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The Sun. — 1854-05-10 (London, England)

MURDER AND 'SUICIDE AT COVENTRY.—On Saturday evening the neighbourhood of Cook-street, Coventry, was thrown into a state of alarm by a report that a murder had been committed at the Black Do, public house. On the police going there a woman was found behind the tap-room door, dead ; and a man, apparently sitting on the ground, was also dead. It appeared that the deceased female was named Eliza Thompson ; that on the 21st of April, 1850, she was married at St. John's Church, in that city, to a man named Poole, who from some cause left her and went to America. In the year 1852 she became acquainted with Nelson Webb, a young bricklayer, and on the 28th of December was married at St. Thomas's, in this town : but, for some cause that did not transpire, the deceased refused to live with him, and had been fur some time past landlady of the public house in question. On Saturday last ho preferred a charge of bigamy against her at the Cventry Police-office, when the case was remanded till Thursday, a material witness not being forthcoming, and the woman was liberated on bail. After they left the Police Gffice, -Webb went to some public-houses in the city, and drank a good deal. He had purchased on the Friday two pistols, and on the evening of Saturday he went into the Black Dog, and called for a glass of ale. Mrs. Webb refused to draw it, and went to the door to get out, but he placed his arm round her neck, and shot her under the ear ; she then dropped on the floor. Before any one could come near him (there were several persons drinking in the publichonse), he place a cap on the nipple, put the pistol against his mouth, pulled the trigger, the pistol went off, and carried away part of his face ; he died in about three minutes. Inquests were held on Monday, when,, as regarded Mrs. Webb, a verdict of "Wilful murder' was returned, and in the case of the murder, one of felo de se. The funeral of Webb took place on Tuesday evening, about nine o'clock, when his body was taken in a hearse, followed by two mourning coaches, to St. Peter's church, Hill Field. Tb.era. vaa. G4gccoilw c q-441440,1P
The Sun. — 1854-04-15 (London, England)

MAN KILLED BY LYING ON A RAILWAY.—On Tuesday night, about half-past ten o'clock, as an empty waggon and cattle train was proceeding from Peter. borough to Leicester, about half a mile from the Syston junction, the driver saw by the light of the moon something lying across the rails a short distance before the engine. He was unable to see what it was, but thought it looked like a heap of soil. When the enginePasart over it, however, it was lifted up so much that he the first thought it was off the line ; and on junction he toldthe pointsman there that sorieseth:ingg had been d been placed on the line. Anther trail' due short time ; he did not, therefore, go to see w what it was immediately, but after the train had passed he went, and of a man_ lying on roili curue,cl found first a hat, and then the body toothpe assistance, and the body his stomach, and completely cru6heedd. ll framework-knitter, of Syston. Bead Inn, at Syston, whewreasitrewinevs" identified as 'that'll of Sarson, From the evidence adduced at the inquest it appeared that the deceased was much given to drinking, and when intoxicated used to wander about very much, and would lie down anywhere to sleep. He had a sister hying at Quorndon, and it was suggested that he was probably going to see her, as he had before taken the same way at night for that purpose. He left the house of a neighbour about 10 o'clock in a state of intoxication, saying he should go home and go to bed. His house, however, was in a direction exactly opposite to that in which he went. There was nu evidence which could lead to the conclusion he had any intention of committing suicide. The neighbour at whose house he had been heard him say that he should " make a hale in the water," but he was in the habit of making such remarks when intoxicated, and no one noticed them. P. C. Ward, who assisted in removing the body, expressed opinion, from the position of the head, that the deceased was asleep when the train ran over him. The jury gave a verdict of " Found dead, from being run over by a train, but whether the deceased had placed himself there for the purpose of self-destruction, or had Wu down in consequence of being drunk, there was DO etri• denco to flow. '—kekester Journal.
The Sun. — 1854-06-12 (London, England)

