Soldiers convicted for brutal Hyde Park assault in 1st Grenadier Guards
In Hyde Park near Queen Square, privates Seth Henchcliffe and William Gifford of the 1st Regiment Grenadier Guards were found guilty of a violent assault on Edward H. Hill and a second elderly man. The court imposed five pound penalties on each and sentenced Henchcliffe to four months and Gifford to two months imprisonment. Witnesses, including two women and an old Kensington resident, described the ruffianly conduct and the sergeant’s poor handling of the case.
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Queen Square
Seth Henchcliffe
Wm. Gifford
1St Regiment
Grenadier Guards
Hyde Park
Edward H. Hill
Henry Ingrew
Kensington
Mr. Hill
Gregorie
White
Hill
Henchccliffe
Tailor Henry Jones Convicted of Assault with Intent to Murder
Henry Jones a 36 year old tailor formerly in the police service was found guilty of assaulting with intent to murder William Harley at Homerton. The jury rejected his alibi that Harley fainted, and the judge sentenced him to transportation for life with penal colony conditions to work in a public view, after plans to pursue Home Department remedies.
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Central Criminal Court
Henry Jones
William Harley
Phillips
Homerton
Jones
Police
Baron Parke
Home Department
Insurrection Toll and Theatre Tragedy Report
Paris journals note 150 lives lost in Sunday insurrection. Guards praised but few answered summons. Espartero captures Guardamino and 300 Carlist prisoners. Vincent and others committed for seditious language in Wales. Theatre accident in Market Drayton kills John Merrill, son of Henry West Betty, as percussion gun misfires during The Pilot.
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Paris
Bayonne
Espartero
Guardamino
Spain
Vincent
Israel
Jnst
Fara
Market Drayton
H. Betty
Henry West Betty
Roscius
Drayton
Norval
John Merrill
Betty
Salopian Journal
Anniversary Dinner of the Religious Freedom Society in London
A public dinner at the London Tavern marks the society's anniversary with Charles Lushington Esq. in the chair. MPs and dissenting clergymen attend as the Queen, ministers, and liberal unity are toasted, and a lengthy political address urges support for ministerial concessions and religious liberty.
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London Tavern
Charles Lushington
Raines
Ward
M.P
Hawes
Easthope
C. Buller
Ewart
A. White
Sheriff Wood
Hankey
L Goldsmid
Wardlaw
Cox
Thomson
Thomas Price
Duke of Sussex
H. G. Ward
Sheffield
Jeave
Her
Durin
England
Scotland
Ireland
Liberal Party
Lord Melbourne
Burnett
F. Goldsmid
Theatre changes and political unity in liberal Marylebone
Mr Bunn leaves Drury Lane theatre this season. Mr Butler of Covent Garden negotiates for management and aims to follow Macready. He has offered terms to Macready and others. Reformers in Marylebone unite to back two liberal candidates. Mr W Smith of Yarmouth fired a pistol at himself, the ball entering near the heart. he survives with slim hopes.
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Bunn
Drury-lane Theatre
Butler
Covent-garden Theatre
Macready
Vandenhoff
Farren
Cooper
Harley
Marylebone
W. Smith
Yarmouth
Stabbing case heard as two men held for trial
William Russell aged about twenty was examined after being in custody since last month for stabbing Edward Boughton in a beer shop. Boughton testified the incident followed quarrelling with Russell’s father and that Russell seized a pocket knife and struck him under the left breast. A police constable described the struggle to recover the knife and Russell’s abusive language. Russell denied the charge and claims the injured man fell on the knife. He was committed for trial, with surgeon evidence to be heard later. Also William Sheen, infanticide, faced charges for striking a journeyman baker and suspected robbery, but was discharged after absence of the complainant.
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William Russell
Edward Boughton
K 240
Boughton
London
William Sheen
Whitechapel
Sheen
George Mitchell
Walthamstow
Essex
Insurrection in Paris Details and Aftermath
The Droit reports an incident near Pont du Chatelet where M Meunier witnessed insurgents attack the Palais du Chatelet post as a dressed rider warned him to stay silent. A nobleman’s scheme to marry an unknown woman ends in a discovery tying her to his daughter. Four insurgents from the Morgue are named with ties to April conspirators and Notre Dame symbolism, while Barbes dies from head wounds and hospital patients refuse clergy aid to avoid political declarations.
