Police and public affairs from London and beyond
A digest of late legal notices, charity bequests, public edicts, and local incidents. It covers police appointments approved by the Queen, St Pancras poor law matters, the Duke of Bedford funeral, destitution cases at Worship Street, beet sugar refinery news, scurvy on a ship from Calcutta, extensive charitable bequests, parish vestry politics in Marylebone, and regional items from Bristol to Dublin with assorted crimes and civic acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aled
City of London
White Harvey
Ralei
Brixton
Daniel Whiffle Harvey
St. Pancrass
St. Pancras
King’s-road
Poor Law Commissioners
Ctrvets
Frances Smith
Commissioners of Police
Duke of Bepforp
Duke of Bedford
Belgrave-square
Watford
Rickmansworth
of Bedford
Tavistock
Wriothesley
Charles
Edward
Henry
Alexander
Cosmo
William Russell
Key
Cheynes
Russell
Marquis of
Marquis of Abercorn
Broughton
Eastoff
Brushfield
Board of Guardians
Parish of Spitalfields
Bethnal-green
Old Brentford
Robinson
London
Wakley
Holden
Thameshank
Chelsea
Wandsworth
France
Belfast
William Nicholl
Potter
St. Katharine Dock
Calcutta
Frederick West
John Musgrove
Thomas Browne
John Arthur
Reavy
Queen’s Hindalley
Wapping
Spon
West
Musgrove
Brown
Arthur
Mrzg.Reay
Deal
Williai
Nicholl
T. Hid
South Lambeth
Surrey
Serbiton
Kingston-on-Thames
Doctors’ Commons
John Squire
James Grady
Thomas Willett
Charles Bennett
Middlesex Hospital
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Hampstead Road
Lord Elden
Battersea
Victuallers’ School
London Missionary Society
Home Missionary Society
London Bible
London, Evangelical’ Society
Eva Lical
Lange
Day
St. Maryn Knoxe
Paugh
Dibdin
Lord Stowell
Spry
Chandler
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
North Shields
London and Croydon
Dartmouth Arms
Lewisham
Lyde
St. Paul
Deptford
Camberwell
Peckham
Walworth
St. Mary, Newington
Elephant and Castle
London and Brighton
Croydon
Penge
Norwood
Streatham
Dulwich
Hernehill
Stockwell
Kennington
Lambeth
Prince's-street
Leicester-square
Cranbourne-street
Longacre
St. Martin’s-lane
Bow-street
Charlotte-street
Bloomsbury
Holborn
Middle-row
George-street
Plumtree-street
Newgate Street
Bartlett
Waterloo
Southwark
Vauxhall
Adelaide
Earl of Warwick
Warwick Castle
Murder at Matfen leaves killer and victim dead in dispute
A violent confrontation at a Matfen residence ends with a man fatally injured by a kitchen poker wielded during a dispute with Barnes. The attacker remained at the scene, was arrested, and lodged in the house of correction. The victim’s widow collapsed in distress. Barnes, described as head-injured from prior accidents, is held responsible for the deadly crime.
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Matfen
Barnes
House of Correction
Ey Kilrush
Micky Leary
Micky
Pat Doyle
Leary
Mr. Leary
St. Ruth
Doyle
Mick Leary
Pat
Deseas
Gineral Sarsfield
Gineral O'Neil
Botany Bay
Liverpool
Manchester
Calcutta Commercial Advertiser
Frederick Wilson
Bombay
Isle of
France
Ceylon
Penang
Curtew
Owens
Bonny
Africa
Curlew
Mansfield
Edmonds
Liverpool Albion
Wewcastle
Duke OF Sussex
Newcastle
Central Exchange
Earl of Durham
Durham Chronicle
Peneryn
Falmouth
Baron Rolfe
Exchequer Bench
Penryn
Plumridge
R.N
Wales
St. David's
David T. Jones
St. David's College
Aberwilly
Novi
Lewellyn
Joshua Davies
Principality
Ioney
J.B. St. David’s.” Cambrian
Post Office Compared Paris and London 1837 Revenue and Methods
A detailed report contrasts the Paris and London post offices, noting receipts expenses and net revenue in 1821 and 1837, with Paris showing lower gross revenue but improved delivery and faster metropolitan service. It describes sorting practices, carrier divisions, six daily deliveries, and the handling of valuables, franking, and small parcel transmission. The piece also covers metropolitan railway proposals and a light social note on a Windsor visit.
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Feesee Et Ane
France
England
Hill
Paris
London
Metropolitan
Banlieue
Petite Poste
Dexivertis—t
Moxey OapEers
Post-Office
Annuaire Des Postes
London Murder Case Opens With Grim Confession
A man named William Lees murdered his wife in Chapman Street after closing his shop. He confessed to relatives that he had severed her head with a razor. The body lay on the shop floor with multiple wounds and a bloodied razor found on the scene. Police and witnesses described a brutal assault and Lees’s lack of remorse as the inquest began, with coroner and magistrate ordering further proceedings.
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Bristol
Coxston
Edward Colston
Redcliff
The
Dolphin Society
H. W. Newman
White Lion
Pr. Goodenough
John Harding
Montague
All Saints’ Church
J. B. Clifford
J. N. Barrow
C. B. Fripp
Anchor Society
Royal Gloucester Hotel
F. H. F. Berkeley
G. E. Sanders
R. Ashe
J. Drake
Charlton
Richard Andrews
Dover
Smith
Charlton Church
Youden
Mason
Greenwich Azetle
Dereynane
Abbey
O'Connell
Ireland
Canterbury
Chesterfield
Peel
Wellington
Dublin
Common Council
Quinton
Corporation of Dublin
Bradshaw
Dooly
Windsor Castle
Thomson
Jones
Faullmer
Dublin Evening Packet
Ifr
Murrell
Higham
Gloucester
Chepstow
Taime
Anselm Bailey
Churcham
Higa
Bailey
Samuel Nicholas
Big Sam
Joseph Chicken
George Barnes
Evenkig
St George's
Noni
William Lees
Aslington
Lees
Denmark-street
Valentine
Ratcliff Highway
Chapman-street
Lambeth
Hardwick
Norman
H Division
Cook
Garrett
Sarah Bayley
Benjamin Bayley
John Lees
John
George Francis Keanes
Bill
G. F. Keanes
Cannon-street Road
James-street
William Cook
Garratt
Newroad
St. George’s
Hariwick
Clerkenwell
Newgate
Two Parsons Brothers Drown Crossing Thames With 84 Sheep
On Monday at Wargrave near Henley two Parsons brothers and their shepherd drowned when a ferry boat sank mid stream as the sheep rushed to one end after the shepherd's dog barked. Waterman saved. bodies not recovered. The flood may carry them far downstream. All sheep were saved.
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Parsons
Kidmore-end
Wargrave
Henley-on-Thames
Thames