The Contemprary Press on Marlborough Street Case
A Times letter critiques Marlborough Street case involving Miss Parsons and overseers Tucker and Dicks. It argues a parish scheme shifts maintenance costs to rate-payers, notes no order of filiation was made, and demands Commissioners enforce rules to protect parishes from bearing bastardy costs. The piece urges action to prevent recurrence and uphold old law governing child support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Marlborough Street
Parsons
Dyer
Tucker
St. Giles’s
Seager
Mr. Seager
Miss Parsons
Dicks and Co
Ferrarem
Tuckers
New Poor Law in Metropolis Aids Reform of Relief
In Marlborough Street a case under the new Poor Law shows Ann Thomas, a once long-term workhouse resident, refused parish relief and required self support. The overseer, Mr Bryant, explained past abuse of rates by claiming able-bodied paupers and imposters, while praising the reforms intended to curb idle reliance and burden on industrious housekeepers. The article argues the amendment will benefit diligent workers and reduce parish costs, though critics warn of stern oversight.
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Morning Chronicle
Marlborough Street
Chronicle
Ann Thomas
St. James
Bryant
Conant
Magistracy
England
Chronicle miffed at garbled quotes and misread names
The Albion column rebuts The Times claim of garbling Chronicle text and corrects misquotations. It argues the Chronicle printed passages faithfully except for misnaming Lord Brougham as Lord B. The piece mocks the Chronicle’s satire and defends its own precision in print.
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Chronicle
Albion
Times
Times of Yesterday
Lord B
Lord Brougham
Penn Bucks fir trees and distant cannon fire noted
The Bucks village of Penn is described as commanding and visible from St Pauls London with firs said to be fortiest. Prior's Burke cites Valenciennes cannonading heard there in 1793. Brighton Gazette reports dismissal and arrest of an assistant overseer and clerk to the poor directors amid irregular accounts, with bail posted after investigations. A Oswestry manorial ball ends abruptly when a cleric arrives. The Stanpad novel series, led by Bentley, bills Vathek and Eugene Aram among authors’ works.
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Penn
Bucks
St. Paul’s
London
Prior
Burke
Valenciennes
Bucks i
Brighton Gazette
Hicu
Selow Starrs
Oswestry
Stanpard
Sir Walter Scott
Bentley
Vathek
Beckford
Eugene Aram
Mr. Bulwer
Miss Austen
Cooper, Godwin
Mes. Brunton
Banim
Grattan
Victor Hugo
Madame de Stael
Miss Porter
Misses Lee
G. R. Gileig
Beggar at the Lord Mayor Court and Bow Street items
An old man jailed overnight for begging appeals for workhouse relief after clerical parish refusals. The Lord Mayor urges seeking Overseers relief, noting Clerkenwell ties and Cirencester exile. A second case covers a Bow Street schoolmaster sleeping in the streets and a carter fined for wheel measurement.
Police and legal notices mix in Kilburn district case
An omnibus behind and ahead tried to intercept passengers, prompting a police response. The magistrate urged Mr Lewis to avoid law violations, while other items report a pawnbroker dispute over burnt paintings, a custody case of Edward O Brien, assaults for wages, and a Montreal prisoner scene plus Finland fire news and Bentham on swearing.
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Dyer
Mr. Lewis
Kilburn
Lewis
Hannan
Conant
Hanpan
Sincuran Cuanes
Ferony
Edward O’ Brien
Avery
Twyford
William Craig
Finsbury
Brighton
Proverc
Morris
Stock
Sole
Elizabeth Cook
Humphries
Newgate
Mann
Hoxton
Caspar Hauser
Montreal
Munning
New Yorks
Wy‘borg
Finland
R . Swearers
Bentham
Leigh Hunt
Prorogation and honors at St James's 1834 Gazette
The Gazette reports at St James's Court dated Sept 17 1834 that Parliament will be prorogued to Oct 23. King appoints Gilbert Earl of Minto envoy to Prussia and knighthood granted to Samuel Raymond Jarvis. Military promotions across several regiments follow and insolvency declarations and bankruptcies listed with dates and venues.
