Surrey Stakes and Cup Races at the Middlesex Meeting
The Surrey Stakes began around two and finished near six, with a large noble attendance including Lords Chesterfield Worcester Rosslyn and many others. Bevoke won the opening heat and the purse along with several other events featured, including the Middlesex Stakes won by Knight of the Whistle and the Strawberry Hill Stakes won by Tub Thumper, amid lively betting and handling by stewards.
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Surrey
Chesterfield
Worcester
Rosslyn
Maidjonables
L. Wellesley
H. Forester
G. Ongley
Brookes
Medora
Figaro
Tommy Lye
Mr. Dawson
Biddy
Lye
Revoke
Lord Chesterfield
Mr. Forth
Vibration
Daton
Our Nell
Bran
Mr. D. Cooke
Tub Thumper
Macedonicus
Mr. Bacon
Portrait
Goodman
Smith
Emma
Howick
Lalla Rookh
Captain Clarke
Britannia
Middlesex
Scott
Ellen
Tollitt
Kingsley
Payne
Rapture
E. R. Clarke
Glencoe
Her Majesty
W. M. Stanley
de Vakeel
Plenipo
Mr. Nightingale
Ajax
Miss Eliza
Captain Gardner
Camel
Cecilia
Wakefield
Lord Osslyn
Curnuto
Claremont
Hampton
T.Y.C
Mr. Ongley
Sly
Sir G. Heathcote
Samarcand Paradigm
Mr. Payne
Pensive
Gipsey Queen
Mr. Shelley
Daddy Longlegs
Johnny
Innkeepers
Mr. S. Scott
Ci H Windsor
F. Butler
Mr. Skingley
W. Scott
Henley Regatta First Day at the Challenge Cup
The days events feature Cambridge University Boat Club led by Ridley and G Denman against King's College, with Cantabs winning the race. Etonian Bethell faces Maberley of Oxford London Aquatic Club in the heat, won by the latter by half a length. The Grand Half Race ends with Cambridge vs Oxford in a close finish judged a Cambridge victory by a foot. Second day sees Dreadnought vs St George's, Windsor-Eton vs Isis, and the final Group Challenge Cup won by the London Subscription Room's Boat Club over Cambridge Subscrip tion Rooms and University Boat Club amid crowd enthusiasm. The report also covers a tragic Ennis incident with a police firing leading to a verdict of death by police gunfire and subsequent inquiries, plus bankruptcy and court notices.
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Cambridge University Boat Club
Ridley
G. Denman
Royds
Cobbold
Vials
Watson
L. Denman
Tovey
Egan
Steerer
King’s College
Lanto
Lee
Kenset
Lambe
Coulson
Hinghson
Snell
Stock
Lewis
Etonian
Bethell
Botfield
Shadwell
Rogera
Walter
Lambert
Oddle
Stapylton
Oxford London Aquatic Club
Maberley
Powys
Powel
Walsh
Linsay
Simpson
Cox
Stuart
Churchill
Oxonians
Oxford
D. Bishop
Cambridge
Penrose
Berks
London
Thames
Windsor
Windsor and Eaton Boat Club
Dolphin Boat Club
Isis Boat Club
Isis
Eton
University
Westminster
Her Majesty's Army
London Subscription Room
Boat Club
Sots
Limerick
Smith
Mr. O'Connell
Mr.o'connell
Mill-street
Mr. Brown
Captain de Ruvynes
M‘namara
Fitzgibbon
Mill Street
de Ruvynes
Michael Haire
George O’brien
Catherine Sheehan
Martin M‘guane
Mr. Smyth
Mr. Hennessy
Smyth
Francis Kean
Mr. Fitzsimon
Patrick Hennessy
Brown
Laurence Cruise Smyth, Esq
R.M
O'Connell
Fitzsimon
William Kean
Greene
Crellin v Leyland and Ballen at Queen's Bench
Law case from Liverpool where Miss Crellin seeks £1609 from bankers MGill and seeks interpleader as to ownership after her alleged Gretna marriage. The court enlarges the rule and orders money brought into court within a week amid contested validity of the marriage and claims of drunken consent.
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Court OF Queen’s Bench
Monnpay
Crellin
Leyland and Ballen
Liverpool
Miss Crellin
Gretna-green
M‘gill
Mr. Jervis
Atherton
Jervis
Court etiquette in wig debate over eyepain and heat
Chief Commissioner Reynolds-Mr. Woodroffe doubted liability for animalversion of the court but said he might wear his wig despite pain from heat and inflamed eyes. He recalled that wigs were sometimes omitted in Queen's Bench but would seek the judge's permission before any departure.
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Court OF Bankruptcy
Chambers and
Chambers
Bonn
Street
Barkers
Denen
Lee
Hamilton
Artis
Waters
Hawilton
Opera House
House of Lords
Townspay
Dittex
Lushington
Dillon
Court OF Appeals
James Wood
Gloucester
Daubeny
Longden
Matthew Wood
Osborne
Pulley
Reynolds
Woodroffe
Cooke
Court verdict in case of criminal conversation damages
Jury awards the plaintiff £150 after a trial in common pleas over alleged adulterous conduct by Hewlett with the plaintiff's wife. Evidence detailed the couple's marriage in August, travel to Kent, and their stay at the Castle Inn in Ramgate in November.
