A Black Hole in Birmingham Prison Debates and Riots
Proceedings at the Borough sessions expose the Court of Requests prison in Birmingham as a foul underground cell used to confine debtors. Witnesses describe chumming, beating, and abuse, with a keeper fearing for his life as prisoners riot. Debated also are riots at Roskeen church and a dramatic Invergordon crackdown by troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Smith
John Taylor
Court of Requests
William Buckerfield
Mellor
Solomon Bray
Miller
Thomas Harding
Smith
Meller
Buckerfield
Birmingham
Birmingham Court of Requests
Calcutta
England
Boot
Samuel Best
High Street
M.D. Hill, Esq
Mr. Boot
Mr. Aller
Recorder
Mr. Miller
the Recorder
Joseph Tuller
Beadle
Warwick
Birmingham Advertiser
Roskeen
Invergordon
Forbes Inn
Books. &c
High Court of Justiciary
Edinburgh
John Urquhart
Hunase Society
Frexen
Homene Society
E. Codrington
Hawes
Jean J
Snake Charmer Illusion at Cairo Afternoon Show
A detailed account recalls a group of snake charmers in Cairo who entered a house, performed with a wand and incantations, produced live snakes from behind doors, and demonstrated supposed control by biting off a snake’s head. The narrative notes nonvenomous snakes, watchful witnesses, and a final test at an Armenian house ending with the crowd dispersing. Also cited is a separate note about a long-unused Bank of England note seen at a Marlborough rent audit and its implied interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
God
Solomon
David
N.B
Duke of Marlborough
Waddlesdon
Bank of England
Henry Hase
Aylesbury News
The Wills Forgery Case Update at Mansion House
In a January 14 proceeding at Mansion House, the War of wills case continues with Mrs Georgiana Dover and co defendants linked to forged will schemes tied to Emma Slack and Eliza Burchard. Forrester details extensive evidence, lodgings, seals, and bank transactions supporting the conspiracy allegations. The court remands all prisoners for further examination alongside Barber and Fletcher as more testimony unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Weekly Chronicle
Barber
Fletcher
Oxford Street
Forrester
Bank of England
Charles Freshfield
Daniel Forrester
Miss Slack
Miss Burchard
Georgiana Dover
Oxford-street
Anne Slack
Francis Street
Tottenham-court-road
Emma Slack
Neville
No. 7
Francis-street
Miss Neville
Mr. Dovey
Francia-street
Mr. Bircham
Barber and Fletcher
Mansion House
William Henry Barber
Barber and Bircham
Bridge Street
Blackfriars
Joshua Fletcher
Walworth
Humphrey
Clarkson
Chambers
Ballantine
Alfred Butt
Belgrave
Marylebone
Jordan
J. C. Jordan
Lower Belgrave Street
No. &, South Terrace
South-place
Kemp-terrace
James-street
Commercial-road East
Robt, Hart
Edward Alpert Grattan
London and Westminster Bank
Southwark
Robert Hart
Francis
Witess
John Miller
Mr. Grattan
Mr. Dermott
Grattan
Taylor
Eliza Burchard
Broadstreet
Bristol
Seaton
Prerogative Office
Mr. Chambers
Hill
Stock Exchange
Henry Hill
New Bondstreet
Bath
Henry Fothergill
London Joint-stock Bank
Itas
New Bond-street
Elizabeth
Burchard
Broad-street
Testatrix
J. B. Tomkin
Somerset-house
Steven Street
Tottenham,court Road
Mary Brows
Tottenham Courtt Road
John Hewson
General Post-office
Great Russell-street
Bloomsbury
Elizabeth Burcham
Central Criminal Court
Clark
Mr. Clarkson
Macnamara
Norfolk County Officers and Chancery Appointments Noted
A notice lists appointments including Ensigns and deputy lieutenants in Norfolk with Lord Chancellor actions. Also Millett of Penzance named master extraordinary in chancery. Separately, notices cover sugar prices, bankrupts, partnerships dissolved, dividends, and Scotch sequestrations with multiple firms and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Paterson Smith
Nicolls
Rowland William Webster
Smith
County of Norfolk
Thomas William
Earl of Leicester
Charles William Marsham
Henry Lestrange Styleman le Strange
Richard Sanderson
Waitenatt
Lerk
T. Robotham
Aldersgate Street
Vietualler
W. Armfield
Northampton
draper—Southgate and Robertson
Fleet Street
F. Tootell
Edgeware
Hay
J. Sproule
Liverpool
J. Ashton
T. W. Horder
Fenchurch Street
York
Dyers
J. Clapperton
Lancaster
Drapers
W. Gattonby
Gattonby
White Street
Southwark
J. Seargeant
Southampton
King and Cornwall
Bath Parade
Tonbride Wells
Surgeons
surgeons—Oley, Webber, Forrester, and Co., London and Oporto
W. Officy
Edinburgh
D. Davidson
Little Coulmony
Nairn
D. Jolly
Arbroath
Ard Hesier
A. Hislop
Echline
Linlithgowshire
Balfour and
Meldrum
Dundee
Cockle’s Antibilious Pills for Indigestion and Liver Complaints
Advertises Mr Cockle’s Antibilious Pills as a tonic and alterative remedy for indigestion and liver issues. Claims early symptoms include pain after meals and side tenderness, noting long-standing patronage by Sir Astley Cooper, Abernethy, and others. States address at 18 New Ormond Street, London, and that pills are available from all medicine venders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Cockle
Cockle
Astley Cooper
Abernethy
New Ormond-street
London
A Memento of Mortality and Other Snippets
A column mixing satirical verses and short news notes discusses a royal critique of free trade as a coffin for the government, poems about seedy coats and Tweed wrappers, a BaptismMistake at a parish church, and a burglary case where a printer’s thief was transported for ten years after a swift Clerkenwell magistrate proceeding.
