Michael D.Heath-Caldwell M.Arch.

1841 - 1842 - 1843

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George Heath Serjeant-at-Law  - age 62/63              1779-1852
Anne Raymond Heath (ne Dunbar) - age 54             1787-1842

Julia Anna Harrison (ne Heath) - age 34/35              1807-1879
John Moore Heath - aged 33/34                                1808-1882
Douglas Denon Heath - aged 30/31                          1811-1897
Dunbar Isidore Heath - age 25/26                             1816-1888
Leopold G. Heath R.N. - age 24/25                          1817-1907
Emma Jane Heath (later Whatman) - age 20/21       1821-1884

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23 February 1842
Charles Heath to Dawson Turner (Banker)

My dear Sir,
I have the pleasure of sending you by this day's coach a set of ten large female Heads intended for a new work as studies for Young Ladies to draw from, combining the attraction of their being portraits. I hope that you will like them and that you duly received the Proofs and Books of the Annuals for 1842. I am happy to say that my progress considering the time is as well as could be expected.

You have always been so kind as to assure me that you would oblige me in every way that would serve me. Now, if you wanted [to] carry on the Bill for £200 you hold on Mrs.Petch for another Year it would greatly benefit me and oblige her. As she is doing all in her power to assist me and has in fact paid for most of the heads I now send you and by which I hope to clear something handsome to enable me to pay for my furniture etc. etc. held by me at present under the Trustees. I have told her that I feel confident that you will be so kind as to accede to this request.

I hope my Dear Sir that you and all your family are in good health and that affairs are better in your part of the World. With best respects to you and to them.
Believe me dear Sir, Yours most sincerely obliged,
Charles Heath

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18. - 27 February 1842 - Anne Heath to Leopold (at Malta), Recovered.
File 947 

Letter 27 February 1842

To - Lieutenant Leopold G. Heath R.N. 
H.M.S. Impregnable, Malta

Be glad and rejoice my beloved son Leo, that I am thus far restored to my family. Do not however, be too sanguine, but for the present I am once more regaining a little strength I am convinced and neither money, nor kindness (?) mar the most devoted tenderness have been spared to restore me to life, and the Almighty has been pleased to listen to the prayers put up to him for me, and to bless all the means (lerled?) on my behalf, thus far.

I will not distress you dearest Leopold, by dwelling upon the painful scene of the last fortnight, but on the brink of the grave, as I have been, how can I, nor ought I, to feel otherwise than sensible of the precarious state I am in. 

How mercifully are good and evil blended! Dear Julia's happy prospects have helped cheer and support all around me, in their late anxiety. 

Of course all the nice plans for the young couple have been, or will be communicated to you, so I shall not attempt the subject, not having much strength for writing. 

Your will be pleased to hear that Mary Tennyson wrote to me a most affectionate note, and offered to come and see me! Your father made no objections whatever, and I made Julia write to Mary to welcome her. This is a subject that has long distressed me, our not receiving Mary as we ought, but all, even here, is wisely ordered, by the Wise and Overruling Power! Her affectionate and modest overture coming at a moment when your Father's feelings are softened by my uncertain state has done easily and in a very pleasing way (what?) I have so long wished, but thought impossible. 

Dear John and Dunbar came to see me. I sent Mary's letter to John, he is evidently much pleased.

Now, beloved Leo, I will say Adieu! God bless and guard you from every evil! 
Your ever affectionate Mother,

Anne Heath

What elegant mittens. The girls are enchanted with them. Julia has such a nice collection of presents. The wedding dress came home last night. The gift of Mrs Jane Moore. 
Adieu! once more.
 

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19 - 15 March 1842 - Re pain - (secret death?) (Anne's (Anies'?)

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20 - 15 March 1842 - Emma to Leopold - (Kitlands to be let)

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21. - 14 April 1842 - Anne Heath to Leopold re Julia's wedding

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22. - 27 March 1842 - ditto.

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Wednesday 6 April 1842
London Evening Standard

Marriages
April 5, at St.George's, Hanover Square, James Park, youngest son of Matthew Harrison Esq., of Cambridge Terrace, to Julia Anna, eldest daughter of Mr.Serjeant Heath

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9 April 1842
Charles Heath to J.B.Bacon.
Original in Royal Philatelic Society's Musuem so may relate to postage stamps.

My dear Bacon,
I think you could not have seen the Print I received last night. I do not know whether the fault is in the Paper or the Printing, but they are not saleable - some are actually on Yellow paper. I send you an impression of the last batch - you will see the difference.
If you will decide on printing them again, I earnestly beg of you to do them directly.

Yours etc.
Charles Heath
 

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Thursday 16 June 1842
Brighton Gazette

Fashionable Intelligence.
Our arrivals include - - - - Mr.Serjeant Heath, Albion Hotel; - - - - 
 

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Tuesday 21 June 1842
Sussex Advertiser.

