Free trade vs monopoly in London city elections
Reports from London electors meetings rallying behind Mr Pattison against Mr Baring as a free trade candidate to fill the late Sir Matthew Wood’s seat. Speakers including Bright and Moore denounce corn laws and monopolies, urging broad support and active local committees in Bishopsgate Whitechapel Stepney Hampstead and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covent-garden
Baring
Ashburton
London
Mr. Bright
House of Commons
Mr. Moore
Abbingdox
Queen's Head Tavern
Newgate-street
Anti Corn Law League
Bright
M.P
R. R.R. Moore
Friends of Free Trade
Holt
R.R. R. Moore
Pattison
Hear
N.P
League
Mr. Baring
Liverpool
Mr. Pattison
Bright and Moore
Bishopsgate
White Hart Tavern
Bishopsgate-street
City of London
Matthew Wood
Bart
Deputy Stevens
Peacock
Johnson
Tagg
Bennett
Thomas
Carr
Allen
Richardson
Proctor
Stevens
Attison
James Pattison
Whitechapel and StEphuzy
Little
Bates
Jackman
Evscox
Hampstead
Hampstead Anti Corniaw Association
A. L. Saul
Saul
Mr. Lunn
Aul
Bankrupt case adjourned amid protracted evidence on jewelry
In this bankruptcy session before Commissioner Evans the bankrupt faced long, heated exchanges over alleged misstatements and the disposal of her jewelry and furniture at Bond Street. Fresh testimony from diamond dealer Mr. Dobson and pawnbroker Mr. Rochefort supported claims about ownership by her son in law Lieutenant Young, while counsel discussed delaying tactics and possible indictment. The judge granted a three month adjournment to allow time for related civil action and potential trial, warning the bankrupt she faces obstacles to a certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court OF Bankruptcy
Truspayr
Mancargr Epmomns
Evans
Lord Huntingtower
Colonel Copland
No. 12
Bond-street
Dobson
Leadenhall-street
Rochefort
Brewer Street
Golden-square
Young
Morelli
Sturgeon
E. James
Mr. Steele
Mr. Davis
Steele
Central Criminal Court
Davis
Swindler Humphery in London Convalescent Fund Case
A crowded Lord Mayor’s court hears John Stanley Humphery, director of the City of London Convalescent Fund, accused of misusing funds. Witnesses describe fake subscriptions, false receipts, and a scheme to obtain clothes and loans while claiming high connections. The prisoner disputes charges, faces remand and further inquiry, and a separate case follows about forged cheques and registrar's office fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuxp Paystox Society
John Stanley Humphery
City of London Convalescent Fand Pension Society and Savings’ Bank
Queen Street
Cheapside
Umphery
Richard Sexton
Earp
Fleet-street
Therisoner
Espartero
Regent's Park
Humphery
Robedy
Lord Stanley
Stanley
James Pike
Graham
Red Lion Passage
Red Lion Square
City of London Convalescent Fund Pension Society and Savings’ Bank
Mr. Humphery
Christ Church
Oxford
Joseph Clark
Blackfriars, Road
Firebuck
Queen-street
Duke of Sussex
K.G
Bourne
London
United Kingdom
Baron Rothschild
Francis Burdett
Augustus d’Este
Joseph Hume
Tom
Hume
Burglary trial at Guildhall over bandana thefts in St Pauls area
Reuben Barnett a jewellery dealer faced final examination in Guildhall for burglary linking him and his wife to stolen 29 silk handkerchiefs from Ellis and Co. Court heard pawn shop pledges, a cab driver corroborated the escape route, and Elizabeth Ryan told of the two men who brought the carpet bag. Barnett remanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Barnett
Harrowalley
Houndsditch
Peter Laurie
Messrs
Barnett
Ellis and Co
Stephen Lukes
Ludgate Hill
Creed-lane
Great Carter-lane
Dean’s Court
the Angel
Islington
Aldersgate-street
Clapham
Goswell-street
St. John’s Street
Exmouth Street
Elizabeth Ryan
Wife &S
Forged Registrar Office Cheque Defrauds Music Seller
George Butler, a Somerset House clerk, was charged with obtaining £3 by a forged cheque from Isaac Mason, a Gray's Inn Road music seller. Butler produced a £5 cheque purporting to be drawn by the registrar's cashier, had Mason advance £3, and promised a £2 later while seeking a job, but Mason later learned the cheque, drawn on Child and Co., was forged and signed by H. Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Butler
Brighton
J. Graham
Charles Henry Anderson
Harrison
William Pocock
Henrietta-street
Manchester-square
Mazon
Gray's Inn-passage
Holborn
Newgate
Swinburne
Martha Swinburne
Oxford Terrace
Hyde Park
Neale
Somerset-house
Hathersick
Wilton-street
Registry Office
Lords Commissioners
Her Majesty's Treasury
Witness
Major Graham
Bow Street
Registrar-General’s
Somerset House
Twyford
Mason
Isaac Mason
Gray’s Inn Passage
Messrs. Child and Co
Fleet Street
H. Harrison
Beggar John Samuel Cooper Brought to Trial in Marlborough Street
John Samuel Cooper alias Hooper was brought before Mr Hardwick at Marlborough Street on a begging charge. He had 7s 4d on him after search and was sentenced to three months hard labor. A letter from Westminster Bridewell head turnkey revealed 30 sovereigns sewn in bedding and a bank book, suggesting benevolent beggars may be exploited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Bridewell
