Incendiary Fires Alarm Rural Communities
A series of suspected arson incidents disrupts farms across Kent Rochester and surrounding villages. At High Polstow near Holston, Mr Allen’s stackyard and barns burned despite quick action by Sun fire office engine and workers. A nine year old boy faced investigation for alleged starting a blaze at a separate property, while other farms including Hoe farm and Bluntisham report large losses from suspected incendiaries. Clergy and locals helped combat the flames, with authorities seeking culprits as night patrols and bail are noted.
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KeEnt
Allen
Holston Church
Lewis
Globe
Holston
County Police Ofice
College-green
Rochester
John Baker
Geo. Ossenton
W. Lewis
Will D High Halstow
Wm. Tupper
Chatham
Tycey Plantsm
William Houghton
Hoefarm
Bishop's Waltham
Hants
Houghton
Barton
Teesdale
A. Peyton
St. Ives
Asplen
Bluntisham
Murder in Guildford Area: Keeper slain near Lord Grantley preserves
Report of a keeper employed by Lord Grantley found dead in a canal near his lordship's preserves after a Friday evening at a Bramley pub. Police suspect poachers attacked him following a failed attempt to flee. evidence notes a brutal head wound, dragged body, and bloodstained ground. He left a wife and seven children.
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Guildford
Lord Grantley
Bramley
Tomkisson
Mr. Willburton
Newdigate
Willburton
Dapper Willburton
Christchurch
Inquest on the body at Bramley near Guildford
A jury at the Jolly Farmer Bramley viewed James Edwards 48 principal keeper to Lord Grantley after he was found dead in Lyne Ersh near the river Wey. Witnesses linked James Elsley to the death and gun related evidence while the coroner noted a brutal head wound. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against James Elsley.
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Bramley
Guildford
J.c.woods
West Surrey
James Edwards
Lord Grantley
Joseph Head
Tama
Wey
Lyne Ersh
Grante
E. Walker
Sparks
Jolly Farmer
James Elsley
Young Vickery
Charlotte
Henry Brown
John Turrell
Charles Jenkins
W. H. Biddlecombe
Godalming
Runcommon
Taleo
Charles Hollington
James Elsler
Joseph Jenkins
Bill
Ratle
James Sherlock
Destructive Fire on Cambridge Bark at Plymouth Caused by Carelessness
Last evening a fire broke out on the Cambridge bark undergoing repairs at Teats hill Plymouth, thought to have started by a boy's careless act. The crew and nearby helpers battled the blaze until it spread, the ship burning from masts to rigging. The vessel, abandoned, was eventually extinguished after midnight, leaving only charred remains with no cargo aboard.
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Cambridge
Devonport
Liverpool
Gent
Teat's-hill
Plymouth
Limerick
King's Dock
Hewitt
John White
Shannon Lodge
King's
Whitty
Maxwell
Desperate clash with poachers ends in multiple injuries
A Hanover letter reports a brutal night duel between a notorious gang of poachers and three gamekeepers plus a parish constable near Brentwood Essex. The ringleader was captured after a ferocious fight. others fled wounded as witnesses identify three men of bad character. Parliaments records show poacher violence across circuits with few executions.
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Hanover
Edwin James
Herongate
Brentwood
Essex
Wood
James
Norfolk
Oxford
North Wales
Gell
Chester
Richard Chester
South Wales
Disastrous Shipwrecks Off Deal and Downs
A 500 ton American brig Hercules wrecked near Deal on the Brake Sands after striking in heavy seas. Crew saved by Margate and Ramsgate luggers, ship sunk with pumps overwhelmed, insured at South and North Shields. Also reports wreck of Ocean near Ness and Mergate and the damage of Sir John Cockburn whaler, owner Mr. Ward, with heavy losses and crew saved but suffering.
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Hercules
New York
Deal
Goodwin Sande
Shields
Downs
Brake Sands
Margate
Ramsgate
Ramegate
South
North Shields
Lloyd's
Trinity House
Ocean
William Watkins
Sierra Leone
London
Ness Sands
Mergate
Sir John Cockburn
Davis
Ward
South Sea
Cock-hill
Ratcliff
Mr. Ward
Sarah
Elizabeth
Copang
John Cockburn
Muscat
Arabia
Inquest and suicides amid jealousy and despair in London
A London inquest reports Emme Bourne’s death by strangulation and laudanum after jealous disputes with William Webb at Harvey's Buildings West Strand. Other cases include Rayner’s suicide due to “overmuch” stress, a Chalk Farm youth’s fatal self-inflicted pistol blast, and a Putney incident. The column covers court verdicts of temporary insanity and a brief note on French marriage law and literary notices.
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Higgs
King William
King William-street
West Strand
Emme Bourne
William Webb
Harvey’s Buildings
James Leonard
Craven Street
Strand
Webb
Bat Webb
Butler
Cross-street
St. George's In
Arbour-square
Shaw
K Division
Hams
Hawkins
Commercial-road
Chank Farm
Chalk Farm
Camden-town
Nomed Jones
Henry Crewe
Regent's Canal
Jones
Crewe
John Carter
York
Albany
Ages
S Division
Kentish Town
St. Pancras
Wheeler
St. Etienne
Putney
West
Carter
Tur
Eight Hundred Thirteen Arms Registries at Westmeath Sessions
Report from Westmeath sessions notes eight hundred thirteen arms registries discussed by magistrates. All entries were passed without exception, reflecting routine processing of registrations in the session.
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Westmeath
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