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The Sun. — 1869-03-05 (London, England)

DOUBLE MURDER AND ALLEGED  SUICIDE.  Poplar seems likely to obtain a most unenviable fame by the number of its murders. Another double murder has just been committed, and that before Cooper, who bn. been discovered by the police. It seems that at 271, Iligh-street, resided Browne, aged 50, confectioner, and her daughter, aged 23, and that on Tuesday evening, when they were last seen alive, the shop was closed at the usual time. Until Thursday forenoon there had been an entire cessation of business—the shop having remained closed. This aroused the suspicion of the neighbours, who communicated with the police, and on the relatives being apprised of the fact, an entrance was effected. On some person getting into the back window on the first floor th e lifeles s body of the daughter, represented as a handsome young woman, was found lying in bed with her throat cut in a frightful manner. On going down stairs the mother was discovered stretched on the floor—having met her death in a similar manner. Mr. Brownfield, the divisional surgeon, was at once called in, and was of opinion that death in both cases was the result of murder. From the appearance of the daughter she is thought to have died without a struggle. Mrs. Brown had lived apart from her husband. For nearly ten years a young man, named Bradshaw, a naval engineer, had lodged in Mrs. Browne's house, which led to an attach. ment between him and the daughter. Bradshaw, however, left the place some time since, and on the night of Tuesday was seen walking up and down and watching the shop. It is said that he did not reach his lodgings in Campbellroad, Bow, where he was cohabiting with another woman, till after one in the morning. On proceeding to bed he appears to have been very restless and uneasy in his mind, and got up several times for the purpose of burning a number of letters supposed to have been written by the deceased young woman. Further, it is stated, he kissed the woman living with him, and remarked " that it might be the last time she would see him." lie was afterwards found in the house with his throat cut, and dead. The police arrive at the conclusion that the Brownes were murdered, and that the man referred to is the perpetrator of the crime.
The Sun. — 1831-12-10 (London, England)

SWINDLING.—The frequent swindling impositions practised upon the public in the purchase of horses, induce us to insert the following information which has been placed in our hands by unquestionable authority : A❑ officer in the army was lately the dupe of an exchange, in which he gave his horse and SW. in money, for another horse not worth 51. This transaction was effected by a gang of swindlers who constantly advertise horses for sale as the genuine property of noblemen and gentlemen, and the purchasers never fail to lament a dealing in which thee are always sure to be swindled. Information has been given to the police of the names of the persons who compose this gang, and of the stables at which they usually keep their horses. They are, for the most part, publicans and self-styled captains.  About half-past five o'clock on Thursday, caocKFoßD's establishment was thrown into great confusion, by the discovery that a person named GLASSBOROUGII had made an attempt to commit suicide under the following circumstances :—E irly on Thursday morning the prisoner (for he was immediately after the attempt taken into custody) received a note, on reading which he appeared extremely distressed. Shortly after he went to his drawer, where a considerable quantity of plate was deposited under his care, and then left the club-house, saying that he should return in about an hour. About five o'clock he came back, and went to JOSEPH HOWARD, one of the persons engaged at the Guards Club-house, who, from his conversation, became convinced of the prisoner's intention to destroy himself, and seized him. An officer Was sent for, and the prisoner handed over to him. It was now discoverer that plate to the amount of 100/. had been stolen, and 0, searching the prisoner's lodgings it was discovered that 1., had pledged a considerable portion of the missing plate. He underwent an examination at Marlborough-street yesterday, when the above facts were detailed, and the pri soner remanded for further examination.
The Sun. — 1831-05-10 (London, England)

