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The Sun. — 1869-02-18 (London, England)

POOR ASYLIIMS.-111r. Torrens has given notice that on Wednesday, the 10th of March, he will mova " That in the opinion of this House the proposed expenditure on district and separate asylums under the Metropolitan Poor Act of 1867 is excessive; and that no further outlay for such purposes ought to be sanctioned by the Poor-law Board until full inquiry shall have been made into the expediency of the same for the better relief of the sick and infirm, and into the ability of the ratepayers generally to bear such increased burthens."  A man named Illing worth has committed suicide at Oscett by burning himself to death. Persons who were passing the house observed a glare of light proceeding from the kitchen of the deceased, and went to see what was the matter. To their surprise and horror they found Mingworth seated on a pile of burning coal on his own hearth in a blaze. They rushed into the house, dragged the man off the fire, and extinguished the flames. The deceased was able to say, in answer to a question, •' I sat down on the fire. It was my own evil deeds that caused me to do it." He died shortly afterwards.  Another case of lynching is recorded in one of the American papers. A cegro of 3lemphis eloped with the white daughter of his employer. It is not stated that the young woman was forced to go with her black admirer, but her parents at least objected, and somehow the negro fell into the sheriff's hands. The Ku-Klux-Elan delivered the man from custody, and then proceeded to dispense justice in accordance with their own ideas. They first poured turpentine over him, " hung him up by the neck, and set him on fire I When half roasted, he was allowed for the moment to escape, but was shot down in the attempt." This outragitio ono of the riamt_lorrilgo p rooord.  eIiANC.
The Sun. — 1869-02-18 (London, England)

POOR ASYLUDIS.—Mr. Torrens has given notice that on Wednesday, the 10th of March, he will mova " That in the opinion of this House the proposed expenditure on district and separate asylums under the Metropolitan Poor Act of 1867 is excessive ; and that no further outlay for such purposes ought to be sanctioned by the Poor-law Board until full inquiry shall have been made into the expediency of the same for the better relief of the sick and infirm, and into the ability of the ratepayers generally to bear such increased burthens."  A man named Illingw•orth has committed suicide at Oscett by burning himself to death. Persons who wore passing the house observed a glare of light proceeding from the kitchen of the deceased, and went to see tti hat was the matter. To their surprise and horror they found Kling_ worth seated on a pile of burning coal on his own hearth in a blaze. They rushed into the house, dragged the man off the fire, and extinguished the flames. The deceased was able to say, iu answer to a question, "1 s:tt down on the lire. It was my owu evil deeds that caused me to do it." He died shortly afterwards.  Another case of lynching is recorded in ono of the American pipers. A negro of Memphis eloped with the white daughter of his employer. It is not stated that the young woman was forced to go wits her black admirer, but her parents at least objected, and somehow the negro fell into the sheriff's hands. The Ku-Klux-Klan delivered the man from custody, and then proceeded to dispense justice in accordance with their own ideas. They first poured turpentine over him, "hung him up by the neck, and set him on fire 1 When half roasted, he was allowed for the I,noment to escape, but was shot down in the attempt." This outratie le que pt tfie m)At licniblo on record.
The Sun. — 1869-12-31 (London, England)

