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The Sun. — 1861-10-21 (London, England)

CHARGE OF MURDER. —A few days ago Mr. Whitmarsh, one of the coroners for Wilts, held an inquest on the body of Frances Pearce, the wife of a laboure rat Chippenham. It appeared that the deceased went to Chippenham oa Saturday last to meet her husband. They there went to a public-house, and remained drinking for  some hours, and when they left, between 8 and 9 o'clock at night, were both drunk, but the deceased was the worse of the two. On their way to Langley Burrell, a witness named Bristow met them in a lane called Greenaway. Ho saw both deceased and her husband fall down, assisted to help deceased up, and afterwards, on hearing her husband telling her that he would cut her head off, he asked the husband what he meant, to which he replied that he wou and fight any man in England. Next morning, between 4 'afield thhustbsan codw, s in ut 5 o'clock, nocko,t f a arcowkeeper,fromth on as he appeared in drink,e o thate he had lost his thinking, way,said nothing to him. He soon afterwards saw a woman's bonnet, and further on, not far from the e lgaonien,gmt t attend his hedge, the body of the deceased. She was very much bruised, had several marks on her face and body, and blood on her clothes, and on the back of her head there was a contused lacerated wound. Christopher Cole, who lodged with deceased and her husband, gave evidence to the effect that the husband came home early in the morning, and said, " Get up; my old woman is down in the Ninepin Field, but whether she has had a fit or not I can't tell. She is tearing her bonnet, and knocking herself all to pieces." He accordingly went to the field, and finding de. ceased could not walk, wheeled her home in a barrow, where she lived about ten minutes, but did not speak. Two surgeons gave it as their opinion that the cause of death was effusion of blood to the brain, probably the result of the wound on the back of the head. The jury returned a verdict " that the deceased came to her death by extreme violence, but by whom that violence was administered there was no evidence to show." Superintendent Wright immediately took the prisoner into custody on the charge of murdering his wife. General Cialdini has addressed a letter to General Tupputi, the Commandant of the National Gnard of Naples, in which he praises that body most highey, declaring that he considers it as the best forc the kind he has ever seen. .1.• ^ •= h The A letter from Fiume, of the Martini, yester- pro head of the municipality, day convoked the sixteen commissary had named sentatives, whom the ronyag trative business of the ealment of the admsfor the provisional a town. He read to them M. municipal re a rescript that the number of representtha request from the commissary refusing to ac. de to presented themselves ; four others having actives should be twenty-six only. Nine of them phraedviously resigned, and declared to the royal comet missary that they could only accept the mission they had received as citizens anxious for the welfare of the town, and by no means as municipal repred sentatores.
The Sun. — 1861-11-06 (London, England)

INO THE WEEK.  (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) The deaths in London in the week that ended last Saturday were 1,078 ; the last three returns have shown very slight fluctuation, The deaths returned for last week were less by more than a hundred than they would have been if the average rate of mortality in the same week of ten previous years had prevailed.  The mortality from scarlatina continues high. The number of fatal cases of this complaint was 94, and of diphtheria 18 ; while the corrected average in corresponding weeks of the two diseases combined is 83. There were 4 deaths from scarlatina in the north-west sub-district of Chelsea, 4 in Mayfair, 7 in Somers-town and Camden-town, 8 in Islington, and 7 in the Waterloo-road sub-districts of Lambeth. Mr. Mears, registrar of the first Waterloo-road sub district, who recorded five deaths from this disease, mentions a house (70,King-street) in which it prevails, and where each room contains a family, and the kitchen holds eight persons who " live and sleep" in it.  The mortality by smallpox and measles is low, 3 deaths having been registered from the former, and 7 from the latter. There were 16 from croup, 35 from whooping- cough, 47 from typhus. Six infants died from syphilitic disease. There were five deaths by murder or manslaughter, three of which occurred to infants.  Last week the births of 947 boys and 889 girls, in all 1,836 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1851-60 the average number was 1,652. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.644 inches. On Sunday the barometer was 29.99 inches ; it fell to 29.12 inches on Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week 'was 45 5 deg., which is 1.2 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The mean daily temperature was 5 deg. and 8 deg. below the averages on Friday and Saturday. The highest day temperature was obtained on Sunday, and was 58.6 deg. ; the lowest night temperature was 32.4 deg. on Saturday. The range of tempsrature was 26.2 degreew. . The mean daily range was 13.9 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 5 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 81, complete saturation being represented by 100. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 54 deg. The wind blew on the first four days from the north-east ; it was afterwards in the south-west and north west. Rain fell to the amount of 0.36 inch on Friday and Saturday ; the amount on the latter day, consisting partly of melted snow, was o'2l inch. Lightning was very frequent in the evening of Friday, mostly in the east and south-east. Snow fell thickly, and with very large flakes, from 7 a.m. till 9.30 a.m,on Saturday.
