Miscellany notes on taxes prisons and idlers in era
The report covers varied items including the Exchequer receiving five pounds ten shillings from an individual labeled C D for income tax, high casualty counts among passengers of the ship Vintue on voyage to Grosse Isle, and multiple London notes. It mentions prison reform prospects led by Whitworth Russell and Mr Rothh, with Charles Pearson planning a pamphlet, and Lola Montes’s riotous Munich tale. It also recounts Jenny Lind fan: a youth pawned ten of her handkerchiefs to attend her show. It closes with a stirring letter from Lieutenant Munro and an inquest into a widow’s death from poverty.
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C.D
Liverpool
Grosse Isle
Parsox Discrete Coxaness
Bavanats
Frankfort
Maine
Whitworth Russell
Rothh
Middlesex
England
Rotch
St. Brussels
Lambeth
Charles Pearson
Hotel de Flandre
Pearson
Gambeth
House of Commons
Loa Montes
Munich
Let
der Tribunaus
Mademoiselle Lola Montes
Countess de Landsfeld
M. B
Madame de Landsfeld
Pot
M. B—z
M. M
Countess de Lannsfeld
Borough Court
Jenny Lind
Mademoiselle Lind
Albion
Manchester
Leeds
File
Jenny
Port Street
Mra. Pearson
Manchester Examiner
Lagorsxant Munro
Lieutenant Munro
London
Newgate
NorticHam
Brown
Harriet Atkins
James Atkins
Cosspit Lane
Union
Charlotte Sims
William Sims
Brookstreet
Breach of Promise in Cooper v Saffery Heard in Bath Court
Harriet Cooper widow sued George Saffery printer for breaking a promise to marry. After default on plea, evidence showed 58 affectionate letters and a marriage plan disrupted by his declared conviction that a union would not be prudent. Jury fixed damages at £50, noting his personal deformity but recognizing Cooper’s injury and Saffery’s prudential reasons.
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Crouch
Ballantine
Bath
Hicks
Ma. Turner
Rupert Street
London
George
Hannitt Coopgn
Mra
Cooper
Geongr SaffEry
Harriet Saffery
Turner
Bell
Prosser
Abscconing of Leicester Loan Secretary Thompson
Police report Thompson secretary to the Leicester Loan and Discount Society absconded on Saturday with over £6000 from the society and others. A reward of £50 was offered for his capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsconding
Loax Societr
Thompson
Leicester Loan and Discount Society
Recalls and notices from the era of General Espartero and global unrest
The Queen of Spain recalls General Espartero appointing him Captain General of the Army. Reports note Abd el Kader advancing in Morocco, the Duke of Lucca deposed, and various London post office notices and local meetings addressing Ragged School Union efforts in Waterloo Road. Bankruptcy reforms take effect next week altering insolvency courts. Additional items cover inquests, theatrical reviews, and racing results with multiple named individuals and places.
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Espartero
Spain
Paris
Duke of
Lucca
Abd el Kader
Morocco
Privileges of Members of Parliament case in Yorkshire
A summons sought to discharge a man arrested on a writ of capias ad satisfaciendum while visiting his father in Yorkshire. The defendant claimed MP privileges as the member for Finsbury, with Parliament soon meeting. counsel debated 20 versus 40 day limits. Mr Justice Williams discharged the defendant, upholding parliamentary privilege within the prorogation framework.
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Elizabeth Goudyvezave
Duncombe
M.P
Jupoxrs
House of Commons
Copgrove
Boroughbridge
West Riding of
Yorkshire
George Acton
Capias
Carlon
Mensra
Heyoes
Finsbury
Philip v. Wellesley
Baron Parke
Polot
Wills
London
Philip
Wellesley
George IV
Michanlmes
Edward IV
Martin
Justice Williams
Dancombe
Blackstone
Carson
Agsin
Coverdale
Bedford Row
Death by Own Action in Chester Shocks Royal Engineers Family
A 27 year old named Rowland Jones, son of a Royal Engineers lieutenant colonel, died by his own hand at the Green Dragon Inn in Chester. An inquest heard testimony from Henry Melling, a Royal Mersey Yacht Club secretary, who described Jones’s troubled finances, recent trip from Bangor, and plans to travel to Wrexham. The coroner and jury adjourned the inquiry to Monday next amid questions about motive and mental state.
