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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 21, 1844

Page

6

Saliem Simpson Trial Over Sinking Vessel Colina

Court heard witness accounts of repairs and leaks on the Colina after a voyage to Rotterdam. Simpson was found Not Guilty of sinking the ship, while William Simpson admitted sinking the Colina and was sentenced to transportation for life.

Saliem -Simpson Bodkin Cory Ipswich Read Harwich Rep Rotterdam Ovale Boor MT London John Bull Alexander Justice Maule Glasgow Oo Reid Ranger Sergeant Shea Simpson Henry Saddler Ientleman Taylor Gardiner Hannah Roper Wiliam Simpson Spain

Murders, disputes and disturbances clog London police court

In Marlborough Street and Clerkenwell actions, Mary Anne Mesdon admits breaking a Jeweller’s window after a disputed relationship with Henry Bennet while Charles Eyres tests bribed pewter theft and a graveyard of crimes surfaces. Mary Laing and Mary Pettigrew face charges for causing disturbances and arson, with bail and remand orders issued.

Cuaruz Sepuctrox Mary Anne Mesdon Henry Bennet Oxford Street Covent Garden Henry Long Abe Mr.Bong Gravesend Fountain Ion Mr. Long

Incomplete OCR Brief About Local Inhabitants

Fragmentary OCR text references residents and offices with garbled names and places. No clear event, date, or entity can be determined beyond the general notion of inhabitants and officials in a sunlit area. The readable content is too corrupted to identify a concrete news item or outcome.

Anti Corn Law League Meeting at Covent Garden Theatre

Crowded Covent Garden Theatre hosts the Anti Corn Law League with Cobden presiding and speakers including Villiers Bright and Ward. They recount recent fundraisings in Bristol Wolverhampton and Liverpool, announce a theatre bazaar to showcase English manufactures, and urge unity against protectionism while praising London’s trade power and its citizens.

Covent Garden Theatre Richard Cobden Charles Pelham Villiers Thomas Miller Gibson John Bright Henry George Ward George Thompson T. P Fox Maule Lord Abinger Exeter Briggs League London England Duke of Richmond Duke of Buckingham Mr. Cobden H. G. Ward Downing Street Manchester Paisley Glasgow Sheffield Lancaster Westminster Marylebone Sam Slick Bull Ward Edward Knatchbull Treasury Sir Edward Knatchbull Kent St. James's Crasus Fortunatus Canada Cape of Good Hope India Australia Leeds Smithfield Chelsea Blackwall London Bridge Southwark Waterloo London ‘Docks West India Docks St. Katharine’s Colonies Ireland Russia Sweden Germany Holland France Mediterranean China United States Gordon United Kingdom Palestine Paris Venice Vienna Rome Ascot Calcutta Boony Bay

The English Landowners and the Free Trade Question

A historical debate arguing that landowners like Sir Robert Peel support protection, while reformers press for free trade. The speaker contrasts English squire wealth with continental princes, argues repeal of the corn laws would shift wealth and industry, and warns of consequences for wages and prices. Cobden signals the League’s next meeting as the crowd disperses.

Canada Nova Scotia London Hungary France Sir R. Peel Tamworth Mr. Ward Robert Peel Colonel Sibthorp Villiers Cobden Right Baronet Thames England Ward Lord Ashley O’connor Colonel Thompson George Thompson

Opening of Easter Term in the Irish State Trials

The Dublin Queen's Bench Court opened Easter Term with high public interest as Daniel O'Connell and co traversers face possible new trials and motions. Affidavits were filed challenging the prior verdicts amid complaints of jury irregularities and judicial misdirection.

Dustin Court of Queen's Bench O'Connell John O'Connell Messrs. O'Connell Dr. Gray Ray Mr. Steele Crown Office Queen v Daniel O'Connell John Jason Rigby John Rigby Suffolk-street Dublin John Jason- Rigby Wm. Forde John M. Cantwell Thomas Reilly Wir Kemmis Thomas Steele Steele Grey Duffy Barnett Father Tierney Tom Smith Traversers Traversera

Cunica Rates Hearing At Uxbridge Crowded Court

Magistrates at the King's Arms in Uxbridge hear nonpayment of church rates with dense local attendance. Defaulters mostly promise payment, with pro forma distress warrants issued against Society of Poors members. Somerset assizes report: 149 prisoners, 35 acquitted, 17 ignored bills, 52 acquittals. A Salisbury brewery fire causes substantial damage and unknown origin. Surrey sessions laud police, noting foreman and chairman praise for clear, precise evidence.

King’s Arms Inn Uxbridge Heariag W.S. Wiseman Bart T. Dagrall T. T. Clark C. Newedigate H. Norton E. Sith Chancery Lane Smith Norton Society of Pores Somerset Assizes Salispury Gedding and Co Salisbury Surrey

Dissenters Marriage Act notices and insolvency lists

The London Gazettes listing notices of chapels certified to solemnise marriages, insolvency declarations and a long roster of debtors, bankrupts, dividends, partnerships dissolved and related resolic issues across numerous towns and trades. Names include T Nixon Kettering plumber and many others with occupations from baker to engraver, spanning Northamptonshire to London and Yorkshire.

