Chartist Arrests and Arms Case at Stockport Assizes
A Manchester Chronicle report details William Benbow and others in Stockport and Colne facing sedition and conspiracy charges after a June Stockport meeting. Police described incendiary rhetoric urging arms and a national holiday while denouncing property owners. The case proceeds to Chester assizes with heavy bail set. Thompson of Birmingham also faces arms charges tied to Mitchell and Higgins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Benbow
Cheshire
J. F. Foster
Joseph Sadler
Stockport
Greek Street
James Dakin
Benbow
Wm. Essler
Mitchell
Chester
Major Marsland
Cheadle Moseley
Essler
James Mitchell
Foster
Sadler
Jonathan Iidt
England
Marsland
Mr. Coppock
Norreys
Chester Assizes
Livsey
Liveey
Chester Castle
Thompson
Mingham
Tockport
Ashton-under-Lyne
Higgins
Ashton
Birmingham
Timoth Higgins
Manchester gun dealer held on arms sale to chartists
John Livsey of 43 Hanover Street Shudehill Manchester was arrested after police found pistols swords bayonets gunpowder and other warlike stores in his cellar. He claimed to be agent to gun maker G Thompson Birmingham and bail was set at 75 pounds with 150 pounds bound in sureties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Beswick
John Livesey
Hanover Street
Shudehill
Davies
Livsey
John Livsey
Thomas Potter
James Kershaw
Daniel Lee
J. Livsey
Hanover-street
G. Thompson
Birmingham
Stockport
Chester Assizes
Arrest in Allcoats over arms found at 44 Jersey Street
Police searched Timothy Booth’s house at No. 44 Jersey Street Allcoats after a warrant was granted on information of arms. They found a bayonet pistol dagger musket balls gunpowder and other items totaling nearly 400 rounds. Booth 60 and his family are named in the inquiry with a chartist connection noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Timothy Booth
Beswick
Cochrane
Brown
Armitage
M‘mullin
Booth
Jersey Street
Ancenta
Thompson
T. Potter
D. Mante
A Callendar
T. Cooke
J. G. Frost
D. Price
Smith
C. J
Sersey-street
Allcoats
M’mullin
Mr. Maude
Mullin
Chartiste
South Lancashire
Universal Suffrage Association
T. Booth
Jersey-street
Robert Holme
Chartists’ Political Union
Arms and alarm in Morpeth case before Kirkdale trial
The court discusses Timothy Booth charged with possessing arms and ammunition as he defends his need to protect life and property. Witnesses recount seized musket fowling piece bullets and powder, with Booth asserting legal right to defend his house in Ireland bound for assizes. He is committed to Kirkdale for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker-street
William
Seager
J. Lomas
Manchester
Timothy Booth
W. Tillman
Mr. Maude
Ireland
Mr. Beswick
Thompson
Birmingham
Chester Castle
Anne Peacock
Morpeth
Mantle
Oll
Maude
Beswick
Cochrane
Armitage
Mullin
Booth
Kirkdale
Reprieves for Chartist Riots and Military Court Actions
Notice reports reprieves for Howell, Roberts and Jones in Birmingham chartist riots. Also covered are trials for illegal arms in Chester, a Bolton riot with casualties and arrests, a Woolwich garrison court martial for Hemmings who received 150 lashes with 50 remitted, and a Canterbury complaint against 11th Dragoons linked to an insult to Mr Brant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell
Roberts
Jones
Birmingham
Thompson
Chester Assizes
Bourox
Manchester
Bolton
Little Bolton
New Bailey
Liverpool
Wallworth
Sam
Woolwich
William Hemmings
Royal Marines
Wright
Hemmings
Edward Wells
Bath-fields
Hunter
Canterbury
11Th Dragoons
Brant
Mr. Brant
Lord Cardigan
Horse Guards
Lord Hill
Coventry
The Hon Frederick Ryder Marries Miss Cockayne
The Hon Frederick Ryder son of the Earl of Harrowby and brother of Viscount Sandon wed the accomplished Miss Cockayne. The Old Bailey wooden pavement is opened as a public thoroughfare to deaden street noise. Widespread waggons pass over the new blocks without issue. M Rougemont de Lowenberg, eminent banker, died in Paris on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick, Ryder
Earl of Harrowby
Viscount, Sandon
