Labourers' Improvement Society report on allotments and cottages
The chairman reviews parish reports on allotments for laborers, noting benefits to health and morals, and concerns over rents and misused land. Cottages are scarce, often poor, and badly maintained, with worries about education, charities, and debt clubs. Wages and employment remain key issues, though some landowners adopt allotments. calls for action to expand land access and support Village clubs and loan funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawyer
Gavn
Warmanver
Great Barton
Sunder
Flowerdew
Hall Farm
Young- Mildenbailers
General meeting of the above society at Freemasons Tavern
The general meeting convened at Freemasons Tavern to elect four annotants from nine candidates. The chair opened proceedings at five, Burrell presided, and the annuity fund was discussed with a reading of the statement showing a £99 building fund balance.
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Freemasons’ Tavern
Great 1
Burrell
Harbours of Refuge report on Dover Port and rival sites
A Treasury minute dated April 20 1844 reviews harbours of refuge along the coast. It endorses Dover Bay with Cheesman's Head as its starting works, and proposes breakwaters at Seaford and Portland with favorable partial orders. Costs run to millions for masonry walls, with defences and military batteries to protect the new harbours, and a strong call for rapid action despite high outlay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Theta Harbour
Dover Bay
Cheesman's Head
Dover Bas
Cheesman’s Head
Seaford Road
Portland Bay
Dover
Portland
Seaford
Plymouth
Herwich
Tesa
Coxcttsiox
Portsmouth
Thames
T. Byam Martin
Howard Douglas
J. D. Donbar
Car
J. A. Peiley
Peter Fisher
R.N
J.n.colquhoun
R.C. Alderson
Jobn Washington
J. Walker
Dungeness
W. Synexus
Convictions at Aylesbury and Ashenden Petty Sessions
At Aylesbury and Ashenden petty sessions Emanuel Priest and William Jeffkins were jailed for seven and ten days respectively for setting a snare and trespass in pursuit of game on Sir J. D. King’s preserves. Stacy Scott was fined ten shillings for trespass on Duke of Buckingham land. costs were contested. A medical death by prussic acid near Cirencester prompted an inquest verdict of accidental overdose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aylesbury
Emanuel Priest
J. D. King
Halton
William Jeffkins
Ashenden
Stacy Scott
Waddesdon
Duke of Buckingham
Bedford Mercury
Stratton
Cirencester
Daniel Stuart Holmes
Ball
Holmes
Horsepools Inn
Painswick
Horsepools
Combend
Brimpsfield Park
James Holmer
Sarah Phillips
Deceated
Tier
Widon
Mr. James Holmes
Dr. Kinneir
Warner
Kioneir
Mr. Pooley
Scheele
Kinneir
Mr. Pealey
James Holmes
Wills
Gloucestershire Standard
The Maxcatsrazx Liverpool Weathered Destructive Gale
A severe north west gale struck Liverpool and coast towns on Saturday night into Sunday morning. Vessels including the Manchester from London and the Athlone with Thalberg aboard faced peril. lifeboats saved crews, while some ships capsized or wrecked off Hayle bank and Scroby Sands. In Yarmouth a weekend storm caused multiple deaths and near-total wreckage, with brave lifeboat rescues amid ferocious seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Prince's and
George's
Parliament
Ateret
St. Barnabas’ Church
Mount Vlegsant
Manchester
London
Hallmaater
Calcutta
God
Hayle-bank
Hall
N.N.W
Baste
B. Suzawoop
Court
East Hoyle
Hoylake
Dublin
Maggie
Mersey
Belfast
Sod
M. Thalberg
Misa Birch
Miss Dolby
John Parry
Calkie
Philharmonic Society
Sunda
Athlone
Adelphi Hotel
Isle of Man
Adelphi
Ireland
Ducapret
Yarmouth
Roadstead
Jaor
Middiesford
Ann Porter
Leden
Sunderland
Metropolis
Scroby Sands
Newcastle
William Pitt
T. Bowser
Gloucester
Alexandria
Scilly
Padstow
St. Miner's
Dunbar
James Hewson
A Strange and Painful Story of Sam Chambers's Conviction
Samuel Chambers, a Worthington servant of Benjamin Walker, was found guilty at Leicestershire Midsummer Quarter Sessions of maliciously conveying water into a mine to delay work. He was sentenced to seven years transportation amid community protests, petitions, and questions about trial fairness and legal scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Chambers
Benjamin Walker
Worthington
Leicestershire
Calitera
Aweworth
Nottinghamshire
Leicester
John Brown
St. Mary's
Lount
Chambers
Annworth
Wakefield
Messra
Barber
Walker
Watnall
Messrs
Awsworth
Mark Hichards
Ashby-de la Zouch
Algo
Mark Michards
Luo
Nottingham
Answorth
Home Office
Solicitor General
Mason
Mr. Mason
Calliery
Joseph Walker
Samain
Chava
Teave
van Dieman
Leicester Chronicle
Execution of William Howell for Murder in Newgate style
The report details the execution of William Howell for murder, his brothers Walter Howell and Israel Shipley spared after a late mercy decision. It notes the prison chaplaincy, final prayers, and the crowd gathered for the ceremony, with the chaplain describing Howell's penitence and death in a repentant state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Howell
Walter Howell
Israel Shipley
Flood Page
W. Page
Howell
William
Gkd
West Indies
Lim
Tomer
Benn
Jthe
Allis
Page
Turner
Battege
Welter Howell
Iras
Alfred Cobbold
Philip Brocke
Mere
J. Green
Evy
St. M Cherel
Psalema
Cualcraft
Jesus
Calcraft
Gaal
Ibia
Walter
Shipley
Edward _Haisten
St. Stephen's
W. Reeve
Trinity
Secretary of State
James Graham
Pope in alarming state after Rome letters report age ninety
Frankfurt Gazette notes Pope is over 79 in fragile condition. The Bath Place sale of Tate ill-fated victim Sarah Hart's furniture drew a large crowd. items sold for £22 to £23 while her watch was detained for court. John Towell faces Buck counts at assizes. counsel includes Fitzroy Kelly and others retained for crown. Windmill Hotel host Dotham to collect subscriptions for orphans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heattu
Nesten
Rome
Frankfurt
Sautwimi
Tate
Sarah Jurt
Bath Place
Sarah Hart
Larken
Iver and Buroham
John Towell
County of Bucks
Fitzroy Kelly
Montaque Chambers
J.J. Williams
Serjeant Byles
Prendergest
Crown
Dotham
Windmill Hotel
Salt- Mil
Getline
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Jenoth
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Etiquetts
Thia
Geleat Sea
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Whitstable
W. Camburu
Mesers
Deane
Britannia
Weymouth
James Moore
Maater
Gacette
Gattaxt
Actova Linutsyant
Marzesty
Haspar
Royal Marines
Stewart
Coulter
Lymouth
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