Murder at Keighley A Brother Kills Sister in Home
A Keighley shoemaker James Burton murders his daughter Elizabeth with two shoemaker knives after his son Charles is seen fleeing covered in blood. Elizabeth dies on the hearth as neighbors discover the scene. Charles confesses that the devil urged him to kill and is later secured after attempting suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James’ Burton
Burton
Charles
Elizabeth
Cooner
James Burton
Kingstrest
Keighley
Wesleyan Methodist Society
Strange Doings of Rector Head and a Self-inflicted Wound
The Rev Henry Erskine Head of Feniton is noted for carrying twelve apostle named wands on walks. A separate report tells of David Spencer a longtime sheep thief who attempted suicide with a clasp knife while in custody after a sheep theft near Edgeware. He was found dying, treated by surgeon Mr Foote, and later moved to Hendon union workhouse.
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H. E. Heap
Henry Erskine Head
Feniton
Heniton
Exeter
St. Thomas
St. Peter
Spencer
Great Stanmore
Old Bailey
Edgeware
Butler
Metropolitan Mounted Police
Hyde
Foote
Union
Philip Mordaunt
Earl of Peterborough
Escoupe
Himsel
Lord L
Mount Vesuvius
Vatel
Schlegel
Paris
Friends of Suicide
Dr. Schlegel
Macbeth
BSB
England
Germany
Russia
France
Spain
Italy
Forgery notes target Attwood and Spooner bank in Midlands
A Birmingham region fraud alert reveals forged £5 notes believed issued by Attwood Spooner and Co. A young engraver named Horton and an accomplice allegedly circulated the fake notes around Aston and Wolverhampton. Police report multiple incidents with Horton captured and the other man fleeing. the case expands to other frauds tied to the same counterfeit scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brawinenan
Shoushood
Bankc of Messrs. Altwood, Spooner, and Co
Banker's of
Birmingham
Messrs. Attwood and Co
Richard’ Spooner
Marshall
Messrs. Attwood
Birningham Advertiser
Craggs
Messrs
Attwood
Horton
Barr-street
Hockley
Beale
Attwood, Spooner
George Hailstones
Spooner
Dal
Messrs. Attwood and
Mr. Harding
Galey
Gravelly-hill
John, Palmer
Aston Tavern
G. Redfern
Mr. Craggs
Mr. Suckling
Mr. G. Redfern
Wolverhampton
Admiral Trollope death by self-inflicted gunshot
The 84 year old Admiral Sir Henry Trollope died Saturday evening at Freshford near Bath by shooting himself amid long illness and derangement. An inquest found insanity after a disrupted life at sea and with his household. details described a locked room, broken pistol parts, and scattered swan shot in the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Trollope
G.C.B
Freshford
Bath
Uphill
New Inn
Trollope
Sir Henry
Mr. Trollope
James Kelson
Gee
Prince
Bradford
William the Fourth
The Brighton Royalist and White Dwarf in Politics
A memoir recounts founding two rival London papers The Brighton Royalist and The White Dwarf. It covers political aims, patronage from Lord Sidmouth, and growth from a hundred to a thousand copies, with later fallout over a duke's income proposal.
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Ylien
Frauen Buydory
Oreas
Burdett
Wardle
Francis
Shadgett
Wooller
London
Brighton
Morning’ Post
Gagntle
Lozp Sipmourh
Ministry
Lord Sidmouth
Home Department
Home Office
Duke of Cumberland
Treasury
Foreign Office
House of Commons
France
Germany
Russia
England
Secretary of the Treasury
Rench
Louis Philippe
la Jeune France
Schoolmaster's blunt methods and a dubious plan
Anecdotes reveal a harsh teaching scene with corporal punishment and a headmaster boasting a scam of high fees. The doctor plots a “soothing system” while profiting from book charges and rent. A separate context mentions a London waterworks and a speculative securities scheme with grim undertones.
Remarkable personal crisis reports from Bentley's Miscellany
A satirical survey catalogs famous suicides and theories of death by own action. It mentions Col Philip Mordaunt and other figures, discusses Dr. Schlegel postulates on causes, and notes a proposed London joint stock company to promote self destruction at the Monument with civic support.
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Etropolis
Duke of York
Waterloo Bridge
Hive
Humane Society
Caeuepcent
John
Eich, Esquire
Hay
Vauxhall Gardens
Millbank
Frescati's
London
Hell's
Stock Exchange
Westminster-hall
Committee of Management
Paine
Volney
Owen
Budepeouions
John Mattocks
Esquire Churchyard-court
Temple
Viscount
Gravesend
Ephraim Bone
Richard Churchyard
Timothy Coffin
Thomas Sexton
John Death
John Knell
James de Berryer
Peter Worms
Reuben Graves
Middlesex
Hindoo Discontent and Song Writing Specimens
The article surveys Hindoo song sentiment under British rule, noting growing discontent with rents and imperial policies. It contrasts revolutionary and nursery verses, citing Bengali ballads about oppression and the push to resist foreign authorities, and promises further installments.
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Alexander
East India and Colonial Magazine
Times
John Tytler
Calcutta Literary Gazette
D.L.R
Bengal
Palmer and Co
Calcutta
Monster Company
Shikar
Lines by John Anster in Glengariiffe Verse
A poetic fragment from the Monthly Magazine presents reflections on memory beauty and youth in a tranquil scene. The speaker notes how nature fades from sight yet a woman's magic shapes song and deepens place Esx's eagle heights Glengariiffe lone. Continuous, lyrical meditation on art and emotion.
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Aonthly
Esx
Eagle Heights
Glena
Glengaxipze
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Jamaica
Whistlers
Har
Bob Banks
Lyver
Bell
Grigs
Bentley
Baba Mine
Baba
Bata
Bera
John Anster
Ll.d. Glengariffe
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