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The Sun. — 1852-11-23 (London, England)

PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY EVENING. The Nidcross, Norwegian steam-corvette, sailed from Spithead, this morning, for the Mediterranean. Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.G., commanderin-chief, went to Spithead, this morning, with his flag flying in the Fire Queen, and inspected the ship's company of the Scourge, Commander Lord F. Kerr, and returned at noon. The Scourge afterwards discharged her powder and shells, and came into harbour to prepare for paying off. The Simoom, 18, steam-transport, Captain Kingcome, sailed from Spithead, this afternoon. Report says she is gone to Scotland, to bring machinery for the Duke of Wellington. The Encounter, 14, steam-frigate, Captain°'Callaghan, has been paid wages in advance, at Spithead, to-day. The Pallas, Russian 50-gun frigate, Captain Unkowska, hauled down alongside the jetty to-day, and will be taken into No. 2 dock of the fitting basin on Tuesday, for repairs. The Victory, 101, Captain Martin, flag of Admiral Sir T. Briggs, will be paid wages up to dne month, on Wednesday next. The Friry and Elfin, Royal steam-yachts, have been out of harbour to-day, to try the working of their engines, ready for the reception of her Majesty, on the 24th inst., when the Court is expected to return to Osborne.  SUPPOSED SUICIDES BY DROWNlNG.—Yesterday Mr. Baker, the coroner, received information of the following supposed cases of suicide of persons who ware found drowned in the New River and the Regent's Canal. On Sunday morning the body of J. Cherington, a butcher, carrying on business at Ball's-pond, ndir the turnpike, was picked up in the New River, near the Green-lanes, Stoke Newington. In the forenoon of the same day (Sunday) the body of a female, named CarolineWilhams, was found floating in the Regent's Canal, near the Rosemary Branch, and was taken to Shoreditch Workhouse. _On the same morning the body of a youth of the name of William Trattell was observed in thelegent s Canal, adjoining Twig Folly.  50 50 50 25  St. St. St. St.  20 14 50 20  50 40 25 25 St.  St. St. St. St.  St. 5 St.  Pald  20 20 12 Bt.  17 5 9 100  10 25 10 1.0.6,  t)0 100 110 100  50 50 100 100 20  all 83 100 100
The Sun. — 1852-04-12 (London, England)

FURTHER PARTICULARS.  The unhappy man, Thomas Cupper Wheeler, who now stands charged with the dreadful crime of matricide, is in his 28th year, and is the second of two sons, of the late James Wheeler, a retired Bow-street officer. The latter, after his retirement, became a merchant tailor, and after being some years in business, he took up his residense in Hercules-buildings, Lambeth, having amassed a competency, and at which place he died in 1849. The deceased had been left a small income, which was augmented by regular contributions from her eldest son, who married a lady of considerable property. The accused had been from his youth in a mercantile establishment in the City, and a few years since was sent to India as correspondent for the firm. While abroad the unfortunate man was attacked with brain fever, and soon after recovery was ag tin proitrated under what is termed a coup crsoleil, and of which he had not got the better upon his return to England, for shortly after his arrival it, was found necwssary to place him under re,treint.  . For some four or five days before the Saturday, the accused had been seen to sharpen the chopper and the knives in ordinary use, but the deceased, so far from suspecting he motives of her son actually mentioned the circummtance to a neighbour as a sign of the young man's inclining to indu.try, he havins fur months prior sternly refused to do the most trifling thing about the place, always, however, insisting upon going to make such little purchases as the deceased required. Yesterday morning upon the visiting surgeon seeing the accused at Horsemonger-lane Gaol, the latter observed, " You can't call me a butcher at all events. I did it very cleanly, and only the neck was too tough. I would have done it much better, the chopper deceived me, but the knife was beautifully keen." In making these remarks the deceased seemed highly pleased with the dexterity of the dreadful execution he was alluding to, and the sang froid of his utterance chilled the medical gentleman, who, as he was about departing, was further addressed by the madman as follows :—" I hope you'll go and see that the windows are not closed down. I left them up so that the body of my mother may have the benefit of the air.  HORRIBLE SUICIDE ON THE SOUTH  Tl-7187ERN
The Sun. — 1852-04-12 (London, England)

