Parachute tragedy at Vauxhall ends in jury verdict
The inquest into Robert Cocking's death concludes that he died from injuries sustained in a fall during a parachute experiment appended to a balloon. The jury states the parachute was moving toward death and forfeit to the Queen, while praising some witnesses and criticizing the Tiger's Head landlord for overcharging spectators.
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New Deng
Adheing
Spancey
Finch
Couchman
Lee
Spencer
Denisonegal
Green
Morley
Thomas Grisdale
Norman
Frederick Gye
Cocking
Airy
Vauxhall
M. Garnerin
Mr. Mason
Mr. Garnerin
Faraday
Gya
Mason
Herald
Gye
Count Lennox
Guessid
Cacking
Vauxhall Gardens
Robert Cocking
F. Gye
Mr. Gye
Spears
Dissenters Marriages Registered Across Several Chapels
The report lists numerous chapels and churches from regions including Stockport Halifax and Chelsea where dissenters marriages were certified as duly registered. It names facilities such as Bethel Chapel St Marys Catholic Chapel Duckenfield and St Luke's Chelsea with respective superintendent registrars and dates.
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Pris Gazette
Nothestreet
Tone de Herantags
Glennarretshire
Fowler Ettatemient
Ghesoive
Methodist New Connexion
Mocsiey
Ashton-under-Line
Square
Halifax
Charles Barstow
Pilkington-street
Great Bolton
James K. Watkins
Wells-Street
Wells Street
St. Mary-la-bone
Henry C. Wilson
East-street
South Shields
Westoe
County of
St. ‘Mary’ S
East Stonehouse
Devonshire
Francis P. Wingate
Clitheroe Union
Lancashire
St. Peter’s Church
Stonyhurst
Lowergate
Clitheroe
St. William’s
Phornsey
St. Mary’s
Chipping
John Wilkinson
Philosophy and Ignorance and the Nation’s Dissenters
The article recounts 1814-1815 Irish superstitions about a lecturer in experimental philosophy and the prescient need for rational education. It then quotes Epworth Strang's sermon on William IV, praising Dissenters for loyalty, liberty, and equal rights, urging Christianity free of state control.
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Salt-Water Gazette
Glasgow
Chambers
Edinburgh Journal
Alexander Davidson
Ireland
Londonderry
Davidson
William the Fourth
Denmarkplace
Cranbrook
Epward Strang
Ward and.Co.Mg
Steane
House of Brunswick
Jesus Christ
Commonwealth
Qoe
Christ
Mr. Steane
Ture Ex Queen Hortanpigg and Charlemagne Talisman Tale
Report describes Hortense and Napoleon sharing a talisman attributed to Charlemagne a relic set in emerald on a golden chain. The piece, claimed to be from the true cross, tied to Napoleon after 1811 and linked to battles Austerlitz Wagram. Also notes Thomas Trench’s new printing press promising high-speed stereotype printing.
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Ture
Napoleon
Charlemagne
Aix-la-Chapelle
France
Germany
Saint Denis
Leo
Trene
Hortense
Austerlitz
Wagram
New Palestine Press
Thomas Trench
New York
Cholera Ravages Palermo Amid Flight of Doctors
Letters from Palermo dated the Island 5th describe severe cholera in the city with locals fleeing. Authorities including General Schudes and the Pretor struggle against the outbreak as deaths mount among officers, princesses, merchants, and the American Consul-General Gardner. Reports of escapes and looting prompt fear of sending troops from the capital.
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Cuorera
Palermo
Gazette du Midi
Schudes
Veal
Mr. Gardner
Augsburg Gazette
le Commerce
Shape of Sin and Consequence From ancient Israel to Today
A sermon-like passage warns that small beginnings of evil lead to ruin, citing Jeroboam and biblical warning. It urges self trembling before God and appeals to Andrew Fuller about guarding the soul from temptations that could affect countless others.
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Jeroboam
Nebat
Jerusalem
Rehoboam
House of David
Dan
Bethel
Israel
Andrew Fuller
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Mr. Sotheby
Mr. Cocking
Morning Herald
Dr. Faraday
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