Love in a Masque Reveals Love’s Masquerade and Hypocrisy
A reflective column explores love as a wilful, ever changing masque. It shifts through personas from Spaniard to Turk to English and French types, arguing love hides true intent behind outward appearances. The piece portrays love as both deceitful and sincere, a dramatic face and a vulnerable heart.
Wholesale Perjury Conspiracy at Bridgemaster Election
Lord Denman presided over the Queen v MacNamara and sixteen others in a City of London bridgemaster election case. Prosecution described a wide scheme of perjury personation and bribery, with witnesses detailing repeated votes under false names, payment arrangements, and cross examinations revealing extensive fraud by Gibbs supporters and others.
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Court of QuEeEn
Lord Denman
Queen
London
Gibbs
Mr. Ledger
Mr. Gibbs
Ledger
M‘namara
Sampson
Bridgemaster
D. R. Harker
Murray
Tyre
Sherwin
Haggett
Powell
Job Jones
Morris
Reynolds
John Reynolds
Redcross-square
Mr. Tyre
Haberdasher
Russell-street
Whitechapel
Samuel Sherwood
Dyer
Curtain-road
Shoreditch
Huggett
Mr. Smith
Cardmaker
Paul-street
Finsbury
Policeman Keel
Thomas Smith
Farrier
Huntingdon-street
Hoxton
Jones
John Jones
Windsor Street
Islington
Isaw Powell
Booth
W. Powell
Browning
W. H. Morris
Snow
Silverthorne
Hogg
Langley
Salmon
Clarke
William Smith
Plumber
Old Street Road
Harker
Thorne
Brewer
Castle-street
City
Hagegett
Hoge
London Wall
Sherwell
Black
Witness
Hlaggett
Yowell
Haggett, Snow
Darrow
Plumbers’ Company
Red Cross Square
Grand Jury
Namara
Smithfield
Kelly
Simpson
Jervis
Chadwick Jones
Brookes
Gibbe
Beautiful Nymph of Nature and Youth by Andrew Parke
The verses praise a fairy nymph of nature, celebrating youth beauty and innocence. It laments life’s changes yet cherishes mental charm and lasting bliss, urging nurture of joy, lightness, and noble hopes as the subject grows from childish grace to enduring inner beauty.
Defense voices clash over bribery and conspiracy verdict
In a jury trial, counsel challenged Morris as an unreliable witness and argued bribery payments to voters were not illegal. They pressed for acquittal of M Namara and Simpson, noting lack of direct links to unlawful acts. Lord Denman outlined which counts held weight, with verdicts returning guilty for six defendants and acquittals for others.
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Morris
Simpson
F.kelly
M‘namara
Mr. Kelly
Bridgemaster
Mr. M‘namara
Gibbs
Kelly
Payne
Heaton
Lord Denman
Ledger
Hinker
Cayle
Croucher
Perkins
Court of Justice
M'‘Namara
Silverthorne
Langley
Salam
Snow
Darrow
Bradstock
Trye
Sherville
Haggett
Jones
Powell
Hagrett
Murray
Hogg
Threatened resignation over ballot voting in Lord Mayor case
At a common council meeting, heated debate over voting by ballot for lord mayor sparked acrimony. Alderman Callaghan withdrew his motion after Lord Mayor McLoughlin warned of leaving the chair if the ballot was adopted, claiming it would erode independence. The council adjourned with the mayor contemplating resignation, then rescinded it.
