Debate Over Corruption and Standing Orders in City Court
A lengthy city court session discusses municipal independence and how undue influence from tradesmen contracts could bias proceedings. Charles Pearson leads a bid to lift restrictions, citing abuses of authority by vintners and lawyers. The lord mayor, court members, and supporters debate legal propriety, with dismissals and adjourning motions amid cheers and laughter.
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Williams
Portsoken
Scales
Souris
Alderman Johnson
Wood
Charles Pearson
Ublic
Migne
Radesman
Corporation
Pearson
R.s.jones
Galloway
Wire
Attempt to assassinate William Southgate at Liverpool
A gunman named Norman Welch shot William Southgate Esq, surveyor of customs, in Liverpool. Welch, a 57 year old locker turned weigher, confessed, and was detained at the Dock Bridewell. Southgate, struck in the lower abdomen, underwent surgery to remove a ball near the right side, with doctors warning the wound may prove fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. Southgate, Esq
Southgate, Esq
London
Norman Welch
Welch
Locker
Bridewell
Bedford-Street East
Parlour
Liverroon
Oer
William Southgate
S Custons
Alexander Hannay
M.D
Saver
M*culloch
Dawson
M‘culloch
Alexandern Haxnay
Justis Dawson
Samuel McCattocu
Kitchen Street
Liverpool
Parkgate
Cheshire
Lancashire
Custom House
Inspector-General of Customs
Southgate
Bedford-street
Abercrombie-square
Mr. Flarper
Customs
Further Particulars on Liverpool Wound Case
There is an error in the statement about the wound given by the assassin Welch to Mr. Southgate. The ball did not enter the right side but the left. The correction clarifies the location of the injury and implies a revised account of the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Welch
Mr. Southgate
Election of Mayor of Liverpool Concludes in Conservative Victory
This Saturday at 10 o'clock the mayoral election at the Town hall featured J. Aspinall and H. C. Bold, both Conservatives. Aspinall won by a majority of 149 after a spirited contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Town Hall
J. Aspinall, Esq
8.C. Bold
Mr. Aspinall
Ireland's wretched poor in Limerick described in distressing letter
A Morning Herald correspondent recounts a Catholic clergyman's letter detailing extreme destitution in Limerick. Homes house four to seven families with dirt floors, no glass in windows, and roofs broken. Sickness amid starvation prompts calls for an absentee tax or general poor relief funded by landlords. The piece notes private charity fails against systemic malfeasance, urging Parliament to act and criticizing absentee landlords and authorities.
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Morning Herald
Limerick
Old Town
St. Mary’s
More
England
Earl of Limerick
London
Ireland
House of Commons
Spring Rice
Destructive Fire News Rapidly Shared by Postal Network
The Birmingham Journal reports rapid distribution of Friday’s Destructive Fire account from the Morning News and Public Ledger to Oxford and other cities. Jackson's Oxford Journal and Oxford Herald published the early report and credited the London paper for prompt coverage of the Houses of Lords and Commons fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning News
Public Ledger
Express
Oxford
Jackson
Oxford Journal
Oxford Herald
Morning News and Public Ledger
Strand
London
Parliament
Birmingham
Birmingham Journal
Exeter
Bristol
Bath
Alarm at Regent's Park Villa Fire Destroys Furnishings
A fierce blaze swept Mrs. Bishop's elegant villa at 22 North Bank Regent's Park on Saturday morning. Firemen from the London Establishment with Marylebone and Paddington engines fought the flames for two hours, destroying front and back drawing rooms. Mrs. Bishop was reading Parliament fire reports when the blaze began. The origin of the fire remains unknown.
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Northbank
Regent’s Park
London
Marylebone
Paddington
Bishop
The Royal Visit To Westminster Hall Ruins
Their Majesties with the Earl and Countess of Errol and other nobles viewed the devastated Westminster Hall. They met with Lords and gentlemen as boards and carpeting marked the scene. The king expressed satisfaction that the hall suffered no material injury before touring the ruins and returning to St James's Palace.
