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The Sun. — 1804-01-17 (London, England)

LORD AD. VOCATE restri&ed the charge to culpable homicide only, as he did not think he could make out the crime of Murder, against the Panne]. The usual InterlOcUtor was' titen pronounced, restriding the libel to an,arbitrary punishment, and remitting the case to aJury, ivhich was' then.chosen. The first Witness called was Mrs. Calderwood, wife of John- Calderwood, meal-dealer in Leith, who said, that she' remembers her husband being pressed on Saturday the izth November, and was taken to the rendezvous, where she went,,but at. terwards returned to lock her shop door; and went to Coming's, where her husband then was, who had been liberated. Mr. Geyler came in, and. said he would have"her husband yet, and used him very badly. Or. the Witness remonstrating with Geyler he struck her ; on which the Pannel, -who then came in., said it was a shame to use a woman ill. Herd.' man put out Geyler, and locked the door—The Witness was also locked out, hut afterwards ad..: mitted into Coming's, wheti'the Pannel went, away, and she did not see him again that night—Herdman was sober, but Geyler was mortal drunk that night. John Calderwood said, he never was at sea, but. was pressed from his own door on the 12:h No. vember, and carried to the rendezvous, but was relieved in a short time—He then went to Corning's, where Geyler came, and insisted on taking the Witness again to the rendezvous-„His wife interfered with Geyler rot using him badly, When Geyler struck her. Herdman, who was present, interfered, arid said it was shameful to strike a woman, and at last put out Geyler, who continued for some time . swearing at .the back of .the door. About an hour after, the Witness left Cuming's by a back door.—Herdman was sober, but does not think Geyler was so. John -Beatson, midshipman, on the Impress at Leith, remembers Calderwood being itnpressed, but was not present when, any .scufik happened. After: Geyler was put out of ginning's, he said to the Witnest,, "1/--n that wooden-legged b--r, do for him,. for inteirupting me .on my duty." Herdinan almost immediately came out, when Gey. ler repeated his words, and,struck Herdman on the. head with a stick he had in his hand. The Pannel took the Witness as evidence of his being struck, nod said ,he would haVe satisfaaion. The quarrel continued between Geyler and him along the shore, when Mr. Waddell opened his window, and asked " what was th.e matter ?" Herdman said he had abused by Geyler, an would have satisfadion. Waddell advised him to let the matter rest that night, and have recourse to the Civil Law. Herd. marl went back -to 'Calderwood's, and the Witness saw Mrs. Calder wood home, and Herdman went baCk to Coming's with a stick in his hand. James Thomson, one of the press.gang; said he saw Geyler strike the Pannel With a stick, and Herdmars took him a witness.  George Alexander, another of the press-gang, said, about ,eleven-.o'clock he saw Herdman, and spoke to him. Shortly after Geyler came out of the house, when kierdman struck,him on the head, and knocked
The Sun. — 1804-07-05 (London, England)

THE GREAT DEVIL.  TROVB L ISOM g times produce great men and great criminals. Among the latter, none has inspired, for these last ten years, more fear in Italy than the famous Brigand, known by the name of 11 Grand Diablo," or, "Great Devil." Any person incurring his hatred was certain to perish. He has dispatched IVlagistrates, surrounded by pleaders and guards ; he has murdered husbands by the side of their wive, and in the midst of their families ; and he has stabbed Officers in the line with their comrades and soldiers. Blood, and nut plunder, was his principal passion. Alike generous and revengeful, humane and cruel, what he took from the rich he distributed among the poor ; but no sooner did he hear of an unjust or oppressive aft, th,in the name of the oppressor was inscribed on his list of proscriptions. He was neither fond of gold, nor of wine, uor of women. He had made for himself a co►ie of right and wrong, which he followed on all occasions. He restored several times plunder, k% hen he heard the plundered was near being reined by his loss, and he allowed several pensions to widow's and orphans, whose husbands or parents ht found out to be innocent, alter he had put them to death.  