Will and Letter Directions for Property in 19th Century
Readers discuss whether a written note qualifies as a will, the need for two witnesses, and how executors or heirs may enforce or defend dispositions. Other letters cover trusteeship, tenancy, redemption, and legal remedies, with varied inquiries to property, rents, and fixtures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Moreland
Court of Equity
T.M. J
J. O
G. C
J. C
Nelsom
Stourbridge
Southampton
Winchester
W. H. Masters
Wm. Costain
Bedfordshire
York
B. M
Derby
Sarah H
Admiralty
EB. C
Libra—D
James Eyam
Manchester
Alfred Spender Turley
The Peers and the Press on Irish Municipal Bill
A critical reply charges a Weekly Contemporary with misrepresenting facts about a clause in the Irish Municipal Bill. It defends Recorder Shaw and accuses Lyndhurst and Wellington of prior crime, while predicting a return of the omitted clause next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder Shaw
Recorder of
Dublin
Thomas Freemantle
Holmes
Parliament
Frederick Shaw
House of Commons
Lushington
Shawn
Court of Admiralty
Duke of Wellington
Shaw
Commons
Lord Morpeth
John Russell
Lord Lyndhurst
Spectator
Bishop Philpotts
Teetotal Debate and Labor Testimony in Dunstable
A letter from William Batchelor of the Dunstable Teetotal Society recounts testimonies about teetotal labor. Captain Troller employed twenty teetotalers, including six women and nine men, with varied drink habits. William Harvey praised teetotal workers after a long run to Dunstable, noting faster, better work and lending workers to a friend opposed to teetotalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.E. N
Niger
Foreign Office
Luna
G. Hume Weatherhead
M.D
Gruild- Jford-street
Russell-square
Wales
England
Guelph
Rex
King
Queen
Regina
Weekly Chronicle
Hadleigh
W. G. Rawlins
Great Russel Street
Covent-garden
Dr. Rawlins
Albertus Magnus
Josiah Low
National Gallery
James Brooksbank
J. Cousines
Horse Guards
Dexstaste Tertotarers
Dunstable
Houghton
Totternhoe
Bedford Mercury
Trotter
Durham-park
HCG Wri
John Trotter
William Harvey
Multenlane
Bently-heath
Odell
Troller
Wm. Harvey
Goslin
Wm. Batchelor
Dunstable Teetotal Society
France and Britain face European crisis with caution and unity
The article notes French papers praise Lord Palmerston's speech for firm yet conciliatory tone. It discusses Thiers and the French ministry, England's alliance, and a cautious path to peace. It contrasts Poulett Thomson and Lord Durham, praising Durham's character and funeral, and the sympathy it drew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Palmerston
Monsieur Thiers
Louis Philippe
France
Napoleon
House of Orleans
England
Prince Louis
Times
Attwood Speech and Palmerston Critique Stir Birmingham
The article attacks Mr. Attwood’s two hour Birmingham speech and denounces Lord Palmerston as a treasonous instrument of Russia. It praises the Birmingham Journal for prudent advice and notes Chartists’ reluctance to partake in Attwood’s campaign while urging Attwood to return to Newcastle with little chance of South support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmerston
Attwoods
Russia
Charles Attwood
Birmingham
Louis Napoleon
Boulogne
Urquhart
Monteith
Lord Palmerston
England
Lords
Commons
C. Attwood
Cardo
Birmingham Journal
Mr. Collins
Mr. Attwood
Newcastle
The Affirmation Bill and Its Inquisitorial Flaws
The piece critiques Mr. Hawes's Affirmation Bill as needlessly complex for allowing oath refusals. It argues magistrates would wield unnecessary power judging conscience, risking false impressions in court and undermining trust in religious character. It warns the plan would fail amid perverse legal craft by overzealous friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawes
Court of Conscience
Lord Lyndhurst
Thornhill v Oastler at Guildhall in debt and book dispute