DEATH OF THE DEAN OF WINDSOR.—We regret to is at present a mystery, as the proprietor of the workrecord this event, which took place on Saturday morn- shop was not aware that it had been entered since the ing, at Butleigh Court, near Glastonbury. The Hon, previous evening. His premises were insured, but the and Very Rev. George Neville Grenville was the brother stock was not. The greater portion o the buildings of the present Lord Braybrooke, and was in the 66th burnt was cottages, occupied by persons in humble ciryear of his age, having been born on the 17th August, cumstances. The engines from Banbury and Adderbury 1788. He was presented to the deanery in 1846 by the were soon in attendance, and by the exec Lions of the late Sir R. Peel, villagers and others, who came from all directions to the DEATH OF JAMES DARGAN, EsQ.—On Friday even- scene, the progress of the fire was at last stopped. The ing, at his residence, Thomas-street, after a short illness, exertions of all deserve great praise, more especially the above gentleman, brother of our distinguished coup- those of the clergymen residing at Bloxharn, who with tryman, William Dargan, Esq., departed this life in the the scholars of the collegiate school lately established 40th year of his age. The deceased gentleman was en- there, at once turned out, and lent a useful hand to exdeared to all who had intercourse with him, and beloved tinguish the fire. by his private friends in such a manner as to cause his TERRIBLE SCENE AT THE FRENCH OPERA House.— demise to be at once a deep source of regret to them, and There was on Monday night a terrible suicide committed of enduring sorrow to his afflicted lady and numerous at the French Opera House. Meyerbeer's Prepare was family.—Limerick Herald. being played to a very brilliant house. All went on
The Sun. — 1854-10-18 (London, England)

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF TWO SL: TE S.  NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Monday Evening.--Je,::. as the inhabitants of this town were recovering from the shock occasioned by the recent calamitous accident, the public feeling has been again wounded by the death of two fine young women, sisters, under circumstances to which a melancholy interest attaches. Their names were Ellen and Isabella Rohinges, and respectively about 17 and 15 years, and they were the daughters of a man named Zekiel Robinson, who has long been employed at the glass-works of Wright, Brothers, and Co., in this town, and who resides in Duke-street. The two deceased and another elder and unmarried daughter lived with their father there, all three girls being occupied daily from home in some employment by which they assisted in maintaining themselves, the youngest working in the establishment of a bookbinder.  It appeared that late on Saturday night, when the father was not in the house, a quarrel arose among the three unfortunate sisters, all of whom slept in one bed, which eventually became exceedingly violent. In the midst of the disturbance the father returned home in liquor, it is said, and either ordered the elder of the deceased to leave the house, or said something which induced her to do so. She is described as being of an exceedingly irritable and stubborn temper. She left the house with little mere than her night clothes on, and never returned. Her father relenting, and dreading that she would catch cold, sent the youngest of the sisters after her with her bonnet and shawl ; but not coating back again he went in search of them, but, they could nowhere be found, though the remainder of the night was spent in anxious inquiries concerning them. Their melancholy fate was not known until yesterday morning, when they were discovered drowned in the river in the vicinity of Elswick, about two miles from this town, by a man named George Todd, and, ib is said, locked in each other's arms. They were conveyed to the dead-house in Pandon, where they await a coroner's inquest. They are described by those who knew them as industrious girls of good character. As they lay side by side in the dead-house to-day theyt presented a touching spectacle, " decay's effacing fingers" not having yet obliterated remarkable. The beauty for which, when they were nper oubnadbeirl i ttyh ei excited that th efeeell feelings s threwoccas ohneerdselbfyiethtoe the T quarrel, and that the other was drowned in attempting to save her, or, what is more likely, they committed suicide by mutual consent.
The Sun. — 1854-04-19 (London, England)

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1854.  " about quarter of hour -slow." From-this it would not have been impossible, if Miss ANDERSON was perfectly accurate as to the slowness of her clock, for the prisoner to have fired the fatal shot; but there was nothing remarkable in his manner or. appearance. He subsequently went to Mrs-. Pram's, and thence to Mrs. MANSON'S, but no person remarked anything strange; and it is difficult to conceive such a state of nerves as would have enabled a person who had committed an awful murder within ten minutes previously to divest himself of any appearance of flurry or agitation. It was 'shown that Dr. SMITH had purchased a pistol of the same description as that found by the dead body, and with which it was alleged he had committed suicide ; but another witness proved that the deceased himself had purchased a similar pistol some time previously. It was by no means satisfactorily proved that the case -was not one of suicide, though the medical gentlemen thought it not probable that it was so. Dr. COMRIE, however, declared that " the appearances did not present materials to form an opihion as to whether it was or was not a case of suicide." Under such circumstances a conviction was clearly impossible. Dr. SMITH would not have been tried for his life, or suspected, but for his dealing in gambling policies that supplied the motives, and has occasioned all the doubt and difficulty. After the fearful revelations respecting burial clubs--when we see men and women sacrificing their own children for the sake of a few paltry pounds—we cannot wonder at any imputation cast on a stranger, who had so large an interest as 2,000/. in the event. The fact of a medical man being the gambler enhanced tho grave suspicions. About ten years since, Lord ST.
The Sun. — 1854-05-25 (London, England)