Brussels Sorcerer Hertveld Exposed In Frauds Of Pin Warrants
A Brussels journal recounts the Uccle journeyman Hertveld famed as a dread sorcerer. He deceived a peasant father with a pin cushion of 27 pins used to feign witches, and a fake devil box. The family paid 25 francs, funds vanished, and the impostor was sent for trial after the ruse and book were shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Uccle
Hertveld
Iis Cottage
Heriveld
Joseph II
Galignani
Alderman Gibbs in Monopolylogue at Strand theatre tease
The Strand theatre plans a Monopolylogue featuring Alderman Gibbs in six varied roles including Sly Boots and Vision. Provisos warn no money will be returned as the announced program mocks officials such as Trustem Paul Pay and O Gruel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.J. Hammond
Strand Theatre
Gibbs
Sly” Boots
Bodes
Trustem
Margate Infirmary
Vision
National School
Paul Pay
O'Gruel
The
London Union
Alderman Gibbs
Monty
Arperman
Paneh. Peiptdt
Appointment of William Fishbourne as magistrate in Falkland Islands
The Gazette records Queen Victoria appointing William Fishbourne to be magistrate for her Majesty's settlements in the Falkland Islands. It also lists deputy lieutenants for Worcester and promotions within the Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry. Other items include marriage act registrations, insolvencies, bankruptcies, dividends, partnerships dissolved, and scottish sequestrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowenthe Street
William Fishbourne
Falkland Islands
Great Marlborough Street
K. H. Rodwell
Providence-place
Kentish Town
Anna Berkeley
Eastington
Worcestershire
Pimlico
J. W. Mott
Chancery Lane
Edw. Casement
West Street
Nekinger
Bermondsey
L. West
Bath
E. Webb
Tunstall
Staffordshire
Lockwood
Yorkshire
I. Robson
Thornton Marishes
J. Garner
Irby
Cheshire
T. Crow
Liverpool
L. B. Bartholomew
Whitley
Berkshire
W. Swain
Hulme
Lancashire
A. L. Moore
Leicester
T. Cheshire
Dunstable
J. Carew
Lower Green
Speldhurst
Kent
G. Foulds
Bingley
W. Scott
Earl's Heaton
Lascelles Hall
Waterloo
B. Hargreaves
Manchester
Comibeere and Butler
Birmingham
Williams and Nevill
Prince, Hopewell
Thamnes
Leadenhall Street
City
Slopsellers
Wilcox and
Lord
Grantham
Lincolnshire
mercers—Rowden
Downer
and Oakley
Newport
Isle of Wight
H. Aldous
Great Russell Street
Bloomsbury
Grocers
Collingwood
O'Sullivan
Corby
Castle Bythdm
Burlinson and Page
Old Broad Street
Wilson and Haysted
Prowse, and Co
Lowrey and Co
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Sims and Watkins
Bristol
Brist‘and Thompson
Ashton Under Lyne
Munro and
Barton
Browne and Dean
Farringdon Street
Sparkes
Consul Appointment and Army Officer Promotions Listed
The Queen approves Solomon Benoliel as Consul at Gibraltar. War Office releases multiple promotions and purchases across regiments including 7th, 26th, 30th, 63rd, 59th, 65th, 86th, 85th, 98th Foot, and the 2d West India Regiment with officers moving to captain, lieutenant, or surgeon positions, noting retirements and exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forricy
Eifth Foot
Robert Shean
30Th Foot
Stephen Lawson
Joseph Triganee
63 Foot
Robert Newton Phillips
Purchase
Hutchinson
William Payn
Phillips
Henry Lucas
Payn
59Th Foot
George Newcomen
Tomline
William Jesse Hoare
Newcomen
65Th Foot
Thomas Robert M‘coy
89Th Foot
Knox
86Th Foot
Miles Fisher Monckton
Astley
85Th Foot
Henry John Darel
Dundas
Huh Massey
Darell
William Stuart Knox
Massy
98Th Foot
Thomas George Knox
C5th Foot
M'Cor
Youn Prait Patent Ointment Ad for Skin Ailments
