Southey's Cowper Works Volume Fifteen Issued
The 31st brings Volume Fifteen of Southey's complete Cowper works with frontispiece vignette and portrait of Bodham. Contents include Life of Cowper, correspondence, poems, Homer translations, and Homer Odyssey notes. London: Baldwin Cradock, Paternoster Row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comrpese Suuteeys
Cowper
Goodyear
Lady Austen
Clifton
Mr. Bodham
Robert Southey
Eng
Ll.d
Lipe
Solthey
Quarterly Review
Welland
London
Baldwin and Cradock
Dessert fruit knives and porks plated on silver blades
Detailed list of prices for silver plate plated goods is available gratis from COX SAVORY, 47 Cornhill, London. The advertisement lists various knife handles in plain ivory, carved pearl, and silver ferrules, with king’s or queen’s pattern options and mentions various makers and patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Cox Savory
Cornhill
London
Court Row Between Cabman and Gentleman Over Debt
A London court hears James Samson the cabman and a well dressed young man named Armstrong over 88 debt. Samson, described in Boz like fashion, narrates a comic chase through Lilington and other districts, the defendant admits the debt but cites lack of funds and promises payment in a week. The pair depart together, Samson boasting of the gentleman’s fine print of Parliament houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Samson
Armstrong
London
Boz
Sam Waller
Samson
Sampson— Vy
Common Garden Playhouse
Vite Condick
Winkie
Lilington
Disappearance of the island of Juan Fernandez
The isle of Juan Fernandez has vanished from the South Sea after a volcanic emergence and an earthquake. The piece traces its naming to Spanish pilot Joan Fernandes, his 16th century voyages along the South American coast, and debates whether he founded New Zealand, while also correcting a local court report on a Mul ling case where the jury delivered a not guilty verdict before the defense was heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juan Fernandez
Juan Ferosodez
South Sea
Juan Fernan Rz
Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crasoe
Joan Fernandes
Peru
Chile
Fernandez
Christopher Columbus
Desigo
Spain
Autho
New Zealand
Mulling
Central Court
Telarocd
Newton
Cresswell
Wightman
J. Addison
Alexander
Sexar
Liverpool
Burnley
Thomas Newton
General Commission
Halifax
Henley
Blake
Scotland
Mr. Blake
Assault and broken leg at Burscough stock sale
In Liverpool Assize a farmer from Burscough bridge and a Tarleton coach proprietor fought at a yard sale. The intoxicated defendant seized several people, wrestled the plaintiff, and the plaintiff fell into a water pit, breaking his leg. Jury verdict for the plaintiff with damages 15 pounds Brakel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern
Liverpool
Ala
Abrams
Wiicit
Alexander
Cowling
Cresswell
Crompton
Burscough Bridge
Tarleton
Reynolds
Burscough
Manchester
Gaully
Abram
Explosion on gunpowder boat and loss of brig off Blackwall
A Thames explosion near Blackwall floods the river with smoke as a gunpowder boat bursts amid loading operations for the Maltese brig Jose, sinking the brig and killing the apprentice while injuring the master Corsan and several crew members. Thames police rescue efforts save a young captain’s niece and others, with fear of further fatalities and extensive property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames
Blackwall
London
Dartford
Parfleet
Thomas Corean
Red Lion-street
Wepping
Jobo Matthews
Frith
Thomas Gray
Thames Police
Gray
Mr. Simpson
Custon
Hoore
Gem
Greenwich
Corsan
Wapping
John Matthews
Cushan
Simpson
Oo Gray
Malta
Black Wall
Curson
Luoden
Turner
Gravesend
Blackwall Harbour
Bilton
Legality of Imprisonment for Debt in Queen's Bench Letter
A historical exchange about the legality of imprisonment for debt from Queen's Bench prisoners, dated Aug 1837. A letter to Lord Chief Justice was refused for postage, then resubmitted with a note claiming private communication. Lord Draman replies that he cannot discuss the issue outside proper court proceedings and urges formal redress through judicial channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen's Beach
Queen's Bench
Draman
Portland-place
LT Begrave
