Hamburg Lottery Ticket Scam Promises Big Prizes
The advertisement from Heine Brothers of Hamburg touts the sixty second lottery guaranteed by the City Treasury with tickets at 140 marks and 10s sterling. It lists 12 000 tickets, 4950 free, 5800 losers, and 1250 prizes totaling 150 000 marks plus smaller prizes. draws to begin December 11. It warns no tickets are sold in England and urges early purchase, with notes on payment in various currencies and alleged certifications by British officials.
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Evi Glp O da Wo Ll CL Eine, Brothers
Hamburgh
Board of Treasury
England
Heine, Brothers
Amburgh
Bank of England
Scotland
Ireland
Great Britain
PS. Auenth
A. Oldridge
Columbia
Philadelphia
Guilbert Robertson
R. Warton
Fay
Rice
Oldridge
M. Randall
Court of Common Pleas
Tam
J. L. Inglis
City of
Gilbert Robertson
Wellington-street
Strand
N.B
B. Strand
London
E John Henry Coles Bankrupt Drapery Stock for Tender
In the bankruptcy of E John Henry Coles a stock of drapery hosiery and haberdashery, cost price about four hundred pounds, will be sold in one lot by tender. For details and viewing contact Official Assignee Mr Edwards at Pancras Lane or Mr John Finney at Milk Street, by November 1. Tenders opened at noon that day at Edwards’s office with purchaser declared.
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John Henry Coles
Tolinen-Drapers
Mr. Edwards
Pancras
John Finney
Law Intelligence from the Court of King’s Bench and Exchequer
Law notes from the Kingston upon Hull case on mandamus versus rate for a new gaol and related pleas issues. Also reports on Evans v Bulkeley trespass verdict challenge, Arden v Mornington venue change, and military promotions, insolvencies, bankruptcies, and public notices from War Office and Chester.
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Taylor
Burroughs
Josiah Burroughs
Court OF Exchequer
Evans
Bulkeley
Follett
Justice Gaselee
Anglesey
Baron Bayley
Fraudulent suppression of a deed leads to restitution ruling
In Exchequer Chamber on Nov 8 Lord Lyndhurst voices a full decree in favor of Mrs. Russell, daughter of Emma Broadhurst, ordering restoration of 1000 pounds from the Burge estate. Allen concealed the deed for years after Mrs. Turley’s death, while Turley’s knowledge of any fraud remains disputed. The court deducts annual 25 pounds to the plaintiff but demands return of the principal.
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Exchequer Chamber
Russell J. Turley
Twiss
Teed
Russell
John Russell
Emma Broadhurst
Burge
Wiccadilly
Navy
Matthew Burge
Tunbridge
Stephen Turley
London
Mr. Burge
Allen
Mrs. Burge
Treslove
Richards
Turley
Cotton
King
Pierce Williams
Equity
Ir. Twiss
Actress Waylett wins bail cancellation rule in divorce case
At Westminster on October 8 before Charles James Knowles, Mrs Waylett the actress obtained an absolute rule to cancel the bail bond in an action by showing she was married when arrested. No cause was shown, and on service affidavit the rule was made absolute.
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Arden U. Mornington
Richards
Hereford
London
Nisi
Palace Court
Westminster
Charles James Knowles
Haylet T, Wayelett
Waylett
Letter from MP Wilks to Friendly Societies on Revisions
Mr Wilks informs officers and members of several Friendly Societies that he will move to amend current laws and seeks improvements. He urges societies not to meet until after Christmas to avoid trouble and notes a meeting planned for Tuesday at the Red Lion York Street St James’s Square to discuss steps following his motion for next session.
