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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 16, 1845
Page
2
Summary of dispatches from Toulon noting losses under 2.4 million francs, naval inquiries, and broader European coverage including Spain Greece and Portugal. Reports on railway concessions, naval programs, and possible English French steamship balance with war implications. Also covers Mexican Texas annexation crisis and New Zealand violence context.
A large fire near Ryde Pier Gosport endangers Mr Dusning’s wood yard and Mr Evershed’s tallow warehouses. Fire brigades on shore and afloat battle low water delays. wind shifts avert wider spread. Property damage is substantial with unclear cause.
An August Orange gathering in Enniskillen drew about ten thousand people mostly farmers and laborers. The event, cold and spiritless, featured banners arches a William statue and a church flag while organizers renewed hostility to Peel and pledged to back only Orange members in elections.
Firefighters and police responded to a blaze spreading through Sun Street Bishopsgate workshops and dwellings. Officials described extensive damage, with stock destroyed at Tucker piano maker and other properties affected from No. 31 to No. 35 including residences, frames, and stores. Insurance details noted for Phoenix, Globe, and Sun offices. No deaths reported.
Fragmentary text describes a flogging incident involving soldiers and their captain or officers. Men report clothing and marches disrupted, some deserting service, others hardened in stance as tensions rise amid unclear details. No clear names, dates, or places are readable.
A vivid naval excerpt narrates a merchantman fending off a pirate schooner in a fierce boarding action, with gunfire, wreckage, and heroic exchange among Columbus crew led by Hudson and Staunton. It segues to reviews of New Zealand notes, including Maori customs, tapa treatment, adoption of European dress, and a positive view of Brown’s New Zealand book.
Two brothers, George about 24 and Robert about 16 or 17, drowned in the Clyde after a night of drinking in Scotland. They quarrelled on the Green near Rutherglen, the younger fell or was knocked down, and both plunged into the river while attempting to help each other. Rescuers retrieved their bodies after a half to full hour underwater.
On a Wednesday evening Benjamin Balls of Bennett Street Stamford Street mislaid balance while with youths near the water side. They climbed logs and the youth fell into the water, an alarm ensued but his body remains unfound after efforts by divers and rescue crews.
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