Smuggling Probe Ends With £10 Penalty and Costs
The court examined allegations of a stewardess’s search of passenger ladies on the vessel, noting concealment methods in bustles, linings, and drawers. After debate on reasonable grounds for search and conduct, the full penalty of £10 plus costs was imposed, with praise for Mr. Bush’s prosecutorial handling.
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Bush
Wm. Tune
Wm. Curis
the Revenue Guid
Pirie
the Revenue
Alderman Pirie
W. Curtis
Riots at Birmingham as London police clash with Chartists
Birmingham during the bull ring meeting ends in crisis as London police arrest leaders and disperse the Chartists. Dr Taylor is seized, two policemen stabbed, and several officers injured. Dragoons and Rifle Brigade deploy to restore order. nine held for trial, including Dr Taylor.
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London
DR. Taylor
Birmingham
Metropolitan
Home Office
Moor-street
4Th
Royal Irish Dragoons
Chatterton
Scholefield
4Th Irish Dragoons
Rifle Brigade
Chance
Searce
Reason
Laxton
Male
Messrs
Baynham
C. Porter
Holloway Head
Taylor
M‘douall
Red Lion
William Hall
Oakes
Gem and
Barlow
Warwick
Eleazar Hughes
Thomas King
James Rhodes
Ditto
John Taylor
Storey
Ditt
Shears
Eades
Drinkworth
Salter
Moor Street
Birmingham Chartist Riot Fears Rise as Sessions Open
Reports from Birmingham describe heightened security and a town in excitement as the first borough sessions begin. Police, troops, and magistrates seize the streets while a riot act warning locks bars and inns. Eleven officers are hospitalized from stabbings, while authorities prepare extra constables and reporters monitor the volatile scene.
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Birmingham
Martin
Rifle Brigade
Weedon
Biimingham
Peton
Scotland Yard
H. Genn
W. Bartow
E. Rybano
Sermon Precedes Executing Youth Convict at Newgate
Sunday morning in the chapel of Newgate Rev J Carver preached to W J Marchant, awaiting execution. Authorities limited public access, while the condemned man sat with calm reverence, listening intently as the pastor offered mercy and reflections on sin, repentance, and divine judgment. The discourse moved many prisoners to tears.
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Newgate
J. Carver
Alderman Pirie
Hosea
God
Hogarth
Jaudanum
Eton College
Carver
Jesus Christ
W. J. Mancuant
N.B
E. P
Elizabeth Paynton
Times
Marchant
Jeremy Taylor
Tillotson, Barrow, &c
Public execution at Newgate and convict confession
The article recounts William Marchant’s execution at Newgate after his conviction, noting his serene demeanor, ritual burial, and posthumous discussion of a confession. It details involvement by the ordinary Rev. Carver, sheriffs, aldermen, and a crowd, plus reactions from associates and a later disputed confession story.
Convicted Murderer’s Confession and Times Critique at Newgate
A letter from the convict at Newgate details a brutal murder of Elizabeth Paynton, with his account of threats, a near razor, and multiple wounds. The Times commentary condemns the prison chaplain’s fiery condemned sermon as inappropriate and urges calmer, more restrained guidance for repentant offenders.
Earthquake destroys royal palace and shakes houses in Ava
Reports from Ava describe a violent earthquake demolishing the royal palace and collapsing several houses. Ceylon intelligence notes April troop sickness and multiple deaths. An English parliamentary note rebuts a Westminster election rumor, while Bristol Channel Mission Society grows from Rev. J Ashley's work on Flat Holm and Steep Holm. Execution at Maidstone details Willis the artilleryman’s death by hanging, crowd reaction, and burial at midnight.
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Ava
Ceylon
Westminster
Leader
East Surrey
Westminster Reform Society
Bristol Channel
Church of England
J. Ashley
L.L.D
London
Caldy
Holme
Flat Holm
Steep Holm
Weston-super-Mare
Penarth
Bristol Channel Mission Society
MardsTone
Willis
Woolwich
Maidstone
Migration to New Zealand free passage offered to workers
The New Zealand Land Company directors announce applications for free passage to their first principal settlement in New Zealand. Eligible are mechanics gardeners and agricultural labourers married and not over 86. Ships sail from England in August. Details and forms available at the company's offices. John Ward secretary Adelphi July 2 1839.
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New Zealand
NEW Zealand Land Company
England
John Ward
Adam-street
Adelphi
The
Jolly Ward
Newton's Commercial Hotel Advertises Central London Rooms
An advertisement for Newton's Commercial Hotel opposite Stamford Street outlines central, convenient lodging for commercial travellers with modest charges and proximity to Leaping Bar and Horse and Groom Livery Stables. It notes steam-boat links from Blackfriars and distances to St Paul’s and bridges, plus a separate notice offering Evans stove grate wholesale prices and ranges with sizes and steam apparatus.
