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The Sun. — 1844-06-11 (London, England)

POTAICIS.  The sessions of the Central Criminal Court commenced yesterday at the Old Bailey. Johanna Carroll, a girl, above 17 years old, was charged at Guildhall with attempting to commit suicide at Blackfriars-bridge. She has no father or mother, and Was given into the care of an aunt, with an admonition.  Ann Berry, a distressed looking female, who was described as a shirtmaker, was charged at Clerkenwell with having embezzelled 65 squirrel locks, value 65., the property of Mr. Carpenter, furrier, of John-street, Clerkenwell. She was convicted in the penalty of twenty shillings for illegally pawning the articles, and ordered to pay six shillings their value, and in default she was committed to prison for fourteen days. Mr. Chapman was then charged for not having given the prisoner a duplicate, or "note," or "memorandum," for the pledge, and he was convicted in the penalty of 31. James King, a lad, about fourteen years of age, was charged, at Queen. square, with embezzling various sums of money, the property of his employers, Messrs. Obbard and Brown, of Little George-street, Westminster, news-agents. He was remanded.  Mr. John Bailey, a gentleman residing in Brunswick-terrace, Hackney-road, and who holds a situation under Government, was charged at Worship-street with having assaulted with criminal intent a very pretty and modest-looking girl, named Sarah Arrielia Barber, aged 13 years. He was held to bail.  Frederick Macgy, a Russian sailor on board the St. James, American line of packet ship, was charged at Lambethstreet, with having on board that ship, with intent, to smuggle, 521bs. weight of foreign manufactured tobacco, for which offence he was liable to a penalty of 1001. He was convicted in the full penalty.  001131T-WASHIONABras. The Earl of Aberdeen gives a grand banquet, on Thursday next, at Argyll House, to the King of Saxony. The French Ambassador, Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Stanley, Duke of Buccleuch, and the principal members of the foreign corps diplomatigue, are invited to meet his Majesty. Viscount. and Viscountess Ponsonby received a distinguished party at dinner last evening, at their residence in Stanhope -street. Lord and Lady William Powlett had a dinner party yesterday, at their house, in Curzon-street. His Serene Highness the Prince Alexander de Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and her Serene Highness the Princess Maria Eliza de Gonzaga, Duchess of Mantua, have arrived in Grosvenor-square. The Dowager Viscountess Torrington, the Hon. Miss Hilare Byng, and the Hon. James Byng, have arrived in Norfolk-street, Park-lane.
The Sun. — 1844-08-01 (London, England)

DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A PERSON UNKNOWN.— On Tuesday afternoon, at five o'clock, Mr. Wakley, M. P., held an inquest at the Caledonian Arms, Princess-street, Edgware-road, on the body of a man whose name and connections are wholly unknown, bat who has resided for the last three months at No. 30, in the above-named street. Ro • bert Draper mid he resided at 30, Princess-street, and had slept in the same bed as deceased for the last three months. Between the hour of one and half-past one on Sunday morning, on coming home and going to the room in which deceased and himself slept, he found an impediment to his opening the room door, and on putting his foot inside, he found something lying on the floor. He called up the landlord, who brought a light, and on entering they found the deceased lying on the floor, apparently dead, and on a surgeon being sent for, he pronounced him to have been dead some hours. Witness understood since that he had taken a large quantity of poison. Witness left deceased in bed at eight o'clock on Saturday morning; and when found he had nothing on him but his shirt and a yellow silk handkerchief tied round his head. No one knew his name or what he was; but he was supposed to be a valet out of place. He was very mysterious in his manners, and never conversed with any one. By the Coroner—l was afraid to sleep with hiin, for I frequently woke in the night and found him out of bed, leaning on his hands, with his eyes stedfastly glaring at me. On one occasion on getting out of bed I found a razor, half open, lying on the floor; but on questioning deceased about it, he denied that he had placed it there. I often thought he was notright in his mind. The Coroner inquired if no means had been used, either by the constable or police to' trace 'out who deceased was? -Cotton, the summoning officer replied, that a diligent search had been made, and that nothing had been found by which he could be identified, except W. L. S. marked on his linen, and the following writing, inclosing four sovereigns in paper:' " Please to pay for a coffin out of this money for me," then followed something else, which neither the Coroner nor jury could decipher. Verdict—" Temporary Insanity." FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Between 11 and 12 o'clock on Sunday night, James Smith, the driver, was killed near Iver-bridge, near West Drayton, where the body now lies. It is supposed that the unfortunate man was going along the luggage to speak to the guard. I3ia head presented a most appalling spectacle.
The Sun. — 1844-03-19 (London, England)

UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Thomas Stiff and John Peacock, two young "sprigs of fashion," with riding whips and spurs, were charged with being drunk and furiously riding along the streets. The defendants, it appeared, had been at the London Docks, " tasting" wines, on leaving which they got on horseback, when one of them (Stiff) in riding along East-cheap, was thrown into the road. He was picked up, and having re-mounted his steed, they both galloped over Londonbridge, and when they got to St. George's Church, Stiff was thrown off again and stunned, and the policeman, seeing they were both under the influence of liquor and very abusive, took them into custody. Mr. TRAILL said that Stiff had been before him on three other occasions for furiously riding in the streets. He frequently had observed him gallopping along the town to the danger of the passengers. • Stiff said that he lived on his property, and that he " tasted" rather too much wine at. the London Docks ; that his horse shied, and that was the way the accident happened. The other defendant said he would not visit the London Docks again for some time. Mr. num. held Stiff to bail to keep the peace ; and the other defendant was held in his recognisance to be of good behaviour.  Amelia Grant, a young woman, was charged with attenipting to commit suicide. " The defendant was supported by some of the Thamespolice into the Com t. From the evidence of two men; named Weller and Duncan, bargemen, it appeared that about four o'clock this morning they were aroused from sleep on board their barge, lying near Waterloo-bridge, on hearing cries of "a woman in the water," and had just time to jump into a boat alongside, when they rescued the defendant from drowning. It appeared that she had jumped off the bridge, and was seen by two gentlemen who were at some distance from the spot from whence she precipitated herself. Mr. TRAILL said the bargemen deserved the rewards from the Humane Society. He then held the defendant to bail, herself in4ol. and two sureties of 201., and in default committed her to the county gaol.
The Sun. — 1844-03-19 (London, England)

UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.) Thomas Stiff and John Peacock, two young " sprigs of fashion," with riding whips and spurs, were charged with being drunk and furiously riding along. the streets. The defendants, it appeared, had been at the London Docks, " tasting" wines, on leaving which they got on horseback, when one of them (Stiff) in riding along East-cheap, was thrown into the road. He was picked up, and having re-mounted his steed, they both galloped over Londonbridge, and when they got to St. George's Church, Stiff was thrown off again and stunned, and the policeman, seeing they were both under the influence of liquor and very abusive, took them into custody. Mr. 'hunt, said that Stiff had been before him on three other occasions for furiously riding in the streets. He frequently had observed kin gallopping along the town to the danger of the passengers. Stiff said that he lived on his property, and that he " tasted" rather too much wine at the London Docks ; that his horse shied, and that was the way the accident happened. The other defendant said he would not visit the London Docks again for some time. Mr. TRAIL!, held Stiff to bail to keep the peace ; and the other defendant was held in his recognisance to be of good behaviour. Amelia Grant, a young woman, was charged with attempting to commit suicide. • The defendant was supported by some of the Thamespolice into the Cotut. From the evidence of two men, named Weller and Duncan, bargemen, it appeared that about four o'clock this morning they were aroused from sleep on board their barge, lying near Waterloo-bridge, on hearing cries of " a woman in the water," and had just time to jump into a boat alongside, when they rescued the defendant from drowning. It appeared that she had jumped off the bridge, and was seen by two gentlemen who were at some distance from the spot from whence she precipitated herself. Mr. TuntiA. said the bargemen deserved the rewards from the Humane Society. He then held the defendant to bail, herself in 40/. and two sureties of 20/., and in default committed her to the county gaol.
The Sun. — 1844-11-28 (London, England)

