Newspaper History of Petersfield
(1824-1829)
1824
12-Jan-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
The farmers and others who usually attend the Market Room at the Dolphin Inn, Petersfield, have spontaneously raised a subscription, and presented Mr. Dean, the landlord (at the Christmas Market), with a silver cup, of ten guineas value, as a testimony of their esteem for his obliging conduct, and well-regulated ordinary, at a moderate charge.
12-Jan-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
Died on Sunday morning, after a lingering illness, T. White, Esq. of Langrish Lodge, near Petersfield, in the 58th year of his age.
20-Jan-1824
Morning Chronicle
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ANOTHER COACH ROBBERY.
2-Feb-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
Died on Thursday, at Petersfield, Rich. Watson, Esq. aged 65, many years an extensive coach-proprietor on the Portsmouth and London road.
2-Feb-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
The Fixtures in the Mill to be taken at a valuation.—To the above Premises is attached a good retail trade in flour, bread, meal, bacon, cheese, and grocery, and well worth the attention of any one disposed to embark in those branches of business.
And, on Friday the 13th, and following day, precisely at eleven o’clock each day, will be Sold by Auction, on the premises, —All the Stock in Trade and Household Furniture.
The Stock consists of about twenty quarters of prime white oats, a quantity of bacon, cheese, butter, sugar, tea, soap, candles, currants, hops; four horses, one cow, three heifers, nine fat hogs, sow and two pigs, light waggon and tilt, three carts, sixteen loads of sacks, &c.
The Furniture consists of good feather beds, bedsteads, bed and table linen, chests of drawers, dressing tables, basin stands, mahogany dining and card tables, buffets, chairs, stoves, fenders, fire-irons, pots, kettles, tubs, knives, casks of various sizes, two coppers, and a variety of other useful household requisites.
For Catalogues, and a view of the above Effects, apply to Mr. Meeres, on the premises; and for particulars of the Lease, and Conditions of Sale, to the Auctioneer, or Mr. Greetham, Solicitor, Petersfield.
2-Feb-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
C. J. HECTOR , Clerk to the Trustees.
Petersfield, Jan.29, 1824.
5-Feb-1824
Morning Post
WANTS a Situation as CLERK in a Mercantile House, Mill, or Office, or as a Book-keeper, a Man, about 28 years of age, who understands Merchants’ Accounts, and has been brought up in the Millering and Corn-factoring Business. Respectable references can be given; no objection to town or country. Apply, post paid, to A.Z,. Messrs. H. and H. Lintott’s, Petersfield, Hants.
9-Feb-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
Married at Chichester, a few days since, Mr. E. Maxwell, of Mursted, near Petersfield, to Miss Elizabeth Maxwell, dress-maker, of Petersfield, and daughter of Mr. James Maxwell, of Cosham.
9-Feb-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
PETITIONS of Insolvent Debtors to be heard before his Majesty’s Justices, at the Adjourned General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, which will be holden at the Grand Jury Chamber, Winchester, in and for the county of Southampton, on Monday the 8th day of March next, at the hour of eleven o’clock in the forenoon.
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THOMAS HOLMES, the younger, (sued with Thomas Holmes, the elder), formerly of Middleton, afterwards of Petersfield, then of Emsworth, and late of Hambledon, in the same county, Gardener.
11-Feb-1824
Morning Post
12-Feb-1824
Morning Post
THE KING v. THE STEWARD OF THE COURT LEET OF PETERSFIELD.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY—I believe they have duties beyond the ordinary duties of Leet Jurymen.
Mr. GASELEE—They have the duties of Leet Jurymen, and also the duty of returning the Mayor, who is the Returning Officer for the Borough. I am afraid, my Lord, it is necessary to call your Lordship’s attention to the Constitution of the Borough. The Borough returns Members to Parliament, and has done so as long as we have been able to trace back.
Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT—Do your affidavits state that you believe the selection to have been made for the purpose of influencing the election of the Members to Parliament?
Mr. GASELEE—Our affidavits state that the persons making them believe the selection to have been made for the purpose of influencing the election of the Mayor, who is the Returning Officer for the Borough, fir the purpose of thus supporting the interest of Mr. Jolliffe, who has been one of the Members for many years past, and has nominated the other Member; it is stated, that only on two occasions, I think for 30 or 40 years, the Town has had the pleasure of seeing the second Member.—Perhaps I need hardly trouble your Lordships with that which your Lordships have scarcely forgotten, as to the constitution of this Borough. Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT.—Oh, we are aware of that.
Mr. GASELEE.—At a Court Leet, which was held on the 19th of January last, a Jury was sworn, and they, among other business, returned the Mayor. I do not complain that the nomination of the Jury was made by the Steward—that has been ruled to be the practice; but I do complain of the selection made by the Steward. I will read to your Lordships, from the affidavits, what passed upon the occasion—this, my Lords, although not the same Steward, is a Gentleman who has been for years a clerk in the office of the persons who are the Attornies for Mr. Jolliffe, who was present, taking great pains in managing all the proceedings that have hitherto taken place in this Court and at the Assizes, who has had the management of all the concerns of Mr. Jolliffe in that Borough for a considerable time, and who id therefore perfectly acquainted with every think that has taken place upon former occasions. He was present on the discussion of the rule, which your Lordships will recollect was granted against the former Steward, and which was discharged after the trial which took place on the quo warranto. I fix therefore upon him a knowledge of what has passed, and of our objections to the persons who are so constantly put on the Jury.
My Lords, these affidavits state, that the last Court was held on the 19th of January, when the following persons (naming them) having been previously warned by the Bailiff of the Court to appear by name, there were three persons in the list who did not appear, in the room of whom the Steward named four others, who appeared, and thereupon, together with the persons who had been previously called and appeared, were sworn in, and they elected a Mr. Blunt to be the Mayor. Now, my Lord, an objection was made at that time to the persons who were so selected and about to be sworn in. It was sworn that there were at that time a considerable number of persons in the Court; that the Court was very full, but that notwithstanding the objection, the Steward swore in the persons who answered to their names when called; that after they had been sworn, the Steward ordered the tythingmen to deliver in their list of resiants which was called over, and the Steward then delivered a charge to the Jury, and immediately adjourned the Court by Proclamation for a quarter of an hour; that the Steward remained with the Jury in the room during the whole time the Court was cleared; that when the Court was re-opened, and the usual Proclamation made, and the Jury re-sworn, the Foreman of the Jury delivered in to the Steward a written presentment.
Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT—We need not go through the formal proceedings.
Mr. GASELEE.—“That the presentment was then read, by which it appeared, that Mr. William Blunt had been elected Mayor of the Borough for the year ensuing. The deponents then say, that they are well acquainted with the abovementioned Wm. Blunt; that they have known him for many years; that he formerly carried on the business of a miller, baker, and mealman in the Borough; that he hath frequently served on the Jury of the Court Leet, and particularly that he served on the Juries impanelled in the Court Leet, in January 1819, July 1819, January 1820, January 1821, January 1822, and January 1823;” therefore, my Lords, this Gentleman, who is now Mayor has been on the Jury for the last six years; there was only one Court holden in each year, except in 1819 when there was a second Court, on account of a new election of a Mayor becoming necessary, and then he was upon that also; that Mr. Blunt as a tenant under Mr. Hylton Jolliffe, of property in the Borough of Petersfield, from the possession of which he derives considerable profits; that Mr. Blunt, at the election of Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Petersfield, in 1820, represented himself to be a freeholder in the Borough, and accordingly tendered his vote for Mr. Jolliffe, and the candidate supported by him, upon a freehold, which, it turned out afterwards, was a property belonging to Mr. Jolliffe, made over to him merely for the purpose of enabling him to vote; that he attended during the polling at the election in 1820, and assisted Mr. Jolliffe’s party, and afterwards appeared as a witness for Mr. Jolliffe before the Election Committee at the House of Commons; that few years ago he became a bankrupt, and was indebted to various persons in the Borough, in sums of money that had never been paid, and that no dividend has ever been declared on the account of his estate.
My Lords, they then go on to state, that they are well acquainted with the various other persons mentioned. The first person named on the Jury is a person well known in this Court, Mr. Meeres; he is the first person against whom the Court granted an information in the nature of a quo warranto, and who, on the rule being made absolute against him, disclaimed—he is now made foreman of the Jury, to secure the election of Mr. Blunt, the present Mayor. It is stated that Mr. Meeres is a freeholder of the borough, and at the elections in 1818, and 1820, voted for Mr. Jolliffe and the candidate who stood in his interest, and that he has on all occasions taken a most decided and active part in the contests for the borough in favour of Mr. Jolliffe, and that at the election in March, 1820, he provided Mr. Jolliffe’s party with ribbons or colours, which were worn by them during the election; and also, that during the election he attended the poll, and assisted in objecting to the votes tendered for the Candidates who stood on the other side; that they verily believe that the said John Meeres was selected and nominated by the Steward of the Court Leet to serve in the last Jury, and was appointed Foreman of the same, because he well knew that Meeres would propose to the Jury, or would use his influence with them to present such person only to be the Mayor of the Borough, as was as a decided supporter of the interest and influence of Mr. Jolliffe, and who would be subservient to his purposes in the Borough, and that the said John Meeres would oppose the election of any other person to the office.
My Lords, it appears in another affidavit, that Mr. Meeres has been connected with the family of Mr. Jolliffe for a considerable number of years: that there is a charitable establishment in that town, called Churcher’s College, of which Mr. Jolliffe has been for many years Treasurer, and managing Trustee; that his father had been in that situation before him. Your Lordships therefore find Mr. Jolliffe’s father in the same situation with the present Mr. Jolliffe, of Treasurer and managing Trustee; and it is stated, that all the clothing for the objects of that Establishment has been supplied by Mr. Meeres, proving therefore a long connection on his part with the Jolliffe family. There is an objection also to several of the persons on this Jury, that they have had their sons put to this College under the auspices of Mr. Jolliffe. It is stated, that “Thomas Shoell, William Hall, and William Mundy, have, and each of them hath had, one or more child or children educated in this endowed school.” Mr. Hylton Jolliffe is the Treasurer, and your Lordship will see who the rest of the Trustees are. The Rev. William John Jolliffe, the last Mayor of Petersfield, and Sam Twyford the elder, are also Trustees— Mr. Justice BAYLEY.—Were they upon the Jury?
Mr. GASELEE.—No, my Lord.
Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT.—But some of the persons upon the Jury you state, are persons who had children at that school? Mr. GASELEE.—Yes, my Lord, I have named two of the Trustees, Charles Edward Twyford, Thomas Samuel Jolliffe, John Twyford Jolliffe, and the Rev. Thomas Robert Jolliffe, are also Trustees; there are five Trustees of that school of the name of Jolliffe, and two others connected with the family, so that it is completely under their influence.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY.—Were there any men upon the Jury who are not partizans of Mr. Jolliffe?
Mr. GASELEE.—No, my Lord, that has always been particularly attended to; I remember your Lordship had the goodness to ask that question before, and it was answered in the same way at that time. My Lord, the affidavit goes on to point out as to every one of these fourteen persons who were upon the Jury, and three who did not attend, their connection with the family of Jolliffe. I do not know whether it is necessary for me to go through the statement as to the other persons who were present at the Court.
Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT.—I think you have opened enough to entitle yourself to a rule to shew cause.—Rule Nisi granted.
16-Feb-1824
Sussex Advertiser
Mr. and Mrs. Marchison and family, from Up Park, Petersfield, and Mr. Marsters and family, have removed from the Marine Hotel, to private apartments—the former, to Rock Gardens, and the latter, to St. James’s-street.
23-Feb-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
The Court of King’s Bench last week, on the application of Mr. Gaselee, granted a rule Nisi , calling upon Mr. Currie, Steward of the Court Leet of the borough of Petersfield, to shew cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him, for having misconducted himself at the Court, held in Jan. last, in selecting the Jury.
23-Feb-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
ADVANTAGEOUS INVESTMENT,
Further particulars may be known, on application (if by letter post-paid) to Messrs. Hector and Mitchell, Solicitors, Petersfield.
1-Mar-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
A petition is signing, to be sent to the House of Commons, from the town and hundred of Alton, praying for the reduction of the additional duties on Excise Licenses; and we understand that similar petitions are preparing for the several towns of Petersfield, Alresford, Farnham, Godalming, &c.
8-Mar-1824
Hampshire Advertiser
…John Sanderson, for uttering a forged bill of exchange, for 39l. 7s. with intent to defraud Messrs. Smith, Payne and Smith, bankers, London, or Messrs. Hector, Bencroft, and Co. bankers, Petersfield; …
15-Mar-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
Died on Sunday, at Portsmouth, Lt. John Shaw, 34th regiment. He was attacked with apoplexy when on the march with his regiment, between Alton and Petersfield.
22-Mar-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
C. J. HECTOR, Clerk to the said trustees.
24-Mar-1824
Morning Chronicle
UNION-HALL.—THE LATE PORTSMOUTH COACH ROBBERY.—Yesterday JOHN WILSON was brought before L. B. Allen, Esq. charged with having been concerned in stealing a parcel, containing 1,005l., from the Portsmouth Coach on the 16th January last. The prisoner is a short stout man, about 45 years of age, and respectably dressed; he was disguised about the head, his hair having been apparently shaved off a considerable way up the forehead.
Stephen Bancroft, Esq. banker at Petersfield, stated that on the day in question he sent a parcel by the Hero coach to Messrs. Williams, containing the 1,005l. but on the following day he learnt, by express, that the parcel had been lost in the delivery.—G. B. Carpenter, the Serjeant at Mace at Hastings, said he searched the prisoner at the Hastings Bank on Friday last, and found on him two pocket books—in one were several Rye and Portsmouth notes, and in a bundle of country notes, which dropped from his trousers, was a 10l. note of the Winchester Bank.
Mr. Tooth, a hosier, of Hastings, said, on Friday evening last the prisoner came to his shop, and, purchasing a pair of gloves, tendered a 10l. Manchester note in payment, and received the difference. Soon after the prisoner’s departure he suspected the note was a bad one, and made immediate inquiries, when he found it was one of those stolen from the Hero coach, and pursuing the prisoner, brought him back to the Bank; he then pulled out a 10l. Rye note and wished to exchange, but was detained in custody. Mr. Bancroft identified the note tendered in payment for the gloves, as one stolen from his parcel. The prisoner, on being called upon, declined saying any thing until he consulted his attorney. He was then remanded, and the Magistrate directed the coachman to attend. The gaoler received instructions not to permit any person to have communication with the prisoner except his Solicitor.
24-Mar-1824
Evening Mail
UNION-HALL.—Yesterday a man, who gave his name John Wilson, was brought before L. B. ALLEN, Esq., charged under strong circumstances of suspicion with having been concerned in stealing a parcel, containing 1,005l. from the Portsmouth coach, on the 16th of January last. The prisoner was taken into custody at Hastings, and conducted up to town by Mr. Cape, the City Marshall, and John Forrester, one of the city officers, both of whom attended the examination. The prisoner is a stout-built short man, about 45 years of age, and respectably dressed; he was disguised about the head, his hair having been apparently shaved close off a considerable way up the forehead. The following evidence was adduced against him:—
Stephen Bencroft, Esq., banker, of Petersfield, stated, that on the 16th of last January, he packed up a parcel containing 1,005l., viz., 805l. in Winchester bank notes, 150l. in sovereigns, and 50l. in silver, which parcel was directed to Messrs. Williams, the bankers, in Birchin-lane, London, and intrusted to the care of Francis Faulkner, the driver of the Hero, Portsmouth coach. About half past ten o’clock that day the coach left Petersfield, and the following day, at 12 o’clock, he having received an express from town, stating that the parcel with its contents were stolen from the coach between the Elephant and Castle and Birchin-lane, he immediately proceeded to London, and subsequently ascertained that some of the stolen notes were in circulation, but no trace of their circulation was discovered until Friday last. On Sunday last he received a letter at Petersfield from Hastings, stating that a person had been taken into custody there, who had endeavoured to pass a 10l. Winchester bank-note, which was suspected to have been one of the stolen notes. Witness immediately set off to that place, and upon comparing the number of the note attempted to be passed by the prisoner, he discovered it to be one of those on the list of the 10l. stolen notes. There was another 10l. Winchester stolen note found in the prisoner’s possession, besides 10 or 12 notes of the Rye and Petworth Banks; also three or four 1l. notes of Messrs. Alexander and Co., Dublin. Mr. Bencroft added, that he suspected the prisoner to have been concerned in the above robbery.
George Bristow Carpenter, who searched the prisoner, and a person from Hastings, to whom he paid one of the notes, confirmed this statement.
Mr. ALLEN asked the prisoner if he wished to say any explanation of the manner in which he became possessed of the Winchester stolen notes?
The Prisoner.—I have no desire to say any thing at present; I wish to consult with my attorney first.
The prisoner was remanded, and the gaoler received instructions not to permit any person to have communication with the prisoner, except his solicitor.
27-Mar-1824
Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register
To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled.
THE PETITION OF WILLIAM COBBETT
Most humbly sheweth,
That there is, in the county of Sussex, a chain of lands, called forests, extending, with scarcely any interruption, from the neighbourhood of Rye, on the borders of Kent, to that of Petersfield in Hampshire; that these forests, which thus run the whole length of the county, are, upon an average, equal in width to a third part of the county; that the farms on the borders, or in the interior parts of these forests, consist, on average, of about one sixth part of arable and meadow land, two sixths parts of underwood, and three sixths parts of heath and scrubby coppice, generally called forest land; that these farms are, in general, rented by men of very moderate pecuniary means, who mix with their farming, charcoal-making, hoop-making, and the like; that a large portion of the produce of these farms consists of rabbits, which abound exceedingly throughout the whole of these forests; that it is the invariable practice of the farmers to have a number of rabbit-traps constantly set on their farms; that the rabbits yield a considerable part (perhaps a full third) of all the meat expended in the farm-houses in this part of England; that, besides this, the farmer looks to the rabbits (which he sells to the higglers who supply the London market) for a part of the means of paying his rent, tithe and taxes; that when a farm is taken in these parts, the tenant counts much more upon rabbits than he does upon sheep; and that, without full power to take, kill, and consume or sell the rabbits, and to use nets and traps in order to catch them, no man can pay either rent or rates upon one of these farms, and, seeing that, unless the rabbits be kept down, no corn or underwoods can be grown.
That a Bill now before your Honourable House, will, if it become a law, totally ruin this whole body of farmers; that that Bill proposes to violate all existing laws; that it proposes to take from these farmers, and to give to the landlords, the right to kill and use and sell the rabbits; that, in cases where the ownership of the land is in the occupier, he must, nevertheless, be ruined, unless he be a man of great estate, seeing, that no one can use nets or traps but a gamekeeper; seeing that none but men of great estate are to have power to appoint gamekeepers; and seeing, that, unless the farmer can freely use nets, and traps to catch rabbits, his land, in the parts above mentioned, must be overrun, and he can grow no corn, no underwood, and cannot turn the rabbits to account.
That your Petitioner’s reluctance to take up any portion of the precious time of your Honourable House, would naturally suggest to him that it is impossible for such a Bill to pass; but, that experience has taught your humble Petitioner to listen with great caution to such suggestions; and, that, besides, he can see no reason to conclude, that Bill, which has been not only received, but read a second time by your Honourable House, may not also be passed by that same House.
That your Petitioner, therefore, prays that your Honourable House will not pass the aforesaid Bill; and that, believing as he sincerely does, that a Bill so unjust and revolutionary never could have been presented to a reformed House of Commons, he most humbly prays, that your Honourable House may be speedily and radically reformed.
And your Petitioner will ever pray.
Wm. COBBETT.
It is reported, in the newspapers, that when this Petition was presented, you observed that if the Petitioner would read the Bill, he would find that the Bill did not make rabbits Game. …
27-Mar-1824
Sussex Advertiser
On the evening of Friday se’nnight, a well dressed, respectable-looking person, a stranger to Hasting, went into the shop of Mr. Tooth, a linen-draper in the high-street of that town, to purchase a pair of gloves, presented a £10 note in payment, and received the requisite change. Mr. Tooth soon after showed the note to Mr. Gill, the banker, who discovered it to be one of the Petersfield bank-notes, which were stolen from the Portsmouth coach, on the 19th Jan. last. Immediately on ascertaining this, Mr. Tooth endeavoured to discover the person who presented it, and was fortunate enough to meet him in the street. On being told the note was a bad one, he offered to change it; but was subsequently induced to accompany Mr. Tooth to Mr. Gill’s banking-house. A magistrate attended, and the person of the stranger was strictly searched:—two £5, and one £10 notes (stolen ones of the Petersfield Bank) dropped from between his flannel-waistcoat and his skin; and Irish and other bank-notes and sovereigns, to the amount of £30, were found in his pockets. When interrogated as to how the stolen notes came into his possession, his answers were by no means satisfactory. Intelligence was dispatched to the Petersfield and Chichester bankers, who soon arrived at Hastings, accompanied by the Portsmouth coachman and the City Marshall. The coachman was unable to identify the person of the prisoner, who on Monday was conveyed to London by the mail-coach, for examination at Union-Hall. The Bankers, Mr. Tooth, the City Marshall, the Portsmouth Coachman, and a Constable, proceeded to town by the same conveyance. The prisoner has since been committed to Horsemonger-Lane gaol, we understand, for further examination.—The above is a more correct statement, than that which appears on the same subject in the 4th page, copied from a London print.
29-Mar-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
Discovery of a quantity of the Stolen Notes of the Petersfield Bank.—On Saturday, noon last, a middle-aged man, who refuses to disclose his name, entered the shop of Mr. Tooth, linen-draper, Hastings, and made a purchase of several articles, for the payment of which he tendered a 10l. note of the Petersfield Bank. Doubting its being genuine, Mr. T., applied at the Hastings Bank, only a few doors distant, and learnt it was one of the Petersfield stolen notes; on this Mr. T., stepping to the door, beckoned the man in, who was waiting on the pavement, and who no sooner entered the bank than the key was turned upon him, and his person searched, when others of the same bank, to a large amount, were found; some in a pocket-book, and others rapped round his legs beneath the stockings.
5-Apr-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
The inhabitants of Petersfield have lately lost a most useful and worthy member of society—Mr. P. Dear, currier, who ended his earthly career on the 18th ultimo, at the advance age of 77 years. He was celebrated for his skill in the healing art, having performed innumerable cures by the most simple remedies, extracted chiefly from herbs.
The Tradesmen’s Benevolent Society, at Petersfield, celebrated its first anniversary on Tuesday last, by a dinner at the Red Lion Inn, which was served up in Holdaway’s best style: Mr. William Minchin, who presided on the occasion, in a very neat and appropriate speech, commented on the prosperous and increasing state of the Society, and on the utility of thus uniting for the general good. Loyal toasts and social glees and songs enlivened the evening, and the company separated at an early hour, highly elated with their success and the day’s amusement. Several gentlemen from neighbouring towns honoured them with their presence.
12-Apr-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
CHAS. GREETHAM
Solicitor to the Assignees.
19-Apr-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
In order that the above lines of road may be the more fully considered, it is requested, that all persons interested therein, whether Trustees or otherwise, will attend the Meeting.
C. J. HECTOR, Clerk to the said trustees.
Dated the 13th day of April, 1824.
19-Apr-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Wm. MINCHIN, at the Red Lion Inn, Petersfield, Hants, on Thursday the 20th day of May next, precisely at four o’clock in the afternoon, according to the Conditions of Sale to be then and there produced.—A most desirable COPYHOLD ESTATE of INHERITANCE, called TANKERDALE, nearly equal in vale to Freehold, in the Parish of Steep, Hants; comprising a substantial FARM HOUSE, Barns, Stables, and other suitable Offices, and 118 Acres, customary measure, of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND, (more or less) with extensive and valuable Common Rights, abounding with Game; and the River Arun running thro’ the Estate, affords excellent Trout Fishing. The Estate is calculated for the growth of turnips, the soil being sandy loam, and lies in a Ring Fence.
Steep is 52 miles from London, two miles from Petersfield; within one mile of the Turnpike Road, and near to several Market Towns.—Hounds are kept in the neighbourhood.
N.B.—One Moiety of the Purchase Money may remain on Security.
For particulars enquire of Mr. John Cobb, the Proprietor, on the Premises, or to Mr. Greetham, Solicitor, Petersfield, Hants.
3-May-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
C. J. HECTOR, Clerk to the Trustees.
Petersfield, April 28, 1824.
10-May-1824
Morning Chronicle
17-May-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
VOTES FOR THE BOROUGH OF PETERSFIELD.
Lot 1.—About Three Acres of FREEHOLD MEADOW LAND, situate within the Borough, the purchaser of which may re-sell in Lots, however small, each of them entitling the proprietors thereof to vote in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament, for the said Borough.
Lot 2.—Ten Acres (more or less) of excellent ARABLE LAND, Freehold, situate on Froxfield Barnet, near Basing Park, and within half-a-mile of the Turnpike Road from Alton to Alresford, in the occupation of Mr. D. Aburrow.
Lot 3.—Fifty-five Acres (more or less) of good ARABLE LAND, with a Barn and Stable thereon, situate at Froxfield, Hants, called Gibb’s Farm, in the occupation of Mr. Aburrow.
Lot 4.—A comfortable and convenient COTTAGE, with a large Garden, situate in the Tything of Langrish, in the parish of Eastmeon, in the occupation of Messrs. Barnard and Pink.
Lot 5.—Six Acres (more or less) of capital ARABLE LAND, and one Acre (more or less) of PASTURE, situate near the village of Eastmeon, in the occupation of Messrs. Barnard and Pink.
Lot 6.—Sixty Acres (more or less) of rich ARABLE LAND, with a Barn, Carthouse, Stable, and Gateroom, called Duncomb, situate in the parish of Eastmeon, in the occupation of Mr. George Gregory.
Lots 3, 4, 5, and 6, are Copyhold of Inheritance, held of the Bishop of Winchester, and part of the Manor of Eastmeon, with small certain Fines and Quit Rents.—The Land-Tax of the whole is redeemed.
Possession may be had at Michaelmas next; and for a view apply to Mr. James Minchin, of Petersfield, or to the respective Tenants, on the Premises; and for further particulars to Messrs. Minchin and Son, Solicitors at Portsea and Gosport, or to Thomas Minchin, Solicitor, 3, Verulam Buildings, Grays Inn, London.
31-May-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
C. J. HECTOR, Clerk to the Trustees.
Petersfield, May 28, 1824
EXCAVATION ON SHEET HILL.
Sections of the proposed work, and specifications for the due performance thereof, may be seen at the office of Mr. C. J. Hector, Petersfield, Clerk to the Trustees, and further particulars known on application to John Harding, at Petersfield aforesaid, surveyor of the said road, who will shew the ground.
Tenders addressed to the Trustees of the said road, for the above work, either in a specific sum, or at a sum per yard cube, must be delivered at the office of Mr. C. J. Hector aforesaid, at any time previous to Monday the 14th day of June next, on which day a Meeting of the said Trustees will be held at the Dolphin Inn, Petersfield aforesaid, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, to take the same into consideration.—By order of the Trustees,
C. J. HECTOR, Clerk.
Petersfield, May 28, 1824.
7-Jun-1824
Morning Post
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COURT OF KING’S BENCH, SATURDAY, JUNE 5.
THE KING v. COWLING.
The Defendant conducted his own defence, and addressed the Court at considerable length.
The Jury, after a summing up from the Judge, Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE, found the Defendant Guilty.
7-Jun-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
HOUSE to be LET or SOLD, at Harting, near Petersfield, Hants, well calculated for a small respectable family.—The Premises consist of a parlour, drawing-room 21 feet by 17, opening into a spacious walled Garden by two spacious French windows, two kitchens, two cellars, and four bed-rooms, with an elegant entrance-hall and staircase. The whole to be Let for Twenty Pounds per annum.—Enquire at Mrs. Durman’s, Harting.
7-Jun-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
The timber tellars and underwoods to be taken at a valuation, and the purchase to be completed at Michaelmas next, at which time the purchaser may have possession. The land tax is redeemed.
The estate is well calculated for game, being situate in a country which has been preserved many years, and forms altogether a very desirable property, either for a sportsman, a man of business, or for the investment of capital.
For a view of the estate, apply to the tenant, at the Farm-house; and for further particulars (if by post, post-paid) at the Office of Messrs. Hector and Mitchell, solicitors, Petersfield, where a plan of the estate may be seen.
7-Jun-1824
Morning Chronicle
LIBEL.
John Wells was called to prove the publication of the hand-bills in question. He said he knew the defendant Couling, who was a man sometimes in the habit of getting his living by the sale of fruit, and had often heard him talk of his claims upon the Jolliffe family, and his determination to pursue them, by annoying Mr. Jolliffe in all quarters, and circulating hand-bills to his prejudice. He met him last September, and said “Couling, how do you get on with Mr. Jolliffe?” he answered, “I am still at him, here’s a hand-bill I have out against him, and I’ll stick to him for it.” He produced the hand-bill.
Cross-examined by the defendant; I often heard you say you were oppressed, and kept out of your property by the plaintiff; I cannot say whether he offered you an annuity to stop proceeding; I heard you say you wanted a certain sum for stopping. I do not know that you are the most injured man in England; I might have heard you say so.
Defendant: What do you get for coming here to speak against me?—Witness: Nothing.
Defendant: My Lord, I can assure you he gets a good deal for coming here; he will have property by it. The hand-bill, which imputed to Mr. Jolliffe fraud and abstraction of property of the defendant, was then read in evidence.
The defendant here addressed the Jury in his defence; his appearance was that of the humbler class in life, but his manner was vehement and irregular. He read from a paper with great rapidity of utterance, and both from the style and delivery it was difficult to catch the substance of his statement. He imputed, in every sentence, a series of oppression to Mr. Jolliffe, and charged that gentleman with having for years withheld from him his just rights of property, by which he had been not only kept in poverty and wretchedness, but also exposed by summary process, and, without the intervention of a Jury, to long imprisonment, merely for making quiet efforts to regain what he knew to be his own. This was not all—he had been consigned to a lunatic asylum, and manacled. Now, the law, he always understood, made a lunatic irresponsible for his actions, and yet here he was called a lunatic by Mr. Jolliffe; and by the same man had responsibility forced upon him, coercively, contrary to the humane command of the law. He went on to say, that he never could get the smallest settlement from Mr. Jolliffe, except casual sums of money, such as half a crown at a time; and what he had said in the bill was true—he had made every effort by law, but there poverty again stopped him, and he could get no attorney to enable him to proceed in forma pauperis. The defendant, in his abuse of Mr. Jolliffe, did not confine himself to the mere statement of what he asserted to be his own wrongs, but travelled into the family history of that gentleman, in his alleged general transactions in life; told a long story about the stealing of some church plate, the selling the borough of Petersfield to Wm. Draper Best, and to other individuals at different intervals, although he (Mr. Jolliffe) had no right either to have influence in that Borough, much less to sell it contrary to law to any body. He enlarged upon the rights and liberties of the subject, and the protection due to the poor as well as the rich, according to law, all of which fundamental privileges of the Constitution he declared to have been violated in his own case, by Mr. Jolliffe’s power, which, however, he knew must fall before a grave and Learned Judge, and an enlightened and liberal Jury, to whom he now fearlessly committed his case, and would entrust his life.—The defendant called no witnesses.——Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE summed up the case for the Jury, and told them, that in his judgement the publication in question was a gross libel on the prosecutor, and if they were of the same opinion, they would say so by their verdict.
The Jury immediately found the defendant Guilty.
10-Jun-1824
Fife Herald
Libel.—In the Court of King’s Bench on Saturday, Mr. Jolliffe, M.P. for Petersfield, obtained a verdict of Guilty against Mr. Couling, for a libel contained in a handbill published by the Defendant. The Defendant read his own defence, in which he maintained “that Mr. Jolliffe had violently possessed and retained property in Petersfield, of which he was heir at law. He said that for claiming his own he had been imprisoned in a lunatic asylum. Mr. Jolliffe made £50,000 by selling seats in Parliament to several Members, among whom he named William Draper Best (now Chief Justice of the Common Pleas).”
21-Jun-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
C. J. HECTOR, Clerk to the Trustees.
PETERSFIELD, June 18, 1824.
5-Jul-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
Dated this 17th day of June, 1824.
W. MITCHELL,
Solicitor for the Assignee, Petersfield, Hants
5-Jul-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
The House is in a pleasant and airy situation, and consists, on the ground floor, of an entrance passage, and two good parlours in front, excellent kitchen and pantry, and wash-house, with a pump of good water therein; seven exceeding good bed-rooms, four of which are on the second floor; and store rooms, good cellars, court-yard, fuel-house, kitchen garden, two-stall stable, with loft over, &c.
For further particulars apply to Mr. John Cawley, Auctioneer, &c. Petersfield,; if by letter, free of postage.
☞The London and Portsmouth Coaches pass the House daily.
5-Jul-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
THE KING v. CURRY, GENT.—In Hilary Term, a Rule Nisi for an information was granted against the defendant for alleged corrupt conduct in his office of Steward of the Manor of Petersfield, in the nomination of the Leet Jury, who, by the custom of the Manor, were to present the Mayor of the Borough of Petersfield. Two grounds were urged for the motion, first, that the defendant had given a list of the persons to the constable who were to serve on the Jury; and second, that he had stayed in the room with the Jury to assist and influence them, whilst they were making their presentment.
Cause was now shewn against the rule by Mr. SCARLETT, Mr. ADAM, and Mr. MEREWETHER, on long affidavits, in answer to those which had been filed for the prosecution.
Mr. GASELEE, Mr. COLTMAN, and Mr. CARTER were heard in support of the Rule. The case (which was of mere local interest) occupied a considerable portion of time. The defendant had been appointed, in 1823, to the office of Steward of the Manor of Petersfield, by Mr. John Jolliffe, the Lord. It was alleged against Mr. Curry, that he had nominated the partisans of Mr. Jolliffe to serve on the Leet Jury, on the occasion of the presentation of Mr. Blunt, the present Mayor, and had appointed Mr. Meres, who had three or four times before served the office of Mayor, to act as Foreman of the Leet; and that he remained with the Jury whilst they were considering of their presentment. There had been quo warranto informations against persons elected to the office of Mayor by the Leet summoned, according to the custom of the manor; and these proceedings had occasioned a good deal of mutual irritation in the borough. Mr. Curry now addressed himself to the specific charges of alleged corruption. As to the first, he distinctly swore, that in the mode of summoning the Jury he had merely acted according to the custom of the manor, and the course adopted by his predecessors, without favour or affection, and that he did not consider himself bound to select persons from either party in the borough. The person summoned on the occasion in question might be tenants of Mr. Jolliffe, but he believed they were persons of character, property, and independence; and without any political bias in favour of Mr. Jolliffe. As to the nomination of Mr. Meres to be foreman, he understood that it was always the practice to appoint a gentleman to act as foreman who had previously filled the office of Mayor. Then, as to the second charge, he stated that he was not actuated by any improper motive in remaining with the Leet whilst they deliberated upon their presentment. He took no part in their proceedings, but merely remained to give them his ministerial assistance, as Steward, in case it should become necessary. It was therefore insisted that the rule ought to be discharged.—The COURT said, that as the affidavits were of great length, and as the subject well deserved the attention of the Court, they would not give judgement for the present.
5-Jul-1824
Evening Mail
12-Jul-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
The House contains a good front parlour, entrance and stair case, with a dining-room in the rear, and all appropriate domestic offices, good cellars, six bed-rooms, and a back stair case, chaise-house, and convenient stables; a neat Garden well stocked, walled in, except a high paled fence at the lower end—the whole in most excellent condition.
May be viewed and terms known, by applying to Mrs Binstead, on the premises, any morning. It is not intended to let for Business, such as to require any alteration in the Premises. Taxes very moderate.
12-Jul-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
C. J. HECTOR,
Clerk to the Trustees
8th July, 1824.
26-Jul-1824
Sussex Advertiser
The horse-stealers have of late, been more than ordinarily active. On the night of Saturday se’nnight a black gelding was stolen from Lee Farm, near Rye; and on the following morning, a jet-black gelding, was stolen in a field at Petersfield, and although the distance between the two places is great, yet they pursue a system which renders it probable, that both robberies were committed by the same gang of villains.
26-Jul-1824
Sussex Advertiser
Whoever will give information of the Offender or Offenders, so that he or they may be convicted of the offence, shall, on conviction, receive a Reward of TEN GUINEAS, to be paid by CHAS. GREETHAM, Esq. the owner of the said Horse.
N.B. It is earnestly requested that any person who attended Horsham Fair, on Monday last, and observed a Horse of the above description, will inform said Mr. Greetham, and, if possible, the name of the person in whose possession it was.
Petersfield, 21st July, 1824.
