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The Sun. — 1860-08-11 (London, England)

RUSSELL—With regard to the question put to me by my hon. friend who has just asked whether we have limited our operations to a mere appearance of a naval force on the coast of Syria, I have I o reply that we have not so limited our interference, but that our naval squadron will do all in their power to prevent the massacres, and if they are not otherwise able to do so, the admiral is instructed to land the marines in order to prevent a recurrence of those scenes which have lately been enacted. It has been communicated to me by the Turkish Ambassador that there are accounts from Fuad Paths that 400 persons had been arrested for taking part in the recent massacres, that extraordinary tribunals had been established, and several of those persons had been already condemned, and if they were found guilty of having taken any part in the massacres they would be immediately executed. Fund Pacha also states that all the well disposed people at Damascus assisted the Government in arresting all those persons who had taken part in the outrages, and that the troops of the Sultan had behaved with the utmost loyalty. (Hear, hear.) No doubt, when the representatives of the various Powers met at Paris, it was their opinion and that of their Governmeuts that there was considerable reason to fear, from the misconduct of the Turkish troops and those who commanded them, that the cause of order would find a faint and uncertain support from those troops; and therefore it was thought necessary that a body of French troops should be sent to support the authority of the Sultan ; but it was thought far better in the first instance that one power should take charge of the movement of the troops, and if it 1  became afterwards necessary to have an additional number of troops according to the protocol laid on the table, it would be then for the powers to say which of those powers should furnish that additional number of troops, and of course her  Majesty's Government would have to give their opinion on that question, and if necessary take a part in the operation.  I trust, however, that no such necessity will arise. I am inclined to believe that, from the vigorous measures taken by Fuad Pacha, though there are murders still going on in _ _  the country, and though the unfortunate Christians me afraid to return to their homes, the state of things will soon  be very much better, and that the forces of Turkey and France will restore tranquillity to the country. If that is the case, instead of an additional number of troops being required, the Government of France will be enabled to re - , call the troops they have sent. We hope that operation may be a speedy one, and that we shall soon hear that these  horrible massacres have ceased, and that order has been re• stored, which is a matter of the first importance. (Hear.
The Sun. — 1860-04-02 (London, England)

CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Hill.) Mary Ann Sullivan was indicted for the murder at Liverpool of Margaret Cross. Mr. Simon and Mr. Littler prosecuted; and Mr. C. Russell defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner and the deceased were both prostitutes, living in the same brothel in Liverpool, that on Christmasday last the of the keeper of the brothel was christened, and that the deceased stood sponsor on the occasion. About 5 o'clock the deceased went out to return a bonnet which she had borrowed for the purpose of attending the christening, and did not return until half-past 11 at night. In the meantime the prisoner and two other girls who lived in the house sat drinking at home. The brothelkeeper and his wife went to bed in a state of intoxication, and the deceased when she returned was also to some degree in liquor. As deceased came up the court where the house was she called twice to the prisoner, who went out and pushed her into the house, and then on to a form. Deceased thereupon called her a name, which she retorted by calling her a cow, which so incensed her that she took a candlestick and threw it with great force at Sullivan. Sullivan ran at her, seized her by the hair, bumped her head on the ground, and then kicked her severely on the head. Deceased then said in a feeble voice, " Oh, Mary Ann, another like that will kill me." Whereupon the prisoner said, " There it is, then," and kicked her again with great force.  After the second witness had been called Mr. Justice Hill said the charge of murder could scarcely be maintained, and the jury should direct their attention to the charge of manslaughter. The facts and cause of death being fully proved, Mr. Russell declined to address the jury, as he could not resist a verdict of manslaughter. The jury convicted the prisoner. Mr. Justice Hill expressed his horror that such depravity should be found in a so-called Christian land, and that the prisoner, although only twenty years of age, had been eight times in gaol, five of which were for acts of violence. She had been guilty of a most aggravated and malignant offence, and the sentence of the Court was that she be kept in penal servitude for the term of her natural life. John Rooney was indicted for the manslaughter of James Carlisle at Liverpool on the lath of July last.  Mr. Preston prosecuted, and Mr. E. M. Fenwiek defended the prisoner. The statement of the case on the part of the prosecution disclosed a melancholy instance of depravity arising from intemperance. It appeared that the deceased man Carlisle, who was a dock labourer, and lodged with his wife in a room in the prisoner's house, had at the time given way to very drunken habits, and when in that state his widow said he was very hasty, and on coming home would "beat her badly," so much so that she ran away from him and left him on the 10th of July, five days befor the affray between the deceased and the prisoner.
