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The Sun. — 1866-05-15 (London, England)

CATTLE POISONING.—On Wednesday last a meeting was held at Leaden noodling, under the presidency of Mr. J. Watlington, to consider some cases of cattle poisoning which have occurred on the farm of Mr. J. Reeve, High Roothing, Bury. It appears that since 1859 a great many cattle on Mr. Reeve's farm have died under circumstances which left no doubt in the minds of veterinary surgeons that death was caused by vegetable poisons. During that period 12 horses have also died. Some of them, of the value of 440 each, died within a month. An interval elapsed during which there were no deaths among the horned cattle or horses, and it was hoped that no further recurrence of these serious losses wold take place ; but during the last month or six weeks several cows and heifers have suffered in the same way. It was in consequence of this that the meeting was galled to determine what measures could be adopted to discover by what means the cattle had been poisoned. The Rev. F. Shepherd read letters from veterinary surgeons, dem-lb:l3g the appearance of the animals after death, and giving it as their opinion that the horned cattle and horses had dial from the effects of poison. He said there was an increasing fear lest the mischief should spread, as it was difficul to discover any cause why M. Reeve, who was a good master, kind to the poor, and an excellent neighbour, shouldbe singled out for special injury. Mr. Wilson (New-hall) said that three of his horses were similarly affected during last month, but they had recovered under ordinary treatment. R43olutions of sympathy with Mr. Reeve for the loss of his stock, and for the appointment of a committee to further investigate the matter, were passed, and the proceedings terminated. It is supposed that a man named Young, who committed suicide last week, has beast doing the misckiaf•
The Sun. — 1866-05-28 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.  ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Thomas Morris, painter, Upper Uxbridge-street, Notting-hill, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk, attempting to commit suicide.  Mr. Yeeles, a young malwaid that on Saturday evening, while passing through Ke*ingto*-gardens, he saw the prisoner jump into theAcehd-poniland he immediately went and pulled him mit, and assistance then ca;ia,....magoi PaOconstabie Howes said that, on going to the liond, ho found the prisoner, who, though of small stature, behaving in such a violent manner that it took four men to hold him down. The prisoner said if he did not drown himself then he would some other time, and his conduct continued so violent that he was obliged to send for the stretcher and strap him down, and in doing so he received several kicks from him. The prisoner was very drunk. Mr. Tyrwhitt said, although the prisoner had been chinking, he should certainly remand him for a week. ROBBERIES AT THE ILLInKINATIoNs.—WiIIiam Shepherd, a lad, was charged with stealing an eye-glass from the person of Mr. Valentine Engleby, while in Savile-row, on Saturday night, viewing the illuminations. Cheney, 87 0, having given evidence, the prisoner was remanded.  William Reed, a young man, was charged with robbing William Davies, a butler, at 13, Stratton-street, Piccadilly, of his watch.  The prosecutor was viewing the illuminations on Saturday at Mr. Poole's, in Savile-row, when he heard a click, and immediately missed his watch, and saw the chain in the prisoner's hand. He succeeded in retaining possession of his chain, but the watch was gone. Inspector Draper asked that the prisoner might be remanded, and Mr. Tyrwhitt complied with the request. Henry Rice and Henry Cox, two boys, were charged by Butcher, 137-C, with picking pockets in Savile-row. The constable saw the prisoners try several pockets, and at last take a pipe from a gentleman's pocket, Cox being the more active of the two. On being taken to the station a small purse and white handkerchief were found upon them.  Mr. Tyrwhitt discharged Rice, who was said to have fallen into the hands of Co; and remanded Cot.  Destructive Fires in the Metropols. (This Day.)  This morning, at about half-past 12 o'clock, a very destructive fire broke out on the premises belonging to Mr. Muddell, wine and spirit merchant, 188, Whitechapel-road. Conductor Wood arrived with the Royal Society's escape, and was followed by the engines of the brigade, but the fire could not be extinguished until the shop and upper part of the premises was burnt out. The sufferer is insured. The origin of the fire is at present unknown. Another destructive fire broke out on the premises belonging to Mr. Barton, situate at Boat-street, St. Luke's ; but the fire was confined to the ground floor. Several other fires took place, and the damage done was very considerable.
