Valentine History and Customs on Saint Valentine’s Day
The piece traces the saint’s life and explains Valentine's Day customs. It notes gifts of Valentines, drawing lots for partners, and rural England practices from Chaucer to Gay, Misson, and Shakespeare, with remarks on two-penny Valentine letters rising in London in 1821.
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Lovere
Sc. Valentine Perura
St. Valentine
Claudius
Wheatley
Valentiner
Valentine
England
John Lydgate
Bury
Catherine
Chaucer
Shakespeare
Misson
Scotland
Chance
Gay
London
The Rev Henry Bate Dudley Dies at Cheltenham at 78
The veteran writer and political figure Henry Bate Dudly died on the first of the month in Cheltenham aged 78. He founded the Morning Post and Morning Herald, edited the Courier de l Europe, and contributed to the Probationary Odes and the Rolliad. He supported Garrick, patronized artists like De Lolme and Lavoisier, and helped discover Mrs Biddons for Garrick. His influence spanned literature, theatre, politics, and science.
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Cheltenham
Chelmaford
Essex
Morning Post
Morning Herald
Courier de l’ Europe
Chronicle
Aole
Ireland
Garrick
Drurgelane Theatre
Flitch
Bacon
Woodman
Haymarket
Shield
Switzerland
Une
Henry
Gaineborough
de Lolme
Lavoisier
Sir Henry
Earl of Sandwich
Capt. Cook
Colman
Cumerland
Bonnel Thornton
Cowley
Biddons
Eccentric Miss Elizabeth Halla Dies in Havering-atte-Bower
A biographical sketch recounts the life of Elizabeth Halla who died at Havering-atte-Bower aged an unspecified age. Born to a Hemel Hempstead farmer, she lived in a cottage near Havering Green sharing a frugal existence with a herd of goats, sheep, fowls, a French dog, and a few cats. Her grounds and life were marked by extreme eccentricity and solitary habit, with a home described as extremely filthy due to her whimsical nature.
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Elizabeth Halla
Havering-atte-Bower
Hemel Hempstead
Havering Green
The Goatherd of Chelmsford A Curious Village Life
An elderly widow named Miss Balla lived a ramshackle life in a London trade home, keeping goats and a Bible as her library. Her finances suffered after foolish hay schemes and a burglary that left her guarded by fear and poverty. She traveled by small cart to buy hay and received dividends from a moneyed income.
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Sahe
Suljecta
Avering-Atte- Hower
Aliss Halls
London
Romford
Confession reveals Thurtell plot to kidnap and kill Wood
The confession outlines John Thurtell and accomplices planning to lure Wood to a distant house, stage a debt trap, and murder him with a pistol and air gun. It details disguises, forged letters, and a scheme to arrest Wood as part of the deception, with further plans against Beaumont and others.
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Thomas Thurtell
Hinigon
Wood
Castle-street
Thurrell
Brew
Westminster
Manchester Buildings
John Thurtell
Thurtell
Haymarket
Eniston
Thurtells
Castle-treet
John Thurrell
Clarke
Curtis
Manchester-builiinga
J. Thurrell
Secrees
Thornton
Sreeseessastee
Barber Beaumont
Arber Beaumont
France
William Seeee
George Eeews
Weare
Corl
Orange-court
Westleee
John
Thurteil
Graham
Kelly
George
John Thure
Plans for the murder of Weare by Thurtell and associates
The document chronicles a scheme to abduct and kill Weare in a lane near Field's, detailing oiling pistols, tricking victims into bed, and a coordinated plan to shoot Weare as he sits with Thurtell in a gig. Probert and Thurtell arrange watch points, a staged diversion, and disposal of the body in a pond, with others to amuse guests inside the house.
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Thurtell
Probert
Hunt
Nancy
Myself
Thorrell
Weare
Field
Thurrell
Jack
Murder Threatens Knaresborough Area In Vicious Strife
A troubled report details a missing gardener named Prigge from Knaresborough who left to meet a lender named John Richardson near Deighton. He was pursued by two rough men, entered Ribston tavern, and vanished with his personal items found later near Ribstone Spring. Police search continues as officials and magistrates assist. a letter from Richardson and a dated memorandum implicate a confrontation along the Leeds to Knaresborough corridor.
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Leeds
Knaresborough
Prigge
John Richardson
Kirk Deighton
Wetherby
Ribaton
Deighton-wood
Ribston
Deighton
Lord Heresood
Ribstone Spring
James Prigge
J. Prigge
Tuesaday
W.L. F. Scott
Ribstone
Pridge
Leeds Mercury
Horrid attempt to murder in Leith panel
A trial in Edinburgh heard a Leith case of assault with a deadly weapon and attempts to kill. The prisoner known as the panel faced charges from July last at his home, with Mr Moffat as key witness. The verdict found him guilty of multiple crimes after a detailed cross examination and police corroboration. He was sentenced to public whipping and fourteen years transportation beyond the seas.
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Hertford
Woolwich
Hunt
Thurtell
Stepney
Blackburn
Limearick Chronicle
Mathiay
Cork
Willan Boiggins
Kignella
Chile
Adinburgh
San
Becton
Hertfordshire
Thurteray
Risoner
Bootshaw
Lord Ellenborough
We Jem
Street
Leith
Menzies
William Moffatt
Wright
Wittes
St. Andrew’s Street
Moffat
Poe
Edburgh
Witna
Witney
Thomas Hay
King-street
Hay
Iin
J. W. Brougham
England
Dublin Journal Advertisement Notice
Printed and published at the Journal Office in Dublin, advertisements and subscriptions are received at No 05 Parliament Street for the publication.
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Dublin
Parliament-street
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Merrick
Henry Bate Dudly
Bayt
Tell
Fin
Aireoun
Springfield
Norwich
Spring Gardens
Ace Rexworthy
John Thurwil
Thurrells
Tetsall
Wrobert
Probert’s
Gill’s Hill
Furm
Tetsall’s
J. Thurtell
Jumberland
Thartell
Mary-la-bune
Whurtells
Bullew
Prosbert
John Churtell
Gill's Hill
Jobo Pharrell
Hill
Pope
Myred Harper
Shore
J.thurtell
Bill
High Court OF Justiciary
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