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The Sun. — 1864-04-13 (London, England)

ADMIRALTY, APRIL 8. Royal Marine Artillery—First Lieutenant Henry Iva% de Kantzow to be Adjutant, vice Woolicombe, promoted.  Course of the Exchange.—Yesterday.  tmsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 19k 11 194 Antwerp — 2.5 471 25 50 Brussels — 25 45 25 50 Hamburgh .. — 13 7} 13 n Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfurt on Maine .1194 119 .1. ..._  Vienna  11 -0 11 37  Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid O .••  i 1 93 33 11 97 451  Cadiz Leghorn —'2s 62 2,5 67i Milan — 25 62t 25 67i Genoa - 25 62i 26 67i Naples - 25 65 25 70 Palermo ,-- 25 65 25 70 Messina -- Lisbon -- 25 5265 25620 0p0rt0.... • ........ —52 e Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 5 Mexican Dollars . 0 5 31 ....... :ce Silver in Bars (Standard)  A robbery was attempted three nights since at Sept-Freres, near St. Sever (Calvados) on the premises of a farmer named Hervieu, residing at some distance from tho village. About midnight, having been awakened by the barking of his yard dog, he dressed himself, took his gun, and went to see whether any person was about the farm. On approaching a barn a hundred paces from the house, he saw three men bringing out sacks of corn and laying them on a horse, the bridle of which he immediately seized. As soon as on the thieves saw him, they closedhim so that he could not use his gun, and twoof them beaotnhitmhewalrtnah sticks, while the third cut him severely gv vigorously horseotily wt hiat thtawkon joffet. With them, but leaving last ran away, The farmer, the corn. .Inotwithstanding his wound, hHeemrveineualtioweverstruggtleadkeino hheol dhtande hoet ehoe r aflaasrtmt dl thLye arrival of his servants, w his cries. The thief, a man named Guezet, Was ponteo of fhwe gheonmdpianrioaonese.d, alined ninamtbeed nlhoisruaicncgomgipvleicilesu, was the owner of the horse, and they were arrested durng thesuicideday i but before their capture Guezet committed n the lock up by hanging himself with his handkerchief. during
The Sun. — 1864-06-04 (London, England)

ATTEMPTED MURDER AT BRIGHTON.—At Brighton Police-court yesterday, Caroline Boyd, aged 21s a stylishly-dressed young woman, was charged ivi hb. cutting and wounding her husband, Michael Boyd, Wit' a razer. From the evidence adduced, at appears that the parties have been married about eight montas, and have occupied apartments at 21, Richmond-street, Brighton. About 2 o'clock yesterday morning the landlord of tile' house was aroused by a noise in the bedroom occupied 131.4, prisoner. He at once went to see the cause, when found Boyd lying on the bed welteringin blood. He aske prisoner what was the matter, end she said that her husband had put his razor under his pillow, "to do for her" the night ; that he quarrelled with her, and struck per' and that, in self-defence, she cut him with the razor.t adding that she meant to murder him, and then commit suicide. Dr. Barrett was sent for, and found that t.13.° man was suffering from an incised wound over til6 left ear, and in a precarious state through exhaustion from loss of blood. He was in so slangeous a conditi° that he was unable to attend the police-court, and al prisoner was remanded. In answer to the charge pris°l3el. 0 told the magistrates that the had had cause to be jealcuao of her husband ; and when she went home the previera evening she told him so, and that she should leave l' next day. lie said if she attempted to leave him, or say o she would again, he would murder her, and put hie 1.8 o dr under his pillow. She then undressed and got int° bera: and spoke to him again of his inconstancy, and be er,o menced beating her. She thereupon took the razor under the pillow, end used it in her own defence. Ica IN
The Sun. — 1864-06-04 (London, England)

