Papin steamer diverted to Sicilian port on urgent delivery
The Papin steamer bound for M Cochelet was diverted to a Sicilian port after urgent dispatch. A steamer leaving Toulon with troops was driven to seek shelter in Corsica amid frightful sea weather. Two small vessels, Bugia and Djigelly, were wrecked near Cherchell. The brig Méléagre has sailed from Toulon to Barcelona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papin
M. Cochelet
Sicilian
Toulon
Corsica
Deine
Bugia
Djigelly
Cherchell
Méléagre
Barcelona
Metropolitan Police Extension and Coiners Case Rise
The Metropolis reports the extension of the metropolitan police district to fifteen miles from Charing-cross, with sparse station-houses and jurisdiction issues under the Police Acts. It covers a coiners raid at Church Street, St Giles, where two suspects were arrested and remanded after a large seizure of base money and tools. The piece also notes church closure threats at Aldgate and a Bevis Marks meeting for Moses Montefiore, plus public notices on Ward scrutiny, poor relief, and a London fire panorama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Police
Charing-cross
Kingston
Croydon
Police Courts
Charing Cross
Church-street
St. Giles's
Inspector Penny
Humphries
Redman
Farrar
Reynolds
Jim
Hattongarden
Cuurncu-Rates
Aldgate
Cuurcu Closep
St. Botolph
Colebach
Moses Mounteviers
Bevis Marks
Moses Montefiore
Damascus
H. de Castro
Baron Rothschild
Messrs. Ellis
Mocata
Hyams
Lucas, Cohen
M. Montefiore
Warn
Farnincpoy
New Court
Old Bailey
James Duke
Wells
Mr. Wells
Mr. Harding
Court of Aldermen
Court of
Pewtress
Harvey
City of London Union
Alderman Wilson
Thwaites
Peckham
Board of Guardians
Wilson
Charity School
Merald
Ratcliff Highway
Shoreditch
Maynard
Prospect Ron
Wellington Square
Lachlan
Primrose-street
Bishopsgate
Sun
William Johnson
Bryanstone-square
Oxford-street
Ratcliff-highway
William-street
Lambeth-marsh
Beech-street
Barbican
Ship-street
St. George’s-in-the-East
Castle-street
Metropolis
Scorr
Southwark Bridge
Sam Scott
Deptford
Scott
W. Thornton
E Division
South Crescent
Bedford Square
No. 7
Crescent
North London Hospital
Gower Street
Taylor
St. Mary Lesonr
Lonpon
Asp
Westminster Water Company
London and Westminster Water Company
Churchwarden Daniels
Cheir
Kirby
Clapp
Thames
Biers
Stephenson
Bushy Hill Meadows
Watford
Trinity
West
Phoenix
Chest Arms
Cheapside
London
St. Nicholas Without
Francis-street
Dublin
County Dublin
Ellen Savage
Anne Brian
Coombe Hospital
Claxton
New Street
M‘carthy
John Mooney
Saunders
Ereter
Hake
Bartholomew-yard
Hirkcaldy
Bethune
Kirkcaldy
Burghs
Ferguson
Leeds
United Kingdom
Parliamentary Reform Association Committee
Messrs. Marshall and Sons
Holbeck
Merthyr
Ann Davis
Gellygaer
Bedwellty
Gellypaer
Cardiffgael
Perth
Campbell
Liaran
Corribhachdidh-nam-Fiadh
Locherrachdh-side
Strath
One Child’s Death and a Brutal Poisoning Scheme
In Dunfermline a six year old girl dies suddenly, later linked to poison given by Betty, a servant of George Simpson. The ten year old sister reported brutal abuse and the poison used in porridge, leading to disinterment and confirmation by the faculty. Betty is jailed awaiting trial. The report also covers a large fire in Chatham, Dublin church disaster, and other local items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunfermline
Malvern
George Simpson
Betty
Wilson
Chatham
Hammond-place
Daniel West
West
Sun Fire-Office
Kent County Fire Establishment
Colonel Best
Hulk
Black
Crandall
Maidstone
The Skull in Wardley Hall A Tale of Crime and Ghosts
A lengthy Victorian tale recounts the Downes family at Worsley and a cursed skull linked to a brother's crime. A mysterious wooden box from London provokes fear, burial of a macabre secret, and a skull that returns to haunt the living, culminating in tragedy for Maria and Eleanor and the ruin of Harry Downes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worsley
Wardley Hall
Manchester
Downes
Lord Barrymere
Maria Downes
Eleanor
Maria
Harry
Demauch
Harry Downes
Jim Hazleden
London
Antony
Flanders
Betty
Becky Pinnington
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Literary Chronicle
The
Westminster Review
Henry Hooper
Becky
Terra
Ladie
London-bridge
Heraud
Napoleon
R. H. Horne
France
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