East India Court discusses maritime officer compensation
The quarterly Court of Proprietors of East India Stock reviews compensation plans for maritime officers, demands full production of correspondence between the Court of Directors and Board of Control, and weighs totals, ages, and service records before voting. Trade topics touch Bombay duties, steam navigation plans, and sugar duty equalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaty
St. George Tucker
Cate
Adiscombe
Haylesbury
Weeding
Board of Control
Court of Directors
Court of Proprietors
Seeley
Court of Prorietors
Stewart M‘kenzie
East India Maritime Service
Company
East India Company
Art of Proprietors
Boar of Control
Charles Forbes
Baronet
C. Grant
Board of Directors
Consett
Equity
Court of Chancery
Fielder
Court of Rectors
Operson
Maritime Service
C. Forbes
Board of Controul
Court of Proriotors
Soma
Board
Swiney
The
Esse
Comany
Assell
Mr. Grant
Grant
Sir C. Forbes
Mr. Weeding
Twining
India
Bombay
Sir C.forbes
China
Honourable Baronet
Coorg
Mysore
East India
England
House of Commons
Euphrates
Suez
Malta
Cobrg
Police Intelligence at the Mansion House and Guildhall
In a Mansion House hearing Sarah M Cann a Middlesex pauper faced a robbery charge after taking six pounds of tobacco from Mrs Loftus shop. She claimed hunger and hardship citing an infant’s needs. The Lord Mayor remanded her to Lambeth-street for inquiry and custody. A coat theft case followed as Cope pursued a man who swapped coats at Johnstone's, with the prisoner asserting innocence. Additional cases spanned Guildhall Marylebone and Marble Arch districts involving a labouring boy’s savings dispute, a calico theft by a domestic, assault on a widow, drunken abuse of a child, and a smuggling seizure of brandy on a barge. The proceedings reflect urban poverty, petty crime, and enforcement of law in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansion House
Sarah M'Cann
Middlesex
Aldgate Parish
Sarah Lofton
Islington
France
Lambeth-street
Cope
Johnston
Gracechurch Street
Gale
Perons
Johnstone
Lombard-street
Porter
Guildhall
Thomas Collins
Alderman Kelly
Clerk of the Peace
Collins
Wadham Wyndham
Capias
Mano Alvarez Pereinde Mello
Duke de Cadaval
Roe
Somers
Shaw
St. Helen’s Place
Newgate
Marylebone
Jemina Fuller
Rawlinson and Hoskins
Medam Sawhinger
Gloucesterplace
Porman Square
Prosecutrix
Ae Hese
Hill
Dundas
Eliza Hill
Taunton-place
Regent’s Park
Francis Keys
Twyford
Newgate Formal
Brurac
Broderip
Bryant
Martha-street
Commercial Road
Ballantine
SmvuGerbo
George Warwick
Tower Stairs
London Docks
Fernaux
London
Hermitage
Bolt
Hale
Ratcliff
Bullock
Solicitor of Customs
Broderp
Conviction of a Cabman for Attempted Rape in Middlesex
Thomas Allen, a cab-driver, faced a Middlesex Sessions jury for an alleged assault on Alice Fraser with intent to commit rape. The extraordinary trial featured controversial prosecuting-witness examination and contradictory testimony from cabmen, a policeman, and witnesses. The jury found Allen guilty, and the chairman sentenced him to one month’s imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Allen
Alice Fraser
Heaton
Atsty
Roe
Ramsgate
Mary
Thornton
Davien-street
Oxford-street
Leith
Berwick
Charlotte-street
Oxford Street
Moffat
Aldersgate-street
No.4
Davies-street
Davies Street
S Rendergast
James Pickery
Martin
Mary Ann Thornton
Prendergast
James Pearce
Phoenix-al Oy
Miss Thornton
Miss Fraser
Day
James Brett
Simon Fraser
Silk and cotton trade reciprocity debated at court
Sir C Forbes urged fair reciprocity for silk and cotton imports from India into England. The Chairman welcomed reciprocity but feared England’s machinery edge would enable underselling. Upon Forbes’s motion, thanks were given to the Chairman and the court broke up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Forbes
India
England
Udia
Insolvent Debtor Remains Confined Under Discretionary Clause