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Errol
Earl Munster
Adolphus
Frederick Fitzclarence
Jeffery Wyatville
Old Palace-yard
Westminster Hall
Duncannon Melbourne
Althorp
John Cam Hobhouse
Rolls Court
St. James’s Palace
Earl of Macclesfield
House of Lords
Clarendon
House of Peers
Charles the Second
Charles I
Laud
Canterbury
Earl of Pembroke
England
Earl of Strafford
Ireland
House of Commons
Tower-hill
Charles the First
John Elliott
Commons
Verulam
Earl
Anne
Derby
St. Paul’s
William the Third
Earl of Warwick
Lord Mahon
Richard Coote
Greyhound
Strand
Leicesterfields
Capt
Coote
Lord Warwick
Entiemin
Corry
K. Gorling
Long’s Hotel
Cabinet Council at Melbourne residence over Westminster fire
A Cabinet Council met at Viscount Melbourne's residence to quiz House of Lords housekeepers and workers on the Westminster Hall fire origin. Attended by top ministers, summonses issued for Privy Council examination. reports note Westminster Hall roof intact, nearby structures damaged, and non insured offices harmed.
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Viscount Melbourne
Beighton
Earl of Mulgrave
Chatsworth
Derbyshire
Viscount Palmerston
Rive
Viscount Althorp
Lord Auckland
Charles Grant
Holland
J. Abercromby
John Hobhouse
House of Lords
Rice
Viscount Duncannon
Home Department
Privy Councillors
Privy Council
Council
James Scarlett
Dorking
Tete Yesterda
Downing-Street
Leary
House of Commons
George the Third
Duke of Wellington
Manners Sutton
Adamson
Royal Gallery
Lords
Palace of Westminster
St. Margaret’s Church
St. Marcaret’s
Westminster
Houses of Lords and Commons
Globe
Blackguard
Cromwell
Charles
Brougham
Durham
Shire-lane
Court of Chancery
Houses of Parliament
Lord Althorp
Westminster Hall
Tom Duncombe
Andrew Agnew
Lord Duncannon
Lord Duncannol
Ireland
Lonon
Parliaments and fire at Westminster amid 19th century turmoil
A vivid chronicle recalls historic parliamentary episodes from early unions and impeachments to Henry VIII’s reign. It notes Parliament durations, Coventry and Oxford assemblies, and 18th-century trials. The piece also covers the recent House of Lords fire, subsequent investigations, property losses, and public reactions across classes.
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Haymarket
Earl of Pembroke
Corry
House of Lords
South Sea Company
Matthew Prior
House of Commons
France
Henry VIII
Warren Hastings
Caroline
Henry the
Charles
Coventry
Henry VI
Oxford
Henry III
Earl of March
Edward the Second
Spencers
The Late Conflagration and Fatau Accident Report
During Saturday several men from Hansard removed rescued church books to government offices. Parchements were tied and loaded for security. Later, an old lady in Soho fell from a curb and a passing cab ran over her. She died from internal injuries despite bleeding and restoratives. no blame attached to the cabman.
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Messrs
Hansard
St. Margaret’s Church
Wardoar-street
Soho
Patterson
Fragmented Public Letter on Copyright Courtesy
A jagged excerpt shows a complaint about unfair use of materials and a curiously ornate defense. The text references acknowledgement of source material, prior use, and a dispute over honesty in attribution, highlighting tensions between authorship and courtesy in the exchange.
Prendergast Stakes Triumph Highlights Camel Blood
Newmarket notes recount Prendergast Stakes victory by a Camel-bred filly, dominant among Camel progeny in the race and reflected in wider Derby betting. Manchester Races feature Catharina and Red Rover in a 5 sovs handicap, with Lancashire Witch winning the Hurdle Stakes and Eleanor among other contenders in a plate event.
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Manchester
Barrow
Catharina
Mr. G. Cook
Red Rover
Eleanor
Mr. Higgs
Lancashire Witch
Mr. Battye
Talleyho
Clifton
Asmodeus
Mr. Cook
Clegg
Secenaenar
Northallerton Races Friday Gold Cup Meeting
Northallerton races on Friday feature the Gold Cup of 100 guineas over two miles with The Mystery as top horse and Tomboy noted as a non-starter. A Plate of 501 was decided in two heats with Gascoi’s Zobrab defeating The Count, Monitor, and Stenton. Saturday saw a Silver Cup won in three heats by The Mayor ahead of Rialto Ellen Peter Simple and others. Nottingham Races planned for next June.