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Koh-i•noor, Cochin to London ; Villo de Rio, Rio Janeiro to Havre • and Schah Jehan, Mauritius to London —all three same day. The Albion, Caledonia, Ottawa, Shandon, Cambria, St. I Lawrence, Toronto, Montreal, Britannia, America, City of Boston, City of Hamilton, and the John Bull—all 13 April 26, in the ice off Cape Ray. The True Briton, of South Shields, May 6, let. 44 N., long. 32 W. The Patriot Queen (ship), of and for Liverpool, March 2, lat. 23 S., long. 44 E. The Ingleborough, Bombay to England, March 13, off Cape Agulhas. The Lady of the Lake, of Glasgow, for Savannah, April 17, let. 37 N., long. 47 W. The Newton (schooner), of and from Liverpool for Providence, April 14, lat. 36 N., long. 59 W. The Jane Parker, Newport to Havannah, April 8, let. 48 N., long. 12 W. The Brothers, of Waterford, for Quebec, April 12, let. 50 N., long. 19 W. The Governor Brigas, Gibraltar to Baltimore, April 13, let. 49 N., long. 24 W. The Edward (barque), of Devonport, bound west, April 15, let. 48 N., long. 31 W. The Orient, Liverpool to New York, April 19, let. 50 N., long. 12 W. The John Henry, Matanzas to Queenstown, April 19, let. 42 N., long. 40 W. The Meldon, of Yarmouth, Trinidad for Bremen, April 15, let. 30 N., long. 80 W. he Oph!r, Bahia to Havannah and Bristol, April 23, Cooper's Hill, Florida, bearing W. 25 miles. The Belgian (barque), Portsmouth to New York; out 15 days, May 15, let. 47 N., long. 19 W. The ltydal (barque), Mauritius to London, May 16, lat. 47 N., long. 17 W. The Frances, Bombay to Liverpool, April 19, lat. 4 S., long. 19 W. The Ocean Wave, London to Sydney, N.S.W., April 22, let. 1 S., long. 23 W. The Anne Holtzberg, Calcutta to Lonc.on, April lA, let. 3 N., long. 25 W. The Belfast, homeward bound, May 4, lat. 29 N., long. 37 W.  The Thebes, Penang to London, May 9, lat. 40 N., long. 31 W. The Columbus, Benin to Liverpool, May 10, lat. 41 N., long. 30 W. The Emlyn, Colombo to London, May 15, lat. 47 N., long. 22 W. The Warlock (barque), Callao to Cork, March 7, lat. 57 S., long. 7 W. The Undine (Hamburgh ship), California to London, March 13, Mt. 50 S., long. 42 W. The Maria Theresa (transport barque), steering S., April 14, lat. 1 N., long. 23 W. The Schau Ichan, Mauritius to London, April 18, lat. 5 N., long 24 W. The Enterprise, Hong Kong to London, April 19, lat. 6 N. long. 24 W. The Tamerlane, China to Liverpool, May 13, lat. 46 N., long. 22 W. The Rolla, Hartlepool to Quebec, May 4, lat. 46 N., long. 47 W. The William Denney, Clyde to Port Philip, Dec. 17, lat. 4 N. long. 20 W. The Almirante, Oporto to Sidney, N.S.W., Dec. 30. The John Matthie, Liverpool to Calcutta, Feb. 8. The Nil Desperandum, Bristol to Melbourne, Feb. 4, lat. 39 S., long. 24 E. The Sarah and Mary, April 14, lat. 47 N. The Canada, Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal, April 28, off Cape Ray, to leeward of the ice.  FRIGHTFUL ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE By A
The Sun. — 1854-05-25 (London, England)