In Law Intelligence, Insolvent Debtors Court, George Maddock faced opposition from Daniel Stone and others over debts of 1400 with 83 pounds in credits. It was shown he borrowed 2001 from Mrs Canam who sought execution. Despite claims of prior discharge, he was held in prison six months under the discretionary clause of the 47th Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen
George Maddock
Woodroffe
Daniel Stone
Charles Walker
Messrs. Morgan and Co
George Rogers
James Thomas
Jones
Levy
Conduit Street
Acorn
Burton
Canham
House of Correction
Hops in Several Neighbourhoods Report Bright Yet Light
Hops show improved weight but remain below average in many districts with bright samples. Picking winds down in ten to fourteen days. some areas report short crops due to rapid growth and recent weather. In Ticehurst and nearby, picking is active as hops ripen. A separate note reports the robbery and subsequent drowning of farmer William Jenkinson near Doncaster on the York road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuart Sorton
East Sotton
Sutton VaLener
Marven
Bopsinc
Strringzourn
Morston
Ticehurst
Maidstone
William Jenkinson
Doncaster
York Road
Sheffield Iris
Not Guilty Sparks Law Reform Call From Prentice Trial
In a Manchester libel case against editor Prentice, the trial ends with acquittal. Jeremy Bentham’s letter lauds jurors for resisting “tissue of solemn and pernicious falsehoods,” urging juries to mark Not Guilty on false assertions and push toward wider law reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prentice
Manchester Times
Apt
Grimshaw
Jeremy Bentham
Esay
Seremy Bentham
Archibald Prentice
Manchester
P.S
Meetings of Creditors at Bas inghall Street
Creditors meet at Bas inghall Street to discuss claims against stock baker Ola Broad strot. Attendees include J Smith at Levee and W Tinison of Bust lane Cannon street with wine merchant ties. Participants also reference J Maliani of Charlotte street Ports and F Bonafii Calcutta Brine, plus Skinner, Jackson, Johnson, Co., Hyde Street, Bloomsbury milling interests and army clothier Gilpin at Villiers Street Strand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basinghall-Street
Ola Broad Strot
Stock Baker
Levee
J. Smith
W. Tinison
Bust-lane
Cannon-street
J. Maliani
Charlotte St
F. Bonafii
Calcutta
F. Skinner
Theo Place
J. And.w. Jackson
Strand
Seesespeseeser
J. Johnson and Co
Hyde Street
Bloomsbury
Millers
P. Biggs
Gloucester-ter
Cannon-street- Road
W. Gilpin
Villiers-street
Army Clothier
Family births and weddings noted in London and Bucks
A string of society notices reports births and marriages across England. Daughters welcomed in Wimpole Street and Highenden Vicarage. several sons born at Enfield Clapham and St James’s. marriages include Christ Church Marylebone and St James Church Soho. Notables include a synthesised list of names and places from 19th century notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimpole-street
Roit
Highenden Vicarage
Bucks
F. Vincent
Enfield
E. Walker
Clapham-common
J. Fairlie
Geneva
C. C. Black
Inner Temple
Christ Church
Marylebone
Henry William
Wm. Ravenscroft
Rasharkin
County of Antrim
Ejiza
W. Babington
Cossington
Leicestershire
Richard Plowman
Queen Square
Bloomsbury
Catherine
R. 80S
St. James’s Church
J. M. Rost
Frith Street
Soho
Mary Elizabeth
David Scott
Marylebone Street
Piccadilly
Cheltenham
Henry Thomas Hitchina
Madras
P. Garland, Esq
Sandridge, Illa
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Police Intelligence
Mareborough Street
John Davis
Honourable Society of Chimney Sweeps
Chambers
Martin’s Lune
Regiar
Clements
Elizabeth Gibbins
David Findlay
Silverstreet
Burke
Janus
Perdue
Mr. Chambers
Lonon
Edinburgh
Thames Office
LAW Intelligence
Lipet
Arthur
E. Ross
Grove-place
Stamford-hill
William Wright
Honter-Street
Branswic Square
Portland-place
Alexander Muraden
Ireland
St. John’s
Seven Oaks
Best
H. Woodgate
Willliam Marcuett
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