The Sun. — 1860-09-05 (London, England)

TRIAL FOR MURDER IN FRANCE.—A very young man only 18 years of age, named Jacques Debenath, was a few days ago tried by the Court of Assizes of the Haut-Rhin, for the murder of his brother Sebastien, seven years his senior. The two lived with their parents at a place called Huystein, but the younger entertained great animosity to the elder—why was not known—and often threatened and struck him. For an assault on him he was last year condemned to a month's imprisonment, and this increased his hatred. " W hen I come out of prison," said he, " I will do something terrible ;" and he afterwards more than once declared to certain persons, "You will see I shall shoot my brother dead ! " In the evening of the 16th March they supped together and then went out. Shortly after the report of a gun was heard, and Sebastien was found lying on the ground at some distance with a gunshot wound in the breast; he died without speaking a word. As no one but his brother bore him and as no one but he had been with him at the time, there was no I doubt that ho was the murderer ; and besides the wadding of the gun fired, which was picked up, had been made of paper similar to some be possessed ; the slug which had hit the deceased was also like some he had had, and lastly a gun which he had borrowed from a neighbour had disappeared. Being declared guilty, but with extenuating circumstances, he was condemned to twenty years' hard labour. In reference to the lamented death of Decamp, the painter, several of the journals relate an anecdote which, although not by any means new, is so appropriate to the moment that we give it :—" Decamp was very intimate with the Duke of Orleans, eldest son of Louis Philippe, who, like him, met with his death through a restive horse. Long before the painter had acquired a European celebrity, the Duke cultivated his friendship, and used to visit him in his humble abode on the fifth or sixth storey with all the familiarity of an old acquaintance. One day, when his Royal Highness was going up to visit Decamp, as he passed the porter's lodge, that functionary inquired whom he was going to see. On finding that he was going to Decamp's, the man asked him to have the kindness to carry up a coat which a tailor had just left for the painter. The visitor consented, and great was the astonishment of Decamp, when, on opening the door, he saw the prince enter with the coat on his arm, and heard him say, laughing heartily—' There, Decamp, is a coat which your porter and tailor have sent you!' The painter began to apologise, but the prince stopped him. Do not mention it,' said You have a fine coat there will you do me a pleasure r' Two, it I can, your Royal Highness." Well, let it be two. So put on the coat and come and dine with me.'"