THE BALTIC.  --STOCKHOLM, May 19.—News was received from the fleet on the 16th. Up to that date, Sir Charles Napier had made no attempt on Revel, the Island of Aland, or Gustafsorn, although reports that he had attached and taken all those places have for some time been in circulation here. The Admiral is probably waiting for the junction of the French division, and there can hardly be a doubt that his first object will be to prevent the Russian ships of war which have been confined by the ice at Ilelsingfors from effecting their escape to Cronstadt. The capture of the enemy's islands and ports must be a matter of secondary consideration with him, as they can, with little difficulty, be taken at any time • but it is of the utmost importance to prevent the Aelsingfors squadron from joining the fleet assembled at Cronstadt.  Th- Afeambladet of Stockholm says :—" Events are pressing on. The North is more interested than ever in their solution. Each moment of delay, each hesitation to contract an alliance with the Western Powers is suicide for Sweden. She is preparing an abyss which will swallow her up if she persists in her resolution. Yet the Government is well aware of the country, it knows the wants of the Swedish people. Let not our inferiority of numbers be spoken of, the valour of our troops is well known, and the Western Powers will not disdain 20,000 warriors supported by 10,000 of our brothers from the Western coast. Let it not be forgotten that Finland desires nothing more than to be again united to Sweden. The honour of Sweden is at stake, and our representatives ought not to forget that fact." The Cologne Gazette quotes letters from Stockholm, of the 18th, announcing that the states of the kingdom have substituted a moderate tariff for the prohibitive import and export laws hitherto in force. A letter from Berlin of the 21st, in the Cologne Gazette, states from Memel that eight Russian prizes have been brought into that port by British vessels. These prizes were, it is stated, cut out of the port of Liebau, the town being threatened with bombardment, if the garrison, consisting of 400 dragoons, offered the slightest resistance. The prizes are to be taken to England . A. letter from Riga of the 13th, in the Moniteur, says :—" The number of vessels which have entered this port since the breaking up of the ice amounts to 102, of which about two-thirds are neutrals. All these vessels have taken in cargoes, and again sailed, with the exception of about 10, and these will also have left in two days. In consequence of the precipitation imposed on commerce in order to take advantage of the free exit of the vessels before the blockade, freight for England has risen enormously, as much as 141. per ton having been paid for the ports of the United Kingdom."
The Sun. — 1854-05-25 (London, England)

THE BALTIC.  STOCKHOLM, May 19.—News was received from the fleet on the 16th. Up to that date, Sir Charles Napier had made no attempt on Revel, the Island of Aland, or Gustafsorn, although reports that he had attached and taken all those places have for some time been in circulation here. The Admiral is probably waiting for the junction of the French division, and there can hardly be a doubt that his first object will be to prevent the Russian ships of war which have been confined by the ice at Helsingfors from effecting their escape to Cronstadt. The capture of the enemy's islands and ports must be a matter of secondary consideration with him, as they can, with little difficulty, be taken at any time • but it is of the utmost importance to prevent the time; squadron from joining the fleet assembled at Cronstadt.  Th- Afeambladet of Stockholm says :—" Events are pressing on. The North is more interested than ever in their solution. Each moment of delay, each hesitation to contract an alliance with the Western Powers is suicide for Sweden. She is preparing an abyss which will swallow her up if she persists in her resolution. Yet the Government is well aware of the country, it knows the wants of the Swedish people. Let not our inferiority of numbers be spoken of, the valour of our troops is well known, and the Western Powers will not disdain 20,000 warriors supported by 10,000 of our brothers from the Western coast. Let it not be forgotten that Finland desires nothing more than to be again united to Sweden. The honour of Sweden is at stake, and our representatives ought not to forget that fact." The Cologne Gazette quotes letters from Stockholm, of the 18th, announcing that the states of the kingdom have substituted a moderate tariff for the prohibitive import and export laws hitherto in force. A letter from Berlin of the 21st, in the Cologne Gazette, states from Memel that eight Russian prizes have been brought into that, port by British vessels. These prizes were, it is stated, cut out of the port of Liebau, the town being threatened with bombardment, if the garrison, consisting of 400 dragoons, offered the slightest resistance. The prizes are to be taken to England. A letter from Riga of the 13th, in the Moniteur, says :—" The number of vessels which have entered this port since the breaking up of the ice amounts to 102, of which about two-thirds are neutrals. All these vessels have taken in cargoes, and again sailed, with the exception of about 10, and these will also have left in two days. In consequence of the precipitation imposed on commerce in order to take advantage of the free exit of the vessels before the blockade, freight for England has risen enormously, as much as 141. per ton having been paid for the ports of the United Kingdom.'
The Sun. — 1854-10-12 (London, England)