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Wilks
M.P
Finsbury Square
Methuen
Wiltshire
Sam
John Wilks
Red Lion
Yorkstreet
St. James's Square
Inquest into Death of Thomas Monks at Bedfont
The inquest on Thomas Monks, King's waterman, resumed at Duke's Head Bedfont. Surgeons reported the nasal wound may stem from a fall and that death likely resulted from weakness and drink. the wound’s cause remains undetermined. Jury returned a verdict of death by unknown means, found near Bedfont beside a water course with a nasal wound not clearly explained.
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Bedfont
Thomas Monks
Duke’s Head
Huntley
Staines
Trogley
Houbslow
Deperson
Thomas Monk
Journeymen Hatters Union and Employer Dispute
A correspondent defends journeymen hatters against a press portrayal as conspirators. He argues unions protect workers from abusive employers and notes penalties in the union rules for leaving work unfinished and for defrauding employers. The editor asserts balanced coverage and offers context from a Morning paper, rejecting prejudiced headings and aiming to shield workers while examining apprenticeship limits in large factories.
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THE
True Sun
Smm
Printing-house-square
Hatters
Westminster Branch Assesses Taxes at Pimlico Meeting
A large gathering at the Pine Apple in Pimlico denounced house and window taxes as punitive on the poor. Speakers urged peaceful action, called for a public meeting, and warned ministers’ police orders to remove tax placards. Brokers pledged not to distrain for assessed taxes.
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Westminster Branch Association
Pine Apple
William-street
Pimlico
Strickland
Surrey
Egypt
Mechi
Milbank-street
Tripp
York Street
Westminster
O'Meara
Phillips
Farren
French Language Pupils Present Silver Box to Mr Marcel
On Monday evening November 4 pupils studying French under Mr Marcel in Exeter Hall classroom No 19 presented a handsome silver scuff box. Inscription praises his indefatigable efforts and admirable tuition promoting French language advancement. Also reviewed are Tus GrocrarnicaL annuals for 1834 praised as useful and beautiful. Castes’s Ogrexta AnxeaL lauded for Asiatic scenes and masterful engraving by Daniels, appealing to those familiar with India and natural beauty.
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Marcel
Exeter-hall
Annibal Marcel
M.G.S.P
Asp Oken
New Monthly Magazine
Literary Gazette
Castee
Daniels
Great Britain
Union of the Working Classes in France Urges Legalized Associations
A French reformist piece argues that working class unions should be legalized to regulate wages, with arbiters (prud hommes) praised as helpful. It cites England's abolition of harsh coalitions, warns against master or worker coercion, and contends wage increases boost consumption and overall prosperity.
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Paris
M. Barthe
England
Great Britain
France
M. Dupin
Cotton Market News and Vauxhall Bridge Report
In Cotton Market at Cotton-Market Nov 7 the market stays weak with 1 200 bags sold to trade and 400 bags American bought on spec at as low as 74d per lb. Vauxhall Bridge Company held its annual general meeting at the George and Vulture Cornhill. Receipts for the year surpassed past records and directors declared a dividend of ten shillings in the pound. A large surplus stock would remain after payments. A resolution allowed special contracts with frequent bridge users on favorable terms.
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Vauxhall Bripce Company
Propriestors
Vauxhall Bridge
George and Vulture
Cornhill
York City election contest sparks hall drama and Lowther win
A York city election contest develops amid protests and cheers as John Henry Lowther is nominated against Hon. Thomas Dundas. Crowds surge, show of hands favors Lowther, with bills and expenses to be covered by subscription. A related sale of a tailor’s goods in Ripon and other notices follow.