General Arrivals - Mr.Serjeant Heath, Rev.J.M.Heath, 
 

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Tuesday 9 August 1842
Sun (London)

Imperial Parliament (This day) 

House of Commons - County Court Bill.
On the Order of the Day being read for the House going into Committee on the County Courts Bill, - - - 

Mr.T.Duncombe would ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether it was his intention to include the county of Middlesex, with the Metropolitan districts and the adjacent parts of Essex, in the Bill of next session, as they were excluded from the present measure? There were no courts in the Kingdom that so much required amendment, or rather abolition, as the Courts of Requests of the metropolis, and the County Court of Middlesex was a sink of iniquity, oppression and extortion. 
The Court had been in the possession of Sergeant Heath and his Deputy for twenty five years, and during that long period the proceedings were marked by injustice and oppression, as was proved in the year 1838, before a Committee up stairs.

The fees, which were of very great annual amount, were extracted from the vice and misery of the metropolitan parts of the county, and the Court sent annually hundreds of wretches to Whitecross Street prison without shoes to their feet, or a panny for subsistence - (Hear, hear) 

When the Committee of 1838 wanted to ascertain the amount of fees, and the number of of persons committed in execution, it was found that no books were kept by the Court - (Hear, hear.) He hoped that the Bill of next year would include the metropolitan districts, and abolish that sink of iniquity, extortion and oppression. 

Sir Thomas Wilde said, that Mr.Sergeant Heath did no more than his duty. If parties applied to his Court for a summons, he was bound to grant it, and if, after judgment given, defendants refused to pay the debts, it was Mr.Sergeant Heath's duty, clearly the same as that of the Judges of Westminster Hall, to order execution to issue. The Hon.Member ought not to make these general charges against absent individuals at the close of a session. He ought to bring forward some specific charge against Mr.Sergeant Heath, if he had done anything. 

He (Sir T.Wilde) believed Mr.Sergeant Heath to be a most honourable and learned man. He did not mean to claim exemption for any particular Court from the effects of this measure, but he felt bound to defend Sergeant Heath from the attacks of his Hon. Friend.

Mr.T.Duncombe found his charges on the evidence given before the proceedings of the County Courts of Middlesex. From that evidence it appeared that Sergeant Heath did not sit in his Court, but performed his office by deputy - that deputy being Mr.Dubois.

From the evidence it appeared that in that Court between 200 and 300 causes had been disposed of in the course of as many minutes. How was it possible to administer justice in that manner? Sergeant Heath had been asked certain questions relative to the purchase of appointments which he had declined to answer. If that evidence was printed, the House would see the ground on which the charges had been made.

The Attorney-General said the the Hon.Gentleman should have moved that the evidence be printed, and then ascertain that it was in the hands of Members, before making these charges against individuals. Mr.Sergeant Heath was a gentleman of great learning, of high honour,and was much respected by the profession, and Mr.Dubois was a highly honourable and talented man, whose talents were far above the situation he occupied.

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Saturday 13 August 1842
Weekly True Sun

House of Commons - Tuesday.

The report of the committee on the Bankruptcy Bill was received and the bill was ordered to be read a third time. - Sir J.Graham postponed, with expressions of reluctance and regret, the County Courts Bill, to the next session of Parliament - A conversation followed this announcement, in which Mr.T.Duncombe treated the existing County Court of Middlesex rather roughly. sir T. Wilde took up the cudgets for the Court of his friend Mr.Serjeant Heath, and very properly recommended to his friend, Mr.T.Duncombe to be more cautious and discreet than he generally is in making charges against individuals. 

The Attorney General trod in the steps of Sir Thomas Wilde and was very complimentary, not only to Mr.Serjeant Heath, but to his learned deputy, Mr.Dubois. 

After some further conversation the bill was passed through the committee pro forma, reported to the house, and the report ordered to be printed. 

The clerk read the a petition that had been for

warded to the house from Samuel Beard and others, complaining of an undue return at the last election for the borough of Nottingham, and praying that the said election might be declared null and void. The house then adjourned until five o'clock.
 

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Globe
Monday 22 August 1842

Died.
Ann, wife of George Heath, Esq., Sergeant-at-Law

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Envelope - 
27 August (1842) (Postmark - 9 Sp 9 1842)
To - D.D.Heath Esq., Oxford Cambridge Club, Pallmall, London. -

Kitlands, Dorking, Surrey

Dear Douglas,

Since the failure of my 2nd attempt to leave the ship I have almost, if not quite persuaded myself that as far as my own happiness is concerned all has happened for the best, and the general tenor of the letters I received just now has confirmed me in this opinion, my recollections of Mamma will now always be of her as I last saw her, and that was in Chancery Lane dressed in a blue gown with white figures that Papa had just given her, looking happy and cheerful and although on the sofa full of all her little fun and jokes.

