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The Sun. — 1852-04-14 (London, England)

WORSHIP-STREET.  James Illackiin, a tall muscular young man, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with a determined attempt to murder his brother, Mr. Edward Macklin, a painter and glazier, carrying on business in James-street, St. Luke's. The complainant stated that the prisoner, who had filled various respectable situations, from each of which he had been successively discharged in consequence of his violent temper and irregular habits, had resided for some time past in his house, and occasionally afforded him assistance in his business. On the preceding afternoon he entrusted the prisoner with sufficient money for the purchase of two pounds of hair of a peculiar description which he used in his trade ; but observing when the article was brought home that it fell considerably short of the quantity he had ordered, he mentioned the circumstance to his brother, who insisted upon having it weighed, which was accordingly done, when it was found to be at least half a pound deficient. Without making further allusion to the subject, witness proceeded into the parlour, after intimating that tea was waiting, and was followed there by the prisoner, who instantly rushed towards the table, from which he caught up a long, sharp-pointed knife, and exclaiming with an oath that he would have his life, made a violent thrust at his left breast. On seeing his arm raised witness rapidly dropped down on his knees, and the point of the knife passed over his shoulder and struck the door behind him with such force as to bend the blade as it now appeared. The moment he recovered his feet the prisoner, who had placed himself between him and the door, made a second blow at him with the knife, and having no other means of escape, he hastily threw up the window, and, leaping out into the street, made the best of his way to the station-house to procure assistance. On reaching the end of Featherstone-street he encountered a policeman, to whom he was communicating the particulars of the outrage, when the prisoner suddenly presented himself, with the knife in his hand, and declaring, with an oath, " that he would plunge it into his heart," made another stab at him, but his arm was arrested in its descent by the constable, who succeeded, with some difficulty, in wresting the weapon from him, and took him into custody. Police-constable Ashly, G 228, fully corrobated the latter part of the complainant's evidence, and he added that when the charge was taken down at the station-house, the prisoner exhibited the most rancorous and vindictive feelings towards his brother, and since his arrival at the court he had repeatedly threatened his life, and declared " that he should die for him upon the scaffold." On being asked if he wished to say anything in answer to the charge, the prisoner sullenly replied, that he should reserve what he had to say for another occasion. Mr. TYRWEIITT directed the depositions to be at once completed, and the prisoner was fully committed for trial.  THE LATE MURDER Yesterday afternoon Mr. Carter, the coroner for • East Surrey, held an inquest at the Three Stags IN
The Sun. — 1852-07-12 (London, England)

CREMORNE GARDENS. all the excesses and horrors . ws he (Mr. Courtenay)r'i ---- of sls 1 g d• h a large quantit Do., Parl. Preference • 61. 25 0 0 7- - s shot, three on a charge of homicide committed on r ~u _ Under the direction of Mons. Louis Smellier. Observations.-" In proof ()Mils vie has sae samp.es was adulterate wit Yot ehozmix ............, 311. per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 26% .. cases successfully treated, as b o o - the person of a man named Romanini, by throwing aeret st of Fifty highly-trained Steeds Pone s dot • h of a great many ad the husk of white mustard seed; that two contained Ratcliff .... •..•• •• • 51. 100 00 90 Poe given the history d and on which he had operated. • ii 1.. inciPal Artist • , .... • Y, an s lac es. es .-is essrs: aarcult rico only, coloured with 'red lead or a ferruginous United General .• •• a 11. 50 0050 0 0 20% stones at him, and it would further seem that, not- • ach, Jean de Bach, Devani M om, Albert de Bach, Franz de as any which Mr. Syme adduce , .. nee, ta. had resisted, for a 38 tone t &Mlle and xvill. Westminster Chartered 151. per cent, 50 0 0 r. signor vimerini . liudileney,, Victor Soullier, Kemp, Leon Such are cases ix., xi., xtio dTtatiOn and was finally earth. As is welt kno n red lead and vermillion, 0 in 0 0 ese withstanding the sentence of the court-martial, the F • Eve , , ~ . • r Ditto, New ....a_ 5e per eerie, 50 0 0 . - airy, IT Evening at Ifalf-past%Tementine and Olga Soullier. period of twelve ye trs, the treatment by i 1 , ear both ant h f W ' L.