A Victorian era claim promotes Youn Prait cures for skin diseases bad legs wounds ulcers gout rheumatism lumbago and other conditions. The advertisement touts combined pill and ointment use with faster results and lists Strand London retailer details and prices in various jars and sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youn Prait
Strand
Tempie-var
Silent Friend and Perry Health Cures Advertise Venereal Remedies
An 18th century advertisement details The Silent Friend a medical work on generative system infirmities and restoration by Perry and Co and Perry purifying pills. It lists London Birmingham and Oxford Street distributors and urges consultation at 19 Berners Street and other outlets. The notice promotes remedies for nervous debility venereal excesses and related conditions with prices and duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Lucas
G. Mangell
King-street
Southwark
Westerton
Parkside
Knightsbridge Field
Quadrant
Regent-street
Huett
Princes-street
Leicester Square
H. Phillips
Osford Street
London
T. Lawler
Courier-office
St. Ann's-square
Manchester
W. Howell
Dale Street
Liverpool
W. Wood
High-street
Birmingham
W. and
H. Robinson
Greenside-street
Edinburgh
T. Price
Dame Street
Dublin
New Bell
Messrs. Lucas and Co
Newman-street
Oxford-street
Samuel Lamert
Paternoster Row
John Field
Regent-quadrant
Jackson
New Bond-street
Gordon
Leadenhall-street
Noble
Chancery Lane
Mansell
Park-side
Knightsbridge
Heywood
Oldham Street
Newton
Church-street
Watts
Snow-hill
Barraclough
Fargate
Sheffield
Davey
Broad-street
Bristol
D. France and Co
Butcher Bank
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Patern and Love
Nelson-street
Glasgow
Manchester Chronicle
La’Mert
Bedford-street
Bedford-square
Poat Gee Aoe
R.and L. Perry
Perry
Messrs
Perry Age
Berners-Street
Burgess
Saller
Coventry-street
Haymarket
Barth
Brydges-street
Strand
Mann
Cornhill
Strange
Paternoster-row
Guest
Bull-street
Sawler
St. Anne-square
Philip
South Castle-street
Ferris and Score
Chronicle Office
Oxford
Guy
Chelmsford
Independent Press Office
Cambridge
Fannin and Co
Grafton-street
Bolster
Cork
Henderson
Belfast
Drummond
Blair-street
Messrs. Curtis
Uae
Essex and
Herts Mercury
Curtis
Messrs. Curtis and Company
Faith Street
Soho Square
Adjourned inquest on death of plasterer in Seven-Dials
An adjourned coroner's inquest before Mr. Higgs examined Edward Goldsmith a plasterer who while stuccoing a Great St Andrew Street Seven-Dials home suffered a fit. He died at Charing Cross Hospital after workhouse staff refused admission as a hospital case. The jury found death from compression of the brain and harshly criticized St Giles's parochial authorities and nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higes
Red Lion
Strand
Henry Butcher
No. 1
Catherine-street
Kent
Mr. Snitch
Wild
Snitch
Westminster
Parr
Butcher
United Kingdom
London
Edwards
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Barclay and Sons
Parringdon Street
Sutton
Bow Churchyard
Manchester
Mottershead and Co
Market Place
Edinburgh
J.and KR
T. Roberts, and Co
Cranecourt
Fleetstreet
Olloway
Guy's
Metropolitan
King’s College
Charing-cross
Summany
Arripaint
William Brooke
Union x Street
Southwark
Mietropolitan Hospital
King's College Hospital
Guy's Hospital
Charing Cross Hospital
Deponent
Bransby Cooper
Eponent
Dr. Bright
Guy 3
Depone
Holloway
Bright
Mansion House
City of London
Conover
Higgs
Edward Goldsmith
Great St Andrew Street
St. Giles’s
Charing-cross Hospital
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Her
Dowdney
Hal
Carnarvon Herald
Edward Stephen Jackson
Lower Charles-street
St. John-street
Clerkenwell
Newgate
Arperman Gras
Alderman Grbbs
Arperman Graas
Ft Tt
the Bondon Gazettes
Exeter Flying Post
Mr. Halse
Geo. E. Bignell
New London Inn
Dodbrooke
Kingsbridge
C. G. Owen
Wyeanoop
J.L. Curtis and Company