Prisoner Denied Assault Claim as Witnesses Testify
A sailor-dressed man named John Wilson faced Croydon magistrates over an assault on a young woman Carey, servant to chemist Mr Mears. The victim, fainting and traumatized, cannot yet testify. police traced the prisoner to a lodging-house with a Spanish wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wilson
Reid
Carey
Mears
Neville
Collier
Cooper
Croydon
Justices' Justice and the county magistrates probe
A Worcester Chronicle report surveys petty session penalties across Pershore Bromsgrove and Stourbridge, highlighting stark disparities in fines and imprisonment for petty assaults. The piece argues heavy costs crushed the poor, urging reform to avoid turning labourers into recidivists.
Mysterious death in Bromley leads to inquest adjournment
In Bromley Kent a 23 year old Harriet Monkton was found dead in a water closet near the chapel. Post mortem revealed prussic acid in the stomach and a five month pregnant uterus. The coroner and jury adjourned the inquest awaiting tests and possible further inquiries into where the poison was obtained and whether a second party was involved. The case centers on family, religious circles, and missing bottles or labels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bromley
Kent
Carttar
Harriet Monkton
Bromley Chapel
James Knott
Bromley Union
Field
Richard Field
Bell-Founder
Fieldgate-street
Whitechapel
London
Maria
Mr. Field
Harriet
P.S
Phipps
Verrall
Hackney College
Arundel
Draper
Aldgate
George Whiting
Great George-street
Westminster
Miss Williams
King
Death of an infant from starvation inquiry at Chelsea
An inquest resumed at the Prince of Wales Chelsea on the six month old Thomas Fennell case. Mary Nolan testified she, an illegitimate mother, relied on a brutal seducer who deserted her and left the infant starved. Medical evidence confirmed death from want of sustenance amid neglect. The verdict was death by exhaustion due to lack of proper nourishment and life’s common necessaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. Mills
Prince of Wales
Exeter-street
Sloane-street
Chelsea
Thomas Fennell
Board of Guardians
St. Luke’s
Mary Nolan
Morer
Nolan
St. Luke's
Fennell
Retter
Penasus
Journal Des Debats
Holland
Pegasus
Fern Islands
Grace Darling
Grace
Snitch
Wild
Westminster
Morning Herald
Parr
Butcher
United Kingdom
London
Edwards
St. Paul's Churchyard
Barclay and Sons
Farringdon Street
Sutton
Bow Churchyard
Manchester
Mottershead and Co
Marketplace
Edinburgh
J.and R. Raimes and Co
Dublin
Machin
T. Roserts and Co
Cranecourt
Fleetstreet
Olloway
Guy’s
Metropolitan
King’s College
Charing-cross
William Brooke
Union-street
Southwark
Metropolitan Hospital
King’s College Hospital
Guy's Hospital
Charing
Holloway
Bright
City of London
John Prarie
Strand
Temple-bar
Days When We Went Gipsying and Other Tales
A collage of verses and notes from 18th century theatrical life and learned society reports. It includes a satirical poem about gipsying days, a 1747 Mad. Violette benefit bill, Nelson column chatter, electrottyped flowers, a critique of Greco-Roman relics in Paris, and a Muggletonian lecture from the Linnean era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linnean Society
N. Brown, Esq
Forbes
Protestant Controversy and Royal Birthday Observance