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The
Droit
M. Meunier
Rue Des Calandre
Pont du Chatelet
Palais of Justice
Legion of Honour
Meunier
Palace du Chatelet
Galignani
Moniteur Parisien
Hawksworth
Jean Toures
Jean Fournier
Notre Dame
Ecole Polytechnique
Barbes
Temps
Riots and arrests over seditious language at Birmingham convention
Edward Brown and James Fussell, delegates to a national convention, were arrested by police under magistrates warrants for seditious expressions at tumultuous gatherings. Bail set. Brown jailed after default, Fussell bailed. witnesses report calls to arm, resist tyrants, and defend rights. A separate case notes a woman attacked by her daughter and a four year old killed by a stable gate accident.
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Brisancuan
Farpay
Edward Brown
Jas
Fussell
Redfern
Palmer
Mr. O'Connor
Brown
Warwick
W. C. Chapman
Robert Jenkins
London
Chapman
France
Germany
Russia
O'Connor
Jenkins
Birmingham
Murper
Sarah Hughes
No. 14
New Tothill Street
Westminster
Reed
Westminster Hospital
Higgs
Red Lion
York-street
St. James’s
Helenora Aspete
Emmett
Essex Court
Death of the Earl of Powis in Berkeley Square
The venerable Earl of Powis dies on Wednesday morning in Berkeley Square. He served as privy councillor, lord lieutenant of Shropshire, recorder of Shrewsbury and Ludlow, and held Gaelic titles. His heir, Viscount Clive, becomes Earl of Powis and vacates Ludlow seat. Alcock appears likely to win. The present Earl Powis, age 55, married to Lady Lucy Graham, has a large family. heir will reach age in November.
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Lory Powis
Earl of Powis
Berkeley- Square
Clive
Baron Clive
Plassy
Shropshire
Shrewsbury
Ludlow
D.C.L
Henrietta Antonia Herbert
Earl Powis
Viscount Clive
Earl of
Lucy Graham
Duke of Montrose
First Colony of New Zealand Society Formed
A society linked to the New Zealand Land Company invites heads of families to emigrate with land options of 100 to 500 acres. Members are admitted by ballot and the group plans to depart in August to establish a settlement site by midsummer. Details at the New Zealand Land Company offices, Adelphi. May 20, 1839.
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New Zealand
George Samuel Evans
D.C.L
Henry Petre
Francis Molesworth
Daniell. E. B. Hopper
Dudley. Sinclair
New Zealand Land Company
No. 1
Adam-street
Adelphi
Society
Benevolent Insurance and Benefit Society Share Offering
Details of a London based benevolent insurance and national benefit society outlining capital of £250000 divided into two share classes 10000 shares of £20 with 10s deposit and 10000 shares of £5 with 2s 6d deposit, located at Lincoln's Inn Fields, patrons listed.
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Brenevolent Insurance
National Benefit Society
Lincoln’s Inn-Fields
London
H. G. Boldero
M.P
John J. Burn
E L. Bower
Bart
Amos Gann
J.P. Beavan
James Garrard
James Bourdillon
A B. Granville
Duncan Campbell
T. Hutchinson
Pursiciana
A. B. Granville
Lincoln’s Sun-fields
Exemplar Excerpt from Tothill Report on Exeter Hygeian Dispensary
The April 1839 report details multiple Exeter residents cured by Orison's Pills from the British College of Health No 2 Hamilton-place. Cases include Wm Chappell, 58, chest illness and skin eruption. Thomas Gribble, 29, gravel. Elizabeth Pimperwall, 34, head and stomach trouble. John Marracott, 22, bilious fever. Walter Davey, 79, chest and general derangement. John Willcox’s son, 9, epileptic fits. Susan Dodd, 88, bilious affection with worms in daughter 18. Signed by R. Torsitt.
