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The Sun. — 1858-01-20 (London, England)

VATS. S. Midi Western 692? _ Strasburg 7OO  Lyon and Mediteran. 875 New Ditto B5O Geneva  Grand Central Sardinian Austrian  Ferruck Khan has returned to Paris from London and purposes leaving France for Persia in the course of next month.  " We understand," says the Messenger du Midi, " that the Emperor is expected at Marseillei towards the commencement of April. The councilgeneral of the department has opened an unlimited credit for the embellishment of the Prefecture, where it is thought the Empress and the Prince Imperial will reside daring an excursion of his Majesty to Algeria."  The Emperor has received a letter from the King of the Belgians, congratulating his Majesty on his escape on the occasion of the late attempt. The Moniteur publishes a further account of the indignation expressed by various foreign Courts ou hearing of the attempt of the 14th. On the news reaching Vienna, the Emperor immediately ordered Count de Buol to express to the Emperor and Empress of the French, in his name and in that of the Empress Elizabeth, their congratulation on the providential escape. At Dresden Baron O'Brya waited on the French Minister to offer the congratulations of the King and Queen of Saxony. M. Forth Rouen received similar marks of sympathy from the Prince Royal, Prince George, the President of the Council of Minister., from all the diplomatic body, and from a number of persons of all ranks. The King of Hanover, on receiving the intelligence, addressed a letter to the Chargé d'Affaires of France, in which he begged him to transmit to their Majesties the expression of his horror at the crime, and of his gratitude to Providence for their escape. Similar communications were made to the representatives of France at Frankfort, Weimar, Darmstadt, and Cassel. The New Prussian Gazette of the 16th, in speaking of the attempt says : " It is by the hand of God that the destinies of nations as well as of individuals are guided, and happy is he whose mind is impressed with that conviction. The murderous band have again discharged their balls against the Emperor of the French. Without the will of God, however, not a hair of our head can fall. The Almighty pursues his own selected path' and if he selects a man for his work, be does not permit that work to be disturbed even by the infernal machines or the poignard of the bandit. It was in vain also that assassination was attempted on Napoleon I. ; it was necessary that his destinies should be accomplished. Republican conspirators also fired on Louis Philippe, but none could kill him. All is in the power of God, whether to humble or to exalt, to level with the dust or to place on the throne, and he does each in his own good time."  The whole of the German press, without any exception, speak in indignant terms of the attempt on the Emperor and Empress, and brand with reprobation the conduct of the revolutionary party in employing such detestable means to effect their purpose.
The Sun. — 1858-02-04 (London, England)

THE MURDERER SATTLER.  The public is aware that the execution of this prisoner, who was convicted at the last session of the Central Criminal Court of the murder of Thain, the detective officer, was rospited from the day originally fixed, in order that a point of law as to the legality of the arrest of the prisoner might be argued before the judges, and that this point has since been decided against the prisoner. During the interval that has elapsed, Sattler has conducted himself in the most proper and becoming manner, and has prepared a memorial to the Secretary of State, praying in the most earnest terms that his life might be spared ; and this memorial was forwarded to Sir George Grey by the UnderSheriffs, Messrs. Millard and Parker ; but they at the same time entreated the prisoner not to enter' tain any hope that it would have the result he prayed for, as every chance the law afforded him had been given to him, and from tie nature of the crime it was not likely that the Government would feel justified in recommending him to the mercy of the Crown.  Yesterday morning a communication was received from the Home Office to the effect that, after a careful consideration of all the circumstances, no sufficient ground could be seen to justify the Home Secretary in advising a commutation' of the sentence. This was immediately communicated to the culprit by the Rev. Mr. Davis, the Ordinary of Newgate, in the presence of the Sheriffs and the UnderSheriffs, and the Governor of the prison. When the prisoner had been informed of the determination that had been arrived at, he answered, with apparently great resignation :—" I thank you, gentlemen, for all the trouble you have taken on my account. God's will be done ! I know that not erre hair of my head can pass to the ground without His permission. I rely entirely on my Saviour. I believe that through Him I shall be pardoned, and go to everlasting rest. When I was a boy, I loved my Saviour ; but I have been separated from Him by my wicked desires, and now I find Him to be my only hope, and I trust in His sacrifice."  The Rev. Mr. Davis, after a few words of exhortation and encouragement, said that the day fixed for the execution, as the prisoner was aware, was Monday next, to which the prisoner replied immediately, " To-morrow, if you like, gentleman. I am quite ready." As they were about to leave the cell, the prisoner turned to Mr. Under-Sheriff Parker, and tearing a leaf out of a copy-book in which the prisoner had been writing, he handed it to that gentleman and said, "Sir, I have nothing else to give you in token of my gratitude than this piece of paper, which I hopo you will accept from a dying man," The paper contained a very well written expression of the prisouei's gratitude.