A letter-worne critique discusses a claim that Mr. Seager joined Rome briefly after a dinner at Oscott, with a rival account alleging baptism and ordination by Dr. Wiseman. The piece questions church discipline and order, then notes the Prince of Wales birthday observance at St. Clement’s church with a two o’clock clock salute. It ends with a moral sonnet about honesty among three friends and a sentimental verse on friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seager
Dr. Wiseman
Wiseman
Melipotamus
Rome
Prince OF Wales
Bob
Jack
False tails and regalia purchases for city pageantry
Fragmented OCR lists assorted costume and ceremonial items for municipal pomp, including stationery, scarves, robes, armour upkeep, gloves, moustaches, toasts, and dinnerware. The long inventory names knights, aldermen, common council, and the lord mayor, with prices and items like gloves, toasts, and beard disguises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seecesesees
Stationers’ Company
Berlin
Common Council
Ee Marine Boys
Queen approves new diplomatic appointments and abbey notices
The London Gazettes report the Queen approving Don Juan del Cantillo as consul in Jamaica for Spain and naming Richard Pakenham Henry Lytton Bulwer and Lord William Hervey to key posts in the United States France and the Mexican republic. Also noted are church appointments in Scotland and numerous insolvency and bankruptcy notices, including numerous declarations of insolvency, bankruptcies, dividends, certificates and partnerships dissolved with many names and locations across the UK.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreten Orrice
Don Juan del Cantillo
Jamaica
Spain
Forgten Orrice
Richard Pakenham
Mexican Republic
United States of America
Henry Lytton Bulwer
Paris
Lord William Hervey
Madrid
Waite Hart
James Roe
Dunblane Erthshire
Robert J. Johnstone
Robert Stobie
Keiss
Wick
Caithness-shire
Thomas Gunn
Church of Scotland
Kendal
Henry Warburton
George William Wood
County of Somerset
North Somerset Regiment
John William Miles
Elton
Acton Warburton
Cornet
Gray
Whitehall
George Garland
City of
Worcester
High Court of Chancery
J. Davenport
Prestbury
Cheshire
J. Mur Zatroyd
Calverley
Yorkshire
G. Newsome
Batley
H. Leigh
Manchester
S. Glover
Halifax
G. F. Sargent
Colebrook Terrace
Islington
Shell
W. Wilson
Merton
Surrey
T. Mayhew
Frimley
W. Nias
East Endleigh
Devonshire
J. Jones
Devonshire Street
Queen Square
J. Starling
Windsor Place
Southwark Bridge
J. Fogg
Cottage Green
Southampton Street
Camberwell
Lincolnshire
W. H. Croxson
Rayleigh
Essex
M.A. Farquharson
Brewer Street
St. Pancras
J. Ryder
Liverpool
G. Rackstraw
Ranelagh Street
Pimlico
F. L. Smith
Coppice Row
Clerkenwell
R. Everett
Strand
T. Powell
Church Street
Greenwich
J. Lindars
North Street
Hercules Buildings
Lambeth
J. Hague
Stratton Ground
Westminster
J. Wilkes
Kimbolton
Herefordshire
J. Shepherd
Bramham
J. Thompson
Aldborough
L. Harris
E. Sayer
Birkin
T. Clark
Nottingham
M. Roberts
Trawsfynydd
J. Padley
Gainsborough
Cooper
M. May
Ecclesfield
J. Dowsett
Whitecross Street
Southwark
Corch
E. Gill
Chester
M. Barford
Flamstead
Hertfordshire
J. Bird
New North Street
Finsbury
T. L. Wood
Chipping Barnet
Roprietor
G. Carr
Malpas
beer—Coues
Gresford
J. Ward
Holbeck
Leeds
M. Dean
Chorlton
Medlock
Lancashire
Mincing Lane
E. Swift
Chingford Mills
I. T. Couchman
High Street
Kensington
J. Williams
Jun
Abingdon
Bucks
A. W
