Insolvent Debtors Court Discharges Lunatic John Prine
In the Insolvent Debtors Court the case of John Prine declared insane was granted discharge after his brother consented. Robert Lander’s August sitting case saw judgment against the insolvent who had fled to London. creditors’ consent led to discharge for all except a few owed about two hundred pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Prine
Thomas Pring
Robert Lander
Loughborough
Leicestershire
London
Commissioner Law
Vison
Bromley Appeal Over Watermen By Law Conviction
London Sessions quashed the Watermen's Company conviction against Matth en Bromley for navigating a Gravesend steamer without proper name and number on a skiff. The by law, said to reflect the Watermen's Act, was found inconsistent with statute and public policy, nullifying the penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pas
Matthen Bromley
Watermen’s Company
Watermen
Thames
Watermen’s
Deptford
Gravesend
Bromley
Ryland
Baron Vaughan
Clarkson
Middlesex Sessions Opens With List Of 124 Charged
The General Sessions at Clerkenwell Green commenced with 124 accused listed. Among them 28 felonies or burglaries, 52 riots, 26 assaults, 25 idle and disorderly, and 13 minor offences. Ages range from 10 to 70 with 74 males and 50 females. Maury Ann Weedon, 18, pleaded guilty to stealing boots and faces seven years transportation with possible remission for penitentiary reform. Cases include gaming houses, glove theft, and a runaway apprentice sought for warrant to secure him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seergeant Adams
Beexcu
Macistrates
County of
Middlesex
Clerkenwellgreen
Maury Ann Jweedon
Merlborough-street
Dowgate-wharf
William Austin
William Crockord
St. James's Street
Charles Deboos
Albemarle-street
Ste Tuirr
Frances Brunt
Rawlinson
Marylebone
Smith
Haberdasher
Totten- Pardee Sant
Vale
House of Correction
Warrant Received in Historic County Proceedings
The Treasurer of the County Fund, Mr. Allen, received a copy of a warrant issued by the Court in precisely similar circumstances, dating back between seventy and eighty years. The Chairman stated there was no doubt about jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Woolwich Petty Sessions Apvocarr Over Bastardy Order
In Woolwich, a diminutive Philadelphia lawyer named George Drury attended the petty sessions to resist a £2 12s. arrears claim for an illegitimate child. The Overseer argued the debt, while Drury disputed legality, declaring the new Poor Law a fraud before promising to pay the due sum the next day after magistrates’ admonitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Drury
Philadelphia
Lady Johnson
K. Smith
Br. Gilbert
Erith
Drury
Hecklaw Aerostation
Gilbert
Colonel Forman
John Webb
Detention of a Child at Brentford Petty Sessions
A man named Stevens of Hounslow faced a magistrates panel led by Lord Montford over a disputed custody case. Mrs Turner claimed her child, placed with Stevens’ wife during separation, had been hidden for months while Stevens demanded arrears for support. The bench condemned the notion of detaining a child for unpaid costs but offered no remedy, suggesting habeas corpus via King’s Bench if needed. Stevens later allowed the mother to see the child but refused to release it until payment was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GauBiine
Heaton
David Jacobs
James Hancock
William Cauty
William Aston
Benjamin Lewis
James Campbell
Montague Hart
James Hollick Davis
Jacobs
Prendergast
Thomas Kippon Corton
South Australia
Stevens
Hounslow
Lord Montford
Henry Pownall
Cam
Court of King’s Bench
Marylebone Board Elects Registrars Under New Acts
A full Marylebone board meeting elected N C Wilson as superintendent registrar and marrying officer with 2d per shilling and licensing fees, Kensett for All Souls and Trinity, Bell for the rectory division, Clapp for St Marys, and Baxter for Christ Church. Districts cover thousands of houses and tens of thousands of inhabitants. expected salaries and fees noted as the reform proceeds amid political tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Directors and Guardians of the Poor
Marylebone
N. C. Wilson
Clapp
Kensett
Sinclair
Bell
Baxter
Staines
Boys
Acarcely
Wilson
All Souls and Trinity
St. Mary’s
Christchurch
Poor Law Commissioners
St Simonians in London Cause Uproar at Beaumont Square
Disturbance erupts in Mile End as St Simonians occupy No 5 Beaumont Square. Partridge, the elder resident, flaunts heathen idols, claims wives to share his bed, and blasphemes at the broker. A mob forms, police intervene, and residents seek to eject the sect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Simontans
London
Beaumont-square
Mile-end
St. Simon
Partridge
Jesus Christ
St. Simonian
St. Simonians
O Connell declines Waterford dinner for Mr Stuart
Daniel O Connell writes to Rev Fogarty from Derrynane Abbey Sept 10 1836 regrets inability to attend a public dinner honoring Mr Villiers Stuart. He praises Stuart as a leader for constitutional reform, cites Ireland’s oppression under Lyndhurst, and urges unity among classes in Waterford to further national freedom and prosperity. He thanks the Rev Fogarty for the invitation and signs with respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterford Chronicle
O'Connell
Fogarty
Dungarvan
Williem Stuart
Derrynane Abbey
Villiers Stuart
Stuart
Waterford
Mr. Stuart
Lord Lyndhurst
Here Villiers Stuart
Ireland
Lyndhurst
Trishman
