Irish riot at Petticoat Lane ends with arrests
In a Sunday disturbance at the Black Horse public house in Petticoat Lane Owen Allen and Patrick Donovan were accused as ringleaders in a violent melee. A watchman and Metropolitan Police intervened as punches, kicks, and weapons flew, with the Lord Mayor criticising licensing and the landlord defending the house as well managed amid the uproar. Allen was bailed, Donovan discharged, and further proceedings noted at Bow Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansion House
Owen Allen
Patrick Donovan
Carthy
Black Horse
Petticoat Lane
Allen
Metropolitan Police
London
Donovan
Owen
Paddy
Murther
Portsoken Ward
Petticoat-lane
Friend
Belvidere-road cab race ends in crash and fines
In a Belvidere-road incident two cabs raced with bystanders narrowly avoiding injury. One cab overturned injuring the driver and passengers. A policeman witnessed the event and noted the cab numbers. The driver blamed intoxication from passengers. fined four shillings plus costs. The other cabman faced a warrant served immediately.
Market Update from Aug 3 Colonial Trade Outlook
Foreign Commerce notes a quiet past week with Beaucaire fair postponing activity. Coffee stable at 81.5 fr per 50 kg. St Jago arrivals firm despite weak demand. Sugar small parcels at prior prices. French wheat stagnant amid stock and crop concerns. Olive oil to manufactories at 72 fr per millerelle with August and September deliveries at the same price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ManseiLtrs
Beaucaire
St. Jago
Brigg
Long Sutton
Huntingdon
Oakham
East Retford
Lincolnshire Rartee
Derby
Nee
Nottingham Eesaereee
Evines
Seerese
Sesbaceeag
Horncastle
Uth - Eee
Beeege Ee
Grimuby Spilsby
Caistor
Edinburgh Risto
Newark
Faa
Northampton
Peterborough
Chesterfield
Ae Grantham
A. Blandford
Newcastle
Lane
Sunderland
O. Alnwick
Hexham Seaaeees
Morpeth
Abingdon
Banbury
Os Birminghan
Ary Carmarthen
Warminster
Brill
Bristol Leather Market
MtS.c.e
Vanes Wecoee HM
Uark
Perton
Smyrna Valonia
Saver
Aili
Clonmel Ee
Kilkenny
Limerick
Waterford
Wexford
Tee
Belfast
Athlone
Ae Enniskillen
Newry
Dublin
Ave
Yucca Virginiensis In Full Flower At Inveresk Garden
In the garden of Sir David Milne at Inveresk near Musselburgh a Yucca Virginiensis blooms in full, one of only two plants in Britain. The fourteen foot specimen, grown from Bermuda stock, carries a Spanish Bayonet name. The flowering stem rises to about thirty four inches with some 250 creamy white blossoms at the summit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir David Milne
Inveresk
Musselburgh
Bermuda
Scotland
Exhibition of Dahlias at Surrey Zoological Gardens
A grand floral exhibition held at the Surrey Zoological Gardens in honor of the Queen's birthday showcased dahlias and other flowering plants. Exhibitors registered with the committee, beds and tents arranged for inspection, and prizes awarded for multiple categories including 24 Danatas and 12 Danstas. The event featured the Coldstream band, two elephants, and archery alongside prize ceremonies for various plant classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baer
Fiorista
Surrey Zoological Gardens
London
Coldstream Band
Mr. Chandler
Mr. Widnall
Harding
Wilmer
Brown
Chandler
Mountjoy
Wood
Douglas
Salter
Mr. Shepherd
Mr. Crowder
Mr. Lee
Alexander
Seepotrie Danttas
Mr. Allnatt
Mr. Brewer
Pratt
Heartseast
Brown and Mountjoy
Mr. Rivers
Rollison
Marryatt
Rivers
Mrs
Maryatt
Mrs. Marryatt
Gains
Low
Ericarbyana
Hotlison
Wreck Reported Near Baccalieu With Plunder Observed
Bay of Conception Star notes sightings of an unknown vessel wreck near Baccalieu. Reports speak of a large craft possibly a man of war or packet, with foreign trousers and English coin said to be taken. Bodies lie near a cave mouth, two men notably observed, while HMS Comus sails north to investigate and identify the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay of Conception
Baccalieu
Comus
Baccalien
A Practical Reformer Seeks Drunkenness Cure Through Legislation
A reader argues for strict limits on spirits sales to curb public drunkenness in England. Proposes banning spirits in ordinary shops, restricting pubs to malt liquor, and placing stocks near gin palaces as exemplary punishment. Blames Whig misrule for social ills and urges costly first outlays to force at-home drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
True Sun
Buckinghall
England
British Empire
Andrew Agnew
City Constables Act summons merchants to serve as constables
Merchants and other nonresidents who occupy counting houses or warehouses in the city are warned of provisions of a recent act, passed on the 25th, making them liable to serve as constables when called. The preamble cites population decline as the reason for requiring nonresidents to fill police duties.
