Lord Cardigan Urged to Retire From Army After Court Inquiry
A public discourse argues Lord Cardigan should retire rather than face further disciplinary steps. Critics say his conduct toward officers shows insensitivity to inquiry and royal prerogative may remove him without cause. The debate questions public opinion's role in any dismissal.
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Sible
Cardigan
Lord Cardigan
Lord Hill
Lith
Hussars
B&n
Sbyithe
Brighton
11Th Hussars
Sith Hussars
Horse-guards
the Times
Prince Albert
Ith Hussars
Extraordinary Outrage in Central Court Ends in Guilty Verdict
Central Criminal Court proceedings wrap with Christopher Callar aged 22 found guilty of assaulting Frances Elizabeth Watling a married woman. Sentence 18 months hard labour. Disorder follows as spectators, including Callar’s brother, disrupt the court and are restrained. Additional cases include Robert Hedges’s 18 months for assaulting two young girls and James Lambert’s three months for beating Rosa Anne Coombs. Sessions adjourn to Michaelmas term.
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Court of Justice
Christopher Callar
Frances Elizabeth Watling
Star-street
Euston
Square
Prosecutrix
Sergeant Arabin
Philip Callar
Mary Anne Gray
Arabin
Her Majesty
Harmer
Robert Hedges
Ponicz Evip
Recorder
James Lambert
Rosa Anne Coombs
Ballantine
Wuess
House of Correction
Newgate
William Rogerson
Cornelius Quinlan
Joseph Wild
Samuel Brown
Jane Cole
Wild
Thomas Clark
John Jones
James Harrison
Jane Edwards
Ann Keight
Catherine Maddigan
George Beadle
Mary Clark
James Grant
Lawrence Brown
Richard Sanderson
William Hutchinson
Sarah Hughes
George Pearson
John Lynch
Thomas Evans
C. Stewart
Edward Cotterell
Joseph Horsley
Nathaniel Jenkins
James Reardon
Eliza Riley
Harriet Perry
James Miller
Richard Martin
J. Smith
Thomas Cramp
D. Mudge
George Robinson
Robert M.gregor
John Melton
John Yates
Elvira Sharp
Leonard Hingdon
Robert Brown
Thomas Cridland
William Lane
Richard Simcoe
Alfred Joey
J. O'Donnell
Philip Bragg
James Williams
William Batchelor
Henry Penny
Henry Jacques
J. Farrell
John Edwards
J. Geary
Elizabeth White
Elizabeth Smithson
James Trail
Alfred Jones
William Ridley
John Scott
Eliza Fortescue
Eliza Palmer
George Bloomfield
Henry Edwards
William Benbrook
Hart King
Charles Morris
John Price
James Price
Mary Ann Hawes
Elizabeth Gillham
Henry Chapple
Mary Smith
Peter Brennam
Catherine Doyle
Catherine Hennessey
John Smith
Simon Moses
Michael Moriarty
Eliza Edwards
Henry Smith
Richard Lillywhite
W. Marable
James Andrews
W. Reynolds
William Meayhew
William Whitley
John Hallowell
Eliza Kyte
W. Hughes
John Brown
John Simmons
Mary Gray
Adam White
John Brady
J. Clark
Edward Cooke
Henry Suter
D. Carroll
R. Gardner
Michael Hanlon
Elizabeth Scott
H. Gatehouse
James Hammond
W. Elliott
Mary Ann Williams
Sophia Matilda Barrymore
Margaret Murray
Catherine Stevens
Mary A. Davis
C. Charles Jefferson
James Robins
Richard Miller
Elizabeth Webster
Lydia Lavenkia
Elizabeth Slade
George Mintoh
John Giblin
George Baring White
James Jones
Mary Sullivan
Susan Roach
Margaret Sullivan
James Markham
Joseph Lear
Arthur Henessey
Jane Sellers
Robert Shail
J. Railton
John Starr
Prison fines for selling near sovereign counterfeit coins
Joseph Slade and William Lear were re examined before Alderman Magnay on charges of uttering gilt pocket pieces resembling sovereigns. The mint official testified the deviation was strong enough to hinder indictment yet close enough to deceive. Magnay fined each 10 shillings for vending in the street and causing obstruction. they paid and were discharged.