Daniel O'Connell
Fouarty
Mr O Connell on Cumberland election and Peerage Reform
A Carlisle Journal printing a letter from Daniel O Connell praising James, condemning Sir James Graham, and urging Peerage Reform. He argues the Lords must be made responsible to public opinion and calls for a formal reform society. He notes the Cumberland election as a sign for Ireland and stresses peaceful constitutional action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle Journal
O'Connell
Cumberland
Derrynane Abbey
James
James Graham
Sir James
Stanley
the Commons
House of Lords
Commons
England
Lyndhurst
T. J. Steel
Daniel O'Connell
Wreck of the Lord William Bentinck and other items
An extract notes that the Lord William Bentinck was wrecked but all aboard were saved except fire with officers escaping. Emigration rises with eight ships loading for Sydney. A tiger from the Nizam of Hydrabad, auctioned in Bombay gov rule, was bought by Captain Kellock for Liverpool Gardens and fed on sixteen sheep. A missing Manchester servant Mary Ann Brompton alarms the district after a man asked for her and left a letter the night she vanished, described as 25, 5 ft 4 in, black gown and cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord William Bentinck
Bouverie
St. Katherine
Sydney
New South Wales
Liverpool Zoological Gardens
Kellock
East India
Cestrian
Nizam of
Hydrabad
Robert Grant
Bombay
Presidency of Bombay
Nizam
Naweb
Asif Jah Mozaftier al Moomalik
Nizam al Meek Meer Farkhandeb Ali Khan Behadour
Fatteh Jung
Mary Ann Brompton
Mr. Kerridge
Bedford Arms
Bedford Arms, South-street
Manchester Square
Brompton
Inquests Report Across London Chelsea to Islington
A series of inquests recounts deaths from sudden causes. James Baynes, 61, Chelsea pensioner, died at a tavern after a sudden collapse. verdict died by visitation of God. Other inquests cover suicide by drowning, accidental deaths from horse and cart, birth concealment, drunkenness and public disorder, and a man found dead atop a brick kiln with accidental suffocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose and Crown Tavern
Sloanestreet
Chelsea
Stirling
James Baynes
James Barber
No. 5
White Lion-street
Thomas Upjohn
John Moore
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Tottenham
James Llewellyn
Lea
Cow Cross
Smithfield
Hampton Court
Charles Gosling
Moon
Croydon
North End
Sarah Downes
Camberwell
Giltspur Street
East Retford
Leech
Thos. Chappell
Normanton Upon Trent
Normanton
Watmough
Trent
Durham Ferry
Chappell
Grassthorpe
Payne
Martha Ritson
Elizabeth Collins
Isaac Smith
John Williams
Hoxton Old Town
Smith
Baker
Bell Tavern
Felton Street
Hoxton
Sarah Hull
Charles Collier
Holt’s-place
New North-road
Winess
Islington-green
Islington Fields
Islington Church
James Tibbett
Stoke Newington
Islington
Sale of Land in the British Colonies Auction Principle Endorsed
A parliamentary select committee recommends affirming Lord Ripon’s auction with a minimum upset price and ready money sale for land in the Australian colonies Cape of Good Hope and West Indies. The minimum price would be set by experience and local conditions, with legislation giving permanence to the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape of Good Hope
West Indies
Lord Ripon
Attempted murder case against private watchman at Regent's Park
William Taylor, a private watchman at Clarence Street Albany Street, Regent's Park, stood before Mr Rawlinson on a capital charge of attempting to shoot Captain Wyndham Edward Hanmer of the Royal Horse Guards. The Deputy Recorder detailed the night incident at about midnight, noting Taylor's intoxication, the gun, and the attempted firing from close range. A constable described seeing the gun muzzle and Taylor’s threat, and the court ordered Taylor committed to Newgate for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Taylor
Clarence-street
Albany-street
Regent’s Parket
Plac
Mr. Rawlingon
Wyndham Edward Hanmer
Royal Horsa Guo Blue
Regent’s Park Barracks
Reth
Mr. Rawlinson
Suia
Coustaby
Hanmer
Consu
Priga
Rawlinson
Newgate
Female Emigration to New South Wales Controversy Report
A correspondent cites a voyage on the Frances Charlotte to Sydney alleging severe misconduct among female emigrants. He describes harsh conditions, accused immorality, pregnancy among teens, and calls for scrutiny of emigration practices and female arrivals. The letter warns of ongoing abuses on ships bound for Launceston and questions the suitability of these passengers as servants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Sydney
Frances Charlotte
W. F
Charles Kerr
Lizard
Launceston
Emigration Committee
Marking of Newspapers Postage Debate and Fire At Fenning Wharf
A report discusses newspaper markings used to call attention to passages and the Post Office stance on postage liability. It covers parliamentary debate on a Stamp Act proviso, the Chancellor of the Exchequer's discretion, and Mr Wakley’s remarks. The piece then details the Fenning Wharf fire aftermath with arsenic-containing casks, injuries to firemen, and the recovery of silver, jewelry, and other valuables amid the destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aghonby
Wakley
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London Sessions
Woolwich
Petty Sessions
Jeffrers
H. Day
Gintelmens
Messrs
Jeffrv
G. Drury
Brentford
MR. O'Connell and the
Tories
Q’connell
LORDS
East Cumberland
Watchigs
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