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The Sun. — 1835-10-29 (London, England)

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.  (THIS DAY.)  OLD COURT. Wlia the Leatned Judges took their scats on the Bendh, tit, JUstice GieZtLEt said he understood an application had been tuade by some gentlemen of the Bar for an alteratiOn in the manner Of conducting the business or the Court on ti!' first tiro days of the Session. There had been from time to tinii totiitilaitits of some parts of the practice of the Court, but the Judge had unanimously come to the deifision f #,WtrY5 new system at present conducted for a year, and if tit ond of that time a7v fresh arrangefor ment was necessary for did lit'Ooftt of the public, no doubt thq Judies would be most happy to (F *ll in their powe7 to carry it matt) eff,,,,t. On Monday all the at least eight of them, muse, at,'P•gditi,g to the Act, attelld Po the purpose of fixing the sittings for the ensuing year ; if army of the gentlemen of the Bar had suggeStitins to make with regard to alterations in time practice of the Court, that Would be the proper time to make them, and they would b 9 attended to. Thomas Feild, alias Jenkins, aged 28, Frederick Thomas Jenkin*, alias Edwards, aged 9, Sophia Jenkins, alias Edwards, and Mary Carman, alias Lindsay, were indicted for coining. Mr. JEMMETT stated the case to the Jury for the prose cution. William Reynolds, a constable of St. James's, Clerkenlrell—On the 19th of September he went to New-street, in the :1/4.TfklY-cut, Lambeth, accompanied by Fall, Duke, and Ashton. They :!rriveil there a little efore four o'clowhich ck in the afternoon. A ferna! was knockibng at the door, was opened by Carman. \:l,-;tness rushed into the passage, when he was collated by Carman, wlio screamed out violently. The other officers came after him. ire went up staLrs and passed by ,the back-parlour door. Jenkins, alias Feild, was there in his shirt-sleeves. Mrs. Jenkins was at the top of the stairs undressed. She said, "My God, what's the matter ?" and rats into the back-room on the first floor, and into a bed, which was laying on the floor. Hearing a noise in the yard, he ran down stairs. There he found only Carman. He saw two crown-pieces laying on stones in the yard, and other two in a small tub of water. Ashton picked up the whole of these. In a small drain neat the water-butt, he observed a crown piece, which he pitdoti tip and now produced. He then went into the back parlotir, iiihqre he found Fall and Duke, officers, and the two male prof:igtteS On a chair in the room, he found a small file, containing wilita metal in the teeth ; also a paper band, with a small portion of vlaster of Paris on it. Duke searched the room, and during time the boy screamed out murder dreadfully. Field 'Was standing handcuffed. Mrs. Jenkins put her hand through the wit4:w and seized something which Duke had put down from the chair. Duke caught her hand, but did not succeed in getting the things from her, as Field sprung at and seized Duke, though handcuffed. Witness took Field and Jenkins away in a coach they had in waiting. Cross-examined by Mr.
The Sun. — 1835-08-13 (London, England)

QUARTER TO FOUR.—Five per Cents., 109 f. —c. ; Three per Cents., 78f. 65c. ; Five per Cents. panish, 37k; Three per Cents. Spanish, 24+; Cortes, —; Coupons, 20; Guebhards, 38 ; Differes, 15; New Loan, 46i ; Actives, 45 ; Passives, 13 ; Ducats, 97 15 ; Romans, 101+; Pedros, —; Belgians, —; Dutch, —; Haytians, —f. ; Brabant Bank,  Regicidal plots are become it appears the of der of the day. The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 7th inst. announces the discovery of a plot for the murder of the Emperor of RUSSIA at the review at Kalisch. If we are to credit the report of this affair which is given in that Journal, fifty-four individuals—Frenchmen, Poles, and Piedmontese—have been sent on this mission by the Parisian Propaganda. How the plot happened to be discovered we are not informed ; but we should prefer learning how, confided to so many, it could have escaped the vigilance of His Imperial Majesty's spies at Paris. Hear the, German Journalist on the feeings awakened by the report of this conspiracy : " The indignation that this plot has excited is universal, and even those who were more inclined to the Liberals open their eyes, and behold with horror the abyss of guilt through which these men would lead nations to a new form. The regulations respecting passports are much more strict, and no person is allowed to cross the frontier from our provinces to Poland ; exceptions are made only in extraordinary cases. Even in the country itself travellers must have a passport to go from