Sentence for unlawful oaths in Dorchester Assizes
West of England assizes report the sentencing of James Loveless, George Loveless, Thomas Stanfield, John Stanfield, James Hanmett, and James Brine who, after conviction, are transported for seven years. The judge emphasises public safety and the need for a penal example, noting intent cannot negate the crime and the law requires punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Loveless
George Loveless
Thomas Stanfield
John Stanfield
James Hanmett
James Brine
Erson
Breach of Promise of Marriage Case in Preston
A Preston straw bonnet maker sued master mason Fitchie for breach of promise. The suit recounts years of alleged deception and threats to marry, culminating in a verdict for the plaintiff with 2000 pounds in damages after a courtroom mix of humor and testimony. The defendant’s character is defended as blemish free by counsel, while witnesses describe the affair and its dissociation from the plaintiff’s propriety.
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Pickup
Fitchie
Preston
South Church
Plaintif
Fitch
Court of Justice
Alexander
Market Report from Corton Market Liverpool
Liverpool March 19 Corton Market today's sales total about 4,000 bales. Trade demand is brisk and steady with prices firm. Business was very brisk in Manchester yesterday.
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Corton
Manchester
Marine Society festival at London Tavern marked by charity
Friends of the Marine Societyheld their annual festival at the London Tavern chaired by Wo. Astell, Esq. with Admiral Ommanney and Sir F. Ommanney among supporters. Donations topped 500 shillings, including the East India Company gift of 100 pounds and a hundred pounds from G. J. Chalmondeley toward the Archbishops and Bishop of London for the society’s lands. The event featured patriotic toasts and addresses by Ommanney and others, with funds raised for the Greenwich boys and their disciplined instruction at the charity school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of the Marine Society
London Tavern
Wo. Astell
Earl of Romney
Admiral Ommanney
F. Ommanney
Robertson
Pulley
East India Company
G. J. Chalmondeley
Canterbury
York
London
Leete
C. Taylor
Tyrrell
Goulden
Radbury
Admiral Omemanney
Navy
Greenwich
Earl of Aberdeen visits Dalmahoy amid Mid-Lothian tour
The Earl of Aberdeen, traveling from the north, calls on his brother-in-law, the Earl of Morton, at Dalmahoy House in Mid-Lothian during a regional visit.
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Earl of Aberdeen
North
the Earl of Morton
Dalmahoy House
Mid-Lothian
Cholera and Distress in Ireland Mentioned in Local Letters
Fragmented OCR notes discuss cholera and destitution among the Irish poor, referencing Mr. O Connor and letters to officials. It cites reports, inquiries, and possible relief measures, with mentions of counties, officials, and ongoing debates about responses and accountability.
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Ireland
Cholera Letter From Donovans On Irish Relief Crises
A long missive from James Donovan of Glandore discusses cholera's toll in Myross, Castlehaven, and Carrigillehy. He describes scenes of starvation, corpses, and abandoned villages, urging legislative relief as landlords provide only temporary aid. The letter cites Dr. M Carter or Cartley and references Feargus O Conner and Mr Jephson in debates over statements.
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Skibbreen
M‘carthy
O'Connor
Major Milter
Littleton
True Sun
Cork
M*carthy
Jephson
Mr. Jephson
Donovan
Glandore
Kibbereen
Ireland
James Donovan
Feargus O'Conner
London
Myross
Castlehaven
Carrigillehy
Gronach
Alexander
Cholera Preparedness at Squire House Near Glandore
In a March letter from Squire House near Glandore the writer notes the cholera subsiding yet capable of sudden fury. The Board of Health led by Sam contributes to coffins and convalescent comforts, government aid totals 50 pounds, and private subscriptions fund burials with priests and Alexander aiding interment. The Myross parish experiences widespread abandonment except for one farm, the burial ground near the old chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Sam
Alexander
Myross
Members of Select Committee Named for Tues. Session
The following members constitute the select committees appointed on Tuesday. Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. OConnell, Sir F Vincent, Sir William Horne, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Scarlett, Viscount Howick, Mr. Serjeant Spankie, Mr. Serjeant Perris, Sir Robert Inglis, Mr. Charles Wynn, Mr. Abercromby, Sir Richard Simeon, Mr. John Murray, Mr. Pollock, Mr. Tancred, Mr. Evelyn Den nivan, Mr. Rolfe, Mr. Robert Clive, Mr. Ord, Mr. Lennard, Mr. Frederick Shaw, Mr. John Parker, Mr. Tooke, Mr. Hill, Mr. John Romilly, Mr. Baines, Mr Roebuck. Five to be the quorum. Crry DisPENSARY. On Wednesday the forty sixth anniversary of this benevolent institution was celebrated at the London Tavern.
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Westmorland
Lancashire
Cheshire
Durham
Yorkshire
Uppingham
We Law of
Liseu
Robert Clive
Ord
Lennard
Frederick Shaw
John Parker
Tooke
Hill
John Romilly
Baines
Roebuck
Crry
London
Alderman Wilson
Messrs
Fitzwilliam
Atkinz
Jolley
Lords Hear Petitioners in Annandale Peerage Case
The Lords met in Privileges to hear Dr Lushington for John H Goodinge Johnstone and counsel for Hope Johnstone. Crown attorneys argued. case hinges on the line of descent from the second Earl of Annandale. Proceedings likely to span several days with eminent peers present.
