Emigration to Canada in 1854 report from Grosse Isle
Dr Douglas reports 277 vessels reached Grosse Isle in 1854 with 52 991 emigrants to Canada. 512 died at sea, 112 births. Liverpool voyages suffered 225 deaths, over 2 percent mortality. Ship fever and cholera largely absent aboard most ships, while German migrants faced overcrowding and language barriers. Grand Trunk Railway plans promised faster, more comfortable relocation across Canada.
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Canada
Douglas
Grosse Isle
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Europe
Liverpool
Germany
Liverpoo
Hamburgh
Limerick
Grand Trunk Railway Company
United States
Horrible massacre and burning of a British ship Berenice
Information reports the massacre aboard the British ship Berenice, its burning to destroy evidence, and the deaths of Captain Cundy, his wife, the chief mate, and several sailors. The mutiny led by Alie resulted in theft, murder, and a subsequent execution of nine ringleaders in Tagal after trial.
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Cundy
Shanghai
Sydney
Singapore
Netherland
India
Serang
Alie
Robarts
Tauban
Tagal
Education of Colliers Children Across Lancashire District
Inspectors report shows colliery owners in several pits funding or supporting local schools. Kirkless Colliery limits to seventy children with owner funding. Gidion and Swinley provide building, books, and £20 yearly for a teacher. Other pits like Bickershaw Haydock Astley Tyldesley and Burnley areas contribute via subscriptions and child payments. About seventy children attend at Hargreaves executors school with mixed support from owners and subscriptions.
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Dickenson
Lancashire
Cheshire
North Wales
Colliery Schools and Benefactors Across Mines
Details on colliery linked schools with named patrons and attendance figures. Hopwood and Valenead show owner and contributor support, Ravenhead and Haigh notes, Norbury and Norbury High Lane cases, Poynton Worth and Vernon endow free schools, with total child counts across regions and varying funding sources. North Wales reports none.
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Hopwood
Robert Gregg Hopwood
Valenead
Richard Willis
Willis
Ravenhead
Worsley Collieries
Bridgewater
Earl of Ellesmere
Clifton Colliery
Ellis Fletcher
Haigh Colliery
Cheshire
Norbury
Messrs
Clayton and Brooke
High Lane
Co. Poynton and Worth
Lord Vernon
North Wales
Spring Circuits of the Judges for 1855
Judges of the courts meet in Westminster to assign assize circuits across England and Wales for the coming year. Arrangements name venues and regions for Oxford, Norfolk, Northern, Midland, Home, Western, South Wales and Chester, and North Wales and Chester circuits with named judges and towns.
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Court of Queen's Bench
Common Pleas
Exchequer
Exchequer Chamber
Westminster
England
Wales
Oxford
Lord Campbell
Queen’s Bench
Baron Martin
Abingdon
Worcester
Stafford
Shrewsbury
Hereford
Monmouth
Gloucester
Norfolk
Frederick Pollock
Justice Wightman
Aylesbury
Bedouis Huntingdon
Cambridge
Ipswich
Norwich
Ity
Midland
Baron Alderson
Coleridge
Northampton
Oakham
Lincoln
Nottingham
Derby
Leicester
Coventry
Warwick
Justice Maule
Baron Platt
Hertford
Chelmsford
Maidstone
Lewes
Guildford
Western
Justice Erle
Justice Crowder
Winchester
Devizes
Dorchester
Exeter
Bodmin
Bridgewater
Bristol City
South Wales
Chester
Justice Crompton
Cardiff
Haverfordwest
Cardigan
Carmarthen
Brecon
Presteigh
And
North Wales
Justice Williams
Newtown
Dolgelly
Carnarvon
Beaumaris
Ruthin
Mold
John Jefervis
the Common Pleas
Town
Leases and protests at Her Majesty's Theatre and court actions
In the Queen s Bench a case by Mr. Croft against Mr. Lumley seeks possession of the theatre on lease forfeiture grounds. Lord Ward and others seek defense rights under a common law act. The ruling addresses who may defend and the scope of the dispute. Also covered is a ruling on rating the Geological Museum in Jermyn Street, Crown occupation, and a wrongful embezzlement case in Surrey Sessions. A Wesleyan dispute over chapel governance in Birstal ends with the Lord Chancellor overturning a vice chancellor ruling, affecting preacher appointments across Methodism. Lastly, Serjeant Byles notes conflicting witness testimony in a probate-like Italian cigar case.
