The Sun. — 1846-08-25 (London, England)

REMARKS. of Molenbeck, St. Jean, bad just got home from a club, to 7 & 8 Vict., c. 85. when hearing a noise in the cellar, he to( k a pistol and sth July, 1846. went down to discover the cause. At the moment of . entering the cellar he received a wound from some fire£ a d. £ s. d. arm in the breast. He had just strength enough left to get up stairs, but on reaching his bedroom, fell down 1. Birmingham and Bristol ... ... 5,621 175 733 711 Includes Birmingham and Gloucester. . ... ... and expired immediately after. On hearing the shot 2 Blackburn and Preston 3. Bodruin and Wadebridge ... ... 21 17 104 17 15 6 4 15 0 fired, Nirs. Londoz rose, and saw a person escaping 4. Bolton and Leigh ... ... ... 48 11 5 80 16 1 Included with Grand Junction from Ist Jan. through the garden. 5. Canterbury and Whitstable ... 21 16 25 ... ..• ••• ... Included with South-Eastern from 12th March. BRUSSELS, Am. 22.-It appears that M. L',nd oz. 6. Chester and Birkenhead ... ... 1,498 2 0 67 0 when he heard the noise in the cellar, took two pistols, 7. Durham and Sunderland ... ... '238 13 0 ono loaded, the other not, and when he got to the last 8. Eastern Counties ... ... ... 9,305 10 6 755 7 4 Includes Northern and Eastern. step he was roughly attacked by a vigorous arm, and a 9. Eastern Union ... ~. ••• 67 10 11 519 4 desperate struggle ensued, as is evident from the clothes 10. Grand Junction ... ... ... 12,911 1 8 3,482 5 2 Includes Liverpool and Manchester, Bolton of the victim and various traces. be perpetrator pro-11. Gravesend and Rochester... 441 10 0 ... and Leigh, Chester and Crewe. bably wrested the pistol from M. Londez, Which was dis• charged during the struggle, whether accidentally or 12. Great Western ... ••• ... 24,749 17 6 2,683 311 Includes Cheltenham and Great Western, Bristol and Exeter. not is at present uncertain. M. Londoz, it seems, on 13. Great North of England ... ... 1,540. 0 84 373 15 3 hearing the noise in the cellar, went up stairs to get his 14. Hartlevbuni and Brampton ... 49 3 pistols, and 10 inform his wife. The report of the pistol 15. Hartlepool- Dock, litc 116 4 3 awakened the servants and the neighbours. The ser- 16. Hayle (Cornwall)..: ••• ••• ... ... • 75 2 3 vents immediately hastened down stairs and found their 17. Heretbrd and Monmouth Cap ... 2 0 0 unfortunate master lying on the ground, unable to say 18. Lancaster and Preston ... ... 951 7 2 141 3 6 any more than the word " wounded." They car- 19. Leicester and Swannington ... 40 16 11 ried him to the drawing-room and laid him on a sofa. 20. Liverpool and Manchester ... 638 19 8 293 19 10 Included with Grand Junction from 4th Oct. The physician and a priest, who had been instantly 21. Llanelly and Llandilo ... ... 11 3 2 sent for, arrived too late to see him alive. Only 22. London and Birmingham ... 25,317 2 2 3,248 14 11 23. London and Crovdon .... • 1,515 9 5 one pistol (that which had been discharged) was • - 24. London and Brighton ... ... 7,834 1 2 408 10 10 near the victim, so that it may be believed that the as- 25. London and Blackwell . 991 19 9 sassin, not knowing that the second pistol was unloaded, 26. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ::: 1,152 8 5 210 17 3 took it to defend himself, if necessary, in his flight. It 27. Manchester and Leeds ... ... 6,306 3 25 846 19 1 is singular that the event was scarcely known when it 28. Manchester and Birmingham ... 4,459 17 4 452 14 1 was generally reported in the neighbourhood that Mr. 29. Marvport and Carlisle .. ... 2lfsB 1 1 46 14 6 Londoz had committed suicide, which every circumstance 30. Midland ... ... ... ... 10,037 12 105 2,075 19 8 Includes Midland Counties, Birmingham and proves to have been impossible. Of course we have only Derby, Sheffield and Rotherham. conjecture on this event; the murderer has not been dis- 31. Newcastle and Carlisle .... ... 11N 10 94 232 5 3 32. Newcastle and North Shields7oo 0 0 Includes Seghill and Percy Main. covered, and every suspicion respecting the author of the ••• 3.3. Newcastle and Darlington -. 3,840 19 45 241 0 9 Includes Durham Junction, Pontnp and South crime must be suppressed. M. Londoz was a vigorous Shields, and Brandling Junction. man, of lofty stature, in the prime of life. He leaves a 34. North Union ... ... ... 1,449 3 2 684 10 1 Includes Wigan and Preston, Bolton and widow and four young children. His fortune is said to 35. Norfolk ... ... ... ... 2,207 12 7 130 9 7 Preston. have been 40 000 francs per annum. 36. Preston and Longridge ... ... 22 11 0 *The Countess of Napua, widow of the last King of 37. Preston and Wyre .. ... ... 566 085 247 13 6 Holland, William 1., arrived at Brussels to-day at four 38. Sheffield, Ashton, and Manchester 2,199 12 6 331 910 o'clock. 39. South Devon ... ... ... 216 17 0 13 10 10 ST.