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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 18, 1841
Page
4
The report covers multiple assizes with audits stalling over payments, a murder trial unjustly ended by insanity, and burglaries under Buckingham and York circuits. It details verdicts for David Allice and Reeve, a life sentence for Charles Rogers, and various insolvent debtors proceedings including Delany and Mordaunt, plus Hammond’s bankruptcy case and circuit adjournments.
In a long standing bankruptcy commission at Bartoy Humber the audit of Nicholson and Company was adjourned due to missing papers. James Clark previously official insignee refused to surrender books claiming a lien for fees. The matter, linked to bankrupt Hamed Mott, was postponed to next Friday amid criticism of Clark’s conduct and calls for proper delivery of records.
Bailey was charged with breaking a shop window valued at £15 during a dispute over unpaid labour. The lord mayor sentenced him to hard labour at the treadmill after Bailey refused to pay or explain, while the case uncovers disputes over wages and responsibilities.
Eliza Hall aged 20 faced a magistrate for attempting to drown herself in the ornamental water of St James's Park after losing her place and fearing to return home. She described six months in service and a holiday that led to a night in the park with no food, while a second case involved George Askew denying a nursing wage to Sarah Davis who sought 12 shillings, a public inquiry was held into various theft and assault charges including a cab driver assault at Marlborough Street, and Captain Ackerly clashed with his former United Service Club over expulsion and access issues. The proceedings included nearby nuisance, theft of a work box with eight sovereigns, a gold watch, and a dispute over a lien on an infant. The magistrate ordered refreshments for Hall and fined Askew, while other defendants faced charges and guards were called to maintain order.
A judge condemns neglect of a buried corpse as a danger to public health. A man pays a fine for desecration after the coffin was screwed down rather than properly buried. Meanwhile two young women Ann and Emily Alton face charges for stealing plate and wearing apparel from Mr Hasley. Ackerley and others pursue the case, linking to a broader warning about graveyard practices.
Thomas Stevens Brown faced a magistrate after being accused of disturbing Clapton residents by ringing house bells. Police observed five men near Clapton gate, two approached a house, and Brown allegedly pulled a bell. Brown claimed innocence and stated he had dined with friends. He admitted being in liquor to the magistrate.
John Frederick Jourdan a German native was brought before Mr Henry after smashing two panes of glass outside Red Lion Street Whitechapel. He demanded government protection and admitted the act. Jourdan had a history of insanity including a prior capital charge for attempted murder of his wife and himself, acquitted at Old Bailey, then confined before release recently. The magistrate ordered him before Shoreditch parish officers for care.
In Thames police court Rormanty and James Mahoney with Michael Cummins were charged with assaulting bricklayer Thomas Lawless and stabbing him with a sharp instrument in Chapel Street St George's. Lawless bore wounds to arm face and chest despite defense by Cummins and Mahoney. A second case involved Frayne Jones and Watts charged with obtaining money by false pretenses from James Hunt using apparent sheriff orders. Ballantine ordered bail and committal for trial with sureties. Multiple witnesses testified, including Niemann captain of the Flora and a sweeping wheat theft charge with a fine. Separate suit in Heatford Assizes saw seduction case against Coveney, resulting in damages of 40 pounds to the plaintiff for the sister of the plaintiff.
Mr Cameron sought Inspector Fosberry at Fleet Street station after a man lodged in his house behaved incoherently and loudly through the night. The lodger, identified as Edward Pearce, appeared unsound, claimed to be robbed, and authorities sent him to the compter for safety with a gold repeater, eye glass, and coins found on him. French agents have been dispatched to obtain railway system intelligence.
A verse lyric contrasts youth and tears with imagery of dewy buds and morning light. The speaker likens tears to crystals and a sunbeam scenting hope, suggesting sorrow fades as daybreak brings renewed optimism.
The text rejects that knowledge or diversion, shells, grasses, barometers, or longitude calculations save the soul. If virtue means mastery of the mind aimed at action and inward harmony, it lies in graver, holier places than libraries, reading rooms, and idle spectacles.
The article discusses historic concepts of political selection, noting ancient claims that rulers sometimes named or replaced MPs. It cites Edward III and Elizabeth I era writs where lords appointed burgesses, while noting that legal strictness required inhabitants to be chosen, a standard largely disregarded until later repeal changes.
A collection of quirky garden observations on orange trees bearing thin skinned fruit with few or no seeds and a pet topic on vigor and rind. The piece moves to antiquities in the city with excavations at Bush, uncovering relics including a faceted bottle, a coat of arms ring, a bronze key and a brick earth hollow sphere. It then surveys Henry II of England and Louis VII of France, and John of Bourbon on the role of women, noting a chivalric statute praising women's influence.
Memoranda on historic taxes note alehouses 721 with Ina laws. Public houses licensed 1621 by Sir Giles Montpessan and Sir Francis Mich. London taverns capped at 40 in 1553. Malt tax set 1697, raised 1760, reformed 1766. Excise on beer and ale first imposed 1660.
A compendium of historic pay scales shows the rise of judicial salaries from Tudor to Stuart times, noting large increases for chief justices by Henry VI, and a dramatic modern ascent to 10000 pounds for the chief justice of the Queen's Bench. It discusses how salaries may have fueled corruption, and cites a vivid entry on Elizabethan bribery. Also included is a brief note on animal incubation, a curiosity about Chinese ladies, and a sentimental poem about love and home.
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