Cockayne
Old Bailey
Criminal Court
Newgate
M. Rougemont de Lowenberg
Paris
E DAY NEWS85 launch and distribution details
On Monday September 2 a twopence issue stamped E DAY NEWS85 will be delivered every morning in the metropolis and neighbourhood by the London Parcels Delivery Company. Copies available at 300 receiving houses from 8 to 11. Advertisers rate 1 6d per dozen. Also obtainable from all Newsmen in town and country. Office at 1 New Church Court opposite Somerset House Strand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Parcels’ Delivery Company
New Church Court
Somerset House
Strand
The Inventors' Advocate and Patentees' Recorder Ad
Thisday 8d price announces The Inventors' Advocate a weekly British and foreign miscellany of inventions discoveries and the fine arts. It is published in London by William Kidd and invites communications and reviews from booksellers and patentees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. T
Recorder
N.B
London
William Kidd
Tavistock-street
C -Vent-Garden
Barrack Canteens Letting Notice 1839
The Office of Ordnance announces canteens in barracks to be let from Oct 1 to Sep 30 1842. Applicants must be unexceptionable, reside in the canteen, and provide two sureties. Sealed proposals due by August 29. Details at the Office between 10am and 4pm or with Barrack Masters. Proposals to Pall Mall address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Ordnance
Board of Ordnance
Pallma l
London
Market Quotes and Bond Prices from London Ledger
Monay March figures show Consols at 91 to 914 for money and bills 91 for Ace. Exchequer Bills 2 to 4 premium, Spanish Bonds 19 with coupons, Danish Three per Cents 75 to 76, Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents 54 to 53. Great Western Railway Shares 3 to 44 premium, London and Birmingham 50 to 52 premium, London Joint Stock Bank 2 premium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crry
Great Western Railway
London and Birmingham
Brighton
Blackwall
Greenwich
Southampton
London and Westminster Bank
London Joint Stock Bank
Insolvent and bankruptcy notices from London Gazette Faray
Insolvent W Watson of Stamford Street Surrey wine and spirit merchant. Bankrupts include Montefiore Joseph and Carmichael Ludovick of Calcutta merchants and many tradesmen across London and beyond. Certificates August 30 for S Youngmen timber merchant and R Blyth common brewer. Partnerships dissolved include Marshali Gerrard tailors and J M Inpes chemical manufacturer among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Gazette
Faray
W. Watson
Bennet Street
Stamford-street
Surrey
Maurice Montefiore Joseph and
Ludovick Carmichael
Calcutta
J. Taylor Noel
Berwick Street
Oxford-street
L. Edridge
Peckham
P. F Breed
W. Eccleston
Liverpool
J. M.inpes
Ashton-under-Lyne
Lancashie
J. Lomax
Bury
Lancashire
J. Hunt
Southampton
D. Paramore
Devonport
S. Youngmen
Curtain Road
Shoreditch
R. Blyth
Lynn . Regis
Norfolk
W. Curtis
Clevedon
Somerastshire
Hourtley and Gardner
Leeds
Sibthorps and Martin
Woburn
Bedford
Millimers
Young, Harrison
Kennedy
Honduras
London
T. R. Harrison
Orchard Street
Westminster
Yablonsky and Bird
Birmingham
Youd
Rusgell
Halifax
I. Stease
Insolvent and bankruptcy notices from the London Gazette
The London Gazette lists insolvent J Wartaby of Adam's Court and Lee Kent. bankrupts including J T Bowden and others across City and provinces. certificates granted to T Hedgecock ship owner and merchants. numerous partnerships dissolved among ironmongers, grocers, manufacturers, and traders across London and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Gazette
Turspay
J. Wartaby
Adam’s Court
Old Broad-street
Lee
Kent
Bankrupys
J. T. Bowden
Addie-street
City
Jans Wilson
E C. Wilson
Skinner Street
K. Bright
Holborn-sars
R Flack
Lambeth-street
Whitechapel
J. Boyd
Welbeck-street
Marylebone
R. Blundell
Hooton
Cheshire
W. Phillips
Liverpool
Rakum-Desler
W. Kirby
R. Leake
Prestwich Clough
Manchester
J. M. Cornwall
Stubbington
Southampton
C. Alcock
Sheffield
W. H. Haigh