ONE SHILLING DAY.) CRYSTAL PALA CR. doors, troktawas opened at Macclesfield last week. A. public p of thea land necessary for the purpose was proA portion vided by private subscriptions. The Marquis of Westminster, Lieutenant of . Lord - Cheshire, and the Earl as of Harrington, the owner of Cawsworth, a neighbouring —Admission assisted at the proceedings, which were attended village, by, a vast body of the manufacturing population. at thie462,. EXTENSIVE FIRE INlMANcHEßTEn.—Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, a fire broke out on the extensive premises of Messrs. Bremner Brothers, oil and tallow Tiler• chant:, near the Victoria-bridge, Manchester. The premises were stored with a large quantity of oil and tallow, which burned so fiercely that it was found impossible to save the building from destruction. Adjoining Meisrs. Bremner's warehouse were a timber-yard and saw mill, and it was with the utmost difficulty that thee were saved. Messrs. Bremner's premises were completely burnt down. The damage will amount to several thousand pounds, but is amply covered briosurance.  SUICIDE nir A NTARRIND WoMAN.—Yeaterday Mr. \Noy ..laresoy:held resided on tsti airta: (1.1 ut _she inquest re tirnhh, theuasgbe husband ,rayt thl eel Princes-street, a'coleirski-isloitsortuel ees ter:. Li:is(in-,revs. For some time past she had given herself up to iiabitual intemperance, and hpd pledged whatever she could lay her bands upon, including her husband's clothes, so that in a very short time she had made away with everything about the place, and a once happyhome was very quickly reduced to the greatest misery. On Saturday her husband gas e her 4s. 6d. to redeem his clothes from pledge for the, next day, but instead of doing so she went off and spent the money in drink, returning home at night in her usual state of intoxication. Ile left home the following morning at . o'clock. after bidding her good bye to show that he held no animosity towards her, and he never saw her again alive. It ap. geared that about eidlit she also left home, and at eleven the same morning her lifeless body %vas discovered floating in the Regent's Canal. The Coroner briefly commented upon the painful nature ,of the case, and the jury returped a verdict of "suicide, leaving the state of the unfortunate woman's mind at the ticoo she eetranitted the rash act an open question.
The Sun. — 1854-10-21 (London, England)

SUICIDE OP A POLISH REFUGEE.—On Tuesday evening last, at eleven o'clock, a Polish gentleman, named Sigismond Wienckowski, residing at Chapel-street, Devonport, committed suicide by stabbing himself in the heart, with a sharp pocket knife. THE LAUNCH OF THE Nzw ROYAL YACHT, THE WINDSOR CASTLE,—It has been ordered that the new Royal paddle yacht, the Windsor Castle, constructed under the superintendence of lir. Oliver Lang, shall be launched at her Majesty's dockyard, Pembroke, on the 13th of January next. The Rev. Edward Thomas Austen has been instituted to the rectory of Barpeston, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Leigh Spencer, in the patronage of St. John's College, Oxon ; and the Rev. Thomas Nunn has been nominated by his grace to the perpetual curacy of Hansted, vacant by the cession of the Rev. Samuel George Booth. White, both in the county of Kent, and diocese of Canterbury. It is generally known that her Majesty, out of respect for the memory of Captain Hyde Parker, has been pleased to adopt the two little Kustendje orphans, whose sad case has lately caused so much commiseration. The little fellows are to remain on board the Firebrand until a safe and suiteble opportunity for sending them to Etiglend. shall occur. They are very intelligent children, and the eldest displays a proficiency, not merely in speaking Englieh, but also in the sword and musket exercises, which would do no discredit to some of the gallant fellows now doing duty at home. raFALL OP A CHURCH .Roof.—The roof of the church at the village of Ganeston, a few miles from East Retford, North Nottinghamshire, fell in with a great crash on Tuesday last, doing considerable damage to the building. The interior fittings had been removed only a few days before, preparatory to the sacred edifice being restored, and it was observed at the time that nearly every piece of wood was decayed with the dryrot. The rafters of the roof gave way from the same came. Nobody was injured.