The Do Too Much Ministry and Edinburgh Reformers
A critical assessment of Lord Brougham and the Grey ministry with Edinburgh reformers, public dinners, and the dangers of ministerial tour rhetoric. The piece mocks excessive meddling, predicts political shifts, and questions future plans on church, tithes, and reform. It also notes the Builders' Dispute and reports on India governance rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Edinburgh
Inverness
Scott
Lord Brougham
United Kingdoms
Wiseacre
Ises
Old Bailey
Ovid
Earl Grey
Lord Grey
Cock Rabin
Lord Althorp
Turf Society
Doncaster
Great Britain
Ireland
Morning Herald
Jord
Robert Peel
Grey Ministry
Herald
Mechanics’ Institution
Earl of Munster
Earl of Durham
Duke of Richmond
Viscount Palmerston
Duke of Buckingham
Charles Grant
Lord Durham
Lord Palmerston
Mr. Grant
Earl of
Munster
India
Lord Munster
Insolvent Debtor Court Sees Firm Censure and Remand
In a Sept 11 hearing William Dow faces lengthy address by Mr. Cooke and the Chief Commissioner on alleged improvidence and fraud. Dow is remanded eight months, with court stressing creditors’ rights and the need for reasonable payment prospects. Richard Sayers then faces judgment as insolvent. a separate case involves assault on a landlord, with defendants remanded after contested testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dow
Cooke
Ingulvent
Whitbread
Timberlake
Dickson
Foreign plundering of British fishermen
A letter from John Mitchell junior of Leith to the Lords of the Privy Council Committee for Trade argues for protection of Scottish and British herring fishers from foreign incursions. It cites international law and authorities, noting France's encroachments and English responses, urging immediate committee action to safeguard national interests and a hardy fishing class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mitchell
Leith
Committee of Privy Counell
Scotland
Mitchell
France
Commons
Isheris
England
Committee For ‘Trade
Edinburgh
The Jews Exchequer in John’s Reign
In John’s reign an exchequer for Jewish revenue functioned within the Great Exchequer with separate rolls records and writs issued for debt recovery. It housed justices custodes cotalorum and brevium. Jewish customs regulating internal business were recognized like merchant customs in common law courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Missing child alert and later disorderly case at police court
A distressed mother sought Lord Mayor help to find her five year old daughter Fanny Butler missing since August twenty third from Pear Tree Court Shoreditch. The report also covers Charlotte Webb’s chaotic London magistrate hearing and a robbery embezzlement case of William Williams, plus an assault charge against John Atead of Greenwich Railroad Company at Union Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Morris
William Stock
Stepher Sale
Elizabeth Cook
Anglers
Lee-bridge
Stoke Newington
Sole
Stock
Morris
Sue
River Lee
High-hill Ferry
Newington-green
Twyford
Graves
Bedford
North
Parnell
N Division
Lee
Eliza Arundle
St. Luke's
Lonpos
John
William Rickham
Hackney
Hall
London
Mansion House
Butler
Fanny Butler
Queen-Square
Charlotte Webb
Westminster
White
Charlotte
Burrell
Charlies
Mr. Burrell—Hut
Mr. White
Futter Downs
Kensington
Robinson
Futty
Newgate
Union-Hall
John Atead
Greenwich Railroad Company
John Ball
St. Helena
Rotherhithe
Stead
Howard
Macquarrie Harbour
Charles Lyon
Perth
Obart ‘Town
Dundee
James Larley
Ludford’s Gate
Bristol
William ‘Shires
Thornhill
Yorkshire
York
John Barker
Warrington
Lancaster
William Cheshire
Warwick
Birmingham
James Russenl
Norwich
Norfolk
John Frair
Leith
Southampton
John Jones
Liverpool
Middlesex
John Cody
Cowcruas
James Porter
Bermondsey
Kingston-on-Thames
Macquarie
New South Wales
William Heronatius Fortune
Frederick Sampson
van Dieman’s Land
John Conner
Chatham
Kent
Thomas Miller
Surrey
John Walker
John Holder
Ware
Hertfordshire
Essex
van Diemen's Land
George Harding Derby
Hants
Taunton
Willian Philp
Padslow
Comasratt
Bodmin
Harding
van Diemen’s Land
William Glen
Anderson and
Philp
Plymouth
Merchants Seamen Pension Act And Convict Escapes
A summary of an 1835 Act to aid seamen and dependents, detailing pension rules, deductions, port trustees, and duties. Includes distribution of funds to widows and orphans, and special provisions for worn out, disabled, or deceased mariners. Also reports a police notice of convicts escaping from Macquarie Harbour and other penal transports with names, origins, and sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willian IV
Great Britain and
Ireland
West India
Great Britain
London
Customs
Bristol
Guild of the
Trinity-house of
Kingston upon-Hull
Glasgow
Greenock
Port Glasgow
House of Commons
Seamen's Hospital Society
Greenwich Hospital
Naval honors and cross distribution amid foreign and British figures
The article notes the naval service alias of J Hume and praises a revenue cutter. It discusses the September distribution of iron crosses for non intervention principles, listing foreigners like Louis Philippe and OConnell Hume among recipients. It mentions Lord John Hay’s court-martial, a battle involving the Seahorse frigate, and the dismissal of Lieut M Cleverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hume
BereinAn Honovurs
Iran
Louis-Phillip
Hebert
Friends of the People
O’connell
Hume
Lord John Hay
Plymouth
Marquis of
Tweeddale
M‘cleverty
Marines
Births and Marriages Notice Collage
Birth notices from Snaresbrook Worthing Camberwell Madeira Plymouth Oakley Suffolk Kencot Oxfordshire report new births. Dated entries detail a Bun. Mildred, a son, a son to Rev W Jones, a daughter to Mrs Gordon, a son to C Whiteford, a marriage in Oakley with Captain Baldwin Wake Walker, and a daughter to Captain Jobs Worth. Died notice for Elizabeth Hyndman and J Linton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snaresbrook
H. Mildred
Worthing
W. Jones
Camberwell
J. Giles
Madeira
W. Gordon
Plymouth
C. Whiteford
Oakley
Suffolk
Ri Bt
Lord Bayning
Baldwin Wake Walker
R.N
Mary Catherine Sinclair
Jobs Worth
Oakley House
Patrick Sinclair
Duren
Caithness
Kencot
J. E. Bright
Gulden-square
Caroline
Chas. Loder
Oxfordshire
Elizabeth
R. J. Hyndman
Demerara
Jo ‘ Beckles
Barbadoes
Clapham
J. Linton
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Contemporary Press
Jeviathan
Tree Sun
Standard
Kiggy
The
East India Company
William Bentinck
LAW Intelligence
Mr. Howard
John Bull
St. Helena Gardens
Join Bull
Bull
Robertson
Lambeth-Street
Joseph Horsen
Messrs
Walker
Tubbs
John Frederick Ullhitz
Broad Street
Ratcliffe
Ultitz
Gray
Tower-bill
Ullitz
Hobler
Sweden
Bank of
Daniel Ferguson
Apvatte Bay
Jamaica
Ludlow
Flora
Youngson
Ludhow
William Taylor
John Oliver
Oliver
Mr. Broderip
Ferguson
Verguson
Ww. Taylor
Joseph Knight
Fisher
Broderip
George FV
Admiralty
Police Intelligence
William Mrrcueut
True Sun
Strand
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