Prisoner Convicted of Felony and Other Offences at Union Hall
Reports from Union Hall describe a sequence of petty thefts and illegal activity centered in Camberwell with residents targeting railings safes and provisions. Three young men Knight Thurley and Davis were jailed for two months at Brixton for looting a carpet bag filled with meat and other goods. A separate case involved a man passing counterfeit half crowns at the George Blackfriars road with a choking incident and advice from the Mint official. At Thames Office Lazy Jack, a stout Wapping laborer, was condemned for refusing to work at the workhouse and mocked for feigned deafness amid concerns over his dying father in Rotherhithe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union-Hall
Knight
Thurley
Davis
Younker
Murray
Camberwell
Brixton
Dickinson
Mr. Moses
George
York-street
Blackfriars Road
Powell
Thas
Thames
John Gilbert
Wapping
Ballantine
Combe
Chainer
Hale Map
Wapping New Stairs
Lazy Jack
Robert Thompson
St. John of Wapping
Toby
William Thomas Phillips
Mr. Combe
Mr. Phillips
Qestinay
Wayling
Gilbert
Phillips
Pfertibe
Ana
Phillipp
Rotherhithe
Ballingue
Evans
Fle
Mr. Ballantine
Socond
Iiasy
Ude
Tragedy and comical debt at Court of Requests
In Court of Requests on October 13 a theatrical actor known as a star faced a lean claim for 17s 0d for cleaning his linen. The witness described a shirt in tatters and a kerchief, with shouts of wit from Betty the washer and the defendant, who sought 24 hours more to pay. The scene mixed farce and frustration as the complainant pressed the debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkins
Margery
Bilberries
Ister Kemble
Wacready Waldegrave
Betty
Etty
Ronyon
Nele
Fires and Aftermath Across Towns Sparks Charities Aid
Reports detail a deadly blaze at Wiemer Neustadt wrecking cellars and vaults with forty three bodies recovered while archives and the poor's fund are saved. Collections reach hundreds of thousands of florins as balls concerts and theater aid 10 000 sufferers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Wiemer Neustadt
Imperial Palace
Weimer Neustadt
Luxemburgh
Neustadt
Sherwood
Wool
Wareham
Dorset Chronicle
Earl of Durham
Fisher’s
Dunkelds
Nicholas
Perthshire Courier
United Mexican Mines
Rayas
Pakenham
Nationa Gallery
New
National Gallery
St. Martin's Church
Richards
Literary Gazette
Adame P
Sieur D
Madame P
Paris
Genteman
Stockholm
Ed. Disbrowe
M. van Crombrugghe
Menzekoff
Russia
Count Lowenhjelm
St.Petersburgh
Wiener Neustadt
Wienerenstadt
Luxemburg
Tea trade under fire at Garraway’s sale rebuked
A reader accuses leading tea merchants of orchestrating a public show to protect monopolies and personal profits. The letter alleges the broker pronounced the tea poison yet offered it despite conscience. It warns monopolists would go to great lengths to thwart reforms and mocks customs inspectors’ complicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
True Sun
Sin
Garraway’s
Amateur Musical Festival Plea for More Varied Selections
A reader urges the amateur festival organizers to expand beyond Handel and Haydn. He suggests including works by Spohr, Crotch, Neukomm, and praises Mr. Perry’s oratorio performed at Hanover Square Rooms. The letter argues for merit and public introduction to overlooked composers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handel
Haydn
Morceaux
Spohr
Crotch
Neukumm
Hanoversmare
Mr. Perry
Doctors Benevolence Praised for Cholera Care in Ratcliff
A London newspaper notes Dr Kelly's successful cholera treatment among the poor in Ratcliff highway Limehouse Wapping reporting 1500 cases with only 30 deaths and urging public funds share for his skill and sympathy The item shifts to a report from Washington County about a clash between US Dragoons and Pawnee Indians claiming 80 killed 150 prisoners with eight dragoons killed and Osage prisoners retaken The column then digresses into a mock vignette about a celebrated singer and his leg display in theater and its humorous excesses
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usj
Washington County
United States’ Dragoons
Fort Gibson
Alexander the Great
Granicus
Henry
Agincourt
Apelles
Inquiries Into Goldsmiths Company Opened by Commission
The Corporation Commission adjourned after questioning the Goldsmiths Company for over two hours and receiving no new evidence. The chair announced tomorrow’s sitting will focus on the Grocers Company and requested any witnesses to present evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsmiths’ Company
F. Palgrave
Mr. Ellis
Female Emigration to Australia Aboard the Sarah
The Sarah, now fitting out in London Dock, will sail from Gravesend for Hobart Town on Thursday with 16 leading London merchants and bankers selecting female emigrants. Over 200 young women, vetted by the Emigration Committee and Mr. Marshall, secure berths for a payment of 61. The voyage includes a surgeon, matron, and superintendent, liberal provisions, and no delays from brokered charters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah
London
Gravesend
Hobart Town
Sydney
New South Wales
Bussorah
Layton
Marshall
NEW DUTIES ON SPIRIT LICENCES AND GIN SHOPS FEARS
