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The Sun. — 1857-03-14 (London, England)

AND SUICIDE AT PBAGUE —A. terrible affair E juußa occurred last week at Prague, A. young officer of a regiment of hussars, stationed some miles from that city, had an intrigue with a wealthy'- Jew q, named Katz, a widow thirty years of a her Boma hisffi eln 1 n at even' ahbesfeonutne dti himselfwith pay her a visit, and on arrif regiment, hones eouat es'-ngofthe 4th he Prague, regiment of at her infantryou the garrison. The whole party officers of an nped together, and at a late hour the officers departed,sup leaving the young hussar alone with Mme. Katz. After awhile the latter eent her serval t to purchase some beer; and the servant on her return found, to her surmise, I • t leave, to fastened, and received no reply to her knrnoocnkesdaan patrol, who last, after waiting some tiii who happened to Pa's' effected into the widow's!ipar stained with blood was picked an inner room the widowolwoefs frightfully mutilated, breast and arms were e,ashieorseuimble the outerd doorn entrancep was and tinent.§The officer's sword found ni dn lingt the entry dead,; andeeki blood ;her head, neck, breasta silksPoahagcolwend thatw theyeut ctOoupldiesccesa:caenlyd' her bracelets, broken into hand she fragments, were scattered about the hoar which hat evidently ; in one held a quantity of hair, been torn from the officer's head, and in the other the knot of his sword, which had bran violently dragged off. In another room the officer be recognised; her .. himself was found lying deal, with his throat cut. What took place between the two before this horrible murder and suicide were perpetrated is not known. From the officer's sword having been found in the entry, it is supposed that he had conceived the design of taking to flight, and of cutting down anybody who might attempt to resist him ; but that, finding the patrol at the door, he felt the uarlessmss of resistance, and, throwing aside his weapon, cut his throat.
The Sun. — 1857-08-17 (London, England)

AMERICA.  LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.  This morning the British and North American royal mail steamship Asia, Cap'aiu Lott, entered the river from New York, wish dates to the sth inst., 41 passengers, and 917,000 dollars in specie. We learn from her that the royal mail steamship Persia had arrived on the sth. .  The screw steamship Edinburgh had passed in on tho sth from the Clyde, and the City of Baltimore, from this port, and the United States steamship Fulton, from Southampton, were passed by the Asia on the Sth.  The news by the Asia, although four days later than we previously had, is of very little interest to the European reader. The telegraphic accounts from the South report heavy rains and destructive ~hailstorms, and that crops bad suffered severely. The United States steam-frigate Roanoke had arrived at New York with upwards of 200 of Walker's filibusters on board.  Havana advices to the 22d ult. report sugars without change, the stock on hand amounting to 225,000 boxes. The island was heal thy. The labour market had received a supply, consisting of one cargo of 400 Bozal negroes, landed near Gardena., from the brig W. D. Miller, and two cargoes of Coolies, arrived from China. Advices from Texas state that Senator Rusk committed suicide at his residence on the 29th ult. by shooting himself through the head with a rifle. A letter from Boston, dated August 1, says : " A b.despatch from St. Pierre, Miquelon, dated July 27, states that the bark Monasco, of Warren, Me., from Guttenburg for New York, was totally lost near Burin, Newfoundland, on the 21st insb., together with fifty Swedish steerage passengers. The captain and his wife, and the crew and six passengers, were saved. The crew and the six passengeT s were landed at St. Pierre, and were sent to New York in the brig Lewis Gilles, by the American consul. Tho captain goes home via Sidney."
The Sun. — 1857-08-17 (London, England)

