Public disturbance ends in brawl between soldiers and civilians
Thomas Tyson and witness describe a violent clash outside the British Queen beer-shop at 2 pm as soldiers and civilians fought. The prisoner allegedly invited violence and a companion struck a soldier down with a blade in a brutal round, prompting a wider melee with missiles. Mr Burrell urged strict punishment, proposing 40s fine or one month in jail, noting the prisoner’s prior station-house punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Tyson
Vauxhall Bridge-Road
Burrell
Drunken water butt dispute in Clerkenwell court
Biddy Malone and Peggy McCarthy clash over water-butt precedence in a Paradise court scene. Miss Malone accuses Mrs McCarthy of bucket assault. witnesses describe a noisy row with drink and antics as the magistrate orders bail for three months to keep the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddy Malone
Aibor
Peggy M‘carthy
St. Giles’s
Paradise
Biddy
Pat Kavanagh
Turoth
Miss Malone
Peggy
Barrin
Prisoner Teases Clerk Then Escapes From Newgate Committal
A prisoner crept from the foot of a bed and claimed chest and throat pain seeking a blister. He fled when confronted, a sister witnessed the event and alerted his brother who pursued and captured him near the house. The prisoner offered no defense and was committed to Newgate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Simmonds
Newgate
Inquests Over Fatal Accidents At St Bartholomews
Two inquests at St Bartholomews hospital reported accidental deaths. James Callaghan aged nine fell from a second floor window at 10 Adam and Eve Court Whitecross Street. William Staples aged thirty, a carpenter, fell from a scaffold at a Catenton Street building. Both deaths attributed to accidents. The third inquest concerned Daniel Haines run over by a fire engine on New Kent Road. He died from pleural infection after injuries. All verdicts recorded as accidental deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payne
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
James Callaghan
William Staples
Callaghan
Adam and Evecourt
Whitecross-street
Staples
Catenton-street
Bartholomew’s Hospital
Daniel Haines
West of England Fire-Office
John Collins
New Kent Road
Crown and Anchor
Witness
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Arnold John Burmister
Prince Albert
Earl
Mount Edgcumbe
Plymouth
Curzon-street
A Curious Column Urges Courage For A Young Lady
A dramatic poem urges resilience for a young woman mocked in satire. It condemns the attacker and defends the innocent, urging trust in brotherhood and public support while condemning indecency and slander. The piece frames public opinion as a force against moral wrongdoing.
Repeal Address Denounces Union and Irish Suffering
An adjourned Repeal Association meeting at the Corn Exchange Dublin readings condemn the Act of Union. The address accuses England of deliberate oppression, outlines tax burdens, depopulation, and misrepresentation, and calls for repeal while urging unity among subjects under the British Crown.
French accuracy in translating English fire report
French papers misrender names and misstate locations in the English fire report from Feller lane. They claim a dearth of engines because crews were at Stafford Shaw'sfield Pudding Ham Hi sunstitch and Lighe street fires, reflecting widespread translation errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Feller Lane
Stafford
Shaw'sfield
Pudding Ham
Lighestreet
Natives Describe Cook Visit and Hawaiian Awe
The following evening ships anchored at Waimer bay Kauai natives puzzled by vessels call them moving forest. Chiefs Kane, Keawe hear of iron and attempt to seize it. warrior dies. News spreads to Oahu Maui Kalaniopuu, who describes ships as gods with pockets and doors. The account notes misinterpretations and speech imitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Waimer Bay
Kauai
Kane
Onea
Keawe
Oahu
Mohe
Kalaniopuu
Maui
Sandwich Islands
Roman Pottery Found in Norwich Wall Site
Roman cinerary urns were recently unearthed in the foundation of an old wall on Ber street near Mr Browne's estate in Norwich and one urn donated to the museum. The urns show fire damage and were embedded in mortar sand and flint with the site linked to Blakshall, Edward III era, and a David Bruce silver coin found nearby. A mermaid exhibit in London is described, noted as the so called siren of the sea with detailed features and four fins, to be shown at Birmingham festival after Queen Victoria approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Blomefield
Blakshall
William Blackamore
Edward the Third
David Bruce
Scotland
Norwich Mercury
Holland
London
South America
Rio de la Plata
British Museum
Mammalia
Prince Albert
Birmingham
Imperishable Bread Demonstrated in Liverpool Town Hall
In a private Town Hall room in Liverpool a bread box packed near Rio Janeiro two years ago was opened and found sound and sweet. The bread, made from rice meal and wheat flour, is claimed to keep two centuries without change and to be highly nutritious. The mayor and attendees rated the bread excellent, praising its quality and anti scorbutic properties as presented by M Alzard, the process discoverer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
Liverpool
Rio Janeiro
M.alzard
Night voyage memory of a drowning in May wind
Fragments recount a shipboard burial and a drowning during a May voyage. The coffin rises in a shroud hammock as weights escape and the body drifts toward Jamaica. The crew laments with a cold, prayerful hush and watch the coffin fade as dawn breaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
JL. G. Lewis
Irish grievances and call for repeal rally speech by O Connell
A long denunciation of English misrule in Ireland outlines landlord oppression, anti Catholic and anti Irish bias, and demands for Irish repeal. It condemns rents, school bans on Catholic teaching, and the poor law, urging unity and constitutional action to restore an Irish parliament. The meeting ends with a pledge to persevere and recall Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Friends of Ireland
Scotland
England
Wales
Daniel O’connell
Steele
Proposed Worcester to Carphar Line Connects North to South Wales
Proposal outlines a railway from Worcester joining with the Birmingham and Gloucester line via the Taff Vale route to south Wales and Ireland. Estimated cost £1,500,000. The plan aims to link northern populations and midland counties with Welsh and Irish districts.