The Sun. — 1860-08-06 (London, England)

SURREY GARDENS.--A concert is to be given in these attractive gardens this evening, when the principal feature will be a selection of popular Irish melodies. In order to give full effect to this novel idea, there will be a chorus of 200 voices, in addition to the following vocalists : Miss Parepa, Miss Poole, Mr. Wilbye Cooper, Mr. Santley, and Mr. Sims Reeves—it being the last appearance of the latter gentleman at these gardens.  by the prisoner to the unfortunate young woman, and which are now forthcoming, it appeared that Youngman had made use of unfounded representations to induce her to marry him, and to obtain the consent of her friends to the union. In the first place he represented that he had an independent income of nearly £2OO a year—that he intended taking a house for her at Brighton. It further appeared, from his correspondence, that for some weeks previous be had been strongly urging her to allow him to insure her life for £lOO, and on mentioning the fact to her father and friends they so strongly advised her not to do so, that she assured them she should do no such thing, and they were in hopes that she did not. In the last letter addressed by the prisoner to Miss Streeter, he urged her to come to town, to bring all the money she could with her, and to bonrow from her friends ; and particularly stated that there was no necessity for her getting the wedding things made up, as these could be had in town. lie also had the banns published at St. Martin-in-theFields. On returning to town, Inspector Dunn, on searching amongst the prisoner's papers, found the policy of an insurance effected by him on the life of Miss Mary Wells Streeter for £lOO, payable to him on her death. The insurance was effected at the Argus-office, Throgmorton-street, and the policy was dated July 25th, just%ix days before the murder. From subsequent inquiries it has been found that at the General Quarter Sessions, held at Stafford on March 8, 1859, the prisoner, \Vm. Godfrey Youngman, had been tried and convicted of stealing a quantity of plate belonging to his master, a Staffordshire gentleman, and sentenced to 12 months' hard labour. This imprisonment he served in the county gaol, and was discharged in March last. He then came to town, and procured a situation at Dr. Duncan's, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, by a false character, or rather false representations, and was discharged from there in the beginning of the last month, whenhe renewed his acquaintance with Miss Streeter. On Friday the body of the goor girl was removed from Newington workhouse to Wadhurst, to be interred alongside the remains of her sister, who died but a few weeks since of consumption. The bodies of Mrs. Youngman and her two sons are still at the workhouse in coffins, and will be interred on Wednesday next. The prisoner, whe is at Herscmonger-lane Gaol, persists in his former statement, and that he had only killed his mother in self-defence. He eats and drinks well, and does _ I not exhibit the slightest aberration of intellect. ,ury
The Express. — 1847-08-26 (London, England)

THE PRASLIN MURDER.  The Gazelle deo 7'rieurtaux mentions the existence of several wounds on the person of the Duke de Praalin. " Independently of those remarked on his hands, and which seem as if caused by bites, two others have been discovered, one on the side, and the other on the leg. When called on to explain how these wounds had been occasioned, the duke, after having at first refused to do so, replied, it is said, that it was the buckle of his trousers which had ru`,bed his side, and that he gave himself a violent blow on the leg the evenlog before, when getting into one of the railway carriages. When asked if he had mentioned these injuries to any one, he replied in tho negative, but afterwards said that he had spoken of them to a person of his household. It is also known that after having found in the fire-place the remains of clothing, almost entirely consumed, and en which traces of blood were perceptible, it was discovered that the dressing-gown which the duke wore was also stained with blood, and that it had been recently washed. The duke, it is said, admitted this latter fact, but attributed the blood to his having come in contact with the body of the duchess, when he found her expiring ; the cause of his washing out the stains of blood was, he said, to spare his children the sight of it. Several versions have circulated relative to the circumstances of the horrible drama which took place on the night of the 18th instant. It may be comprehended how difficult it is at present to make on this point plausible conjectures, if the precise position of the rooms of the apartment, at the moment when the crime was discovered, and the nature, as well as the direction, of the wounds, be not known in an exact manner. We do not therefore think it right to repeat these several versions, particularly as they to not accord completely with the contents of the proei s-verlkaur, and the observations of the medical men. In fact, if the bloody stains marked on the floor, and on the hangings of the chamber, proviug the desperate efforts of the victim to escape from the murderer, be taken into consideration, the conclusion must be come to that the unfortunate duchess was first struck in her bed, and that then, escaping from her murderer, she must, whilst overturning the furniture, and whilst she still was receiving blows, hove struck with her mutilated and bleeding hands at every door, and then, at last, must have fallen exhausted into the arm-chair near the chimney. There, bent double, still uttering cries which her assailant endeavoured to prevent by pressing her mouth, she received from behind on the head and neck repeated blows, one of which opened an artery, and produced death. According to these indications, it appears probable that the pull at the bell, which roused the persons belonging to the household, was not given during the struggle, but that the duchess, recovering for a moment her senses, after having been left for dead, found sufficient strength to seize the bell-rope, which was at the side of the causease on which she had fallen, and where she was found expiring."
