Murder at Ratcliffe Highway Leaves Widowed Family Mourning
Grim scene follows the stabbing of Mr Ready by Pegsworth in Ratcliffe Highway near Shadwell. Large funeral procession, police escort through mourners to Ebenezer Chapel. Penguin reports detail Pegsworth’s confined remorse, prison life, and public curiosity. The victim, a tradesman, was known for kindness, his debt dispute with Pegsworth arising long before the crime.
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Ratcliff-highby
Reatlesx
Pegsworth
Ebenezer Chapel
Shadwell
Joey
KC Division
Young
Rice
Mr. Hyatt
Peysworth
Ready
Clerkenwell
Urhappy
Mr. Ready
Penaworth
Court of Requests
St. Katharine’s Dock
Pegeworth
The Kentish Meeting and Death at Queen Square
The Kentish Conservatives met to show support for the Constitution with fervor, though the speeches were dull and unoriginal. An inquest at Queen Square on Robert Barnes, 18, who died waiting for a re examination after a felony charge, returned a verdict of death from natural causes. Letters from Smyrna to Lloyds report no plague in the town on the date, but nearby villages show some signs.
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Kent
J Croft
Robert Peel
E. Knatchbull
E. Dering
Suppen
Queensquare
Hoop and Grapes
Queen Square
Westminster
Higgs
Robert Barnes
Queer-square
Horsemonger-lane
Smyrna
Lloyd’s
Embezzlement At Argus Insurance Office Shocks Directors
A clerk and accountant at Argus Insurance was recently arrested on suspicion of embezzling about £1090 of company funds. The cash-book vanished after he failed to appear for scheduled audits, while his relatives were seen with a box at the office. Directors face embarrassment as the case proceeds, with two magistrates involved.
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Argus Insurance Offce
Pelham
Newark
Lincoln Gazette
Tur Murphart Denver
Hannah Menfield
Hilgay
Stamford
Birmingham
Denver
John Hyde
Navestock
Lambourne
White Hart Inn
Tragedy Riddle and Public Outcry Across London Streets
A fortnight of fear grips the metropolis as investigators probe a gruesome mutilation near the trunk site. Suspicion centers on a local engineer Mr Braithwaite, with the towel bearing his initials linked to the crime. Reports detail inquiries of laundresses, a canal drag at Maida Hill, and evolving autopsy views as authorities seek suspects. The piece also notes animal cruelty fines, Madame Irvine’s rope accident recovery, a hostile Holyhead meeting, and a sound transmission plan under Treasury review.
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Braithwaite
New-road
Westbourne-green
Harrow-road
Islington
Newbury-place
Maida Hill
Friend Society
Madame Irvine
Gyngell
Liverpool
Irvine
Osbaldiston
Michael Murphy
Costello
O’connor
Baker
Dublin
Lords of the Treasury
Curtis
M. Biot
Paris
House of Parliament
Horse Guards
St. James’s Palace
Whitehall
Hereford
Vastree
Insolvent Debtors Court Case of Drunken Purchaser
In a SixcutAr Case insolvent publican William Pase mere opposed by Alfred Lamb’s creditor’s team. The man, who bid for a lease at Garraway's Coffee House, defaulted after a sale of The Falcon lease, and faced £321 10s in debt. Witnesses described his drunken habits and asset concealment as the court ordered statements struck and considered repayment. The hearing adjourned with further evidence requested on notes from Barclay and the marriage settlement.
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Twilliam Pasemere
Nichols
Alfred Lamb
Cooke
Woodroffe
Garraway
The
Falcon
Mesers
Barelay
Boulogne
Henshaw
Lamb
Grangerow
Bermondsey
Messrs. Barclay
France
Paris
Messrs
Birclay
Passmore
Elia
Bowen
House of
Tpm
Golding
Townshend
Pasenger
Dukestreet
St. James's
Harris
Grerce Augustus Texzs
Whitecross-street
Commissioner Harris
Matthew Milton
Watson
Collins
Fulham
Iie
Arson and burglary case at Fulham beer-shop keeper's residence
George Alen formerly of a Starch Green beer-house, Hammersmith, was examined on a charge of breaking into Mrs Talfourd Normand House Fulham and stealing plate and valuables. He has prior convicts and associations with John Mason, alias Skinner Mason, Splodger. Jane Tickner testified she found a window ajar and valuables missing from the back parlour.
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Enmlington
Burchany
Tue Spraswer
George Alen
Starch Preen
Hammersmith
H. G. Codd
John Mason
Skinner Mason
Splodger
Splasher
Js Tls
Woolwich
Keys and Fletcher
Bow-street
Holborn
Jane Tickner
Robbery in Fulham gardens and wig debt trial
A burglar entered a house in Fulham, stole silver plate, and escaped via a ladder left at the garden wall. A witness tracked the suspect by footprint marks. the thief denied the crime and was committed to Newgate. In court, a wig dealer case ended with a verdict for the wig maker, and a radical violin tutor won 12 shillings after a comical dispute.
