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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 11, 1836

Page

8

Mansion House Puffing Knife Assault Trial

John Genzie son of a Poultry auction shop owner faced a serious assault charge after a scuffle over puffing duties. The complainant, once with police, testified a cast iron knife was drawn and used, wounding his hand. witnesses split on credibility. The Lord Mayor ordered bail with two sureties of £80 each.

John Genzie Edmund Thompson Metropolitan City Police St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Tait Style Mint-street Hobler

Medical Exposures and Opium Deaths in Hospitals

Dr. Sigmond criticizes opium abuse in medicine and its deadly aftereffects, citing a 12 drops laudanum case that killed a patient in 18 hours at Hopital de la Charité. The piece condemns careless surgeons, details a 19 year old Mary Shaw's ruined health after accouchement, and mocks flimsy medical literature and a Lecturing Doctor whose demoralizing writings taint readers and families.

Sigmond Hopital de la Charite East and West Indies Chambers’ Dry Magazine Autenreith Hopital de la Charité M. Rayer Mary Shaw Luke Rolph Chambers’ Magazine

Lambeth Street Assault Case Ends With Bail and Fine

John Drew a master butcher faced magistrates for violently assaulting his wife Tabitha Drew. She described repeated ill treatment over four years, including being kicked from bed and thrown into the street. Drew claimed self defence, demanded separation, and accused her of drunkenness and infidelity. A witness supported her virtue, noting large sums she received were dissipated by Drew in prize fights and horse racing. The magistrate convicted Drew of 40 shillings for the assault and ordered bail to keep the peace for three months.

Lambeth-Street John Drew Hardwick Tabitha Drew Egham

Finsbury election case and a sixcular verdict in Essex

In the Tuesday trial Raphael versus Duncombe the real defendants were committee members of Duncombe’s. A new trial may be sought to decide whether Reform Act limits should guide expenses or if returning officers may set varying costs. Raphael received sums from Spankie Hobhouse and Wakley, with contention over amounts. Harriet Legerton was acquitted of stealing 3s 6d from Robert Gladwin after defense claims of coercion, with Gladwin later described as “bad.” A Royal Geographical Society deputation urged Government support to send Lieuts Grey and Lushington from Sandhurst to explore Australia’s interior with aim to advance knowledge and civilization.

Mr. Raphael Duncombe Finsbury Raphael Spankie Hobhouse Wakley Harriet Legerton James’ Legerton Lessex Robert Gladwin Thaxted Gladwin Joseph Bateman John Brown Great Eiston Matthews Chelmsford Chronicle Royal Geographical Society John Barrow Beaufort R.N Murchison Lord Glenelg Colonial Office Australia Grey Lushington Military College Sandhurst

Insolvent Debtors Court Case Against Milne and Skinners

The Insolvent Debtors Court reviews The Attorney General v. The Skinners Company with Henry Milne the relator. Milne allegedly caused information filing without his knowledge. Watkins Bennell and Milne examined. indemnity offered. costs of £294 taxed. Milne remains bound until four months from petition. Separate case: John Laughton, linen draper, discharged debt, sold goods at large losses, accused of fraudulent conduct. Commissioner Law imposes ten months imprisonment from petition date.

Henry Milne Woodroffe Skinners’ Company Cooke T. G. Kensett The William Horne Henr Milne Dee. George Watkins Lincoln’s Inn Kensett Bennett Daniel Whittle Harvey Bennell Watkins Mr. Kensett Court of Chancery Bennetl Milne King’s Bench Lyndhurst Denman Court of King’s Bench John Laughton Lisson-grove Adolphus Messrs. Williams and Nephew Sawyer Messrs Commissioner Law

George Crew and Pant Indicted for Heavy Theft of Furnishings

George Crew and Frederick William Pant, two young men of cateel appearance and respectable connexions, were indicted for stealing upwards of £200 worth of furniture and clothes. The case rests on their alleged involvement in a robbery that targeted a residence, with prosecutors detailing the stolen items and the value, while defense counsel challenge the evidence and implications of their character. The court scheduled further proceedings to determine guilt or innocence based on testimony and presented exhibits.

George Crew Frederick William Pant

Treacherous scheme robs lodging house keeper by two men

Mary Cooksly, an elderly lodging house keeper in Kennington, was deceived by Drew and Pant who posed as a lawyer and gained her property by moving it to cottages on the Wandsworth road and then to Lonesome Cottage. They pled guilty to stealing furniture and clothes valued at over £200 after pledging items at a Lambeth pawn shop. Both men sentenced to seven years transportation.

