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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 22, 1848
Page
2
Paris trembles with massed National Guards and reported club conspiracies as authorities seek to quell disorder. A wave of arrests, decrees to curb provocateurs, and warnings about Communist and Blanquist threats accompany uneasy streets and club closures.
The Sevens City Commission court at Guildhall heard Deputy Harrison denounce a Health of Towns Association pamphlet. He attacked London sanitation claims, alleged mismanagement, and questioned who could be trusted with sewerage works and public funds. A motion sought names of informants. A separate report noted a jewel theft at Extensus Rospeny’s Haven hotel, with diamonds valued above £900 taken from a broken jewel case and a secret drawer still holding greater gems. Police seek the thief.
A vast blaze tore through wholesale warehouses of Davis and a pawnbroker’s stock in Bristol on Sunday morning. The fire destroyed most of Davis’s stock and about £1200 of Stone’s pledges as onlookers watched, with chaos as dignitaries were joked about in the crowd. In Liverpool a woman Mary Avoe Scott faced a court on attempted throat cutting charges against her five year old daughter, with testimony from her husband and eldest daughter detailing threats and a recent act.
On opening day of term in Dublin, S O'Brien Mitchell and Meagher faced strong police presence and outside crowds as they surrendered at the Queen's Bench. Judge Crampton presided, bills were found, and four days to plead were set. the Repeal debate and O'Connell's faction were also discussed at Conciliation Hall amid tense activity.
Literary notice reviews Mice Pardoe's 3 volume novel Hirar Buavrizs. It praises Sybil Delamere as the strongest character, notes the contrast with Blanche Mortimer, and describes scenes of wealth, vanity, and intrigue at a ball. A gaze into power, passion, and the costs of pleasure drives the plot.
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