riot act (2 resultados)

See Birnie's entry in the Oxford DNB. The Alien Office was created as a department of the Home Office to implement the Aliens Act 1793, which attempted to control the influx of foreign visitors and refugees caused by the turmoil in France. It ceased to exist following the Registration of Aliens Act 1836. created to control the influx of French refugees and suspected revolutionaries. The present document is 1p, 4to. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded twice with wafer on reverse. Written out by a clerk, and signed by Birnie and Mette. Reads: 'Middlesex towit / Eckhartt [sic] Martin Mette of No. 14 Vale Place Hammersmith in the County of Middlesex Tailor maketh oath and saith that he has either lost or mislaid the paper that exempts him from attending at the Alien Office every six Months / Eckhardt Martin Mette / Sworn before before me this 28th. May 1829 at Bow Street / R: Birnie'.

A collection of items indicating the panic felt by the bourgeoisie around the time of the Great Chartism Meeting on Kennington Common, 10 April 1848. Items Two to Five are laid down on a piece of grey paper removed from a scrapbook. Item One: Printed warrant signed by two magistrates, appointing Cater a Special Constable, it appearing, 'upon the oath of a credible witness, that a tumult or riot may be reasonably apprehended'. On one side of a piece of laid paper roughly 320 x 210 mm. Watermarked 'W H FELLOWS 1847'. Good, on lightly creased and aged paper, with minor traces of previous grey paper mount adhering to the blank reverse. Headed 'St. James, Westminster' beneath the Royal Crest. Eighteen lines of printed text, with the words 'Mr. Wm Charles Cater' and his address '56 Pall Mall' in the hand of the first signatory. The two signatures are illegible. ITEM TWO: Printed notice, headed 'ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER', announcing the swearing-in of Special Constables, 'for the Protection of Property', 'in consequence of the unsettled state of the Metropolis'. '[.] the Magistrates are quite prepared to Swear in any further number of the Inhabitants who may apply for that purpose, at the Police Court, Gt. Marlborough St. Daily, between the Hours of ELEVEN and FOUR o'Clock.' Thirteen lines of text, in a variety of fonts and point sizes. By William Geesin and John Thomas Campart, Churchwardens, and dated from the 'Vestry Room, 8th March, 1848'. 'PRINTED BY T. BRETTELL, RUPERT STREET, HAYMARKET.' On one side of a piece of paper, roughly 225 x 280. Text clear and entire. Good, though slightly ruckled and discoloured, and with chipping to right-hand margin. Item Three: Printed slip, roughly 65 x 220 mm, announcing a meeting of Special Constables at the Vestry Room. Dated 13 March 1848. Good. Item Four: Printed slip, completed in manuscript, roughly 65 x 215 mm, announcing a meeting of Special Constables at the Vestry Room. Dated 9 April 1848. With a little light staining. Item Five: Printed slip, completed in manuscript, roughly 55 x 170 mm, reading 'A Division [4th.] Section. | [Thos Baker | W. C. Cater | 56 Pall Mall] | Meet at [Eleven] o'Clock. [Monday | at Burlington House]'. On lightly aged paper. See Image.