The Express. — 1847-07-29 (London, England)

WESTMINSTER—A FAT/MR.—Joseph Sykes, a copper-plate printer, was charged with haying attempted to strangle his daughter, and with other ',iolont conduct-Catherine Sykes, a very genteel-looking girl, about 18 years of age, said that on the previous day she paid a visit to her ' parents, at 6, Lewisham-street, Westminster. Between 1 and 2 o'clock in the afternoon her father came home intoxicated, and kid down for three or four hours. On getting up he declared, with horrid imprecations, that if her mother or brother (who were from home) came io, he would warder them. He then commenced throwing the things about the place, and, having broken a quantity of glass, ho seized a chair, and was about hurling it at her, when she took it out of his hand. After this he grasped her feroc:ously by the throat, and dragged her across the room. At first she screamed for assistance, but he then held her so tightly that she was unable any longer to do so. She felt that she could scarcely breathe, and would have been strangled, but that two persons, who had been attracted by her screams, broke into the apartment and released her.— Mr. Barrel inquired what were the general habits of the defendant ?—The girl, whose throat bore evidence of extreme violence, with tears in her eyes, replird, " It was hard for a child to speak against her parent. When sober, ber father was extremely irritable ; when drunk, which she was sorry to say was of frequent occurrence, exceedingly violent-"—Defendant, who appeared to have much difficulty in restraining himself, even before the magistrate, said he had been drinking on the previous afternoon, and he had no doubt his daughter must have provoked him, by preventing his taking 10=0 gleams out to pawn to procure more liquor, which he had a right to do if he liked. A good deal had been said about his habits, and lie should like to have his son called. A respectable-looking young man then, with evident reluctance, stepped into the witness.box. In answer to the inquiries of Mr. Taylor, the chief clerk, he said that his lather, who had been in the habit for yearn of drinking very freely, was extremely violent, and frequently illtreated his mother. When sober, ho made timed tllis most disgusting language in the presence of his young children, and had been for isms the terror of his ramify. It was only j a few days sine° that be beat his wife severely ; and repeatedly took op knives and threatened to murder his family.— , Ale Burrell said " For this atrocious assault upon a defenceless young female, and that female your own daughter, I shall convict you in the full penalty of or two months' I imprisonment, and —" Defendant " Then I shall go to  prison."—Mr. Burrell: " And, in addition, I shall require I you to find good bail, yourself in 1001. and two sureties of I 601. each, for your good behaviour for the next 12 months." Defendant : •• I shall not be able to get the bail, so I must I 00 to prison ; and they'll soon m'ss me." The son and daughter said they would use their bast endeavours to support their mother and the rest of the family.