• ht M the elegant Pavilion. ses xviii. and xix. app , p uret o mercury, are aigliely eteieteriOus sub_ majority of the inhabitants of Forli were of opinion borne PRoGRAaatmE removed in as many weeks. But ca re a - s s mptoms, of amo g tances, both being characterised by the vary pee,. saw-, .A. or sconrrxsn COSTPANIES' PRICES that two of them were not only innocent, but had The Gymnastic Pole, by Herr Sprit'er *The .in duration severity, and complication of y , , rd yet the l • posed the Brothers de Bach, and Young Louis Soullier ree Gladiators, hy . ' detailed by Mr- S3me, a ~ iar circumstance that the t Ike the mai° • ._______ Signor Vild 44, gravated character than any ssful. y are no , i rity proved an alibi. As a manifestation of public opi- will 81 Dividead - -Amount extraordinary performance as the White Ina-p-Esmeral er-n' s treatment ado db• M C urtenay proved eminently succe 01 other compound Paid. Price. • • isi 111 ' da, the pte 3 r. 0 , s, when received into the system_ - Name et Company. of n this aff "r th th t mon 1 ai , e ea re was deserted on the Alber . g y-trateed Polka Dancing Horse, mounted by Professor Albert -Professcr Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture. at once eliminated therefrom, but remain in the bed ' Annpeurm. Share. nae Bach-Young Leon Soullier in his great Leaping Act, over Bau- 3' -_. 24th ult., and on the following day the shops were kept Exhib ens G for a considerable time, gradually accumulating .._ ______ ____ ......_., arlands, Hoops, Torbillons, &c., &c., on his Barebacked Steed, eT ' eOF , until xB. d The throwin sev I 1 '
The Sun. — 1852-03-27 (London, England)

CROWN COURT—(Before Lord CAMPBELL ) William Robinson, aged 82, was indicted for the wilfu' murder of Ann Cornell, at Great Thurlow, on the 30nla of August last. Mr. Worlledge and Mr. Bulwer were counsel for the prosecution; Mr. Power appeared for the defence. The prisoner, who appeared in the dock almost in a dying state, lived at Great Thurlow, near Newmarket, with his daughter-in-law, Mary Rawlinson, the widow of his deceased son, George, who died in 1850. In 1951, one Jermyn courted Mrs. Rollinson and the old man strenuously opposed the match, but without effect, it being determined by the lovers that they would marry, and remove Mrs. Rollinson's furniture from the prisoner's house. Under these circumstances, it was shown that one day in August, when Ann Cornell, the sister of Mary Rollinson, came to dine with her, they were both taken ill immediately after eating some pudding, made of flour kept by Mary Rollinson in an open teougb, and eventually Ann Cornell died, and was buried. it being then supposed by the medical man attending her that she died of English cholera. Before this similar but not so fatal symptoms arose after Mrs. Rollinson had partaken of dinner. In October she was again taken most violently ill after eating dumplings for dinner, as were a friend and two children. Suspicion of poison then arose, and by the advice of a friend the dumplings which remained uneaten were given to a cat and a dog. The former refused to do more than taste, but the dog eat the whole dumpling, and immediately after brought it all up again. The remainder of the dumpling. the vomit, and the flour in the trough and basin from which the dumplings were made, were analysed, and found to contain arsenic, in precisely the same proportions. The consequence of these discoveries was, that Ann Cornell's body was exhumed, and on examination by skilled surgeons, little doubt remained that the poor woman had fallen a sacrifice to arsenic. All the rest of the parties, who had at no fewer than four times bee❑ recently afiketed with symptoms indicative of the administration of arsenic, fortunately survived ; but the old man was taken into custody on this charge, in support of which, besides the above facto, it was proved filet he had fre quently bought arsenic at the village shop for mice, and that he had en one occasion cautioned a friend of his daughter-in-law not to eat or allow any cf her children to eat any of her victuals, as it might make them nick. It did not, however, appear that, though he %posed the match, he was unkind to Mary Rolliuson; but on the night before her last illness ho certainly locked her out and refused to let her in, because she had persisted in going out to join her sweetheart. Mr. POWER having addressed the jury for the prisoner, His LORDSHIP proceeded to sum up the case to them; and after a lengthened deliberation they found a verdict of Guilty. ' Sentence of death was passed on the prisoner.