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St. Janes’s
Whitehall
Gilbert Earl of
Minto
Prussia
Order of the Ath
St. James’s' Palace
Samuel Raymond Jarvis
Fair Oak-park
County of Hants
William Cole
John Barrow
Bristol
John Coade
Deveupers Bracer
John Chandler
Samuel King
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Gale
Basinghall-street
Clark
St. Swithin’s-lane
Catharine Trevor
Liverpool
Pied Bull Inn
Chester
Edward Chester
Staple Inn
London
John Walker
Thomas Wheater
Fearns
Lancashire
Commissioners’ Rooms
Manchester
Johnson and Wetherall
King's Bench-walk
Temple
Kirshaw
Birmingham
Morris Jacobs
Exeter
Tailor
Half Moon Inn
Clowes, Orme
Jenkins and Abbott
New Ian
Clarke and Sons
Henry Harvey
Stockport
Mason
Commissioners’rooms
Dean
Palgrave-place
Temple-bar
Hunt
Thomas Hughes
Creams
Commigoners
Aitorusss
Seddon
Richard Goldstone
Bath
Christopher Inn
Fisher
Castle-street
T. Sumnen
Richard-Jane
B. Eyre
Huddersfield
York
R. Longworth
Upper Rawcliffe
Taricar
Lancaster
Rush Dealer
H. Mann
Beccles
Suffolk
W. P. Francis
Lichfield
Wyatt and Francis
Calico-Printers
J. Swain
Woollen-Draper
G. Blatherwick
Nottingham
George the Fourth Ins
Dyson
Doncaster
Guildhall
J. Tarleton
Atone
Messrs. Lace and Sona
Price of Sugar in Great Britain for Week Ended September 16
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from returns for the week ending September 16, is 208 113d per cwt, excluding customs duties paid or payable on import.
Military Field Day in Hyde Park and Westminster Hall Improvements
A foggy Hyde Park display by Coldstream Guards sums of musketry fascinate crowds as the new light infantry style is demonstrated. Westminster Hall’s interior will be rebuilt with a smooth freestone exterior and a new stone cornice to rival the old Richard II sculpture, while walls and doors are reconfigured and records moved higher, revealing ancient construction details and cost concerns of royal renewal.
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Fiie
Vics
Coldstream Guards
Hydepark
Serpentine River
Kensington Gardens
Westminster Hall
Richard the Second
Stephenson
Smirke
King’s Bench Court
Richard
Reform agitation delays city court action at Mansion House
A parliamentary style inquiry into municipal reforms faced delay as Lord Mayor declined immediate convening of special courts. William Pritchard and committee pressed for multiple consecutive days, but August holidays prompted postponement until September. Debate centered on adjournments and differing reports while council members urged timely discussion of reform reports.
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William Pritchard
Chai
Court of Common
Cone
Charles Pearson
Stevens
Ashurst
William Williams
Watling-street
Gallgne
Edward Wilson
Tag Mayer
Common Council
Wood
Argel
Pritchard
Liverpool and Romsey Market Plies Amid Steady Demand
A mixed market report notes a fair demand in Liverpool for cotton with about 9,000 bales sold over three days, including 3,200 American on speculation and 500 for export, plus various grain and timber prices in Liverpool and Romsey districts. Local ports report substantial activity with oats, wheat, barley, and peas showing firm or improved prices, and shipping items including timber quotes.
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Liverpool
Ceara
Attarecreenst
S.sessesesseesence
Welch
Watson
Iria
Dantaic
Quebec
Eve Seeasevessese
Harley
Romford
Sass Romsey
Stittergsen
Newbury
Berxs
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the Contemporary Press
Police Intelligence
Mansion House
Compter
Cirencester
Clerkenwell
Bridewell
Hatton-garden
St. Paul
Shadwell
WM. Butler
Bow-Street
Bruen
Short’s Gardens
Ef’, Roe
F. Ree
Carters
Smirh
William Everitt
Pineapple
Marylebone
Everitt
F. Roe
Carter
F.ss
Joseph Davis
Hart-street
Spencer
Coventry-court
Sappath Opse
Newport
Oldham
Allen
St. Ann’s
Vos
Leeis
Regent Street
Oxford-street
Blenheim-ateps
Oxford Street
Omnibus Society For
24Th Regiment of Foot
J J. Wood
Purchase
Hunter
E. A. Tennyson
Ponsonby
60Th Foot
H. L. Powys
Jessop
W. Butler
Powys
H. Senior
Wilson
S. Walker
A. F. W. Wyatt
Walker
J. A. Drought
Wyatt
Drought
A. Cairncross
White
C. B. Cumberland
Cairncross
R. Mackenzie
Cumberland
G. Anderson
Mackenzie
Somerset
James Talbot
Auust
Somerset Regiment of Militia
F. F. Thompson
H. B. Strangways
Eng
W. Briggs
Richmond
Sumeriiol
Kay
T. Chapman
Seffeld
W. J. Hoppe
St. Paul's Churchyard
R. Jones
J. E. Lane
T. Rodick and Co
T. Tate and Co
Rodick, Compton, and Co
S.smith
Stoke-upon-Front
Stafordshire
J. Stephen
Dover-street
Piccadilly
J. Fairclough
5. Brown
J. Appleyard
H. Storrer
Wincolmbee
Sculcoates
Yorkshire
Whitechapel
Hall
M.garel, and Co
Avery and Co
St. Philip and Jacob
Yey Way
Elm-tree-road
St. John’ Wood
Alexander Fraser
Eastdale
Robert Raikes
Bicesta
Chetwynd
Mickleover Vicarage
Derby
John Bateman
Ootas
Leyton
Joseph
Crandest, Hoppe
Ann
William Green
Fay
Stone
Essex
Sree
Harbasch
Pratt
Henry BM Boodle
Eads
Iield-Street
Mayfair
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