HORRIBLE SUICIDE ON THE SOUTHWESI ERN RAILWAY. FARNBOROUGH, SUNDAY. ..,A frightful occurrence has taken place upon the London and South-Western Railway, near the Farnborough station—namely, the death of an unfortunate individual who was killed by throwing himself on the railway, and was yesterday the subject of inquiry before the coroner of the county, at the new inn in this town. A great number of witnesses were examined. It seems the deceased was a man named Armsworth, between forty and fifty years of age, the father of the Feltham stationkeeper, on the same line of railway, and who some years since was in tolerably easy. circumstances, but, in consequence of reverses in business, had become somewhat reduced. The latter event appeared to have so preyed on his mind as to impair his intellect. His friends, anxious that be might be properly taken care of, had him placed under proper surveillance in the union. The poor fellow's conduct in the house was such that no one ever anticipated he contemplated laying violent hands on himself. On Good Friday eve he was ordered to take a little walking exercise, in order to improve his health. An attendant was sent out with him to take care of him, and to show him round the neighbouring fields. Having walked about for some time, the poor fellow apparently enjoying his walk, they came near the railway at this town just as the down express train came in sight. The unfortunate man, on hearing the noise of the train, darted from his attendant, and ran upon the line before the engine up. The keeper called loudly to him to come back, but, instead of so doing, he went forward to meet the train. Johnson, the guard, on seeing a man on the line, applied the break most vigorously in order to stop the train, and the engine driver shut off the steam and sounded the whistle, but without effect, and before the momentum of the engine and carriages could be arrested, they came almost at full speed upon the man, who held his head down so low as almost to touch the buffers of the locomotive. He was instantly hurled across the metals, when the wheels of the engine and all the carriages passed over him, forcing his bone through the shoulders, and it is almost needless to say killing him on the spot. A. verdict was returned that deceased destroyed himself, he being at the time of unsound mind
The Sun. — 1852-09-29 (London, England)

GERMANY.  Th Emperor of AUSTRIA has commissioned the Minister of Finance to open a communication with Rome in order that Deg()tuitions May be immediately entered into between the Papal See and Austria for the conclusion of a concordat.  The Weiner Zeitung announces that the sum of 25,000,000 of guilders from the new loan of 80,000,000 has been assigned to cover the deficit that will be occasioned by the withdrawing of paper currency to that amount on the 29th September, when 200,500,000 florins, partly in Exchequer-bills and partly in bills upon the Hungarian territorial income, will be publicly destroyed. That portion of the new loan which is to be assigned to railways is to be divided among the different Crown lands, and a due proportion given to those places where the works are already in progress. The ',Ayhach and Trieste line will accordingly be commenced early in the spring. The ratifications of the extradition treaty between Austria and the Netherlands have been exchanged. The journals mention the suicide, in prison, of the Nestor of German thieves, burglars, and swindlers, by name JOEL FRIEDBERG, who had attained the seventieth year of his age and the fiftieth of his profession, and after a most brilliant and successful career fell recently into the hands of justice, and Knowing that the remainder of his days must be passed at hard labour, ended them with a " bare bodkin." This man, who carried on his depredations )n an extensive scale, from Posen and Breslau to Dologne and Frankfort, was implicated (according ;o the notes inscribed in his journals and ledgers) in almost all the great burglaries, robberies at railway stations, and so forth, that have been perpetrated in recent times; and by aid of disguises, and in connexion with his co-religionists, the Hebrew receivers in various towns, long succeeded in baffling all attempts at detection or capture. It was this man who, among other feats, picked Dr. HOLLAND'S pocket of six of Corrrs's 101. circular notes, at the Cologne station, and Was detected in attempting to sell them as his legal property to Messrs. OPPENHEIM, the Frankfort. T. bankers, of
The Sun. — 1852-09-29 (London, England)