THE OUTRAGE AT EWELL.  'the adjourned inquest as to the death of the man Thomas Huggett, was held hefore Mr. Coroner Carter, at Ewell, on Thursday.  Dr. Barnes, the first witness called, said that since the opening of the inquest he had made an examination of the body. Ile found that the left ventricle, and a cavity of the heart, had been penetrated. The sack of the heart con tainod clotted blood, and in the pleura there was also a large quantity of the same. The wound was a mortal one and of itself sufficient to cause death. He thought that the wound was inflicted after the explosion, and it was in such a position that the deceased might have inflicted it himself.  Mrs. Sarah Haggett, Jacob-street, Landport, said that the deceased was her son. She last saw him alive on the 6th of September last. He complained of a pain in his  head, and said that the work and this person—i.e., Mrs. Richardson—was more than he could bear. His sister talked to Huggett, and he said that he had discovered that Mrs. Richardson was married, and that she had gone away. After that he seemed to have the pain in his head.  Elizabeth Ann Starling, widow, knew the deceased, who lodged with her up to the 21st inst. For the last tl.rce months had noticed that he was strange in his manner, and was desr.ending. He would not eat his meals for hours after they were ready. When asked as to the cause  he said that it was all about a person named Richardson. This woman had lived with him for some time. Witness did not believe he was in his right mind. John Lodder, gatekeeper to the Rotherhithe Sack Company, knew the deceased man and saw him daily. He was a very quiet man, and was regular at his employment. For the last few months he did not seem so cheerful as formerly and he told witness about a female whom he called " Mrs. Sugar," and whom he said had received all his money for years, past. The deceased said he should do no good now. Witness told him to think no more of it, and lead a different life. Sometimes be said he would, and at others he was in a sullen mood. On the 21st inst.,when the deceased went away, witness noticed a great change in him. He was dancing in a room by himself and making grimacrcs. He had a hock in his hand, and kept dashing it attinst some sacks, saying, " I should like tc serve her the same." Whenever the woman was mt.:Coned the deceased always became very excited; but witnoes never feared that he would perpetrate any wrong. The deceased had been drinking rum very much of late; but prior to that for twelve months be drank nothing• The deceased said on the Tuesday he would never die before he took "her" life. .  The jury, after twenty minutes' deliberation, returned's, verdict that the deccascd committed suicide whilst in a  state of insanity,
The Sun. — 1869-01-25 (London, England)

THE CONFEDERATE LOAN.  A curious feature marked the business of Friday on the London Stock Exchange. There was a revived demand for the Confederate Loan, which was quoted at £9los. The id-a that some recognition of these bonds may be given by the Anglo-American Commission has brought about this renewed speculation. The chance would be adequately paid for by a much smaller sum.  (From the Anglo-American Tim.s.) ASTOR HOUSE, NEW YORK, Jan. 7.  I have for some time been contemplating a letter to yon, and as IL know STOar correspondent is now having his holiday, I take on myself for this week to supply his place. We have bad very severe and inclement weather. During New Year's-day "it snowed and blowe i" in a way very discouraging to the visitors, and suggestive of much refreshment wherever they did make good their entry. Since then we have had fogs, and all manner of disagreeable varieties.  The New York bar entertained Senator Casserly last Saturday. The city has been unusually gay. On Thursday, August Daley, the dramatist, married a daughter of Mr. Duff, manager of the Olympic, at the church of St. Xavier, and many other marriages are on the lapis. Capt. James Funck, once very popular in the passenger trade, as for forty years he commanded a packet ship between this port and Havre, died on Wednesday last, at his residence in East Twenty-seventhstreet. Mr. Grattan, assassinated at Louisville, Kentucky, is the brother of John W. Grattan, a well• known New York lawyer, who telegraphed a reward of $5,000 for the arrest of the murderer. William Wood 'committed suicide on Wednesday by .hooting himself through the head. For several days before his death he had been drinking to excess, and he bad been annoyed at a vessel being robbed over which he had been placed as night watchman. Brook and Orme, who confes,ed the murder of Mr. Brodhead, pleading selfdefence, Lave been sentenced to death. A box, containing $56,000 in United States bonds and other securities, was stolen from the office of Rierwith and Rocholl, in New York, on Saturday afternoon. Four men were blown up on Sunday by the ignition of the gunpowder used for removing the wreck of the Scotland off Sandy Hook. They bad placed 371 b. in the wreck, but in the boat in which they were rowing away from the explosion about to take place there was a wire connecting with the nub
The Sun. — 1869-01-25 (London, England)