T.S. Lowman
Eastcheap
City
G. Chamberlain
Wivenhoe
R H
J. Frary
Oxford Street
J. Peacock
Bradford
L. F. Bingham
Bakewell
Derbyshire
T. and
W. Withell
Padstow
Cornwall
C. Oldin
Stamford
Mercer
T. Brettell
Rupert Street
Haymarket
J. L. Gray
Jermyn
Jermyn Street, St. James's
J. Y. Oliver
Cambridge
T. Cooper
East Dereham
Norfolk
D. Lawson
Marylebone Street
Piccadilly
Hewitt and Hewlett
T. Eskrigge
Warrington
W. M. Smith
J. Smith
Hoxton Old Town
J. Gollop and Co
Charles Street
City Road
Iron Founders
G. Strawbridge
Bristol
J. Salmon
Sen
Colchester
Dyers
Sykes and Co
G. Sykes
Brown and Barrow
W.C. Beardsall
Sneinton
Ginder and Co
Lane Delph
Staffordshire
Rendall and Hale
Ryde
Brown and Armitage
J. and
W. Faint
Borough Hay Market
J. Bell
Whitehaven
Plummer and Greenwell
Newcastle Upon Tyne
J. C. and
W. Ross
Savage Gardens
Lawrance
A. Clark
Edinburgh
T. H. Righye
Paisley
A. Weir
Kilmarnock
A. Bryce
Glasgow
Victualler
Appointment and promotions in Scottish law and British military
The Queen appoints Alexander Wood to the Lords of Justiciary and Patrick Robertson to the Lords of Session in Scotland. Courts announce sittings. War Office lists numerous promotions and appointments across regiments, including veterinary surgeon, surgeons, lieutenants, captains, and brevet ranks. Also noted are docked retirement moves, a sugar price notice, and a list of dissenters marriages acts, bankrupts, and dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Wood
Scotland
Alexander Machonochie
Patrick Robertson
Alexander Maconochie
Queen’s
Bex
John Holtby
York
High Court of Chancery
War Office
8Th Regiment of Light Dragoons
Edward Simpson Grey
Bird
6Th Regiment of Foot
John Murtagh
George Knox
16Th Foot
Theodore
Tomson
Foot
Alexander Miller
26Th Foot
Longmore
William Cockell
Purchase
Matheson
George Watkins Rice
Cockell
Edward W. D. Bell
Rice
Jane Vincent
25Th Foot
Arthur Augustus Longmore
Miller
32D Foot
Richard Walter Money Kyrle
Surtees
10Th Light Dragoons
37Th Foot
Daniel Davenport
Eddington
Charles Luxmore
Davenport
49Th Foot
Richard Beauchamp
Edmund Morris
Gilbert Pasley
Beauchamp
William Askes Faber
Pasley
John Heatly
Faber
Richard Thompson
Heatly
William French M.dermott
Thompson
Thomas Matheson
23D Foot
Duncan M‘grigor
Murtagh
6Th Foot
Robert Lewins
M'Grigor
Peter Desbrisay Stewart
Royal Artillery
Prince Edward's Island
Great Britain
Henry Blixweth
Grocers’ Company
Grocers'hall
TY. Bayley
West Smithfield
G. W. Dudley
Worcester
R. Hale
Margate
R. T. Milbanke
Burswood Place
Edgeware Road
D. Collins
Bennett's Place
Pollard’s Row
Bethnal Green
T. Bourne
Liverpool
J. Ward
Nottingham
R. R. Preston
Wakefield
Yorkshire
Vinary Warp Charity Sermon at St Michael Paternoster
On Sunday morning the lord mayor and sheriffs attended divine service at St Michael parish church Paternoster College Hill. Rev J W Vivian preached and a collection for Wintry Ward charity schools followed with civic contributions. Prolific potatoes noted in April produce weighed 29 pounds from 66 tubers with 26 largest at 21 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael, Paternoster
College Hill
J. W. Vivian
Sheriff Musgrove
Wintry Ward
W m. Thomson
Gardeners’ Chronicle
Perry and Co. advertise revamped venereal cures in London sale