White'shill Winterbourne Gloucestershire Cliffy Old Lewes Sussex T. Nixon Kettering Northamptonshire T. Thurlow Chingford Essex E. Newman Westbury Wiltshire J. Jewers Catherine Buildings Pimlico P. M'Nally Chenies Street Bedford Square Carrier J. R. Brooks Rochester G. Rhodes Sheffield Penknife Entler C. Challiner C. Challinger Rotherham Yorkshire J. Wall Ian Bristol H.C. Carter Hammersmith C. Chard Sen West Lydford Somersetshire Millee W. G. Sladden Clapton H. I. Sladden Emloy T. Johnston Wellington Shropshire E. Dolley Meards Street Soho J. Matthews W. Fletcher Bawtrs L. Thompson Harwich T. Shaw Tarporley Cheshire St. Watson Laddington Lincolnshire Eton Taylor Bradford Cowper S. Ellis Juiner Firth Halifax Slater E. Lloyd Liverpool Baker T. W. Parkinson Ihminster W. Plant Stockport Bat Glock Turner W. Hoye Hulme Lancashire Saidier E Bently Whalley R. Davidson Nestcastle-upon-Tyne J. Locke Chapel Street Grosvenor Place E. Randall Bath Nostilion W. Barber Hermes Street Pentonville W. H. Worley Shattnesbury Street Hoxton Vaugint Terrace Kensington W. Elson Northampton Hawker T. Watson Camomile Street Bishopsgate Victualler R. Cross Jermyn Street Saddler H. Thorpe J. Nall Chesterfield J. Quinn J. Metcalf J. Hardley Newport Isle of Wight Argyll Place Regent Street Fowell Covent Garden Hughes and Hunter St. Leonards On Sea H. F. Turner Myddelton Street Clerkenwell J. D. Loder J. E. Bunker Dempsey Street Commercial Road J. Potter Manchester W. Hoare Alstenefield Staffordshire Apothecary Richardson Brothers Stuningley Liendrapers Gray, Clark Henderson and Atkin Stockton Upon Tees Whiteley and Clay Dewsbury Lord and Heap Moston Bottoms Wason and Dowty Shepton Mallett G. Donne J. Pring Kirk and Smith Kingston Upon Hull J. Churchman and Co Ipswich Waller and Sparks Houndaditch J. and T. Steen Burnley Watson, Dyson Jackson, Lewis J. Dyson J. Mallard and Co Kendal Pringle and Tate Newcastle Upon Tyne Aldridge, Brothers, and Co Leith Ste

Court and Crown notices from Buckingham Palace and Scotland

At Buckingham Palace on April 17 the Queen in Council swore John Hope and Frederick Pollock to the Privy Council. William Earl of Lonsdale appointed lord lieutenant for Cumberland and Westmoreland. Education inspectors named for Wakefield. Church appointments in Stornoway. Army officer moves and buys across multiple regiments listed. Notable public notices include poor law commission actions in Somerset, sugar price data, bankruptcy list, dividend notices, dissolved partnerships, and Scotch sequestration reports.

Buckingham Palace John Hope Scotland Frederick Pollock Court of Exchequer William Earl of Lonsdale Cumberland Westmoreland Council On Education H. Walford Bellairs Frederick Watkins Joseph Fletcher WakeHxam Juin Lees Stornoway County of Ross John Cameron Edderton Tain War Office 4Th Regiment of Foot Dominick ‘ Jacotin Gamble Purchase Ellison Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards 16Th Foot George Alfred Ellis Wall Nembhard George de la Poer Beresford Wall 18Th Foot Archibald Neill Campbell Foot William Macgregor Bart John Meacham Marshall 40Th Foot George Webb 1St West India Regiment Olpherts 1St Weat Judie Rowland Agar Thompson John Orr Elrington 13Th Light Dragoons Henry Call Lodder Orr Joseph Birney Lodder James Waddell Lacy Edward Nugent Daly Masterson Philip Blundell Bicknell Brown William Percy Lea O'Brien Sir William Macgregor, Bart Campbell 95Th Foot Edmund John Cruice Tathwell Julius Augustus Robert Raines Cruice Thomas Browne Feneran Raines 1St West India Regiment Richard D'Oyly Fletcher Webb William Sankey Fletcher Nottingham Nottinghamshire James Morley Thomas Broughton Charlton North Riding County of York Earl of Mulgrave Henry Coors Sir William Lawson Hart George Witham John Thomas Wharton Orrick Or TRE Poor Law Commissioners William the Fourth England Wales Thomas Francis Wade Justice Wightuam Wesminster Hall George Coone Great Britain Henry Bicknet Grocers’ Company Grocers Hall J. Battey Courtney Terrace Kingsland M. Waller Percy Street Tottenham-court Road Wilder— Carpenter Rothwell Northamptonshire J. I Syer Bridge Street Blackfriars J. Todd Hartfield Sussex G. C. Briege Maldon Essex R. Waddington Boston Yorkshire Rapheald and Nathan Kingston Upon Hull W.W. Robinson Beverley E. Metcalf Middlesbrough Currier Worcestershire Sur Auns— Hough Minories Gloucester, Bread and Flour Company J. T J. Adey Newbury Berkshire Ward and Niblett Dorking Surrey J. Baker Portshde Procers Prosser and Knight Hereford Curriers— Abbey and Bradley Huddersfield Tallow Chandlers Brookman and Lauder Clement's Cart Carey Street Letter Press Baxter and Orton Rochester Imen Drapers Lucas, Colt Hupes, and Co Bristol Nailsea Somerse Shire Davenport Grindrod Patrick Liverpool J. Mason Brckyard Carmarthen R. W. and, Co. P. Fox Torquay Devonshire