The Sun. — 1852-10-09 (London, England)

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9. 1852,  THE DELUSIVE NOTIONS OF CANLI. DATES FOR TRANSPORTATION. (From the North British Daily Mail.) Lord Cockburn, in pronouncing sentence on e habit and repute offender on Monday, took oc• casion to remove an erroneous impression which has spread with wonderful rapidity among the thieving fraternity of this and other large cities. An idea, extremely welcome to such people, has gone abroad of late that banishment beyond seas signifies a convenient settlement in " the gold diggings." A great stimulus has consequently been given to the commission of such crimes as are supposed to qualify a person for so desirable a destination. The judge in these circumstances considered it his duty to warn all concerned of the fallacy of the idea. Convicts are still sent, it is true, to Australia ; but they are not allowed to mingle with the honest people who have gone to push their fortunes in the gold regions, but are kept in penal stations apart from the colonists, and subjected to hard labour and rigid surveillance. Such is the strict canonical view of transportation, and thieves and other offenders will better allow themselves to be influenced by no other. But yet we and others, who are not thieves, could wish that the actual state of affairs corresponded still more strictly than it does with Lord Cockburn's views. We have had occasion to publish recently several oases in which transported convicts were allowed to roam at large in the gold regions. The Nelson was boarded and plundered by vagabonds of this class ; and newspaper readers cannot have forgetten the case of the woman Ferris, who was banished from Bristol fc: murder, and on obtaining a ticket of leave for good conduct, goon after repeated the capital offence in the town of Melbourne. Such cases as these have no doubt produced the injurious impression among the criminal classes to which Lord Cockburn referred, and a stronger proof could hardly be afforded of the defectiveness and absurdity of our convict system than the fact that this sagacious judge has found it necessary to warn the criminals from the bench that transportation is something much less agreeable than a free passage to the gold diggings. Public opinion will never be satisfied as long as convicts are sent to any part of Australia. That portion of the world has become essentially unfit to be a penal settlement. A Hebridean island, or our sterile moors are infinitely preferable for such a purpose ; and it is surely time that this subject were taken up in a practical spirit by the Legislature. Until new arrangements are adopted it is, at all events, clearly necessary that orders should be issued against the granting of tickets of leave to convicts in Australia on any pretence whatever. Nothing is more easy than for a mailing knave to simulate a converted state of mind, and by this means impose on his overlookers. But one of the great evils is, that convicts in Australia are kept and guarded by convicts, so that the whole system is incurably bad.  Worcester Autumn 2 Epsom 4 Liverpool Autumn 9 Cowbridge Hunt Northallerton ll
The Sun. — 1852-07-29 (London, England)

CAN-21SO. with a salary of 801. a year. /, was never intended that doubt, be said, that the name of the deceased lady Recidule and a spy in the Hungarian service. When July, wounded. Henry Thomas Pratt, ati infant of the hia foot on a stump, said, ' There, tie my shoe, and I'll rt . t; 1 .1 a ti Dividend the marriage should take plane- uatil he precured some W 93 not Veri Beck, but .Recidule, and that ehe wan no- before the magistrates, Mr. T. Smith stated tha., in CM- age of two yeara, with intent to murder it. give you five shillings.'" The writer then refers to the Names of it ,Divieend, Names oi ~ per . better appointment. Witnees :beard from her daughter thing more than a spy in the Hungarian service. He (Str- sequence of the death of the Baroness, they had he iSh Mr. Lopes was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. influence which this state of matters must have on one C°myanies. A per i Price. ompardes •:4 'Annum. Price' that the