MELAXCHOLY SUICIDE.—On Tuesday an inquiry was gone into before Mr. Higgs, at the Union, Jerinynstreet, to investigate the circumstances attending the death of Edward Arthur May, Esq., aged 24, of 17, Duke-street, St. James's, the son of Sir Stephen May, Bart., who put a period to his existence. The first witness examined was Charles Belzoni. the landlord of the house, 17, llnke-street. who stated that deceased's aunt bad taken a furnished bed-room at his house, and the deceased arrived on Friday last, having just come from Madras. The last time witness saw him alive was when he came home at eleven o'clock on Sunday night ; he asked for, and was supplied with some bread, butter, and porter. On the following morning deceased's cousin, Mr. Brinsley de Courcy Nixon, came about half-past ten o'clock to call him up, when he found the door of his room fattened on the inside. He had not done so before. An entrance was effected by a door which communicated with another room, and on merely looking into the room arid seeing some stains of blood on the bed, witness immediately ran and fetched Mr. Miller, a surgeon, who, on examination, said he had been dead several hours. The manner of the deceased gentleman was very strange, and witness was of opinion he was not right in his mind. He was found undressed in the bed with his throat cut, and he had evidently inflicted the wound with the table knife, which had been sent to him with bread and butter (the knife vras produc,d covered with liood). His Iclothes were much the worse for wear.  A Jotter rig/led by the deceased SVPS produced, directed to the ett,torn-house [went, to clear his luggage from the barque Mary Anne, by which he arrived.from Madras.  Robert Jaqueq, captain of the barque Mary Anne, said, from his conduct at Madras and during the voyage, it was evident he was rot right in his head, lie was dismissed from the Iladra.: army by the sentence: of a general court-martial. He was very melancholy during the voyage. Brillsley de Courcy Nixon, of 20, HAes-street., Cavendish-square, a cousin of deceased, said he was formerly a Lieutenant in the Hon. East India Company's army of Madras. He dined with witness on Sunday, when be appeared to have a very wild, vacant, and restless look.  The jury returned a verdict of "Insanity."
The Sun. — 1844-11-28 (London, England)

THE BRITISH RESIDENTS IN JERSEY. Gentlemen and Friends,—Let not the apparently unfavourable news which arrived from London by this day's mail occasion you any anxiety. It has had no effect upon my spirits, nor upon my hopes, nor upon my conviction, that at the end of perhaps a long vista, more or less varied, we shall safely arrive at last at the Temple of Victory and of Peace. Before the week is closed f hope to offer to you for your perusal the affidavit of the Procureur de la Heine, on which his application to the Bail Court was based. In the mean time let us not prejudge its contents or its effects. " Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." Remember how our foes chuckled, day after day, because the habeas corpus did not arrive. Remember their looks when it had arrived. Did I prophesy falsely that it would come ? Judge me, then, for the future by the past. I prophesy again. I shall be discharged from this vile custody sooner than you expect. And I add to this prophesy, that I shall be discharged by habeas corpus, and by habeas corpus only—or in a coffin. Fancy not that I hold my life so cheap that I would commit suicide. Fancy not that I hold law to be so despicable that I would accept my liberty upon any terms but lawful terms ; or that I would, for a few weeks of disgraceful freedom, enter into a recognisance at the instance of the corrupt Royal Court in Jersey, or at the command of any court in London. It shall only be by a coffin, or by habeas corpus, that I will be removed from this custody. I have the honour to be, gentlemen and friends, your faithful servant,
The Sun. — 1844-11-28 (London, England)

