Auction sale of prints and drawings in Piccadilly room
A sale at Mr Wheatley’s Great Room, 194 Piccadilly, on December 17, offers prints and drawings by Faithorne Loggan White Becket with engravings by Woollett Strange Wille Morghen and a large collection of drawings by Testall Tresham Hills Bonington Ince Coney Gainsborough Hearne and others. Viewing two days prior. catalog available. Also advertised are hampers of wine and spirits from Henry Brett No 109 Drury Lane and a notice from Betts and Co warning of fake brandy with testimonials and the firm’s address at No 7 Smithfield Barn.
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Wheatley
Piccadilly
Morghen
ETT
RBR
Cage
London
Henry Brett
Drury Lane
N.B
John Thomas Cooper
Betts
Joseph Hume
T. Betta
J.T. Betts and Co
Tey
Smithfield-barn
Theobald's Road Meeting Letter to the Editor
A reader defends a report on Mr Bulwer's pamphlet in The True Sun. The writer says he aimed to show the working classes are neuter and no longer swayed by named political figures. He argues for new institutions and social change as the true political aim. Signed G. Edmonds.
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THE
True Sun
Bulwer
Lord Brougham
Lord Durham
C. G. Edmonds
Contested Elections of 1832 in the United Kingdom
An 1832 tally shows England 158 contested places and 67 not. Scotland 36 contested and 15 not. Ireland 49 contested and 17 not. Wales 7 contested and 19 not. Of 114 counties, 60 contested. 254 cities towns and places had 190 contested and 64 not. amid debates over Lambeth politics and reform, with endorsements and criticisms of Alderman Farebrother and Tory reformers.
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England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
Court of King's Bench Assualt Case Ends in Settlement
In a Middlesex case the indictment against MacWilliam and his servant for assaulting a magistrate was settled after Lord Denman suggested compensation to the prosecutor, ending with a discharge of the jury. Casper and Payne were convicted of attempting a burglary and sentenced to two years each.
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King’s Bench
Macwilliam
Mr. Macwilliam
Mahony
Follett
Jones
Lord Denman
Casper
Payne
Newington Causeway
Jem
Court of Exchequer hears Morris v Goldby damages case
At Westminster before Baron Gurney a Middlesex jury, Morris sues Goldby for injuries to person and cart after a Banbury waggon allegedly raced at speed. Evidence shows a sleeping waggoner and a one eyed boy involved. Jury awards 20 pounds damage.
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Banbury
Warde
Morris
Palmer the Insolvent Discharged After Amusing Cutlery Book
Henry George Palmer, an assistant cutler of Oxford Street, faced creditor Mr. Barnes over rent in the Insolvent Debtors Court. Palmer published the Palmerian Magazine promoting the Palmerian strap to restore razor edges, which drew laughter. The court, noting Palmer was only an assistant, discharged him after testimony supported by Mr. Cooke.
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Henry George Palmer
Oxford-street
Barnes
Cooke
Oxfordstreet
Middlesex Sessions Brutal Assault Ends in Nine Months
Lawrence Hickey was found guilty of assaulting Ann Miles on October 20. After years of ill treatment she escaped to work in Manchester Square. Hickey stormed her room, tore clothing, brutalized her, and was arrested by police. He received nine months hard labor in the House of Correction and must keep the peace.
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Lawrence Hickey
Ann Miles
Chadwick Jones
Henrietta
Manchester Square
Kingsley
House of Correction
Indicted Charles Roberts Seized In Rescue Plot
Charles Roberts was indicted for rescuing William Rosamond, a known thief, during a police transfer from Queen Square to Horsemonger Lane Gaol. Rosamond, arrested for robbing a gentleman, was later captured in Doncaster and held at Wakefield Gaol. The jury found Roberts guilty and he received twelve months with hard labor.
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Charles Roberts
William Rosamond
Queen-square
Rosamond
Horsemonger Lane
Dawkins
Roberts
Doncaster
Wakefield
Queensquare
Chronicle of London Magistrates Hearings Across Several Courts
In Bow Street and Queen Square reports, Nicholas Maillard faced charges over threatening to expose the Portuguese government over unpaid claims. Thomas Williams was accused of carrying placards in Cornhill. Alderman Venables dismissed Maillard’s case after noting lack of clear grounds. Other cases included impostors at Bow Street, mutiny act violations in the Grenadier Guards, and a sailor theft at Town Hall. Additional items cover a mental health-related inquiry at Union Hall, a serious assault on a shipmate from a Newcastle collier, and a public-law domestic dispute involving Mr and Mrs Davison.
