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The Sun. — 1826-07-26 (London, England)

CASE.  " Ann Hogan, of No. 22, Church-lane, Iluckeridge-street, St. Giles's,,,has been abused, insulted, and asaaulted so repeatedly by Daniel: Buckley, a labourer, who resides in the same bottle above-nUintioned, that having been beaten by him so often and unmercifully, and that he has threatened to take her life away *event] times, which has put the said Ann Hogan in such bodily fear that she conceives her life to be in immediate danger, and therefore humbly prays the aid and protection of the Worshipful Magistrates of Marlborough-street, and she now attends in person to take the oath to bind the said Daniel Buckley to keep'the peace, her life being now in danger. As she has no means of supporting herself and son (ten years old) hut from hard work, she humbly prays the aid of the Court to grant her a poor warrant, for which she will ever have the sincerest gratitude ; and, as in duty bound, will ever pray. " Dated July 24, 1826. " To the Worshipful Magistrates of Marlborough-street Police-office." _ . _  Sir GEORGE said, a prettier specimen of special pleading he had not seen' for some time. He should wish to know the name of the learned gentleman who prepared it. Mrs. Hogan, in a plaintive tone, assured his Worship that the gentleman was very clever, and he practised the law. She was introduced to him by a friend, who had a case of a like nature drawn up by him, and she succeeded. Sir Gisonar said, it was a pity that the gentleman was not better known to the public, as he had no doubt but that he would be a great acquisition.—(Laughter.)—lf Mrs. Hogan would swear that she apprehended ti:om this Mr. Daniel Buckley any bodily fear, he should grant her the warrant. Mrs. Hogan declared she was afraid of being murdered, as Daniel Buckley threatened to " whip her heart's blood • into froth."  Sir Groaux said if that was the case he should grant the war.  rant.  Mrs. Hogan thanked his Worship, and left the office. Ellen Donovan. was charged with stealing Silk stockings, ribands, an4l gloves,'the prpperty of Miss Loyee; a native of France, residing at 55, in the Quadrant, Regent-street, • Miss Loyce stated, that the prisoner. was in the service of her landlord. On Saturday last, (luting her absence, the prisoner pilfered, her apartments, and succeeded in taking away x 201. note, a sovereign, two pair of silk stockings, two pair 'of sleeves, and a new pair of gloves and four pieces of riband, all of which she took with her. . She was. apprehended on Monday evening by a constable. She returned the 201. note, but denied having taken the sovereign. Boothman, the constable, searched a box belonging to the prisoner, and found the silk stockings, the aleeves, the four pieces of rihand, and the gloves, which the prisoner acknowledged to lave stolen. 'bliss Loyee iderstitieft her property. him was boomd over with the constable to prosecute at the next Sesations, and the prisoner was committed fur trial.
The Sun. — 1826-03-03 (London, England)

FEB. 28._-Fire per Cents. 9ilf. 60c.—Three per (Jents..64f. 70e.—Bank Stock, 2,oool.—ltente de Naples, 71f. 25c.—Royal Spanish Loan, Cif.—Exchange on London,_ one month, 25f. 6(e. ; .three months, 25f. 25c.—(Courg Authentique.) .  We find the following extraordinary statement in the Edinburgh Observer of Tuesday last, and We give it as we find it " REPORTED ASSASSINATION OF THE EMPCBOII or 0,0331A.—.The following extract of a letter, containing the above deeply interesting report, We do not hesitate, front* the very respectable channel through which it reached use to insert, although, of course, we cannot vouch for the verity of its contents KIRXIVALL, ORKNEY, Feu. 20, 11326/.—You will excuse my answering the other parts of your letter by this post, when I tell you that has this moment-. ar. rived, after being about a month wind-bound in Sanday, bringing with him the muter of a Russian ship, wrecked immediately at' the end of the Bridge of Itothieholm (in the island of Stronsay,) on Friday last. The vessel is a large one, wood load, and a total wreck. lam this mo. meat sent .for to meet the master and a Russian nobleman, a passenger,' supposed a refugee. The left Elsineur only three days before the accident happened. Certain accounts of a counter-revolution in Russia had previously reached that place.. Nicholas, with ninety of the principal nobility, his adherents. assassinated or shot, and Constantine again Troclaimed peror. It will be long before thin can reach Edinburgh Madan)/ ; and- as it seems to he quite authentic, mind in the mean time, be interesting."—(Edinburei Observer, 146. 24.)  A man named Guillaume Was condemned to death, a few days ago, ut Melon, in France, for various murders which he had committed. From his condemnation to his execution, ho passed great pint of his time in playing cards with the gaoler, to whom he related many anecdotes of his life, amongst which he mentioned the following, saying it was the best action he had ever done. During the reign of terror, the plate and other valuable effects of the Abbe de Flay, his godfather, were confiscated ; Guillaume having discovered where they were deposited by the public officer who seized thempaucceeded in stealing them. He 'then sold them to a Jew in Paris, and brought to the Ahbe de Flay the whole of the money he had received from' the sale of the stolen articles. On the day of his execution, on stepping into the cart, he ex. claimed, " Je mceurt en Francais" (I die like a Frenchman). As soon us he got within sight of the guillotine, he said, 64 Oh, there it is ; this time I shall not escape it." On quitting the cart, he said, with a steady voice, " Adieu, my friends, I am innocent, and I have still the same courage to meet death." And in fact his courage end effrontery never abandoned him for a 111Q' meat. lie ascended the scaffold with a firm step, -reciting the'two first verites of a ceinplailit or dying ballad, which le had composed "since his rontionnietion; 'and which contains a farewell to his family and friends.