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Orison
British College of Health
Hamilton-place
New-road
King's-cross
London
Tothill
Exeter Hygeian
Wm. Chappell
Cheek Street
Exeter
Thomas Gribble
Sun Street
Elizabeth Pimperwall
Church-street
St. Sidwell’s
John Marracott
Cox’s Buildings
Paris-Street
Walter Davey
Bartholomew-yard
Eveach
John Willcox
Heaystree
Susan Dodd
Forestreet
Topsham
R. Torsitt
M.R.C.S.L
Market report on Rio Janeiro stocks and British exchange rates
The article details Rio Janeiro stock movements to March 14 with a five per cent range around 102 9-16 for Five per Cents and Dutch securities up about 3 percent. It notes a rise in Brazilian stock near 1 percent and general firmness in exchequer bills India Bonds and Bank Stock with selective activity in foreign markets. It also lists London market quotes for Consols and railway shares, noting premiums and dislocations in several bank and railway issues.
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Rio Janeiro
Wena
Tadig
Beraas
India
London and Birmingham Railway
Great Western
Brighton
Blackwall
Greenwich
Loxton and Westminster Bank
Loudon Joint Stock Bank
Insolvents and bankruptcies listed in London Gazette May 17
Insolvents include William Hamilton Maxwell Portrush Antrim in land and book relief Thomas Smith Parliament Street Westminster grocer John Allen Alton Hants grocer Bankruptcy superseded Arthur Dunn George's Row City Road chemical manufacturer Bankruptcyes include James Habbit Cunnew Fenchurch Street London Leadom victualler Stephen William Burridge Great Dover Road Scarcey linen draper Thomas Parker Coventry ribbon manufacturer Barron Davies Street Berkeley Square builder John Adrian Meyer Great Tower Street London merchant and commission agent Collis Romford Essex ironmonger Pieter Van cen Ende London Wall wool merchant John Elliott Birmingham Carter Alexander Bhax land Sunderland merchant John Dawson Hanley Stafford comma deskree Christopher Moresby Frome and Wilold Somerset scrivener Heary Huddleston Byron Lincoln corn merchant John M Alister Liverpool upholsterer and cabinet maker Partnerships dissolved Joseph Cliffe and William Mex cock Chester auctioneer Charles Henry Mann and William Case Tite Chichester linen-drapers Henry Taylor and Thomas Luccock Liverpool bullion merchants Peter Jackam Edward Coward and William Mortis Salford Lancashire cotton-pinters Thomas Strickland Gar butt and Joseph Garbutt Easingwold York wine and spirit merchants Sarah Mills William Mella and John Turley Manchester merchant tailors William Grant John Grant and Martha Grant Westbury Ware wheelwrights Joseph Banks and Thomas Banks Liverpool castle manufacturers Thomas Kent and William Green Weymouth grocers Henry Heycock and Edwin Heycock Leeds merchants Thomas Pater and Joseph Kendall Newbury Berks painters and glaziers Jonze Feingworth BoothillIngworth and Thomas Illingworth Bradford carpenters James Henry Dowley and Gardiner Whitesides Southwark brupe road shoe manufacturers
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London Gazette
Frinay
William Hamilton Maxwell
Portrush
Antrim
Thomas Smith
Parliament-street
Westminster
John Allen
Alton
Hants
Arthur Dunn
George's Row
James Habbit Cunnew
Fenchurch-street
Leadom
Stephen Wiliam Burridge
Great Dover Road
Scarcey
Thomas Parker
Coventry
Barron
Davies-street
Berkeley Square
John Adrian Meyer
Tower-street
London
Collis
Romford
Essex
Pieter van Cen Ende
John Elliott
Birmingham
Carter
Alexander Bhaxland
Sunderland
John Dawson
Hanley
Stafford
Christopher Moresby
Frome
Lwold
Somerset
Scrivener
Heary
Huddleston Byron
Lincoln
John M.alister
Liverpost
Joseph Cliffe
William Mexcock
Chester
Charles Henry Mann
Wiliam Case Tite
Chichester
Henry Taylor
Thomas Luccock
Liverpool
Peter Jackam
Edward Coward
William Mortis
Salford
Lancashire
Thomas Strickland Garbutt
Joseph Garbutt
Easingwold
York
Sarah M-ils
William Mella
John Turley
Manchester
William Grant
John Grant
Martha Grant
Westbury
Ware
Joseph Banks
Thomas Banks
Thomas Kent
William Green
Weymouth
Henry Heycock
Edwin Heycock
Leeds
Thomas Pater
Joseph Kendall
Newbury
Berks
Jonze Feingworth
Booth Illingworth
Thomas Illingworth
Bradford
James Henry Dowley
Gardiner Whitesides
Southwark-bruperoad
Bankrupt and partnership dissolves with numerous trades listed
London Gazette from May 21 records bankrupt carrier and leather seller W Martin and several others, with certificates on June 1 for J Slinger and R Procter plus a long list of dissolved partnerships across trades from coal owners to ship builders and manufacturers.
