Parliament Men Threat to Cheap Law for Small Debts
A London March 1 184 figures critique of cheap law proposals aimed at debts not exceeding five pounds. It warns that expanding County Courts and stripping trial by jury would erode legal protections, place minor offenders with publicans, and remove judicial safeguards. The piece mocks Parliament and urges resistance to pseudo panaceas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Frederick
Mr. Watson
Pakington
Wakley
Miles
Lord Worsley
Beershop
Messrs. Watson
Jarvis
Squires
Watson
Commission of the Peace
Equity
Lyndhurst and Denman
Parliament
J. Hamilton
Her Majesty
Mr. Prendergast
Anya
Pashley
Prendergast
Payne
Bar
Sergeant Adams
Victoria
Walesby
Cleresnwele
Clerkenwell
King's Cross
Battle Bridge
Massey
G Division
Mr. Massey
Penny
Barton
Archer
Finch
Maoney
Maria Martin
Red Barn
Boulton
Henry Frazer
Bartholomew Fair
Frazier
Wildman
Frederick Barnes
Sheppard
Durance
Mr. Greenwood
Edmund Bird
John Sheppard
Cumberland
Place
Battlebridge
Commissioners of Police
Fletcher
Rose
Uriah Wilmot
Jim Crow
Bermondsey-street
Balham Hill
Tailora
Queen's Bench Trial on Custom House Fraud at Guildhall
In a London court a jury found Mottram Williams and Horsley guilty in a scheme to tamper with a Belfast blue book and evade duties. Witness Burnby described the deceit and payments, and Lord Denman summed the case, noting Mottram’s role in overseeing the conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen's Bench
Guildeal
Custom House Fravons
Lord
Deaman
Queen
Belfast
France
Mesars
Mottram and Williams
Hamersham
Burnby
Burnly
Custom House
Williams
Mottram
Wood-street
Cheapside
Williams and Mottram
Horsley
Charles Burnaby
Royal Artillery
Homersham
Hastings
Parker
Mr. Clarkson
Burnley
Lord Denman
Monnay
Covertny
Otthens
H. Jenner Fust
Lord Coventry
Severn Bank
Worcester
Chase
Portslade
Brighton
Everall
Strand
Fanny Maria Brunton
Thomas Chase
Coventry
Thomas MaricHayt
Ricard ChampBens
Fanny Maria Bruton
Queen's Advocate
Phillimore
Addams
Police Reports from Guildhall and Clerkenwell Scene
Reexamined suspects Lacy Tureves and Miss Emma Wells face charges of robbing jewellers shops with items traced to multiple victims. A clerkenwell sting netted 83 detainees at a masked theatre operation, while trials continue for assaults, thefts, and marriage fraud across worship street and unions hall courts.
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Guildhall
Lacy Tureves
Earnshaw
Park Street
Camden-town
Emma Wells
Rose
Farringdon-street
Hannaford
Regent-street
Clapham
Strand
West
Ludgate-street
Hitchcock and Rogers
St. Paul's Churchyard
Lamb
Cheapside
Mathews Bankruptcy Hearing Draws Theatrical Audience
The insolvency hearing of Mr. C Mathews before Commissioner Sir C F Williams drew a crowded gallery of actors and creditors. Testimony covered past debts, jewelry dealings with Hunt and Mortimer, and Mr Anderson’s involvement, including renewals and liabilities. The adjourned case extended through the day with further cross examinations and witness accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Williams
Mathews
James
Charnock
Oxenham
Continent
France
Mr. Mathews
Paris
M. Bouffé
Mrs. Mathews
M.clerc
Huglana
Mr. James
Starr and Mortimer
Whistler
Sir. Anderson
Suthews
Anderson
Charles Poulton
James Tam
Hunt and Mortimer
Hunt and Roskell
Mathewe
Watkins
Davis
Javels
Messrs. Lewis
Ely-place
Mr. Whistler
Mr. Davis
Mr. Chambers
Her Majesty's Drawing-Rooms
Crambers
Haymarket
Webster
Mr.Chambers
Mr. Lewis
Mr. Anderson
The Last New Farce and House of Lords Pantomime
A column notes a brief House of Lords session with Lord Campbell and Lord Brougham unable to propose business, the chamber laughing at the pantomime motion before adjourning to Thursday. Also includes a Nineteenth Ode of Anacreon in Cowley’s translation about drinking and nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Peers
Campbell
Lord Campbell
Brougham
Anacreon
Cowley
Snowing wolves and wine sales at Kensington Palace
A foreign correspondent notes heavy German snow that covered Konigsberg in noonday light. The sale of wines from the late Duke of Sussex at Christie and Manson's in London drew noble buyers. prices for sherry, port, Madeira, Constantia, claret, whiskey, and other wines reached high sums. AlsoIncluded is a Mormon excerpt critiquing Brigham Young and a satirical set of rules for Congress from an American contemporary.
