Westminster Bridge Toll Bridge Construction and City Court News
Details of a proposed 106000 pound bridge with 100 foot piers and 700 tons of malleable iron, plus court actions and Westminster prison report. Includes Westminster Bridewell population, diet and labor, and public destitution meeting notes with plans for a metropolitan refuge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Brown
Humphery
Alderman Copeland
Newgate
Duke of Wellington
Kincaid
Bridewell
Sroxnee
Westminster Courrt Schools
Westminster Chapel
Charles Hindley
Hindley
Liberty of
Westminster
Society For the Refuge For the Destitute
Ladies Patronage Society
Westminster-Bridge
Walker
Middlesex
Nixon
Messrs. Walker
Burges
Messrs
Cubitt
Rendel
Surrey
Westminster Bridge
Blackfriars Bridge
Mylne
Vauxhall Bridge
Western Literary Institution
Leicester Square
Mr. Ward
Lord Dudley Stuart
Viscount Ranelagh
Joseph Copley
Robinson
Lloyd's
Hankey
B. B. Cabbell
Pugliano
Sir de Lacy Evans
Stuart Worthey
Kingscote
Fitzgerald
Luke Hansard
Walter
Archer
London
Western Refuge
House of Refuge
St. Paul's
Lord Dudley Stua
Otis
Exeter Hall
de Lacy Evans
Marylebone
Ridgway
Fleet Prison
Atcherley
Tue Roya Mint
Royal Mint
Hati
Bank of England
Weighty gold coins regulated from January 1844
The article outlines a new standard for gold currency effective from January 1 1844, stating that no gold sovereigns will pass as payment unless weighing five pennyweights two grains and a half, and no gold half sovereign weighing less than two pennyweights thirteen grains and one eighth. Deficient coins are to be cut or defaced to stop circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithfield Club
King-street
Portman Square
Aeceme
Farrinopon-Street
Holborn Bridge
Islington
Holborn
Farringdon Street
West-street
Clerkenwell-green
Butchers’ Benevolent Institution
Friends
Bridge House
London Bridge
Charles Pearson
Messrs
Hobbs
Broadhurst
Hawkine
Fitzwilliam
Prince Albert
Prince of Wales
Pearson
Alderman Challis
Giblett
Bank of Cryson
London Tavern
Bishopsgate Street
T. Young
Jone
London
Ceylon
Kandy
Charlotte Cloudesley
Guy’s Hospital
Oakley-street
Waterloo Road
Forster
Mountstreet
Baker
Middlesex
Coventry Cross
Bromley
Lea
James Humphries
King
Bromley-hole
America
Massachusetts
S. S
Canada
Oregon
Rothschild
Pennsylvania
Perkins
Washington
Victoria
Robert Peel
Jonathan
Wat Tyler
Europe
Bull
Senate
Tunis
Cliff collapse near Brighton causes two deaths
At about 1 30am on a Brighton cliff near Rottingdean a large section gave way, sending two dairymen Holden and Mockford to the sea floor. Holden died, Mockford survived with minor injuries. Rescue efforts used a cliff crane. over 1000 tons of earth detached. In Nottingham, John Mitchell, a fallmonger, faced charges for forging and altering a bill to defraud. Sims, the contractor, declined to prosecute after settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Rottingdean
Holden and
Mockford
Saxby
Reedean
Kemp Town
Towner
Blackrock Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Holden
M‘george
Franklin
Johnson
Royal Humane Society
Helden
Sussex County Hospital
Nottingham
John Mitchell
Red Lion Square
Sims
Mitchell
London and Westminster Bank
John Sims
North
Wakefield and North
Cour
The American Debt and Dissensions in the Church
A reader vents against General Duff Green and American debt disputes, mocking war talk and urging payment of debts. The piece contrasts perceived American dishonesty with praise for the U S and attacks on repudiation while lampooning political rhetoric. It ends with a long address from Bolton congregants praising Chester bishop and signaling support for Reverend J B Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
St. George’s
Bolton
Church of England
Europe
Rome
Jesus Christ
Oxford
Zion
God
Christ
J. B. Chester
Jonathan Hitchin
Peter Rothwell
Parisian Observations on Omnibuses and Love in France
A London reviewer profiles a Grant Paris travel book, praising its amusement value while critiquing inaccuracies. It highlights Parisian omnibuses for space and pricing, contrasts with London, notes library room arrangements, and critiques views on marriage and courtship in France, with anecdotes on how matches are arranged and the social role of women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Lords and Commons
France
Grant
England
Lord Rossmore Supports Free Church in Scotland Visit