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Her Majesty's Theatre
Court of
Queen’s Bench
Croft
Benjamin Lumley
Her Majesty’s Theatre
F. Kelly
Mr. Wells
Mr. Croft
Lord Ward
Lord Campbell
I. Kelly
Court of Queen’s Bench
Jermyn-street
Commissioners of Woods and Forests
British Museum
Birstal
West Riding
W. Page Wood
Conference
Wesley
Prisoner convicted for embezzlement in mercantile case
The case outlines a clerk accused of taking money from customers after being discharged for misconduct. The jury found him guilty and urged mercy. he received six months hard labor at Wandsworth. Separate matters cover a life policy dispute favoring the plaintiff and a Lady Boughton assault verdict resulting in a £1 fine plus costs.
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Horsley
Pero Nap Ng
Wandsworth
PASEYITE OBSERVANCES AT KNIGHTSBRIDGE CHURCH DEBATE
In the Consistory Court Dr Lushington agrees to consider a petition by Charles Westerton to remove the high altar and related liturgical fittings at St Pauls Knightsbridge. The move aims to replace with a plain table for Holy Communion and proper covering, amid parish opposition.
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C. Westerton
St. Paul’s
Knightsbridge
United Church of England and Ireland
Assault claim against Lady Boughton at Brighton Town Hall
At Brighton Town Hall a woman Louisa Humphreys aged 30s-40s accused Lady Boughton of assault. The maid, in service four months, testified that Lady Boughton insulted her as coming from a low lodging house and referenced a Temple-street residence. The defendant did not appear in court. counsel for complainant was C Faithfull Jr and Lamb for the defendant. The hearing detailed remarks about class and lodging arrangements.
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George Wagner
Mr. Lamb
Lady Boughton
Carpenter
Brighton
Fize
Louisa Humphreys
C. Faithfull
Lamb
Lady Houghton
Temple-street
Middlesex Sessions Aiding Mercy For Dishonest Clerk
Charles Samson, a clerk, pleaded guilty to stealing a £10 note from employers Samuel Scott and Co. The court weighed family hardship and remorse but imposed six months hard labour, stressing mercy must not override justice. The case highlighted consequences for a young man from a respectable background.
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Charles Samson
Samuel Scott
Ballantine
Scott and Co
Cavendish Square
Forborne
Poland
Messrs
Scott
Indicted for stealing oats from market gardener
Two carmen indicted for taking two bushels of oats from Charles Bagley, a Fulham market gardener. They claimed the oats were for their horses. The judge noted conflicting precedents on servant theft for horse feed. the jury acquitted, despite debate over whether such acts are felonies.
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Carmen
Charles Bagley
Fulham
Rilton
Maidstone
Lord Tenterden
Tyndal
Ribton
House of Commons
Phillimore
Unnatural mother indicted for infant neglect in Milford lane
A Milford lane woman described in a recent report as leaving her child naked in water was indicted on a charge of unlawfully refusing and neglecting to maintain her infant. She faced additional counts alleging injuring the child by leaving it exposed and in danger.
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Milford Lane
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Northern Circuit
Baron Parke
Justice Cresswell
Lancaster
Appleby
Carlisle
Newcastle
Durham
York
Surrey
Alexander Croet
Mark Sanderson
Camberwell
Addington Square
Court of Common Pleas
Byles
Italy
Florence
Life Assurance
Law
London
Middlesex
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