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Wm. Peat
Mendizabel
Maillard
Lisbon
Peat
Claus
Calbongel
Williams
Cornhill
Mendizahel
Portsmouth
Alderman Venables
Bow-Street
F. Roe
Harborough
Lincoln’s Law-Fields
Duke of Gordon
Llandaff
White and
Gregorie
Torrens
Life Guards
James Ling
Grenadier Guards
Horse Guards
James Cameron
2D Life Guards
White
Lisg
James Morris
Ansley
Mary Williams
Blackfriars Road
Richard Harvey
Alderman Ansley
Old Bailey
Wardour-street
Soho
Ausley
Alderman Anstey
Brixton House of Correction
Union-Hall
Charles Neale
Rotherhithe
Newstead
R Division
Neale
Brady
Dixon
Cleland
Thames
London
Sparle
Sparre
Broderip
Symons
Combe
Davison
B. Davison
Ballantine
Comb
Liverpool Cotton Market and Timber Prices Report
Liverpool market notes show todays sales around £,000 bags with prices fully supported. Timber prices across Baltic and American sources are listed per cubic foot and per load, with details for Riga Dantzic Memel and Quebec Piles, plus standard deck planks and Petersburgh red and white varieties. Wolverhampton reports heavy grain trade and generally falling prices, with Old and New Wheat, malting barley, oats, beans, and peas priced per quantity.
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Birmingram
Newbury
Berks
Pergallon
Romsey
Lymington
Liverpool
Riga
Quebec
Controversy over King’s answer at Common Council meeting
A crowded Common Council session adjourned into uproar days after the Lord Mayor and aldermen gathered to record his Majesty’s gracious answer to the Address. Galloway clashed with the chair over manner and the minutes, amid calls for decorum and threats to break up the court.
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Kelly
Harmer
Venables
Laurie
Mr. Ashurst
Figgins
Dixon
Galloway
Mrr. Galloway
P. Laurie
Ashurst
Deputy Brooks
Roge
Wire
Stevens
Ofeerin
Gracious answer debated at court amid cheers and petitions
The court discussed a gracious answer from the King as a pledge to reform abuses with cheers and disapprobation. Members pressed for fair play while wealth and influence surfaced in statements about the ministry and the King’s trustee role. Elections to hospitals, toasts, and civic matters filled the agenda with petitions, resolutions, and committee referrals.
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P. Laurie
Jones
C. Pearson
Nathaniel, Rothschild
R . An
Royal’ Hospitals
Prior
Christ's
Mortimer
Rutter
Bridewell
Bethlem
Pey
Hastings
City Lands Committee
Brown
Atorthfleet
United
Margaret Pattens
St. Gabriel
Fenchurch
Grose
Newbury
Smithfield Market
New Street Committee
Salisbury Cathedral Fire Narrowly Averted
Fragments report a near catastrophic blaze at Salisbury Cathedral caused by a lit coal brazier left in the organ loft. The notice also outlines UK government rewards for information on a Bucks arson case and a public-house assault ending in a landlord's death, plus a string of burglaries and a brief commercial update from Singapore and Cochin China.
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Salisbury
Northmarston
Bucks
Duke of Wellington
Shrimpton and Powys
Staples’ Inn
the Stag
Ashorst
Saxby
Pateman
Maidstone
Abraham Jones
Holywell
Chester Infirmary
Bennett
C. Courant
Grindall
Juddplace West
New Road
Cochin China
Saigon
Cambodia
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Belfast
Dublin
Plymouth
Falmouth
Lpndonderry
J. Scadeng
Will Storve
St. Katharine’s Dock
Bierce
John-street
Cratched-friars
Regent
Smith
Cratchedfriars
Anchester
Shrewsbury
Birmingham
Chester
Lea
Red Rover
Qaesraph
Warwick
Leamingtor
Birminherss
ALEAS
Yarmouth
Carrik
Ty Dat Seatforning
Worcester
Papress
Nottingham
Hope
Magnet
Sovereign
Telegra
Anda
Ditta
Eevasee
Bull and Mouth
Regent Circus
Fiocadilly
Garcechun
J. T. Betts and
Cory
Ming
J. T. Betts
France
Theobald
Joun Matcolm
John Mal
Ardasseer Dunjeeshah
Surat
John Malcolm
Ambeth
Alderman Farebrother
Lambeth
Al“iman Farebrother
Lamwich
Manners
Stockwell
Nowashion
Coed
Autor Altra
LAW Proceedings
Middlesex
Surrey
Police Intelligence
Bailey
van Diemen’s Land
the George
Sidney
Spread Eagle
Traill
Mancey
Brandon
Suffolk
Riley Farther
Common Council
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