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The Sun. — 1836-12-20 (London, England)

BRENTFORD PETTY SESSIONS.  Yesterday a thick-s2t Irishman, about twenty-four years of age, with a most ferocious countenance, named John Ryan, was brought heavily handcuffed before Mr. PowNALL, the sitting magistrate, by police sergeant Pascoe, T 19, on the following charge of attempted highway robbery and murder :  Mr. Thomas Jackson, of Rathbone-place, OXfOrdstreet, and Haven Green, Ealing, between six and seven o'clock on Saturday evening, was driving in his pheaton from Ealing towards London. On arriving at Acton Bottom he observed the prisoner at some distance going towards town, and from his conduct on the road his suspicions that he meant no good were excited. When he came near him the prisoner crossed from the off side to the near side of the road, and when he came up to him he made a dash at his horse's head, which, however, he missed. The prisoner then made an attempt to get in at the side of the phaeton, but not succeeding from the speed at which witness was going he tried to lay bold of the back of the vehicle, in which he was also unsuccessful. Witness then flogged his horse, which gallopped for about three hundred yards, when, thinking he had got away from his assailant, he slacked his pace. The prisoner, however, who must have pursued him with the fleetness of a deer, soon overtook him, and, jumping up behind the phaeton, seized hold of witness by the back of his coat, and attempted to drag him out of the vehicle. Witness instantly pulled out a pistol, which be thrust into the prisoner's face, saying, " You vagabond, if you don't get down, I'll shoot you." Witness attempted to discharge the pistol, but no cap being on, it was unable to do so. The prisoner did not get down, and a fearful struggle took place between them, when witness finding the prisoner too powerful for him to cope with, suddenly struck him a severe blow on the head with the butt end of the pistol, which knocked him backwards into the road. Before witness presented the pistol at the prisoner he used the most horrid language, calling him a and swearing that he would cut his -- throat if lie resisted. When witness had struck the prisoner he gallopped off, and after proceeding between two and three hundred yards met three policemen whom be immediately acquainted with the outrage. One of them instantly jumped into the phaeton, and on driving back met the prisoner near the spot where the outrage had been committed, who had evidently just risen from the "(*round, and was coining towards London. On reaching him they jumped out of the phaeton and secured him, when he feigned drunkenness. Witness had no doubt the prisoner was the Irian who stopped him. His clothes, when he was taken, were covered with mud.  The worthy MAGISTRATE said the evidence was conclusive of his guilt. He was then fully committed for trial at the next Sessions of the Central Criminal Court.  He was shortly afterwards removed to Newgate.
The Sun. — 1836-11-26 (London, England)

LORD MAYOR—Why is no' your client, the holde tending to his boat at the packet stairs, A National of the bill, here to-day ?He is that the complaint had Guard levelled his musket at him, which he fortunately had been made. warded off, when the assassin ran' away, as he observed The Attorney—l 'sold him it was most necessary that ho the sailors were coming to the Admiral's assistance. An should attend, foe English officer was attacked On Wednesday evening at Al'lsis own sake ; but he said he was obliged to go to Woe,,, cantara by three ruffians, who made a murderous stab at Isis on business, and that he would attend before "our Lordship, if it was requisite. him on the breast, but fortunately the officer warded the Air. Clarkson—lt would be a confirmation of his respecblow sufficiently as t o .protect his person from being cut. el tability, if he attended to-day. He knew that the bill was Having no sword by his side, he owes the preservation of declared to be a forgery, and to have been feloniously ohhis life to the speed with which he ran from his assailants. tained. Why has he not a eared ? Another Englishman, who is in very embarrassed cireunaThe Attorney—I urged him strongly to attend, but he stances, got most severely beaten by a set of ruffians, who thought proper to go out of town. I ask Mr. Parker fell upon him as he was proceeding home on Thursday whether I did not the moment he asked to see the bill show evening to his residence at Buenos Ayres. In fact such it to him, and let him take a copy without hesitation ? is the bitter, exasperated state of popular feeling towards Mr. Parker said that such was the fact. the English people, in consequence of our late intermedThe Attorney—My client is a highly respectable man, dling with their domestic affairs, that lam perfectly preand I am, sure is anxious to have the, matter cleared up. pared for a continuation for some time of this murderous Mr. Clarkson—His anxiety is such that he does