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Paris
Democratie Pacifique
Paria Wen
Spain
M. Salamanca
Espartero
Stachef
Italy
Eveats
Austria
M. Goigot
M. Duchatel
Duke de Broglie
Prince Albert de Broglie
Rome
Count Rossi
Holy See
Toulon
England
Civita Vecchia
M. Guizot
Lord Palmerston
Lombardy
France
Rouen
Mapnip
M. Garcia Goyens
Duke de Frias
M. Onis
M. Cabestani
Cadiz
Ministry of the Interior
Madrid
M. Saragossa
Requens
M. Pacheco
Manuel de la Concha
Catalonia
Castille
M. Bochental
M. Becosura
Ultime
Cardinal Lambrnachini
Turin
Charles Albert
Tahiti
Papelle
Rsland
Brant
Government House
Ondit
Salmon
Larand
Admiral Brucat
Grampes
Covar
Commox Corner
Peacock
Wire
London
Ballock
Sheriffs’ Court
Bullock
Guildhall
BR. Tate
County Court
Middlesex
Bather
Thoraday
Serjeant Adams
Lodge Raymond Frankfort
Lord Frankfort de Montmorency
Robert Hall
Porter
Bond Street
Lord Frankfort
Wilde
Serjeant
Adama
Purane
Carrick Street
Anderaton
North British Mail
Singaran
Storer Gibb
East Grinstead
Sussex Advertiser
Bavensie
St. Gery
Brussels
Evenepoel
Blademoiselle Evenepoel
M. Evenepoel
Count de Merode
Theatre Royal
Notre Dame de Bon Secours
Senne
Mademoiselle Evenepoel
Namur
Molenbeck
Mollle
Evenapoel
Lacken
Rowland Jones
Jones
Royal Engineers
Malta
Bryntirion
Wrexham
Green Oregon Inn
Rowland Jones Arbo
67 Regiment of Foot
H. Melling
Royal Mersey Yacht Club
Green Dragon Inn
Bangor
Mr. Melling
Melling
John Heatgate
Enq
Henry Melling
Alr
Agguat
Beaumaris
Mr. Jones
Cheater
Joyed and Co's
North and South Wales Bank
Lloyd's Bank
Lloyd
Green Dragon
Chester
Todd
67Th Regiment
Bed & Sister
Wretham
Devonshire
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King’s Road
St. Pancras
Colonel Batty
Tyrwhitt
Batty
Anid
Gravesend
Compasses
Bath Street
Lawrance
Rochester
Compaesen
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Staffordshire
Hassells
C. S. Hessells
Fox-earth
Lane-end
Potteries
Leek
Bristol and Birmingham
Asylum Lane
Seon
Glocester Journal
Testu Oy Mower
London District Post
Clerkenwell Greens
Coventry Street
Soho
Great Surrey Street
Great Lower Streat
High Holborn
Ireland Row
Mile End
Shoredit
Arthur Kinnaird
Waterloo Road
Ragged School Union
Watt
Alliot
Butler
Courts of Bankruptcy
Isolvent Debtors’ Court
Oy BanEsvrtcy
Oxford
Fraser
Sir Lawrence
University of Oxford
Lord Ward
Lord Henley
Guernsey
G. Hill
Loftus
Valentia
Wodehouse
M. Stewart
Mr. Curzon
A. Campbell
George Jervis
S&c
Lawrence
Cambridge University
Wm. Baker
Black Horse
Kingsland Road
Ann Carter
Henry
Regenva Canal Company
Rosemary Branch Bridge
Jena Carter
No. 6
Atreet
Shoreditch
H. Carter
Ang Carter
Porson A Wirz
Secker
Southwark
Wagstaff
Edwin
Snd
Charlotte Street
Blackfriars Road
Mr. Secker
F. Coyne
Shakespeare
Chopkins
Shakespears
Wright
Baakespeare
General Theatrical Fund
Adelphi Theatre
Tattersall
Tarzspar
St. Leger
Warwick
Planet
van Tromp
Philosopher
Pedley
Amfostyn
Eglinton
L. Fox
Mostyn
Mr. Martin
Moatyn
Swallow
Stephenson
Gaxart Yonsanrea Hanpiar
Miss Burns
Moiklam
H. Hill
J. Day
Denay
Bowen
Lunedale
Colonel Anson
Sandford
Justice Wightman
Michael M'Cabe
Patrick Reid
Reid
M'Cabe
Wraith
M'Kinnell
Elliswen
M‘cabe
York Castle
M'Kihy
Manchester Guardian
Barrain
Prince's Dock
Aha
Dundrum
Remours
Ivere
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