Legal notes on intestacy and property division in courts
A reader’s digest of 18th century law and correspondence discusses how an intestate’s estate is divided among widow next of kin and children, with cases and guidance on administration, mortgage rights, leasehold notices, and the duties of clerks and creditors. It also covers medical advice columns and garden notes.
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Brown
Ee Te Ghee
Fishmongers’ Company
Fishmongers
J.C. Walton-le-Moors
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Day
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Lear
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Bristol
L. Dir
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Jervis ¥. Jones
London Gazette
FOTOR
Jeanine
Pond Bo Herny
Ales
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Hoseck
Giese
Peossessil
Sheckstone
Gus
Dela Anidier
M.A. C
Wolverhampton
M. A.C
Victoria
Pope ¥. Biggs
Allison Ve Wright
Grabis
Contested Letter Prompts Clarification in The Contemporary
The letter writer, identified only as B. A. W., notes lack of address for the referenced individual and questions whether he is a duellist or a spinning-mill inspector. The paper promises to inform Mr. Wilson that his claims will receive attention and that he has not been forgotten.
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Clapham Road
Hyder-Angers
Tenteto
B.S
London
R. L.tooting
Virgil
Theoctitus
Wilson
Portrait and Memoir Feature With Weekly Chronicle
Weekly Chronicle subscribers may receive the paper at Fourrence Hall Pennyl with a steel engraved portrait of a great public figure every week plus a memoir. The price is sixpence per issue, with an option to omit the memoir. Non-subscribers pay 2s 6d for the monthly part. This issue includes a splendid portrait of Lord Dunfermline, late Speaker of the House of Commons.
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Weekly Chronicle
Fourrence Hall
Lord Dunfermline
House of Comimens
The Speech of the Queen of Spain and Pacification Prospects
The Queen of Spain delivers a speech amid news of the Bergara Treaty by Generals Espartero and Maroto, with Madrid not yet commenting. Espartero gains popular support as Basque hopes rise, while Don Carlos’ forces waver and some Navarrese battalions remain loyal to him. Cabrera’s units stay intact, but the overall outlook favors peace through Cortes acceptance of fueros. Don Carlos is portrayed as weak and dependent, likely to fade once terms are set.
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Spain
Bergara
Espartero
Maroto
Madrid
Don Carlos
Cortes
Cabrera
Wyse Speech at Waterford and Liberal Party Doubts
The article praises Mr Wyse for being returned at Waterford without opposition and discusses his pledge to join the government without compromising his principles. It criticizes the Liberal movement for lack of coordination and questions whether cabinet inclusion of Mr Macaulay would restore their influence.
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Wyse
Waterford
Lord Melbourne
Mr. Sheil
Movement Party
Yorkshiremen and Yankees on Smuggling Trade
A British editorial denounces a large scale smuggling scheme in the woollen trade by Yorkshire speculators, contrasted with American reactions. It argues that protectionism breeds dishonesty, calls for free trade, and warns that all nations indulge in contraband, urging international cooperation and sound principles over tariffs.
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United States
Morning Chronicle
Publicus
England
France
Germany
Mexico
San Luis Potosi
Gibraltar
Spain
Wholesome state of trade without Corn Laws
The text argues that without Corn Laws and forced US manufactures the world would see exchanged goods and freer commerce. It suggests Yorkshire woollens could be traded for grain from the Atlantic, reducing restraints on international trade and stressing honesty as essential to success.
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United States
Atlantic
English Emigration to Texas Warned by Press and Public Opinion
The piece rebukes Mr O Connell and Mr Kennedy over a plan for a Free Black Colony in Texas. It warns English and Scottish settlers against emigrating, cites Texas as lawless and populated by criminals escaping the US South, and argues against dispersing land or forming colonies while noting dangers to British emigration and the region’s instability.
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Texas
O'Connell
O’connell
Joseph Sturge
William Kennedy
Morning Chronicle
Louisiana
Sabine
New Orléans
United States
Alabama
Missouri
Santa Anna
New Republic
Mexico
Channing
Mr. Kennedy
The Late Elections And Tory Bribery Accusations
The piece attacks Tory gains in Cambridge and Manchester, accusing Bribery and intimidation. It predicts a petition to void Cambridge poll results and discusses Mr. Gibson as a target of Tory attacks, while contrasting Peel era reforms with current practices.
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Cambridge
Manchester
G. Murray
Boroughreeve
Gregg
Robert Peel
Manners Sutton
Gibson
Mr. Gibson
Pigeon with message reaches pier master in Spain
Mr Matthews the pier master shot a distressed pigeon at 6:30 pm on Wednesday after it bore a leg inscription about Bayonne and Tolosa. The Moniteur Parisien cites Espartero planning renewed operations to march toward the Bastan and force Don Carlos to seek refuge in France, via Tolosa.
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PicEeon Post
Spain
Matthews
Bayonng
Lecumbery
Brighton Gazette
Larust
Moniteur Parisien
Bayonne
Lhe
Espartero
Bastan
Don Carlos
France
Monument Tragedy A Woman Falls Atop The Statue
A Parisian style report recounts a grievous event at the Monument where a well dressed woman, after entering the top, fell to the pavement. The scene drew thousands as police cleared the area and identified the deceased, a young woman from Hemming’s row St. Martin’s Lane, with a note of mystery surrounding her death. The inquest was ordered as relatives learned of the catastrophe. Her family and the neighborhood were left shaken by the shocking public tragedy.
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Pe Ener
Leeward Island
Wyse
Dusuin
Lord Ebri
House of Commons
Eaton Square
Dantrorp Mills
Hersey
Tag Tor
London
Levi
Magnus the Martyr
Upper Thames-street
Ish
Hemming'stow
St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields
Fentner Particttans
Moyes
Maze
Héimming’s Row
St. Martin’s-lane
Mary
Hersel
SS Monument
Astee
Miss Moyes
Tow Me Bridge
Seid
May
Perl Ming's Row
St. Martin’s
Jane
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