Desperate Assault by an Omnibus in Middlesex Sessions
Robert Rawlings and Edward Hamerton were found guilty of assaulting fish salesman Thomas Ingram on September 24. Ingram testified of brutal blows and a threatened “number” while the omnibus was redirected toward Kentish Town. Rawlings received eight months and Hamerton six months with hard labor and sureties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Rawlings
Thomas Ingram
St. Pancras
Prendergast
Amas Ingram
Highgate
Rawlings
Camden Town
Kentish-town
Ned
Hamerston
House of Correction
Kensington Petty Sessions Brutal Drunk and Assault Cases
A 40 year old woman charged with drunkenness was fined 5s after a long defense about her husband abroad and driving home. Thomas Simple was fined 40s and bound over for twelve months for brutal assault on his wife, with witness accounts of kicking and a state of insensibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Codd
Hyde Park
Black
Vauxhall
Hammersmith
His Majesty’s Navy
England
Thomas Simple
Thomas Brooks
Outrage and Robbery Brought Before Brentford Petty Sessions
William Spinks alias Bolton faced the Brentford petty sessions magistrate for involvement in a nighttime assault near Hanwell. A butcher, Joseph Smith of Woonton, testified he was robbed of money and four handkerchiefs after being lured by Spinks and two others. Spinks was committed to Newgate for trial at the Central Criminal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicaway Rogsery
William Spinks
Bolton
Pownall
Spillman
Denton
Hanwell
Joseph Smith
Woonton
Herefordshire
Jones
Essex
Duke of York
Joseph Spillman
Paires
Smith
Great Western Railroad
Brent Viaduct
K Ceping
Newgate
Central Criminal Court
Greenwich Petty Sessions: Hughes charged with wounding
John Hughes of Wick Cottage Woolwich road charged with wounding John Nicholas by firing a blunderbuss from the Brilliant yacht of which he is proprietor. Serjeant Addiman reported hearing of a shooting at Hospital Wharf and Nicholas in danger. Isaac Harwood, a printer from Torbay Fisher lane, recounted boating near the Brilliant and Gem as shots were fired from the steamer and Hughes’s boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hughes
Wick Cottage
Woolwich Road
John Nicholas
John Addiman
Hospital Wharf
Isaac Harwood
Torbay
Fisher-lane
Brilliant
Gem
Blunderbuss firing onboard yacht wounds waterman
An incident aboard a yacht ended with John Nicholas being shot in the abdomen as the owner fired a blunderbuss toward shore. The event drew a crowded court scene with witnesses Frederick Preston and surgeon Sir R Dobson detailing the wound and its seriousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Nicholas
George Bush
R. Dobson
Frederick Richard Preston
Harwood
Labourer Evades Rent in Stock by Staging Theft
A labourer named Eve of Stock faced Morass-Trar petty sessions for stealing chairs tables and stools to avoid his landlord Mr Thomas Hutt’s rent claim. After a comic escape plan detailed with a fleeing household, the court ordered Eve to pay the debt by instalments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eve
Stock
Thomas Hutt
Hutt
Mr. Eve
Old Hutt
Court of Requests dramatises a gambling debt dispute
In a Kingsgate Street case before Mr Heath a chimney sweep nicknamed Bandy Tom is sued for 7s 6d over a gambling debt. The defendant claims the money relates to a gambling transaction and that no money should be recovered. The court orders payment of debt and costs in a month amid comic exchanges and a separate dispute over a portrait painted by a costermonger, culminating in an owner portrait likeness verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray’s Inn-lane
Sergeant Heath
Mr. Heath
Gamlin
Randy Tom
Bandy Toni
Tom
Hamlet
Everet
Evans
Dubois
Peter Goff
Thos
Lawrence
Penny Magazine
Getenet
Elshie
Herodotus
Kate Kearney withdrawn at Queen's Theatre over unpaid author
The Queen's Theatre reports the withdrawal of Kate Kearney under the proprietor's mismanagement for unpaid author royalties. A daring daylight robbery attempt near Coney-hall-hill is described, where Mr W C Robinson narrowly escaped loss of money as two masked men fired and pursued bystanders. The King of the French was too ill to attend a Monday drawing room. Lord Lyndhurst appeared among the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen’s Theatre
Kate Kearney
W. C. Robinson
No. 6
Cannon-street
City
Commissioners of Police
Scotland Yard
Metropolitan Police
Robinson
Hayes-common
Coney-hall-hill
Croydon
Westerham
Mr. Robinson
Hayes
Beckenham
Lord Lyndhurst
AccouNT of the Fifth Ascent of the Vauxhall Balloon
Mr Green recounts an October ascent from Royal Gardens Vauxhall reaching about 5000 feet before descent. Ballast water ballast, clouds and sunlit skies, distant bells and hounds heard below, and a safe landing near Leighton Buzzard with help from locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Green
Wessel
Cumberlege
Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire
Vauxhall
Royal Gardens
C. Green
Gallantry of the Coast Guard in severe 1824 storm
Exmouth reports two daring rescues by Lieut. Drew RN as the Rover's Bride and the Albatross were driven to wrecks. In a night of violent gales, coast guard crews launched and fought the sea to reach the crews, securing stores and bringing survivors to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Barton