The Sun. — 1826-07-05 (London, England)

COLOMBIA.  FROM THE NEW YORK PAPERS. " FROM COLOMBIA.  "An arrival from Baltimore has brought advice. from Laguayra to the 16th of May inclusive. We have seen letters from Caraccas of the 14th, and papers to the 10th, which are totally silent with regard to the late revolt. The Baltimore Gazette states that Pan was in Cumana, and was expected every day at Laguayra. The Governor of Porto Cabello declined joining the enterprise, and an uflicer of the army was put in his place. The garrison of Laguayra followed the lead—say 200 men. In the mean time the rebels had levied a contribution on the city of 01ram.% of 50,000 dollars, to he paid forthwith, or they would come and collect it. They draw on the Custom-house for present expences. The following is an extract of a letter received at Baltimore C. t% a•CC!' 'May 14..--Ilrfairo this reaches you, you will probably have heard of a political' eruption which has recently taken place. Venezuela haa 'declared herself independent of the general Government, or rather, claims the right of enacting her provimt cial laws, and of governing and directing her provincial finances and judiciary, regardless of the supreme executive of Bogota, but remaining at the same time one of the states of the Republic, enjoying the privileges of provincial legislation. If this is the true intention of this rupture, I think it not an unreasonabfe'dernand. All this has originated since' thO sispension of general Met from the command of this department. When he was on the eve of departure for Bogota, to defend his conduct before the Senate, the troops became argnai nted with the circumstances—the officers could not restrain them ; they threw away their arms, the officer* threw away their swords, the soldiers demanded their General—declared a determination not to serve under Gen. Esealons ;• in short, Valencia became a scene Of confusion and uproar. Thee/Abdo assembled, and General Pact was reinstated in his command. The moment he appeared among his troops, they returned quietly to their duty ; only three or four persons were murdered. This led to a declaradon of independence, the final result of which is concealed in the womb of time. General Peet is expected here to-day. Ido not know whether he brings troops or not. General Marino came in a few days since, with a small body of cavalry from the plains. lie was met and escorted into town by the members of the Cit.. or some of them, and by a number of private citizens. They entered the city about seven o'clock in the evening, with some degree of noise, crying Viva Bolivar !'—' Viva Paez Viva Marino Viva Venezuela!' The old cry of Viva Colombia y viva la Petrie,' appeared to be entirely forgotten. Such now is the state of things here, though I scarcely ever knew Caraccas so perfectly tranquil. No excesses have been committed by the soldiers here, nor have I heard of any murders, except those in Valencia.'  "
The Sun. — 1826-04-21 (London, England)

GAME LAWS.  Mr. BLACKBURN presented a petition from the Sheriff awl Grand Jury of Lancaster, praying the Rouse to direct their attention to the Game Laws, which were at present in a very un• finished state.  Lord LOWTHER thought the system adopted by the Lancashire Gentlemen in defence of their game was truly reprehensible. This was done by wholesale importation of gu' and ammunition from Birmingham. It was nothing uncommon fttr parties of gamekeepers and their assistants, to the number of twenty, (and in many instances more) to parade the different Preecrveth and, upon seeing a company of poachers, to fire upon them as long as their ammunition lasted, and there were instances of young men who had died from the effects of wounds received in these skirmishes, in the different hospitals, without knowing to whom they could attribtite their death. He, did not mean to say that the fire was not in many instances returned from the party thus attacked, and the sooner this system of murder and warfare was put an end to, the better. Ile attributed this system of poaching, to the avidity witb which the fruits of such predatory excursions were sought after. Men could be found fouls enough to risk their lives in such encounters at the hiee of 4id. per night. The Petition was signed; he `pereeived, 'by the Grand Jury, the major part (if not the whole) of whom were engaged in the nullifier he had thus deecribed; in the defence of their game, and who felt an anxious wish to have some measures devised which should preserve their property without Tisking the lives of their fellowcreatures. He heartily concurred in the prayer of the Petition, and hoped the Hon. Member for Yorkshire would persevere in bringing forward his plan of relief on this subject. After a few observations from Mr S. WORTLEY, Mr. B. WILBRAHAM role to make an observation,- which went to exculpate in a great measure the Gentlemen of Lancaster, against whom an insinuation had been made as to their manner of defending their game from the attack* of poachers.