The Lord Chancellor and the limits of ignorance
A critical review denounces Lord Brougham’s speech on Poor Laws as revealing dangerous ignorance and quackery in governance. It argues magistrates faced unfair blame, defends dispen saries and pensions against misuse, and condemns eroding legal principles in the pursuit of Unionist targets.
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the Times
Lord Brougham
Narcissa
Dole
House of Commons
Heroded Herod
Central Board
Surprising Triumphs of Steam Navigation
An economically bold notice extols a London departure by Yorkshire steam boat along the Thames to a large northern port. It claims a day trip includes visiting northern depots and returning to London for ten shillings, praising cheap travel, healthful sea air, and educational value of northern commerce.
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London
Thames
North
Bankruptcy case sustains creditor claim on fresh security
In a bankruptcy session before Commissioner Fane the assignee opposed a creditor proving on a bill of exchange discounted before the fiat. The court ruled the creditor may recover only the difference between dividend and debt under the judgment. A separate application by Mr Brookes re houses at Herne Bay and Camberwell sought assignees to elect between fulfilment or abandonment of a contract, but the Commissioner held no power to compel under the 76th clause, which concerns lands, not houses.
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Fane
Sutton
Brookes
Herne Bay
Camberwell
Court of Review
Summer Assizes Lancaster Case Over Beef and Ale Bill
At Lancaster assizes Sampson Pt and Armistead fight a bill for supper after Gustavus III. The defendant offered to cap the cost at 25s but the jury awarded 38s with double costs to the plaintiff. The day closed with a separate ejectment case about Hornby Castle wills.
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Lancaster
Satuapay
Ava
Baron Gurney
Sampson
Armistead
Liverpol
Champion
Liverpool
Gustavus III
Milner
Mathews
Middlesex Sessions Respite For Abraham Belasco Recognizances
August sessions heard the matter of Abraham Belasco. Prendergast sought respite of recognizances to next sessions after affidavit showed notice served on the parish. Adolphus for the prosecution admitted service but consented to no opposition, court delaying recognizances to the next sessions. Belasco must appear in court.
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Abraham Belasco
Prendergast
Adolphus
Adophus
Oranges Thief Boy Charged Before Lord Mayor
A boy named John Paradise faced Sir Chapman Marshall on charges arising from missing oranges at bonded warehouses in Fresh Wharf Lower Thames Street. The watchman observed the boy squeezing between window bars at 2 am to check the area, later claiming he slept there due to having no family or lodging. The magistrate ordered inquiry into the boy’s living conditions to protect him. MARLBOROUGH STREET. Felony arrest of John Johnson for multiple offences including theft from jeweller Mr. Sidney Adcock.
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Mansion House
John Paradise
Chapman Marshall
Fresh Wharf
Lower Thames Street
Chapman
Compter
Marlborough Street
John Johnson
Sidney Adcock
Dean-street
Penlerais
Gosling
Kilburn
Prosecutor
George Hewett
Cobbett
Shatt
W. L. Bulwer
Upper Seymour-street
Anne Visa
Booth
Hereford Street
John Thompson
Thompson
Visa
Newgate
Union-Hall
Samuel Clarke
Traill
Furlong
Abridge
Essex
Murray
London Road
John Wedderburn
Charlotte Lace
Southwark
Bermondsey-street
Whisney
Beadle
Sterry
Beadlessey
Ueen-Square
Matthew Hale
Burrell
Thomas Evans
Messia
Truman
Hanbury
Cottage-place
Bird-street
Westsquare
Lambeth
Thomas Skinner
Prisoner admits pawning jewels after shop thefts in London
In Marylebone and surrounding districts a series of petty thefts, pawnbroker pledges, and falsehoods unravel as a shopworker confesses to swapping lockets for duplicates and a watch in another shop. He seeks leniency but is remanded for proper defense while authorities pursue corroborating cases in Union Hall, Soho, and Evegate.
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Jepp
Jeweller
Bond-street
Mills
Oxford-street
Alao
Chambers
Marylebone
Drunken coroner inquest and Liskeard arson alarm
A coroner's inquest in Steelhouse Lane near Birmingham found that an Irishwoman died from a fall while intoxicated. In Liskeard, Mr Heawood's family reported two candle wax pieces in a wheat rick, likely placed to ignite the stack, implying an incendiary attempt and prompting efforts to uncover the culprits.
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Steelhouse-lane
Birmingham
Heawood
Liskeard
Henwood
Castlebar Altercation of Mary Shannon and Mary Tarkínter
In Castlebar the two women Mary Shannon and Mary Tarkinter engaged in a fierce street fight over a romantic preference. Stones hurled and clothes torn. police intervened and took them to magistrates. Shannon was convicted of assault and fined five shillings or imprisoned two weeks. Tarkinter lodged information. Shannon vowed revenge on release. Mayo Constitution.
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Lambeth Palace
T. Bourke
Esgrs
Colonel Mpa
Mary Shaxxon
Mary Tarkéxter
Twostrest
Stuball
Nances
Dobbin
Lass
Shannon
Cne
Staball
Durance Vile
Mayo
Trade and Manufacturing Update Amid Wool Market Strain
A week of business shows low stock levels in cloth halls and merchants’ warehouses due to high wool prices. Wool sales were quiet at market with cautious manufacturers unable to match recent price highs, while yarn trade remained livelier but constrained by low offers. Other markets show mixed activity with limited gains, and reports note rising hand-loom weaving in Todmorden as cotton advances push through.
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London
Halifax
Barnatty
Lancashire
Leigh
Manchester
Todmorden
York Woo
Leeds Intelligencer
Birth notices from London and Westminster era times
Birth announcements report several babies born in late 19th century England. Entries record newborns at Aberdraig Cardross and Westminster areas, with mentions of parents such as J. B. Childers and F. H. Thomson, noting places like St Maryjah street and Stock Exchanges area, and including households in Abingdon street and Russell Square towns.
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Aberdraig
Cardross
Ryder
Whitehall
Eadympton-square
Mérs
J. B
J. W. Childers
Ried
Mer
St. Margaret's
Westmnster
F. H. Thomson
New
Cavendiderica Mande
Abingdon-street
Weatutingter
St. Mary Jah
Elizabeth
G. Welbank
St. James’s-place
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Friendly Society of Cordwainers
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Starkie
LAW Intelligence
Middlesex
Police Intelligence
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Henry Polsen
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Davis
Polson
Perry
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Union
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Lane
Broughton
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Bethnal-green
Sexton
Darine Ropseries
Charles Oltis
Charles Ulsdell
Combe
Ulsdell
Bath
John Hart
Ballantine
Star
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Limehouse
London Bridge
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Evans
Thames Police
Hart
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Medwin
Principality
India
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