AMERICA.  LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.  This morning the British and North American royal mail steamship Asia, Captain Lo,t, entered the river from New York, wi:h dates to the sth inst., 41 passengers, and 917,000 dollars in specie. We learn from her that the royal mail steamship Persia had arrived on the sql.  The screw steamship Edinburgh had passed in on the sth from the Clyde, and the City of Baltimore, from this port, and the U❑ited Stares steam,4lllp Fulton, from Southampton, were passed by the Asia on the Bth.  Tue news by the Asia, although four days later than we previously had, is of very little interest to the European reader. Tue telegraphic a?.counts from the South report heavy rains and destructive _hailstorms, and that crops bad suffered severely. The United States steam-frigate Roanoke had arrived at New York with upwards of 200 of Walker's filihust=rs on board.  Havana► advices to the 223 ult. report sugars without change, the stock on hand amounting to 225,090 box-s. The iiland was healthy. The labour market had received a supply, consisting of one cargo of 400 Bozal negroes, landed near Cardenas, from the brig W. D. Miller, and two cargoes of Coolies, arrived from China. _ _ _  Advices from Texas Eta() that Senator Rusk committed suicide at his residence on the 29th ult. by shooting himself through the he:. with a rifle. A letter from Boston, dated August 1, says : " A ,despatch from St. Pierre, Miquelon, dated July 27, states that the bark Monasco, of Warren, Me., from Guttenburg for New York, was totally lest near Burin, Newfoundland, on the 21st insb., together with fifty Swedish steerage passengers. The captain and his wife, and the crew and six passengers, were saved. The crew and the six passengeis were landed at St. Pierre, and were sent to New York in the brig Lewis Gilles, by the American consul. The captain goes home via Sidney."
The Sun. — 1857-06-12 (London, England)

SOUTHWARK.—Mary Ann Badgerry, a married woman, was brought up in eu,to ly of George Bonsor, police cons• able 121 M, from St. Thomas's Hospital, and placed in the dock, charged with attempting to commit suicide by taking a quantity of poison. _ _ _  The constable stated that on the night of the Bth instant, he was on duty in Little Suffolk-street, Southwark, when he saw a mob of people collected at the corner of a court. He immediately proceeded there, and found the prisoner leaning against the wall, apparently suffering great pain. He asked her what was the matter with her, when she handed him a paper marked outside, " Poison." He then shook her and inquired what she meant by that, when she, with some difficulty, told him she had taken poison, and that she was dying. W,tness immediately procured a'sistancc and conveyed her to the hospital, where he usual remedies were used with success, and she remained there until Wedut sday, when she was sufficieutly rtoiverell to be removed.  The magistrate asked what was the description of poison she took ? The constable replied that the prisoner told the doctor at the hospital that it was precipitate powder, and that was ascertained to be a fact.  The prisoner, who sa-qued to have suffered considerably from her folly, said she was extremely so•ry, and she should not have taken the powder only she was drunk, and had quarrelled with her husband. She had three children, and she purchased the poison to rub th,.ir hair. The magi-ti ate aske I what her husband was ? She answered that he worked at Hibernia,-wharf.  The constable informed his orsb i p that he was a steady, hard-working man, and the prisoner's conduct was generally good. The prisoner declared that she would never attempt it again, and she would refrain from taking intoxicating liquor for the future. The prisoner's husband was sent for, and on his attending before the magistrate he promised to tike care of her, and he had no doubt she would never attempt such a rash act again. His worship severely censured her, and gave her up to her husband.  'John Donovan, a tall, powerful young fellow, 22 years of age, was charged with committing a violent assault on Catherine Donovan, his mother. He was also charged with assaulting his father. The latter, a hard--working old man, said that he obt-iined his livelihood by working at the wharves, and brought up a large family, who chiefly supported themselves, except the prisoner, who lived at home. On the previous afternoon his wife was confined. About 2 o'clock that m.,rning the prisoner came home intoxicated, and roused them all up. He then entered the room in which his mother and the baby were lying, and, making use of an oafh, struck her several times and told her to get up. She called out for assistance, and when witness went up his son had pulled her out of bed, and was threatening to throw her out of window. He immediately seized hold of him to prevent him, and had not a constable come in at the time he believed murder would have been committed. Sentenced to six months, with hard labour.
The Sun. — 1857-08-13 (London, England)

