Curious Column on Income Tax Return From Islington 1842
The piece, a humorous note on Schedule D duties for income from trade, funds, or securities, mocks the forms. It claims no trade or profession, declares foreign possessions as none, and jokes about a castle in Air with empty rents. The author signs as T.M. Islington, August 1842.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Islington
Ireland
Great Britain
England
Sky
Nubibus
Air
N.B
Highbury-place
Keeping Up Monuments and Income Tax Deductions in Waterloo Era Satire
A satirical review references Richard Camden and 1642 gifts to Allhallows church for a monument, with annual 5s for the sexton. It notes income tax chit-chat, Punch’s hatful of assets, and a clever assessor, plus Water loo bridge tolls and Hammersmith bridge fees. Lord Morpeth at Niagara is quoted, praising liberty and Yankee admiration while Britain and America spar in a long verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Cambden
Allhallows
Lombard-street
Chhristopher Tulderley
Punch
Waterloo Bridge
Hammersmith-bridge
Lord Morpeth
Niagara
United States
Britannia
America
Chastening Influence of Illness and Ipswich Anecdotes
A reflective piece on illness bringing meekness and renewal, then a Charles II quip about Ipswich as a town without inhabitants and a tale of muddy donkeys. Includes humorous astronomy satire from Greenwich and a vivid description of a Punch feature about the Shakers and their dancing in Colonel Orwell’s Run through the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ipswich
Charles 11
Buckingham
Nancy Mawson
Dastman
Lepine
Colonel Orwell
United States
The Fragment of a Ballad The Shepherd of the Ocean
The fragment portrays a mariner’s pride and resolve with bold chorus lines urging voyage for glory and gold. A grand, martial tone describes sailing, destiny, and the eagle’s spirit lifting toward the sun as the crew pledges steadfast courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
el Thigat
Urra
Praser
Murder of Mrs Parsons in Bath Henrietta Street
Mysterious murder case in Bath centers on Mrs. Parsons of No 33 Henrietta Street. The coroner's inquest, held at the deceased’s home, heard testimony from witnesses about years of domestic unhappiness and suspected violence. Henry Parsons was named as the Wilful murderer by a Bath jury and committed for county assizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Wiltshire
Henry Parsons
Charwoman
Parsons
Mary Gibbons
Henrietta Street
Bridgeway
William Biggs
W. R. Bayntum
Henrietta
Street
Robert Tucker
John Eyres
County Assizes
Weather Thunder Storm Hits City After Heat Wave
The week was unusually hot with noon readings near 90 degrees on Wednesday. A south breeze gave way to clouds and a pentle shower before five, then a storm from the west damaged areas around the metropolis for about half an hour. Rain resumed near dusk with distant thunder and a fierce midnight downpour lasting over two hours. Charles Frederick Hibbott, about 21, a shopman in New Brentford, stood trial for stealing a cash box containing over £100 in notes and gold from his employer Mr. Mark Hayes. He fled after the loss but was later captured and committed to Newgate for trial at the Central Criminal Court. Mount Mitchell in North Carolina is the highest east of the Rockies at 6,476 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Frederick Hibbott
D. Walmesley
G. Baillie
Hanslow
Fleming-street
Kingsland Road
Blackwall
New Zealand
Newgate
Central Criminal Court
North America
Rocky Mountains
Mount Mitchell
Black Mountain
Buncombe County
North Carolina
The Liverpool Abduction Case Heard Before Lord Denman
Indictments against John Orr M Gill Richard Jones Margaret Jones Jane Clayton John Osborne Quick and Thomas Wormald Rogerson were tried for abducting Miss Ann Crellin. Prosecution described a months long plot involving staged marriage to Miss Crellin who was driven from Liverpool to Gretna green and back under heavy intoxication and coercion. Jury found Rogerson and Mrs Jones not guilty while M Gill Jones Quick and Clayton were convicted. sentences ranged from twelve to eighteen months with hard labor. Copeland was later indicted for obtaining £250 by false pretences and found guilty with a twelve month sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverroor
Miss Creslin
Lord Denman
John Orr M‘gill
Richard Jones
Margaret Jones
Jane Clayton
John Osborne Quick
Thomas Wormald Rogerson
M‘gill
Baines
Ann Crellin
Heywood
Martin
Copeland
Miss Crellin
Rogerson
Egremont
Liverpool
Stafford
St. Paul's
Gill
St. Paul’s Church
Mr Gill
Mrs. Chamley
Scotland Road
Mrs. Jones
Roby
M. Gill
Jones
Quick
Clayton
Parkside
Birmingham
Lancaster
Thomson
Shap
Kendal
Gretna-green
Carlisle
Mrs. Clayton
John Osborn Quick
Lancaster Castle
Samuel Martin Copeland
Wilful Murder on the High Seas Aboard the British Queen
