Partridge and Pheasant Shooting Goods Advertised for Season
John Chapman of Fleet Street offers shooting gloves and exclusive field cravats, with six cravats and three pairs gloves shipped post paid for a sovereign. Also advertised are silk handkerchiefs, British and foreign goods, and a range of watches and books, plus Blair's Gout Pills with testimonials from nobility and clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chapman
Painter and Co
Fleet Street
Hawker
Desea
King Williamshect
Charing Cross
Patronised by the Lords in a long list of peers and MPs
A lengthy roll calls numerous noblemen and Members of Parliament including the Lord Archbishop of Armagh and peers like Sir Francis Burdett and Sir Gerard Noel with titles and regional bishops named, indicating a ceremonial or official prioritization or recognition across church and state. The fragment references many MPs and officers, with scattered place names and ranks.
Greenwich Petty Sessions Hearings on Suicide Attempt
Thomas Bowen, a sailor with epilepsy and a troubled past, appeared before the court charged with attempting to end his life at the Ship public house. A letter Bowen left expressed despair over poverty and service, but after he promised not to attempt again, he was discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Thackeray
A. Young
Thomas Bowen
Finch
Colonel Foreman
Ship
Bowena
Bewen
Othinat
Somerset House
Bowen
Sur
Chatham
Greenwich
Ile
Tam
Surrey Sessions Indictments and Severe Sentencing
At Kingston and Westminster, John Ellington and his mother Elizabeth faced trial for stealing clothes from a labourer. The jury found both guilty. the mother was sentenced to seven years transportation and fourtees days solitary confinement with private whipping, while Ellington received a lesser sentence due to youth. Thomas Pearson was convicted of tea theft and jailed six months in Guildford gaol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hedger
John Ellington
Elizabeth
Kingston
Newway
Westminster
Fret
London
Britton
Thomas Pearson
W. Struker
Hudgerow
John Toy
Badge Road
Fenping’s Wharf
London Bridge
Thames-street
Chambers
Guildford
Markets Open with Renewed Cash Sales Under Haggerty System
The American trade in dry goods begins a renewed push after a February to March lull. John Haggerty and Sons led cash sales totaling around 300,000 dollars in several packages, with competitors Austin Wilmerding & Co and Adlee Timpson and Co also selling goods on cash or mixed terms. The New York Morning Herald notes that cash terms show clear advantages over credit as notes mature. Trebizond trade expands with higher imports and a surge of European goods. Persian silk, tobacco, and tapestry feature in exports. London courts discuss parcel porterage abuses, a mistressly mix of public discipline and commerce, with cases ranging from porter extortion to a young woman’s entanglement with a pig drover. A separate court session remands two men accused of fraud and forged wills involving savings bank funds. investigators aim to uncover further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julie Haggerty
New York Morning Herald
Tauris
Cardistan
Persia
Trebisond
Sripsh
Mingrelia
Marseilles
France
Black Sea
Bucharest
Porter James Walters Kept for Delayed Poultry Delivery
James Walters, porter at the White Horse Inn in Fetter Lane, appeared on a summons for neglecting to deliver a parcel containing poultry to Mr Brooskill of Gatter Lane in due time. The parcel arrived at the inn between seven and eight on Saturday and was not delivered until twenty minutes past one on Sunday, an eighteen hour delay deemed excessive though only minutes past the legal limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansion House
London
Court of Queen’s Bench
Hobler
Basinghall Street
Messia Currie
Cornhill
John Lawford
Messrs. Currie’s
Crown Law
Hilborn
Gilbert
Dover
White Bear
Basingball-street
Jon
Messrs
Currie
Bastoghall Etfert
Bell and Crown
Waite
Mesars
Anion
Brueskill
Alderman Venables
James Walters
White Horse Inn
Fetter Lane
Brooskill
Gatter Lane
Ackage
Crewe Trne
Waight
George Hotel
Somerset County Gazette
Epissurcu
University of Edinburgh
Sir Astley Cooper
Sir Astley Coopers
Royal Hotel
Astley
Sir Aatley
Highlands
Edinburgh
Exeter Post
Greenock
British Legion
Grenock
Cumberland
Hallifax
Halifax
West Riding
St.Leeds
Post
Manchester Mail
Grand Junction
Birmingham
John Hitchen
Washers Lane
Skircoat
John Mitchell
James Baildon
Feask Mitchell
Isaac Bairstow
Angel Ico
Lee-bridge
Halifax Express
Leeps
Leeds
Anleas
LupGvan
Ludgvas
Richard Coulson
Penzance
Tme
Coulson
Cornwall
Couleez
Maccreskeip
Warner Waling
South Street
Reddon
Waling
Raceleyfield Courier
New Palace
Ripon
Mulifax Guardian
Newcastle
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tyne Mercury
Poetr
St. James
Burgen
Julia Sydenham