The Sun. — 1861-09-28 (London, England)

THE PRICE OF.GOLD  The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille prem., and the short exchange on London is 25.40 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is alma 5-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 4204 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.81 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg.  A aosf Fc or amn mk fiotrtte. d Aa pfeerwsonnniagrahefds Wilvonseder, steward of the Prince of Senftenberg, arrived rhae ng neighbourhood crime back in stt in a gig, accompanied by two other persons, at the octroi office of the village of Rehberg, and found the gate closed. It was some time before the octroi man, whose name is llautschek, presented himself, and NVillvonseder reproached him for his delay. "Ah I" cried the man, " you are tired of waiting, are you ? Well, then, you shall wait longer ?" and he closed the gate which he had opened, and retired to the office. Willvonseder called to him several times, but he returned no answer. and at length the former, getting out of his gig, went to the office and summoned him to open the gate. "You insist on its being opened, do you? Take that I" .said the octroi man, and he plunged a large knife into Willvonseder's breast. The latter staggered a few steps and fell dead. The murderer was immediately after arrested.  A deplorable affair has occurred in the Rue du_ Faubourg Saint-Antoine. A married couple carrying one the trade of butchers at No. 164 in that street had frequent quarrels, owing to the man for some reason having forbidden his wife to visit her family, and to her disregarding his prohibition. On Monday evening the wife taking advantage of the man's absence, went to see her sister. After a while, he arrived, and bitterly reproached his wife for disobeying his orders; but by the intervention of his sisterin-law and her husband, who were present, he became calm, and promised to live on better terms with his wife.. As, however, the woman feared that the man would commi the man as usual got some act of violence, she begged her sister to accompany her home, and pass the night in her room, the butcher making annodobtjh'eecwtioonm.anTshseis idonw:femartettiierseds btoehrienscit their bed. up to attend to his business, and went out. The two women, who had been awakened by his movements, shortly after rateransl and About four o'clock in the morning, fell asleep. About two hours later the sister was awakened by hearing the butcher's wife cry out " Help I he is mur. dering me I" and jumping up, to her horror, she perceived the man stabbing his wife with a large knife.r' He then entered an adjacent room, and inflicted a deep stab on his ow,' abdomen, and another near the heart. The woman's •, -t cr es attracted some persons upstairs, and the man was conv'eye to the hos • pita!, whilst medical assistance was prom, 4:1 for he wife. gur is that no hope is entertained of saving them.
