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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 04, 1839

Page

8

Aylesbury Elects Captain Hamilton Over Nugent and Lockart

At an early Tuesday meeting in the county hall, supporters backed Captain John Charles Baillie Hamilton as the Aylesbury representative, overcoming Lord Nugent and John Ingram Lockart. The poll later showed Hamilton with 620 votes, Lockart 72, Nugent 3, confirming Hamilton’s victory.

Aylesbury Lord Nugent Robert Wheeler Praed John Charles Baillie Hamilton John Dashwood King George Stevens Nugent Cavendish Hamiltonians John Gibbs John Ingram Lockart Charles Ivatts John Dell Hamilton Lady Wenman Lockart Oxford Captain Hamilton Mr. Lockart

London lord mayor ends six day river conservancy visit

The lord mayor and lady mayoress concluded a six day Thames tour visiting Windsor Magna Charta Island and Hampton Court. They viewed royal apartments and gardens at Windsor Castle and received grand welcomes at Staines and near Richmond with a grand ball at Windsor Town Hall and a ceremonial landing at Magna Charta Island.

Thames Henley Claudius Stephen Hunter London Clifden Springs Windsor White Hart Lord Uxbridge William Fremantle Hunter Baronet Ramsbottom Gordon Magna Charta Island Richmond Mr. Harcourt M P Buckingham John Staines C. Lee Wilson City of Hampton Court Hampton Maria Wood Mansion House

Trial of the Chartists opens with Warwick assizes

The Warwickshire assizes opened with 33 cases all by special juries. The grand jury was charged on Monday by Mr Justice Littledale who warned of rioting and seditious acts linked to Birmingham riots and the national convention. Charges list delegates including Fussell Brown Taylor Lovett Harney, with meetings alarming the peace and publishing seditious libel.

Norrueen Crown Court John Fussell Edward Brown W. Scholefield Birmingham Fussell Brown K. Greenway John Taylor C. Shaw F. Clark W. Collins John Collins W. Chance W. Lovett William Lovett Geo Julian Harney

Post-office clerk charged with letter robbery at Bow Street

John Oxley Green Pitt a post-office clerk was charged at Bow Street with stealing a letter. Witness William Cane, a Twopenny department porter, described spotting the suspect collecting letters, dropping a handkerchief, and later recovering a letter with a 30s note inside. A sovereign and half sovereign were found on Pitt, who confessed that he took thirty shillings, and he was committed for trial at Newgate.

Tower-hill Yarrow America-square Minories Chapelstreet Grosvenor-square Rice Peacock Post Berkeley-square Peak Bow-street Newgate

Assaults and burglaries plague London’s Strand and Paddington

At the Mansion House a Reeves wife was charged with assault on Mary Ann Fletcher amid claims of theft and dishonesty linked to a Brown Bear lodger. In Marylebone a vinegary suspect, William Jones, stole into a widow’s bedchamber, took books, stole petticoats, and was found with stolen garments. he remains remanded.

Turner Mansion House Reeves Mary Ann Fletcher Upper Thames Street London Brown Bear Upper Thames-street Hilliard Alderman Scholey Iverstone Essex Mr. Hobler Marylebone Hannah Foulkes No. 7 Market-street Paddington Buffon Mr. Hoskins Mr. Hosking George Banks

Printing parliament papers drains House funds

A report to the House of Commons shows eight-session printing costs totaling £373,116 5s 2d. A series of local misfortunes follows including a drunken boatman drowning at Paddington Green, an incendiary fire in Spitalfields, and a fatal railway accident near Chat Moss.

House of Commons Honourable House Wakley M.P King and Queen Tavern Paddington-green Elliott Grand Junction Canal City Canal SerraLrreeps Phoenix Street Spitalfields Eastern Counties Railway Company London Liverpool and Manchester John Warburton Chat Moss Birmingham Liverpool Albion

Reverend Stephens Denounces Reformers at Ashton

The Rev J R Stephens delivered a farewell sermon praising traditional order and denouncing the sacred month universal suffrage and new poor law. He warned against revolutionary agitators and avoided mention of a Birmingham incident. Many in Ashton shed tears as he departed.

J. R. Stephens Ashton Sunda M‘douall Tory Oastler Birmingham Liverpool Mercury Apsaawam Saunders Abraham Saunders England Mill-street Lambethwalk Saunders Wellclose Square Ireland George IV Dublin Young Lambeth-walk Edmund Kean Kean Richardson W. West Ducrow

Death of Sir Isaac Coffin Admiral and Baron

Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin Bart dies at Cheltenham on Tuesday evening at age eighty. The veteran officer born 1759 served long in the navy and Parliament and was a G C H Known for charity he recently sent a liberal donation to the Royal Naval Chair and joked about forgetting it. In 1814 he married Elizabeth Browne daughter of William Greenly Esq.