The Sun. — 1858-11-19 (London, England)

MURDER IN IRELAND.  The Cork Examiner contains the following particulars of a shocking murder which has been re cently perpetrated in the west of that county. In this instance itdoes not appear that Ribandism had any connection with the crime :—" Schull, Nov. 15.—An inquest was held here on Saturday last before Mr. Paul Limerick, coroner for the West Riding, upon the body of Patrick Burke, a quiet and inoffensive young man, who was murdered under circumstances of the most fearful atrocity. It appeared that a few evenings ago Burke was returning home from the fair of Golcen, and when a little way out of the village he was set upon by a party of miscreants, who knocked him down, jumped on him, fractured his skull in five places (leaving him, in Dr. M'Cormick's words, a complete mummy'). He lingered in great agony since the occurrence and died on Friday last. intimation of the outrage having reached Sergeant Allwell, of the Dunmaness station, he, with promptitude and perseverance most praiseworthily succeeded in arresting the perpetrators of the barbarous and inhuman outrage before morning ; and on yesterday (Sunday), after a fatiguing and harassing day's work, he succeeded in making another arrest. No cause has been clearly assigned for this wanton attack. Some say it was about fortune,' Minehan's (the principal) sister being married to the unfortunate Burke's b_ other. Others say that it arose from a long-treasured vengeance, for a beating Mmehan received some time ago, but which the unfortunate deceased had no hand in. The Court was occupied until an advanced hour on Saturday evening investigating the facts of this melancholy affair, and the jury, after a calm and impartial sitting, returned a verdict of waylaying and murder' against the following persons, all of whom are in custody :—Jeremiah Minehan,Michael Driscoll, Denis Driscoll, Thos. Driscoll, John Martin, and Denis Hourgan." With respect to the murder in Clare of a man named Clancy, the Limerick Chronicle, a Conservative paper, gives this information:—" The parish priest of Killard, almost every Sunday since the murder of Chas. Clancy in, his parish, near Kilkee, has denounced the perpetrators of the awful deed on that harmless young man, in the strongest language possible. After mass, at Bealhaha, within half a-mile of the scene of the dreadful crime, after a good and long sermon, and after denouncing the murderer, he said, that father or mother, brother or sister, friend or relation, or any other person who had any knowledge of the murder, if they did not go to the magistrates cf police and tell all they knew about it, that they were as guilty of the crime in the sight of God as the fiend who fired the shot, and that they could not expect salvation until they gave the murderer up to justice. He did not think there was a man in existence who had a heort within him or had a spark of principle or manly feeling in his bosom, who would not wish to see the perpetrator of that awful murder hanging, if possible, as high as the stars."
