Green worth Derby races and betting clubs at Greenwich
The article describes Derby week crowds at Greenwich with large betting pools, numerous sweepstakes in hotels and clubs, and complex horse lotteries. It covers race results, notable horses and owners, hunts, pigeon shooting incidents, and various cricket and sailing matches, highlighting public betting culture and social gatherings.
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Greenwich
Mr. Forth
Knightsbridge
Butler
Jobson
Captain Daintrie
Mulatto
Middleton
Maroon
Lord Exeter
Hon
S. Herbert
Mr. Litchwald
Price
Marshal Biron
Mr. Greville
Lawrence
Mr. Williamson
S. Scott
Ray Middleton
Z. Walter
Miss Whinney
Lord Jersey
Adele
Lord Chesterfield
Dilbar
Actuen
Manchester
Sheffield
Birmingham
Bake
Tattersall’s
Counterfeit coin factory raided in Fieldane house
Police raided a Fieldane house after tips on widespread coining. In the top room a man and woman were found with moulds, metal, and equipment for producing counterfeit silver coin. They were detained at Compter for Guildhall examination. the landlord denies knowledge of the lodgers until they stayed there. A second note reports a sensational assault over infidelity with a finger severed by an angry husband, then later found in a garden.
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Carrage Oy
Fielplanz
Fieldane
Compter
Guildhall
Cupid
Laura
Yan Juan
Monmouth Merlin
Court reports from the Queen's Bench and related courts
The first day of term opens with judges in full wigs. In the Queen v Stockdale the rule to elect which indictment to trial is refused. Negri v Duke of Normandy covers singing lessons and a disputed payment. In Mary Lebone Bank insolvency the examiner adjourns for account finalization. Insolvent at Oxford and a remand for vexatious defense. Surrey adjourned sessions address jury reconsideration of verdict. A Brentford petty session notes a case of holding a cat in custody.
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Court OF Queeen’s Bench
Stockdale
Wordsworth
Brussels
Belgium
England
Mary Lebone
Haxsay
Marylebone
France
Joux
Ecerton Ratasoxe
Oriel College
Oxford
Surrey
Sessions House
Newington
Puckle
William Steers
Bletchingly
Lock
Brentford
Cat Dispute Over Lost Pet Ends in Court Dismissal
Ann Johnson testified she gave the cat to the defendant three years ago and that it was a double smut with no white nose. The defendant denied the description. the bench dismissed the summons after viewing the cat and kittens, resolving the matter as a dispute over possession rather than ownership.
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Lawk
Sukey
Madam Grimalkin
Ann Johnson
Prisoner Bites Turnkey Then Cries for Mercy in Riot Case
A drunken Billingsgate offender bit ward officer Childs at Giltspur Street Prison after being brought in as a riotous detainee from Billingsgate market. Alderman Thompson warned the prisoner of punishment and potential tooth removal to protect the public as the man cried for mercy and sought private compensation for damaged apparel.
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William Halford
Alderman Thompson
Howcroft
Giltspur Street
Billingsgate Market
Thames
Billingsgate
Childs
Drury Lane Theatre Rates Case In Bow Street
Mr Burgess represented Drury Lane proprietors in a Bow Street case over four months of poor rates due by lessee Mr Macready to St. Martin in the Fields parish. A prior summons was abandoned for personal service, while a second was issued amid claims Macready would leave London. Burgess argued the lessee bore no rate liability, citing parish receipts. the magistrate thanked him and the matter ended.