2-Aug-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
It has been some time in contemplation to improve the road leading from Hampshire into Sussex on the north side of the downs, by Petersfield and Midhurst, from which latter place an excellent communication with Brighton is already open. A survey of Stonar Hill, near Petersfield, has been made, with the view of deciding on the probability of making that very steep eminence of easy ascent, and f this can be effected, it has been suggested that a communication might be formed, by the way of Alton and Alresford, with Andover, and so forward with the present line to Cheltenham. While these plans are under deliberation, it is matter of surprise that the public, and particularly those acquainted with the importance of the city of Winchester, and the superior advantages to be derived by a communication with it from all points of the adjacent counties, should not have paid some attention to this subject. There is an obvious disadvantage in the line now under consideration: first, Stonar Hill, which never can be rendered of easy ascent; then a succession of hills towards Alresford; whence to Winchester is a very circuitous and objectionable route. Winchester, whatever ulterior views may be entertained, is certainly the proper object of an improved road from Brighton into Hants, by way of Petersfield; and the intercourse with Petersfield alone of great importance, being a good market, and considerable town, and the direct line from Petersfield to Winchester, by Bramdean; thence passing by Cheriton, and joining the London road to Winchester, opposite the Duke of Buckingham’s entrance, is about three miles nearer than the road by Alton and Alresford. Besides which, it is a level line (except the last two or three miles) running along a valley of flints to Cheriton, and thence passing over the chalk. There is no ground to purchase; materials abound, and parish labour alone judiciously employed, would make a perfect road, at a comparatively small expense. This road, if formed, would complete a direct line from Cheltenham to Brighton, through Winchester, would communicate with the intermediate towns and seats, would be frequented by the waggons which convey commodities to and from the fairs of Magdalen and St Giles’s Hills &c. and afford numerous facilities not to be obtained by any other course. We can not anticipate an indifference to measures in which public convenience is involved, by Trustees and Commissioners of out turnpike roads, or by private individuals, who desire to promote the advantage of the community.
9-Aug-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
WANTED,—A DAIRY-MAID, who is perfectly equal to the Management of Eight or Nine Cows, as well as the Management of Poultry, has been used to baking, and can have a good character from her last place.—Apply to Mr. Dean, Dolphin Inn, Petersfield.
9-Aug-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
12-Aug-1824
Morning Chronicle
It is proposed to make a new road from Petersfield to Farnham, by which the distance will be reduced from 21 to 16 miles, making the whole distance from London, through Staines, Farnham, and Petersfield, to Portsmouth, 72 miles, being the same distance as the present mail road, with the advantage of avoiding Hindhead, and the other hills between Liphook and Godalming. A new road from Midhurst to Petersfield is also in contemplation, which will open a direct communication between Brighton and Oxford.
16-Aug-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
Married, on Sunday last, Mr. John Evans, Draper, of Petersfield, to Miss Earwicker, of Havant.
16-Aug-1824
Morning Chronicle
For particulars apply (if by letter, post paid) to Mr. Deane, Dolphin Inn, Petersfield, or to Mr. Weston, auctioneer, Bishop’s Waltham, Hants.
17-Aug-1824
Morning Advertiser
Superior fast Machine Horses, off the Rocket Portsmouth Coach, the genuine and entire property of Mr. Robert Nichols, working two Stages to Petersfield.—By Messrs. GOWAR and Co. at their Repository, (late Sadler’s), Goswell-street, on FRIDAY, Aug. 20, positively without reserve.
20-Aug-1824
Morning Advertiser
SUSSEX ASSIZES:—LEWES, AUGUST 18.
CROWN SIDE.
EXTENSIVE COACH ROBBERY.
It appeared, from the evidence of several witnesses, that on the 15th January last, Messrs. Hector and Bancroft, bankers at Petersfield, made up a parcel, containing the property in question, for the purpose of being transmitted to their agents, Messrs. Williams and Co. Birchin-lane, Cornhill.—On the following day this parcel was given to Faulkner; the driver of the Hero, Portsmouth coach, which passes through Petersfield on its way to London, and he, according to usual custom with parcels of that description, locked it up in a small box, under his seat on the driving box. It appeared that on the morning of the 16th of January three men in company came to the Fountain Inn at Portsmouth, and sent for the book-keeper of the coach-office, who waited upon them in the coffee-room. They said they wanted to go to London, but unless they got the three front seats on the roof of the Hero, they would not go by that conveyance. One of these men was sworn positively to, by the brother; to be the prisoner, his attention being drawn to him by the particular manner in which he was looked at by a gentleman in the room. Front seats were secured for the three men at their request, and the prisoner rode on the off side, immediately behind the coachman. Another man took the box, who seemed to be of their party. The coach stopped twenty minutes to dinner at Ripley, and about three minutes at the Stags public-house in Lambeth. One of the men got off at the latter house, and the others at the Elephant and Castle in St. George’s-fields. The coachman, on arriving at the Spread Eagle in Gracechurch-street, discovered that the box in which he had placed the parcel in question was open, the parcel gone, and part of a skeleton key remaining in the lock. Notice of the loss was immediately given to the bankers, and active steps were taken to trace the notes and detect the offenders; but no discovery was made until the 19th of March last, when a man, sworn to be the prisoner, went to the shop of a Mr. Tooth; of Hastings, bought two pair of gloves at the price of 4s. 6d. and gave in payment a ten-pound Chichester bank-note, and received the change. Mr. Tooth took the note to the Hastings Bank, and was there informed that it was one of the stolen notes in question. He went in pursuit of the prisoner, found him in the High-street, and told him that he had given him a bad note, to which the prisoner replied, “It can’t be a bad note, but if it is I’ll change it for you.” Mr. Tooth then took the prisoner to the bankers’, who told what he saw, said he was a coal-merchant, and lived at Burton Crescent, London, and that he had taken the note at Brighton, from a Guernsey merchant. A constable was sent for, and the prisoner searched, whereupon a pocket-book was found upon him, containing several notes and some sovereigns. He was then asked if he had any more money about him, which he answered in the negative. A stricter search was then commenced, and in doing so a roll of paper fell from the prisoner’s person, which he put his foot upon immediately, to try to conceal it; but upon being seized by the officer, it was found to contain, among other notes, a ten-pound note, one of those which had been stolen.—Upon searching the prisoner’s person more closely, another of the stolen notes in question, of the value of 5l. was found in the seat of his drawers. Upon the proof of these facts the case for the prosecution rested.
The prisoner, in his defence, said, that he was a general dealer, going around the country, attending fairs and markets, and received the notes in question in the course of business; and under the circumstances in which he was placed, he had no opportunity of taking the necessary steps to trace them to the persons from whom he received them.
He called no witnesses.
The Jury, under the Learned Judge’s directions, found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to seven years’ transportation.
20-Aug-1824
Morning Chronicle
CROWN SIDE.—EXTENSIVE COACH ROBBERY.
The prosecution was conducted by Mr. BRODRICK and Mr. THESSIGER, and Mr. ANDREWS and Mr. ADOLPHUS were for the defence.—It appeared, from the evidence of several witnesses, that on the 15th January last, Messrs. Hector and Bancroft, bankers at Petersfield, made up a parcel, containing the property in question, for the purpose of being transmitted to their agents, Messrs. Williams and Co. Birchin-lane, Cornhill. On the following day this parcel was given to Faulkner; the driver of the Hero, Portsmouth coach, which passes through Petersfield on its way to London, and he, according to usual custom with parcels of that description, locked it up in a small box, under his seat on the driving box. It appeared that on the morning of the 16th of January three men in company came to the Fountain Inn, at Portsmouth, and sent for the book-keeper of the coach-office, who waited upon them in the coffee-room. They said they wanted to go to London, but unless they got the three front seats on the roof of the Hero, they would not go by that conveyance. One of these men was sworn positively to, by the book-keeper to be the prisoner, his attention being drawn to him by the particular manner in which he was looked at by a gentleman in the room. Front seats were secured for the three men at their request, and the prisoner rode on the off side, immediately behind the coachman. Another man took the box, who seemed to be of their party. The coach stopped 20 minutes to dinner at Ripley, and about 3 minutes at the Stags public-house in Lambeth. One of the men set off at the latter house, and the others at the Elephant and Castle in St. George’s-fields. The coachman, on arriving at the Spread Eagle in Gracechurch-street, discovered that the box in which he had placed the parcel in question was open, the parcel gone, and part of a skeleton key remaining in the lock. Notice of the loss was immediately given to the bankers, and active steps were taken to trace the notes and detect the offenders; but no discovery was made until the 19th of March last, when a man, sworn to be the prisoner, went to the shop of a Mr. Tooth; of Hastings, bought two pair of gloves at the price of 4s. 2d. and gave in payment a ten-pound Chichester bank-note, and received the change. Mr. Tooth took the note to the Hastings Bank, and was there informed that it was one of the stolen notes in question. He went in pursuit of the prisoner, found him in the High-street, and told him that he had given him a bad note, to which the prisoner replied, “It can’t be a bad note, but if it is I’ll change it for you.” Mr. Tooth then took the prisoner to the bankers’, who told what he saw, said he was a coal-merchant, and lived at Burton Crescent, London, and that he had taken the note at Brighton, from a Guernsey merchant. A constable was sent for, and the prisoner searched, whereupon a pocket-book was found upon him, containing several notes and some sovereigns. He was then asked if he had any more money about him, which he answered in the negative. A stricter search was then commenced, and in doing so a roll of paper fell from the prisoner’s person, which he put his foot upon immediately, to try to conceal it; but upon being seized by the officer, it was found to contain, among other notes, a ten-pound note, one of those which had been stolen. Upon searching the prisoner’s person more closely, another of the stolen notes in question, of the value of 5l. was found in the seat of his drawers. Upon the proof of these facts the case for the prosecution rested.
The prisoner, in his defence, said, that he was a general dealer, going around the country, attending fairs and markets, and received the notes in question in the course of business; and under the circumstances in which he was placed, he had had no opportunity of taking the necessary steps to trace them to the persons from whom he received them.
He called no witnesses.
The Jury, under the Learned Judge’s directions, found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to seven years’ transportation.
It appeared that the prosecutor had experienced great difficulty and incurred enormous expence in the furtherance of this prosecution; more than 1,500l. was stated to have been incurred in the pursuit of this object, and that overtures had been made to them to forego their duty, but which they determined not to listen to, preferring to let the law take its course in a case in which every banker in the kingdom was interested.
20-Aug-1824
Evening Mail
John Wilson, a man of decent appearance, of about 40 years of age, was indicted for stealing from the Hero Portsmouth coach, on the 16th of January last, a parcel containing bank-notes, sovereigns, and silver, amounting to 1,005l.
Mr. BRODRICK stated the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Stephen Bencraft, examined by Mr. THESSIGER.—I am a banker at Petersfield, and have one partner, Mr. Hector. I remitted on the 15th of January last some money to London—the sum of 1,005l. to Williams and Co. Birchin-lane. Our young man looked out the notes, and I packed them up. There was 805l. in 5l. and 10l. notes, of different country banks, 150l. in gold, and 50l. in silver. The parcel was directed to Messrs. Williams and Co., bankers, London.
George Young, examined by Mr. BRODERICK.—Was a clerk in January to Mr. Bencraft. Put up the parcel and notes mentioned in the indictment. I took them out, and entered them in our book. Delivered it to Faulkner, the driver of the new coach from Portsmouth, between 10 and 11 on the morning of the 16th.
Cross-examined by Mr. ANDREWS.—I am able to swear the list of the notes was correct. The parcel was made up in my presence by Mr. Bencraft, and I am certain all the notes were put in.
H. Harding, book-keeper, at the Fountain inn, Portsmouth, to the Hero coach, was called, on the morning of the 16th, to the coffee-room. I found three gentlemen there. They came there in the morning. The prisoner was one of these persons. They were in company. They said, unless they could get to the front of the coach to London, they would not go by the Hero. I procured them the three front seats. I saw them get on the coach. Two got up at the door, one of them was the prisoner. The prisoner sat on the off-side, directly behind the coachman.
By Mr. ANDREWS.—Have not altered my opinion since I met you (Mr. Andrews) at Union-hall. I now speak positively to the man. I was positive at that time. I used the phrase “I believe Wilson was the man. I now am quite sure. On the second examination I observed the man wore the same pantaloons he did at Portsmouth, which confirmed my opinion. I am a confident man. Don’t believe I make a mistake at present. A man in the coffee-room looked at the men so sharply that it drew my attention to them.
Francis Faulkner, the driver of the Hero coach.—I received a parcel from Mr. George Young, at Petersfield. I got two parcels, which I placed in a box under my seat on the coach-box: one was a paper parcel, the other a canvas bag. They were directed to Messrs. Williams and Co., the bankers, in Birchin-lane. I locked the box, and put the key in my pocket. On that morning I took up four passengers at Portsmouth. I saw Mr. Harding, the clerk, at the Fountain. The three men sat on the front of the roof, and one on the box. They were on the coach when I put in the parcel. They could see me do it. One of the men got down at the Stags, at Lambeth. The others at the Elephant and Castle. I cannot speak to the person of the prisoner. I examined the box at the Spread Eagle, in Gracechurch-street. The parcel and bag were gone. I ran to the banking-house to give notice of the loss, and returned, and saw a skeleton-key in the lock of the box; it was a common picklock-key. I stopped at the Stags, at Lambeth, about two minutes and a half. I went into the Stags. We stopped 20 minutes to dinner at Ripley. When I went to Union-hall Harding was there; I saw him point out the prisoner in the passage to the office. Two men were then in custody.
Cross-examined by Mr. ANDREWS.—I said the other man, who has since been discharged, was, on my belief, one of the men, but I find I was mistaken since, at least there were two things I could not substantiate—his teeth and hair. I could not swear he was not one of the men. I have my doubts about him. That man satisfied the magistrate that I must be mistaken. I don’t affect to say that I have the least knowledge of the prisoner.
Mr. Edward Tooth, a hosier and glover at Hastings.—On the 19th of March last, prisoner came to my shop. He bought two pair of gloves, which came to 4s. 2d. He gave me a 10l. Chichester note, and I returned him the change. Prisoner would not take the half-pence of the change at first, but I went out to get change, and then he took them. I went to the clerk of the Hastings Bank, and in consequence of what I heard from him, I went after the prisoner, I found him in the High-street. I told him the note was a bad one. He said, “Oh, no, it is not bad; if it is, I will give you another.” I walked with him up the street, until we got near the Bank. He attempted to go into a shop to give me another note. I said we had better go to the bank, and we went there. Mr. Gill, the banker, came in with a list of the stolen notes, which he showed the prisoner, and told him his note was one of those stolen, and wished to know how he came by it. Prisoner said he took it at Brighton for silk goods he had sold to a Guernsey merchant. Mr. Gill asked him who he was, and where he lived. He said he was a coal-merchant, living at Burton-crescent, in London. Mr. Gill sent for an officer. Before the officer came, the prisoner offered me a ten pound note of the Rye bank, in lieu of the other. The officer, Carpenter, came and searched the prisoner in my presence. The officer took one pocket-book from his person containing several notes, and then some sovereigns. Carpenter asked him if had any others, to which he answered “no.” His pockets were then emptied. The Town-clerk, who was present, desired the officer to make further search and take his clothes off. His boots were taken off. Mr. Carpenter took up from the ground two rolls of notes, near the prisoner. There were notes found on him besides those I gave him.
Cross-examined by Mr. ANDREWS.—The prisoner was in Mr. Gill’s presence nearly an hour. The prisoner submitted readily to be searched, and said he travelled round the country, and received notes from a variety of persons. The prisoner said, “This may be one of the stolen notes for aught I know; but I got it from some person as I travelled round the country.” A great many notes originally taken from him have been since returned to the prisoner.
George Bristow Carpenter, examined by Mr. BRODERICK.—I am an officer at Hastings. I was sent for to the Bank on the 19th of March. I searched the prisoner, and found on him a pocket-book, some sovereigns, and a little silver. Also a screw-driver. There were some Rye notes in the pocket-book. I asked him if he had any more notes, to which he answered, No. I made another search. He was reluctant to be searched. I observed something on the floor, from which the prisoner moved his foot. I picked it up. It was a roll of notes. Among them there were three of the notes said to be stolen. There were two 5l. and a 10l. note. I marked my name upon them, and delivered the notes to Mr. Cope.
By Mr. ANDREWS.—A good deal of money I took from the prisoner was returned to him, as there was nothing suspicious about it.
Mr. James W. Cope, City-Marshal of London, examined by Mr. THESSIGER.—I received certain notes from Mr. G. Carpenter. I kept the notes, which I produce, and also a screw-driver. The notes are in the same state as when I received them. I was present at the first examination of the prisoner at Union Hall. Also at the second, on the 14th of April. I saw Harding there. He pointed out the prisoner to me.
By Mr. ANDREWS.—I mean that Harding said he was one of the men who came on the coach. There was another man of whom the coachman spoke who was afterwards discharged.
George Young produced the bankers’ book, in which the notes were entered, and compared the entry with the notes. There were two 5l. Petworth notes; two 10l. Chichester notes.
By Mr. ANDREWS.—There is no entry of the date of the note, but there is of the value.
Mr. Bencraft recalled, and examined by Mr. ANDREWS.—There may be notes of the same number issued in different years, but each are distinguished with a letter. The numbers are entered that the notes can be ascertained; the others of the same number may have been in circulation issued in different years; tow of the notes have the letter D. on them.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
The prisoner, on being called on for his defence, assured his lordship and the gentlemen of the jury, that he was innocent of the charge. It was so long from the time of his apprehension to its being declared to him (only last Monday) that he was to be tried on this charge, that he had not the opportunity to ascertain where he was at the time when the robbery was said to be committed; or how, in his capacity of a dealer at fairs and markets, he had received the notes in question.
The case then went to the jury, who returned, in a few minutes, a verdict of guilty; and sentence of transportation for seven years was immediately pronounced against him.
The case excited a great deal of interest in the county, as it was understood that the bankers have refused several offers to compromise, and receive back a great part of the stolen property. A sum exceeding 1,00l. is stated to have been expended by Mr. Bencraft in the tracing of the gang, which, added to the value of the lost property, makes a great sacrifice on the part of that gentleman to public justice.
30-Aug-1824
Morning Post
6-Sep-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
As a proof of the salubrious situation of Petersfield, there are at present living in that borough 25 persons above 80 years of age, among whom is a mother and three daughters, living together, whose united ages amount to 330 years. The mother is 105, and retains nearly all her faculties. Within the last few months the following aged persons have died:- Wm. Bampton, aged 86, Mr Wm. Hill, 80; and on Monday last were interred Mr Samuel Andrews, 81, and Mary Wheatfield, 83.
6-Sep-1824
Bell’s Weekly Messenger
By the spirited conduct of Moses Hoper, Esq. who has commenced cutting a road through his estate, near Petersfield, the dangerous and almost impassable road over Stonar Hill will be avoided; and an easier and much nearer communication opened between Brighton and Portsmouth, to Windsor, Oxford, Cheltenham, and all parts of the West of England.
13-Sep-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
There was a plentiful supply of New Wheat at Petersfield Market, on Wednesday, which fetched from £13 10s to £15 per load. Barley and Oats have not yet made their appearance, from the unsettled state of the weather.
13-Sep-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
Persons who have obtained GAME CERTIFICATES for the Year 1824.
LIST (1) GENERAL CERTIFICATES at £3 13s 6d each.
Chase, John,
Greetham, Chas esq,
Humphrys, Samuel,
King, Fielder, esq
Leer, George,
Meeres, John,esq
Whitear, Rev John,
20-Sep-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
Died at Petersfield, on Saturday last, aged 44, Mary, wife of Thomas Shoell, jun. grocer, after a most painful illness of six months duration. She has left two infant daughters to deplore her loss.
On Tuesday died, in the Workhouse at Petersfield, Mrs Bratt, at the advance age of 88.
21-Sep-1824
Marning Advertiser
LOST, September the 4th, from Barnet Fair, a Staffordshire bred HEIFER, forward in calf, trimmed head and tail; marked with the letter B on the hip. Also a SCOTCH RUNT, marked with a stroke of red paint down the hip. Whoever has found the same, and will bring them to G. Young, Draper, Guildford, Surrey; or G. Knowles, of Lyss, near Petersfield, Hants, shall receive a Reward of TWO GUINEAS, with all reasonable expences.
Any person having Lost Three SCOTCH HEIFERS, and will describe the marks, and apply to the said G. Young, by paying the expences, may have them again.
27-Sep-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
The new line of the road between this city and Petersfield, noticed by a correspondent in our paper a few weeks since, has attracted the attention of the gentlemen of this part of the country. A meeting of the inhabitants of this city is to be held on the subject during the ensuing week, and a general meeting is called on the following week for the same purpose, at Westmeon Hut.
27-Sep-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
To the Dealers in Cattle and Sheep.
Coops may be obtained by applying to John Cawley, of Petersfield, on or before the 26th inst.
The above Fair falling on Petersfield Market Day, Graziers and others concerned are requested to attend early, as the Market will close at eleven o’clock.——Petersfield, Sept.6, 1824.
27-Sep-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
From WINCHESTER to PETERSFIELD.
Winchester, September
1-Oct-1824
London Courier and Evening Gazette
Last week an aged female was hop picking in a field near Petersfield, with her three daughters, whose united ages amounted to 335 years, the mother being 105, the eldest daughter 85, the second 80, and the youngest, 65.
1-Oct-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
Yesterday a meeting of the inhabitants of this city was held at the Guildhall, for the purpose of considering the consequences likely to result from the proposed new line of road from Petersfield.—At the request of the Mayor, the chair was taken by R. Littlehales, Esq. The Rev. E. Poulter called the attention of the meeting to the projected communication between the North-west and the South-east parts of England, by means of the road from Brighton to Midhurst, and thence to Petersfield. The Rev. Gentleman strongly urged the necessity of facilitating the communication between this city and Petersfield; and recommended, that as the road by way of Alresford was very hilly, another should be taken, from the Duke of Buckingham’s Lodge gate, over Durden Down to Durden House, Cheriton, and from thence to Bramdean and Westmeon Hut. If the expenses to Bramdean were defrayed by Winchester, Petersfield would gladly make good her part of the road from Bramdean to the Hut. The chief obstacle had been Bordean Hill; but the proprietor had offered either to lower it himself, or furnish money sufficient for that purpose. Having detailed, at some length, the advantages of his proposition, Mr Poulter moved—
That the proposed line of the road from Winchester, through Cheriton, Hinton, and Bramdean, to Westmeon Hut, and thence by Bordean to Petersfield, appears to this meeting to be, on all accounts, the most eligible means of effecting the long and much wanted communication between the north-west and the south-east parts of England.
That the said line would be in itself, positively and comparatively, with any other for the same purpose, the most important public accommodation in general, and in particular the most beneficial to Winchester, Petersfield, Cheriton, Hinton, Bramdean, and proportionably so to all other parishes through, or near where it passes.
That, for the above reasons, and having also seen the highly favourable report of Mr Blandford, road surveyor, upon the said line, as well as the concurrent information of other persons conversant with it, this meeting approves of it, and so far adopts it as to proceed in giving the immediate notice necessary for a Bill to be accordingly brought before Parliament the ensuing Session.
That a small immediate subscription be opened for the necessary expenses previous to proceeding in the Act.
That a Committee be appointed to conduct such previous matters, and to communicate with the advertised meeting at Westmeon Hut, on the same subject.
That, supporting such meeting should also appoint a Committee for the same purpose, the two several Committees should, with their consent, act in concert, and afterwards form one joint Committee together, to propose and lay before future general meetings, at Winchester and at Westmeon Hut, a plan, admeasurement, and estimate, of perfecting the said line, for their ulterior determination upon the measure itself, and if that be finally approved, upon the mode of raising the fund for carrying it into execution.
Dr Littlehales thought that some of the Trustees of the neighbouring roads should be consulted previous to the above alteration being carried into effect; and the Mayor suggested the propriety of securing the co-operation of Alresford, a line of road by Ropley Dean and Rumsdean Bottom to Petersfield, being already commenced.
Mr Poulter’s propositions having been seconded, a desultory conversation ensued, and it was at length moved, as an amendment, and agreed to, that the new line of communication be by way of Alresford, and thence to Bramdean, &c.
9-Oct-1824
Staffordshire Advertiser
Last week an old woman, named Legge, was hop-picking in Mr. Leer’s garden, near Petersfield, with her three daughters, whose united ages amounted to 335 years, namely, the mother 105, the eldest daughter 85, second 80, and the youngest 65. It happened that the old woman felt herself obliged to chastise the child of 65 for idleness, remarking, that she feared she would turn out unsteady through life. It is not the least remarkable circumstance, that the old woman has seen seven generations.
9-Oct-1824
Oxford Journal
Petersfield.—A case of importance to Friendly Societies was heard before the Magistrates at Winchester, on Monday. A member who was ill of a fever, having a wife, who had been recently confined, and five children, two of them not able to walk, applied to the overseer of Buriton for relief, which not being granted, as his case required, application was made for a sufficient allowance. The Magistrates decided, that as the man had 8s. per week from the Society, 5s. only should be paid by the parish. The stewards, however, discontinued the club allowance, being sanctioned by their articles, and the Magistrates have therefore summoned them to appear again on Monday next. Opinion of Counsel is to be taken on the case, the result of which will probably be an action in one of the higher Courts, or the dissolution of the Society.
11-Oct-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
PETERSFIELD, Oct. 8, 1824
AT a Meeting of the Committee held this day, for carrying into execution the Resolution of the Trustees at their last meeting, relating to the lowering and altering the Road up Stonar Hill, and continuing the present line of road through Ropley, to the Alresford Turnpike Road, Messrs. Whicher and Brewer having attended as agents on the part of Moses Hoper, Esq. and having delivered in the following statement in writing, viz :—
“My only instructions from Mr Hoper are, that as he has began the road through his Hanger, that he should wish to complete the same according to the line first marked out by him; after which he has no objection to treat with the Trustees of the Rushes Road for a fair remuneration for land and expenses, and also to report to him the views of the Committee now sitting.” JOHN WHICHER.
“P.S. I have no power to treat with the Commissioners for any other line of road through Mr Hoper’s property.”
It was resolved, that the Committee do not feel themselves at all authorised to enter into any arrangement with Mr Hoper with regard to the line of road he is now making through his copse up Stonar Hill, inasmuch as such line of road is not so convenient or so well adapted for the public, as the line of road proposed by Mr Clark, and adopted at the last meeting of the Trustees, a copy of whose resolutions for carrying the same into effect, was transmitted by Mr Hector, the clerk, with a letter, suggesting the propriety of Mr Hoper’s not proceeding in cutting further than through the hillock behind his cottage, where the proposed line of road was intended to enter, and to which extent Mr Brewer (his agent) then and now declares his instructions were at that time only to cut.
It was further resolved, that these Resolutions be published in the two County Papers, and that the several persons interested in the road, be requested to attend the next Meeting of the Trustee, to be held at the Dolphin Inn, Petersfield, on Friday the 15th day of October instant, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, in order to ascertain the amount of subscriptions for carrying into execution the resolutions of the last meeting of the Trustees.
JAMES WHITE, Chairman
11-Oct-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
Monday being the Anniversary of the Beneficial Society of these towns, the members of this excellent institution, joined by many of their honorary members, proceeded to the Chapel in St. George’s square, Portsea, accompanied by the boys (amounting to 200) educated by the society, where an excellent sermon was delivered by the Rev. Mr Benwell. In the afternoon the Mayor and Corporation of Portsmouth, J. Fleming, Esq. M.P. Dr. Quarrier, Mr. Atcheson, of Petersfield, his son, and a number friends to the institution, partook of an excellent dinner in the hall of the society; James Carter, Esq. Mayor, in the chair. The customary loyal and appropriate toasts were drank in the course of the afternoon.
The Rev. Mr Benwell, expiated on the merits of the society, having frequently observed the great benefits it had produced.
On the health of the County Members being given, Mr Fleming returned thanks in behalf of himself and his colleagues, whose absence he regretted. He felt the deepest interest in the welfare and prosperity of the society. Such institutions conferred the greatest benefits, and he considered this establishment as one of the very best of the kind. Another society, upon a similar basis, and upon a more extensive scale, was about to formed in this county, the object of which was to relieve the labouring classes from the baneful and degrading effects of pauperism, and to inspire them with feelings of self respect and independence, which he hoped might restore that spirit of exertion so characteristic of Englishmen, and which had been lost sight of, in some instances, by the deteriorating operation of the Poor Laws. The plan has already me t with confidence on its meeting the utmost support from those gentlemen around him, who were always ready to relieve their less fortunate fellow creatures. It would be of incalculable benefit to the labouring classes, in providing them during sickness and in advance age; and he trusted that when the plan was fully matured, the Hampshire General Friendly Society would be productive of the utmost advantage to the community.
Dr. Quarrier observed, that he would always be happy to forward the views of such institutions. The society which had been alluded to by the Hon. Member for the county, he was satisfied would be of essential advantage to the labouring classes, by giving an impulse to their industry and reward for their exertion, as well as in freeing them from the debasing and demoralizing effects of the Poor Laws. This county would be the first to set an example of such an institution upon an extensive scale, and he contemplated the most beneficial results by its influence and action. His attention had been lately much directed to friendly societies, and he had observed that the most orderly, the most correct, and the best behaved persons, in the extensive district to which he belonged, were members of such societies.
Mr Atcheson regretted that his absence from his native place had prevented him from being an active member. He had always appreciated the merits of the society, and as he had again settled in the neighbourhood, it should in future have his utmost support.
Edward Carter, Esq. apologised for the absence of his relation, one of the Members for Portsmouth, who was on the Continent; and James Carter, Esq. the Mayor, regretted that Admiral Markham was prevented from attending by indisposition. The Mayor assured the meeting that the society had received the fullest support of the Corporation, and the manner in which it had been conducted reflected credit upon all concerned.
Mr. Fleming retired about nine o’clock, and the company soon afterwards separated, highly gratified by the hilarity and harmony which prevailed on this occasion, and much pleased with the urbanity and polite attention of the President. The intervals between the toasts were supplied by some excellent songs from Mr Hewit and other gentlemen. There were no less than 150 honorary and beneficial members present; and the 200 boys educated by the society were regaled with a good dinner.
11-Oct-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
NOTICE is hereby given, to all Persons whom it may concern,—That Application will be made to Parliament, in the next Session, for leave to bring in a Bill for DIVERTING, AMENDING, WIDENING, MAINTAINING, and REPAIRING the ROAD, from the Town of PETERSFIELD, in the County of Southampton, to the ALRESFORD TURNPIKE ROAD leading to London, between the fifty-fifth and fifty-fourth mile-stones, in the County of Southampton; and likewise to Alter, Amend, and Enlarge the Powers of an Act passed in the second year of the reign of his present Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for Repairing and Widening the Roads from Sheet Bridge to Portsmouth, and from Petersfield to the Alton Turnpike Road, near Ropley, in the County of Southampton,” so far as respects the said Turnpike Road from Petersfield to the ????? Turnpike Road near Ropley, and which said Road passes, or is intended to pass, through or into the several Parishes of Petersfield, Buriton, Steep, Froxfield, Colmer, Prior’s Dean, East Tisted, West Tisted, Privet, and Ropley, in the County of Southampton.—Dated this 16th day of October, 1824.
C. J. HECTOR,
JOHN DUNN.
18-Oct-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
Southampton TO WIT.
By Order of the Magistrates.
Clerks for the said Division.
PETERSFIELD, Oct. 14, 1824.
23-Oct-1824
Carlisle Patriot
Mr. Stevenson, a London banker, is expected to start for Petersfield at the general election, in opposition to the interest of Mr. Jolliffe.—London paper
25-Oct-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
FROM WINCHESTER TO PETERSFIELD
G. K. LYFORD, Esq. Mayor, in the Chair;—The following Resolutions were put and carried unanimously:—
That the proposed Line of Road from Winchester, by Bramdean, Westmeon Hut, and Bordean, is the nearest and most level, therefore affords the most eligible means of effecting the long and much-wanted communication between the North-West and South-East parts of England, and especially between the two opposite parts of Hampshire through Winchester.
That the said Line would be in itself, positively and comparatively with any other, the most important public accommodation in general, and in particular the most beneficial to Winchester, Bramdean, and Petersfield, and proportionably so to all other Parishes, through or near where it would pass.
That the due Notices of a Bill in Parliament being already directed to be given for the said Road, and surveys having been made,—A small immediate Subscription be opened to defray those and other necessary expences, previous to proceeding in the Act. That a Committee be appointed to conduct such previous matters, and to communicate with the Westmeon Hut Committee, at Bramdean, on the same subject.
That the several Committees shall act in concert, and afterwards form one joint Committee to purpose and lay before a future General Meeting, a Plan, Admeasurement, and Estimate of perfecting the said Line, for their ulterior determination upon the measure itself; and if that be finally approved, upon the mode of raising the Fund for carrying it into execution.
That the proceedings of this Meeting shall be advertised in the Hampshire Chronicle and Southampton courier, and Hampshire Telegraph.
That the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Winchester, the Dean and Chapter, the Warden and Fellows of Winchester College, Henry Chawner, Esq. the Rev. Thos. Watkins, the Rev. Thos. Westcombe, Mr. Robt. Jessett, Mr. Jas. Ralfe, Mr. J. E. Waight, Mr. Henry Goodeve, and Mr. Garbett, be appointed a Committee, with power to add to their numbers.
That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Chairman for calling the Meeting, and his upright conduct in the Chair.
That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to Henry Chawner, Esq. for his offer to lower Bordean Hill at his own expence, and to give any of his Land through which the Line of Road may pass.
That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Rev. E. Poulter, for his disinterested and zealous support of the measure.
That this Meeting be adjourned to any future day which may be appointed on application to the Committee.
HY. GODWIN, Secretary
25-Oct-1824
Salisbury and Winchester Journal
We hear that Mr. Stephenson, (a London Banker) will be introduced to the Electors of Petersfield (in interests adverse to those of H. Jolliffe, Esq.) at a public dinner on Monday se’nnight, (for the purpose of avowing his intention of offering himself as a Representative of that Borough, at the next Election.—Portsmouth Paper.
25-Oct-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
The inhabitants of this city and suburbs assembled yesterday, pursuant to notice from the Mayor, to take into further consideration the most eligible method of forming a communication between Winchester and Petersfield, with the view of effecting a more direct intercourse between the eastern and western parts of the kingdom. It appeared to be the opinion of the gentlemen present that the new line of turnpike should pass from this city towards Chilcomb, skirting the lower part of Magdalen Hill, on the south side, over the Rabbit Warren, direct to Durden House, Cheriton, and thence to Bramdean, by which course the distance to the traveller between this city and Petersfield would be materially abridged. A gentleman from Alresford presented a communication from the Burgesses of that town, submitting that the proposed new road might be prejudicial to the interests of its inhabitants, and requesting that the present meeting would not sanction any plan which did not include Alresford. In the course of the proceedings Charles Græme, Esq. of Kilmiston House, expressed his decided approbation of the method now proposed, and assured the meeting that he could produce the names of more than fifty gentlemen who were desirous of supporting it; and he entertained no doubt of ultimate success, if proceeded with. The resolutions will be found in another part of this paper.
25-Oct-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
That the proposed line of road from Winchester, by Bramdean, Westmeon Hut, and Bordean, is the nearest and most level, and therefore affords the most eligible means of effecting the long and much wanted communication between the north west and south east parts of England, and especially between the two opposite parts of Hampshire, through Winchester.
That the said line would be in itself, positively and comparatively with any other, the most important public accommodation in general, and in particular the most beneficial to Winchester, Bramdean, and Petersfield, and proportionably so to all other parishes through or near which it would pass.
That the due notices of a Bill in Parliament being already directed to be given for the said road, and surveys having been made, a small immediate subscription be opened, to defray those and other necessary expenses, previous to proceeding in the Act.
That a Committee be appointed to conduct such previous matters, and to communicate with the Westmeon Hut Committee, at Bramdean, on the same subject.
That the several Committees shall act in concert, and afterwards form one joint Committee, to propose and lay before a future General Meeting, a plan, admeasurement, and estimate of perfecting the said line, for their ulterior determination upon the measure itself; and if that be finally approved, upon the mode of raising the fund for carrying it into execution.
That the proceedings of this meeting be advertised in the Hampshire Chronicle and Southampton Courier, and in the Hampshire Telegraph.
That the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Winchester, the Dean and Chapter of Winchester, the Warden and Fellows of Winchester College, Henry Chawner, Esq. the Rev. Thomas Watkins, the Rev. Thomas Westcombe, Mr Robert Jessett, Mr James Ralfe, Mr James Eames Waight, Mr Henry Goodeve, and Mr Garbett, be appointed a Committee, with power to add to their numbers.
That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Chairman, for calling the meeting, and for his up-right conduct in the chair.
That the thanks of this meeting be given to Henry Chawner, Esq. for his offer to lower Bordean Hill at his own expense, and to give any of his land through which the line of road may pass.
That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Rev. Edmund Poulter, for his disinterested and zealous support for the measure. That this meeting be adjourned to any future day which may be appointed on application to the Committee.
25-Oct-1824
Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette
THOMAS SAMUEL JOLLIFFE, ESQUIRE,
Lord of the Hundreds of Kilmersdon and Wellow,
And Representative in successive Parliaments of the Borough of Petersfield
Descended from an ancient Family, of Norman original,
And allied to some of the chief Nobles of the Realm,
He filled an elevated Station in Society with distinguished Ability and Credit,
Conducting himself in all the various Relations of Life,
With the lofty and inflexible Spirit of
A HIGH-MINDED AND SCRUPULOUSLY HONOURABLE GENTLEMAN!
He expired on the 6th of June, 1824, at the close of his 78th Year,
Leaving two Sons and one Daughter.
A Mourning Family erect this Tablet over his ashes!
The imperfect Record of their Father’s virtues,
The faint Expression of their own Gratitude and Veneration.
