Lectures at London Mechanics' Institution in 1837 season
The prospectus lists lectures at the London Mechanics' Institution with speakers including R Ogilvie on water, J Pereira on senses, S W Butler on elocution, Claxton on pneumatics, Woolryth on practical education, Haydon on the human figure, Birkbeck on muscles, Peacock on mental arithmetic, Favacan on respiration and voice, Colonel Thompson on emigration and machinery, Christie on new mechanical inventions, and Francis on caricature drawing. Subscription is 24s yearly or quarterly. evening tickets 1s. Prospectus available at the Institution. September 7, 1837.
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Hemming
R. Ogilvie
J. Pereira
S.W. Butler
Claxton
T. W.woolryth, Esq
B.r.haydon
Dr. Birkbeck
Noov
A. Peacock
Favacan
Colonel Thompson
R. Christie, Esq
G. Francis
Lostituton
Beitsl ant Brandy advert and Poor Law notices
A 1837 notice promotes Beitsl patent brandy as a safe substitute for beer with a price of eighteen shillings per imperial gallon at Smithfield distillery. The issue also carries a long correspondence between the Metropolitan Police and Poor Law Commissioners on destitution relief, outlining relief duties, officers’ roles, and procedures, plus notes on Birmingham economic distress and calls for Bank of England inquiry.
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BEITS
J. T. Hetus & Co
Smithfield
St. John Efrect
Commissioners of Police
Poor Law Commissioners
Metropolitan Police
Poor Law
Camberwell
Lambeth
Reform Bill Ballot: Longford Letter on Elector Rights
Lord Longford argues the Reform Bill fails to protect voters from landlord and employer pressure in Stamford. He cites omissions in registration, intimidation at nominations, and the St Martin's annexation that strengthened aristocratic influence. He urges Parliament to trial a ballot to test bribery and coercion effects.
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Lord Longford
Lord Juln Russell
Stamford
Shreulder Burghley
Burghley
St. Martin’s
Marquess of Exeter
Milkman in intoxicated assault at Lady St Germain's
James Spice a milkman of Thomas Street faced Mr Dyer on a charge of assault after pushing and abusing Lady St Germain and two other ladies in South Moulton Street. Spice defended himself with a cane after being struck, resulting in a severe thrashing. He was fined five shillings for intoxication and discharged. a footman was detained for assault but not charged.
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London
Gracechurch Street
Hon. East India Company
India Company
China
England
St. Germaio
Sukey
Witoesa
Lord Westmoreland
Assault on constable at Primrose Hill tunnel
John Starshall an excavator on the London and Birmingham railroad faced charges of violently assaulting and attempting to stab James George a constable on duty at Primrose Hill near the tunnel. The constable prevented passage, the prisoner seized him by the collar and kicked him, requiring aid to detain him.
Prisoner Resists Police Attack in Street Confrontation
A prisoner, moving toward the stations, suddenly attacked with a clasp knife as guards attempted to advance. Reid, a bystander who aided, restrained the assailant, who was later bound and taken to the station. The prisoner claimed intent to cut his own throat, not stab the constable, and was fined five pounds with two days’ detention for the offense amid a separate disturbance case involving Nicholas Carry at Bayswater Road.
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Plaivant
Pee Suner
Reid
John Reid
Prisnner
Rawlinson
Rawlisson
Wedding Watch Theft at Stepney Church
John Allen stood at the bar on a charge of stealing a sailor Daniel Thomas Boorack's watch during a Stepney church wedding. Evidence showed the theft likely occurred around the marriage ceremony. witnesses described the accused concealing the watch in his hat and leaving quickly. The magistrates discharged him with a caution, noting the suspect’s good character and lack of police record.
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Lambeth Street
Roparry
John Allen
Messrs
Coombe and Hardwick
Daniel Thomas Boorack
Stepney Church
Stepney Old Church
James
Mr. Coombe
Sailor
Keating
Stepney
Silk velvet theft trial at Bow Street
Henry Smith a master weaver of Spitalfields faced charging evidence over thirty one yards of silk velvet valued to Lester of Milk Street Coeapside. The case centered on a forged Lester order and a shilling given to a conspirator, with testimony from Elizabeth and Ames Kirkman and a dying witness. A separate case involved a young woman found intoxicated in Loggerhead Lane, recounting an itinerant preacher and a man who led her to a house for drink and assault, later identified by a paper and a male witness at the station.
