Usurious Renewals in Bankruptcy Security Case
In a Court of Review ruling, a petition sought to compel assignees to honor a bill of exchange secured by Lord Wellesley. The bankrupt’s agent had arranged renewals with £100 fortnightly bonuses, seen as usurious. The chief judge noted legislative authorization, the petition was dismissed, and an inquiry was ordered into sums due to Mr Gibbs at bankruptcy time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court OF Review
Lord Wellesley
Russell
Gibbs
Central Criminal Court March sessions open with juror exemptions
The Central Criminal Court began its March sessions with the lord mayor and officials present. Jurors claimed exemptions for various reasons, including a clerk’s post in the Court of Chancery and religious duties. The recorder outlined two cases, one on revolt at sea under the William III statute and a murder case involving a distressed mother, then urged timely deposition forwarding by magistrates to aid the grand jury. The calendar lists 182 prisoners across offenses from larceny to murder. The Queen prosecutes Thomas Holt for publishing a libel about Lord William Paget. The Paget libel trial features Lord William Paget giving testimony under cross-examination and a verdict of guilty on all counts, with remand pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Criminal Court
Alderman Farncymbe
Court of Chancery
Charles Grote
Simeon Oppenheim
Oppenheim
M‘gregor
Lambert
Grand Jury
Hoe
Deptford
London
Middlesex
Essex
Admiralty
Kent
Surrey
William Paget
Thomas Holt
Age
Queen’s Bench
Lord William Paget
Clarkson
Doane
Wordsworth
Wilking
Loznos Canpican
William Pacet
William Pacer
Ha Mze
Lord W. Pacett
Andover
Paris
Earl of Canpican
Earl of Carpican
Mr. Doane
Marquess of
Anglesey
John Thomas
Frederick Winter
Winter
Thomas
Lord Cardigan
Lord W. Paget
Lord
Mr. Wordsworth
Lord William
Portsmouth
Mr. Hay
William
Cavendish Hotel
Mr. Fisk
Hay
Samuel Bamford Hamer
Mr. Douglas
Mr. Cassidy
Miss Bellew
Mr Wordsworth
Mr. Holt
Holt
Royal Navy
J. Rose
Wilkins
Bebb
Court of Common Pleas
W. H. Watts
Clark
Mr. Clarkson
Tim
The Common Serjeant’s Verdict and Sentences Annay
The report covers multiple court cases with verdicts and mercy recommendations. A woman found guilty of theft is sentenced to six months hard labour. Keith Sworn and Bevis are convicted of burglary with transportation, and M Gregor gets two years for mutiny. The calendar notes 54 prisoners committed for trial and details on other indictments and outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Correction
Veronespay
Coaner
Currinc
Pattesen
Williams
Jeremiah John Kelly
Daniel Morris
Deene
Ballantine
High-Street
Shadwell
Justice Patteson
Patteson
William Bladen
Mary Cook
Clarkson
Doane
Sadler’s Wells Theatre
New Court
William Judge
Issac How
How
London
Middlesex
Essex
Surrey
William M‘gregor
Chas. Lambert
Admiralty of
England
M‘gregor
Griggs
Alfred Bevis
Joseph Murry
Clerkenwell
Nathaniel Newell
Bevis
Murry
James Bevis
Police Reports from Guildhall and Marylebone Courts
Detailed court notes from Guildhall describe Mrs Tregear and Mr Lewis facing assault charges over a shop dispute with repeated furniture and instrument damage. In Marylebone a 12 year old boy is jailed for cutting his mother, and other cases include a wife stabbing her husband and an indecent assault.