The Express. — 1847-12-14 (London, England)

INQUEST, YESTEHDAT.—ALLEGED MURDER.—Before Mr. Baker, at the Royal Oak publio-house, Galwaystreet, St. Luke's, respecting the death of Alfred Gough, an infant, aged one month, the illegitimate offspring of Jane Gough, who was charged before the mogistrete at the Worship street police-court with having caused the death of her child, and was remanded. The evidence proved that Jane Gough was a most dissipated character, and had been frequently lucked up for drunkenness. She had three children. The deceased was born in Islington workhouse, from whence it was taken by its mother about • fortnight since. The mother took lodgings in Radnor-street, St. Lake's. She pail Is. 63. per week, and there was no furniture in the room, with the exception of an old mat, which she mid for • bed. On Saturday night last she was in • dreadful state of intoxication, with the deceased is her arms. She was taken to the station-house, and deceased was removed to St. Luke's workhouse. On the following morning she received the child from the workhouse, and during the whole day and night she was out drinking with the chid. When she returned the following morning she was very drunk, and fell in the passage with the deceased in her arms. About three hours afterwards she knocked at a neighbour's house, with the infant in her apron, quite dead. She said she had gone to bed with the deceased, and when she awoke she found he bad just expired.—The jury returned a verde% of " Found dead, but how he became dead there was no evidence to peeve."  fact was, that as they could not be immediately made available, they were sent to this country uuder the expectations that they would realise a moat in London. The chairman then referred to the expediency of sending out a resident superim tendent, and said, that if the meeting felt a want of confidence in the committee of management, the board would go along with them provided that any mismenagement was proved on the part of the committee.—Mr. Halcombe and ether shareholders stated that they had received information inculpating the committee of management —Mr. Montefiore defended the conduct of the committee, and said that sufficient allowance was not made for the difficulties in which they were placed.—After some discussion, the report was received and adopted, it being understood that the board of directors were to receive any information at the next board day from any shareholder who might be possessed of such Tweeting the conduct of the committee of management in the colony. The mode of dealing with the return of the 2,000 shares was left, after some discussion, in the hands of the directors. It appeared from the accounts, which were made up to the 30th of November last, that the total debts of the company amounted to 39.89.31. The balance ire the bankers' hands was 8701., and the balance unaccounted for in the colony amounted to 3,1201.—The meeting thou proceeded to elect two directors; after which, the meeting separated.
The Express. — 1847-08-23 (London, England)

THE PRMILIN MURDER.  The details of this domestic tragedy, and the innumerable rumours to which it has given birth, fill the columns of all the Paris journals of Friday and Saturday, The following particulars are dkea from the Gazette des Tribu&MS.  " The operations of justice continued on Wednesday evening, and during part of the night, at the hotel Sebestiani. The magistrates, who did not retire before two o'clock in the morning, to take some neceisery repose, returned in the morning at seven o'clock to the theatre of the crime, to continue the operations of the inquest, and to commence the examination. Wednesday was devoted to the examination of the premises, and of the meteor the corpse ; to the seizure of articles likely to lead to the die covery of the criminal ; to investigations in the hotel, and particularly in the apartments of the Duke de Praalin ; and to the examination by medical men of his person. Yesterday the examination was resumed, whilst the embalmment of the body took place, under the direction of M. OrannaL Two of the clergy of the church of Madeleine had prayed by the corpse all night, From the very first moment at which the officers of ustice arrived in the hotel, a very grave fact was noticed. • apartments occupied by the duke end duchess era situated on the ground floor ; by an antechamber opening on the flight of steps, there is a communication at the left with the boudoir, then with the duchess's bedroom ; at the right a little room precedes the bedroom of the duke, which touches the walls of the Elude Bourbon. In examining the floor it was discovered that a bloody trace marked the passage from the bedroom of the duchess Ist that of the duke. At the same time there was received the testimony of a domestic, who, attracted by the cries of the femme-de-chanibre, bad, after useless efforts to open the door of the duchess's bedroom, gone rouud the hotel in order to attempt to arrive in time to render assistance to him unfortunate mistress, by entering at one of the windows opening en the garden. The domestic declared that at the moment at which he arrived in the garden, he perceived a man of the height and appearance of the duke, who hearing the noise of his footsteps, withdrew suddenly into the interior of the bedroom, abruptly quitting one of the windows which he had just opened, in order, without doubt, to make it be believed that it was by that issue that the murderer had obtained entranee. Among the objects found in the chamber, in which everything, as we have said, was in disorder, was a pistol loaded with balls, and bearing a percussion cap. This pistol, which has been recognised as belonging to the Duke de Prelatic, was not only stained with the blood into which it had fallen, but it bore on the buttend fragments of flesh end on the face and skull of the victim there was found the trace of blows which retained the marks of the arabesques and hollow chiselling, which had been executed by the workmen. Is presence of such indications, orders were obliged to be given that the Duke