one province to another, and cannot go further unless notoriously above all sul,ieion.,, Here we have a revelation of the EMPEROR'S motives for mooting this sham conspiracy. Poland is to be crushed. Her nationality is not yet so far destroyed, as to allay all fear of her resurrection in more than pristine vigour. The Emperor of RUSSIA knows that both Austria and Prussia are prepared to demand the restoration to the people of Poland of their just rights ; and as he wants an excuse for declining to comply with such demands, he trumps up a trumpery plot about his life being endangered by Polish conspiracies. As to the alarm or horror, which in reality would fill any mind at such a termination of his reign, we had as well say nothing about it. The Court of Russia is too averse to scenes of blood to presume that such spectacles could be endured by the people.  Brussels and German Papeis have been received this morning. Accounts from Scios say that an ordinance of the SULTAN has been published in that city, according to which the subjects of Eur,,pean Powers who possess landed property in Turkey are considered as Rayas, and must pay taxes and charatz as such. The free Greeks in that city have also been called on to pay the charatz. The subjects of Russia, Austria, England, &c, are exempted for the present, because further instructions are expected from Salonica. The German Papers are filled with details of preparations for the great review at Kalisch. Among other particulars they state, that the Emperor of RUSSIA will have in his train 300 horses, the Emperor of AUSTRIA 100, and the King of PRUSSIA
The Sun. — 1835-02-16 (London, England)

TUESDAY. .• Horticultural Society (Institution of Civil Ingineers 'Eight, r. si, «'E„ cc. { Royal Society of Literature Three, p.m Society of Arts ... {Royal Society i 4 P. 8, P.m. Tnumsn. Society of Antiquaries Fitin Av. Royal Institution.,T p. 8, P.m. SATURDAY Royal Asiatic Society Two, P.M.  Auber's Opera, forthcoming on Saturday at Covem garden Theatre, is called Lestocq ; or, the Hie of the Her. mitage, and is founded on the revolution which placed Elizabeth on the Russian throne. There are two grand scenes in it—one exhibiting the insurrection, and the other the fete, at which—on the principal of the Continental Theatres—the Nobility and Gentry will have the privilege of appearing in fancy costume. Southey, the Poet Laureat, has, it is said, refused the Baronetage which the Peel- Wellington Administration offered him in his return for his good and faithful services to the Tories. The ex- Secretary to the Admiralty has the credit of recommending a similar honour to be conferred upon John Barrow, Esq., whose eldest son is married to Miss Croker, the adopted daughter of the ex-Secretary, and who is a fixture on the Pension List to the amount of 3001. per annum. —Morning Paper.  • A correspondent wishes to be informed, if it should so happen that, in the event of an election for a Speaker of the House of Conimons, if there should be two Members nominated for the Speakership, and they had an equal number of suffrages, who would have the casting vote ? Mr. Ley, the First Clerk of the House, will be addressed on the nomination, but he cannot give the casting vote, not being a Member of the House.  The Irish Anti-Tory Association on Saturday passed the following resolution :—" That if any Member returned by a popular constituency will not be in London either upon the 17th or 18th, to vote for the election of a Speaker, he will be considered as having betrayed his duty." The Dublin Evening Post, in summoning the Reformers to their duty on the Speakership, says--" To your tents, 0 Israel I Ireland expects that every man that day will do his duty. Not a single Reformer must be absent. Sickness won't do, or mar-nage." The Gazette du Bas-Languedoc announces that at Aigucmortes there has lately been discovered, at seven feet under the ground, a galley seventy-two feet long and nine wide, having eighty-one thick planks on each side in a state of perfect preservation. Its construction leads to the supposition that it was abandoned at the time of St. Louis's last crusade. We understand that it is intended to light the mailcoaches with portable . gas, the reservoirs for which will be placed under the body of the coaches.  The Court of Cassation, at Brussels, has just decided that homicide, or wounds resulting from duels, are puhishable under the Penal Code of 1810.  It appears now that the arrangements necessary for Holding the Assizes at Liverpool not having been yet completed, the Assizes will not be held there till next summer, when, we understand, it is proposed to hold Courts both at Lancaster and Liverpool.  - • M.
