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The Sun. — 1850-07-19 (London, England)

COSTS NOT TAXED.—Vast amounts of costs are not taxed. It will be recollected that a solicitor, a few years ago, most lamentably desecrated our metropolitan cathedral by using it as a means of suicide, and thus of escape from the meshes of the court in which he had involved others, and ultimately became entangled himself. That solicitor had been accumulating costs in a suite for many years, and he expressed his hope that the parties to it would be induced to let him take the full amount as made out by himself for several oppressive considerations, one of which was that the per-centage on taxation would alone have amounted to between two and three hundred pounds. Such was his hope, but even he was overwhelmed by the practice of the Court, and unable to obtain his desire, his darling costs, be rushed from the tribunal which the nation dreads and groans under to an end he thought befitted his career—a meet sacrifice to the Court he had served, and to the Moloch he had worshipped, although offered on a most unbefitting altar. It is usual to cast all the blame upon solicitors, but the above instance and many others show that however often solicitors may err, yet that the great source of wrong is in the Court. For the consideration mentioned and other causes, many bills are never taxed, and in most cases there are what are called "extra costs," which generally escape taxation. Tne public have been led to believe that the evils of the Court will be much mitigated by recent changes. Such is not the case.. Some of the recent orders render the law worse than it was before. • If a family Bible were printed in a continuous line, it would be about five miles and 116 yards in length. It these hills of costs were printed in the same way, the length would be about 1,200 miles ! The length the pen would have to go over would be much more. t Gawen v. Gawen. Hughes v. Wynne: II Bade v. Blake.
The Sun. — 1850-09-13 (London, England)

KING." This letter, the result of insanity, as I shall presently show, would have been thus replied to, if the writer had been living when it was received : When a General-in-Chief is publicly told by a commanding officer, in the hearing of his men, against whom a cry had gone forth for misbehaviour in action, that they were very small men and not strong—that their swords would not take so sharp an edge as their enemy's swords, and were so heavy the men could not use them—for these were the real expressions used— when such language was employed at such a time, it was nut only judicious, but necessary, that Sir C. Napier should address the regiment as follows Soldiers, the Colonel says you are small men, and your swords are too heavy for you, and not so sharp as the Seikhs' swords. I beg the Colonel's pardon. I see before me men with big hearts, and broad shoulders, and strong arms, and if we have another war I would give them an opportunity to show what they are made of. That Colonel King's letter was the result of insanity is but too easily shown. He says, remarks made six months before caused mutiny and drove him to suicide—but there was no mutiny, nor an idea of mutiny, in the 14:h Dragoons, and the following letter to the Commander-in-Chief's secretary, written immediately after the inspection, proves that the writer, Colonel King, was pleased and gratified with Sir C. Napier's address, and the assertions in his last letter are the hallucinations of a distempered mind. " We were not .a little gratified by the expression of the approbation of this morning of the most discerning, as well as deserving great captain in India ; but I beg of you to believe that it was no friendly veil which the dust threw around us, concealing good a, well as evil." No more need be said. W. NAFIEB, Major-General.  A
The Sun. — 1850-09-13 (London, England)

KING." This letter, the result of insanity, as I shall presently show, would have been thus replied to, if the writer had been living when it was received:— When a General-in-Chief is publicly told by a commanding officer, in the hearing of his men, against whom a cry had gone forth for misbehaviour in action, that they were very small men and not strong—that their swords would not take so sharp an edge as their enemy's swords, and were so heavy the men could not use them—for these were the real expressions used— when such language was employed at such a time, it was not only judicious, but necessary, that Sir C. Napier should address the regiment as follows : " Soldiers, the Colonel says you are small men,. and your swords are too heavy for you, and not so sharp as the Seikbs' swords. 1 beg the Colonel's pardon. I see before me men with big hearts, and broad shoulders, and strong arms, and if we have another war I would give them an opportunity to show what they are made of. That Colonel King's letter was the result of insanity ia but too easily shown. He says, remarks made six months before caused mutiny and drove him to suicide—but there was no mutiny, nor an idea of mutiny, in the 14. b Dragoons, and the following letter to the Commander-in-Chiers secretary, written immediately after the inspection, proves that the writer, Colonel King, was pleased and gratified with Sir C. Napier's address, and the assertions in his last letter are the hallucinations of a distempered mind. " We were.not a little gratified by the expression of the approbation o'f this morning of the most discerning, as well as deserving great captain in India ; but I beg of you to believe that it was no friendly veil which the dust threw around us, concealing good as well as evil."  No more need be said. W. NAFIEB, Major-General.  A
The Sun. — 1850-11-08 (London, England)

