Prisoner in Seemingly Complicated Royal Allegations Case
In a long courtroom recount, the prisoner Mitchell faces a charged case connected to alleged thefts and improper conduct with a nobleman. Testimony details purchases and pledges of jewelry and clothing, the woman’s prior associations, and the involvement of pawnbrokers and solicitors. The defense argues the nobleman used intimidation, claiming the prisoner received property as a present for prostitution, while the prosecution seeks restitution of the jewels.
Verdict in Lord Frankfort case endures intense crowd
A jury acquits a prisoner after a dramatic trial over alleged theft from Lord Frankfort. The judge urged dispassion though public cheers filled Newgate court as the prisoner fainted on verdict of not guilty. Lord Frankfort testified, with dramatic scenes inside and outside the courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Mitchell
Adolphus
Lord Frankfort
Bodkin
Justice Erskine
Sor
Newgate
Frank Ort
Mr. O'Driscoll
Alice
Goad
French delegates protest unpaid Union with Belgium in Lille factories
Foreign intelligence reports from Paris list mill owners in Lille Valenciennes Abbeville Amiens Rouen Elbeuf Louviers Tourcoing Roubaix Sedan Armentieres St Quentin Dunkirk Boulogne Rheims Mulhouse and Nevers sending delegates to oppose a proposed customs union with Belgium. The note mentions wage protests near Bemay and reflects on French electoral growth since 1830 with rising voter rolls and participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lille
Valenciennes
Abbeville
Amiens
Rouen
Elbeuf
Louviers
Tourcoing
Roubaix
Sedan
Armentieres
St. Quentin
Dunkirk
Boulogne
Rheims
Mulhausen
Nevers
Paris
Belgium
Herald
London
Courrier Francais
Louis Philippe
Duke of
Journal Des Mébats
France
Madrid Conspiracy Reports Dwindle Amid Political Tensions
Private Madrid letters on the Queen's majority show conspiratorial schemes fading and no major ministry changes expected. The Heraldo warns press repression talks, while the Lisbon mail notes Portugal and Britain near a mutual tariff accord. Trade fears linger over uneven concessions and reciprocal terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Legal Progress
Maria Christina
Pyrenees
Heraldo
Alt
Rodil
Hieraldo
Ramon Maria Calatrava
Segovia
Lisbon
Portugal
England
German tariff cut signals push toward a Customs Union
A letter from Vienna in the Augsburg Gazette says from January next the customer tariff on foreign sugar and coffee will fall. It notes the move shows government effort to remove obstacles to Germany joining the Customs Union. It also mentions a post office official from St Petersburg seeking new postal arrangements between the two countries. Prince Metternich recovered from a minor indisposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vieiina
Augsburg
German Customs’ Union
St. Petersburg
Vienne
Prince Metternich
Turkey
Alexander
Servia
Porte
Russia
Constantinople
Persia
Great Britain
Britannia’s outward voyage and Canadian election news
The Columbia brings Sir Charles Bagot’s speech on Canada’s session closure and duties on American wheat. Lafontaine and Murray win seats in Canada West and York Hastings. The Spitfire is lost near Half Moon Key Reef with crew saved. The Phenix Bank swindle unsettles investors as cholera typhus claims Dr Channing. The Croton aqueduct nears completion. A Singapore voyage reports a fatal collision with a brig, sunk with all hands.
