Indecent surgical trials at Downham workhouse case
Depositions in a Norfolk workhouse inquiry reveal alleged indecent medical examinations of female paupers by Rev Howman and others. Witnesses describe operations watched by multiple men, including ward doctors, with young girls present, raising accusations and urging public exposure to deter future extraneous medical practices.
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Downham Union
Norfolk
Central Board
Ary Ann Leedele
Palmer
Mr. Ward
Mr. Howmen
Mr. Howman
Mr.Ward
Unio
Howman
I ‘Ho
Mr. Owman
Coul
Susan Bushell
Mary Ann
War
Flood
Union-House
Susan Lenton
Tam
Mary Ann Leedale
Lwtter
Mr . Howman
Mary Anne Leedale
Suxan Flood
Union House
Mr. Wales
Union
Mr. Howie
Mr. Steel
Mr. Steels
J. W. Miles
Elizabeth Hardy
Addison
England
Hull
Pat
College of Surgeons
Angle
Brawfield
Sacred music commemoration of Henry Purcel at Westminster Abbey
The grand sacred music event in Westminster Abbey commemorated Henry Purcel with Messrs Clark Hawkins Brownsmith Bailey Young Wild Fitzwilliam Bellamy Calvert Sale and others of the Purcel club assisted by abbey boys and organist Mr urle. About 2,000 well dressed attendees including nobility and professional figures heard the performances. In Islington workhouse a separate inquest by Mr Wakley M P into the death of Maria Gollings 32 who died after childbirth found the cause as loss of blood following natural labour. The coroner urged reform of pauper attendants and the jury concurred with the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Purcel
Westminster Abbey
Messrs
Clark
Hawkins
Brownsmith
Bailey
Young
Wild
Fitzwilliam
Bellamy
Calvert
Sale
Professor Taylor
Purcel Club
John Rogers
Lord Burghersh
Horsley Oliphant
T. Cooke
Camidge
Cooper, Goss, &c
Wakley
M.P
Islington
Maria Gollings
Tally
Confession Narrative From County Magistrates Case
Seven prisoners appear before magistrates at the castle for private examination. Fletcher and Sanders are discharged, Brinsmead Pitts and three others remain remanded while details unfold. Brinsmead’s confession describes a fatal assault near a river, with money and a watch linked to the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Pitman
J. C. Luxmoore
Tout
Sanders
Fletcher
St. David’s
James R. Snellgrove
Pitts
Snellgrove
Market House Inn
Bennett
Taylor
Brinsmead
Stuckes
Graham
Lascelles
Jane Avent
Elizabeth Stoneman
Messrs. Bishop and
Eyre
Kingdon
W. Kingdon
Pitman
Brixesmgap
City
E. Kingdon
Mark Knight
Gully
Colleton Terrace
Mr. Bennett
Grand Jury Room
Mrs. Meringo
Child 14 falls when pavement collapses in Blackfriars Road
In William Street near Grant’s house a paving stone gave way, sending Ellen Young and her infant into a cellar. The infant was unhurt except for a forehead bruise. Ellen was severely injured and taken to St Thomas’s Hospital.
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William-street
Blackfriars Road
Ellen Young
Grant
St. Thomas's Hospital
Elizabeth Maxwell
James Maxwell
Middlesex Hospital
King
Combe
Hatton-garden
Lucy Stanley
New River
Sadler's Wells Theatre
Bonner
Camden-bridge
Islington
Saunders
N Division
Semple
Bingham
Himsel
Telegraphic despatches follow sail to Marseilles
Telegraphic despatches announced the sail reached Marseilles on Thursday morning. Dates from Bombay June 19 Alexandria July 195 and Malta July 24. The Oriental brought the despatches to Malta. No news from China. Sir G Bremer had quitted Calcutta for China with reinforcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
MATS
BERG
Marseilles
Bombay
Alexandria
Malta
Oriental
China
G. Bremer
Calcutta
Britannia Bring News On M Leod Case From New York
Liverpool dispatch reports the New York Supreme Court remanded M Leod for trial on murder, with a possible appeal to higher courts. Judge Cowen warns against defenses based on sovereign rights, while British minister Fox navigates a pacific stance as U S and Britain seek orderly legal resolution.