DAY.) This morning a young woman, named Elizabeth Burke, the wile of a lithographic printer, was charged before Mr. Jardine with attempting to commit self-destruction by swallowing a quantity of laudanum. Police Sergeant Chadwicke, of the F Division, said about six o'clock last night ne was called by the landlord of the house No. 5, Vere-street, Clare-market, who stated that eta of his lodgers bed attempted to commit suicide. Ha went up to the second-floor front room, occupied by they prisoner and her husband. He found the prisoner lying upon the bed. She had sant a boy to three different chemista for laudanum, and she had purchased three-pennyworth of that poison, the whole of which she had swallowed. She said the cause of her attempting her life was in consequence of her husband, who was a Roman Catholic, forcing her to go to the priest. She did not approve cf it, as she was a Protestant, and it bad preyed upon her mind. She also said her husband had threatened to desert her and her two children if she did not secede to the Roman Catholic faith. Witness removed her to the King's College Hospital, where the stomach pump was applied. The prisoner, who cried bitterly during the examination of the sergeant, said she had nothing to say in answer to the charge. The husband of the prisoner was then called into the court. He said his wife had been very low-spirited during the last few days. He accounted for the alteration in her conduct, because he wanted her to go to his chapel. She was of a different religion to himself, and he thought his religion was the best. Mr. JARDINE said it would have been much better if he had allowed her to follow her own inclination. At preseet she was not in a fat state to be trusted alone, and he should take care of her and send her to a place where she would be properly attended to. The prisoner was then remanded for a week, and the worthy magistrate allowed her to have the care of her child while she was in prison.
The Sun. — 1850-11-08 (London, England)

SOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) This morning a young woman, named Elizabeth Burhc, the wife of a lithographic printer, was charged bet ore Mr. Jardine with attempting to commit self-destruction by swallowing a quantity of laudanum. Police Sergeant Chadwicke, of the F Division, said about six o'clock last night he was called by the landlord of the house No. 5, Vere-street, Clare-market, who stated thet one of his lodgers had attempted to commit suicide. He went up to the second-floor front room, occupied by the prisoner and her husband. He found the prisoner lying upon the bed. She had sent a boy to three different chemists for laudanum, and she had purchased thr, e-pennyworth of that poison, the whole of which she had swallowed. She said the cause of her attempting her lite was in consequence of her husband, who was a Roman Catholic, forcing her to go to the priest. She did not approve of it, as she was a Protestant, and it had preyed upon her mind. She also said her husband bad threatened to desert her and her two children if she did not secede to the Roman Catholic faith. Witness removed her to the King's College Hospital, a here the stomach pump was applied. The prisoner, who cried bitterly during the examination of the sergeant, said she had nothing to say in answer to the charge. The husband of the prisoner was then called into the court. He said his wife had been very low-spirited during the last few days. He accounted for the alteration in her conduct, because he wanted her to go to his chapel. She was of a different religion to himself, and he thought his religion was the best. Mr. JARDINE said it would have been much better if be had allowed her to follow her own inclination. At present she was not in a fit state to be trusted alone, and he should take care of her and send her to a place where she would be properly attended to. The prisoner was then remanded for a weak, and the worthy magistrate allowed her to have the care of her child while she was in prison.
The Sun. — 1850-09-27 (London, England)

TRAGICAL EVENT. YORK, THURSDAY.—Two events of a painful and tragical nature have occurred in this city, viz the suicide of one female, and the supposed death, by her own act, of :another. The first victim was a woman about forty years of age, named Burton, who, along with her husband, kept a lodging and coffee-house for the accommodation of railway passengers, opposite the station in Tanner-row. She has had a family of two or three children, and she and her partner have lived very comfortably together, but for the last three-quarters of a year she has been afflicted with an internal complaint. For this she had been at Buxton, and it was thought that her health had much improved. Nothing peculiar was observed in her conduct on Tuesday, but she attended her domestic duties as usual as well as her strength would allow. In the evening she went upstairs, and some time afterwards the door of her room was discovered to be fastened. A ladder was obtained, by which the room was entered and the door unfastened, and on the husband going into the room with a candle a dreadful spectacle presented itself. His wife was hid extended on the bed with two fearful gashes in her throat, and life quite extinct. There was a razor and a pool of blood on the floor, and a portion of the blood had trickled through the flooring into the room below Mr. Keyworth, surgeon, was sent for, but of course too late to render the female any assistance. An inquest was held yesterday before Mr. Wood, the coroner, and the jury returned a verdict that the deceased had cut her throat whilst labouring under temporary insanity. The second inquest was held the same day on the body of a young female named Smith, who had drowned herself. This event happened on the same night. The deceased had been labouring for some time under a depression of spirits, and had complained that she could net appear in as decent clothes as any other person. She had declared she would drown herself. She was heard to fall into the Ouse by some person near, and immediately to utter the exclamation, "Oh dear !" An alarm was raised, but no assistance could be rendered, and she sunk. There was no positive evidence as to how she got into the water, and therefore a verdict of " Found drowned" was recorded.
The Sun. — 1850-09-27 (London, England)

