Powerful musical boxes from London shop catalog
Fragment from a period catalogue listing powerfully made wooden musical boxes in cases, size details, prices in guineas, plus small musical bars and shell cases. It also notes other items and price points, with references to Savory’s and Cleave’s Police Gazette universes and distribution notes.
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Tve
Savory's
Workig
Golan
Wepdeesses
Cornhill
Leidon
Police
Gazette
William Garpenter
N.B
Gven
Greenwich
Greenwich Park
Pearbrow
Blackfriars
Pensions and theatre wages prompt notices at Guildhall
Saturday naval half pay officers and widows submitted affidavits to obtain pensions. Alderman Wood cited an Admiralty Gazette change from October 1 requiring declarations instead of oaths, with new forms available at the office. At Union Hall the Victoria Theatre case saw Glos sop fined over unpaid wages and tools. Tyler from Surrey Theatre faced assault charges and a heavy fine.
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Alderman Wood
Admiralty
Union-Hall
Glospp
Victoria Theatre
William Purvis
Glossop
Victoria
Berry
Tyler
Surrey Theatre
George Smith
Lufton
Lotton
Marlborough Street
Baeacn
Trust
Cabe
Macnamara
Adulterated Flour and a Crowded Marylebone Court
A series of London magistrates sessions note cases at Marylebone and Queen-Square. Adulteration allegations against a flour dealer are examined as a factor in a wider investigation into dishonest dealing. A cab driver faces a long-standing robbery case tied to stolen bank notes and sovereigns, with police seizing a cab and horse later returned to a cab proprietor. the prisoner is committed for trial at Newgate.
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Marylebone
G. J. Morgan
G. J. and
W. Morgan
Millera
Woodbridge
Suffolk
Fortescue
Ark Race
Mr. Thormhill
Rawlinson
Bis
Morgan
Queen-Square
William
Isaac M
Bonsor
Jowin-street
Gregorie
Aadice
Morice
Edwards
L Division
Newgate
Police Tyranny and Inefficiency in London Witness Report
A London resident recounts rough police conduct in Somers Town. Officer Hyde brusquely interrupted a quiet conversation and forcibly escorted the man to a station with a threat of overnight confinement. At the station the arresting sergeant threatened harsher punishment, later placing the man in a dungeon before the resident slipped out through a wicket. A second prisoner remained unseen since.
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Charlotte-street
Fitzroy-square
Phoenix-street
Somerstown
Wm. Hyde
Inferior policing incident sparks outcry over abuse of power
A man was dragged from his bed by a blue squad after officers forced entry and used threats over a marital dispute. He was discharged by Mr. Rawlinson, but critics accuse New Police of disgraceful conduct and urge reform, citing magistrate remarks from Mr. Laing.
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Blue
Rawlinson
Laing
Hutton-garden
Scotland Yard
Accidents and Offences at Morley Park and Rochdale Robbery
A fatal shooting accident occurred at Morley Park near Belper when Mr Frederick Carey aged 22 died after a gun burst while aiming at a bird. A highway robbery near Rochdale left Mr Albert Royds unconscious but otherwise unhurt, with seven men in custody awaiting evidence. The report also notes a man hanged in Parliament Street, inquests into child death and natural death verdicts, and other local incidents.
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Belper
Frederick Carey
C. D. Carey
Hatter
Sheffield
Clamberstreet
Nottingham
Morley Park
Heage
FE. Carey
Manchester Express
Rochdale
Middleton
Hopwood Arms
Trebsmithy Toll-Bar
Taylor
Whitworth
Albert Royds
Clement Royds
Heaton Park
Royds’ Tootman
Menu
Royds
Parliament Street
Nottingham Review
John Daun
John Knowles
Rose
Mount-street
Elizabeth Hollis
Thomas Bartlett
Narrow-marsh
Thomas Bond
Poolter
van Diemen's Lane
M’greggor
60Th Regiment
George the Third
Hobart Town
Cornwall Chronicle
Launceston
Belnagias
Achil
Martin Gallagher
Joseph Gibbons
Michael Duggan
Gallagher
Jobn Moran
Bryan Masterson
Bridget Patten
Connaught Ranger
George Campbell
Widow Watters
Calton
Glasgow
Limerick
O’connell
Temperance trend among Liverpool port vessels
Nine of ten American ships frequenting Liverpool sail without ardent spirits aboard. Temperance societies note crews accept coffee as a substitute on American vessels. The Royal Tar will sail from the Thames to Santander with about 200 men, staff, and commissariat. Other vessels, including Brazilian ships and Cavalry recruits at Cork, move toward Santander or await departure.
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Liverpool
Thames
Santander
Portsmouth
Euch
2D Regiment of Cavalry
Cork
Isabella Segunda
Rena Gobernadora
Mazeppa
M'Dougall
Bilboa
Marquis of Chandos speaks at Buckingham farmers dinner
At the George Inn in Aylesbury, the Buckingham county farmers dinner heard Marquis of Chandos urge unity among agriculturists and pledge continued effort to ease distress. Horwood chairs. Chandos cites sovereign support, malt tax fight, and constitutional principles while warning against drastic party shifts.
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Buckingham
George Inn
Aylesbury
Marquis of Chandos
Horwood
Lam
Windsor
England
House of Commons
House of Lords
Commons
Houses of
Lords
Henry ,Parnell
Classification plan for paupers at Marylebone workhouse
A Saturday meeting of the Board of Guardians and Directors of Marylebone approved a report proposing to classify 210 capable female paupers into four groups good middling indifferent and bad. The plan would require rebuilding at about 1600 pounds funded by the Vestry, with the well disposed under direct supervision and promotion, the middling under the forewoman, and the bad kept separate.
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Potter
Perry
Redwood
RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS OF NAPOLEON FOREGINER NOTES
A foreign observer recalls Napoleon in 1815 Paris after Elba. He describes the emperor’s restless eyes and icy gaze, seated atop a platform in Notre Dame during a religious service with Lucien and Joseph nearby. The scene pivots as Napoleon rises abruptly, signaling his impulsive leadership and the crowd’s mounting fascination.
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Napoleon
Elba
Paris
Notre Dame
Lucien
Joseph
Canova
Place du Carrousel
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