Betting Panic Follows Derby and Oaks Defalcations
The turf money market reels after heavy defalcations and large unsettled sums. Crowds flock to settle accounts but most leave disappointed. few winners emerge, with losses piling from £2,000 to £7,000 for several speculators. Betting is declared out of the question as Ascot preparations loom and police tighten controls.
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Craven
Anson
Agcot
Ascot
Earl of Rosslyn
Royal Buckhounds
Duke of Bedford
Col. Anson
G. S. Byng
Hibbard
Windsor Castle
Metropolitan Police
Prince
Princess Royal
Sunninghill
Bracknall
Potentate
Little Wonder
Reading
Thames
Kennet
Marlow
Berkshire Chronicle
Scone
Glasgow
Christopher Wilson
Hsg
Christie’s
St. James’s Street
Fulham
John Beckett
W. Beckett
Robarts
Farquhar
J. Wilson
Bristol
Gibson
London
Lady Beckett
Satz
Rossign Anp
Cassius
Tattersall’s Yard
Hyde-park-commer
Lord Rosslyn
Triumph
Warrior
Linnet
Lord Maidstone
Mr. Brandling
John Gerard
Robert Brownrigg
Epsom
Royal Thames Yacht Club
Oxford
Cambridge
Henley Upon
Pephemet
J. F. Selby
Lord A. Paget
Mary
G. Ashin
Louisa
T. Smith, Esq
G. Taylor
H. Fowler
C. Wheeler
W. Sawyer
Greenwich
Coalhouse Point
Gravesend
Henley
Marylebone Club Fixtures Across July Schedule
The schedule lists July fixtures for the Marylebone club facing Manchester United, the Royal Artillery, Harrovians, and Old Harrovians. Key matches include Lord's games against the Royal Artillery, Harrovians, and Old Etonians with other school student matches later in the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uly
Kent
England
Marylebone Club
Royal Artillery
Harrow
The
Harrovians
Lord's
Old Etonians
Old Harrovians
Woolwich
Lord’s
Gentlemen
Sbursangs
Manchesters Mun.ly
Cambridge bribery case ends with twelve months jail time
The Queen v Robert Hant known as Richard Jones involved a Cambridge borough bribery during the June 1841 election. The defendant a Norwich slate dealer offered ten pounds and a sovereign to sway a vote for liberal candidates. The court deemed the act corrupt and sentenced him to twelve months imprisonment in Norwich gaol.
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Court OF Queen's Bench
Monnar
QUEEN
Robert Hant
Richard Jones
Cambridge
Borough of
Manners ‘Sutton
A. Clay Grant
Mr. Foster
Lord Cosmo Russell
Norwich
Large
Cosmo Russell
Bartlett
University
Barnwall
B. Andrews
Kelly
Byles
Fortace
Justice Patteson
Lone
Cam Bridge
Samuel Long
Manners Sutton
Milner Gibson
Pageehesen
Mr. B. Andrews
Her Majesty's
Insolvent Debtor Discharged in Chartist Case
The well known chartist delegate and chartist newspaper writer appeared to be discharged in insolvency court without opposition. He admitted prior bankruptcies in 1823 1827 and 1837 and explained the debt claimed by himself related to arrears of salary for the Southern Star newspaper. He kept no personal accounts.
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Pitt Taylor
Baron Alderson
Massie
Southern Star
Crane-court
Fleet-street
Committee of Proprietors
Nosttheern
Thomas Lord Denman
Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench
Westminster
Justice Maule
Her
Court of Common Pleas
Durham
Northumberland
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Cumberland
Carlisle
Westmoreland
Appleby
Lancashire
Lancaster
Liverpool
Yorkshire
Castle of York
City of York
Guildhall
Police Reports From Cheapside and Worship Street Trials
A London police report details a Monday hearing before Alderman Kelly over alleged insults to Miss Vivian and her mother by Dr. Vivian, leading to a possible breach of peace. the doctor claimed apology while the magistrate discharged the defendant. At Worship Street a bone collector 72 was charged with assaulting Sarah Harris, and two youths, Abel Elliot and William Flicker, stood trial for breaking into Mr Beard’s Hoxton photographic works and stealing plates, with Elliot committed to Newgate.
