New Zealand Company plans second colony settlement
Letter from the New Zealand Company directors to Bryan Edward Duppa outlines approval of a second Port Nicholson settlement with land regulations. They propose £300 per allotment of three sections and cabin passage allowances up to £20,000, reserving native lands and allowing the company to buy up to one tenth of lands offered. The directors promise vigorous backing and seek royal approval.
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New Zealand
Port Nicholson
Joan Wan
Bryan Edward Duppa
Emigration Plan Discussed At Colonial Club Meeting
A large gathering of noblemen and gentlemen at the Colonial Club debated memorialising government to adopt the emigration commission plan for transporting emigrants from the British Isles to Canada. Resolutions proposed three-part cost sharing and a memorial to be submitted to ministers, with a sub-committee revising details. Also notes a separate Africa colonization meeting at Egyptian Hall endorsing free people of colour settlements and a petition to Lord Russell for parliamentary action.
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North American Colonial Association
Colonial Club
British Isles
Canada
Earl of Mountcashel
Earl of Devon
Lord Blaney
J. de Courcy Laffan
A. M‘lean
Africa
Costello
Gurley
America
Hodgkin
Messrs. Wright
Ridgway
John Russell
House of Commons
House of Peers
Breach of promise case for damages at Queen's Bench
At Guildhall Greenstone versus North, a breach of promise of marriage suit, heard before Lord Denman and a common jury, ended with a verdict for the plaintiff for 250 pounds. The plaintiff, daughter of a widow who ran the Two Brewers, alleged prior betrothal and a later union of the defendant with another woman. The case contrasted with no notable public interest.
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Court OF Queen’s Bench
Guildhall
Judges Chambers at Sea and Maidstone Bail Granted
Report of bail for two prisoners in the Queen v Wittiny Coox and Grace Wakeman for murder after evidence from Maltese seamen and ship steward. Bail set at £250 each with four £75 securities for Maidstone gaol delivery on March 15. Also Consistory Court cases Brummell v Brummell and Vanderguicht v Vanderguicht for adultery leading to divorce. Rives v Rives to follow on adultery grounds. divorce granted in part.
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Charbers
Cuarce
Munosr
Tae Queen
Robert Wittiny Coox
Grarnce Wakeham
Ballantine
Thames
Maidstone Assizes
William Sage
Justice Coleridge
Montague-place
Russell-square
Bodkin
Espinasse
Pelham
Kr. Langham
Espinasee
Valentine
Coleridge
Maidstone
Arches Court
Tresday
Rives
H. Jenner
Thomas Rives
Phillimore
Dr Bayford
Vicar of Thames Ditton Accused of Intoxication
The case of Burder v. Straw opened today with the reading of evidence and answers in an interrogatory. The vicar faces a charge of intoxication. Arguments will be heard on the last court day, report postponed.
Coal weight fraud before Sir Peter Laurie at Bow Street
A coal merchant Thomas Magarey faced Sir Peter Laurie for selling underweight coal to the poor amid severe weather. Evidence from ward inquest witnesses showed repeated deficiencies in sacks, and though Magarey denied fault, the inquest considered potential prosecution with city solicitor guidance. A 20 guinea donation to the Billingsgate poor ended the case.
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Wsicntep Cuantry
Thomas Magarey
Peter Laurie
Murray
Billingsgate
William Sabine
Cambridge Road
Piper
Potter
Rodber
Wright
St. Mary-at-Hill
Jeremiah Stevenson
Thomas Wright
Martha Moret
John Runeker
Underwood
James Smith
Newbone
Laurie
Pearson
Magarey
Billingegate Ward
Deserter surrenders to obtain prison stay in Union Hall case
In a Union Hall hearing, William Moor, former private of the rifle brigade, confessed as a deserter to avoid hardship, aiming for prison benefits. Witnesses traced prior desertion charges and a Malta court martial, while another linked case involved Sarah Huggins facing bigamy accusations and a contested marriage record. The proceedings also covered Gibson’s workhouse escape bid to stop his wife’s Canterbury removal, with officials promising a review. Greenwich Police later saw a coroners case dismissing a false pretences charge after bank and account questions.
