Clergy scandal and ensuing court actions reported
A clergy member faced charges of sexual immorality including attempted seduction of a servant and adultery with three women, drawing strong testimony about his base character and harm to parish attendance. The court discussed suspension, resignation, and the impact on his eight children and wife, with debate on appropriate discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itil
Addams
Hurst
Dr. Addams
Afr
Phillimore
The Ruislip Murder and a Previous Confession Case
The article recounts a London magistrate hearing involving a woman identified as Mary Frances Witham and her husband Keele. It covers testimony about a prior death claim, missing witnesses, attempted remand, and bail arrangements, alongside other local court notes about a family in distress and libel allegations against Phillip Mereon Hewett.
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Ther Weekly Chronicle
Christie
Bethnal Green
Rowland
Broughton
Mnd
Phillip Mereon Hewett
Spencer-street
Clerkenwell
John Stewart Kipling
Board of Trustees
Trovel
Heseldine
Hewett
Kipling
John Hewett
James Whitehurst
Board of Trustes
Smith
James
Sandwich
Kent
London
West London Union
George Kirk
Hoxton
Kirk
Astwick
Highbury Vale
Epapree
Phillips
Old Bailey
Eley Pas
Ple
Walker
Thames Police
H Division
Broderip
Southware
Thomas Brown
Grubb
Victoria Theatre
Wandsworth
Exranonpin
Reading Wm. Reynolds
Merton
Sarah Tudor
Mecklenburg Square
Balham Hill
Witness
Maly
Tooting
Couachman
Mitcham
Paynter
Charles Lamb
House of Correction
Coldbath Fields
Mills
Uxbridge
John Brill
Ruislip
George Sibley
Harefield
Lamb
Rickmanaworth
Lamb Asid
Charley
Churchill's Wood
Brill
Master Lamb
Struc
Lavender
Mr. Hoare
Sardaman
Colonel Chesterton
James Brill
Churchill
Young Wood
James Lavender
Charles Churchill
Mr. Milla
Uxbridge Market
Meadors
West End
Jatis Lavender
Six Bells
Ruislip Common
Aame Underwood
Mars Allday
Thomas Allday
Shy
Henry Woodman
Chave
Rachel Brith
Six Bellx
Charles Woodman
Charles Bray
Robert Burton
Dorset+s street
Portmansiuare
Mr. Patten
Lad Brill
Sibley
Slega
George
Mr. Mills
Reouduen
Bigamy and extraordinary conduct at the Lord Mayor's court
A well dressed woman named Mary Keele faced the Lord Mayor on a bigamy charge. The case featured the husband’s sister, a possible dead spouse in Australia, and conflicting testimony. Separately a Belgian ambassador’s son faced accusations of disturbing behavior in Regent's Park, with witnesses detailing repeated harassment of a nanny and children. The proceedings included remands and a surgeon’s examination.
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Lord Huntingtower
Court of Arches
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Earl of Dysart
E. James
Mr. Chambers
Montague Chambers
Cox
Stamford Street
Ford
Henrietta-street
Genteman
James
Fenblangue
Mr.James
Mr. James
Dysart
Lord Dysart
Commissioner Fonblanque
Lord Ossart
Keele
Welter
Australia
Mary Frances Witham
St. George's
Hanover-square
Canterbury
London
Keels
Mary Keele
Serah Keele
George Keele
St. Stephen’s
Micheelmas
John Weller
Weller
Bishopsgate Street
William Gurney Keele
Backlene
Hackney
Marriott and Manley
John Dixon
City Police
Bigany
Sarah Keele
Hanover Square
Portland-place
Lon
John Jaliua Koch
Rawlinson
Susannna Bryan
Regent's Park
Bis
Jones
Joseph Farmer
Groomt
Mr. Allen
Holmes
Kentish Town
Elizabeth Hkney
Stevens
Long
Baptism of Bells At Tours Sparks Controversy
A report critiques a Catholic ceremony at a chapel deconsecrated to worship, where two hospital bells were baptized in a pompous rite led by the archbishop Monseigneur Morlot. The event featured a mass, music, and the bells dressed in satin gowns, with godparents and a ritual after which the author questions the spiritual significance and links to charity.
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Tours
Monseisneur
Anna Valeria
Jo Mappelle
Julie Caroline
Hare, Uien
M. Viet Prudhomme
Arl
Courtier d'Indre
E¢ Loire
MILK AND BUTTER IN CHINA AND OTHER TALES
A lively 19th century column mixes odd anecdotes on China labor and prices with a dramatic wager on dietary feats. It recounts Sir Henry Poriner and a wager about a quarter hour and sponge cake, then shifts to a drawn triangular duel in reality between Russians French Italians, police intervention, and potential punishment. The piece closes with a note on the mix of English and foreign residents and a population tally.
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Sussex Society
Baicutos
Duke of Richmond
Duke of Norfolk
Earl of Egmont
Cobsen
Anti-Corn Law League
M. S. O'Brian
Norval
Innocent
Scotland
League
Mr. Darby
House of Commons
Northamptonshire Society
C. Knightley
Canada
Sir C. Knightley
Herefordshire
Sir Charles
Agriculturiata
Anti Com-Law League
Farmers’ Protection Societies
Aucceas
China
Manchester
Henry Poriner
Henry
Siuney Lushington
M. Somyrne
James
Artis
Howe
Tess
Russia
Athir
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Excise Orriers
Percy
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London Dock
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England
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Let's Timber Yard
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Duke's Head
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Laurie and Co
Oxford Street
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Theobald’s Road
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