RUNNING IN DEBT AND CURIOUS NOTES
A column blends moral warnings on debt with quirky 19th century curiosities. Topics include the dangers of improper credit, brick durability, a bizarre cure for consumption, theft in high society, nicknames in mining towns, illuminator slang, and humorous anecdotes on time and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Temple
Blackwood
Ninevah
Babylon
Plutarch
Caracalla
Titus
Dioclesian
Coliseum
Forum
Trajan
Stokeshill Place and the Man of Business in a Household Sketch
A serialized novel scene shows Mr Barnsley and family relations at the Shoreham estate. Hints of political ambition, with Alfred Drewe and Parson Drane joining a lively gathering as Barnsley confronts campaigning messengers and shifting loyalties in Westerton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stokeshill Place
Barneley
Margaret
Mr. Barnsley
Lord Shoreham
Shoreham
Barnsley
Gus
Lady Shoreham
Creckford’s
Birnsley
Tynemouth
Alfred
Westerton
Alfred Drewe
Lucilla
Power and influence shift in county election intrigue
A solicitor presses Berthsley to secure Lord Shoreham's backing and Wynnex influence for a crucial vote. Barnsley weighs loyalties of Sir Henry Woodgate and Lord Shoreham while the attorney urges immediate ultimata, mapping county factional maneuvering and self-interest in a tense election plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Shoreham
Barnsley
Harpenden
Henry Woodgate
Hawkhurst
Lord Withamstead
Wynnex
Barnsley Delayed by Timmins and Mrs Timmins Panel
Barnsley visits the hardware shop after a tense night with Missus Timmins and the Wynnex ball stranger. Timmins debates social class with Mrs Timmins as controversy over last night’s event unfolds and Closeman interrupts with a call to the town hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnsley
Timmins
Richard Timmins
True Blue Club
Mirabeau
Westerton
Stokeshill
Missus Timmins
Hardware
Mr. T
Brighton
Hastings
Sullivans
Closeman
A Politician's Box Dialogues and Public Contempt
A female politician captivates attention in a box with Lord Walmer and Lady Walmer present. Miss Barnsley overhears political talk while Malibran listens in, as the scene derides women who discuss politics and compares Lady Walmer’s tirades to classical figures and mythic comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Walmer
Lord Walmer
Lord Henry Marston
Sir Henry
Malibran
Woodgate
Aspasias
Sam Patch
Niagara
Walmer
Sir Henry Woodgate
Madame de Stael
Helen
Paris
Venus
Unpopular member confronts Barnsley mob at Old Angel
A new member faces a hostile crowd in Westerton as Barnsley is seized from the chair amid boos and stones. The fracas ends with Barnsley bloodied and supporters shouting Woodgate for ever while authorities struggle to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Express
Westerton
Barnsley
Old Closeman
Woodgate
Sir Henry
Bobs
Tom
Bob
The Massauballoon Flight Described by Dr Simon Abroad
An extract from J. P. Simon M D praising a brief high altitude balloon voyage in the Royal Nassau Balloon. The account notes a 4369 foot altitude, rapid ascent and descent, a safe landing with a jolting stop, a dispute over corn damage, and hopes for future experiments with dip at altitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Thames
Reyal
Green
Royal Nassau
Palmer
High Ongar
Essex
Earl
Mr. Green
J. P. Sraron
Baltimore Beauties and Bonaparte’s Lady in New City
A Boston writer remarks on Baltimore’s beauty and high society, noting Madame Bonaparte Miss Patterson now residing there. He compares her to Ninon de l’Enclos and recalls 1825 marriages linking Marianne Caton Patterson to the Marquis Wellesley and Louisa Caton Bathurst to the Marquis of Carmarthen, highlighting Yankee scorn and colonial gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Miss Patterson
Jerome Bonaparte
Catens
Marquis of
Carmarthen
Madame Bonaparte
France
Scott
Napoleon
Boston Post
Yankees
Ninon
de Venclos
Marquis Wellesley
Marianne
Richard Caton
Robert Patterson
Louisa Catherine
Sir Felton Elwell Bathurst-Hervey
Duke of Wellington
State of Crime Report With County Breakdown 1837
Secretary of State records from Whitehall dated March 8 1837 classify offences into six classes and list 20 984 committals in England and Wales with sentences including death transportation imprisonment and fines. Mortality and acquittal rates noted. Middlesex leads in offences while Wales shows relative crime low. education levels among offenders are severely deficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
England
Wales
Middlesex
Lancaster
York
Surrey
Kent
Somerset
Westmoreland
Ruthland
Huntingdon
Monmouth
Cumberland
Hereford
Glamorgan
Cardigan
Mortality and reassignments at Fernando Po station
An 1837 letter from Fernando Po reports Lieut. Batt taking command of Dolphin after Lieut. Roberts death, Stoddard acting lieutenant of Columbine, and Birch to Lynx. Buzzard sickly with losses. Roberta’s burial with honors. Slaver captures noted. Bonny River fever affects Dolphin Scout crews. Columbine sails to Bonny for protection as palm oil and ivory trade suffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buzzard
Fernando Po
Batt
Columbine
Dolphin
T. Roberts
Stoddard
Birch
Stont
Lynx
Huntley
Roberts
Lander
Sergeon
Scout
Bonny River
Accra
Ascension
Acland
Bonny
Rolla
Charybdis
Curious cast in New Regulation Act and sly registry ruse
A man named Joseph Wilks left two thousand pounds to the nephew who first sired a son, sparking schemes after three brothers Tom Dick and Harry marry. Tom faked birth and death entries to claim the prize, while a Paris crime frolic ends with a police handover and a narrow escape thanks to a magistrate who knew one party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crellin
Castletown
Mr. Mather
Helvetic
M. Mather
Zurich
Thomas Nuters
Liverpool
Canada
United States
M. Naters
William Mather
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Long Island
New York
Mather
France
Switzerland
Yverdon
Goldenburg
Andelfingen
Naters
Canton
van Mater
Jacob van Mater
Thomas Naters
Executive Council
Goldenberg
Havre
England
Universal
Joseph Wilks
Tom
Harry
Manchester
Paris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Camden
Wilkes
Chislehurst
Whiy
Adem Green
W.R
Victora Rex
William Rex
Florence
Inglese
Kham
Tartary
Temple
Peru
Greece
Pittacus
John Barnsley
Welverton
Harpenden and
Hill
Richard Dobbs
Beckford
Heber
Vatican
Messrs
McGregor
Mr. Harpenden
Whiterton
Jem Spraggs
Massausballoon
Baltimore Beauties
Malta
Royal Artillery
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