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Wandsworth-common, a few minute's walk from Stations of the South-Western and the 'West-End and City Railways. Eligible Property, for investment or occupation.
MR. FRICKER is instructed to SELL by AUCTON, at the Mart, oppossite the Bank Of England THIS DAY, April 29, at 12, in separate lots, TWO unusually desirable FAMILY RESIDENCES, with stabling, stable yards, capital gardens, and carriage-sweep fore-courts, held for 59 1/2 years, at low ground-rents, situate most conveniently as regards railway communication with either the city, the west end, or the centre of London, on St Ann's-hill a charmingly pleasant and healthful eminence on the verge of Wandsworth-common, in the county of Surrey, and commanding views of considerable extent and beauty. They are let to unexceptionable tenants, at low rents, amounting- to £165 per annum.
The tenants will kindly admit to view on production of a card from the auctioneer. Particulars, with conditions, may be had at the hotels at Wandsworth, Kingston, and Croydon; at the Mart, London; of George White, Esq., solicitor, 7, Furnival's-inn, Holborn; of MeantE White and Ward, Court.-house, Epsom ; and at the auctioneer's office, Battersea-rise, S.W.
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BATTERSEA
MEETING OF THE ELECTED VESTRY
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THE DISTURBANCES AT THE ELECTION OF VESTRYMEN
SUMMONS AGAINST MR. T.A.F. REYNOLDS.
On Wednesday morning, at the Wandsworth Police-court. Mr. Ingham engaged for a long time in hearing the summons, adjourned from Wednesday, the 11th inst. against Mr. T.A.F. Reynolds, for interrupting the pmeeedingn at the above electien. Mr. A. A. Comellis again appeared in support of the summons, while Mr. T.A.F. Reynolds, upon this occasion conducted his own ease. As at the former bearing, WAS crowded with ratepayers of Batteries.
Mr. Ingham having informed Mr. Reynolds the state of the rem, awl stated that he felt that an he (Mr. Reynolds) hail Neil arrested the evening before the last day that the summitno was heard, he felt it only fair to adjourn the came give Mr. Reynolds an opportunity id calling witnesses in his behalf. The magistrate also stated that he had taken no notice, whet. ever, ..1 the evidence adduced at the but hearing, of what it was alleged Mr. Reynolde had dime at former elections.
Mr. Reynolds instructed that he had several wittwillid. to examine, and requested that all the witnesses on both sides might leave the court.
This having complied with, the witness called for the defence was Mr. (tett Nicholls. who stated that he was a collector of ;teemed tail*. and the person appointed to collect the ra stes at Battersea. by the Wandsworth District Hoard of Workn. He was present at the close of the poll at the election vestrymen. Ile could not lay that any prevented from voting. The entrance to the polling-room was very narrow, being only about five feet wide. He felt roovinced that no person who went to record his vote wee able to do .. He saw no fear of any person running away with the ballot.i.x. Ile remembered Mr. — Walton taking out his watch snit something was said about the time, but be could not nunettiber what that was. The invasion took place about the time that an old man named Mr. Hall ramie to vote. Ile a red paper in his hand, it was then stated that this Mr. Hall had not paid au old rate tit Mr. Hillier. Mr. Hack — moiler also said that this Mr. Hall intended voting yellow. 141111 some one said that the voters were being tampered with. A then Wok the door in consepienee. The party paid his rates and vote.l red. There We. solo, delay oicanioned became Mr. hillier could not at once tind the neeinint. Hall gave his rote while the hubbub was gob', on, and it after Reynolds had been in the lailling-emni. 11, saw n o thing like a contrivance in the room to deprive front recording their rotes. Ile had been ninny year.. in the parish, and he never knew it before where the votes were taken without the public were admitted in the room. All the inspector of votes were supporters of the yellow list.
Cross-examined by Mr. Condit. -Ills impression that Mr. Reynolds , one who forced hie way into the room. Ile doula whether it was before the poll cloned that the police were forced feign the doorway. Ile could not recol leet hearing Mr. Reynolds say "('me Ile co uld say that the were toren& inside the doorway, it appeared to him thot they way to th pe..mure. Ile PIM the Nest. It l.j I.e. mure against the table. Mr. Reynolds waa 04/C or those who were prneine against it. The polite endeavoured to keep the people ou t, they were forced is. No person voted while thi. bubbnb w. going on. the toilet-box tam away ..ono person could vote. Ile (wittier) also took up his books and put them away. thinking they would be aster.
Mr. John Allen deposed that he hail resided le.me years in Battersea, having been churchwarden of the parish. was one id the Inspector,, of votes at the election year. fle ' then saw no attempt made by any person to run away with the ballot-box. He was present all day during the last election. He remembered Mr. Walton taking out hie. watch. and h.. believed Mr. Walton mid that although it wan past eight he 'would take upon himself the responsibility of keeping the poll open few minutee more. He heard Mr. Reynolds ask for the key of the large hall. Even the ruith he saw no appreheneion that a riot would take place.