At Guildhall Leeds a special jury heard Thornhill sue Oastler for 2637 pounds 6 shillings 8 pence and for the return of books. After negotiations the verdict was set for 2637 6 8 with release of Oastler on Thornhill giving a general release. A separate note reports George Stringer, a fashionable man, committed for alleged improper acts toward a boy, with transfer possible to Queen's Bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornhill
Castler
Guildhall
Leeds
N. C. Tindal
Peacock
F. Kelly
Yorkshire
R. Oastler
Kelly
Oastler
Wood
Mr. Oastler
Mr. Kelly
Oast
Finlay
George Stringer
Henrietta-street
Bruns- Wick-square
Hatton-garden
Page
Middlesex Quarter Sessions
Court of Queen's Bench
Tatham
Mr. Humphries
Stringer
Funeral of the Earl of Durham at Lambton Castle
The August 10 1840 funeral marked by a vast car procession from Newcastle Sunderland and Durham to Lambton Castle. Notables including Earl Grey and Lord Londonderry attended the state funeral with 121 vehicles, freemasons in mourning, and a solemn service at the church and vault conducted by Rev F Grey. An address to Lady Durham circulated as crowds observed bells tolling and flags at half mast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John George
Earl of
Durham
Lambton Castle
Newcastle
Sunderland
Marquis of Londonderry
Lord Ravensworth
Earl Grey
Earl
Hedworth Lambton, Esq
William Lambton
Lord Howick
M.P
Grey
Freemasons
Lord Durham
Lord Londonderry
Mr. Williamson
Whickham
Mr. Witham
Mr. Bigge
Mr. Hutt
Mr. T. Fenwick
Mr. Brandling
Mr. Surtees
Chester-lestreet
United Kingdom
F. Grey
Lady Durham
Gateshead
Departure of Louis Napoleon's Companions from the Castle
In Loix Loexe August 13 five o clock several companions of Louis Napoleon are believed to depart for Paris guarded by gens d armes and soldiers. Sailors of the City of Edinburgh were among prisoners removed as witnesses. Other prisoners are described as inferior in rank. The report also notes Brazilian news and various local incidents including accidents poisonings and a county election in Cavan with Colonel Henry John Clements elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bot Loexe
Louis Napoleon
Paris
Edinburgh
Brazils
Pigeon Packet
Rio Janeiro
Pernambuco
London
Buenos Ayres
Sefonci
Charlton Kings
W. Laker
Pates
Gloucester Journal
Southgate-fields
Goodwood Races
Sussen Advertiser
Sincubar Cash
Payne
St. Thomas's Hospital
John Lloyd
Barclay and Perkins
John Goode
South
Cavan
Mr. Maxwell
Colonel Clements
Maxwell
Chas Coote
Bellamount Forest
Henry John Clements
Robert Burrowes
Stradone
Miscellany notes on crime, railways, harvests and emigration
A digest of items including police transport of felons, a vacant Hull office, Durham town council nominations, South Hampstead rents sale results, Irish job ads, mayoral salary talk, Alton Towers visitors, a Bath youth disappearance, Austrian railway approvals, Tweed salmon catches, coal and tea market notices, weather watch, and various parliamentary notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Durham
Queen's Privy Council
Southampton
Lord South
Camden
Kentish Town
Hampstead-road
Highgate
Lancaster
Earl of Shrewsbury
Alton Towers
Worcester Chronicle
Grex
Coon
Bath
Sussex-hotel
Bouverie-street
Fleet-street
Brixton
Ipone
Mil Venice
Tweed
Newick Shipping Company
Berwickk
Newcastle
Forest of Dean
Cheltendon
Senate of Business
Lord Lyndhurst
Morning Herald
Bowden
Indicateur de
Bordeaux
France
Hampstead
Jack Straw
British Association of Science
Glasgow
Thomas R. Colledge
Canton
China
Royal College of Physicians
Edinburgh
Colledge
John Waller
Darlington
Dartmouth
Justice Crompton
Father Mathew
Jude
Lord Westmeath
Ireland
Morning Chronicle
Colin Campbell
Nova Scotia
Ceylon
Alexander Pee Mackenzie
Channel
Dover Chronicle
London
Sydney
New South Wales
Hobart Town
Launceston
Port Philip
South Australia
Canada
House of Lords
Parsons
Rowthorne
Liverpool
Stainsby
Derbyshire Chronicle
Northumberland and
Glasgow Chronicle
Great Western Railway Company
Mead Lane
Dublin
Cork
J.aoe
Iin
Limerick
Hooper
Queenhithe
Jurday
9 Venables
Routh
Crawshay and Co
Howell
Dunn
Also Mentioned on This Page
MR. F. Shaw
the Weekly Chronicle
Poulett Thomson
Baron Sydenham
Sydenham
Toronto
Thomson
Poulett Thomsson
Earl of Durham
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