Testimonials for Goss publication by several London papers
A set of endorsements from London Morning Journal Edinburgh Weekly Paper Glasgow and Dublin papers praise Goss's publication as moral and useful. It lists where to buy in London Dublin and cites a price of 2s 6d in a sealed envelope. Goss offers consultations by post with a £1 fee and medicines shipped worldwide from 7 Lancaster Place Strand London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goss
Com. Pany
Lancaster-place
Strand
Waterloo Bridge
London
London Morning Journal
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Dublin Morning Journal
Dublin Weekly Journal
Sherwood and Co
Paternosterrow
Porter
Grafton-street
Dublin
Waterloo-bridge
Self-Preservation Essay on Reproductive Disorders
Seventh thousand edition of a secretive medical tract by Samuel La'Mert. It discusses excesses and solitary habits leading to nervous debility and a range of illnesses, with instructions on treatment and marriage, claiming confidential consultation in London and distributing through numerous booksellers. Includes a strong appeal for a £1 consultation fee and guaranteed secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel La’mert
Bedford Street
Bedford-Square
London
University of Edinburgh
London Hospital Medical Society
Apothecaries' Hall
É&C
S. Gilbert
Paternoster-row
John Field
Regent-quadrant
Jackson
New Bond-street
Gordon
Leadenhall-street
Noble
Chancery-lane
Mansell
King-street
Southwark
Westerton
Park-side
Knightsbridge
Heywood
Oldham Street
Manchester
Newton
Church-street
Liverpool
Watts
Snow-hill
Birmingham
Barraclou
Ita
Manchester Chronicle
La’Mert
Bedford-street
Manly Health and Restoration by Lucas and Co.
A Victorian medical treatise by C J Lucas on sexual debility and disorders, promoting restoration through private consultation at 60 Newman Street London. It argues early indulgence causes severe bodily and mental weakness, offers remedies, and lists extensive authorizing booksellers and offices across the United Kingdom. It urges careful, confidential contact with the authors and a £1 consultation fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Lucas & Co
London
Newman-street
Oxford Street
Brittain
Paternostertow
J. Gordon
Leadenhall-street
G. Mansell
King Street
Southwark
C. Westerton
Park-side
Knightsbridge
H. Phillips
Oxford-street
Field
Quadrant
Regent-street
Huett
High Holborn
J. Buckton
Briggate
Leeds
J. Noble
Market-place
Hull
T. Lawler
Courier-office
St. Ann’s-square
H.whitmore
Market Street
Manchester
W. Howell
Dale-street
Tivergoel
J. Howell
Waterloo
Church-street
Liverpool
W. Wood
High-street
Irmingham
J. Fryer
Westgate-street
Bath
G. Davey
Broad Street
Bristol
W. Grant
Castlesquare
Brighton
H. Guy
Chelmsford
W. and
H. Robinson
Greenside
Edinburgh
T. Price
Dame-street
Dublin
United Kingdom
Lucas
Bell
Messrs. Lucas and Co
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Worship Street
Nustapha Mustafa
Lasvar
Worship-street
Peter Henderson
Pitfield-street
Hoxton
Isaac Lipscombe
Mendcity Society
Red Lion Square
Lambeth Street
Michael Conway
Henry
Migs
Raine Simmonds
East Smithfield
Ile
Thames Office
Broderip
Thomas Eve
Hannah Evans
Elizabeth Clark
George Edward Car- Tuthers
Tower Hamlets
Redman's-row
Mile-end
Charles Hope Buncombe
Assembly-row
H. R. Dearsly
Pelham
Buncombe
Carruthers
Mr. Broderip
Dearsley
Redman’s Row
Mr. Carruthers
Redman's Row
Assembly Row
Repeal Association
Corn Exchange
Cub
Great Britain
O'Connell
Commissioners of Poor Law Inquiry
Europe
Woral
Legislative Union
Bedlam
Union
Yorkshire
Cork
Themas
W Gregory Lewis
Scarze
Gail
Worcester
CaRpirr
Midland
South Wales
Taff Vale
Severn
Birmingham and Gloucester
New Orleans
Hueston
Baton Rouge
Oaks
Gentilly Road
Labranche
Houston
P.S
Louisiana
the Picayune
Paul
Craven Buildings
Lucy Core
R. and L. Perry
Strange
Philips
Guest
Bull-street
Town
Mony
Perry
Messrs. Perry
Berners-Street
F. . Curtis
Burgess
Medical Bookseller
Coventry-street
Haymarket
Barth
Brydges-street
Mann
Cornhill
Sawler
St. Ann’s Square
Philip
South Castle-street
Fannin and Co
Bolster
Henderson
Belfast
Drummond
Hil-street
Evening Sun
Messrs. Curtis
Essex
Herts Mercury
Curtis
Messrs. Curtis and Company
Frith-street
Soho-square
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