FROM A CORRESPONDENT.  At this ancient Cinque port there was no contest; the popular candidates, William Fraser, Esq., and Captain Monypenny having, from a fear of in any way prejudicing the Reform question, declined opposing Messrs. Marjoribanks and Loch, who, whatever may be their pc•litical sins of omission in general, have, on this particular question of Reform, voted in accordance with the wishes of the people. It is, however, somewhat difficult to account for the course pursued by these last-mentioned gentlemen. For years they have enjoyed a seat in Parliament, by the votes of the non-residents, and have evinced a proportionate disregard for the residents, from whom, indeed, they had received no favour beyond patience and long suffering. But now that they see the thing, as Cohbet calls it, about to fall, they are rather pathetic in their appeals to the inhabitants, while the ill starved nonresidents have the satisfaction of finding themselves about to be disfranchised by the men whom they have so long supported. With the popular candidates of course they could have no .chance of better for, tune, yet it is confidently asserted that they -would rather have returned these gentlemen, than the " falsehearted swains" who have so wobilly deluded them. Mr. Fraser, however, aware that while one portion of the non-residents were sullenly preparing to commit political suicide at llythe, the remainder were in London, on the look-wit for an Anti-Reform Menik.r, thought it more advisable to permit the immediate return of two Members pledged to the Reform measure, than by keeping open the poll to give time fur the production of an Anti-Reformer, whom the non-residents would naturally have elected. Thus Messieurs Alajoribanks and Loch were left to go through the ordinary farce of being elected by the immaculate non-residents, most of whom are in the employ of the first-named gentleman either at St. Margaret's or at Dover. Immediately after this due election, the constituents set off for their respective abodes —an example which the Members followed in a few days, leaving the town almost unob,erved and wholly disregarded. The exit of the popular candidate, on the contrary, was truly a triumph—banners were streaming, music playitu, and from almost every window bouquets of flowers were thrown into the carriage by the fair patriot-I of flythe. Mr. Fraser's return at the ensuing election is looked upon as certain. •
The Sun. — 1831-10-18 (London, England)

FORTY-ONE ! in favour of corruption, bribery, nomination boroughs, the right of Old Sarusu to return Members to Parliament, when the same right was denied to Birmingham and to Manchester. They learnt that by your vote you had decided that the House of Commons did not understand the question of Parliamentary Reform—did not know the elements of which it was composed—that it really and faithfully represented all the interests in the kingdom—and that the people were all wrong, and that you were all right. This was the news of yesterday—the intelligence of yesterday ; and I will LOW explain to you the effect which your decision produced, and the opinions which we hold respecting it. When the public learnt the fact, the public exclaimed, " What infatuation !" " What madness !" and not one, but a thousand, said, " The Peers of Great Britain have committed an act of moral suicide." Perhaps, my Lords, if you deigned in the course of your delit erations to think of that country which is " the curse of Europe." you hoped by your vote to show us " that at least the English Aristocracy would not submit"—•' that at least the Revolutionists in England would have no chance"—" that at least popular principles and opinions would not triumph on your side of the Channel"—and " that this should be the death-blow to democracy all the world over." Well then, my Lords, if this were your opinion, your wish, your hope, I assure you that you have been defeated ; for no sooner was your decision known than the Chamber of Deputies hastened to declare that an Hereditary Peerage :n France was abolished ! ! When the result of the Reform Bill was known at Paris, the Deputies who doubted, did so no longer ; those who hesitated and reflected, found their hesitation removed and their reflections enlightened, as well as their doubts removed ! and upwards of FOUR HUNDRED DEPUTIES PROCEEDED To
The Sun. — 1831-06-23 (London, England)