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Lushington
John H.goodinge Johnstone
Annandale
D. Pollock
Wilson
Hope Johnstone
Earl of
Earl Shaftesbury
The Members for Newcastle Disturb Pension Inquiry
Letters from Sir M W Ridley and Mr Hodgego respond to a stewards resolution censuring their votes against Mr D W Harvey’s motion for pension list inquiry. Ridley regrets disapproval but says his vote reflected a public duty and lawful contract. Hodgson defends his conscientious vote, pledges to his constituents, and hints future action in Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Ridley
Hodgego
Incorporated Companies
D. W. Harvey
Carlton-house Terrace
Matthew White Ridley
J. Brown
Newcastle-on-Tyne
London
House of Commons
Tom
John Hodgson
Alarming Fire at Potts and Co Vinegar Manufactory
A large fire broke out yesterday morning at Potts and Co. vinegar manufactory in Bridge Street Southwark strikingly threatening the extensive property. Fire brigades from London and other offices rushed two engines to the scene with forty two men, rapidly containing the blaze to the cooperage area and destroying three fourths of the roof. The building and stock were insured in the Sun Office and recoveries were limited by seven o clock.
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Potts and Co
Bridge Street
Southwark
London
London United Fire Establishment
Circassian Hair Dye ad and 19th century notices
A varied page notes an advertise ment for Circassian Hair Dye with its secret ingredients told by Agid Hassag to a British officer. Stratford on Avon prepares Shakespeare anniversary events. Pitmen of the Tyne and Wear discuss coal trade grievances, wages, and employment. Stockton traders push coal shipping and a steam packet to London after purchasing the James Watt. Court notices summarize public-house accounts disputes, a man charged with arson linked to domestic strife, and magistrates’ discharge of the suspect in Birmingham.
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Agid Hassag
Stratford-On-Avon
Shakspeare
Pitmen
Tyne and Wear
Boldon Fell
Trades’ Union
Traabdse
Strockton
Durham
Kingsgate Street
Thomas Bakewell
Communication Row
Five Ways
Birmingham Gazette
Corn Laws Address by Senton Anticord Society
The society demands repeal of corn laws to aid English welfare, arguing laws favor landowners not workers. It warns trade shifts and poverty rise when protection keeps wages low, urging open grain markets to boost manufacture, employment, and rural prosperity.
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Snenton Anticord Society
Leavin
England
Repeal of Corn Laws Urged to Revive Trade and Nation
An article argues that removing corn duties will revive trade by expanding the consumer base, improving farmer profits, and reducing reliance on laborers in hardship. It warns of looming national desolation unless public action arouses supporters to curb the crisis, noting the Swenton Anti-Corn Law Society meets monthly with 3d subscriptions and 6d entrance.
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Britain
Swenton Anti-Corn Law Society
Queen's Drawing Room at St James's Palace
The Queen held a drawing-room at St James's Palace with fresen tations received. The Duchess of Kent arrived with guard of honour from Life Guards, attended by Lady Catherine Jenkivsen and Sir John Conroy. The Duke of Gloucester followed in state with officers. Monsieu r Tricoupi and other diplomats were presented. Sir E C Disbrowe took leave. many nobility attended as presentations occurred.
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St. James's Palace
Life Guards
Duchess of Kent
Catherine Jenkivsen
John Conroy
Duke of Gloucester
Howard Douglas
Higgins
Yeomen
Exon
Samuel Hancock
Honourable Corps of Gentlemen
Arma
Queen Anne’s
Honourable Corps of Gentlemen At Arms
Monsieur Tricoupi
Greece
Earl of Denbigh
Robert Chester
Mons. Brenier
Prince de Talleyrand
M. A. de Paiva
John Campbell
Sheriff Wilson
Lord Viscount Melbourne
American Law of Debt Letters to the True Sun
A Yankee criticizes an article about Mr Rowland Jevenson once a London banker, correcting the notion that debtors in New York are imprisoned for life. He explains New York law allows release after thirty days with proper asset disclosure, and recounts Jevenson’s prior detentions and related legal actions in Charleston and New York.
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THE
True Sun
Rowland Jevenson
London
Stevenson
New York
State of
James Buchannad
Iajenty
Conagi
Charleston
South Carolina
City of
Bristol
Pennsylvania
Parkins
Secrets and oddities from a bustling era newspaper
A collage of notes reports and quotes: Bow Street magistrate Sir Frederick Roe’s reported £30,000 legacy, university scholars elected at St Johns and Pembroke, debates in the Chamber of Deputies, and Bordeaux’s prison house mysteries. A tragic tale closes with Miss Bower’s death and a suicide verdict of temporary insanity amid sensational fragments from a London Moravian Society and religious circles.
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Cornaire
Frederick Roe
Bowstreet
Alexander Adair
Camp Ripce
Whytehead
St. John’s College
Hildyard
Pembroke College
Bell
M. de Remusat
Chamber of Deputies
Charivari
Bordeaux
Finke Ata
Miss Bower
Bradrt
Eck
London
Moravian Onary Society
Society For Thes
Bower
Esterday
Agra
Jausagee
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Assize Intelligence
Western Circuit
Dorchester
MSI Prius Court
J. Scarlett
Justice Bosanquet
James
Lancaster
Liverpool
Marine Society
Dorse Alexant
Sun Elf Research Salish MN
Nicati
Lester Tephaor
Mit
Ted
Jepson
Eaware
Ntion
Itr
Conaorth
Propri Menti
Renee Faris
Sears
Poeta
Connell Sponte
Arcane
Carvi
O'Cubjee
Einer
Bergen
Garones
Saat Ar Hehar
Jeph Carl R
Fay Orcon
Carthy
Nished
M March
Sack Specter
Nestor
Cordingly
Jepheon
Squire House
House OF Lords
Newcastle
John Brown, Esq
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