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Turspay
Hewlett
John Barrington
Casey
Castle Inn
Ramegate
John Kelly
Deal
Central Court Deals Heavy Docket with Crimes and Sentences
The 92d session opened with a heavy calendar at the Central Criminal Court. Prisoners faced varied charges from theft of beads and a knife to gross assault and a post office letter theft, with severe verdicts including transportation for life and birching aftercare.
Mutiny Trial On The Ann Hall And Treason Charge
The grand jury returned a true bill against John Francis for high treason. Thirty seven new entries fill the calendar, including burglary, embezzlement and larceny cases, with counts from London, Middlesex, Essex, and Kent totaling 326. On the Ann Hall mutiny case, defendants faced piracy and assault charges. after evidence and arguments, the jury found all prisoners guilty of assault with sentence deferred.
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John Francis
London
Middlesex
Essex
Kent
Samuel Hogg
Thomas Davis Morgan
Ann Hall
Charleston
America
Benjamin Present
James Rattray
Frederick Diggens
Peter Maybohm
James Williams
James Latto
James Houghton
Isaac Williams
John Higgin
Charles Johnson
John Francis Lazenby Arrett
High Seas
Admiralty of England
John Rutherford
Richard Inkpen
Hugh Piper
Clarkson
St. John’s
Ballantine
Prisoner Committe d for Trial in Distress Driven Offender Case
A London mansion house hearing sees John Belasco charged with inducing a boy aged twelve to rob his father. The boy admitted pawning a diamond ring to alleviate Belasco's family distress, with multiple loans totaling several shillings. The lord mayor refuses summary punishment and commits Belasco for trial, while the boy and witnesses describe repeated generosity amid alleged coercion. The case highlights poverty pressures and a “noble hearted” child persuaded to crime.
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James Duke
Kelly
Commissioner Bullock
Robert Halloway
John Brown
Charles Russell
Holloway
New Court
George Peake
Hugh Roberts
Greenwich
Greenwich Fair
Newgate
James Greenland
Wheelwright
Jane Matilda Arnold
Clarkson
Phillips
Ball
Duke-street
Grosvenor-square
Yorke
James Tatham
Robert Lister
Jane Bright
Hannah Sturgeon
Greenland
Mr. Clarkson
Philip James Yourke
James
Rappery
Francis Beard
Shepherd
Queen’s Counsel
Adolphus
Norris
Mary Norris
Robert Quin
John Blackhorn
Brompton
General Post-Office
John Forbes
Blott
William Blott
Tyrrell
Hoxton
Robert Tyrrell
Earl of Chichester
Mansion House
John Belasco
Isaac Linker
Middlesex-street
Aldgate
Cutler-street
Lam
Linkter
Duel scare and brutal assault case at Hampstead Heath and Dover Street
Reports detail a Hampstead duel scare involving Lieut Col Bradshaw Major Orange and Lieut Yates with bail set at £500 each. Separately a violent case features Dr Pridham’s son flogging Baron Osten in a Dover Street room after a confrontation over calumny about Pridham, with witness accounts and medical injuries.
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Miarylebone
Dawkins
Division of Police
Bradshaw
John Lee Goldie
Leicester-square
Edward Yates
Chester
Hampstead-heath
William Nesbitt Orange
67Th Regiment
Northend
Hampstead
Major Orange
Col
Yates
Goldie
Barr
William Ashby
Long
Mary Manington
Vinecourt
Spitalfields
Crown Fee Betes
Mr. Long
Prosecutrix
Mr. Fell
Cricklewood
Islington case discharges prisoner after robbery tale dispute
Prosecutrix alleged robbery after claim of being robbed by a man in a white jacket near Cricklewood. Evidence showed inconsistencies and the magistrate judged the tale incredible, discharging the prisoner. Prosecutrix walked miles overnight to reach home. Witness Taylor led to accused’s capture at a baker in the City-round.
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Mr. Long
Prosecutrix
Taylor
Islington
Tia Gin Trate
Ngs
Tris Old
A Mernayxcunty Case Of Teen Theft And Family Tragedy
A 16 year old, William Harmer, accused by his mother of stealing a gown piece and a suit, amid a tale of a broken heart and a dead father. The mother’s plea to avoid prosecution ends with him being sent to the workhouse after overseer guidance. Also reported is a case of a cabman assaulting a boy near Prince’s Court, following a dispute over music and dancing.
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St. Giles’s
Greenwood
Combe
Bill Hollis
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Eee
Ennis
Bannatyne
T. B. C. Smith
LAW
Court OF Common Pleas
Central Criminal Court
Marlborough Street
F. Pridi
Maltby
Reve
Brotherton
BR. Lasine
F. Gooderick
W. Cotten
Angerstein
J. Luwiher
Polhill
Head
Greg
Reiv—Barmstey
Mr. Houbbler
Andys
Dover
Barontage
Dr. Pridham
de Pridham
Richard Sherrard
New Bond-street
Baron Osten
James Sudbury
Crockford
White
Limmer's
Dover Street
Piccadilly
Pridham
Sir Vincent Cotton
Vincent Cotton
Grea
Vincent Cutton
Hermes Nise
Ovish Tee
Ag Toeman
Clerkenwell
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