The Sun. — 1858-06-14 (London, England)

CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.)  The June cessions of the Central Criminal Court commenced this morning. There were on the bench the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence, Alderman and Sheriff Allen, Alderman Sir George Carroll, Alderraan Challis, Mr. Under Sheriff Mai!lard, Mr. Under Sheriff Parker, the Rev. John  Davis, There was some difficulty in obtaining a grand jury, and this gave rise to some conversation in reference to the manner of issuing the summonses. One gentleman who was called, stated that he has served during the present year at Westminster, and that together be had served seven days during the last year. He did not think that out of so large a population liable to serve, he should be called upon twice in the same year. In answer to the Recorder, Mr. Kemp said it was the practice of the sheriffs to divide the list of persons liable to serve into four parts, so that each parson was sidled upon about every four years. The Recorder remarked that he was aware of the fact that a great number of people whose names were on thejury list were never sum. monad at all, an it quiry he thought should take place into the system under which such arrangements were made. Another gentleman whose name was called said he thought there mu-t be some mistake, as he was neither a householder nor a ratepayer, but merely a servant in the employment of the Electric Telegraph Company, in Albion-place. His name appears on the parish books, but it must have got there by accident. A third gentleman, who came up from Hastings, in Accordance with his summons, but did not arrive till after his name was called, was fined 101., but on making his appearance in court, and explaining that the train was behind time, the Lord Mayor remitted the fine. Another gentleman, who came up specially from Suffolk to discharge the duties of a grand juryman, was informed that his services would not be requires' on that occasion. The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, congratulated them upon the fact that there were few cases in the calendar, and that of those none were of a very serious character. It was of course quite impossible to draw any inferences as to the decrease of crime from the experience cf a single session, but looking back to the past sessions, he found that in the crime of violence there had bi-en a marked decrease during the last few years. In the present session there was not a single case of murder or manslaughter. In the depositions laid before him there was one case of forgery at common law—it era, the case of the forgery of a certifi sate to obtain a place in the police. There would be no difficulty in the cage, and he only adverted to it that it might be more known than perhaps it was, that this wai an offence, and that any one committing it, was liable to punishment under the criminal law. The Grand Jury then retired to their room.
The Sun. — 1858-06-14 (London, England)

COURT.—(This Day.)  The June sessions cf the Central Criminal Court nom; menced this morning. There were on the bench the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence, Alderman and Sheriff Allen, Alderman Sir George enroll, Alderman Challis, Mr. Under Sheriff Maiilard, Mr. Under Sheriff Parker, the Rev. John Davis, There was some difficulty in obtaining a grand jury, and this gave rise to some,conversation in reference to the manner of issuing the summonses. One gentleman who was called, stated that he has served during the present year at Westminster, and that together he had served seven days during the last year.. He did not think that oat of so large a population liable to serve, he should be called upon twice in the same year. In answer to the Recorder, Mr. Kemp said it was the prat, tice of the sheriffs to divide the list of persons liable to serve into four parts, so that each person was called upon about every four years. The Recorder remarked that he was aware of thefact that a great number of people whose names were ,on the jury list were never sum moved atall, an is qu.ry he thought should take place into the system under which such arrangements were made. Another gentleman whose name was called said he thought there malt be some mistake, as he was neither tahhe employmentousehol householder ofa ratepayer,th e E i‘,e t r ibutc merely Telegraph in Albion-place. His min; appears on the parish hooks, but it must have got there by accident. A ' third gentleman, who came up from Hastings, in accordance with his summons, but did not arrive till after his na'ne was. called, was fined 101., but t on making his appearance in court, and 'n explaining that the train was behind time, who came up ' the Lord A' layor remitted the fine. Another gentleman, specially from Suffolk to discharge juryman, was informed that his required on that occasion. set hrveice jars re The Recorder, in cbargirg the'gratd congratulated them upon the fact that there wereu duties would not grand be fe,wcse the calendar, and that of those none were of veryaas serious character. It was cf coarse quite impossible to draw any inferences as to the decrease of crime from ' single session, but looking back to i be found that in the crime of tthhee epxapsetriesnecsseiocn%a, violence there had been a marked decrease during the last few years. In the present session there was not a single case of murder cr manslaughter. In the &psi. thins laid before him there was one case of forgery at , common law—it was the case of the forgery of a certifi cate to obtain a place in the police. There would be no difficulty in the case, and ho only adverted to it that it might be more known than perhaps it was, that this was an offence, and that any one committing it, %MS liable to punishment under the criminal law.  The Grand Jury then retired to their room.  POLICE INTELLIGENOE,—(This Day.)