TLEMEN BY DROWNING.  It is with much regrat that we have this week to record the almost certain loss of two young genthmen by drowning. Their names are Edward Don• aldson, aged 19, and Jones, and they resided with their friends, the former at 4, Cannon-place, and the other at 7, Bedford square. Some time since they purchased a small sailing boat., in which they were in the habit of =aking daily excursions, occasionally accompanied by their friends. It lad often been remarked that the quantity of rigging they carried was too heavy for the boat, which was only 14 feet long, more especially as they trusted to their own skill in managing it, not securing the services of any of our boatmen to accompany them. On Monday afternoon, about three o'clock, the boat was pushed off from the bottom of Prestdn-street, the two youths being its sole occupants, and it has not been seen since. They took with them a bottle of wine and some biscuits, and arranged to return before 7 o'clock. Not doing this their friends became alarmed, althought they thought that they might have put into Shoreham and been detained there, which somewhat quieted them. But as the night advanced the youths did not return, and soon a t)o sad.confrrmation of their fate was produced by the discovety of young Donaldson's coat and hat and the oars of the boat about two miles out at sea. A_ messagit was sent to the almost distracted fainily during the night that the body of one of them had been Ocked up, and was lying at the dead-house, but on the servants hastening thither they failed to identify either of their young masters, the body being that of another young man, who is supposed to have committed suicide. During the whole of Tuesday and yesterday a number of boats were out grappling in the Channel, but up to a late hour last nightthey bad discovered neither the bodies or any further portion of the boat.—Brighton Gazette.
The Sun. — 1857-08-13 (London, England)

SUPPOSED LOSS OF TWO YOU ,!‘0 GEATLEMEN BY DROWNING.  It is with much regret that we have this week to record the almost certain loss of two young gentlemen by drowning. Their names are Edward Donaldson, aged 19, and Jones, and they resided with their friends, the former at 4, Cannon-place, and the other at 7, Bedford square. Some time since they purchased a small sad ng boat, in which they were in the habit of making daily excursions, occasionally accompanied by-their friends. It had often been remarked that the quantity of rigging they carried was too heavy for the boat, which was only 14 feet long, more especially as they trusted to their own skill in managing it, trot securing the services of any of our boatmen to, accompany them. On Monday afternoon, about three o'clock, the boat was pushed ,off from the bottom of Preston-street, the two youths being its role occupants, and it has not been seen since. They, took with tL•em a bottle of wine and some biscuits, and arranged to return before 7 o'clock. Not doing this their friends became alarmed, althought they thought that they might have put into Shoreham and been detained there, which somewhat quieted them. But as the night advanced the youths did not return, and soon a too sad confirmation of their fate was produced by the discovery of young Donaldson's coat and hat and the oars of the boat about two miles out at sea. A message was sent to the almost distracted family during the night that the body of one of th.m had been picked up, and was lying at the dead-house, but on the servants hastening thither they failed to identify either of their young masters, the body being that of another Young man, who is supposed to have committed suicide. During the whole of Tuesday and yesterday a number of boats were out grappling in the Channel, but up to a late hour last nightthey had discovered neither the bodies or any further portion of the boat,—Brighton Gazette.
The Sun. — 1857-10-12 (London, England)

