The Sun. — 1866-08-10 (London, England)

AUGUST 4. This evening I start for Verona with the intention of proceeding to Venice, if possible.  Murder and Manslaughter in 18 65.  • It appears form the "Judicial Statistics of England and Wales" i3saed on Tuesday morning that the total number of murders reported last year was 135, exceeding by one the number iu the preceding year. From the counties 76 .were reported, 51 from boroughs, and 8 by the metropolitan police. In Lancashire 28 cases occurred, of which 6 were reported by the county constabulary ; 13 cases occurred at Liverpool, 4 at Manchester, and 5 at other boroughs. In the preceding year the number of cases was 23, of which 5 were reported by the county constabulary ; 9 occurred at Liverpool, 3 at Manchester, 3 at Wigan, and 3in other boroughs. In Yorkshire there were 15 cases, 7 reported by the county constabulary, and 8 in the boroughs. In the preceding year there were but 5 cases in the West Riding, with lat Bradford and lat Sheffield. In Durham there were 10 'cases, inclusive of 1 at Sunderland ; in the preceding year there were but 3 cases'in the county. in the metropolitan police district 8 cases occurred, against 14 in the preceding year, there having been no case in the City in either year. In Somerset there were 7 cases, 4in the county and 3 in boroughs ; iu Southampton 7, 5 in the county, and 2 in boroughs ; in Devon 6, 5 in the county and 1 at Devonport ; in Kent 6, 3 in the county and 3 in boroughs ; in Gloucestershire 5, inclusive of 1 at Bristol ; iu Staffordshire 5, inclusive of 1 at Wolverhampton; in Worcestershire 5, inclusive of 1 in the city of Worcester ; in Berks and Leicester 3 each ; in Cheshire 2, including 1 at Birkenhead ; in Lincolnshire and Shropshire 2 each ; in Norfolk 2, including 1 at Norwich ; in Oxfordshire 2, including 1 in the city of Oxford ; in Sussex 2, including 1 at Hove ; in Cumberland, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, and Westmoreland, leach ; in Derbyshire, lat Derby; and.in Monmouthshire, 1 at Newport. InWales 8 cases were reported ; in Anglesey, Brecon, Denbigh, and Merioneth, 1 each ; in Glamorganshire 4, inclusive of 1 at Cardiff and lat Swansea. In 13 English and Woleh calmties no case of murder occurred. - - -  There were 54 attempts to murder, 32 of which were reported by the county constabulary, five by the metropolitan, and 17 by the borough police ; in the preceding year the number of attempts to murder was 46, of which 30 were reported by the county constabulary; 15 were in different boroughs, and one in the city of London. The cases of manslaughter were 279, showing an increase of 65, or 30.3 per cent., as compared with the number in the preceding year. Of these 123, or 44.1 per cent., were reported by the county constabulary ; 95, or 34.1 per cent., were in cities, boroughs, &c. ; 57, or 24.4 per cent., in the metropolitan police district ; and 4, or 1.4 per cent., in the city of London. In the preceding year, of 241 cases, 101, wereocern4tl.9 per cent., were in the counties ; 88, or 36.5 per cities, boroughs, &C. ; 49, or 20.3 per cent., in the in metropolitan police district ; and 3, or 1.3 per in the city of London. cent.,