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York
Dandas
John” Henry “Lowther
Lowther
Bayntun
Alderman Spencer
Lord Dundas
Thomas Dundas
Spencer
T. Wilson, Esq
Dundas
Sheriff Coates
John Cornelius Mawson
John Henry Lowther
William Hardcastle
Bishophill
T. Dundas
Eny
Dunsley
T Hat Hall
David Sigsworth
Allen Candy
Charles Baring
Candy
Ripon
Airweiog
William Darnbrough
York Courant
Baittsy Cotonies
St. Andrew’s
Halborn
London
Society For
Churchwarden Weedon
KensincTon
Scralegton
Whi
Tories
Radical Party
Esa
Colonel Fox
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Times
Herald
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Chronicle
Globe and Standard
Ellan Horton
Mary
Helles-street
Lond Euts
Bell and
Bradfure
John Burke
Britain
Gall Sete
Athenzum
Bull and Churton
Holles-street
Bra
Morocco
India
W. Daniell
R.A. N
Starling
Bull and Churton, Library
Aptain Rock
Rome
Sallust
Italy
Vatican
Colosseum
Pantheon
Tivoli
Frescati
Marino
Albano
Pertinax O’sullivan
Londott
Andrews
Oxford
Warwnck Lane
Scully
Upper Ormond Quay
Dublin
Ferguson
Cork
Parker Patent
Argyll-place
Regent-street
Arate
Seenes
Pope, Brothers, and Co
Stewart
Hetton
Lambton
Edward-street
Regent’s Park Basin
Wain and CO
Tailors, &c
Fleet-street
New Bridge-street
Imperial
Saxony
Petersham
and Co
Messrs
Swain and Co
Beauchamp
King's
Manuf
LAW Intelligence
Court OF King's Bench
Banco
the Gazette OF
War Office
2D Regiment of Foot
T. Wingate
78Th Iment of Foot
H. R. H. C. Elwes
90Th Regiment of Foot
R. B. Low
Levett
55Th Foot
C. W. Webster
46Th Regiment of Foot
Purchase
Harris
J. Ker
Wingate
J.D. Morris
1St Regiment of Foot
Crowther
W. H. Dutton
Burdett
4Th Regiment of Foot
County Palatine of Chester
King’s Regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry
Cournet W. Caistor
Ratcliffe
Henry Robert Plaw
Modiford-court
Fenchured Street
John Morris
Blackwall
Middlesex
Mary Ann Kerby
Red Lion-street
Clerkenwell
Lapidary
Joseph Glover
John Edmund Richard Cracknell
Acorn-yard
Limehouse
John Davis
Thomas Harcourt
Great Sutton-street
John Acton Boden
Drury-lane
John Everard Farr
Baldock
Hertfordshire
John Edward Collingwood Bentley
Wigmore-street
Cavendish-square
Thomas Richards
John Harwood
Fleet
Unt
Sambrook-court
Basinghall-street
Broker
R. and
S. Ashby
Mealmen
A.rollo
Sandy
J. and
H.R. Wilson
St. Osyth
Essex
Wm. Mackenzie
Boshier’s Court
Xford-Street
J. Scott
North Shields
G. Children
Southwark
Hop Merchant
J. Ranger
Newark-upon-Trent
Nottinghamshire
Linen-Draper
G. Wall
Hillingdon-end
Durseryman
T. Freety
Acton
Carenter
D. Farrow
Farringdon-street
Gunsmith
G. Robins
Titchbourne-street
H. Powell
Boroughbridge
Yorkshire
Crown Inn
A. Mellor
Blackmoor
Clothier
Rose and Crown Inn
Huddersfield
B. Cook
Birmingham
Dee’s Royal Hotel
H. Birch
J. Green
Sheffield
Messrs. Rodgers and Son
Fowler
St. Peter the Great
Sussex
Carpenter
Swan Inn
Chichester
J. Gray
R. L. Laws
South-street
Greenwich
M. Pass
Nine Elms
Vauxhall
W. Bath
Bayswater
J.glossop
Piccadilly
T. Ransford
Cruet
T. F. Giles
W. J. Wallis
Powisstreet
Woolwich
R. Wood
W.H. Morrice
Blackburne
F. Marryatt and Co
J. T. Vulliamy and Co
Nonancourt
J. S. Ive
J. Burbidge
Fleet Street
Case OF the Hatters
Union OF the Working Classes
York City
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