BRIGHTON.'"Ieci ;IP Brighton Police-court yesterday, Caroline Boyd, °Ag Kii a stylishly-dressed young woman, was charged- tflt cutting and wounding her husband, Michael 13°311: t a razor. From the evidence adduced, at appears t ;via parties have been married about eight months, all;Atell' occupied apartments at 21, Richmond-street, Orn About 2 o'clock yesterday morning the landlord ° al4 house was aroused by a noise in the bedroom 00000.131,1080 prisoner. He at once went in see the naase'oo 60'4 found Boyd lying on the bed weltering in blood• prisoner what was the matter, and she said that her r re had put his razor under his pillow, "to do O; the night; that he quarrelled with her, and atra rooi;t and that, in self-delence, she cut him with 111 00004 adding that she meant to murder hire, and thenthat fro suicide. Dr. Barratt was sent for, and falludover man was suffering from an incised wound 10051100 left ear, and in a precarious state through °a 00,diti:, from loss of blood. He was in so dangeaus and wet that he was unable to attend the poice_couri prisootitts prisoner was remanded. In answer to the eharg°, eat told the magistrates that she had had C£lll6o tO of her husband ; and when she went home i13e,0,0 y evening she told him so, and that she should. 10, or his a6oot next day. He said if she attempted to leave she would again, he would murder her, and Pll, into ,„, under his pillow. She then undressed and gaci; ocoP*o and spoke to him again of his inconstancy, auroor menced beating her. She thereupon took the to 0.-Atior .—ln Yorkshire, from dtr undlecrEthlNe pillow, jcrNEand used it in her own defeac.ui butt weather of some years a return has been rat: .17.0ane5..., blasts. On Sunday morning. and again regi • ti ro da temperaturet he pond belows had far etehziinn gcopaotiinntg. olfoicexe,paollsid';,,covseitrit°l3o! the potatoes and fruit have suffered. Fruit, tiro, soi. generally thought toO well to take much harrn.o,.: oor what unusual at this season to see the fields bI " 4 whitetlire raw 'oitrhui togasrthfriosstw, eaeski,n winter, yet they 116're
The Sun. — 1801-07-17 (London, England)

SUICIDES.  . SAtURDAY evening, about seven o'clock, a man named' Benjamin Pritchard, many years Head Cook to the Duke of MARLBOROUGH, put. a period to.hiS existence, hy cutting his throat. with e clasp- knife, at HiS Grace's house in Pall-Mall. He left SiOn-hill, where the 'family now , are, on 'Saturday morning ; pretending.his business was urgent in town. On his arrival he conversed with the porter, and wished to go to his own room,.complainmg he 'was not well. The porter accompanied him up stairs, and left him ,in his room ; but, on his not - returning, the porter Went up -.stairs, but found the door locked ; he then called some assist. 4nce, when they forced the door, and found the.un.. • fortniwe mirn his bed, his face downward, and his throat cut from ear to- ear. He bore the.best of charaders for- many. rears in the family, where he. ailed as head-cook, and his wife as under-cock ; ' but for two or three years he has shewn several .symy (!ms of mental derangement. • On Sunday evening last a young woman terminated her existence by. hanging hersel to the bed-tester, at the house of Mr. Pilton, a respeetaWe tradesniln -in Piccadilly. She 14 formerly been 'a servant in -the family, and from her good offices in the.familv ' Nly. and Mrs. Pilton gave her leave 'to, remain in their house' while she ,'was out of place. She was a very handsome young woman. No reason can be assigned for the rash ad, but she had -foil some time appeared reserved and low in company. with Mr. Pilton's servant. She went up stairs on Sunday, pretending to take a sleep after dinner in her mistress's bed=room, the family then being at their country-house ; but not coming down to tea at- the usual time, and the door being locked, sus_ • picions arose, and she was discovered, after hanging, it is supposed; nearly two hourS.  SPORTING INTELLIGENcE.
The Sun. — 1801-02-28 (London, England)

