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The Sun. — 1853-01-01 (London, England)

SHEFFIELD MURDER.—At the York assizes, last week, James Barbour was sentenced to death for the murder of Alexander Robinson, a travelling draper and a comrade of the murderer's. Since his trial, Barbour has made a statement denying any participation in the crime, or any knowledge of it, until three clays after the murder was committed. The statement was made on read stear taken down en o d Thursday, the day after the trial, in the presence of the Rev. 'Thomas Sutton, the chaplain of York Castle, and Mr. Dixon of Bury, a friend of Barbour's brother who, on his i isbnetarlifting by hadbetehneperheaspelnatina,t , Barbour and signed by him, but it is said to be open to se° many contradiction that it is utterly impossible to re-0 the trial. t wasrial. It ea was a v _nciie it with the facts of the case. The gist of the wholeBt°l7 is, that he was no party to the murder, and knew n otliin_ g of it until M'Cormack showed him the pistol, and for Robi told him that was the that had done weapon to ogee Crecy. attempts the same time swore hial crecy. lie,4on of the evidence to explain away that po—' him l fwhich told with such damning effect against %seessionse o. Ott the trial—that of being see,' i'Ll P hour, and t! the deceased's pack within h of the 'us watch within an hour and abbe t y th s ory time that the itted— that he murder was committed— road, when he met 11, was walking on n him the pack, and told him to 1 Cormack, who gave --till called for, and hi ave it at the Royal Standard , ards, when he y -et at the Rein Deer, he also gavm th en Barbour drew a plan of the locality where e watch. secreted, a copy of which was forwarded the pistol was Sheffield, to Mr• Raynor, the chief constable of together With =O,. brief statement of the purport of the pretended confession made by Barbour. Mr. Raynor received this communication on the morning of Christmas-day, and proceeded himself personally to examine the locality described by Barbour. So accurate was the description of the place, that Mr. Raynor in a few minutes discovered the stone which covered the hole in which the Pistol was secreted. On removing the stone he discovered a parcel, which, on opening, he found to contain a sin- gle-barrelled pistol, a paper containing gunpowder, a.-3 -"`-',4 another paper containing a quantity of shot, of the same size (No. 4) as those found in the brain of the deceased Robinson. This pistol was apparently a new one, of a common description, but from exposure for nearly four months to the rain was covered with rust. It was unloaded. It is said that the only material portion of the statement to which any credence can be given is that disclosing the hiding place of the pistol ; but this only tends to confirm the correctness of the verdict, by showing from his own admission that at least be knew of the murder, and was privy to secreting the deadly. + weapon with which it had been committed. The exect. tion will . 1 take place at noon on Saturday, the Bth of January. DANI , of the SR
The Sun. — 1853-03-28 (London, England)

CRIM. CON.-- DOWELL V. SHELDON. . . The plaintiffis a chemist and druggist at Birmingham, and the defendant a tavern-keeper, at Birmingham. The action was for damages for criminal conversation with plaintiff's wife. The plaintiff married a Miss Harris, the daughter of a broker, after cohabiting with him three years, and on the 24th of December last plaintiff left home to see his relations in ' Leicestershire. Miss Fanny Harris, a sister of the plaintiff's wife, resided with her as a companion ; and on the Christmas-day she and an elder sister were taking tea, when the defendant came in and asked for some cigars, and Mrs., Dowell asked him into the parlotfr, introducing him as Mr. Edwards, and lip stayed tea with them. A Mr. Price also looked in,, and cards were introduced' and Continued till four in the morning. During the evening some Ifamiliaxities were observed -between the defendant and Mrs. Dowell by her sister, Miss Harris. At half-, past 4, oiit the - party rising to seParate, Mrs. Dowell showed Mr. Price and the defendant to the door, and her two sisters went to bed; but half an hour transpiring, and she not following, Miss Fanny Harris, who was nearly undressed, crept down stairs about half way, when hear ing a kind of suppressed struggling in the parlour, she went further down until she mild see into the apartment. From this place she peeped cautiously,' and distinctly saw an act committed, which left no doubt of the criminal nature of the interview. After waiting four:ori five minutes, she called out; " Oh, Mr. Edwards, whatever are you doing, and Mr. Dowell so far away from! home t" Defendant replied, " Gro• on • Mrs; Dowell. is i going to bed directly." Plaintiff's wife shortly aftprd wards went to bled with her sisters, but before doing so showed the defendant to. Mr. Dowell's room; where he slept all night,- and breakfasted the next morning with them. Miss Harris, with a view Of preserving peace, did not mention the circumstance to the plaintiff when he came home • but on the following Thursday the- defendant's wife ealied At the plaintiff's shop and complained of him seeping . el. husband out so late on the nightin question, wh n' the whole affair came out. l Evidence as given to show that the plaintiff had , been living with his wife up to the time of the coini menceutent -of the assizes, and that he also kept olio Lizzy Lloyd. Miss Fanny Harris detailed the events of Christmas night. They all breakfasted with defendant on the following morning. Nide no -allusion to what had occurred the night before, but,merely said she hoped he had spent a pleaSant night. Mr. Macaulay (defendant's Counseleau you tell me, Miss Fanny, why you did not stop what you saw going on in the parlour ? Witness—HOW could I stop it? His Lordship—go be sure you. could have stopped it. If you had been a modest woman you would have rushed into the room and stopped it, 'or else gone into the street and shouted "Murder." (A laugh.) Ms lordship remarked upon the discreditable conduct of the several parties, and the jury found a 'verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, One Farthing.
The Sun. — 1853-05-11 (London, England)