The band of Brigands under his cemmand amounted to one thousand two hundred, dispersed in the Alps and in the Appenines ; but he was only personally known to twelve inferior Chiefs, who, under pain of death, were forced to execute his .orders within twenty-four hours. He was convided of having killed 176 persons, either alone, or in company with other Brigands, though he denied having destroyed more than twenty-six duals. His first vietim was NOBS FRANC ICO, a Priest, who abused his mistress's confidence in the confessional, to debauch her; and his last was the Advocate RSTEO, whom he suspeled of having sold the Liberty and Independence of his Country, Genoa. The one he stabbed before the altar, in the Magdalen Chapel; and the latter he strangled in his study in the Senate House. He never murdered any females; and persons of the other sex under twenty, and above sixty, were always ropeeted by him. On the 17th May he was executed, and shewed, on this trying occasion, an uncommon firmness.— _ From the prison to the place of execution, he kept • the step'with his escort, as if he had belonged to their battalion. He would not suffer any bandage for his eyes ; he called out to the gens d'arrns who were to shoot him, Courage, Cvarades ! And he died in asking of Gad forgiveness for his mistaken Uotiont, not for his crimes. His bAy was buried in the usual place for criminals, but it was dug up in the night, and in its place was interred the b :dy of Signor SEBASTIAN°, who had as a Judge sen. tenced him to death. These ads prove that his Band has survived its Chief.  The amount of the Civil List has furnished the friends of Party with another topic of complaint. Let them look to their favourite France, and reflen upon the expences incurred by His imperial Majesty
The Sun. — 1804-03-09 (London, England)

OUND I NG. John Robinson, a Private in the 7th .Regiment of Dragoon', was in= dieted under Lord ',ECLENBOROUGIeS Ael.-7-The indilment charged him with feloniously assaulting, on the Evil of August, at Ware, one William Brit. ton, 'a subjea of the King, and with a sword then and there striking and cutting him, with intent to murder bitn.-,—The Prosecutor, William Britton, said he was a Bargeman at Ware ; on' the • z7th of August last,. he was at the Eight Bells publichouse at Ware, at ball past ten o'clock. The Prisoner then came in, and wanted some ale. He was then a little in:lig:Aar, and the landlady refused to &Italy' him any, upon which he began to be noisy'. Wise Witness told him not to abuse a widow woman,. who had no hushand to- proteet her. This pro. duced some words between them,.and at last a short scuffle ensued. The Prisoner went away, and he saw no trtdre of him until about three ,quarters of an hour after. The Witness was then going home, and he met the Prisoner in the street, who came up to him, and said he was the 'man who struck his  LcOmrade at the Swan. The Witness said he was not. The Prisoner said, where are you going to ? The Witness retorted the'vestion, and sitid, where are you going to ? The S:ddier,replied, what busi:. ness was that to him ? The Witness said, he had as much right to ask the question as the Prisoner had of him. The Prisoner said no more, but drew his sword from under his jacket, and gave the-Wit. . ness -a back-handed cut across the face ; the blow cut through just above the chin, and took away three of the lower teeth, with part of the jaw ; he then left the Witness bleeding and' senseless on the. ground. John Potter was with the Prosecutor at the Eight Bells, and gave the same account of what passed 4t that house ; he also was with the, Prosecutor when the Soldier cameup to them in the street, but said, as he.saw the sword under his jacket, he suspected rnischief, and ran away in a fright-before the blow was given. Ile returned soon afterwards, andheard what had happened. The, Prisoner was immediately secured.. The Constable who took the Prisoner said he had his: naked sword- with him; which was bloody in•two places. . Joseph Page, landlord of the Swan at Ware, said • the Prisoner was quartered at his house., He came  in-on the z7th of August, 'about eleven at- night, and wanted some ale ; perceiving that he was rather fresh, he persuaded him to go to bed, instead of drinking any more liquor. Atl his entreaty, however, he let. him have a glass. The Prisoner went to his bed-room, but he heard him shortly after coming down stairs again. He then saw that the Prisorier had got his sword with him. He told • him not to go out, for he suspetled he had no good in his head. The Prisoner made no reply; hut  mediately went out of doors. On his cross.exa. mination, he said the was had behaved very well all the time lie quartered at his house. He never wished for a better behaved soldier.— Verdia Guilty. The Prisoner is a very good looking young man, apparently not above 22 Of 23.