THE CONFEDERATE LOAN.  A curious feature marked the business of Friday on the London Stock Exchange. There was a revived demand for the Confederate Loan, which was quoted at £9 10s. The is -a that some recognition of these bonds may be given by the Anglo-American Commission has brought about this renewed speculation. The chance would be adequately paid for by a much smf.ller sum.  (From the Anglo-American Timm.) ASTOR HOUSE, NEW YORK, Jan. 7.  I have for some time been contemplating a letter to you, and as know your correspqndent is now having his holiday, I take on myself for this week to supply his place. We have had very severe and inclement weather. During New Year's-day "it snowed and blowe 1" in a way very discouraging to the visitors, and suggestive of much refreshment wherever they did make good their entry. Since then we have had fogs, and all manner of disagreeable varieties. _ _  The New York b3r entertained Senator Casserly last Saturday. The city has been unusually gay. On Thursday, August Daley, the dramatist, married a daughter of Mr. Duff, manager of the Olympic, at the church of St. Xavier, and many other marriages are on the tapis. Capt. James Funck, once very popular in the passenger trade, as for forty years he commanded a packet ship between this port and Havre, died on Wednesday last, at his residence in East Twenty-seventhstreet. Mr. Grattan, assas,inated ht Louisville, Kentucky, is the brother of John W. Grattan, a well. known New York lawyer, who telegraphed a reward of $5,000 for the arrest of the murderer. William Wood committed suicide on Wednesday by shooting himself through the head. For several days before hi 3 death he had been drinking to excesg, and he had been annoyed at a vessel being robbed over which he had been placed as night watchman. Brook and Orme, who confessed the murder of Mr. Brodhead, pleading selfdefence, hive been sentenced to death. A box, containing $56,000 in United States bonds and other securities, was stolen from the office of Rierwith and Rocholl, in New York, on Saturday afternoon. Four men were blown up on Sunday by the ignition of the gunpowder used for removing the wreck of the Scotland off Sandy Hook. They had placed 371 b. in the wreck, but in the boat in which they were rowing away from the explosion about to take place there was a wire connecting with the aub
The Sun. — 1869-09-27 (London, England)

MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.  On Sunday morning, at half-past five o'clock, a murder was committed at No. 7, Little Suffolk-street, Borough.  It appears that a man named Charles Martin, a shoemaker by trade, residing in that street, hatl made the acquaintance of a young woman named Johnson, aged 21 years. She was a girl of some personal attractions, and had been married, it is supposed unhappily, for she, shortly after her marriage, left her husband, and lived for a considerable period with another man, and during that time gave birth to a female child. Shortly afterwards she met with Martin, who is a married man with five children, and resides at a house in Lantstreet, in the Borough. At six o'clock on Sunday morning Martin presented himself at the police-station, Stones end, and asked to see the inspector on duty. He said, " I give myself in charge for murder." The inspector said, " You are joking." Martin replied, " I am not, for I have murdered my dear Sarah ; I loved her, and rather than see her in the possession of another man I killed her." The inspector, seeing that Martin was -trapped up to the threat, asked him what was the matter ? Martin making no reply, a constable pulled his coat down, and then a gash was discovered in his throat, but the injury was comparatively trivial, and the officer on duty considered that he was justified in sending him to Guy's Hospital. The police authorities proceeded to the address indicated by Martin. On the first floor they found lying on a bed the_body of a young woman. Her head was almost cut off from her body, the bedclothes being completely saturated with blood, and the little child was lying by her side unconscious of the sad fate which had befallen its mother. Dr. Donohue, of Westminsterbridge-road, was called in, and pronounced life to be extinct,the wound itself being of a frightful nature. There being no signs of a struggle, it is presumed the unfortunate woman was murdered in her sleep. It is believed the object of Martin in killing the unfortunate woman was to prevent her making the acquaintance of a man of whom he was jealous.
The Sun. — 1869-10-13 (London, England)

