Extraordinary Billingsgate fall and other urban miscellany
A blend of London gossip and odd events covers a dramatic Billingsgate market incident where a man fell from a four story roof, a magistrates court teases out scandalous cases at Clerkenwell and Bow Street, and lighter vignettes include a tailor of unreliable coins, police interactions, and humorous money market quips. The piece also chronicles racing and rowing folly on the Thames and ends with French quotations translated for a literary crowd.
Press Duel Between Times and Herald in 18th Century Satire
A London coffee-house exchange shows Times and Herald journalists trading witty barbs. The Herald retorts in two dialogues and a string of quips, while the Times slings sharper jests. The piece mocks both papers' stabs at wit, noting the Times as the clear victor in this friendly combat.
Death at Bastille viewing platform and fall at Middlesex hospital
A young man about 22 leapt from the Column of July platform in Paris after a party of five or six viewed the city. He died from the fall with a fractured skull and multiple injuries. In London a woman and her infant fell through a now-open trap door at Mr Speller's shop in Middlesex hospital vicinity, suffering serious injuries. both were rescued and taken to hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Place de la Bastille
Paris
Speller
Berners Street
Charles Street
Middlesex Hospital
Covent Garden and London Theatre Roundup
Archduke Frederick of Austria attended Covent Garden with Prince Esterhazy and others to see Orma and Gertrude’s Cherries. Alma Mater at Haymarket drew mixed laughs. Drury Lane and Sadler’s Wells hosted new pieces, Faust dazzled at Sadler’s Wells, and Spohr’s English norwich plea highlighted festival tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
West End
Lord A. Firelarence
Augusta Somerset
Calling Smith
C. Haymarket Theatre
Mr. Farren
Oxford
Miss Venture
Miss Charles
Wrangler
Samuel Sarcasm
Bagatelle
Drary-lane
Madame Vestris
Charles Mathews
Adelphi Theatre
Yates
Rossini
Coventgarden
A. Kemble
M. Benedict
Miss Kemble
Brighton
Norma
Mark Lemon
Ladies’ Club, &c
Am Nabs
Mr. If
Hall
Jane Harvey
W. R. Copeland
Jacob Harvey
Maynard
Tom Nubs
Tom Nabs
Joseph Gentle
Mr. Attwood
Saddleton
Fosbroke
Lord Saddleton
David Dabble
Mr. Corrie
Jane
David
H. Hall
Attwood
Surkry Theatre
France
Messrs. Neville
N. T. Hicks
W. Smith
E. Terry
H. Vining
Wy Poll
Joe
T. P. Cooke
Harry Halyard
R. Honner
Poll
Putney
Cooke
Goldsmith
Lewis
Heslop
SawLer
Faust
Grattan
Sadler's Wells
Dr. Faustus
Goethe
Spour
Hesse Cassel
Norwich
England
Frankfort
Duke of Cambridge
Spohr
Taylor
Fatal Prize Fight in Salisbury Claims a Youth
A Monday prize fight in Salisbury between first cousins and cordwainers James Lenton and Joseph Coombs ended in the death of Lenton. The hourlong bout near Lobcombe gate involved coaching and wagering, with Lenton blinded by blows and eyes lanced before he died en route to Salisbury infirmary. Police arrested Read, one of the seconds, as others are sought. over 200 spectators witnessed the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
James Lenton
Joseph Coombs
Lobcombe Gate
London Road
Coombs
Read
Inquest on the body at Lord Malmesbury Arms
A coroner's inquest at the Lord Malmesbury Arms examined witnesses on a field fight between James Lenton and Joseph Coombs near Laverstock on Monday the 19th. Evidence described Coombs striking the deceased and a fatal fall with potential foul play. A verdict of manslaughter was returned and Joseph Coombs was committed to the next assizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coombs
Crombs
Huzze
Henry Curtis
Salisbury
John Goddard
Isaac Reid
Hurdie
Parkinson
Joseph Coombs
Tattersall's Mownpay and Cesarewitch Betting Note
Sporting Intelligence covers Tattersall's and Cesarewitch Derby notes, listing closing prices and notable bets. It notes the Westminster sale at Eaton Hall Farm with prices for Morning Star Launcelot Festival and other horses, plus a trotting match near Taunton, fox-hunt news from Denbigh and Leicestershire, and a remarkable woodcock discovery in Norton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Eglinton
Duke of Grafton
Florence
Albemarle
Ralph. Deennyy
Scott
Lot
Blakelock
G. Clarke
Philip
Anson
Napier
Bowes
Cotherstone
Bell
Winespur
Mostyn
Griffith
Newcourt
Lord Exeter
G. Heathcote
Peel
Yates
Turk
Gardner
Lord Westminster
Messrs
Tattersall
Eaton-Hall Farm
Morning Star
Cardinal Putt
Pantaloon
Out of Honoria
Festival
Fas Wanalea Tay
Daphne
Eeceesaes
Bate
van Amburgh
Auckland
The
Bee
Asanee Ees
Candahar
Syad
Willian de Fortibus
Sheffield
Bona Fide
Serene
Cardinal Puff
Pasquinade
Shiraz
Fouchstone
Brocade
A New Puwustication and Guild Funds Reported