The Sun. — 1861-04-05 (London, England)

MURDER BY A BRAZILIAN SEAMAN.  At the Liverpool Assizes, on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Hill, Joachim Francisco, a Brazilian seaman, was indicted for the wilful murder of another foreign seaman named Francisco, in Liverpool, on the lith of March. The crime was perpetrated in the immediate neighbourhood of a house in Carpenter's-row, which was occupied by a person named Florentine, and used as a boarding-house for foreign sailors. It was frequented chiefly by South American sailors, both Spanish and Brazilian. On the night in question both the deceased and prisoner was staying there, when the prisoner kissed a girl in the house named Mary M'Nalty. She resented the liberty, and the deceased having his attention called to the circumstance, spoke to the prisoner. A challenge to fight was given by the prisoner to the deceased, and the parties went out of the house for the purpose of fighting. When they got outside the prisoner took off his coat, and there, in the presence of three other Spanish sailors he made a rush at the deceased. The deceased at that time was not even in an attitude of defence, but the prisoner struck him with something in the throat. The man immediately fell, bleeding. He was conveyed by the, police to the Southern 'Hospital, but was dead before he arrived there. A wound was found in his throat, and there could be no doubt at all that the wound then inflicted by the hand of the prisoner caused the death of the man.  For the defence it was urged that the offence did not amount to murder, but was manslaughter only. Not only had there been a previous quarrel, but the deceased, it appeared, had aggravated the prisoner and challenged him to go into the street and fight. His Lordship, in summing up the evidence, said the first question for the jury to consider was this— Was the death of the deceased man Francisco the act of the prisoner, for if it was not he ought to be acquitted altogether ? The learned counsel for the prisoner did not dispute that the prisoner did take the life of Francisco. The next and most important question for them to consider was, whether the crime amounted in law to murder, or whether it was merely manslaughter. That would be the most important question for them to forma judgment upon. They would take the law from him. If two persons went out to fight deliberately arid with premeditation, each intending to use a deadly weapon, such as a razor or knife, and they did fight pursuant to the premeditation and deliberate intent, if one killed the other, though they fought what was called fairly as between man and man, yet in law it was murder. But if two persons on a sudden quarrel, without premeditation, went to fight, although they did it with deadly weapons, and one took the life of the ether, that was manslaughter. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after an absence of half an hour, returned into court with a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. His Lordship sentenced the prisoner to penal servitude for life.  [
The Sun. — 1861-10-22 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—THE ALLEGED DESPERATE ASSAULT AT THE ALHAMBRA.—Mr. x. Wyld, jun., Mr. James Bartleman, Mr. George Butcher, Mr. C. Laforest, and Mrs. Elizabeth Hart, all employed in various situations at the Alhambra, Leicester-square, appeared before Mr. Beadon, to answer the complaint of Mr. Henry Hart Davis, for an alleged combined and murderous assault. Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Lewis, of Ore Marlborough-street, was for four of the Mr. Orridge for one of them, al'? ‘- Metcalfe for the complainant, dP:endants,  The Proff4o-: ,tonal gentlemen retired together into magistrate's room, an arrangement having been previously arrived at, and after a few minutes' consultation came again.into court. Mr. Sleigh, addressing Mr. 13eadou, oaid--sir, in  this matter I have something to say which I think will spare any further investigation into the charge before you. The defendants, as yon will no doubt recollect, were charged with an assault on Mr. Davis, and after having had communication with my learned friend Mr. Metcalfe, I am authorised by all the defendants to say they sincerely regret they should have given way to such an ebullition of temper on account of any matter which Mr. Davis had a right to complain of. They were sorry that anything unfriendly should have taken place, and in perfect sincerity and good faith they desire to apologise for what has occurred. lam instructed to say that Mr. Wyld, the proprietor of the Alhambra, has unlimited confidence in the defendants. The affray occurred in consequence of something believed to have been said by Mr. Davis. The defendants, in good faith, retract anything they might have said against Mr. Davis ; and I hope that my learned friend, Mr. Metcalfe, on the part of Mr. Davis, will, with equal good faith, withdraw anything he may have said against them. I attend for four of the defendants, Messrs. Wyld, Butcher, and Bartleman, and Mrs. Hart; and my friend Mr. Orridge for the other defendant. He will no doubt concur in what I have said, and you will, I trust, feel that this is a happy termination to a case that ought never to have come to this court.  Mr. 0 rridge, for Mr. Laforest, said all that Mr. Sleigh had alleged on behalf of his clients applied to the party for whom he appeared. His client, who felt that he laboured under an unjust imputation, was, in a moment of excitement, betrayed into conduct which he now regretted, and for which he now tendered an apology to Mr. Davis. Mr. Metcalfe, who spoke very indistinctly, was understood to say that the apology now made was quite satisfactory to Mr. Davis. Mr. Wyld, sen., had interposed, and, acting as a friend to both parties, had accommodated matters in a way satisfactory to both sides. Of course there was an end to the proceedings. Mr. Sleigh—Although my learned friend has not referred to one point, to the personal matters against the defendants, I take it for granted that, on behalf of his client, Mr. Davis, he withdraws them ? Mr. Metcalfe—Oh, certainly; the imputations are quite withdrawn. Mr. Beadon—Then I dismiss the complaint, and I heartily wish that all such squabbles had such an amicable end.
