Remarks on Napier's Punishment and Military Life
Excerpt discusses Major Charles J Napier and W Boone’s critique of flogging and discipline. It covers obedience, solitary confinement, sentry fatigue, and the moral costs of harsh military punishment, plus reflections on colors, standards, and duty within Napier’s colonial era framework. It also notes Captain Bonneville’s Adventures and Irving’s praise of literary sketches.
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Charles J. Napier
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Australia
W. Boone
Particu Ly
Adventures of Captain Bonneville and Indian Life Notes
The article extols Washington Irving’s Adventures of Captain Bonneville and describes mountaineers and Rocky Mountain trappers. It details Indian tribes such as the Pendi Orcellis and Nez Perces, their hunting, beliefs, and wars, plus Captain Bonneville's authority and a note on Francis Burdett and Lamb.
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Captain Bonneville
Rocky Mountains
Far West
Washington Irving
Beniey
Bonneville
United States
Tramontane States
Far West Territory
Rocky Mountain
West
Lef
Buch
Robin Hood
Crockford
Eldez Peres
Pierre's Hole
Treland
Francis Burdett
Westminster
Charles Lamb
Elia
Southey
Flutonicon and Musica Review Highlight 19th Century Music Trends
A periodical survey of Florentine and English music publications. The Flutoni con is praised for broad tune access and romantic airs, with examples from Malibran and Grisi. Musica Review lauds Howell Mason notes and the vade mecum status, plus two songs by Charles W. Glover and a Queen Victoria portrait on Our Nation’s Glory.
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Tax Flutonicon
Sherwood and Co
Athens
Pheedius
Europe
Flutenicon
Malibran
di Piacer
Phillips
Schroeder
Beethoven
Fidelio
Albertazzi
Cinderella
Taglioni
Duvernay
Balfe
Rubini
Malek
Howell Mason
Stepher Glover
Fentum
Strand
Haynes Bayley
Natron
Charles W. Glover
Queen Victoria
False imprisonment case Wyatt v Stocken results in damages
Henry Wyatt sues Charles Stocken for false imprisonment after Wyatt and two assistants arrested while removing a marble chimney piece from Chad's Row. Evidence shows Stacken acted with police but no proof of owner’s authorization. Jury awards £50 in damages.
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Wyatt
Stocken
Henry Wyatt
Portpool-lane
Charles Stocken
Regent-street
Piccadilly
Miss Smith
Chad’stow
Gray’s Inn-lane
Arived
Stacken
Ataion-House
Hatton-garden
Platt
Lord
Criminal Court Holds Heavy Sentences for Theft
The court convicts William England and Thomas May of stealing tools from a garden in Cresslane Islington and a second June theft from the same premises. They receive seven years transportation. Thomas Graham is found guilty of robbing Wat Ewin’s house of eight sovereigns and other money. mercy leads to a penitentiary sentence of twelve months. Additional shoplifting cases lead to life or long terms, with many inmates receiving varied sentences, including death for several capital offenses.