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60Th
Secretary of War
Edward Biddle
War Office
Devizes
Andrew Crank
Malta
England
Maria Duffell
William Huggins
Gillingham
Duffell
Mr. Lockyer
Huggins
187 P
St. George's Church
Lock.yer
Maltby
Joseph Lockyer
Trinity Church
Southwark
Haru Jemep
Day
St. George the Martyr
Gibson
Canterbury
St. George’s
Mr. Day
Mr. Maltby
Carslake
Sarah Gibson
Mr. Carslake
Greenwich
Cuarce
Carifar
West Kent
Jeremy
Davis
Woolwich
C. J. Smith
Carttar
London and County Bank
London
Mr. Jeremy
Mr. Smith
Smith
Halpen
Mr. Halpen
Mr. Davis
Royal West PEXNARD CHEESE Presented to Queen at Buckingham Palace
A massive cheese was brought to Buckingham Palace for the Queen who viewed it privately and approved. Prince Albert received the deputation at one o clock, and the parties were told Her Majesty is gratified. The lord steward conveyed the Queen’s gratification to the presenters. Also notes on Hatton-garden police court removal and Brentford inquest into William Spruce’s death on the Grand Junction canal.
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Hatton-garden
Bagnigge Wells-road
Clerkenwell
Frederick Street
Bagnigge Wells
Gray's-inn-road
Smyrke
Brextrorp
Wiliam Spruce
Brentford
Baker
Wakley
Three Pigeons Inn
New Brentford
William Spruce
William and Henry
Grand Junction Canal
Kingsbury
County of
Middlesex
Regent's Canal
Hanwell
Regent's Canal Company
A Curious Column On Naval Schemes And A Scottish Trick
A quirky column mixes a romantic blessing poem for a lass with a satirical naval anecdote. It recounts Captain K and Sir Ginger manipulating promotions for wealth, ending with Mac resigning after a yellow fever crisis, and Sir Ginger’s appointment aboard a frigate set to sail to purge residual “Yellow Jack.”
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Edo
Gingit
K Gate
Ginger
Obj
Gingerset
Mace
Mac
Pop
Port Royal
Mae
Yellow Jack
Sming
Oddities and moral musings in a scattered miscellany
A fragmented local column critiques religious expositions and literary titles, lampooning Abimelech in Judges and noting oddities in French devotional book titles. It touches on envy and popularity, then shifts to a brief joke about an Irishman and a boiling kettle mishap.
A Coincidence and Courtly Jests in Morning Herald
A garbled reflection on fortune and politics describes a coinicidence saving a kinglike figure, then a humorous tale of the Duke of Saxe Weimar in New York. It also includes satirical notes on warming pans with pious mottos and an anecdote about Ben Jonson and a witty epitaph for a public lawyer.
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Duke of
Saxe Weimar
New York
Ben Jonson
Surrey
Randall
Lin
Ancient London water transport and notorious trial advertisement
Reading the antiquated notes, London’s early water supply is traced from lead pipes in medieval times to the great conduit at Westcheap and later conduits from various springs. The piece also mentions a lord mayor banquet after visitors viewed conduits and cites a 1688 advertisement lampooning Chief Justice Jefferies and the Papillon trial, sold by booksellers.
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London
Fyburn
Westeheap
Hackney
Muswell-hill
Hampstead-heath
Marylebone
England
L Pillon
J Jefferies
Charles the Second
Papillon
Dubois
Michael Janewe
The Mother's Prayer by Miss Rose
A mother's face pale with care prays for her ailing child and unborn fatherly guidance. The poem traces her devoted vigil, illness, and the hope of heavenly trust, ending with a vision of reunion in a future land where love transcends earthly pain.
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Jessie
Miss Rose
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