GOULBURN. These, in Lord STORmoNT's estimation, are the monopolizers of the piety, the wisdom, the morality, the integrity of the country ; as for that " base multitude"  the people : away with them ; they are the very scum of the earth ; fit only to be" hewers of wood and drawers of water;" creatures born only to be say enslaved, and recognized only to be trampled on He BtallitkNevde of havethe R Reformers f anotherorm ewr rd to his presumingto insult their Sovereign by a toast lately given in the North, at a party at which Lord HowtcK was presen,. This charge comes with peculiar propriety from an adherent of that " base (though titled) multitude," which on the day of the dissolution insulted their SOVEREIGN to his very face; which shouted, and bawled, and gesticulated, even while he was within hearing, with the lungs of showmen, and the attic elegance of Billingsgate Naiads ; and which, from the very commencement of the Reform struggle, has taken every opportunity, directly and indirectly, of thwarting the openly-avowed wishes of the most beloved and idolized Monarch that ever swayed the British seceptre. Who can endure to hear this factious mob charge the Reformers with I insulting their Sovereign—himself the first and truest Reformer in the country ? " Quis tulerit Gracchoe de seditione querented" But Lord STORMONT is no logician ; his tongue gets the start of his understanding; and, if he can only advance the interests of his party by coarse, wholesale attacks on the people, the seldomer he gets on his legs the better.  The statement that Marshal DIEBITSC}I hall fallen a victim to the cholera, is generally doubted by the Paris Journals, who countenance the re port that he committed suicide, in consequence of learning that be had fallen into disgrace with the great. Tyrant of the Ncrth, and was to be superseded in his command by General
The Sun. — 1831-11-21 (London, England)

DREADFUL SUICIDE.  It is our painful duty to put on record one of the most resolute and premeditated acts of self-destruction that ever came tinder our notice. On Friday evening Nov. 1 hh, Thomas Footitt, aged twentythree years, clerk to Messrs. James Thorpe and Sons, merchants, and grandson to Mr. Palethorpe, gardener, of Newark, put a period to his existence by hanging himself. The cause of his committing this rash act is enveloped in mystery, as he was not a defaulter with his employers. Conjecture assigns  it to his having involved himself in consideraile debt, without the means of extricating himself, together with the indiference of his relatives from having married contrary to their wishes; these haring preyed upon his mind, it is supposed, brought him to the awful conclusion which terminated his  life. Not the slightest traces of any aberration of intellect had ever marked his deportment. He was a fine handsome young man, and stood full six feet high. It appears he had, during the day, been in company, and had become rather elated in liquor, but was unusually gay and playful. In the evening  he went home to his wife^ to whom he had been. married about six months, and wished to lay down, but she prevailed on him to go to the office, as he might be wanted. He then gave his wife his money and pocketbook, arid wished her good bye. R►ther alarmed at his conduct, she watched him into the counting-house. It appears he did not remain long there, but took the warehouse keys and a lantern, stating that he was again going to take in some bags. He proceeded to unlock the door, which he closed after him, and went into the top mow, five stories high ; he there cut off a rope from the sack tackle, and tied it to an iron roller on the outside of the door fronting the river, and just beneath the crane. He then took off his coat and waistcoat, which were carefully laid on some bags; he had also put his gaiters and shoes off with the s►me care; his hat was left at the other end of the room, and his neckerchief was thrown across a heap of corn. He had likewise roiled his shirt sleeves up to his elbows, and unbuttoned his shirt collar. After this preparation he went to the far end of the warehouse, and extinguished hie light, when he returned to the fatal drop, where he had adjusted the rope to allow him six feet fall on the outside of the warehouse. The rope being small, and the distance great which he fell, it is supposed that life became instantly extinct, as the rope had completely severed the integuments of the neck. Had the rope broken he would have fallen into a boat underneath, and in that case he would have been killed upon the spot. He committed the dreadful act about half-past six, and was discovered about eight o'clock. A Coroner's inquest was held upon the body on Saturday morning, arid a verdict returned of" Temporary Insanity." His remains were interred on Sunday at two o'clock in the church-yard, Newark, amidst a great crowd of spectators.—Stamford Paper.
The Sun. — 1831-10-25 (London, England)