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Signor Negri
France
Count de la Bar
Normandy
Signor Nosso
Cosso
Percy-street
Duke of Normandy
Camberwell-green
Signor Negris
James
Emilia
Princess of
Bourbon
Kent Road
Humphrey
Signor Albera
Pst
Justice Wightman
Emilia of Bourbon
Bow Street
Drury
Burgess
Drury-lane Theatre
Macready
St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Williams
Drury-lane
le Breton
Mr. B
London
Hall
Twyford
Mr. Macready
Marylebone Court Delivers Dual Bowyer Chivalry and Drunkenness
In Marylebone, Thomas Bowyer and wife Mary Ann Bowyer along with Sophia Griffiths faced a bar for a public disturbance. The group claimed domestic strife and threats, with key testimony about stones being thrown, while Bowyer and companions were discharged with admonitions to avoid further trouble. Separately on Marlborough Street, a drunken constable and a man named Theophilus Curry faced charges as Curry admitted low spirits and destitution amid attempts at self harm and a plea for leniency after a brief inquiry.
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Mr. Long
Bowyer
Seph
Peetek
John Pocock
Rogers
Lincoln
Inspector Black
Melbury Terrace
Dorset-square
House of Correction
Marlborough Street
Maltby
George Patio
Castle‘street
Theophilus Curry
Braintree
Bungay
Cambridge
Emmanuel College
Clements
St. Martin's
Treasury Fracas at Clerkenwell Police Court
Richard Moulton, a police constable, faced a bar complaint for rough treatment of a woman in Little Gray's Inn Lane. The magistrate fined him ten shillings, then later, after further testimony, sentenced him to 14 days in the House of Correction and removal from the force.
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Clerkenwesell
Treasury
Richard Moulton
Mr. Bingham
J. T. Jowett
Her Majesty's Treasury of Exchequer
Wilmington Square
Clerkenwell
Little Gray’s Inn-lane
Inspector Jarvis
Jarvis
Stabbing Case and Skeleton Keys at Old Street
William Lovett was charged with stabbing Sarah Morris after a dispute over her helping a child. Morris received medical aid for a four inch wound. George Moss alias Edwards attempted to break into a house with skeleton keys, possessing nine of them. he was sentenced to three months in the House of Correction. A constable, George Ball, confessed to perjured evidence and was declared insane, later committed to Miles's lunatic asylum.
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William Lovett
Baker's Tents
Hackney Road
Costermonger
Sarah Morris
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Glass
Donald
Caime
George Moss
Edwards
Stack
Old-street
Old-street-road
Halifax
House of Correction
George Ball
Dubois
Serjeant
Coward
Hall
Miles
Hoxton
Assault by Police Officer Brings Court Testimony
In Thames officeh Brural Assault case, Robert Hears of the K division faced charges for roughing and falsely imprisoning Caroline Smith, a five months pregnant woman returning from a concert with her husband. The incident on Albion Street Commercial Road involved a brutal push, accusations of prostitution, and a later arrest for alleged drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
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Thames
Robert Hears
Broderip
Caroline Smith
Albion Street
Commercial Road
Hoare
Scotland Yard
Mr. Ballantine
Commissionera
211 K
Kensington Fratricide Case Remanded for Further Hearing
Thomas Shores a 23 year old laborer was charged with stabbing his brother John Shores in the abdomen at the Brown Bear, Hanworth. Eye witnesses described a confrontation and a knife used in the assault. John Shores lies in a dangerous condition. Shores was remanded to Clerkenwell for a week.
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Kensington
Thomas Shores
Land
Hanworth
G. Clive
John Shores
Middlesex
John Bamlett
Brown Bear
Jon
Cooper
John
Thomas
Witness
Clive
Clerkenwell
WANDSWORTH. Desertion case against Rev Stephen Aldhouse
The Rev Stephen Aldhouse rector of Allhallows was brought up on a warrant for deserting his wife Elizabeth and two children, leaving them destitute to the parish of Clapham. Elizabeth testified of ill usage and neglect. Aldhouse claimed his wife left him first. Police haled him from his lodgings in Fleet Street. defense argued his wife starved him and kept his orders. The case was discharged to parish officers for decision.
