Contempt for Official Circulars Grows in Press
The Times column derides the Poor Law Commissioners for dithering over a circular that purports to grant authority while promising nothing new. It mocks the elaborate phrasing, hints at wasted costs, and warns the Central Board may become King Log before King Stork, as 15,000 copies flood parishes with no decisive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Fielding
Tully
Cicero
King Log
King Stork
Central Board
Whitehall
St. Paul’s
Liberal Tyranny Praises and a Book Seller Insolvency
The Whigs and their press allies are attacked as tyrannical in Liberals power over officials and society. A Leicester-square bookseller Nordon faces insolvency with creditors Daly Lewis and others. audited by Mr Daly, disputes over bills and alleged fraud surface. Details recount demands, attempted sales, and a mysterious missing sum tied to a trip to Ireland and a subsequent loss, with court skepticism and calls for imprisonment.
Liberty vs Liberalism in Chronicle’s editorial stance
The Chronicle portrays the Whigs as meddling with liberty under the guise of Liberalism. It argues the proceedings cited are trivial, yet used to justify restricting opinion and extending political power, framing this as a dangerous overreach by party leaders.
Colvin and Co s Bankrupts Meet for Debts in England
Law intelligence reports a creditors meeting under Mr Commissioner Fane for Colvin and Co of Calcutta. Alexander Colvin passed final examination. total debts proved here amount to 271,510 sicca rupees with India claims pushing toward Calcutta Insolvent Court. assets close to claims, total estate near ten million sicca rupees. dividend depends on asset realization. Joseph Andrews s Bankruptcy follows with meetings and major proofs including 8,000 for Exchequer Bills and 7,500 for shares. claims against the estate are substantial and proceedings postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fane
Colvin and Co
Calcutta
England
Alexander Colvin
India
Colvin
Commissioner Williams
Joseph Andrews
Stock Exchange
T. E. Wyehe
Wyche
Canada
Mr. Stockwell
Bath
J. P.T. Wyche
Insolvent Faces Twelve Months For Robbery Tale Rebuttal
The insolvent rejected the robbery story and received a twelve month sentence. He stated to Mr Woodroffe that he had served time in Newgate under a false charge of purchasing stolen books. The jury acquitted him, and the judge, along with the Commissioner, lauded his conduct with a complimentary epigram.
Velvet case at Spitalfields ends in fine and three months
Police interrogation reveals Thompson and Spiers pawned velvet owned by Ambrose Moore of Milk Street for journeyman Stratford. Lord Mayor convicts both men, fines them 20 pounds each, and orders three months hard labor. Another case covers a dispute with a tale of cupboard love and a separate assault on a tailor’s customer. A later set includes a violent domestic incident and a report on stolen donkeys linked to Captain Digby’s export business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spiers
Thompson
Ambrose Moore
Spitalfields
Chapman Marshall
Moore
Henry Stratford
William Whitehead
Stratford
House of Correction
Tts
Aldemnan Venables
Mr. Moore
Venables
Farlow
Mr. Farlow
Marlborough-Street
Joseph Davis
Hart-street
Covent-garden
Chambers
Halls
Mary Spencer
Coventry-court
C. Phillips
Robinson
Spencer
Covestry-court
Prosecutrix
George Villiers
Villiers
Susan Jarvis
Phillips
Joseph Graves
Longacre
George-street
Portman-square
Madame Enice
Madame
Enice
Hoskins
Waadone
Gough
Fitzroymarket
Tottenham Court Road
Wm. Cox
Thames
Digby
Jane
London
Combe
Severa
Hampstead Heath
Jones
Alderman Kelly
Guildhall
Hampstead
Captain Digby
West Indies
Thomas Preston
Trinidad
Benjamin Digby
Royal Hospital Row
Chelsea
Tourchase
Romford
Mr. Combe
Preston
Flocerne
George Kirkby
Beating of a Boy by the Glory Mate and Liverpool Return