The Sun. — 1835-09-10 (London, England)

XII-. Sargent to attend him. • Mr. Sargent, surgeon, of Reigate, deposed to being requested on the Saturday to attend the prisoner. He extracted eight of the shot, which he produ.eed, and it was his opinion the great bulk of the shot s till remained in his body. The shot were produced, and declared b y Captain Rankin to be of the same size as he chargeM his gun with. It was his strong opinion that the prison er was the man with whom he had a conflict at the window of Mrs. Lloyd's room, whence he forced him to retreat, and that 'it was him he discharged his gun into when attempting to get through the smashed panel of the door. Mrs. Lloyd and Mrs. Long gave decisive evidence of the prisoner being the man who made the attempt to enter by the window. Rosetta Cooper, a female of loose character, and now cohabiting with a man named Edmund Bundi e, at a little cottage near the Angel, at Sutton. On the night of Wednesday last, about eleven o'clock, after she hild gone to bed, heard a knocking at the shutters, and cm coming down found the prisoner at the door. He cause quite unexpected, and she was frightened at the sight of him. He had nothing but his shirt, trowsers, and shoes on, and his shirt was covered with blood. She was slightly acquainted with him, having seen and conversed with him at Croydon and other fairs. He begged her to let him sit down in the house during the night, and she let him in, not know ring what to do. The prisoner remained in the house durb 1g the night, and left in the morning with no other article of dress than when he entered. Richard Coleman, an active constable of Cr oydon, knew the prisoner well ; he was at the time of Mr. :Richardson's murder apprehended on suspicion, and was detained in custody for three weeks. Curiously enough he was apprehended then, as now, at the beer-shop on, Seven-oaks-hill. The Magistrates, after consulting toget her, ordered the prisoner to be fully committed for the bur glary, and bound over the witnesses to appear and give evio fence at the Old Bailey Central Court. Edmund Bun, Ile and Rosetta Cooper were each held to bail in a sum of 301. for their appearance. The village of Chepstead is a very sr :eluded one, and only about three miles from Banstead, rhere the horrid murder of Mr. Richardson was perpetrate id in the spring of last year. The interest excited is inter !se, and is mixed' with a pretty wide feelinc, of personal in, security. From some circumstances that have transpired th ere is reason to suspect some of the present gang were concerned, directly, or indirectly, in the murder of Mr. Richardson), and it is hoped the inquiry may lead to a clearing-up cof the mystery in which that murder is shrouded:  .`•'. A son of Mrs: tio7v in Bos ton, and it is added, that he will probably go through a couriv of studies in one of the New England Colleges.
The Sun. — 1835-06-22 (London, England)

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.  OLD COURT.  Naomi Poone, aged sixty-five, was indicted for having, on the 2d of April, administered certain drugs to Mary Ann Preedy, for the purpose of procuring abortion. Another count charged her with using instruments to effect a like purpose. Mr. C. PHILLIPS and Mr. TALBOT conducted the prosecution ; Messrs. ADOLPHUS and CLARKSON the defence. Mary Ann Preedy, aged seventeen, was first called, and examined by Mr. Talbot. She stated she had lived with her parents at Wimbledon, where the prisoner also lived. She became acquainted with the prisoner soon after she was at Wimbledon, in the month of August 1833. About ten weeks after this the prisoner was standing near her father's house, when she asked witness if her mother did not intend to muder her. She replied in the negative, and begged of her not to mention murder, or she should go mad. She then said her mother would murder her, and she could prove it. The next day she repeated the same threat, and said she was sure witness was ill-treated: ghe.then told her to pack up her clothes and run away to her grandfather. The prisoner also endeavoured to get witness a situation as a companion to a lady, but failed; when she told witness she would procure her a place as a companion to a gentleman, witness wished to know what service she was to perform, when the prisoner replied—" Oh► you know." She declared she did not, when the prisoner replied--" You must be a d—d natural fool not to know," Witness was then between 15 and 16 years of age. A few day! after, the prisoner again introduced the subject, and the