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Peckham
R. Musgrove
Tharspar
Hanover House
Rye Lane
Ieton
Charlies Walton
Bileme
Collyer
Hianover Street
Messrs
Desborough and Young
Lise Lane
Bucklerabury
Musgrove
Austinfriars
Old Broad Street
City
Economist
Artigans
Birmingham
Jackson
America
Bank of England
Birmingham Committee
Lord Melbourne
Peel
Warburton
Henry Smith
Spitalfields
Lester
Milk Street
Coeapside
Edmund Brown
Brown
Bis
Ames Kirkman
Elizabeth Kirkman
Sisce
Broughton
Brow Htop
Loggerhead-lane
Bethoal-green
Mr. Broughton
Norton solicitors letter to morning paper on evidence
A morning paper receives a letter from Mr. Norton's solicitors claiming conclusive evidence for every assertion but advising against detail until the matter is laid before a court. A vestry meeting at Sr. Pavut CoveNT Garden is set for Thursday at six to discuss challenging the Poor Law Commissioners right to appoint a collector of the poor rate before the Court of Queen's Bench.
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Burder
Braintree
Her
John Campbell
Ventry
Vasant
Church Rate Party
Ecclesiasti
Raintree
Court of Queen’s Bench
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Flexman
George
Henry Martin
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Swansea
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George Hazel
Swaneca
Southampton
Chencersy-lane
Tooke
Policitrrs
Bedford Row
Holborn
Mesers
Winter Williams and
Williams
Eolhators
Beiford-row
Holboro
Mesars
Holme and Loftus
New Int
Mesara
G. T. F. Brace
Surrey Street
Strand
Perkins and Frampton
Jiatore
Graveiius
Miller
Prome
Somersetshire
J. G Pearse
Southmolton
Devonshire
Mre Rooker
Bideford
Devon
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Nisboletts
Hindam
Thomas Glover
Wright and Son
Garra
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Cornhill
Greenland
Wepntspar
Bell-greens
Sydenham
Kent
Dover Castle
Broadway
Deptford
Half Moon
Borough
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Sweet and Sutton
Basinghall Street
Greenwich
Clerkenwell
Rnusgrove
Taugspar
Compton-street
Whder
Marquis of Northampton
Avern
Clerkenwell Green
Mr. Musgrove
Austin Friars
Qld
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Kent Road
City of
Thomas
Ics
York-street
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Premses
Mewsma
Burgoyne
Thrapt
Oxford Street
Masprores
Old Hroad Street
General Steam Navigation Company
Hamburgh
Rotterdam
The
Rhine
Antwerp
Calais
Charing Areas
Leadenhall-street
Regent Circus
Lombard Street
Charles Bessell
Sec. General Steam Navigation Company
Loonbard Street
Monarch
Custom Noose Quay
Hull
Hall
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Leith
Dundee
Victoria
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W. J. Hall and Co
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Direct
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H. Dean
Standard of England Life Assurance Company
King Wiliam Street
Regent Street
Willion
Eime William
William Cory
Lawrence Dorgan
William Gumaton
Coloone
Christopher Hodgson
Keary Lawson
Ohn Barrett Leonard
William 4. Richardson
Prederick Thomas West
Whitebasd
Agsual Premium
Standard of England
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W. Wright
Paarert
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Corvhill
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Chancery-lane
John English Tabor, Esq
Bocking
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J. D. Burger, Esq
Peol JR
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Cavistock-Square
Sarowel Courtauld, Esq
John Sewell
Halsted
Samuel Shave
Crix Witham
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British Scientific Association
Liverpool
Bristol
Athen
Athens
Ponce and Poogr
Richard Mayne
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Whitehall Place
E. Chadwick
Erq
Poor Law Commission
Somerset- House
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Ion
Board of Guardians
Police Intelligence