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The Sun. — 1813-06-11 (London, England)

TUB MURDER AT WOODFORD.—On Wednesday night, Mr. READ, the ChielMagistrate belonging to the Public Office, Bow-street, and Mr. STAFFor), the Chief Clerk, returned to town from Woodford, after a most strict. investigation into the murder of Mrs. Stephens, when the substance of the information and depositions they were able, to obtain, WaS, that on Sunday evening Mrs. Stephens was expected to go to a friend's, to drink tea, which she not doing, that circumstance, together with the house not being opened on Monday morning, the, door was forced open, when the house was found robbed of every thing that Was valuable, and Mrs. Stephens barbarously murdered, by her brains being beat out with a mallet, her thfoat cut in several places, and no uoubt was entertained but they had been inflicted by two different weapons, "nine of them by a .knife used for cutting bacon, and another Larger knife, not fonta No trace was made of the perpetra, tors of the horrid deed. Oil the same day (Wednesday) an Inquest was held at the sign of the Castle, at Woodford, -before Cutts. PARKER, Esq. Coroner for tits county of Essex, on the view of body, whet) the3urY, after a short tau ort conversation, returned n verdict of ---TViy.u/ Murder against some person or persons unkeown. Suicide.---Last night a person named Pratt, who was taken into custody the night 'before, for an assault in Northumberlandstrett, Strand, by Donaldson, the Police Officer, cut ltls thi'Oat T„thill-fields Bridewell so effectually, that he died in a short time. He. had desponded very munch ta3 being taken into 'custotlY, and-see ing a fellow' prisoner shaving hiwiself; be borrowed the razor for it moment, anti immediately porpc, tratcd the fatal deed. It is said that he had been formerly a-Naval Officer. lie rya ; a very stout inan,incd Donaldson had some diiiiCulty incturing ' him.
The Sun. — 1813-07-29 (London, England)

EXCCUTION.  • This morning ittiontlladeock; Peter Pa.. • trick Ennis, (-I,nd VAtatund Dli±kett, {or knaerie 5 and Smith, fte :-;tealing twd, ••t, , cretinf4 a letter: containiur I..stnii. of NOtes,,lsere, pursu-Wt to th,:lr befoyc the Debtors' do,or, in pres;.,:•,•e Of a greater cono curse Of Ipct tutors timu havi: ben rentenibered- fut many years- to ossegibl,, o‘s such ii melancholy oceasion. Tbetc.: men were h;•onglit upon the scatiOld a ft!w before eight o'clock by. t)!e ",,.. 'aisistant,%‘l4l,tafter preparin;!:. -them to noltappy e:.!:its` out of this world, then retirNl oft tip, platform; reavA!; .Erini!s. iii p;•. p:r: ith it Catii(ji!in Clergyman, and the other three with the, Ordinary iii New,tate, with whom they remrinerl but a short period„ in the course of Which ti;(.,; :-.11 seemed pertt'ctly rep ignetf to their fate, w inlet with becoming fortitude they met 'and their iro, 'ies, after being sttspendeti mual time, cut down, and taken hit() the inner yinA of:',o;he priSons, to be given to ,their'respetive friet'n':s for • interment._ llttaturr.:—.7A report has reacined for the truth of which, however, we c.,:u uot vouch, that this unhappy than, whose' exectifion this utorninp; is noticed in the preceding pari,grli ph, stniurecl to escape the ignominious death Which ii waited bbn by the Commission of suicide. Floiv the means Well! 11-Itr4(l6Cect into the pti,,ort 11,is not yet been ascertained, but report say.., that about twelve .o'clock-he shot ilit•nseir with it small pistol ; and medical aid l)eing called in 1 the wound was,pronounced to 114! mortal, and no opinion alio itlyeu.ttistt the wret4he4 ./.:olprit could not survive its effects /11.01 y 11011 i s. The spark cif lice, however, did not y it his l'easne till it eNtingnisbed on the platform, wilere the,otre-Orled laws of his cot.ntry doomed to .expiate crimes. He it is sail, ka,ll,;:octe(l to the place of execution by, SeVci;tl Poi ice nod theic surrendered the remains if N'oality which yci lingered front the mortal iotlictio6 of own  ST.,
The Sun. — 1813-06-10 (London, England)

