Insolvent author Groxce Soane before Commissioner Evans
The insolvent, son of the late Sir John Soane, appeared for an interim order amid debts over £10,000 largely from post obits. Creditors Watton and Crouch opposed for rent arrears and alleged harassment. publisher Mr. Burton, a creditor, supported, claiming interference. The commissioner granted protection and adjourned for a special income and expenditure account for the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groxce Soane
Commissioner Evans
John Soane
Watton
Crouch
Pringagstre
Burton
Hutton
CHARGING A TA R TAR AND A RESPECTABLE THEFT CASES
Surrey sessions heard Thomas Lloyd aged 67 indicted for stealing a cloth coat a glass mustard pot and a crown piece from Henry Batson Esq retired captain of the Life Guards after serving as footman to handle £400 worth of plate cross examination provoked laughter in court but Lloyd was found guilty and sentenced to two days solitary confinement at Brixton. In a second case Mary Davis 37 a respectable mother of eight was found guilty of stealing a silk roll valued at £5 from Olney silk mercers and sentenced to six months with hard labour at Brixton including solitary confinement in the final fortnight, her fainting on hearing the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surrey
Tursay
TP. Pugkie
Freshfield
Mr. Charnock
Batson
Life-Guards
Brixton House of Correction
Mary Davis
St. George the Martyr
Southwark
Messrs
Olney
Charnock
Liverpool
London
India
Brixton
Court Despatches Last Session Amid Rape Cases and Libel Fight
The Central Criminal Court reconvened for the twelfth and final session of the mayoralty with the Lord Mayor and civic officials present. The recorder warned of multiple rape charges and discussed a case involving abortion, while trials included assault at Whitecross Street and a controversial inkstand theft linked to Adolphus Talbot. Verdicts favored defendants. jurors debated bias in a lengthy acquittal, and a libel case against Barnard Gregory sparked a potential transfer to the Queen’s Bench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farebrother
Musgrove
Moon
Grand
Roastine
Ingagate-Street
Baker
Whitecross-street
Lodge
Henry Baker
Braham
Stewart
Myers
Mr. Prendergast
Beiggtdrink
Griffiths
Cook
Tox
Key
Jones
New Covar
Thal
Bullock
Commissioner Bullock
Deane
Elizabeth Allyne
Cox
M. Pashaw
Ballantine
Adolphus Talbot
Ci Devant
Pashaw
Old Brompton
Talbot
Brompton
Wrow Espay
Barnard Gregory
Justice Maule
Justice Wightman
Wilkins Rose
Gregory
Court of Queen's Bench
Shee
Court of Queen’s Bench
Wilkins
Mr. Wilkins
Duke of Brunswick
Duke
Vallance
H. Wilde
Forgery case at Guildhall and distressed Hayti prince appeal
A London magistrate hears a forgery charge against George Potter connected to a £100 bill and a 10 guinea cheque. Key figures include auctioneer Izod, barrister Watson, and Mr Camp. The lord mayor remands Potter to pursue further investigations, while Prince Christophe of Hayti seeks aid for his distressed family and funds.
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George Potter
Daniel Forrester
Izod
Thomas Chapman
Bank of England
Thomas Chapmer
London
Thomas Camp
James Watson
Lincoln’s-inn-fields
Watson
Lincoln’s Inn-Fields
J. Watson
Mr. Watson
Guildhall
Mr. Izod
Alexander Simson
George Monro
Leopold-place
Edinburgh
Charles Monro
Commercial Bank of Scotland
Mesers
Jones, Lays and Co
Lothbury
Richard Henry
North Leith
Messrs. Smith, Payne,and Co
G. Monro
C. Monro
George White
Thomas F. Wilkinson
Terrace
Fore-street
Edmonton
John Jenkins
Queen-street
Gravesend
Lombard-street
Alexander Simson J
William Watson
John Dixon
High-street
Deptford
William Watkins
Smith
Brothers
George Patterson
Jzod
Camp
New Church-street
Bermondsey
Hobler
Hayward
Central Criminal Court
Monro
Statz
Paince Cannis Torphe
Christophe
King
Hayti
St. Domingo
Christopheri
England
King of Hayti
Doctors’ Commons
Prince Christophe
Turin
Italy
Sardinia
Queen Victoria
Sir Henry Wheatley
Jamaica
Col. Aspinall
Society of Friends of Foreigners
Strangers’ Friend Society
Lim
Chandry
Hasti
Court of Chancery
Haytii
John Young
Brixton Dear John Letter Leads to Two Months in Bridewell
In a Mansion House proceeding the prisoner denied theft claims while the lord mayor teased him over missives and the alias Dear John. He admitted busking in jobbing but insisted no friend named Wheylan existed. The court ordered two months in Bridewell for pocket-picking and for sale of handkerchiefs in Field Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brixton
John
Brown
George the Fourth
Joux
Young
Wheylan
Crib
Field-lane