Extraordinary Cure Claim for Holloway’s Pills and Ointment

An 1843 London affidavit testifies that Holloway’s Pills and Ointment cured William Brooke after four hospitals failed to help his fifteen arm ulcers and leg wounds. Dr Bright advised the remedy, and within three weeks Brooke recovered fully. The notice promotes Holloway’s remedies and lists prices and retailers.

Olloway Guy's Metropolitan King's College Charing-cross Sommany Op William Brooke Union-street Southwark London Metropolitan Hospital King’s College Hospital Guy's Hospital Charing Cross Hospital Deponent Bransby Cooper Depenent Dr. Bright Mr. Holloway Holloway Bright City of London

Tanly Health Popular Inquiry on Premature Decline

An 19th century advertisement for Tanly Health by C J Lucas and Co promotes a publication titled Tanly Health and a guide addressing solitary habits, mental and nervous debility, and marital issues. It lists prices, sellers, and consultation hours at No 60 Newman Street, Oxford Street, London, with a claim of restoring manly vigor and marital happiness through professional advice.

Tanly Health C. J. Lucas and Co London Newman-street Oxford-street Brittain Paturnoster-row J. Gordon Leaden- Hall-Street G. Manrell King-street Southwark C. Weaterton Park-side Knightsbridge Field Quadrant Regent-street Huett Princes-street Leicester-square H. Phillips T. Lawler Courier-office St. Ann’s Square Manchester W. Howell Dale-street Liverpool W. Wood High-street Birmingham W. and H. Robinson Greenside-street Edinburgh T. Price Dame-street Dublin N Ty the New Bell Lucas and Co Newman Street Oxford Street

Manhood by Curtis and Company seals a medical treatise

A seventeenth or twentieth thousand edition of Manhood by Curtis and Company, consulting London surgeons, promotes restoration from excess and solitary habits with plain directions. It lists publishers and agents across Britain, cites press opinions praising its clarity, and invites country patients to consult at No 7 Freeth Street Soho Square with a 2 pound fee and strict confidentiality.

Birmingham London R. and L. Perry Perry Messsrs Berners-Street Oxford-Street Samuel La’mert Rectory V.street Bedfordsquake University of Edinburgh London Hospital Medical Society Manchester Newton Church-street Liverpool Watts Snowhill Beraclough Fargate Sheffield Davey Broad Street Bristol D. France and Co Butcher Bank Newcantleen-Tyne Paton and Leve Nelson-street Glasgow Manchester Chronicle La’Mert Bedford-street Bedford-square J. L. Curtis Commany Consulting Surgeons Burgess Medical Bookseller Coventry-street Haymarket Barth Brydges-street Strand Mann Gornhill Strange Guest Bull-street Sawler St. Ann’s Square Philip South Castle-street Ferris and Score Chronicle Office Oxford Guy Chelmsford Independent Press Office Cambridge J. Caney Bedford-row Dublin Bolster Cork Henderson Belfast Drummond Blair-street Edinburgh Paton and Messrs. Curtis Old England Essex Herts Age Argus Messrs. Curtis and Company Fkith Street Soho Square

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Marlborough Street Queen Square Mary Laing Burrell John Ireland Blackburne Warrington No. 2 Park Street Joseph Cooper Mr. Burrell James Robinson Lewis Mr. Combs Mary Ann Macover Buckeridgeireet St. Giles’s Vines Bishop Yombe House of Correction Wd Libour Ingeroe Anson Mary Pettigrew Old Street Charles Eyres Seriraeiet Orning Eer Reinord Berlin Joseph Mendelssohn M.de Humboldt Medical Gazette Surrey-street Idol Lane Idol-lane Robinson Finlayson National Debt Ofice Old Jew Finnlaysen George Mumsford Little Cornard Sudbury Mumford Suffolk Fire Office Lord Walsingham Royal Exchange Office Tus Rereat Hale Dillon Brown M.P John O’connell Repeal Admiral Bowles Mr. O'Neill Bunowen Castle J. O'Connell O'N Crown the London Gazettes Joan Piris Temple-bar
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