Foss REx uss, and American railways in brief
Fossils unearthed near a tunnel approach reveal large mammal teeth, likely extinct species, with some molars weighing over six pounds. Separately, Ipswich and Essex items report on American railway practices, a fatal child accident in Somers Town, a strife between a coachman and a maid, and poaching cases with rewards to keepers in Irvine and Lawthorn.
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Ipswich Journal
Rarway
Grand Union
Sito
Jay
Globe
Charles Williams
Harford Place
Somers Town
Skinner Street
Tiene
University College Hospital
W. Carter
Newington
Mary Ann George
Mary George
John Garnon
Poacuixe
Armay
Sab
Cath
Alexander Bain
Matthew Nickland
Earl of Eglinton
Winton
Lawthorn
Irvine
Lord Eglington
Fisher
Alderman Gibbs
Humphreys
Mr. Humphrese
Mr. Humphreys
Mary Hill
Sydenhem
Faraz
Horndon-on-the-Hill
Greenaway
Orsett
The Extraordinary Case of Forgery Committal of Captain Richardson
Lord Mayor hears case against Captain Richardson former Tenbury Worcester and Ludlow Railway Company chairman charged with altering a cheque from £10 to £5,000. Witnesses describe vouchers, signatures, and alleged forgery, with cross examinations and bank responses, as the court binds the case for trial while noting related public justice issues and a separate inquest on a cab driver’s death in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richardson
Priday
Tenbury, Worcester, and Ludlow
Mansion House
Bush
Clargson
Inglebach
Coutts and Co
Withers
Bank of England
Mr. Fry
Fry
Mr. Richardson
Longden
Messra. Coutts and Co
Mr. Coulthurst
Coulthurst
Capt. Richardson
Clarkson
Burnham
Puleford
Steverson
Whitmore
Stevenson
Tenbury, Worcaster, and Ludlow
Mr. Clarkson
Palsford
Mr. Whitmore
Latest intelligence on Don Carlos escape and Spaniard politics
A telegraph from Paris reports Don Carlos and his son the Count de Montemolin escaping Bourges. General Cabrera left Paris for Rouen and possibly England. Paris papers discuss Montpensier marriage opposition, British stance, and Madrid rumors amid financial market movement.
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Don Carlos
Partie
Paria
Count de Montemolin
Bourges
General Cabrera
Paris
Rouen
England
Spain
Anti Slavery Meeting at Exeter Hall in England
A meeting of the Anti Slavery League reviewed the Evangelical Alliance on slavery in the United States. Notables including Frederick Douglass, William Howitt, and J R Dailey attended. Speakers argued the Alliance’s stance did not reflect England or Europe, and Frederick Douglass testified to brutal slave conditions in Charleston and the link between Northern and Southern American support for slavery.
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Council
The
Anti-Slavery League
America
England
Europe
Allance
Thomas Lloyd Garrison
Evangelical Alliance
Alliance
John Preston
Euston Square
Exeter Hall
Mr. Preston
G. Thompson
United States of America
Percy St. John
Frederick Douglas
Charleston
Douglas
The Poisonings in Esser. Chesham Inquest Reopens
The adjourned inquest into the deaths of Joseph and James Chesham continues, with the coroner and jurors hearing testimonies about alleged arsenic poisoning by Sarah Chesham. Proceedings reveal jurors and witnesses, including John Chesham and the rat catcher, with a five week adjournment for further evidence.
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Joseph
James Chesham
Sarah Chesham
C.C. Lewis
Lox and Hounds Inn
Hiaunda
Mr. Bowker
Bishops Stortford
Philip Chesham
Wan
James
Sunn
Jamere
Joe
John
Ann Deards
Chelmsford
Chesham
Susan Green
John Chesham
Cole
Afr
Thomas Newport
Wishey
Stephens
John Cheatham
Wisbey
Haas
Newports
Stevens
Thomain Newport
Mrs. Chesham
Littlebury
Sarah Parker
Hawkers
Mr. Hawkes
Superintendent Clarke
Joseph Chesham
Fife
Four Men Die in Marley Tunnel Accident Near Ashburton
A late Saturday collapse at the Marley tunnel under construction for the South Devon Railway buried miners and labourers. Fifty yards of arch fell after removing framing, four men Henry Bigwood William Parnell John Polhill and John Letcher died after rescue. An inquest returned accidental death.
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Ashburton
South Devon Railway
Henry Bigwood
William Parnell
John Polhill
John Letcher
Corumer
Insolvent Debtor Treated for Fraud by Insolvency Court
In an Insolvent Debtors Court heard by Mr. Cooke for Mr. Marchant watchmaker and Messrs. Morden pencil makers, the insolvent with debts of £1,636 and £815 for goods obtained by a false check faced claims. He had pleaded to lawsuits, prompting the commissioner to order twelve months from vesting for fraud and vexatious pleading. Also, a separate case against a Bristol officer for groceries supplied to him and his daughter led to discussion of Small Debts Act and costs, with a verdict for the plaintiff.
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Trespar
Jacon
Thia
Cooke
Marchant
Red Lion-street
Holborn
Messrs. Morden
Nicholx
Messia
Mordan
Costa
Harris
Granby Hill
Clifton
Bristol
London
James Buakeley
Doyle
Briatel
Debtor's Prison Case Highlights Victorian Leniency
Lord Mayor hears a debtor, aged 60, was in ill health in Whitecross Street prison for 40 days to pay £5 16s 1d. A surgeon’s certificate prompted his discharge under Victoria era relief laws, praised as evidence of evolving mercy toward the poor who cannot pay debts. A second tale follows a thief of silk handkerchiefs on a steam vessel, leading to his arrest and a plea for summary justice amid poverty.
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Anp
The
Poxies
West End
Crimxal Justice
Victoria
Eball
House of Correction
Coldbathfields
Richard Homer
Solomon Flanes
Great Ormond Yard
Wahkley
Hutson
Combe
Wakley
Cabman
Stis
Smiles
Boyd
Clerkenwell
Coroner's Court
J. Hutson
Paris
Madrid
Paria
Louis Philippe
France
la Presse
England
America
Wnh
Mountpensier
Lord Palmerston
Duke of Montpensier
Toranta
Chateau
Eno
Maparro
Tiempo
Don Francisco de Assis
Pezuela
Montpensier
M. Gonzales Bravo
Times
Don Carlos
E.W. C.M Nostu
Earl of Yarborough
Lord Worsley
Lincoln
R. A. Christopher
Charles H. Cust
Earl Brownlow
Earl
Pusuk Barua
Wwashhouses
ST. Manrey’s-In-The Frelds
Hall
Staunton
Grove
Southwark
Guildford Street
Sadler, Firth
Roas
Little Guildford Street
Thomas Knight Tippett
Stringer's Road
Lower Road
Rotherhithe
Tip-i
Bardon
Whitecross Street
Richard M
Whitecross-street
Court of Bankruptcy
Fane
Arethea
Fiecw
John Edgwin
Fitch
Haydon
Hungerford-market
London Bridge
London
Elizabeth Polland
St. Mary Axe
Alderman Wilson
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Taff Vale
Olstar
Siver
Arbroath & Forfar
Seseee
North British
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