Witchcraft in Brecon leads to assault case and jail
At Brecon town hall onThursday last before the mayor and magistrates, Margaret Bird was charged with assaulting 75 year old Margaret Watkins. Evidence showed Bird burst into Watkins’s Court Saunders dwelling, knelt on her breast and beat her. Bird claimed witchcraft influenced Watkins, was committed to prison for two months, with five pounds fine in default, and to keep peace for four months. A sister was cautioned. Neighbours noted unsettled mind.
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Brecon
Walter Maybery
John Parry de Winton
John Lloyd
Wm. Williams
Margaret Bird
Margaret Watkins
Saunders
Damne
Earachie
Silurian
Literary Lions and a London Authoress Incident
The excerpt recalls a scene where a young man is startled as a silk-vested spinster, mistaken identity, and a comical meal mishap unfold over a mince pie. The anecdote reflects playful social misfires in 19th century London literary circles.
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London
Jim Crow in St James's Park
A carrion crow in St James's Park attacked a teal and was shot, with two more crows arriving later. One was killed, another crippled, yet the wounded bird persists to harrass ducklings by the lake each dawn. The keeper dubbed the crippled crow Jim Crow.
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ST. James's Park
Utler
Seidlitz
Thomas Butler
Cheapside
J. Sanger
Oxford-street
London
Davenport and Stedman
Waterloo-place
Edinburgh
Ga No
St. Paul's
Butler
Dissolution of Parliament and Commentary on Public Life
On the eve of a general election the piece reviews fifteen years of dissolutions from 1826 to 1837, noting average parliamentary durations around two years and four months. It mentions the 1896 and earlier dissolutions, then shifts to a drinking song excerpt and a vivid letter about country life and social manners, praising London as the city of the soul and recounting anecdotes from peers and readers.
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George IV
Earl Grey
House of Commons
Robert Peel
William IV
L.E. L
Madam
London
Mr.Thomson
Perdrix
Surrey
Scarborough
Leeds
North Pole
Wordseworth
York
IL. BE. L
Family Endowment Society
Life Assurance and Annuity Office
Chatham-Place
Blackfriars
George Alfred Muskett
M.P
W. Butterworth Bayley
Orison
Paris Street
Exeter
Morison
British College of Health
R. Toraixy
Heavitree
Royal College of Surgeons
Louisa Mance
Charles White
Kingstreet
John Jones
James Street
Plymouth
Catherine Newman
Richard Tothill
M.R.C.S.L
New-road
Holmes
J.L. Curris
Bailiere
Regent Street
Ollivier
Pall Mall
Strange
Paternater-row
Pattie
Brydges-street
Strand
Machen and Co
Olier-street
Dublin
Duncan
High-street
Edinburgh
Sun Evening Paper Mesers. Curtis and Co
Frith-street
Soho
Russel
S. Smith
Gray’s-in-lawe
Holborn
8. S
City of London
H.R.H
Duchess of Kent
Treasury
Grimstone
G. J. Guthrie
F.R.S
L. S. Brewer
Edge Terrace
Kensington
Grevel Pits
Alexander
Bloomsbury
Feaver
Gingaisha
Cheapside
Barclay ‘and Sons
Farringdon-street
Newberying, Sons
St. Paul's
Sutton and Co
Bow Churchyard
Willoughby Send Co
Eiat
Stree
Sanger
Oxford Street
N.B
Thomas Schofield
Conviction and Sentence of a Clergyman for Drunkenness
A lengthy Westminster reporting on Sir Herbert Jenner's verdict in the Burpen v. Speer case against Reverend Welford Speer perpetual curate of Thames Ditton Surrey. It details charges of habitual drunkenness indecent conduct during services and intoxicated performance, with witnesses including Captain Williams, the Swan inn landlord, and the parish master. The judge weighs evidence, considers motive of churchwardens, and outlines articles of accusation and Speer’s defense amid ecclesiastical proceedings.
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Speer
Privy Council
Capt. Williams
Mr. Speer
Thames Ditton
C. Sutton
Seeley
Captain Williams
Charles Sutton
Swansan
National School
Swan Inn
the Swan
The
Beadle
Her Majesty’s Dragoons
Lord de Roos
Manners
Royal Navy
Clark
Charles Sullivan
Booth
Ar. Speer
H. Jenner
Drunken Conduct Probed in Thames Ditton Parish Church
A Thames Ditton investigation concludes Mr. Speer showed intoxicated and indecorous behavior during services aided by wine given weekly from the Swan. Testimony from captains, lords, and parish figures supports charges of drunkenness and irreverence leading to a three year suspension from duties and costs.
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Bell-street
Edgeware-road
Marylebone
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Broad-street
Bloomsbury
Kingstreet
Long-rere
London
Grimstone
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John Ryany
Euward Sullivan
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Greenwich Fair
Thames
George Steel
Barclay and Perkins
M Division
Southwark Bridge-Road
Carrell
Rochester-street
Southwark
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Guy’s Hospital
Southwark-bridge-road
Wm. Mason
Hooper’s Court
Brompton
Queen-square
St. George's Hospital
Barfoot
Tarrant
St. George’s Hospital
Bartholomew’s Hospital
the George
Charlotte Street
British College of
Health
Hamilton-place
New Road
WM. Hallett
High Holborn
George and Blue Boar Inn
Courtenay
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Beddome
Barclay and Sons
Farringdon Street
Edwards
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Stirling
J. W. Stirling
Batish College of Health
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Lubeck
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Hatton Garden
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Aldersgate School of Medicine
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St. Bartholomew's Hospital
H. Ley
Paul
John Fox
C. King
Parr
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Nottingham Review
Lair
Prout
Dartford
Blair
Margate
Messrs
Hammond Jan
J. B. Missrx
Brewer and Maltster
Kent
P.S
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Strend
Soho Square
Hal Berlain
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Releaser's Own
Loatiel
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Davies
St. Martin's-lane
New Slaughter's
Wallingford
Simeo
Bartholomew
Boddington and Co
William Wsickerera
SIMCO
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Old Parr
Noble
Market-place
Plaston
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Shaw
Josefu
Pann
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