GEESE.—By a wager which two gentlomen made last week, it was ascertained that no less than five hundred and three geese were roasted in Chester on Sunday last.—Staffordshire Mercury.  Government has granted a loan of 160,0001. for the purpose of completing the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal.  The appearance of a celebrated gin-spinner at a Court is said to have given great umbrage to those who owe their introduction to spinning-jennies.  In the opinion of Mr. STRICKLAND and of many others, among whom, we believe, may be numbered Lords MORPSTII and MILTON, and Mr. RAMSDEN, Ministers will be able to carry their dill without a new creation of Peers. The strength of the Government, the firmness of the KINa, and the determination of the people, they think, will induce many of the Peers to abandon their hopeless and dangerous opposition. —Leeds Mercury.  LISTON, the comedian, was amongst the spectators in the Painted Chamber at the House of Lords on Thursday, when the King prorogued Parliament Lord BROUGHAM attended his MAJESTY from his carriage to the Robing-room, and when the CHANCELLOR passed LISTON, wiio had stationed himself in the fr,nt, amongst the assembled visiters, the Learned Lord found it extremely difficult to preserve his gravity.  It appears by the Devonport Telegraph that the Bishop of EXETER has managed to embroil himself with the parishioners of Devonport. We have nut room f r the story, which is a very long one, but the result is that the Bishop, after promising to abide by the opinion of Dr. LUSIIINGTON upon a doubtful point, altered his mind, and now professes to think his own opinion better than that of the Doctor. The afriir promises to termi ❑ate in an appeal to Parliament.  Mr. E. TEMPLE, a gentleman of fortune residing at St. John's Wood, attempted suicide on Saturday, by discharging a pistol at his breast. The report brought some of the family to his assistance, who found him on the floor weltering in his blood, but cocking another pistol with intent of snore effectually completing his purpose. His wound is very dangerous, but hopes are entertained of his recovery. He refuses to assign any season for the rash act, and only regrets the attempt was not fatal.  At the Guildford Petty Sessions on Saturday, a number of disorderly persons, male and female, were brought up, who have for some time infested the town and neighbourhood. They were apprehended sleeping in a barn near the town, One of them, a married women, on being sentenced to six weeks' hard labour, addre,KA an impertinent remark to the magistrates, on which the time was ordered to be doubled. The remaining parties were committed for l L days.—County Chronicle.  C 110LERA.—( Extract of a circular published by Sir
The Sun. — 1831-12-22 (London, England)

MILLION STERLING AND UPWARDS. The Profits are divided amongst those who now insure, as well as the original Members, in just proportion to their respective payments. In the Fire-Office, Returns, during the last Seventeen Years, to the amount of SO,OOO/. have been paid to all Persons who have continued insured Seven Years, upon Annual as well as upon Septennial Policies, and whether they have been sufferers or otherwise. In the Life Office, Bonuses of 131. Ss., 261. 125., and SO/. 10s. per cent. have been divided during the last Twenty-one Years.—These are (at the option of the persons insured) either added to the Policies or applied to the reduction of their future payments. Military Men are not charged additional, unless called into actual service. Persons are at liberty to pass and repass to the Continent under limitations, without Licence and extra Premium. Persons removing to unhealthy climates, or subject to bodily infirmities, may insure. If any Person die by Suicide, Duelling, or the Hands of Justice, the full value which his Policy bore on the day previous to the time of his Death will be paid. No Admission Fees are required, nor is any Charge made for Policies, except the Stamp Duty. *„*" Persons who have been insured in the Fire Offices lately dissolved may remove into the County Fire Office without any additional expense.—Agents are appointed in all the principal Towns.  POST OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1832, containing the Names and Residence of 22,000 Merchants, Traders, &c. Also a List of 1,000 Country Bankers, with the names of the Bankers they draw upon in Londoa.—List of English, Scotch, and Irish Newspapers.—lnsurance Companies.— Post Office Regulations, &c., &c. Sold by Simpkin and Co., Stationers'-court; Sherwood and Co., Paternoster-row ; and all other Booksellers, price 4s. 6d. bound, or with the Carrier's Guide, bs. 6d. bound.
The Sun. — 1831-09-14 (London, England)