A letter from Lord Rossmore to Monaghan commends the Free Church of Scotland, noting a site donated on Arran and a £500 grant for church construction. Andrew Agnew urges South churches to study the Sabbath laws and cooperate on observing the Lord's Day. Destitution report follows. A poor ill lad, ill from influenza, was found living in a shed near the cattle market, neglected by neighbors until police intervention. Seven. Extensive tobacco seizure details report smuggling discoveries along the coast, with about three tons seized and valued at roughly £1,320.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Rossmore
Free Church OF Scotland
Monaghan
Free Church
Arran
Newry
Andrew Agnew
England
Church of Scotland
Scottish Guardian
Gallowgate
Largo
Leven
Cavendish
Custom-House
Edinburgh
Inquiry at Narbeth and Toll Gate Destruction Report
The special commissioners finish a Narbeth inquiry and begin again at twelve. Farmers lack notice and fear Beccaites as delays are refused. A toll gate between Bettws and Holyhead road is destroyed, a Welsh letter warns, with no link to prior arson, harming lime and coal taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastlee Emlyn
Narbeth
Salutation Hotel
Rupeccaa
Liaangwm
Bettws
Holyhead-road
Ruthin
South Wales
The Police Force and London Housing Boom
Cor respondents report a government return showing since 1829 London's expansion of 45000 new houses across 750 streets and squares. Police added about 150 men to cover 110 extra miles daily, while a similar number are now in Wales. An inquest at Monster public-house Pimlico found J Emans died after a hogshead rolled from a cart. The road's dangerous state was noted and a verdict of Accidental death recorded with a request to fix the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
London
Wales
Fatan
Higgs
Pimlico
J. Emans
Soames
York-street
Westminster
Anne Tugg
Neathouse-row
Registration Appeals Reports and Tumuli Excavation Near Cleveland
The Court of Common Pleas resumed hearings on appeals concerning voter eligibility with rulings in Tudball v Town Clerk Bristol and Whiteman v Wenlock, affirming notice requirements and statutory scope. Separately, on Eston Nab in Cleveland, a party excavated two tumuli revealing a Roman urn with bones but no relics, suggesting Roman and Saxon occupation nearby. investigations continue with findings considered in context of local antiquities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
Tudball
Bristol
Clifton
Whiteman
Wenlock
Ludlow
Bridgenorth
Webb
Birmingham
Cleveland
Cleveland Hills
Eston Nab
River
Tees
Martin Stapylton
J. W. Ord
Verdezgens
Great Northern Advertiser
Postage Committee reports on penny postage and revenue
The Postage Committee outlines its inquiry into penny postage measures, directs attention to returns on gross and net post office revenue for three years around adoption, and notes its inability to publish full opinions due to late session timing. It references Rowland Hill proposals and ongoing treasury-post office correspondence for full consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowland Hill
Post-Office
Treasury
Secret Service
England
Ireland
Wales
Robert Peel
F. Barlow
Kent
Amherst Arms
Riverhead
Sevenoaks
Anna Maria Colegate
Courcu
Bowstreet
Walkden Moor
Worsley
Manchester
Stratford
Queen Square Police Court
Rebecca Alien
Frederick Allen
St. George's Hospital
Lavinsy
Mr. Bond
Bond
Eltuate
Rotaive
Wattapa
Women for Government Clerks Lead in New Hiring Trend
The piece notes a shift toward hiring young women as government clerks and accountants in public offices. It cites unnamed northern districts and hints at changes in staffing, with young women increasingly filling roles where no sales occur and routine duties are performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan
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Penzance
Edmonds
Plymouth
Plymouth Pool
Charlestown
Jenkins
West Briton
Rochester
Thomas Casey
Royal Marines
Chatham
George
Charles Driver
Herriot
Larkin Allen
William M'‘George
King’s Head
George Inn
Moore
Miller
Finch
THE
Weheeely Chronicle
Weekly Chronicle
Duff Green
Pilpay
General Green
Edinburgh Review
United States
Satan
Literary Chronicle
British Museum
Mary Wolstonecroft
Scotland
State OF South Wales
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