex,  tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2. all Do., New 6p. c. St.. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... all Do., Ixlo Deben. Sh.  100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts. all East&WestYorkshire Junction, Fifths.....  all idinb.Prtit.&Dundee 100 Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent.... 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem.,  at 10 p. c. prern all Gt. Southn. &Westn, -  (Ireland) Eighths 6 Gt. Westn. (Becks 4; Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 100 Great Western, fixed 4Aper cent 6 Lancash. d; Yorksh , F. £2O. 100 Do., 6p. c., Stook... 13 Leeds Northern, 6p. cent., No. 1 ......... 17 Do., No. 2...... . 5 Do., No. 3.... ...... 9 D 9. , Quarters, 1848. 100 London and Briglitonl Guaranteed 5 p. c... 100 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St.l all Do. Convertible, 5 p.. c., 1852 •• 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p c.l 100 Lon.&N.West.Cov dal Nun., 5 p. c. Stock. 6 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds  10 Londonderry& Color., 1 Shares ......... all Londndry. & Ennisk. . Shares all Manch. ,Shef. , Shares, No. 1 . all Do. New, £10......... 3 Do., £6 . . ...... all Marypt.&Carl. 4p. all Do. 4A per cent .. 81 Do .. .. . ..•... . 100 Mid. Consol. 6p. c.Sts 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent..... 5 Do. Pref. 4 per cent. all Norfolk Extension... all Do. Guar. 5i per et.. all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent 100 North British all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c.  6 Do all Shrewsbury & Binn. New Guaranteed__ all Shrewsby. & Chestca(Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon Do. New all S. Eastern (Readim: Ann. ,) of £1 Os.6d. 100 Do. 4 per cent all S.Yorksh.4p. c. Guam. all Stock.& Hartl. Guar. sp. c. till 1 July ,1856 3 Waterfd. 6p. c. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Prof.  5 Ds 10 York& N. Midland H S. Purch
The Sun. — 1852-10-06 (London, England)

VICTOR HUGO—remarks that it was " crime." But he dces not content himself with that one milk-and-water monosyllable—he says it was a crime "containing within itself all crimes" (p. 17). Rather comprehensive, that ! And thereupon he very kindly gives us the entire catalogue, or at any rate a catalogue as complete as any that could possibly be expected under the circumstances— "treachery, perjury, murder, assassination, spoliation, swindling, and robbery." A pretty kettle of fish, with a vengeance ! But M. VICTOR HUGO is not joking—he is writing history. In proof of this we may observe that he goes on almost immediately to state that " the author of this crime is a malefactor of the most depraved and lowest species" (p. 18). He says that the supporters of the new Administration are " the_ comrades of a pirate" (p. 18). He calls them, not statesmen, but " accomplices" (p. 18). He declares that the men who uphold the existing Government are corrupt placehunters—" men who want to be prefects" (p. 22) ; and adds, with that decency which M. VICTOR HuGo alone could evince, that the women who esteem that Government are 4"*"—we will give the expression in the hestorzan's own eAqulslGe per-phrase—" women who would pass for maids "! ! ! (p. 22). Turning from the " supporters" to the " supported," from the subordinates to the chieftain, M. VICTOR HUGO then commences an elaborate and dignified portraiture of the Head of the Republican Government. He mentions, with the opprobrium which such monstrous peculiarities richly deserve, the facts that this personage is of the " middle height"—that he is " cold"—that he is " pale"—that he has " the air of a person not quite awake"—that he is " slow in his movements" (p. 27). But M. VICTOR HUGO has not done with him yet—done with him ! But we must on—and nous verrons. He solemnly impeaches him with the treason of a " slight German accent ;" he taxes him with the atrocity of "speaking