THE REV. S. E. GLADSTONE IN THE CITY.-_ . thanksgiving service was held on Tuesday evening in the church of Bing Edward the Martyr, in Lombard-street, rendered famous by the services held there by Father Ignatius. Great interest was attaches to the present scr vice by the fact that the Rev. Stephen E. Gladstone, the • second son of the First Lord of the Treasury, was announced to preach. Long before the hour announced for the commencement of the service, 7.30, the church was crowded to excess. The majority of the congregation consisted of men of the better class. The service was choral, and there were at least forty boys and men in the choir. There was nothing in the service to indicate a tendency towards ritualism, and the most Evangelical of Churchmen could have found nothing at which to take offence. Mr. Gladstone's text was taken from the Ist Epistle to the Corinthians, 15th chapter, and the 36th verse. After the sermon Mr. Gladstone pronounced the benediction, and the congregation dispersed. REVOLTING LIMICfRALITY.—Mr. Richards has held an inquiry at the Windsor Castle, Victoria-park. touching the death of Mary Ann Ross, a dressmaker, aged 18. Deceased was found by David Mitchell, floating in Duckett's Canal. At the dead-house it was discovered that :he was far advanced in pregnancy. The body having been identified by the father of the deceased, her sister deposed that she suspected that her husband had been criminally intimate with the deceased. Had heard deceased "neaten to take her life several times. The Coroner: Has not this man got three or four wives ? Witness : Not that I know of, except one that he married before rae. We have been married seven months. I took his word he was not lawfully married. A Juryman : He had a wife and two children upstairs ? Witness : I was not aware of that. I did believe he had also lived with a ourth woman. Dr. Edward Howard Moore deposed that deceased's death arose from suffocation by drowning. A juryman asked if the man could not be punished. He knew the.parties well, and not only had the man two wives living in one house, but he had seduced this wretched young woman and another girl in the house working at the machine. The Coroner: I am not going to attempt to defend this horrible man's conduct, but he cannot be amenable to this court. Ho has to answer to his God, and possibly to the law. A juryman said it could be proved that this poor girl was with the man Cockburn on the very day she is supposed to have committed suicide. He considered that an open verdict should be returned. The jury ultimately returned a verdict that "Deceased was found drowned in Duckett's Canal, but how the came into the eater there was no evidence to shew." BADGERING AN lILISII
The Sun. — 1869-09-11 (London, England)

SAD SUICIDE.—A melancholy suicide has just taken place. A German watchmaker, and his wife, living rt, Camberwell, being Lard pressed for money, took council bow to cut down their expenses, and it was agreed to drown the dog, the keep of which cost 7d. per week. It was a great pet, but the wife threw it off Southwark Bridge. The loss of the dog seems to hare preyed upon ner mind,•and a few days afterwards it is supposed that she drowned herself, as her body was found in the Thames at Iforselydown. At the inquest on Friday a verdict of Temporary Insanity was returned.  A cuIDENT TO AN M.P,—lrish correspondents report an accident of a very serious character which has happened to Mr. Richard Joseph Devereux, M.P. for Wexford, from the effects of which he stilt lies in a very weakly condition. lie was stepping into his croydon in George-street, Dublin, to drive home in company with his wife, when he found that the reins were not held by Mrs. Devereux, as he suppos,..d, but were hanging down. lie was about to return for Up reins when the pony ran away and threw him upon his head violently against the ground. lie was so much stunned from the effects of the fall that he remained in a state of unconsciousness for nearly a quarter of an hour, There was an ugly gash in the back of his head, and his leg was dreadfully lacerated by the steps of the vehicle. The pony continued to run until Mrs. Devereux... screams attracted the attention of a man, who picked up the reins and stopped him. Mr. Devereux was taken into a house where he was visited by Dr. Crean and the Rev. Walter Lambert, Having recovered sufficiently, he was removed to his residence, Summer-hill. He is exceedingly week from the effects of the wounds on his head and leg, and the dreadful conclusion °eel ifoued by the fall.
The Sun. — 1869-03-06 (London, England)