defendant's mother had behaved rudely upen geant M.) would call before them officers of le:gh puzi- to Proceed further against the plaintiff, but simply to Coleridge defended the prisoner. who is the owner of 28,000 sheep, 6,000 or 7,000 cattle, 14- lAnntural io I "oa in Hungary who would prove that She Was not an state the Cale on which they made their charge against It appeared that the child in question was the pri- besides a great many horses, and adds, that the only , ,_ -._ - wee occasion when she visited there by not, coming into 11 Xi te ', th e room to see her. She did met efter this say teat the impesior, but what she repreeented herself to be, and the two prieoners. The magistrates thereupon die- soner's child. The prisoner WaS a plumber and glazier. hope of the coloniets. is that the mother country will send Ashtn& Oldh ttoo7l. p. ct. 140 Macclesfield. 100' 21.103. 50 cledhadant should not see her ,daughter again, but she that the proceedings against her and the plaintiff were charged the prisoner, the present plaintiff, observing On the add of July the prisoner was eeen to go into them out men in thousands, and thus give them some ilarlitl27.• •• 180; - - Neatla .• •-• 100 , 161. 77. telt'. her never to enter the Ir rings' house again. The dictated by malignant feelings. He would put De that they should have dealt differently With the C3Be if his home in a druhken state. Shortly afterwards chance of getting servants. Auatralia has also abundant ' i';ltirrannltetabitrilel 154,g,, 51. g 5 =rip .r..8.t.. 1001311.31!„. II: defdraiant wished to see her diaighter after March 21st, Me.roda himself in the box, and he would give them the both prisoners had been brought before them. The blows welt) heard full° wed by the cries of a child, attractions for sportsmen. The writer says-" We bad ooventfy..•• wed gi. To Regent; •e• •• 73831 1i• OA. 17U but iir, was not allowed to (10 80. It was after the dis- history of taie life. sudden death of the Baroness, however, prevented that. which, as the blows were repeated, became fitsprate sport with the hounds last season. The kennel , Derby ••• • • 100, 6/. 63 Rochdale..•• 85! 21. 42 Baron
The Sun. — 1852-06-24 (London, England)

VERLAND MAIL INDIA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 'We have received our usual telegraphic dispatch from Trieste, dated the 22d inst. Our dates from Bombay are to the 22d of May. There is no recent intelligence from Rangoon. OurT forces will remain there until the termination of the rainy season, and should the war continue, additional troops will be sent from Bombay, Bengal, and Madras. re At been selectedtwe for this service. S European and four Native Regiments have considerable forces to act against the native tribes in thenorth-west. A system of Thuggee has been discovered in the Punjaub, Five hundred murderers have been found, and the names of 320 rebellious Thugs obtained ; 120 are in prison, and the majority have confessed the irColinßonibley a mPbell has been again called forth with crime.  It is stated that the Nizam is willing to liquidate his debt by a cession of territory. Commerce was rather weak, and money abundant. Exchange, 25 per rupee. Freight, 2/. 158. to 3/. 78. 6d. per ton.  Negoouuißrrseezislves 111FIC7RoVETWHEOFEBA.RIGHTON but a small stretch of imagination to at this moment in a boat off the coastl Apvr oef 0 f those Brighton, for before us we have a vivid m three miles which, beginning at Adelaide-crescent and ending at Kemp-town, are so familiar to all who have regarded Brighton in its most attractive and " ManaiOnS" and remarkable point of view, from the sea- zefore us stretches out that long, gbeiliPitese but by no means uniform line of houses monumental height of " Bellevue" to that singularly abased domicile of all characters and sizes, from the which appears to have sunk one story at the least pointed towers and anti ' of the Pavilion are h visible in the the bosom of the earth. The manyque spires into the ground, while in the distance the summits of the Downs are distinguished:on the ono side, and on the other the old church and the buildingswhich intersects the main road is particularised, from Buu