Assault on a Foreigner at a Garden Show Ends in Fine
A foreign man attacked a constable after resisting removal from a garden allotment. He paid 5 pounds to the Queen and 14 shillings to the constable for damages to a hat. Other petty crime and court notes follow including a sailor son punished for assaulting his father and police, and a drunken disturbance in Uxbridge church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L Division
Otway
Mons
Nathan
Traill
George Darke
Barlow and Pilkington
Kensington
Matthews
Durance
Mediterranean
Uxbridge
Thomas Moore
Drayton
R. H. Cucka
J. J. Clark
Darvill
Mr. Benham
Darvil
Benham
Bullock
Ostlers
Outrages on railway works near Laycock and Bristol murder case
Wiltshire magistrate John Awdrey was assaulted by excavators at a railway site near Laycock amid rising unrest. Special constables sworn and a troop of horse requested. In Bristol a dairy keeper Waldron died after a quarrel with Benjamin Crook. coroner verdict was apoplexy amid intoxication. Various Irish cases report murders and bounties offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P John Awdrey
Reybridge
Laycock
Wilts
Caes
Bristol
Thomas Walaron
Lampblackhill
Benjamin Crook
Crook
Waldron
Stoke’s Croft
de Ceased
Wit- Hosses
Decessed
Duogenin Castle
Ave
Luke Donoughue
Burgatia
Rosscarberry
Cork
Margaret Donaghue
Michael Healey
Kishiquirk
Abington
Limerick
Edward Hayes
Darby Buckley
Daniel Buckley
John Buckley
Patrick Cannane
Kilmore
St. John
Roacommon
William Hatch
Duleck
Meath
Destructive warehouse fire at Rich and Co premises
Early Monday a large fire engulfed Measrs James Rich and Co warehouses at 43 Basinghall Street. The blaze forced inmates to escape across a roof with only night garments. Fire brigades under Mr Braidwood fought dense flames, saving some parts though substantial loss occurred including uninsured premises. A £100 reward for arsonists tied to a Cove Hampshire fire is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rich and Co
Basinghall-street
Basishaw
Watlingstreet
Braidwood
William Jones
Messrs. Rich and Co
Painters’ Company
Phoenix
Rieh
Sur
Hue and Cry Police
Cove
Cove, In the County of Hants
James Calloway
Farnborough
Her
Mr. Calloway
Sergeant Trempeter License and Prohibition Order Notices
Lord Chamberlain announces Thomas Lister Parker as sergeant trumpeter and orders magistrates to ban trumpet and drum performances at shows unless a licence is provided. Ballooning anecdote recalls Arnold and Appleby where a ballast toss and a river fall led to a fatal accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
Navy
Appleby
Drury-lane Theatre
Thames
Deaths in Inquest Corner at Blackfriars and Surrounding Areas
A sequence of inquests reported from London and Surrey: a newborn illegitimate infant found in a dust-hole in Ireland-yard with natural death verdict. Henry Macklin dies after an omnibus fall near Kensington and gets accidental death verdict. Nicholas Kenny found drowned after a night out on Woolwich road. Joseph Monteer dies from lightning strike at Mitcham common. Michael Hennessy charged with manslaughter after a fatal affray over meat at the Half Moon, with authorities pursuing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bartholomew Fair
William Marchand
Brill-row
Somerstown
Smithfield
St. John-street
Giltapur-street
Marchand
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Mr. Marchand
Andrew Mountain
