Notorious Murders and Deadly Accidents Haunt London
Historic notices recount a shattered family left destitute after a melancholy suicide by Nevins. a string of railway and coach disasters near Warrington and Salisbury injure and kill several, including a pig wagon accident. An inquest at Budleigh Salterton returns accidental death for Harriet Shinley at the cliff edge, and London incidents end with a failed suicide attempt in Gray's Inn Road, plus river peril near Billingsgate and a Bayonet quelled bull in St James's Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert. Phillips
London and Manchester
Warrington Junction
Salisbury
Southampton
Wingfield
Hartley-row
London
Husband-Hill
Basingstoke
Andover
Fowl
Winchfield
Mr. Forrester
Wenlock
Col
Clement Hill
Guards
Willey Park
Lord Forester
A.bush
Webber
Miss Shinley
John Tweed
John Friend
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Gray’s Inn-road
John Clarke
Massered
Stevens
St. James’s Park
Buckingham Gate
Wellington Barracks
Barker
Horse Guards
Benton
Sd Battalion
Grenadier Guards
Billingsgate Dock
James Semplemore
Margate
Payne
Newcastle
St. Mary-at-hill
Attempted Suicide and a Public Lecture at FirumMEry
A Worthing incident reports a young woman from Storrington discharged by her mistress with no character given. She consumed laudanum at a Market Street beer shop, contemplated self harm, was searched by constable Orde, and spilled the bottle. She recovered and returned home. A separate note recalls Robert Owen’s lecture and a joking exchange about his rationality after a hot breakfast setback.
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Puttick
Storrington
Worthing
Orde
Robert Owen
Owen
Halifax Express
Inquest Into Arsenic Poisoning Of A Despondent Maid
At Middlesex Hospital an inquest on two young women, Gushien and Susan Piercy, reveals a despondent maid possibly poisoned by arsenic or vitriol. The Piercy case ties to Barclay chemist delaying labels on deadly bottles. Verdicts include suspected poisoning and accidental deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex Hospital
Gushien
Corfe
Payne
St. Dunstan’s Hill
City
Susan Piercy
Charles" Mawbrey
Tower-street
Mary Tomlins
Burlen
Cross-lane
St. Mary-at-hill
Barlen
A. Burlen
Gill
Charing-cross Hospital
Anne Mepham
Selim Cohen
Star-court
Compton-street
Windmill Street
Coventry-street
Haymarket
Piccadilly
Henry Littlewood
Ken-green
Richard Partridge
Omniibus
Thomas Ledger
Ledger
Royal Mail Inn
Upper-street
Islington
Stirling
Joseph Perry
Thomas Holmes
Marson
Biggleswade
Bedfordshire
Thomas Brown
N Division
St. George’s Hospital
Hyde Park Corner
Higgs
Mary Green
Elizabeth Clack
Fisher’s Gardens
Turnham Green
P. Hewett
Edwin Green
Flood-street
Westminster Abbey
Bridget Jacobs
Thames
Henry Hamlin
Millbank-street
Westminster
General Penitentiary
Millbank
St. Margaret’s
Dean-street
Ann Jones
St. Anne’s Street
Burke
Charcoal Burning Advice To Use Lime Water To Absorb Gas
In houses where charcoal is burned and carbonic acid gas is released, it is advised to keep a large vessel of lime water to absorb the gas as it is formed. Change the lime water as soon as it becomes impure indicated by the carbonate of lime settling at the bottom.
General Criminal Court Calendar at Newgate and other prisons
The calendar outlines offences before the Central Criminal Court at Newgate. It notes an average number of cases, a single mint offence, fewer highway robbery charges, and 32 domestic thefts by servants, with the court pledging severe punishment for those obtaining positions by deceit.
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Oyer and
Newgate
Central Criminal Court
Her Majesty’s
Kent
Sussex
Drunken Scotsmen face moral policing in London court
A Scotch gentleman using a feigned name was paraded before Sir Peter Laurie for extreme intoxication in Cheapside. Officers described him with £800 on him as he wandered near a sewer, offered a sovereign to the officer, and received a lecture on drinking. Others, including a cattle trader and a naval officer, faced similar fates with sharp remarks on origins and behavior.
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Charles Grant
Peter Laurie
Sir Peter Laurie
Neever
Peter
Riots on Midland Railway Stir English Irish Labourers Clash
Authority reports late riots between English and Irish labourers on the Midland railway stemmed from 300 Irishmen deemed nuisance and quarrelsome. English workers drove them off the line between Swinton and Chesterfield, then praised for restoring order and farmers noting cattle theft ceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland Railway
Swinton
Chesterfield
Sheffield
Love and Valor Aboard Pulaski Rescue Tale
The Delaware Gazette recounts a dramatic Pulaski wreck tale of Ridge a wealthy New Orleans passenger who saved a stranger woman from drowning then braved the sea to reach safety. They drifted on wreckage and were rescued after days at sea and the couple reportedly formed a lifelong alliance. The woman Miss Onglew is said to be worth two hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware Gazette
Pulaski
Ridge
New Orleans
Onglew
Literary Gazette
C. Oo
IDD
George
Robert Cruikshank
Robert Seymour
Thompson
Bonner
Williams
Slader
Bagatelle
Morning Post
N.B
Europe
Quarterly Review
Kidd
KDD
Onferman
Athenium
New
Casey
Archer
Aimwell
Wiz
Metropolitan
Ee Ruikshank
Cruiksshank
Morocco
Cruskshane
Ruekshank
Cruikehank
Cruikbean Ko
Seymour
Eiltedges
Gazette
J. Nonnis
Fetterlane
Holborn
Lament of a Penny a Liner and a Late Fire Tale
A comic lament by Jackall on crime and moral decline amid a Benfordshire incendiary blaze. The narrative shifts from satirical musings on prior crimes to a large fire at Riseley's rick-yard Great Barford with 200 acres of crops burned, severe damage, and a heroic rescue by villagers led by Riseley’s daughter. A suspect, Makin, is held for trial. The blaze draws crowds from up to 20 miles away and causes substantial losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Jackall
Jack
Jaquiter
Salisbury Plain
Greenacre
Jackall
Berfordshire
Riseley
Great Barford
Bedford
St. Neot’s
Warden
Risely
Makin
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General Criminal Court Calendar
Ponde
Middlesex de
Essex
Admiralty
State OF
Newcars
Police Intelligence
Love AT
Tayisiek-street
Covent-garden
Warwick-lane
Paternoster-row
Bancks and Co
Manchester
Philip
South Castle-street
Liverpool
W. C. Stafford
Doncaster
Norwich
J. Norton
Bristol
R.loder
Brighton
J. W. Hawthorn
Nottingham
Kedd
Cuas
Kean
Og . N.B
Scholar
Be .Idd
George and
Ct.-Of- London
Svithor
Dover
Gravesend
Hastings
Ramegate
Broadstairs
Herne, Bay
Bognor
Little Hampton
Eastbourne
Isle of Wight
Tonbridge Wells
W. Krpp
Tavistock Street
Covent-Gardey
Boulogne
Cruikshank
France
Paris
Calais
Mary
Monsieur HaurzagamaBes
Hotel du Roi
Iiss
Morning- Post
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