— There were many instances upon record, in which, when a party of poachers to the number of 18 or 20 met a gamekeeper, they instantly fired at him, and if not killed by this, they would attack him with their guns, and so disable him, that it was a chance if he recovered from the effects. This was just the reverse of what an Hon. Member had advanced, but it was no less true for that. It was, therefore, with the intention of protecting the lives of their servants, that these Gentlemen increased the number of their gamekeeper', and provided them with' means of defence and not offence.  After a slight conversation bet Ween Lord 11111..r0w and two other Hon. Alembers, the petition was brought up and ordered to be printed. Colonel BAGWELL presented a Petition from the Earl of Glengall against the extension of the Spring .Gun Bill to hnd.  Mr. CURTEIS assured the Hon. Member that as the action of  the Bill was never intended to extend to Iteiand, it was uselesS petitioning against it.
The Sun. — 1826-06-15 (London, England)

FAUN DSHIT. —One Mr. James Grant was brought before Sir CLA trims Hu NTEII, charged with having endangered the life of his friend and companion, Mr. John Graham, "by beating all the sense out of his head, with an imperial quart pot."—The beating took place on the 7th day of this present June, since which time Mr. Graham has been in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where the surgeon had great trouble in getting the sense into him again ; and he now appeared to make good his charge, with no fewer than eleven good large plaisters on his close-cropped cranium.  " It *as at the Bull's Head in Smithfield we was—Mr. Grant and tuesolf, that afternoon," said he, "and there was a bit of a talk between us in respect to manhood, and I said one thing was it, and Mr. Grant said another—bekase, place tour Worship, we didn't agree comfortable what it was exactly. Well then, place your Worship, Mr. Grant says to me, says Ynre pat nothing !' says he, all ould woman could bate you dead, and yore no use at all!' says he to me. ' I dare say you could bate me ?' says I to him. "Faith. could I, and a dozen more rich I' says he to me. ! 'faith, yure a nice thing says I to him—wid a soap of nie fingers at him,' place yure Worship, in regard of the pride in him ; and he makes no more words about it, but takes up.the imperial quart pot, and gives me a clout 'over the head, knocked all the senses out of it, and lifted Ines& clam to t'other end of the room, pilule your Worship." Other witnesses deposed that, hearing the scuffle between these two Irish friends, they went into the room, and found Mr. Graitam senseless and bleeding on the floor, and Mr. Grant hammering at his head with -the quart pot, which pot was now produced before the Alderman, covered with blood, and its sides battlged in by the violence with which Mr. Grant had applied it to the head of his friend.  Sir C-I..►untuc told 111 r. Grant he might think himself ►ery lucky that he was not standing at the bar on a charge of murder.  44 Well then, yure Honour," said Mr. Grant, " sure we was ould hinds and countrymen—that Underarm and meself ; and be jest give me a pelt on the butt of me ear as I was taking. a drink, and the pot being jest then all out, sure I give him a bit of a clout wit it, in me sun defince, place your Honour; and I'll as yore Honour's pardon, 'and his, if he'll tonsint to let tue off this tvutist.”  Mr. Gralta.nt hete brgan to repent having instituted a pronto'. tion against his friend for such a trifling ofience.—" I think he'd a murthert me if help hatrnt come," said be ; " but since I've got better 1 don't wish to he bard upon him by no manes ; and I'd thank your Worship to let him off ainey." The worthy Alderman told them he should do no such thing. There had been a flagrant breach of the King's peace; and however trifling such a sanguinary affair might appear to an Irishman, he could not allow it to pass unnoticed.  Mr, Grata was therefore ordered to find bail, and not being prepared to do so, he was sent back to prison.