TRAGICAL EVENT. YORK, THURSDAY.—Two events of a painful and tragical nature have occurred in this city, viz , the suicide of one female, and the supposed death, by her own act, of :another. The first victim was a woman about forty years of age, named Burton, who, along with her husband, kept a lodging and coffee-house for the accommodation of railway passengers, opposite the station in Tanner-row. She has had a family of two or three children, and she and her partner have lived very comfortably together, but for the last three-quarters of a year she has been afflicted with an internal complaint. For this she had been at Buxton, and it was thought that her health had much improved. Nothing peculiar was observed in her conduct on Tuesday, but she attended her domestic duties as usual ss well as her strength would allow. In the eve ning she went upstairs, and some time afterwards the door of her room was discovered to be fastened. A ladder was obtained, by which the room was entered and the door unfastened, and on the husband going into the room with a candle a dreadful spectacle presented itself. His wife was hi I extended on the bed with two fearful gashes in her throat, and life quite extinct. There was a raz )r and a pool of blood on the floor, and a portion of- the blood hid trickled through the flooring into the room below. Mr. Key worth, surgeon, was sent for, but of course too late to render the female any assistance. An inquest was held yesterday before Mr. Wood, the coroner, and the jury returned a verdict that the deceased had cut her throat whilst labouring under temporary insanity. The second inquest was held the same day on the body of a young female named Smith, who had drowned herself. This event happened on the same night. The deceased had been labouring for some time under a depression of spirits, and had complained that she could not appear in as decent clothes as any other person. She had declared she would drown herself. She was beard to fall into the Ouse by some person near, and immediately to utter the exclamation, "Oh dear !" An alarm was raised, but no assistance could be rendered, and she sunk. There was no positive evidence as to how she got into the water, and therefore a verdict of " Found drowned" was recorded.
The Sun. — 1850-11-18 (London, England)

CORONER—WiII you state anything you know of your own knowledge necessary for the purpose of this inquiry ? Mr. Hood—He was seized with an attack of paralysis on the Bth August last, which left him both mentally and bodily in a state of great prostration. He recovered partially from the paralysis, but his mind remained much weaker than it was before. This was more evident, because he had always been remarkable amongst his friends as being a man of a very decided and strong mind. I ranked myself amongst them, and was aware of what I state. After he had recovered in some measure from the effects of disease I advised him to go down into the country and he went to the Isle of Wight first, and then to Brighton. After he had been there a week he came back unexpectedly, and called on me. This was about a month ago. He told me he had come up from Brighton on account of the agonising feelings he had had the day before, which caused him to contemplate suicide. lie said he felt something that was impelling him to throw himself over the cliff, and that it was with the greatest difficulty he could restrain himself from doing so. He also said he felt sure that if he had had a pistol within his reach he should have blown his brains out. I calmed him as well as I could, and told him that his bodily health was much deranged, and that I would prescribe to restore him, and again advised a sojourn in the country. He went again to Brighton. When he returned, about a fortnight ago, I saw him. He did not complain of having any return of those feelings I mentioned ; but on Thursday week last more papers were brought to him than usual by one of the clerks. I think I ought to have stated that I recommended him to go back to the Treasury, as I thought it would do him good provided he did not do too much work. He did go back to the Treasury, and was there for a few days. He was so frightened at the sight of the papers I have alluded to, that he ran down to the Treasury and resigned bis situation to Sir Charles Trevellyan. He told him this on Friday week, and he told me that he felt unable to undertake any more calculations, and that he had in consequence resigned. He appeared then very nervous, and seemed to regret having done it. I have no doubt that his mind was much weakened, and that he never recovered from the effects of paralysis, which left his mind in a very weak state. I have no doubt he was labouring under affection of the mind. I continued to see him after that. He continued very much the same, viz., desponding. I saw him last Wednesday. I did not think it was necessary to place him under against ge restraint, the depressionroasn t' i because he w actions, and struggled as much as man could do of his perfectly master of his s mind. I am decidedly of opinion that he was labouring under disease of the brain, and very extensive disease of the heart also. A person labouring under such disease would be likely to commit self-destruction. He never talked to me en the subject except upon his return from Brighton the first time. _ _
The Sun. — 1850-08-03 (London, England)