29-Oct-1824
Morning Post
His Majesty the King—The Duke of York and the other Branches of the Royal Family—the Navy and Army—Success to the Borough of Petersfield, and may its Inhabitants always be enabled to maintain its integrity and Independence—Mr. Stephenson—The House of Brunswick, and may they never forget the principles which seated their Ancestors on the Throne of these Realms—The Lord Lieutenant and the Magistracy of this County—Sir William De Crespigny, Bart., who had favoured the Meeting with his attendance on this occasion—The Members for the County—The Memory of Mr. Norton Powlett, who formerly represented this Borough, and invariably opposed its subjugation by the Family of the present Lord of the Manor—The Bishop and the Clergy of the Diocese—The Rev. James Henville, and the Warden and Fellows of Winchester, with success to that noble monument of the public spirit and munificence of William of Wykeham, a native of this county—The pious memory of Richard Churcher, the founder of the College in this Borough—Mr. Atcheson—The Earl of Egremont, whose liberality and public spirit have contributed so much to the improvement of his County and the neighbouring districts—The Memory of the late Right Honourable Bilson Legge, who formerly represented this Borough, and so successfully maintained the independence of this County against the influence of Lord Bute and others—The Earl of Sherborne—The Honourable Heneage Legge—The Independent Electors of Petersfield, and may they, by their unanimity, firmness, and public spirit, consolidate and secure the liberties of this Borough—Thomas Clement, Esq. with thanks to him for his liberal and disinterested services at the last Election for this Borough—John Butler, Esq.—Civil and Religious Liberty throughout the World—John Atkinson, Esq., whose eminent and disinterested services in the Cause of the Independence of this Borough entitle him to the gratitude and thanks of all the Electors—John Shacklesford, Esq., with thanks to him for the kind, friendly, and hospitable conduct he has invariably shewn to the inhabitants of this Borough—Col. Wyndham—Mr. Villebois, and the Members of the Hampshire Hunt—Mr. William Land—Mr. Windus, with thanks to him for the liberal services he has rendered the Freeholders of Petersfield—The Ladies—Mr. Leer, Mr. Brewer, Mr. William Minchin, and Mr. Allan, the Stewards of the day—The Wooden Walls of Old England—The Landed and Commercial Interests, and may they be for ever united—Ships, Colonies, and Commerce. There were, besides many local toasts given, and Non Nobis Domine—God Save the King—The King and the Church—and other glees, with several beautiful songs, were sung with great effect and spirit by Mr. Evans, Mr. Collier, Mr. Dunn, and other gentlemen.
The company filled the New Ball and another room, and the utmost harmony, good humour, and conviviality prevailed throughout the evening, and at twelve o’clock the whole party retired.
Among the Company present were—
Sir William de Crespigny, Bart. N. Atcheson, Esq. J. Stephenson, Esq. the Rev. James Henville, the Rev. John Vane, the Rev. Thomas Westcombe, William Curling, Eq. John Butler, Esq. W. Daum, Esq. Thomas Clement, Esq. Edward Patrick, Esq. J. Nicholson, Esq. Charles Greetham, Esq. Ralph Eden, Esq. M. D.; John Mellersh, Esq. William Lang, Esq. R. S. Atcheson, Esq. the Rev. A. S. Atcheson, H. Atkinson, Esq. John Windus, Esq. John Atkinson, Esq. W. Glendining, Esq. C. Maison, Esq. J. Peskitt, Esq. ; Mr. Fitt, Mr. Samuel Andrews, Mr. Smith Howard, Mr. Bower, Mr. J. Young, Mr. Shaft, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Floyd, Mr. Silvester, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Powell, Mr. Calvert, Mr. W. Minchin, Mr. Allan, &c. &c.
1-Nov-1824
Salisbury & Winchester Journal
Mr. Stephenson, the banker, arrived a few days ago in Petersfield, for the purpose of canvassing the electors of that hitherto close borough. His friends are sanguine of success; and if good eating and drinking will procure it, he has started first in the race, having entertained a large body of the electors on Monday last, at the Red Lion Inn in that town.
1-Nov-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
PETERSFIELD, Oct. 26.—Yesterday a numerous party of the Independent Freeholders of this ancient Borough, and their friends, dined together at the Red Lion Inn, to commemorate the last determination of the Committee of Appeal of the House of Commons, on the Right of Voting in this Borough, and to receive Mr. Stephenson, who has announced his intention of offering himself, together with Mr. Atcheson, at the next Election as a Candidate to represent it in Parliament. Mr. Atcheson was in the Chair. The following were among the toasts given on this interesting occasion:—His Majesty the King—The Duke of York and the other Branches of the Royal Family—the Navy and Army—Success to the Borough of Petersfield, and may its Inhabitants always be enabled to maintain its integrity and Independence—Mr. Stephenson—The House of Brunswick, and may they never forget the principles which seated their Ancestors on the Throne of these Realms—The Lord Lieutenant and the Magistracy of this County—Sir William de Crespigny, Bart., who had favoured the Meeting with his attendance on this occasion—The Members for the County—The Memory of Mr. Norton Powlett, who formerly represented this Borough, and invariably opposed its subjugation by the Family of the present Lord of the Manor—The Bishop and the Clergy of the Diocese—The Rev. James Henville, and the Warden and Fellows of Winchester, with success to that noble monument of the public spirit and munificence of William of Wykeham, a native of this county—The pious memory of Richard Churcher, the founder of the College in this Borough—Mr. Atcheson—The Earl of Egremont, whose liberality and public spirit have contributed so much to the improvement of his County and the neighbouring districts—The Memory of the late Right Honourable Bilson Legge, who formerly represented this Borough, and so successfully maintained the independence of this County against the influence of Lord Bute and others—The Earl of Sherborne—The Honourable Heneage Legge—The Independent Electors of Petersfield, and may they, by their unanimity, firmness, and public spirit, consolidate and secure the liberties of this Borough—Thomas Clement, Esq. with thanks to him for his liberal and disinterested services at the last Election for this Borough—John Butler, Esq.—Civil and Religious Liberty throughout the World—John Atkinson, Esq., whose eminent and disinterested services in the Cause of the Independence of this Borough entitle him to the gratitude and thanks of all the Electors—John Shacklesford, Esq., with thanks to him for the kind, friendly, and hospitable conduct he has invariably shewn to the inhabitants of this Borough—Col. Wyndham—Mr. Villebois, and the Members of the Hampshire Hunt—Mr. William Lang—Mr. Windus, with thanks to him for the liberal services he has rendered the Freeholders of Petersfield—The Ladies—Mr. Leer, Mr. Brewer, Mr. William Minchin, and Mr. Allan, the Stewards of the day—The Wooden Walls of Old England—The Landed and Commercial Interests, and may they be for ever united—Ships, Colonies, and Commerce. There were, besides many local toasts given, and Non Nobis Domine—God Save the King—The King and the Church—and other glees, with several beautiful songs, were sung with great effect and spirit by Mr. Evans, Mr. Collier, Mr. Dunn, and other Gentlemen. The company filled the new ball and another room, and the utmost harmony, good humour, and conviviality prevailed throughout the evening, and at twelve o’clock the whole party retired.
Among the Company present were, Sir William de Crespigny, Bart. N. Atcheson, Esq. J. Stephenson, Esq. the Rev. James Henville, the Rev. John Vane, the Rev. Thomas Westcombe, Wm. Curling, John Butler, W. Daun, Thos. Clement, Edw. Patrick,— Nicholson, Chas. Greetham, John Mellersh, William Lang, R. S. Atcheson, Esqrs. the Rev. A. S. Atcheson, Ralph Eden, Esq. M. D.; H. Atkinson, John Windus, John Atkinson, W. Glendining, C. Matson, Jas. Clement, J. Hicks,—Lipscombe,— Peskitt, Esqrs. ; Messrs. Fitt, S. Andrews, Smith Howard, Bower, J. Young, Shaft, Lewis, Lloyd, Silvester, Brewer, Powel, Calvert, W. Minchin, Allen, &c.
1-Nov-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
On Monday a very numerous party of freeholders of the borough of Petersfield dined together, at the Red Lion Inn, to commemorate the last determination of the Committee of Appeal of the House of Commons, on the right of voting in that borough, and to receive Mr. Stephenson, who has announced his intention of offering himself, together with Mr. Atcheson, at the next election as a candidate to represent it in Parliament. Mr. Atcheson was in the Chair. The dinner and wines were excellent, and reflected much credit on Holdaway.
1-Nov-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
NOTICE is hereby given, to all Persons who it may concern,—That Application will be made to Parliament in the next Session for leave to bring in a Bill to make and maintain a convenient Turnpike Road, from the city of Winchester to the town of Petersfield, in the county of Southampton; and which said road passes, or is intended to pass, through or into the parish of Saint Peter’s Cheesehill, the vill of Milland, and the several parishes of Chilcomb, Avington, Easto, Ovington, Owslebury, Tichborne, Cheriton, Bramdean, Hinton Ampner, Westmeon, Eastmeon, Buriton, and Petersfield, in the county of Southampton. LANCELOT LIPSCOMB.
Dated the 25th day of October, 1824.
1-Nov-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
NOTICE is hereby given, to all Persons who it may concern,—That Application will be made to Parliament in the next Session for leave to bring in a Bill for DIVERTING, AMENDING, WIDENING, MAINTAINING, and REPAIRING, the ROAD from the Town and Parish of MIDHURST, in the County of Sussex, to the LONDON and PORTSMOUTH TURNPIKE ROAD, between the 52nd and 53rd Mile Stones, near Sheet Bridge, in the County of Southampton, and which said Road passes or is intended to pass through or into the several Parishes of Midhurst, Woolbeding, Stedham, Iping, Trotton, Terwick, and Rogate, in the County of Sussex, and through or into the Tything of Sheet, in the Parish of Petersfield, in the County od Southampton.—Dated the eighteenth day of October, 1824.
WARDROPER and SON, Solicitors
8-Nov-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
NOTICE is hereby given,—That on Monday the 15th of November, 1824, at one o’clock, a General Meeting will be held at the Fox Inn, Bramdean, of all persons concerned in the proposed new Turnpike Road, from Winchester, by Bramdean, to Petersfield, in order, according to the resolutions of former General Meetings, finally to determine upon the measure itself, and supposing that to be approved, on the means of raising the fund necessary for carrying it into execution, when and where all persons particularly interested therein, either of Winchester, Bramdean, Petersfield, or any other intermediate place, and other persons not interested on local, but on public grounds, are earnestly requested to attend.
A joint Committee will be holden afterwards.
22-Nov-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
The Rev. E. Poulter, Chairman.
That a subscription for Shares be accordingly opened.
That the entrance to Petersfield be made independent of the present Turnpike Road, through the Rushes Gate.
That the plan of Mr. Blandford, Surveyor, be adopted.
That a joint Committee be appointed, of gentlemen from Winchester, Petersfield, Bramdean, and the neighbourhood, to meet every Monday, at the Fox Inn, Bramdean, at one o’clock, three of whom to be a quorum, for the purpose of transacting the remaining business; to whom all communications on the subject are requested to be forwarded, through their Secretary, at Alresford.
That the thanks of the meeting be given to the chairman.
29-Nov-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
Application to be made to Messrs Hector and Mitchell, solicitors, Petersfield, or to Edw. Casher, Esq. High-street, Portsmouth—if by letter, the postage to be paid.
6-Dec-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
At the Meeting of the Committee on the intended new road from Winchester to Petersfield, held at Bramdean, on Monday last, several additional shares were subscribed for, and we understand the further consideration of the measure was fixed for the 13th instant.
6-Dec-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
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To the Editor of the Hampshire County Newspaper.
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Perhaps it may occur to many of your readers acquainted with the country that a still further improvement might be made, and save a mile and a half in distance, was the road to be continued direct from Sheet to Stonar Hill, (where the work now carrying on near that spot, by Mr Hoper, would seem to offer great facilities,) by going at once from Sheet, instead of taking the circuitous line by Petersfield. I believe, too, that very little land would be required for this purpose.
13-Dec-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
We are informed that the proposed new road from this city, through Bramdean, to Petersfield, is so far advanced in the shares (the only point ever in question), as to afford perfect security of its success.
A young woman, named Doller, was interred at Petersfield on Thursday, who met her death in the following awful manner: she was about to attend divine service at St Thomas’s Church, Portsmouth, on Sunday afternoon last, and had scarcely entered the pew, when she fell, and instantly expired.
27-Dec-1824
Hampshire Chronicle
The landholders in the vicinity of Petersfield having intimated an intention of turning the Portsmouth and London road through Farnham, instead of Guildford, has prompted the trustees of the present road to the immediate alteration of the road over Hindhead. It is intended, instead of continuing up the narrow, hollow, and extremely dangerous track, called Road-lane, to form a bold road of 40 feet wide, on the west side thereof, upon a level with the surface of the country. On Hindhead common, instead of ascending the hill called Dray Hollow, which rises one foot in nine for a considerable distance, and several other very sharp hills, rising and falling one foot in 10, 11, and 12, up to the highest point, and then descending 80 feet down to the huts; the trustees are cutting a shelf round the side of the Punch Bowl; which, with cutting through two hills of considerable magnitude, and filling up a valley, will enable the public to ascend at the rate of about one foot rise in 45. The new line opposite the highest point of the old road will be 80 feet lower, and will also be shorter by nearly a furlong; it is to be 30 feet wide, cut out of the solid, and the waste earth will form a bank of at least seven feet high, on the west side, completely sheltering this hitherto very bleak and exposed part of the road. The improvement is now in active progress, upwards of 150 men being employed in carrying it into effect.
27-Dec-1824
Hampshire Telegraph
1825
3-Jan-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
Dated the 22nd day of December, 1824.
TO THE WEST SUSSEX and EAST HAMPSHIRE INFIRMARY.
Names of subscribers
His Grace the Duke of Richmond
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Lord Robert Spencer
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Sir George Staunton, Bart.
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N. Atcheson, Esq. of Petersfield
R. S. Atcheson, Esq. of Petersfield
Rev. A. S. Atcheson, Rudwick
Building
£. s.
600 0
100 0
100 0
10 0
10 0
5 0
Subscriptions
£. s.
21 0
10 0
5 5
10-Jan-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
Clerk to the Trustees of the above Road.
ORIGINAL STAGE WAGGONS.
J. VICK, in joining Mr. GODDARD, solicits a continuance of those favours the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public have so liberally conferred on his Partner, and assures them, id assiduity and attention can ensure their commands, nothing shall be wanting on his part to deserve them.
**** Their Waggons load at the George Inn, Borough, as usual, every Tuesday and Friday afternoon; at Emsworth, every Tuesday and Saturday morning; and return from Petersfield Monday and Thursday mornings.—PETERSFIELD, Dec. 31, 1824
17-Jan-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
The Portsmouth Quarter Sessions of the Peace were holden on Thursday and Friday last, before the Right Worshipful James Carter, Esq. Mayor; Wm. Selwyn, Esq. Recorder, Edw. Carter, Joseph Smith, Daniel Howard, and David Spicer, Esqrs. Justices; when the following prisoners were tried:—
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Wm. White, aged 38, for stealing one thousand yards of lace, the property of Geo. Collins. Prosecutor is a linen-draper at Titchfield, and on the 24th of November last, he got upon the Economist coach at Petersfield on his way to Portsmouth, putting two boxes of goods into the boot. When they arrived at Kingston Cross the prisoner jumped upon the coach, as it was proceeding on, and after having rode a few minutes got down again and walked off; on the arrival of the coach at the office one of the boxes containing the lace was missing, and a great part of the property was afterwards found in his possession,—7 years transportation.
17-Jan-1825
Salisbury & Winchester Journal
Meetings were last week held at Basingstoke, Odiham, Petersfield, and elsewhere, for the purpose of promoting in these places the establishment of the Hampshire General Benefit Society.
24-Jan-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
At a Court Leet, held on Monday last at Petersfield, the following officers were chosen:—Mr John Meeres, Mayor; Mr George Todman, constable; Messrs. Tigg and Bradley, tithingmen. There are several questions now pending, concerning former transactions of the Steward of the Leet. This year there was a new Steward, against whose conduct several objections were raised, which will probably furnish grounds for an application to the Court of King’s Bench.
31-Jan-1825
Morning Chronicle
31-Jan-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
It is Resolved,—That such an offer be accepted, and that the necessary Securities be prepared by the Clerk, previous to the next Meeting.
At this Meeting the following Letter from Moses Hoper, Esq. having been read—
LONDON, 6th January, 1825.
Sir—I have now to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2nd inst. accompanied as it was by a copy of the Resolutions at a Meeting of the Trustees of the Turnpike Road, held on the preceding day at Petetsrfield.—I flatter myself confidently that the Trustees can but be aware of the disposition (not to say anxiety) which I, from the very first have manifested to meet in a fair and liberal manner, an arrangement highly advantageous to the public, as well as to the Trust; notwithstanding such a measure can but be attended with a considerable sacrifice on my part. Entertaining as I do this disposition, I am very fearful that the Meeting proposed by the Gentlemen who were present at their last Saturday’s Meeting would not be attended with those satisfactory results so much to be desired, viewing as I own I can but do, the spirit in which unfortunately these Resolutions appear to me at least to be drawn up, and the consequences which the latter part of them seem to me calculated to convey, should I not accede to propositions with regard to which I am at present at least totally in the dark. It will, however, I assure you afford me much satisfaction, if my conjectures should prove ill founded.—I am, Sir,
M. HOPER.
It was further Resolved,—That as it thereby appears that Mr. Hoper is not disposed to meet the Committee appointed by the Trustees at their last Meeting, in order to effect the compromise proposed with respect to an eligible Line of Road through his Hanger up Stonar Hill, that it is the decided opinion of this Meeting, that Mr. Hector, in conjunction with Mr. John Dunn, do persevere in their proceedings for obtaining the Act of Parliament, for which the Notices have been already given; and that immediate application be made to all parties interested to contribute towards raising the funds for obtaining such Act of Parliament, and effecting the proposed Alteration and Improvement of the Road. And then the Trustees adjourned themselves to meet on Friday the 4th day of February next, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, at the Dolphin Inn, Petersfield.
7-Feb-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
Portsmouth by way of Farnham.—Every exertion is making to promote this interesting new route, which, by the survey of Mr Brookes, will reduce the distance from London to Portsmouth, through Farnham, several miles. It will likewise effect the long wished for object of opening the communication from Windsor and the adjacent country, with Sussex, Isle of Wight; and the various cheap conveyances by steam packets that sail from Portsmouth, makes it important in a commercial point of view. The distance from Farnham to the Portsmouth road, at Petersfield, is but 16 miles, over a country of trifling value, and principally Crown land; the expense per mile will be but little above £500. Much praise is due to the Commissioners of the road, for their exertion and perseverance, and to those gentlemen who have set down their names to advance the means to accomplish the same.
Since the publication of our last week’s paper, we understand a meeting has taken place of the proprietors of the proposed new line of road, through Guildford and Farnham to Petersfield, and from thence to Portsmouth, instead of the present road over Hindhead, and the advantages to be derived from substituting the one for the other, as the general route to Portsmouth appeared so manifest, that a skilful person has been directed to take a survey of the country, and report what, in his opinion, would be the straightest and most eligible line of road to be adopted, and the probable expense of the undertaking. When it appears to Government, that by this course of communication between the metropolis and that great naval arsenal, Portsmouth, will be greatly facilitated—that during deep snows the road will not be likely to be choked up, and that the present dangerous narrow and winding track to the summit of Hindhead will be avoided, and a flat and straight road substituted in its place, there can be no doubt that the measure will receive their support. Subscriptions to a considerable amount have already been entered into, and any additional sum which may be required to carry into effect will be easily procured. We congratulate the public that some plan has at length been found practicable for avoiding the terrific road over Hindhead, which has long been proverbially tiresome and fatiguing both to traveller and beast.
11-Feb-1825
Evening Mail
There are now living at Nursted, near Petersfield, a mother and three daughters, whose united ages amount to 330 years, the mother 105, eldest daughter 85, second daughter 78, and the youngest, a frisky girl of only 62 years of age. The venerable matron is in the full possession of all her faculties.—Brighton Gazette.
12-Feb-1825
Berkshire Chronicle
A new turnpike road is to be formed from Brighton, through Petersfield and Winchester, to Bath
14-Feb-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by JOHN CAWLEY, at the Dolphin Inn, Petersfield, on Tuesday the 15th day of February, 1825, between the hours of four and six o’clock in the afternoon,—All that FREEHOLD DWELLING-HOUSE, together with the Out-Houses, Garden, and about two Acres of excellent Water Meadow LAND, all adjoining together, and pleasantly situated in the village of Sheet, and near the turnpike road, where coaches pas and repass daily to and from London and Portsmouth.
The House gives right to an excellent Trout Stream, and common rights of Petersfield Heath and Sheet Common.
The above Premises were late in the occupation of the proprietor, Mr. George Holland, and are in a good state of repair, and fit for the reception of a genteel family, and immediate possession will be given.
For a view of the above Premises, apply to the Auctioneer, and for further particulars, to Messrs. Hector and Son, Solicitors, Petersfield.
21-Feb-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
Saturday, February 19, 1825
The 1st and 3rd divisions of the 97th regiment have marched through this city on their route to Chatham, for embarkation to India. The 2nd detachment took their march through Petersfield, Midhurst, &c. The fine appearance of these young soldiers, and their civil demeanour, are a theme of admiration.
21-Feb-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
Considerable advantages are anticipated by those inhabitants of Bath, from the intended communication between that city and Brighton, by the way of Winchester and Petersfield.
21-Feb-1825
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Winchester and Petersfield Road; …; Petersfield and Alton Roads
26-Feb-1825
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FRIDAY, FEB. 25.
BILLS READ A FIRST TIME.—…; Winchester and Petersfield Road;
28-Feb-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
PETERSFIELD.—The return of our market on Wednesday was—Wheat £17 to £18 per load; Barley, 34s. to 44s.; and Oats 21s. to 28s. per qr. Pease 53 6d. per bushel; Bread 1s 7d. per gallon.
2-Mar-1825
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FRIDAY, MARCH 1.
BILLS READ A SECOND TIME.— …; Winchester and Petersfield Road;
7-Mar-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
The House is in a pleasant and airy situation, and consists, on the ground floor, of an entrance passage, and two good parlours in front, excellent kitchen and pantry, and wash-house, with a pump of good water therein; seven exceeding good bed-rooms, four of which are on the second floor, and store-rooms, good cellars, court-yard, fuel-house, kitchen garden, two-stall stable, with loft over, &c.
For further particulars apply at the Post Office, Petersfield; if by letter, free of Postage.
☞ The London and Portsmouth Coaches pass the House daily.
7-Mar-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1825
The following prisoners were tried, against 23 of whom the sentence of Death was recorded, viz.
James Dawes and Wm. Dawes, for breaking into the house of Henry Watts, at Stainbridge, near Petersfield, in the night of the 19th of February, and violently assaulting and beating the said Henry Watts.
14-Mar-1825
Sussex Advertiser
LONDON, SATURDAY NIGHT.
Friday, 11th March.—Midhurst and Petersfield Road Bill, reported; to be ingrossed.
14-Mar-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
and PETERSFIELD to the ALTON TURNPIKE ROAD.
Clerk to the Trustees
16-Mar-1825
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YESTERDAY, MARCH 15.
BILLS REPORTED: TO BE INGROSSED.—…; Winchester and Petersfield Road;
18-Mar-1825
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21-Mar-1825
Sussex Advertiser
22-Mar-1825
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YESTERDAY, MARCH 21.
28-Mar-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
WE feel ourselves bound to take the earliest opportunity of announcing to you that it is not our intention to offer ourselves as Candidates upon the vacancy which has occurred in your representation, in consequence of SIR PHILIP MUSGRAVE having vacated his seat to become a Candidate to represent the city of Carlisle in the present Parliament. In postponing, however, to solicit your suffrages until the next General Election, we beg to assure you that it arises from no want of confidence in the result even upon a firm and lasting basis, which we trust, will at all times be found to be the guide of our conduct.
At the next General Election we shall avail ourselves of the flattering assurances of support which we have received from you; and we doubt not, that with the zealous and efficient co-operation which the decision of the Committee of Appeal has enabled you to afford, we shall most fully succeed in reinstating you in the free and unbiased exercise of those franchises which a single family has usurped from you for many years.
With the expression of our warmest thanks to you for the kind and gratifying manner in which we have been invariably received by you,
We beg leave to subscribe ourselves, Gentlemen, your obliged and faithful servants,
H. F. STEPHENSON.
28-Mar-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
28-Mar-1825
Evening Mail
A new writ was ordered to be issued for the return of a burgess to serve in the present Parliament (in the room of Sir Philip Musgrave) for Petersfield.
CARLISLE.—The recent death of Sir James Graham, Bart., has created a vacancy in the representation of this city, which, it is understood, will be contested by Alexander Nowell, Esq., of Underly Park, Westmorland, and Sir Philip Musgrave, Bart., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, and vacated Petersfield. Sir Philip Musgrave will, it is said, be succeeded at Petersfield by Colonel Lushington.—Evening paper.
28-Mar-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
The projected new turnpike road to Portsmouth, through Farnham, is in a forward stage, the line having been surveyed and measured by two eminent surveyors, and plans prepared, in readiness for a general meeting, to be forthwith held. The distance from Farnham to Petersfield appears to be only 14 miles, and will effect a saving of more than a mile between Guildford and the latter place, and of course the like saving in the whole length from London to Portsmouth, which will be reduced to 71 miles from the standard in Cornhill, and 69 from Hyde Park Corner. In addition to the fact of a reduction in distance, it may be observed, that a more beautiful scenery to please the traveller’s eye cannot be contemplated, than the hanging woods seen on the line through the Holt Forest and adjacent villages. It is also worthy of notice, that not a single rise or hill of the most trifling importance impedes the passage, which on comparison with that terrific Hindhead on the other road, even in its altered state, must be the greatest recommendation to the new line becoming the general route. The present road from Farnham to Petersfield (being through Alton) is 22 miles.
28-Mar-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
The Act for making a new turnpike road from Winchester to Petersfield having passed both Houses of Parliament, without any opposition, received the Royal assent on Wednesday. Lord Shaftesbury highly complimented the gentlemen who had been most active in promoting this undertaking, which he regarded as of great public utility, by effecting a direct intercourse, not only between the north and south of this county, but also with Bath, Cheltenham, Brighton, and other parts of the kingdom. Preparations, we understand, are already commenced, for several contingent communications and public conveyances, in anticipation that the road will be speedily completed.
28-Mar-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by JOHN CAWLEY, at the Dolphin Inn, Petersfield, on Saturday the 9th day of April, 1825, between the hours of five and seven in the afternoon, in six Lots, viz.—
Lot 2.—57 Ditto, at Penhill and Causeway Meads, marked 2
For a view of the timber apply to William Hall, of Petersfield, and for further particulars (if by letter, post paid) to the Auctioneer, or Messrs. Hector and Son, solicitors, Petersfield.
4-Apr-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
I cannot appreciate the “beauty” of the proposed route from Farnham to Petersfield, being unacquainted with that part of the country; but I can admire the new piece of road already made on the old line, by which all the “terrors” of Hindhead are avoided, and I can also appreciate the value of a further improvement now in progress for avoiding Road Lane; and I can affirm that, when this last mentioned improvement is completed (to say nothing of others which are in view,) the old line will be much the shortest, as it is already the most direct, that can be projected from London to Portsmouth.
In speaking of the non-existence of hills, the Hog’s Back, between this town and Farnham, appears to have been forgotten. This hill, I have reason to think, is nearly as high as Hindhead; at least, I know, by experience, it is a very long and a very strong pull for a horse to draw a chaise to the summit.
Presuming that a due regard for impartiality will induce you to publish the merits as readily as you have proclaimed the defects of the old road.
4-Apr-1825
Sussex Advertiser
Monday, March 21.—…; —Petersfield and Alton Road Bill; read a 2d time, and committed.
Tuesday, March 22.—Petersfield and Alton Road Bill; petitions presented against; to lie on the table.
4-Apr-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
6-Apr-1825
Hereford Journal
Mr. Scott, who escaped from the King’s Bench last week, has been retaken at Petersfield, Hants, and committed by the Marshall to close confinement in the strong room of the prison.
7-Apr-1825
Dorset County Chronicle
The projected new turnpike road from London to Portsmouth, through Farnham, is in a forward stage.
9-Apr-1825
Bristol Mirror
On Saturday Sir Philip Musgrave was elected Member of Parliament for Carlisle; and on the same day Colonel Lushington was elected for Petersfield, vacated by Sir Philip Musgrave
11-Apr-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
At a Meeting of the Trustees of the New Turnpike Road from this city to Petersfield, on Monday last, at Bramdean, it was resolved that the road should be forthwith proceeded in at three different points—the first division to extend from Winchester to Durden House—the second thence to Bordean Hill—and the third from that hill to Petersfield—under the superintendance of a Committee of subscribers resident in the respective districts, with the assistance of Mr Blandford, surveyor.
We understand the meeting at Farnham, on Thursday last, for considering the projected new road from that place to Petersfield, was most numerously attended. The Chairman (J. Macdonald, Esq. M.P.), in a neat and able address, explained the great importance of the measure. Resolutions for carrying it into effect, and expressive of the advantages the public will derive, were passed unanimously.
11-Apr-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
11-Apr-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
After which Sir WILLIAM JOLLIFFE rose and said, my brother Freeholders, in addressing you, I must ask your kindness, and I should find great difficulty in doing so, if I had it not in my power to propose to you a person whose private worth and the services he has rendered his Country, as well as his Independent Politics, render him worthy of receiving this honour at your hands.—(Hear.)—I assure you, you must allow me some little feeling upon this subject. The gallant officer I am about to propose to you has been called upon to serve his country in the plains of India,—he commanded his Regiment with so much credit to himself, as to have been frequently noticed in the Gazette of this country. On one occasion, when in command of a force of cavalry, he received public thanks for the services he rendered, and his own gallant conduct; he likewise received the rewards which your Sovereign confers upon personal valour. In his politics he is a firm supporter of our King and Constitution, and he is related very nearly to a Member of that Ministry, through whose measures our country is now—(Hear!)—raised to such an unparalleled height.—(Hear.)—He hopes to be placed in that situation in which every Englishman must feel himself thoroughly independent, when he considers the way in which he is to be returned. I am convinced, in proposing Colonel Lushington to you, he will receive the votes of the Independent Freeholders of this Borough—(Hear.)—and I can safely affirm that his conduct will be such as to reflect credit upon himself and the advancement of your interests. I feel quite certain, that if he should succeed in obtaining the honourable post for which he is a candidate, that his conduct will be such as, not only to ensure entire approbation, but even should be again present himself to you—(hear.)—you will again receive him with equal confidence!—(Hear.)
Mr. HYLTON JOLLIFFE.—Freeholders. In seconding the nomination that has been made. I shall take up very little of your time, as so much has been said upon the honour and military character of the gallant Colonel, and the services he has rendered. He has, as the proposer has stated, received from his Majesty that mark, which those receive who distinguish themselves in the hour of danger; there is no doubt those who feel this principle will give him their support; he feels anxious and possesses a laudable ambition to become one of your Representatives in the House of Commons; and his character, I trust, will merit your suffrages. I have very little doubt there will, on another occasion, be other candidates whose merits may be equally strong, but as during a poll of several days I shall frequently have an opportunity of addressing you. I shall not take up more of your time now. Mr. ATCHESON.—Before the nomination which has been made, and seconded, is submitted to the Freeholders. I conceive it necessary to say a few words. The character of that Gallant Officer, Colonel Lushington, is not unknown to me, connected as I am with the Army, of which he was so distinguished a member; and therefore it would be uncandid and improper in me to throw out the slightest insinuation either upon his military or his private character. I Likewise know his family and connections, and I have only to lament that with his splendid acquirements he should have been driven to the necessity of coming down under the venal and corrupt influence which has so long prevailed here—(Hear!)—to obtain a seat, as the Representative of this much-injured Borough, for the remainder of the present Parliament. It is idle to talk of the next Parliament and the next Election. The Committee of Appeal of the House of Commons having permanently fixed the right of Election in this Borough, you now have it in your power to exercise your rights in the most unlimited and unrestricted manner, and not circumscribed, as you have been on former occasions.—(Hear!)—One good effect it has already produced—the attendance of the second in Mr Jolliffe’s interest. You have now at least the opportunity of seeing him, and informing yourselves of his political opinions. Up to a very late period, and for almost a century, that second candidate never made his appearance here.—This is the third time only during that long period, Mr. Jolliffe and his family have condescended to make you personally acquainted with HIS Nominee: and if no other benefit has been derived from the determination of the Committee of Appeal, it is an advantage not to be overlooked, that the second candidate is now compelled to come down and at least to pay you the compliment of appearing before you, if not of endeavouring to acquire some knowledge of your local interests and views, whilst his presence here gives you the certain opportunity of stating to him freely and independently, your sentiments upon every topic which ought to engage his attention as a Member of the House of Commons.—Gentlemen, at the next general Election, Mr. Stephenson and myself will present ourselves to you—(Hear!)—ready to enter into the contest, with a fixed determination to support your independence with our most zealous and active exertions; whilst Mr. Jolliffe and his friends will never have any reason to complain of any thing irregular or ungentlemanly in our conduct. We will meet him honourably, and fairly try the strength of both parties. Again I thank you, Brother Freeholders, for the kind support which you have invariably given me, and I assure you that I will never desert you.—(Loud applause.)
Mr. JOHN ATKINSON.—I take it for granted that the Hon. Candidate is prepared with his qualification.
The POLL CLERK, at the table,—Do you, wish him to be sworn to it?
Mr. JOHN ATKINSON.—No; I shall be satisfied with his assurance that he is. Gentlemen, there is something so novel and so pleasing in having the Member for this Borough and his Nominee present before us, that I must make a few remarks upon the occasion. For the last fifty years your Elections have been controlled by Mr. Jolliffe’s family. You are now happily relieved from that thraldom. It has been their practice to nominate to you candidates who have not paid you the common civility of a visit upon the occasion of the Election; and you late Member (Sir P. Musgrave) like the former nominees of the old dynasty, has left you, and quitted your service very unceremoniously. Your future Candidates will not treat you so. They will have some competitors to contend with: and if I had known there would have been so many of you here to-day, I would have brought down two Candidates for your choice, in opposition to the gallant Stranger who now appears before you; and although Mr. Jolliffe seems to expect, as a matter of course, you will return whoever HE recommends, I must be permitted to remark, that in all the enquiries I have made, I have never discovered that any one beneficial act for the town or neighbourhood, has ever emanated from the Jolliffe Family, or THEIR Nominees! However, there is yet a Gentleman I may propose, although he may not be prepared to accept the honour which your suffrages may confer upon him. The Gentleman I am about to name is one very well known in this County for his independent politics, although most of us do not approve of his Borough practice, which has not been so liberal as we could wish. Gentlemen, the individual I mean to nominate is Mr. HECTOR. You are so well able to appreciate his merits and his claims to your support, that it is quite needless for me to enlarge upon them. Mr. Mayor, I propose Mr. Hector as a fit person to fill the vacant seat for this Borough.—(Shouts of applause and laughter.)
Mr. CHARLES GREETHAM.—I beg leave to second the motion.
Mr. HECTOR expressed his surprise at this very unexpected proposition.—Mr. HYLTON JOLLIFFE treated it as a good natured joke.—The subject gave rise to a discussion between Mr. Lang, Mr. Hector, jun. and Mr. Greetham.—Mr. HECTOR observed, he wished every gentleman to be represented; but though rotten Boroughs, like Country Bankers, may be deemed a great evil, they are and must be resorted to as necessary; some gentlemen who have abused Country Bankers have notwithstanding found their assistance requisite and very convenient.
Mr. LANG regretted the existence of that connection between Mr. Hector and Mr. Jolliffe, which prevents Mr. H. from acting in that place in conformity with those liberal politics which he is known to do in the County generally. But, though his (Mr. H.’s) consistency may therefore be called in question, he knew he had been too long a reformer to swerve from the principles he has espoused. The fact is, Mr. H. has so long acted as the confidential agent and manager for Mr. Jolliffe, that he, no doubt, thinks he cannot honourably or honestly act against him.—This consideration compels him to act in opposition to that constitutional system, to which no honest and sensible man can be an enemy, as it protects alike the liberty of the highest and the lowest, and which, as to our property, says, that nothing shall be taken from us without our own consent, or that of our representatives. But, gentlemen, these borough practices are verging fast towards their termination. Not, however, before it was high time for them to be rooted out. You know it has been avowed over and over again, that seats are bought and sold: nor is it denied, that such has been the case with yours. In some boroughs a veil of hypocrisy is thrown over those transactions, and the bribe is postponed, but the corruption is the same. In these boroughs what a farce is carried on. Amongst them, Petersfield has been not a little notorious. Here we have seen the conveyance of the elective franchise handed over in the morning, and received back at night. The rights of the inhabitants have been borne down by these proceedings, and nothing was left to you but the name and mockery of representation. How could it be expected that men so returned to Parliament would therefore become sound and zealous supporters of the laws and of that constitution, which, in their road to the House of Commons, they have trampled upon and despised.—(Loud applause.)—Your borough is now open, and must be so, but it will depend upon whether there will be virtue enough in the people to avail themselves of the opportunity afforded them to come forward like me, and Englishmen, to support those who so nobly won the battle for them.—(Loud applause.)—If there is a General Election, and they will not come forward to support and follow up the victory that has been achieved, they deserve to fall into the trammels that have been for so many years galed and oppressed them, but which like the gloom of night, are gradually disappearing. I wish to see all Close Boroughs, all Rotten Boroughs, thrown open, and that the people of this country shall have that which, by the Constitution, they are justly and properly entitled to—a fair vote in the election of their representatives. If you go to a poll, I shall be happy to support my friend’s nomination, and without meaning any thing disrespectful to Colonel Lushington, I should be happy to see Mr. Hector prefered-upon this occasion.