Hampshire
Blues
Reform Association
Tories
Nicholson
Bradford Township
Horton
Bowling
Manningham
Bradford
Mrr. Hudson
Leeds Times
Mr. Bakes
John Field
Court House
Son-bridge
Field
Betty
Manoor
Roch paLt
John Pickup
Rochdale
Suerkeep
Leath
Falstaff Inn
Wicker
Sheffield
Esther Beaumont
Doncaster Gazette
Wakefield
W. Sharp
Clayton
Wrengate
Wortley
Lord Morpeth
G. Strickland
Morpeth
Strickland
Brandling
Branding
Mad family stabbing case and fatally tense dispute
Alfred Grant of about nineteen faced Mr Dyer on a charge of attempting to stab his mother and wounding his brother with a carving knife in Soho. The mother claimed the weapon, aided by a blow to her stays, and the prisoner threatened to kill when released. The bail was set for the next sessions with conditions. In Marylebone a gardener, William Dairs, stabbed his wife Jane with a proniog knife after a night of violence, being remanded after a surgeon noted non dangerous wounds and the husband’s ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlborough Street
Axy
Alfred Grant
Dyer
Havin
James Grant
Grafton Street
Soho
Marylebone
Srasoixe
William Dairs
Praedstreet
Paddington
Jane
Sarah Malcourt
Witorss
Roadweight
T 126
Hoskins
Queen-Square couple remanded in furniture theft case
George Moulder and his wife Sarah were charged at the bar with stealing furniture from their ready furnished apartments. Prosecuting evidence showed the wife admitted loss but claimed she did not know where duplicates lay. The husband said she pawned items to buy food as he sought work. The woman wept and said she could not starve, and both were remanded until Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Griggers
Susan
Compter
Bill
Queen-Square
George Moulder
Sarah
Destitute youth jailed for vandalism in Bethnal Green
Edn Mills about 20 was brought before Mr. Broughton after breaking a gas lamp on Castle Street. Henry James observed him strike and destroy the glass with a stone. Mills, destitute and hungry, claimed to crave custody to gain shelter. He had served in the Portuguese forces and sought Army enlistment without success. The magistrate sentenced six weeks in the House of Correction, with provisions for food and medical care. Mills cried as he was removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edn Mills
Broughton
Henry James
Castlestreet
Bethnal-greep
England
Broughtop
East India Company
House of Correction
Frauds Charged at Poplar Savings Bank Case
Richard O Neill and Miles M Sweeney were charged with fraudulent attempts to obtain 27 and 231 3s 4d from the Savings Bank at Poplar by presenting duplicates of deposits for a man named Benjamin Harrogan. Witnesses described the sequence of payments and the suspects’ insistence on full sums, with notes from bank officials about required notice and security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambeth-Street
Richard O' Neill
Miles M'Sweeney
Messrs
Combe and Garford
Savings’ Bank
Poplar
Svith
Robert Dixon
O'Neill
Benjamin Harrogan
Harrogan
Bellis
Maidenhead
Berks
Baok
Neill
Mr. Dixon
Richard O'Neill
Thomas O'Keiffe
Murdoch
Smuggling Case Involves Seaman and Tobacco Fine
Nicholas Le Luchin, a seaman, pleaded guilty to smuggling twenty two pounds of foreign tobacco. The court, after discussion, reduced the fine to 40 shillings and ordered imprisonment until paid, noting it was his first offense. A separate trial involved Vincent Ourange on a pilot assault case where the victim, Trinity pilot John Reepy Jameson, was knocked into a boat during a river incident. the case lacked sufficient identity evidence and Robinson was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broderip
Board of Customs
Beverly
Solicitors of Customs
Her Majesty’s Customs
Brederip
Rose
Ballantine
Vincent Oourange
John Robinson
Queen Adelaide
Havre
Blaby
John Reepy Jameson
Trinity
Gravesend
Mer. Jameson
Jameson
Thomas Middleton
Mir. Ballantine
Robinson
Whose Dog are You and the Brighton Court Case
In Brighton a court failed to decide who owned a small spaniel after two ladies claimed the dog and a man asserted it as his property. The dog recognized the speaker’s name, but the magistrates dismissed the case amid conflicting evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bripaewater
Her Majesty
Treasury
John Trevor
Somerset Couaty Gazette
Bricuton
L. Peel
Mr. Peel
Coco
Avorn
London
Brighton
Age
Brew
Age Coach Office
Brockmoor
Iron Works
Messrs
Brown
Derbyshire Courier
Bromney
Wm. Wells
Bromley
Kent
Bickley
Gas lit town and fires devastate farmland and rail effort
Severe fires swept several stacks including hay peas and barley with flames threatening parts of Crewe and nearby districts. The blaze caused extensive property damage estimated around 3000 pounds as onlookers watched a gas light celebration in Somerset followed by public reactions and related local notices.