ADVERTISEMENT.]-officers of the Army and Navy, Missionaries, Emigrants, &c., will find Parr's Life Pills an invaluable appendage to their medicine chests, as a preventive of the attacks of those prevalent diseases so fatal in our colonies ; and in all affections and disorders especially incident to the tropics, they will be found invaluable. It is the best medicine ever used in scurvy, very and every variety of scorbutic affections, making itdesirable to take to sea. It is eagerly song ht after in h all our colonies, especially Australia, where ea sa recently sold for ten shillings. In Ameritinh:ll-w box West Indies, India, and China also, its fame is known and its virtues duly appreciated, causing an immense demand fo i andwillthneerte speedilyi is n o country become o anr port in the world rt ; t wherei confidence in tsrimaffiplci,ciptryofiant,dainnditsgpenowertuo tpiclriort Crane-court, relief.—T. Roberts article of extensive boxes at is Tie-mirt' recourse to in all cases of sickness,3wai4thit may be had and London.o o , soleseld proprietors,in sitar e ietts, . lid., 2g. 9d., and lls. each, by all respectable chemists and medicine vendors in town and country.  Mary Anne Griffin, 22, spinster, who was remanded from the last sessions, was indicted for the wilful murder of James Griffin, her infant child. Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Dallantyne appeared for the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner was a domestic servant in the house of Mr. Hart, of Gloucester-place, in whose service she had been about twelve months. On the 2  :7th of February she was taken unwell, and was unable to join the servants at dinner. There had been nothing previously in her condition to lead to the suspicion that she was enceinte; but, on some of her fello vr-servants going into her bedroom theyfound that she had been delivered of child, for a male infant was lying on the floor near the fireplace, and she was herself on the bed in a state of great exhaustion. The infant was alive ; but on examining it, a jammed wound was discoverA on its throat, and it seemed to have been done with some blunt instillment, and a pair of scissors covered with blood was found in the room. On being questioned on the subject, she said she did not know what she was about, and that she bad intended to throw herself, as well as the child, into the Serpentine. The child lived 11 days after birth, and the prisoner suckled it and treated it with great kindne'ss. Though she hail concealed har condition, she had made preparations for her confinement. Several articles of baby linen being found in her room, as well as at her mother's house.  Mr. Ballantine addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, contending that in consequence of a fall the birth took place some time before she expected it would, and that the wound was caused by accident, while endeavouring to deliver herself of the child. Mr. )3aron Alderson having summoned up the evidence, The jury acquitted the prisoner.
The Sun. — 1817-10-18 (London, England)