Horsford
Shaw
John Samuel Cooper
Hooper
Cooper
Chelaea
Thomas Careax
Promising Ellen Costello Charged With Repeated Robberies
Ellen Costello an 18 year old described as the eldest of six, faced Mr Bingham on Wednesday for a string of robberies against her father Henry Costello a laborer for Hanbury Brewers. The father testified of his distress detailing years of theft including stripping their home of clothing and furniture. He said she had been jailed previously for a month after robbing a neighbor and again after further offenses, though lenient judgments and promises of amendment followed each detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Burgess
Samasion
Ireland
France
Italy
Bristol
Great Western Railway
Metropolis
Dublin
London
G. H. Wilkins
William Wilkins
Inns of Court
Bridlington
Bath
Stone
George Somerset
Perkins
Unicorn Inn
Compter
Perso
Tuxtars
Tune
City of
Clarkson
New Commercial Steam-packet Company
Bush
Bankers
Captain Tune
Tyne
Lambeth Street
Casto Morpgr
Pierse
Division of Police
Colchester-street
Whitechapel
Elizabeth Cook
Nicholls
Cook
Henry
James Nairn
St. Katharine Docks
Donnegan
Pearse
Colonel Rowan
Mr. Donnegan
Mr. Henry
Commercial Road
Spector
Ellen Costello
Bingham
Henry Costello
Messrs
Hanbury
Old Bailey
Robberies and a Fake Parish Clerk Carried to Newgate
A string of crimes unfolds including an illegal pawning case where a daughter stole items from her father and sold them through Whitechapel and Hare Street outlets. A second tale concerns a fraudster posing as a parish clerk, swindling the coroner’s funds and burial fees, with witnesses exposing him and he is committed to Newgate for trial.
Bakers and others in court for plunder plots and duels
Reports detail William Stewart and Alexander Reid accused of robbing bakers by posing as journeyman bakers then seizing unguarded barrows. Other items cover magistrates handling bail in a coffin-stealing case, a duel threat between Entwisle and Wilkinson, and Greenwich railway toll dispute and assault charge against Mr Alfred Bunn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stewart
Alexander Reid
Davidson
Belvedere Road
John Bridgeman
Cottingham
J. Bridgeman
Roberts
Camberwell
J. Entwisle
Winchester-street
W. A. Wilkinson
Threadneedle Street
Entwisle
Wilkinson
Bedford
Greenwich
Greenwich Ralway
Taylor
Jeremy
Alfred Bunn
Bunn
Edward Porritt
Greenwich Railway Company
Alfred Berton
St. James’s Place
London
Lord Seymour
Baker
Railway Company
Hammersmith Case Involving Assault and Bodily Harm
Details from the Kensington district court describe Samuel Coe accused by Easther Wellmoores’ nurse of abusing and kicking her, with the magistrate sentencing a 20s fine or 21 days. the testimony includes allegations of long-term ill treatment and a note on a separate case involving a neglected child and prior allegations of seduction within the same household. A second matter concerns William Russell charged with detaining a deformed dead child for years, with the court delaying action to gather evidence on public exhibitions at fairs and the family disputes over ownership and value of the child. The third examination concerns Thomas Talbot and a wife impostor pair with pawnbroker testimony and identification of stolen property, leading to bail and further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Square
Exizanzia Feaszn
Elizabeth Fraser
Marlborough Street
Elizabeth Norton
Grosvenor, Place
Birmingham
Fraser
Belton-street
Long-acre
Crugerty
Edward Griffin
Cowley
Chandos Street
Burrell
Thomas
Royal Society For the Prevention of
Thomas Knott
Society
Vincent-Square
Westminster
Chandos-street
Samuel Coe
Hackne
St. Paul's Churchyard
T. Paynter
Hammersmith
Middle Street
Brompton
Hanson
Kensington
Madden
Board of Guardians
Skel Madden
Fendant
Eton
Diagistrate
Embling
Brompton-row
Kensington Union
William Russell
Sop
Walworth
John Miller
Wandsworth
G. Pauls Fitt
Charnock
Miller
Graham
Ham
Russell
Camber Into
Mitcham
Clive
Miean
Elizabeth Talbot
Clerkenwell
Edmead
Rebecca Jones in Westminster Court of Requests
A comic case features Rebecca Jones and her daughters facing landlord Letitia Edmonds over two months of rent. The defendant denounces the claim as a sham while the magistrate orders payment within a month. The scene ends with Jones storming out and slamming the gate amid laughter from onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Court OF Requests
Rebecca
Rebecca Jones
Letitia Edmonds
Martha
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LAW
Hovus E
RTP
Ee — i
Whitechapel-road
Hare-street
Bethnal-green
Burgess
Savage
Rossby
Samuel Fulbrook
Mr. Bingham
Peter Haynes
William Haynes
Easryame Bie
Aynes
Heynes
Haggerstone Church
Rouse
Holland
Union Hall
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