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The Sun. — 1849-12-13 (London, England)

CALVERT—I believe that it is necessary that his Lordship should be kept perfectly tranquil to admit of any chance of his recovery. it would seem that he has overcome his delusion about the watches, but when I spoke to him of jewels he said he could make emerald drops. I asked him about his property, and he appeared particularly anxious to know the price of funds. He said he frequently fought in single combat, and always killed his man.  By the Jury—l am quite satisfied at present he is not capable of taking care of himself, nor do I think it would be advisable to bring him here to-day. I am not without hope of his ultimate recovery, but it is highly improbable. Mr. George Steer, of 24, Great Queen Anne-street, the brother of Lady Albemarle, was about to be examined, when  Mr. CALYEBT intimated that he was in a position to dispute his Lordship's insanity since the 25th of July, and he therefore hoped no circumstances would be  alluded to anterior to that date.  Mr. STINTON said, the evidence he was about to put in would trace the insanity to the 23.1 of July. The examination of Mr. Steer was then proceeded with. I have known his Lordship for thirty years. During that time he has been married to and lived with my sister.. On the 24th July I remember his dining with me in Queen Anne•street, and on my coming home I found him in my drawing-room reading a religious book to my mother. There was something peculiar in his manner which I had not observed before. I repeatedly-called him to come down to dinner, but it was some time before he would do so. At dinner he talked very. strangely upon religious subjects, and repeated the Lord's Prayer aloud three times. It was so peculiar that I asked him what induced him to do so, and he immediately got up and said, " I will tell." He stood for some time in an erect attitude, and then rushed out of the room. I went home with hiw, and on the way a boy ran by, making a noise. He rushed at the boy, and said, if I had not been with him he would have murdered the lad. I gave the lad into the charge of a policeman, to protect him from his Lordship's violence, and then I got his Lordship into a cab, and drove him home. After he had been upstairs for some time his Lordship came down in his waistcoat, and began talking in a wild manner about his friends and his property. On the following day 1 went up stairs to him in his bedroom, and found a fire in the grate, and the room full of smoke. I asked him what he had got a fire for. He said, Oh, I don't know !" and on turning round 1 found him wi. bout his shirt. I asked him what he had done  with it, and he said it was burning in the fire. I asked him why he had put it there, and he said, "Because it did not fit me." Cross-examined by Mr.
The Sun. — 1849-03-27 (London, England)

BARNARD GREGORY V. THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND  ing, and immediately the room was filled with steam and sulphur. Part of the floor was blown up. They were all very much scalded, and were taken to the house of recovery, where Mary Hart died. Joseph Clayton, engineer—He made the two boilers, waggon shaped, for the Brunswick mill. They were low pressure. To such boilers a gauge of never more than 91b. is applied. The usual pressure was not more than 41b. to 61b. In August, 1843, witneso and Mr. Stephenson examined the engine and boilers' which had the safety valve in such a state as to admit of a pressure of 20Ib. to the inch, when the steam ought to have blown ell at 101 b. at most. Witness was at Mr. Cooper's a few days afterwards, and in consequence of what took place in September, 1843, witness put on the boil-over pipes, which would boil over at a pressure of 121 b. On the 7th witness saw the prisoner and the master together, and he told them they were working the boiler at a pressure greater than it could bear. The prisoner said they could not work the machinery with the boil-over pipes on. Mr. Cooper asked why. The prisoner said because they were continually boiling over. Witness said yes, that was what they were put there for, to prevent them giving it a higher pressure than the bailer ought to be worked with. He again asked the prisoner what had become of the boil over pipes, lie answered he had ordered them to be taken off, as when they were on they could not drive the whole of the machinery, as they were constantly boiling over.  Hi; LORDSHIP told tlro` jury if a man did an act negligently, by which the Ife of a man was lost, he was guilty of manslaughter at least, and he should be sorry that there should be any doubt about it. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but strongly recommended him to mercy, and his Lordthip fined him 51., and to enter into recognizances in 1004 for two years.  Mary Ann Smith, aged 20, was indicted for the murder of Hugh Watson, at Liverpool, on the 3d of March. Watson was a porter, and on that night he met a woman named Collins, who now swore that he accosted her in the street, asking where he could get a lodging, and she took him to a house of ill-fame, on arriving at which she knocked, and a servant opened the door, and as he was going in he fell off the step. She lifted him up. The surgeon said the deceased had an abrasion on the cheek, and on a post mortem examination ho found that the skull was fractured, caused by a severe blow at the base, and consequent effusion on the brain by a fall. His LORDSHIP said it was a case of manslaughter only, and the jury acquitted the prisoner of murder and found her guilty of manslaughter, on which his Lordship, telling her it was a bad case, sentenced her to be transported for ten years.