not and blood-thirsty system of revenge." appear, although Mr. Parker informed both you and him It is gratifying to observe that the ladies do not that the bill was a forgery. participate in the depreciation to which other marketThe Attorney_e don't recollect that Mr. Parker ever able commodities in general have of late been subject : " On Saturday morning last, a husband conveyed his wife said anything of the kind to me. I was engaged very much, in other business when he called. into the market-place of Halifax, for sale ; and though the Mr. Parker—l did mention it to you. I distinctly told sum of five shillings has hitherto been the average price or you it was a forgery. a wife thus exposed, yet so highly did the husband recoueThe Attorney—I certainly never heard you say so. mend his rib to the multitude, that she was ultimately disof for a sover.el,ien." The Loan Melton—When you were informed that the posedFA ',
The Sun. — 1836-06-25 (London, England)

TRE NOTORIOUS DUKE OF QUEENSBURY.— To return to the Duke of Queensbury. If he had lived under Charles the Second, he might have disputed for pre-eminence ill the favour of that Prince with the Arlingtons, the Buckinghams, the Falmouths, and the Dorsets, so celebrated under his reign. Many fabulous stories were circulated and believed respecting him ; as, among others, that he wore a glass eye, that he used milk baths, and other idle tales. It is, however, a fact, that the Duke performed, in his own drawing room, the scene of Paris and the Goddesses. Three of the most beautiful females to be found in London presented themselves before him precisely as the divinities of Homer are supposed to have appeered to Paris on Mount Ida ; while he, habited like " the Darden shepherd," holding a gilded apple in his hand, conferred the prize on her whom he deemed the fairest. This took place at his house near Green-park. Neither the second Duke of Buckinghaea, commemorated by Pope, whose whole life' was a voluptuous whim, nor any other of the licentious noblemen, his contemporaries, appear to have even realized a scene so analogous to the manners of that profligate period. The correct days of George the Third were reserved to witness its accomplishment. If one cause more than another can be stated, which has been injurious to the peace and prosperity of Ireland, it will be found in the exclusive system that has been acted upon there in regard to the Catholics. This will truly account for all the animosities between the contending parties ; the outrages, murders, and even rebellions, that have afflicted and disgraced that unfortunate country. It may be considered as the root of all the other evils, because if Catholic Emancipation had boen granted sooner, such general improvement of intellect might have taken place, as might have dispelled the clouds of darkness, and bettered the condition of the people, physical as well as moral. It is this system which has been the curse of Ireland for more than five centuries ; and into what a state has it brought the country—such as would disgrace even an age of barbarism. Its supporters have had nothing but bloodshed and hatred from it, yet many of them would still persevere in the same course. It was to he hoped, that the spirit as well as the substance of this destructive engine of power had beta buried in the grave from which Catholic Emancipation had risen : yet here it springs up again to a new life ; and one might almost suppose, from the strength by which it is advocated by some, like a giant refreshed. Such have been its baneful effects ; such ever will be, unless our legislators possess the' faculty of constituting human nature afresh, and different from what it has been : unless they can with Promethean fire, to be stolen from heaven, and not from a worse place, instil into the heart of man different passions from those by which it is now governed.—Colonel Rawstorne's View of the State of Pauperism in Ireland. ConoNEß's
The Sun. — 1836-03-25 (London, England)

ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—A premeditated and determined attempt at murder took place at Whitestable, near Canterbury, Kent, on Tuesday night last. John Towgeod, a mariner of that port, who for many years sustained a respectable character, but has lately fallen into dissipated habits, became acquainted with Harriet Thomas, a married woman whose husband is living at Canterbury ; he lived with her until lately, when she left him for a youth named Edwards. This exceedingly enraged Towgood, who said if he ever saw Thomas with Edwards he would murder her. On Tuesday afternoon, Thomas and her sister-in-law, Mary Ann Summers, left the house in which Thomas's mother, under the assumed name of Steele, lives. This house is in a narrow passage within two doors of the King's Arms. They passed through some fields, and were seen joined by two young men, one of whom was Edwards, and in their company they remained till ten at night in a beer-shop. It appears that Towgood had watched the women from the