Mr. HECTOR.—I feel great pleasure in hearing such sentiments expressed of my political principles. I hope I shall die in them; but I should be the last man living to attempt to be returned for this Borough, and therefore, I must decline the honour you intend me.
Colonel LUSHINGTON.—Gentlemen, although I feel anxious for the honour of representing you in Parliament, I feel a difficulty in addressing you, being so little known to you, but being presented to you by Sir William and Colonel Joliffe, I must stand upon very strong grounds. It is not necessary for me to say much. If I am fortunate enough to receive your countenance I shall hope to shew, that your regard and confidence have not been misplaced; and in particular you may rest assured, that the rights and interests of the Borough of Petersfield will be the object of my particular regard and attention. I should not have said a word more had not Mr. Atcheson mentioned the rumours alluded to, and for which I feel obliged to him, as it enables me to say, and I do assure you upon my honour and character as a gentleman, “that all expenses will come out of my own pocket.”
Mr. JOHN ATKINSON.—We have a right to expect something explanatory of the political principles of Colonel Lushington. There is a large field before him; he will favour us perhaps with his opinion upon the Catholic Question, the Corn Laws, Parliamentary Reform, or the more liberal policy that has been extended in the commercial relations of the country, and in the alterations of the Navigation Laws. I should hope he would give us something like a pledge, that when he meets us here again we may judge whether he has fulfilled it or not. We have a right, I think, to expect at least something of this kind from him.
Colonel LUSHINGTON.—I have no hesitation in replying in part. I have not been two months in this country, and the Corn Laws and Reform in Parliament I am not so familiar with as to give a decided opinion; but as to the Catholic Question. I am decidedly Protestant, and shall resist further concessions to the Catholics.
Mr. LANG.—The candid admission of the Gallant Officer calls only for one observation; this is an additional motive why we ought to vote for Mr. Hector; he has been so long before the public, and his principles are so well known, and his conduct so decided, that we should no doubt be independently represented.
A shew of hands then took place, and it appeared doubtful which had the majority; but the Mayor declared the election in favour of Colonel Lushington.
Mr. JOHN ATKINSON.—I should not at all think of taking up the time of this Court a moment longer, or of introducing another subject foreign, apparently, to this Election, but I must for the sake of my own feelings as a freeholder, as Colonel Joliffe at the last Election alluded to “CHURCHER’S COLLEGE,” and declared most unequivocally the charges which he said had been made elsewhere against him and his family were false. I ask, therefore, whether the debt of 1,600l. and upwards, due from the late Mr. William Jolliffe to Churcher’s College, has been paid by him? Mr. HYLTON JOLIFFE rose and said—I refer you to the Master in Chancery.
Mr. JOHN ATKINSON—You see, Gentlemen, you cannot obtain a declaration, or any explanation, whether the debt due to Churcher’s College from the late Mr. Joliffe has been paid or not. I was anxious that you should have that information. It appears, that Colonel Jolliffe is not prepared to answer the question. I thought he might be glad of the opportunity to do so.
The MAYOR—I think that question ought to be dispensed with.
Mr. JOHN ATKINSON—I only followed the example of Mr. Jolliffe, who introduced it at the last Election.
The MAYOR then said—I declare Colonel Lushington duly elected to represent this Borough in the present Parliament. Colonel LUSHINGTON—Gentlemen, you must allow me a few words in acknowledging the kindness you have conferred upon me. I beg to offer you my sincere and grateful thanks for the honour you have done me; and I trust no part of my conduct will ever call forth your reprehension.
14-Apr-1825
Dorset County Chronicle
15-Apr-1825
Coventry Herald
Borough of Petersfield—James Law Lushington, Colonel in the Honourable East India Company’s Military Service, in the room of Sir Philip Musgrave, Bart. Who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
29-Apr-1825
Globe
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YESTERDAY, APRIL 28.
3-May-1825
Globe
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YESTERDAY, May 2.
14-May-1825
Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser
PORTSMOUTH new and elegant Light Post Coach, the Regulator, to carry only Four Inside, through Kingston, Guildford, Petersfield, and Portsea, every Morning at a quarter past 8.
16-May-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
23-May-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
Married at St. Marylabonne Church, on Tuesday, by the Rev. Edmund Poulter, Prebendary of Winchester, the Rev. Brownlow Poulter, Rector of Buriton, near Petersfield, eldest son of the Rev. E. Poulter, to Harriette, youngest daughter of the late James Morley, Esq. formerly of Kempshot, in this county, and Member of Council at Bombay.
30-May-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
C. J. HECTOR,
Clerk to the Trustees.
PETERSFIELD, 24th May, 1825
30-May-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
Alresford, May 27, 1825
30-May-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
Petersfield, May 24, 1825
30-May-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
6-Jun-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
A mural Tablet has recently been placed in the Chancel of Petersfield Church, to the memory of T. S. Jolliffe, Esq. who expired during the late year at his seat in Somersetshire, where the decease of this venerable and accomplished gentleman produced an impression which is still deeply and extensively felt. On the marble is the following inscription:—
THOMÆ SAMUELIS JOLLIFFE, Armigi.
Veteri Normannorum genere oriundi—
Qui
In Collegis Wintoniensi optimorum atrium studiis expolitus, tandem in Senatu Britannico grave legume latoris munus sustinuit; Civium hujusce municipal suffragiis, et proborum assenau honestatus
PETERSFIELDIÆ
Vicem in Comitiia gerens.
Dotibus turn animi, tum corporis ornatus,
Judicis limato;
Cornis, elegans, integer;
Magnum, haud mirum cat, sul desiderium, post se reliquisse.
Præfuit cumitatui Somerset ; Vieccomes ;
Et Magistratus Officis
Summa fide, prudentia, et dignitate perfunctus,
AMMERDONIÆ
Ubi sedem cocaverat, prope BATRONIENSES,
Gratur patriæ, meritis, virtute, et farna clarus,
Bonis omnibus flebilis, Naturæ concersit,
Sexto die Junii, A. D. MDCCCXXIV.—Æt. Suæ LXXVIII.
Patri, pio, prœstanti, optimo,—hoc, quatecunque sit, marmor
Poni curavit,
Et in posteris sacratum esse voluit,
Filius, natu maximus, et hueres.
9-Jun-1825
Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette
On Wednesday morning last, as some of the labourers were forming a part of the new turnpike road, between Alresford and Petersfield, in a secluded spot beyond Ropley, they discovered a human skeleton, which, from the size of the skull, which contained a complete set of teeth, and the rest of the bones, appear to be the remains of a man who had attained his full stature. The skull was not more than six inches below the surface; the rest of the bones to the feet were gradually deeper. From the position of the bones it is certain that the body was rudely and hastily interred.—These remains leave room to conjecture that some unfortunate human being might have met with a violent death and a lonely grave in this retired place.
20-Jun-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
ADVANTAGEOUS INVESTMENT.
The above Estate possesses extensive common rights for sheep and cattle.
Further particulars may be known on application (if by letter, post-paid) to Messrs. Hector and Son, Solicitors, Petersfield.
23-Jun-1825
Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette
…
Our author takes a trip into the country:
“May 1st. Up early, and bated at Petersfield, in the room which the King lay in lately at his being there. Here very merry, and played with our wives at bowles. Then we set forth again, and so to Portsmouth, seeming to me to be a very pleasant and strong place; and we lay at the Red Lyon, where Haselrigge and Scott and Walton did hold their council, when they were here, against Lambert and the Committee of Safety.”
4-Jul-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
PETERSFIELD.—There has been but little variation in our Market of late. On Wednesday the price of Wheat was from £16 10 to £17 10 per load; Barley, 34s to 36s; Oats, 24s to 28s per qr.; Pease, 5s 6d per bushel; Bread, 19d per gallon.
The twenty-second anniversary of the Petersfield Friendly Society being on the 24th of June, the members, according to their annual custom, assembled at an early hour, and walked in procession, preceded by a band and colours, to church, headed by some of the honorary members, and the Rev. John Whicher, who delivered an excellent discourse from the 12th chapter of Romans and 10th verse. After divine service they walked in the same order of procession to the Fighting Cocks Inn, where a dinner was provided for the occasion, and served up in good style by Mrs. Pearson; nearly one hundred and sixty partook of it.—As soon as the cloth was removed, the President (Mr. John Mears) read a report of the state of the society, which gave universal satisfaction, the funds being considerably augmented, amounting now to nearly £1000. The day was passed in the most convivial manner; the toast, the song, and glee, accompanied with music, filled up the amusement of the afternoon. The whole was conducted in the most orderly manner, and the party separated at an early hour, every one highly delighted with the day’s pleasure.
25-Jul-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
25-Jul-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
Whoever will give Information to Messrs. Hector and Son, Solicitors, Petersfield, so that the Offenders may be apprehended, shall, on their conviction, receive a REWARD of TWENTY GUINEAS.—The Wool is of the finest quality.—PETERSFIELD, July 23, 1825
8-Aug-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
Lot 1.—All that valuable FARM and LANDS, called Westmark Farm; consisting of a good Farm-house, barn, stable, and convenient Out-buildings, and about 42 Acres and 3 Roods if excellent Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND.
Lot 2.—A BARN, STABLE, and COWPENS, situate on Broad Bush, together with a Piece or Parcel of Arable LAND thereto adjoining, containing by estimation eleven Acres
Lot 3.—A Piece or Parcel of Arable LAND, nearly adjoining Lot 2, called Stoney Field, containing by estimation, 9A. 2R.
Lot 4.—A Piece or Parcel of Arable LAND, called the Yonder Weston Field; situate in Love Lane, and containing by estimation, 5A. 1R.
Lot 5.—A Piece or Parcel of Arable LAND, called Stents Field, situate near Petersfield Heath, containing by estimation 9A. 3R.
The whole of the above Premises are situate in the Tything of Sheet, and entitled to extensive Common Rights on Sheet Common and Petersfield Heath, several of the Lots nearly adjoin the Town of Petersfield and present good Sites for Building. The Buildings are all in good repair, and the Land in a high state of cultivation.—Possession may be had at Michaelmas, if required.
Further particulars may be known, by applying (if by letter, post-paid), to Mr. John Ring, of Sheet; to the Auctioneer; or Messrs. Hector and Son, Solicitors, Petersfield.
8-Aug-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
Died on Sunday last, at Petersfield aged 24, Miss Mary Parsons, daughter of Mr John Parsons. This young lady had for several years assisted her aunt (Miss Parr) in her seminary for young ladies, and acquired general esteem for her kind and pleasant mode of imparting instruction.
15-Aug-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
NEW ROADS.—Continued exertions in various parts of the county of Hants are making for the improvement in old roads, and the formation of new ones, to facilitate the communication so long wished for, between the West of England and Sussex; and on no previous occasion has so much been accomplished in so short a time. Already is the new road from Winchester to Petersfield in considerable progress; the road from Basingstoke to Alresford, through Preston Candover, is repaired; and from Alresford to Petersfield nearly completed. The hills at Hindhead and Portsdown are much lowered, and the steep and dangerous ascent at Stonar Hill, between Petersfield and Alton, is removed or avoided by a new cut round the other side of the hill.—New Roads are likewise in contemplation from London to Portsmouth by way of Farnham, also Chichester to Petersfield, Midhurst to Petersfield, and Alton to Liphook, the latter uniting the Portsmouth and Gosport roads within a distance of nine miles.—We may congratulate the promoters of the various undertakings on the system adopted, at once advantageous and convenient to the public, beneficial to the poor by producing employment, and to the landed proprietor increase of the value of property in the various districts.
15-Aug-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
Petersfield Market on Wednesday was very thinly attended, on account of the harvest. Wheat, £16 to £17 per load; fine New Wheat, £19 per load; Barley, 36s. 40s.; and Oats, 24s. to 28s. per qr.; New Peas, 6s per bushel; Bread, 1s 7d per gallon.
22-Aug-1825
Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser
The following MAILS and other COACHES, go from the above Inn:—
PARIS ROYAL MAIL, via Dover, Tuesday and Friday Nights, at Twelve.
PORTSMOUTH and GOSPORT MAIL, through Godalming, Petersfield and Portsea, every Evening, at a Quarter-past Seven, and Sunday at Half-past Six. On its arrival a Packet sails to the Isle of Wight, to convey Passengers and Parcels, and a Mail Coach sets off to Chichester, through Drayton, Havant, Emsworth, &c.
22-Aug-1825
Caledonian Mercury
THE FARMS of WINHAM, DARTLY MARSH, LOWER HOUSE, and part of ROGATE COMMON, extending, in whole, to 733 acres English measure. These lands lie contiguous, and would form one or two excellent farms. They are situated two miles from the market town of Petersfield, to which there is a good turnpike road, 19 miles from Portsmouth, and 50 miles from London. The lands are chiefly arable, and the remainder rich meadow pasture, all of the very best quality, well adapted for the improved mode of husbandry, tythe free.
The proprietor being desirous to have a respectable and intelligent tenant from the Lothians, Berwickshire, or Roxburghshire, will treat upon favourable terms for a lease.
A plan and measurement of the farms may be seen in the hands of Mr Henry Davidson, Sheriff Clerk, Haddington, who will give any further information wanted.
Haddington, August 1825
29-Aug-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
Farnham, August 25, 1825.
5-Sep-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
PETERSFIELD FAIR.
The Fair for cattle will be held on Petersfield Heath, and the Sheep Fair in a Field contiguous. Coops may be obtained by applying to John Cawley, Petersfield, on or before the 26th of September, 1825.
5-Sep-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
Sheet is in a fertile and sporting country, and in a good neighbourhood, one mile from the market town of Petersfield, 19 from Portsmouth, and 54 from London. Several coaches pass to and fro through the village daily.—The house is well supplied with water at all times.
A trout stream close to the grounds, and a pack of hounds kept in the neighbourhood. The poors rates are remarkably low.
Apply to William Seward, Alton, Hants—if by letter post-paid.
5-Sep-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
Died on Sunday, at Petersfield, Mrs Meare, relict of the Rev. John Meare, aged 58 years. And on Monday, Mr John Brewer, aged 87.
7-Sep-1825
Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser
Monday Major Ridge, who was at his brother’s seat, at Vining, near Rogate, Petersfield, on a shooting excursion, went out with his servant to enjoy the sports of the field. After going over a hedge, his servant handed him the gun through the hedge, with the muzzle towards him, when it accidently went off, and the contents passed through the Major’s body. When the account left he was alive, but there was little hope of his recovery. The family were in the greatest distress, and the whole parish lamented the accident, as he was universally respected.
12-Sep-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
County of Southampton.
List (1) GENERAL CERTIFICATES, At 3l. 13s. 6d. each;
…
Greetham, Charles Petersfield ;
12-Sep-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
On Monday last Major Ridge, while on a shooting excursion at Rogate, near Petersfield, having passed a hedge, in receiving his gun from a servant on the opposite side, with the muzzle towards him, the piece went off and slightly wounded him in the side and shoulder. We are happy to learn that this gallant officer is in a fair way of recovery, and that the injury is not of that alarming nature which has been represented.
12-Sep-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
List 1.
(both from Petersfield)
Greetham, Charles, esq.
Humphrys, S N
19-Sep-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
19-Sep-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
The 53d regiment is ordered for garrison duty at Portsmouth. The first division marched into Petersfield to-day; they will arrive on Monday.
26-Sep-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
LIST 1.
Atkinson, Henry, jun.
Bencraft, Stephen
Chase, John
King, F esq
Meeres, John
Whicher, Rev.John
Petersfield
Petersfield
Petersfield
Petersfield
Petersfield
Petersfield
…; Jolliffe, William, by R G Temple, esq for Crux Easton;
3-Oct-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
Died, on Sunday last, at Turnham Green, aged 76 years, Mrs. Elizabeth Hector, of Gower-street, Bedford-square, London, mother of Cornthwaite John Hector, Esq. of Petersfield.
10-Oct-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
Died, on the 21st September, in his twenty-second year, at Thorpe Grange, Greta Bridge, Yorkshire, after a short illness, Mr. George Patrick, youngest son of Edward Patrick, Esq. of Petersfield.
10-Oct-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
PETERSFIELD, October 6, 1825
13-Oct-1825
Dorset County Chronicle
Petersfield Annual Stock Fair was more respectably and numerously attended on Thursday last, than upon any former occasion; about 3000 head of Devon and Welch cattle, and 5000 sheep and lambs were brought for sale, upwards of one half of which met with a ready sale, at rather advanced prices. All parties, dealers and buyers, were well pleased; and this mart, for business, bids fair to rival all the neighbouring ancient cattle fairs; the situation being convenient and commodious, and in the direct road from Wales and the West of England to Sussex and Kent.
24-Oct-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
Married on the 8th instant Mr Butterfield, of Weston, to Miss Hearsey, niece of J. Lipscomb, Esq. of Petersfield.
31-Oct-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
Died, on Monday last, at Petersfield, aged 79, Mrs Jolliffe, relict of James Jolliffe, Esq. late of Woolverton, in the Isle of Wight, and mother of Wm. Jolliffe, Esq. of Jarvis Court, in this county.
7-Nov-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
For a view of the Premises, apply to Mr. Robert Green, the tenant, and for further particulars, and to treat for the same, (if by letter, post-paid), to Mr. C. J. Hector, Solicitor, Petersfield.
7-Nov-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
The Commissioners for the examination of Charities have this week inspected Churcher’s College, Petersfield, and the other benevolent institutions belonging to that town and neighbourhood.
Died on Tuesday, at Petersfield, Mrs Gosden, aged 71 years.
The new road from hence to Petersfield is in such a state of forwardness as to justify a reasonable expectation that it will open for travellers at Christmas.
14-Nov-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
17-Nov-1825
Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette
DIED. … At the Heath, Petersfield, Mary, wife of Edw. Patrick, esq.
21-Nov-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
At Petersfield Market, on Wednesday, Wheat sold from £15 to £17 per load; Barley, 38s to 43s and Oats, 26s to 28s per qr.; Peas, 6s per bushel—Bread, 1s 6d per gallon.
28-Nov-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
Married, on Thursday last, J. Powell, of Chichester, to Miss C. Edwin, Liss, near Petersfield
3-Dec-1825
Oxford Journal
12-Dec-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
Apply to J. Z. County Newspaper Office, Winchester—if by letter free of postage.
19-Dec-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
WANTED, by a Family who resides constantly in the Country.—An active respectable MAN, in the capacity of FOOTMAN.—Wages, sixteen pounds per annum, and Livery.—Enquire of Mr. Parsons, Post-office, Petersfield.
19-Dec-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
PETERSFIELD, Dec.17. There never was so little business doing as at our market last Wednesday. The weather prevented many dealers attending, and the great confusion which the failure of Messrs. Williams London Banking-house caused, put a stop to all sorts of trade, fears being thereby excited in the country people, with respect to the stability of our Bank.—A sharp run continued three days; but the people of the town were so perfectly satisfied, that not one of them took a note to be exchanged, but sent all the cash they had to the Bank, to support Messrs. Hector & Co.—Every gentleman in the neighbourhood did the utmost in his power to assist the Bank, which soon put an end to these applications, all demands being answered.
26-Dec-1825
Hampshire Telegraph
Petersfield Bank.—The notes of Messrs. Hector, Bencraft, and Co. will be paid by Messrs. Hoare, Barnett, and Co. pending the arrangements making by Messrs. Williams and Co. for resuming their business.
26-Dec-1825
Hampshire Chronicle
The new line of road between this city and Petersfield being nearly completed, the collection of tolls has commenced at Petersfield Gate, and we are gratified to state that the amount far exceeds the most sanguine expectations.
1826
2-Jan-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
On Thursday an inquest was held before Mr Longcroft, … at Weston, near Petersfield, on view of the body of Harriet, the wife of Henry Bridger, a labourer, who went to bed in perfect health, was taken suddenly ill in the night, and died almost immediately. Verdict—Died by the visitation of God.
9-Jan-1826
Hampshire Telegraph
FOR YOUNG GENTLEMEN,
HARTING, NEAR PETERSFIELD.
No Entrance.—Each Young Gentleman to be furnished with a Knife, Fork, and Six Towels, which will be returned on his leaving School.
Harting is delightfully situated, and highly esteemed for the purity of its air. Distance—Four miles from Petersfield, and six from Midhurst; through which London and other Coaches pass daily.
☞ A Quarter’s Notice will be expected previous to the removal of a Pupil.
The Establishment will RE-OPEN on the 23d of Jan.
9-Jan-1826
Hampshire Telegraph
Miss Parr, of Petersfield, with her usual benevolence to the poor, entertained the Sunday School Children, with the old English fare of roast beef and plumb-pudding.
16-Jan-1826
Hampshire Telegraph
Mr. Hector, of Petersfield, has given to the Poor of Petersfield and Liss 100 blankets.
23-Jan-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
23-Jan-1826
Morning Post
The Annual Election of Mayor of the Town and ancient Borough of Petersfield, took place on Monday the 16th instant, according to usual custom, when THOMAS PENFOLD, Esq., was chosen by a large majority, and took the oaths of office.
30-Jan-1826
Sussex Advertiser
The benevolent Lady Mildmay has, among her numerous acts of charity, transmitted to the Mayor of Petersfield, the sum of fifty pounds, to be applied as he may consider most conducive to the relief of the wants of the poor, during the inclemency of the winter season. The blessings of the poor are upon this Lady.
30-Jan-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
At Petersfield Market, on Wednesday, the price of Wheat was from £14 10s to £15 10s per load—Barley, 36s to 38s; and Oats, 24s to 28s per qr.—Peas, 6s per bushel—Bread, 1s 5d per gallon.
30-Jan-1826
Morning Post
BURITON, January 12th, 1826.
30-Jan-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
6-Feb-1826
Hampshire Telegraph
The House contains two parlours, with all appropriate domestic Offices, front and back staircases, with six bed-rooms, and convenient closets.
The Premises are situate on the High-street, are in complete repair, and form a very compact and desirable Residence.—Particulars may be had of Mr. F. Brewer, Builder, Petersfield; or at Mr. John Diaper’s, Portsmouth.
6-Feb-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
New Road from Farnham to Petersfield and Portsmouth.—The arrangements for accomplishing this important undertaking are in active progress. Nearly the whole of the landowners on the line have signified their intention to give up the land requisite gratuitously, and the Commissioners of Woods and Forests have, with a praiseworthy determination to improve that district, not only given up the necessary quantity of Crown land through Woolmer Forest, to the extent of several miles, but expressed their intention of appropriating £1000 towards the completion of the undertaking.
13-Feb-1826
Sussex Advertiser
Clerks to the Justices of the Peace of the
Upper Division of Chichester Rape.
13-Feb-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
On Wednesday, at Petersfield Market, Wheat sold from £14 to £15 10s per load; Barley, 34s to 37s; Oats, 24s to 28s per quarter; Peas, 6s to 6s 6d per bushel.—Bread, 1s 5d per gallon.
20-Feb-1826
Hampshire Telegraph
TO be SOLD,—Ten to Twelve Couples of useful, short legged HARRIERS, that hunt well together; or they would be sold in Lots.—Apply to Mr. R. Parsons, Petersfield, Hants.
20-Feb-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
Thursday being the first anniversary of the Petersfield Mechanics Institution, it was celebrated by the members supping together at the Golden Horse Inn. Several new members were admitted, and as it is about to be encouraged by several gentlemen, it will no doubt become a numerous and flourishing society. The library will comprise the most useful and instructive publications as they issue from the press. The supper was served up in Read’s best style, and the evening was spent in convivial harmony.
27-Feb-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
Petersfield Market, on Wednesday, was very dull—500 quarters of Barley unsold. The prices were :—Wheat £13 10s to £15 per load; Barley 34s to 35s; Oats 25s to 27s per quarter; Peas 6s per bushel.—Bread 1s 4d per gallon.
The Petitions against any alterations in the existing Corn Laws of the Hampshire Agriculturalists, bearing numerous and respectable signatures, from the following places, viz. Winchester, Andover, Basingstoke, Stockbridge, Lymington, Romsey, Alresford, and Alton, were presented to the Commons’ House last night by G. P. Jervoise, Esq. Others from Portsmouth, Fareham, Newport, Havant, Petersfield, and Christchurch will also be presented on Monday next. The duplicates of the above to the Upper House are, we understand, placed in the hands of Earl of Malmesbury for presentation.
27-Feb-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
The first County Court of the new Sheriff, Sir Charles Henry Rich, Bart. Was held at the Castle, on Wednesday. After the Sheriff’s Patent and Writ of Assistance were read, Sir Charles was duly proclaimed, as were also the following officers:—… The undermentioned gentlemen were appointed Deputies of the Sheriff, for granting Replevins :— …; Mr. C. J. Hector, Petersfield; … The Court, which is held on every fourth Wednesday is adjourned to the 22d of March.
27-Feb-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
Lot 1.—84 Oak Trees, on Beerland Farm, in the parish of Buriton
Lot 2.—62 Ash Trees, on ditto.
Lot 3.—75 Ash Trees, on ditto.
Lot 4.—Seven Elm Trees, on ditto.
Lot 5.—119 Oak Trees, on Ramsdean Farm, in the parish of Eastmeon.
Lot 6.—25 Ash Trees and one Elm, on ditto.
For a view of the respective lots apply to the tenants; and particulars may be had at the inns in the neighbourhood; of Mr. Osborn, Hayling; and of the Auctioneer, Petersfield.
6-Mar-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
NOTICE is hereby given,—That the Trustees of the Turnpike Road, under an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of King George the Fourth, “For making and maintaining a Turnpike Road from the city of Winchester, to the town of Petersfield, in the county of Southampton,” will meet at the house of Richard Barnard, known by the sign of the Fox Inn, near Bramdean, on the 20th March inst. at the hour of twelve noon, in order to consult about erecting a Toll Gate on the side of the said Turnpike Road, at or near Bramdean, across a certain Highway, called Wood Lane, there, leading to New Alresford, in the said county.
9-Mar-1826
Fife Herald
Race Extraordinary.—On Tuesday week the inhabitants of the borough of Petersfield were much amused at a race of a very novel nature. A worthy Alderman of that ancient Borough had a start with a knowing Barber and his Pig for a stake of Forty Sovereigns. Some of the knowing ones were taken in, for contrary to their expectation, Puff and his Pig won the match cleverly by a head, to the great joy of his friends who backed him freely at starting, as they had some doubt of the Alderman’s bottom, and knew that M’Adam’s flints over which he had to run, would prove particularly annoying to him.
13-Mar-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
Some benevolent ladies in Petersfield have lately formed themselves into a committee for the purpose of collecting subscriptions to afford relief to poor married women when lying-in.
13-Mar-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
Petersfield Market was well supplied with grain: but few sales were effected, although every thing was lower.—Wheat £13 to £14 per load; Barley 30s to 32s; Oats 24s to 26s per quarter; Peas 5s 6d per bushel.—Bread 1s 4d per gallon.
20-Mar-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
Catalogues may be had in due time, of the Auctioneer, at Petersfield, and at the principal inns in the neighbourhood.—The things may be viewed one day previous to the sale.—The sale to begin at 12 o’clock each day.
27-Mar-1826
Hampshire Telegraph
19-Apr-1826
Morning Advertiser
Mr. JERVOISE presented Petitions from Portsmouth, Newport, Petersfield, Christchurch, and three other places in Hampshire, against any alteration of the Corn Laws.
24-Apr-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
A new Town-hall is now building in Petersfield, under the direction of Hylton Jolliffe, Esq.; the old one having been found not sufficiently commodious for the transaction of public business, has been pulled down.
29-Apr-1826
London Courier and Evening Gazette.
SHOOTING and HUNTING.—A Considerable sum is expending to make BORDEAN HOUSE a complete gentlemanly and comfortable residence. It is situate in one of the most beautiful spots in Hants, 4 miles from Petersfield, 55 from London, in the midst of the Hambledon and H.H. Fox Hounds; together with the exclusive right of shooting over the Bordean Estate, containing upward of 1,000 acres of old inclosed arable land, with fine woods, coppices, and wide hedge rows for game. Capital new stables for seven horses, double coach house, a lodge, a gardener’s cottage, two large walled gardens, paddock of 30 acres of very superior grass land, two ponds, and fine spring water. The Estate has some beautiful walks and fine views, and the new turnpike-road from Petersfield to Winchester runs near the house.—May be had for three or six years, from Midsummer next.—Address (post paid) to Henry Chawner, Esq., Newton Manor House, near Alton.
N.B. A Working Bailiff, and his Wife, as Dairy Woman, &c. &c., want places.
1-May-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
LANCELOT LIPSCOMB, Clerk to the said Trustees.
1-May-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
Further particulars may be known by applying (if by letter post-paid) to Mr. C. J. Hector, Solicitor, Petersfield.—PETERSFIELD, April 26, 1826
1-May-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
The new road from this city, through Bramdean to Petersfield, and thence to Midhurst and the eastern part of Sussex, has been opened this week. This communication will be of considerable public advantage, as by avoiding the hills and reducing the distance, the journey to Petersfield may be performed with greater ease, in one hour less than heretofore. The line of the road is particularly pleasant; the view from Cheesefoot Head is very extensive; the drive thence to this city is sheltered from the north winds, and the church and village of St. Cross, with the adjacent scenery in the valley, are objects which cannot fail to interest the traveller.
8-May-1826
Hampshire Telegraph
A Capital FREEHOLD HOUSE, Workshops, Outhouses, large Yard and walled Garden, capable of being divided into a number of Votes for the Borough of Petersfield, will be SOLD by AUCTION, on Friday, May 19th, 1826, at four o’clock in the afternoon, unless previously disposed of by Private Contract, of which notice will be given.
The above Premises are situated in the centre of the town, has a modern Shop Front, and are well adapted for carrying on any business to a large extent.
For a view of the Premises, and for particulars, apply to Mr. W. Minchin, Builder, Auctioneer, &c. Petersfield; if by letter, post-paid.
☞ Early possession may be had.
8-May-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
The Bill for making a new road from Farnham to Petersfield has received the Royal assent. The public are not perhaps aware that this new line of road has been in agitation for some time, in consequence of the many steep and dangerous hills on the Portsmouth road between Godalming and Petersfield, particularly that over Hindhead, and though great credit is due to the trustees for the improvements lately made, still the natural obstacles which present themselves are insuperable. It has long been matter of surprise that no new line of road could be formed by which these difficulties might be avoided, particularly when the importance of the communication between the metropolis and Portsmouth is considered. Government, we find, have given it their support and liberally subscribed; and the public thanks are due to James Macdonald, Esq. M.P. for his exertions in passing the Bill, as well as for a handsome subscription. A direct communication will be opened by this road between the Isle of Wight and Windsor.
29-May-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
Farnham, May 26, 1826.
1-Jun-1826
Birmingham Chronicle
| Place | Members | Voters |
|---|---|---|
| Andover | 2 | 24 |
| Christchurch | 2 | 50 |
| Hampshire | 2 | |
| Hythe | 2 | 40 |
| London | 4 | 12,000 |
| Petersfield | 2 | 140 |
| Portsmouth | 2 | 100 |
| Southampton | 2 | 800 |
| Stockbridge | 2 | 106 |
| Winchester | 2 | 34 |
12-Jun-1826
Hampshire Telegraph
PETERSFIELD, June 10] …The Election for Petersfield took place this morning. Sir Wm. Jolliffe, Bart. proposed — Marshall, of Patterdale, in the County of Westmoreland, Esq. which nomination was seconded by Gilbert Jolliffe, Esq.—The Rev. Robert Samuel Jolliffe, in a very appropriate address, in which after touching slightly upon the late ineffectual opposition, he strongly recommended that every thing which had passed should be forgotten, and which from the honourable and manly character of Col. Jolliffe, he was sure would be the case on his part, proposed Colonel Jolliffe as the other Member. This nomination was seconded by Mr. Hector, and Colonel Jolliffe and Mr. Marshall were both declared duly elected, and returned thanks.
12-Jun-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
NOTICE is hereby given,—That on the eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, an Order was signed by the Honourable William Gage and the Reverend Edmund Poulter, two of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace, in and for the county of Southampton, for stopping up a certain Highway, opposite Durden House, of the length of seven hundred and fifty-nine yards, laying between the Winchester and Petersfield turnpike road and Honey Lane, in the parish of Cheriton, in the said county of Southampton; and that the said Order will be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace for the said county, at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be holden at Winchester, in and for the said county, on the tenth day of July next; and also that the said Order will, at the said Quarter Sessions, be confirmed and enrolled, unless upon an appeal against the same, to be then made, it be otherwise determined.
19-Jun-1826
Globe
William Marshall, Esq. the new Member for Petersfield, is a Barrister at law, and son of Mr. Marshall, one of the candidates for Yorkshire.
19-Jun-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
On Saturday the election of two Members for Petersfield took place. Sir W. Jolliffe proposed Mr. Marshall, son of Mr. Marshall, a candidate for the county of York. Mr. T. R. Jolliffe proposed Hylton Jolliffe, Esq. These gentlemen were declared duly elected, and in the afternoon a numerous body of the electors sat down to an elegant dinner at the Dolphin Inn.
26-Jun-1826
Globe
The following account of the changes made in the House of Commons is, no doubt, far from complete, and it will be difficult to make it so till the opinions of some members are “made up” more decidedly than at present; as far as it goes, however, it shews a decided addition to the number of the members favourable to emancipation.
Places for which returns
have been made
Petersfield
The new Members returned
in favour of emancipation
Marshall
The old Members who have
retired opposed to it.
Col. Lushington
26-Jun-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
MARRIED—On Wednesday, at Alverstoke, Cornthwaite Hector, Esq. of Petersfield, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Monlas Budd, Esq. and niece of John Edw. Shackleford, Esq. of Petersfield.
26-Jun-1826
Hampshire Telegraph
HORNDEAN, 19th June, 1826
At a Meeting of the Trustees who were appointed Committees at the Portsmouth and Petersfield Ends of the Turnpike Road leading from Portsmouth to Sheet Bridge, for the purpose of considering the best mode of Lowering and Improving the Road over Butser Hill, the following Resolutions were entered into:—
That it appears most desirable to this Meeting to carry into execution the plans of Mr. Hollingsworth, for Lowering the Road over Butser Hill, and, therefore, it is resolved unanimously, that the same be adopted, and that the work to be done, be conducted by the Surveyors of the Road, under the direction of a Committee, to be appointed at the next Annual Meeting.
That the Committees recommend, that a certain sum be expended annually out of the Monies arising from the Tolls of both ends of the Road; such sum to be settled and decided upon by the Trustees, at their next Annual Meeting.
That it be further recommended, that the Trustees at the Petersfield end of the Road, do, previous to the next Meeting, make a regular Survey of the exact line of road intended to be made, so as to ascertain what land it may be necessary to take in, in order to make such Road, and do make their Report at such Meeting.
THE ANNUAL MEETING of the TRUSTEES of the above ROAD, will be held at the Ship and Bell Inn, Horndean, on Monday the 3rd day of July next, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, to audit the Accounts, Report on the state of the Road, and on other Business.
J. S. SHUGAR.
1-Jul-1826
Salisbury & Winchester Journal
Wednesday se’nnight was married at Alverstoke, Cornthwaite Hector, Esq. of Petersfield, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Mondas Budd, Esq. and niece of John Edw. Shackleford, Esq. of Petersfield.
3-Jul-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
DIED.—Mrs. Ambrose, wife of Lieut. Ambrose, R. N. and sister of Mr. Mitchell, solicitor, Petersfield.
5-Jul-1826
Dublin Morning Register
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
We there found that the population of the unrepresented Parish of Manchester amounted to 187,031. Being desirous of ascertaining how many represented boroughs united would give a population equal to our unrepresented Parish, we set about adding up the numbers in each, as contained in the table of returns, and found that the united population of one hundred boroughs amounted to only 185,197.
We subjoin the list, and beg our readers to recollect, as they read over the names of these miserable villages, that each of them sends two Representatives, forsooth, to Parliament:
| Lymington | 3164 | |
| Midhurst | 1335 | |
| Petersfield | 1752 | |
| Stockbridge | 715 |
...
Can any one read this list of places which send two hundred members to the Honourable House, and bearing in mind that Manchester, which has a population greater than that of them altogether, is without one single representative,—can any one read this list, and contend that the people of England are represented.