Death of Sir John Doyle in Portman-square
An obituary notes Sir John Doyle a veteran officer who died recently at his Somerset-street residence. Born 1736 he rose from Ensign to General with key commands in Ireland America Egypt and Gibraltar and earned a long list of honours including a baronetcy and high staff positions. His death vacates the 87th Fusiliers colonelcy and Charlemont Governorship.
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Somerset-street
Portman-square
48Th Foot
40Th Foot
America
Lord Rawdon
Volunteers of Ireland
87Th
Holland
Ireland
Gibraltar
Minorca
Malta
Egypt
Hutchinson
Earl of Donoughmore
Sir John
Barossa
Tarifa
Victoria
Nivele
Orthes
Toulouse
Peninsula
Ava
John
Charlemont
J. Doyle
Inquest At Lundur Hospital Details Death Of James Smith
An inquest at Lundur Hospital Mile End Road before Coroner Mr Baker examined James Smith a 56 year old blacksmith and farrier once employed by Joseph Tickle Esq of Castle Street Whitechapel who died Monday night after a spell of fits and drunken distress. testimonies showed Smith was sober at first but aggrieved by alleged mistreatment by Tickle. attempts to treat him failed and he died in hospital from delirium tremens. A second inquest into William Bowden a distillery worker who died breakfasting found no clear cause and returned natural death.
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Lundur Hospital
Mile End Road
Baker
James Smith
Joseph Tickle
Castlestreet
Whitechapel
William Russell
Kent and Essex
High Street
Tickle
Mears
Brick Lane
Thomas Mears
Bricklane
Spitalfields
Richard Hugell
Wateh-House
Water-House
Christal
Williams
William Bowden
Serious accident to Capt Stoneham late of the Guards
Between two and three on Friday afternoon Captain Stoneham and his servant were hurled from a cab in St James Park when the horse bolted after a whip. A lamp-post collision caused both to fall badly. he injured his back, the servant’s ankle joint dislocated, and both were taken to Captain Stoneham’s house for treatment. Surgeons attended. they are recovering under care at No 8 Montague Place Russell Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belvidere-road
Lambeth
P Division
Irl
William Cook
St. Luke's
St. Luke
Cook
Mr. Twyford
Stoneham
St. James’s Park
Anyuther
Dublin
Ireland
Kehoe
Milbank-street
O'Connell
No.8
Montague-place
Russell: Square
White
Vance
Maitland
Lee
Protest Against the Passing of the Poor Laws Amendment Bill
A dissentient protest denounces the Poor Laws bill as unjust, arguing it imprisons the unemployed, worsens poverty, and undermines local control. It objects to transferring authority to a crown-appointed board, warns of distant workhouses harming families, and challenges changes to settlement and bastardy laws. Names of supporters and places appear in the protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ines
Trish
United Empire
Royal Victoria Yacht Club Silver Cup Race From Greenwich
Boats Wave Veutris Water Witch competed from Greenwich to Gravesend for the Royal Victoria and Loyal Yacht Club silver cup. Vestris led to Gravesend, Wave and Water Witch surged. Vestris finished first, Water Witch second, Wave damaged by gale and third overall amid calm conditions. Commodore H Joss presented the cup to Mr Unwin, praising Water Witch’s crew and hoping for future success for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Gravesend
Royal Victoria and Loyal Yacht Club
J. S. Christian, Esq
Veutris
J. Weston, Esq
J. Unwin
Vestris
Water Witch
Woolwich
Unwin
Diabolical Conspiracy Exposed in Manchester Silk Theft Ring
In Manchester two men Peter Brown and Joseph Marsden and Marsden’s wife were examined over a silk theft plot tied to embezzlement detection. A hawker Johnson aided the scheme by delivering marked silk to Marsden, with Brown and Marsden apprehended after Johnson suspected innocence. The case raises questions about spinners’ committees and funding of murder payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Brown
Joseph Marsden
Marsden
Manchester
Brown
Newton Heath
Johnson
Messrs
Aughton and
Ashworth
Hazard
Villaiy
Sayio
Oldham
Jatuison
Jolson
Beswick
Kingstreet
Rarsden
MR. Ashton
Stockport
Win
Mosley
Garside
Chester
Isherwood
Sherwood
Sir Robert Shaw Seeks Seat at Bushy Park Amid Dublin Return
In a brief note the Dublin Evening Post reports Sir Robert Shaw at his Bushy Park seat without Lady Shaw, remaining in Dublin for a few days. The Herald clarifies he is in both places, Bushy Park and Dublin, as events rotate between the two locations. A Leeds Mercury notice describes flax-spinners Marshall and Co Titley Tathams and Walker reducing weekly hours from sixty nine to sixty six while maintaining wages, allowing continued holidays and account for stoppages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Shaw