The Sun. — 1849-03-27 (London, England)

PLATT.) Thomas Whitford was indicted for tho wilful murder o his wife, Elizabeth Whitford, at Brilley, on the 2Sth October fact.  It appeared that the prisoner had for, tome time laboured under religious mania, which at times exhibited itself in great violence of conduct. The unfortunate deceased was some years older than the prisoner, and it appeared that their household presented a scene of great connubial misery. On the night in question he returned home, and a quarrel commenced between them which was heard by the neighbours, who fearing that the dispute had been attended with more serious consequences than usual, sent a constable to the house, who, with some of the neighpours effected an entrance, when they found the poor woman lying dead on the ground with her brains literally beaten out, and her skull dreadfully fractured, the prisoner standing near the body in a complete state of nudity. On examining the body, the key of the door was found in deceased's pocket, so that it would appear she had locked the door from the inside. The conduct of the prisoner left little doubt that his mind was diseased, and the jury Acquitted him on the ground of insanity. Mr. Baron PLATT ordered him to be detained in custody during her Majesty's pleasure; and he was recommitted to the county gaol, there to await the Royal will respecting him. Elijah Lewis, John Symonds, Henry Williams, and Thomas Thomas, were indicted for violently assaulting Thomas Ball, at Huntingdon, on the 17th of February, and stealing a purse, three sovereigns, a cheque-book, and other articles from his person. The prisoners waylaid Mr. Ball, a farmer, as he was returning from Hereford market, knocked him from his horse, knelt on his chest, and violently rifled his pockets. It appeared that they mistook him for Mr. Taylor, the steward of Sir R. Price, Bart., M.P., who they supposed would pass that way on his road to Foxley Court, and who was known to have been receiving a large sum of money in Hereford that day, on the Baronet's account. They were convicted. The business of the assizes was brought to a close by eleven to-night, until which hour both the Judges sat.  - MONMOUTH, March 25. Mr. Sergeant Tslfourd opened the commission for this county yesterday afternoon; and Mr. Baron Platt, with Mr. Justice Coltman, arrived from Hereford this morning, when they attended Divine service at St. Mary's Church. The calendar contains the names of 48 prisoners, but there is n,) charge of murder, although independent of that, some of the crimes are of a very serious nature.  NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Norwich, March 26. Lord Chief Baron Pullock and Mr. Baron Rolfe opened the commission this morning, having been escorted into the city by the High Sheriff, with the usual formalities.  The calendar is not heavy, and there are but few cases to be tried of any importance, with the exception of the case of the Stanfield Hall murders, which engrosses pub. lie attention exclusively.  NORTHERN CIRCUIT, Liverpool, March 26.