drawlingly ;" he charges him with being guilty of "a dull eye," and avows that he has the irredeemable infamy of " a thick moustache" (p. 27) ! Warmed into that unrestrained enunciation of truth which is among the noblest prerogatives of the historian, he goes on to observe that the same personage is " puerile, vain, theatrical, vulgar, and common-place" (p. 27). A pleasant list of peculiarities, certainly ! But the annalist is inexhaustible in his epithets upon the same subject. A little further on, and he calls the Chief of the State " a white SOULOUQUE" (p. 28). He not only tells us what he is, but what he is not. He informs us that the Head of the French Government " is not: an idiot" (p. 28)— a piece of intelligence, of course, for which Europe will be sufficiently grateful. He observes with the pleasantry becoming the historian, that this personage " is so peculiarly amiable in his character, that he would have been recognised by
The Sun. — 1852-05-27 (London, England)

FOREIGN POWER.  Lord DUDLEY STUART wished to ask the Noble Lord the Under-Secretary for the Colonies a question of which he had given notice, namely, whether the attention of Government had been called to the case of Mr. Marry, a gentleman of English descent, whose ancestors had served in the British army, and who himself had held a commission under the Crown. This gentleman, after being imprisoned for a period of two years in Rome, had suddenly been brought to trial before a secret tribunal, and sentenced to death for a political offence. Now, what he wanted to know was, whether the Government intended to take steps to prevent that sentence being put in force?—(Hear, hear.) Lord STANLEY said it was quite true what the Noble Lord had stated. Mr. Murray was a British subject, and had formerly served in the army of Rome under the Republic. He exchanged that position,however,for the office of head police agent under the Republic at Ancona, and while he filled that situation several murders took place of persons who had been favourable to the cause of the Pope. It was thought at the time that Mr. Murray had connived at these murders, and ho was arrested, but afterwards liberated. At the fall, however, of the Republic he was again arrested, and remained in prison two years and four months, at the expiration of which time he was brought to trial for the previous offence, and sentenced to death. This came to the knowledge of Mr. More, the British agent at Ancona, and he, together with Mr. Freeborn, the consul at Rome, sent home to the Government a history of the whole case. Instructions were immediately returned to them directing them to make an effort to obtain his liberation in the event of their believing that he was innocent of the crime imputed to him, or, on the other hand, to plead for a mitigation of his sentence. The unfortunate gentleman had since been removed from Rome to Ancona, and efforts were now being made to prevent his sentence being carried into eff ct.—(Hcar.) Lord DUDLEY STUART asked if it was true that Mr. Murray was accused of a political offence only? Lord S fANLEY said the accusation was that Mr. Murray had connived at murder, which was something greater than a political cffence.—(Hear.) Mr. HUME asked if Mr. Murray was tried before a secret tribunal?  Lord STANLEY said ho was tried before a epeeist' tribunal.  Mr. HUME wished to know if Mr. Murray remained in gaol so long without any information of the fact being sent home until recently? Lord STANLEY said it undoubtedly was so.: Lord D. STUART gave notice that he should call attention to the subject again to-morrow.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ANSTEY said that to-morrow he should ask the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether any actual communication had taken place between the Government and the Governor of Ancona with regard to the case of Mr. Murray. Lord STANLEY considered that for the present it would be better to drop the subject.