The list, however, presents too favourable a view of the system. The numbers given include all the inhabitants of the Boroughs, while in many, we believe we may say in the majority of instances, the inhabitants have no more to do with the election of members than the man in the moon. Let us take Midhurst for example. It has a respectable population. There are nearly as many people in it as are employed in Mr. Murray’s factory; but they are not electors. “The constituent body,’ says Oldfield, “consists of one hundred and eighteen STONES, denoting where the same number of burgage tenures are to be found. These are represented at an election by three or four of the proprietor’s friends, each holding a piece of parchment in his hand, called a conveyance, which invests them with a right, pro tempore, of acting as proxies for the dumb body of constituents!” St. Mawes too, looks respectable in the list; it is set down as having 1648 inhabitants—about as many people as are employed in Messrs. McConnell and Kennedy’s factory; but the number of voters is only six! Another instance, to show that the list, bad as it exhibits the system to be, is yet too favourable, and we have done. Wootton Bassett, which has had the honour of sending, to augment the “collective wisdom of the empire,” our worthy townsman George Philips, Esq., the doughty advocate (in former times) of annual Parliaments, universal suffrage, and election by ballot;—Wootten Bassett appears in the population returns, and in the above list, with a respectable population—a large population—exceeding probably by three or four hundred, the number of persons Mr. Philips employs in his mill in Salford; but the number of voters is only one hundred, and we presume they have as little to say in the choice of their representative, as any of Mr. Philips’ spinners in Salford have in dictating to him what he shall say in that Honourable House of which he is so distinguished an ornament.
8-Jul-1826
Oxford Journal
DIED.—At Petersfield, John Edw. Shackleford, Esq. aged 87.
10-Jul-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
ALL Persons having Demands upon the Estate of JOHN EDWARD SHACKLEFORD, late of Petersfield, in the county of Southampton, Esq. deceased, are requested to transmit the particulars thereof within one month to Daniel Quarrier, Esq. Little Green, or Mr. Cruickshank, solicitor, Gosport, the executors of the will of the said John Edward Shackleford, in order that the same may be investigated and discharged.
10-Jul-1826
Hampshire Telegraph
MR. G. DUSAUTOY returns his sincere Thanks to his many Friends for their kind patronage during the last Twenty-five Years. In soliciting their future favours, he requests to assure them that he will be studious to introduce among his Pupils such new methods of instruction as may be more congenial with the improved intellect of the age; on that assurance he humbly rests his claim to a share of their future patronage.—Terms moderate.—No entrance.
An ASSISTANT wanted, who has received a Classical Education, and who has some experience in the improved method of tuition.
Letters, post-paid, enclosing testimonials of conduct and ability, will be duly attended to.
Catalogues, 6d each, may be had in due time at the Red Lion, Petersfield; Swan, Alton; Anchor, Liphook; Ship and Bell, Horndean; and of the Auctioneer, Emsworth.
10-Jul-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
The house comprises excellent underground cellars, well proportioned eating and drawing rooms, breakfast parlour, kitchen, brewhouse, larder, and other convenient offices on the ground floor; six good bed chambers and two apartments for servants on the first floor, and four bed rooms in the attics. In the yard are stables for four horses, coach house, cart shed, and fuel houses. The gardens and orchards are about three acres in measurement, and well stocked with choice fruit trees, shrubs, and flowers. From the drawing and breakfast rooms are entrances to a wide green walk and avenue of trees, extending a quarter of a mile to the heath, and there opening to the view of a large sheet of water, a richly wooded valley, and the distant hills of Sussex. The fields adjoining the avenue contain 15 acres of excellent Pasture Land and three acres of Meadow.
Early possession can be given of all the premises, together with the use of a large detached barn, if required.
For a view and other particulars, application may be made to Mr. Robert Cross, on the premises; Mr. James Crook, auctioneer; or Mr. Cruickshank, solicitor, Gosport.
10-Jul-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
15-Jul-1826
Berkshire Chronicle
**** Those marked thus ( n ) were not in the last Parliament.—Those marked thus ( a ) are new for the respective places.—Those marked ( t ) are returned for more than one place.—All the rest are re-elected.
…
Petersfield Colonel Jolliffe, M. Marshall n
17-Jul-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Mr. CROOK, on the premises, by direction of the Executors, on Monday and Tuesday, the 24th and 25th of July, 1826, at eleven o’clock each day;—All the entire Household EQUIPMENT, late the property of John Edward Shackleford, Esq. deceased; comprising lofty full sized double screwed four-post and cottage bedsteads, with carved mahogany fore-posts, Merino damask, rich town print chintz and fine corded dimity furnitures, and window curtains to correspond; hair and wool mattresses, prime seasoned bordered Dantzic swan and goose feather beds, Bath blankets, Marseilles quilts and counterpanes; chintz pattern Brussels, Kidderminster, and Venetian carpets; imperial hearth rugs. In mahogany are capital Hispaniola dining and breakfast tables, cellaret sideboards, wine coolers, knife and spoon cases, inlaid card and Pembroke tables, en suite; capital wardrobe, lobby, and dressing drawers; night commodes, bed-steps, pot-de-chambre cabinets, basin stands, dressing tables, bidets, two sets of dinning-room chairs, set of japanned black and gold drawing-room, bed-chamber, lounging, and bed ditto; six carved black mahogany hall chairs; a fine marble slab, surmounted on fancy brackets; escritoir, bureau and book-cases, hall lamps, part of a fine coffee equipage, and assemblage of cut and plain glass, tea urn and stand, fenders, fire-irons, and a full complement of dairy, laundry, kitchen, and culinary utensils.
And on Wednesday the 26th of July, at twelve, will be sold, Miscellaneous PROPERTY: including two ricks of prime meadow hay, about 12 tons; one acre of peas, 12 bushels of barley, 17 fleeces of wool, 14 sacks, a fine young cow forward in calf, a red cow with calf at foot, 18 Southdown ewes, six lambs, sow and six pigs, a black cart horse, raved cart with iron arms, cart harness, plough, harrows, and drag; capital seasoned brewing gear, wine and beer casks, cask stands, an excellent malt mill, a pleasure boat and gear, nearly new; a marquee, 10 chaldrons of coals, fire-wood, large corn bins, bottle rack, ladders, four garden seats, two stone rollers, and sundry garden implements; 3000 plain tiles, 2000 bricks, oak and fir quarter; four and six-pannelled doors, wainscoting, glazed sashes, and many other items too numerous to insert.
May be viewed on Saturday preceding and on the mornings of sale, and catalogues at 6d each, may be had in due time, on the premises; at the Anchor, Liphook; Red Lion, West Meon and Horndean; Black Dog, Emsworth; Dolphin, Havant; Mr Harrison, Parade, Portsmouth; and of Mr Crook, 125, High-street, Gosport
17-Jul-1826
Hampshire Telegraph
On Monday last Mr. Mitchell, Solicitor, of Petersfield, was unanimously chosen Clerk to the Trustees of the Petersfield and Portsmouth Road, vacant by the resignation of C. J. Hector, Esq.
17-Jul-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
DIED.—July 4, at Camberwell, Surrey, aged 62, Miss Marden, formerly of Petersfield.
17-Jul-1826
Morning Post
There was a match of cricket played on Twyford Down, between the gentlemen commoners and townsmen, on Monday last, which was won by the latter, by 48 runs. There was another (return) match, at the same place, on Thursday and Friday, between Winchester and Andover, which was won by the latter, by four runs.
22-Jul-1826
Birmingham Journal
…
Petersfield——Colonel Jolliffe, M. Marshall* (* new member)
31-Jul-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
On Tuesday a rabid dog passed through Petersfield, biting at every dog in his way. Mr. H. Lintott, witnessing his own favourite dog bitten, destroyed the animal immediately—an example which should be followed by other gentlemen, whose dogs were attacked at the same time.
31-Jul-1826
Hampshire Chroniclel
At Petersfield, on Wednesday, the prices were—Wheat £13 to £14 per load; Barley 33s to 36s; Oats 27s to 30s per quarter; Peas 6s to 7s per bush. Bread 1s 4d. per gallon.
5-Aug-1826
Sheffield Independent
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Petersfield . . . Colonel Jollife, W Marshall, n
5-Aug-1826
Star (London)
…
John Hector and Stephen Bencraft, Petersfield, Hampshire, bankers
5-Aug-1826
Star (London)
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…
Petersfield, Colonel Joliffe t
W. Marshall, n. w
10-Aug-1826
Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet
House of Commons
⁂ Those marked thus ( a ) were not in the last Parliament. Those marked thus ( b ) are new for the respective places. All the rest are re-elected.
Petersfield—Colonel Joliffe, M Marshall a
11-Aug-1826
Coventry Herald
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED
12-Aug-1826
Royal Gazette of Jamaica
Petersfield, Mile-Gully,
Aug. 2, 1826
Whereas a dark Bay FILLY, five years old, 14 hands high, having a small slip of white on his nose, and marked B on near thigh, was lent to a Mr Baxter on the 2d of June, who rode the said Filly to St Elizabeth’s in search of a Book-keeper’s situation. Any information respecting the said beast will be thankfully received, and any expences which may be incurred shall be paid by the Subscriber.
HENRY WILLIAMS.
14-Aug-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
At Petersfield, on Wednesday, the prices were—Wheat £13 to £14 per load; Barley 33s to 36s; Oats 23s to 29s per quarter; Bread 1s 4d. per gall.
At Petersfield a great concourse of people attracted on Thursday night by a heap of wretched household furniture, beds &c. and a poor woman, with an infant at her breast, and two other children (the eldest of whom is not mor than four years old), sitting in the midst of it, crying bitterly. It appears that for the last two years they had lodged in a house occupied by a pauper, who herself had lately been turned out of the house for taking them in, though they belong to this parish. The man and his family had also been served with a notice to quit from the overseers, about two months since, and not being able to procure another residence, a warrant was issued by the magistrates to compel them to leave, which had that day been executed by the constable. Several respectable inhabitants witnessing the distress occasioned by the severe procedure, kindly afforded them relief; and Mrs Willmer, whose maternal feelings deserve the highest praise, afforded the wretched woman and her three little offspring an asylum for the night.
4-Sep-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
PETERSFIELD.—The pitched Market for Corn, Seeds, &c. was resumed on Wednesday se’nnight, at the new Market-house, a commodious building in the Square, erected by Hylton Jolliffe, Esq. and will continue every following Market-day, under regulations which promise a good and constant supply.
Last week our Bench of Magistrates fined a man 7s. 6d. for swearing in the public street.
11-Sep-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
11-Sep-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
At Petersfield on Wednesday Wheat sold from £12 to £13 10s a load; Barley, 36s to 40s and Oats, 31s to 35s per qr; Rye, 7s per bushel—Bread 1s 4d per gallon.
DIED.—On Wednesday, Mr Joseph Read, aged 47 years, several years landlord of the Golden Horse Inn, in the Market, Square, Petersfield.
16-Sep-1826
Royal Gazette of Jamaica
Sorrel Filly; sent in from ditto.
G. Wharam, P.K.
11-Sep-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
At Petersfield on Wednesday Wheat sold from £12 to £13 10s a load; Barley, 36s to 40s and Oats, 31s to 35s per qr; Rye, 7s per bushel—Bread 1s 4d per gallon.
18-Sep-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
Elegant Household Furniture, Pier Glasses, Lustres, Ormolu Clock, China and Glass, full-sized Billiard Table, Patent Mangle, about 26 dozen of Sneyd’s Claret, and Effects.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Mr RAINY, on the premises, near the turnpike road, between Petersfield and Portsmouth, about ten miles from the former and seven from the latter, on Thursday the 28th of September, 1826, and three following days (Sunday excepted), at twelve for one o’clock precisely.—All the very Elegant & nearly New Household FURNITURE of the Noble Mansion PURBROOK HOUSE; comprising drawing room suits in blue chintz, with sofas, chairs, &c. to correspond; pair of brilliant pier glasses in three plates, 75 by 37, 27 by 37, and 25 by 37; superb 24 and 12 light chandeliers; rosewood centre, console, card, and writing tables; dining room and library curtains of blue cloth; sets of patent dining tables; 36 chairs covered in morocco; secretaries; full-sized billiard table; seven capital four-post bedsteads, hangings, and bedding complete; numerous other bedsteads and chamber articles of the best description, including winged and other wardrobes, cheval glasses, &c.; Brussells and other carpets, floor cloths, kitchen requisites, brewing utensils, and various effects.
To be viewed on Tuesday and Wednesday preceding, with catalogues (at 1s. each, without which no person can be admitted), to be had on the premises, and of Mr Rainy, No.8, Berkeley-square, London.
**** The Freehold ESTATE, comprising the MANSION, MANOR, PARK, and DOMAIN, of about 870 Acres, to be Sold by Private Contract; or the House with the Manor, and with or without a certain quantity of Land, will be Let on Lease.—Particulars may be had of Mr Rainy.
18-Sep-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
Modern and elegant Household Furniture, 300 oz of Plate, a quantity of Cut Glass, Books, China, Linen, a handsome double barrelled Gun (by Nock), capital Live and Dead Farming Stock, about thirteen tons of dry Meadow Hay, riding and Gig Horses &c
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by HENRY DANCASTER, on Tuesday the 26th of September, 1826, and following days, at the residence of Mr Eyles, Froxfield, Hants,—All the modern and elegant HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE; comprising six four-post and tent bedsteads, carved mahogany and other pillars, with morine, chintz, &c. drapery furnitures, lined and fringed; seven goose feather beds, bolsters, and pillows; hair and flock mattresses, blankets, sheets, pillow cases, and counterpanes; mahogany wardrobe, mahogany and other chests of drawers, two eight-day clocks, capital double-barrel gun, by Nock; single do. by Turner, with percussion locks, mahogany cases, &c.; brace of pistols, by Spencer, papier and japanned trays and plate warmers, mahogany and japanned small cabinets and teachests, a beautifully shaded mahogany sideboard, with plate cellaret and three other drawers, reeded legs and carved feet; sets of handsome embossed morine and other window curtains and draperies, with brass poles, cornices, &c. bagatelle board and two draft ditto; set of ivory chess men, 10 dozen pearl fish, two handsome secretaries and bookcases with glass doors, &c.; mahogany japanned tub and other chairs; mahogany, satin, and king-wood loo, set of dining, ladies’ work, writing, dressing, wash, and other well manufactured tables; Brussells, Kidderminster and Venetian carpets and hearth rugs; large chimney, pier, and dressing glasses, in handsome gilt, mahogany, and other frames; well stuffed sofas, a neat lamp, six brass and steel fenders, sets of polished fire-irons, chimney ornaments, &c.
About 300 ounces of Plate, in knives and forks, spoons, goblets, waiters, bread, sugar, and other baskets; sauce and soup ladles, fish slice, wine strainer, sugar tongs, butter knife, &c.—A small library of books; seasoned brewing utensils, gig harness, saddles, bridles, &c.
The Farming Stock consists of three active cart horses and one yearling cart filly, four capital milch cows in calf, five weaning calves, and five pigs;—about 13 tons of excellent dry meadow hay, nine loads of wheat, 20 qrs. Of new and six qrs. Of old oats, 15 sacks of peas, and four sacks of vetches; a good iron arm market waggon, small ditto with tilt, narrow and broad-wheel dung carts, two Scotch carts, water barrel, roller, drags, harrows, three Tickell’s ploughs, gouge, double furrow, two-wheel, potatoe, and foot ploughs; scarifying, bull-cutting, drill, winnowing, and sowing machines; barn tackle, trace, thill, and plough harness; 10 load of sacks, 12 bundles of hoop rods, &c.
A bay pony, 14 hands high, 5 yrs. Old, and a bay nag mare, 16 hands high, 4 yrs. Old, both perfectly quiet to ride or drive; a particularly handsome gelding, 3 yrs. Old, by Royal, nearly thorough-bred; and a well broke setter and spaniel.
The goods may be viewed the day preceding the sale; and catalogues will be prepared and may be had in due time, at the principal inns in the neighbourhood, place of sale, and of the Auctioneer, West-street, Alresford.
18-Sep-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
The remains of the late Mr Joseph Read, of Petersfield, were on Sunday last conveyed to Bramshott for interment. Being a member of the Royal Sussex Lodge, according to his request, he was buried with Masenic Ceremonies.
25-Sep-1826
Hampshire Telegraph
COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON
Persons who have obtained GAME CERTIFICATES for the Year 1826
Atkinson, Henry, Petersfield; Boyce, W.T. Esq., Petersfield; Greetham, Charles, Petersfield; Humphreys, S.N. Petersfield; King, Fielder, Esq. Petersfield; Lipscomb, John, Petersfield; Meeres, John, Esq, Petersfield; Whicher, Rev. John, Petersfield
2-Oct-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
2-Oct-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
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2-Oct-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
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I have presumed to call this alteration as improvement, though I in some measure projected it, because it is acknowledged to be so by the neighbourhood, and by the coach and postmasters, and is one among the very many beneficial alterations made within the last few years in the Upper District of the Winchester Road, which can now vie with any in the United Kingdom.
As a Trustee of the new road from Farnham to Petersfield, which is daily becoming an object of increased interest, I wish to acquaint the public, through the medium of your widely circulated Journal, that the formation of it is proceeding with great spirit, and during the ensuing month, with the hearty co-operation of the agriculturists, who are unanimous and unceasing in their aid, that it will be prosecuted with increased vigour.
Materials of the finest kind are found in the most advantageous situations, particularly in the Holt Forest, where it was feared there would be but a scanty supply, and from the ability and experience of the persons under whose superintendence it is conducted, little doubt is entertained that the road will prove of the best description, and one of the most important communications which can be opened in the southern part of the kingdom.
J.
9-Oct-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
On Wednesday, at Petersfield Market, the price of Wheat was from£12 10s to £13 per load. Barley 35s to 37s; Oats 27s to 30s per qtr. Rye 7s per bushel. Bread 15d per gallon.
Died, on Saturday last, Mr. William Binsted, of Petersfield, at the advanced age of 71.
9-Oct-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
A Prime South Down Flock
The Stock may be viewed on Wednesday preceding the sale.—A Booth will be erected, and refreshments prepared.
Catalogues, in due time, at 6d each, may be had on the premises, at the Dolphin, Petersfield …
9-Oct-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
On Wednesday, at Petersfield Market, the price of Wheat was from£12 10s to £13 per load. Barley 35s to 37s; Oats 27s to 30s per qtr. Rye 7s per bushel. Bread 15d per gallon.
9-Oct-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
A Prime South Down Flock
The Stock may be viewed on Wednesday preceding the sale.—A Booth will be erected, and refreshments prepared.
Catalogues, in due time, at 6d each, may be had on the premises, at the Dolphin, Petersfield …
16-Oct-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
It was ordered,—That the first Subdivision Meetings, for receiving Militia Lists and hearing Appeals thereto, should be held at the places hereinafter mentioned, on Tuesday the 28th of November,1826, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon.
Alton North
Alton South
Swan Inn, Alton
Dolphin Inn, Petersfield
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T. WOODHAM,
Clerk of the General Meetings
16-Oct-1826
Hampshire Advertiser
T. GODWIN respectfully informs the Public, that the valuable and genuine CLASSICAL and THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY, the property of the late Rev. J. Dampier, Rector of Westmeon, has been removed to Winchester, and will be SOLD by AUCTION, at the George Inn, Winchester, on FRIDAY and SATURDAY, the 20th and 21st of October, 1826, at Eleven o’clock each day.
Catalogues may be had at … Red Lion, Petersfield.
6-Nov-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
ALL Persons to whom the late Mr W. Pink, of Eastmeon, Hants, Surgeon, deceased, stood indebted, are requested to send their account to Mr W. Weeks, of Eastmeon, on or before the 2d day of December next, or they will be excluded from all benefit arising from the effects of the deceased.
9-Nov-1826
Saint James's Chronicle
In the presence of the Magistrates she did not evince the least dread, but answered the questions put to her without the slightest hesitation; indeed, her general demeanour during the time she was before the above named gentlemen, showed that she was under no apprehension as to the result of the inquiry.
Mr Bolland then commenced the examination, and put the following questions to her:—
Mr Bolland—You are the grand-daughter of John Akehurst, who was murdered lately in his cottage at Fetcham?
—“Yes, Sir, I am,” said she.
Mr Bolland then warned her, in the usual manner, not to answer any questions which would tend to criminate herself, as on a future occasion they might be brought forward as evidence against her. This caution he thought it necessary to give her previous to her entering into and giving an account of herself from the commencement of Leatherhead fair, up to the present period.
Mary Ayres curtseyed, and thanked the magistrates, intimating that she had nothing to conceal; she was anxious, she said, to clear herself of the charge of having any participation in so horrible a crime as the murder of her own flesh and blood, meaning her grandfather. She here solemnly asseverated, that she was as innocent of the crime as the child unborn.
Mr Bolland—Where were you on the 11th of October, the day on which Leatherhead fair began?
Mary Ayres, having taken a short time to recollect herself, said, “On the 11th October, I was at Weyhill fair, in Hampshire, along with Will Page.”
How long ago is it since you saw your parents at Oakshot?—The last time I saw them was in the latter end of September.
Who was with you at the time? Will Page was along with me.
Where did you go from thence?—We went from thence to Catherine-hill fair, which was held on the 2d of October. After the fair was over we went to Basingstoke, from thence across to Petersfield fair; after that we proceeded to Winchester, and as it was then drawing near the time for Weyhill fair, we then began our journey in that direction, and arrived at Andover the day previous to Weyhill fair, which we entered on the 11th of October.
Mr Bolland—Can you bring forward any persons to prove they had seen you at the fair you speak of?—Yes, Sir, there is a man named Bignold, who travelled with Will Page and myself; he is in the neighbourhood of Fetcham now, and will prove what I have stated to be correct. There were also two Irishmen in our company during the whole time we stayed at Weyhill; those men could be easily found to prove the fact.
What have you been doing since the conclusion of Weyhill fair?—Why we packed up, and came on the road towards home, and on the way called at several other minor fairs in our route.
Mr Bolland—When did you hear the report of your grandfather and his housekeeper having been murdered?—We did not hear of them until within the last week or so.
Mr Bolland, as well as the other magistrates, expressed considerable surprise at the circumstance, and asked whether or not, soon after leaving Weyhill, she did not hear any persons speak on the subject of the murders that had been committed near Leatherhead?
Mary Ayres accounted for the circumstance of not hearing of the murders, by saying that neither herself nor Will Page were in the habit of having scarcely any intercourse with the people of the towns which they passed through; they gained a livelihood by travelling about the country as “trampers,” and always slept, ate, and drank in their own tent, which they pitched at some distance from any town. As for reading or seeing a newspaper, they scarcely knew what it meant.
Mr Bolland asked her the name of the place where she first heard the report of the murders?—She replied that it was at a village not many miles from Weybridge. On hearing it, they hastened forward to that place; and on their arrival she went into a tobacconist’s shop, and told the shopkeeper that her name was Mary Ayres, and of the suspicion that was attached to herself and Will Page, as being the perpetrators of the murders.
Mr Hankey—Where did you leave Page? How is it that he did not come forward with you?—Mary Ayres replied that Page was now in his tent at Weybridge; that he directed her to go on to Oakshot, and promised to meet her the following day at that place; adding, that he would carry the tent and the whole of their baggage, and be with her in the afternoon at Oakshot. She then went on to describe the manner in which Watson, the constable, met her on the road to Weybridge, as already detailed.
The magistrates here sent a messenger over to the Bell public-house, where the man named Bignold before alluded to was in waiting. Bignold (on his arrival) swore that he was in company with Mary Ayres and Wm. Page from the commencement to the conclusion of Weyhill fair; that he afterwards travelled with them to other fairs on their way back into Surrey, and added, that none of them heard of the murders of her grandfather and Elizabeth Haynes until their arrival within a short distance of Weybridge. He concluded his evidence by saying, that it was impossible for any one to assert with truth that Mary Ayres had been seen in the neighbourhood of Leatherhead during the fair at that place. This young man seemed to give his evidence with a great deal of candour and fairness. It appears that he follows the trade of a shoemaker, the same business that Will Page, alias Will the Cobler, now pursues, and that they have been tramping about the country together.
At this stage of the investigation, messengers were despatched for the purpose of bringing forward a man named Smith, who, it will be recollected, had asserted, soon after the murders were perpetrated, that he had seen Mary Ayres at Leatherhead fair. This man, on being confronted with the woman, having closely examined her features and dress on the present occasion, and having been asked by Mr Bolland whether he was still of the same opinion as to her identity, replied that he was still convinced that she was the person whom he had seen in the fair. On uttering his firm belief as to her identity, Mary Ayres expressed considerable indignation against the man, and with a look of anger scowled at him, and said he had asserted a gross falsehood, and accused him of uttering that which he knew was false, for the purpose of getting money.
Mr Bolland here very closely questioned Smith on the points which he had asserted. The worthy magistrate asked him what length of time he had a knowledge of her person before he had seen her at the fair? Smith, by his answers, seemed to have had a very slight knowledge of her, for he could not positively swear that he had ever seen her before the time he had asserted at the fair.
The magistrates all concurred in the opinion that Smith must have been mistaken with regard to the identity of the woman. They then directed Mary Ayres to be taken to the Bull public-house, with orders that she was not to be permitted to hold any communication, particularly with William Page, in the event of his arrival in the course of the night.
On the day following (Sunday), a constable having been sent to take Page into custody, met that individual on the road from Weybridge, coming towards town (where it will be remembered, according to Mary Ayres’s account, he was to meet her), and apprehended him. Page did not evince any agitation on apprehension; but, on the contrary, said, that he was most happy to go any where, or before any persons, to vindicate his character from the imputation that now attached to it. He, therefore, most willingly accompanied the constable to the residence of Mr Hankey, where he underwent an examination before the above named-magistrates. His account perfectly agreed with that of Mary Ayres, and he fervently called God to witness that he was innocent of being concerned in the murders. During the time occupied in his examination, Mary Ayres was in custody at the Bell, and therefore had no opportunity of having any communication with him whatever. He gave the magistrates a more minute detail of his journey and occupation, from the time he left Oakshot, in the latter end of September, until Weyhill-fair, than Mary Ayres; and added, that there were hundreds of people that saw them there during the whole of the time. He then observed to the magistrates that he was most willing to give himself up into custody, and to remain in prison until the business was sifted to the bottom, and the real murderers discovered.
Mr Bolland (to Page)—How long ago is it since you were at Leatherhead fair?—Page said that he had not been there since last October 12 months, and requested that if any persons were now present who asserted such a circumstance, that he should be most anxious to be confronted with them, in order to convince the magistrates that there was no truth in the assertion.
Several individuals who were present at Leatherhead fair, and were in attendance on the present occasion, were now asked whether they had seen Page or Ayres in the fair? No person, however, came forward to prove that important fact, except Smith, who still adhered to his former statement respecting the identity of Mary Ayres; but he could not take upon himself to swear that he had ever seen Page until the present occasion.
The bundles belonging to Page were then ordered to be examined, but there was nothing found except some of their old clothes, their bedding, and the shoemaker’s tools which he used in his business.
The magistrates consulted together for a short time, and expressed their opinion that there was no evidence to warrant them in detaining either of the parties.
Page—I shall be always on the spot, gentlemen, if I am wanted; and depend upon it I shall use all my endeavours in looking after the murderers.
Page and Ayres were accordingly discharged, both of them intimating that they intended to proceed to Oakshot to see the father and mother of the latter.
The murders therefore remain precisely in the same state of mystery as previously to the apprehension of the suspected persons who were discharged on the present occasion.
The magistrates are determined not to relax their exertions in tracing the murderers, and, aided by the officers of Union-hall, it is confidently hoped they will, ere long, accomplish so desirable an object, and speedily bring to justice the perpetrators of the offence.
Fetcham, Tuesday evening, Seven o’clock.
Cobler Will exclaimed, that it was all stuff about there being marks of blood on the clothes; so help him God, he and Mary were innocent of the murder, and the clothes had been spotted in consequence of their having been put on the sore back of a poor donkey.
The Rev. Mr. Bolland expressed much doubt if the marks on the apparel were caused by human blood.
Cobler Will complained of the treatment of Watson, the constable, at a public-house at Weybridge, on Monday night. He said that he and Mary Ayres were locked up in the round-house, without having any food supplied them, and they were kept there all night.
Watson replied, that having discovered new, and what he conceived to be important evidence against the prisoners, he went to the public-house to take them into custody; and Will swore the most horrid oaths, that no cursed petty constable should take him and starve him to death; and when he (Watson) attempted to secure him, he rushed upon him in a most furious manner, and almost strangled him, by twisting his neckerchief.
Cobler Will: (With an oath) I wasn’t going to be starved to death by a rascal like you; poor Mary is as innocent as a child unborn.
Smith, who had previously stated that he saw Mary Ayres at Leatherhead fair, was re-examined, and he persisted in his former statement.
The Rev. Mr. Bolland did not seem to give much credit to this witness’s evidence, and he observed that it was very strange, if Mary Ayres was at the fair both days, that only one individual in the town, where she was so well known, should be able to speak to that fact; and as she had surrendered heself, and had confirmed her statement that she was at Weyhill fair at the time of the murder, by the testimony of Bignold, he did not think, upon such evidence as had been given against her, he should be warranted in committing her.
A question was put to the prisoner Page, alias Cobler Will, relative to a case of highway robbery and horse-stealing. In reply, he used the most disgusting language; he told the magistrate he might be cursed, and find them out. He was asked by what means ha and Mary Ayres had obtained a subsistence for sometime? He replied that sometimes he made shoes and sold them, sometimes he attended fairs, and sometimes Mary prostituted herself to get a few shillings, and they managed as well as they could,fo almost all must live by some means or other. He did not care a curse what they did with him, and they might hang him the next minute.
The magistrate told Cobler Will to discontinue the use of such abominable language; and having consulted with Grossmith, the officer of Union Hall, upon the subject of some evidence which had been obtained against the prisoner, concerning a felony which had been committed in Hampshire, he (the magistrate) said, that he had made up his mind to commit Cobler Will to Horsemonger-lane Gaol for re-examination on a future day.
Mary Ayres was asked if she would attend at the next examination. She stated her willingness to come forward at any time.
Watson, the constable, stated, that he would keep possession of a horse and donkey, and the other property which he had seized belonging to Cobler Will.
Cobler Will swore that Watson wanted to steal the property; but the whole of it belonged to Mary Ayres, and had been bought with money pf hers, and ought, as she had been discharged, to be delivered up to her.
Watson said something about expences which he had incurred in apprehending the prisoners, and said that the horse was Cobler Will’s, and not Mary Ayres’s. He knew of whom Cobler Will had bought the horse, and he thought that he ought to keep possession of it.
The Rev. Mr. Bolland said, that from the admission of Watson, it appeared that the horse had been fairly obtained by the prisoner, and he thought it ought not to be detained.
Watson did not concur with the opinion of the Magistrate, and ventured to expostulate in no very moderate or polite terms against giving up the property; but the Magistrate insisted upon the constable returning it to Mary Ayres.
A warrant of commitment was made out against Cobler Will, and given to Grossmith, who conveyed him in a chaise to Horsemoger-lane Gaol, where he arrived at ten o’clock at night. He will be examined again in a few days.
Mr. Bolland, on the discovery of this watch, asked Page whether he was inclined to give any account of the manner in which he had become possessed of the article? Page, in a morose tone, at first refused to disclose where he had got it; but upon Grossmith pressing him, by observing, that if he had come honestly by it, assuredly he could have no scruples in answering the question, Page then, with an oath, said, that “Poll prostituted herself for it, and that was the way I got it.” It may be necessary to state here, that Page is a most abandoned and profligate character, having been chiefly supported by Mary Ayres since they cohabited together, by the wages of her prostitution. The fellow having indulged for some time in language of the most obscene description before the magistrate, Grossmith threatened to place the handcuffs upon him if he did not desist; upon which Watson, the constable of Weybridge, who took him into custody on Sunday, and who was in attendance on the present occasion, observed, “This is the way in which he has behaved all along to me.” Watson had no sooner uttered the words, than Page, who seemed to be a most violent fellow, doubling up his fist, and running towards him, notwithstanding the presence of the magistrate and several other persons, gave him a blow in the face that capsized and laid him at the foot of the table. Grossmith seeing Page bent upon mischief, was under the necessity of handcuffing him, to preserve any thing like decorum. On further search of his person, a silver teaspoon was taken from his waistcoat pocket, the initials and marks on which appeared to have been recently erased. Grossmith, who is a very intelligent officer, finding that there was considerable mystery attached to the prisoner’s conduct, he often having refused to give a satisfactory account of the possession of the spoon, proceeded to examine one of his bundles, the remainder having been left behind, either at Oakshot or Weybridge, and in it found a garment belonging to the woman which had spots of blood on the upper part of it. On Page being questioned as to the cause of the marks, he accounted for them, by saying that they arose in consequence of its having been thrown over their donkey, whose back was cut, and bled a good deal. Some spots, that had a good deal the appearance of blood, were also visible on a waistcoat belonging to him, which he attributed to the same cause. Under all the circumstances, Mr. Bolland remanded the prisoner for further examination, and he wa accordingly given over into the custody of Grossmith, who conveyed him to town, and lodged him in Horsemonger-lane Gaol .
16-Nov-1826
Dorset County Chronicle
Cobbett’s Prognostic of the Weather.—It is a universal rule, that if there be fog in the morning, and that fog go from the valleys to the tops of the hills, there will be rain that day; and if it disappears by sinking in the valley, there will be no rain that day. The truth is that fogs are clouds, and clouds are fogs. They are more or less full of water; but they are all water; sometimes a sort of steam, and sometimes water that falls in drops. Yesterday morning the fogs had ascended to the tops of the hills; and it was raining on all the hills round about us before it began to rain in the valleys. We got pretty nearly wet to the skin upon the top of Butser Hill; but we had the pluck to come on and let the clothes dry upon our backs. I must here relate something that appears very interesting to me, and something, which, though it must have been seen by every man that has lived in the country, or, at least, in any hilly country, has never been particularly mentioned by any body as far as I can recollect. We frequently talk of clouds coming from the dews; and we actually see the heavy fogs become clouds. We see them go up to the tops of the hills, and, taking a swim round, actually come and drop down upon us and wet us through; but I am now going to speak of clouds coming out of the sides of hills in exactly the same manner that you see smoke come out of a tobacco-pipe, and rising up, with a wider and wider head, like the smoke from a tobacco-pipe, go to the top of the hill, or over the hill, or very much above it, and then come over the valleys in rain.
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These appearances take place, especially in warm and sultry weather. It was very warm in the morning; it had thundered violently the evening before: we felt it hot even while the rain fell upon us at Butser Hill. Petersfield lies in a pretty broad and very beautiful valley. On three sides of it are very lofty hills, partly downs and partly covered with trees; and, as we proceeded on our way from the bottom of Butser Hill to Petersfield, we saw thousands upon thousands of clouds, continually coming puffing out from different parts of these hills and towering up to the top of them. I stopped George several times to make him look at them; to see them come puffing out of the chalk downs as well as out of the woodland hills; and bade him remember to tell his father of it when he should get home, to convince him that the hills of Hampshire could smoke their pipes as well as those of Herefordshire. This is a really curious matter. I have never read in any book, any thing to lead me to suppose that the observation has ever found its way into print before. Sometimes you will see only one or two clouds during a whole morning come out of the side of a hill; but we saw thousand upon thousands bursting out, one after another, in all parts of these immense hills. The first time that I have leisure, when I am in the high-countries again, I will have a conversation with some old shepherd about this matter: if he cannot enlighten me upon the subject, I am sure that no philosopher can.—From Cobbett’s Rural Ride from Hambledon to Petersfield.
20-Nov-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
At Petersfield Market, on Wednesday, Wheat sold £13 to £15 per load.—Barley 38s to 40s; Oats 28s to 34s per qr.—Rye 7s 6d; and Beans 8s per bushel.—Bread 15d per gallon.
4-Dec-1826
Hampshire Telegraph
The roads in the vicinity of Petersfield have lately been most considerably improved, and new communications are intended to be opened, from which this place must speedily feel great benefit, as it will lie in the direct route from London to Portsmouth, from Bath to Brighton, from Chichester to Portsmouth—to Farnham and Windsor, and from the Eastern to the Western part of England. The Portsmouth London road has long been miserably bad at Butser Hill, where the direction has been unnecessarily circuitous, and being on the side of a hill, the whole of the moisture of it constantly soaks across the road; ground has recently been purchased by the Trustees, to make this road straight, by which the distance will be shortened three furlongs. The new road will be sixty feet lower than the present one. An Act was obtained in the last Session, for a new road from Petersfield to Farnham, over the sterile but highly picturesque country of Holt and Woolmer Forests, by Liss and Greetham: the line of this road is marked out and presents nearly a level the whole way. This road will make a new communication from London to Portsmouth, of about the same distance as the present road through Guildford, with the advantage of making a communication from Windsor, Bagshot, and Farnham, through Portsmouth, to the Isle of Wight. Considerable improvements are also making in the road over Stonar Hill, which will make the communication between Sussex, and the Northern parts of Hants, including Alton and Alresford, much more easy than at present. All these improvements are to proceed during the ensuing winter and will give employ to the labourers of the several Parishes through which they branch. The new road from Midhurst to Winchester, through Petersfield, is now opened, and must prove very advantageous to the Farmers, as it gives them the advantage of several markets for their produce.
On Saturday last, this neighbourhood was visited by a heavy fall of snow, which laid on the ground for some time. The frost is now gone, however, and succeeded by cold, cheerless rain.
4-Dec-1826
Hampshire Telegraph
For further particulars, apply to Mr. James Seward, Petersfield.