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Cos. Lin
Common Council
Callaghan
Alderman Purcell
Corn Exchange
Fitzpatrick
Cornelius M‘loughlin
George Row
Alderman O'Neill
M‘loughlin
Bank of Ireland
Garrisey
Henry Laporte Smith
Royal Court
Smith
John Smith
Cork
Ireland
Hilary de Gavis Agnew
Guernsey Commercial Banking Company
John Quely
Liverpool
Messrs. Kinahan and Co
Carlisle-street
Dublin
Kinahan, Son
England
London
Messrs
de Lisle
Janvir
Guernsey
France
Paris
Calais
Committee of Defence
Louvois
Toulouse
Pau
Senor Raphael Sanchez Torres
Cortes
Privy Council
Robert Peel
Lord Wharncliffe
Earl of Liverpool
Earl of Delaware
Canterbury
Prince of Wales
Prince Albert
Prince
Order of the Garter
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Earl of Chester
Standad
George II
Nicolas
Order
Henry VI
Knights of the Garter
Prince Edward
Edward IV
Richard III
Edward VI
James I
Charles II
Princes of Wales
H. Nicolas
George IV
Marter
Earl of Westmoreland
Duke of Rutland
Earl of
Lonsdale
Wellesley
Duke of Newcastle
Duke of Wellington
Marquis of
Anglesey
Duke of Northumberland
Marquis of Hertford
Duke of Dorset
D. Davies
Lady Gore
Sudbury Hall
Dublin Corporation
Bury
Kinahan
Palace Crat
Court
Garter
Prince ‘of Wales
Woods
Heralds’ College
Windsor
Buckingham Palace
Prussia
Saxe Cobourg
Sussex
Cambridge
Hanover
Prince George
House of Leards
House of Lords
Exchequer Bill Office
Beaumont Smith
Bank of England
Kimmel Park
Lord Dinorben
North Wales
Armagh
E. Hudson
Dublin Freeman
Beresfords
Elsinore
Denmark
Joseph Sturge
Sharman Crawford
Manchester
Stormy Atlantic arrivals and dockside court scenes
Reports from Falmouth describe the steamship Oriental arriving from Alexandria with mails and setting course up channel while H M S Powerful loiters off the Rock. At Fal at large, the Magnet packet prepares for Madeira and the Brazils as the Acheron left Gibraltar for Plymouth with notable passengers among them Sir William Pell and Mrs Wilson. In London, a long court day reveals a civil action for damages in a case of alleged criminal intimacy, and a series of minor criminal offenses plus railway noise disputes and shop incidents across Red Lion Square Marlborough Street Lambeth. The proceedings include juries, verdicts, and fines, with merchants and tradesmen figures prominent throughout the record.
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United Service
Covent-garden
Whistleborough
W. Farren
Demosthenes
Commons
Malthus
Pacific
R.N
Mr. Bartley
Enfield Bam
Mr. Harley
Coo
Glover
Miss Polecon
Tayleure
Jack Rivet
Mr. C. Mathews
Dulness
Charles Mathews
Rivet
Coore
Richards
Coote
Carrie Crus
Ais Roya
Prince Albert
Duke OF Cambridge
Mremsens
Freemasons
Great Queen Street
Lincoln's Inn-fields
Cuff and Bacon
Earl Spencer
Lord Aboyne
Mr. Wilson
Sibthorp
S. Wood
Chaloner
Wood
Middlesex
T. R. Barker
H. Hindley
C. Hillards
W. Beasley
W. Grantham
W. J. Webb
Duke of Cornwall
Earl of Leicester
Mr. Gibbs
Duke of Richmond
Royal Agricultural Society of England
Metropolis
Francis Chantrey
Royal Academy
Catholic Church of England
High Church
Friends of the Oxford School
Low Church
No Church
Church of England
Church of
Mipnam
Derby
Lancasterian School
United States
Heard
Messrs
Dean
Wakefield
Werbert
Bradley
Wilson
Roberts
Carrier
Vickers
Morley
Stratt
Johnson
Cartwright
G. Larpent
J. Easthope
Cobden
Bowring
W. Evans
Dean Lyons
Earl de Grey
Ireland
Marquis of
Sligo
Earl of Altamont
Birmingham
Derby Junction
London
Gloucester
Chester
Birkenhead
Dundee
Arbroath
Eastern Counties
Glasgow
Ayr
Paisley
Greenock
Grand Junction
Crewe
Great North of
Wagland
Great Western
Cheltesham
Gristo
Exeter Trafic
Wail
Selby
Ladwasser
Preston Junction
Liverpool
Manchester
Aylesbury
Blackwall
Brighton
Greenwich
Croydon
Shoreham
London and
South Western
Bolton
Bury
Sena Sargeens Saege
Midland Cownties
Carlisle
Easten Eunties
North Midland
Leeds
North Union
Preston and
Wyre
Sheffield
Ulster
York
Morratry
Oriental
Loy
Falmouth
Alexandria
Malta
Gibraltar
Powerful
Rock
Margaret
Lisbon
Acheron
Plymouth
Maite
W. Pell
Court OF Exchequer
Cha. Cox
Catherwood
Cassox
Plaintif
Beyrout
Syria
Gertrude
Balbeck
England
New York
Charles Square
Hoxton
Bryanston Square
America
Charlotte-street
Portland-place
Thesiger
Sheriffs’ Court
Red Lion Square
John Herbert
Anthony-street
St. George’s-in-the-East
Fitzroy Kelly
Q.C
Butt
Austin
Herbert
Mr. Herbert
Marlborough Street
Matthew Wren
Charles Mott
Mott
Mr. Hardwick
Matt
Wren
Hardwick
Westminster Bridewell
Georges Ward
Preston
John’s Place
Bedford-square
Stepney
Dover Bet
Newport
Salop
Thames Office
James Robertson
White Hart
Brod Street
Ratcliff
Ballantine
Mr. Green
Mr. Bowry
Owbello
Bowry
Mrs. Bowry
Mattters
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