Marlborough Street Forgery Case Prompts Arrests
A forged cheque scheme failed after premature fears. Thomas Cates, a country lad, appeared with Inspector Pearce before Mr. Maltby to explain his role. Cates had advertised for work in the Times and met a man signing as W Thompson at Woodhouse's coffee house in Westminster where a false business interview led to an engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlborough Bireet
Thomas Cates
Maltby
Pearce
Lad duped to ferry forged cheque as Pimlico swindle unfolds
A youth lured by a crook named Thompson to collect money at Pimlico venues became an unwitting agent in a large cheque forgery. He delivered a counterfeit Elliot and Co. instrument to a banking house, was detained, and the entire sum remained with him until authorities recovered it. The forged handwriting and signature were traced, voyage to the Ship and back thwarted the fraud, with inspectors noting the lad’s innocence and the gang’s exploitation of his country appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junto
Gua Tavern
Pimlico
Thompson
Smith
Aldgate
Hilcott’s
Elliott’s Brewery
Messrs
Cull, Marten, and Co
Bondatreet
Chering-cross
Banking House
Messrs. Elliott and Co
Trewery
Mr. Thompson
Pearce
Croydon
Maltby
Thomas Allex
George-street
Hanover Square
Charles Reilly
Hardwick
National Animals Friends Society Cruelty Cases Reported Abroad
The society reports active prosecution of cruelty in Derby Nottingham Birmingham Worcester Coventry Brighton London. Cases include Radcliffe and others involving horse abuse, donkey cruelty, and fines from Bow Street to Guild Hall. More items detail arson acquittal, ship fraud bail, a dwarf death verdict, and Parliament building accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Animals Friend Society
Derby
Nottingham
Birmingham
Worcester
Coventry
Brighton
London
Radcliffe
Starkies
Twyford
Bow Street
John Wall
Greenwood
Thomas Wild
Bond
Queen Square
Humphrey May
A. Gale
Clive
Hammersmith
H. M. May
John Walters
Alderman Hughes
Guild Hall
S. Hardwick
Simon Clarke Bart
Rawlitson
Bailey
Serrnt Griss
W. Jones Cabe
Walworth
Mays
Exeter Hall
James Rampling
Chelmsford Assizes
John Page
William Read
Harwich
Peter Laurie
Daniel Forrester
William Simpson
Marine Alliance Assurance Company
Read
Simpson
Captain Simpson
Mr. Read
Payne
White Swan
Thames-street
Margaret Newland
Little Trinity Lane
Camberwell Fair
Bartholomew’s Hospital
St. George's Hospital
Meeting to Mr O Connell in Birmingham
Public meeting in Birmingham Town Hall convened by 28 town councillors of the Complete Suffrage movement to defend constitutional liberties amid Irish events. O Connell urged English Irish unity and condemned jury manipulation while praising broad sympathy for Ireland and calling for parliamentary redress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Joseph Sturge
Thomas Weston
Complete Suffrage People
O'Connell
Edmonds
Morgan
Complete Suffrage Association
D. O'Connell
Mr. O'Connell
British Empire
O’connell
England
Lord Morpeth
Sturge
Queen’s Bench
Anti League Meeting at Covent Garden Theatre
A crowded Covent Garden audience heard Dr Bowring read Moore’s bread-tree fable and Mr J T Leader and Mr Collier discuss Peel, free trade, and the Morning Post. Anti League voices praised the movement while chartists and protectionists clashed, ending with a split council at the Freemasons Tavern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covent-garden Theatre
Dr. Bowring
Moore
J.T. Leader
R. Peel
Collier
M.P
Plymouth
Morning Post
Fox
Anti League
League
Freemasons
Newton Abbot
Anti League Association
Freemason’s
Sherrard
Union of Spitalfields Weavers
Richard Joddrell
M.rrard
Wito
Marlard
Anti National Association
Errors of the press and curious title notes
A compact curio of typographical slips and satirical lines from period papers. It cites errata affecting persons or actions, examples from Dublin and London papers, a Cromwell era book title parody, and a quip on fox hunting costs from the Sporting Review with vivid period diction. Notable names include Sylvanus Grogan and O Connell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvanus Grogan
Roscommon
Dublin
Chamber of Deputies
O'Connell
Dublin Evening Post
Sunday Monitor
Judge O Neall’s Death Sentence for Aiding Slave Escape
The Anti Slavery Reporter cites a New Orleans ruling in which Judge J B O Neall condemns John B Brown to die by hanging for aiding a slave to escape. The judge’s address blends piety with coercive punishment, urging reform and scripture to a young condemned man ahead of execution on April 26 at Fairfield district jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ourrivate
Byudge O'Neall
New Orleans
Brown
Louisiana
J. B. O'Neall
John B. Brown
Winnsboro
Jesus Christ
Lamb of God
Fairfield
The King of Sweden and a Tattooed Motto
A Parisian commentator notes the King of Sweden undergoing bleeding reveals an arm marked with Liberté, Egalité, ou la Mort. The piece reflects on a ruler once a hero who became a long reign, admired for virtue, while the motto marks a striking paradox of liberty on a sovereign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Charles John
Diadame
MM. Girardin
French Levant steam line to run Marseilles to Alexandria
In a private March 1 dispatch from manuscript sources, French post authorities announce a new line of government steam packets between Marseilles and Alexandria with Malta calls. The vessels Egyptus Alexandria Cairo and Osiris offer 220 hp and elegant passenger accommodation. Initially mails and specie only, eight tons for small packages may be added later. Departures start monthly, Marseilles on the 4th and Alexandria on the 20th. Travel time London to Alexandria via Marseilles is about nine to ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Manuseilles
Marseilles
Alexandria
Malta
Egyptus
Cairo
Osiris
Levant
London
Boulogne
J.T. Wawn
South Shields
City of London
Victoria
Select Committee On Railways
House 0 Commons
Committee of Selection
A Moses
Moses
Globe-road
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LAW
Prenty
Fregear
Tregear and Lewis
Cheapside
Alderman Lucas
Lewis
Printer and Gas Company
Mr. Lewis
Tregears
Lewises
Marylebone
Frederick Adams
Rawlinson
Anne Adams
Middlesex Street
Somerstown
Thames Police
Margaret Dogwell
K Division
Charles Dogwell
Sophia Street
Poplar
Witness
William Barber
Eliza Watts
Broderip
The
Curious
John Ward
Pytchley
Northamptonshire
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