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Normand House
Hop Poles
Hanmiersmith
Hammersmith
Charles
George
Chelsea
Newgate
Central Criminal Court
Court OF Requests
Kingsgate
Street
Puap
Clifford
Pugh
Guinga
Commissioner Dubois
Mr. Clifford
Griffiths
Jerrison
Hare
Munney
Ares, &E
Middlesex County Court
Peter Dens
Derrynane
Sir Robert Peels Similes and Other Notices
A Dublin era column critiques Sir Robert Peel's use of similes in a speech, likening the Lords to a breakwater and the people to the ocean, and warns the metaphor portrays a radical picture. Also reports on a death at a Shadwell lodging house, a suspected poisoning, and a collision on the River Thames near Execution Dock involving the steam packet Belfast and the Humber keel George with no lives lost.
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Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert
House of Lords
Robert
Surcipz
Mary Ann Lane
Goodwin
Angel-gardens
Shadwell
George
Hull
General Steam Navigation Company
Belfast
Execution Dock
Dundee
Ontario
Insolvents and bankrupts named in London Gazette list
A list of insolvents and bankrupts published in the London Gazette includes Joseph West grocer Shoreditch David Holdforth licensed victualler Leather Lane Holborn and many others with trades such as perfumer merchant coachmaker and cork cutter. The notice also mentions certificates on Feb 7 and details of ship-related trades and locations including Manchester Nottingham and Wapping.
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London Gazette
Joseph West
Grocer
High Street
Shoreditch
David Holdforth
Lcensed-Victualler
Leather-lane
Holborn
Insolvent tradesmen and merchants listed in London and beyond
A damaged listing enumerates insolvent traders and merchants with their trades and addresses including JOAN MAJOR bookseller Great Russell street Bloomsbury THOMAS NOTTAGE coach-maker Green Dragon yard Warshi street JOAN CRAM coal merchant Northfleet CHARLES STODDART money scrivener King street Wilson street Shoreditch JOSEPH SUFFIELD brace-manufacturer Leicester WILLIAM MATTHEWS victualler Sherrard street Golden square FucERT CAMPBELL brass-founder Deritend Warwickshire RIcHARD WHITTINGHAM flour-dealer Liverpool JAMES HARWOOD commission agent Birmingham MATTHEW SMITH druggist Liverpool ROBERT HUBBERSTY baker Liverpool HUGH EVANS soup-hailer Paddington near Werrington EDWARD JONES oil and culoin merchant Bristol EDWARD JONES alkal and soda dealer Bristol PIERERE MARIE AUGUSTE ROUGIER silk-manufacturer Wood street Spitalfields WILLIAM PETT carpenter Bridge Kent GEORGE LUSil provision-merchant Bristol
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Tnsolvent's
Joan Major
Great Russell-street
Bloomsbury
Thomas Nottage
Green Dragon-yard
Warshi -Stree
Joan Cram
Northfleet
Charles Stoddart
Money-Scrivener
King-street
Wilson-street
Shoreditch
Joseph Suffield
Brace-Manufacturer
Leicester
William Matthews
Sherrard-street
Golden-square
Fucert Campbell
Deritend
Warwickshire
Richard Whittingham
Liverpool
James Harwood
Birmingham
Matthew Smith
Robert Hubbersty
Hugh Evans
Paddington
Werrington
Edward Jones
Bristol
Pierere Marie Auguste Rougier
Wood-street
Spitalfields
William Pett
Bridge
Kent
George Lusil
Markets Corn Exchange Mowmar Jan 16 and 18
Market report from Corn Exchange noting arrivals of wheat from Kent Essex and Suffolk with mixed quality. Prices show 11s per quarter drop for fair wheat, finest samples steady to last week, barley scarce and weak, oats abundant and poor, grey peas and beans varying. Seed market dull, flour steady, bonded flour high, oats and malt prices unsettled. grain demand fluctuates through Jan 18 with several shifts in barley and seed values.
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Marn Lane
Mowmar
Kent
Essex
Suffolk
Farpay
Islington Cattle Market Prices and Trade Report
Market notes from Islington on Monday January 14 show a still open market with limited supply and poor activity, most goods selling poorly compared to Smithfield due to distance. A later note on Friday January 20 reports dull beef trade but strong mutton demand with price advances. veal and pork steady, calved and sheep figures listed with prices per stone and per hundredweight.
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Lincolnshire
Norfolk
Essex
West Country
Islington
Smithfield
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