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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 29, 1838
Page
2
From Paris this bulletin reports the suspension of voluntary French naval enrolments. It notes the fleet strength around 2600 sailors and mentions an alleged plot to assassinate the king. The piece also covers royal forest disputes and military actions in Spain and Belgium.
A brutal murder of a female shopkeeper shocks Braunston with a severed head and mutilated body found by a water clerk. The suspect from Stevertop was acquitted after a long inquiry. A pig unearthed in a farmer’s field replaces a human body, while a string of crime reports from Brighton, Carlisle, Chichester, and Exeter describe thefts, shipboard peril, and local accidents.
Reports note amendments on a rate postponement, London and Birmingham Railway service promises from Liverpool to London in a day, and various local items from ports and towns including a diving exhibition, bigamy trial, a neugly accidental needle, a Stratford festival update, and a chimney rescue of a child.
The Carnarvon Herald chronicles the triumphal welcome for Mr Williams after his acquittal. A crowd of thousands lined the route from Ty Coch to Brynbras with banners, music, and cheering as Mrs Williams and attendants received him at the Sisortaama hotel.
The will of the late Cloxel Drouly, Governor of Cues Castle, leaves £10,000 Three per Cents to the secretary of war and paymaster general for ever. Interest benefits five captains’ widows at £25, five lieutenants’ widows at £20, and five ensigns or cornets’ widows at £15 yearly, provided they have no private income over £30 and their husbands died in service. Claims must be sent before the last July. Alexander Vattemere is in London pursuing a mutual museum exchange project across Europe, aiming to benefit science, art, and literature if realized.
A fire at the Cockerell firework manufactory in Paradise Row Islington, early Sunday, killed three family members and left Mr. James Cockerell grievously burned. Firefighters faced water shortages and explosions from gunpowder as they battled the blaze. coroner's inquest returns an accidental death verdict.
Domestic Economy notes odd tips including making Pic-Pisy at blindman's buff in five printing offices and arranging music at Diener. It also advises telling your wife not to be so handsome as the neighboring lady across the way and to take butter with no salt so no one can eat it.
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