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Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 09, 1843

Page

2

Victory at Meeanee and Scinde governance orders issued

Names of officers from Bombay cavalry Bombay artillery and Madras units listed for the Meeanee action with killed and wounded tallies. The governor directs a royal salute at Bombay garrison and other stations. Reports on Napier’s force losses, Seikh resistance, and Ellenborough’s Delhi visit with ceremonial display and fate of the war trophies. Subsequent notes discuss Afghan and Panjab developments, Scinde succession, Assam frontier clashes, and Shelton’s court-martial in 1843.

Itto Ditto Li T ” J. Pelly Boueny Sey J. Jacob Bombay Artillery Scinde Irregular Horse C. Waddington Bombay Engineers J Lloyd W.T. Whittie G. Hutt Henderson Madras Ditto Boileau Madras Cappera Outlaw Brennan Tait Poona C. J. Napier K.C.B Meeanee Bengal Light Cavaler Poonah Scinde Horse 2D Company Camel Battery 3D Do. 3d Do Golundaure C Company Madras Sappers and Miners F. M. 22d Regiment N.S 1N Regiment Light Cavalry Cookson A. Tucker S. Smith H. G. C. Plowden J. H. Firth Her Majesty’s 22d Regiment W. W. Tew J.L. Pennefather Conway F. P. Harding R. Pennefather H. Bowden Jackson Meade Lieut Wood Ensign Holbrough 25Th Regiment Native Infantry Teasdale MacMurdo C. Narisr Ellenborough Scinde England Kurrachee Hyderabad Outram Bombay Deran Delhi Ferozepore Lord Ellenborough Agra Meerut Tar Somsades Hindee Muttra Hindoo Somnanath Dost Mahommed Lochanah Punjaub Cabri Akbar Khan Punjaab Theingdom Niger Shere Maharajah Central Asia Candahar Saftur Jung Khelat Gwation—Jankoges Rao Scindeah Gwalior Bhageerat Bhao Nuwaub Bhageerat Reo Upper Assan Burmas China Assam Bresa Ningroo Boori Dibing Shelton Sirhind Londianah John Shelton 44Th Regiment of Foot East Indies Chargea Bala Hissar Cabui Affghanistan W. K. Elphinstone C.B

Court of Cabul finds Major-General Shelton guilty on one charge

The court of inquiry at Jugdulluck acquits Shelton on three charges, but finds him guilty on the third. The case concerns preparations for a retreat from Afghanistan and alleged instructions from authorities. Shelton is to be released and return with his regiment.

Cabul Mahomed Akhbar Khan Jugdulluck Hindostan John Shelton Her Majesty 44Th Regiment Affghanistan Shelton Skelton J. Nicwotts India Tae Ixpia Elphinstone William M'‘Naughton Ale Hissar Great Britain J. Nicootts H. G. Smith H. M Pottinger China Canton Pekin Che Keang Fukeen Keanguan Eleppo Henry Pottinger Whampoa Sir Henry Cantus Wilson Messrs. Turner and Co Englishlhe Odillon Barrat Court of Assizea Court of Peers Association Courrier Francais General Bugeaud Privy Council Minister of Public Works Parjs Calais Jalle Avignon Marseilles Chamber of Deputies Paris France Otaheilo Levant Alexandria Egypt Cairo Negroce Ibrahim Pasha Turkey Stratford Canning Syria Athens Otho M. Christides Indies Royal Mail Teviot Mexico West India Islands Jamaica Tampico Vera Cruz Havannah Nassau Bermuda Ferral Santa Anne Mango de Claro Montezuma Campeachy West Indies Trinidad Brazil Rio London Ellis Malabar Johuston’s

Thames Tunnel Wonder Draws Huge Visitors and News

The Thames tunnel opened for four passengers on a Saturday evening and has since attracted over 100,000 visitors with 30,000 entering in the first 24 hours. Crowds in Wapping and Rotherhithe thronged the entrances, while steamers ferried Londoners to view the bore. The tunnel stays dry and comfortable, with a steam-engine keeping land springs under control.

Thames Tunnel Watermel Thames’ Tunnel Rotherhithe Lave High-street Wapping Rotherhithe-street London Mechanics’ Institution Southampton Chancery-lane Richard Taylor Metropolis Cosmo Orme James Duncan B. Green Charles Tilt Messrs Spottiswoode W. Jordan W. Jones Religious Tract Society Nisbett Duncan Rodd Baldock Malcolm Bigg Sharp Foss Bourn Hodgson Brown Newman Leffley C. Orme Whittaker The Provident Institution Hood Tilt H. Colburn Alderman Kelly John Labouchere Europe Hanson Cape Coast Church of England St. Paul Covent-garden St. Anne Soho St. Clement Danes St. Mary-le-Strand Savoy St. Martin-in-the-Fields St. James's Westminster Pouncey Guildhall Cheapside Alderman Gibbs Poultrys Newgate Street Peter Laurie Godgun R. L. Jones Great Russell Street Piichard George Cooper Cnisixam Metororitax Police Midripulitan Police

Convict Dr Bailey Faces Grim Fate Aboard Prison Ship

A visitor describes convicts aboard a prison ship including Dr Bailey once a respected minister. He notes the harsh setting, new striped garments, and the condemned forgery that led to his harsh sentence. The piece reflects on education, status, and remorse amid punitive justice.

Dr. Bailey

Cheltenham death after prison discharge sparks inquiry

Reports from Cheltenham describe the death of Richard Jones, 18, recently discharged from Northleach House of Correction after a six rabbit skins theft conviction. An inquest opened, post mortem planned, with witnesses including hospital and prison officials. Jury adjourned to await further guidance from higher courts as details of ill treatment emerge.

James Garrod Hyde-place Regent-street Vauxhall Westminster Hospital Garrod Messrs. Broadwood Westminster Coroxen Wakley Royal Free Hospital Gray's Inn-road Alexander Brown J. W. Brown Victory Nelson Trafalgar John Leonard Louisa Wright Burlington Gardens St. George’s Hospital Legadlev Drury-lane Trim Free Hospital Thomas Hill Fatan Blackwatt B. Ferrand Busfeild Magdalen Hall Cambridge Bradford Kearesborough Busfeild Bath Vulcan Blackwall Brunswick Wharf Brunswick Hotel Cabraun The Busseila Poplar Canada Earl of Surrey Queen Square Henry Baldrey Bond Cheetham-place Grosvenor-place West Ear of Surrey London Establishment West of England Battex Tre Ordnance Departments Woolwich Leia Cheltenhadi Cheltenham Aled Richard Jones Northleach House of Correction Jones Gloucester Northleach J. Cooke David Hartley Cheltenham Hospital Acworth Townshend Bedwell Northleach Prison Justice Wightman Gloucester Spring Assizes Cowes Fairy Marquis of Conyngham John Leveson Gower Earl of Orkney Lowther Jamesichardson James Richardson Leeds Barnsley Air T. Lee Elizabeth Pickering George Pickering Greaves's Square Mary Moss Moss Wilson Earnshaw Mary Mess Elizabeth Weaver Manchester Joe Greenhalgh James Boyle Kersall Thomas Barlow Greehalgh Rutter Bacap Moses Wuitebeit St. Georges Road Bacu

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