CORRESPONDENTS. The letter of " Censor " is too long and too personal for our columns. We disapprove the conduct of the Mayor of Liverpool, with regard to the celebration of the - Coronation in that town, as much as he can possibly do ; still this will not justify us in giving insertion to strictures, which, if not absolutely libellous, yet closely border on it.  t  LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1831  The death of the Right Hon. J. CALCRAFT having occasioned a vacancy in the representation for Dorsetshire, one of the BAN KEs's, father or son, will of course offer himself as candidate. Possibly, too, he may expect to succeed. But this must not be. The freeholders must unite to a man against him. They must be astir, early and late ; on the watch in every nook and cranny of the county ; form themselves into associations ; appoint Committees and Sub-Committees ; for on the issue of the contest for Dorsetshire will, in no slight degree, depend the success of the Reform question in the House of Lords. At present the majority of the Peers—who are about as well acquainted with the real state of the country, as the Hon. Member for Preston with the commonest rudiments of grammar—entertain a notion that the people are disgusted with the Reform Bill, and that consequently it may be thrown out with impunity. If, then, the freeholders of a populous, influential county like Dorsetshire, resolve on returning either of the B&NKES'S, they will strengthen this illusion, and give the House of Lords a plausible pretext for rejecting the measure altogether. But will they commit such an act of political suicide ? Never ? Their past conduct vouches for their present. Night and day they will bear in mind, that the cause of their country is entrusted to their hands ; that Dorsetshire is another Clare, destined to carry a greater Emancipation Act ; that if they waver all is lost, if they persevere all is gained. The present is a tremendous crisis. The eyes of a mighty nation, resolved at all hazards to be free, are fixed on one cardinal point—Reform ; their attention is directed to one instrument by which its success may be ensured—the election for Dorsetshire. Never was county so honoured! The Dorset freeholders actually have it in their power to emancipate not only themselves, but their country. The voice of a unanimous nation calls on them to do so. It implores them as husbands, as fathers, as frn4s, as citizens, sternly to do their duty, and earn the deathless gratitude of a regenerated people. Passing from particulars to generals, from the inhabitants of one county to those of an  entire nation, we call on the people promptly to meet, and energetically to express their determination to obtain Reform. To exclaim in a voice of thunder that may penetrate the inmost recesses of the House of Lords, and startle even the deafest Peers on their wellcushioned seats, WE
The Sun. — 1831-07-21 (London, England)

WETHERELL—So, then, this borough of Camelford is a felo de se.—(Cheers and laughter.) It must he hurled, therefore, in the cross roads--(Laughter) —and the Hon. Members for Camelford must have the honour of driving the stake through at its heart at the performance of its disgraceful obsequies.—(Cheers and laughter from the Opposition. )—I must call out " Fie, he, upon suicidal Camelford."—(Laughter from the Ministerial benches.) Mr. MILBANK was not at all surprised at the observations of the Hon. and Learned Member for Borough. bridge. He had got the key to them the last time that he passed through that place; for the people there had told him that they were afraid, if this Bill passed, it would be the death of the poor old gentleman who represented them. —(Roars of laughter.) The question was then carried, " That the hot ough of Camelford stand part of schedule A." No observations were made on the question being put and cart ied " That the borough of Castle Rising stand part of the saute schedule."  The CHAIRMAN then put the question on the borough of Corfe Castle, amidst great laughter. Mr. W. I3ANKES rose in its behalf, amidst loud and long vollies of laughter. Whatever might be said hereafter of the fate of Corfe Castle, it should not at least have those disgraceful obsequies performed upon it which his Hon. and Learned Friend had just bestowed on the borough of Camelford. Tlie justification for the extinction of Curie Castle could not be that it was either a decayed or a decaying borough ; for the last 10 years there had been an increase of 200 in its population, making its present population no less than 1,700. He would not trouble the House with any further observations, as he could not take this borough out of the operation of the principles of the Bill.  The doom of Corfe Castle was then sealed, amidst deafening cheers from the Ministerial benches. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again to-morrow. The Queen's Dower Bill pawed through the Committee.—Report to be received to-morrow. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock.