Unpublished Lord Nelson Letters Promised in Atheneum
Notices announce a forthcoming Atheneum Port issue featuring fewer than forty Nelson letters to his uncle Suckling, with details on his private life and marriage. The publication also reviews British and foreign works, plus the Meteorological Journal. Additional items include a pamphlet on hearing and ear trumpets by H Renshaw, plus Maceroni engineering proposals and railway commentary with second editions and prices.
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Lord Nelson
Southey
Suckling
Athenium
Earth
Atheneum
British Association
Meteorological Journal
The
Royal Society
H. Renshaw
London
Francis Maceroni
Gelon Maceroni
Commissions of Lunacy Report Two Rowley Sisters
Two hearings at the Wean Tavern, Walham Green, examined the mental state of the Hon Frances Roberta Rowley and the Hon Isabella Anne Rowley. The elder was found deluded and hearing voices while claiming royal protection, the other shown to have lifelong insanity. Jury returned verdicts of insanity in both cases.
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Currap
Prince Puckler Muskau
Globe
Prince and
of the Globe
Frances Roberta Rowley
Isabella Anne Rowley
Corge Tuthill
Man fronts police disguise after manslaughter suspect visit
A man calling himself Isaac Abbott visited the G division station seeking admission to the police and matched a recent Hue and Cry description of a Cumberland manslaughter suspect. Sergeant Ashton hesitated to arrest, Abbott returned, left quickly, and authorities later confirmed he may be the sought man, who hoped a police uniform would shield him.
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G Division
Ashton
Cumberland
Persens
Isaac Abbott
Abbott
Chimney sweepers warned on street naming policy
The Times reports a curious note from the Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge warning that chimney sweeps must not call streets by their old names under a forty shilling penalty. The piece reveals a Saxon Dutch origin for the phrasing and notes the broader idea of hawking streets, not goods, by sweeps.
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Companion
Society For the Diffusion of
Society For
Oxford
Oxford-street
Bellenden Kerr
Extensive seizure of illicit glass manufactory in Goswell Street
At dawn Mr Burgess and officers raided a Goswell Street house suspected of illicit glass manufacture. They found a large, well equipped operation with extensive apparatus. the occupants fled 50 to 60 feet down ropes from upper windows, escape hindered by broken doors and police response.
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Bell-alley
Goswellstreet
Burgess
Excise
Bird
Smith
Gold Price Differences Abroad and London Exchange
From Hamburgh the gold price is 436 per mark, equating to an exchange of 13.10 in London and showing gold dearer at Hamburgh by 15-16 percent. Paris premiums yield an exchange of 25.32, making gold 10 percent cheaper there than in London. London weekly exports report 3,160 oz gold to Hamburgh, 2,158 to Oporto, 3,915 to Van Dieman’s Land, and 5,000 to Calais, totaling 27,484 ounces.
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East Retford
Horncastle Oan
Spilsby
Eimabd
Caistor
Boston
Shennane
Spaldin Eesee
Sleaford
Steed
We Uppingham
Newar
Ae Andover
Basingstoke
Vebewee
Bridgewater
Wee
Atehcestet
SUAS
Noa Gloucester
Newbury
Salisbur Grvaee
Shepton Mallet
Sher Geenseee Az
Aunton
Ae Newcastle Zz AG
Sunderland
Wit Ae Ve
Hexham
Agng Soler
Ba Morpeth
Glascow Oc Ccceeenns
Addington
Carlisle
Penrith
Bristol
Bali
Perton
Smyrna
Valonia
Sicily
Cork
Clonmel
Kilkenny
Los
Texford
Belfast
Athlone
Paris
London
Hamburgh
Oporto
van Dieman’s Land
Calais
Stealing a Saddle Near Barnet on the London Road
An auctioneer left his horse by the London road near the thirteenth mile stone and returned to find the saddle and bridle missing. Despite inquiries, the thief did not appear to be identified and the property remains missing.
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Tapplie
Barnet
South Milms
London Road
Brutan Q
Ruth Marks
Coleman Street
Bunhill-row
Whitecross-street
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Fause Frriends
Nursure
Brill Row
Somers Town
Blockade notice on Northern Spain coast in royal decree
An 1834 Royal Decree declares the north coast of Spain from Cape Finisterre to Bidassoa in a state of blockade. It warns contraband vessels face penalties under maritime custom and directs diplomatic publication and naval enforcement. The translation is signed by El Pardo and E Pareja.
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Consulate General of
Spain
London
Walbrook Buildings
Sta
Hk.m
Cape Finisterre
Europe
Cape of Finisterre
Bidassoa
Naval Department
EL Pardo
Council of Ministers
Pareja
The Stow on the Wold Murder and a Stolen Watch
A coroner’s inquest into the murder at Stow on the Wold suggests theft of the victim’s gold repeater. A letter claims the same watch was taken to a repairer and connected to a suspect exchange, with magistrates named and possible legal action against local officials.
