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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 12, 1839

Page

7

Damages in Crim Con Case Wiguelin v Wood

In the Court at Basinghall Street the writ of inquiry on a crim. con. claim between Mr. Wiguelin and Mr. Wood heard details of a clergyman wife’s affair with the surgeon at Bognor. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for 4000 pounds after testimony of adultery and elopement schemes with strong local names and places.

Wiguelin Srconpanies’ Court Basinghall-street James Asiston Crim Wightlatter Jon Eeatiet Andrew Wignelin Sussex South Stoke W. Wood Wightman Bognor Emily Hankey Atleman Ortland-Place Chichester England Brighton Hankey Caroline Wiguelin Deponent Secondary James

Death of Bath and Wells Bishop Premature Claim

Weymouth letters dated May 2 say the bishop of Bath and Wells was dangerously ill from bowel inflammation but hopes of recovery were sanguine, making the death announcement premature.

Bath and Wells Weymouth

Cheltenham Theatre Fire Destroys Historic Building

A Cheltenham theatre burned completely on a Friday morning with alarms at 3:30. Four town engines and an insurance company engine fought the blaze, but the interior collapsed and by 9:30 the building was gutted. Damages about £5,000. adjacent shops lost. origins rumored gas leak. The old theatre, built 1805, linked to Watson and Siddons, now deemed a loss and unlikely to be rebuilt.

Cheltenham Whitmore Protector Insurance Company Gloucester Phenix Grattan John Kemble Siddons Cheltenham Theatre York Hotel Colonel Berkeley Lord Segrave Frederick and Grantley Berkeley Jenner Dr. Jenner Berkeley Watson

Grand Duke Alexander of Russia lands in England amid royal welcome

The Cerberus steamer arrives off Deptford with Grand Duke and Prince William Henry of Holland aboard. A royal salute greets their landing, then the party travels to London in royal carriages. The report notes broader news on government proclamations, riots in Montgomeryshire, and public notices across London.

Earl of Scarborough Duke of Newcastle Nottingham Alexander of Russa Cerberus Deptford Grand Duke Prince William Henry of Holland Count Orloff Newtown Montgomeryshire Llanidloes Mr. Stephens London Stephens Dr. Johnson Bolt-court Fleet-street Crown and Anchor Tavern White Conduit-house Lemesters Intsh Railways Lord Morpeth Ireland City of London Police Metropolitan Commissioners Metropolitan Police Peck Hall William Harris Flynn Highstreet Peckham Rodney’s Head Robert-street Grosvenor Square George M‘donald Mercantile Committee On Postage the Treasury Rowland Hill House of Commons Lord Melbourne Warburton Hume Mark Phillips Trevors Moffatt London Mercantile Committee O'Connell

Theft and elopement cases at London workhouses and a fatal fall

A candle maker's employee is jailed after 56 pounds of copper theft is found on him and he refuses to name the receiver. In a separate incident a workhouse inmate is linked to a planned elopement through a love letter, but the magistrates release him. A laborer at Earl Powis's Berkeley Square mansion dies after a 30 foot fall from scaffolding.

Thomas Longhurst Moore Whitecross-street Worship-street George Smith James Smith Hatton-garden West Clerkenwell Mr. Bennett Mr. West Emmar Johnson Emma Saint John-street Tam Dayley J. Smith Burrell Earl Powis Berkeley Square Berkeley

Royal Union Life Annuity and Depo Sit Bank Prospectus

Lancaster Place Strand offices offer daily post prospectives from 10 to 3. Deposits earn 3 percent interest with eight days notice for withdrawal. Six months notice also at 3 percent. Mortgages of 5000 pounds and above on freehold estates in England or sales of life and reversionary interests invited in writing.

Royal Union Life Annuity and Deposit Bank Lancaster Place Strand England

Wakefield Stationers Promote Portraits at Northgate Shop

WeatulFIELD TORES and partners announce they are sole agents for the WEEKLY CHROWIGIE specimens. Public notice invites friends to view the Duke of Wellington's Portrait and Memoir on display at their Northgate Wakefield shop.

Weatulfield Tores Homas Nichols Northgate Wakefield Duke of ‘Wellington Northgats

Arrests and odd charges across from Toomara to Oxford Street

Bailiff Morpex or Lory Norspay faces murder charges after boasting while intoxicated. In a separate incident, George Clark and three female staff from the White Bear and Green Man and Still are questioned over a lurid scene in a Marylebone police office, with Clark denying serious misconduct as magistrates rebuke the behavior.

