Miscellany and notable coastal and urban items
A collage of brief notes covers postal dues on a Great Western steamer, Shrewsbury market sales, a tragic house fire in York Street, Marshal Soult’s salaries, cattle deaths near Tullamore, rubber paving ideas, and rail signals. It also reports church dissent, harbour surveys, a water-front mystery coffin, and various local incidents and reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Western
New York
Shrewsbury
William Henry Merrideth
York-street
Bryanston-square
Marshal Soult
Walsh
Tullamore
London
Eastenx Counties’ Nicar Sicxats
R. Hall
Eastern Counties’ Railway
Hampshire
Portsmouth Harbour
Sherringham
Otter
Mackenzie
Park
Southsea
Higgs
Northumberland Arms
Northumberland-street
Strand
Wood's Wharf
Scotland Yard
Merphat
College of Physicians
College of Surgeons
The
College —Medical Times
Woop Pavine
Whitehall
Oxford-street
Fore-street
City
St. Giles’s Church
Coutts and Cou
King’s College Hospital
Little Horton
Bradford
Leeds Mercury
Tobago
New
Broad-street
Brecon Petty
Williams
John Smith
Messrs. French and Co
Leytonstone
Essex
Smith
London Hospital
Mile-end
Wm. Carter
Surrey
Drum
Snow’s Fields
Bermondsey
Lydia Betsey James
Anne Bailey
Murder at Ashton under Lyne exposed lawyers union conspiracy
Nineteen suspects in custody linked to a broad conspiracy tied to lawyers unions across Lancashire and beyond. Evidence includes club box documents, initiation rites with oaths, and coercive rules enabling strikes and intimidation. Several officials and secretaries face conspiracy charges. Peter Thompson held on murder and conspiracy suspicions with alibi challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashton
Benjamin Cooper
Ireland
London
Liverpool
Lancaster
Bolton
Rochdale
Edinburgh
Glasgow
United Kingdom
Lancashire
Ashton-under- Lyne
Bury, &c
Newton
Ashton-under-Lyne
Driver
Lomax
Lawyers’ Union
Askiton
Union
Trades’ Union
Hyde
General Representative Union
Representative Union
Representative Union For Relief
Committee of Management
England
Bolton Union
Thomas
James Hardwicke
Davis
Williams
Peter Thompson
Cooper
Michael Weston
John Barlow
John Lomax
Thomas Wilde
Rochdale Union
Robert Sutton
Robert Ken
Taylor
Thompson
Whitehead
Oldham
Destructive Fire Destroys Dublin Printery and Injury Fears
A fire at four in the morning hit Mr Folds' printing premises in Bachelor's Walk Dublin. The warehouse and counting house collapsed with the roof, destroying vast type stock valued around £8000. Suspected incendiary act noted. Nearby, a separate accident injured a four year old nephew of Mr Latham a master butcher of King David's Lane Shadwell. A surgeon, J Ross, attended and hopes for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soveman
Latham
King David’s Lane
Shadwell
J. Ross
Folds
Bachelor’s Walk
Dublin
Concerts d Hiver Attracts Lovers Of Good Music Despite Cold
The Concerts d Hiver continue to draw music lovers amid inclement weather. Balfe’s Siege of Rochelle is featured with strong soloists Koenig Barret Willem-Bordogni Frisch and Dantonet plus Beethoven’s Sinfonia Pastorale and Donizetti’s Les Martyrs overture. Covent Garden receipts top £2400 last week. The Windsor garrison officers stage Charles XII and The Review with a charitable motive and a Windsor performance prior to another show on Friday. Earlier, a Brighton court heard Titianus v Crocus over a pantomime licence, resulting in a £50 fine for lack of proper authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balfe
Rochelle
Koenig
Barret
Willem-Bordogni
Frisch
Dantonet
Clara
Beethoven
Strauss
Eliason
M. Musard
M. Laurent, Junior
Fraser
M. Laurent
Covent Garden Theatre