The Sun. — 1858-04-24 (London, England)

LATEST N WS.  INDIA AND CHINA.  ALEXANDRIA, Arßit, 20.  The Calcutta and China mails, per Hindostan, leave this afternoon, with intelligence from Calcutta to the 23d of March, Madras to the 29th, Ceylon to the 2d of April, and Hong Kong to the 15th of March.  The Bentinck, with extra mals and passengers from Calcutta, arrived at Suez on the 14th. Thera is intelligence from Lucknow to the 22d of March. On the 20th Brigadier Campbell's force returned from pursuit of the enemy. Hutchison, of the Lancers, was dangerously wounded, and Cooper, of the Rifles, dead. On the 21st the Nombries (Nana's) retreat was stormed. He escaped, and a reward of 50,000 rupees is offered for his head. Outram's force had discovered and destroyed rebels in Lucknow, and the Prime Minister is among those reported as killed. Cape, of the 13th Native Infantry, and Thackwell were murdered by the enemy. Fanatics still fire on our troops. The Governor-General's proclamation calling on the Zemindars to submit had produced no effect. Ou le is pacified, the 'enemy flying towards Sundeera. Jung Bahadoor goes to Allahabad. No civil officer had yet been sent to Lucknow by the Government. Some inhabitants were returning to the city. The heat was increasing daily.  A telegram from Allahabad of the 24th states that Sir Hope Grant was sent on the 23d to disperse a body of insurgents under Rajah Jajlal Singh at Karee, and returned perfectly successful. He took 12 guns.  The Disarming Act was being enforced in the North-we3t provinces.  The sentence on the King of Delhi had not yet been made public.  In the Calcutta Import Market British piece goods and mule twist had improved, but business in general was limited. The produce market was dull. Government securities had improved. Fours are quoted 18 dis. Exchange on London, 2s. lid. to 2s. 11d. for credits ; 2s. lid. to 2s. 1 cl. for docu ments. The Madras import market was pretty active. Money rather less abundant. Exchange, documents 2s. lid.  13 prominent Mexican Reactionists had been captured by Garza, while attempting to land from the British mail steamer.  Savannah dates at Charleston to the 10th inst. Sugar and molasses quiet. Freights dull. Exchange on London 60 days', 11i premium. Money plentiful but trade dull. Current rates 6to 8 per cent. on good paper. Business in exchange limited, and prices lower, Loudon, 8i to 9 per cent. ; France, sf. 15c, to sf. 18/c. The following are the latest quotations for stocks : —Virginia Sixes, 914 ; Missouri Sixes, 83i • New York Centrals, 87i ; New York and Erie ghares, 23 ; Reading Railroad Shares, 481 ; Michigan Centrals, 651 ; Michigan Southern, 24 ; Cleveland and Toledo, 44k ; Panama Railroad Snares, 1074 ; Illinois Central Shares, 92k ; Illinois Central ds, 88/ ; Chicago and R. I. Shares, 741 ; Milwaukie and Miss. 33 ; Galena and Chicago, 881; Lacrosse, 9 ; Del. and Hudson, 1061 ; Cumberland, 18. Cotton firm, at 12/ for midding uplands. Receipts decreased. Little inquiry for export. Flour, with large receipts, 10c. lower. Mess pork receded 10e. ; other kinds unchanged. Beef, ditto. Freights dull.
The Sun. — 1858-04-24 (London, England)

ATEST NEWS.  INDIA AND CHINA.  ALEXANDRIA, APRIL 20.  The Calcutta and China mails, per Hindostan, leave this afternoon, with intelligence from Calcutta to the 23d of March, Madras to the 29th, Ceylon to the 2d of April, and Hong Kong to the 15th of March.  The Bentinok, with extra ma is and passengers from Calcutta, arrived at Suez on the 14th. There is intelligence from Luoknow to the 22d of March. On the 20th Brigadier Campbell's force returned from pursuit of the enemy. Hutchison, of the Lancers, was dangerously wounded, and Cooper, of the Rifles, dead. On the 21st the Nombries (Nana's) retreat was stormed. He escaped, and a reward of 50,000 rupees is offered for his head.  Outram's force had discovered and destroyed rebels in Lucknow, and the Prime Minister is among those reported as killed. Cape, of the 13th Native Infantry, and Thackwell were murdered by the enemy. Fanatics still fire on our troops. The Governor-General's proclamation calling on the Zemindars to submit had produced no effect. Oule is pacified, the enemy flying towards Sundeera. Jung Bahadoor goes to Allahabad. No civil officer had yet been sent to Lucknow by the Government. Some inhabitants were returning to the city. The heat was increasing daily.  A telegram from Allahabad of the 24th states that Sir Hope Grant was sent on the 23d to disperse a body of insurgents under Rajah Jajlal Singh at Karee, and returned perfectly successful. He took 12 guns.  The Disarming Act was being enforced in the North-west provinces.  