The Sun. — 1849-09-04 (London, England)

GOVERNMENT COMMISSION.-1. On the 27th inst., at noon, all the individuals who are to leave Venice by sea, and who, for this purpose, have received from the Government Commission a ticket of embarkation for one of the eight ships expressly prepared for the purpose, shall proceed to the vessel they are respectively destined for, where an officer will examine their papers, and, having verified their identity, will admit them to the vessel.-2. Those who are to emigrate, . and who have not yet provided themselves with a ticket, may repair to the Hall of the Military Commission, where they will receive one, till 4 P.M. of the 26th.-3. At 6 P.M. of the 27th, the eight ships shall be towed to the Alberoni by the steamers Pius IX., Achilles, City of Ravenna, and City of Venice; and if the weather be favourable, they shall immediately take the open sea; otherwise, they shall remain at the Alberoni, in order to take their departure with the assistance of the said steamers, in which case none of the passengers will be allowed to land, on pain of losing his right to his place. The Government Commission does not guarantee either to the latter, or to those who may not have embarked before, against the possible consequences of their neglect.-4. The ships will stop at Corfu, and thence proceed to Patras, where they will land all those who intend proceeding to Greece, Turkey, and the rest of Europe.-5. Those who wish to proceed to Alexandria will be immediately embarked at Corfu in a vessel for the purpose, and landed at the former city.-6. The voyages to all other ports except those mentioned, viz., Corfu, Patras, and Alexandria, must be defrayed by the passengers.-7. Captain Baldisserotto will be at Corfu to direct the movements of the ships and passengers. The Podesta Giovanni Correr Bona, Michiel, Giustiniani, Medin, Marzani, Ivancich, Marsich, Gori, Triffoni, Molin, Priuli, Errera, Glovenelli, Calucci.—Venice, Aug. 25. The Venice Gazette of the 27th ult., contains three decrees, the first fixing the departure of the eight vessels destined to convey the refugees to Corfu, Patras, or Alexandria, to the 28th, instead of the 27th ; the second, announcing that the post was to recommence its functions on the 27th; the third, declaring the communal paper to have its nominal value for one day more, since the town was not to be occupied till the 28th by the Austrian troops. The last decree further contains a recommendation to shopkeepers to keep their shops open, and not to refuse to sell, as public tranquillity might suffer by it. These decrees are signed by the members of the Government Commission, composed of Venetians. The Risorgimento of Turin states from Venice, 27th ult., that the cholera has been raging fearfully in that city. Upwards of 400 attacks and 235 deaths had been counted per day. It is now on the decrease.  Mrs. Manning, whose name has obtained such fearful notoriety in connexion with the Bermondsey murder, resided about four years ago in Cheltenham, for the space of several months, being at the time lady's maid in the family of W. Wills Sandford, Esq.—Cheltenham Looker-on.
The Sun. — 1849-09-04 (London, England)

GOVERNMENT COMMISSION.-1. On the 27th inst., at noon, all the individuals who are to leave Venice by sea, and who, for this purpose, have received from the Government Commission a ticket of embarkation for one of the eight ships expressly prepared for the purpose, shall proceed to the vessel they are respectively destined for, where an officer will examine their papers, and, having verified their identity, will admit them to the vessel.-2. Those who are to emigrate, and who have not yet provided themselves with a ticket, may repair to the Hall of the Military Commission, where they will receive one, till 4 P.M. of the 26t1.-3. At 6 p.m. of the 27th, the eight ships shall be towed to the Alberoni by the steamers Pius IX., Achilles, City of Ravenna, and City of Venice; and if the weather be favourable, they shall immediately take the open sea; otherwise, they shall remain at the Alberoni, in order to take their departure with the assistance of the said steamers, in which case none of the passengers will be allowed to land, on pain of losing his right to his place. The Governm e on rt Commission siesswioini mayo doesnno not guaranteethaveem beairtihwedr Ttothe latter, before, against the possible consequences of their neglect.-4. The ships will stop at Corfu, and thence proceed to Patras, where they will land all those who intend proceeding to Greece, Turkey, and the rest of Europe.-5. Those who wish to proceed to Alexandria will be immediately embarked at Corfu in a vessel for the purpose, and landed at the former city.