BROGRAVE 80001. at' Epsom, but hail 4000/. at ,his Bankers'when he.put an end to his existence.  Alt. A.SitLeY Cooptot has inf9rniecl the lUagistrates, thzit he ills no (10abt wlratever but that the asiassin 'pie' utson will be soflicientlr eeeovt.i•ed of his tvninul to take his trial at the castling Assizes 1,), Ito?iNsz)N, the rkfatilter, was, it is sail, arrested ar Hatnburgh,, and is now on his way to this coantrY.  •• Lately, a party Of French prisOnerS were int diked with liberty to fish -up the harbour, Portsmouth, in one of the Warrant Ofiieer's buatsj accompanied by only one person belonging to the prison ship.. Those men, by sonic means, had contrived to artu thetuselves with dirks, &c. and when they supposed themselves out of the notice the ship; they rose on their guard,, tied his hands, find fastened him down to. the bottom Of the boat. They proceeded ashore, leaving the i nutty in that -situation, whO shortly contt.ived to gnaw his fetters' asunder, nod proceeding toCorsbam, give the alarm to some dragoons,stationed: there. A general search connueneed, and the Frenchmen were scion met with on Pprtsdown, where one dragoon took tint whole six', four at one Gate and' two at another, securing them. in the signal-house. Tuesday, about noon, ft yonth, of about fifteen years of age, was ,by :some accident thrown -MTh-4 of -a swing at Stepney Fair, above 'twenty feet Iskigh, by which one of his thighs was litokel.,l,o otherwise shockingly bruised. He' was. aLely carried to the London hospital in a dangerous state, withand- Very little Impei of recovery. ritimpt at sll;chle.77lllonday night an elderly WPlllatl, named Ntehorsbu, residing at CrOydon, was observed. by Mr: Cres3";:tsdi i'e. 7initso iltallee Bride's parish, plunging 1r Thames at Blackfriar, ;IMP ; ire itrmetliately. „swam after her, atld forttmoely sittoeeded: is"b on shore. T w his as the thkkAinic ahretia:gat i'r t"eOjpted suicide by drowning.  sitßriotit:
The Sun. — 1813-06-17 (London, England)

ROBBERY OF THE NORWICII MAIL.—For same time the NorWich mail has • heel) repeatedly robbed of bankers And other valtoOde parcels, to uu iminense•amount. . Mr. Caldwell, the mail eontractor, exettett.himself in every possible way to discover the depredators. Otte of the valuable parcels sent by the Mai); by 'Messrs. Oakes, and Co. Bankers, at Bury St. Edloututs, directed to their Agents in London, contained Exchequer Note.s, and Bills of Exchange, to the amount.of 13,000/, ,Some of the notes, alter a little time liad.elapsed, were traced to- the porter employed at Bury, connected with the mail. By the continued exertions of Mr. Caldwell,•the mail contractor, g number of persons, in conjtniction with each other,* have been discovered in carrying on the depredations committed on the mail. Codlin; the book-keeper ht Ketford, has been detected in being; connected with the porter at Bory,-and.the circumstances ill oved ;Igaintit then) are deemed sufficient to commit them both to Norwich Castle for ttial.  On Satinday, a private of the 16th regiment, while bathing in the Tay at—the North Inch of Perth, suddenly disappeared. Many people being at hand, two boats instantly put off to the place where he had been•litst seen, and having discovered the body, it was brought whore in a space of from 15 to 20 minutesafter it sunk. Various means were tried for lemming it to life, but without success. The unfounnate sufferer was a fine active youth of 19. _ _  A melancholy suicide took place on board the Voleannbomb, on the 17th of March la“, at Port Mahon. Lieutenant -, Second Lieutenant, after eating, a hearty dinner,. and drinking his grog in the evening, retired to bed with his usual cheerfulness, and blew out his brains.; On the morning of the suicide', he wrote a letter (which was found. after the deed was committed) to the Parson, assigning his reasons for the dreadful step he was about to take : it...appears to have arken from some unfortunate embarrassment:. It is thought that he ant the pistol in his mouth, and then closing his lips, pulled the trigger ; his cheeks were slit from the corners of liii mouth' to the end of his jaws. lie was privately buried the following evening.  [wit by WILLIAM AlttlIGEll SCIt111",, Sotlll'. tlolt9r.-stlv4.lt. the Paper. Lciters for the Editor,. (-pf,it pL:4d), rtmit be Ktliirzig:(l.  Yesterday a Istry MIS stsmmoned by Mr, ntos It to the Northumberland [lead, St. Martin'slane, before
The Sun. — 1813-06-08 (London, England)

CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 4.—The following Gentle,. men were on -Fr:day last admitted Masters of Arts Rey. W. H. Springet, of Qiitea'S College; and the Rev John Fisher, and W. Aspey, Esq. of Christ College.  Mr. BROGRAVE, at Gentleman well known on the turf, shot himself yesterday through the head with a pistol, at his.apartment in Sackville-street, Piccadilly. Immense losses in backitsg the field against Smolensk°, for the Derby rack.% is supposed to have caused a depression of spirits, which ied to suicide. He was a gentleman of good family, and formerly belonged to the Bays. Miraculous Escape:—On Saterday se'nnight Mr. of Newport, Monmouthshire, James Fiwins,. dreaming of some peruns attempting to break open his house, raistd up the sash of u window in his sleep, leaped into the street, a height at nearly twenty feet, and strange to relate, providentially ese.aped unhurt. Wednesday evening last the lotiOigs of Lady LaCELI3, in Upper Crptton-htrret, Edgware-road, were robbed at various articles, with which the thief got clear off. The mysterious disappearance of a servant girl who had been sent on a messege to Leith, and whose clothes having afterwards been found at the root of a hedge in Newhaven, excited strong apprehensions of nurrder. It appears, however, that the girl had dressed herself in some clothes of her sweetheart (a -ailar), and had been noticed on the road as a comely sailor Ito;.  LAW  COtTRT OF 14 CITEth.II;I4 JUNE  THE kitlG zßavrti.  This was an information against the defendant, a brewer, for penaiCes amounting to ;tear I I OUt. The charges were' principally an attempt to c,or. rupt un Ixcise Officer %vim had discovered worts in tubs and casks on the preinise, the same having been concealed from the str‘,..:yor. The jury found a verdict for the King cm two COMAS in the declaration. Several other revenue cases were tried.
The Sun. — 1839-05-02 (London, England)

SURGEON—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F. R.S., No. 12, Bruton.street. Sotamoit—Henry Young, Esq., No. 12, Essex-street, Strand.  Acruiav—J.l.'BOwnes, Esq., F.R. A.S.  The following are among the advantages of this Society. let, The seeurity of an ample Assurance Fund, besides the subscribed Capital. 2dly, For young and middle-aged lives the Lowest Rates of Premiums that entitle the assured to participate in the profits. 3dly, Three-fourths of the profits divided every fifth year among those who have been assured four years on the equal scale of premiums. The bonus declared in 1834 averaged 16/. per cent. on the premiums then paid ; and the bonus awarJed in 1839, en the average, is equal to 311. per cent. on the premiums received daring the last five years. 4thly. Assurers may have the bonus applied to increase the sums assured, or in reduction of future premiums, either for the remainder of life, or for the next five years only. sthly, Policies granted without any charge to the assured beyond the stamp duty. 6thly, An option given to Assurers on:the increasing seals of rates after the lapse of any number of years to commute the future increasing premium by an equivalent eqaal annual one for the remainder of life, and thereafter to participate in the profits. The same advantages are appiicable to assurers on the decreasing scale of rates.  7thly, Policies on the lives of parties dying by suicide, duelling, er by the hands of justice, not void as respects the interests of persons to wheat they may have been legally assigned. Bthly, No extra charge for residence in any part of Europe, nor for proceeding to any port (in a decked, sailing, or steam vessel) between Brest and the Elbe. Licenses are granted to go to any part of the world upon terms proportionate to the risks. 9thly, Whole-life Policies on the equal scale of premium purehaseable after four years. Lapsed Policies revived on favour. able terms to the assured.  All assurances effected on the equal seale of rates during the year 1639 will participate in the next division of profits. JOHN KNOWLES, Resident Director.
The Sun. — 1839-08-01 (London, England)