THE BRITISH RESIDENTS IN JERSEY.  Gentlemen and Friends,—Let not the apparently unfavourable news which arrived from London by this day's mail occasion you any anxiety. It has had no effect upon my spirits, nor upon my hopes, rwr upon my conviction, that at the end of perhaps a long vista, more or less varied, we shall safely arrive at last at the Temple of Victory and of Peace. Before the week is closed I hope to offer to you for your perusal the affidavit of the Procureur de la Reine, on which his application to the Bail Court was based. In the mean time let us not prejudge its contents or its effects. "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." Remember how our foes chuckled, day' after day, because the habeas corpus did not arrive. Remember their looks when it had arrived. Did I prophesy falsely that it would come ? Judge me, then, for the future by the past. I prophesy again. I shall be discharged from this vile custody sooner than you expect. And I add to this prophesy, that I shall be discharged by habeas corpus, and by habeas corpus only—or in a coffin. Fancy not that I hold my life so cheap that I would commit suicide. Fancy not that I hold law to be so despicable that I would accept my liberty upon any terms but lawful terms ; or that I would, for a few weeks of disgracAul freedom, enter into a recognisance at the instance of the corrupt Royal Court in Jersey, or at the command of any court in London. It shall only be by a coffin, or by habeas corpus, that I will be havree n thoev ed ho fnrooum this I r to be, ec,u stody. gentlemen and friends, your faithful servant,  CHARLES CARUS WILSON, A prisoner by lawless violence, Jersey Gaol, Nov. 24, 1944,  REGISTRATION Or THE BIRTH Or
The Sun. — 1844-11-04 (London, England)

FOREIGN.  The King, the Queen of the French, and other members of the Royal Family, came to the Tuileries on Wednesday, but returned to St. Cloud to dinner. During his stay his Majesty presided at a Council of Ministers.  On Tuesday evening their Majesties received the Eng. lish Ambassador, the Mexican Minister, the Neopolitan Secretary of Embassy, the President of the Chamber of Peers, Generals Sebastiani, Schneider, and Jacqueminot, Vice-Admiral Halgan, M. Gauthier, Peer of France, the Count de Bundy, and the Prefect of la Charente-Inferieure. The journals of the south of France continue to publish accounts of inundations from th^ enormous quan. tity of rain that has fallen. The destruction of property, however, is not very great, and it does not appear that any lives have been lost. The Congres Vinicole, which met at Bordeaux, has closed its sittings. It has decided that delegates from the wine-growers shall present to the Chambers a petition, stating that, after their third general Congress. they perceive with regret that nothing has been done ti afford a remedy to their distressed condition • that of the two last years the first vintage was generally bad, and the second, though excellent in some places, was unfortunate in others ; that their position is, if anything, aggravated of late, and that they are forced to call on the Government to examine what their position realises, and adopt some measures to relieve them. During the calamity at Cette, on the 22d, says the Mediterranee, a man belonging to the port, being near a boat which had capsized, called out to know if any persons were under it. lle received for answer that there were six. " Plunge," raid he, "and you shall be saved." They replied that not one of them could swim. " Never mind, plunge," repeated the man. Only one of the six had the courage to do so, and he was saved ; the others found a watery grave. A Brussels journal gives an account of two attempts at suicide, both fortunately prevented, by a girl under ten years of age, at a village in Belgium, from grief at being unable to assist in the support of her mother and some younger children, who had been left almost destitute by the death of the father. We learn from Copenhagen, Oct. 21, that the King of Prussia had announced his intention of visiting that city towards the end of the months or the beginning of November.  A Vienna, letter of the 24th ult. informs us that Lord Palmerston had arrived there. Fresh disturbances took place on the 15th amongst the workmen on the Saxon and Silesian Railroad, near Radeberg. The troops were called out, and tranquillity was restored by the arrest of 15 of the principal offenders. The cause of the riot is not stated.
The Sun. — 1844-05-22 (London, England)

CHILD MURDER AND SUICIDE.—An occurrence has lately taken place at Westlaby, near Lincoln, wich has excited a great sensation in that locality. Some persons who were taking young rooks in Mr. Tongue's rookery, found a bundle which contained a dead child, 1 and one of the menmost unfeelingly kicked it into some ivy. Tho affair, however, caused a good deal of conversation ; it was mentioned to Ann Robinson, Mil Tongue's housekeeper, and she was observed to evince confusion, though at the moment she passed the matter off with a mere expression of surprise. In the course of the evening the dead child disappeared from the ivy bush, and could not then be found, and the same night Robinson destroyed herself by taking a large dose of laudanum. The child:was her's ; but nothing transpired tending to show whether it had been put to death or died in the birth through neglect. Inquests were held on both bodies. In the case of the woman a verdict of felo de se was returned; in that of the child the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the deceased Ann Robinson.  Vv Bell's Life in London of Sunday, May 26, will give the most correct account of the four days' sport at Epsom, with a portrait of the winner of the Derby. Contents of Bell's Life of last Sunday, May 19 :—Fifteen columns of Sporting events, including Paris Races, and a peep at the French Derby (Chantilly), an epitome of the week's miscellaneous news, and 100 advertisements, chiefly connected with Sporting matters. The insertion of a single advertisement in Bell's Life may be equally beneficial to that of half a dozen in some journals. A sixpence, or six penny stamps, to Mr. Clement, jun., 170, Strand, will at all times insure a copy of Bell's Life by return of post. The weekly sale of Bell's Life exceeds 20,000 copies. It is regularly published in time for the Saturday afternoon railways. Belts Life of June 2 will contain an engraving of the Ascot Cup. Wicx,
The Sun. — 1844-05-22 (London, England)

