Michael D.Heath-Caldwell M.Arch.

Michael Heath-Caldwell M.Arch
Brisbane, Queensland
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1839 - 1840 - 1841

George Heath Serjeant-at-Law - age 60/61 1779-1852
Anne Raymond Heath (ne Dunbar) - age 52/53 1787-1842

Julia Anna Harrison (ne Heath) - age 32/33 1807-1879
John Moore Heath - aged 31/32 1808-1882
Douglas Denon Heath - aged 28/29 1811-1897
Dunbar Isidore Heath - age 23/24 1816-1888
Leopold G. Heath R.N. - age 22/23 1817-1907
Emma Jane Heath (later Whatman) - age 18/19 1821-1884

Charles Heath 33/34 - Engraver/Publisher - Half-brother of George Heath - Attorney

Elizabeth Heath (ne Petch) - 29'ish

24 January 1840
Joshua Bacon, Perkins Bacon, 69 Fleet Street to Charles Heath

Your Note has distressed me much for I could wish to discount the bill of the (illegible) but am unable to do it as I have only received of your bills (illegible). . . £939, while I have to pay £1584 besides larger payments of the firm's each month.

I do not quite understand your Note in regard to the received bill due on 29th Jany as you say you will let me have the balance of the £939 next week.

You bill is due the 29th, and amounts to about the balance due on these bills, and it will be best for you to hold back that balance and let the whole Acceptance be (?fitter) case for the (?correct) differences (illegible)...

Joshua Bacon.

20 February 1840
Charles Heath to Joshua D. Bacon, 69 Fleet Street.

My dear Bacon,
I think you will find the Plate looks better, pray save me 2 or 3 Proofs.
I will be with you about 1 o'clock tomorrow.
Yours truly
Charles Heath

P.S. If that does not transfer well nothing will.
[C.Heath was returning the master die to Perkins and Bacon for the first British 1d postage stamps.

25 March 1840
Charles Heath, 6 Seymour Place, London - to Dawson Turner.

My Dear Sir,
I wish now to have the Picture by Phillips of your two daughters - which I think will make a very beautiful print. I intend to bring out in numbers all the portraits engraved for the "Book of Beauty." I wish to ask you whether on the republication of these Heads as they will have nothing whatever to do with the Book of Beauty but merely a series of Portraits you would object to such plates on the two "Miss Tuners."

If you have it shall not be done but as there will be plenty of other young Ladies I should hope there would be no objection.

I enclose a Bill for £300 on Mr.Sotheby the auctioneer, - who is going to sell all my back stock amounting to what will fetch about £1500. He has given me this bill on account. In a short time the last of the four 50 Bills you were so kind as to cash for me will be paid and I do not think you have any other. I shall be very happy to pay your twenty Pounds towards the old debt.

Times have been very hard for the Arts lately owing to the Crisis in America but I trust now they will improve.

With best respects, Believe me, Dear Sir, Yours most truly and obliged,
Charles Heat

30 March 1840
Charles Heath to Dawson Turner

I beg to thank you for the money for the Bill. I placed £20 for you at Barclays. Some time since you were so kind as to offer me a set of drawings and material for forming a work on Belgium and Holland. Have you such material and would you allow me to make a work of them...? I shall be greatly obliged by an answer. I think it would perhaps make an interesting "Picturesque Annual" but if executed for that work there is not time to lose.

If necessary I would visit Yarmouth for a day.

Believe me, dear Sir, Yours very truly,
Charles Heath

13 April 1840
Charles Heath to Dawson Turner

My dear Sir,
I was in hopes I should have been able to pay you a visit last week but I was prevented. I trust however, to be in Yarmouth either Wednesday or Thursday. I shall therefore be much obliged if you would have the materials arranged in the order you wish as I shall not [be] able to stay more than a few hours.

Believe me, dear Sir,
Yours very truly,
Charles Heath

14 May 1840
Charles Heath, Clarence Street, London to Dawson Turner

My dear Sir,
As you are in Town I hope I shall have the pleasure of seeing you, and will you let me know if I shall send you the Books I promised, or shall I forward them to Yarmouth.