-6. The voyages to all other ports except those mentioned, viz., Corfu, Patras, and Alexandria, must be defrayed by the passengers.-7. Captain Baldisserotto will be at Corfu to direct the movements of the ships and passengers. The Podesta Giovanni Correr Bona, Michiel, Giustiniani, Medin, Marzani, Ivancich, Marsich, Gori, Triffoni, Molin, Priuli, Errors, Giovanelli, Catucci.—Venice, Aug. 25. The -Venice Gazette of the 27th ult., contains three decrees, the first fixing the departure of the eight vessels destined to convey the refugees to Corfu, Patras, or Alexandria, to the 28th, instead of the 27th; the second, announcing that the post was to recommence its functions on the 27th; the third, declaring the communal paper to have its nominal value for one day more, since the town was not to be occupied till the 2sth by the Austrian troops. The last decree further contains a recommendation to shopkeepers to keep their shoes open, and not to refuse to sell, as public tranquillity might suffer by it. These decrees are signed by the members of the Government Commission, composed of Venetians. The Bisergimento of Turin states from Venice, 2t3he decrease. d 27th ult., that the cholera has been raging fearfully attacks is ks now aild on in neattlis hathaciit.Y. been Upwards poerf 400 a day.  Mrs. Manning, whose name has obtained such ferrful notoriety in connexion with the Bermondsey murder, resided about four years ago in Cheltenham, for the space of several montha, being at the time lady's maid in the family of W. WilJs Sandford, Esq.—Citdteniam Looker-on,
The Sun. — 1849-09-04 (London, England)

GOVERNMENT COMMISSION.-1. On the 27th inst., at noon, all the individuals who are to leave Venice by sea, and who, for this purpose, have received from the Government Commission a ticket of embarkation for one of the eight ships expressly prepared for the purpose, shall proceed to the vessel they are respectively destined for, where an officer will examine their papers, and, having verified their identity, will admit them to the vessel.-2. Those who are to emigrate, and who have not yet provided themselves with a ticket, may e trh epya i rw 10l rteheee illal y eol noef, ttihl le 4Apli.3liit.ary Cm of thoemiion, 26th.-3. ss whereAt 6 P.M. of the 27th, the eight ships shall be towed 'to the Alberoni by the steamers Pius IX., Achilles, City of Ravenna, and City of Venice; and if the weather be favourable, they shall immediately take the open sea; otherwise, they shall remain at the Alberoni, in order to take their departure with the assistance of the said steamers, in which case none of the passengers will be allowed to land, on pain of losing his right to his place. The Government Commission does not guarantee either to the latter, or to those who may not have embarked before, against the possible consequences of their neglect.-4. The ships will stop at Corfu, and thence proceed to Patras, where they will land all those who intend proceeding to Greece, Turkey, and the rest of Europe.-5. Those who wish to proceed to Alexandria will be immediately embarked at Corfu in a vessel for the purpose, and landed at the former city.-6. The voyages to all other ports except those mentioned, viz., Corfu, Patras, and Alexandria, must be defrayed by the passengers.-7. Captain Baldisserotto will be at Corfu to direct the movements of the ships and passengers. The Podesa Giovanni Correr Bona, Michiel, Giustiniani, Medin, Marzani, Ivancich, Marsich, Gori, Triffoni, Molin, Priuli, Errera, Giovanelli, Calucci.—Venice, Aug. 25. The Venice Gazette of the 27th ult., contains three decrees, the first fixing the departure of the eight vessels destined to convey the refugees to Corfu, Patras, or Alexandria, to the 28th, instead of the 27th; the second, announcing that the post was to recommence its functions on the 27th ; the third, declaring the communal paper to have its nominal value for one day more, since the town was not to be occupied till the 28th by the Austrian troops. The last decree further contains a recommendation to shopkeepers to keep their shops open, and not to refuse to sell, as public tranquillity might suffer by it. These decrees are signed by the members of the Government Commission, composed of Venetians.  The liisorgimento of Turin states from Venice, 27th ult., that the cholera has been raging fearfully in that city. Upwards of 400 attacks and 235 deaths had been counted per day. It is now on the decrease.  Mrs. Manning, whose name has obtained such fearful notoriety in connexion with the Bermondsey murder, resided about four years ago in Cheltenham, for the space of several months, being at the time lady's maid in the family of W. Wills Sandford, Esq.---Cheltenham Looker-on.
