Cruelty to an Insane Pauper Inquiry in Haverhill
A lengthy coroner's inquest at the Greyhound Inn Haverhill examined the death of Jol Webb a 74 year old pauper lunatic in Risbridge Union Workhouse. Witnesses described injuries and abuse by nurse Slater. postmortem found natural death from water on the chest. verdict natural death with condemned treatment by staff and board of guardians criticized for hiring a pauper caretaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greyhound Inn
Haverhill
Jol Webb
Risbridge Union
Wayman
Anne Radford
Arnup
Slater
Frederick Webb
Diving Chat
Slaer
George Munn
Eliza Wybrow
Samuel Luna
Jona Hes
Euch
Biford
Sas
Risbridge Ui
Ted
Mr. Harev
Board of Guardings
Ecatpmas
Sr. Dlavey ii
John Webs
J. Harry
G. Escort
Harvey
Martin
Innes
Mr. Jackson
Mr. Jardine
Adr
Mr. Escott
Jackson
Jardine
Hedingham
Essex
Henry Martin
Board of Guardians
Ile
Syer
Nuras Slater
Anti Slavery Meeting Denounces American Slavery Supporters
A Manchester gathering at Free Trade Hall features George Thompson Henry C Wright Garrison Douglas and others denouncing American slavery. Speakers attack Rev Dr Cox and Evangelical Alliance for hosting slave-holding delegates and urge stronger union against slavery despite opposition from some local Presbyterians and reformers.
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Tia
Free Trade Hall
Councilor
Shitheworth
George ‘Thompson
Thompson
Manchester
Wao
Hinnie
Per
Ission
Friends
Evangelical Alliance
Friends of Act
Aia
Perrmuel Hansin Cox
Cos
Frederick Douglas
America
Hours C. Wright
Liefchild
Cox
New
Philadelphia
Willam Greham
Syood
Cincinnati
Cor
William Grehan
Presbyterian Caurch
Cus
Wr. Cox
England
Ripley
Ohio
General Assembly
Birmingham
Thia
Clave
Olive
Leifchild
Prentice
Wanchkester Denes
Wright
Mev
Georgy Thompson
Culling Eardley Smith
Clowes
Ewbauk
Liverpool
Mr. Garrison
Ala
Prantice
Alliance
Pringle
Newcastle
Providential rescue on Derbyshire moors near Sheffield
An elderly man, John Barton of Helmesfield Lidgate near Owler Bar, went missing while visiting a daughter and was found insensible under a wall after nearly eighty hours without nourishment. Neighbors searched relentlessly and he survived exposure, with recovery ongoing, after being snatched from the jaws of death.
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Derbyshire
Sheffield
John Barton
Helmesfield Lidgate
Owler Bar
Tetley More
Baslow
Traac
Sheffield Fris
Revenue figures for Britain end of year 1305
The Revenue presents the thin net produce of Great Britain for the year and quarters ending the 1305th and 1st October ISTO, showing increases or decreases. The document details the revenue flow and compares quarterly totals to prior periods to indicate fiscal changes.
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Great Britain
Fragmented note on Consolidated Fund and a Birmingham theft case
The report covers a confused financial entry for the Consolidated Fund including quarter ended dates and Exchequer bills, followed by a long narrative of a 1812 bank-note mystery resolved in Wolverhampton. It details Browning’s letter to Sarah Browning, the missing note later traced to Birmingham, a bill of £14 14s 0d, and the arrest of Henry Stvatts, with proceedings at the public office and assizes.
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Conso
Navigation Street
Birmingham
Bank of England
General Post Office
Browning
Messrs Spooner and Attwood
Fordun
Schofield
High-street
Mevi
Henry Stvatts
Miss Jordan
Atesh
Ivatts
Wolverhampton
St. Spooner
Req
M.P
J. James
Thomas Beilby
Spurrier
Mr. Harding
Summerstreet
Thoreday
Ivalis
Leary
Tratts
C. Purcell
Nelson Street West
Cheminghan
Imperial Empire scheme outlined in witty critique
The piece lampoons a proposed British Empire reform, naming Benjamin Disraeli and William Robert Cooke among others. It mocks a plan to crown monarchs, create grand offices, double incomes, and reorganize taxes, debt, and industry, ending with a call to verify the tale by visiting Cooke’s lodgings near the Bluecoat School in London.