Mary Cooksly Chambers Bowling-green-street Kennington Drew Stalwars Texaple Ashe Cotgace Wandsworth Road Lonesome Cottage Altcham Bridge-road Lambeth Pant Hill Amily Temple Canterbury Jemmett Paut

Drunkenness and Madness in Kensington Sessions

At Kensington petty sessions Mr George Dean of St Albans Place Hammersmith was charged with drunkenness and madness after a Thursday medical witness testified he was in a state of madness from liquor. Police reported a furious drive injuring a cart horse. Dean admitted fault, was fined one shilling and discharged.

Dodd and Barlow George Dean St. Alban’s Place Hammersmith Bond-street Piccadilly Kensington Eyre Turnham-green Dean Price Couchman Howe Reading High-street

Greenwich Petty Sessions Britant Father Case

James Bassan a shoe-maker of Deptford faced charges of ill treating an eight year old boy. Witness Sarah Nicholls described a pattern of brutal abuse including beatings with a strap and candle burns. The boy stated his father burned his fingers and stole a shilling to buy bread. The defendant was bound over for further evidence. Nicholls was lauded for bringing the case. she received ten shillings from a private fund.

James Bassan Deptford Sarah Nicholls Nicholls

Court of Requests case ends in dismissal over hot meat joke

Susan Sullivan sued for a month’s wages at ten pounds per year after being discharged. The commissioner mocked her kitchen tale, praising her “Hibernian intelligence” and dismissing the claim, noting she destroyed her mistress’s property by trying to keep it hot.

Susan Sullivan Dubois Thusan Thays Susan Susan, Me Dear, Hape Everything Hot; and I’d Like To Know How Meeself Dan

Accidents and Offences From a Turbulent London Night

A series of violent incidents and misfortunes fill the report: Jeffries, once a Covent Garden actor, stabbed himself six times at Drury Lane as friends fear for his recovery. cattle die in Edin burgh park after grazing on poisonous shrubs. a forged fatal accident report collapses a Brentford household, spurring a dangerous plunder attempt. a man jumps from a gallery at Drury Lane injuring himself. a Chelsea ironmonger’s house burns down, leaving the family briefly stranded and uninsured. An inquest at Easingwold finds Mary Hornby hanged in mental distress. a French kitchen cook fatally wounds herself repeatedly with a knife. a packing-case dealer suffers a severe accident in Leather Lane. a gas explosion at the Yorkshire Stinges concert hall alarms attendees and damages the venue. theft at the Duke of York pub yields cash and valuables. and word arrives of the wreck of the West Indian ship Thomas and Alfred with several crew lost near Porters.

Jeffries Covent Garden Theatre Drury Lane Edinburgh Caledonian Mercury Cross Mr. Rowe Town Hammersmith New-street Lower Chelsea Hill Easincwold Easingwold John Wood Mary Hornby George Hornby Avignon Martin Ruff Green Dragon-yard Fore-street Leather Lane Holborn Free Hospital Greville-street Hatton-garden Yorkshire Stinge New-road Ryan Belvey D Division Andrews Duke of York Hampstead-road Boulogne-sur-Mer Thomas and Alfred Sargeant London Demerara Porters France Thomas West India Docks

National Opera Petition Seeks 56000 for New Theatre

A meeting of National Opera subscribers chaired by Mr. Bishop resolved to raise £5 shares to fund a theatre for native composer operas and ballets. Lord J Russell pledged royal compliance once the sum is raised. The Herald notes other items on East markets and Jewish congregational schism.

National Opera Bishop J. Russell Moniteur M. Martin du Nord Levant East Agas Europe London Hertford Clerk of the Peace St. Albans Hitchin Watford Berkhampstead

Spirits tax in Sydney yields £120000 amid drink disruptions

Late Sydney accounts state the spirits tax produced about £120,000 in the year, roughly half the colony’s total revenue. The note adds the figure offers little cause for celebration as excessive spirits consumption, driven by dram drinking, fuels ongoing disturbances.

Sydney

Insolvent Tradesmen and Bankrupts Listed

The London Gazette lists insolvent James Richard Yates of King Street Westminster victualler. Bankruptcies annulled for Thomas Williams Bristol tailor and John Hogg Maldon Worcestershire victualler. Bankrupts include Edward Partoy Hall Charterhouse Street plumber Benjamin Booth 2Uxsn Street tea dealer James Samuel Fearns Lower Thames Street ship agent Mary Ann Pite Beech Street Barbican hatter Mary Livley Bury pawnbroker Joseph and Andrew Brown Liverpool merchants George Edward Moulson Thomas Peirson and Henry Denston Liverpool merchants Oh? John John Anderson Moulton Northamptonshire draper John James Bristol grocer Charles Howe Crickhowell linen draper Thomas Vinor jun Sheffield coach-builder. Certificates. Wee. 27 C. Aders Crutched Friars cheater. F Perkins High Street No cheesemonger T Bloomer Cradley nai] irony eos J. Braddock and S. Barnes Oldham machine-makers W Young Bath pawnbroker Scotch sequestration Robert Learmouth Dundee merchant.

