Miscellany and parochial notices from 19th century papers
A fragment of verse on Alexander the Great and a series of notes cover political theatrics, Easter Monday parish elections, a Warwick Bible gift, a British gasmeter project, new two wheeled carriages, literacy among prisoners, Mendelssohn picks, and a New York theatre critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Brooke
Warwick
Northampton Herald
Hon
Lord Fortescue
Hugh Fortescue
Earl Fortescue
Ireland
Castle Hill
Devon
House of Commons
Barton’s
Bristol Ereury
Assizes
Lancaster Gazette
Mendelssohn
Philharmonic Directors
Germany
Clara Novello
Alfred Shaw
Fraulein von Donner Undblitzen
Malle
Von
Parrish
Courney
Essex
Tennent
Desperate Outrage by Gipsies at Harefield
A brutal assault occurred in Harefield Middlesex when three gipsies James Map Joseph Map and Charles Freak attacked Marmaduke Brown and others at the Lord Nelson beerhouse. They knocked down Brown and dragged Richard Collett and George Rogers away delivering fatal head wounds. Constable Atkins and locals pursued captured Map but he resisted, breaking free and injuring Brown. Collett remained in danger with unclear prognosis while Collett’s injuries prompted remand to Clerkenwell.
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Harefield
Middlesex
Uxbridge
James Map
Joseph Map
Charles Freak
Lord Nelson Beer
Marmaduke Brown
Brown
Richard Collett
Benjamin Spedding
Royal Copper Company
Mr. Brown
George Rogers
Collett
Rogers
Atkins
Lada
George Freak
Map
James Atkins
Akins
Re Ole
George Stick
Are
Durince
Rhodens
Coll
Neson
Williamson
Gai
Patton
Bean
Salis
Precariou Wermap
Bart
Decarious
Clerkenwell
Colnbrook Fair
C. Murray
Larkin
Craven Meeting at Newmarket Feature Races
The Craven Stakes lead a card of races at Newmarket with Quo Minus Epirus and other contenders. Epirus and Quo Minus lead betting before a tight finish, while Dormouse Joannina and Vespertilio also race in a lengthy program with several handicaps and stakes at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monpar
A. F
Rayner
Robinson
Bowen
Epirus
Col. Peel
Paganini
Lord Albemarle
Lord Lichfield
Actron
Mr. Worrall
Lord Exeter
Reveller
Aminia
Newmarket Races Sixth Tuesday Oaks and Merchants Stakes
Details of races at Newmarket including the Sixth Tuesday Reddlesworth Stakes of 200 sovereigns with mares and untried stallions, Lord Jersey and Lord Exeter entries, betting odds, and winners. Also notes on other events for Friday and Thursday including Sweepstakes, Port Stakes, and the Vacillation Stakes with leading horses and outcomes. Mentions Ascot Heath meeting prospects and Melton-related rumours about a nobleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Jersey
Joannina
Fey
Mr. Batson
Veapertilio
Lord Exeter
Mecca
Mr. Worrall
Dormouse
Mr. Thornhill
Lord Stradbroke
Taurus
Arethissa
General Yates
Mr. Newton
Mr. Greville
Vespertilio
Agat Pydna
T.Y.C
W.‘Ridsdale
Ab. M
Sultan
Emilius
Maria
Ray Middleton
Duke of Grafton
Drogheda
Sis
Dublin
Kremlin
A.F
Lord Albemarle
Trosby-Priam
Suffield
Vernon
Duke of Richmond
Glensivat
Reddlesworth
Jersey
Siderim
Ishmael
Filee
Robinson
Velvet
Lord Tavistock
Leeway
Lichfield
Priamout
Terry Alt
Slbs
Iderim
Pee Habe
Dee
Ord
Reveller
Joanna
Robi Lord
Atenas Weepstakes
D.M
Flambeau
Armillo
Fifer
Duke of Portland’s F
Tiresias
Plenipo
Harriet
Marmora
Mr. Cooke
Rowton
Katherine
B.c. Ephemeron
Lord Suffield
Anson
R.M
Williamson
Tarentalla
Cesar
Eddison
Rory O’more
Langar
Chymist
Rory O
Thorphill
Euclid
Conelly
de Montreal
T.M.M
Lord G. Bentinck
J. Day
Lord Chesterfield
Don John
Exeter
Alemdar Wie
Newmarket
Bettina
Col. Peel
Dey
Algiers
Albemarle
Wreford
Bowen
Montreal
G. Clark
Ascot Heath
Reading Mercury
Crockford’s
Melton Mowbray
Batesalts
Melton
Ralph Lambton
Grand Match of Hight eared Cutters Oxford vs Cambridge
Oxford and Cambridge students rowed from Westminster bridge to Putney in a Grand Match. Cambridge led past Horseferry and Penitentiary, finishing first by one minute twenty seconds in thirty one and a half minutes. Searle delivered the winning boat for Oxford, King, after the heat.