CASE. OF DISTRESS. THE fbilowirig Case of Distress it is humbly. hoped: excite the sympathy of. a generous Public :tIYO UN LADY, whose Father had besiol.s•Cd on-her all the accomplishhicht• of a most liberal education, and had bequeathed to her and her Brother the whole of ;L considerable property, w;tcleft,, by the dem= of her Parents, to the care of two Cuar4ians, .at pointed by his Will ; one of them declining to•aa, the care- of the versow and estatcof this untbrtunateOrphan devolved on the other, a thoroughly unprincipled 'villain, who dissipated the fertile of his iVard;,and, by a series of personal illt real mpnt, 'compelled...her to seek rotation by marriage wit h,apitng man-of worthy character, but in a situation totally nacounietent to provide for a family. The existowe n'e the Guardian was terminated by ah aa of suicide; brit that** of hia•easuluet arc dreadfully felt by living vicliuts. Vie- unhappy stitferer,. whose case is here slateir fo the. Pittslie, is, together with -her husband atid Ctilifrin - minced v) state" of the Most pitiabit& ((Orris. • . Long arid; debilitating icktiess has augmented the horrors of Poverty in this truly. unfortunate family, for wlinse relief the contributions of the humane will be thankfugyrectived by Mr.- ildwatid. Bill, No. 3, Mew Bridge,strot4 slackfriars ;. Mr: Robert Vieetwood, apic.ct, Somerset Place ; sir. R. S.• Wells, and' Nadi. Arthd6b; Esc; '2ly4tact,"Holborn. . .  . Renolie-dons alYttatly received: • sNitta Ss T. Gszvkint 1; 06 Ward : - S 0 N. t.' 1. z o Ditto, 4 lo 0 Mo. P. C. 2 2. 0 A !Arty - ro: 6 I. _ ro 6 tf,tdry _ • 0 IA 6 J. S.T.- 0 !r. 6 6:-C140021.y 019 6. 1.*J3,41-4, E. 0, 10 6 T. ,19(4";;i"\V,TeTs'kt:'• a. fa. (6' : 013 6 TAiettartrion, Esq. r 1 '0 Mr. li, Vetting ,t t 0 litcharOsdn, Esq. o Mr,. E. Young oto 6 A qcntleitan o 5 o Mrs. RobOrti o ro 6 o Atirttir.o MiDow#ll i i 4- Dr Sherson- o ro 6
The Sun. — 1862-12-05 (London, England)

SUICIDE OF A YOUNG WIFE.  Wednesday evening Mr. W. Carter, coroner for East Surreyteld an inquest at the King's Arms Tavern, St. George's-bridge, Albany-road, Camberwell, on the body of Elizabeth Jeffery, aged 18, the wife of a porte'. _ _ _  Mr. Wm. l'ke proved that on Saturday night, about 10 o'cicek, he went upon the bank of the Surrey Canal, near St. George's-bridge, where he found a bonre and a mantle lying on the ground. He procured tte drags, and in about three minutes he brought the body of deceased to the bank. He at once had lerconveyed to that house, where every means were used to restore her, but without effect. Mary Dads, the mother of the deceased, said she last saw he' daughter alive about half-past nine o'clock on Saturday night at her (witness's) house. When she c,me in she appeared to have been crying, and gave w tness her marriage certificate and some duplicates, saying, " Keep these for me, mother, uhnutsiblalndas,skyistouerf: them back." She also said she had been listening outside Mrs. Halliday's (her and heard Halliday say to her (deceased's' husband, " You ought never to be hungry wlile you have got anything at home to bring out 0 sell or pawn." This seemed to prey on deceased's (Bind, and before she left she said "He is trying tc break up our little home, for he bas alreoatdhyors,olldvothrk e carpet and the looking glass. Oh, mother, The husband vas ahta hard ; wor whatk, morebot the canho I d deceasedoP'' had some etnpuYntent as an ironer, and shared her  earnings With him. David 7avis, the father of deceased, stated that ho kept tie husband with him three-quarters of an hour after the deceased left home to prevent any disputes, Had seen the husband strike his daughter, but lo did not do so on the Saturday night. The ju47 returned a verdict to the effect, that the deceased ,ormitted suicide while in an nrwound state of wind.
The Sun. — 1862-06-11 (London, England)

ATVFUL TRAGEDY.  TWO CHILDREN MURDERED BY THEIR FATHER AND SUICIDE OF THE 3IURDERER.  The greatest possible amount of excitement prevails in consequence of a tragedy having been discovered to t4LITC been enacted atNo.lB9,Bio.ckfriatsroad, which clogely resembles the one witich recently took place in Ludgate-street, near St. Paul's, with the exception that instead of the two children having been murdered by their mother,who afterwards attempted suicide, in this case two young girls, of the ages of four and seven years respectively, were poisoned by their father, who afterwards destroyed his own life by plunging a carving knife into various parts of his body.  Since Sunday last a person named James John Muckford, a widower. residing et No. 189, in the before-m.med road, had been missed from hie Lome, as well as two of his children. Nothing nun:nal was at first imagined, as some of the neighbours supposed that the family had gone out to spend the Whitsun holidays. Late last night, however, information was given to the police of the mysterious disappearance of the man and his children,and this morning Inspector Turpin and Acting Inspector Gardener, of the M division,proceeded to the house, when the following awful spectacle presented itself. Mr. Gardener, upon entering the room, found the man sitting in a chair in front of the window, his head reclining, his trousers down, and his hay covered with blood, which had flowed from several wounds in his abdomen, which he had evidently inflicted with a large carving knife. The two children, named Emily and Catherine, were found lying in front of the fireplace, also quite dead. Mr. Gardener at once sent off for medical assistance,;and Dr. Henderson quickly attended ; and from the examination made of the contents of a cup, and a paper found on the table, he had not the least hesitation t camhhei wd roeunn dhs d on d hi sd pferroson p.o i smo nr: iann dsathieti gmtatnaftrotmhe Superintendent Branford was early in attendance to look alter the house.
The Sun. — 1862-06-11 (London, England)