6-Dec-1826
Inverness Courier
MONDAY, Nov. 27
18-Dec-1826
Morning Chronicle
Died, on Friday morning, at an advanced age at his residence in Petersfield, Thomas Bonham, Esq., a gentleman of great wealth, which descends to the family or the Member for Portsmouth, John Carter, Esq.
18-Dec-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
Died, yesterday morning, at an advanced age, at his seat at Petersfield, Thomas Bonham, Esq. one of the Aldermen of the borough of Portsmouth, and uncle to John and Edward Carter, Esqrs. Aldermen of the same borough.
18-Dec-1826
Hampshire Telegraph
For a view of the above, apply on the premises, and for particulars (if by letter, post-paid), to the Auctioneer, Petersfield.
21-Dec-1826
Bath Chronicle & Weekly Gazette
DIED—At Petersfield, Thomas Bonham, esq: aged 71, an alderman of Portsmouth
25-Dec-1826
Hampshire Chronicle
Died, on Thursday, at the residence of Dr. Quarrier, Alverstoke, at a very advance age, Mrs Andrews, relict of the late Richard Andrews, Esq. of Petersfield.
21-Dec-1826
Bath Chronicle & Weekly Gazette
DIED—At Petersfield, Thomas Bonham, esq: aged 71, an alderman of Portsmouth
1827
15-Jan-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
THE next Meeting of the Trustees of the Winchester and Petersfield Turnpike Road, will be held, by adjournment, at the Fox Inn, at Bramdean, on Tuesday the 23d day of January instant.
15-Jan-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
Died, at Petersfield, on the 31st ult. Mr John Small, a celebrated cricketer, at the advance age of 89, justly esteemed by all who knew him, for equanimity of temper and other amiable qualities. As a cricketer he seldom met his equal, having been known to remain in nearly three days. During the last few years he frequently followed the hounds on foot, and used the most active exercise as a sportsman. Within the last twelve months he played the tenor violin in the choir of which he was a member upwards of 73 years.
20-Jan-1827
Oxford Journal
DIED—AT Petersfield, Mr. John Small, a celebrated cricketer, aged 89 years.
29-Jan-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
Died, at Petersfield, on the 16th inst. Mrs Ann Phillips, a maiden lady, aged 80 years.
12-Feb-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
Petersfield—On Wednesday Wheat fetched from £13 to £14 10s per load. Barley 38s to 40s; Oats 28s to 32s per quarter. Beans 8s to 9s; Peas 7s to 8s per bushel. Bread 15d per gallon.
19-Feb-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
A Meeting of the Trustees of the said Road will be holden on Tuesday the 20th of February, 1827, at the White Hart Inn, Winchester, at twelve o’clock.
26-Feb-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
Petersfield—On Wednesday Wheat fetched from £14 to £15 per load. Barley 40s to 42s; Oats 28s to 34s per quarter. Beans 9s; Peas 9s per bushel. Bread 15d per gallon.
26-Feb-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
TURNPIKE ROAD.
I do hereby, in pursuance of such. Request and authority, give Notice,—That a Special Meeting of the Trustees of the above Road will be held at the Dolphin Inn, Petersfield, on Monday the 12th day of March, 1827, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, to take Mr Clarke’s letter and the circumstances therein mentioned, and all other matters and things relating thereto, into consideration, and to decide on the steps to be taken in consequence, pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided; and also to determine on the sum of money to be paid by the Treasurers of the above Road to the Surveyor on account of the expenses incurred in making the New Line of Road up Stonar Hill.
27-Feb-1827
Morning Advertiser
Monday morning, a respectably dressed female was found frozen to death near Gravel Hill, about midway between Horndean and Petersfield. The intensity of the weather was so severe, that her tears had actually frozen to her eyelashes. She had no memorandum or letter about her person to discover who she was, or to what place she belonged.
5-Mar-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a case Vaughan against Atcheson, the creditors of NATHANIEL ATCHESON, late of Duke street, Westminster, in the county of Middlesex, and of Petersfield, in the county of Hants, gentleman, deceased, (who died in or about the 22d of December, 1825,) are forthwith to come in and prove their debts before Francis Cross, Esquire, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton Buildings, Chancery-lane, London; or, in default thereof, they will be excluded the benefit of the said decree.
Clement’s Inn Chambers
12-Mar-1827
Public Ledger & Daily Advertiser
PORTSMOUTH and ISLE of WIGHT Rocket, through Cobham, Guildford, Godalming, Petersfield, Horndean, and Portsea, every Morning, at Half-past Seven o’Clock.
17-Mar-1827
Star (London)
On the road to ALTON and ALRESFORD.
VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, LAND TAX
REDEEMED,
ASHFORD LODGE,
A delightful Cottage Residence, with Offices, Pleasure Grounds, Plantations, Trout Stream, Woods, Farms, Lands, Cottages, &c.
The whole about
SIX HUNDRED ACRES,
WITH VALUABLE COMMON RIGHTS;
Moiety of Steep Mill, with Dwelling House, Orchard, &c.
AND
The Freehold Rectorial Tythes of the Parish of Steep, containing
upwards of
TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED ACRES.
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. ROBINS,
(Of Warwick-House, Regent-street)
At Garraway’s Coffee House, ’Change-alley, Cornhill,
On THURSDAY, the 17th of May, 1827, at Twelve o’Clock,
IN TWO LOTS,
THE VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE
LAND TAX REDEEMED,
Offices, Coach Houses, Stables, Outbuildings, &c. Lawns, Pleasure
Grounds, Shrubberies, and Plantations;
A fine stream of Water flowing through the grounds, stored with
Trout.
EXCELLENT FARMS,
With Farm Houses, and requisite Agricultural Buildings;
Capital enclosures of rich Meadow, Pasture, and Arable Land;
Fine thriving Woods, &c.
Sundry Cottages, Gardens, and Orchards.
The whole containing about
SIX HUNDRED ACRES,
Principal part let to most respectable tenants.
Containing upwards of
TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED ACRES
Of capital Meadow, Pasture, Arable, and Wood Land,
Let to most respectable Tenants, and in hand.
To be viewed by applying to Mr. Powell, (one of the Tenants) of Dunhill, near Petersfield; or Mr. Francis Brewer, of Petersfield, of whom Particulars may be had; of Charles Greetham Esq. Solicitor; and at the Red Lion Inn, Petersfield; Anchor, Liphook; George, and White Hart, Winchester; King’s Arms, Guildford and Godalming; Mr. Weller, Chichester; of Mr. Hope, Solicitor, 13, Old Burlington-street; at Garraway’s; and of Mr. Robins, No. 170, Regent-street.
19-Mar-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
Lot 1. A desirable and commodious well accustomed PUBLIC HOUSE, called the George Inn, or Westmeon Hut House, advantageously situated at the crossing of the two turnpike roads from Gosport to London, and from Brighton to Bath; with a good Stable and offices adjoining; and a Stable and Cow-shed, attached to the farm yard described in the next lot.
Part of these premises are Freehold, and the remainder Copyhold of Inheritance, held of the Manor of Westmeon, and were late in the occupation of Mr George Harris, deceased.
Lot 2. A capacious FARM YARD, with a good Barn, Cow Pens, and other outhouses, immediately opposite to the George Inn, and a desirable piece of Garden Ground attached, containing together, by admeasurement, 2R. 16P.; also a piece of Pasture Land, containing 2A. 38P. and a piece or Arable Land, called Pond Field, containing 3A. 2R. 24P. adjoining to the before mentioned Farm Yard.
Lot 3. Three good Pieces of Arable LAND, near to Westmeon Hut, called Dell Close, Hill Piece, and the Hanger in the Hole, containing together, by admeasurement, 17A. 1R. 0P. the whole of which is freehold, except 2A. 3R. 22P. of the piece called the Hanger in the Hole, which is copyhold of Inheritance, held of the Manor of Westmeon.
Lot 4. Two TURNPIKE BONDS, for £50 each, with interest at £4 10 per cent. Chargeable on the Tolls of the New Turnpike Road from Petersfield to Winchester.
Possession of the above estates may be had on payment of the purchase money; and further particulars known of Mr Harris, Westmeon Hut, or at the Office of Messrs Dunn and Hopkins, attornies, Alresford.
19-Mar-1827
Hampshire Telegraph
ALLNUIT’S FRUIT LOZENGES …
Sold by Fleetwood & Weeks, Petersfield
26-Mar-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
30-Mar-1827
Sun (London)
30-Mar-1827
Morning Post
31-Mar-1827
Sherborne Mercury
On this Petition being presented,
Sir T. Lethbridge wished to know what was determined (if anything was yet determined) as to the mode of taking averages; whether the duty was to be on the average of several weeks or of one only?
Mr C. Grant said the duty would be on the average price of the week the Corn was imported. Many persons who were well acquainted with the trade had expressed their approbation of that mode, in preference to taking an average of several weeks.
Mr Secretary Peel understood the question to have been left in this state at the last discussion. An Hon. Friend of his had pressed for having the averages on the month, and not on one week. The question was considered to be open for consideration, and it had been attentively examined by His Right Hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade, who thought that the weekly average would be less liable to the operations of fraud than any other.
02-Apr-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
2-Apr-1827
Hampshire Telegraph
TO be SOLD, nine or ten Couples of very excellent dwarf FOXHOUNDS, selected from the packs of Mr. Jolliffe, the Hambledon, and the late Mr. Chute, about Twenty-one inches high, and warranted to be capable of killing any Hare, to which sort of Hunting they have been accustomed.
The above are not drafts, but form an entire and capital small pack.—To prevent trouble, the lowest price is Twenty Guineas.—Apply to the Printer; or at the Post-Office, Petersfield.
PETERSFIELD, March 31st, 1827.
02-Apr-1827
Hampshire Telegraph
Apply to Mr. John Cawley, Auctioneer and Appraiser, Petersfield.
N.B.—The Business of a Chemist and Druggist has been very successfully carried on, on the premises, these last seven years
9-Apr-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
THE Sum of £250 is now ready to be advanced upon Mortgage of adequate property, at £5 per cent. On application (if by letter post paid) to Mr Mitchell, solicitor, Petersfield.
09-Apr-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
16-Apr-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
Married, on Wednesday, at Petersfield, Mr. H. Lock, solicitor, Havant, to Miss M. A. Holdaway, Red Lion Inn, Petersfield.
23-Apr-1827
Hampshire Telegraph
30-Apr-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
Died, on Monday the 9th inst. at Petersfield, Mr Thomas Smith, aged 63 years.
30-Apr-1827
Hampshire Telegraph
CRICKETERS.—Memoirs of the late Mr. John Small, the celebrated Hampshire player (from the Literary Gazette.)
“Our thanks are due to Mr. T. W. Bower, Mathematical Master in the School of Winchester College, for the M.S. copy of this song, written more than half a century since, by the Rev. M. Cotton, who at that time was Master of Hyde Abbey School, in that city.—Instead of offering any excuse for giving it a place, we think we may fairly urge the following as reasons why it ought not be withheld:—First, that it is eloquent in the praise of cricket; secondly, that it not only commemorates the successful prowess of the far-famed Hambledon Club, (which at one time was the pride of Hampshire and the envy of “all England,” but affords us an opportunity of introducing a biographical sketch of the last survivor of the original Members of that club; and, thirdly, that its author was the conductor of a school which has had the honour of enrolling in its list of pupils many talented youths who, in afterlife, have filled the most distinguished stations; of which we may (without appearing invidious to others) adduce a brilliant example in the person of the present enlightened Secretary of State, the Rt. Hon. G. Canning.
An old English sport, never praised yet in verse;
‘Tis Cricket I sing of, illustrious in fame,—
No nation e’er boasted so noble a game.
Great Pindar has bragg’d of his heroes of old—
Some were swift in the race, some in battle were bold;
The brows of the victors with olive were crown’d,—
Hark! they shout, and Olympia returns the glad sound.
What boasting of Castor, and Pollux his brother!
The one famed for riding—for bruising the other!
Compared with our heroes they’ll not shine at all;
What were Castor and Pollux to Nyren and Small? *
Here’s guarding, and catching, and running, and crossing,
And batting, and bowling, and throwing, and tossing;
Each mate must excel in some principal part,—
The Pantathlon of Greece never shew’d so much art.
The parties are met, and array’d all in white;
Famed Elis ne’er boasted so pleasing a sight;
Each nymph looks askew at her favourite swain,
And views him, half stript, both with pleasure and pain.
The wickets are pitch’d now, and measured the ground,
Then they form a large ring and stand gazing around;
Since Alex fought Hector in sight of all Troy,
No contest was seen with such fear and such joy.
Ye bowlers, take heed, to my precepts attend,
On you the whole fate of the game must depend.
Spare your vigour at first, nor exert all your strength,
Then measure each step, and be sure pitch a length.
Ye fieldsmen, look sharp! Lest your pains ye beguile,
Move close, like an army, in rank and in file;
When the ball is returned, back it sure—for, I trow,
Whole states have been ruin’d by one overthrow.
And when the game’s o’er, I O victory rings!
Echo doubles her chorus, and Fame spreads her wings;
Let’s now hail our champions, all steady and true,
Such as Homer ne’er sung of, nor Pindar e’er knew.
Birch,† Curry,† and Hogsflesh,† and Barber,† and Brett,†
Whose swiftness in bowling was ne’er equal’d yet;
I had almost forgot—they deserve a large bumper—
Little George† the long-stop, and Tom Suetor† the stumper.
Then why should we fear either Sackville,§ or Mann,§
Or repine at the loss of Boynton or Lann?
With such troops as these we’ll be lords of the game,
Spite of Miller,§ and Minchin,§ and Lumpy,§ and Frame.§
Then fill up your glasses! He’s best that drinks most;
Here’s the Hambledon Club! Who refuses the toast?
Let us join in the praise of the bat and the wicket,
And sing in full chorus the patrons of cricket.
When we’ve played our last game, and our fate shall draw nigh
(For the heroes of cricket, like heroes, must die).
Our bats we’ll resign, neither troubled nor vext,
And give up our wickets to those that come next.”
* “The whole of the Hambledon Club have now been bowled down by death; Mr. John Small, sen. Of Petersfield, Hants, who was the last survivor of the original members, having terminated his mortal career on the 31st of December, 1826, aged nearly ninety! The great have their historians, and why should not the small?—nay, since every one in the present day exercises his right of publishing his ‘reminiscences,’ if he can but find a bookseller who is bold enough to venture on the speculation, we trust we shall stand excused for preserving a few stray notices of this venerable cricketer, whose exploits were once the theme of universal praise, and whose life was as amiable as his station was humble. John Small, sen. the celebrate cricketer, was born at Empshott, on the 19th April, 1737, and went to Petersfield when about six years of age, where he afterwards followed the trade of a shoe-maker for several years; but being remarkably fond of cricket, and excelling most of his contemporaries in that manly amusement, he relinquished his former trade, and practised the making of bats and balls, in the art of which he became equally proficient as in the use of them; and, accordingly, we find that these articles of his manufacture were, in the course of a short time, in request wherever the game of cricket was known. Mr. Small was considered the surest batsman of his day, and as a fieldsman he was decidedly without an equal. On one occasion, in a match made either by the Duke of Dorset or Sir Horace Mann (for we cannot exactly call to mind which), England against the Hambledon Club, Mr. Small was in three whole days, though opposed to some of the best players in the kingdom; nor did he at last lose his wicket, his ten mates having all had their wickets put down! At another time, in a five-of-a-side match, played in the Artillery Ground, he got seventy-five runs at his first innings, and went in, the last mate, for seven runs, which, it is hardly necessary to say, were soon scored. On this occasion, the Duke of Dorset being desirous of complimenting him for his skill, and knowing that Small was as passionately fond of music as he was of cricket, made him a present of a fine violin, which he played upon many years, and which is now made use of by his grandson. We shall not, however, enter into a detail of the numerous proofs he gave of his skill as a cricketer, nor of the flattering testimonies of approbation he at various times received from the patrons of the game; suffice it to state, that the first county match he played in was in the year 1775, and that he continued playing in all the grand matched till after he was seventy! Mr. Small was also an excellent sportsman and a capital shot. He had the deputation of the manor of Greatham and Foley for many years, as gamekeeper, under Madan Beckford, and retained it under her son and successor, till the property was parted with, which did not happen till Small was nearly seventy years of age; yet such was his strength and activity at that time of life, that, before he began his day’s amusement, he regularly took his tour of seven miles, frequently doing execution with his gun, which, to relate, would appear almost incredible. We ought also to mention, that, among other active exercises for which Mr. Small was famed, was that of skating. Those who have witnesses his evolutions on Petersfield Heath Pond (a fine sheet of water, a mile in circumference), have no hesitation in pronouncing him equal to any who have figured away on the Serpentine, how much soever they may have ‘astonished the natives.’ But we turn from Mr. Small’s athletic amusements, to notice his taste for music; and though we cannot say that his excellence as a musician was equal to his excellence as a cricketer, still among his compeers he was pre-eminent; and we have no doubt that to the soothing power of music he was not a little indebted for the equanimity of temper he possessed, and the tranquil delight he felt in the company of his friends; for those who knew him can conscientiously declare that no man was more remarkable for playful wit, cheerful conversation, or inoffensive manners. So early did he display his taste for music, that at fourteen years of age he played the bass in Petersfield Choir, of which choir he continued a member about seventy-five years, having performed on the tenor violin there within the last twelve months, and that, too, without the aid of spectacles! After what has been said, it will not be a matter of surprise to hear that Mr. Small was highly respected by all the gentlemen who patronised cricket; and as they knew nothing could gratify him more, they frequently joined in a concert with his musical friends after cricket was over for the day. His two surviving sons, John and Eli, not only inherit his love for the game, but the first mentioned particularly excels in it, and both are equally celebrated for their musical attainments; indeed, during their father’s life, this musical trio ranked high among the performers at all the amateur concerts in the neighbourhood. O that our readers would but tolerate our ‘fond garrulity,’ for much could we yet inform them concerning John Small!—We should delight in telling them that he was not merely a player on the violincello and violin, but that he was both a maker and a mender of them!—with pleasure should we descant on his mechanical as well as his musical skill, and shew that his proficiency in each was the result of his own untutored ingenuity, proving that he had a natural genius for fiddle-making, as well as for bat and ball-making—we should bring proof that he once made a violincello, ay, and a right good, one too, which he sold for two guineas—nay, we should further prove, that the old instrument which his son, the present John Small, plays on at church every Sunday (made by Andria Weber, Genoa. 1731) was thoroughly repaired by him, and an entire new belly put thereto, and that since it has been so repaired, an eminent professor has pronounced it to be worth as many guineas as would cover from one end of it to the other—we should . . . . . but we have not forgot the old proverb, which says, ‘too much of a good thing is good for nothing;’ and we desist, fearing that too much may be said even of John Small. But, notwithstanding our deference to the proverb, and our wish to be as taciturn as possible, there is one more musical anecdote which we must be allowed to narrate, inasmuch as it not only shews that our praises of his skill are by no means exaggerated, but because it cannot fail to be regarded as a corroboration of a most important fact—the influence of music upon the brute creation—or, to speak in the language of the poet, an additional proof that
‘Music hath charms to sooth the savage beast!’
In his younger days, Mr. Small was in the habit of attending balls and concerts; sometimes contributing to the delight of the gay votaries of Terpsichore, at others, forming one of the instrumental band which met for the gratification of himself and his amateur friends. Returning one evening, with a musical companion, from a concert in the neighbourhood, they were suddenly saluted, when in the middle of a large field, by a bull, who, in o very gentle mood, gave them reason to believe that, to insure their safety, they must either hit upon some expedient to allay his rage, or make a hasty retreat. Mr. Small’s companion adopted the latter plan; but our hero, like a true believer of the miraculous power of Orpheus, and confiding in his own ability to produce such tones as should charm the infuriate animal into lamb-like docility, boldly faced him, and began to play a lively tune. Scarce had the catgut vibrated, when the bull suddenly stopped, and listened with evident signs of pleasure and attention. The skilful master of the bow felt a secret satisfaction on discovering so unquestionable a proof of the influence of the sweet sounds; and continuing to play, while he gradually retreated towards the gate, quietly, and followed by the bull, he then gave his quadruped auditor an example of his agility by leaping over it, and unceremoniously left him to bewail the loss of so agreeable a concert. Having thus given such memorabilia in the life of Mr. John Small as we conceive ought to be handed down to posterity, and (with humility be it spoken!) hoping to obtain some distinction for ourselves in this necrological, autobiographical, and reminiscent age, we shall close our remarks by observing, that so great a degree of health and vigour did Mr. Small un-interruptedly enjoy, that even during the last three or four years he took the most active exercise as a sportsman, and frequently followed the hounds on foot!—Thus it will be see, that by attention to temperance and exercise, and by encouraging cheerfulness and equanimity of temper, a man may still attain the age of a patriarch, enjoying to the last, health of body, peace of mind, and the rational amusements of life. Were we to write his epitaph, it should be an unlaboured composition of quaint simplicity—just such a one as the parish clerk himself would indite. Something, for example, after the following fashion:—
Here lies, bowl’d out by death’s unerring ball,
A cricketer renown’d, by name John Small;
But though his name was Small, yet great his fame,
For nobly did he know the ‘noble game.’
His life was like his innings, long and good;
Full ninety summers he had death withstood;
At length the ninetieth winter came—when (Fate
Not leaving him one solitary mate)
This last of Hambledonians, old John Small,
Gave up his bat and ball—his leather, wax, and all”
† Part of the Hambledon Club.
§ All-England Men
07-May-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
Also a valuable HERD of DEER, comprising 350 head, of various ages, will be offered, 20 in a lot, or the whole in one lot, as the company may determine. On the following day, at eleven o’clock,—The valuable CELLAR of Select WINES, comprising 248 dozen of Burgundy, Claret, Madeira, Barsac, Port, and Sherry, the property of the Rev. Lewis Way. The Port is of the vintage of 1812, and bottled in Feb. 1817: the Sherry is of the vintage of 1802, and bottled at the same time.
The paintings may be viewed on Wednesday preceding the sale.
Stanstead Park is eight miles from Chichester, three from Havant, and 12 from Portsmouth.
Catalogues, at 1s. each, may be had at … Dolphin, Petersfield
07-May-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
07-May-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause Vaughan against Atcheson, the creditors of NATHANIEL ATCHESON, late of Duke-street, Westminster, in the county of Middlesex, and of Petersfield, in the county of Hants, gentleman, (who died on or about the 22d of December, 1825,) are on or before the 15th day of June, 1827, to come in and prove their debts before Francis Cross, Esq. one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Decree.
Plaintiff’s Solicitors.
17-May-1827
St James's Chronicle
HOUSE OF LORDS, Tuesday, May 15.
Several petitions were presented from Sussex against any alteration in the corn laws. Also from several parishes in Kent; from Petersfield, Southampton; Banbury, in Oxfordshire; and Humbleyard, in Norfolk.
18-May-1827
Public Ledger & Daily Advertiser
PORTSMOUTH and GOSPORT MAIL, through Godalming, Petersfield, and Portsea, every Evening, at a Quarter-past Seven, and Sunday at Half-past Six. On its arrival a Packet sails to the Isle of Wight, to convey Passengers and Parcels, and a Mail Coach sets off to Chichester, through Drayton, Havant, Emsworth, &c.
19-May-1827
Berkshire Chronicle
The Earl of MALMESBURY presented petitions against alterations in the Corn Laws, from owners and occupiers of land in the neighbourhood of Petersfield, in the county of Southampton; from the gentlemen, clergy, and owners and occupiers of land in the southern part of the same county; and from the owners and occupiers of land at Banbury, in the county of Oxford. The noble lord said, that the last mentioned petition, also included a prayer against the importation of foreign wool; and that the petitioners stated, that they had already tow or three years stock on hands, and were in apprehension of utter ruin.
31-May-1827
St James's Chronicle
04-Jun-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
04-Jun-1827
Salisbury & Winchester Journal
HORSE STEALING.—On Wednesday night a black gelding, a dark brown pony, and a bay mare, were stolen from a field at Petersfield. Fifteen guineas are offered on conviction of the offender.
18-Jun-1827
Hampshire Telegraph
LOST, on the London and Portsmouth Road, on Monday, the 11th June, between 9 o’clock in the morning, and noon,—A RED LEATHER POCKET BOOK, with three Bank of England Notes, one Note of the Ringwood Bank, and one Sovereign and a Half-Sovereign.—Whoever will bring the same to Mr. Dowling, at Liphook; Mr. Holdaway, at Petersfield; Mr. Wise, at Horndean; or Mr. Billett, at Portsmouth; shall receive a Reward of FIVE POUNDS.
☞ The Numbers of the Bank Notes are known, and payment of them is stopt, so that they will be of no use.
19-Jun-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
22-Jun-1827
Sun (London)
A Freehold, and small part Copyhold, Estate, free from land tax, comprising part of the Manors, or reputed Manor, of Ashford, the Ashford Lodge, seated on a Lawn, with pleasure grounds, coach-houses, stabling, out-buildings, farm-yard, gardens, &c.; sundry farms, with farm-houses and agricultural buildings, cottages, orchards, lime-kiln, pasture, arable, meadow, and wood land, quarries of stone, a moiety of Steep Mill, a dwelling and out-buildings—in all 600 acres, situate in the parish oh Steep and Froxfield, near Petersfield, Hampshire; timber to be taken at a valuation. Present rental, subject to small deductions, 1,045l. 16s. a year. This extensive property was put up in one lot, and knocked down at 25,000l.
The Freehold Rectorial Tithes in the parish of Steep, Hants, containing 2,600 acres, with the barn field, barn, &c.—8,500l.
2-Jul-1827
Hampshire Telegraph
SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1827.
On Monday last the Members of the Petersfield Friendly Society celebrated their 23d anniversary, when they walked in procession to Church, headed by some of the Honorary Members, and the Rev. J. Whicher, who delivered an appropriate discourse to them, from the 6th chapter of Galatians and 2d verse. One hundred and forty-nine persons dined in a booth, created behind the Fighting Cocks: the dinner was served up in Mrs. Pearson’s best style.—C. J. Hector, Esq. Presided. After dinner the accounts were audited, and stated as follows: Honorary Members, 10; Members, 120; Stock, 1063l—The Chairman congratulated the Society on the prosperous state of their finances.—The weather being very fine, a great number assembled from the country. The toast, the song, and glee, aided by the Alton band, gave a zest to the day’s amusement, and the party separated at ten o’clock, in the most orderly and decorous manner, highly gratified with the entertainment.
2-Jul-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
3-Jul-1827
Public Ledger & Daily Advertiser
…
PORTSMOUTH and GOSPORT MAIL, through Godalming, Petersfield, and Portsea, every Evening, at a Quarter-past Seven, and Sunday at Half-past Six. On its arrival a Packet sails to the Isle of Wight, to convey Passengers and Parcels, and a Mail Coach sets off to Chichester, through Drayton, Havant, Emsworth, &c.
…
PORTSMOUTH new and elegant Light Post Coach, tha?? Regulator, to carry only Four Inside, through Kingston, Guildford, Petersfield, and Portsea, every Morning at a quarter past Eight.
…
EAMES and CO. Proprietors
16-Jul-1827
Hampshire Telegraph
21-Jul-1827
Berkshire Chronicle
GEORGE INN, READING
“THE OXONIAN,”
NEW POST COACH,
DIRECT TO PORTSMOUTH.
(Through Farnham and Guildford)
Reading, July 13.
06-Aug-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
06-Aug-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
Died at Eden Hall, Cumberland, on the 16th of July, Sir Philip Musgrave, Bart. M.P. for Carlisle, and late Member for Petersfield, aged 33 years.
27-Aug-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
Mary Mash, of Petersfield, aged 64, has been committed to prison, for bigamy. It appeared, on an investigation, that this woman lived with her husband 29 years; that she separated from her former husband by mutual consent; and, after eight or nine years had elapsed, married again. The man and woman have been receiving alms from Froxfield, with which parish it is conjectured the present proceeding originated, with the view of removing the female to Steep, the place of residence of her first husband.
10-Sep-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
Died, on Sunday, in London, Wm. Blunt, Esq. late of Buriton, near Petersfield, whose loss is sincerely regretted by all who knew him. His remains were this day interred at Buriton.
10-Sep-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
A correspondent expresses much gratification in having travelled the new road from this city through Bramdean to Petersfield, which is now in good condition. The distance, he observes, is reduced to 18 miles, which is a great advantage to persons travelling to Midhurst on the eastern parts of Sussex, as by the new line of road the journey may be completed in one hour less than by any other route, and with great ease.
17-Sep-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
GAME DUTY.—List 2.
Boyce W T Esq
Chase John
Carter J B esq.
Chase James
Greetham C. esq.
Humphreys Sam.
Inwood James
King George
King Fielder
Leer George
Meers John esq.
Mundy John Jun.
Poulter Rev B
Powell J J Jun
Rason Wm
Ring John
Whicher Rev J jun
Petersfield
Petersfield
Petersfield
Steep
Petersfield
Petersfield
Steep
Buriton
Buriton
Petersfield
Petersfield
Sheet
Buriton
Steep
Buriton
Sheet
Petersfield
List 2.—Persons who have obtained GAME KEEPERS CERTIFICATES at £3 13 6 each.
…
List 3.—Persons who have obtained GAME KEEPERS CERTIFICATES at £1 5s each.
… Pullem James, by the Rev John Coles, for Dickham alias Ditcham. …
These Lists are made up to the 8th of Sept. 1827, and published by order of his Majesty’s
Commissioners for the Affairs of Taxes.
17-Sep-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
17-Sep-1827
Hampshire Advertiser
COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON
List (1) General Certificates at 3l. 13s. 6d. each:—
Berriman, Benjamin, Steep; Boyce, W. T. esq. Petersfield; … Coles, Rev. John, Buriton; Chase, John, Petersfield; Carter, J. Bonham, esq. Petersfield; Cozens, Thomas, Petersfield; Chase, James, Steep; … Greetham, Chas. Esq. Petersfield; … Humphreys, Samuel Petersfield; … Jolliffe, Joseph, Hinton Daubry; Inwood, James, Steep; … King, George, esq. Buriton; King, Fielder, Buriton; … Leer, George, Petersfield; … Muxwell, George, Steep; Meeres, John, Petersfield; … Poulter, Rev B. Buriton; … Powell, J. J. jun. Steep; … Rason, William, Buriton; … Witcher, Rev. John, Petersfield; …
Made up from the 8th to the 15th of September, 1827
List (3) GAME KEEPERS, being Assessed Servants, at 1l. 5s. each.
… Pullen, James, by Rev. John Coles, for Dickham, alias Ditcham.— …
By Order of his Majesty’s Commissioners for the Affairs of Taxes.
EDWARD BATES, Secretary
24-Sep-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
The first stone of a daily National School was lately laid at Hawkley, in this county, a beautiful and retired village, between Petersfield and Selborne, and was the occasion of a very interesting scene which gave rise to a strong feeling that the promoters and friends of the measure will not be disappointed in their expectation of a fully attended and useful school. This is a matter of congratulation to the parish in question, and those surrounding it, and may direct the attention of other places requiring the aid of religious education, and not having in their parish the means of obtaining it, because this school at Hawkley is established upon what appears to be an enlarged, benevolent, and new plan, inasmuch as it is to teach the children not only of the parish in which the school is situated, but od several surrounding villages. At the laying of the stone many of the neighbouring clergymen, gentlemen, and yeomen, attended, and there were from 150 to 200 children present. The joys of the day commenced by a scramble among the children on Hawkley Green, for half-pence, cakes, and fruit. The stone was soon afterwards laid by a boy of seven years of age, the son of a neighbouring gentleman, and well-wisher to the school. This young gentleman performed his part to the admiration of all present, and conclude by saying, “he wished success to the undertaking with all his heart!” The Rev. E. White, vicar of Hawkley, then echoed the speech of the little founder, and impressively added, that, “he begged the blessing of God on the undertaking!” Three hearty cheers followed, and a psalm, selected for the occasion, was then sung by children of the Sunday schools of the different parishes. The ceremony now being ended, the children passed in procession, and each received a plum cake, and another scramble amused them. A good band of music much enlivened the day, which concluded with our national air “God save the King.”—If this little narrative should meet the eye of any persons who have the power to aid this undertaking by their personal exertions, pecuniary aid, or in any other manner, their attention is requested to a few points.—First, that the teaching of this school is intended to be superior to any in the neighbourhood, by the master and mistress, (who are already experienced general teachers) being both taught the National School system completely, and the master will have the certificate of the London National School of his being fully capable to teach the system well; secondly, let all who are able to contribute something to the annual expense of this undertaking, and if those who cannot give a sovereign or half sovereign a year, will kindly contribute 5s or 2s 6d, an ample fund will easily be provided, and numbers will make up for the want of large contributions; thirdly, let those who cannot afford to contribute money, as well as those who do, urge all their neighbours in their several parishes to send their children to this school, and to send them regularly. The parent’s reward and the children’s advantage, it is expected, will be the superior teaching and order of the school. The reward of the neighbourhood and of those who encourage and support the undertaking undoubtedly will be greater security to property and greater peace among the people. Religious education stands next in efficient and useful operation to the grace of God, and all are bound to support it, by every means they possess, as a duty to God and mankind.
01-Oct-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
08-Oct-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
28-Nov-1827
Morning Advertiser
On Monday evening, after a severe illness, Dr. Wm. Poynter, the Roman Catholic Bishop of the London district, died at his house in Castle-street, Holborn, in the 66th year of his age. The deceased was a native of Petersfield, Hants. In the year 1793, he was a preceptor at the English College, Douay; but that establishment being broken up, and the students dispersed by the French revolutionists, Dr. Poynter returned to his native country, and was one of the founders of a similar establishment, near Puckeridge, in Hertfordshire, named St. Edmund’s College, at which most of the younger branches of the English Catholic nobility and gentry of the present day have received their education. In 1812, Dr. Poynter succeeded Dr. John Douglas, as Bishop of the London District, and was much esteemed by the English Catholics for the manner in which he discharged the duties of his station. The Rev. Dr. Bramston succeeds him as Bishop, a Gentleman who, in early life, was a member of the Church of England, and was educated for the Bar; but having renounced the religion of his parents, and become a Roman Catholic, he quitted the Temple and proceeded to the English College in Lisbon, where he was educated for the Priesthood. He was ordained Bishop some years since, as coadjutor to the deceased Dr. Poynter, whom he was destined to succeed. It is expected that Dirges will be performed in all the Catholic Chapels in London for the repose of the soul of the deceased.
03-Dec-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
A most desirable improvement is in contemplation between Chichester and Petersfield, by which the present circuitous road will be avoided and a distance of full six miles curtailed. The subscription lists at the banks commence with Sir H. Featherstonhaugh, Bart. £100, Lord Selsey £50, Mr Hector £50, and others, amounting to half the sum required. The popularity of the measure induces a belief that £700 will shortly be raised, which, by a recent survey and estimate, is deemed sufficient to carry this excellent design into complete effect.
04-Dec-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
03-Dec-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
LONDON FEMAL PENITENTIARY, PENTONVILLE.—The object of this Institution is to afford Asylum to Females who, having deviated from the path of virtue, are desirous of being restored, by religious instruction and the formation of moral and industrious habits, to a reputable condition in society. Since its Establishment, in 1807, it has received 1469 females, of whom 442 have been placed out to Service, and 432 reconciled to their Friends. The House would accommodate 140 inmates; but the Finances have never allowed the Committee to receive more than 110 at one time; the decreased amount of the Annual Subscriptions has, for some years past, made it necessary to limit the number to 100; and, unless the exertions of the Conductors are seconded by the liberal co-operation of the Public, a further diminution must take place. The present Annual Income is inadequate to the maintenance of the Establishment in its present extent; and it is only the confidence which the Committee entertain in the liberality of the Public, that has induced them to receive, instead of rejecting, several hopeful cases.
The Committee beg to present the Claims of this interesting Charity to public support, in the confident hope that they shall be enabled to continue, if not to increase, the present number of inmates, rather than close their doors to the many distressing objects who seek an asylum from misery and ruin within their walls.
The following Donations and Subscriptions have been recently received:—
Miss Parr, Petersfield (Annual) .......£1 0
07-Dec-1827
Liverpool Mercury
10-Dec-1827
Salisbury & Winchester Journal
A subscription is set on foot for improving the communication between Chichester and Petersfield, by which the present circuitous route will be avoided, and a distance of full six miles saved.
14-Dec-1827
London Evening Standard
DEPARTURE.—… Robert Taylor from Ellis’s Hotel, St James’s-street, for his seat, Petersfield, Hants;
17-Dec-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
Nearly 3000 sheep were penned at Petersfield Fair, on Tuesday, a great number of which were sold. The weather being very unfavourable, little other business was transacted.
17-Dec-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
17-Dec-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
22-Dec-1827
Royal Gazette of Jamaica
31-Dec-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
Died, on Christmas Day, after an illness of a few days, Sarah Blackmore, and old and faithful servant of Charles Greetham, Esq. of Petersfield, having lived in his service 23 years.
31-Dec-1827
Hampshire Chronicle
1828
04-Jan-1828
Sun (London)
07-Jan-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
This week, C. Alderson, Esq., of Ashford, gave an excellent dinner to all the poor children in the parish if Steep—C. J. Hector, Esq. of Petersfield, Froxfield, gave with his usual benevolence to the poor of Petersfield, Froxfield, and ???? a great number of exceeding good baskets—Miss Parr, of Petersfield, on Wednesday last, gave her annual dinner to her usual number of the charity school children, who went away highly gratified.