THE DOUBLE MURDER AT POPLAR.  Two inquests connected with the recent double murder in Poplar were held on Friday. The first on the body of the supposed murderer, and the other on the two murdered women.  At the first-named the woman who lived with the deceased told the story of how he committed suicide. He was uneasy all through the night, got up earlier than he was used, and, saying he was ill, went into a room, where he was found almost dead by his paramour. The jury returned a verdict of felo de se.  At the inquest on the murdered women the following evidence was taken. Samuel Cornwell; said : The deceased woman, Mary Anne Browne, was my sister, and she was in her 49th year. Her husband's name was John Brand Browne. He professed to be an engineer. She was separated from her husband, and had a protection from a magistrate. The deceased woman, Anne Browne, was my niece. She was a single woman, and her age was twenty-three. She lived with her mother. My sister had A lodger whose name was William John Bradshaw. He lived in the house six years.  The Coroner: lam obliged to ask you a question. As far as you know, was there any particular intimacy between your family and the lodger Bradshaw ? Witness: On one occasion when I went down a year ago my sister took me into the room, and said, "Samuel, I have been honest all my life through, but Bradshaw has insulted me, and I have resisted him." Robert George Still : The deceased, Mary Annßrowne, Was my wife's sister. I last saw them alive on Monday at their own house. I know they had a lodger named Bradshaw.  The Coroner : Was he intimate with any of the family ? Witness: Not to my knowledge. On Thursday last I was passing their house. Noticing it shut, I rang the bell, but could get no admission. Subsequently I gained admission through the assistance of a neighbour, Mr. Bingley, who lives next door. I effected an entrance at the back of the house. I got into the bedroom on the first floor. I went upstairs. I found my niece in bed, dead. I went down stairs, and in the back room at the back of the shop I saw my sister-in-law lying dead on the floor. A surgeon and the police came, and the bodies were then in the same position as when I saw them. There was no appearance of a struggle. As far as I knew they were not ;in pecuniary difficulties, and they lived very happily together.  George Bingley gave corroborative evidence as to the entrance to the house, but threw no light on the reason which Bradshaw would be likely to have for committing the deed. Harriet Emberson, the paramcur of the deceased, was also examined, but, except that she said Bradshaw had told her that be bad bad several rows with Mrs. and Miss Browne, who were both, he said, of bad tempers, she was unable to give any reason for the murder.
The Sun. — 1869-03-06 (London, England)

THE DOUBLE MURDER AT POPLAR.  Two inquests connected with the recent double murder In Poplar were held on Friday. The first on the body of the supposed murderer, and the other on the two mur tiered women.  At the first-named the woman who lived with the deceased told the story of how he committed suicide. He was uneasy all through the night, got up earlier than he was used, and, saying he was ill, went into a room, where he was found almost dead by his paramour. The jury /returned a verdict of felo de se. At the inquest on the murdered women the following evidence was taken. Samuel Cornwell. said : The deceased woman, Mary Anne Browne, was my sister, and Ishe was in her 49th year. Her husband's name was John Brand Browne. He professed to be an engineer. She iraS separated from her husband, and had a protection from a magistrate. The deceased woman, Anne Browne, was my niece. She was a single woman, and her age was twenty-three. She lived with her mother. My sister had lodger whose name was William John Bradshaw. He in the house six years. The Coroner: lam obliged to ask you a cviestion. As Xar as you know, was there any particular intimacy to etween your family and the lodger Bradshaw ? Witness: On one occasion when I went down a year ago my sister took me into the room, and said, "Samuel, I have been honest all my life through, but Bradshaw has 4sulted me, and I have resisted him." Robert George Still: The deceased, Mary Annßrowne, was my wife's sister. I last saw them alive on Monday at their own house. I know they had alo iger named Bradshaw.  The Coroner : Was he intimate with any of the Family ?  Witness: Not to my knowledge. On Thursday last I Rivas passing their house. Noticing it shut, I rang the bell, but could get no admission. Subsequently I gained admisIlion through the assistance of a neighbour, Mr. i3ingley, 4vho lives next door. I effected an entrance at the back of the house. I got into the bedroom on the first floor. I Went upstairs. I found my niece in bed, dead. I went down stairs, and in the back room at the back of the shop I saw my sister-in-law lying dead on the floor. A surgeon and the police came, and the bodies were then in the same position as when I saw tilem. There was no appearance of a struggle. As far as I knew they were not .in pecuniary difficulties, and they lived very happily together.  George Bingley gave corroborative evidence as to the entrance to the house, but threw no light on the reason which Bradshaw would be likely to have for committing the deed. Harriet Emberson, the paramcur of the deceased, was also examined, but, except that she said Bradshaw had told her that he had had several rows with 36Irs. and Miss Browne, who were both, he said, of bad tempers, she was unable to give any reason for the murder.