20 Aug 1836
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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 20, 1836
Page
1
Shipping prospectus and share closing notices for London life insurance and reversionary annuity company. Details include directors for London and Manchester boards, medical officers, solicitors, and agents. Also cites patent brandy promotion, Rowland remedies, and cosmetic products with pricing and safety cautions.
A meeting in Ipswich discussed establishing a yarn factory to boost capital and employ the poor, forming a joint stock company with 30,000 capital. Elsewhere Falkirk reports tensions between colliers and employers, rising costs, and a plan to slow runaway wagons using governor tech. Ireland eyes mining growth with private capital backing new operations and land inspections. Clifton Suspension Bridge officials and Marquis of Down attend the first stone ceremony amid plans for a new carriage method.
London reports in August 1836 on a bold crossing scheme that would reduce travel distances, likened to a rope performance wonder. It also notes Leicester church-rate opposition with 457 in favor and 609 against, plus details of banking fraud where a delinquent siphoned 3000 to 4000 pounds by manipulating cheques and fleeing to the Continent after Dover relocation.
War Office updates list Capt J Smith and Lt Croker Miller moves among regiments, paymaster appointments, and ensign promotions. Also notes Major-General Sir T Arbuthnot, and various lieutenant and captain shifts. Bankruptcies include carriers, merchants, and tradesmen with court dates and official assignees.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar from the returns for the week ending August 16, 1836, is forty four shillings and threepence halfpenny per hundredweight exclusive of customs duties payable on importation into Great Britain.
On Tuesday the keel was loaded with small coals at Sunderland from the staith drop of the Sunderland and Durham Railway. The event drew great interest as numerous spectators voiced loud admiration and repeated cheers.
Judgment delivered in the House of Lords reversing a Vice-Chancellor decree in a contested will case. Susan Lambton Wharton claimed 10,000 pounds from her uncle William Lambton’s estate. the court ruled the settlement already satisfied legacies, reversing the prior decision and noting differing views among Lords.
The Lord Chancellor moved to affirm the judgment in an appeal from Lord Chief Baron Alexander. The case concerns an occupier at Lucton ordered to account for tithes and agistment to respondents who claim under the graitors of rectorial tithes. Court below judgment affirmed with tares.
A summary of yesterday's Central Criminal Court proceedings notes Edward Spitts guilty of stealing silver plate from the Hon. Juliana Stratford Mananoa Fyre after serving as footman from May to July. Also guilty verdicts for Alfred Lofty, a juvenile burglar, and Henry Smith and wife for receiving stolen linen from Ayn Ireland. A separate case records a robbery on the person involving Johanna Daly.
Flizga Warren a 17 year old spinster was charged with stealing three sovereigns and seven pearl counters from Mrs Eliza Fearn Smith. Evidence showed Warren and another woman Daly visited the house and Warren later confessed to Daly. The jury returned not guilty and the Common Serjeant remarked on her luck.
Thomas Collingwood confessed to stealing arms and money from Charles Braedoo while in service. The case highlighted a parish constable named Brown who used questionable methods to trap the prisoner, including soliciting money from relatives to secure custody. The court condemned the constable’s conduct but lacked jurisdiction to discipline him, urging ward officers to act.
Auguste Frederick Baldwin Schoppe a former Danish army surgeon was convicted of stealing three shirts two napkins a waistcoat and boots belonging to Elizabeth Pryor and Henry Sproud after renting rooms at her North American Coffee House Minories. He claimed to be in Ragland to meet the Danish Consul and received a mercy recommendation from the jury.
Reported in London era news that Louis Augustus Bennet fled after forging bills of lading and insurance policies to steal upwards of fifty thousand pounds. His brother Peter Bennet aided as Peter Blake, posing in Blake and Co to discount bills. Authorities fear American-and-foreign pursuit, with embargo threats on Bennet property. Another forged entity Edwards and Co. is cited as part of the scheme and the total loss claimed at over fifty thousand pounds. George Francis Burn, clerk to stockbroker W. J. Taylor, faces a 1000 pound reward as he is said to have speculated heavily in recent gambling ventures using entrusted funds.
A destitute and insane woman named Margaret M Tighe, found in Leadenhall Street, was sent to the Compter after the Lord Mayor learned of her history. She had been confined for five years at Sir J Miles’s house in Hoxton and was later claimed by a Mr Saunders who said she came from India. Authorities refused to commit her to a lunatic asylum, noting her late husband served with the East India Company and she may be legally chargeable to Middlesex. The Lord Mayor condemned the handling and urged action by the Secretary of State to prevent street exposure of the afflicted. Unstampd newspapers crackdown noted, with a child offender released until the reduction-duty act takes effect.
A Marylebone magistrate examined James McClare a well dressed young man accused of stealing foreign literary works valued around 3000 from Henry Kernot a bookseller agent in Paris. Kernot implicated several shops in the Borough Waterloo Road and Hulburn as recipients. Remand for further examination. Also reports on a housemaid theft Bowen case Bowens murder attempt and a Lambeth Street case of alleged journeyman goldbeaters conspiracy with master Bailey and Puckeridge examined.
The man admitted interfering with the complainant by twisting to work and declining roles amid five apprentices, claiming intimidation under a 5s penalty from the committee. Mr. Broughton issued summonses, legal professionals are retained, and the case, deemed crucial to the trade, was postponed five weeks for extended preparation.
Richard Rumplinz, landlord of the Farmers Arms, Camberwell-grees, faced four counts for possessing sugar to adulterate beer. Offence saw sugar found in a beam bag and in draught beer. penalty reduced to 50. Harry Ingland of Histag Sun was convicted for possessing colouring to adulterate beer, found in a cellar area. judge noted misuse and imposed a mitigated penalty of 50.
In a bold 1836 letter from London, Robert Dillon Browne urges Mayo readers to rise through agitation and registration to press constitutional reform. He blasts tithes and police oppression, calls for Irish mass meetings, and proposes a Mayo Registry Association to drive Parliament petitions and ensure voters claim their rights. He warns Lords will yield only to popular force.
The Brandling Junction Railway commenced on Tuesday last at the Felling with the first turf cut in the presence of R. W. Brandling, Esq., and a gathering of gentlemen witnessing the start of this desirable project.
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