The Sun. — 1861-04-11 (London, England)

THE 2?ECEN2 MURDER AT DUNDRY  BRISTOL, APRIL 10. The coroner's inquest on the body of the murdered child was opened to-day before the coroner for the Northern Division of Somerset, Bruges Fry, Esq. Hannah Maria Stallard deposed to having oil Saturday last found the body of the deceased at between six and seven o'clock in the evening. Found it in a pond belonging to Miss Hazell, on the same farm in which, about 13 years ago, old Mr. Hazell, the farmer, was murdered. Witness was driving her ducks out of the water and saw something in the water. Called her brother William, and he came with a stick, and got out what proved to be the body of a female child. The body was afterwards conveyed to the Carpenters' Arms. In reply to a question by the Rev. Mr, Boutflower, foreman of the jury, The witness said she was at the pond on Saturday morning and drove the ducks there, but did not then notice anything. The coroner inquired whether anything was found round the body, or whether the pond had been searched for anything with stone attached, by which it might have been sunk. Constable Drewett said he had drawn out several stones, but none with a string attached. William Stallard deposed to having been called by his sister to the pond, and having pulled out the dead body of a child as deposed to by her. In reply to the chief constable (Mr. Gould), the witness said the body was not easily discernible. He might have passed it several times without seeing it. Mr. J. Shorland, surgeon of Dundry, deposed to having made a post-mortem examination of the body. It was that of a female child, about three or four months old. The general appearance of the body led to the belief that it had been in good health shortly previous to death. Could /la discover any injury on the skull. The wound on the neck appeared to have been inflicted by some sharp instrument. The wound extended from the cervical vertebrae to the windpipe. If the child had been strangled there would not have been the smooth and even appearance which the wound presented. Mr. Thomas Dowling, surgeon, who had assisted at the post-mortem examination, gave confirmatory evidence. The body was well-formed and unusually fat. There was no injury to the skull. The wound_ on the neck was a deep incised one. At this stage of the proceedings Mr. Jones, the chief of [police, applied to the coroner for an adjournment of the inquest, in order to afford time for an inquiry. The police, ho stated, were using efforts to endeavour to trace out the perpetrator of the crime, and it might assist them if the inquest were left in such a state as that fresh witnesses might be brought before the coroner. The Coroner said he would place himself entirely in the hands of the police, and should be most ready to do anything that would be likely to further the ends of justice. The inquest was then adjourned for a 'week.
