Have corrected first article re James Halbert's friends being carted off to the police station in barrows - they were not 'sensible' as I mistyped but 'insensible' - which fits the context much better of course.
Some more snippets:
At Gateshead Fell, on the 17th inst [October 1846] aged 47, Alice, daughter of the late John Potts Halbert, Esq, merchant of this town.
Newcastle Journal, 24 Oct 1846
At Annan, Dumfries-shire on the 19th ult. [i.e. the previous December] aged 69, Ann, relict of Mr John Potts Halbert, merchant, late of Newcastle.
Newcastle Courant 8 Jan 1841
Deaths - At Sea, on the 19th September, aged 28, Capt. G.P. Halbert, of the ship Suzanne, of London, while on her passage from Calcutta. Deceased was son of the late Capt. G.P. Halbert, of this port.
Newcastle Courant, 5 December 1856
[You mentioned you have access to Ancestry - you can get documents relating to the mates/masters certificates for both the George Potts Halberts on Ancestry.]
At North Shields, on the 24th inst, [November] Mr John Johnson, merchant, to Margaret, daughter of the late Mr James Bell, and granddaughter of the late John P. Halbert, Esq., of Newcastle.
Newcastle Guardian & Tyne Mercury, 29 Nov 1862
Died, by falling overboard while on duty on board H.M.S. Rattler, at Hong Kong, China, on the 6th Feburary last, aged 25, James, son of the late Mr James Bell, and grandson of the late John Potts Halbert, Esq., of Newcastle, deeply regretted by all his friends.
Newcastle Guardian & Tyne Mercury, 25 April 1863
At St Paul’s Church High Elswick Mr Richard Atkinson, farmer, Oldham, near Manchester, to Mrs Margaret Bell, daughter of the late Mr James Bell, of Heworth and granddaughter of the late John Potts Halbert, Esq., of this town.
Newcastle Courant 28 June 1867
Balham, Surrey at the residence of his son in law, on the 23rd inst, [May 1879], aged 71, John Potts Halbert of Ashley Grange, Annan.
Newcastle Courant, 30 May 1879
[You can see from
www.familysearch.org and census entries that what looks like a branch of the Newcastle Halberts ended up in Annan, Dumfrieshire. Also see death notice above for Ann, widow of John Potts Halbert.