Two families suffer fatal tragedy in Bakerstreet incident
Friday night between 8 and 9 two old Bakerstreet houses in Whitechapel caught fire or collapsed, killing a man, his wife, and two children while another man was removed alive but severely injured. Marth and T Binley, former grave digger at St Giles, were found guilty at Clerkenwell Sessions of stealing a corpse from a burial ground and sentenced to six months.
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Bakerstreet
Whitechapel
Marth
T. Binley
St. Giles’s
Clerkenwell
Diggi W
Royal Chapel service and court martial sentence reported
Their Majesties and the Princesses Augusta and Elizabeth attended divine service at St James Chapel with a sermon by Rev Dr Prettyman. The General Court Martial sentence for Wallace Fencibles members is approved, detailing fines and rank reductions for several soldiers, with some acquittals and postponement due to illness. Other notices include appointments, storm damage reports, shipwrecks, and a bread-weight penalty for a Middlesex baker.
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Augusta
Elizabeth
Oxford
Charleton-upon-Ot‘moor
Oxon
Geo. Murthwaite
Wallace
Andover
Thomas Cumming
Hugh Vallaly
John Smith
John Ryan
John Egan
Thomas Graham
Christopher Henry
Thomas Kinsley
Cumming
Francis Baker
Merton College
Norfolk
Suffolk
Salisbury
Charlton
Ax- Minster
Abbotsbury
Stratford
Old Sarum
Sherborne
Dorf Thire
Pho
Golding
Digby
Sherborne Castle
Forgery duo before Lord Mayor over sixty five pound note
Joseph Walker and John Window faced the Lord Mayor on charges of forging and uttering a sixty five pound ten shillings draft. Window testified about meetings in Newgate debtors and the Change, while Walker admitted planning the fraud and being stopped at the bank for change. They were committed for further examination as Whitechapel officers arrested Charles Seymour for forging twenty shilling notes in a separate case.
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Joseph Walker
John Window
Prescotts
Grotes
Culverdin
Hollingworth
Tankers
Threadneedle-street
Trevanion
Dover
Walker
Newgate
Falcon Square
Window
Newgate Street
Compters
Whitechapel
John Griffith
Robert
Charles Seymour
Forger Issued Notes Passed in London and Country
A banking house at Portsmouth issued notes payable in Lombard Street. The forgery was so complete that the notes were accepted in London before discovery, and many more such notes are feared to be in circulation. Police found a large quantity on the suspect. Magistrate Mr Williams committed him for further examination on Thursday next.
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Portsmouth
Lombard Street
London
Williams
Notable Deaths and Obituaries Across Britain
A batch of obituary notices from Nottinghamshire to Kent reports the deaths of clergy and notable figures. Names include Rev. Wylde, Rev. Buck, Mrs. Jones, Rev. John Geddes, Miss Bretherton, Lazarus Levi, Rev. Huggins, Rev. Alexander Moody, Mrs. Kershaw, Joyce Crompton, Miss Mary Tryon, Lady Ruffell’s family, Mrs. Dowle, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Wales, Thomas Jackson Sq. rocold, Lloyd MP, Mrs. Montagu, Lieu. John Read, Lionel Earl of Dysart, and the Dowager Lady Titenbourne.
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Nottingham
Wylde
Beetton
Nottinghamshire
Winp ~Field
Berks
Buck
Free Grammar School
Higham
Deepham
Norfolk
Jones
Wa Jones
Nayland
Aberdeen
John Geddes
Miss Bretherton
Bretherton
New -Bond-street
Lazarus Levi
Red Lion-street
Huggins
St.’ James
Sy Clerkenwell
St. James's
Mary Tryon
Streatham
Surry
William Ruffell
Mra Dowle
Millman Street
Bedford-row
Whitton Dean
Middlesex
Campbell
William Campbell
Mentay
Hereford-street
Wales
Justice Willes
Peterbourough
Thomas Jackson Sq. Rocold
Gregynog
Lloyd
Mongomeryshire
Hamifte
Montagu
Edward Montagu
Petition on Treason Confinement Presented in Parliament
Mr Courtney presented a petition from Col Def confined in Cold Bath Fields House of Correction on suspicion of treason He denies contradicting his wife statement about confinement and offers to substantiate all allegations He seeks relief and to be examined at the bar of the House The petition was read and referred back to remove informal parts The House will likely receive it later and discussions on slave trade motions were adjusted Dundas clarified ministers papers on West India Governors regarding slave treatment were not meant to delay Wilberforce motion and both sides arguments were noted The motions for Tuesday next were deferred.
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Courtney
Col. Def
House of Correction
Pitt
Wilberforce
Dundas
West India Islands
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Fes
Haha
Sheepshead
Leicestershire
Chester
Black Brook
Thomas Jolly
Enfield
H. Jackson, Esq
Tottenham
Police Intelligence
House OF Commons
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