Western Australian Expedition Discovery Under Lieutenant Grey
A detailed account from the Perth Colonial Gazette describes Lieutenant Grey and 10 companions on a humane but fatal expedition to the north west coast of Australia. The party faced storms, scarce provisions, and hostile natives, with four men dying and a missing surgeon later found dead near Moore’s River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oget Grey
Australia
Perth
Colonial
Grey
Walker
Frederick Smith
Shark’s Bay
Bernier Island
Intorre Island
Sith
Smith
Cape Cuvier
Gantheaume Bay
Jad
Wiwosbey
Grey Suntv
Mr. Grey
F. Wf
Mortimer
Her Majesty's 21St Regiment
Spofforth
Moor'’s
Woods
Maui
Secr
Rward
Boukernyup
Ture
Warrap
Roe
Moore River
Kadjilup
Stafforth
Kinchela
Carbon River
Ith
Warrup
Ruston
Mr. Roe
Swan-river
Octavius Smith
Thames Bank
Westminster
William Smith
Norwich
England
Lieutenant Grey
Mr. F. Smith
Brady
Walkdr
Christmas meals for paupers in London workhouses spark controversy
The poor law commissioners refused extra Christmas allowances for new unions citing fairness to ratepayers, while parishes kept plum pudding roast beef and beer. The report lists detailed rations for St Marylebone, Lambeth, Islington, Newington, Bermondsey, Greenwich, Brentford, Hendon, Wandsworth, Clapham, Kensington, Edmonton, Enfield, Hackney, St Pancras, Clerkenwell, Holborn, St Luke's, St Leonard and others, noting adults and children and per-house allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards of Guardians
Clerkenwell
St. Marylebone
St. Mary
Islington
Ford-green
St. Mary, Newington
St. Mary Magdalene
Bermondsey
Merton
Surrey
St. Mary, Rotherhithe
Greenwich Union
Brentford Union
Hendon Union
Wandsworth and
Clapham
Kensington Union
Edmonton Union
Hampstead
Edmonton
Enfield
St. John
Hackney
St. Pancras
Reid
Holborn Union
o _ Saint Luke's
Middlesex
St. Leonard
Shoreditch
Old London Workhouse Rations Across Unions Described
The article lists pauper populations and their allowances across unions and workhouses in East London and central districts. Details cover numbers of adults and children, farming arrangements for dependent youths, and daily rations of beef or pork, plum pudding, potatoes, greens, beer or porter, tea and sugar, with notes on supervision by guardians and ratepayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethnialigreen
East London Union
Aubin's Infant Asylum
Norwood
Bishopsgate
Alléwance
al- Strand Union
St. Ann
Soho
St. Paul
Covent
St. Giles-in-the-Fields
St. James's
Westminster
Sadisty
Hackney Wick
Victoria Asylum
Chiswick
Board of Guardians
Sean St. George's
Stepney
St. Martin's
Aubin's
St. Margaret's
St. John's
St. Saviour’s Union
St. Olave’s Union
St. Giles’s
Camberwell
Icc
West London
Seeger St. Bride’s
Edmonton
St. Sepulchre
Whitechapel Union
Whitechapel
Spitalfields
The Aston Inquest into a Brutal Murder Near Birmingham
An inquest at the Aston tavern investigates the murder of Peter Coffea in Lawley street Aston. Evidence describes a bagged body found in a ditch with two fatal head wounds and a lead fragment in the brain. Suspects include Welsh family members with blood stained hammer and stick discovered in the ransacked dwelling near Witt at seven the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Whateley
Aston Tavern
George Docker
Aston
Park Wall
Lower Witton
John Bill
New John-street
Birmingham
Newton-row
Whitton
Birmingham and Liverpool
Mr. Roberts
Mr. Dodds
Dodds
Inspector Hall
Binningham
Short
Mr. Short
William Such
Robert Dodds
Bill
Catherine Pemberton
Joepph Pemberton
Lawley-street
Whittington and Hig
Ham
William
Hall
J. B. Payn
Shaw
Sconp
Joseph Hodgson
Hus
Hodgson
Miskin
Collins
Webb
Liverpool
Handsworth
Warwick
Stafford
Peter Coffea
K’phee
Aston-church
Welsh
Coffea
Witt
Stephens
Man
Dale-end
Moor Street
Tragic House Fire Ends in Childs Death in Bexley Heath
A five year old boy started a fire at a Featherstone row home in Bexley Heath burning his younger sister's pinafore. Neighbour Clark and Dr. Carter responded but the child died early the next morning. The incident prompts inquiry into parental supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter
Featherstone-row
Bexleyheath
Clark
Carter
Woolwich Advertiser
Jannyat's Recent Novels Reviewed and Quoted
The Literary Chronicle surveys Jannyat's Diary in America and Poor Jack, noting Marryat's pretended democracy critique and the diary’s vivid barroom satire. It cites scenes of Yankee swagger, temperance debate, and a comic tale titled A She Commander along with early impressions of Poor Jack's youthful hero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jannyat
Jatévory
America
Colburn
Delicate Household Conflict Over Fiery Courtship
An old family row unfolds when a sailor father sups before a surprise appearance by Lady Hercules. She rebukes his wife for propriety breaches amid a garbled report involving a government appointee and new housing plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hercules
Sir Hercules
Portsmouth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Western Australian Expedition
Discovery
Literary Chronicle
New York
United States
London
Congress
Far West
Head
Philadelphia
Ethankey
Dublin
Paddy
Edinburgh
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