James Jermayne
Arther
Mitcham
Mountain
Three Kings Inn
Jermayne
Tipler
Tooting
How
British Museum
Montagueplace
North London Hospital
Wicks
Davis
Stephens
Taylor
Cottrick
Sullivan
St. George’s Hospital
Higgs
Corone
Romsey
Payne
Morseshoe
Ireland-yard
Blackfriars
Maury Ann Lockyear
No. 4
Ludgate-hill
Henry Macklin
Kensington
Simpson
Isleworth
Ownibus
Nicholas Kenny
Woolwich Road
Market-place
Greenwich
King’s Arms
Church-street
Carttar
Three Kings
Mitchamcommen
Carter
Surrey
Joseph Monteer
Mitsham-common
Germaine
Woound
Deckdaid
Half-Moon
Gadatone Road
Patrick Cahell
Hennessy
Cahell
Michael Hennessy
Buckingham Farewell Speech At Crown and Anchor
A report on Mr. Buckingham's farewell address before circumnavigation plans at the Crown and Anchor with shilling tickets and a sparsely attended crowd. The note highlights dull delivery, self-focus, and a biographical pamphlet offered at the door for sixpence to one shilling. The piece also covers the Gunpowder Explosion aftermath including the Maltese brig crew, deaths, and the Dreadnought hospital ship scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckingham
Sheffield
Matthews
Guiseppe
St. George’s
Trinity Episcopal Chapel
Cannon-street-road
Cersan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harding
Tract Society
Arding
Christian’s
Evans
E. Irving
Church of England
Mesers
B. Noel
Mortimer
London
W. Harding
Red Lion-court
Fleet-Street
Oliphant
Edinburgh
Tur
J. Goldsmith
Grogwa
Tos GrawMar
General Hey
Dito
Geographican Corr-Books
To &Ll
Sir R. Phillips
Sherwood, Gilbert
Piper
van Butchil
Foe Fenates
S. J. van Rutchell
H. Renshaw
Strand
Percy-street
Bedford-square
Court Journal
J. B. Chamberlain
Optician
Broad Street
Bloomsbury
Hoborn
John James Rippon
Wella-street
Oxford-street
Steves
Wells-street
Gracechurch-street
Hon. East India Company
Wader
East India Company
China
England
BLACK
Thea
Ada
Bohea
Ss. Ds A. d
Jamaica
Lash Mar
Bellingham
Gracechurch
London-bridge
Westminster
Chelsea
Kensington and Uayswater
Kent Road
Hackney
Peckham New Cross
Homerton
Peckham
Rye
Deptford - Glapton
Camberwell
Tottenham Dulwich
Blackheath
Edmonton
Denmark Hill
Lewisham
Stamford Hill
Champion Hill
Stoke Newington Herne Hill
Dalston Kingaland
Holloway Highgate
Hampstead
Kentish Town
Camden Town
Islington
Fulham
Putney
Shepherd’s Bush Parson’s Green
Waltham Green
Hammersmith Turukham Green
Ghiawick
Battersea
Wandsworth
Clapham
Stackwell
Brixton
Tulse Hill
Sureatham
Norwood
Webster
Mr. Webster
New Bond-Street
Wright
Platform
Rotherhithe
Ranks
Joseph Henry Green
F.R.S
Royal College of Surgeons
St. Thomas’s Hospital
King’s College, London
Franks
St. Thomas's Hospital
Lincoln’s Inn-Fields
Franka
George Franks
Blackfriars Road
United Kingdom
OvBab
H.R. H
Duchess OF Kent
Treasury
Grimstone
Ophthalmie Hospital
Charing Gross
Lachfick
Elena Pret Ihrioe
J.C. Gurmix
Rimstone
Dr. Guthrie
W. Grisartee
Broid-streat
Bigomebury
Sal
CTM
Don
Actove Reyal
Ren Boek Foreien
Fisher and CQ
King William Screet
City
London-Bruecs
Messrs. Fairbrother and Co
Ed Fordetrest
Stirling
J. W. Stirling
Chemiat
High-street
Whitechapel
Sanger
Hannay
Oxford Street
Johnstone
Cormhill
Harvey
Great Surrey-read
Horrblower
Norton
Great Surrey
Read
Stirling Rees
M. A. Sanderson and Co
Hewland Street
Fitzroy-Squate
R. Wright
Charles Asten Key
Guy’s Hospital
C. A. Kry
Guy's Hospital
Zaccheus Hunter
Webbor-row
Blackfriars-road
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