THE NEPAULESE TO BIRMINGHAM. These distinguished foreigners arrived at Birmingham on Thursday evening. They took up their residence with Mr. G. R. Collis, to whom they had been introduced by the Turkish :Ambassador, the gentlemen who composed their suite staying at the Royal Hotel. Yesterday morning they visited some of the principal manufactories; amongst these were, Mr. Harris's glass-house, the glass manufactory of the Messrs. Osler, Mr. Winfield's lamp and brass bedstead manufactory, Mr. Sargant's gun manufactory, the plate glassworks at ,Smithwick, and Mr. G. R. Collis's works. At several of these establishments they made large purchases. At Mr. Collins's, in addition to a considerable quantity of plate (including a church communion service), orders were given for a number of castings, including the Queen, Prince Albert, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Anglesea, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Dalhousie, Lord Hardinge, and Lord Gough; the last-named Noble Lord having visited these works on Thursday. In the middle of the day the Prince visited the Music Hall, expressing himself much delighted with the magnificent organ. In the evening his Highness and suite visited the theatre, and this morning (Saturday) they will visit some other of the manufactories, and, it is expected, the principal works in the dsstrict. At present the movements of the Prince are uncertain; the existing arrangements are a run from Birmingham to the Menai-bridge, and thence return immediately to town. Irishmen—the inhabitants of every country except their own.—Eliza Cook's Journal.  In The Sun of the Ist instant there appeared an account of the suicide of a foreigner in St. James's Park, in which it was stated that occurrence " was witnessed by Mr. Chapman, chief clerk to Mr. Rumsey, solicitor, Warwickcourt."i We have received a note from Mr. Rumsey, requesting us to state that Mr. Chapman left his service some weeks since.  - --HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO HoLYßooD.—The furniture for Holyrood has been principally supplied from London. Her Majesty's bed-room is, we understand, adorned in a simple though elegant style, becoming the tastes of a Queen so domestic in her habits. The arrangements are new nearly completed at Holvrood. Though the precise period of the royal visit is not yet fixed, we have the best reason to believe that it will take place before the 20th of August.— Edinburgh Evening Post. Good-breeding is a guard upon the tongue ; the misfortune is that we put it on and off with our fine clothes and visiting faces, and do not wear it where it is m?st wanted —at home! —Eliza Cook's Journal. The Iir:!, ~f vi,,, T,.,,,,,,,iry have s2potion,:.d .n additional thmt-, thee surveyor of districts to felievt the 'wain surveyor. The new district is called the London district, and Mr. D. B. Raw has been appointed the post-office Surveyor of it. His official residence is fixed in London. •
The Sun. — 1850-04-02 (London, England)

THE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED  SUICIDE AT HOXTON.  Yesterday forenoon a lengthened investigation was entered into before Mr. W. Baker. the coroner, and a highly respectable jury, at the Shaftesbury Arms, Shaftesbury- street, New North-road, Hoxton, con. cerning the death of Matthew Sanderson, aged six weeks, who was murdered by his mother, Emma Sanderson. The culprit was examined before Mr. Hammill, at Worship-street Police-court, on Saturday, and remanded to await the result of the coroner's inquest. The first witness examined was Mary Fuller, ser rant to the parents of the deceased, whose evidence was to the same effect as that she gave at Worshipstreet.  Mary Ann Potterton, 3, Boundary-row, Hoxton, deposed that she had attended the mother of the deceased in her confinement, and that she had been in a low and desponding state of mind ever since. Her lowness was caused by marks on the deceased's face at its birth, and she was constantly harping upon the disfigurement it caused for the last fortnight. Witness noticed a great change in the mother's appearance, which caused her to tell the servant to keep a atch upon her actions. On Thursday afternoon last she called on witness on her road from the City. She appeared in a very melancholy state, and asked witness to come to her in the evening ; and on her going to the house shortly after five o'clock, she was informed of the attempt Mrs. Sanderson had made on her life, and found the deceased lying on the bed quite dead and cold. On seeing her the mother exclaimed " I have killed my baby, and if Mary (meaning the servant) had not come in, I should have killed myself too, and we should then have been happy together." Afterwards she put her hand into her pocket, and produced a piece of tape (shown to the jury), saying to witness, " Take this, it's what I have done the deed with; rub it against the marks on the necks of the other children, and it will cure them, as it is now charmed." By a Juror—The other children were born with some marks upon them, but very slight, and they are now scarcely observable. By the