The Sun. — 1849-10-18 (London, England)

AUSTRIA.  VIENNA, OCT. 11.—Archduke Albert returned here yesterday from Prague, and the Archduke Leopold has returned from St. Petersburgh. M. de Persigny, Aide-de-Camp of the President of the French Republic, yesterday had the honour of another long audience with the Emperor. He will leave Vienna to-morrow, and return to Berlin. The departure of the Emperor and of Marshal Badetzky, which was at first fixed to take place to-day, has been postponed to the 13th. Since the return of the Emperor, one Council quickly succeeds another. Yesterday and the day before the Ministers met twice in council at Schoenbrunn, under the presidency of his Majesty. The new French Ambassador to the Court of Vienna, M. de Beaumont, will be received by his Majesty this day ; he has already paid a visit to all the Ministers. Hence we see that the best possible understanding continues "to exist between our Court and that of France.  The Pesth Zeitung gives an official report of fresh condemnations and executions. We have received confirmation of the intelligence received here a few days since from Arad, of the execution of the Insurgent Generals, Damjanies, Kisz, Leiningen, Vetteo, Veesy, Poltenberg, Nagy, Sandor, Lenkay, and Aulich.  The Hamburgh Borsenhalle states that the greatest excesses have been committed in Servia, in Southern Hungary, against the Magyars. Robberies and murders are on the increase. The Saxon Regiment of Circassians has been sent from Ofen to Beseka and the Banat to quell these disturbances. The Cologne Gazette of yesterday has accounts from Hungary to the loth of October. These inform us that every other question of vital importance—even the Russo-Turkish dispute—was temporarily superseded by the late execution of Count Louis Batthyany, which appears to be viewed, both by Austrians and Hungarians, as no less a gross blunder than an atrocious and wanton crime. " The Magyars," remarks a German writer from Pesth, " have nothing to expect from the Austrian Government ; it has violated its vows and overthrown the Constitution. The Magyars point with scorn to the Austrian Ministry, which thus permits the perpetration of cruelties that stain the age and disgrace civilized society. We Germans in Hungary blush for shame in the presence of our Magyarite brethren, and never were we more attached to Hungary than now, when she is treated in so brutal a manner. The time will come when Austria will stand in need of Hungary." The widow of the unfortunate Count Batthyany had retired to Got, a sequestered estate of Count Ste. phen Karyoli, situate in the vicinity of Pesth, which she has selected as her place of mourning. She was accompanied by her sister, the Countess George Karyoli. Both these ladies are descendants of the wealthy Zichy family; the Countess Batthyany brought her late husband a dowry of 7,000,00011., and it is said that the bereaved lady intends to retire from the world, and to appropriate her property for the benefit of her sons.  The bloody work is still going on at Pesth. A field chaplain had been just condemned to death by the court-martial of that city.
The Sun. — 1849-08-13 (London, England)

EXECUTION OF MARY BALL AT COYENTRY.— Mary Ball, who was convicted at the late assizes of having murdered her husband in May last, by administering poison to him, suffered the extreme penalty of the law on Thursday last. Subsequent to her conviction, she for some time maintained a dogged sort of deportment, persisted in her innocence, took her food quietly, and at night rested tolerably well. On Thursday, the 2d instant, she had an interview with her own child, a b ee friends, the platform ia takingtfcomposure. min front, little girl two years of age, in company with her sister and mother ; and on Monday last she was again visited y b certain directions al to the disposal of her clothes, &c., with perfect a nd ffi lmmediately t afterh e p r itseonn e r o'clockw .as on Thursday morning, the officers of the prison 8D• geared on h led forth, accompanied by the Governor, Under-Sheriff, and his ,officer, and the Rev. Mr. Sandberg reading the service for the occasion. She proceeded up the steps with little assistance, and, as fur as could be observed, uttered no word whilst thus awaiting her end, but with closed eyes and saddened countenance stood motionless while the rope was placed round her neck. In an in slant afterwards the drop fell, and she passed from this life in the presence of from 18,000 to 20,000 parsons, assembled, not merely from Coventry, but for many miles round. A subdued thrill of horror appeared to pass over this immense multitude as the fatal bolt was withdrawn ; but otherwise there was no manifestation of feeling, and, considering the vast concourse drawn together, their behaviour was quiet and orderly. On Saturday, the flags of all the ships of the General Steam Navigation Company in the river were hoisted half mast high, in token of respect to the memory of the highly esteemed and deeply lamented secretary of the company, the late John Wilson, Esq. On .Saturday morning, about half•past three, a man named Neil Farmer threw himself out of the ra final leave of them, and giving window of the second floor in Mr. Sparrow's beer-shop, in the neighbourhood of Euston-square station, and falling on the pavement, he was taken up in a dreadfully mutilated state. He was conveyed to University College Hospital, where he lies in a precarious condition. It appeared that he had arrived in town on the previous day by the nine o'clock train, unknown to his family. For some days he had been giving way to intemperance, and on the previous day, while under the influence of liquor, had been showing to persons in the public-house about 3001. in notes and gold. In his fall he broke a lamp underneath the window oat of which he threw himself. Before going into Mr. Sparrow's premises he had been an houl in a room in Mr. Everard's coffee-house, in the same street, where he hired a bed for the night. His relatives have been informed of the sad event.