LONDON, WED.NE;SDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1852.  GERMAN Y.  The Emperor of AUSTRIA has commissioned the Minister of Finance to open a communication with Rome in order that negotiations may be immediately entered into between the Papal See and Austria for the onclusion_of a concordat.  Tll3 Weiner. Zeitung announces that the sum of 25,0W,000 of guilders from the new loan of 80,000,000 has been assigned to cover the deficit that will 133 occasioned by the withdrawing of paper currency to that amount on the 29th September, when 200,5(0,000 florins, partly in Exchequer•bills and partlyin bills upon ;he Hungarian territorial income, will be publicly destroyed. Tha; portion of the new loan which is to be assigned to rail vays is to be divided among the different Crown lands, and a due proportion given to those places where ;he works are already in progress. The Laybach aid Trieste line will accordingly be commenced early it the spring. The !atifications of the extradition treaty between Austrk and the Netherlands have been exchanged. The journals mention the suicide, in prison, of the Nestor of German thieves, burglars, and swindlers, by Thane JOEL FRIEDBERG, who had attained the seventieth year of his age and the fiftieth of his profession and after a most brilliant and successful career fell recently into the bands of justice, and Knowing that the remainder of his days must be passed at hard labour, ended them with a " bare bodkin" This man, who carried on his depredations on an extensive scale, from Posen and Breslau to Cologne and Frankfort, was implicated (according to the totes inscribed in his journals and ledgers) in almost all the great burglaries, robberies at railway stations and so forth, that have been perpetrated in recent imes; and by aid of disguises, and in connexion with his co-religionists, the Hebrew receivers in varitus towns, long succeeded in baffling all attempts at detection or capture. It was this man who, among other feats, picked Dr. HOLLAND'S pocket of six cf
The Sun. — 1852-11-19 (London, England)

EARLY WINTER IN THE NORTHERN SEAS.—The fol lowing report from the log of Captain Done, commanding the steam vessel Amsterdam, which arrived at Dunkirk on the 9th instant, shows that although the winter in France has been like that of spring the winter has begun to set in severely in the Baltic. The vessel left Dunkirk on the 17th ult., and on the 25th anchored in Cronstadt Road ; the thermometer stood at six degrees of cold, and the vessel was surrounded with floating ice ; the passengers and luggage were, however removed on board another steamer, and were able to proceed to St. Pe tersburgh. On the evening of the 26th all communication between Cronstadt, St. Petersburg, and Oraniembaum, a small town situated six miles to the south of Cronstadt, was completely interrupted by the ice. On the 27th the port of Constadt was completely frozen over, and persons were skating on it. A number of men were employed to cut the ice for the sailing vessels, and on that day and the following there was a general sauve qui peut. On the 28th the thermometer in the sun marked 10 degrees centigrade below zero, Fortunately the wind blew strong from the N.E., and the water in the roads where the Amsterdam was lying being much agitated, did not freeze, but in the port the ice was  10 centimetresi thick. A number of men continued occupied in breaking it, which is a difficult work, but which the Russians perform with much dexterity. In the night of the 28th, the glass fell to 18.5 degrees centrigrade below zero. During the day the vessel received her passengers on board, and in the evening left the roads. Two hours after she left she encountered a violent snowstorm, and, not being able to distinguish anything was for eight hours compelled to advance very slowly. On the morning of the 30th the Island of Heligoland was seen, and the vessel then continued her course at full speed. Through all the Gulf of Finland, and a great portion of the Baltic, the fall of snow and hail was continued. Tha thermometer stood at from 6to 10 degrees centigrade below zero, until the Ist instant, when the ice on the deck began to thaw, and on the 2d the Amsterdam ttrr..deSUICIDE the waartrMartin oiiennde,srs nvageneorder, anchored in Copenhagen roads. THROUGH,kh6hae 101 held journeymans residingaee n: tT o o inquest Feh Ei an
The Sun. — 1852-10-25 (London, England)

MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.--WEDNINP. RIMY, SATURDAY.—A shocking tragedy has just been perpetrated hero, a married woman having drowned her child, aged 15 months, in a tub, and afterwards made an attempt on her own life by hanging herself. The circumstances were investigated last evening, by Mr. tho district coroner. A number of witnesses were examined, and the following is the gist of their testimony : The alleged murderess, Sarah Smith, is the wife of a moulder, employed at the ironworks of Mr. George Adams, of this town. On Saturday evening last, about five o'clock, Smith, the husband, came, home from his work, but could not find his wife. After looking about the house, he discovered her hanging from a hook in the pantry by a handkerchief, which she had tied round her neck. He cut her down, and found her insensible, but by prompt surgical assistance she was restored. , Almost immediately afterwards the dead body of Smith's little child was found in a tub of water, over which a tea-tray had bean placed. The tub was a small one-1 foot 8 inches in height, and 1 foot 2 inche in diameter. After the mother had been taken into custody, Mrs. Chowle, a neighbour, asked her how she could do such a thing as kill .her child ; to which she replied, "I will tell you all about it, I left the child in the brewhouse, playing with its chair, while I went to the cistern for water. When I returned, I found it iu the tub, with its head downward'. I pulled him out, but ho was nearly gone. I felt afraid, and I put him in again, and went and hanged myself." She afterwards repeated this statement, and denied that she had killed the child. Mr. Bailey, a surgeon, of Wednesbury, having examined the prisoner on the evening of the alleged murder, gave his opinion that she was labouring under temporary insanity. The jury, after a charge from the coroner, returned a verdict of ".Wilful murder" against Sarah Smith.
The Sun. — 1852-10-25 (London, England)

AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—WEDNIIII.. BIM; SATURDAY.—A shocking tragedy has just been perpetrated here, a married woman having drowned her child, aged 15 mouths, in a tub, and afterwards made an attempt on her own ife by hanging herself. The circumstances were investigated last evening, by Mr. Ilinchlitre, the district coroner. A number of witnesses were examined, and the following is the gist of their testimony : The alleged murderess, Sarah Smith, is the and the found dead bodyr wife of a moulder, employed at the ironworks of Mr. George Adams, of this town. On Saturday evening last, about five o'clock, Smith, the husband, came home from footinch! his work, but could not find his wife. After lookinz about the house, ho discovered her hanging from a hook After had the beanmot h e rplaced. had been taken tubi t o ve in the pantry by a handkerchief, which she had tied r oun d herAni me coks.t immediately ecdni at herte ly afterwards down, fnd h winsensible, but by prompt surgical assistance she was restored.somf asmall Smith's one— littlef o child 8 in owl ess foundiin in height, a tub of o water, 2 over sho a iwnhdiciahmaete. rtea-tray custody, Mrs. Chowle, a neighbour, asked her how she could do such a thing as kill ,her child ; to which she replied, "I will tell you all about it, I left the child in the brewhouse, playing with its chair, while I went to the cistern for water. When I returned, I found 11 it in the tub, with its head downwards. I pulled him 11 out, but he was nearly gone. I felt afraid, and I put him in again, and went and hanged myself." She afterwards repeated this statement, and denied that she had killed the child. Mr. Bailey, a surgeon, of Wednesbury, having examined the prisoner on the evening of the alleged murder, gave his opinion that she was labouring under temporary insanity. The jury, after a charge from the coroner, returned a verdict of murder" against Sarah Smith.  !
The Sun. — 1852-05-21 (London, England)

FEMALE EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.—At the last meeting of the board of guardians of the Holborn Union, Mr. Pearson proposed that application be made to the Emigration Commissioners to allow:twelve young women in the workhouse to emigrate to Australia. They were about 20 years of age, he said, and whenever they obtained situations in service, they soon returned to the house ; and if they were sent to Australia, they would become permanently settled there. Mr. James said that several orders had been obtained some time since for that purpose, but the Commissioners would not: then take young women out of the workhouses, but such a rule might, perhaps, be relaxed in the present state of those colonies. These young women felt that they had a home in the workhouse, and whenever they were tired of their situations, returned to it. Mr. Lloyd said that as the Government had now in hand nearly 170,000/. to facilitate emigration, it was a very fitting time to make such an application. Mr. Cottle seconded the resolution, which was unanimously adopted. DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A TRADESMAN'S WIFE IN THE BOROUGIL —Yesterday morning a painful sensation was created in the Borough, in consequence of its being discovered that Mrs. Thompson, the wife of a highly respectable cabinetmaker, of 14, King-street, had committed suicide. The deceased had for a long time past suffered from depression of spirits, which was considerably increased by her burying a child on Sunday last. Yesterday morning she got up very early, and hung up a lot of clothes which had been washed, ca a line in the court-yard to dry. About a quarterpast seven her husband, not having seen her since six o'clock, became anxious about her, and instituted a search, when he found the water-closet closed and fastened on the inside, and not being able to obtain any answer to his calls, he immediately broke open the door, when he discovered his wife in a pool of blood, which had proceeded from a deep wound in the throat, and a razor by her side. Medical assistance was immediately called in, but life was quite extinct, and the deceased quite cold. MANSION HousE.—On Wednesday the Lord Mayor and Miss Hunter entertained a party of private friends at dinner. Covers were laid for 60 in the long parlour, and Miss Hunter afterwards received 200 additional isiters. The party did net separate until two O'cliNli!
The Sun. — 1852-11-12 (London, England)

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