Isaac Coffin Sir Isaac Coffin Cheltenham G.C.H Royal Naval Chair Sir Isaac Elizabeth Browne Willian Greenly Djoun Syria Hester Lucy Stashops Earl Stanhope Oxford-street George. Saunders Middlesex Bury-street St. Mary Axe Isaac Levi Duke of Sussex Wiltshire Lord Howdan John Earl of Glanwilliam

Money Market and Stock Exchange Tensions Rise

Money demand in the open market surges over the past three to four days while discounts rise. In equities, heavy demand persists for English and foreign securities amid a monthly foreign fund settlement. Bond and bank shares show varied premiums and discounts with rates for Congors, Exchequer Bills, and rail and bank stocks noted.

Great Western Railway London and Birmingham Brighton Blackwall Greenwich Southampton London and Westminster Bank London Joint Corn Exchange Mark-Lane Monpar Mornior Weenyes Bay

Insolvencies and bankrupts listed in London Gazette

The London Gazette entry lists insolvencies including J M Inn is Liverpool chemist and a long roster of bankrupts such as H R Fanshaw London Wall, J Sanders Trafalgar Square surgeon, J T Gann Knightsbridge bill broker, and many others from trades across England. Also certificates and dissolved partnerships are noted with several firms and individuals in commerce, manufacturing, and services.

Oland England Ireland Scotland America Yoland Cooper H. Ley Clark Green Messrs. Graham and Co Holborn Hannay and Co Oxford-Street London Johnston Cornhill Gazettha Fray J. M'Innis Liverpool A. Williams Wigmore Street Cavendish Square Ishmonger H. R. Fanshaw the Younger London Wall J. Sanders St. Martin’s Place Trafalgar Square J. T. Gann Knightebridge J. Archer Upper Thames Street G. and W. Helder Clement’s-inn Tmoney-Seriginers J. Rose W. Pearson Stratford-upon-Avon G. Wilcock J. Mailinson H. Sale J. Astley Stockport A. Wilson Heaton Norris Lancashire J. Adshead Manchester P. Higeon Tyldesley N. Phillips Chester W. Crane Wisbeash Saint Peter Casabridgeshire J. Alderson Bradford Yorkshire F. Gwyone Llanfair-ar-y-brye Carmarthenshire F. A. Greer H. Hill Grove House Surry Square Surry

Insolvent and Bankruptcy Notices in LOMNDONW Gazette

The issue lists insolvent J. Wilson a spring knife maker of Sheffeld and numerous bankrupts including A. C. Tucker Burnham Market Norfolk and W. James Southampton linen drapers. Also certificates Aug 20 for E F Tuke Lodging-house keeper and others. Partnerships dissolved include D and A Fraser surgeons, Hooper and Mexon potato salesmen, and many trades from hotels to plasterers and manufacturers.

Lomndonw Tresday J. Wilson A. C. Tucker Burnham-market Norfolk W. James Southampton J. Dine Winbrae Minster Dorset G. Lee Leeds K. Ingleden Gainsborough J. and T. Phrelfall Manchester J.and P. Wilde W. H. Jones J. Coulbern M. Marks S. Barnett Liverpool H. Bates East Peckham Miller W. Buddle Sen Jur Warwick J. Atkinson Salford Lancashire Victualler W. C. Stafford Doncaster J. Fixlinson Leeda E. F. Tuke Homerton Middlesex P. Gresley Golden Lane W. Newell New Radford Nottinghamshire J. Burnell Wortley Yorkshire L Munday Gosport Hampshire J Chalk Brighton A. Fraser Southampton Street Pentonville Hooper and Mexon Beale’s-wharf Southwark Gripper and Prangley Hertford W. Rackett Bell Yard Temple-bar Whitesmiths Leigh and Hazard Bristo Sparks Ireland Cirenceater Page and Wing Logan and Jackson Edmonds, Warland Fawcett Macclesfield Houston and Thomas St. Paul’s Churchyard Overall Yates White Collyhnet Fustian-Shearers Roswall and Cotes Wivelitcombe Somersetshire Fisher and Head Watsail Staffordshire Feveral Ironmongers Taite An’ Hainea Oxford-street Sheenemongers Curtis and Tortbuil Plastereta E. Bland Preston Curriera

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