The Sun. — 1852-01-08 (London, England)

COURT—Do with you, why, surely you could have pulled the man away from the woman? Witness—No, I couldn't.  Emma Webster, another lodger in the house, give similar evidence to that of the last femalo witness. _ _  Mary Robinson had heard prisoner declare he would be avenged on deceased. Rebecca Knight, the wife of a marine-store dealer, in Blackfriars, stated that a few days before this occurrence, the prisoner purchased a file of a triangular form. The file produced was similar to the one sold to the prisoner, a narrow instrument with a sharp end. Joseph Church—l am a policeman. I remember being on duty about nine o'clock on the Bth of November last, in Marylebone, when the prisoner came up to me and said " What are you going to do?" I asked him what he meant, and ho replied " Oh, nothing, only something that took place between me and my wife." The prisoner then crossed the street, and at that moment the boy Blackstone came up and made a communication to me. I then went over to the prisoner and told him he must go with me. He said very well, and we walked to the house where the deceased was lying. There were two boxes at the door, and the prisoner observed if it had not been for those boxes this would not have happened. Another constable came up, and having handed the prisoner over to him I went up stairs. There I found the woman bleeding from wounds, and upon searching the room I discovered the file produced in the fire-place, covered with blood, and .sith the end recently sharpened. I then sent for a surgeon. John Cox, another policeman, who conveyed the prisoner to the station-house—The prisoner told me that his wife struck him with a chisel, and he took it from her and gave her the contents. His right hand was covered with blood. The prisoner was afterwards told in Ley presence that his wile was dead, and he exclaimed, " Lord Christ Almighty, who would have thought that I had the heart to do it?" He further said, " I have a boy i❑ bed at a public-house—little does he think that I have murdered his mother; I have a daughter a prostitute on the town, and I wish I was going to be hung to-morrow morning at eight o'clock—no, at the present moment." Robert Jackson, the inspector of the district, confirmed the testimony of the last witness. John Hall, another policeman, who remained with the prisoner the whole of the night after he was arrested, stated that about five minutes after he was locked in the cell the prisoner said, " W ell, I have done it, and this is the arm that's done it too." Mr. Davidson, surgeon, described the nature of the wounds. Mary Hams—l lived with the deceased. I never saw the file produced in the room occupied by nio and the deceased.  This was th© case for the prosecution. The Court here adjourned for a quarter of an hour.
The Sun. — 1852-01-08 (London, England)

COURT—Do with you, why, surely you could have pulled the man away from the woman? Witness—No, I couldn't. Emma Webster, another lodger in the house, gave similar evidence to that of the last female witness. Mary Robinson had heard prisoner declare he would be avenged on deceased. Rebecca Knight, the wife of a marine store dealer, in Blackfriars, stated that a few days before this occurrence, the prisoner purchased a file of a triangular form. The file produced was similar to the one sold to the prisoner, a narrow instrument with a sharp end. Joseph Church—l am a policeman. I remember being on duty about nine o'clock on the Bth of November last, in Marylebone, when the prisoner came up to me and said " What are you going to do?" I asked him what he meant, and he replied " Oh, nothing, only something that took place between me and my wife." The prisoner then crossed the street, and at that moment the boy Blackstone came up and made a communication to me. I then went over to the prisoner and told him he must go with me. He said very well, and wo walked to the house where the deceased was lying. There were two boxes at the door, and the prisoner observed if it had not been for those boxes this would not have happened. Another constable came up, and having handed the prisoner over to him I went up stairs. There I found the woman bleeding from wounds, and upon searching the room I discovered the file produced in the fire-place, covered with blood,, and ith the end recently sharpened. I then sent for a surgeon. John Cox, another policeman, who conveyed the prisoner to the station-house—The prisoner told me that his wife struck him with a chisel, and he took it from her and gave her the contents. His right hand was covered with blood. The prisoner was afterwards told in my presence that his wile was dead, and he exclaimed, " Lord Christ Almighty, who would have thought that I had the heart to do it?" He further said, " I have a boy in bed at a public-house—little does ho think that I have murdered his mother; I have a daughter a prostitute on the town, and I wish I was geieg to be hung to-morrow morning at eight o'clock—no, at the present moment." Robert Jackson, the inspector of the district, confirmed the testimony of the last witness. John Hall, another policeman, who remained with the prisoner the whole of the night after he was arrested, stated that about five minutes after he was locked in the cell the prisoner said, " Well, I have done it, and this is the arm that's done it too." Mr. Davidson, surgeon, described the nature of the wounds. Miry Hams— I lived with the deceased. I never saw the file produced in the room occupied by me and the deceased. This was the case for the prosecution. The Court here adjourned for a quarter of an hour.