prisoner told her the would introduce her to a house of ill fame, in London, telling her it was the best life a young girl could embrace ; describing the amusements they enjoyed—their operas, theatres, masquerades, &c., and the smart clothes they wore--they did not work and had excellent wages. The prisoner came to her while she was fastening the shutters, and after ascertaining that her parents were from home, she introduced * young man to her, whom witness accompanied into the prisoner's house. The same man subsequently visited her oa two occasions. Witness enquired of the prisoner who the man was? but she would never tell her. In the month of February witness became pregnant, and informed the prisoner of that fact. She, however, said it was all nonsense. In the following months of March and April she again told the prisoner, who then said she was afraid it was so, and the offence charged in the second count of the indictment was committed• Some days after she gave her some medicine, which she told her would do her good, and which had the effect of procuring abortion. Had some conversation with the prisoner a few days before she charged her at Union-hall, when she wished her to go to Dean-street or Drury-lane, saying she was miserable, while she stopped at Wimbledon. She afterwards told witness she was undone ; she had committed herself out of her own mouth.  Cross-examined by Mr. A
The Sun. — 1835-07-31 (London, England)

STATE OF GREECE.  The state of Arcanania and Epirus is most frightful. Bands of robbers infest the country, and they are harboured and furnished with necessaries by the peasantry, who dare not do otherwise, since the Government has no force to protect them from the vengeance which a contrary conduct would draw upon them. It is six weeks since a young girl, of five years old, was taken near Lepanto by the robbers, after murdering the people of the house, and they have since sent to the father to demand a ransom of 10,000 dollars, or they threaten to send him the head of his child Six young girls have been taken from their homes, near Selena, and arc held for ransom. The whole family of a chief, Macrijanni, were murdered near Carpensi, becattoe one member of the family had been employed against the robbers. A fortnight ago about 30 citizens were taken and bound by a band of 60 robbers, between Anatolico and Missolonghi (two populous towns, five miles apart); and a Bavarian engineer officer, employed on the works, with four soldiers, who were passing the same day, were shot by this party without a summons. The poor officer had above 20 wounds, and was literally hacked to pieces by the barbarians, who, after committing this deed, set at liberty the greater number of the prisoners they held, retaining five of the most wealthy for ransom. Near Lepanto, this week, a boy was taken away, and the robbers remain within gun shot of the town,.from whence they are furnished with provisions and ammunition, without the Eparack being able to prevent this commerce, he being obliged to fortify himself in a house, with the whole garrison, consisting of six men ! These robbers are part of the old Palicari, who seeing nothing done for them by the Government, and driven to desperation, have taken to their arms, and plunder, to avoid starvation. Their numbers are daily increasing. This is a lamentable picture of the state of continental Greece, and says but little for the measures of the Government since the King's arrival. People here do not hesitate to lay these disorders at the door of M. Coletti, it being the usual tactic of that individual to order his partisans to commence a system of brigandage, when he wishes to frighten the Government into arms. They may also have some connection with the troubles of Albania. That country is in open insurrection with the Sultan. The Pacha of Scutari is besieged by 30,000 insurgents, and must surrender, if not speedily relieved. A small Turkish squadron passed up the channel to Corfu on the 26th inst., probably to relieve the Pacha. Report says that Sir Edmund Lyons, late commanding his Majesty's ship Madagascar, has come here to fill Mr. Dawson's post, who is about to leave Greece ; and the successor of Baron Rouen, the French Minister, has also arrived. Our Government ought to have active clever men in this part of the world to counteract Russian intrigue.  Though the rain fell in torrents for nearly an hour over the whole of the metropolis on Tuesday evening, yet at a distance of two miles on the north road there was not a drop Of rain perceptible.