Cross-examined- He saw the police foned in the r oom , or rather premed aside. He was carried into the room by the mob outside. Ile did not see the table nearly in fact he saw nothing upset. He did not get over the tables. He was forced into the room till after the time the poll was do:tared client He did not hear Mr. Walton come out jute the hall and naked if any person had voted. It not pewee.try to get the key of the huge hall to go into the room where ! the was being taken.
Henry Harvey the keeper at the Lammas recollected ' Reynolds te.king for the key of the large hall. He new violence during theilay except that used by Mr. Seldon, who wanted to fight everybody. He present when the took place in the pump. He saw the police pushed aside. but maw no violence. He heard Mr. Walton my that lie should keel. the poll .pen till ten niinutee alto r eight. rush took pliiee directly it was mentioned that the poll was to be closed
Nothing particular wait elicited front this witness in ern. examination.
Eliza Harvey. wife of the former witness, generally mirrubo. her hueliands testimony.
Mr. Henry Stuith, the landlord of the Ititil.ler's Arms, one of the eandhlates on the 114, present at the chic of the Ile heard Mr. Walton just before the chime of the poll ask it there was any person who wished to vote. Some peneme then voted, and it was about five minutes after eight when there was a general r.h. It was after the clime of the that the police were forced the room.
Mr. Thome.. Olivet corroborated the last witness, dating that he was lenitive that it was after the elom of the poll that the pollee were into the noon.
Mr. George Steer al.. gave similar evidence.
Mr. Ingham tb ii linseed's — I to give his judgment. He said that he found the facts to be, that about a quarter before eight on the evening of the poll Mr. Reynolds was outside. 6. Come en. — . I know the law," and exprooione of 14 similar kind, and that Mr. Reynolds was heading the etowil who aided to t into the room. Whether. therefore. Mr. Reynolds was or lilt. , the IN .1,, by the er u ud did not matter, as lie from what be hail t fie votiaidered responsible f .r what place. The facts, however, went a little further ; not only did )Ir. Reynolds enter the room, but put his legs aeons the the hallot-hoe e gg r -moved for safety. and one of the wines.es ealled for the ile admitted that he took his oil the table thinking y mild tic safer. There could not be any doubt but that Mr Reynolds was responsible for those law!~ proceedings , that then occurred, and a gnat deal of the evidence given for ' tic defence explained that given in of the niniplaint. it whatever was the time, the churchwardens were the parts who were Appointed 17 the Legislature to contluet the election, and they were to make it eight o'clock, and although all the in Battening paid it was ten, if the churchwardens maintained it eight, he should say that it I4:14 oglit o'clock for all the porpomm of the election; the churchwardens being liable to legal proceedings if it was shown that they wilfully leuirthened or coutracted the time of voting, Then the legal point; If the Act said that a ',realty war to be inflicted upon any person who bimetal the election. he .houlil not have say difficulty in ending Mr. kerlobta lint the sooting of the etetute was very peculiar. It was. that a penalty thould ne upon any lemon who elides. 'mired by ,sintrivance defeat the puniness of the eke. ten. It al. depended, then-fore, upon the to he upon the omtrivance. In auother portion of the tI iii . . . einitnyance was interpreter, to loran that any person for,ted falsely and retire . . . ant Isinoelf o.i 1 / 4 1 ii 4 , 44 . T. 14D11 like pencemlings. Il did not, therefore. thank that till,. ugh Mr. Keynotes what he might be liable for as kslodowitt M common law, yet be (Mr. Ingh.ood did not think an, reasonable person could say it was a Lontrissucc to dcfent the purposes of the cloctioo. l'oder those circuitsst.tooca. therefore. he felt the present charge out. at.,t ho Aisatimal the ,oraisons, but be was willing to gists the complainant a for the opinion of a tor court.
Mr. Corsellis at lo.ltel for a case. .
Mr. Iyuoida then applic I for summons against Mr. Buckmaster. the complainant in the last summons. for uttering whom be gave ei idenee at the lag hearing.
Mr. Ingham that be felt that Mr. Itevuoitla ought not to ask for as it was partly hie fault, Mr. Buckmaster sot being told th.it be WDA not bound to answer the questions pot to hots.
Mr. Reynolds mid that that being so he would not pre. km appinmtion.
In some further conversation that took place. Mr. Ingham expremeit an opinion that although Mr. oa I.; illy for what occurred, yet be I thy immigrate) not think that he morally intended any wn.i.g.
The witnesses in the case of Hurcock, who was fined £10, or three months imprisonment, for attempting to vote twice at the election, were over to attend at the ensuing quarter amnions and give evidence upon the appeal that had been made on behalf of the defendant.
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Introduced: March Chronicles 2023.
Trancription and notesBeating the Bounds, [presumably May?] 1862.]
