Contempt of the House upholds commitment in Stockdale case
Lord Denman and justices rule the warrant for habeas corpus return valid and the House of Commons may commit for contempt. They affirm that the commitment stands on the face of the warrant and that the crown cannot challenge the House’s process. The prisoners remain in custody and are remanded by the sheriffs into the Commons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
King v. Burdett
Burdett
Abbott
Lord Ellenborough
Justice Bayley
Lord Holt
Paty
J. Hobhouse
Stockdale
Westminster Hall
House of Lords
House of Parliament
George II
Justice Littledale
Lord Denman
Hansard
Justice Williams
Coleridge
W. Gossett
Deaths and inquests across London and Paris
An inquest in Brunswick square returned a verdict of natural death for William Lawrence a 75 year old farmer from Essex who died after grief and a fall following two apoplectic fits. Another inquest at St James's Palace found Princess Augusta’s page Thomas Hardy died of apoplexy after a brief illness. News from Paris recounts Lady Sterling's purse theft with a six month imprisonment for the thief Pescaire. A deadly accident aboard the Thomas Daniel near Cardiff left five men missing, presumed dead after a gale. An Ealing inquest on a young woman found dead in a pond marked "A. H. No.6" released a verdict of found dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuppen
Wakley
Wheatsheaf
Kenton-street
Brunswick Square
Wm. Lawrence
Maddon
Essex
Henrietta-mews
Brunswick-square
Hayes
St. James’s Palace
Frederick John Mannning
Her Majesty
Thomas Hardy
Augusta
Lady Sterling
Paris
Boulevard de la Madeline
Malachy Daly
Place Vendome
Pescaire
Marseilles
Thomas Daniel
Cherry
Antigua
Cardiff
Bristol
Mr. Walker
Charles Fry
Walker
Bristol Curnal
Ealing
Jury Absences Doomed Glamorgan Trial In Fairness Verdict Set Aside
A trial before Judge Patteson dealt with jurors repeatedly leaving the grand jury room at Glamorganshire Town Hall. They sought warmth, cigars, and meals during proceedings, including two jurors at the Camden Arms. The foreman kept the door key to ensure quick departure, and the judge ruled the trial unjust, granting the rule to set aside the verdict for a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HuGues
Glamorgan
Camden Arms
E. VY. Williams
Justice Coleridge
Police Reports From Bow Street And Marlborough Street
Recurring court notes describe a Norwegian tom cat dispute at a Compton street shop, a Bath area love debt case, forged bill charges against Higgs, Desden assault allegations in Lady Hamilton’s circle, a cinders theft at Gray’s Inn, a near fatal wagon accident, chartist fireworks, rag theft at Humphery’s wharf, and a hat robbery scheme involving a Jew receiver with a boy and Nathan.
A Curious Column on Drake and Northern Travel
A column weaving verses about Sir Francis Drake with travel lore from Tornea and Lapland. It surveys historical pride, romantic notions, and humorous barangues of European travelers, including a tale of a sunwatcher and a Neapolitan tarantella.
Death or a Muser A Person of William Jones 60
A Salop infirmary in patient William Jones aged 60 left the hospital last Saturday week at his own request. He died while attempting to access money he claimed was in his cottage. A search uncovered about £240 in gold and silver, £250 in securities, and various odds and ends. He owned multiple cottages on Bayston hill and claimed common land. He appeared to have amassed wealth by begging and selling herbs. his brother and sister survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardwick
John Blacklock
Every
Brown
John Dogherty
Levy
Garrick Theatre
Church Lane
London Hospital
Samuel Pollard
Pierse
Division of Police
Hunt-street
Mr. Pierse
William Jones
Salop
Bayston Hill
Atcham Union
Salopian Journal
Charivari and the Jonnoy Macaziyo Charm in London Debates
A 19th century Charivari issue mocks Parliament with broad humor and political jests. It highlights Colonel Slip-slop’s midnight spectacle, Triple Bob Major, and the Davie Diddledoff tale of travels to London with thirty pounds. The review notes substantial content beyond mere frolic, and hints at satire aimed at ministers, opposition, and the press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Simpkin and
Marshall
Axp Courrier Ors Dames
England
Westminster
Thorwaldsoy
Byron
Davie Diddledoff
London
Charivari
Ndidare
Davie and the Patent Safety Cab Scam
Davie arrives in Thames Street seeking a patent safety cab but faces a noisy, deceitful ride. A failed direction leads to St Paul’s dangers, a quarrel over fare, and Davie using a Glasgow fare record to negotiate. The cabman backs off as Davie pays three shillings sixpence to end the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davie
Thames-street
Henry
Hansum
Davy
Wyeh-street
Phaeton
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Wych
Hallborren
Wardigras
Holborn Hill
Thomson
Glasgow
Davie at the dining rooms and a strange tongue
Davie enters a bustling dining room and clumsily encounters a waiter reciting a garbled bill of fare in a mock cockney tongue. He misreads a paper as roast pig and orders bread with a single drink, while a suave mobster and a sharp-eyed public scene unfold around him. He then meets a fancy young lady and contemplates Temple-like places, mistaking her for a mayor's daughter as witty dialogue about pickpockets ensues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roas
Davy
Limon
Davie
Charles
Lab
Davies
Davie's
Saturn
Strane
Temple
Trump
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LAW
Bow Street
James Saul
Compton-street
St. Giles's
Twyford
William Kent
Berwick-street
Soho
Norway
Mr. Twyford
Newman-street
Swain
Dyer
Miss Castles
John Mansfield
Bishopsgate-street
Elizabeth Castles
W.higgs
Miss HE. Castles
Jermyn Street
Mansfield
Lady Hamilton
Halfmoon-street
Piccadilly
Victor Desden
Desden
Colonel Hamilton
Wolff
Lady
Mr. Combe
Lambeth Street
Union Hall
Caime
John Smith
Jeremy
Alderman Humphery
Southwark
Haseldine
Humphery's Wharf
Tooley-street
Roy Tureves
Charles Ware
Charles Saunders
Blackman Street
Saunders
Nathan
Ware
Sir F. Drake
Greenwich Hospital
Thomas Race
Albion
Europe
Britain
Ofvre Tornea
Matarengi
Avasaxa
Lulea
St. Petersburg
Vanderdecken
Cape
West Bothnia
Iceland
Lapland
Rosa Taddei
Apollo
Hindoo
Marawa
Ceylon
Muhammedan
India
Euxine
Caspian
Justin
Diodorus
Kama Rupa
Germany
Naples
Signor
Francesco
Thorvaldsen
Mgr. Hope
Rome
Jason
Denmark
Scandinavia
Bremner
Sweden
Charivarri
Sieces
Chandler Brougham
Charley Grant
Glenelg
Bob Stuart
Ava
Jock Camplin
Earl Minto
Fox Manle
Fergusin
Windsor Castle
David
Fogle
Vipe
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