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Northallerton
T. O. Powlett
Mr. Orde
Tomboy
Mr.Gascoi
Zobrab
Mr. Fox
Mr. Metcalfe
Monitor
Mr. Attwood
Hunting Appointments Parade Across Hounds Meets
A list of hunt meetings and hare appointments from various packs. Sir M Ridley’s Hounds meet at the Highlander, Lambton’s Hounds at Borden and Twizell, Haydon Hounds at East Ellerington and West Dipton, Hurworth Hounds at Leven Bridge and Moor Bank, Morpeth Harriers at Kennel, East Sussex Hounds commence next Monday, and numerous other packs schedule venues and times through the week including York and Ainsty, Cleveland, Tinoington, Badsworth, Chesterfield Harriers, Bedale, Boroughbridge, NLP, Rhinefeld, Freeman’s Hounds, M H, Codrington’s Hounds, Hall’s Hounds, Devizes Harriers, J W H, Burton Harriers, Cadby Harriers.
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M. Ridley
Highlander
Mr. Lambton
Borden
Twizell
Haydon
East Ellerington
West Dipton
Hurworth
Leven Bridge
Moor Bank
Morpeth Harriers
East Sussex
Ofham Turnpike
Lord Harewood’s
Riffa
Bickerton Bar
York and
Rhinefeld
Bratley Water
Mr. Freeman
Epperstont
Annesley
Fordington’ Field
Piddleton Parish
Codrington
Heytesbury
Port Wood Corner
Great Ridge
Sparkie Bridge
Ansford Park
Missing Sovereign Box From Waggon Office Heist
A box containing 1000 sovereigns was sent from Jones Co to Bloomfield’s waggon office in Farringdon Street for delivery to Hobhouse Co bankers in Bath. The coachman drove 24 miles, another driver about the same, and a relief driver joined, but the box vanished when the waggon reached Bath. The box was insured and Daniel Forrester was told to investigate.
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House of Messrs. Jones, Co
Bloomfield
Farringdon-stree
House of Messrs. Hobhouse 89 Co
Bath
Consig Ther
Ned
Anoa
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89Th Regiment
4Th Dragen Guards
Watergrass Hill
Fermoy
Cork
Deane Freeman
Conyveriet
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Broder
Freeman
Carmen
Mr. F
John Donegan
Murnane
Brazier Mitchell
Colonel Jones
Thomas Arbuthnot
Cork Herald
Erom
Westminster-hall
Palace-yard
Abingdon-street
Henry the Seventh
Howard
Bellamy
St. John’s
Tree Sun
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Viscouritess
Scatatherine
Pry Arba
Ibelia
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Baillie
Elizabeth Burnet
Helen
Jean Rown
Jane Cs
Bruce
Py Browns Bridg
Campbell Mary Doh
Auuetia Isa
Cochrane
Lady
Maria
Christie
Cleghorn
Hugh
Ditts
Janet
Ale
Rache
Jean
Mary Dace
Crofton
Cie
Dalrymple
Margaret
Palrymple
Pieles
Dante
Gordon
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Geldie
M. Es
Gi Dhersn Halkett
Ann
Hayman
Daten
Hare
Louisa
Jebb
Elizabeth
Rosa
Ites
Elizabe
Azit
Ding
Mary
Ditte
Yodon
Bist Lefeme
Eliza
Lapslie
Mia
Orla Diets
Pslie
Prquree
Locpart
Michael
Lovisa
Maclaurin
V.ewere
Maxton
Marion
Murray
Catherine
Nicolay
Augenta
Georgina Leaitat
Ogilvie
Ortmore
Charlier
Earloft
Nor Date
Ewe Ratcliffe
Ditea
Awart
Grace
Standish
Olivia
Tatelas
Catherine Urania
Legtown
Vernon
Nei Waldro
Zoete
Newmarket
Kearney
Glama
Camel
Agst Coriolanus
Wtol
Silesus
Tol
Augustus
Tol — Marchesa
Angelica
Carioletta
Pucella
Ibrahim
Bee-in-a-Bonnet
Tol — Niobe
L — Stockport
Mr. Redsdale
Lord Jersey
Marz
Nottingham
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