The Sun. — 1866-12-25 (London, England)

MURDER OR, SUICIDE IN NORFOLK.  A dreadful incident was revealed at Postwick, Norfolk, on Sunday. It appears that Mr. Robin-8°13) an upholsterer, of Pottergate-street, Norwich, went down to the Great Eastern Railway Station with his wife at a ver y early hour on Saturday for the purpose of taking leave of °lle of their children. On quitting the railway station Mr. Robinson seems to have hurriedly left his wife, and he was not seen any more 11Y any of his relatives and friends during Saturday. About 11 o'clock on Sunday the dead body 0f a man was found iu a field at Postwick, a village about four miles from Norwich. The corpse was 'Sting in a little hollow, so that it was not readily seen, and when it was discovered it was quite cold and stiff. There were some dreadful wounds at the back of the head, which appeared to have been inflicted by a large flint stone, which was found close by, and which was covered with blood. Various Parts of the body were also smeared with blood, but the clothes of the deceased do not appear to have been torn, and 3s. 6d. was found in his pockets. It Was at first supposed that a barbarous murder had been committed, and great excitement prevailed in consequence in the neighbourhood. The intelligence of the occurrence seems to have been thus received at the parish church, the result being that at the conclusion of the morning service dearly the whole of the congregation proceeded to the spot where the body had been discovered. In the course of the day Mr. Athill, deputy chiefConstable of the Norfolk county police, went down tcithe village and made minute inquiries into the elreumstances. While he was proceeding with the ,Itivestigatio it transpired that a communication had been man de about the missing man, and a person kalne forward and identified the corpse as that of 'lr. Robinson. A few articles found upon the deceased were also shown to Mrs. Robinson, who was Much affected by them, at once identifying them as having belonged to her husband. -A. medical gentleman who was called in to examine e wounds of the deceased expressed an opinion that they might have been self-inflicted, so that the general conclusion now adopted is that the poor tlati perished by his own hand. It is stated that he ad for some time past been in a desponding state cif inind, although there appears to have been no cause for his depression of spirits. Airs. Robinson believes that when her husband left her on Saturday morning he had not his watch With him, and that he had only a few shillings in 418 pockets.  The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.171 per £1 sterling. On c°')Paring these rates with the English Mint price of £.. 1; ab. loid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is OM the same price in London and Paris.
The Sun. — 1866-06-16 (London, England)

CORRESPO.  ,OM PARIS.  (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening.  The Moniteur confines itself to a summary of the telegraphic news respecting Austria and Prussia. It contains, however, a letter from Frankfort, dated June 12, which has some significant passages. The letter says that " everything leads to the anticipation of a decisive crisis between the Austrian and Prussian Cabinets, and even for the Confederation. The occupation of Altona by the Prussians, and the retreat of the Austrians to the other side of the Elbe, precipitated the crisis. Some Cabinets spoke of the Federal execution to force Prussia to convoke the States, but this proceeding would have entailed only delay without increasing the chances of conciliation. The motion of Austria in the sitting of yesterday would compel the Diet to take its course immediately. Austria defends her policy by the discord which results from the entrance of the Prussians into Holstein. She declares that she considers this movement as a menace against Federal peace, and that in consequence itisnecessary to place under arms the resources of all the corps, so that the army may be ready to march in a fortnight." The course adopted by the Legislative Body shows that the Opposition, however desirous to cavil on minor points, is prepared to support the Government through any eventuality in case of war, as it has agreed to grant all the supplementary credits asked for by the Minister of War. M. Rouher confirmed the satisfactory statement in regard to French finances, to which I have alluded, and said that at