Judgment in Parton v Williams resolves a tangled will case
The Lords summarized a highly complex testamentary dispute. They contrasted the 1837 codicil with the 1828 will, questioned the motives and witnesses, and reversed the lower court’s ruling deeming the respondent’s documents invalid, while noting unresolved doubts about fabrication or perjury. An adjournment to October was ordered for fuller proceedings.
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Murpay
Lord Brougham
Baron Parke
Justice Erskine
Parton
Consistory Court Deliberates Adultery Allegations Evidence
In a consistory divorce suit Harriet Stone accuses George Stone of cruelty and adultery. a counter allegation of wife adultery with Mr Holmes is argued, with judges debating admissibility and connivance. Viscountess Frankfort seeks alimony after divorce from Viscount Frankfort as counsel debates sums and property grounds. The judge tentatively orders £800 permanent alimony and £550 pendente lite.
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Tours
Stoxx
Stone
Harriet Stone
George Stone
Addams
Jenner
Queen’s Advocate
Bayford
Lushington
Thomas Knoox Holmes
Holmes
Lord Sussex Lennox
Mr. Holmes
Hodges
Viscountess Frankfort DE Montmorency
Viscount Frankfort DE Montmorency
Viscountess Frankfort
Viscount Frankfort
Joyner
Lord Frankfort
Frankfort
Elphinstone
Dancer
Harding
Ireland
Court of Bankruptcy details fraud schemes in aristocratic circles
The bankrupt, linked to Lord Huntingtower and Col. Copeland as a discount agent, faced interrogation detailing a dramatic scheme involving large sums, missing books, and dubious debts. She described cash holdings of £23,368 and bills of £26,841 with jewellery pawned, while asserting most debtors owed her and that vouchers were scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monnay
Mancarzt Epmonp
Baxxaurrey
Evans
Lord Huntingtower
Col. Copeland
Cooke
Lord Lichfield
Colonel Anson
Mrs. Edmonds
Mr. James
Maine
Club
Arlington Club
Count D’orsay
Lor Allen
Lord Castlereagh
Parklace
Crockford
Crockford's
Ship Gulnare arms case before the lord mayor
At Bow Street a tense inquiry heard the Gulnare seized by Spanish authorities with eight thousand stands of arms destined for Leghorn. Captain Vaughan and owner Crozier faced questions about who knew of the cargo and why Spaniards were landed ashore. The lord mayor urged a state inquiry, warning the arms could worsen Franco Spanish tensions.
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Gulnere
Spain
Crozier
William Waters Cook
Gulnare
Vaughan
Thames
Leghorn
Barcelona
Pon
Captain Vaughan
Majorca
Mr. Crozier
Bishop
Consignee
Lord Mayor
Alfacus
Arma
Atate
England
Lord Aberdeen to Inquire and Grant Justice to Crew
The mate thanked the lord mayor for his intervention and announced he would immediately seek an audience with the secretary of state. The statement expresses belief that Lord Aberdeen will initiate a prompt inquiry into the matter and secure ample justice for the crew who faced hardships and difficulties.
Marylebone Inquest Into late Lieutenant Colonel Fawcett Death
The inquiry into the death of Lieutenant Colonel Fawcett of the 55th Regiment resumed in Marylebone before Mr Long. Witnesses described the carriage scene and a possible duel, with Gulliver’s bail extended to the 24th and inspector Aggs praised for tireless work.
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Fawcett
55Th Regiment of Foot
Long
Gulliver
Bodkin
Humphreys
Richardson
Oliver
H. Pitt
Earl of March
Isidore Blake
Fell
Aggs
Mr. Long
Holland
Colonel Fawcett
Mr. Fell
Inspector Aggs
James Coop
Carey-place
Vauxhall-road
Rhodes
Brecknock Arma
Camden-town
Lee
Holloway
Brecknock Arms
Mr. Gulliver
Camden Arms
T. Lee
Tam
Adam’s Place
Islington
John Belford
Belford
Davis
Rey
English
Davies Street coach stand head waterman sues cabman
John Porter head waterman on the Davies street coach stand summoned Robert Curl cabman for an assault. The complainant is described as a very little man, while the defendant is noted as large enough to tie him up in a double knot, according to bystanders.