Advertisement for medical works by Perry and Co offering The Silent Friend and Cordial Balm of Syriacum. Notes editions and prices, with post free option, and a range of pills and tonics for nervous and sexual debility. Mentions addresses in London and Birmingham booksellers and daily consultation at Oxford Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
London
R.and L. Perry
Perry
Messrs. Perry
Oxford-Street
Samuel Lamert
Manchester Chronicle
La’Mert
Bedford-street
Bedford-square
C.J. Lucas & Co
Newman-street
Oxford Street
Brittain
Paternoster-row
J. Gordon
Leadenhall
W. and
H. Robinson
Greenside-street
Edinburgh
T. Price
Dame-street
Dublin
New Bell
Messrs. Lucas and Co
L. Curtis and Company
Burgess
Medical Bookseller
Coventry-street
Haymarket
Barth
Brydges Street
Strand
Mann
Cornhill
Strange
Guest
Bull-street
Sawler
St. Ann's Square
Manchester
Philip
South Castlestreet
Liverpool
Fannin and Co
Grafton-street
Bolster
Cork
Henderson
Belfast
Drummond
Blair-street
Patent Lever Truss Promises Simple Rupture Aid
The Patent Lever Truss is pitched as the simplest and most effective rupture support, resembling a strong steel truss with a lever driven pad to adjust pressure. It claims discreet wear, non shifting, and suitability for active as well as delicate users, priced at 21s with postal delivery for a shilling upon sending body measurement two inches below the hips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. White
Piccadilly
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Jeremy
Worcester Chronicle
Pershore
Bromsgrove
Stourbridge
Rochester
George Hyde Page
Her Majesty
58Th Regiment of Foot
G. Davies
W. Gladdish
J. G. Bryant
G. Ellis
Woodstreet
Brompton
Edward Tyler
Charley
Manor Street
Wood Street
Mr. Elllis
Mansion Row
Page
Marie
Tuileries
Louis Philippe
Aixx la Chapelle
Brussels
Redoute
Gazette Des Tribunauz
Punch
White's Chocolate House
Nelson
Univers
Salonica
Ephesus
Diana
Louvre
Clement Boulanger
Muggletonian Mechanics’ Institution
Frisby
Shakspeare
Julius Cesar
Casca
Mathewite
Herne Bay
Lilly
Runnymede
Toulon
Brothers of the Christian School
Brothers of the Christian Doctrine
Purch
the London Gazettes
O. Jones
Saint James Street
J Casson
J. Parry
Haverfordwest
H. Yeatman
Leachlade
Gloucestershire
C. Chambers
Peterboro
Northamptonshire
J. Knight
Preston and
Lancaster
J. Boyd
Publican
J. Lithgoe
S—W. Paine
Stoney Stratford
Buckinghamshire
Baker
J. Mease
Hutton
H.H Hoskins
John Street
Bedford Row
W. Blanks
Rochford
W. Jay
Castle Lane
Southwark Bridge Road
Parr and Woodburne
Taylor and Cooper
Cerberus
Smith and Clayton
Colman and Pain
Taunton
Martin and Hartridge
Yalding
Pittar and Co
John-street
Adelphi
Calcutta
P. Pittar
R. Hamilton
Hails
Angus
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
M. Banks
Coupar Angus
J. Williamson
Dunscore
Dumfriesshire
W. Jobie
Leslie
J. Black
Kircaldy
Frith-street
Soho-square
Brent
Devon
Thomas Rolins
Halse
Huaise
John Elliott
John Menning
William Pearse
Henry Goodman
Arthur Langworthy
Barclay and
Soa
Hallett
High Holborn
Prout
Blackfriars Road
Sanger
Johnston
N.B
Lair
Lloyd
Richmond
T. Prout
St. John's-green
Yesteray
Ian
E. Lioup
Blair
Masters
Hawley
Bagshot
Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies
Blomberg
Chevalier de la Garde
Cosher
Beaconsfield
Richard Stowe
Luton
Chambers
Maidstone
John J. Giles
Lance
Blackwater
Innwood
Pirbright
T. R. Mandal
Doncaster
Thomas Prout
Messrs. Curtis
Essex and
Herts Mercury
Magnes
Messrs. Curtis and Company
Soho Square