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Columbia
Boston
Britannia
Sir Charles Bagot
Canada
York
Hastings
Murray
Baldwin
Lafontaine
Canada West
Canada East
New York Herald
Belize
Honduras
Half Moon Key Reef
Phenix Bank
Charleston
Atlantic
Channing
Bennington
Vermont
Croton
New York
James Codman
Sarah Parker
Singapore
The Post on One or 17s Friends Deaths and Distress
A Victorian page reports on the Alice Lowe trial outcome with no sympathy for the prosecutor. It recounts a man’s suicide in the Thames near Battersea, a shipboard drowning of a sailor near Woolwich, a river rescue tragedy of two watermen, and the total loss of the schooner Friends of Carlisle with all hands after striking Robin Rigg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Lowe
Derenmixep Sutcipe
Thames
J. Tucker
Miller
Bolton
Red House
Battersea Fields
Gann
Gravesend
Woolwich
Yanwin
Yonwin
Fata
Friends
Carlisle
Port Carlisle
Liverpool
N.N.E
Solway Firth
Robin Rigg
Baxter
Ailanby
Carlisle Journal
Panama Canal Privileges End as New Granada Opens Project
The congress of New Granada decrees that French and English canal privileges through Panama are forfeited and withdrawn. The Atlantic to Pacific link will be opened to global competition and participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
Congress of
New Granada
Panama
The Metropolis Lord Mayor Elect Humbery Presentation
The lord mayor elect Humbery, born in Southwark with a lineage tracing to Sir William Webbe, was presented by the Recorder to the lord chancellor for royal approval. He has served as sheriff, MP for Southwark, and alderman of Aldgate, earning broad civic support. He entertained at the Bridge hotel in the Borough after approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron
City of London
Alderman Gibbs
George Carroll
Chapman Marshall
Southwark
Sir William Webbe
London
Queen Elizabeth
Mr. Humphery
Humphery
Alderman Thorpe
Aldgate
Humbery
Bridge Hotel
Smithfield Market
Corporation of London
Smithfield
Longlane
Temple
Bendiiers
Inns
Wm. Heygate
Bart
Court of Aldermen
Allen
Stevens
Anderton
W. Heygate
Skinner Street
Wesleyan Missionary Society
Wesleyan
Jewin-street
Aldersgate-street
Thomas Dove
Peter Jacobs
Brumes Hall
Central Society
Newfoundland
New Brunswick
Canada
West Indies
Polynesian Islands
India
Ceylon
Africa
New Zealand
Australia
Prestox and Ware Railway
Hannour, and Dock Company
King William-street
City
Hesketh Fleetwood, Bart
Frederick Carrazzi
North Union Railway
Ireland
Scotland
J. Abel Smith
M.P
Royal Exchange Insurance Company
British American Association
London County Insurance Company
Bridge Street
Blackfriars
Marquis of Downshire
Andrews
Marquis of Douonshire
Daily Press
Funeral of the late Chief Rabbi at Mile End Road
The funeral for the late chief rabbi, the Rev., was held at his residence and synagogue. A long procession, with mourners and pupils, marched to the burial ground near the Jew’s Cemetery, with baron Rothschild, Sir Moses Montefiore, and other notable figures in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S
Burys
Soloman
St. Marya
Gates of Hope Charity
Jews’ Charity School
Baron Rothchild
Moses Montefiore
Asshur
Baron Rothschild
Tsay L. Goldsmid
David Salomon
Philip Samuel
Dennis Samuel
Simpson Samuel
David Wire
Philip Salomon
Louis Lucas
Lemon Harisq
Phonix Tavern
Shadwell
Dessings
Jonathy Duncan
Duncan
England
James Graham
Mr. Duncan
Extraordinary feyestigation at Chatham dockyard yard
In Chatham a private inquiry centers on John Swaile a New Brompton sawyer seen with Bank of England notes. He allegedly carried a £100 note to tradesmen and bought a watch chain. A note to Rochester and another to London are mentioned as stopped or diverted. Swaile vanished after his Brompton home was found closed. Cheltenham hoax trick dupes merchants with Springfield Eastcourt orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Swaile
Bank of England
Swale
Death
Brompton
Dean
Stroud
Convic
New Brompton
Rochester
London
Cheltenham
Springfield-house
East-court
Charstonings
London Road
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Mitchell
Misa
Poets
America
Mitchell Nee
Mint
Richmond Buildings
Wooler
Mr. Wooler
Arthur James Jones
Vaughan
Strand
Dresden
Chester
Craven Street
Crown-street
Gerrard-street
Leicester-place
Mr. Adolphus
William Bourne
Rochfort
Brewer-street
Golden-square
Lonsdale
Craven-street
Haynes
Soho
Jay
10Th Hussars
Adelphus
Shylock
South
the Weekly Chronicle
Foreign Intelligence
Germany
Nuremberg
25Th
Ult
Berlin
Caucasus
United States
the Metropolis
Tmaager
Duke of Argyll
Bourdillon
House of Bourdillon and Sons
Winchester-street
Wright
Pratt
Childs
Tar Cargaric Institute
Guvarprfields
Catholic Ay
Literary Institution
New-street
Bishopsgate-street
Hasiewicz
Orpwood
General Committee
Weer Loxpox Railway
Abchurch Lane
Robert Gunter
Stephenson
Cnrarco Missionary Society
Bishopsgate Street
Clarke
Essex
Martin
West and East Indies
South Seas
Calcutta
Madras
Asia
Church
Missionary Society
J. Labouchere
F. Cunningham
Harrow
London Maritime
London Maritime Institution
Trinity Board
Three Herrings
Bellyard
Temple. Bar
Star Gravesend Steam-packet Company
Terrace Pier
Diamond
Greenwich
Nicholson
Greenwich Steampacket Company
Old
Woolwich Steampacket Company
Watermen’'s
Bridge
Offi
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