MELANCHOLY SUICIDES BY HANGING. ---...---_......  coroner,was h e l dat touching theu eh ing King'sth e atnheillMveisdtdigleastei: Arms, Wilkes-street, Norton Folgate, by Mr. John death of Mrs. Anne Lambton, aged 40, who committed suicide by hanging herself ' on Friday last in her room while suffer" ingfrom nervous pain. Mr. D. Lambton, the husband of the deceased, said that for the last year she had been subject to violent neuralgic pains, which almost deprived her of reason. For a been unable to she would get ' sufferings longer. HuYmepstherredyasy, the day, witness week before her death she had a moment's sleep, and she said rather kill herself than endure her On Friday, about the middle of found the bed-room door fastened, and on bursting it open he found her hanging.by a rope from the tester of the bed. He called assistance, and she was cut down, but was quite dead. Mr. Gayton, M.R.C.S., said that the deceased. had no doubt been deprived of reason by her sufferings from affections of the nerves. The jury returned a verdict of teniporary insanity. The same coroner held another inquiry at the White Hart Tavern, Kingsland-road, respecting the death of Wm. Berry, a youth of 18, who committed suicide also on Friday last, by hanging himself to the balusters of his father's house. Thomas Berry, the father of the deceased, said that his son had been out of employment for some time past, and his having to be dependent ohi o relatives for his support seemed to make him arils desponding. On the day in question, to the evening, witness on his return home foubnadi; street door fastened on the inside, and he Unon get admittance by the first-floor vripellaeceased going downstairs he was horrified Equite dead. swinging from the balusters by a c°l. 'at resuseita. A doctor was called in, but all efforts tion were unavailing. and the jury returned a The coroner summed upt verdict of temporary insanity  Toiintest with the authoritie3 of the very long and severe ye the governors of the hospital have South-Eastern itailwr:solution by which it will be relieved at length dangersc°7etowahich would probably be encountered by from she f;o, exposure to the noises necessarily incidentalthe patients 0 proximity to such railway stations as the to close and London and Brighton. Camberwell, South-EasternOMAS'S
The Sun. — 1862-06-26 (London, England)

THE SUICIDE AT KENNINGTON.  Yesterday an inqury was held at the Canterbury Arms Tavern, Royal-road, Kennington, by Mr. W. Carter, coroner for West Surrey, respecting the death of Mr. Philip Colgrove, aged 44, who committed suicide on Monday morning last under very distressing circumstances. Fanny Smith, servant to the deceased, said that he resided at No. 1, Lansdowne-terrace, Lorrimofreroad. On the morning in question, a little a:l7 seven o'clock, she came downstairs and found fivee back-door open. A little child of deceased's,seback years old, ran down the garden, andvvruashhouse." saying, " Oh, papa is hanging in t_ diesereamed for Witness found that to be so, al' and cut him, assistance, when Mr, King came down. down. She knew no cause for said that hearing heuloccurrence. of into the Mr. J. King, wine h garthe screams of the last witness . g .a rope c we era restingthefloor of n on deceased, said in a peculiarly low state for some Mr. Colgrove, brother-in-law time. His despondency, . arose about three years that he had been Sir H. Beating, who was Solicitorago, when tof office at the change of the Administration. H e went with Sir Henry to France, where the latter became so seriously attacked with illness that his life was almost despaired Of. Deceased suffered such anxiety on that occasion that he fell into a desponding state, from which he never recovered. He was much respected by Sir Henry, who often said there was nothing he would not do for him. Witness had no doubt that deceased destroyed his life from a sudden impulse while in a state of Dr. Taylor said that he knew deceased for some years, and the loss of two children, and the illness of his wife, pressed much upon his mind, and made him very depressed. Sir H. Keating's illness made 1 • aim particularly desponding. The coroner remarkPu upon the melancholy nature of ite eases and the jury returned a verdict I " " Temporary Insanity." ..•
The Sun. — 1862-06-26 (London, England)