Bushy-park
Shaw
Robert
Dublin
Dublin Evening Post
Sir Robert
Bushy -Park
Herald
Albion
Messrs. Titley, Tathams
Walker
Leeds Mercury
Coleridge Soldier and the Latin Saddle Inscription
The Rev W L Bowles relays a Reading era anecdote about Nathaniel Ogle of Elliot's Light Dragoons and a trooper Comberback who wrote a Latin line under a saddle. After discovery, Comberback admits authorship, is discharged, then departs with fellow officers’ cheers. A remark that Religious Musings was written in a Reading taproom is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Bowles
Coleridge
15Th
Elliot's Light Dragoons
Nathaniel Ogie
Newton Ogie
Winchester
Sheridan
Merton College
Reading
Ogle
Comberback
Churchill
Cumberback
Jesus College, Cambridge
London
Ife
C Chitise
Bear Inn
Hinda
Bath Road
Cambridge
Westpinatendridge
Comberack
Omnibus Nuisances and Public Reform Demands
A reader criticizes Colonel Evans for stance on omnibus abuses and urges demolition of the overall system harming invention and rights. The letter argues Whig governance, corruption, copyright laws, and social abuses must be addressed, praising decisive reform as a true public benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
True Sun
Sin
Evans
Metropolis
Westminster
England
Femmes Des Publiques
France
Mice plague in Baden and chilling heat wave report
From Baden the Frankfort Journal notes a massive mouse infestation in a commune of about 20 000 people with 20 000 mice killed and warnings of vineyard destruction. A London fire at Rothan’s Phoenix foundry halted by engines after heavy flames. a schoolmistress narrowly escaped the blaze. The New York Gazette reports record heat in America with shade temperatures up to 93 degrees, deaths from heat and dehydration, and many outdoor workers staying home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Baden
Mr. Rothan
Phoenix Tron-foundry
Dorrington-street
Coldbath-fields
House of Correction
Albion
Phoenix
Barton
New York Gazette
America
Hudson Street
Meetings of creditors notice near several streets
Meetings of creditors tomorrow listed with attendees and occupations including G Sutton New Street Borough Road builder H Prior Ludgate Hill stationer W H Judd Unim Street Bath draper Mawman Arbor Square Connord East W Baker Southampton linen draper W Campbell Hatton Garden jeweller shipowner BR Jones Shad Thames Southwark lighterman A Schloss Strand bookseller
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basinghall-Street
To-Morrow
G. Sutton
New-street
Borough-road
H. Prior
Ludgate-hill
Bivinzkus
W. PF. Campbell
Hatton-garden
W. BR. Jones
Shad Thames
Southwark
Lightermai A. Schloss
Strand
Cssseeee Ave
Births and Marriages Notices from Ashford Lodge to West Sussex
Births announce a daughter at Ashford lodge Petersfield and a son in Brighton to Dr M Mallin of Army Hospitals. Bindon House Somersetshire reports a birth. Marriages include E Webster of Ashbourne to Hannah Ainsworth of Musabank and Col W H Kenner Bengal Army to Charlotte Dolbel. Lieut Col Gascoigne weds Caroline Leigh Smith of Dale Park. Died notices list Alicia Bale of Withyham and infant Arthur Currie in Queen Anne Street, Hannah Lewis of Rye, and William Crawsbay of Stoke Newington. Major E Brackenbury’s son F Norman noted. Printed by William Mitchener at True Sun Office Strand London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashford-lodge
Petersfield
F. Bean
Bindon-house
Omersetshire
T. G. Gardiner
Brighton
M‘mallin
Army Hospitals
St. Mary's
Bryanton Square
E. Webster
W. Webster
Ashbourne
Derbyshire
Hannah
Richard Ainsworth
Musabank
Lancaster
St. George’s
Hanover Square
Firtt
W. H. Kenner
Bengal Army
North Down
Pembrokeshire
Charlotte
J. Dolbel
Island of
Jersey
Gascoigne
General Gascoigne
Caroline Leigh Smith
John Smith
Dale Park
Sussex
Withyham
Alicia
S.bale
Somerset-place
J. Bake
Queen Anne-street
Aitiar Spencer
A. Currie
Rye
Hannah Lewis
Robert Lewis
Ordnance
William Crawsbay
Stoke Newington
F. Norman
E. Brackenbury
Skendleby
County of
Lincoln
Anne Maria
B. Rigg
Walworth
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Police Intelligence
Bow-Street
George Sexton
Elephant and Castle
Saint John’s Wood
Wetherstone
Rochester
Silver Cross
Charing Cross
Rogers
F. Roe
Queen Square
Cortine
Marmine
John Wilkins
Eliza Billings
Mermaid-yard
Jews’-law
Chelsea
York Street
Westminster Hospital
Thatcher
Henry Hancock
Marylebone
William Cowderoy
Patdington
George Barefather
Oxford-street
Pantheon
Barnfather
Union-Hall
Foreign Commerce
Country Markets
Zoological Gardens
Sir John Doyle
Capt. Stoneham
Guards
Don Carlos
Berlin
Kenyon
Exeter
Romney
Rolle
Wynford
Mount Cashell
Penshurly
Teynham
Manchester, Ave
Metap
Wieriam Mitcnech
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