George Lorimer, a 30 year old former chief mate of the brig British Queen, is charged with the wilful murder of Captain Robert Micklejohn off England’s coast. At Thames police court the three hour hearing detailed witness accounts, including that Micklejohn vanished after a quarrel aboard near Africa and a claim that Lorimer admitted throwing him overboard. The case featured testimony from seamen Joseph Smith and John Lucas, and the prisoner remained silent until commitment for trial. Micklejohn, 25, was a Scottish native and Lorimer’s fellow townsman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lorimer
St. Katharine’s Dock
Broderip
Thames Police Office
Robert Micklejohn
High Seas
Admiralty of England
Hodgson
Pelham
Joseph Smith
Aghway
Africa
Glasgow
Joe
Gerdie
Cook
Mickle
Smith
Witness
Lucas
John Smith
Henry Hannaut
Micklejohn
Thomas Green
George
William Judge
Thames
Newgate
Scotland
Emigrants Reach Quebec as Vessels Arrive in Bulk
Arrivals this year to Quebec total 31538 with 20 vessels reaching the port in two days, landing over 5000 passengers. A second item reports an inquest at Cannon Street Road into the death of John Duckett, age 41, whose drowning followed a life of drink and domestic distress. verdict: death by suffocation from swelling of the tongue due to intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Alderman Banister
Her
Baker
Cannon-street-road
John Duckett
Elizabeth Davis
Grove-street
Chelsea College
Chelsea
Garrett
Dr Scott’s Aperitive Fountain for Torpid Bowels
An advertisement extols Dr Scott's Aperitive Fountain as a private, portable aid for costiveness, avoiding purgatives. It claims ease of self application, no need for fixtures, and privacy for infirm users, available from W Pine at Dr Scott's Repository, Strand, with related devices for hearing and conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
W. Pine
Dr. Scott's Repository
Strand
Exeter Hall
The Balsamic Cordial Offered For Gonorrhea Relief
The Balsamic Cordial of Co Priva, repeated by Mr. Wm H Cory, is praised as the most effective remedy for gonorrhea urethral discharges and greets. It promises disappearance of symptoms in days with no health risk, and is available from Cory at Blackfriars and Lambeth or through medicine vendors, priced 2s and 4s 6d with Cory’s signature on the stamp. Consultation hours are noon to four and seven to ten in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TY Alse
Devonshire Chronicle
Halse
Cheltenham Journal
Mr. W. Halse
Brent
Devon
Drice
Somerset County Gazette
London
Hallett
High Holborn
Prout
Strand
Barclay and Son
Farringdon-street
Sanger
Oxford-street
W. H. Halse
Brent Devon
British Association
P, Davis, and CO
Messrs
Daviswall Co
Arundel Street
Wm.h. Cory
Wm. H .Cory
Earl-street
Blackfriars
Bridge-road
Lambeth
Astley's Theatre
Mr. Cory
United Kingdom
R.and
L. Perry and
Birmingham
Leeds
Strange
Paternosterrow
Wilson
Bishopsgate-street
Purkis
Compton-street
Subo
Jackson and Co
New Bond-street
Guest
Bull-street
Buckton
Briggate
L. Perry
Perry
Messrs. Perry
Great Charles-street
Eastow
Albion-street
N. B
Lucas and Co
Brittain
Paternoster-row
Effingham Wilson
Bishopsgate
Field
Quadrant
Regent-street
Burgess
Haymarket
Huett
Lucas
Ew Bell
Messrs. Lucas and Co
Newman-street
MgAy Hood
Grafton Street
Dublin
Drummond
High-street
Edinburgh
Messrs. Curtis
Old England
Essex and Herts Mercury
Macnet
Curtiy
Messrs. Curtis and Company
Frith-street
Soho Square
Frampton's Pill of Health advertised as stomach and bowel remedy
An 19th century advertisement touts Frampton's Pill of Health as a long tried cure for indigestion costiveness flatulency and related stomach and liver disorders. It claims quick relief after two or three doses restoring strength and normal function with no diet change, notes suitability for women and elderly, and lists Thomas Prout 229 Strand London as supplier with prices per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prampton
T. Prout
Strand
London
Frampton
Thomas Prout
Extraordinary Cure Claim for Holloway's Pills and Ointment
Sworn testimony at the Mansion House in March 1842 details a case of a man with fifteen tumid ulcers on one arm and leg ulcers treated by Holloway's Pills and Ointment after four hospitals failed. The patient recovered in three weeks using only Holloway's remedy, per Dr Bright of Guy's Hospital who praised the result. The notice promotes Holloway's medicines with pricing for various sizes and locations for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olloway
Guy's
Metropolitan
King’s College
Charing-cross
William Brooke
Union-street
Southwark
London
Metropolitan Hospital
Mr. Holloway
Holloway
Bright
City of London
Joan Przie
Strand
Temple-bar
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Hospital OF
Saint Cross
Isai
Saint Croix
Winchester
Southampton
Charles U Malley
Greenwich
Windsor-castle
Feteran
Sir Walter Raleigh
Henrietta-Street
Bath
G. Allcorn
Stanhope Street
Claremarket
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