Isq
Exeter
Warren Sands
Coast Guard
Lieut. Drew
R.N
Warren
Exmouth
S.S.E
S.W
Albatross
T. Coope, Esq
Conger Rocks
Drew
Assassination Recount and Maritime News From 1836
A letter describes the assassination attempt on Emperor Nicholas I and the survival of the Russian emperor. It notes Grand Duke Michael’s delay to England, and cites patriotic reflections on monarchy. Also included are a tax circular on newspaper advertising and a Dover rockship incident with the City of Londonderry, plus survivor James Harris’ harrowing seafaring past and rescue by an Isle of Wight sailor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NicHollas
Russia
Michael
England
Nicholas
Paul
Morning Post
Whig
Liverpool
Dover Roads
London
James Harris
Isle of Wight
Salisbury
Wheeler
Loss of the Red Rover steamer near the Nore
The Red Rover steam packet bound for Herne Bay was lost after a collision with the Magnet at two o’clock off the Nore in dense fog. All aboard, including crew, were saved and transferred to the Magnet. the Rover sank within ten minutes. Passengers were later landed at Sheerness with assistance from Port Admiral Fleming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herne Bay
Nore
Margate
London
Royal Sovereign
Emerald
Boulogne
Red Rover
Sheerness
Fleming
Chatham
Collision at the Nore sinks Red Rover with 30 passengers
In thick fog near the Nore two Margate steamers the Magnet and the Red Rover collided. The Red Rover sank within minutes with about thirty aboard while the Magnet, badly damaged, reached Sheerness. All passengers escaped by jumping between ships and boats, with many saved though fears of drownings spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margate
Magnet
Red Rover
Nore
Red Rover Packet
London
Herne Bay
Sheerness
City of Canterbury
Nayland
Collision of Magnet and Red Rover Near The Nore Light
A thick fog afternoon collision near the Nore Light between the Magnet of the General Steam Navigation Company and the Red Rover of the Hernes Bay Line left the Red Rover wrecked with no injuries reported. Captain Jones of the Magnet ensured passenger safety and shifted to Sheerness. the Magnet proceeds to London. The Red Rover is beached with Admiralty aid pledged to raise it. both crews and passengers survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamnet
Jones
Red Rover
Linch
Nore
Magnet
General Steam Navigation Company
Margate
Herne Bay
Gravesend
Re Rover
London Bridge
London
Vore
Sheerness
Fresh-wharf
A. Reid
George Canning
Greenwich
Trinity House
Hernes Bay Steam-packet Company
Admiralty
General Steam Company
Deptford
Newfoundland
Marriage Ends in Tragedy at Hollows Rochdale
A young Meadowcroft married a woman aged eighteen at Hollows near Rochdale. After the ceremony they went to the Rose public-house in Toad Lane where dancing occurred. The bride soon went into labor, bore a child, and both mother and child died shortly after birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huszand
Meadowcroft
the Hollows
Rochdale
Rose
Toad Lane
Dreadful accident and other offenses reported
A Sunday accident befalls a Clerkenwell mechanic James Johnson, skull fractured and doomed. another chemist injury to sight from bottle cork. a Sussex beer-shop keeper ends life by hanging. a soldier’s family losses by fire. a burglary at Cornhill with valuable bonds and medals seized. a crossroad cab attack highlights recurring dangers. river steamers collide in fog. a servant sustains severe injuries cleaning windows in Gray's Inn Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Johnson
Wood Street
Clerkenwell
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Blacklock
Stevie
West
Goring
Sussex
91St
Tain
Scotaman
Man
London and Greenwich Railway Company
Calcutta and Saugur
Greenwich Gas Company
Spooner
Duke and
Wellington
Duke of Wellington
Gem
Gravesend
Diamond Company
London
Greenhithe
William Haldimand
Ipswich
Mercury
Star Company
Gray’s Inn-lane
Greville-street
Hatton-garden
Finishing touches at the royal chapel amid rates contention
The interior of the grand structure nears completion with cleaned Rubens ceiling scenes and gilded pilasters. County rates, rising annually, fund shire halls and asylums, with magistrates controlling the purse and public oversight limited.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Middlesex
Kensington Petty Sessions
Brentford
Petty Sessions
Chelmsford
Milton
Esser Herald
Court OF Requests
Kingsgate-Street
THE
Tifk Red Rover
Alps
Rubens
Charles I
James I
Horse Guards
Lord Eldon
Whitehall
Wales
Mulcahy
Ruscoe
Caher
Clonmel Advertiser
Escarep
New South Wales
van Dieman’s Land
Truelore Smith
Cambridge
Joseph Sutton
Wilts
James Smithson
Southampton
Jared Tennison
York
Jonathan Turner
William Treadwell
Lanaster
William Taylor
Launceston
Wiliam Travis
James Turner
Stafford
Raéner
Charles Vine
Bucks
Anthony Williams
Worcester
Richard Williams
Reading
John Wood
James Wells
John Wheeler
Berks
Henry Worms
Westminster
Robert Wilson
Hertford
John P Williams
Somerset
Lambeth
Surrey Theatre
Borough
Borada
Catalonia
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