14-Jan-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
Ropley, Jan. 8, 1828
21-Jan-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
The following prisoners were tried, and sentenced to the periods of confinement undermentioned:—
Joseph Hawkins, for stealing a gun from the shop of John Pledger, at Petersfield, the property of C. J. Hector, Esq.—six weeks imp. to hard labour.
28-Jan-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
The numerous friends of that gallant old sportsman, Colonel King, of Petersfield, will be glad to hear of his perfect recovery from one of the greatest afflictions that flesh is heir to, under circumstances as interesting as they are extraordinary. A faithful groom, who had lived with the Colonel for thirty years, about eighteen months since was attacked with symptoms of stone in the bladder, for which he was sent to St George’s Hospital, there operated upon, and soon returned to his master perfectly well. He had not been home many weeks when the Colonel was attacked with similar symptoms, which induced him to set off for London, to consult Dr. Brodie, who had operated so successfully on his servant. The stone was found, but strongly urged him to avoid an operation, from his great age and infirmities, and to keep himself quietly at home. In this state he returned to Petersfield, but his symptoms soon became so distressing that he determined at all hazards to undergo the operation, and Mr Brodie was accordingly sent for. It was performed, and a stone of the enormous size of a small orange was extracted. The old servant nursed him with fraternal care, and at the expiration of three weeks he has the satisfaction of seeing his master quite well.
15-Feb-1828
Morning Advertiser
Petitions and Schedules to be heard and adjudicated upon at the Court-house, Portugal-street, Lincoln’s-Inn-fields, on Thursday next, Feb. 21, at ten in the forenoon precisely, viz.:—
Bridger, William, late of Elsted near Petersfield, Sussex, bailiff, steward, and farmer.
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18-Feb-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
Lot 1.—The Great and Small TITHES of a farm called Barnard, situate in the parish of Hawkley, in the county of Southampton, containing 62A 2R 18P, more or less, in the occupation of Mr John Bailey.
Lot 2.—The Great and Small TITHES of a farm called Tubbs, situate in the said parish of Hawkley, and containing 44A 2R 37P, more or less, in the occupation of Mr Richard Legg. The above property is Freehold of Inheritance. The lands from whence the tithes arise are in a good state of cultivation.
Further particulars may be known on application to Mess. Dunn & Hopkins, attornies, Alresford.
22-Feb-1828
Morning Post
The petitions were severally ordered to be printed
25-Feb-1828
Hampshire Telegraph
NEAR PETERSFIELD, HANTS.
☞ Rogate is about fifty miles from London on the Portsmouth Road, and is particularly remarkable for the salubrity of its situation.
Weekly Boarders, 16 Guineas per Annum
No extras, except for Books.
27-Feb-1828
Morning Advertiser
HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tuesday, Feb. 26
TEST AND CORPORATION ACTS. .
The above were severally read, and laid on the table.
8-Mar-1828
Royal Gazette of Jamaica
…
Jamaica, ss.—I do swear that the above are the only unclaimed apprehended deserters in this workhouse (except one advertised for sale), to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JOHN W. SLOLY, Sup.
Sworn before me, this 11th February, 1828.
10-Mar-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
Died, on Wednesday the 27th ult. Aged 63, Mrs Alderson, wife of C. Alderson, Esq. of Ashford, near Petersfield, whose loss is sincerely regretted by all who knew her. She was an affectionate wife, a kind mother, and a benevolent friend to the poor. Her remains were removed, on Thursday, for interment in the family vault at Hackney.
15-Mar-1828
Royal Gazette of Jamaica
…
Jamaica, ss.—The above is a just and true list of the unclaimed apprehended deserters in this Workhouse, except those advertised for sale, to the best of my information and belief.
HENRY BROUGHTON, Sup.
Sworn before me this 14th March, 1828.
31-Mar-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
The Dressing and Bed Rooms comprise excellent winged wardrobe and chest of drawers, convenient dressing stands and tables, neat bedsteads and furniture, good beds and bedding, bed-round and square carpets, Marriot’s patent water closet, chairs and glass, &c.
The Kitchen and Offices are equipped with patent range and roasting jack, dish covers, tea urns, butler’s trays, capital eight-day clock, china and glass, and useful requisites in culinary, washing, and brewing utensils, suitable for a genteel establishment.
About 36 dozen of choice wines, &c.; two beautiful Norman cows and heifer, four milch goats, a stump of hay, six couples of famous beagles, three store pigs, sow and three pigs, and other effects; which will be mentioned in catalogues, to be had of Mr Minchin, printer, Petersfield; place of sale; and of the Auctioneer, Bishop’s Waltham.
07-Apr-1828
Hampshire Telegraph
WANTED, in the Parish of Rogate,—A permanent OVERSEER, to manage the affairs of the Parish.—No person need make application that cannot give a good reference as to character.—Letters addressed, post-paid, to the Parish Officer of Rogate, near Petersfield.
07-Apr-1828
Hampshire Telegraph
Married, at Petersfield, by the Rev. J. Whicher, Mr. Longcroft, of Romsey, to Miss Ploughman.
07-Apr-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
TO be DISPOSED OF,—The LEASE and new FURNITURE of a complete and very gentlemanly Residence in Hants, four miles west of Petersfield, with 30 Acres of Grass Land, of superior quality, round the house; two capital walled Gardens, new Stables for seven horses, double coach-house, harness room, &c. brewhouse, wash-house, excellent water entrance, Lodge, gardener’s Cottage, and many other conveniences, in perfect order and repair; together with the exclusive Right of Preserving and Shooting Game over an Estate of 1000 statute acres, immediately adjoining the residence.
The estate is finely wooded, and the tenants are bound to protect the game, which has been strictly preserved by the keeper on the premises. The walks about the grounds of the house are beautiful, and the turnpike road from Brighton to Winchester passes the Lodge Gates.
Immediate possession may be had, and further particulars known, on application to Dunn and Hopkins, attornies, Alresford, Hants.
14-Apr-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
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21-Apr-1828
Hampshire Telegraph
SITUATION WANTED, as LADY’S MAID, in a Gentleman’s Family, to wait on one or two young Ladies, a Young Woman, who has lived three years in her last Situation, and left solely on account of the lady’s death; understands hair dressing, dress making, and getting up fine linen: no objection to make herself generally useful, and to travel, but would prefer the country.—Direct letters, post-paid to E.S. Post-office, Petersfield: can have an undeniable character from the place she is about to leave.
21-Apr-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
12-May-1828
Hampshire Telegraph
LOST, Stolen or Strayed, about ten days since, from Mr. Hoare’s Waggon Stables, at Petersfield,—A Yellow and White SETTER DOG, answers to the name of Frank. Whoever will return the same to Mr. James Osborn, Sadler, Petersfield, shall receive TWO GUINEAS REWARD.
15-May-1828
Devizes & Wiltshire Gazette
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The 4th Resolution was proposed by the Rev. Mr. Wilson of Petersfield, who said, that whatever interest he might before have felt in this great and glorious cause, that interest had this night been greatly augmented. He then took a rapid and interesting survey of the difficulties and encouragements attendant on Missionary labour, satisfactorily shewing that the latter, derived from God’s word, greatly prevailed over the former.
19-May-1828
Hampshire Telegraph
24-May-1828
Hampshire Advertiser
At SHEET, Hants, within One Mile of the Market Town of PETERSFIELD, free of LAND-TAX.
Lying within a Ring Fence
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION
BY JOSEPH JORDAN
The ESTATE forms altogether a very desirable Residence for a small genteel Family, and is particularly well suited for a Sporting Gentleman; is situated on an eminence in the rural Village of SHEET, commanding bold and picturesque views of Up Park, and the surrounding country, and is bounded partly by a Stream of Water.
The DWELLING HOUSE is in good repair, having been newly built in a very substantial manner, a few years since, by Mr. SEWARD, the late Proprietor, and comprises on the basement 2 large dry cellars, on the Ground Floor, in front, 2 good parlours, (with Marble chimney-pieces), vestibule, and staircase at the back of ditto, a good kitchen, pantry, and wash-house, with a pump of excellent water, 4 very cheerful bed-rooms, and 2 garretts, an excellent garden and orchard, well stocked with choice fruit trees.
The London and Portsmouth, and the Petersfield and Farnham (new) turnpike roads run within about 50 yards on each side of the Residence, and the Midhurst turnpike road, affording a direct communication with all parts of Sussex, lies within a quarter of a mile.
N.B.—The Rights of Common appurtenant to this Lot, on Sheet Common, and on Petersfield Heath, are very valuable.
This Lot is held by a Copy of Court Roll of the Manor of West Mapledurham for 3 good lives, by the yearly rent of 1s. and customary Heriot. This Lot has similar Rights of Common to Lot 1.
Sheet is distant from London 53, Petersfield 1, Portsmouth 19, Godalming 23, Haslemere 11, Midhurst 9, Farnham 14, and Alton 12 Miles. The Poor Rates are low, and Possession may be had at Michaelmas next,
N.B.—A purchaser might be accommodated with Two Thirds of the Purchase-money on Mortgage of the Estate.
For a view of the Estate apply to the Tenant, and to treat for the purchase to Messrs. W. and J. W. CLEMENT, Solicitors, Alton; or to Mr. Cox, of the same place; where Plans of the Estate may be seen; as also at the AUCTIONEER’s; and at Messrs. TAYLOR and MOULD’s, No. 3 Field Court, Gray’s Inn,—All letters to be post-paid.
26-May-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
TO be SOLD by Private Contract,—A most desirable FREEHOLD TITHE-FREE ESTATE, containing about 350 customary Acres of very valuable Land, 170 of which are rich pasture land, 130 excellent arable and hop land, and the remainder finely timbered coppice land, lying well together in the romantic village of Hawkley, with a newly-erected Farm House, three Cottages, and all other necessary farm buildings, in perfect repair.
This estate has been in the occupation of the proprietor for many years, and is in a fine state of cultivation.
Hawkley is 55 miles from London, five miles from the market town of Petersfield, and within one mile of the Farnham and Petersfield turnpike.
Further details may be known on application to Mr John Mellersh, at Petersfield, or to Dunn and Hopkins, attornies, Alresford.
26-May-1828
Hampshire Telegraph
ROBT. HYSLOP, JOS. MONK, WM. HONE, FRED. DUNN, and CO. Proprietors.
N.B.—This Coach travels with four horses. A Coach leaves Reading for Henley, Marlow, and High Wycombe, on arrival of this Coach.
2-Jun-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
AN inquest was held on Saturday last, by Mr. Longcroft, on the body of a man who hung himself on Thursday night, at the Crown public house, Petersfield. Verdict—temporary derangement from distress. Several letters were found on the deceased, by which it appeared that his name was Joseph Mitchell; that he had been a shipwright in several of His Majesty’s vessels, and bore an exemplary character; that he had a wife and family residing at Devonport, and had lately been in Exeter gaol for debt. Distress is supposed to have been the cause of the rash act, as he had only 2¾d, in his pocket, 2d. of which he received in the evening. Mitchell requested permission to sleep in the stable, but Mr. Ashford, the landlord, kindly granted him a bed, and in the morning the unfortunate man was discovered suspended by his braces to a small beam in the room.
16-Jun-1828
Hampshire Telegraph
For particulars and a view of the Premises, apply (if by letter, post-paid), to Mr. Richard King, Petersfield.
30-Jun-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
FAIRS IN JULY.—Hants—…, Petersfield 10, …
3-Jul-1828
Perthshire Courier
At the general election in 1805, Lord Dudley (then the Hon. John William Ward) declined the expense of a contested county election, and thought it more economical to be returned for the borough of Petersfield, which was, at one time, represented by the historian Gibbon, whose family, heretofore, possessed extensive burgage tenures in the town. The Hon. Mr. Ward, in 1807, transferred his services from Petersfield to Wareham. In this latter borough, which was purchased for a small sum of money by the family of Mr. Calcraft, and in which the right of election is limited to 120 voters, Mr Ward succeeded Mr Jonathan Raine, of the Common Law Bar.
14-Jul-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
17-Jul-1828
Brighton Gazette
21-Jul-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
Died, yesterday, at Bishop’s Sutton, near Alresford, T. R. Ridge, Esq. of Fining House, Rogate, near Petersfield.
21-Jul-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
WANTS a Situation,—A middle-aged Man, who has been accustomed for several years, to the Business and Accounts of a Miller. He will be glad to make himself useful in a similar Concern, or to travel and superintend the Accounts of a Wine and Spirit Merchant, or any other business.—Letters addressed to W.B. Post office, Petersfield, will be punctually attended to.
11-Aug-1828
Salisbury & Winchester Journal
TO be SOLD by PRIVATE CONTRACT,—A complete HUNTING BOX, with good Stall Stabling and other requisite out-buildings, surrounded by thriving Plantations, Arable, Meadow and Copse Land, containing together ninety-five Acres, held of the Manor of Eastmeon, equal to freehold; situate at FROXFIELD, near Petersfield, in the County of Hants, and in the vicinity of the Hampshire and Hambledon Fox Hounds.
For particulars, apply to Mr Henry Fleetwood, chemist, Petersfield, who is authorised to treat for the same.—If by letter, post-paid.
11-Aug-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
For a view of the premises, apply at the mill, and for further particulars, if by letter free of postage, to Mr Mitchell, solicitor, Petersfield.
11-Aug-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
11-Aug-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
18-Aug-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
Saturday, August 16.
23-Aug-1828
Oxford Journal
On the 12th instant was married, at Hall Place, Berks, the seat of Sir Gilbert East, Bart. The Rev. Wm. Douglas Veitch, M.A. of Balliol college, and of Ellcock, Dumfriesshire, to Miss Raitt, second daughter of Colonel Raitt, Deputy Adjutant-General at Corfu, and niece to Hylton Jolliffe, Esq. M.P. for Petersfield, Hants.
1-Sep-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
Whoever happens to be the best bidder must at the same time pay one month in advance of the rent at which such Tolls may be let, and give security, with sufficient sureties, to the satisfaction of the Trustees of the said turnpike road, for payment of the rest of the money monthly.
Clerk to the Trustees of the said Turnpike Road.
1-Sep-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
FROXFIELD, HANTS.
Lot 1. A substantial Brick and Stone built WINDMILL, called Froxfield Windmill, four stories high, with dome roof, measuring in width on the base 21ft. 6in. driving two pair of stones, and dressing mill, with the tackle, machinery, and furniture; a newly-built Stable for four horses with loft over, and Cart-house adjoining; a newly-built COTTAGE, with kitchen, bed-room, pantry, cellar, and garden; and several Closes of good ARABLE LAND, adjoining the Mill, containing together 18 acres, more or less.
These premises are Copyhold of Inheritance, held of the Manor of Eastmeon, by one copy of Court Roll, at fine certain of 1s. and are (excepting the Cottage and Garden), let to Mr Hedger, at the yearly rent of £60, on a lease for 21 years, from 25th March, 1820; the tenant paying taxes, and keeping the running tackle in repair.
The Cottage and Garden are in the occupation of ——— Underwood, as yearly tenant, at rent of £3.
Lot 2. A new Brick built & Thatched COTTAGE, lying near lot 1, with two good bed-rooms 15ft. square each; kitchen, back kitchen, pantry, dairy, and skilling; fuel-house, cart-house, piggery, and about one Acre of Land, now in the occupation of Mr Hedger, as weekly tenant, at 3s. per week, the tenant keeping the thatch in repair.
This lot is also Copyhold of Inheritance, held of the manor of Eastmeon, by one Copy of Court Roll, at a fine certain of 1s. and quit rent of 6d.
The premises are pleasantly situate, within convenient distances of the market towns of Petersfield, Winchester, Alresford, Alton, and Farnham, close to the turnpike road leading from Alresford and Alton to Petersfield, and are much benefited by the recent improvements of the said road.
For a view apply to Mr Hedger, the tenant, and for further particulars to Messrs. Wm. and J.W. Clement, solicitors, Alton.
15-Sep-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
GAME DUTY.—LIST I.
Chase, John
Carter, John B esq
Greetham C
Humpreys, S N
King, Fielder esq.
King, George esq.
Leer, George
Maxwell George
Mundy John jun.
Powell J John
Poulter Rev B.
Ring John
Whicher Rev J
Petersfield
Petersfield
Petersfield
Petersfield
Buriton
Buriton
Petersfield
Steep
Sheet
Steep
Buriton
Sheet
Petersfield
These Lists are made up to the 1st of Sept. 1828, and published by order of his Majesty’s Commissioners for the Affairs of Taxes.
20-Sep-1828
Hampshire Advertiser
A meeting was held at the Old Town Hall on Thursday of the Commissioners of Turnpike, between this place and Sheet Bridge near Petersfield, to consider on the propriety of the proposed alteration of the road at Horndean, when there appearing a strong feeling against the measure, it was for the present abandoned.
22-Sep-1828
Hampshire Telegraph
W. MITCHELL, Clerk to the Trustees.
22-Sep-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
29-Sep-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
29-Sep-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
A line of road is in contemplation from Alton, through the beautiful village of Selborne, and through the equally romantic village of Empshot, to communicate with the new Petersfield road at Greetham, making the distance from Alton to Petersfield about eleven miles, without any hill of consequence, and diversified with almost as fine scenery as any part of Hampshire.
29-Sep-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
At the five following places:—
Wednesday the
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Monday
1st of October, at *
2d*
3d
4th
6th
Alton
Petersfield
Portsmouth
Newport, I.W.
Lymington
Accompanied on the Piano Forte by Mr Evans
and Mrs Fitzwilliam
13-Oct-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
Petersfield Heath Cattle Fair, on Monday last, was numerously attended, both by buyers and sellers, and notwithstanding the weather was rather unfavourable, much business was done.
13-Oct-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
Sir Thomas Baring, Bart. Chairman;
Henry Eyre, Esq. Samuel Raymond Jarvis, Esq.
Alton North
Alton South
Andover
Basingstoke
Fawley
Kingsclere
New Forest East
New Forest West
Portsdown
Southampton
Swan Inn, Alton
Dolphin Inn, Petersfield
Town Hall, Romsey
Town Hall, Basingstoke
Grand Jury Chamber, Winchester
Swan Inn, Kingsclere
Nag’s Head Inn, Lymington
Crown Inn, Ringwood
Red Lion, Fareham
Audit House, Southampton
T. WOODHAM, Clerk of the General Meetings.
Winchester, Oct. 9, 1828
16-Oct-1828
Brighton Gazette
There was a large shew of Welsh runts and Devon beasts at Steyning fair, on Saturday last … There were some of the best Devons we ever saw produced at a fair in Sussex; they were very forward, and made quite 3s. The few sheep that were there sold quickly at good prices. We think Petersfield fair has lately very much hurt the shew of beast at Steyning, many graziers going there to meet them.
18-Oct-1828
Nottingham Journal
We are sorry in having occasion to observe, that girls employed on the roads breaking the stones in the neighbourhood of Petersfield. It is a pity the local authorities cannot find more suitable employment for females of tender years.
20-Oct-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
For particulars apply to Mr Wm. Gale, adjoining the premises; or to Mr Joseph Gibson, Gosport.
20-Oct-1828
Hampshire Telegraph
The Premises are Copyhold of Inheritance, held under the Manor of Eastmeon, at a fine certain.—The Land Tax is redeemed, and valuable Common Rights are attached to the Property.
The Mill works three pairs of stones, has a flour machine, and the requisite tackle, and the whole is in excellent repair.
The above Moiety is subject to a quit rent of 3s. per annum, and to a lease for fourteen years, from the 11th October, 1820.
For a view of the Premises, apply to Mr. James Meeres, Grocer, Petersfield; and for further particulars (free of postage), to the Proprietor, Mr John Meeres; or to Mr. Mitchell, Solicitor, Petersfield
3-Nov-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
13-Nov-1828
Southern Reporter & Cork Commercial Courier
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The Public of this part of the Country will recognise among them those of Gentlemen of the first rank and station in the Country—representatives of Landed, Commercial, and Manufacturing wealth, amounting to MILLIONS, and men of the highest character and intelligence.
Such of our contemporaries elsewhere as may transcribe this important accession to the PROTESTANT DECLARATION into their columns, may rest assured that this brief description of those who compose it is in no way exaggerated. Even those who may be inclined to detract from their consequence, will not, cannot do so.
It forms no part of the system—indeed it is adverse to the wishes—of the Noblemen and Gentlemen who have originated this Document, that its progress should be accompanied with a single observation that could excite an angry feeling, or provoke an angry remark.—Breathing peace and good will itself, it would be inconsistent with its spirit and object, if, in endeavouring to promote its success or show its importance, any thing should be said or written which would tend to give offence even to the most violent of opposers.—Adopting a similar tone, we are silent where we may speak.
The copy of the Declaration, with the signatures, now lying at this office will be forwarded to Dublin on Saturday evening. The original intention of sending it to the different towns in the County has been necessarily abandoned, so that those Gentlemen who have not yet signed, will do well to transmit to us authority for affixing their names in the course of to-morrow or the ensuing day.
KINGSBOROUGH,
Hon. Robert King, M.P.
…
Peter Maziere, Petersfield
… (long list of men, all apparently Irish except Maziere?)
17-Nov-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
Died, on the 6th inst. aged 17, Jane, daughter of Mr. H. Holdaway, of the Dolphin Inn, Petersfield, having endured the most poignant affliction for several months with Christian fortitude
17-Nov-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
Died, on Sunday, Mrs. Stovold, aged 47, wife of Mr. Stovold, Causeway, near Petersfield, leaving a large family to deplore her loss.
24-Nov-1828
Dublin Mercantile Advertiser, & Weekly Price Current
☞ The PROTESTANT DECLARATION lies for Signature every day, (Sundays excepted,) from 12 to 4 o’clock, at the Royal Hotel, College-green; at the National Market, Usher’s-quay; and at the Coffee-room of the Commercial Buildings, Dublin.
(4 columns of names including)
F Maziere, Petersfield
4-Dec-1828
Sun (London)
As they have entered upon a renewed examination of the capabilities of the emigrants to give instruction in the languages and literature of their respective countries, they will be obliged if those who desire teachers in Italian, Spanish, French, or Portuguese, will, in the meanwhile, apply to the Honorary Secretary.
Guildhall, Nov. 29.
Amount already advertised ...... £2,650 0 0
…
H. C. Atkinson, of Petersfield .....1 0
(4 columns of names including)
F Maziere, Petersfield
8-Dec-1828
Hampshire Telegraph
FOR SALE by PRIVATE CONTRACT,—RINGS GREEN FARM, in the parish of Froxfield, near Petersfield, Hants, consisting of a convenient Farm-house and the requisite Farm Buildings, advantageously situate in the centre of 111A. 2R. 29P. statute measure, or Arable, Meadow, Pasture, and Wood LAND, lying in a ring fence, and divided into convenient enclosures.
The Estate is Copyhold of Inheritance, under the Manor of Eastmeon (nearly equal to Freehold), subject to a quit-rent of 13s. 7d. and a small fixed fine and heriot.—Land-Tax redeemed, and Poor’s Rates moderate—Immediate possession may be had, and there are two very responsible tenants desirous of taking a lease, at a rent that would render it a desirable investment.
The Farm is situate near the Turnpike Road, about three miles distant from Petersfield, and nine from Alton and Alresford.
To view the Property, apply on the Premises, and for further particulars, to Mr. Osborn, Land-Surveyor and Estate Agent, Hayling, Havant (if by letter, free of postage).
13-Dec-1828
Hampshire Advertiser
At Petersfield market on Wednesday last, there was an exceeding fine show of Christmas and other stock, which met a ready sale at good prices. The stock of Mr. Alling, of Liss, near Petersfield, was much admired, and considered by good judges to be superior to any other in the market.
15-Dec-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
27-Dec-1828
Carlisle Patriot
29-Dec-1828
Hampshire Telegraph
The following gentlemen will bear testimony to the character and abilities of the advertisers, viz. the Rev. Wm. Wells, Selborne, Hants; the Rev. C. Green, Surwick, near Petersfield, and the Rev. J. Wilding, Cheam, near Epsom.
☞ Terms—Twenty Guineas per annum.
29-Dec-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
TO be SOLD by Private Contract,—An eligible FREEHOLD ESTATE, situate at Eastmeon, about four miles distant from Petersfield, and 15 from Portsmouth; containing 70 Acres, more or less, of Arable, Meadow, and Coppice Land, with right of sheep down, not limited as to number.
The estate is occupied by the owner, and is in a very high state of cultivation; is well wooded with young and thriving timber. Fox-hounds are kept in the neighbourhood, and game is abundant. Commanding the most beautiful and picturesque landscapes.
Mail and other coaches pass to and from London through Petersfield, daily.
For further particulars apply to Mr. Jas. Bennett, land surveyor, Bramshott House, Liphook, Hants.
29-Dec-1828
Hampshire Chronicle
James Hunt, jun. for writing and publishing an incendiary letter, declaring he would, with others, burn the ricks and premises of Andrew Twitchen, of Itchen Abbas; Alexander Kent, for stealing a pig from the premises of Peter Green, Esq. situate at Houghton; Thos Wells for stealing 13 fowls from the premises of Wm. Mitchell, at Petersfield, have been committed to the county gaol.
1829
5-Jan-1829
Morning Post
Sir H FEATHERSTONE has, with his usual benevolence, given to the poor of Harting a liberal supply of beef and clothing. Miss PHIPPS, of Little Green, with her accustomed generosity and kindness, has given eight fat sheep to the poor of the village of Compton; and Miss Parr, of Petersfield, on Christmas Day, entertained a number of Charity School children with the Old English fare of roast beef and plum pudding.
14-Jan-1829
The Pilot
… (long list of names)
Maziere, James, Petersfield, Cork
…
The Requisition remains open for signatures, at the ROYAL HOTEL, COLLEGE_GREEN, to which place those Subscribers whose Addresses have not yet been ascertained, are requested to send them in.
Tickets of Admission to the Meeting may be had at the ROYAL HOTEL, and from any of the Members of the Managing Committee, whose names are marked thus * in the preceding list.
Committee Room, Royal Hotel, College-
Green, Dublin, January 12, 1829
19-Jan-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
Died, on Sunday last, Mrs Shoell, wife of Mr. Shoell, grocer, of Petersfield, at the advanced age of 81 years, having endured the most poignant sufferings a great number of years.
23-Feb-1829
Hampshire Telegraph
2-Mar-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
An inquest was taken last week, before Mr. Longcroft, at Weston, near Petersfield, on view of the body of Thomas Smith, an old man, who was found dead on his bed; and on Saturday, at Blenheim House, near Gosport, on the body of a man, named Varden, who was found dead near his residence the day before. Verdicts—Died by the visitation of God. The following inquests have also been taken by the same coroner during the present week:—At Petersfield, on view of the body of Albert Walton, a child, who having been imprudently left by his mother with two other children, in a room, was so dreadfully burnt by his clothes taking fire, on the 3d inst. as to occasion his death on the 20th. Verdict.—Accidental Death. …
28-Mar-1829
Tipperary Free Press
CRIMINAL COURT—WEDNESDAY.
BEFORE JUDGE JEBB
John Kane recollects 1st Nov.; was minding fruit in his house that night; 18 or 20 men came there and demanded arms; they got the two pistols and bayonet; did not know any of the party.
P. Kenna examined—Was in bed in Kane’s house, who called him up, and said he was robbed; saw the party; said they did not want money, but arms; knew prisoners were there; is sure Madden was; he saw them next the door, as well by the candle as by a little of the moon.
James Grace—Was going on the 2d Nov. to buy fruit; met Madden and three or four men walking very smart, as coming from Peterville; it was two or three hours before day; knows Madden these 16 or 17 years—James Cash and Joh Guman proved alibis.
O’Brien Dillion, Esq., was examined as to the character of Flanigan; knows Flanigan’s person; never knew or heard of his being concerned in any thing bad, if he was must have heard of it in Nenagh, where prisoner lived.
George Lee, Esq.,—Knows Flanigan to be a peaceable, honest, industrious, young man; knew prisoner for the last six years—Guilty—but recommended to mercy by the Jury, in consequence of the party not having used any violence in taking the arms—The Court said the recommendation would be laid before Government.
4-Apr-1829
Baldwin’s London Weekly Journal
06-Apr-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
13-Apr-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
The Rev. Charles Gower Boyles has been presented to the Rectory of Buriton, near Petersfield, vacant by the decease of the Rev. B. Poulter.
15-Apr-1829
Sun (London)
15-Apr-1829
Morning Post
04-May-1829
Hampshire Telegraph
April 24, 1829
04-May-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
The Lord Bishop of this diocese has collated the Rev. Charles Gower Goyles, A.M. to the Rectory of Buriton, with Petersfield Chapel, vacant by the death of the Rev. Brownlow Poulter.
04-May-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
11-May-1829
Salisbury & Winchester Journal
Important Sale of Elegant Fashionable FURNITURE
Service of Plate, Wines, &c.
WHICH will be SOLD by AUCTION on the Premises, on Tuesday the 26th of May, 1829, and the following day.
The Drawing Room contains a splendid suit in gold silk figured damask on crimson, adapted to two windows, with drapery and ornaments; an elegantly formed sofa; set of ten chairs, and pair of Woburn chairs, highly finished in carved rosewood, covered in the rich materials of curtains, and extra cases; handsome rosewood tables on bold carved columns and paw mountings; a costly chiffonier, executed in a peculiar style of excellence in carved rosewood, finished with statuary marble top, crystal back, plate burnished columns, gallery, &c.; pair of screens in corresponding style, elegant bell ropes, Grecian lamp, several pieces of ornamental French china, rare cabinet specimens of natural curiosities, &c.
The Eating Room and Sleeping Apartments contain articles appropriate to the character of the establishment, of genuine make and material, and of general utility; including a set of mahogany dining tables on the improved telescope frame, set of chairs, cellaret sideboard, screens, table lamps, &c. several handsome wardrobes, an elegant lady’s robe press, chest of drawers, commodes, toilet and chamber tables, bed steps and chamber cabinets, fine plate chimney glasses, Wellington dressers, in platform swings &c. The bedsteads consist of four-posts, French canopy, tent, &c. with print drapery hangings, morines, and other material; prime beds, with bedding of wool mattresses, best quality Witneys, and counterpanes; window curtains to match the various furnitures; room carpets, &c.
In the valuable Miscellaneous Appendages are modern silver articles in forks, spoons, ladles, &c. a table set of modern plate, consisting of elegantly formed tureens and dishes, tea and coffee urns, a beautifully fashioned epergne stand, with brilliant cut flint dishes; a variety of cut glass, papier machée tray and japan articles; sets of ivory-handled knives and forks, &c. A small select LIBRARY, in Theological and Manuscript Works; two valuable barometers, and Greenwood’s County Map of Hants. About Forty Dozen of fine Old WINE, of generous quality.
In the Offices are the articles of general use; comprising the numerous culinary articles, dairy utensils, brewing vessels and beer casks, bottle rack, quantity of wine bottles, shower bath, slipper bath, good saddles and bridles, two valuable pointers, and other articles.
Which will be detailed in catalogues, to be had ten days previous to the auction, at the principal inns in Petersfield, Chichester, Horndean, Alton and Alresford; the Hampshire Chronicle Office, Gosport; Telegraph Office, Portsmouth; on the premises, at Buriton; and of the Auctioneer,
16-May-1829
Bekshire Chronicle
No. 11, King Street, Reading
(Next door to the George Inn gateway.)
THE "OXONIAN."
W. HONE and Co. Proprietors.
Saturday, May 16, 1829.
16-May-1829
Durham County Advertiser
22-May-1829
Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties
Mr. HUME presented petitions from the Deputies of the Mechanics, Artisans, and other trades in Nottingham, of two parishes in Gloucestershire, of Stone, Staffordshire, and of Anstey, Leicestershire, praying a repeal of the Corn Laws.
The Honourable Member then, in a speech which occupied three or four hours in the delivery, entered upon his view of the question, and commented on the unnatural state of things in which a large manufacturing population was placed. The changes of the currency had some effect in producing the present distress, but the great evil was the Corn Laws. Previous to 1765 there was an export trade in corn, and for fifty years the average export was 215,000 quarters a year, when we could compete with the foreign growers in their own markets. For the twenty years from 1796 to 1815 he found that importations had only averaged 480,125 quarters, and that duringa period of warfare, at a duty of 20s. If during a period when 100s. could be procured for foreign corn, not half a million quarters could be procured, what reason was there to fear a foreign glut. In 1815 the law of prohibition was passed, and from that period to 1826 the average imports were 413,900 quarters. We have now a million persons out of employment, who are kept so by the refusal to admit foreign con; if they could but calculate that the artisan produced goods, and in exchange for them would obtain what would afford them plenty, that it was that prevented the export of manufactures, the prohibition of receiving corn in return. He then entered at great length into the argument that loading the price of wages with a tax on corn was throwing an advantage into the scale in favour of foreign manufactures. To illustrate the case, he would suppose eight persons to make the entire propulation of a country; six employed in the manufacture of articles for home consumption, and the other two goods for exportation; if a law were introduced prohibiting the barter of articles in exchange for the work of these two, the consequence would be that they would be without work, the wages of the six would be reduced by competition, and the eight persons would possess only the means of six; nay worse, for the market would be overstocked, and there would be no means of obtaining relief. It was in effect doing what the most in??terate enemy could not excel, for Bonaparte himself could only blockade us from foreign productions. To those who said every country ought to produce its own corn, he would ask what was to be done with Venice, built on mud banks, and which would not supply one hundredth part of its consumption? If the Senate there prohibited the importation of corn, what would be its situatuion? Why should English labourer pay six days' labour for a bushel of wheat instead of sending abroad an article which could be produced in four days, in exchange for that quantity? As long as corn remained in Poland rotting in the warehouse, and manufactured goods were laid upon hand in England, so long was the labour and the capital of both countries unproductive. But when once a barter took place—when once the principle of interchange was recognised, new life was poured into each state, the face of nature and of society became animated, and the duties affixed by the respective Governments on the trade was a source of wealth to each kingdom. Corn Laws had produced a constant inequality in the price of food, and a consequent variation in the price of manufacture. Orders of Council were occasionally made to remedy the ill effects of these laws, but that he though was dangerous alternative. Corn was now paying a duty of 13s. to 15s. per quarter, he was anxious for a committee of the whole House to fix the duty, say this year at 15s. but certainly not under 10s. and reduced 1s. or 2s. every year. A fixed duty would bring surplus corn from all parts of the world, and the effect would be to raise the price in other countries. He desired no other trammels to be imposed upon trade and commerce then such as might be necessary for raising the revenue. The strength and prosperity of the country was said to depend upon the flourishing condition of agriculture; he did not think this was the case exclusively. Besides, the agricultural interest depended on the ship-owners, the manufacturers, &c. Who were all indissolubly connected. Much as we ought to attend to the home market—and he admitted this was an important consideration—he would not neglect the foreign market. The consumers at home paid the taxes; but if we ever admitted the principal sought to be established by Sir John Sinclair, with regard to the support of the home market, independently of the multitude of persons who we should thus throw out of employment, we should cast the whole weight of £52,000,000 of taxes (the amount now levied) on the home market. He stated this as a reason why the home market should not be held up as the object of exclusive support and a preference. By carrying on commercial intercourse with foreign states, we made foreigners pay a portion of our taxes. It would be said, "This country is heavily taxed, and therefore we cannot enter into competition with other states not similarly burdened." Now heavy taxation was a reason why we should endeavour to extend our commerce, for in that way only could we get free from the load which now oppressed us. In Ireland and Poland, where corn was cheap, the growers of the article could not get corn to feed on. A country without trade, was in the situation of a country of slaves, where there was plenty of room, sugar, coffee, and cocoa, but the slaves got none of them; they were unable to consume the produce of the soil, for the same reasons exactly as rendered Irishman unable to consume wheat and oats. The latter got potatoes to feed them, and nothing else; the wheat and oats went in payment of rent to their landlords. Rear up a portion of Irishman as manufacturers, and then they will be able to give their labour and ingenuity in exchange for a portion of wheat and oats. He admitted reciprocity was a good thing, and that if we could persuade France to give her wine and oil in exchange for our hardware and cloth, it would be all very well. We ought to take from France whatever we could get cheaper there than elsewhere. Russia had put us under a ban as regarded reciprocity, yet we good-naturedly took her hemp, tallow, &c. Why did we do this question we did not send her any manufactured goods directly, and according to the arguments referred to, the amount of our dealings with Russia must be a dead loss. But Russia was supplied by France with brandy, wine, &c., and Portugal sent her wine, olives, and other articles to Russia. Our hardware and cloth found their way into France, (smuggled or not, it did not matter); our jackets went to Portugal; and thus we paid for Russian hemp and a tallow, as if our clothing and hardware went direct to Russia in exchange for them. It was our duty to buy at the cheapest and sell at the dearest market we could, and by multiplying our markets and exchanges, to carry on as much trade as possible. He denied that there could be any such thing as overproduction in this country generally. He admitted there might be such a thing in one single article, but it could not exist in all. In his view of the case, what was called overproduction arose from inequality of production; there was too much of one article made, that was all. For his part, he wished for a steam engine of 100 hp in every village, to manufacture bread and meat.—(A laugh.)—the object should be, to produce articles exchangeable for food in as great quantities as possible, but we were not allowed a free market for food. It was the present state of the Corn Laws which occasioned what was known by the title of overproduction. We were all interested in this. If government altered the Corn Laws, they would have the population in a state of prosperity; they would have every man employed; they would have the consumption of commodities greatly increased, and with that an augmented revenue from taxation; and they would have the means of power and wealth, to an almost unlimited extent, placed in their hands. He was not one who thought that the public debt, heavy as it was, was of much consequence, so long as we could have such an extension of commerce as would render the whole world tributary to us, and assist in its payment. Could anything contribute more to happiness and prosperity of the country than that there should be food and employment sufficient for every man? How different from that state of things was the picture which existed, where the difficulty, distress, and privation of the lower classes, had driven them to a violation of the laws, (he believed more through necessity than wantoness,) exceedingly to be deplored! The Hon. Member concluded by moving, "That the House do resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider the Corn Laws, (Act 9 Geo IV. c. 60,) with a view of substituting a fixed duty on the importation of foreign corn into the United Kingdom, and appointing a bounty on the export of British Coal, instead of the present graduated scale of prices and duties."
