Trial over forged exchequer bills tests government liability
In the Exchequer Court a special jury heard Bank of England v. Tomsins over £8,000 loss from forged exchequer bills. The case traced the 1841 forgeries through Capel and Coutts to the Exchequer bill office, with Lord Monteagle and Percival scrutinizing signatures. The jury found for the plaintiffs, holding government liability.
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Bank OF England
Tomsins
Court of Exchequer
Lord Rand
Beaumont Smith
Lord Monteagle
Priomey-general
Kelly
England
James Capel
Messrs. Coutts
Capel
Exchequer-bill Office
Ti Monteagle
Mr. Capel
Sal ii H. Latham, Esq
I, Sauddee
Smith
Ind Monteagle
Ferchequer
West India
Exchequer Office
Exchequer
Mptroller-General
Percival
Ndt Greville
Mr.Erle
London
Apon
Mved
Aumont Smith
Latham
Blake
Lord Montt
Erle
Beaupith
de Burgen
Exchequer Bill Office
Abinger
Soldiers of Lavater Face Debate on Physiognomy
A military unit is likened to Lavater's soldiers as they argue over faces and the science of physiognomy. The exchange centers on appearances guiding judgment and character in a terse, charged dialogue.
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Lavater
Savage Murder at Fortune of War Beer Shop
A man named James Roberts alias Featherfoot killed Mary Reed with a grindstone at the Fortune of War beer-shop in York street Westminster. The weapon weighed over twelve pounds and the inquest returned a verdict of Wilful Murder, with Roberts committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court.
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York Street
Westminster
James Robert
Featherfoot
Mary Reed
Union Hall
James Roberts
Stone-Manson
Fortune of War
York-sreet
Roberts
Messrs
Gell and Higgs
Red Lion
Princes-street
William Keen
Castle-lane
Yorkstreet
George Francis Crow
James
Westminster Hospital
Elizabeth Rutter
York-road
Cornwall Earthquake Feels Across Felmouth Region
A violent earthquake shock struck Felmouth and surrounding Cornwall on Thursday at 8:25 a m. It was followed by a loud report and a rumbling noise like a cart overturned against a house. The report notes widespread tremor across the district and describes the ensuing disturbance in the area.
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Cornwall
Felmouth
Marriestone
Marylebone
Leeds
Manchester
R. Peel
Apothecaries
Westminster Review
Tait
Paris
Revue de Versailles
Dickson
Messia
Simpkin
General Committee On
Great Marlow
Nottingham
Weymouth
Thetford
J. Flower
Bart
Clitheroe
Lewes
Harwich
Wigan
Rutland
Longford County
Wakefield
Sudbury
Bridport
Ipswich
Belfast
Cardigan
Borough
P. Pryse
Wigton Burghs
Rochester
Gloucester City
Blackburn
Tipper
Lichfield
Southampton
Newry
J. M. Doyle
Newport
Isle of Wight
Elginburghe
Bewdley
Reading
Henry
Falmouth
Wareham
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Lyme Regis
Dorsetshire
Merthyr-Tydvil
Stafford
St. Ive’s
Windsor
Bank runs and port uprising X in 1842 Lisbon crisis
Liverpool correspondent reports a Philadelphia Pennsylvania bank injunction and closures amid a wave of bank runs. Meanwhile in Portugal a chartist revolt unfolds with the citadel in Lisbon, resignations topple ministers, and Terceira leads a new provisional cabinet as troops desert to support the charter. The piece traces financial tremors in New York and Philadelphia and political upheaval in Portugal amid naval and merchant concerns.
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Liverpool
Peds
South America
Forbes
New York
Britannia
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Bank of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Commonwealth
Porter
Moyamensing Bank
Pennsylvania Bank
Mobile
New Orleans
Bank of the United States
William W. Frazer
Marshal of
United States
Jamaica
House of Assembly
Kingston
The
Courier and Braver
Paradelphis
Bank of
Pennsylvania
David R. Porter
Perea
Davin R. Porten
Jussph Trorren
Moyamensing
Portugal
Falmouth
Lady Mary Wood
Gibraltar
Malta
Oriental
Cadiz
Lisbon
Oporto
Vigo
Her Majesty
Calcutta
Cambridge
Vernon
Malabar
Indus
Lynx
Braganza
Cape Finisterre
England
Viscount Sa da Bandeira
Terceira
Conant Bomfim
Elvas
Cesar de Vasconcellos
Count Das Antan
M. Grijo
National Guard
Castle of
St George
30Th Light Infantry
Marines
Friends of the Charter
Septembrists
Municipal Guard
30Th Foot
Carmo Square
Friends of the Cause
Paren
Duke of Terceira
Home Department
Mesinho d'Albouerque
Marine and Colonial
Loureiro
Nance
Restoration of the Charter Sparks Lisbon Turmoil
The new ministers rescind prior appointments and order disarmament as Lisbon reacts with partial celebrations. Crowds chant the charter, royal decrees restore the 1826 charter, and military movements surge from Oporto to Coimbra while Costa Cabral navigates ministers and possible treachery.