The Sun. — 1852-12-29 (London, England)

INDIGO.-A material increase in orders is shortly looked the legislative body at its next session. Clydesdale Bank • ..• •• 61. per cent. 20 0 0 10 003 • Os Mediterranean (via before seen the prisoner, and, although be was certainly Henry Stephens was charged with having burglariousl Y Joseph Tall and Joim Mingay, mechanical to-ol Manu for, there bein ala e consumption in this country and on " Art. 5. The dispositions of the organic decree of the Commercial Bank - I Eastern Bank --••- 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 0 101 OS •Zth & 24th ofmonth Dover'..P...• J5-.1 . rather inebriated, he was evidently perfectly conscious of entered the shop of Mr. Stooks No. 12 Carlton-street f turers builders and cabinet makers, Crawford-str t. the cont• enng n Tetish is wanted and Supply is "lan, 22d of March, 1852, may be modified by decrees of the i=7:t;),;lareeiiie:s.)T what he was about. and stolen a large quantity of bo' ots. ' ' ae ' ' ee , in p , •d, Caraccas Emperor Bryanstone-square, and Tichbourne-street, Edgeware-toad, whereas previous terms are easily obtame . Edinb.&olasgow Bank 31, per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 4/. 102 Exebangeßnk of Scot.. - 100 0031 5 0 9s. fd Mexico .... 3l 2nd of the month . Southampton •ji: 16 low and Madeira .. Police-constable G 195 stated that, having been Police-constable Martin, C 86, saw the prisoner let Middlesex 10th Jan. at eleven, and Bth Feb. at tWelve, realising 3s to 5s Bd, Gnatimala 5s to 6s• 6d, " Art 6. The members of the Imperial family called National Bank*.... •• 634 per cent. 50 0010 0 0 16/ ls 7th 17th,19th,27th, 1 reer stock than attracted by the cries of " Police" and "Murder," he has- himself out of the shop No. 12, Carlton-street, and at the Coiirt of Bankruptcy. Edwards, London, official lean ns nel to 28 11d per lb. There is a-a e , . eventually to the succession, and their descendants, are Northof Scotlandl3 ant 5/.per cent. 20 002 10 0 3/. 5s Malta... .... -- -N 2 - 1 &3uth of the month Dover .... • 1511.9 tened to the spot, when he found the first complainant knowing the shop was left untenanted at night, he seized assignee ; -Moss, Loudon. , in former season, but accounts are favourable respecting French princes. The eldest son of the Emperor takes a"alßank of Scotland W. per cent. 100 0 0 100 00 1 7110 Union Bank of Scot,*.. 81. percent. 100 0050 0 0 93/. Os . Jen' 8 ` Naples* ... ........74 stlllsth2sthof mon. Dover .... •: y.o. ll lying senseless on the pavement, and the prisoner, who him and asked him what business he had there. The George Collier, bookbindencHatton-gren, Jan. li and the crop. the title of Prince Imperial. Papal States*........N ithlsth2sthofmon. Dover .....n "fa'', 6 of inqxniance by Westera Bank .• -- -7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72S 5s Peninsula .. ........ al ' thl7th27thof mon. Southampto .....,,; , Feb. 11, at eleven, at the ourt. of. ankruptty. :Bell,
The Sun. — 1852-11-10 (London, England)

MEE TING OF GERMAN REFUGEES.  At one of the late John Murray's anthers' dinners the poet Campbell, being called upon for a toast, gave '' Napoleon," explaining as his reason for proffering a "sentiment," at the time so utterly unpatriotic, that the Emperor had fully atoned for all his political sins by his social discrimination in shooting a bookseller. But in Germany, where the " publicists" are not Pariahs, a different view is taken of such a crime; and it is remarkable that two of the most stirring watchwords made use of by the combatants for " German unity," or " Vaterland independence," have consisted of the names of two booksellers—Palm and Blum. " Palm " was the shout of the student battalions in the Prussian struggle of 1812 against Napoleon, as it again was the rally. ling cry of Blucher's dragoons at Waterloo; and it is in the name of Robert Blum that the more ultra politicians of Germany now renew their vows of hatred against Austrian despotism. In London the German refugees meet every 91 November in an anniversary commemoration of the martyrdom of the boldest and honestest of the democrats of the Frankfort Parliament, and on these occasions opportunities are afforded and eagerly seized for protesting in all the immunity of an English platform against the reactionary state of things continued on the continent. These festivals are warmly welcomed by the German political exiles resident among us, and they present some interest even for English politicians; and the commemoration took place yesterday evening at the Freemasons' Tavern. Shilling tickets