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Newton
Stamford Street
Blackmars Road
London
W J. Newton
St. Paul's
Westminster-bridges
Blackfriars-bridge
Surrey Side
London-bridge
Hungerford
Westminster-bridge
Vauxhall
South Western Railway
Mutual Insurance Shares Open to Small Earners in Society
The Board of Directors announces 10,000 new £5 shares to enable workers with modest means to join mutual insurance, alongside £20 shares. Deposits total 28s 6 4d per £5 share and 10s per £20 share, with further payments at deed signing. Application forms available at Lincoln's Inn Fields or Finch Lane brokers. Henry Willsom, actuary and secretary, notes two thirds of net profits go to shareholders while one third goes to Subscription Capital.
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Lincoln's Inn-fielde
First Colony of New Zealand Society Formed
A society named the First Colony, for heads of families intending to settle in New Zealand, is formed. It invites others to join, requires five hundred acres or one hundred acres for membership, and plans to depart August 15 to reach New Zealand by midsummer. The committee meets daily at No 1 Adam Street Adelphi to provide details.
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Adam Street
Adelphi
New Zealand
New Zealand Land Company
No. 1
Adam-street
Abernethy
Oxford-street
London
United Kingdom
Foland
England
Ireland
Scotland
America
Yoland
Cooper
H. Ley
Clark
Green
Messrs. Graham and Co
Holborn
Hannay and Co
Johnston, Cornhill
Money money inflows lift English stocks in July dividends
A surge of money from July dividend payments drives interest in English securities with prices rising across Consols Reds Three per Cents Exchequer Bills and foreign bonds. Treated premiums and discounts appear for Great Western London and Birmingham Brighton Blackwall Greenwich Southampton and major banks reflecting market optimism.
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Great Western Railway
London and
Birmingham
Brighton
Blackwall
Greenwich
Southampton
London and Westminster Bank
London Joint Stock Bank
Insolvents and bankruptcies in London and Liverpool trades
London Gazette list of insolvents including T Robinson and J Page with trades in metals and groceries, plus bankruptcies superseded for W Frankland. KRUPTS entries name R Adams and T Yarrell among engineers and engravers. Certificates dated July 26 list Stanhope Street builders, Gloucester draper, and other trades. Partnerships dissolved span jewellers to cotton spinners, including Brady and Packer. Nunnely Swain. Ruddock and Heelis. Turper Garstang. and many Liverpool and Manchester merchants, millers, and manufacturers.
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London Gazette
Famay
T. Robinson
Hungerford-street
Strand
J. Page
Wickham
Southampton
Ounderg
T. W. Hall
Fencourt
Penchurch-street
Crysalter
W. Dalmaine
Abchurch-lane
Canon-street
P ‘Jackson
Great Bolton
Lancashire
J Bentley
T. Brown
Manchester
Badford
Yorkshire
B Hobson
Liverpool
Kester J. Fraser
Commission-Agen
A. M Coy
J. Beckett
Iron
T. Stephens
B. W. Franklin
S. Bird
Leamington-priora
G. Sutton
Harlington
Derby
Draper and Grocer
Parkes
Stanhope Street
Clara
E. Hopson
Stonehouse
Gloucester
Draper
Golland
Sheffield
Ceater
Haines and Colnett
Pier-hotel
Gravesend
Brady and Packer
Quadrant
Regent-streat
J. Goodacre
Nottingham
C. F
L. Engstrom
London
Nunnely
Swain
Nunneley
Paddy
Leicester
Ruddock and Heelis
Ainley
Cockroft
Clough House-mill
York
Pennington and
Thomasson
Hindley
Turper Garstang
Garstang
Newton
Northshire Mill Company
Dowie and Sanders
Lowther-arcade
Williams and Jones
J. Bealey
W. Leigh
Huddersfield
Jane Hodgetts
Sarah Hodgetts
Jemima Webber
Bath
Edges
Barker
F Woo'field
Birmingham
Tortis and Gayford
Norwich
Wood and Vigne
Stock Exchange
Forrest and Fogg
Prittern
Jessop
Winterbottom
Breflit
Castleford
J. and
W. Stockwell
Insolvents and bankrupts listed in London Gazette July 9
Insolvents include Christopher Brayshaw of Great Castle Street. Bankrupts named cover many trades from Potts cabinet maker to Mould cheesemongers and Sutton wine merchant. Certificates dated July 30 list traders and partners in cities across the kingdom. Partnerships dissolved include Vercoe of Bodmin and Gibbons with M Adam of Carlisle.