The sentence on the King of Delhi had not ye' been made public.  In the Calcutta Import Market British piece goods and mule twist had improved, but business in general was limited. The produce market was dull. Government securities had improved. Fours are quoted 18 die. Exchange on London, 2s. 11d. to 2s. 14d. for credits ; 2s. lid. to 2s. lid. for docu ments. The Madras import market was pretty active. Money rather less abundant. Exchange, documents 2s. lAd.  13 prominent Mexican Reactionista had been captured by Garz while attempting to band from the British mail steamer.  Havannah dates at Charleston to the 10th inst. Sugar and molasses quiet. Freights dull. Exchange on London 60 clays', 11. premium. Money plentiful but trade dull. Current rates 6to 8 per cent. on good paper. Business in exchange limited, and prices lower, London, 82. to 9 per cent. ; France, sf. 15c, to sf. 18ic. The following are the latest quotations for stocks : —Virginia Sixes, 91; ; Missouri Sixes, 838 ; New York Centrals, 87. i ; New York and Erie Shares, 23i- ; Reading Railroad Shares, 481 ; Michigan Centrals, 651 ; Michigan Southern, 241 ; Cleveland and Toledo, 44i ; Panama Railroad Snares, 1074 ; Illinois Central Shares, 92i ; Illinois Central Bonds, 881 ; Chicago and R. I. Shares, 744 ; Milwaukie and Miss. 33 ; Galena and Chicago, 881; Lacrosse, 9 ; Del. and Hudson, 1061 ; Cumberland, 18. Cotton firm, at 12/ for middling uplands. Receipts decreased. Little inquiry for export. Flour, with large receipts, 10e. lower. Mess pork receded 10c. ; other kinds unchanged. Beef, ditto. Freights dull.
The Sun. — 1858-07-16 (London, England)

LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1858.  The Thames is at last to be purified. Lord DERBY has come to a decision, and that was what the country required. Any measure that would produce activity, and lead to bona fide operations, would have been acceptable. But prompt decision is not in accordance with the rules of redtapism, or the traditions of the Circumlocutionoffice ; and if Lerd PALMERSTON had. remained at the head of the Government, we should probably have had to endure the nuisance for yet another year before any attempt was made to abate, or even mitigate, it. There is certainly one advantage resulting from what is popularly termed " a weak GoVernment." They do not set public opinion at. defiance—do not receive every suggestion with arrogant defiance, and insult the friend by, whom it has been offered. They look difilcultie,s fairly in the lice, and try to accomplish that which is practicable and expedient. We have had, within the last four months, many reasons to rejoice at the result of " the Conspiracy to Murder" Bill, and last night added materially to the claims of the New Administration on the national gratitude. The great feature of the contemplated Bill is its simplicity. There are no complicated plans, no elaborate courses, mapped out. Thera is an existing body, the Metropolitan Board of Works, elected by independent constituencies for the very purpose of dealing with such questions. They have hitherto not effected their objects, but that was because there was a double Government, one branch whereof considered it an imperative duty to snub the other, and neutralise its labours. The public might exclaim " how happy could we be with either," but unfortunately there could be no agreement between the ill-assorted allies. Mr. Thsaaeta's hill confers the entire power and casts :the responsibility on the Metropolitan Board. They recently furnished a Flap, which, it may fairly be supposed, was approved of by the Ministerial advisers. It is, therefore, decided that they shall carry out their own plans, and that they shall receive the requisite funds for that purpose. With that view, 3,000,0001. sterling is to be advanced—or rather, that amount is to be borrowed by instalments of 600,000/• per annum. This is to be liquidated by a rate of 3d. in the pound on all real property in the metropolitan districts: This will, it is estimated, produce interest at 4 per cent., ]40,0001, which will pay and give a sinking-fund that will provide for the complete:liquidation of the debt, and extine!ion of the. rate, in forty years. There will be a Governineni guarantee for the loan, and therefore the money will be obtained on the cheapest and best terms. This is as it should be, although it may not be very pleasing '6:7 those who desire to obtain a virtual guarantee, accompanied by a high rate of interest.  Thn only thing we fear is that 3,000,0001. will not suffice. The work is one of extraordinary magnitude—such as has seldom been equalled in any such tic dertaking. Estimates are too frequently exceeded under such ciroinisiiicts ; but stilt it is