Loss of the Forth West India Mail Steamer
An aboard passenger recounts the Forth stranding on the Alacranes reef near the Gulf of Mexico after the ship missed its vacuum of time. Captain Sturdee kept order as the crew saved passengers and belongings, Molesworth and others braved breakers, and the vessel drifted to Perez Island before reaching Campeachy.
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The
Times
Forth
Alacranes
Havannah
Avon
Crawford
Vera Cruz
Sturdee
Gulf of Mexico
Mr. Lawrence
Liverpool
New Orleans
Psantine
Molesworth
Sang Froid
O Molesworth
Alacranes Reef
Peres
Perez Island
Yucatan
Campeachy
J. W. Mole
Not Guilty in Romsey Case and Other Assize News
At Winchester Assizes John Jones was acquitted of manslaughter in the Romsey poison case. Ellen Heath was convicted of arsenic murder with death sentence recorded. Mary Ann Beveridge faced murder charges in Portsea and was again acquitted as insane. Gordon alias Gibson was jailed ten years for forgery after a fraudulent marriage scheme. Coggeshall burglars faced multiple indictments with three convicted at Chelmsford Assizes.
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Romsey
Winchester Assizes
John Jones
Georgiana Grigson Smith
Jones
Ellen Heath
Portiza Murper
Mary Ann Beveridge
Portsea
Winchester
Durham Assizes
William Henry Gordon
Gibson
Scarborough
Frances Wright
Sunderland
Gordon
the Lancers
York
W.H. Gordon
Wallallajah Light Dragoons
Bhartpool
Danesbury Park
Wright
Messrs
Kirkland
London
Coachs Hall
Chelmsford Assizes
Coggeshall
Caution To Corn Cutters Demise of Mr White in Cheapside
In Glade Sunday Courier a note recalls the death of Mr White of Cheapside after a chiropodist cut left a mortified toe. Despite the cut’s subtlety his full habit led to fatal decline, with amputation deemed insufficient to save him. Jerrold's Newspaper.
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White
Cheapside
Corraae Schoors
Bethnal-Green
P. Slaughton
St. James’s Parsonage
Victoria Park
Haughton
Jerroid's
Court and Political News From Osborne to Ireland and India
The Queen and Prince Albert pass a quiet week at Osborne with visitors. Napier is named Commander-in-Chief in India. his voyage to Marseilles is planned for the 24th and Punjab aid expected by early May. Ireland's MPs press for Bank of Ireland mortgage advances. Chancellor favours considering the plan. A railways deputation seeks a Commons select committee. government to decide. Prison board consolidation proposed. Earl Fitzwilliam ill with a bladder stone. Sir B Brodie operates.
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Prince Albert
Osborne
Prince Ernest of
Saturda
India
East India Company
Ineland
Ireland
Bank of Ireland
Bank of England
Her
Lord John Russell
House of Commons
John Russell
Iulness
Baku Fitzwilliam
Earl Fitzwilliam
London
B. Brodie
Yorkshire Gazette
Reformation of Juvenile Offenders at Philanthropic Society
At the London Tavern the Philanthropic Society held its annual meeting led by Mr. William Gladstone. The report shows 104 boys admitted and 122 left the asylum in the year, with 100 remaining now. one relapse reported. Receipts £4975. expenditures £4819, excluding Farm-school funds. The Goldsmiths' Company gave £200. Prince Albert to lay the foundation stone of the Farm-school. The society praised the treasurer and chairman for their efforts. A vote of thanks to benefactors followed. Laborers in Barrow have struck for higher wages due to low corn prices affecting farmers.
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Philanthropic Society
London Tavern
Wm. Gladstone
Royal
Prince Albert
Goldsmiths’ Company
Barrow
Suffolk
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