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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jan 22, 1837

Page

7

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Stow Lane 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Leicestershire Lincolnshire Norfolk Essex West Country Islington Smithfield

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