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Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jan 29, 1837

Page

7

Robbery case triples as servant accused of fabricating cellar accident

Harriet Honey testifies that George Huwhkies claimed a gentleman fell down a cellar at Catherine-wheel Inn and left with wetted clothes. witness later found the tale a fabrication. Miss Sanderson and Mrs Carne corroborate similar alibi schemes before Huwhkies is committed. The crowding tale ends with the accused remanded, and the wife of the accused left in distress.

Baghaway Ropeeny George Huwhkies Traill Harriet Honey Rupert Evanett Harriet Catherine-wheel Inn Addington-square Walworth Harry Newington Causeway St. Mark’s Church Kennington

Examination of the Murderer in Ratcliff Highway Case

John Pegsworth, who stabbed tailor John Holliday Ready in Ratcliff Highway, faces final examination for murder. The case drew a crowded Thames Police office as Mrs Ready testified of the debt dispute and the fatal act, with Pegsworth showing contrition and promising to plead guilty at trial.

Joan Peasworth Newgate Morper RateLift John Pegsworth John Holliday Ratcliff Highway Tower Hamlets Pegsworth Ready Sophia Ready Beedy Wells Clerkenwell

Robberies and Accidents Aboard London Streets

A Bank of England robbery remains unsolved amid desk breaches and missing cash. A newborn infant found dead near Petticoat Lane prompts an inquest. A servant attempts suicide by poison after warning to quit. Several robberies hit Smith and Co. distillery and others. A carriage accident injures Colonel Maigeleye and a groom. A Paddington omnibus fatality claims a head porter. A wool theft at Emneth and a domestic stabbing at Portman Square end amid investigations. A river body near Queenhithe stairs is recovered.

Bank OF England N Division Spitalfields Petticoat-lane Spitalfelds Russell No. 1 Skinner-street New Road St. Pancras Caroline Heath North London Hospital Messrs. Smith and Co Thames Bank Vauxhall O. H. Smith Cockburn Whitehall John Day Spitalfields Market-place Messrs Chippendale Bunhill-row St. Luke's Maigeleye Green-street Grosvenor Square Grosvenor Place William Harding Ceepers’ Hall Basinghall-street Bartholomew’s Hospital Paddington Moorgate Street Harding Stimpson Emneth Wisbeach Mr. S Bird Common Common-Serjeant Mirehouse Seymour-street Portman-square George Havard William Lee Lee Harard Parke D Division Havard Marylebone Station Tedman Johnson Queenhithe Stairs Surrey

Insolvent Debtors Court Adjourns On Five Year Rule

Proceedings in a insolvent case against James Thomas Walker amid costs and delay hinge on creditor consent after a discharge in 1835. The judge and Mr. Cooke discuss Walker remaining in court five years from former discharge. Case adjourned awaiting creditors' consent.

James Thomas Walker Coeke John Wills Creaswell Wills Pantheon J. Wills Cooke Henry Wilton Woodroffe Nichols Wilton Chambers

Dignities Granted and Notable Bankruptcy Notices Issued 1837

The King directs letters patent creating multiple peers including Earl of Effingham Baron Moreton and Earl Yarborough, along with Barons Portman Lovat Bateman and others. Insolvencies list names and occupations in London and counties, plus certificates from February.

London Gazette Whitehall United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Kenneth Alexander Baron Howard Effingham United Kingdom Charles Baron Yarborough Baron Worsley Apuldurcombe Isle of Wight Earl of Yarborough Edward Berkeley Portman Baron Portman Orchard Portman Somerset Thomas Alexander Fraser Lovat Taverness Baron Lovat Inverness William Hanbury Kelmarsh Northampton Shebden Hereford Baron Bateman William Brotherfon Sadler Liverpool-street John Sayre Shadwell Thomas Nottage Green Dragon-yard Worship-street John Burke Golden-lane St Luke's William Longstaff William Henry Longstaffs Bury-street St. James’s Charles White Goose Willingale Spain Essex James Baker Grocer Melbourne Cambridgeshire Charles Baker Miller Merton Mills Wimbledon Surrey James Hall Farmer Abchur Shefferd J. Smith Portmay W. Bellringer Milbank Street Westminster R. C. Shepherd Camomile Street Bishopsgate S. Bates Derby E. T. Coleman Scrivener Leaminster Merefordshire B. Brissenden Tunbridge Wells Kent S. E. Morgan Craven-street Strand E. O'Reilly Harley Street Cavendish Square

Insolvent and bankrupt listings in the London Gazette

The London Gazette dated January 27 lists insolvents Edward Burn and Alfred Tulley among others, and a roster of bankrupts including William Watling, Richard Wilson, John Jennings, Isaac Johnson, Samuel and John Reading, John Collins, Ephraim Joseph and Emanuel Levie, Thomas Wootten, Joseph Hopton, Edwin Wood Peniston, James Peniston, Charles Rose, Thomas Armstrong and Nicholas Armstrong, John Howard Hetherington, Daniel Morgan, John Nield, William Roberts, Charles Janncry, and Joseph Armstrong, with residences and trades across England.

London Gazette Edward Burn St. Helen’s Place Alfred Tulley Hackney William Fowler Upper Tooting Surrey Henry Pegg Royal Sussex Tunbridge Wells William Watling Pimlico Richard Wilson Tallow-Chandler Liverpool John Jennings Canterbury Isaac Johnson Hatter Sheffield Samuel Reading John Reading Hook and Eye Birmingham John Collins South-row New-road Somerstown Ephraim Joseph Emanuel Levie Ratcliffe Thomas Wootten Bogner Sussex Joseph Hopton Edwin Wood Peniston James Peniston Charles Rose Leeds Thomas Armstrong Nicholas Armstrong Caldcoats Carlisle Cumberland John Howard Hetherington Carkickle Brewery Whitehaven Daniel Morgan Hedge-row Islington John Nield Midge-hill Saddleworth Yorkshire William Roberts Newport Monmouthshire Charles Janncry Bishop’s Frome Hereford Joseph Armstrong Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Accidental death at Deptford railway incident inquiry

An inquest at Deptford examined the death of William Sadler after a train derailment at the Greenwich Railway. Witnesses blamed negligent points operation and a possible malicious obstruction on the rail. The verdict was accidental death and Paul was reprimanded. A nearby fire at Penny Fields, Poplar caused further property damage.

Faran Actipini Greenwich High-street Deptford Carttar William Sadler Benjamin Dawson London Bridge Monda Manchester and Liverpool Dawson Charles White Flugeon-row Tama Branksman London Thomas Baker John Paul Edward Jackson Paul Thomas Bennett Pire Biggs Grocer Pennyfields Poplar Pipea

France proposes new convict settlement on Bourbon Island

A minister presented a bill to establish a penal colony on Bourbon Island with a three article plan. It outlines the settlement, a marine credit, and labor discipline, arguing profits from convict labor would cover costs. Separately a distressed woman was found near Islington and rushed to the workhouse.

Botany Bay M. Resamel Bourbon France Paul Virginia Islington Woolwich Royal Artillery Spain Warburton Dickson His Majesty St. Sebastian

Markets and prices from Essex to Smithfield stalls

Markets report a mixed January scene with Wheat and Barley priced and unsold stocks noted. Smithfield shows brisk beef and sheep trade, with detailed live animal tallies and post week price movements across pork veal and mutton. Marriages and deaths listed from St George’s Hanover Square through local notes.

Mark Lane Essex Norfolk Suffolk Bond Ireland Fripar United States Liverpool Smithfield Leicestershire Lincolnshire West Country London Newgate

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