present there was no reason to suppose that the warlike aspect of affairs would render necessary any change in the Budget of 1866, to which the Chambers had agreed. If, however, events should take such a turn as to induce the Government to make any change in its financial proposals, it would be its duty to have recourse to a fresh session of the Legislative Body to provide for auy emergency. This declaration was received with great applause, expressive of the satisfaction of the Chamber with its present financial position. A murder and suicide has just taken place at the barracks at Valenciennes. Brigadier Riffeld having sentenced a trumpeter of the 7th Hussars to be confined for two days for an infraction of military regulations, the offender was so irritated that he fired a pistol at him. The murderer then shot himself with a pistol, and fell down dead close to his victim.  The cholera has disappeared from Nantes ; at least it is to be hoped so. There have not been any fresh cases for the last day or two, and the patients in the hospital seem to be also recovering. The official railway tables show that the total receipts of all the railways for the first three months of the year amount to 29,088,170 f., against 21,007,646 f. during the first three months of 1865, being a total increase of more than 5 millions. The Fontainebleau Races will conclude on Sunday, when the silver cup, presented by the Emperor, and 5000 f. in money, given by the Administrator des Ilavas will be run for. Seven horses are entered for this race. _ _
The Sun. — 1866-05-11 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—Mr. J. Humphreys, the Middlesex coroner, held an inquiry yesterday morning touching the death of a woman whose name is unknown. Inspector W. H. Maskell, G division, said that the deceased had fastened a piece of string round her neck. She had evidently held with her left hand the end of the twine against the left side of her neck, while with her right hand she had wound the twine 18 times round her neck. Every time that she twisted the string round her throat she had pulled it tight. When found the remains of the ball of twine were in her right hand. On the ground near her lay a black velvet bonnet, which she had evidently taken off in order that it might not be in the way. Several persons who had missed female relations in London had called to view the deceased, but they could not identify her. The deceased was about 35 years of age. Mr. George Yarrow, AI.R.C.S., said that he found on the body of the deceased marks of violence. There was a wound on the left thigh, caused apparently by a kick, which tore the flesh. There were bruises on the left arm, extending from the shoulder to the elbow. There were other bruises on the chest. Her left eye had been blackened by a blow. The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased woman unknown was found dead, and that the cause of her death was strangulation ; but how or under what circumstances she became strangled there is no evidence to show." trialsrlltE of broken PÜBLIC pointersa tiOdF partridges and grouse commenced on Tueskdeany, place.a The large attendance sSetPtOein•sTinNGtheD fieldnGds was T rhe Doan.—The till the whole of the trials hadstaa locale was near Stafford, and there was present each day. cf sporting noblemen awarded prizes as Viscount Combennere, the judge, the estate of the Earl follows : —Dogs on partridgesk and gentlemenhas first prize, and Lord entrance: Mr. Brailsforcl's oeuostof,or 16 pointers, at 3 gs. of Shrewsbury—Lichfield Stakes Shrewsbury Stakes for 16 Lichfield's Magic, second.. Mr. Armstrong's Duke, first A setter Or prize, and Mr. setters, at 3 Ggris.rnesahcahw.'s Poll, second. Anson Stakes for 8 puppies, at 2 gs.: Mr. Garth's Carlo, first prize, and Mr Stutter's Major, second. Talbot Stakes, for 8 puppies, at 2 gs. each : Mr. Walsh's Rex, first prize, and Mr. J. Walker's Duchess second. On grouse over the manor of the Marquis of Anglesey—The Anglesey Stakes, for 16 pointers, at 3 gs. each : Lord Lichfield's Major, first priz, and Mr. Garland's Bang, second. Beaudesert Stakes, for 16 setters, at 3 gs. each : Mr. Spode's Flash, first prize, and Mr. Darbishire's Bang second. Cannock Lhase Stakes, for 8 pointer puppies, at 2 gs. each : Mr. Stutter's Moll, first prize, and Lord Lichfield's Noble, second. Paget Stakes, for 8 setter puppies, at 2 gs. each : Mr. Walsh'e fiat prize, wasl 4tr, Ihrbiohire'o Pm/ second..