THE SUICIDE AT KENNINGTON.  Yesterday an inqury was held at the Canterbury AC ar rn it es rT, Tavern, coronerß ofyoar 1-1 r vo aeds t, Isi eunr rnei yn g troenspeea, by r. . I W. death of Mr. Philip Colgrove, aged 44, who committed suicide on Monday road. On the morning in question, morning last under very distressing circumstances. Fanny Smith, servant to the deceased, said that , ng the he resided at No. 1, Lansdowne-terrace, LOrrillaOre-, saying, " Oh, papa is hanging in found the seven o'clock, she came downstairs and back-door open. A little child of deceased's, five arid rushed back in a peculiarly low state fur L•otu years old, ran down the garden, Witness found that to be so, and screamed for assistance, when Mr. King came in and cut him down. She knew no cause for the occurrence. brother-in-law of deceabid, aid the washhouse." garden and found the deceased hanging by a new rope to a rafter. His -feet were resting on the &or the screams wine mKsirlogethe las t o time. His despondency arose about ti . 1, oe years licatin ago, when Sir 1-1. g, Who w,,s sl• ~ ~. 0 WIWI:General, went out of office at the eha Administration. He went with Sir Henry of the (I. Henry to France, where the latter became tacked with illness that his life so seriously atthal‘tirh.eCi7algdrb°eveen' nw.as almost, despaired of. Pcceasei stiff:Ted Filch a occasion that ho fell into a d anxiety en that w merchant,i tnessbseagi which he never recovered,ez,ponding state, from by Sir Henry, who often said there would not do for him. • deceased destroyed • while in a state of lie was much respected was nothing he Witness had no doubt that his life from a sudden Dr. Taylor saidextreme despondency. years, and the loss of impulse that he knew deceased for some two children, and the illness 1 of his wife , pressed much upon his mind, and made illness made him very depressed. Sir H. Beating's him particularly dezponding. The coroner remarked upon the melancholy nature of the case, and the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity." do t thata intol i itthllleecaarfitnegr
The Sun. — 1862-06-24 (London, England)

THE EVQUEST ON THE MURDERS AND  SUICIDE IN BLACKFRIARS-ROAD.  The 3feclieal Times and Gazette says : If an instance were wanting to prove the necessity of appointing a vigilant medical man to the office of coroner, we do not know that we should find one more to the purpose than that of the inquiry which has lately taken place as to the deaths of the two children of James John Mock-1,,,r3. As an investigation into the cause of death of the children, who were found lying near the body of the father, the iequiry was a farce and a mockery. A surgeon's ant, Mr. James V. Henderon, assistonly medicalthe witness called. The follow • ing is his evidence respecting the deaths of the children : " At the same time I saw two children IYing on the floor, as has been described. The lungs and liver were slightly congested, but otherwise healthy. The abdomen was quite healthy. I took out the stomach arid tied it at both ends. Subsequently I opened it and found it to contain food and -air; but I have not had sufficient time to analyse its eon. tents. I noticed two pillows on the floor by the side of the children, and they might have been pressed on the faces of the children so as to cause death, but I cannot say that it was FO.. A phial was found on the floor near the bodies, which may have contained opium, and I think it had a preparation of opium in it. There was another phial on the drawers containing a very small quantity of brownish liquid, which seems to be methylated spirit of opium. If this had been used the lapse of time would have destroyed the smell of the opium. The post modem appearances in the younger child were the same as in the elder, except that the lungs and brain were much more congested. I saw the cup produced. It contained castor-oil with a brownish sediment. There was no smell except of the oil. My opinion is that the children were poisoned, but death may have been produced by the cone_ pression of the pillows over their faces before the poison had time to act. The blood was fluid, but it would remain so after suffocation as well as after poison." That the children died by the hand of their father is only too probable. But sue ely in such a case, occurring as it did in the metropolis of England, public safety as well as science demands that some attempt should have been made to discover the cause of their deaths. No analysis either of the contents of the stomachs or of the fluids found in the cup and Phials seems to have been thought nee( 'y. The • al unfortunate re •an was undoubtedly mad, but thi i does not alter the case. if ue sts aro to held at all, surely the death of every hinnaiin-E). be. be eviry should bo investi.,ating becoming the subject of incan suggeot. We do n'ot te:ludhy every means which science That the children wee, was, fault with the verdict, which father, who immediately after ceiveislizfully murdered by their in a state of mental aberration:, buotyed his own life while the careless and perfunctory manner ,o do find fault with its which the inquiry wu,, carried out.