WEDNESDAY. Plate of 50 sovs, for two-yr-olds, sst 71b ; three, ist 91b four, Bst 71b; five and upwards, List 101 b. The winner to be sold for 60 sovs, if demanded, &c. T. Y. C. Mr. Forth's bf by Frederick, out of Cetus, 2 yrs A lad I Mr. Osbaldeston's Miss Etty, 4 yrs 2 Captain Gardnor's c. by Reveller, out of Scurry, 4 yrs 3 Duke of Richmond's Felo de se, 3 yrs 4 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Mew's My-hopes, 4 yrs ; Mr. Bower's b. c. Roostan, 3 yrs , Mr. S. Dey's Canace, 3 yrs; Mr. Jones's Kitty, by Fungus, 4 yrs, and Mr. Balehin's Lady Agnes, 4 yrs. Betting-7 to 2 agst Miss Etty, Bto 1 agst My-hopes, 3to 1 agst Roostan. Won by two lengths. The winner was claimed. The Goodwood Stakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, &c. The second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. Cup course. Fulwar Craven's Barnacles, 6 yrs, Bst llb ( Conolly) Mr. Greville's Slorella, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b. ° Duke of Richmond's Confusionee, 5 yrs, sst 101 b 3 Betting-3 to 1 agst Confusionee, 9to 2 agst The Lord Mayor, 12 to I agst St. Bennett, 14 to 1 agst Romania, 15 to 1 agst I-am-not-Aware, 16 to 1 agst Barnacles, 16 to 1 agst Joannina, 20 to 1 agst Morella, 20 to 1 agst The Friar, 25 to 1 agst Ruby, and 30 to 1 agst Cornborough. Won by two lengths. The Members' Plate of 50 sovs, with 20 added by the Ladies, and 10 from the Fund to the second horse ; for threc.yrolds, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 41b. The winner to be sold for 350 sovs, &c. Heats, once round. Mr. King's Jack-in-the-Green, 6 yrs .. ( Wheeler) 1 I Duke of Richmond's The Carrier, 3 yrs... 3 2 Mr. Sadler's Specimen, 3 yrs... Mr. Monk's ch c Nominee, 3 yrs... Won easy. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas ; for three-yr-olds, 7st 41h ; four, 9st 21b ; five, 9st 131 b ; six and aged, lOst 41b. About three miles and five furlongs. Mr. Isaac Day's Caravan, 5 yrs Duke of Richmond's Beggarman, 4 yrs Lord Lichfield's eh c by Actaon, out of Wings, 3 yrs 3 Betting-5 to lon Caravan. Won by a neck. The City Plate was not run when our account left.
The Sun. — 1839-05-27 (London, England)

MAYOR—And you did not endeavour to prevent the loss of it ? Woodward—[ thought, as the money was her's, I had no right to interfere. The solicitor who paid the tuouey to the woman afterwards attended, and mentioned to the Lord Mayo! that her account of the leljacy WAS true.  His Lordship ;twit advised h r join the Temperance Society, end ch,ch.rgk.d her.  TO WN HALL  As soon as Sir John Key had taken his seat, a young woman, just married, nannil Peunefather, applied for a War, ant against Ellen Copley The complainant said, that while she was talking to a neighbour at her lodgings in Vine-court, Tooley•strect, !he woman, who had formerly lived with her husband, came tutu the place, and, after throwing a bottle at her, attacked her with a knife and attempted to murder her, wl:ich she would have effTted, had not a h,dger come to complainant's rescue. The sours; woman's f.ce will covered with blood.  Sir Jo:ix KEY granted the warrant, and the officers, after some short search, found Copicyconcealed under her bed, and took her into custody. Being a woman of violent temper the officers put her into a separate cell. On going into the place in the course of the day, they found the miserable creature had twisted her apron around the bars of the window, tied it round her throat, and hanged herself, life being quite extinct when she was cut down. At four o'clock, Pennefather, the husband of the complainant, appeared before Sir John Key, who said his conduct was very reprehensible in seducing the deceas,d woman and then deserting her. lie said, in excuse, that the deceased was a very violent woman, so much so, that it was impossible for him to live longer with her ; she had several times before attempted to commit suicide. The body was taken to the Borough Compter, where an inquest was held in the evening and a verdict of Temporary Insanity returned.
The Sun. — 1839-05-27 (London, England)

ACTUARY—J. J.Downes, Esq., F. It. A. S. The following are among the advantages of this Society. Ist, The security of an ample Assurance Fund, besides the subscribed Capital. 2dly, For young and middle-aged lives the Lowest Rates of Premiums that entitle the assured to participate in the profits. 3dly, ,Three-fourths of the profits divided every fifth year among those who have been assured four vears on the equal scale of premiums. The bonus declared in 1834 averaged 161. per cent. on the premiums then paid ; and the bonus awarded in 1839, on the average, is equal to 311. per cent. on the premiums received during the last five years. 4thly. Assurers may have the bonus applied to increase the sums assured, or in reduction of future premiums, either for the remainder of life, or for the next five years only.' sthly, Policies granted without any charge to the assured beyond the stamp duty. 6tbly, An option given to Assurers on the increasing scale of rates after the lapse of any number of years to commute the future increasing premium by an equivalen equal annual one for the remainder of life, and thereafter to participate in the profits. The same advantages are applicable to assurers on the decreasing scale of rates.  Policies on the lives of parties dying by suicide, duelling, or by the hands of justice, not void as respects the interests of persons to whom they may have been legally assigred. Bthly, No extra charge for residence in any part of Europe, nor for proceeding to any port (in a decked, sa►ling, or steam vessel) between Brest and the Elbe. Licenses are granted to go to any nart of the world upon terms proportionate to the risks. 9thly, Whole-life Policies on the equal scale of premium purchaseable after four years. Lapsed Policies revived on favour. able terms to the assured.  All assurances effectkion the equal stale of rates during the 'ear 1839 will participate in the next division of profits. JOHN KNOWLES, Resident Director.  COUNTY of
The Sun. — 1839-07-29 (London, England)