GanRrison Theatricals
Windsor
Horace Smith
Captain Douglass
60Th Rifles
Peor
Charles XII
G. Liddell
Triptolemus
Mr. Price
Captain Crombie
Adam Brock
Captain Seymour
Major Vanberg
Dame Michaud
Amina
Mordaunt
Captain Price
1St Lifeguards
Seymour
Bukuron
Tastanus v. Crocus
Batty
Walton
Harleuin
E. S. Creasy
George II
Creasy
Lord Tenterden
King v. Nevill
Barnewall and Adolphus
G. Dempster
King v. Hanley
Kenyon
Dempster
Lord Kenyon
Cooke’s Circus
London
Brighton
Princess Royal christening at Buckingham Palace announcement
The Globe reports the princess royal will be christened on her Majesty's marriage anniversary at Buckingham Palace with a large royal audience expected. The Standard discusses Lord Hill's rumoured retirement from the Horse Guards, noting health concerns as a potential trigger if he resigns his post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Royal
Buckingham Palace
Globe
Standard
Lord Hill
Horse-guards
Tattersall's betting on racehorses and Cheltenham dispute ends
Sporting intelligence covers Tattersall's Monday racing market with Rosalie colt Palemon and others in heavy backing and varied odds. It notes closing prices, large stakes against many horses, and a resolved Cheltenham tradesmen dispute with continued subscription to the hunt. Also reports curling in Haskins and Waterford fox hunts with dramatic cover hunting at Barn and surrounding countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tattersall
Tae Densy
Rosalie
Palemon
Marshal Soult
Eringo
Coronation
Hans
Ralph
Prince Caradoc
Wahab
Simoom
Scott
Lord Stradbroke
Col. Peel
Mostyn
Lord Chesterfield
G. Heathcote
Wreford
Anson
Duke of Wellington
Vansittart
Westenra
Yates
Dixon
Knightsbridge
Nevill
Mustapha
Col. Westenra
Warlock
Gardner
Ben Brace
Lord Jersey
Cheltenham
Cheltenham Subscription
Haskines
Sir Charles Lamb
Lord Antrim
Sir Charles
Susser
Reynard
Donegal
Cashel
Woodenstown
Loughkent
Outragh
Knockgrafton
Ireland
Lord Ingestrie
Royal amusements at Frogmore with sledge ride on the lake
Windsor reports Her Majesty and Prince Albert enjoying sledge riding on Frogmore Lake with a growing royal entourage. The Queen Dowager Queen Adelaide remains in good health and has donated £200 for colonial bishoprics. Rumors hint Lord Hill may retire from Horse Guards. treasury announces retirements across customs and port officers. A harsh letter case by Canotine Norton is described, alongside new post office registration rules and brief hospital, inquest notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Her
Prince Albert
Royal Household
Frogmore
Lord Melbourne
Queen Adelaide
Sudbury
Derby Chronicle
Lord Hill
Horse-guards
Gibbe
Treasury
Omrports
Hull
Bristol
Charles Sheridan
Canotine Norton
Patriot
Church of England
Canterbury
Bunting
Heber
Ceylon
Sr. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Wood
Wix
Russell Court
Bermondsey
Extraordinary Charge of Assault Between Clergyman and Wife
Mrs Selina Irvine, elegantly dressed, stood charged with assaulting her husband Rev Marcus D Arcy Irvine at Bristol. The hearing revealed allegations of violence, a night in the station house, and disputed accounts from Irvine and the couple’s servant, with both sides blaming provocation and mutual fault as magistrates weighed the warrant and possible future arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selina Irvine
Bristol
Bosworth
Erge Marcus D'Arcy Irvine
Irvine
F. Jarman
H. Britten
Brittan
G. M. D'Arcy Irvine
St. Mary Redcliff
Bridewell
Ann
Redcliff-parade
Bleech
Mr. Patterson
Jarman
Burges
Mr. Irvine
Mrs. Irvine
Mr. Brittan
Ann Norfolk
Mr. Jarman
Mr. Britten
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