TERRIBLE CASE OF DOUBLE MURDER AT WARLEIGH, SOMERSET —ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF THE MURDERER. i Sunday morning,--The peaceful little village of War. leigh, near Freshford, was last night thrown into a state of the most unwonted excitement and alarm, in conee' quence of its becoming rumoured abroad that a man and hie wife, who resided in that parish, had been Limit Brutally murdered, and that the murderer had, after the committal of the dreadful crime, made a desperate attempt to take his own life, in which, however, he Ws happ ly frustrated, and has since been arrested by an officer of the Sonierestshire constabulary, and conveyed to the police-station at Weston. Inquiries proved that the rumour was too well founded, the double murder having been cnumitted at half-past eight o'clock. The persons so barbarously murdered are Andrew Burder and his wife, and their teemasin a man named Thomas Miller. The murderer is believed to have been prompted to the committal of the desperate and fatal act by motives of jealousy. He rushed upon his unfortunate victims armed with a knife, and one after another stabbed them in the most determined manner. They both bled profusely from the wounds be bad inflicted, and both died from the effects of the injuries. After he had thus sacrificed the lives of Border and his wife, the murderer turned the knife against himself, and made a desperate attempt to destroy himself by cutting his own throat. Happily, the wound was not mortal, so that he will yet, in all human probability, have to answer for his crime at.the bar of criminal justice. So soon as the prisoner had been secured, the police messenger of the district in which the murder took place despatched a special messenger to Cheddar, to give information of the fatal occurrence ta the coroner for the county, Mr. Bruges Fry, who, it is, expected, will hold an inquest on the bodies to-morrow.
The Sun. — 1857-10-12 (London, England)

SOMERSET --ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF THE MURDERER. Sunday morning.—The peaceful little village of Warleigh, near Freshford, was last night thrown into a state of the most unamatel excitement and a'arce, in consequence of its becoming rumoured abroad that a man and his wife, who resided in that parish, had been most t rutally murdered, and that the murderer had, after the committal of the dreadful crime, made a desperate attempt to take his own life, in which, however, he was happily frustrated, and has since been arrested by an officer of the Somersetshire constabulary, and eonveyed to the police-station at Weston. Inquiries proved that the rumour was too well founded, the double murder having been committed at half-past eight o'cl oek. The persons se barbarously murdered are Andrew Burder and hie wife, and their assassin a man named Thomas Miller. The murderer is believed to have been prompted to the committal of the desperate and fatal act by motives of jealousy. Ile rushed upon his unfortunate victime armed with a knife, and uric after another stabbed them in the most determined manner. They both bled profusely frein the wounds be had inflicted, and both died from the effects of the injuries. After he had thus sacrificed the lilies of Burder and his wife, the murderer turned the keife against himself, and made a desperate attempt to destroy himself by cutting his own throat. Happily, the wound was not mortal, so that he will yet, in all human a special messenger to probability, have to answer for his crime at the bar of criminal justice. So soon as the prisoner had been secured, the police messenger of the district in which the murder took place despatched Cheddar, to give information of the fatal occurrence to the coroner for the county, Mr. Bruges Fry, who, it is expected, will hold an inquest on the bodies to-morrow.
The Sun. — 1857-11-06 (London, England)

