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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 01, 1838
Page
3
A miscellany piece features a farmer lost his wig after a fall in Annan water and his servant John’s quips. It then recalls a Mississippi river anecdote about Captain Scott with a sharpshooter’s prowess and a Naples cemetery described as grim and crowded.
A critical notice of a nautical romance by the author of Return the Reefer praising Ardent Troughton and scenes aboard the brig Jane and Santa Anna. It highlights a brutal burial at sea, Gavel the mate, and a murder entwined with superstition and peril aboard a voyage.
Review of Harry Wilsons Fugitive Sketches with 13 views on tinted paper, praising lithography and architectural detail. Noted exhibition at Suffolk street Pall Mall East by Society of British Artists, highlighting selections and notable works and urging public interest. Also mentions a gin palace partner death and widow inheritance in Holborn.
The London Coffee and Eating-house Keepers Association held its first annual dinner at the London Tavern with about 300 attendees including Mr Hume Mr Ewart and Dr Lardner. Messages from the Duke of Sussex and Lord Brougham praised the society while advocates spoke on temperance social reform and benefits to the working classes.
The Pere la Chaise monument to the former French prime minister is finished with a bronze statue on an elevated stone base. It features a north door to the mausoleum and three sides inscribed with figures of eloquence, justice, and firmness, plus inscriptions about its erection and a funeral oration.
The Great Western, built at Bristol, nears completion for a New York voyage with 1340 tons capacity and 128 berths. Engines by Maudsley and Co, 450 horsepower, 38 foot paddle wheels, grand Louis XV style saloon, lavish decorations, and visits by the Duke of Wellington and other nobility.
A new patent smoke burner by McSare, Chanter and Co. is shown in Earl Street Blackfriars. It aims to fully combust and economize fuel by gravity fed inclined bars and complete oxidation, reducing smoke. Also reported: John Linn convicted of conspiring to escape Carrickfergus Gaol in Antrim Assizes. Lisa’s noted as mastermind. character sketch of a six foot two man with iron gray hair.
A commission at Gray's Inn Hall examined Augustus Bedford Tabb, deemed deaf and dumb with unsound mind since August 1831. Witnesses describe imbecility, incapacity to value money, and limited communication, with Tabb eventually acknowledged as insane by the jury.
An improved fire escape device was shown by the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire at Clarence Gardens in Regent's Park. Notable attendees included the Marquis of Chelmondaley and Captain Manby. the contraption features a double ladder system, wheels, and a protective fire screen. The society plans to place escapes within five miles of each other across London and award medals to those who save lives in fires.
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