The Sun. — 1866-03-15 (London, England)

LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1866.  The second reading of the Jamaica Government Bill in the House of Lords on Tuesday gave rise to a short discussion, which will be found instructive and interesting to peruse. Earl GREY'S remarks in particular were very apposite, and the noble lord gave a very good account of the chief events which have affected the constitution of Jamaica. The Legislative Assembly has been much in fault, and, indeed, Lord GREY goes so far as to say that the measure to which he gives the most hearty support, and which he regards as the single wise political measure that ever emanated from the Jamaica Legislature, " was the act by which they committed political suicide." The noble lord, it is known, is well qualified to give an opinion on the subject, because he has had great experience in such matters, and, as he himself said, for five years he had the painful and laborious task of maintaining, hoth. in the house and in the official correspondence with the colonies, the policy shown that thes of giving free trade to the coln • As he policy remarks, however, events have pd, of the Government of that day was right, and that principle has been of service to the adoption of this the colonies ; the contrast between Jamaica and the other sugar-producing colonies showing that it was not the " abolitio:i of protection and slavery that was the cause of the misfortunes of the former." Earl GREY takes rather too favourable a view of the negro character, and we are certainly surprised that he should call them a " people of great industry." We entirely agree, however, with the noble lord's assertion, that all depends upon the manner in which the powers of this bill are exercised by the Government; and we trust that they will prove themselves fully aware and deeply sensible of the responsibility which rests upon them. It was true and sound advice which the noble lord gave when he urged the necessity of sending out men of talent and energy to administer the affairs of Jamaica.  Lord LONGFORD'S ripeeda was not very compli
The Sun. — 1839-12-27 (London, England)

THE POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY FOR 1840, Containing a General Alphabetical Directory ; Law Directory; Trades Directory, being an accurate Classification of all Trades and Professions; Conveyance Directory; Banking Directory ; Parliamentary Directory, &c. &c. These various divisions have been compiled from information collected to a period infinitely more recent than has been attempted in any similar publication, and much therefore is now furnished that cannot appear in any other Annual Work until 1841. Among the various matters exclusively in this Directory will be found an accurate detail of the operation of the recent orders for the Reduction of Postage upon Correspondence to every part of the world. _  Tlie'work must form an almost indispensable appendage to the Banker's desk, the Merchant's counting-house, the Solicitor's office, and the Trader's shop, and at once be of utility to the public generally."—Times, Nov. 26, 1839. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., and all Booksellers.  On January Ist, to be continued Monthly, No. L, price 12s. 6d., of THE COLONIAL MAGAZINE and COMMERCIAL MARITIME JOURNAL of the BRITISH EMPIRE, including our Possessions in the East and West Indies, North and South America, Asia, Austral.. Asia, Africa, and Europe. Edited by R. MONTGOMERY MARTIN, Esq., Author of the " History of the British Colonies," &c. Detailed Prospectuses may be had of all Booksellers and Newrrenders  CONTENTS of No. I.  1. Present State and Future Prospects of England.-2. Colonization, Ancient and Modern.—_3. The Naval Power and Shipping of England.-4. Canada.-5. Commerce of India.-6. Colonial Government, &c.--7. Emigration.---8. French Colonies.-9. Opiu.n Trade.-10. Colonial Intelligence, Obituary, &c. &c. Fisher, Son, and Co.. Newgate•street, London; John Cumming, Dublin; and Johnson, and White and Co., Edinburgh.  Just published, price 2s. 6d., APRACTICAL ESSAY on the DEBILITIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM, their Varieties, Causes, Treatment, and Cure  13y a MEMBE R of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEONS, London, and Surgeon to a Metropolitan Infirmary. " I am impotent, and not fit to live. "_Last's Records of a Suicide. Sold by Onwhyn, Catherine-street, Strand ; Templeman, 348, Regent-street; T, Hill, Aledical Bookseller, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket, London ; Ross and Nightingale, Liverpool ; Barlow, Birmingham ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country.
