Insolvent debtor examined in long plea against creditors
The insolvent, described as having been bankrupt multiple times, faced cross examination over debts from 1826 to 1840 and a history of discounting bills and loans. His wife’s income and lodgings were noted as creditors’ concern. witnesses described raids on wine sales and unpaid bills. The court adjourned to amend the insolvent’s description and consider reasonable settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weprespar. Ty
RaOmans Eschows ED
Gayvens
Nichols
Gudalla
Creswell
Unt
Dowse
Bh & Pugh
Cooke
Woodroffe
Craven-street
Strand
Cresswell
Hunt
Lefevre
Pinto Perez and Co
Hughes
Dymock and Co
Mills Foriery
John Street
Adelphi
East Street
Manchester
Square
Mills
Rose
Humpleby
Lewis Levi
Dutta
Lawrence Levi
Wilkinson
Elphinstone
Messrs. Pugh
Devaux
F. Lewin
Prisoner linked to forged bill case and fraud confession
In a London court, Daniel Forrester recounted a visit to solicitor Kempster in Kennington Lane where a £50 bill purportedly drawn by Kempster and accepted by Hart was presented. Kempster admitted signing as drawer, claiming no suspicion of forgery, while Hart denied authorizing any acceptance. The prisoner fled but was captured. Kempster and Hart testified to payments and endorsements. Barrett, alias Burgess, reappeared with tales of misused funds and lineage claims, later deemed false by the lord mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kempster
Prigoner
Hart
Commercial Road
John Hart
Devonshire-place
Commercial-road
Baker
Messrs. Masterman and Co.'s
Masterman’s Bankinghouse
Bank of England
John Trompston
Mullens
Barking-House
John Kempster
Bill of Exchange
Masterman’s
London and County Bank
John Prior Barrett
Edward Burgess
Cempter
Barrett
Lord G. Somerset
John Barrett
Bristol
Prisoner Humphery examined as director of city fund society
A chaotic Mansion House hearing investigates John Humphery alias John Humphries a resident director and secretary linked to a convalescent fund. Lord mayor and Mr Cope question his identity, funds, and subscriptions while exposing a pattern of deception and misused names. mehrere other cases include forged bill charges and trespass disputes at Wardrobe terrace and Butcherhall Lane with tenants debating notices and ejectment legality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lars Swixpte
John Stanley Humphery
John Henry Humphries
City of London Convalescent Fund Pension Society and Savings’ Bank
Cope
Newgate
Humphery
Robert Peel
London
Lord John Russell
Francis Burdett
Duke of Wellington
Prigoney
Lauughter
Bentowsky
Central Criminal Court
Shaw
Spottiswoode
Humphries
Stanley
Lord Mayor
Josiah James Lovejoy
Daniel Forrester
Ullens
Bust'gd
Edmund Armitage
Wardrobe Terrace
Doctors’commons
Thomas Oliver Armitage
Carden
Lincoln’s Inn-Fields
Thomas Armitage
Butcherhall Lane
Armitage
John Pirie
Mr. Carden
Stockley
William Syme
Robbery and threats anchor Camden and Fitzroy cases
A well dressed man John Summers faced charges for threatening his wife Jane Summers and endangering her father. Medical students Robert Martin and John Murphy were fined for assaulting a landlord, and a milliner couple faced charges over a cash robbery at a London residence. A water closet theft exposed more guilt. A separate case involved machinery theft by Michael Jones and Joseph Collins from Carter Co. in Norton Folgate with losses and structural damage.
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John Summers
Jane Summers
Grove Street
Camdentown
Cole
Edward Abrill
Robert Martin
John Murphy
Rawlinson
Crofts
Carpenters’ Arms
Howland-street
Fitzroy-square
Martin
William Robert Jenkins
London-street
Royal College of Surgeons
Murphy
Carse
Shackell
Jervis
Brannan
G Division
Branwen
Thomas
Friend
Downes
Hooper-street
Clerkenwell
Poe
Mr. Bingham
Newgate
Michael Jones
Joseph Collins
Messrs
Carter
New York
Teakle
Malin
Shoreditch Church
John Penn
Brand
Collins
George Downes
Bingham
Hyde Park Girls Rescued and Sent for Shelter
Park keepers and police have brought several young girls found sleeping beneath Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens trees to the court. They are in dreadful disease and destitution. the magistrate sends them to prison for shelter and medical care. Mr Maltby helped rescue and reinstate some to friends and possible honest positions. One girl was among the cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
Kensington Gardens
Parish aids girl with disease while guards report park housing crisis
The court hears that Lacy of St James Hanover Square sought parish help for a girl sick with a disease. Mr Maltby promised to send her home when well, with the parish paying reasonable expenses. Park keepers note fifty nightly homeless, mostly young girls, and blame late police shifts and limited park-keeper duties for park overrun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacy
St.James's
Hanover-square
Board of Guardians
Kensington Gardens
Brokers Demand Extra Charge Prompted by Court Case
In court, broker Helmes pressed for extra compensation from a landlord. Mr Henry denied any power beyond the act of parliament and urged payment of 20 shillings. Over 120 harvesters were assembled for examination before being transported to Cork aboard the Tiger, after confirming harvest hardships and rapid corn ripening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helmes
Mr. Henry
Holmes
Henry
Trish Paurins
Overton
Brown
Whitechapel
St. George’s
Henry, Overton
Beadle
St. George's
Cork
Court judgment on assault case ends with fines and imprisonment
The magistrate admonishes and fines the defendant for a slight assault after a heated exchange in court. A witness for the defendant is barred for being in the courtroom during proceedings. The complainant’s testimony is affirmed, and the defendant is ordered to pay 15 shillings plus seven days imprisonment costs.