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Desjamio Bond Cabova
Ataysze
Noreunr-west
Roman
England
Cabbetis
Benjamin Bund
Cabbeti
William Robert Cooke
Britain
Longun
B. B.C
Munster
Oiberch
St. Alban
Empire of Peace
Prince of Wales
Prince Albert
Ibestes
Caunterbury
York
Robert Peens
Crowe Imperial
Robert Peel
Geoffrey Muffincap
Homer
Brougham
Lyndhurst
Cottenham
Campbell
High Court of Mercy
Benjamin Disraeli
Hyde Park
London
Kew
Tide Tables and Prayer Notes for Oct 25 1818 London
Almanac style excerpt listing high water times at multiple harbors from Cork to Dover and Dublin, with daily astronomical and prayer schedules. Includes navigational data for ports like Brighton Cowes Dover and Liverpool and references to liturgical readings for morning and evening. The date line marks the 20th day of the year’s cycle with changes to daylight and moon phase noted alongside quarter sessions timetable.
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Cork
Dublin
Holyhead
Port Glasgow
Southwpton
Wasuy
Weber
Bok Sands
St. Luke's Dar
Daniel iii
Luke iv
Daniel vi
Tekapay
Weruntsaat
Tarespar
Satire and opinion on governance and reform in England
Fragmentary prose voices critique on Swiftic satire and New Lights, discuss Crown laws and Corn Laws, and scold Conservative governance. The text laments fiscal strain, education costs, and state duties, arguing the people demand reform and proper governance.
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Swift
Cook
Prince Albert
Sfriice of Wales
Courbery
Danny Weiled
Conserva 1
Niger
England
The Quarters Revenue And Its Beneficial Effects
The Quarters Revenue shows a favorable drift amid harvest shortfalls. Revenue rises in most productive sectors, with Customs and Excise contributing gains while incidental items decline. The overall effect suggests improving finances despite trade shifts and evolving policy influences.
Spain learns of changes to royal marriage plans
A garbled report from this week claims the Hesse Government warned a minister about a potential reshaping of the Svenish Tisene marriage issue. The note speculates Britain could say less and questions whether the French Cabinet would oppose an easier intimation, hinting at a possible restraint on consummation.
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Hesse
Wei
Manchester electors urged bright as candidate for parliament
A Reform Alliance article urges Manchester voters to return Mr Bright to Parliament. It praises his services to the Free Trade movement, argues his views on church and aristocracy are not disqualifying, and urges discussion to cease while expressing gratitude for his uncalculable value to Manchester and the Empire.
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Bri
Weiwid
Manchester
Bright
Brigiys
Cage
Mr. Bright
Duelling and the Press in Irish Political Discourse
A critical polemic on dueling, morality, and the press. The piece defends O Connell and Hill Conciliation against violent rhetoric, condemning sensationalism and personal attacks while urging civil, decent public discourse in Treland politics.
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Conciliation Hill
O'Connell
O'Connells
John O'Vannest
Lawlor
Wornina Herald
Times
Teba O'Connell
Treland
Tate Te
Potite Suviety
Treatment of Paupers and the risks in workhouse care
A critical look at Risbridge Union practices as a sample of broader treatment of paupers under old and new Poor Laws. The piece argues that periodic inspection fails to catch daily abuses by those who control and neglect inmate welfare, highlighting systemic neglect in workhouses.
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Risbridge Union
Eld
Fragmentary Analysis of Legal Reform and Public Safety Measures
A garbled report discusses reform direction, police and officer pay, and court timing. It references mitigating public risk, potential budget limits, and the challenge of enforcing new regulations amid unclear legal guidance.
Public meeting urged over parliamentary representation reform
The letter argues against a private coalition within a county division and calls Western Division electors to convene in early November for a public meeting. It defends a trusted representative’s integrity and urges resistance to what is described as unconstitutional overreach by the opposing faction.
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rLaichar
Tord Huter
Fiith
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