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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 16, 1840

Page

3

Trafalgar era maneuvers and a fatal Bermondsey accident

A detailed London Gazette style report describes a cavalry drill at Woolwich with rapid maneuvers and a royal review by the duke, followed by a fatal accident at Dockhead Bermondsey when falling construction debris killed an elderly woman. It also notes Prince Albert’s planned freedom of the city ceremony at Guildhall and related social events with dignitaries and crowds.

Woolwich-common Drraprut Darkhead Bermondsey Poynder Hobson Slow Kent Dispensary Margaret Lewis Amelia Leopold of Saxe Coburg Charlotte Mansion House Court of Common Council Corporation Tor Island Tavern Twickenham Ait Laurel and Richmond Ait Prince Albert Duchess of Kent Ustren Law Cuenns’ Associatron United Law Clerks’ Association Crown and Anchor Tavern Strand G. Stephen Association For Relief Lushington Wuld Court House Osborn-street Hume Lushington Robinson Lloyd's Worcester Tower Hamlets G. Offer Watford Great George-street

Aberystwith man committed for polygamy at Cardigan

Mr. Lewis Williams Lewis alias Llewellyn Williams Lewis was committed for trial at the Cardigan assizes on a polygamy charge. He practiced as a surgeon in Merthyr and Brecon, was raised as a druggist in Anglesea, later settled in Holywell, and is accused of multiple marriages including a widow named Hughes. He faced trial after being taken while pursuing a third marriage nearby.

Aberystwrrm Lewis Williams Lewis Llewellyn Williams Lewis Cardigan Assizes Lewis Merthyr Brecon Lilangefni Anglesea Holywell Flintshire Lloyd Harries Llandovery Hughes Aberystwith Welchman Birminghadi Lord Patwerstox Chartes Att- Wood Birmingham Holloway-head Charles Attwood Thompson Warden Russia England Les Attwood Lord Palmerston Attwood House OF Lords Mionday Ecclesiastical Courts Administration of Justice Court of Chancery Municipal Corporations Ireland Dublin Shrewsbury and Holyhead London and Greenwich Midland Counties Railway Adderley Consolidated Fund Lord Portman Duke of Wexrindton India Loxpow Bengal Presidency Madras Macpourin Presidency of Madras Londow London Brovenam New Zealand George Cooper Sydney Cooper Felton Mathew Surveyor-General's Department New South Wales Willoughby Shortland J. S. Freeman Colonial Secretary’s Office Samuel Edward Grimston George Gipps Mathew Wakley University College Hospital Elizabeth Mead Melton-place Euston-square Robert Huntingdon Wickham Street Vauxhall Meltonplace George Stevens Commissioners of Police

Man Dies After Bee Hive Attack in Meuse Village

An inhabitant of Rosieres Meuse tried to take honey from a hive without a mask. The swarm covered him and he was stung to death within ten minutes.

Rosieres Meuse

Italian Social and Economic Portraits and Contemporary Books

A literary review surveys several 19th century works on Italy and related topics. Frederick Von Baumer’s Italy is praised for factual social and economic exposition, while other titles cover English relations with China, Greenwich guidebooks, letters from Italy to a younger sister, nature philosophy for children, and practical business handbooks.

Italy Frederick von Baumer London Colburn Catherine Taylor Murray von Baumer

Drownings and Disastrous Incidents Across Towns

A series of inquests and accidents are reported including deaths by drowning from Mill-stairs and Shad Thames, a 19 year old Samuel Dulling at Deptford, a child at Woolwich, and a dramatic railway obstruction thwarted by a contractor. A separate case details a suicide attempt ultimately ruled temporary insanity. An averted plan on the Birmingham line and a poison plot on a steamer are described, followed by Cheltenham fatality from an apprentice dispute. A dramatic Thames poison attempt and a fatal Cheltenham misfortune conclude with broader parliamentary notes and a London arson death.

Birmingham Bilston Lord Ingestre W. Meas, Esq Thornicroft Williams Whou Briscoe Mr. Thornicroft Viscount Ingestre King's Head-inn King’s Arms T.cross J. Foster G. Phillpotts Bishop of Exeter H. Pitt H. Spencer P. Williams, Esq Ray Taunton Burnham Acland Miss Hurford Miss Acland Haverfordwest Robert Podger Star Steamer Bristol Star Podger Rees W. Stokes Weston-super-Mare Manchester Hannep Mr. Rutter Samuel Pearce Robert Martin Winchill-street St. Peter’s John Fisher Oldham Road Joseph Price Preston Railway Wigan Coulton Lord Balcarras Haigh Neath Smith George Swift William Almond Thomas Sharples Chorley Rawlinson Bridge Swift Aked Swift Johnny Coulton Chorney Red Rock-bridge Boar's Head Payne Plymouth Arms Mill-street Edward Williams Rose and Crown Shad Thames Horselydown Charles Wainwright Thames Deptford Carter Samuel Dulling Sampson's Castle Grange-road Bermondsey Jane Oriel Grant Paragon-row Birmingham and Gloucester Bromsgrove Unsworthy Mr. Unsworthy Droitwich New York Cincinnati Pittsburg Kone J. E. Clarke Unitarian Church Louisville Pittsburgh Marrietta Cincinnati Chronicle Cheltenham Malvern James Atkins Caleb Chandler Chandler Atkins Cooke Worcester Chronicle

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