Murder Charge Placed Against Thomas Camfield in Waterford Case
Thomas Camfield alias Thomas Whelan, a discharged soldier aged 40 to 50, was charged with the wilful murder of his wife Mary in Waterford in April 1836. After absconding, he was found in bed in London by constable Suttle and was to be taken to Ireland for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Square
Thomas Camfield
Thomas Whelan
Mary
Waterford
Edmund Hughes
London
Moran
Robert Suttle
Abraham
Suttle
Camfield
Whelan
Bond
Taylor
Ireland
Hughes
Hall
Bow-street
Caution to Furniture Brokers in Lambeth Street
A customs official, unnamed, accused broker Holmes of deducting a guinea from five pounds as extra charges after distraining on a tenant. An officer was sent to demand repayment, warning of a summons if payment was not made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambeth Street
Bricklane
Spitalfields
Holmes
Henry
Young lady tried to poison herself in Commercial Road shop
Ellen Bridges, seen in a white veil and failing health, drank oxalic acid bought by a boy from a chemist in Commercial Road East. She survived after hospital treatment but faced questioning over the seduction and pregnancy by a man who had promised marriage. The magistrate released her to her mother. In a separate matter, toll charges on the Commercial Road were ruled excessive. the toll on an empty wagon was deemed payable, but the return laden with sugar should be toll-free, with a 10s fine imposed on the toll collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bioderip
Ellen Bridges
Thomas John Blake
London
Mr. Broderip
Broderip
Tourneike ToLis iv
Commercial-Road
Baker
Commercial-road Trust
Stephenson
Brederip
William Bettle
John Ramsdell
John Dale
Cannon-street
St. George's
West India Docks
Poplar Gate
Case of Miss Wynne Assault Heard at East Greenwich
John Nicholson of Union Place East Greenwich faced magistrate G Clive on a charge of assaulting Jane Wisewold at the court steps. The hearing focused on Mrs Wynne and her servant Miss Caroline Wynne, with debates over legal representation and witness credibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolins Wynne
John Nicholson
No. 9
Union-place
East Greenwich
G. Clive
Jane Wisewold
T. A. Sargood
Guildford-street
Russell-square
Mr. Sargood
Sargood
Anne Trapp
Mr. Clive
Wyndham-street
Queen Street
Lincoln's Inn-Fields
R. Nicholson
Mary Trapp
Mrs. Wynne
Smuggling Trial Ties Royal Artillery Private to Tobaccos
Richard Bailey and John Smith of the Woolwich Royal Artillery faced charges for smuggling 21 pounds of Cavendish tobacco worth £9 19s 6d with a £100 penalty. Evidence tied the pair to a Greenwich tobacconist and a Canada origin claim, Bailey later jailed six months while Smith was discharged. A separate case involves Sophia Harmer and John Redding accused of stealing £100 in Bank of England notes at Lewisham and Deptford with linked recoveries and Brighton some days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Artillery
Richard Bailey
John Smith
4Th Company
Woolwich
Jeremy
William Eddy
Excise
Cavendish
Board of Customs
May
Greenwich
James Jordan
Custom House
Edds
Bogt
Park Row
Canada
Bailey
Commissioners of Customs
Officer of Excise
T. Cornell
Customs
Henry Edward Jagger
Royal Artillery Barracks
Quebec
Sophia Harmer
William Simpson
Marsden
Lewisham
Bank of England
John Redding
Potman
Clockhouse
Deeptford Bridge
Horse and Groom
Blackheath Hill
White Swan
Deptford-bridge
Harmer
Maxwell
Redding
Brighton
Attempted murder in city and park preaching ban noted
Reports detail a violent attack on wine merchant Mr Waller and an implied motive tied to a servant's alleged finances. Separate notes cover park preacher ban and multiple inquests, including Mrs Ann Kemp died of natural causes and Thomas Gray found drowned in Knightsbridge.