Wheat Market Brief from Monbay and Wenpnes May 22 26
Market reports show a fair land wheat supply with reluctant purchases at a 23 to 3s decline. Foreign wheat saw country buyers and similar price reductions. Barley prices fell, oats arrivals limited sales at lower rates, peas and beans steady to higher, and overall market cautious with light activity.
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Corn Exchange
Mark-Lane
Monbay
Market Report From Smithfield on May 20
Smithfield notes a small supply with buyers deterred by a close morning. Beef prices fall 4d to 6d per stone from Monday, barley tops, mutton and lamb drop 74 ½ d per stone, and pork and veal decline similarly.
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Smithfield
Public notice of address and communications request
Pristed at No 337 Strand Middlesex by fans Norwig of No 58 Fetterlane St Isaae Holborn London Published for the Proprietess to CuaRues Penny at No 387 Strand where all advertisements and communications are requested to be put Sasikr May 23 1589.
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Pristed
Strand
Middlesex
Fans Norwig
Fetterlane
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Skelmersdale
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National College of Health
Morison
Salmon
Thomas Moat
Union Street
Borough
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Clerkenwell
White Lion-street
Norton Folgate
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Castle-street
Leicester Square
Farringdon-street
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Oxford-street
United Kingdom
Yoland
America
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Meners
Graham and Co
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Hannay and Co
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Mont
Tourepay
Bankroupte
W. Martin
Union-street
Southwark
J Taylor
Jane
King’s Cross
Wright
Waiton
Norfolk
W. M'Gill
Rayer
J. Bell
Exmouth
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J. Horsfall
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Darley Main
Yorkshire
G. Wall
T C. Caldwell
Droitwich
Worcestershire
S. Osborn
T. Osbore
Aston
Warwickshire
G. Hunter
W. Storey
W. W. Staff
Norwich
R. M. Burdon
T. Richardson
Castle Eden
Durham
W Izad
Con
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W. Izad
R. Bent
D. Kidd
Paternaster-row
Bent’s Monthly
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J. Gordon
S. Jackson
J. Taylor
W. C. Hunt
F. Hunt
Stockport
Cheshire
J. Lenton
F. Jones
Northampton
Whittaker
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Clayton
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W. H. Rogers
Stoke-upon-Trent
Staffordshire
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Midgley
J. Walton
Stocks
Lonech Marerfts
Coal Exchange
Tarfield Moor
Burdon
Uth Martley
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West Tanfield
Wylam
Wall
Bud—Bewicke and Co
Heaton
West Hettox
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Tees Hetton
West Tees
Brampton Main
Gorablesg
Presidency of Bombay
Wilson
William M‘callum
Bombay Gazette
Agnes
John M‘cstirm
Glasgow
W. T. R. Powell
Colonel Powell
Nantesa
Cardigan
Rosa Edwynz
eXest
W G. Cherry
Buckland
Herefordshire
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Suffolk
Augustus Pitxrey
Henry Wilson
Stowlangtoft Hall
Caroline
Lord Henry Fitzroy
Duke of Grafton
Wortley
Joshua
Joshua Scholefieil
Susan
Archdeacon Corbett
Konigsberg
Kirnheimscher
Dalkeith
Merrison
Edmiergé
Mr. Malthus
Malden
Tueday
Hay
Hythe
Papa
Sussex Paper
Davyds
University of Cambridge
Drogheda
Thomas Moore
Westbourn Street
Pimlico
Scargil
Siena
Mary Ann
S. Grottanelli de Santi
L. Rowe
Brentford
Crieve
Tyrone
Wm. Mazier
Rochford
George Hitchcock
Sarah
John Holman
Oxford Street
Bassabeth Grose
Grose
Threadneedle-street
Mr. Stewart
Broad-streat
William George Adam
Isabella Hutton
Charles Hutton
Royal Military Academy, Wich
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