The brig Glory in the Baltic trade lay in the river when a sailor boy sued the mate for beating him with a rope and striking him as he attempted to board the boat. The captain and land officer testified to the severity, and the boy, a Liverpool native, awaited return home with wages secured. The mate was fined and discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glory
Joseph Lithrow
Broderip
London
Liverpool
Evans
Mary Miles
Lichfield
Dhe Fiame
Miles
Warwick
Fiddler
Milley
Hunt
Shipping Intelligence from Lloyd's List of Tuesday
Margate reports the Superb from Antwerp to London grounded on Margate Sand and self-released after throwing walnuts overboard. The Britannia from Wexford to Quebec abandoned in lat 45 long 23, crew rescued. several other vessels reported encounters and losses including wrecks near Skagen and Helsingfors with cargoes lost and crews saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd's
Margate
Antwerp
London
Cork
Britannia
Weir
Wexford
Quebec
Ellen Clare
Roberts
Leghorn
Galway
Ant
Whitehaven
Sthult
Anticosti
Eliz Ann
Crowther
Christiansand
Arendael
Adelheid
Baba
Ranpers
Rosewarne
Wiesen
Falmouth
Riga
Skagen
Lacos
Alexander
Cardiff
Marseilles
Cape St. Vincent
Mataca
Auc
William Pitt
Morgan
Liverpool
Camden
Clayton
Canton
England
Frances Charlotte
Smith
Georgiana
Thompson
Pyramus
Weller
Pearson
New South Wales
Castle Eden
Tanner
St. Petersburgh
Stockton
Helsingfors
Infant composer John Barnett nearly killed by sleeping on bureau bed
The infant John Barnett, later a celebrated composer, was nearly fatally harmed when a careless servant left him asleep on a bureau bed in a cold morning. The child went missing for a half hour before the servant recalled the bed and found him black in the face and near death, but he was rescued and recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barnett
Boy Rescued From River After Fall At Market
A fourteen or fifteen year old boy fell from timber logs beside the market into the river. Although about a hundred bystanders offered no aid until a man named Churcher of Bond Street, with his wife and a female friend, removed his hat and coat and dived in. He kept the boy above water for four minutes before a boat arrived to assist. This incident occurred amid notices of creditors meetings, births, marriages, and deaths reported in The Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churcher
Pearcy
Bond-street
Liverpool
Saitier' More
Harley
Nuvzes sAeaearecome
Bond
Dantzic
Quebec
Eeekeeunarnenes
Birc Eee
Eeseragene Tentenene
Dantzie
Ereerebertaes
Cork
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Kilkenny
Limerick
Waterford
Ford
Belfast
Athlone
Ennis
Newry
Dublin
Agaden 'Ea
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the Contemporary Press
Albion
Reform Ministry
Newgate
John Cam Hobhouse
Gale Jones
Morning Chronicle
Mark Nordon
Long-acre
Woodroffe
Daly
Lewis
Hollier
Burbidge
Leicester-street
Leicester-square
South America
Mr. Daly
Ireland
Cox
Holborn
Samuel Hollier
Penton-place
Pentonville
Lazarus
Douglas
Isle of Man
Birmingham
Town
Dickson
Chancery-lane
Scotland Yard
Cooke
Bow-gfreet
Bowen
LAW Intelligence
Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts
Police Intelligence
Shipping Intelligence
Basinghall Street
Cai
C. Walker
Tichborne Sereet
Garden-square
J. Chandler and Co
St. Paul's Church
C. H. Metivier
Wotton-under-Edge
Clothiers
Clifford-street
F.A
W. H. Mander
Eade
Tavistock-square
St. James's
Chrch
Dover
Charles Start
R ‘Egiment
Start
Buckshaw-house
Dorset
Charlotte Cart
Colonel Greeie
Mary Magen
Bernie Iss
C. G. Webb
Rie East
Joseph Everett
Bermondsey-street
Dike-street
E. Duffield
Dy Hales
Beixtoorbith
Windsor-terr
Gritton
Yyrrzase
Pappaferons
Sun
Fier
Strand
A. Ass
Wisbech
Sheffield
Blandford
Ry Andover
Basingstoke Gryat
Ory Bath
Bridgewater
Cirencester Ee
S.sns
Cvnzes
Csceesacese
Grimsby
Caistor
Ee Uppingham
Sannee Weenes
Gloucaster
Nee Wuseee
Aniagry Newbury
Reading
Alisboury
Jae
Shepton Mallet
Sherborne
TSB
Taunton
Sunderland
Alnwick
Morpeth
Glasgow Ares
Edinburgh
Bristol
Adeo
Lincoln Pear
Flee
Derby
Maidstone
Haddington
Secee
Carlisle
Accen
Penrith
Ccccesecens
Ais Wales
Kirkaldy i
Kelso
Cccceecsnsecne
St. Austel
Ead
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