The Sun. — 1826-11-07 (London, England)

MURDVR AT---CAM.fni...""On Monday last Jan Ray, of Carlisle, labourer, was to Carbide gaol, charged on the verdict of a Coroner's inquest, wit!! tlif wilful murder of Jane Myers, widow of the late well-known Iti!wrt Myers, chimney-sweeper; with whom he improperly cohabited, although her age was nearly seventy years, and his owu nut unioh above forty. it appeared on the inquiry before the City Coroner, that on the night of Saturday the 21st of October, the prisoner and others, men and women, were in Myers'e room, in Ritson's Lane, drinking whiskey, when some angry words arose between Myers and Ray in consequence of her refusal to fetch any more liquor. After this, all the parties left the room except the prisoner, the deceased, and a girl of the town, named Draper. no latter immediately went to bed in the apartment. Ray recurred to the deceased's refusal to get the whiskey ; and not setistied with using abusive and threatening language, be promptly followed up his threats by knocking the poor old woman off her chair, and while lying on the floor lie violently kicked her in various parts of the body, end dragged her about the room by her apt, So. The poor woman cried out that he was murdering her; and Ray repeatedly declared, in effect, that 'he would take her. life. Draper got a light. Ray had by, this time placed Myers in a chair, and bad hold of her, according to the evidence, one band, to her mouth, and the other at her neck, as if attempting to wrangle her, At this moment; the persons who had previously been in the room, returned and knocked at 'the door.— Ray looked out it the window, and he told those below diet he had done the old maimed business for her, and indulged in other similar expressions. go then left the house, sad Myers prisonergreat turned. He went to Mynas bed, threw aside the curtains, and unfeelingly asked her' how she was after the good licking he gait her on the preceding night: lie also again indulged in language amounting to a declaration that his intention bad been and was to murder. The deceased kept her bed and grew worse ; but no medical man was called in till within a few days before her death, of her hotly, oWhen_ the was visited by Mr. Graham, surgeon. He found marks blows and swellings on her head, breasts, sides, and other parts and the patient laboured under strong fever, resulting from the injuries she had received, and this - fever terniinirillitAder l_itv". Mr. • Graham expressed an opinion, however, that have provers had been obtained sooner, the blows would not (bleed, corroborative ribs had bte`it"b)rritt as he subsequently found.that none of her the Jury returned yielfrathe by the kicks. Other evidence was proprisoner's threatening language, and let of " Wilful Murder." Ray has before been in gaol on a 01, ". cencerned, fact, are persona of theft—and rise whole of the _parties habits. The infatuation of bad character an Myers husband left her a competency ;d immoral ris was extreme. bier late ute reaped the bitter fruits of; preferred vice to propriety, and l Cortirie Patriot,
The Sun. — 1826-05-01 (London, England)

LATE REV. MR. WOGAN. (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) We stop the Press to announce the following :—Private information having been given to Mr. Goodison, Chief Constable of College-street Police Office, relative to the murderers of that respected deceased Gentleman, he proceeded this morning at five o'clock to Donnybrook, accompanied by a party of his Police, and succeeded in apprehending Robert Burgess, Denis Hine, George Stanley, and Mary Moore, who have, after a strict examination, • • been fully committed to Newgate for trial. We are in possession of all the circumstances relating to this barbarous transaction—but are induced to suppress, for the present, the particulars, for the more effectual attainment of the ends of justice. • Denis Hines, one of the fellows above-named, has been fully identified by Mr. Bell, as one of the gang that robbed ;him of his watch and money on his return to the Rock, and which took place previous to the murder of Mr. Wogan.  A duel was fought on Wednesday se'nnight, at Murrelgreen, near Horsham, between Lewis Gerrard, Esq., and Captain Smith, which originated in consequence of some dispute at a pigeon-match on the same ground. In the first fire Mr. Gerrard was wounded in the side seriously. Medical aid was afforded on the ground by a surgeon in attendance.--(Brighton Gazette.)  SMITHFIELD MARKET, (Tura Day). At this day's Market, which exhibited a limited supply of ' Beasts, but was otherwise moderately well supplied, Beef and •Mutton commanded a very brisk sale, at full 2d. per stone beyond Friday's quotations, at which Lamb, Veal, and Pork were stationary.