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Liverpool
America
Britannia
Halifax
Supreme Court of New York
M‘leod
Justice Cowen
Utica
Niagara
Court of Errors
Supreme Court of the United States
Cowen
Fox
England
Oneida
Washington
New York
the Herald
Mr. Fox
Canada
United Parliament
House of Commons
Hamilton
Bonaventure
Christie
Gasne
James Stuart
Lower Canada
Standard
Texas
General Arista
San Antonio
Mexico
Florida
French Africa
Congress
Senate
Tyler
Rothschilds
London
Messrs
Hope and Co
Amsterdam
Indiana
Mississippi
Jonathan
Middle
Cleland
New York Herald
Leod
Pacific
Supreme Court
Webster
Paris Fireworks Amid Calm After Intl Talks
International dispatches describe Paris celebrations on Friday with illuminations and a concert at the Tuileries. Amid crowds, opposition papers claim fiscal measures threaten municipal privileges, while Strasbourg disturbances occur over street notices. Markets show cautious gains as Five and Three Percent government bonds edge higher.
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Paris
iWe
Fternoon
Nismes
Strasburgh
Germany
National Bank of Vienna
Trieste
Prince Esterhazy
Baron Neumann
Lord Palmerston
Baron Bulow
Baron Brunow
London
Mehemet Ali
Ottoman Empire
Bosphorus
Dardanelles
Champe Elysées
Tuileries
M. Humann
Strasbourg
Corbeil
Fontainbieau
Baronde
Bulow
Berlin
Frankfort
Barigus
France
Starx
Madrid
Congress
Tomogstow
Senor Aguelar
Lisbon
Donna Maria
Espartero
Great Britain
Igesiras
Carthagena
Mr. Turnbull
Emigration to America Wellington sails with 260 emigrants
The Wellington, an American line ship under Mr S Chadwick, left St Katharine's dock at eight in the morning carrying about 260 passengers mainly farm workers and families seeking better conditions in the United States. The voyage to New York via Portsmouth will pass Gravesend with a strong flood tide aiding the departure.
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Wellington
St. Katharine’s
Gravesend
Portsmouth
New York
Leeds
Mancugster
Douglas, & Co
Royal General Pension Society
Robins’s Great Rooms
Wigmore-street
Earl of Haddington
K.G
Morris
Formser
Woolwich
Carttar
Salutation Tavern
Arsenal
James Johnson
Central Criminal Court
Robert Powley
Great Yarmouth
Tward
Mercury
Herne Bay
Te Pier Hotel
Dullen
Lancaster
Waltes
Keasely
Hook
Allen
Duncombe
The
Protection Society
Incorporated Society of ‘Licensed Victuallers
Smith
Bryan
Blake
iMercury
Dullea
Hughes
Dowdt
Victuallers’ Protection Society
Dulles
James
Hobler
London-bridge
Depraved Wife and Husband in Court Proceedings
A Mecklenberg square case shows a husband and wife quarrel over conduct, the wife described as a disgrace, and both prisoners admonished before being discharged. The wife then walked away arm in arm with a journeyman tailor, keeping the husband at a distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansion House
Pappy O'Leary
Paddy O'Leary
Hod
Father Mathew
London-bridge
Londonbridge
Paddy
Tay
Rospery
Schmalcalder
Lyon Samuels
Peter Laurie
Messrs
Knock and Williams
Frith-street
Soho
Blogg
Aston
Samuels
Ones
Hounsditch
George Blogg
Bucklersbury
Mann
Knock
Jones
Mr. Norton
Mr. Jones
Marylebone
Robert Fynn
Leonard Bostyn Gwynn
Eaton Square
Rawlinson
Regent-street
Day
Upper
Berkeley Street
Fynn
Gwynn
Col. Lyster
Chambers
Regent Circus
Piccadilly
Mr. Gwynn
Union Bank
Argyll Place
Count de Witt
Queen Square
Uis
William Heatherley
Burrell
Castle Lane
Hatton Garden
Caim. Cox
James Dayman
Mary Plummer
Combe
Mecklenburg-square
Ecstacy
Mr. Combe
Armas Aly
Mecklure
Theouse
Worship Street
Charles Verant
Mordan
City-road
Mary Anne Verant
Priest
York and
London Insurance Office
Yorkshire
Horner
Hoxton
Morden
Broughton
Borough Court OF Requests
Benjamin Twitcher
Twitcher
Jack Shephard
Blueskin
Mint
Southwark
Cook
Billy
Inquest Reports at Milbank Penitentiary and Bartholomew’s Hospital
An inquest at Milbank Penitentiary found Mary Read aged fifteen died of typhus after a period of illness in the infirmary. A separate Bartholomew’s inquiry into a nine year old boy’s death from alleged rough handling found accidental death but severe censure of the ward sister. A third inquest at Milbank on William Howard, age fourteen, concluded death by consumption with notes on prison health reforms and water works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axorues
Higgs
Westminster
Milbank
Mary Read
Daniel Nihill
Central Criminal Court
James Wade
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
John William Weeks
Earl-street
John’s Row
St. Luke’s
Milpank
William Howard
Daniell Nihill
Cambridge
Cambridge Assizes
Bailey
Bailley