SUNDAY.—Mr. Dais, of the New 'Bagnigge Wells Tea Gardens, Bayswater, ap.-peareil to a summollS against hint, at the instance  of a constable sit Paddington, suffering tippling in his house on Sunday la.. luting Divine Service. - The constable and a • it pauper swore to there being twenty person.: ;he taproom, one of whom *as a constai.:t. who was grinding ginger into' some beer. On the contrary it was stated, that less than half the number were there, and thuse were travellers, who bad taken sheler from rain. The constable who was in tl►e house stated;that he was in attendance to Prevent dog-fighting at the back of the house, and the othets were travellers. The Magistrate said he could not disbelieve the witnesses it 4 support of the information, and the defendant was convicted hi the penalty of 10s. The defendant contended, that the whole was malice, and gate notice of an appeal against the conviction at the Sessions.  MMLANCHOLY CONSEQUENCE Or A SERVAND'9 ,ThsonentErtcr..--A Gentleman Who resides id Leith %Valk, Edinburgh, but whose house was un• dergoing some alteration,, sent his youngest son, a boy three years ohl, to a relation's honse in North Leith, to be out of harm's way. The Lady of the house was extremely font! of the boy, and scarcely ever trusted him out of her sight ; but when obliged' to leave him to the servant, she cautioned her in the most strict and positive than. ner to look after the child, and him alone, to the exclusion of every other business ‘vhatever. Notwithstanding these poi•ive orders, alien het mistress went out on Friday evening, the 3d in. stant, slte sallied out also shortly after(none-as yet knows where) and left the boy alone. She had left the door open, and placed-the, candle, or lamp, owthe landing of a common stair; tbreg stories high, seemingly to light • herseli down. When the poor child found 'she had gone out, he naturally followed her to the stair.head„ where the light was left burning, and was heard for a length of time calling upon her, and repeating her naive—hut at last his screams alarmed the neighbours in the stair; and whOt they opened. their doors they fOund him all in a blaze. _The.. girl was seen among the neighbours helping to extinguish the times, but at what period she had returned is uncertain; at all events it was toGo, late, .as his clothes were, burnt to ashes, and he lingered till Sunday morning, the sthi, and died. The murder of Mr., HALL and, MARY GRANT at Theddlethorpe, near Lo:41.1, in Lincolnshire, has excited great regret and indignation in that county. A mart is at present in custody at Louth,. wider very. suspicious4lfctunstanceS, having one, hand 'lunch cut, and the thumb of the other laCerated, and for whieb he cannot give a satisfactory account; He was taken to Theddlethorpe on Saturday, and the Magistrates attended there to obtain all the evidence possible concerning; these horrid murders, but the particulars have AOrt as yet transpired. „The most vigorous exertions ,are making to bring the murderers to justice.
The Sun. — 1817-07-23 (London, England)

GENERAL ORDER. Adjutant-General's Office, Dublin, 4th July ISi7. The Commander of the Forces listing perused the proceedings of the two Regimental Courts Martial, with their revision, ordered by Colonel Sherlock, commanding the Come District; wh3rcof Major Buck,*of the Bth King's Infantry, is President,as held at Mullingar, undor adjournments, between the 10th and 30111 of June last, for thu trial oft Corporal Steuart, and five soldiers, of the same corps, charged with neglect of duty, on Sunday, the Ist of last month, as directed in these proceedings, and for which the Corporal has been sentenced to be reduced, and to receive a punishment of 600 lashes, bc.t the private soldiers to be acquitted. The Commander of the Forces judges it essential to the discipline of the Army to direct, that-the reduction of the Col poral to serve as a private in the ranks be confirmed; but the corporal punishment is remitted—the carrying it into execution not appearing to meet a case of this description. The Commander of the Forces expects that, in future, in no instance shall the troops, when attacked in the m:cution of their duty, fail to use their arms, manfully and promptly, in their own defence, without regard to numbers, whether  dill.  armed or unarmed; remembering, that it belong: to their profession and practice to prefer an honourable fall to an inglorious existence, at the expence of all those feelings and principles which have. raised the military character of this country to its present eminence in the w9rld ; and he is convinced,• that if the same high sense of duty which actuated . Private-William Mains, of the King's Foot, whereby be both used and preserved his arms, had extended to the Corporal and theother fire soldiers, they -would not only have secured the property intrusted to their charge, but have maintained their own fame, and done justice to the respectable corps to which they belong. These soldiers are to be released, but they are not to be employed on any detached duties, until their-Commanding Officer, after a full trial, shall hereafter be enabled to report to the Officer Commanding the District, for the information of the Commander of the rorces, that they have acquired a proper sense of that principle, and of those feelings, which, in every future instance of service, will lead them to act in a manner becoming their 0 WTI reputation, and that of the regiment in which they have the honour to serve. The Commander of the Forces highly approves of the conduct of Serjeant Frazier, and of the six men of the 94th Regiment, on this occasion and had the Serjeant's orders been obeyed, as they ought to have been, by the party of the Bth, much benefit would have resulted to his Majesty's:  service. This Order to he read at the head of every Company in the 'Army, at three successive parades; and to be commuoicated to all detached parties, in such manner as to ensure its eons. plete circulation.. lij• order of the Commander of the Forces, (Signed) AYLMER, Adjutant-General. (A true Copy.) (Signed) 3. BI;IDGE, Major, and Major of Brigade.  ATTEMPT AT MURDER iti
The Sun. — 1839-11-04 (London, England)