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Thomas Beeton
Milkstreet
Alderman Kelly
Vivian
Cheapside
Wire
Mary Vivian
Guildford-street
Miss Vivian
Ald. Kelly
Hayden
John Lovett
Sarah Harris
Baker's Tents
Hackney Road
Burton
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Sven
Mansfield
Bandary
Abel Elliot
William Flicker
Sailor Bill
Bingham
Beard
Hoxton
Elliot
Flicker
William Ball
Day
Mills
Allen
Ball
Fearne
Bill
Imperial
Young Mills
Newgate
Lord Emlyn questioned over forged note at Marlborough Street
A magistrate hears Lord Emlyn deny signing a note presented as payment for a bill of exchange. Solicitor Mr Lane seeks a formal oath from the peer to identify the forger, while the defender questions the case’s irregularity and possible absence of the alleged culprit. A letter from John Cote defends Emlyn against reporting errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Emlyn
Maltby
Lane
Argyll-street
Morning Herald
Marlborough-street
Emlyn
Lonce
Lord Eslyn
Mr. Lane
John Cote
Adelphi Terrace
Clerkenwell Distinction. Tucker Convicted For Private Still
On Wednesday Christopher Tucker was convicted to pay £30 or serve three months as a private still operate in the kitchen of 17 Greenhills rents St Sepulchre. Excise officers found the still in use at six thirty, with forty eight gallon capacity and hot spirits in casks. He admitted guilt and was sent to prison for nonpayment. assault case follows. Richard Nichols, a man described as a government employee, stands accused after indecent assault on two girls in Pentonville Road and Copenhagen fields, with plans to lure them with money.
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Marylebone
Lord’s
Clapton
F. Bathurst
Bayley
Mr. Craven
Mr. Dodgson
Frederick Bathurst
Mr. Spencer
Anson
Mr. Nicholson
Mr. Anson
Mr. Lucas
Mr. Burrowes
Plank
Mr. Austin
J. Gordon
F Bathurst
R. P Nicholson
Mr. Trist
Col. Lowther
B. Kynaston
Marylebone Club
Lords
University of Cambridge
University of Oxford
The
Rugby School
Northern Counties
Newport Pagnel
County of
Sussex
Hampshire
Gentlemen of Kent
Gentlemen of England
Brouran
James Waits
North-street
Newington
Cottenham
Robert Brankes
Charlotte Jones
Wm. Bell
Aiis
Turnerr
Christopher Tucker
Greenhill
St. Sepulchre
Richard Nichols
Ann Turvey
Selina Elliston
Pentonville Road
Copenhagen
Inquest on Samuel Saunders at University College Hospital
An inquest before Mr Wakley at University College hospital reviewed the death of Samuel Saunders aged fifty. Witnesses testified Saunders, a wheelwright and occasional drinker, cut his throat with a razor after a dreamlike episode. He survived briefly in hospital, stating the act followed a terrible dream, and died on Tuesday. The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity.
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UxrLeasant
Wakley
University College Hospital
Samuel Saunders
George Spell
Southampton Mews
G. Canning
Temple Fanes of England in a Curious Column
A column reflects on English temple lanes and their beauty under summer skies. It recalls childhood kneeling at sacred altars, the grasp of praise, and vows whispered before family dust and memory, portraying timeless spiritual reverence.
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England
Gland
Peare Aml
Hix
Earth
Flertford
Algiers Narrative of German Execution Angers Crowd
A letter from Algiers recounts a German condemned for murder facing execution. Mahmoud Chaouche hesitates, the criminal smokes, and the crowd shows revulsion as the execution proceeds amid armed guards. The scene ends with the gendarmes restraining the mob and clearing the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Mahmoud Chaouche
Wien
Cand
Wren
Mahmoud
Niniytn
Ra Badilee
Muahinoue
Snenth.cient
Lek
Life Under Water and Payerne's Diving Experiment
A report on Dr. Payerne’s air recycling method tested in a submerged diving bell. He remained three and a half hours under water with a self contained air supply, signaling safely from the window. The process, sustaining breathable air, promises naval and underwater industrial applications including submarine craft and deep-water respiration. The long poem excerpts follow unrelated Miscellaneous Poems by J. Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polytechnic Institution
Hell
Payerne
England
Spontaneous Combustion in a Leamington Bed
A remarkable case in Leamington describes spontaneous combustion of a bed in the household of C D Archibald Esq. A fire broke out in a bedroom bedstead rating into the floor beneath and in the bedding. Extinguished by water, the mattress and palliasse showed internal ignition due to oil or grease reacting with rags and oakum.
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C. D. Archibald
Leamington
A Clever Smuggler at Karenton Gate Trial
Gerard appeared before the Correc tional Tribunal on a fraud charge for smuggling spirits into Paris. He entered Karenton barrier, shed his wooden leg to hide five litres of wine, was captured, and fined 200 with imprisonment until paid. The report includes a second, vivid example of frontier courtroom rhetoric about a theft of percussion caps.
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Gerard
Paris
Africa
Karenton
Bureau
Gadignani
The only land of freedom is the country of the dead
A poem by Frances Browness laments the unattainable freedom on Earth and declares that true liberty shines only in the afterlife. The speaker surveys many regions and peoples, from Grecian seas to Arab tents, concluding that freedom’s light ends in death.
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