I have sent Mr.Allom to Brussels etc, and engaged Mr.Thomas Roscoe to write the work [The Picturesque Annual for 1841] which at present I do not wish known. Mr.Roscoe wished me to ask you if he could have the loan of your Journal as I told him it would be invaluable to him.

The moment Mr.Allom returns Mr.Roscoe will start for Brussels.

Believe me, dear Sir,
Yours ever truly obliged.
Charles Heath

6 June 1840
Charles Heath, 6 Seymour Place, London to Dawson Turner

My dear Sir,
Since I had the pleasure of seeing you in London I have been offered a work which I think will have a very great sale, in fact the name alone will sell. It is to be called "Cattermole's Picturesque and Historical Annual," all the drawings by "Cattermole" and the letter press by his brother the Rev'd "Mr.Richard Cattermole," Secretary of the "Royal Literary Institution" and as I hear a very clever man.

Now this work will cost me out of pocket about £1000 - and as I must do it from my own resources if I do it from my resources if I do it at all I thought that perhaps you would have no objection to cash my Bill payable to my Mother-in-Law [Mrs.Petch] for £400 - £200 to come due in January and 200 in February next.

This would enable me to do the work and if it succeeds which I have not the smallest doubt of - I shall be happy to pay you £100 of the old Debt. Your answer to this my Dear Sir will greatly oblige me. I shall only want 200 now, the other 200 the beginning of next month.

Believe me yours most truly,
Charles Heath

11 June 1840
Charles Heath to Dawson Turner.

My dear Sir,
I am greatly obliged to you for your kind letter. I enclose you the Bills with one alteration - which is that I send you a Bill for £40 instead of paying it now as £40 is more to me before Xmas than £100 after. I trust this will make no difference.

Believe me, Dear Sir always,
Your most truly obliged.
Charles Heath

7 August 1840
Charles Heath to Joshua B. Bacon, [Perkins, Bacon letter books]

Dear Bacon,
I hereby agree to the following terms for the undermentioned Annuals for you to send to America.

You (?) to send of the Children of Nobility 220 - at 8 shillings and I agree to take back or allow you the difference of ? waters that (50 copies) of the Legends of Venice you to send 750 at ten shillings per copy and I agree to take 200 on the same terms as above.
The Cattermole Historical Annual. You to send 450 copies at 12 shillings per copy and I take back as above 150 copies.

Believe me, yours truly,
Charles Heath

From Chancery Lane,
Tuesday 10 August 1840

My dearest Leo,

Your fate is decided not to leave the Impregnable, Sir J. Pichell has put his Veto against your having the other appointment. So now deary, make yourself happy - with your nice friend Captain Forbes, your nice cabin - your well polished guns, and all your other (Agremens?) and be off to the Mediterranean.

(Rear Admiral Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, 3rd Baronet)

Not much to be pitied after all, now that you are likely to have your work. We know nothing more, than the above fact, which Mr.Christie announced in a note to Douglas; saying also, that Sir C. Adam had written to the Lady, who had applied for you. Your note of this day tells us nothing of the Secret, which I am (expiring?) to hear.

Mr and Mrs Henry Hope are living at Richmond for the Honey Moon. The Lady could not bring herself to love a rich young man, so well as a poor young man - very much to the regret of her Uncle the Great Col. He says they have £400 a year between them, and he has retired from the Navy.

The Uncle would clearly have preferred the wealthy husband, but notwithstanding her folly, he has sent then a wedding present.

As I understand the rest of the party are going to write, I will say Adieu! Be sure to forward John's letter to Dunbar.

God bless you my Leo! Your affectionate Mother,
Anne Heath
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Dearest Leo,
Who do you think did up all kinds of Penny Jugs and thick packets to you if I was not here? Why Sir, you might have known the finger, and I feel greatly hurt that you did not. However I am afraid I ought to have written to you and indeed I can hardly believe I have not done so since we have been in town.