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Waller
St. James’s Park
C. Acherly
Baker
South Hackney
Ann Kemp
Duncanplace
W.R. Kemp
Knell
Mary Kemp
Rees
Artillery-place
Finsbury-square
Conoxyn
Higgs
Westminster
Rising Sun
High-road
Knightsbridge
Thomas Gray
72D Highlanders
Charles Pakenham
Lower Grosvenor Street
Higgins
Charles Griffiths
Royal Humane Society
Peter Donaldson
Pakenham
Address to London Citizens From a Tory Committee
A London Tory committee drafts an address for electors to support Baring while avoiding direct mention of sugar, taxation, trade restrictions, or party splits. The piece mocks cautious language promising little and urging readers to respond to perceived evasions, with Baring urged to change an old-fashioned stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Baring
London
Baring
John Bull
Sir Robert
Peel
Muman
Alderman Gibbs
League
Anecdotes of Espartero in Early Spanish History
In New Spain gaming spreads among ranks including Spanish officers. Espartero wins 30,000 dollars from General Canterac, then forgives the debt with a warning. As regent, he faces requests for offices and money, enforcing limits with a sharp retort. His Albacete march reveals army bribery and distrust, while his private fortune relies on his wife’s wealth. The piece ponders his return to Spain and possible public revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Espartero
New Spain
Canterac
Cortes
Madrid
Albacete
Spain
Old St. Pauls Unearths Ancient Skeleton Remains
Workmen excavating a sewer at St. Pauls churchyard on Saturday found nearly a complete skeleton about five feet deep on the north side while the south side was being dug. No coffin remains were found. Strong foundation walls were uncovered, suggesting they are parts of old St. Pauls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old ST. Paul's
St. Paul's
Old St. Paul’s
A Grateful Wish from a Chimney Sweep Tale
A former Adelphi fire scare led a tiny chimney sweep through a dangerous enclosed space. After a brave rescue by Salter's and personal care from Mr Yates, the boy received a sovereign. The exchange ends with a playful blessing and a joke about fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelphi
Yates
Discovery of ancient coin hoard found near Rohne mill
On Sept 1 a Rohne countryman named Fondarfive found an oval copper vessel buried near a mill containing about 3350 silver coins and fragments. Roughly 380 are Anglo Saxon Danish or Norwegian from kings Ethelred Canute Harold Hardicanute Edward and Sven Erickson, with most others German from Cologne and Augsburg dating to the 10th and 11th centuries. The hoard seems buried near the end of the 11th century. Only two Arabian coins appear. Two peasants found a coin and a clasp as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wissyr
Fondarfive
Rohne
Ethelred
Canute
Harold
Hardicanute
Edward
Sven Erickson
Cologne
Augsburg
The Wars of Napoleon Losses Estimated at Two Million
A Blackwood's Magazine note estimates total deaths from Napoleonic wars from Montenotte to Waterloo at 1,811,500 with wounded and unreported naval losses pushing the figure to about 2,000,000, describing the grief of families left behind as a stark picture of Napoleon's so called benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Montenotte
Waterloo
Storm Collision of Ice and Sea in Polar Waters
A vivid account from Beechey’s Voyages towards the North Pole describes how ice masses collide with a violent ocean, creating immense spectacle. The scene blends rolling waves, shattered ice, and a clear calmsky above, conveying awe at nature’s power and the limits of human effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beechey
North Pole
Danseuse Lola Montez Faces Possible Prison Time
A Berlin letter reports Madrile Lola Montez the Spanish dancer admired there may be jailed for disobedience after an incident at a royal review. Her horse bolted toward the sovereigns, she struck a gendarme, tore a summons, and was arrested for disrespect to order of justice. Montez, daughter of a late Spanish general, is noted as nineteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Madrle Lola Montez
Maile
Montez
Galignani
Brutal animal experiments reported in Lancet notice
A Lancet notice describes a foreigner named Weinhold removing a cat brain and spinal marrow and filling the cavity with mercury zinc and quicksilver. The cat briefly revived with fixed gaze and movement, then died. The account condemns torture and questions scientific value and risks to humans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weinhold
Excavations at St Marguerite reveal six mosaic rooms
A Dieppe letter reports at St Marguerite excavations led by M Feret uncover six mosaic rooms and Saxon warrior skeletons with armour coins and vase fragments. A complete Roman aqueduct is exposed. Skeletons are small, suggesting youths aged 16 to 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dieppe
St. Marguerite
M. Feret
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Marylebone
Marlborough Street
Clive
William Webberstadt
W. Nicholson
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Nicholson
Thames Office
Hammersmith
Greenwice
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