-Coarse and inferior Beasts producing from 3s. 6:1. to 3s. 10d.; coarse and inferior Sheep, 3s. N. to 45.; second quality Beasts, 4s. Gel. to 4s. 10d. ; second quality Sheep, out of wool, 4s. Bd. to 55., in wool, 4s. 10d.' to ss. 2tl. ; prime long-woolled Sheep, out of wool, bs. 2d. to tis. 4d. ; in wool, ss. 4tl. to ss. Gd. ; prime large Oxen, bs. to ss. 2d. ; mime Scots, Norfolk home-breds, &c. ss. 4d. to ss. fid. ; extraordinary prime South Down wethers (all in wool), ss. fitl. to ss. Bd. ; large Lambs, ss. 6d. to Os. 24. ; prime small Lainhs,, Os. 6d. to 7s. ; large coarse CalVes, 4s. ittl. to ss. ; Calves of from 12 to 18 stone each, if white in, the flesh, and otherwise complete, s`. ad. to Gs. ; large Hogs, 4s. to 4s. 4d. ; and neat dairy-fed Porkers, not exceeding 7 stone each, ss. M lis. 4tl; per atone of Ittb. to sink the Offals. Suckling Calves, which are few in number, from 14s. to 38s. ; and quarter old store Pigs, 12s. to 18s. each. Notwithstanding the shortness of the Beef. Issupply, there ere in the market about 1,600 beasts from Norfolk Supply, as per Clerk's statement Beasts 205 !alves Sheep and Lambs ..,...16,3:0 Pigs 100  NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL 'AVARICE I'S (At per stone, by the Carcass.) Beef, from 3s. 4d. to 4%. fid.; Mutton, 3s. fa to 4s. 10d.; Lamb, ss. 3d. to 711.; Veal and Pork, 4s. to as. 4d.
The Sun. — 1826-12-18 (London, England)

RECORDER'S REPORT.  On Saturday the Recorder 'of London made his Report to the King in Council of the following prisoners ender sentence of death in Newgato--namely, William Parkinson, aged 20, fur burglary ; John • Jones, alias William Bryan, 42, for being at large in this country before the expiration of the term for which he tad been sentenced to be transported ; Francis Edeson, 20, George Parker, 20, William Mansfield, 18, Sarah Wilkinson, 20, Ellen Hartnell, 18, James Bishop, 18, John Sidney Smith, 20, and George Houghton, 17, for highway robbery ; Alexander Ram, 23, .Henry. Abrahams, 24, Frederick Seville, 20, Daniel Bloomfield, 24, Charlotte Davis, 17, Amelia Roberts, 32, Patrick Riley, 26, Charles Pearce, 33, and Thomas Forster, 22, for stealing in a dwelling-house to the value of 40e. and upwards; Chas. Thomas White, 23, for arson ; William Eckott, 19, fur housebreaking; and Martha Hyatt, 50, for selling counterfeit coin, she having before been convicted of felony, and received the benefit of Clergy.  His Majesty was graciously pleased to command that all the said prisoners should he respited during his Royal pleasure, excepting George Houghton, James Bishop, Amelia Roberts, Patrick Riley, and Charles Thomas White, upon whom the law is left to take, its course, and they are ordered for execution on Tuesday the 2d of January nett.  It will be seen by the official account of the Recorder's report, that another awful example is again shortly to be exhibited of those who have violated the laws of their country—five wretched persons are appointed to suffer death at Newgate, on the second day of the new year. Houghton and Bishop for robbing on the highway (in the neighbourhood of Bethnal-green), Mr. Fuller, a surgeon. Riley and Amelia Roberts, fin. stealing in the dwelling house of Mr. Austin, of Clerken►vell, plate and other property to the amount of 4001. ; the female was a servant to Mr. Austin, and during the Absence of her master's family she and Riley, by whom she had been frequently visited contrary to the orders of Mr. Austin, absconded, carrying sway the goods. The prisoners were at length traced to Newport, in Monmouthshire, where they were apprehended, and brought to Newgate for trial: —this is the first instance of a female being ordered for execution in London since ,the accession of his present Majesty, excepting one for murder. The last case is that of CharleeThomas White, a bookseller, in High Holborn, for setting firs to his house, the circumstances of which are well known to the public. It is said, that on the fatal intelligence of the decision of the Privy Council being communicated to him, the unhappy young man imrneditely fell senseless in the arms of one of his fellow prisoners, and was for some time in a state of most distressing convulsive agitation : the paroxysm at length subsided, and he became calm and resigned. He is only 23 years of age ; had not been married many months before the event occurred for which his Ufa is forfeited, and belongs to a family highly vespeeted in the neighbourhood where the fatal crime was committed.