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William England
Thomas May
Cresslane
Islingtom
Robert Martin
Thomas Graham
St. Luke's
Chelsea
Ewin
Edward Alusuu
Southampton
George Winter
St. Andrew, Holborn
William Smith
Anne Hamilton
Eliza Heriet
Mary Ann Bignell
Mary Brown
George Bissell
David Forbes
Edard Thorne
Joan Massey
William Mason
Alias Hockham
Danis Horne
Henry King
Charles Newcombe
Joseph Blacken
John Walker
Recorder
James Robinson
John Jones
Tames
Ashley
Mary Paternoster
Esther Emery
John Bray
George Bennet
William Lindsay
John Lloyd
Charles Kenny
Thomas Bradley
John Sanders
William Boulds
Edward Lincoln
Nathaniel Smith
John Ward
John Clements
James Clark
Joseph Thomason
George Bolton
Frederick Box
Henry Hall
George King
William Young
William Bennet
Joseph Randall
Robert Macewen
James Gloster
Joseph Small
Thomas Jackson
John Marshall
John Lizard
Robert Reason
John Dix
George Bliss
C. William Roach
Henry Morris
John Macnamara
Joseph Buckley
Joseph Barra
Henry Dollason
Daniel Ryan
Edward Homes
Pringle Spence
Samuel Parse
Edward Jones
Alias Roots
William Hallam
Samuel Fletcher
Alfred Purday
Muffett
Sarah Smith
Eliza Smith
Mary Williams
Jane Morris
Mary Smith
Alice Lewis
Mary Ann Connor
Mary Macarthy
Jane Marshall
Mary Harkner
Alias Lewis
Amelia Headman
Ann Collins
Ann Crowley
Elizabeth Thurrell
Sarah Allen
Oe the Recorder
William Wilson
James Tye
Joseph Lewin
William Sampson
John Kirkup
Ellen Gordon
Wm. Newman
Newman
Peter Berry
Wm. Wild
Richard Roberts
James Keith
John Allen
John Arnold
Patrick Phillips
John Fisher
John Smith
Robert Garlick
Wm. Bellehamber
George
Clark
Wm. Honeyman
David Macdonald
Wm. Skate
John Richards
John Stursman
Jacob Jervis
John White
David Morgan
Robert Adams
John Russell
Robert Adam
Louisa Laney
Caroline Brenham
Susannah Washer
Sarah Ridley
Hannah Wiles
Sarah Mary Jane
Lucy Higgins
Sarah Welsh
James Priest
Edward Pointer
Thomas Goodfellow
James Newell
John King
George Weir
Wm. Francis
John Holmes
Susannah Gibbs
Wm. Marsham
John Donoghue
George Bayes
Thomas Lane
Michael Tooney
Thomas Tumbler
John Bentley
Robert
Mitchell
Thos
Griffiths
J. Scott
John Bewes
Police Intelligence From Marlborough Street Encounters
A series of 19th century London police court items report George Wyndham and a gold watch theft at a Shepperd Street house of ill fame, Mary Leight’s arson attempt at Hatton Garden, and a rash of robberies and assaults around Marlborough Street and Worship Street with suspects identified as James Butler Eugene Aram and others.
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Marlborough Street
George Wyndham
Conant
Shepperd Street
France
Aeton-street
Gray’s Inn-read
King’s Bench
Shepperd-street
Toogood
Extraordinary juvenile crime case shocks Bewdley road area
A young boy Josiah Smith confessed to a daylight robbery and other crimes, revealing a cave stash of about £150. Inspector Merrifield tracked him to the Squirrel public house eight miles from Liverpool. The boy formed a depredation band and hid notes and sovereigns in multiple places. Also a separate accident in St James's Park left a boy with probable skull fracture. The boy faced assize trial.
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Hicaway RogisEry
James Butler
Devonshire-street
Lisson-grove
Charles de Mawron
Great London-street
Paddington
Mr. Cave
Great Marlborough Street
Shepherd’s Market
Grand Junction Road
Pechell-street
Feltham
J. Mipliaut
Charles Mortimer
Rebb
Bewdley Road
Bea
Peel
Smith
Merrifield
Medwin
Blackbrooke
Edwards
K. Spector Merrifield
St. James's Park
St. James’s Park
Ely
Weminster
Hanging and a Charred Body Found in City Streets
A man named John Hoare, longtime employee of coach proprietor Mr. Barnett, hanged himself in a stable after threats of dismissal. Nearby, a young woman’s body was pulled from the Regent's Canal near Camden Town, believed to have drowned days earlier. Birmingham relief turmoil follows worker protests and a large memorial drive for aid. Cruelty to horses noted with calls for stricter legislation as public concern rises.
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Sulorpe
John Hoare
Barnett
Commercial Road East
Tafter
Iad
Camden
Toy
Regent’s Day
Hampstead-road
Oxford
Fearrun Stars
Birmingham
Edmonds
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George Callender
Craigforth
John Moore
Gallender
Martine
Duke of York
Ralph Abercrombie
King's Bevor
General Criminal Court
Police Intelligence
Hatton Garden
Arnson
Mary Leight
Laing
Sweetland
St. John-street
Clerkenwell
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Duke
Thouse
Lebonhz
Worship Street
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