I am so very glad (Edward Nott?) is doing well. I suppose they will be coming home again soon. And now about that nasty old Radical Sir J.Pechell! If you are greatly disappointed I am very sorry dear, but I can hardly (not it is settled, which you know always makes a difference) regret that you exchange Nigger land for the beautiful, interesting Mediterranean, so especially interesting just now in all ways.

And then the "Illustrious Stranger"! If it is worth a million of money "to the Captain surely you Lieutenants will come in for £6,000 or £8,000 a piece for your share.
Pray do not fail to tell us all about it, "sub rose" you know.

11 August 1840
Charles Heath to Dawson Turner

My dear Sir,
I should have answered your polite letter respecting the Picture by Phillips but the Engraver was out of Town. He returned yesterday and I have seen the Plate - it is very forward and [in] about a fortnight it will be completed and I think make a very beautiful subject.

The moment I get a Proof [I] will forward you one. With best respects to yourself and Family believe me dear Sir,
Yours most truly,
Charles Heath

P.S. at the same time shall send you a very beautiful Print of the Queen in her Bridal Dress.

Saturday 29 August 1840
Morning Herald (London)

Middlesex Court of Requests.

Very Suspicious. - John Higgins, a chandler shopkeeper, was summoned by Henry Fardelly, for one shilling.

Mr.Fardelly stated that his servant (a girl of about three feet in height, and who stated her age to be sixteen years) went to the shop of the defendant for half a pound of candles, in payment for which she tendered half-a-crown. She received among the change a bad shilling, which the defendant refused to take back. The servant girl having been sworn to the above effect,

Mr.Sergeant Heath called upon the chandler-shopkeeper for his defence.

"Yes, I have," said Mr.Higgins, who was a long-nosed, small-eyed man. "This is a very curious case," said he; "there's some singular - or, I should say, suspicious - circumstances about this shilling. You will have the goodness, sir, to bear in mind, in taking this matter into your consideration, that the night on which the plaintiff's girl came to my shop for the candles aws a very hot night."

Mr.Sergeant Heath (smiling good-naturedly) - A hot night! I really cannot see what this has to do with the bad shilling.

The chandler shopkeeper - Not as a mere isolated fact, I admit; but, taken in connection with other facts I shall submit to you, it will, I am inclined to think, have considerable weight with you and the gentlemen of the jury.

"Proceed," said Mr.Sergeant Heath.

"Well, sir," continued Mr.Higgins, "it was a hot night, a very hot night as I said before, and Mr.Fardelly lives a goodish distance from me; in fact he could have got half a pound of candles almost next door to him, if he meant the thing bone fido."

Mr.Sergeant Heath looked somewhat surprised at the chandler shopkeeper's reasons, and law latin.

"Why, sir," proceeded Mr.Higgins, "did the girl come to me for half a pound of candles on a very hot night, when she might have got them almost next door to her master's house? And this is not all, sir, suspicious as it is. Why did Mr.Fardelly send the girl with a half-a-crown for an article that came to only three-pence farthing, when he or the girl could have got change at Mr.Levi's, at whose house they reside? Besides, Mr.Fardelly lives with a Jew, and the whole affair looks very queer."
Mr.Sergeant Heath - Then you suppose there has been a conspiracy which the girl has supported by trying to defraud you of a shilling?

The chandler shopkeeper - Look at all the circumstances, sir - look at them. The plaintiff lodges with at a Jew's, he sends half-a-crown for half a pound of candles, a matter of 200 yards on a hot night - it was a very hot night - when he might have got them close at hand.

Mr.Sergeant Heath - But a man may surely buy his candles where he pleases?

The chandler shopkeeper shook his head and muttered "It's very suspicious."

Verdict for the plaintiff, one shilling; costs, three and sixpence.

A few minutes after the verdict was given, the long-nosed small-eyed chandler shopkeeper returned into court, quite out of breath, holding up is summons and opening his mouth pretty widely at the same time, gasped out - "debt one shilling, and costs three and sixpence." He then lifted up his eyes and exclaimed, "Very suspicious."

"What is that?" inquired Mr.Sergeant Heath, who had not heard Mr.Higgins's half-broken lachrymose exclamation.