Mr. MARSHALL, jun. (Petersfield,) seconded the motion.
...
for the motion 12, against it 154,— Majority 142.
Cave Otway, Leicester
Marshall John, Yorkshire
Maxwell John, Downpatrick
Monck J. B. Reading
Morpeth Viscount, Yorkshire
Phillips Sir G. Wooton Basset
Thomson Paul, Dover
Warburton Henry, Bridport
Wilson Sir Robt. Southwark
Wood Alderman, London
TELLERS
Hume Joseph, Montrose
Marshall William, Petersfield
25-May-1829
Hampshire Telegraph
Saturday, May 23, 1829
... Wm. Bennett, for stealing a waistcoat, at Petersfield, the property of Sarah Faryon
01-Jun-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
The premises have lately been put into a complete stae of repair, and are situate at Steep, within two miles of Petersfield.
For a view of the premises apply at the Mill, and for further particulars to Mr Mitchell, Solicitor, Petersfield.
01-Jun-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
Saturday night, May 30, 1829
The new road from Petersfield to Chichester, formed by subscription amongst the gentlemen of the district, is now completed, whereby a new communication between this city and Chichester is opened, through Petersfield, on a level road, with a saving in distance of about three miles.
15-Jun-1829
Hampshire Telegraph
Sheet is within one mile of the town of Petersfield, adjoining the London and Portsmouth Turnpike, in a country abounding with game, and not more than 100 yards from the River Arun, where there is excellent fishing.
N.B.—The Poor-rates are very low, and the Purchaser, if required, will be accommodated with a piece of Meadow Land opposite the House, either to rent or purchase.
For particulars enquire of Mr. Greetham, Solicitor, Petersfield; and for a sight of the Estate, to the Occupier.
22-Jun-1829
Hampshire Telegraph
22-Jun-1829
Hampshire Telegraph
Sheet is within one mile of the town of Petersfield, adjoining the London and Portsmouth Turnpike, in a country abounding with game, and not more than 100 yards from the River Arun, where there is excellent fishing.
N.B.—The Poor-rates are very low, and the Purchaser, if required, will be accommodated with a piece of Meadow Land opposite the House, either to rent or purchase.
For particulars enquire of Mr. Greetham, Solicitor, Petersfield; and for a sight of the Estate, to the Occupier.
29-Jun-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
06-Jul-1829
Hampshire Telegraph
☞ Rogate is within a short distance of the London and Portsmouth Roads, having a regular Turnpike through it.
Terms, 20 Guineas per Annum, with no extras but for Books.
06-Jul-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
On the 25th ult. the Petersfield Friendly Society celebrated their 26th anniversary. The members walked in procession to the church, preceded by the clergyman, some honorary members, and the Alton band. An excellent discourse was delivered by the Rev. J. Whitcher, from Proverbs x. v.10. During service the rain poured in torrents, and as the members dine annually in a booth, dinner was delayed until three o'clock on account of the influx of water, when the weather cleared up. Although late, a good dinner was served in Mrs Pearson's best style, at which C J Hector Esq. presided. The accounts were highly satisfactory, and the president congratulated the society on the prosperous state of their finances, which amount to upwards of £1120, and which, he said, might be attributed principally to the judicious management of the secretary, whose health he proposed with the usual honours. The company were greatly amused by this celebrated comic singer, Mr Wolfe, from Portsmouth; Messrs Atkins and Brown, from Chichester, with several amateurs in the neighbourhood, added greatly to the harmony of the meeting. The parties separated at an early hour, highly gratified with the amusement of the day.
06-Jul-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
Yesterday afternoon, about 2 o'clock, as Mrs White, of Honeyman farm, near this city, was returning from Winchester, on the Petersfield turnpike road, near the Duke of Buckingham's plantations, she was stopped by two footpads, knocked down, and robbed of a hand-basket, containing some bacon, cheese, &c. To the amount of 10s. 6d, 9s. 6d. in silver, and a white pocket handkerchief, marked A V. The ruffians, after some blows with a bludgeon, presented a long case knife, with white handle, with a threat to murder.—the men appeared to be about 23 years of age; middle size; one rather dark, the other light; dressed in thin brown jackets, dusty canvas trowsers, and worsted caps, without stockings or shoes. Mrs White was unable to remove from the spot until about 4 o'clock, and when in some degree recovered from the effects of the blows and the alarming situation in which she had been placed, proceeded on her journey, but is so ill as to occasion the most serious apprehensions. To fellows, answering the description, were seen at Bishop's Sutton in the evening.
13-Jul-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
20-Jul-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
The following also, which were not of the slightest public interest, were thus decided:-
Whiteparish and North Charford—Order confirmed
Bishop's Waltham and Upton Gray, Ramsbury and Petersfield, Farringdon and Selborne—Orders quashed
27-Jul-1829
Hampshire Telegraph
10-Aug-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
A General ABSTRACT of the ACCOUNTS of Barnard Winter, Treasurer of the County of Southampton, from Midsummer Session, 1828, to Midsummer Session, 1829.
1828
...
July 25
To cash of the Overseers of Petersfield, for Fines on Persons convicted of malicious Injuries - £2 9s 0d
15-Aug1829
Saint James's Chronicle
17-Aug-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
NOTICE is hereby given,—That the TOLLS, arising at the Toll Gate upon the above-mentioned Turnpike Roa, called or known by the name of the Winchester Gate, will be LET BY AUCTION, for the term of one year, from the 29th day of September next, to the best bidder, at the house of Messrs Clarke and Mallett, commonly known by the name of the White Hart Inn, in the city of Winchester, on the 25th day of August next, between the hours of twelve of the clock at noon and four of the clock in the afternoon, in the manner directed by the Act passed in the third year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, "For regulating Turnpike Roads," which tolls produced last year the sum of £47, above the expenses of collecting them, and will be put up at that sum.
Whoever happens to be the best bidder, must, at the same time, pay one month in advance (if required) of the rent at which such tolls may be let, and give security, with sufficient sureties, to the satisfaction of the Trustees of the said turnpike road for payment of the rest of the money monthly.
Clerk to the Trustees of the said Turnpike Road
24-Aug1829
Hampshire Telegraph
31-Aug-1829
Hampshire Telegraph
Lot 1.—A CLOSE of excellent MEADOW LAND, containing five Acres, statute measure, fronting the road from Petersfield to London, presenting admirable sites for the erection of Villas, and commanding the most exstensive and beautiful views.
Lot 2.—Another CLOSE ofMEADOW LAND, also well calculated for building, adjoining Lot 1. and the field of ARABLE LAND in rear thereof, containing six Acres, statute measure, together with the Carthouse and Lane beyond the entrance to Lot 1.
The Lands comprised in the preceding Lots are situate in the Tything of Sheet, wherein the Poor Rates are extremely moderate.
Lot 3.—Two CLOSES of MEADOW LAND, called Fowlers Paddock and Three Cornered Piece, containing 8A. 1R. 14P. statute measure, or thereabouts, situate in the Parish of Harting, in the County of Sussex, the former immediately adjoining the road leading from Rogate to Chichester, and the other bounded by lands of Mr. Mellersh, and the road leading to Trotton.
Lot 4.—Two other CLOSES of MEADOW LAND, containing 7A. 3R. 8P. statute measure, called Weeks Meads, situate in the Parish of Harting, and adjoining the lands of Sir Harry Featherstone, Bart.
Lot 5.—A capital COPPICE, called Nyewood, or Neighbours Coppice, with most thriving and valuable timber, containing 7A. 2R. 20P. situate in the Parish of Harting, and immediately adjoing the lands of Sir Harry Featherstone.
Lot 6.—A CLOSE of excellent MEADOW LAND, called Rail Mead, containing by statute admeasurement, 15A. 0R. 25P., and a small Coppice adjoingthereto, containing 0A. 1R. 27P. statute measure, situate in the Parish of Harting, and adjoing the lands of Mr. Bridger and Mr. Mellersh.
Lot 7.—All that valuable CLOSE of superior WATER MEADOW, called the Suckling Grounds, containing 25A. 3R. 14P. statute measure, also situate in the Parish of Harting, and bounded by the lands of Sir Harry Featherstone, Colonel Jervoise, and the Hon. Sir Chas. Paget.
Lot 8.—A CLOSE of ARABLE LAND, called Olivers Paddock, containing 1A. 3R. 10P. staute measure, situate in the Parish of Harting, and bounded by the lands of Colonel Jervoise and Mr. Mellersh.
Lots 1 and 2 are in the occupation of Mr. Joseph Eames, of Petersfield.—Lots 6, 7, and 8, in the occupation of Mr. John Souter, and the remaining Lots in hand.
Descriptive particulars and Conditions of Sale are in preparation, and will be ready for delivery a week previous to the sale at the Dolphin Inn, Petersfield: Anchor , Liphook: Ship and Bell, Horndean: George Inn, Portsmouth: and India Arms, Gosport.
For a view of the several Lots, and other particulars, application is requested to be made to Mr. Joseph Eames, Petersfield; Mr. John Souter, Sand Hill Farm, Rogate; & Mr. Cruikshank, Solicitor, Gosport.
31-Aug-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
TO be LET on eligible terms, three miles from Horndean and five from Petersfield,—An Uphill FARM, with Down Rights.
For particulars, and to view the farm, apply to Mr. Robert Boys, Ditcham, near Petersfield—letters to be post paid.
31-Aug-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
Saturday night, August 29, 1829
The tolls on the new line of road to Petersfield were let by auction this week, and produced nearly double the sum obtained at the last letting.
07-Sep-1829
Hampshire Telegraph
By order of the Devisees in Trust of John Andrews Morey, Gentleman, deceased.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by JOHN CAWLEY, at the Dolphin Inn, Petersfield, on Thursday the 24th of September, 1829, at four o'clock in the afternoon, according to conditions of sale to be then and there produced:—
Lot 1.—All that roomy and substantial FREEHOLD DWELLING HOUSE, fit for the reception of a genteel family, large Garden, Stable, Chaise-house, and convenient Offices, all in excellent repair, situate at Sheet, Hants, and now in the occupation of Mrs. Morey.
Sheet is within one mile of the town of Petersfield, adjoining the London and Portsmouth Turnpike, in a country abounding with Game, and near the river Arun, where there is excellent fishing.
N.B.—The Purchaser, if required, will be accommodated with a Piece of Meadow Land opposite the House.
Lot 2.—All that FREEHOLD convenient new-built DWELLING-HOUSE and GARDEN, together with the Gate-room, Barn, and other Buildings, and several Pieces or Parcels of rich Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND, containing by estimation ten customary acres (more or less), situate and lying in the pleasant village of East Harting, in the county of Sussex, now in the occupation of John Prior.
Lot 3.—All that substantial FARM-HOUSE, Gate-room, Barn, and necessary Buildings, and also several Pieces or Parcels of rich Arable, Meadow, and Pasture LAND, containing 55 acres, customary measure (more or less), with the valuable right of turning out 160 Sheep on Elsted Down, and situate and lying in the parish of Elsted, in the county of Sussex, and now in the occupation of Messrs. Bridger.
This Estate is Copyhold of Inheritance, held under the Manor of Elsted, subject to two years' rent on death, one year and a half on alienation, and four heriots.
For particulars, enquire of Mr. Greetham, Solicitor, Petersfield; and for a sight of the Estates, to the respective tenants.
07-Sep-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
PETERSFIELD.—The Lord Bishop of Winchester preached at Buriton on Sunday morning, and at this place in the afternoon, to more numerous congregations than ever before assembled in either church. The text chosen was from St. John, iv. 23. and the discourse evidently produced a salutary impression on a congregation consisting of more than 2000 persons. It is gratifying to the inhabitants to learn that his Lordship intends occasionally to visit Petersfield.
07-Sep-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
07-Sep-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
GAME DUTY.—List 1.
PERSONS who have obtained General Certificates at Three Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Six Pence, for the year 1829.
Chase John
Coles Rev John
Greetham C esq
Humphreys S N
Leer George
Powell J J jun
Ring John
Rivers John
Petersfield
Buriton
Petersfield
Petersfield
Petersfield
Steep
Sheet
Prior's Dean
These Lists are made up to the 1st September, 1829, and published by order of his Majesty's Commissioners for the Affairs of Taxes.
EDWARD BATES, Secretary
11-Sep-1829
Morning Advertiser
Mr. Dutton's shopman stated, that the prisoner asked for change for the check in question in payment for the repairing of a pair of boots. The prisoner having before been a customer of his master's, he gave him 3l. as part of the change for the check; but on presenting it at the house of Williams and Co., the agents for the Petersfield Bank, the answer given was, that the prisoner was not known there. On Messrs. Williams and Co. writing to the country bank, a similar answer was returned. The prisoner was then apprehended.
The constable stated that he took the prisoner into custody at a tavern, where he was drinking; but he had but twopence in his pocket.
The prisoner said he had reason to believe that his brother had paid 7l. 13s. into the Petersfield Bank, for which he was authorised to draw, and he accordingly wrote the check for it. He was remanded til monday.
11-Sep-1829
Sun (London)
15-Sep-1829
Globe
It appeared the prisoner passed the check in question to Mr Dutton, the shoemaker, of St. Martin's-passage, on the evening of Saturday, the 6th instant, receiving 3l. on account, and promising to call on the Monday for the balance. The check was made payable at the banking house of Williams and Co., who are the town-agents of the Petersfield Bank, and when it was presented to them by Mr Dutton's foreman, he was told that there were no effects,—that the blank check had been improperly obtained, and that the drawer was not known at the Petersfield Bank. The prisoner having called two or three times at Mr Dutton's shop to receive the balance, was taken into custody on Thursday last, charged with the fraud.
The prisoner denied the charge, and declared that he had no intention whatsoever to defraud anyone. He stated that a person, residing near Petersfield, wrote to him to say that he had received 7l. 13s on his account, and wished to know how he should remit it to him. He (the prisoner) directed his agent to pay the money in his name into the Petersfield Bank, and in the full belief that his desire had been complied with, he drew the check in question, having been accommodated with the blank by a respectable wine-merchant in Mark-lane. He then prayed for further time to enable him to write to the country, and Sir Richard Birnie reminded him until yesterday, when a solicitor appeared on his behalf, and after re-stating the circumstances, urged that his client had acted perfectly fair, and without the slightest intention to commit a fraud.
Sir Richard Birnie asked if any proof to that effect could be brought forward; if so, he was willing to receive it.
The solicitor replied that the parties had been written to in the country, but their answers had not yet arrived. The prisoner was a gentleman of great respectability, and quite incapable of committing a dishonest action.
The prisoner was then remanded at his own request until Thursday next.
15-Sep-1829
Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser
BOW STREET
Sir Richard Birnie asked if he could bring forward evidence to prove that fact.
A Solicitor, who attended for the prisoner, , the parties had been written to upon the subject, but that no answer has as yet been received. The prisoner, he said, was a most respectable man, and quite incapable of a dishonest action.
The prisoner said he had frequently drawn drafts on the town agents of country bankers before, without his motives having been questioned.
Sir Richard Birnie asked what the prisoner was? The Solicitor replied, that he was a gentleman, and lived upon his fortune. He therefore prayed for time, which the Magistrate granted. As he was about to be removed, the prisoner complained that he had been harshly treated in the House of Correction, the Governor having refused to allow him the use of pen, ink, and paper, to write to his friends, to apprise them of his situation, or to put a letter which he had previously written into the post.
Sir Richard Birnie seemed astonished at this information, and observed, that it should be reported to the proper quarter.
15-Sep-1829
Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser
BOW STREET
Sir Richard Birnie asked if he could bring forward evidence to prove that fact.
A Solicitor, who attended for the prisoner, , the parties had been written to upon the subject, but that no answer has as yet been received. The prisoner, he said, was a most respectable man, and quite incapable of a dishonest action.
The prisoner said he had frequently drawn drafts on the town agents of country bankers before, without his motives having been questioned.
Sir Richard Birnie asked what the prisoner was? The Solicitor replied, that he was a gentleman, and lived upon his fortune. He therefore prayed for time, which the Magistrate granted. As he was about to be removed, the prisoner complained that he had been harshly treated in the House of Correction, the Governor having refused to allow him the use of pen, ink, and paper, to write to his friends, to apprise them of his situation, or to put a letter which he had previously written into the post.
Sir Richard Birnie seemed astonished at this information, and observed, that it should be reported to the proper quarter.
18-Sep-1829
Morning Chronicle
Lieutenant Mears, R.N. a resident in Greenwich Hospital, said, on the 17th of August the prisoner called upon him, said he was the son of his (witness's) old and valued friend, Stares, of Bishop's Waltham, and borrowed 5l from him under pretence that he wanted that sum to release his luggage from the Customs-house, he having just arrived from Ostend. He gave witness a draft for the five pounds upon Seymour and Co., his brother's bankers, at Bishop's Waltham; but Mr. Seymour, when written to for payment, stated that Mr Stares positively refused to do any thing for his brother (the prisoner), adding that he had not seen him for three years; that he had already advanced several hundred pounds to save him from similar dilemmas; and that he was an idle spendthrift, and would have recourse to all kinds of stratagems to raise money.
Mr. James Mousfield Dods, a solicitor, stated that the prisoner was formerly a fellow clerk with him in the office of an eminent solicitor in Lincoln's-inn. On the 1st of August the prisoner, whom he had not seen for a long time, called upon him at his chambers, and, after some conversation, persuaded witness to give him a check upon Messrs. Coutts, witness's bankers, for a check upon the Peterborough Bank payable in the City, and where the prisoner said it was inconvenient for him then to go.
Mr. Dutton's assistant said that since the first examination a great many gentlemen had called at his house, and made similar complaints against the prisoner; but were reluctant to come forward, unless it was absolutely necessary.
Sir R. BIRNIE said there were quite charges enough, for he could produce them in abundance, as he had received several communications from persons who had been defrauded by the prisoner.
The prisoner said nothing, and was fully committed for trial, and the parties bound over to prosecute.
18-Sep-1829
Sun (London)
BOW-STREET.
Before the case was gone into, so all Bernie said, that in consequence of what the prisoner had stated at the last examination, that he had been refused pen, ink, and paper by order of the governor of the prison in which he was confined, he (so our Bernie) had enquired into the circumstance, and felt happy in stating, that the complaint was made without any just calls, and that, in fact, the statement was a pure invention of the prisoner. The Magistrate then read a letter addressed to Mr Chesterton, the Governor of the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields, by Mr Kilsby, Governor of the new prison, Clerkenwell, upon the subject of the complaint which the prisoner had made. The letter was as follows:—
"Dear Sir,—Upon reading this evening the police report contained in the Times of this day, I observed the statement of a complaint having been made by Charles Stares, of his not having been allowed the transmission of letters to his friends, and stating erroneously that the place of his confinement was the House of Correction.
"I think it's my duty immediately to apprise you that the prisoner has been in my custody since Thursday last, and with respect to the matter of his complaint, that his statement is a gross and palpable falsehood, for there is no restriction of the kind alluded to on the correspondence of prisoners under charge in this prison, unless by special order of the committing Magistrate; and in point of fact, upon the prisoner's applying to me for permission to send out of some letters which he held in his hand, I immediately gave him liberty to do so.
"I am at a loss to conceive the motive for such a wilful fabrication, as I am satisfied that he has not had the least cause of complaint since he has been in my custody.
"T. W. KILSBY."
Sir R. Birnie observed, that this letter was quite satisfactory; but had the enquiry which he made turned out otherwise, he should have felt it his duty to represent the conduct of the Governor to the Gaol Committee.
Mr Chesterton, the new Governor of the House of Correction,
Felt very anxious that the matter should be fully explained, as it would appear from the report that he was the governor alluded to. So far from withholding any proper accommodation to those committed to his charge, he had, from the time of his appointment, done every thing in his power to remove any cause of complaint amongst the prisoners in his custody.
The prisoner, and explanation of what he had stated, denied that he had said he had been denied pen, Inc, and paper. His complaint was, that a letter, which he had given to one of the turnkeys to be delivered in Red Lion-square, was not forwarded for several hours after he had delivered it.
Sir R. Birnie said he understood there were several cases of a similar description as that of the Petersfield Bank ready to be brought forward against the prisoner, and wished to know if any person present was desirous of preferring a charge.
An elderly gentleman then stepped forward, and said his name was Miers, and that he resided in Greenwich Hospital. Having seen a report in the Times of the prisoner's examination, he came to town for the purpose of preferring a charge against him of a similar description to that with which he was already charged.
Mr Miers then stated, that he had been acquainted with the prisoners family for several years. On the 17th of August last the prisoner came to his house and told him who he was, and upon stating his name witness knew him. In the course of conversation the prisoner said he was very awkwardly situated just then, having been disappointed in receiving a sum of money from a Colonel, a friend of his, who lived at Woledge. The Colonel, he said, had gone to Ireland, and as he (the prisoner) had just arrived in a steam-vessel from Ostend, and was in immediate want of cash, the disappointment he had met with was the more embarrassing. He had sent on his luggage, he said, to London by steam, and having brought over some French silks with him as presents, he did not know what he should do to pay the Custom-house dues. He then asked him, witness, if he would be kind enough to assist him with a few pounds, adding that 5l. or 6l. Would answer his present purpose. Witness agreed to lend him 5l, and the prisoner said he would give him a draght for the money upon the Bishop Waltham-bank, which he accordingly filled up, but requested that witness would not present it for payment until the following Friday. He then took his leave, and witness did not present the check at Messrs Barclay and Co.'s, where it was made payable, until the Saturday. The answer which he then received was, that no orders had been left to honour the cheque; and, upon subsequent inquiry, he learned that the prisoner had no effects in the Bishop Waltham bank, and that he was entirely unknown there. Witness received the same answer on two subsequent applications, and he then wrote to the prisoner's brother, relating the manner in which he had been imposed upon. The brother who was a most respectable gentleman, wrote him a letter, saying that the prisoner was an idle spendthrift, and adopted all sorts of stratagems to raise money; and, as he had already advanced several hundred pounds to take him out of difficulties, he was determined to do so no more, stating as a reason that he had a family of his own to look to. The witness added, that he had but little expectation of recovering his money; but, feeling how he had been used, he came to town with a view to forward the ends of justice by stating what he knew of the prisoner.
Sir R. Birnie, having consulted with Mr Halls, said, that although the prisoner had committed a very gross fraud, yet, as Mr Miers had, in a great measure, advanced him the money upon the strength of the respectability of his family, the offence was not of that description that an indictment for fraud could be founded upon it.
Mr. J. M. Dodd, of Cecil-street in the Strand, then came forward, and stated that the prisoner, of whom he had had some previous knowledge, came to his counting-house on the 3d of August last, and said he had occasion to go into the city, and asked him if he would have any objection to advance him 10l. upon a cheque which he had upon a country bank. Witness replied that he could not do any such thing unless he knew that the cheque would be paid. He then told witness that he might, if he pleased, pay the check into Messrs. Coutts and Co., who were his (witness's) bankers, and if it were paid by Monday (this happened on Saturday), witness might then have a cheque for the amount. The prisoner came again on the Monday, and as witnesses clerks were very busy at the time, he told him to go himself into cruises, and enquire if the check had been paid. The prisoner accordingly went, and returned in about quarter of an hour, saying that the cheque had been paid in, upon which he (witness) immediately drew a cheque upon Messrs. Coutts and Co. for the amount, and handed it to the prisoner. Upon settling his banking book some days off, he found that the prisoners cheque had never been paid in, and that you have been swindled out of the 10l.
Mr HALLS observed that this certainly was a clear case of fraud.
The prisoner's solicitor said he was taken by surprise both with respect to this case and to that of Mr Miers. He had been led to believe that there was no charge against the prisoner but the one upon which he was at first apprehended.
Messrs. Coutts's cashier was then sent for, and upon his arrival gave the necessary evidence. He remembered paying Mr Dodd's cheque, but could not say to whom. He, however, knew the person of the prisoner.
Sir R Birnie—do you recollect having received any cheque upon a country bank to meet that which you now hold? Witness—certainly not.
Sir R Birnie should commit the prisoner for trial upon the charge, as well as that of Mr Dutton's, who had taken the cheque upon the Petersfield Bank.
The parties were accordingly bound over.
Mr Dutton, the shoemaker, of No. 6, St. Martin's-court, was then called forward, and repeated the evidence which he had given upon the former examinations.
The prisoner's solicitor hoped that this case would not be pressed against his client, as an offer had been made to pay the Petersfield bankers the amount of the cheque.
Sir R Birnie—Sir, you must not talk to me about compounding a felony. You have done as much for your client as could have been reasonably expected of you, but I must do my duty also. Let Mr Dutton and the rest of the witnesses be bound over.
The prisoner was then fully committed to TotHill-fields prison, for trial at the next Westminster sessions.
21-Sep-1829
Hampshire Telegraph
C. B. HENVILLE
JAS. HENVILLE
WM. REEKS
THOS. MORGAN, D.D.
WM. LANG
21-Sep-1829
Hampshire Telegraph
W. MITCHELL, Steward
PETERSFIELD, Sept. 17, 1829
21-Sep-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
MR. W. WESTON respectfully informs Agriculturists and the public, that he has received instruction to SELL by AUCTION, on the premises,—All the genuine FARMING STOCK on the Fyning Estate, Rogate, near Petersfield, the property of T. R. Ridge, Esq.—Further particulars next week.
Bishop's Waltham, Sept. 11, 1829
21-Sep-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
GAME DUTY—List 2
Gage Rev. T
King Fielder
Osborne Jas jun.
Rason William
Ring William
Petersfield
Buriton
Petersfield
Buriton
Sheet
These Lists are made up from the 1st to the 14th September, 1829, and published by order of his Majesty's Commissioners for the Affairs of Taxes.
EDWARD BATES, Secretary
22-Sep-1829
Sun (London)
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The work before us is the production of a man who argues and believes upon similar principles. It is imbued with a strong devotional feeling, and is so simple in its style, so amiable in its turn of thought, so gentle and benign in its philosophy, that it cannot fail to afford general delight. Its simplicity, however, and this quality it shares in common with old Isaac Walton's Guide to Angling, is its chief recommendation. Like the Tottenham angler, Mr Gilbert White is perpetually vaunting the picturesque beauties of his native village. The fields, the flowers, the cuckoo that sings in the woods, and the lark that makes vocal the skies of Selborne, each and all meet with marked attention in his pages, and our expatiated on as if they were so many dear friends whose praises he could never be tired of rehearsing. At times the simplicity is pushed to the most amusing degree—we will not say of absurdity, for that is an unkind phrase to use, but end of quietness. The author talks in one place with a diverting air of seriousness, of "those vast mountains, the Epsom Downs;" in another, of the "rugged and gloomy scenery of the Glens," which glens consist of a crossroad, seven feet deep, and overgrown with a few wild blackberries; in a third, "of the Royal Forest of Wolmer, which is seven miles in length by two and a half in breadth;" in a fourth, of "those majestic mountains, the Sussex Downs;" in a fifth, of "three considerable lakes" in his darling parish, each of which is of the size of an ordinary village pond; and in a variety of other places, "of those matchless scenic attractions in which Selborne is confessedly pre-eminent." It is this unique simplicity, this amusing and harmless grandiloquence, this perfect conviction on the part of the author, that no parish on earth equals his idolised Selborne, that forms the charm of his present volume. But another feature, scarcely less attractive, is the graphic power of his description. The fresh woodland air breathes, the stream sparkles, the forest leaves rustle in his pages; every word almost is in itself a picture,—as for instance, where he talks of the "hungry lean sand of the forest," of the little golden-crowned wren, "that shadow of a bird,"—and brings the image it would represent full and vigorous before the readers eye. We give a specimen of this power, it is the opening account of the village of Selbourne:—
"The parish of Selbourne lies in the extreme eastern corner of the county of Hampshire, bordering on the county of Sussex, and not far from the county of Surrey: is about fifty miles south-west of London, in latitude 51, and near midway between the towns of Alton and Petersfield. Being very large and extensive, it abuts on twelve parishes, two of which are in Sussex, viz., Trotton and Rogate. If you begin from the south and proceed westward, the adjacent parishes are Emshot, Newton, Valence, Faringdon, Harteley, Mauduit, Great Wardleham, Kingsley, Hadleigh, Bramshot, Trotton, Rogate, Lysse, and Greatham. The soils of this district are almost as various and diversified as the views and aspects. The high part to the south-west consists of a vast hill of chalk, rising 300 feet above the village; and is divided into a sheep down, the high wood, and a long hanging wood called the Hanger. The covert of this eminence is altogether beech, the most lovely of all forest trees, whether we consider its smooth rind or bark, it's glossy foliage, or it's graceful pendulous boughs. The down or sheep-walk, is a pleasing park-like spot, of about one mile by half that space, jutting out on the verge of the hill country, where it begins to break down into the plains, and commanding a very engaging view, being an assemblage of hill, dale, woodlands, heath, and water. The prospect is bounded to the south-east and east by the vast range of mountains called The Sussex Downs, by Guild-down near Guildford, and by the downs round Dorking, and Ryegate in Surrey, to the north-east, which altogether, with the country beyond Alton, and Farnham, form a noble and extensive outline."
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The historian of this secluded village was a clergyman of the Church of England, who was born at Selborne in the year 1720, and after taking his degree at Oxford, "fixed his residence in his native parish, where he spent the greater part of his life in literary occupations, and especially in the study of nature." He died in 1793, respected and beloved by all who had the good fortune to know him. His disposition was naturally unambitious; he had no hankering after church preferment, no desire for splendour, no thirst for notoriety; but glided noiselessly along the stream of time from youth to age, unruffled by any of those shifting gales which beset more adventurous navigators. Though he lived during periods of extraordinarily public excitement; though he witnessed the rebellion of '45, and the American and French revolutions, they had not the slightest effect on his mind, which seems to have been impassive to all but the sylvan charms or Selborne. On this village he has accordingly conferred no fleeting popularity; he has registered its every glen, heath, meadow, oak, and streamlet, and commemorated the sweet music of its birds in a style of rustic simplicity that few English writers can equal. In addition to this he has had the rare merit of drawing forth and fixing the pastoral genius of Miss Mitford, who is silvan sketches, sometimes even her very words, have been manifestly modelled on the "natural history of Selborne."
28-Sep-1829
Hampshire Telegraph
Yesterday an Inquest was held before Mr Longcroft, at a Strood Common, near Petersfield, on view of the body of James Windybank, who was found on the day before hanging in his stable; from the evidence it appeared that the deceased had for some weeks past been in a desponding way. Verdict.—Temp. Derangement
05-Oct-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
VALUABLE LIVE AND DEAD FARM STOCK,
Well-bred Colts by Little John and Grey Skim; Working Oxen, large Dairy of capital Cows, beautiful Bull, &c.
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The Live Stock comprises 5 capital cart horses, two mares with foals, handsome bay hackney, well bred colts; five working oxen, in good condition; remarkably fine red dull, a good worker; dairy of excellent horned and knot cows; a collection of fine breeding sows and store pigs, &c.
Dead Stock—Two good waggons on iron axles, three broad-wheel dung carts, light rave cart on iron arms, six one-wheel Tickel's ploughs and tackle, four-horse stone roller in oak frame, two-horse oak ditto, good wagon and plough harness, horse nets and latten bells, large and small sail cloths, timber chains, barn sieves, and other useful implements.
Catalogues to be had of the Auctioneer, Bishop's Waltham, and of Mr Minchin, printer, Petersfield.
05-Oct-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
05-Oct-1829
London Courier and Evening Gazette
HAMPSHIRE.—The ASHFORD ESTATE and MANOR, with the RECTORIAL TITHES of the PARISH of STEEP.—For SALE, by PRIVATE CONTRACT, ALL that truly valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE, called ASHFORD, comprising that much-admired delightful and convenient family residence (in the cottage style), seated on a lawn, richly ornamented with evergreens; a rustic bridge and grotto over sheets of water, through which a stream flows, well stored with trout, extensive walks through the woods, presenting highly grand and picturesque views of hill and dale; hothouse, orchards, and garden well stocked with choice fruit trees; coachhouse for three carriages; stabling for eight horses, and every convenient outbuilding. Also, several capital Farms, good houses, convenient agricultural buildings, together with six hundred acres of excellent arable, hop, meadow, pasture, and wood land, well clothed with thriving timber and underwood, with extensive and valuable common rights. One moiety of Steep corn mill, well supplied with water, driving two pair of stones, with dwelling house and offices. Also, the Freehold Rectorial Tithes of this estate, and the whole of the parish of Steep, containing about two thosand six hundred acres, the greater part of which is excellent land. The whole, excepting the woodlands, which are in hand, are let to respectable tenants, at moderate rents, producing about 1,300l. per annum. The estate is freehold, land tax redeemed, lying within a ring fence, well situate for the preservation of game, contiguous to the Hampshire and Hambledon Hunt, and presenting an eligible opportunity to any Nobleman or Gentleman desirous of putchasing an estate, combining a beautiful residence with good investment, suited either for the sportsman, or admirer of rural scenery; much time and expence have been expended to render it a truly desirable residence. It is situate adjoining the turnpike road, and about two miles from Petersfield, 56 from London, and a convenient distance from Portsmouth, Alton and Alresford. The house may be viewed, by tickets from J. C. Alderson, Esq., the present tenant; the rest of the estate, by applying to Mr. Brewer, of Petersfield, or the respective occupiers; and further particulars known, on application to Mr. Osborn, Surveyor and Estate Agent, Hayling, Havant, where a plan of the estate may be seen. All letters free of postage.
10-Oct-1829
Star (London)
Lieut. R. Gill, R.N. Petersfield aged 50.
12-Oct-1829
Sussex Advertiser
Petersfield Fair on Tuesday, was very full of cattle of all descriptions, but few were sold, and those considerably lower than last year. Welch runts sold at from 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. per stone.
12-Oct-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
LANCELOT LIPSCOMB, Clerk to the Trustees
Alresford, Oct 3, 1829
26-Oct-1829
Hampshire Telegraph
26-Oct-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
LOST, on the new Petersfield Road, between Hinton Ampner and Winchester, on Friday morning the 23d of Oct. 1829,—A Black POCKET BOOK, containing a few papers, of no value but to the owner.
A Reward of Half a Sovereign will be paid to anyone who will deliver it at Jacob and Johnson's County Newspaper Office, Winchester.
12-Nov-1829
Morning Post
14-Nov-1829
Berkshire Chronicle
16-Nov-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
On Monday died, at Petersfield, Mrs Whicher, wife of the Rev. John Whicher, aged 69.
16-Nov-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
23-Nov-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
On Sunday evening last a sermon was preached at Petersfield church by the Rev. Mr. Maurice, in aid of the Sunday School in that town. The Rev. Gentleman's address to the children was calculated to make a lasting impression on their minds. The text chosen was from Psalm xxxiv. 11, "Hearken, ye children, unto me, and I will teach you the fear of the Lord." Appropriate hymns were sung by the children, of whom there were about 250 of both sexes. The collection amounted to £5 13s.
30-Nov-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
04-Dec-1829
Liverpool Mercury
05-Dec-1829
Berkshire Chronicle
14-Dec-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
At Petersfield Show Market, on Wednesday, Mr. J. Mellersh, of Burrow Farm, exhibited three Herefordshire oxen, fatted one year on grass, supposed, by competent judges, to be the best offered in Petersfield or Chichester markets this season, which were bought to be slaughtered for Christmas by Mr. J. Barnard, of Eastmeon. A remarkably fat ewe was also shown by Mr. Mellersh, and purchased by Mr. Barnard.
14-Dec-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
Near Petersfield, Hants.
The following gentlemen will bear tesimony to the character and ability of the advertisers: viz. the Rev. C. Green, Turwich, near Petersfield: and, the Rev. J. Wilding, Cheam, near Epsom, Surry.
28-Dec-1829
Hampshire Telegraph
Apply to Mr. Parsons, Post Office, Petersfield, at which place the Mare may be seen.
28-Dec-1829
Hampshire Chronicle
Three oxen, and also a remarkably fat ewe, shewn by Mr Mellersh, at Petersfield Market, fatted wholly on grass, have been slaughtered by Mr. S. Barnard, of Eastmeon, supposed by competent judges to be the finest beast offered in the county. The ewe weighed 17 stone, and the solid fat on the ribs exceeded five inches.