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Thames
Broderip
Whittleton
Station House
Hoare
Scotland Yard
Rutt
Commissioners of Police
House of Correction
Wandsworth
Stephen Aldhouse
Allhallows Church
New
Clive
Clapham
William Tupman
Elizabeth
Board of Guardians
Elizabeth Aldhouse
Fleet Street
Nelson-square
Blackfriars
Jones
Greenwich Cruel Rates and a Harsher Remand
In Greenwich a forty-year parish ratepayer, George West, seeks relief after his goods and tools were seized for a 11s 3d poor rate. Magistrate Mr. Jeremy calls it extreme hardship and notes illegal seizure of a worker’s tools, suggesting redemption through friends. In Woolwich a man named Patrick Cavanagh, accused of assaulting two nurses, is remanded after testimony about strangling and threats, linked to the dying Mrs. Wilson’s case.
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Greenwich
Cuurca
George West
St. Paul
Deptford
Jeremy
Wooolwiccch
Charck
Muxper
Patrick Cavanagh
Wilson
Mary Williams
Jane Harris
Eliza Wilson
Williams
Whitney
Crane
Newport
Mincing Lane
Illustrations of Balaam and the Prophet’s Doom
Fragmentary verse passage depicts Balaam and the doomed nation Moab. It presents a moral critique of misused prophecy, warnings ignored, and the angel of liberty standing in the path while doom and famine threaten the masses.
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Moab
Balaam
New Lithographic Process Puts Daguerreotype to Test
An Italian account describes Signor Rondoni and a Roman College astronomer evaluating a new lithographic method. The process creates photographic-like stone images from drawings, reportedly achieving successful results on the planet Orion’s image and impressing M. Arago and the Paris Academy. The technique may transmit the figure from a hand-drawn prep rather than from the object itself, a key distinction in early photographic inquiry.
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Thi
M. Arago
M. Rydoni
Academy
Paris
Patta
Nehuly
Natural Curiosity at Eton Chapel Describes Jackdaw Nest Work
A jackdaw nest is found in Eton College chapel bell tower. The nest is built on a narrow wall ledge with a tall dry-stick column and a precise apex. Observers note the birds’ remarkable understanding of gravity and construction as a pair completes the structure rapidly.
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Eton College
Une
Gray
PULLING DOWN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
The British Museum site, formerly Montague house and gardens, faces demolition and redevelop ment into neoclassical style with a grand portico and officer residences. The Montague palace, begun in 1677 by Duke of Montagne, was partly torn down for about £12000, with further construction planned after extensive alterations and donations.
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British Museum
March of Intellect
Dukes of Montague
John
Duke of
Montagne
Paris
Charles Ti
Montagne House
H.ke
Ralph
Montague
Louis XIV
Monsoughet
Lafusse
Laguerre
Hans Sloas
Montague Huis An
Sven
Catana
Election Proceedings in 1615 and 1646 Bathe Memoir Fragment
A fragmentary memorandum shows J Harrington’s notes on a 1646 Bath election to Parliament. He describes dining with citizens, expenses at the George inn, discussions with the mayor and bailiffs, a promised horse from Sir John Horner, planned London trip, and the city’s guidance for his speaking. The date and context remain partly unclear, with a note the election may fall within a year.
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J. Harrington
Kelston
Somersetshire
George Inn
Ord
John Horne
London
Ashe
Chapman
Panaen
Alava
Four Peasants Die as Lightning Strikes Outhouse at Vidauban
In Vidauban during a violent storm on the sixteenth, four peasants were killed when lightning struck a thatched outhouse as the roof beam collapsed. A seventh man and his wife were injured and nearly suffocated by sulphureous vapour. the mother of the deceased experienced a fatal milk ejection while holding her breastfed child.
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Toulonnais
Vidauban
Stercek
Portrait of Feargus O Connor and Chartist Mortality Table
A bitter portrait attacks Feargus O Conor as a demagogue who inflates himself and betrays allies while courting public praise. A second section presents a mortality table for London Metropolis week ending May 14, 1842, listing districts and death counts by sex and total.
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Feargus O'Connor
Louis Philippe
Henry Vincent
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