Election of Lord Mayor and new sheriffs of London
A Wednesday meeting at Guildhall elected the Lord Mayor for the coming year after Alderman Wood announced his candidacy. Aldermen Hooper and Sir James Duke received the votes. Presentation of new sheriffs Cubitt MP and C Hill followed at Westminster, with a grand banquet at Fishmongers Hall attended by notable figures and toasts to the Crown and city officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guildhall
City of London
Alderman Wood
Alderman Hooper
Moon
Sydney
Hughes
Challis
Wood
Gibbs
Lucas
J. Duke
Church of St. Lawrence Jewry
Catenton Street
St. Peter
London
Himeslf
James Duke
Hooper
James Dake
Aldermen
County of Middlesex
W. Cubitt
C. Hill
Thureday
Court of Exchequer
Westminster
G. Bankes
Cubitt
Hill
Alderman Challis
Kennard
Carsitor Baron
Livery of
Corporation of London
Shropshire
Blackfriars Bridge
Fishmongers Hall
Messia
Marquis of Salisbury
Baron Platt
Bancroft
J. Luckington
Masterman
M.P
Coles
J. A. Smith
Chaplin
Queen's Remembrancer
John Lubbock
Presscott
Walter
John Russell
England
Ireland
Scotland
Sherif Hill
Middlesex
House of Peers
Mesere
Sheriff Cubitt
Beron
Great Meeting at Manchester on stopping railway calls
A large public meeting in Manchester led by Mayor Elkanah Armitage Fay considered reducing railway call pressures on bombarded floating capital. Speakers urged delaying new lines, postponing construction, and limiting railway finance to protect commerce amid harvest shortfalls and rising monetary distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxpurston
Manchester
Elkanah Armitage
Fay
Thomas Bazley
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
London Times
Tme
Chamber of Commerce
House of Commons
Board of Trade
Bayley
Knainese
Alderman Kershaw
Thomas Greig
Greig
R. Peel
Metcalf
D. Price
Raweon
Bury
Bolton
Blackburn
Liverpool
Preston
J. B. Smith
Manchester and Leeds
Alderman Kershaw Heving
Banks
Too Feasts to Cox TeMPLaTE and Public Notices
A chaotic blend of 1847 era items includes a critique of labor ads labeled Every Man a Lawyer, reports on a Kent execution likely next Thursday, and a vivid account of high profile royal events in Paris. Parallel sections recount a Lambeth poisoning scare involving oxalic acid, a Bow Street assault case, lottery warnings from the Lord Mayor, and a Wolverhampton workhouse death inquiry into alleged neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutonmes
Metdstone
Kent
Ushappy
Bellantine
Maidstone Gazelle
Runers
Parntixes
AxTwenr
Rubens
Antwerp
Royal Museum of Paintings
Brussels
M. Paul Kiewert
Literary Gazette
Hause
Mr. Ghislip
Ghisil
Forfar
London
Austria
W. Smith
Frankfort
Germany
To & House
Langiownick
Austrian Empire
Maine
Wolverhampton
Thoraday
John Welsh
Welsh
G. T. Cooper
Bilston Street
FT. M. Philips
G. Owen
Board of Guardians
Bromley
John Dunleavy
Quinton
Wednesfield
Dunleavy
Stafford Street
Union
Ann Madden
Casey
Hogg
Cooper
Hooper
Extraordinary Case in Latham v Berkeley MP
William Latham sues on behalf of his wife, housekeeper at Berkeley House, for £19 13s 10d covering meals, services, and expenses from 1842 to 1844. The judge questions service validity, but evidence shows Berkeleys’ household bills unpaid after the Countess Berkeley’s death. an order for payment to be made within two to three weeks is issued.
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Fridey
Osborne House
Canterbury
England
Wales
Scotland
Episcopal Communion
Pere la Chaiee
Jonuaide
Paris
Victor Hugo
Alexandre Domes
Alexandre’ Damas
Dames
Journal Des Débats
Jules Jania
Duke of Wellington
Burdett Coots
Observer
Howden
H.M.S. Raleigh
Consol Hood
Monte Videra
Monte Video
Débats
Victorieusr
Gloire
Cures
China
Cecille
Husan
Shanghai
Canton
Manufacturies
Latham
Grantley Berkeley
M.P. Wrarabergs
D. C. Moylan
Cane
Berkeley House
Spring Garden
Earl Fitzhardinge
Grantley Charles Fitzhardinge Berkeley
M.P
Hacspahire
Charles Dod
West Gloucestershire
Hampshire
Smedley
County Court of
W. Drewett
Gramley
Charles Fitzbardings Berkeley
Beaton Lodge
Christchurch
Berkeley
Dod
Mr. Dod
William Latham
Countess Berkeley
Earl Fitzbardinge
Basker
Grantley Pirkeley
Mr. Berkeley
Barker
Cranford Lodge
London
Frances Latham Wee
Berkeley Hollas
Henry
Grantley
Craven
Mre. Latham
Sporting Review
Berbice
Billa
Lord Fitzbardinge
Antil
Elim chapel burial nuisance report and railway accident notes
A London sewer commission report describes a deplorable burial site at Elim chapel with interments in a cellar beneath the chapel, prompting proposed sealing and concreting to prevent health hazards. Separate Glasgow railway coverage details a fatal accident at Queen Street terminus when a luggage train crashed into a store area, killing James Macarthur and injuring others, with investigations ongoing.
Fatal Collision on the South Western Railway
Coroner in Surrey at Wimbledon investigates the death of William Henry Sawyer killed when a goods train from Southampton to London collided with the mail train near Wimbledon. Faults cited include grease on rails, fog, and missing rear signals. jury returns accidental death with call for safer coupling methods and improved rear signals.
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Carter
Surrey
Wimbledon
Wiliam Henry Sawyer
Vana
Southampton
London
Andover
Woking
Nine Elma
Pest
Kingston
Richmond Junction
Wandsworth
Feilow
Sreman
Stovin
É&C
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Thoradays
M. Colette
Museum of
Versailles
Legion of Honour
Tle Majesty
de Grammont
Démocratie Pacifique
National Guard
Toilleries
Journal Des Debate
Department of the Rhone
Chateau de Fleurs
Champa Elysées
Pius IX
Mapuro
Espartero
Progresista
el Beco del Commercio
Duke of Victory
Balery
Tae Doxe
Vicrosi
Athens
Kitzo Travellos
AT. Coletti
Hortaxp
Napoleon Louis Bonaparte
Holland
Rouen
Orleans
Lille
Cambrai
Lecomte
Hussars
Prince Napoleon
Jerome Bonaparte
Rincess Matilde Demidoff
Madame Wiyar
Arrighi
Duke de Fadoue
Gourgaud
M. de St Hilaire
Marie
la Hollande
Walter Scott
Leghorn
Forli
Romagna
France
St. Leo
Diasorican
Oakley Street
Lambeth
William Cooper
No. 7
Mary's Place
Jean
George Hall
Jardine
Ghislin
Carroll
Barnard Gregory
Financial Department
Gregory
Chatreas
Timms
Toey
Elim Chapel
Peacock
Haywood
Elim
Fetter Jane
St. Dunstan’s
William Hartwood
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Queen Street
Cowlairs
Star Hotel
James Macarthur
North British Mail
FantaHes Particulana
Arail
Wm. Duncan
Wm. Wylie
Duncan
Macarthur
Wylie
Stia
Mavemowertz
Detuzy
Madile
Delozy
Melen
Mdile
Deluzy
Praslin
Mansion House
Gracechurch Street
South Western Railway
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