"Why, they've charged me 3s. 6d. for costs," said he.

Mr.Sergeant Heath - That is quite correct.

The chandler shopkeeper immediately retired, and meeting with the plaintiff in the outer court, abused him "like a pickpocket," talking many very wicked things to the witness, that he would indict him and his - of a girl for perjury.

Monday 7 September 1840
Charles Heath to Dawson Turner

My dear Sir,
I enclose you two Bills on Mr.Nutt which Mrs.Petch has endorsed that you may be quite certain of their payment. If you could cash them for me I should esteem it a great favour and shall be happy to pay you ten pounds off the old Debt.

I wish I could spare more. I shall have the pleasure of sending you a finished Proof of your two Daughters early next week, it makes a beautiful Plate and I think you will like it very much.

With best respects to yourself and family believe me dear Sir,
Your most truly obliged,
Charles Heath

Tuesday 8 September 1840
Morning Herald (London)

MIddlesex Court of Requests.

Cross-Swearing about Tenpence -
"What is our claim against Mr.Peddle?" said Sergeant Heath to a prim young woman who took her station at the green-baized table with an air that indicated she was determined to gain the day if she could.

"My claim,"answered she, "is for a pound of bacon - 10d."

"Which I'll swear I paid for," said the defendant.

"Swear the defendant,' said Sergeant Heath.

The defendant was sworn that he went to the shop of the plaintiff for some bacon. When I asked Miss Nowton for the bacon (proceeded the defendant) she said to me, "What sort of bacon will you have?? Out of the cushion or hock? It it for frying, broiling, or boiling?"

With that I said, "You know what sort of bacon father likes." "Oh, yes," says she, "out of the belly - streaky;" and so she cuts a piece out of the belly, which weighed exactly a pound. "It's 10d." says she, and so I put down a shilling, and asked her to cut it into rashers, which was done, and she gave me twopence in change; one old penny-piece, that looked as if some boys had been playing at "chouce" with, and a new penny that was very bright.

"And that you swear to?" said Sergeant Heath.

"I do," returned the defendant emphatically.

"And I can take 20 solemn oaths that you never gave me a shilling at all," said the plaintiff, still more emphatically.

Miss Nowton was duly sworn and deposed as follows:- It was a Saturday night," said she, "when Mr.Peddle came into our shop; we were very busy, and when he asked to have the bacon cut into rashers, I gave it to James to cut up" (turning round and pointing to a decently-dressed youth by her side).

"Who is that youth? your brother?" inquired Sergeant Heath.

"No," said Miss Nowton, something between emphasis and indignation, "he's the shop boy."
Sergeant Heath - Proceed.

Miss Nowton - When I gave the bacon to James I said to Mr.Peddle, "Mr.Peddle you bacon is 10d." and I gave a nod to James..

"Pray what was the 'nod' for?" said Sergeant Heath.

Miss Nowton - Oh, just to keep an eye upon him. A private signal to see whether he left without paying.

Mr.Sergeant Heath - Did Mr.Peddle thereupon make any observation?

Miss Nowton - He did not. You must know that this is not the first time he has served us this trick. Some time ago he cheated us out of -

Mr.Sergeant Heath - Stop, stop; I cannot hear you upon any previous transaction.

Miss Nowton - But he did cheat us out of -

"Stop," said Mr.Sergeant Heath, in a tone not to be misunderstood; "confine yourself to the present action."

Miss Nowton - Well, sir, after the bacon had been cut up into rashes, and while James was getting some paper to wrap it up in, I said to Mr.Peddle a second time, "Mr.Peddle your bacon is 10d." But he took no notice; and I said a third time, "Mr.Peddle, your bacon is 10d;" but instead of paying for it he walked out of the shop. I then told James to "book" the bacon to "Peddle."

"James" then deposed to having seen the "nod" from Miss Nowton, and to watching the defendant till he left the shop. He was quite positive the bacon had not been paid for.

Mr.Peddle's father said he could swear that his son had 18d. when he went out to buy a pound of bacon and six-pennyworth of eggs, and that when he returned he had but a penny.