The Sun. — 1839-12-05 (London, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Tuesday evening an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, at St. Bartholemew's Hospital, on the body of George Simon, aged 37, whose death was occasioned in the following manner :—Thomas Barnes, city police constable, 96, stated that about five o'clock on the afternoon of Thursday last, he was on duty on Blackfriars-bridge, when a person told him that a man, pointing out deceased, had been attempting to throw himself off into the river. Witness was in the act of crossing over to the western side of the bridge, where the deceased was standing, when the deceased observing him pitched himself over the wooden temporary railing under the wheel of a light cart which was passing at the moment, and which went over his head. He was picked up and brought to the hospital. On his way the deceased spoke incoherently, and continued exclaiming, " pray keep them off my chest—give me 3s. 6d., and I shall be all right." By the Coroner—The deceased did not fall under the wheel of the cart by accident, but precipitated himself over the rail purposely. Two of the deceased's brothers stated that he was a printer by trade, and was a married man, and they felt convinced that he was at times deranged by ardent spirit drinking, consequent on the ill-usage he had received from his wife, who, a week before this occurrence, had eloped with a butcher, and the effects of the brain fever with which he was attacked about four months since. As a proof that the deceased had meditated suicide, a paper was produced by the police constable, which had been found in the King Arms, at the foot of Blackfriarsbridge, bearing the signature, " George Simon, 24, Lambeth-street (the address of his brothers), where I shall be owned." The Surgeon to the hospital stated that the deceased was brought in with a superficial cut on the face and on the upper lip. He complained of pains of his head, and from the redness of his eyes there were symptoms of inflammation of the brain. Delirium tremens ensued, and he died at half-past twelve o'clock on Monday. He made a post mortem examination, and found extensive inflammation which had caused death ; but it might or might not have resulted from the injury. Verdict, "Died from the inflammation of he brain."  SouTH
The Sun. — 1839-12-05 (London, England)

MISTAKE.'"Yesterday an inquest was la,_•id before Mr. Carter, et the Star and Garter, Neckinge;eroad, Bermondsey, on the body of Maria Ann Baylis, a child fourteen weeks' old. The Jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased died from the effects of opium, given it by mistake for another medicine." ALLEGED MURDER BY TWO BROKER'S MEN, —The adjourned inquest on the body of Edward M'Kenzie Meredith was resumed last night at the George, Brook street, Holborn, before Mr. Wakle • It will be recollected that deceased had been violently. a sa nited by two " broker's men," who were convicted as; the Old Bailey, and are now in the House of Correctien for the offence. Mrs. M‘Gulre and two other witnesses were examined, and their evidence as to the attack inade on deceased on the 27th of July last, was in strict a ceordance with that of the widow of the de ce aseet,d. Mr. Benson Whitfield, of 64, Lamb's Conduit-stre surgeon, stated that he had made a post mortem examination of the body, and found that the brain, lungs, and kidneys were extensively diseased, and it was his opinion that the violence which the deceased had received was not the cause of his death, but that he bad died from disease of the chest, produced by natural causes. Verdict—Natural death. DETENIINED SUlClDE.—Yesterday an inquest Was held at the Crown Tavern, St. Paul's-terrace, Ball's Pond, Islington, before Mr. Wakley, on the body of 1 Mrs. Ann Payne, aged 46, a respectable married fe=ale, who committed suicide by precipitating herself (Pot of a second-floor window. Deceased was the wife of Mr. Robert Payne, teacher of languages, at Gravesend, .yid had lately resided with her friends at Islington in ecm,equence of her bad state of health. She was very 10w,..Ipirited, and frequently complained of violent pains in hor head. She bad lately lost her mother, which preyed .heavily on her mind. Verdict—" Temporary mental der .Ingement." CRUELTY TG' ,AximALs.—Three faghionablydressed young men were yesterday fined 10s. each by the Magistrates of jToion-ball Office for having " set on" a dog belonging to one of them to worry a cat till it was almost dead. Tlim had been locked up in the t station-house all night.