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London Gazette
Christopher Brayshaw
Great Castle-street
Regent Street
George Potts
New Montague-street
Spitalfields
John Green
Wharf
City-road
James Galloway
Philip Solomon
Israel Jacobs
Manchester
John Trenor
Bernard Trenor
Bradford
Bow Lane
Josish
George Robinson
Liverpool
James Renwick
Liverpoot
George Sutton
Harington
Oerbrshire
John Ramsbottes
Temple Cottage
Cheatham-hill
Hackney
Richard Smithies
Runcorn
Cheshire
Joseph Lawless
George Moody
Milk Street
Cheapside
Richard Calvert Sheppard
Great Scotland Yard
Westminster
Jamez Haddon
John Porter
William Toll
St. Germains
Cornwall
John Jackson
Ranelagh-street
Pimlico
Strivener
W. Hounton
Maxwell
Antrima
Ireland
J. Simpson
Carlisle-street
Scho
R. Bishop
Greenwich
R. Cowen
Nottingham
Iron and Brata
A. and
R. Vercoe
Bodmin
Gibbons
M.adam
Carlisle
Grocera
Birstaw and Stead
Yorkshire
W. and
J. Duane's
Barbicap
London
Victuallera
Marden
Bridle Genge
Beaminster
Dorgetshire
drapers—Wand and Chambers
York
Boot-Makera
Marten
Brasted
Kent
Knapp and Powell
George-yard
Aldgate
Farriers
Child and Mortimer
Livya’s
Lowthin and Douglas
Gateshead
Durham
Johnson and Lawson
Hitchcock and Suitzer
Poms
Mill
Lichfield
Swanawick
Atkinson Hall
BR. Torift
Stayleybridge
Lancashire
Mayor and Stevenson
Roughsedge and Harrison
St. Helen’s
Ramsey and Smith
Norwich
T. Parratt
Cheltenham
Konmongera—Whitworth and Coates
Leadenhall-street
Merchants Maclean and Co
Glasgow
Birth notices from Walton Sandgate and Montague Square
On the 5th inst at Walton Lady Mordaunt bore a daughter. On the 1st inst at Sandgate Kent the lady of Thomas Haviland Burke of a son. On the 7th inst at No 8 Montague Place Montague Square the lady of Alexander Trotter of a son.
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Walton
Mordaunt
Sandgate
Kent
Thomas Haviland Burke
No. 8
Montague-place
Montague-equare
Alexander Trotter
Sidmouth
Devon
Ann Cranmer
James Blencowe
Jane
Unwins
Isaac Sheffield
Hanley-road
Hornsey-road
Prescot-street
Goodman’s-felds
Woburn-square
John Latken
Careston-street
Tottenham-court Road
Sarah
Charles John Pugh
Covent-garden Theatre
Queen-street
Goelden-square
Triquet
Mr. Triquet
Werner
Carlton
West Riding of
Yorkshire
Thomas Stapleton
Stapleton
Beaumont
House of Lords
Miles Stapleton
London Classified notices from 537 Strand Strand 1859
Printed at No 337 Strand Middlesex JOR Norris of 83 Fetterlane Holborn London Published for the Proprietors by Cuantes Paxny Office 537 Strand Advertisements and Communications requested to be sent Sunday July 14 1859
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Strand
Middlesex
Jor Norris
St. Andrrw Holborn
London
Cuantes Paxny
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W. J. Marchant
William John Marchant
Alderman White
Cope
Garters
Claudet and Houga’on
High Holborn
Skylight S, &c
Nevolent
Enefit
Society
Euston
Lord Telgamouth
HH. G. Boldero
Sohad T. Bura
E. L. Balwee Bart
M.P
J.P. Beavan
James
Baurdillon
Duncan Campbell
Prystcians
Gran’ Rawron
Amos Gann
James Garrard
A. B. Granville
M D
F.R
Hutchinson, Esq
Zealand Land Company
Governon
Earl of Durham
Joseph Somes
Ctoer
Lord Petre
W. Molesworth
Francis Baring
Alexander Nairn
John Ellerker Boulcott
Eag
John Pirie
Fey
John William Buckle
George Sinclair
Russell Ellice
John Abel Smith
Brodis Gordon
Ww. Thompson
George Samuel Evans
D.C. T
Henry Petre
Hopper
Daniell
George Duppa
Dudley Sinclair
Swainson
Francis Molesworth
J. Robt
Henry Wood
Sai
Claudet and Houghton
Evans
King William-atreat
Dr. Anwort
Arthurstreet West
Byng
Barclay and Sons
Farringdon-street
Bateman
Leicester-square
Dean Street
Edwards
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Johnston
Corshill
Prout
Sanger
Willoughby
Bishopscate-without
Graham and Co
Meath
John Armstrong
Russell-square
Messrs. Winstanley
John Armatrong
Loxdon Marel ES
Baef
Newgate and
Leadenhall
Thames
Smithfield
Hancestone
Coal Exchange
Adairs
Hebburn Main
Leaze’s
Elisesr
Hartley
Howard's
Seymour Tees
South Durham
Tees
West Hetton
Putnsy Church
John Murray Nasmyth
Pesso
Peebleshire
Eleanor Powys
Lord Litford
Whittlesford
Cambridgeshire
Henry Bertram Gunning
Middle Temple
Katharine
H. J. Thurvall
Paris
Bishop Luscomb
G. Wallyn Rigepee
Guildford Street
Mademoiselle Parigi
Florence
J. P. Mat’eson
A.M
George Edwards Hering
Charles-street
Berner-street
Catherine
William Bromley
Stamford-grove
Upper Clapton