A Juror- Did you search your son both before he went out and after he came home?

"Oh no,but I'm quite positive about it, because he spent a penny for beer,and had a penny left."
Mr.Sergeant Heath summed up with much minuteness, yet with comprehensiveness, observing that it was a case solely for the determination of the jury.

Verdict for the defendant.

Saturday 12 September 1840
Windsor and Eton Express

Middlesex Court of Requests
A "Respectable" Butcher - A decently-attired woman, the wife of an artisan, with an infrant in her arms, appeared to support her claim against a "well-dressed" butcher for 2s.10½d., under the following circumstances:-

She stated that late on Saturday night (her husband not receiving his wages till half-past ten o'clock, and then having to walk three miles to his house) she went into the defendant's shop and bought a shoulder of mutton. She saw it was rather stale, adn asked the defendant whether he would warrant it would be good on the following day. "Yes," he said, "Good for a week." The mutton was then put in the scale and weighed 5lbs. 12oz, for which she paid 2s. 10½d. On the following morning she was about to send it to the bake-house, when she found it was in a state totally unfit to be eaten.
Sergeant Heath (to defendant) - What defence have you to this action.

The respectable Butcher - I didn't warrant the meat. I sold it to the woman under price, as the weather was very hot.

Sergeant Heath - Was it sweet when you sold it to her?

The respectable Butcher - Oh, yes, perfectly so. The meat was only a day old.

A Juror - When was the sheep killed?

The respectable Butcher - Thursday night.

The Juror - That makes the meat two days old.

The respectable Butcher - That's what we call a day old.

Sergeant Heath (to the plaintiff) - Why did you not make use of your nose, woman?
Poor woman - Why sir, I thought he was a respectable butcher, and as he warranted it, I did not do more than look at it. The meat certainly looked rather dry, but I had not idea that it was so far gone.

The respectable Butcher - I never warranted it at all. I sold it under price, and the woman, of course, took her chance. I see there's a butcher sitting down there on one of the forms, and I'll ask him if 6d a pound for mutton is not three halfpence under price?

The person so appealed to, said that mutton, where the shoulder weighed only 5lb. 12oz. was not worth more than 6d per lb.

The respectable Butcher - No, certainly not, at a "cutting shop," but I'm a respectable butcher.
"I'm very much inclined to doubt it,' drily remarked the person appealed to. "The shoulder, in a fine fresh state, was not worth more than 6d per lb.

The respectable Butcher - But it was not a shoulder, it was only half a one.

Good God (exclaimed the woman), is it possible that a man can utter such a cruel falsehood for the sake of robbing a poor woman with a family. Gentlemen (she said, addressing the court) I took the mutton back on Sunday morning, and offered to exchange it for a piece of beef, and pay him the difference, but he only abused me, and called the police, and threatened to give me into custody. There were half a dozen persons present who saw the shoulder of mutton, and they said it was a shame for a respectable butcher to sell such meat to a poor woman like me.

Sergeant Heath - But if the meat was so bad how comes it that you did not detect in on Saturday night.

The woman said that the butcher twisted the shoulder round before her face, and that then it certainly appeared good, although dry with the wind.

"The fact is," said the butcher, who had been appealed to, "that a very wicked deception is often practised upon poor casual customers. The lower part of a leg or shoulder of mutton will be, or at least appear, good, when the knuckle is altogether unfit to be eaten; and when a poor person, who is not a regular customer, asks the price of such meat, the butcher will lay hold of, and conceal with his hands, the knuckle, and twist and display only the apparently good parts of the meat.

"I never do such things," said the respectable butcher passionately, "and I can bring men, my own men, who will swear that the mutton was quite fit to be eaten on the following Tuesday."

Here one of the "honest" agents of the court whispered to the respectable butcher, who immediately asked for time to produce his witnesses. Time was granted.

23 November 1840
Charles Heath, 6 Seymour Place, London to Dawson Turner

My dear Sir,
I hope that you have received the Books safe which I requested Messrs.Longman to send you of all my Works and likewise the Proofs which were forwarded last week. I shall be happy to hear that they meet our approbation.