Field Lane
Bridewell
Calamities of Authors on Manuscripts and a Rail Accident
In Marlborough Street Colonel Davidson seeks return of his manuscript from publisher Colburn claiming property rights after printing but before publication. A court hears arguments over trade customs and ownership, while Colburn defends his right to retain the manuscript for safety and potential libel review. Separately, a rail accident near New Cross prompts testimony on speed, points, and fault, leading to questions of officer responsibility and conduct. In Dublin, Lieutenant Marsh and Cornet Coote face attempted assault charges from a hotel room incident involving a servant of the 3d dragoon guards amid a broader public inquiry into the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson
Hardwick
Colburn
Great Marlborough-street
Shobert
Lester
Colonel Davidson
Mr. Colburn
Dublin
Timm
3D Dragoon Guards
Portobello Barracks
Portobello
Lieutenant Marsh
Cornet Coote
Marsh
Coote
Murphy
Harriet Huret
Dragoon Guards
Lieut. Marsh
Mr. Magee
Isaac Timm
Mr. Murphy
Winess
Lambeth Street Pawnbroker Case Highlights Needlework Poverty
In Lambeth Street a destitute mother named Biddel faced penalties for pawning garments entrusted to her by Mr. Moses a stopseller on Tower Hill. She and others describe meager wages forcing pawning to feed two children. magistrate Mr Henry opts to send her to the workhouse rather than prison and orders pawnbrokers to surrender pledged items. A second woman seeks a warrant over shirts entrusted to a contractor who profited by reselling at a loss to the makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambeth Street
Stanvine
Pawx
Biddel
Henry
Moses
Mr. Henry
Greenwich Railway Neglect Case In Deptford
On Monday Thomas Rhodes faced a charge of neglect of duty after an engine and several carriages ran off the rails of the London and Dover line at Deptford. Police constable M Ghensis led the case, with Mr Gregory the line’s principal engineer observing for the railway directors. William Horsley was an engine driver on the same line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Newcross
Mr. Jeremy
Gregory
Jeremy
Mr. Gregory
Hoof
Thomas Rhodes
M'Ghensis
London and Dover
Deptford
William Horsley
Language of flowers and Punchs report mix a dated verse chronicle
A fragmentary poem extols the language of flowers with maidens and gift symbolism, while a Punch report mocks and lampoons political figures and events with satirical notes from Pattison, Baring, and a royal missive, ending with election outcomes and resignations.
Inquest Finds Temporary Insanity After Greenwich Ostler’s Death
An inquest at the George Maize-hill Greenwich on Charles Smith, once an ostler, found after a year of despondency he was temporarily insane when he died by hanging from a tree behind the inn. The body was discovered Thursday by Mrs Storey after he was missed at two o’clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carttar
George, Maize-hill
Greenwich
Charles Smith
Ostier
Lord Hawarden
Dover Telegraph
The Atmospheric Railway Explored for Future Transport
A detailed examination of the atmospheric railway concept assesses its potential to be cheaper faster and safer than locomotive systems. It weighs construction costs steeper inclines versus the tube and valve apparatus the need for stationary engines and the long term maintenance of the pneumatic tube against traditional rails. The piece notes possible safety advantages but questions practical costs and the readiness of technology for extended use while acknowledging early trial results at Kingsbridge and Dublin to Cork proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atmospheric Railway
Dublin and Kingstown
Mos
Irish Association For the Advancement of Science
Robinon
Cork
Dublin
London and Birmingham Railway
Kings
Acre
Ace
Xway
Spanish Explosions in a Parlour Chestnut Display
An experimental philosopher notes that last Wednesday he arranged a row of Spanish chestnuts on his parlour grate and, after a short interval, several of them reportedly exploded.
Effects of Puseyism and Tractarianism in Oxford
Fragmentary OCR shows remarks on Puseyism provoking alarms in Oxford, a barrier to prevent Tractarian influences reaching Newman-street, plus a London verse about Greece and time, beauty and memory. The readable text hints at religious controversy, aging virtue, and poetic praise of Greece, with references to time and eternal light.
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West-End
St . Laurie
Oxford
Newman-street
Essex
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