The Sun. — 1861-04-11 (London, England)

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—(2bis Day)  Ann Reed, 18, was indicted for the wilful murder of her infant, by cutting its throat. The prisoner pleaded not guilty.  Jane Martin, of Howard-road, Hornsey, said the prisoner came to her house and complained of being ill. She was put to bed. She brought with her a box, and, on being asked for the keys, the prisoner said she had dropped them, but they were afterwards found in the pocket of her dress, and on going to the box the prisoner said, " Oh don't open the box." Witness did so, and then she discovered the dead body of a child. She sent for a medical man.  Dr. James said, on arrival he found the prisoner in bed very ill. and suffering from h wing given birth to a child, which he afterwards found in a pie dish in a box. It was full grown, and had an abrasure over the left eye, which might have arisen from a fall. The throat of the child was also cut superficially on the left side, and deep on the right; it was cut to the bone. On the following day he held a post mortem examination, and his opinion was, that the child was born alive. There was an entire absence of blood in the body. The umbilical cord had not been tied, and haemorrhage had taken place in consequence. Death might have arisen from that circumstance, or from the cut in the throat,  Other evidence having been given, The learned judge summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty of concealing the birth. The learned judge said the jury had taken a merciful view of the case—how merciful her own conscience could only tell. He then sentenced her to twelve months' imprisonment.  The prisoner was carried in a state of insensibility from the dock.  THE CHARGE OF EMBZZLEMENT BY A COMMON  Richard Bache, 68, merchant, for many years manager to Messrs. Tull's Rope and Hemp Factory, Fenchurchstreet, was placed in the dock, charged with embezzling money, the property of his employer.  Ihere were no less than thirteen indictments against the prisoner.  In the course of the morning the witnesses were informed that they need not remain in attendance, as the case would not be taken that day.  Emma Papworth was indicted for unlawfully concealing the birth of her child.  The prisoner was only seventeen, and resided with her mother at Mile.end, and the body of the child was some time after discovered in a box. • Mr. Cooperrnade a very feeling appeal on behalf of the prisoner, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. The learned Judge said it pained him very much to pass any santencc in this case, as there were mitigating circumstances in it ; yet he could not allow the prisoner to escape all punishment. He then sentenced her to two months' imprisonment without hard labour.  John Robinson Gibson was indicted for embezzling and stealing the sum of £l2 165., and divers other moneys, the property of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. The facts of the case, which was proceeding when we went to press, have been reported fully in The Sun.
The Sun. — 1861-04-11 (London, England)

MURDER AT DUNDBY  BRISTOL, APRIL 10. The coroner's inquest on the body of the murdered child was opened to-day before the coroner for the Northern Division of Somerset, Bruges Fry, Esq. Hannah Maria Stallard deposed to having on Saturday last found the body of the deceased at between six and seven o'clock in the evening. Found it in a pond belonging to Miss Hazell, on the same farm in which, about 13 years ago, old Mr. Hazell, the farmer, was murdered. Witness was driving her ducks out of the water and saw something in the water. Called her brother William, and he came with a stiek, and got out what proved to be the body of a female child. The body was afterwards conveyed to the Carpenters' Arms. In reply to a question by the Rev. Mr, Boutflower, foreman of the jury, The witness said she was at the pond on Saturday morning and drove the ducks there, but did not then notice anything. The coroner inquired whether anything was found round the body, or whether the pond had been searched for anything with stone attached, by which it might have been sunk. Constable Drewett said he had drawn out several stones, but none with a string attached. William Stallard deposed to having been called by his sister to the pond, and having pulled out the dead body of a child as deposed to by her. In reply to the chief constable (Mr. Gould), the witness said the body was not easily discernible. He might have passed it several times without seeing it. Mr. J. Shorland, surgeon of Dundry, deposed to having made a post-mortem examination of the body. It was that of a female child, about three or four months old. The general appearance of the ' body led to the belief that it had been in good health shortly previous to death. Could not discover any injury on the skull. The wound on the neck appeared to have been inflicted by some sharp instrument. The wound extended from the cervical vertebrm to the windpipe. If the child had been strangled there would not have been the smooth and even appearance which the wound presented. Mr. Thomas Dowling, surgeon, who had assisted at the post-mortem examination, gave confirmatory evidence. The body was well-formed and unusually fat. There was no injury to the skull. The wound on the neck was a deep incised one. At this stage of the proceedings Mr. Jones, the chief of (police, applied to the coroner for an adjournment of the inquest, in order to afford time for an inquiry. The police, he stated, were using efforts to endeavour to trace out the perpetrator of the crime, and it might assist them if the inquest were left in such a state as that fresh witnesses might be brought before the coroner. The Coroner said he would place himself entirely in the hands of the police, and should be most ready to do anything that would be likely to further the ends of justice. The inquest was then adjourned for a week.