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Pall-mall
Viscount Glandine
Elphinstone
Belbaven and
Stenton
J. H. Dalrymple, Bart
Fari
Ao Courtono
Leven
Melville
Eastnor
M.P
Viscount Yates Stuart
Chainan
William Plasket
Chainman
Equitable Palicier
Isin
Genuewan
VM. Ws
Equitable
Feesrd Boyd
Waterloo-pisco
Pall Mall
Pyorking Men’s Association
Working Men's Association
Upper North Place
Gilay's Innroad
WM. Lovett
Seene Eran
William the Fourth
G. N. Wright
Fmm
Greenwich Hospital
Fisher, Son, and Co
Byron
Scott, Crabbe, Cowper
Rep
Joan of Arc
C Qovuthey
Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans
T. Cox Savory
Cunhill
N.B
Lair
Sissona
Worksep
Blair
Blomberc
Misperton-ball
County of York
King
Cripplegate
Elkin
Metheringham
Lincoln
E. B. Drury
Gazette Office
Thomas Prowt
Strand
Allrcape
Thomas
M. Q. Wray
Holborn Hill
Cockle
Duke of
Grafton
Boko
Manchester
Duke of Beaufort
Boho
Rutland
Buccleuch
Devonshire
Sutherland
Lanidewns
Tavistock
Ailesbury
Blandford
Winchester
Aberesmn
Eldon
Pedee
Eari
Miato
Earl of
Carnarr
Briel
Menotceshel
Lomi
Melbourne
Palmerstai
Howick
Ferdwich
Vamde
Riuus
Armagh
Darham
Chester
Bath and Wells
Norwich
Peterborough
Ely
Gloucester
Chichester
Worcester
Hereford
Asaph
Bangor
Llandaff
Calcutta
J. A. Murray
Lord A of
Urewm
R. C. Ferguson
Hos
Poulett Thomson
Sir Edward Cust
K.C.H. Han
Pat Meath
Anson
Francis Burdett
Bart
Gerard Noel
Robert Grant
Henry Blaks
Samuel Vladyer
Andrew Agnew, Bart
Robert Buxton
Bart Otis
Dr. Birch
Mr. Miller
Dart
Philip B
Broke
Kir
Feary Smyth
John , Bart
Thomas B. Mash
John Macdonald
J.B. Wildman
Chitham Castle
Cokinel Delap
Stoke Park
Grove Price
Matthias Actwood
Alderman Waad
Alderman Thompson
Charlie Walter
Boner
Feard
Archdescon
Colch
Kensew
Dr. Burner
Petty Sessions
Surrey
Mr. Gaselee
Panied Coombs
Durden
Aston
Lewis
Barlow
Hamblie
Counoer
John Haggerty and Sons
Police Intelligence
David Melkinson
Booker
Bishopsgate
Pines
Blackwall
Bishopagate
Bridewell
Sig
B. Bellis
Combe
Diron
Inspector Symons
Division of Police
At Frat
Holmes
Ireland
Hart
Bromiey-hall
Drury-lane
Muideobead
C. M'Sweeney
Provincial News
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