hill. Every square and every street wick-square to Arundel-terrace, at the limits of Ke", Town. Heartily can we commend the artist who has so vividly called before us a scene which few who have witnessed it would forget. He °r tnhse has omitted nothing that could add to the verisimilitude of the picture. In the foreground is the sea, sprinkled over with boats (among which, of course, is the one from which we survey the scene). A steamer is about to land its passengers at the Chain Pier. The bathing machines are on the verge of the water, and crowds of visitors are promenading the " Parades" or lounging on the beach. Nothing could be more exact as a reference than this " Panoramic View of Brighton." It measures about a yard and a half in length, and is not only very accurately designed, but is also most brilliantly coloured. The sight of it, on a sunshiny day like this, is enough to tempt one to turn from the noise and dust of London, and take a ticket for the next " down" train. Great praise is due to Mr. Grant, the news-agent of Castle-equare, for the very opportune publication of this very charming panorama.
The Sun. — 1852-04-15 (London, England)

MURDERER. Yesterday afternoon, ay day's business had been disposed of by the Hon. G. C. Norton, at the Lambeth Police Court, Thomas Cathie Wheeler, the unfortunate young man charged with the frightful murder of his mother, was brought before that magistrate for final examination. The prisoner on entering the court gazed round anxiously, and surveyed the crowd present, as if to observe if there were friends or acquaintances present, but not appearing to discover say, he assumed a thoughtful appearance. The unfortunate man seems a good deal altered since Saturday, and has evidently suffered from severe mental affliction. During the reading of the depositions by the chief clerk, the prisoner sighed audibly and wept bitterly, and at that part where the witnesses described the state in which they bad found the body of the deceased, the appearance of the head on the table, the finding o f the carving knife and hatchet covered with blood, his features quivered, and large tears rolled down his cheeks. In the depositions of the six witnesses who had been examined on Saturday, and all of whom were now present, there was nothing fresh ; and the only additional witness examined was Mr. J. Cathie, proprietor of the Lee Arms public-house, Brownlowroad, Dalston, who was brother to the deceased, and uncle to the prisoner. This witness said that he had not seen the body of the deceased, nor had he seen his sister (Elizabeth Wheeler) for a fortnight before the present unfortunate occurrence, but he was aware that she lived at No. 1, Durham-place, Kennington-road, and had no doubt upon his mind that the body described by the former witnesses was that of the prisoner's mother. Witness was quite aware of the prisoner's insanity, and had taken him himself to Bethlehem Hospital in March, 1849 ; but nine months afterwards he was discharged, though in an uncured state, at the earnest entreaties of his mother. After three or four months, however, he was obliged to be sent to the Wandsworth Lunatic Asylum, and there he remained until the Ist of February, 1851, when, at the urgent entreaties and solicitations of his mother, he was discharged from there. Before his discharge, however, the committee of the institution remonstrated with his mother, and told her that if anything happened she would have only herself to blame, and that the act of discharge was solely her own. His mother, notwithstanding this, persisted in her entreaties, and on her signing the printed form required by Act of Parliament the prisoner was discharged. From that time up to the present unfortunate calamity he lived with his mother, wbo always evinced the greatest possible affection and solicitude for him. He (Mr. Cathie) was in the habit of allowing the prisoner a certain sum weekly, and for this he came regularly to his house. Oa Tuesday week he called as usual, when his conduct was so strange that witness felt it necessary to send a message to his sister in reference to him, and requesting that she would du something with him. Mr.