The History of the Catnach Press at Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Alnwick and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, in Northumberland, and Seven Dials, London

Part 15

Chapter 15649 wordsPublic domain

Executions--Public of:-- Bishop and Williams, 85 Courvoisier, 92 Corder, 92 Fauntleroy, Mr. H., banker, 73 Five Pirates, The, 92 Greenacre, 92 Muller, 92 Mannings, 92 Pegsworth, 91 Thurtell, 72

False News, circulating of, 14

Flying Stationer, The, 66

Fortey, Mr., 242-300

George the III, death of, 45

George the IV, 45

Goldie, Mr., of Alnwick, 94

Graham, printer, Alnwick, 39

Greenacre and Gale, 91

Gurney, Mr. Baron, 89

Haines, Mrs. _nee_ Mary Catnach, 38

"Hanging Matches", 65

Hugo, Rev. Thomas, 13, 15 " his Bewick collector, 16, 39

Jane Williams, 292

Juvenile Books:-- A Apple Pie, 177 Butterfly's Ball, 163 Cinderella, 203 Cock Robin, 199 Easter Gift, The, 171 Golden Pippin, The, 113 Good Child's Alphabet, 207 Guess Book, The, 17 Jack Jingle, 197 Jerry Diddle, 129 Jumping Joan, 145 Mother Hubbard, 187 New Year's Gift, 205 Nurse Love-child's, 97 Nursery Rhymes, 193 Red Riding Hood, 201 Simple Simon, 195

Kent, Duke of, his death, 45

Life in London, by Pierce Egan, 52 on the Stage, 54 Catnach's version 57, 63 Thackeray on, 64

Likeness of the Murderer, 69 " " William Corder, 79

Lindsay, Printer, &c., 4

Long, Song Seller, The, 221

Marten, Maria, Murder of, 78 " " Verses on, 80

Mayhew's "London Labour", 69, 92

Morgan, John, Poet!, 43, 47, 82

Paul, Mr., 296, 300

Pitts, John, 40 " Old Mother, 41

Pizzey, Sausage Maker, The 43, 44

Pocock, Mr. C. J. of Brighton, 57

Red Barn, The, 78

Reform Bill, The, 87

Ryle, Mrs. Anne, 296, 297 " death of, 299 " Marion Martha, 296

Sarah Gale, 91

Seven Dials, The Bards of, 40, 41 " " The Trade in, 42 " " and Queen Caroline, 47

Shocking Rape and Murder, 291

Smith, Mark, of Alnwick:-- " Apprenticed to Catnach, 9 " in London, 35 " in Alnwick, 74 " his autograph, 39 " the death of, 74

Songs, 3 yards-a-penny, 222

Thistlewood, The Conspirator, 46

Thompson, John, Life of, 34

Thurtell, and Weare, 70 " Execution of, 72

Tom and Jerry, 53, 55 " the Tears of, 55

Treadmill, The, 64

Vestris, Madame, 89

Vint, John, Printer, &c., 4

Walker, Mr., Paternoster Row, 35

Weare, Mr., Murder of, 70

William the IV, 88

Willoughby family Alnwick, 36

FOOTNOTES:

[1] FRIENDLY LEAD, a gathering at a low public-house, for the purpose of assisting some one who is "in trouble," _i.e._, in prison, or who has just "come out of trouble," or who is in want of a "mouthpiece" to defend him, and so forth.

[2] This is an error--See page 76.

[3] The numbers at the close of the Poll on Saturday, 24th March, at three o'clock, stood as under:--

Sir Francis Burdett 5,327 J. Cam Hobhouse, Esq. 4,884 Hon. W. Lamb 4,436

[4] Mr. George Skelly--_Alnwick_.

[5] At an interview which we had in 1877 with

[Signature: E Benton]

_Née._ Elizabeth Catnach, the last survivor of the family of John and Mary Catnach, she informed us that the MS. book alluded to above, remained in the family for many years, and was last known to be in the possession of the sister Mary--Mrs. Haines, of Gosport, to the date of about 1863.

[6] Pitts, a modern publisher of love garlands, merriments, penny ballads,

"Who, ere he went to heaven, Domiciled in Dials Seven!"-- G. DANIEL'S "Democritus in London."

[7] The late John Camden Hotten's Introduction to the new edition of "Life in London." Chatto & Windus: Piccadilly.

[8] Our thanks are due, and are hereby given to Mr. Crawford John Pocock, of Cannon Place, Brighton, for the loan and use of his--what we feel almost inclined to consider--unique copy of Catnach's broadside of "Life in London."

[9] The above copied, _verbatim_ At our request, by Mr. George Skelly, of Alnwick.

[10] E. L. Blanchard, in an article entitled, "Vanished Theatres," in the _Era Almanack_, 1877.

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