THAMES.  CONFESSION OF MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. —A young Woman, who gave the name of Emma Middleton, which is believed to be a fictitious one, was brought up on remand, charged en her own canfession, with the wilful murder of a newly-burn child, at Brighton, seven months ago. There is considerable mystery hanging about this case, The prisoner has been in custody three weeks, and at the time she confessed that she had assisted in strangling a child to which her fellow•servant gave birth she was the inmate of an asylum for fallen women in Mount-terrace, Whitechapel. Inspector Griffin, of the K division, after reading the prisoner's eonfessien at length, said that he had frequently communicated with the b superintendent of police at Brighton, who informed him that every posssible inquiry had been made, and no confirmation of the prisoner's story could be ascertained, nor was it proven that any cook in a gentleman's family had absconded suddenly, as described by the prisoner. He had obtained possession of an original letter, written by the prisoner, from which it appeared that her real name was Anna Brown. It was probable, as suggested by Mr. Selfe, that the prisoner had adopted the name of Emma Middleton, in consequence of reading a novel of that name. The prisoner had attempted suicide in prison, and he was afraid her mind was affected—one of her brothers had died in the Crimea, and another was murdered by the sepoys in India. Mr. Yardley—Then she is very much to be pitied. Inspector Griffin said the prisoner had written a letter to a friend since she bad been in prison, and it was in his possession. She there stated that she was not in custody for any theft but for something very appalling. Mr. Yardley said that his colleague, Mr. Selfe, bad requested him to remand the prisoner until some day when he (Mr. Selfe) would preside, and he would comply with the request by again remanding the prisoner till Wednesday, at which time he hoped the inspector would complete his inquiries. He asked the prisoner if she had anything to say. The prisoner in a very petulant manner turned round, left the dock, and exclaimed, " I have said too much already. I have nothing at all to say:, Mr. Yardley gave directions to Roche, the gaoler, to look after the prisoner very carefully,  orcenagplyuitia4relodlo.ftobthPaeadYcompany ble2eln. ipoasi.d,w as 375,, 000/., the proportion which failed in September, have made a call The liquidators of the Hull Flax and Cotton Mill , and the holders of these are Company, and an additional Si. On the of 251. per share •n the shares, in addition to the 1001. which has already been paid in full. On the 501. shares 251. shares only half has been paid, and the call on them is 12/. 10a. and an additional 21. 10s. The authorised being 244,567/. 104. and the further claim uponh of all their capital, Mtn
The Sun. — 1857-11-06 (London, England)

CONFESSION OF MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. —A young woman, who gave the name of Emma Middleton, which is believed to be a fictitious one, was brought up en remand, charged on her own oonfeesion, with the wilful murder of a newly-burn child, at Brighton, seven months ago. There is considerable mystery hanging about this case. The pris oner has been in custody three weeks, and at the time she confessed that she had assisted is strangling a child to which her fellow•servant gave birth she was the inmate of an asylum for fallen women in Mount-terrace, IThitechapel. Inspector Griffin, of the K division, after reading the prisoners confession at length, said that lee had frequently communicated 'with the superintendent of police at Brighton, who in formed him that every posssible inquiry had been made, and no confirmation of the prisoner's story could be ascertained, nor was it proven that any cook in a gentleman's family had absconded suddenly, as described by the prisoner. He had obtained possession of an original I etter, written by the prisoner, from which it appeared that her real name was Aana Brown. It was probable, as suggested by Mr. Selfe, that the prisoner had adopted the name of Emma Middleton, in consequence of reading a novel of that name. The prisoner had attempted suicide in prison, and be was afraid her mind was affected—one of her brothers bad died in the Crimea, and another was murdered by the sepoys in India. Mr. Yardley—Then she is very much to be pitied. Insvlctor Griffin said the prisoner had written a lett'ar to a friend since she bad been in prison, and it ' wan in his possession. She there stated that she was not in custody for any theft but for something very appalling. reqMuer.st Yedaridaitytsoairdemtalinatd litihsecopllreisaognueer, when he (Mr. Selfe) would preside, and he wo?ldcomp untilMr Ss oat' baddal y y with the request by again remanding the prisoner t 1 Wednesday, at which time he hoped the inspector iwouldshe complete his inquiries. He asked the prisoner f had anything to say. lThe prisoner in a very petulant manner turned round, the dock, and exclaimed, " I have said too much already. I have nothing at all to say." Mr. Yardley gave directions to Roche, the gaoler, to look after the prisoner very carefully.  The liquidators of the Hull Flax and Cotton Mill whichr_cim:Loh: C°rnPanY, which failed in September, have made a call of 25/. per share en the shares, in addition to the 1001. has already been paid in full. On the 501. shares 0n1y.40/. bad been paid, and the holders of these are pay 121. 10s., and an additional Si. On the 25/ areal only ball has been paid, and the call on them is 121. 10A. and an additional 21. 10s. The authorised capital of the company Was 375,0001., the proportion paid up at the time of the stoppage being 244,567 k 10s. The number of shareholders is 140, and the further claim upon them, in addition to the loss of all their capital, must involve much misery.