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Count Das Antas
Carmo
Septembrists
Das Antas
Don Pedro
Espartero
Portugal
Oporto
Casa Cabral
Minho
Tras Os Montes
Valenga
Castello Branco
Coimbra
Goodden
Marquis of Frontiera
Costa Cabral
Home Department
Louis Philippe
Bopes
England
Diario
L. P. S. MonsinHo D'Albuquerque
Palace of Necessidades
Abrantes
Elvas
Evora
Cadiz
Council of Ministers
Palace of Necensidades
Lisbon
Eppl
Marquis of Fronteira
Madrid
M. Aguilar
Lorenzo
Guizot Wins Defeat Of Franchise Extension In Parliament
Wednesday report notes M Guizot carried the day against extending electoral rights to professionals with 234 votes to 193. Opposition surprised, some Legitimists and Passy followers split. Dufaure and Lamartine faulted, Guizot praised for eloquence, while others criticized his theories as unsuitable to France.
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Legentil Vuitry
Legrand
Velux
M. Dufaure
M. Guizot
Lamartine
Dufaure
France
M.guizot
Mesars
Ducos
Chamber
Caledonia disaster and other naval notices across Atlantic
A long column reports on the Caledonia steamship damage near Cork after a Baltic storm, with passenger accounts praising Captain Lott. It notes Sioux and slave trade topics, a slave brig capture, Pozzo di Borgo’s death, and various London prison fire fears and a fatal ditch suffocation in Hendon.
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Mendizabal
Montanes
Barcelona
Gallicia
Old Castile
Burgos
Madrid
Caledonia
Liverpool
Halifax
Boston
Cork
LiveRfoot
Acadia
Lott
Gabriel
Havannah
Acorn
Africa
St. Helena
Montreal Courier
Paris
Charles André
Pozzo di Borgo
France
England
Rue de l'Université
Legislative Assembly
Stave Trave
Europe
Great Britain
M. Guizot
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Lord Aberdeen
Walrecnoss-strett Patson
Whitecross-street
Douglas
Barrett
Hexvon
Wakley
M.P
Higgins
Golder’s-green
William Gillard
London
Child’s Hill
Hendon
Explosion at Hounslow Powder Mill Kills and Injures Several
A massive powder mill explosion at Messrs Charles Berwick Curtie and Harvey on Hounslow Heath, two workers killed, three passersby fatally injured, with others severely hurt. The corning mill was destroyed, debris strewn across grounds and river, and survivors rushed to care as surgeons treat the wounded amid widespread alarm.
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Hounslow Heath
Charles Berwick
Curtie
Harvey
Skinner-street
Hounslow
Colne
Henry Finch
Wm. Woolman
Finch
Woolman
Peter Thomas
William Caldwin
Alfred Malthouse
Frogiey
Ates
Ru. Malt
Thomas
Calvin
DREADFUL accident at Sir John Rennie’s foundry
A severe accident at the Sir John Rennie and Co foundry in Holland Street Blackfriars road left six workers injured as molten iron cascaded from a ladle during pouring for a diving bell. The injured were taken to hospital. firm officials ensured families would not want.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rennie
Holland-street
Blackfriars Road
Sir John Rennie and Co
Engineers
Holland Street
Guy’s Hospital
Berry
George
Hardy
Benton
Dolphin
Povey
Joan Sydney Taylor
A.M
Bargister-at- Law
Exeter Hall
Strand
Sydney Taylor
John Chetwode
Bart
Sergeant Glover
John Bence
U.S.A
William Etty
R.A
William Ewart
Dr. Barry
Kensall-green
Duke of Buckingham
Hastings
Thomas Clarkson
A. M
Fitzroy, Kelly
Q.C. Dears
D. E. Monrnis
Jay Hary
Morris
Mr. Morris
Chance
George Colman
Colman
Admiralty
Haymarket Theatre
King’s Bench
Dibdin
Messrs
Tahourdin
Wilston
Paul Pry
Bannister
Munden
Fawcett
Dowton
Charlee Amble
Mathews
Jones
Charles Young
Terry
Warde
Rae
Mrs. Humby
Miss Kelly
Metropolis
Munro
Kent
House of Commons
Saturda
Eaton Square
John Russell
Lord Palmerston
Laboechere
Baring
Fox Maule
Vernon Smith
Angon
Colonel Fox
Thomas Wilde
Macaulay
H. Tufnell
John Hobhouse
William Clay
C. Tae Muixitia
Total Exports and Wool Figures for 1841
Total exports show 44,545,595 pounds in 1841, with home consumption of cotton wool at 440,297,101 pounds after a Slits off from 531,197,817 pounds in 1840. Sheep's wool rose from 53,020,067 pounds in 1841, up from 50,002,976 pounds in 1840.
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