Central Court Exposes 1840 London trials list details
The Central Criminal Court session opens with 118 prisoners charged across a broad calendar including bigamy burglary coining offences larceny and receiving stolen goods. The Recorder and lord mayor preside while grand jury presentments caution on juvenile ignorance and praise police efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergeant Arabin
Aldermean J. Johnson
John Temple Leader
Grand Jury
Elizabeth Tulley
Mary Anne Bombay
Tulley
Bombay
Serjeant Arabia
William John Hood
Elizabeth Stocker Risely
Sarah Wood
Prendergast
Phillips
Jane Eliza Wood
Shoreditch Church
Mr. Phillips
J. Prendergast
Charlotte Campbell
France
Jerningham
Clarke
Central Criminal Court
Newgate
Mary Ann Bombay
James Ban Ber
Old Bailey
Baron Gurney
Richard Bradshaw
Cullum
Eastern Counties Railway
Man Charged With Stealing Ten Pairs Of Soles At Billingsgate
Al Lean was brought before the lord mayor on Monday charged with stealing ten pair of soles from Billingsgate market. Green, an officer for Mr. Goldham, seized him as he walked off with a hamper of fish. Goldham described the prisoner as an incorrigible thief who robbed the market after release from prison. An associate in boats aided in stealing the best fish. The lord mayor noted the excellent sales from the market.
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Wren
Bridewell
Hobler
Old Bailey
Kent
Eltham
Welwyn
Herts
Alderman Brown
John Walsh
John Welling
Charlton-street
Somerstown
Hutchings
Hampstead Road
James M'Lachlan
Patrick Newman
Temperance Society
MrLachlan
Queen Square
Thomas Hasker
Gillingham-street
Belgrave-road
Bennet
Mr. Gregorie
Gregorie
Vauxhall-bridge-road
Bintinescate
al Lean
Billingsgate-market
Green
Goldham
Billinsgate-market
Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal
Cramer
Jefferson’s County
Portsmouth
Brown
Jem
London
St. George's Hospital
Willetts
Chelsea
Mary
Gloucestershire
Whitechapel
Severn
Jem Willett
Mr Screw
Knightsbridge
Jem Willetts
Screw
Bill Hobbs
Egypt
Opium and Foreign Dislike in China and Nordic Notes
A sample column features excerpts on opium's role in Chinese foreign relations, noting edicts and Pekin bans on ships with opium. It also describes a Norwegian silver discovery, a critique of industry without reward, and short literary vignettes including mus ical mice and a dramatic poem section with historical figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downing
China
The Ballet Mistress and Other Sketches in Literary Chronicle
A review of four sketches in a Literary Chronicle issue, led by Douglas Jerrold’s The Ballet Mistress, praised for wit and social satire. It also covers Mrs. Gore’s The Mute, a Jem Willett tale, and a Whig portrait by an unnamed MP, noting Jerrold as the source’s master-spirit and highlighting class, performance, and political themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Jerrold
Jerrold
Dansante
Strand
Rhine-valley
Pan
Arcadia
Madame Proudfoot
Casey
Burton Ale
Coral Lake
Topazes
Proudfoot
Martlett-court
Becky Sims
Miss Sims
Rebecca Sims
Sally Jones
Drury-lane
Rachael Lazarus
Vinegar-yard
Ruth Moss
Minories
Sprites
Mrs. Gore
Glass
House of Mourning
The Policy Of Pure Whiggism Speech Analysis
An essay critiques old whigs and their devotion to John Russell. It contrasts Lord Melbourne’s fall to Canning with Russell’s consistent whiggism, praising his unwavering loyalty, and notes how the old whig idolizes Russell. It then describes whig reactions to ministers and dissenting votes as personal sins against the leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.P
America
Glenelg
Whig Party
Fox
Senate
Burke
Sheridan
London
Aristocrac
England
House of Commons
Holland
Lansdowne
Devonshire House
John Russell
Lord Melbourne
Canning
Lord Morpeth
Macaulay
Lord John
Johnny
Dld
The Whig Club Dinners and Brookes’s St James’s
A critical sketch of the Whig club scene, mocking Brookes’s as a dull, antiquated venue. The piece contrasts solitary dinners and late evening news rounds with lively clubs like Crockford’s, and jokes about Farmer’s farmish image and a Manchester rone. It notes Whig attendance from noon to night and dismisses the venue as unappealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whig Club
Brookes
St. James's Street
Crockford
Alice
Lost parcel returns to Devon and Cornwall bank
A parcel directed to the Devon and Cornwall Banking Company in Falmouth, containing checks and notes, which was lost at Plymouth about a fortnight ago, has been recovered and returned in a parcel addressed to Mr Webb of the Royal Hotel in Cornwall Gaz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yue Tate Rossery
Banken
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
Falmouth
Plymouth
Webb
Royal Hotel
Cornwall
Gaz
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Isaac Sayer
Elizabeth Sayer
James Sayer
Baker
Globe
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St. George's-in-the-East
John George Riley
Lucy Riley
John Martin
Martin
Carnbroe
James Donaldson
Glasgow Courier
A Division
Royal Humane Society
St. James's
Hyde Parks
Serpentine
St. James's Park
Bremmer
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Carlyle
Worpsworrth
Martial
James Smith
Colburn
New Monthly Magazine
Coleridge
Leigh Hunt
Tennyson
Jane Grey
R. Ascham
Jane
Cicero
Epictetus
Polybius
Ascham
Lily
S. Landor
William IV
Matilda
Duke of Clarence
Augustus, Foster
Bremner
Darwin's Botanic Garden
Literary Chronicle
Jack
Toms
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Bill
Tom
Richard Willett
Marrowhene Hall
Falen
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