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Renna
Stow-on-the-Wold
Stow
Eons
Mir
Carter
R. Clifford
Pool
Mr. Watts
Condigo
Tam
Thomas Clifford
J. M. Croad
Gloucester
John Clifford
Cox
Northreach
Ceanty
Assize
Cheltenham Journal
Port of Liverpool and London Crime Roundup
Port of Liverpool reports 1,003 vessels entered in year to September 24, 1834, up nine from the prior year. total tonnage 137,452, with 211 ships from foreign ports. Robbery at No 8 Bethelprice Camberwell where thieves used a skeleton key to loot emerald and diamond jewellery. Tavistock-square plants destroyed nightly. trustees offer reward for detection. Miss Zouch, related to the Earl of Lonsdale, seeks matron post at St George's Hospital. Braham and Miss Novello in Lincoln for festival. Braham sang at Minster. Debats highlights Mustapha Redschid’s son Ahmed Velik at St Cloud. Jedburgh’s heir to a noble house, a strange piper, entertains locals with anecdotes and questions of wealth.
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Liverpool
Zouch
Miss Zouch
Earl of Lonsdale
St. George’s
Hanover Square
Woodin
St. George’s Hospital
Braham
Miss Novello
Lincoln
Hull
Mustapha
d’Aumale
Ahmed Velik
Vek
Jedburgh
Burgh
Black Bull Inn
Philibeg
House of Correction
Revising Middlesex Barristers Court Votes on Parish Clerk Case
At Brentford Castle the Revising Barristers ruled on a voting list dispute in Middlesex. A parish clerk’s qualification was questioned when the posted list carried the remark objected to against his name but was torn down and replaced without the note. The Clerk of the Peace forwarded the altered list and the barristers could only act on the list before them. The vestry clerk argued proper form. the court found no proof of fraudulent removal and allowed the Parish Clerk’s name to remain in the register.
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Coventry
Keen
Castle
Brentford
Middlesex
Been
London University Opens Botany Lecture on Knowledge's Value
A large meeting of shareholders and students heard Dr. Lindley address the opening session on botany. He traced its history from early supporters to modern uses in oak cultivation and medical fields, noting gains from botanical knowledge and dangers from its neglect. The new hospital remains delayed by builder unions but expected to admit patients by November first.
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Lindley
Caesar
Republic of Venice
Africa
Council of the Uniersity
Balloon ascent ends with safe landing near Sunderland
A report from Sunderland describes Mr. Green the aeronaut's successful balloon ascent from Sunderland. After drifting north then seaward, the balloon descended near land and was towed by the Shields pilot boat to Fresh Water Hole where Mr. Green was landed safely.
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London
Middlesex
Thames
Billingsgate
Encyclopedia Britannica
Green
Sunderland
Wear
N.W
N.E
S.E
Shields
Mr. Green
Shielda
Sunderland Herald
Insurrection in St Kitts and piracy news abroad
Reports from St Thomas describe enslaved workers resisting in St Kitts with martial law and executions, transportations to Bermuda, and gun salutes at fort renderings. Other items recount wrecks, piracy trials, and a Boston redispatch on the New Jersey and related vessels as insurers rush to supply on arrival.
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ST. Kitt's
Newhaven Daily Herald
St. Thomas
St. Kit’s
Bermuda
New York Daily Advertiser
Blickler
Boston
Reliance
Louisa Shoal
Newseapey
Madeline
Mreliance
Singapore
Blackler
Gem
Leith
Sourabaya
New South Wales
Straits of Bally
Salem Gazette
Portsmouth
Salem
Circuit Court of
United States
Rio Janeiro
Batman
Curlew
Savage
Montreal Herald
New York
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
Carolina
Great Britain
Incompatibility of City Solicitor and Secondary Offices
A City of London court debates whether one person may hold the offices of City Solicitor and Secondary simultaneously. Evidence from the Recorder and Common Serjeant is read, confirming incompatibility. The Mayor convenes the Court to resolve the issue, with Mr James acting pro tem as City Solicitor and the discussion ending with confirmation of his temporary role.
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Jam
Winchester
Recorder
Secondary of London
Court of Common Council
Cord
James
Prior
Compson
Galloway
Selas Citor
Stbuf
Pommeeammliched
Henry the Fifth
C. Pearson
Common Council
City of London
London
Charles Pearson
Pearson
Corporation of London
Court
Gall
Wormwood
Old Bailey
Guildhall
Thomas Wood
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Dublin
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Falmouth
Donnan
Bteam-packet
St. Katherine's Dock
John-street
Branchice
Regent-circes
Terwaste
W. J. Smith
Linwood
Leicester Square
Bne Sard
C O
Nicholson
Card
Hugo
W. Card and Co
Country Markets
Bank OF England
Asa
Apbeese Securities
Bullion
Lloyds
E. Pareja
Lloydis
Stowon-The-Wold
Barristers Court
London University
Operative Burpers’ Union
Somerstown
St. Pancras Parish
St. Pancras Road
American Papers
Orleans
Mobile
Charleston
Savannah
N. Y
Virginia
New Orleans
Mobile St. Mark’s
Augusta
North Carolina
Darien
N. York
U. States
Lota
Roscoe
J. W. ‘Aber
William Orley
Church-street
Hackney
Sir Charles Forbes
Fitzroy-Square
Knightsbridge
Sir Charles
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