A notable Norfolk-street boarding house displays a painted scraper with the motto Forget me not as a witty pledge against litterers. Preston Guild yields about £2,500 with £300 surplus for public charities and specific school grants. Military Savings Banks are proposed to foster small deposits by soldiers with interest and annual parliamentary reporting. A youth named Richards committed suicide, with an inquest noting destitute maternal hardship. Dover gaol door joke about haircuts on short notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Herald
Shoe Lane
The
Morning Herald
Classica
Herald Office
Desdemona
Diatoacr
Shoe-lane
Norfolk-street
Strand
Preston
House of Recovery
Miliary Savings
Treasury
East India Company
Souicipe
Richards
Staffordshire Examiner
Dover
Dreadful Accident by Fire-arms at Harrow Amputation Itself
In a dawn partridge shooting near Kingsbury and Winsbury Park a fowling piece burst tearing Archibald Douglas Esquire aged 19. The left hand and wrist were shattered, two fingers torn. amputation near the elbow was required. rust in the barrel likely caused the disaster. Also notes on 1842 Mipplesex Registration and a Dover Cropping Arratt inquiry into prison governor misconduct led by Mr. W Russell with Fitzjames and Gladstone testimony and Home Office communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald Douglas
Archibald Ferguson Douglas
Grove Terrace
Paddington
Kingsbury
Winsbury Park
Harrow
Douglas
Messrs
Shadwell and Walpole
Dover
Home Secretary
W. Russell
Fitzjames
Gladstone
Russell
Coleman
Fessrs. Fitzjames
Messrs. Fitzjames
Mr. Russell
Home Office
Dover Chronicle
Forgery case at Liverpool Bank of England front bar
John D Barnsley, 19, apprentice in Gray firm, stands charged with forging two checks on the Branch Bank of England Liverpool. He directed youths to present the drafts. one paid £244 3s 5d, the other not paid due to account overdraw. Barnsley fled, was captured in Montgomeryshire with about £100. Evidence shows the checks bore Corrie and Co marks though signatures were forged. Prosecutors urge no bail. Barnsley committed for next assizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of Eglinton
Young-un
Doncaster
Van
George Noble
Leicester
Rochester
Chance
Chesterfield
Duke of Devonshire
Taunton
Exeter Road
John Hex
F. Allebone
England
Hereford
Cuuse
Lord Mustyn
Denbigh
Reyward
Garn Mansion
Price Lloyd
Master Griffith
Reynard
Craigwen
Donnington
Marquis of Hastings
J. Story
Leicestershire
Earl Fitzhardinge
Cheltenham
Greene
Rolleston
Norton
Tunbridge
Liverpool
John D. Barnsley
Messrs
Rushton and Houghton
Bank of England
J. and
E.gray
Messrs. Corrie and Co
Messrs. Gray
John Cooper
Cooper
Barnsley
Grundy
Wales
Montgomeryshire
Robinson
William Debonair Hagger
Hanover-street
Hagger
Corrie and Co
Messrs. Thompson, Henderson, and Co
Seel-street
Brunswick
Myers
John Merton Corrie
London
Birner
Frederick Birner
Corie and Co
John Gray
Jon and
Edward Gray
William Baird
Rushton
John and
Corriz and Co
William Grundy
John
Hanover Street
Law in the Channel Islands novel Jersey court ruling
A Jersey Royal Court case questions whether a niece should be heard as a witness in a July assault aimed at raping his niece Marie Rachel Pironet. Advocates cite island precedents barring relatives from testifying, while the attorney general notes inconsistent outcomes and urges legislative remedy to ensure justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channel Islands
Jersey News
Royal Court
Island
Jersey
le Sueur
A.J. le Cras
Crown
David de Gruchy
John Blampied
The
P.de Gruchy
J. Hotton
Elizabeth Becquet
Dumaresq
Germain
le Soeur
Hotton
Brothers and Sisters, &c
de Gruchy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woll Ag
Gedney
T. S. Scott
Gedney Church
Stamford Mercury
Missre
Acrkaamax
Morcan, and Co
Bankrurtcy
W. E. Acraman
A.acraman
Tas
Elizabeth Baile
Benjamin Jowell
Trail A
Union
Billinas GaTs
Billingsgate
Rous
Kous
William Dunnett
Clapton
Ipswich
Dunnett
St. Thomas's Hospital
Clerkenwell Police
T. Biddington
Frederick Tippetts
Mr. Combe
Middlesex
Mrs. Tippetts
Alr. Combe
Charlotte-street
Thornhill-bridge
Islington
Hcer
Cole
Boddington
Prince Albert
Acton-street
Albert
Carpenters’ Arms
Horace
Helen
Ars
Talby
Mulcahy
Bow-street
Station House
Edward Norris
Aldernanbury
Joseph Macclaston
Mr. Twyford
Hodge
Gammon Farm
Sister Luke
Luke
Weill
Mr. Testem
Russia
Surrey
Catsment Corner
Thames
London-bridge
Black
Lead-Colour
Monsieur Fenwick de Porquet
Beadle
Burlington Arcade
Jack Ketch
Chesnut
Scribe
Bonnet
Edward Lytton Bulwer
House of Commons
the Times and the Herald
Babylon
Cassel
Louis Spour
J. B. Cramer
Oxford Street
Princess's Theatre
Theatre Français
Opera
Porte St. Martin
Salzberger
Galignani
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