WANDSWORTH COMMON ENCROACHMENTS
TO THE EDITOR
Sir, — Will you kindly permit me, through the medium of your valuable journal, to call the attention of the public to the shameful encroachments on their rights to Wandsworth Common, which have been going on for a long time past? The evil is rapidly increasing, and unless a vigorous stand is at once made by the owners of property in the neighbourhood, all that remains of this once beautiful common will shortly be confiscated to private and monied interests. Quite recently, indeed, from four to five acres have been enclosed in a strong fence by the Brighton Railway Company, and this convenient little piece of business has been quietly arranged between the company and the lord of the manor, who seems entirely to ignore the existence of freeholders, copyholders, and the parish authorities.
I myself am a freeholder of property adjoining the common, and as I see the open space, which is so great a boon to residents, being gradually fenced in, I cannot refrain from asking by what right or title does the lord of the manor dispose of our rights to the railway company and others? I believe I am correct in asserting that the proceeding is utterly illegal; and if anyone had the funds or the courage to try the question I believe this wholesale disposal of land might be stopped.
But surely, sir, this is a matter to be taken up by the vestry whom the ratepayers in their blissful ignorance imagine to be the protectors of the parish rights. Yet the vestry say nothing, and watch the proceedings in apathetic silence. Either their supineness is caused by a want of business or a disgraceful neglect of duty.
To conclude, I do sincerely trust that there may be a determined stand made by the freeholders and copy-holders, and that by a united action we may preserve the common from further spoliation on the part of monied or other influence.
I am, Sir, yours, &c,
M.R.C.S.
St.John's-hill, Wandsworth, July, 1862.
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[I assumed this was John Buckmaster, but he was not a surgeon (of course). I tried to find a surgeon on St John Hill (JCB lived nearby), but failed. Then Sue Demont suggested MRCS was not Member of the College of Surgeons, but of Science — which fitted John Buckmaster. Thanks, Sue. Is this JCB's first letter to the press about enclosures?]
Wikipedia: Royal College of Science.]
Innumerable articles about the alleged murder of a new-born illegitimate child by Susan Aster, Jenny Lind's servant, "at Argyll Lodge, Wandsworth Common", e.g.
Mr Otto Goldschmidt (the husband of Jenny Lind) stated that he resided at Argyll Lodge, Wandsworth Common. On Monday morning, consequence of a communication from his wife, he accompanied her to servant's bed-room, where he . . .
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[PB: I recall following up this story and realising Argyll Lodge was on the edge of Wimbledon Common, not Wandsworth Common. But this was Wandsworth's part of the larger Common. Find notes and add.]
WILSON — BARCHARD.
On the 13th. inst., at St. Anne's, Wandsworth, by the Rev. W. Howard, 51. A., rector of Great Witch-! ingham, Norfolk, George Fergusson Wilson, F. R.S., sou of the late William Wilson, Esq., of Wandsworth -common, to Ellen, eldest daughter of the late R. W. Barchard, Esq., of East-hill-, Wandsworth.
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Article widely reproduced.
A CURE OF CRIME . . . criminals are to be punished and trained to bettor ways in prison, this can be done more simply, efficiently, and securely on Wandsworth Common or at Dartmoor than at Sydney. Establishments of so difficult and critical a nature cannot keep too close under our own . . .
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FATAL OCCURRENCE IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.
INQUEST THIS DAY.
Mr. Win. Bayne, the coroner for the City of London, hold an inque>t at Guy's Hospital this morning on the body of man uukuow n, who met with his death under the following circumstance:
From the evidence of Mr. Bass, living at Balham, it appears that the deceased was travelling with him Monday last in a third-class carriage from New-cross to Forest Hill station. the deceased sat next to witness, and on leaving New-cross it was ascertained that lady's dress had caught in the carriage door.
The deceased thereupon opened the door and got the dress out, and afterwards leant out the window for the pur}>ose of fastening the catch at the bottom of the carriage, which is placed there to prevent people gettii g out of the carriage before the train stops, and the train having passed the New-cross Bridge before drew into the carriage the upper part of his body, the suspicions of the Mople were aroused that he was rather long fastening the catch, and upon nearing Foresthill, witness got up, and looked at the deceased, when he discovered him with his hands hanging down outside the carriage, and a blow ou his forehead. Witness got the deceased in from the window.
It was afterwards ascertained that the was about to raise his head while the train was jnusing under the bridge, and that in doing so, his head came in contact with the abutment, causing a concussion of the brain.
The train having reached Forest-hill, he was taken out, and sent direct to London Bridge, and conveyed to the hospita . Dr. Holmsted, house-surgeon, gave it his opinion that the concussion the brain was the cause of death.
Ann Hopwood, of Wandsworth Common, the lady whose caught in the door, corroborated the above evidence. George Gales, the guard of the train, also gave similar evidence.
The Coroner having summed up the evidence, the Jury revurned a verdict of Accidental Death.
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