Rxpress
Thames Tunnel Breach Delays Progress at Rotherhithe Shield
Report on the Thames Tunnel at Rotherhithe detailing water influx through the shield compartments 11 and 12. Despite 750 feet advanced, and 60 feet of bed disturbance, the shield remained intact with no collapse. Pumps and sandbags mitigated leakage. directors press for faster completion within funding limits while awaiting ministerial concession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunel
Middlesex
Surrey
Toin
Causio
Abield
Parker’s
Isle of Sheppy
Bravel
Thames Tunnel
Rotherhithe
S’age
Brocel
Brocel, Who Was In Town, Attending At A Meeting of the Board of Directors
J, Charlier
Vesta steamer off Leith and Hull working class meeting
The Vesta ran onto a rock near Newbigie during a foggy approach from Leith, causing minor forefoot damage but remaining afloat. In Hull, a large meeting of the Working Classes adopted aims to form a society under London Working Men’s Association principles, led by John Cleave and Henry Vincent, urging universal suffrage and civil equality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Rooms
London
John Cleave
Henry Vincent
John Peck
Coatrman
WiLp
Tui-Tleton
Cuatrwan
Vincent
Hull
Hall
Working Men's Association
Chevrieg
William the Conqueror
Mr. V
Dorchester
Calthorgpe Street
Britain
dIr. V
Malony
Mr. Vincent
Hear
Loodoo
Lowry
Cuairman
Cleave
Tremeo Doas
Stusser
Mr. Cleave
America
Mr.c
Tabourip
Daily Tree Sun
London Dispatch
Mr. C
Cowine
John Stone
D. Malony
Cowing
J. M. Thistleton
Jehn Peck
John Hutchingan
E. D. Blythe
T. Wild
Messrs
Cleave and
London Working Men’s Association
Meetinn
Steam Boat Explosion at Frankine Ferry
On Friday evening last the steam boat Clarence, en route from Helensburgh to Glasgow, was totally disabled by a boiler burst as she stopped at Frankine Ferry to take on passengers. The explosion, at the bottom of the engine, narrowly spared lives and caused clothing damage and widespread alarm among passengers and crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Helesaburgh
Glasgow
Frakine Ferry
Edinburgh
Evening Courant
Durham County Meeting on Loyal Addresses to Queen
A Tyne Mercury report describes A Wilkinson High Sheriff Durham calling a meeting at noon to consider a congratulatory address to Queen Victoria on accession and a condolence to the Queen Dowager. Nobility and MPs attended, cheers greet moves, and both addresses are adopted and to be sent to the Secretary of State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tyne Mercury
A. Wilkinson
Durham
Earl of Durham
Bishop of Durham
Marquis of Londonderry
Lord Seaham
Hedworth Williamson
Bart
Hedworth Lambton
Exq
M.P
Jos. Pease
Egg Mlp
H. T. Liddell
Hon. A Trevor
T. Liddell
Dr. Fenwick
H.J. Spearman
D. F. Johnson
T. Pemberton
R. Pemberton
R. Anderson
E. Shipperdgon
Esquirea
Dinsdale
J. Carr
J. Fawcett
H. Brown
E. S. Theron
É&C
Red
Marne
Londonderry
George the Fourth
Soveriego
Lal
Tome
Marquis of Lonpoxperry
Privy Council
Earl of Dunnam
Deorwan
H. T. Lippe
Marquis of
H. Williamson
H. Lamson
J. Pease
Skeleton of a Child Found During House Digging in Whitecross Street
In Whitecross Street a workman’s pick struck a coffin exposing a child’s skeleton. The coroner and police are notified, an inquest to be held. The incident stirs the neighbourhood with past disappearances linked to the involved lodgers. A pony fell into an old coal pit at Baptist Mills, 60 feet deep, but survived after rescue. The Bristol Journal reports the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sepposep Cuito Murper
Whitecross Street
M‘craw
G. Division
St. Luke's
C. Bennett
Baptist Mills
Bristol Journal
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Alcutta and Sauguri
Playway and Harbour Company
Birchin Lane
Sol
Banda
George A
God
John Hooper
J. T. Betis & Co
Smithfeld-Bury
Su Jobu Street
Guy's
Greece
Egypt
Persia
Carthage
Rome
Joseph Gly
Opal Mill College
Guy
France
Germany
Portugal
Poland
Russia
Prussia
Sweden
Denmark
Italy
Price
England
Wales
Ireland
Guy'b
Baldwin and Cradock, Paternosterrow
Wess Minster Court of Requests
Assize Intelligence
Vesta
Leith
Newbegie
Morpeth
Newcastle
Bee
J. Gould, B.D
Durham County Meeting
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