Wakefield
Yorkshire
T. Hastings
Bradford
J. W. Edwards
Kingsbridge
Devonshire
T. Hedgecock
South Lambeth
J. D
E. Penn
Northampton
Fleet Street
J. Mivart
Richmand
Surrey
Taverner
White
Ratcliff Highway
Ashburner and
Priestley
W. W
T. W Snell
Exeter
Windsor and Pearce
Vineyard-walk
Clerkenwell
Broadbent and Co
Elk Manufacturers
Warehousermen
L. Roberts
Diton and Ramshaw
Barnard, Castle
Durham
Reyner and Vickers
Hoyland
Hattera
Ani Abrahams
High Street
Southwark
Bowlby and Rabn
Sunderland
Paradise and Sheppard
Watling Street
J. Tuberville
Williamson and Ripey
Warrington
Lancashire
M. Eliott
Newcastle Upon-Oyne
J. and
W. Lintott
Horsham
Sussex
Puttock and Watkins
Arundel
Ecomzon Brewers
Malistera
Lawes and Lamb
Leeds
Bacun Factera
Frith and Co
J. Foster
Horbury
Bradbury and Co
Bradbury
Evans and Beynon
Turner and Kershaw
Midgley
Day and Steith
High Holborn
Fea Deslers
J. and J. Williams
Pontypool
Monmouthshire
Drapers and Grocers
Grain market dull as English wheat offers few sample sales
The return of grain today is small across all types except foreign data. Favourable weather keeps the wheat trade dull with few English samples for sale. Flour remains heavily sold. Arrivals show English wheat 1,260 quarters, barley 20, oats 15, flour 2,560 sacks. foreign wheat 4,490, barley 1,970, oats 16,505 quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Exchange
Mark-Lane
Moxpay
Essex
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. J. Richardson
Cobbett
Thut
Nicholls
Berwick Gosport
Hampton Court
Portsmouth
Hounslow
Plymouth - Burnley
Ipswich
Parkhurst
Leeda
Chatham
Portman-street
Carlisle
Regent’s Park
Christchurch
St. George's
Trafall
Tynemouth
Chichester
Winchester
Wellington
Saint Windsor
Croydon
James's-park
Weedon
Dorchester Maidatone
Warley Deal
Dover
Newcastle - York
Norwich
Scotland
Aberdeen
Greenlaw
Piershill
Dundee
Gasgow
Perth
Edinburgh
Hamilton
Paisley
Fort George
Leith
Fort Islands
Guernsey
Jersey
Alderney
R. Byuam
Enevolent Insurance
National Benefit Society
Stnanp
the Earl of Euston
Lord Teigamouth
M.P
Lord &Kelmersdale
George Birkbeck, Esq
M.D
H. G. Boldero
E. L. Bulwer
Reciulns
Amos Gann
James Garrard
B. Granville
Thomas Hutchinson
F.R
Campbell
D. Parkens
Srhe Bank of England
Cemonstratec
Lincoln's Inn-fielda
Heseltina’s
Finchlane
Cornhill
Henry Wilson
Simmons
Rutland
Dunstables
Ersons
East India Tea Company
Great St. Helen’s Church
Bishops Gate
Chas Harcock
TRONG
Claudet and Houghton
Britain
Polytechnic Journal
Wellington-street North
Abernethy
United Kingdom
Bomdcom Mabees
Bret
Leadenhall
Turkey
Hay
Smithfield
Coal Exchange
Wylam
Wall’s End
Heaton
Riddell
Braddyll
Hetton
Haswell
Hettos
Lambton
Hassell
Stewart's
Hartlepool
Killingworth
Northumberland
Percy Bensham
Whitwell
Adelaide
Barrett
Barrington Tees
Clarence Hetton
Nevin’s Tanfield
Richardson
Hartley
Shipa
Menden
WW. Sommerville
Claphem-common
John Humphery
Woolbeking
Sydney A. Capel
Royal Lancers
Emily
Earl of Berkeley
Joan
Wm. G. Hose
House of Commons
Emma
G. W. Gravener
Reigate
Johann Eberty
Prussia
Octavia
Joan W. Gece
Chart Lodge
Marylebone Church
T. Poller
Charles
Wm. Ireland Jones
Oriel College
Oxford
Loddeswell
Devon
Ireland Jones
Veranda
Swansea
Anna Maria Eliza
George Burges
Bengal Civil Service
Wilderness
St. Marylebous
R. Board
Edward Andrews
Beresford Street
Walworth
E. Townsend
St. Mary’s
Stoke Newington
Edward Hedge
King's Bench Wall
Inner Temple
Park Village
Eee
Kers Ue
Emiy
William Beetham
Ltke Newington
F.R.S
Middlesex
Kennington-common
Mary
T. Cockshutt
Stock Exchange
Baford-house
Cheltenham
Edward Konsida
Houghton-le-Spring
Bombay
Henrietta Matis
Raincock
East India Company
Berner’s Street
R. Gregory
Coole
Galway
Wm. Gregory
Dublin Castle
Wm. Kerr, Secon
Peter Evatt
Royal Dockyard
Dunmanway
Arthur Lemuel Shulham
East Devon Yeomanry
County of Devon
Rogers
Royal Artillery
William Bell
Peter Paisone
Her Majesty
S Customs
Barbadoes
Stas
Alnwick
Edward B. Blackburn
Mauritius
Darlington Place
Bath
John Guy
Hon. East India Company
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