Assize week in Lancaster details violent crime and law steps
At Lancaster assizes the calendar shows 57 felonies for 56 prisoners from Salford West Derby Blackburn and coastal hundreds. Cases include manslaughter burglaries highway robbery and horse stealing with juries urged to mercy light sentences and safeguards against prejudicial publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
T. R .J. Braddyll
Justice Baytey
Crown Court
Salford
West Derby
Leyland
Blackburn
Amounderness
Lonsdale
Lord Stanley
King’s Bench
His Majesty’s Court of King’s‘Bench
John Bailey
Manchester
Armstrone
Baracksuan
New Bailey
Somerset Assizes Opens with Critique of Witness Commitments
The Somerset Assizes at Bridgewater opened with 101 prisoners listed and 55 nisi prius causes. Mrs Baron Granam condemned a 11 year old witness case demanding sureties, likening it to archaic practices and urging fair treatment for witnesses unable to post recognizances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Bridgewater
Nisi
Prius
Baron Granam
John Gradden
Islands Refugees and Strategic Naval Moves Mentioned
The article discusses islands offering refuge to persecuted Christians who flee to Egypt. It notes Greek naval dominance could block the Dardanelles, cutting Ottoman access to essential supplies, while the Black Sea trade may be restricted by Russia. Moniter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Mediterranean
Dardanelles
Ottoman Empire
Russia
Greeks Capture Tripolitza and Sail to Sea Dominion
The dispatch details Greek forces under Demetrius Ypsilanti and Cantacuzene breaching Tripolitza, forcing Turkish defenders to capitulate and driving a siege outcome. Monembasia also surrenders as Greek reprisals follow reports of hostages sacrificed. The Hydra Admiralty reports Greek naval victory off Samos, with Turkish fleet of 13,000 men repulsed after fierce fighting and Greek fire ships burning several vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripolitza
Demetrius Ypsilanti
Cantacuzene
Atlas
Monembasia
Hydra
Samos
Dardanelles
Isle of
Chios
Scala
Nuova
Asia Minor
Vos
Babelina
Egypt
Rhodes
Messenian Senate
Patras
Philip Green
M. H. Pouqueville
Egypt Grain Exports To Constantinople And Ottoman Strife
An Alexandria based report details Egypt’s grain exports to Constantinople including wheat, rice, and other commodities, noting shipments and intercepted cargoes. It reports Arab and Greek naval actions, Ottoman capacity changes, and a Greek protest against British consul Philip Green over neutrality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Constantinople
Egypt
France
Mahomed Ali
Dameanhoult
Mediterranean
Pacha
Barbary
Mecca
Marocco
Medina
Constantine
Africa
Rome
Byzantium
East
Carthage
Ottoman Empire
Upper
Dongola
Arabia
Europe
Damietta
Rosetta
Harvest strains on Rhine floods omen for continent
Inland reports note heavy rains devastating Rhine flood zones and raise fears of harvest loss exceeding 1817. Prices rise for wheat oats and barley in Leicester markets amid unsettled weather and poor harvest conditions across Cornwall impacting barley and oat crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Rhine
Leicester
Cornwall
West Briton
Blanket rescue method proposed for fire escapes in London
A letter from Sussex on September 11, 1891 suggests using doubled blankets or carpets as a makeshift safety device during fires, with nets fixed to area railings and people holding the edges to lower others to safety. The writer also thanks the paper for defending Life Guards against abuse and encloses two pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Don Giovanni
Life Guards
Adjudged Man Slaughter Verdict In Life Guards Case
The adjourned inquest into Richard Honey’s death returned a unanimous verdict of man slaughter against the officers and men of the 1st regiment of Life Guards who were on duty between Turnpike and Park Lane on the August 14, 1891. The jury signed the record and were discharged after the Coroner’s closing phrase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
1St Regiment of Life Guards
T Burn-Turnpike
Park-lane
Richar Honey
Court of Directors at East India House lists ships for Bengal and China
A Court of Directors meeting at East India House recorded ships stationed for Bengal and Ching with captains and tonnages including Duchess of Atholl 1500 tons Captain Daniels and Balcarras 1417 tons Captain Cameron and others for Bengal Madras and China. The report also notes Sayings Bank deposits and a fatal mistaking incident off Kerry Head involving HMS Redwing and the Harriet, plus a coroner’s inquest in Bucks on laudanum given to an infant by its mother ending in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Robert Poor
Messrs. Sparkes and Co
Crewkerne
Michael Lewin
Samuel‘ Hebditch
Lopen
South Petherton
Bideford
Hebditch
Simeon Hebditch
Templeman
Lopén
Lyme
Dorsetshire
James Loxton
Denis Hayes
Ilchester
Duchess of Atholl
Daniels
Hunter
Balcarras
Cameron
Bengal
Ching
Thomas Coutts
Marjoribanks
K. Smith
Madras
China
Castle Huntly
Drummond
Berwickshire
Sheppard
Buckinghamshire
Adams
Uke
York
Campbell
Dunira
Hamilton
Bombay
Thames
Haviside
Bencoolen
New
Stipa
Walker
Orwell
Saunders
St. Helena
Lady Melville
J.stewart
Marquess of
Brighton Chronicle
Kerry Head
His Majesty's Sloop of War
Tawpy
Redwing
Harriet
Ballyheige
Dublin
John Baldwin
John Charnsley
Bucks
Wendover
Godfrey
Windsor Express
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Assize Intelligence
Goliah Chadderton
Eli Swift
Williams
James Wilson
Blakely
Goliath Chadderton
William Booth
Mr. Corrian
Chadderton
William Wilson
Swift
Ogden’s
Lavender
Wm. Wilson
Eli ‘Swift
Wright Wood
Lane
Hed Lion
Harperhay
Thomas Perkins
Perkins
John Hargreaves
Edward George Hornby
James Penny Machell
George Richard Martin
Robert Townley Parker
Lawrence Rawsthorne
le Gen
John Blackburne
John Ireland Blackburne
Joseph Birch
John Bolton
Joseph Fielden
Edward Dean Falkner
William Gale
Edward Hornby
William Hulton
Robert Hesketh
Samuel Horrocks
Esa
Italy
Greece
Calamata
Odessa
America
Hhansel
Corn Trade OF
Peloponesus
Barthelemy
Malta
Mr. Hunter
Prevesa
Bey
Janina
Jussuf Pacha
Kshaya
Mahmoud
Jussut
Calamara
Green
F&f
THE
Courier
Sussex
Richard Honey
East India House
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