time of their leaving Stecle's house ; for soon after Edwards arid his associate joined them Towgood came up and said, " I will follow go where they will ;" and lie then told Thomas he would be the death of her sooner than she should be with Edwards. He afterwards went out and took a coat to a pawnbroker's, and with the money be obtained upon it purchased a large horse-pistol with five balls and some powder. Thomas and her companion returned home about 10 o'clock at night ; the young men left them a few minutes before they returned home. Towgood had been waiting for Thomas's return, and when she and the woman Summers were. passing down the passage leading to Steele's house he took his station at the lower end of it. As soon as Thomas passed him he fired the pistol ; she fell screaming " Murder." Summers fainted, and Towgood ran out of the passage and threw his pistol over the hedge on the opposite side of the road. The parish watchman was within hearing, and took Towgood into custody. He did not offer any resistance, and said, " He had killed her he loved, and now he could die happy." Oi was found to have received two ballsi examination t h ori the top Thomas lmowfthaes hip, one of which had passed out just above the os sacrum, and the other was promptly extracted. It appears she is likely to do well. Towgood is • upw • ards of 50 years old, Thomas is 35.  DREADFUL SUlClDE.—Yesterday an inquest was held at the Crown, Brewer-street, Golden-square, before Mr. Higgs and a respectable Jury, on view of the body of A. 13. Oldreich, Esq., a native of Germany, and a ilamburgh merchant, of considerable property. It appeared from the evidence I that the deceased was affected with a determination of blood to 1 the head, which created a desponding state of mind. About half-past seven o'clock yesterday morning he precipitated him! self from an attic window to the stone yard beneath the house, No. 6, Golden-square, where he lodged. His head was literally smashed to pieces, and he died on the spot. The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Derangement."
The Sun. — 1836-04-04 (London, England)

STERN CIRCUIT.-LAUNCIISTON, MARCH 31.  Philip Manuel was indicted for the wilful murder of his daughter, Caroline Manuel, by shooting her with a gun. The prisoner is a man of singularly wild appearance, and, while standing in the dock, he fixed his eyes with an intense gaze on the different objects that caught his attention. Christian Manuel, another daughter of the prisoner, was about 17 years of age. Her deceased sister, Caroline, was younger than herself. On the 19th of February last, between nine and ten in the morning, she and her sister wartfrom her mother's house to her father's. Her ruother and father live apart, and bad done so for sever years. On ar• riving near her father's house—they "-saw him coming across . the common, with a buchet and shovel in his hand ; that he came up to theavand said, " Where are you going ?" -Which She said, "We are come to see you." The prisoner replied, " You shall feel me too." He then went into the house. A few minutes after, he came out again. The deceased said to him, " Your's is a prettier pony than ours." He said," Thee'st got no pony ; if thee hast, thee'st stole it." He went in again, and brought out a gun and shot at her. The deceased ran up to witness. Shc had received one shot in her hand and one in her head. It seemed as if she had been struck with gravel. He then went in again. He came out once more, and threw small stones at us. We ran into Mrs. Matthews's house, which is close by. Prisoner came up to the window, and said he would shoot Martha Matthews if she harboured us. We remained there about an hour. We came out, and the prisoner followed us,. He had a gun in his band, into which he was rammir, a rod. He fired, and turned roucd, but I could not see him ° for the smoke. Young Matthews came up, and prisoner stopped, and had some conversation with him, which I heard. He said—" Do you think if you were to bold up a board with a round mark on it, I couldn't put a ball into it ?" We ran away, and prisoner followed us. He fired again, and Caroline, who was close by my side, fell. Pri soner came up, and told me to take her down home. If I didn't lie said he would shoot me too. A man called Moyle came up, and charged him with having shot my sister. He said he did not, and went away home. My sister died at seven o'clock the next morning. From the cross-examination of the witnesses for the pro• secution, it appeared that the prisoner was not sound in his mind ; that his father was insane, and his mother also. The latter was found dead one night not far from the house, having gone out in the snow clad only in a night-gown. That the prisoner was often hooted by the boys in the village, and called Mazed Figgy. That by order of a Magistrate, one of his other children was removed from his care, he having attempted to strangle it. The Jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty," on the ground of insanity.
The Sun. — 1836-10-24 (London, England)

BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON AND SPORTING CIIRONICLE.—GREENWICII RAlLWAY.—Tuesday, the Ist of November, having been fixed for the Ceremonial of Opening this splendid Undertaking at its Commencement near London Bridge, an accurate ENGRAVED BIRD'S EYE VIEW of its architectural details and localities, together with the tenders, trains, and general characteristics, will be given in Bell's L?:,re in London on SUNDAY, Oct. 30th, accompanied by a con ect analysis of its rise, progress, and intended extension. Rehr-"s Life is a large 20 'folio column Journal, one-third of which is devoted to sporting matters, with a very limited number Di" advertisements. The price only Five Pence. Can be had on Sundays 200 miles from London. for the sum of 1,1871. 123, 2d..d0 authorise the payment of the said sum. A letter received from a gentoinan in Coupang, in Timor, dated April 5, mentions that th. 9 Kingsdown had lost her master, Captain Simmons, who was ,treacherously murdered in the month of March, near Point >lobara, by the natives. He had been trading with them ; anal after dining with the Rajah or Chief, was putting off from the shore, when, without any provocation, they fired on hint, killed a man who was rowing, and the Captain the next moment received a bullet which deprived him of life. He merely exclaimed, " Oh, God ! I am a dead man," and expired.  The new Town Hall recently constructed at Arundel was built at the sole expense of the Duke of Norfolk. The fine collection of prints made by George IV., amounts to between 400,000 and 500,000 ; they are deposited in Windsor Castle, where a room has been built for their preservation. An eminent judge of prints was for some time engaged in arranging them chronologically. On Wednesday last, a groom in the employ of Earl Spencer, was kicked in the mouth by a foal in his Lordship's park. The lower jaw was fractured and his lip was severely cut ; several of his upper teeth were knocked out. The poor fellow was taken to the infirmary, where Ite is, we understand, getting well.—Northampton Chronicle. Some idea of the fertility of the " golden vein of Ireland," which extends in a broad belt from the King's County to Limerick, through Cashel, Tipperary, &c., may be formed, from the fact that large districts of this land pays from 81. to 101. an (Irish) acre, and on one part of it the 16th successive white crop was this year taken, without one load of manure, and 12/. was paid for the hay alone of one single acre. General Lamarrois, who was one of Napoleon's Aides-de-Camp, died at Paris last week, abed 60. In 1813 he was charged by the Emperor with the defence of Magdeburg. In 1815 he had the command of the departments of Normandy. He was a member of the Chamber of Peers of the One Hundred Days, and was the only one of that Chamber left at the Revolution of July, but was not again called into that assembly. A
The Sun. — 1836-09-29 (London, England)

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1836.  of the Rosbercon police, an investigation was gone into before the Magistrates at Borris, when, horrid to contemplate, this execrable monster, with the two others, named Aylward (father and son), and from the part of the country where the murder was committed, were fully committed to Carlow, to take their trial at the next assizes. Though the whole of the evidence given at the inquest has not yet transpired, enough is known to fully inculpate `►'arm. Magrath, the brother, as the principal in the fratricidal act. It seems there had been a jealousy and constant bickerings between these young men since the death of their father, which took place not long since, connected with the property at Castlehyde, the younger brother having been left in possession, the elder having received his portion previous to his father's death. William, the elder brother, came some time since, having buried his wife, to Castlehide, and seemed on rather good terms with the deceased ; on the Saturday previous to the murder, a letter arrived by a countryman, the youngest of the Aylwards above alluded to, purporting to be from a young woman who lives near Bagnalstown, and to whom the deceased had been recently paying his addresses, requesting him to come up immediately, as she intended going off with, and getting married to him, and that if so, he would be sure of her fortune, 2001. The deceased set off with the messenger, and waited about Bagnalstown for the greater part of the next day, expecting to meet the young woman ; i❑ the meantime, the brother by whom the letter was concocted and forged, hastened after his unhappy victim, and met him in company with the two Aylwards, and a man named Gaul ; the deceased not suspecting anything, had something to drink along with them, after which he was told by Aylward that the young woman would see him at a certain lonely spot on the Barrow, where he repaired, and was there cruelly strangled and murdered, his own brother first knocking him down and strangling him with a handkerchief, while one of the hired assassins held his legs, and the other hammered him with stones on the head. They were above ten minutes dispatching their victim, when they carried his mangled corpse, and threw it into a deep part of the river, where it remained covered with sedge and weeds till it was discovered on the 19th inst. by some country people. One of the wretches, Aylward, has turned approver. After the murder, the fratricide came to Castlehyde, took possession of the place, and reported that his brother, the deceased, had given him up the care of the place, while he was away, as he had gone to the North to get married, and would not be home for some time. When first taken he persisted in his innocence, but it is said that he has since become quite despondent, confident of the fate that awaits him.— Wateribrd Chronicle.
The Sun. — 1836-09-29 (London, England)

LORD MAYOR—It is certain that you have taken Mr. Blygh for a person whose conduct that gentleman could not imitate. There arc certainly to be met with extraordinary resemblances in life, as well as in the Comedy of Errors, and Mr. Blygh has been subjected to one of the inconveniences of being a Dronzio. His character has put the matter beyond question. The defendant should, if it were true that he was mistaken, humbly apologize to Mr. Blygh for the disagreeable consequences of his misapprehension ; but lie could scarcely persuade himself that Mr. Blygh was any other person than Mr. Dawson. The likeness between the two persons was the most remarkable he had certainly ever witnessed. The defendant having expressed regret at what had occurred, Mr. Blygh retired evidently disgusted at the pertinacity of his accuser. A man named. Iliachings, who has been long in the habit of beating his wife, was brought up, charged with having blackened her eye and given her a cross buttock in the mud.' Mrs. Hutchings said that her husband's partiality for gin was so great, that there was. no act but that of murder that he had not committed visits to sake, He hevisit to church would have the effect ,:le had taken it into _accordingly his head that frequentd of purifying him, anwent three times to Divine Service on Sundays, and twice on each week day. The LORD Mil on—And how does he • he employ the rest of his time ? Mrs. Hutchings_He gets blind drunk on the week days, and dead drunk on Sundays.—(Laughter.) The defendant said that he, was a calumniated man, and that it was his wife's tongue that compelled him to drink for a little quietness. Mrs. Hutchings declared that he was never happy until he was putting his fists in practice upon her. He had knocked her hi down in the Irish style, by giving her a sort of whee-iee over his p, by which he tossed her heels into the air, knocked hr shoulders against the ground, and came came down with the Whole weight of his body on her stomach and bowels.  - you, my Lord, I hope there's a dm; in the Compter. Irchere is, 1 don't care how long I sta*there.—(A laugh.) M"rs7 Hutchings--My Lord, lie alwaysiiheat me when he came from church. He is the greatest hypocrite in the *rld. All I and my poor son want is to be rid of him. efendant—Ah, Mary, you ought to pray God to forwejigit' for a d—d liar. You know you treat me like a dog. file defendant was then committed in default of bail.  GUILDHALL,„ Yesterday George Barber, the driver of the hackneycoach No. G2O, attended before Mr. Alderman VENABLES to answer the complaint of Samuel Hall, of Basford, near Nottingham, for exacting more than the legal fare for convevin,, him from. London-bridge to Lad-lane. I%r, Aldernian VENABLES should adjudge him to pay 3s. cogs, Vl* refund 3s. as overcharged, and to pay a fine of ss. If he thought this decision was wrong, he might appeal against ;t. The rle:i►ntiant paid the fine.  BO W-