The Sun. — 1804-04-13 (London, England)

APRIL 13. 1804  . We received this mornin the Alaniteurs from the g tion 25th ult, to the 3d inst. inclusive, with the excep. of those of the 26th, 27th, and 29th of March. There is no direCt which mention in any of havecorne to our the Papers the Duke D' denta Eric111"1 hands, of the execution of , but it is mentioned incilly in a way that must remove all doubts of that unfortunate FLace.—lt is stated in event having taken thena article, dated Madrid, that Mr. 'Fit titz, a canve British Minister at that Court, had in cation with the Prince of Peace, declared, that assassination and murder were legitimate means -to be employed by England in the aCtual situation in whiehshe was placed ; and the Prince of Peace is represented very naturally as expressing his disapproba. Con of such principles. In a Note of the Editor of the koniteur upon this article, he states, that at the rime the English were making- use of the Count b'ARTO43 to serve their own purposes, an Indivitioal of his House perished under the sword of • the law, in expiation of his crime. This must evi. acntly refer to the Duke D'ENGHIEN ; and this is the Only notice taken in the Moniteur of this most ._I atrwious transaaion. 11 The Report of the Grand Judge was transmitted lets The to the different Foreign Minis." rtsiding at Paris, and their Answers are officlan? 1'41)1411:d. We have translated the Answers f 'he Ministers of Russia, Austria, Denmark, and America, as the most important ; the others we have been compelled are to omit for want of room. There no Answers from the Swedish or Spanish Ministers,the It is observable, that the Letter from Ftsiciti Charge d'Affaires is couched in very geeneral terms) and gives no opinion whatever upon rh supposed Correspondence of , Mr. DRAKE ; and that of the Count CosaNzrt. is very little more explicit : it merely asserts as a general proposition, in propost f that a Ambassadorn ought in any transadions slot to be concerned inconsistent with the Laws of Nations, Although we entertain the strongest conviEtion that the British Government cannot have been concerned in any of the plans for assassination attributed to it in the Report of the Grand Judge) And although we still think that a great part of the Correspondence attributed to Mr. DRAKE, has been fabricated to answer the views of the French Go, vernrnent, yet we think it the indispensable duty of the British Ministry, in justice to their own. Chataders, and more especially in just th , Charader of the Nation, to lose no timeice in reto pelle ing in the strongest manner, this charge which has been broughtg against there' g ; and if Mr. DitAXE has we be en guilty of the conduet imputed to him (which Most sincerely believe he has not), to make his %dee the subject of most serious Investigation. Ishe Character of the Nation is at stake--a Charac. ter always deservedly high among the Nations of the World ; and its Honour requires that no time aft'u et ..i. be-lost in freeing it from so foul an asper- • sune laNils 211{ Frctich Funds are si.. 7*.
The Sun. — 1808-09-24 (London, England)

ADDRESS OF MAJOR ROCHE TO THE BISCAVANS.  BRAVE AND NOBLE BOCAYANS,  " The eyes of all Europe are upon you—the moment of your deliverance is at hand—the sacred flame of patriotism and of loyalty, so dear to every Spailish heart, rapidly spreading over this great kingdom, has burst forth in your enlightened Province. Already are you panting to share with your gallant and noble countrymen in arms, the honour, of expelling from your territories the vile slaves of the most ambitious Tyrant that ever disgraced .the page of history ; who, under the sacred mask of friendship, has dishonoured and dethroned your King, and repaid the generous hospitality of the Spanish nation by the cold-blooded murder of your countrymen, the violation of your wives and daughters, and the plunder and robbery, not only of your property, but of Your very temples. " The eyes of all Europe and of the world are at length opened, and it falls to the glorious lot of Spain to give to future ages a lasting example and proof of what a nation may do, determined to preserve its independence and its honour. England, ever the generous, the ancient, and faithful friend of Spain, could not be indifferent to the cruel destiny intended for you, nor to the gallant and noble exertions you are making for your very existence. She has, therefore, with the .charaCteristic magnanimity which belongs Co her, stood forward in the hour of need and of danger, and with one universal sentiment, from the King to the lowest 6f his subjeds, devoted to your deliverance the powerful aid of her fleets, her armies, and her trea7. sure.  " Ono of the humblest, bat not least zealous of his Majesty's servants in your cause, has the honour, by his Royal order, and‘in his Royal name, to come amongst you, with the fullest assurances of his Majesty's gracious intentions of affording you every assistance and supply you shall stand in need of ; and already there is upon your coast a powerful squadron for the prote&ion of your commerce and your shores. If a Spaniard is to be found, so vile an egotist, as not to fly, atthe sacred call of honour, to the standard of his God and of his King, let him look to those nations who have ignominiously submitted to the bondage of the Usurpo',:and read in their degradation the slavery and late irievitably.:prepared for his own. H.Let him think not, that a shameful and criminal neutrality will save him, or his Province, from the gripe of this monster, who is familiar with ingratitude.  " Noble and gallant,Biscayans, preserve your ancient chara6ter- for bravery and heroism. Be true to yourselves, be unanimous and faithful in defence of your God, your King,, and every thing dear to the heart of man. " Let every man suppose, that the deliverance and salvation of Spain depends upon his individual arm; rely upon it; Providence seeing the justice of your cause, will crown your exertions with victory, and future ages will bless the‘Spanish name and nation, as the saviours of the human rate.  " P. K.