ACTUARY—J. J. Downes, Esq., F.R.  11 The following are among the advantages of this Society. ht, The security of an ample Assurance Fund, besides the subscribed Capital.  2dl', For young arid middle-aged lives the Lowest Rates of Premiums that entitle the assured to participate in the profits. 3dly, Three-fourths of the profits divided every fifth year among those who havo been assured four years on the equal scale of premiums. The bonus declared in 1834 averaged 161. per cent. on the premiums then paid ; and the bonus awarded in I 839, on the average, is equal to 311. per cent. en the premiums received during the last five years. 4thly. Assurers may have the bonus applied to increase the sums assured, or in reduction of future premiums, either for the remainder of life, or for the next five years only. sthly, Policies granted without anysharge to the assured beyond the stamp duty. 6thly, An option given to Assurers on the increasing scale of rates after the lapse of any number of years to commute the future increasing premium by an equiralen equal annual one for the remainder of life, and thereafter to participate in the profits. The same advantages are appiicable to assurers on the decreasing scale of rates. 7thly, Policies on the lives of parties dying by suicide, duelling, or by the hands of justice, not void as respects the interests of persons to whom they may have been legally assigned. Bthly, 'No extra charge for residence in any part of Europe, nor for proceeding to any port (in a decked, sailing, or steam vessel) between Brest and die Elbe. Licenses arc granted to go to any part of the world upon terms proportionate to the risks. 9thly, cart of the world USfl terms proportiodate to the risks. 9thly, Vhole-life Policies on the equal scale of premium purchaseable after four years. Lapsed Policies revived on favour. able terms to the assured. All assurances effected on the equal scale of rates during tho year 1839 will participate in the next division of profits. JOHN KNOWLES, Resident Director.
The Sun. — 1839-03-16 (London, England)

LIFE ASSURANCE. The new principles on which this Society is founded, bring the benefits t.f Life Assurance within the -each of all. It provides against the contingency of misfortune during life, as well as against the -isk of death ; and even affords to the Assured a fund out of his premiums on which he can at any time operate, as his circumstances may require. It thus affords to the prudent of all classes, the greatest facilities and most powerful encouragement to lay up a certain provision for the fulure. Among other advantages the i,ssured will enjoy the following  __ Moderate rates of Premium consistent with security ; beAes the gaarantee of half a million of capital. 2. No entry-money. 3. Power of converting the policy at any time into apayment n cash, a new policy, or immediate, or deferred Annuity. 4. After five years, two-thirds of payment on elapsed policies returnable at death. 5. The Assured, on complying with the conditions of tha office, may, at any time, borrow two-thirds of all previous paymen s, and the amount of any declared bonus. 6. Two-thirds of the entire profits on the Life Assurance, and on the investment of the Guarantee Fund, divided annually among the Insured, and at their option paid in cash, added to the policy, or arclied in reduction of future pre miums. 7. Great facility in effecting Insu ances. Premiums payable by one paym: ist, or annually, half-yearly, quarterly, or monthl3, or on the increasing or decreasing scale. 8. Females assured at one year less than their actual ages. 9. Relaxation of restrictions on travelling beyond the limits of Europe, except to places specially enumerated, and a policy in force seven years not forfeited by suicide. SPECIMEN OF ANNUAL PREMIUMS TO INSURE £lOO.  Age `.:O. I Age z 5. I Age 30.1 Age 35, I Age 4,, I Age 45. Age 50.  Z. s d. £. s. d. Z. s. d. s. d. Z. s. d. Z. s. (1. £ s. d. 1 13 7 1 1B 6 2 4 4 2 10 11 2 1S 8 3 9 4 4 4 2