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Cas
John Porter
Davies Street
Robert Curl
Cabman
Court records show a pompous waterman case and a fraud scheme
The court hears a dramatic water spatter scuffle with a cabman defense and a magistrate fine, then details a parliamentary fraud plot led by Viscount Pollington. A woman named Jane Parker is exposed as an impostor in Pontefract fraud schemes exploiting MPs. She is sent to hard labor for three months.
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Cabman
Cadman
Maltby
Viscount Pollington
Jane Parker
London
Pontefract
Jane Parken
N.B
Marshall
Dover-street
Piccadilly
Lord Pollington
Parker
Thomas Parker
T. B. Manshatt
Hutting
Clerkenwell Lunari Assault Case Sets Court Alight
An elderly Thomas Wallace faced a violent assault charge over a treacherous attack on Mary Anne Redmond at Canonbury-place Islington. The evidence outlined a frenzied struggle, ripped dress, and a claim of mental derangement linked to white lead fumes. The case featured a painter Hadaway and a doomed self harm thread, ending with release to custody of the defendant’s wife and a note on public mercy.
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Thomas Wallace
Mary Anne Redmond
Samuel Cohen
Pope’s Head-Alley
Cornhill
Canonbury-place
Islington
Mr. Broughton
James Chaplin
Cohen
Polrce
Old Friends’ Society
Broughton
Bellcourt
Gray's Inn-Lane
Flinn
Gray’s-son-lane
Old Friendly Brothers’ Society
Highbury Tavern
Highbury
Union Hall Slandered by a Fatal Leap Drama
Ann Smith, a young woman described as well looking, faced Mr Cottingham accused of attempting death by her own hand by leaping from Waterloo bridge. William Skinner, of Ratcliffe, testified seeing a woman fall from the parapet near the bridge centre arch into the river and narrowly avoiding a fatal impact as she descended.
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Ann Smith
Cottingham
Waterloo Bridge
William Skinner
No.3
Warren Street
Ratcliffe
Somerset House
Remembrance and Pension List from Civil List Notices
A reflective poem on youth and home contrasts with a Civil List pension notice listing grants from June 1843 to June 1848. Names include Louisa Baroness Lehzen, Elizabeth and Anna Kennedy, William Wordsworth, John Curtis, and Richard Owen with pensions ranging from 100 to 400.
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Louisa Baroness Lehzen
Elizabeth Devereux Kennedy
Anna Maria Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
John Curtis
Foleyes
Richard Owen
Royal College of Surgeons
Hunterian
Portraits From The Life Mr Frederick Suaw
Read as a period voice critique featuring Irish politics and parliamentary figures. The text mocks Orangemen governance in Ireland and weighs Peel and Pitt against modern policy, with satirical remarks on Roebuck Smythe and Sir Robert Peel.
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Frederick Suaw
Ireland
Orangemen of
Recorder
Dublin
England
Mr. Roebuck
Surrat
Smythe
Baring Wall
Rous
Fale
Robert Peel
Pitt
B. Roebuck
Roebuck
Bentham
Globe
R. Prex
Morning Post
Keeping Holidays and Sacred Observances Phrase
A religious reflection notes the advantage of diverse observances among social classes. The divine speaker asserts that both rich and poor uphold church holidays and fasts, with the rich enjoying feasts and the poor observing fasts.
The Persian's Hymn to the Sun Poem Excerpt
An ode praising the sun as the east’s orbital monarch. The speaker entreats the sun to delay no longer, lamenting dim fields and dark nights without its light. The verse frames the sun as life and light for mortal dwellings and a guide through night.
Insane Meeting at Wakefield Vestry Over Constables’ Accounts
A vestry meeting in Wakefield dissolved amid confusion as Mr. G Craven moved that the gathering was not in a sound state of mind to consider the constables’ accounts. The resolution was carried by a show of hands, and the chairman proclaimed they had voted themselves insane before the meeting broke up.
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Wakefield
G. Craven
Forkshire
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