The Sun. — 1867-05-18 (London, England)

STREET.  A WRETCHED STORY.--;Margaret Warren, a meanlyclad woman, was charged with assaulting her daughter, Margaret Warren, about 12 years of ago. The complainant, a meek child, said-71 reside with my father and mother at No. 28, Tower-street, and last night my mother struck me on the bead with a saucepan handle and afterwards threw me down stairs.  Mr. Knox—This is the letter the father writes to me:— " Your Worship,—l` am very sorry to hear from you of the bad conduct of my wife towards me and the children. She has stripped my room of almost everything she can lay her hands on. She has taken the bed things away, and I have nothing to cover me and the children with. I am laid up with rheumatism in my legs, and cannot walk across the room. She is very cruel to me now I can't help myself. Drink is her only study. She has commenced taking the things off the children's backs to keep them from school. She will not let them go to school for some reason or the other. lam nearly broken-hearted about her. She has been going on like this fur 10 years, and she has only just come out of prison." Prisoner—Did I strike you ?  Complainant—Yes, you did. Mrs. Margaret Russell, a widow, and landlady of No. 28, Tower-street, said—l was fetched three times to the house from my other house owing to the prisoner's violence. The first time the prisoner was going out to sell a saucepan, and I took it away and gave it to her daughter. Shortly after I saw her attempting to strike her daughter with a saucepan handle, and I took it away from her. She had dragged her husband out of bed by the hair of his head, and he was lying on the stairs. I had not left the house more than a quarter of an hour when I was fetched again, and she had then just thrown her daughter down stairs. The prisoner had once been sent to prison for three months at the instance of the Marquis Townshend for ill treating her children. Mr. Knox—ls the girl a good girl ? Mrs. Russell—She is.  Joseph Winson—Last night I was called to the house, and found the girl had just Won thrown down stairs. I took the prisoner into custody, when she made use of most filthy language. She has been imprisoned for threo months for a similar offence.  Mr. Knox —Was she drunk or sober ? Constable—Drunk and very violent.  The prisoner, in the course of a rambling address to the magistrate, in which she talked of her " poor dear children" and her " poor sick husband," promised that if the magistrate would forgive her she would at once take the pledge. Mr. Knox—l think you may consider it vary fortunate you are not standing hero on a charge of murder. You first strike your daughter with an iron saucepan handle, and then threw her down stairs, and you pulled your sick husband out of bed. I shall commit you for six months under the Aggravated Ass,tults Act, and at the end of that time you will find bail in £2O for three months.