London Gazette James Richard Yates King-street Westminster Victualler Thomas Williams Bristol John Hogg Maldon Worcestershire Edward Partoy Hall Charterhouse-street Benjamin Booth Sn-Street James Samuel Fearns Lower Thames-street Mary Ann Pite Beech-street Barbican Hatter Mary Livley Bury Lancashire Joseph and Andrew Brown Liverpool George Edward Moulson Thomas Peirson J Henry Denston Ohn John Anderson Moulton Northamptonshire Draper John James Charles Howe Crickhowell Breconshire Linen Thomas Vinor Sheffield C. Aders F. Perkins High-street T. Bloomer Cradley Eos J. Braddock S. Barnes Oldham W. Young Bath Robert Learmouth Dundee

Insolvent and bankrupt trades listed in London Gazette

The London Gazette issue lists William Pennycad grocer Rosemary-lane as insolvent and a series of bankrupts and bankrupt trades including Robert Wilkinson flannel-factor Addle-street City Thomas Turner upholsterer New Bond-street William George Docking cheesemonger Hampstead Road Felix Joseph M Carthy baker Drury Lane Middlesex Charles Jean Baptiste Pons hatter Old Bond Street Thomas Folkard hackneyman High Holborn Ise or Isle Joshua Daring Gander licensed victualler Brill-row town 7 Somers William Nelson Proctor Philip Shaw Hyde spinners Manchester Robert Askew merchant Manchester TT cotte and related names.

London Gazette William Pennycad Rosemary-lane Robert Wilkinson Addle-street City Thomas Turner New Bond-street William George Docking Hampstead-toay Felix Joseph M'Carthy Drury-lane Middlesex Charles Jean Baptiste Pons Old Bond-street Thomas Folkard Hackneyman High Holborn IseSey Joshua Darwing Gander Victualler Brill-row U Town Somers William Nelson Proctor Philip Shaw Manchester Robert Askew Cotte

London Markets Corn Exchange and Cattle Prices

London market notices report wheat and barley supply tight due to winds and bad weather with prices largely unchanged from last week. Cattle and beef trades brisk in Monmouth and Islington markets. sheep dull with lower prices. Friday market notes show limited coastwise arrivals, and coal prices steady to higher amid arrivals. Births marriages and deaths listed from various local settings.

Corn Exchange Mark Lane Ats Fe Mark Jane Smithfield Cattle Market Monpaur Islington Newgate Leadenhall Crover StRaw Smithfield Regent’s Park Whitechapel Portman Ossawsee Hungerford Adairs Bensham Holywell Main Kentor West Pontop Stanhope Company Russell High Main Shipcote Tanfield Moor Townley West Hartley Wall’s End W. E. Clathe and Co W. E.gosforth W. E. Hilda W. E. Killingsworth W. E. Northumberland Lambton Primrose W. E. Belmont W. E. Braddyll Hettons W. E. Haswell W.E. Hetton W. FE. Lambton W. E. Pemberton W. E. Stewart Dixon Butterknowl W. E. Gordon W.E. South Durham W. E. Tee

Large network named for distribution of Paper to towns

The notice lists numerous agents and locations across England and Wales for paper distribution and country agency appointments. It names Mr Smith of Liverpool and several others at cities including Newcastle Manchester Birmingham Leeds and more. It calls for applications for country agencies in large towns addressed to the GENERAL AGENT. It records current agents in Croydon Norwich Bath Lambeth Derby Plymouth Warrington and others with London district agents and General Agent for sale of this Paper Mr Cuartes PENNY.

England Smith Scotland-road Liverpool Carruthers Newcastle-upon-Tyne Heywood Manchester Bready Shefield Guest Birmingham Mann Leeds Baker Croydon Riches Norwich Cogswell Bath M‘phun Glagow James Rogers Lower Marsh Lambeth Arnold Croker Chappel Briscol Cook Brighton Haring Portsea Heydon Plymouth Hurst Warrington Jewitt Derby J.O. Riches Lynn Norfolk Povey Kingston Pilgrim Potteries Staffordshire Seal Leicester Towson Devonport Warren Royston Watson and Co Chester-le Spitelfields Detrosier St. John-street Clerkenwell Hucklebridge Charles-street Hatton-garden Cuartes

Printed by RupERT GADSDEN and RAYMOND PER CIVAL notice

Advertisement request note states printing and publishing by RupERT GADSDEN of St. Martin's Lane and RAYMOND PER CIVAL of Upper St. Martin's Lane in Middlesex with the Office address at No. 16 Catherine Street Strand for advertisements and communications dated Sunday December 1.

Rupert Gadsden St. Martin’s Lane St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields Raymond Percival Upper St. Martin’s Lane St. Anne Soho County of Middlesex Catherine Street Strand County of Middlesex

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