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Couxterrert
Joseph Slade
William Lear
Alderman Magnay
Field
Mint
Mumdenous Assaults Charged Woman for Wounding with Intent
Mary Crowe faced a magistrate on two counts of murderous assault after she attacked Elizabeth Broderick and her daughter with a knife and poker at Sorting's court Oxford Street. Broderick the elder suffered a deep cut above the left eyebrow and other injuries. the daughter was hurt on the hand. Crowe was committed for trial for bruising and wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
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Mary Crowe
Hardwick
Elizabeth Broderick
Sorting’s Court
Oxford-street
Elizabeth’ Broderick
Hunt
West London Infirmary
Brutal St Giles murder case linked to 11th Hussars memo
A crowded courtroom hears James Lyttleton alias Shamus charged with wilful murder of Mary Nichols. Evidence centers on a broom handle stained with blood and multiple bruises. The adjutant general warns the 11th Hussars to restore discipline and harmony and hints at further action if disobedience continues.
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St. Giles
James Lyttleton
Shamus
Mr. Combe
Mary Nichols
Thomas Saunders
Hampshire Heg Yard
St. Giles’s
Ellen Saunders
Grace Corn
Ward
Middlesex Hospital
Sarah Bradbury
James Halton
Sarah
Wm. Gummer
Chandler
Buckeridge-street
Shammus
John Gummer
Mallett
Mr. M
Mr. Mallett
Richard Axford
Witmess
Central Criminal Court
Rachael Salway
Flash Poll
Fatal Collision Off Woolwich Inquest Verdict
A seven hour adjourned inquest at the Castle Inn Woolwich returned a verdict of manslaughter against William Taylor captain of the London steamship and George West pilot after examining witnesses about the 6th October collision with a Trinity-house lighter off the royal dockyard.
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Carttar
Kent
Castle Inn
Woolwich
Michael Shea
Trinity-house
London and Hull
Royal Dockyard
Clarkson
Teesdale and Western
Bishopsgate-street
Trinity House
Jacobs
London and Hull Steam Navigation Company
London
William Dalton
Barking-creek
Woolwich Dockyard
Witness
Foy
Shea
Mr. Clarkson
John Creasy
Trinity
Robert Savage
Thomas Foy
Trinity Lighters
James Deacon
Trafalgaris
William and Mary
Greenwich
West
India Ockis
Woolwich Reach
Taylor
George West
Gravesend
Stephen Armitage
Thomas Husband
Francis Renny
William Taylor
Inquest Resumes Over Death of Mary Nichols at Middlesex Hospital
The adjourned inquest into Mary Nichols death, allegedly beaten by her lover James Littleton, reopened at the Middlesex Hospital before Mr Wakley. Littleton appeared in custody as witnesses gave details of the assault and a later admission to a witness. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder. Separately a Nine Elms meeting addressed nuisance from new Thames river chemical works with a strong turnout and fundraising for action.
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Hatton-garden
Littleton
Susan Davis
Ward
James Littleton
Thames
Nine Elms
Wandsworth Road
Vauxhall
Howe's Railway Hotel
Nine Elms Lane
Batterseafields
Phillips
Collision between steamships Phenix and Britannia causes loss
Report of the 1849 Phenix Britannia disaster from Havre to London. The Phenix, bound for London from Havre with a crew of Englishmen and a French owners, collided with the Britannia off Dungeness. The Phenix sank with forty passengers and crew saved aboard Britannia. cargo, gear, and passengers’ belongings lost. Captain Lefort and Captain Strannack praised for handling rescue and aftermath.
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Britannia
Gers
Mary Con
J. Straw
General of Navigation Company
Phenix
Becca Lefort
London
Non
Nia
Havre
Essel
General Steam Navigation
Strannack
Trance
Paulins
Theotannia
Lefort
Gooe Hassetine
Gravesend
North Foreland
George Dinea
Messrs. Batten and Edwards
Dungeness
Courpass
Lutt
Jeeward
Parthcunsis
Phenis
General Steam Navigation Company
Bullock
Phea0
Lipana
Coe
Dines
M.eh
Standard
Fust
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Uildhall
Marylebone
Hatton Garden
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