Morpex Lory Norspay Jim Kenna Toomara Merny Monta Jim Green Srinu George Clark Marylebone Martha Ireson Susan Hagger Elizabeth Galing White Bear Piecedilly Green Man and Oxford Street Patterson Chambermai Clark

London Market Summary From Morning Trading Ticker

The British Funds drifted about one percent lower than yesterday's close amid speculation a parliamentary dissolution may force large stock sales for election expenses. Bulls expect confidence in new ministers to shore up prices. Consols steady around 93.4 for the Account, 93 for Money, Exchequer Bills soft, India Bonds 46, Bank Stock 1964 195, with several foreign and domestic securities showing varied movement. Market activity narrows with railways and banks quoted alongside miscellaneous instruments.

India

Insolvent and bankruptcies listed in London Gazette

Insolvent Christopher Moresby of Frome Somerset. bankrupts T Cole of Leadenhall Street stationary Geo Frith Lower Whitechapel Street statuary and mason T Briggs Newcastle upon Tyne eroder W Bull Lichfield cabinet maker Wm R Cartas Newcastle upon Tyne ironmonger J Marton Great Grimsby Lincolnshire chief merchant. bankruptcy superseded T B King King Street Aldgate ceased victualler. Partnerships dissolved Sloan and Murray Manchester drapers and tea dealers Saunders and Comyn Queen Street Southwark attornies at law Field and Wood Liverpool coffee dealers Woodwark and Bird Lawrence Lane London and Southfields Gloucester clothiers J and W Derrick Hadleigh Suffolk tron loungers Atlee Barchard and Atlee Wandsworth distillers Gravely and Newington Boughton Manchelsea Kent brewers Faber and Smal Sheffield plumbers and glaziers Todd Kitson Laird and Shepherd Henslet Leede engineers Green and Crab Peckham surgeons Ball and Huff Holloway farmers Phillips and Lamb Highworth Wilts drawers Trower Lawon and Trower St Mary at Hill London wine and Saints merchants Higginson and Morgan Pleasant Street Liverpool soda water manufacturers Rimington and Thompson Gateshead Durham linen and woollen drapers Bryan and Halford Sow on the Wold mercer Robb and Maddock Manchester cigar merchants E and G Eaker Hermes Street Pentonville engine turners W H and D M Gortling Leadenhall Street ironmongers Liddon and Ford HanEl Hempstead brewers

London Gazette Femay Christopher Moresby Frome Somerset Scrivener T. B. King King-street Aldgate Victualler Sloan and Murray Manchester Saunders and Comyn Queen-street Holloway Phillips and Lamb Highworth Wilte Drawers Trower Law On Trower St. Mary-at-hill London Wine Higginson and Morgan Pleasant Street Liverpool Rimington and Thompson Gateshead Durham Bryan and Halford Sow-on-the-Wold Mercer Robb and Maddock E. and G. Eaker Hermes-street Pentonville Engine-Turners W. H D. M. Gortling Leadenhall-street Liddon and Ford Hanel Hempsted

Insolvents and bankrupts listed in London Gazette May 7

Insolvents include John Adrize Meyer of Great Tower Street and William M Gill of Liverpool. Bankrupts span George Horsey of Chamomile Street, Leicester Square, and others in Lincolnshire Birmingham and Yorks. Partnerships dissolved cover Englefield Co Wood Street and many listed firms across trades from hatters to wool merchants. Certificates dated May 28 list S B Jackson Liverpool Routledge Oakshaw and others.

London Gazette Turspay John Adrize Meyer Great Tower-street William M'Gill Liverpool Draper BANKR George Horsey Chamomile-street Calender Jolst Liehel Head Prince’s-street Leicester-square Great Grimsby Lincolnshire Christopher Arthur Harris Bushey Hertfordshire Edward Bach Birmingham Francis Higginbotham Binningham Ketenare John Chalk Brighion How Englefield Ard Coe Wood Street J. H. Chandler J. Orwin Worcester Radcclyffe and Co T. Chattock J.T. Biltan Solihull J. G. Bidwell R. A. Darwear St. Thomas the Apostle Devonshire Arnold, Lipsett, and Co Hamburgh Leeds E Moore R Light Rawley Staffordshire T. Wilmshurst Chichester Chiat Bonnell and Myers J. R. Oliver T Watson J. Dear Aldermanbury J. Scott Newessteupon-Tyne Fruiteter

Market Report From London May Day Trade

We had a small attendance of buyers at market this morning. Monday's currect was supported for Wheat and all other articles. Arrivals include English Wheat 1,610 Barley 4,380 Oats 2,620 quarters Flour 2,450 sacks Irish Oats 11,159 quarters Foreign Wheat 22,710 barley 3,339 quarters.

Corn Exchange Mark-Lane Essex Suffolk Kent

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