I shall soon have the pleasure of presenting you with the Proofs and Book of "Cattermole's Historical Annual."

With best wishes to you and your family Believe me Dear Sir,
Yours very truly,
Charles Heath

Monday 7 December 1840
Morning Herald (London)
Court Circular.
Among the inquirers yesterday, and on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace were - - - -Mr.Sergeant Heath

21 December 1840
Charles Heath, 6 Seymour Place, London to Dawson Turner

My dear Sir,
Many thanks for the real Yarmouth bloaters. - They are very fine ones.

I had the pleasure of sending you a set of India Proofs of Cattemole's Historical Annual which will do very well - but owing to their great want of punctuality a great part of the sale will be after Xmas and consequently will not come into this Years Account.

You will see that this is only half the work what I what I was not aware of - so that I must of course produce another Vol. next year. You were so kind as to assist me on this first - will you be so kind again - With the same conditions? - It will serve me much and I trust benefit you.

I hope you have received the Books from Messrs.Longman & Co.

With best respects to yourself and family, I remain my Dear Sir,
Yours most truly,
Charles Heath

8. - 22 December 1840 - (Devarte?) of appointed Lt.on Royal William (crossed out)

By the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland &c.

To Lieutenant Leopold G. Heath hereby appointed Lieutenant of Her Majesty's Ship the Impregnable.

By Virtue of the Power and Authority to us given We do hereby constitute and appoint you Lieutenant of Her Majesty's Ship the Impregnable willing and requiring you forthwith to go on board and take upon you the Charge and Command of Lieutenant in her accordingly Strictly Charging and Commanding all the Officers and Company belonging to the said Ship subordinate to you to behave themselves jointly and severally in their respective Employments with all due Respect and Obedience unto you their said Lieutenant.

And you likewise to observe and execute as well the General printed Instructions as that Orders and Directions you shall from time to time receive from your Captain or any other your superior Officers for Her Majesty's service Thereof nor you nor any of you may fail as you will answer the contrary at your peril

And for so doing this shall be your Warrant Given under our hands and the Seal of the Office of Admiralty this Twenty Fourth day of December 1840 in the Fourth year of Her Majesty's Reign
By Command of their Lordships

(J Nimov?)
(Sidall?))
W.Harvey?)
Devonport, 5/- Seniority 22 Dec. 1840

7. - 23 December 1840 - J.D.B. to Sgt Heath congratulations on Leopold promotion(?)
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My dear Heath,
I do most cordially rejoice your dear Boy's success - and offer my sincere congratulations to the family on this very important Event. He gets immediate benefit such as perhaps he might not have got by any other means, and will feel the influence of the distinction in all his future proceedings, through his professional career.

If you be not sensible of your good fortune in being father of such a family as yours. You are a most ungrateful fellow - long may You Lyners enjoy this happy blessing.

All the joyous wishes of the Season attend you and all belonging to you.
Your ever friend,
NDB (Bethune?)

Thorncroft, 23 December 1840

P.S. John is still in Scotland. The Vacancy in the Representative of Kirkaldy tempted him to pay the (Borough, Druagh?) a visit. The reception has been most encouraging but as his coming forwards earnestly would disturb the peace of the Borough he has given way to the Nephew of their late member.

9. - 24 December 1840 - Appointed to H.M.S. Impregnable.

Naval & Military Gazette and Weekly Chronicle of the United Service
Saturday 26 December 1840

Naval Intelligence - Promotions.

Lieutenants - Charles R. Carter, commission dated Nov.5 1840, and to stand on the list of seniority immediately after F.11. Stanfell. Leopold George Heath for passing best examination at the Royal Naval College.

London Evening Standard
Monday 28 December 1840

Promotions.

Mate - Leopold George Heath (of the Excellent) has obtained half-yearly Lieutenant's Commission, as being senior in proficiency of mathematics, &c., prior to the Christmas vacation at the Royal Naval College. Charles C. Carter made Lieutenant.
Appointments.

Lieutenants - J. Sanderson, to the Excellent; Leopold George Heath to the Impregnable.

1841
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