Investigator warns Lord Viscount Althorp that a 50 percent rise in innkeepers licenses will crush respectable inns, push customers toward gin shops, and worsen urban distress. He argues the scale should descend with rent and urges relief to Victuallers amid broad tax relief elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viscount Althorp
St. Stephen's
London
Manchester
Glasgow
Cure a Sick Lion and Omnibus Racing Incident
The piece links a fantastical cure for a sick lion to tying shee apes to provoke its madness and revive it by blood. It then recounts a Saturday night omnibus race on Kent road ending in a crash near Green Man gate with Shillibeer’s omnibus, drivers uncooperative, police not arriving, and calls for stricter fines and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Shillibeer
Kent Road
Green Man
Susteauseriog
Shillibeer
Shilliéer
Hamburgh Papers Chronicle Dated News Dispatches
Oct. 4 to Oct. 10 news items from Hamburg and other cities cover gifted notes on West Indian emancipation, cholera in Stockholm, Vienna fire relief, Moscow imperial reviews, and stock market fluctuations. Reports include Governor General Von Schollin’s orders, Prince Menzekoff’s rumored mission, and various diplomatic movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
English West Indies
West India
M. von Schollin
Newmarket Handicap Sweepstakes and Derby Clashes
The report lists the Newmarket Second October Meeting events including the Handicap Sweepstakes for two year olds and older with runners such as Chat aine Harem Scarem and Rosalie, plus the Garden Stakes with Glencoe Glaucus Colwick and other entries. It notes Beep Fourteen entered for the Two Year Old Plate and outlines hunting appointments across several counties, with hounds and meets scheduled by Chesterfield Harriers Northumberland Monmouthshire Morpeth and others at specified venues and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newmarket
C. Sabe
Lord Orford
Mr. Thornhill
Forth
Robinson Crusge
Yate
Ince
Lord Litchfield
Thorphill
Newmarxst
Mowpay
Ninas
Clearwell Stakes
Tomornow
Martha Stolagst
Constantia
Derby
Corollanus
Silents
Angelica
Darioletti
Pricella
Oaks
Tartarus Brings Admiral to Plymouth for East India Voyage
Port and naval movements report Rear Admiral Capell hoisting his flag aboard the Winchester at Spithead awaiting sailing to the East India station. Tartarus under Lieutenant James carried J Vidal aboard and proceeded from Freshwater to escort the Admiral to Plymouth. The Royal yacht Pantaloon docked for mane examination and was readied for sea as winds remain light from the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M
H. James
Comander
Woolwich
J. Vidal
G. E. Hammond
Tale of Wight
Admiral
Freshwater
Plymouth
Hub Ne
Talbot
Pennell
S.S.W
Bladeo Capell
H.M
Winchester
Spithead
East India Station
Kant
Pantaloon
Royal Yacht
New York Papers Bring Lisbon News and Local Incidents
New York papers to the 20th ul. arrived yesterday with dispatches from Lisbon notes. They report tranquil interior conditions and peace valued under a strict legal order. Also covered are a deputy Bayard voyage to Lisbon for a royal wedding alliance, and a string of local happenings in Edmonton Luton and Plénheim park including inquests, marriage theatrics, a public dispute in Hornsey, and a dramatic boat accident near the Tower with mass panic but no serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carthagena
Santa Martha
Panama
M. Bayard
Lisbon
Assenger
Duke of
Portugal
London
Baron Mortier
Russia
Prussia
Austria
Munich
J.H. Sawyer
Duchy of Lancaster
Mary Barker
H. Barker
Edmonton
Neigbourhood
Barker
Duchy
Nias
Hornsey Church
Samuel Cobbin
Harvey
Arrah
Luton
Doctors’ Commons
Goddard
Fletcher
Ady
Alexander
Winter Palace
Alexander I
Peter the Great
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Court OF Requests
the True Sun
Country Markets
Newcastle
Sunderland
Me ' Ainwick
Hexham
Morpeth
Rigg
As Long
East Retford
Asd
Newark
Northampton
Peterborough
Chesterfield
Grantham
Blandford
Glastow
Bristol Edinburgh
Lincoln
Azo
Ae i
Nottingham
Tifa
Gainsborough Wee
Ee Maidstone
Oes
Haddington
Carmarthen
Ween
Wearminster
Wantage
Yeovil . O Fa
Leeds
Wisbech
Oof Ak
Sheffield Wee Au
Devizes
Chard
Ee Ety
Horncastle
Louth
Spilsby
Grimsby Caistor
Aoe
Tee Ae Lyon
Sooo
Aij
Boston
Sil. Oe Spalding
Teee
MOP
Ce Eeevensaeee
Fee Pry Pingham
Areeen
Yhitehaven
Sifto Oe
Kirkaldy
Safa. O Kelso
St. Austel
Salon
Liverpool
Andover
Hasingstoke
Ale
Bath
Flo
Bridgewater
Cirencester
Cork
Carlow - Wees
Clonmel
Kilkenny
Limerick
Waterford
Wexford
Les Or Belfast
Athlone
Enniskillen
Newry
Australia
Hamburgh
Hanover
Christiana
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Moscow
Cortes A, P
Haldimand and Sons
Lamburgh
Sporting
Chesterfield Harriers
Frid Morton-bridge
Northumberland
Nipside
Stoney-gate
Burrid
Petr Mr.Phillipe
Thureday
Saint Sv
Monmouthshire
Mr. Wort
Towton
Becca-mill
Aetry
York and Ainsty
Acas‘ter-mill
Whirley
Cleveland Hounds
Court-grees
Boroughbridge Harriers
Alborough
Simmington Hounds
Appleton-common
Lambton Hounds
Burnopside
Portsmouth
Plénheim-park
Margets
Bear Inn
Pont
Orford Journal
Chatham
Africa
Assace
Constantinople
Redschid Pacha
Konia
Caramania
Sivas
Roumelia
M. de Rockman
Saliha
Halil Pacha
Kandeli
Channel
Augsburgh
Mesers
Elliott
Pimlico
Parliament Street
Whitehall
Board of Trade Office
Emerald
Fresh Wharf
May Ain
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