admitted to the meeting; and at the close of the meeting there was a supper—participation in which required the additional expenditure of half-acrown per head. The large hall engaged for the meeting was densely crowded, principally with Germans; the mass of Teuton physiognomies being varied with the darker traits of Italians, Poles, and Ifungarians. There were a few Englishmen, of the class and cast of face only met with at Reform meetings; and there wore some ladies, these being for the most part German Jewesses, which is explained by the fact that a great number of the German refugees are Jews. At the head of the hall, behind the chairman, was hung a largesized and well-painted portrait of the heavy but intellectual face of the gladiatorial bookseller; and over the picture drooped the dull flag of the abstract German republic—the tricolor, "acwartz, roth, and gold." Again, on each side of the picture was hung that equivocal " red" banner, which has unhappily been made the emblem of spoliage and murder in modern politics. The chair was taken by Professor Arnold huge, a gentlemen of extensive political celebrity in his own country, and of considerable political power. The meeting was addressed in German by Mr. Oscar Falk, of Vienna, and M. Johannes Rouge, the celebrated religious reformer and founder of the " Free Coegregations," while Dr. Jansonao, and a Mr. Lockhart. announced as an English gentleman, but who rapidly developed himself as an Irishman, spoke in English.
The Sun. — 1852-11-10 (London, England)

MEE TING OF GERMAN REFUGEES.  At one of the late John Murray's authors' dinners the poet Campbell, being called upon for a toast, gave " Napoleon," explaining as his reason for proffering a " sentiment," at the time so utterly unpatriotic, that the Emperor had fully atoned for all his political sins by his social discrimination in shooting a bookseller. But in Germany, where the " publicists" are and not Pariahs, a dif ferent view is taken of such a crime; it is remark able that two of the most stirring watchwords made use of by the combatants for " German unity," or " Vaterland independence," have consisted of the names of two booksellers—Palm and Blum. " Palm " was the shout of the student battalions in the Prussian struggle of 1812 against Napoleon, as it again was the rallying cry of Blucher's dragoons at Waterloo; and it is in the name of Robert Blum that the more ultra politicians of Germany now renew their vows of hatred against Austrian despotism. In London the German refugees meet every in 9th November an anniversary commemoration of the martyrdom of the boldest and honestest of the democrats of the Frankfort Parliament, and on these occasions opportunities are afforded and eagerly seined for protesting in all the immunity of an English platform against the reactionary state of things continued on the continent. These. festivals are warmly welcomed by the German political exiles resident among us, and they present some interest even for English politicians; and the commemoration took place yesterday evening at the Freemasons' Tavern. Shilling tickets admitted to the meeting; and at the ation in closeof the meeting there was a supper—particip which required the additional expenditure of half-acrown per bead. The large hall engaged for the meeting was densely crowded, principally with Germans; the mass of Teuton physiognomies being varied with the darker traits of Italians, Poles, and Hungarians. There were a few Englishmen, of the class and cast of face only met with at Reform meetings; and there were some ladies, these being for the roost part German Jewesses, which is explained by the fact that a great number of the German refugees are Jews. At the head of the hall, behind the chairman, was hung a largesized and well-painted portrait of the heavy but intellectual face of the gladiatorial bookseller; and over the picture drooped the dull flag of the abstract German republic—the tricolor, "scwartz, roth, and gold." Again, on each side of the picture was hung that equivocal " red" banner, which has unhappily been made. the emblem of spoliage and murder in modern poalitics. The chair was taken by Professor Arnold Ruge, gentleman of extensive political celebrity in his own country, and of considerable political power. The meeting was addressed in German by Mr. Oscar Falk, of Vienna, and M. Johannes Rouge, the celebrated religious reformer and founder of the " Free Congregations," while Dr. Jansenan, and a Mr. Lockhart, announced as an English gentleman, but who rapidly developed himself as an Irishman, spoke in English.