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Oxford
Cambridge
Westminster Bridge
Putney
Leander Club
Lee
Queen’s College
Compton
Merton
Maberly
Christchurch
Garnett
Halls
Brazennose
Hobhouse
Baliol
Powess
Berwick
University, Cambridge
Shadwell
St. John’s College
Smythe
Trinity
Abercrombie
Caius
Paris
Corpus
Penrose
Yateman
Brett
Stanley
Jesus College
Westminsterbridge
Horseferry
Vauxhall Bridge
Putney-bridge
Searle
King
Pemberton Damages Case and News Trade Benevolence
Damages of 500 pounds awarded in the Pemberton versus Hamilton case after a default judgment. A Lyceum Tavern meeting launched a benevolent fund for aged news trade workers, raising 86 pounds. A Liverpool grand jury returned a true bill against Mr Stephens linked to anti Poor Law sentiments. Tax tables compare per capita government contributions across nations and regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pemberton
Hamilton
Mr. Pemberton
Stemens
Liverpool
Stephens
Europe
British India
Kearsley
France Chamber Opens in Turbulent Session Debates Loom
The Chamber of Deputies opened by royal ordinance and quickly organized provisional bureaux amid anti ministerial sentiment and stormy expectations. Peers' chamber also opened, markets fluctuated as mobs gathered, and debates across ministries and potential resignations loomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Chamber of Deputies
M.gasparin
Interior
Jacqueminot Club
Lancers
Chamber of Peers
Duke de Montebello
M. Girod de l’Ain
Parant
Paris
Metz
Verdun
M. Odillon Barrot
Marshal Soult
M. Hamann
West India
Hope
Falmouth
Barbadoes
Trinidad
Mexico
Havanna
Liverpool Mail
Vera Cruz
Urrea
Tampico
Matamoras
Megia
New Orleans
Pakenham
Netherlands
Great Britain
Washington
United States
Aorning Chronicle
Bank of Englanp
Bank of England
Downing-street
Lord Granville
England
M. Mole
Granville
Count Mole
Gazette de France
Stroup
Mr. Frost
Lord Jean Russe
Frost
Stroud
Redborough Hill
Gloucester
Cirencester
Lord John Russell
House of
St. James
Clerkenwell
Holland
Crocker
Carshalton
Surrey
Mgr. Paris
Bath
C. Duffield
Tenny
Richards
Mannicks
Murder at Stabbington inquest finds Handy guilty of Willful Murder
An inquest at Stabbington near Gosport into the death of James Muckett found that William Handy shot him at Handy's beer house after a quarrel. Witnesses testified to the build up and Handy's statements. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder and Handy was committed to Winchester for trial at the next sessions in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ann Clarke
St. Mary’s
Istixcron
Robert Oldershaw
Oldershaw
Greenfield
Cork
Corinthians
Sam
Lord Waldegrave
Waterford
Armagh
William John O'Connell
Dublin
Mr. Jackson
Union Hall
Wilkinson
Jones
Smith
O’connell
Jackson
Unionhall
New York
Athens
Savanna Telegraph
Manchester
William Read
Wilmot
Corndon
Warwick
Martin Power
Connor
William Davis
Gloucester
John Butt
Metrorolls
Metropolitan Police
Greenwich Fair
Greenwich
Booth Proprietors
Booth
Sturmer
Hayes
Medhurst
Absalons
Ellis
Stabbington
Gosport
C. B. Longcroft
Southampton
James Muckett
Esau Ketly
Green
Court Bain
Titchfield
William Handy
Stubbington
Handy
James Gates
Muckett
Mackett
Thomas Knight
Knight
Tom
Wrath
Thomas Muckett
Edward Andrews
Winchester
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Macready
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Tae Ourmpic
Zizaak Walton
Madame Vestris
Farrer
Izaak
Kit Marlowe
Garrick
Tor Haymarket
Lyceum
Penley
Mary Wortley Montague
Stirling
Don Sebastian
Portugal
Africa
Vale
Addison
Hammond
Waylett
W. Bennett
Miss Harrison
Afr
J. Binge
St James’s
Herr Heinrich Schreyes
Adelphi
Astley
Edward the Black Prince
van Amburgh
Victortra
Davidge
Drammon
Hogarth
Mons. Bihin
Surryites
M. B
Thither
Haymarket Theatre
Conyngham
Sporting Intelligence
Siveapa
Oatland
Berkeley
Caravan
Pavis
Fulwar Craven
General Grosvenor
Deedalus
Carolina Elvina
Dadalus
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