The Sun. — 1835-01-20 (London, England)

ATROCIOUS BARBARITY.  Perhaps no case in the annals of crime surpasses that which we are about to record for cold-blooded and atrocious barbarity. Immediately back of the Arsenal, and a few steps from the public highway stands a log-house, built ape, occupied by a man of the name of Windham, a gardener, and attendant upon the St. Louis Market. A daughter, 17 or 18 years of age, was, with her father, the only inmates of the house, her mother being dead. Early on Sunday morning last, the attention of a citizen, who haPpene..l to be passing, was attracted to the house by the appearance: of fire issuing from it. On opening the door he found the room filled with a dense smoke, rendering everything inside imperceptible, and perfect silence all around. He immediately procured a bucket of water, and threw it in the quarter where he supposed the fire to be ; but a voice from the bed directed his efforts to the " chest." This he at last found, picked it up, threw it out of the house, and then extinguished the fire. He next proceeded to kindle a blaze on the hearth, and having done so, a scene of horror: presented itself to his view. Upon the floor, by side, lay the dead body of Miss Windham, and on the beCt the mangled and almost lifeless body of her father. Clots of blood were discovered in every part of the room—tlyt floor was covered with half-consumed papers, taken from the chest, and every thing was in confusion. The investigations in the course of the day brought to light no evidence having the least tendency to criminate any one. It was in te!-;timony that two distinct reports of a gun were heard about twelve or one o'clock at night ; and the old man thinks the: it was shortly after they went to bed that they were attacked. A noise being made at the door, the daughter got up, with the intention of opening it. It was supposed that the fire afforded light enough to give the miscreants a dis-tinct view of her person, and they fired at her through tha window, breaking the pane of glass. The entire load of t,'L‘ck shot entered tile side of her neck, and she must have fallen ,-.lead. The murderers then turned the gun upon he.4an aaicr, who was still in bed. The discharge took effect ;n his face, one of tt:" shot passing through the eye to trio.. brain. Life not being extinct, they attacked him with au axe, or some sharp weapon, and gave him several blows o 4 open the chest, and took the money, if there was any ; and the head. They then proceecit:ll to rifle the house ; broke then, to leave no tell-tale of their butchery, threw a coal at fire into the chest, and closed the lid. The plot, as is seen, was almost consummated ; a few minutes more and everything would have been burnt up.—St. Louis (1117ssoun) Republican, Nov. 16. •  On opening the will yesterday of a gentleman, who had expended an extremely handsome fortune, amongst other articles, it contained the following :—" If I had died possesses of a thousand pounds, I would have left it to my dear frien.l„ Mr. Thomas B---; but as I have not sixpence, he must accept the will for the deed."
The Sun. — 1835-04-06 (London, England)

ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated the case. The prisoner stood charged with the wilful murder of a person of the name of Peter Rogerson. The deceased was a labouring man, living with Thomas Hill, in a part of the county adjoining to Shropshire. He lived at a place called Bankhouse, about half a mile from Adderley. He left home about seven in the morning, leaving his wife, his daughter, two sons, and a female servant in the house. The deceased who was emploped by Mr. Hill as a labourer, also left the house about seven o'clock to milk the cows. About nine o'clock the prisoner came to the house. He knocked at the front door, and the daughter, who opened it, asked him what he wanted? Mrs. Hill told him he must not come in, and secured the door. In the interim the deceased arrived. He said to the prisoner, " You must go away, like a good man." The deceased then went into the house and was getting his breakfast, when the prisoner, who had gone away for a short time, entered, and made a violent noise at the front door. The deceased went out to him, and again asked him what he wanted ? He again replied that he wanted to come in, and lin would come in. The deceased then pushed him out of the house, and shortly after a scuffle took place between them. Mrs. Hill went out to ascertain the cause of the scuffle, and she then found the prisoner with his left hand firmly grasping the deceased's neck-handkerchief, and holding him up, and at the same time pressing him against the wall. The prisoner held the deceased so close that be could scarcely breath, and he called out " Fetch a knife, and cut away the handkerchief." _ The female servant brought a knife and attempted to cut the 'handkerchief, but the prisoner struck and kicked her, and continued holding the deceased in the manner 'before described. The young woman became alarmed as she observed the deceased getting black in the face, and called out for assistance. Another man then came up, and asked the prisoner " where the labouring man was?" The prisoner said, " If you want him, you may look for him, and if you no rot go away I will serve you in the same manner." Further assistance was  then obtr:ned, and the prisoner was then found in Mr. Hill's house, standing before the fire, with a gim iu one' hand, and a cleaver in.the other. The prisoner struck at one of the men who attempted to take him with the cleaver, but he missed him, and the men then closed upon Min and secured him. The deceased was found dead under the wall, having evidently been suffocated. Several witnesses gave evidence of the prisoner's insanity. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, the prisoner being of unsound mind. ;  The prisoner will be taken care of in a lunatic asylUrn for the rest of his life. The Court was crowded to excess during the whole of the trial.