Papa, I remember, scolded her for getting up and standing on tiptoe while we were taking leave for probably the last time, were I ever to see her again your late letters have shewn me how changed would be my impressions. On the other hand a visit from me would I am sure do good to Papa and Emma and probably in a less degree to all of you. 

It must be refreshing to see a new face, and to have fresh subjects of conversation, to have a fresh person to sympathise with on, and I am sure the whole flock being gathered together in this our first affliction would be pleasing to us all. 

On the whole I am so undecided that I will do just what you at home wish. If Mamma herself wishes it, (which you seem to doubt), or if Papa is still clearly in favour of my coming, the best, and most likely way of getting leave will be for Papa to write an official letter to the Admiralty stating the circumstances of the case and asking for sufficient leave, if that can be granted, and if not for me to be superseded. 

The answer if favourable you must send to me overland and that will probably induce the Admiral to let me go before his official announcement arrives. I do not think any means I can take out here will succeed until October when the near approach of the winder will prevent any chance of our going to sea at which season the wording of the Admiral's refusal seemed to imply that I might get leave, he spoke so positively that I don't think any thing I could say would induce him to let me go sooner.

So if either of the cases that I have underlined occur please get Papa to do this without any loss of time. I have no more time, the bag is closing but although the letter is hurried I have been thinking on the subject for some time and the above are I am sure my wishes.

Your affectionate brother, L.G.Heath 

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12 October 1842
Charles Heath, 6 Seymour Place, London - to Dawson Turner (Banker)

My dear Sir,
I hope this letter will find yourself and Family in good health after such a splendid summer as we have experienced. I write this to say that by this day's coach you will receive Proofs of my three books. The Keepsake, Book of Beauty and Picturesque Annual. The latter work I think you will agree with me is the best and altogether the most beautiful set of Plates we have ever had. The work will be written by "Jules Janin" the French author and translated here for one Edition. The Drawings are all made in Paris by "Eugene Lami" and engraved in London. When the books are published I shall have the pleasure of forwarding them to you.

I enclose a small [Bill] of Mr.Asher on Mr.Nutt, which I have received for some sets of the Large Heads I had the pleasure of sending you some time since, if you would cash it for me I should esteem it a very great favour.

With best respects believe me Dear Sir,
Yours very truly obliged,
Charles Heath.

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19 October 1842
Charles Heath, 6 Seymour Place, London to Dawson Turner (Banker)

My dear Sir,
I hope by this time you have received the Proof I had the pleasure of sending you. They were sent to the office the same day I wrote my last letter. If they have not arrived be so kind as to let me know [so] that I may look after them.

With respect to the Bill, I sent it you because you have had many on the same person and always paid - the last Bills you ever had of me were Mr.Nutt's and were regularly paid.

This is the only Bill I have received since my failure - my Trustees (sanctioned by Longmans House) trust Mr.Asher to the amount of £300 and he always pays - be assured I should send you no Bill that was not genuine, indeed I have now nothing whatever to do with them, and will never accept another as long as I live.

Of course I must hereafter when my works return to me receive them - or they (the works) could not go on. I am much indebted to you for your kind offer but Mr.Charles Tilt who knows the parties has been so good as to give me the money for it.

With best respects to yourself and Family believe me dear Sir,
Yours most gratefully,
Charles Heath

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5 November 1842
Charles Heath to Dawson Turner (Banker)

My dear Sir,
Two days since I have the pleasure of sending you the MS. for the Book of Beauty and Keepsake that you sometime since said you wished to have. There is not the Whole as Lady Blessington says that the MS. sometimes goes to the Author for corrections and is not returned. I hope it arrived safe and likewise the Proof of my Annuals.

With best respects believe me Dear Sir,
Yours most truly,
Charles Heath

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13 November 1842
J.B.Bacon to Charles Heath

Dear Sir,
Mr.Gregory left a single impression Pict. Plates last, With directions to place the French writing as on the St.Pauls Plate between the present publication and the town.
We have done St.Pauls and now send it for approval, but in three of the Plates which we also send, viz. Jas Guderin, John Bevan and Francis of Crevecoeur, we think there is not room so that it ought to be placed below the publication.

Will you return the Prints by the Messenger which course we shall pursue.
Yours truly,
Joshua Bacon

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1842
Letter from Charles, Seymour Place, St.Marylebone Heath to J.B.Bacon
My dear Sir,

I have seen Mr.Willmore's Plate for the Keepsake - and with the addition of two or three Hours work, which he promised me to do, I think you may pay him for it.
Yours very truly,

C.Heath
The price is 36 Guineas.

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1843

 

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