CHILD MURDER AND SUICIDE.—An occurrence has lately taken place at Westlaby, near Lincoln, with has excited a great sensation in that locality. Some persons who were taking young rooks in Mr. Tongue's rookery, found a bundle which contained a dead child, and one of the men most unfeelingly kicked it into some ivy. Tho affair, however, caused a good deal of conversation ; it was mentioned to Ann Robinson, Mil Tongue's housekeeper, and she was observed to evince confusion, though at the moment she passed the matter off with a mere expression of surprise. In the course of the evening the dead child disappeared from the ivy bush, and could not 'then be found, and the samo, night. Robinson destroyed herself by taking a large dose of laudanum. The child:was he's ; but nothing transpired tending to show wltether it had been put to death or died in the birth through neglect. Inquests were held on both bodies. In the case of the woman a verdict of felo de se was returned; in that of the child the jury re • turned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the deceased Ann Robinson.  Bell's Life in London of Sunday, May 26, will give the most correct accmint of the four days' sport at Epsom, with a portrait of the winner of the Derby. Contents of Bell's Life of last Sunday, May 19:—Fifteen columns of Sporting events, including Paris Races, and a peep at the French Derby (Chantilly), • all . epitome of the week's miscellaneous news, and 100 advertisements, chiefly connected with Sporting matters. The insertion of a single advertisement in Bell's Life may be equally beneficial to that of half a dozen in some journals. A sixpence, or six penny stamps, to Mr. Clement, Jun.,, 170, Strand, will at all times insure a copy of Bell's Life by return of post. The weekly sale of Bell's Life exceeds 20,000. copies,. It is regularly published in tiine for the Saturday afternoon railways. Bell's Life of June 2 will contain au engraving of the Ascot Cup. Wicx,
The Sun. — 1844-01-17 (London, England)

SUICIDE.—An inquest was held yesterday at the Baker's Hall, llarp-lane, Tower-street. before Mr. Payne, on the body of Mary Anne Schafer, aged thirty. George Evans, City police-constable, 503, said, that 011 Saturday evening last he was on duty in. Trinity-square, Tower, when ho received informatiora that the deceased was lying on the ground in Savagegardens, and was in want of immediate assistance. Her found her in an insensible state, and a phial and cup, both of which had recently been emptied of essential oit of almonds, by her side. Witness carried her to Mr. Ager, surgeon in Trinity-square, where means for her recovery were instantly adopted. Restoratives, however, were of no avail, and she died in about an hour. Witness found in her pocket a letter addressed to a very respectable ship-broker. Witness believed the deceased to be an " unfortunate woman." The Coroner read the. letter alluded to by the witness, and it appeared that the deceased and the person referred to had been on terms of intimacy for several years. The object for which it was written was to get money, and deceased complained of having been abandoned. It stated that he was them cause of what she was going to do. Mary Keene, of No. 34, Fleet-lane, Smithfield, said that deceased had resided in her house. On Saturday last she spoke much and very feelingly of Mr. —, and said that she was that day going to carry him a letter. Deceased was very much attached to him. Mr. —, senior, said that his son, being desirous of breaking off the acquaintance, offered her 31. a few days ago, on condition that he should be subject to no further pecuniary claim ; she rejected the offer, and since then he had not seen her. She drank the poison near his door. Verdict—Temporary insanity.