The Sun. — 1867-08-27 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.  MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A WlFE.—Charles Earnstring, a labouring man, living in Cecil-court, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting his wife, Anna Earnstring.  The wife, who appeared in a state of great suffering, was assisted into the witness-box, and gave her evidence seated. She said that she lived at No. 12, Cecil-court, and the prisoner was her husband. In the course of Saturday night the prisoner came home, and while she was undressed beat her about and kicked her on the back, her sister holding her down while the prisoner ill-used her. She came to the court yesterday, and applied for a warrant, which was granted, and last night the prisoner came home, burst open the door, and set td kicking her about the legs, feet, and loins, saying that he would not leave her till ho bad her life. She was very ill, and in great pain. A certificate was handed in to Mr. Tyrwhitt, signed by the house surgeon of the Charing-cross hospital, to the effect that the comp!ah.ant was suffering from severe contusions of the legs and back.  Mr. Tyrwbitt asked the complainant whether the prisoner had ever assaulted her before.  The complainant said that he had continually beaten her about, but being her husband she had never appeared against him, and had forgiven him. In March last she was in the hospital, the prisoner having knocked out some of her teeth, and put her thumb out.  Mr. Tyrwhitt remarked that the complainant appeared to be very ill.  The complainant said it was entirely through the prisoner's ill-usage. She had been married three years, and now the prisoner wanted to leave her for her sister, and her sister had been the cause of unhappiness between them.  In answer to th 3 prisoner the complainant said that she had never carried a knife about with her to stab him.  James Rogers, a waiter, living at No. 17, Castle-street, Leicester-square, said that hearing cries of " murder" proceeding from the house No. 12, Cecil-court, he went there, and on entering the prisoner's room found him lying on a sofa, and heard him say to the complainant, "You -, I'll do for you before I have done with you." Police-constable Davidson, 153 C, proved going to the house and bursting the door open and taking the prisoner into custody. The prisoner said to his wife, "If you give mo into custody, I'll swing for you." In answer to Mr. Tyr Whitt the complainant said the prisoner never gave her more than a shilling a week, and he took away from her a shilling she earned on Saturday. Ile could earn a good deal of money if ho liked.  Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a week, at the same time telling him that he might depend upon it that ho would get sharp punishment for his wretched and cowardly conduct. The poor woman, whose legs were covered with bruises, WAS sent to the hospital in a cab.
The Sun. — 1867-08-27 (London, England)

MARLBOBOUGII-STREET.  MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A Wm.—Charles Earnstring, a labouring man, living in Cecil-court, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting his wife, Anna Earnst ring.  The wife, who appeared in a state of great suffering, was assisted into the witness-box, and gave her evidence seated. She said that she lived at No. 12, Cecil-court, and the prisoner was her husband. In the course of Saturday night the prisoner came home, and while she was undressed beat Ler about and kicked her on the back, her sister holding her down while the prisoner ill-used her. She came to the court yesterday, and applied for a warrant, which was granted, and last night the prisoner came home, burst open the door, and set to kicking her about the legs, feet, and loins, saying that he would not leave her till he had her life. She was very ill, and in great pain. A certificate was handed in to Mr. Tyrwhitt, signed by the house surgeon of the Charing-cross hospital, to the effect that the complaisant was suffering from severe contusions of the legs and back.  Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the complainant whother the prisoner had ever assaulted her before.  The complainant said that he had continually beaten her about, but being her husband she had never appeared against him, and had forgiven him. In March last she wan in the hospital, the prisoner having knocked out some of her teeth, and put her thumb out.  . Mr. Tyrwhitt remarked that the complainant appeared to be very ill. The complainant-said it was entirely through the prisoner's ill-usage. She bad been married three years, and now the prisoner wanted to leave her for her sister, and her sister had been the cause of unhappiness between them.  In answer to the prisoner the complainant said that she had never carried a knife about with her to stab him.  James Rogers, a waiter, living at No. 17, Castle-street, Leicester-square, said that hearing cries of " murder" proceeding front the house No. 12, Cecil-court, he went there, and on entering the prisoner's room found him lying on a sofa, and heard hint say to the complainant, "You -, I'll do for you before I have done with you." Police-constable Davidson, 153 C, proved going to the house and bursting the door open and taking the prisoner into custody. The prisoner said to his wife, "If you give mo into custody, I'll swing for you." In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt the complainant said the prisoner never gave her more than a shilling a week, and he took away from her a shilling she earned on Saturday. He could earn a good deal of money if ho liked.  Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a week, at the same time telling him that he might depend upon it that ho would get sharp punishment for his wretched and cowardly conduct. The poor woman, whose logs were covered with bruises, was sent to the hospital in a cab.