POSEN. Au interdict has been issued, which _in its operation strongly recals the state of England when THOMAS A'BECKET contended with his Sovereign for supreme power. In the whole of the diocese the church bells are mute on Sundays and holidays, even at marriages all rejoicings are forbidden, and every 'expedient is adopted by the Clergy to create gloom and discontent among their flocks. If the people are so ignorant and superstitious as to be affected by these mummeries, the Court of Berlin will have a hard battle to fight with the Archbishop and the Court of Rome. After this, who can wonder at the King of PRUSSIA making such exertions to diffuse knoyvledge among his subjects, or at the Clergy of England throwing so many obstacles in the way of national eAucation. In all countries, and at all times, ignorance has been the most powerful ally of a dominant pries'hocd.  Madrid letters and papers of the 26th ult. inclusive, have reached us this morning. The debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the Address, was still going on. On the 24th, a rumour was spread that a revolutionary movement was about to take place in the capital, upon which the guards were called out, but nothing occurred to disturb the general tranquillity. In the course of the debate the ultraliberals exposed, with much bitterness, the hollow friendship of France, and the baseness of the Ministry in truckling to the Absolutists in the vain hope of conciliating the great Northern Powers, and particularly Austria. The Members of the Cabinet, however, maintained that the King of the FRENcII faithfully observed the stipulations of the Quadruple Treaty, and that their overtures to Austria were completely misrepresented.  No news had been received from ESPARTERO of a latet date than the 21st ult. He was then with his army approaching Morella, garrisoning all the fortresses in his rear, so as to keep the road open behind him, and gradually narrowing the or,lund occupied by the Carlists. His advanced guard then occupied a line extending from Calanda to Camarillas, after routing a Carlist division under BAsQI:TE, one of CABRERA s Lieutenants.  he Lisbon Papers of the 28th We learn from .1.. ult., brought by the Bi.gganZa, that the Portuguese to the demoralizing chat trael: Government has had rccourts: spectacle of an execution, currence of murders and robberiesclieck itnbethriaitg The victim selected was a poor wretch whof had been for five years under sentence of death, and who, after being for three hours paraded round the city, was hanged for the edification of a mob, who expressed themselves delighted with the manner in which the whole process was conducted. Of course the Lisbon populace no longer entertain the least doubt of the legality of murder under certain circumstances, and those by no means so pressing as the want of money to a starving man, the gratification of revenge, or even the desire to amass wealth for lawful purposes. The Government has taught them that though it repudiates the shedding of blood, it does so in
The Sun. — 1839-08-10 (London, England)

FRIDAY EVENING. 1 C6R6NBR., Th EgijOUed inquest wa.t held At the GrAicral Hall, Ludgate-hill, tit iii inquire into the cirenniataners connected with the death of a man named John Binyon, who died in the hospital a few di) s since from the effects of sabre wounds hill-lewd during the late riots in this town The inquiry excited much ititerer4 front the circumstances connected with the death of the uniorttirfate than. This being the only life sacrificed during the riots and fattier! destruction of property which took place on the occasion referred to; and as not unusually happens, the sufferer seems to have been entirely innoCent of any participation in these disgr...ccful outrages. A fcf, f4sptetable jury having been sworn„ William Jones, u labourer,deposed that he went in cornwith the deceased to see the fire on the 15th, when they got to Bell-street, within a short distance of the Bull. ring, they were met by so,ne soldiers, who ordered the deceased to go back. lie accordingly returned about 20 yards, the soldiers following him. Witness observed one of the foot soldiers gd up to one of the Drag( ons and say something to him, whereupon the latter turned round and drew his sword, and rode after the deceased and witness. As soon a 3 he overtook them he stuck the deceased several times over the shoulders with the flat of his sword, and afterwards twice or thrice with the edge on the head and arm. He then rode away, and the deceased was taken by some by•standers to Mr. Taylor's in EdgWston-street, where h s w.,1 n !s were dressed, and by his advice he was afterards conveyed to the hospital. The deceased lost about a quirt of blood as he went along, and while in Mr Taylor's house he fainte.i. When desired firi,t to go back by the loot soldier, deceased raid, " Do not hurry me, and I will go." The horse soldier made no observation before he struck him, hut after he had given deceased three or four blows, he said .‘ D—n your soul, make you go back." He said that before he cut him. tie said that before he cut cut him. The de,!ea.,ed could not well move away, because the dragoon had got him within a sort of arch un&r the Nlarketiall. notr. all he had seen he could say  there w,is no unwillingness M►u the pre of the deceased to move awry. The srAdi9r must have known that the deceased could not move away. Witness could not tell why the soldier used the edge of his sxord after having tied the flat side.  Mr. atker, Dr. Booth, the Magistrate, and some other witnesses were afterwards examined, and the Jury, after cowulting for nearly an hour, returned a verdict " That the deck-aged came by his death in consevence of wounds received from a d relgo,lll in the execution of his orders on Moaday, the lath of Juiy—Justifiable Homicide."  MONEY MARKET and (-