Kept clothes at Kemble's amid a Greenwich outing plot
Court heard witnesses describing Wm. Miers and Mrs. Reid sharing a room at the Kemble house, with clothes found in a box attributed to Miers. He pledged coats in a pawnshop under a false name and faced transport for life after multiple indictments. The trial also covered thefts and a boy witness in a separate Edmonton case.
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Mrs. Reid
Miers
Eid
Wm. Miers
Plackfriars-road
Kemble’s
Cress
John
John Kensy
Greenwich
Frederick Mason
Clarkson
Kembles
Roesery
Wm. Harvey
Cutler Harris
Arabin
Ublic
Ellen Lewis
John Halbert
Newgate
John Sherwin
Mary Lawrence
Edmonton
Horry
Foster
Recorder
Mr. Buckler
Tr. Buckler
Aldermen Copeland
Edmonston
House of Correction
Gauley’s canal propulsion machine to test on Grand Canal
The Rev J W M Gauley, professor of natural philosophy, claims a steam driven boat propulsion device that sits under the boat center to minimize surface ripple. A public Grand Canal test is planned in about two weeks under Gauley’s supervision. A Dublin est report adds a quip on three companions to keep in good terms.
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Sreas
J. W. M.gauley
Board of Education
Grand Canal
England
Thomas Talbot
Italia
Ode to Niagara and Miscellaneous Verses Fragment
An eclectic page mixes poems on Niagara's majesty with European society notes and short items. It includes verses praising Niagara Falls and a colonial travel anecdote about Portuguese women, plus brief notices on caution to wives, court customs, and mundane advice like varnish making and walking for health.
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Oporto
Carlisle
Life of Washington praised for its truthful narrative
A Victorian review lauds Jared Sparks for his Washington biography, praising factual rigor and restraint. It covers Washington’s early posts, Braddock’s defeat, his refusal of power for personal ease, and his rise to commander in chief, ending with his farewell to Congress.
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Bonerclan
Heaven
J.-S. BucurvgHan
George Washington
Colburn
Washington
Jared Sparks
Marshall
Piennry
Government of
Virginia
Canada
Ohio
Braddock
Monongahela
Orme
Morris
Dunbar
Gist
Fort Necessity
Fort Cumberland
Mount Vernon
Williamsburg
Annapolis
Chesapeake
Potomac
Boston
Congress
House
Sunday Letter Delivery Debated by London Officials
Mr Allen relays hearsay of a Lloyds chairman claim that no post office Sunday delivery plan is under government consideration. The lord mayor seeks official word, Colonel Maberly replies no Sunday delivery proposal exists and any change would require careful deliberation. Treasury notes endorse preserving Sunday rest and oppose London Sunday letters delivery, citing religious and social duties.
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Warwick-street
Golden-square
George Spain
Duke of Norfolk
Paddington
Jones
Lynch
M.P
Wright
Covent Garden
Cargontc
Hufeland
Germany
Cadell
Edinburgh
Russia
Shakspeare
Sir Walter
Walter
Fry
Waverley
Dr. Beattie
Sir W.'Scott
Abbotsford
Mr. Allen
Corporation of the City of London
Lloyd’s
Allen
Maberly
Justice-Room
Treasury Office
London
Majesty
S Treasury
London Post Office
Ok F. Barrie
Messrs
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Carnarvon Herald
Jefferson
Scotland
United Colonies
Knox
Princeton
Corps of Light Infantry
White Hall
Paulus Hook
Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Philosophical Society and University
Philadelphia
Seat of
Hall of Congress
Count de Rochambeau
Yorktown
de Porquet
Tremaine
Sterling
Penruddock
Robert Sterling
Hackney
Oxford
Wilson
Cornhill
Robert
Hackney Academy
St. Swithin’s Lane
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