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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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Brudenel-place
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