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Sterald
Konigsberg
Germany
Grandmamma
Duke OF Sussex
Kensington Palace
Christie and Manson
King-street
St. James’s
Lord Dinorben
Lord Hawarden
C. Burrell
M.P
G. Chetwynd
Constantia
Cyprus
Hermitage
Moselle
Burgundy, &Co
Derry
Countess Listowel
Bannerman
Fox Maule
Alexande Duff
Guildhall
Lawson
Chaica Chateau Margeaux
Alexander Duff
Chiraz
Mountain
Congress
Committee On
Te Committee On Elections
Supreme Court of the
House of Representatives
Pierce Evan
Sullivan
Lilly
Dows
Extraordinary Valentine Joke From The Post Office
A bachelor in town received a stuffed cat from a fashionable watering place with riband and mottos like a heart “A gift from the old maids.” Another note calls it “A fireside companion” and “A good hose keeper during an afternoon's ride.” A lighthearted tale shows playful mail humor and social wit of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maneheetr
Law and Legal Wrangles at the Courts
A satirical verse laments lawyers and court maneuvers as power brokers move from the courts to private venues like the Phoenix park and the Fifteen Acres. It mocks motions and partial capias actions while noting a few peaceful figures who resist moblike tactics. The moral urges lawyers to abandon fierce challenges and seek harmony through formal processes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nayard
Cid
Impey
Tidd
Phoenix Park
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London
LAW
Judges Chambers
Sergeant's Inn
Moxpay
Liapinity
Newton
Axor
Rows
Anp Noanax
Justice Cresswell
Rene
Norman
Cheltenham Examiner
Knight
Rowe
Mr. Knight
Messrs
Mrs. Newton
Mr. Newton
Mr.Newton
Wittram
Joan Pontwise
Commissioner Pollock
Middletow
High Holborn
High-street
Middlesex
Hicks’s Hall
Clerkenwell-green
Strand Union
Passley
Amicus Curiae
Board of Guardians of the Strand Union
Corder
Board of Guardians of the Strend Union
Inns of Court
Board of Guardians
Guardians of the Strand Union
Pa Hsey
James Hamilton
Maria
Maria Marlin
Joan Kershaw
Fink
Henry Frazier
Barnes
Bird
Worship Street
Daniel May
Anne Cummings
Lamb Court
Spitalfields
St. Ethelburga’s
St. Helen's Church
Bishopsgate-street
Prieoner
Job’s Castle
Church-court
Sepuctron
Charles Clare
Swinburn
12Th Hussars
Mr. Broughton
Elizabeth Keeley
Ann Pain
Tooley Street
West Moulsey
Surrey
Horse Iydown
Birmingham
Golden-lane
Hayward
Clare
Elizabeth Woodcock
Caroline Stiles
Essex
Chiswell-street
Horselydown
Tooley-street
Broughton
Horse Guards
Thadies
Parish Marriaces
John Johnson
Thames
Romford
Sonrane
Mr. C. Mathews
THE
Mormons
Joe Smith
Missouri
Nanyoo
Jos
Temple
Nauvoo-house
Lees
Cotton
Nemesis
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