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Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 21, 1841

Page

2

Riots Across French Cities Over Census Beatings and Protests

In Bordeaux Toulouse Agen Perpignan and Villeneuve d Agen disturbances erupted as crowds opposed the census with loud demonstrations attacks on councilors homes and barricades. Soldiers restored order and arrests followed while other ports report calmer conditions as fleets shift and authorities plan stricter measures.

Sal Bordelais Bordeaux Toulouse Perpignan St. Lirrade Agen Lot Et Garonne Sentinelle Toulon Levant Hugon Hyeres Awoniteur Algérien Bugeaud Mostaganem Lamoriciére Oran Algiers Abd-el- Kader Milaneh Cheliff Mascara Medeah Blidah Col de Teniah Paris

United Coopers Anniversary Dinner At Highbury Barn

The United Coopers held their nineteenth anniversary dinner at Highbury Barn with Mr David Booth as chairman. Toasts to the Coopers Union and the Queen were given amid musical interludes and further toasts. The evening concluded in an orderly, festive mood.

United Coopers of Loxpoy United Coopers Highbury Barn David Booth Coopers Union United Mroulegk Xose Msmnorophan Fuse Hospital Carpy-Street Lix- Coln’s Inn-Feelds Thames Tonxen Thames Tunnel T Wapping Isambard Brunel Shipwriights Provident Union Shipwrights’ Provident Union Jamaica Tavern Bermondsey

Provincial Sereglmpsted Free Grammar School Reopens

The Free Grammar School of Berkhamsted founded 1541 by John Inneente and royal charter, after long litigation, to reopen with extended general education beyond Latin and Greek. Augustus Smith led the revival with governors and new master to oversee estates and aid infant and elementary schools. Anxious to attract local families, Berkhamsted aims to become populated with respectable households seeking instruction.

Sereglmpsted Grawain-School of Kine John Inéente St. Paul's Henry VIII Edward VI Yenit Paris Augustus Smith Ashlyn Berkhampsied Kingdom Berkhampsted Bedford Turner Todd

Treatment of PayppR Lunatics in the Bristol Asylum

Visiting magistrates report shocking conditions at Bristol lunatic ward showing overcrowded rooms no proper classification nor employment for patients. Descriptions detail small, damp female and male pens, lack of dining or day rooms, inadequate ventilation, unsafe restraints, and use of muzzles. Call for reorganization, separate classes, and new facilities. praise Stapleton model and warn guardians to act.

Wee ST Oh James Wood George Edding Sanders Richard Ash Gorehouse Bridewell Lunatic Asylum Bristol Corporation of the Poor Stapleton Court of Guardians Bethlehem Hospital Secretary of State Home Department Saint Peter's Hospital Enardians Bristol Gazette Committee of Management Waleord Ilford Essex Powell Norwich 235 K London Upton Windsor Tursday Duchess of Kent Bachelor's Acre St. George's Chapel Bachelors of Windsor Royal Windsor 72D Royal Highlanders G. J. Aobuthnot Sheet-street Devonshire Cornwall

Revel ends with prize to Webber backed by Stone

A well-known player named Webber carried off the backawarding prize a handsome and well filled purse awarded to Stone the celebrated backswordsman who gained the prize at the revel last year. After the amusements which did not terminate till nearly dark there was a splendid display of fireworks.

Webber Stone

Varying Ireland News From Drogheda to Dublin

A Drogheda ship on stocks caught fire or was set ablaze before launch, a three masted 600 ton barque. Lord Lieutenant and Countess Fortescue visited Belleisle with a royal salute, then a lavish déjeuner. Cork Assizes featured a breach of promise case. damages set at £1,500. Emigration and land reclamation urged in census note. A Dublin sergeant killed himself over a romance with a square girl, after officers refused consent to wed. Public distress around population growth and poverty cited.

Ing CaEtDhan’s Friend Society Kent Hackneywick Children’s Friend Society Morning Chronicle Payne Langbourne Beadle Smithfield Camberwell R. H. Smythe Gravesend St. Martin Duke‘street Adelphi Loxpon Group Junctiion Railway London Grand Junction Railway Company Cheapside Staunton Rastrick Perkins Bloomspury A. Davies High Street Bloomsbury High Holborn Chandos Street King-street County Farringdon Watling-street King Davies Great Queen Street LincoLn’s Inn Fields Great Queenstreet Lincoln's Inn Fields Willson Great ‘Queen-street Lincoln’s Sun-fields Morris Smith Ann Fisher Guy’s Hospital Dustin Drogheda Countess Fortescue Belleisle Nicolas Dublin and Kingstown Ireland Lord Campbell Court of Chancery Lady Campbell Jonathan D. Clarke William Deane Freeman William Armstrong John R. Corballis Charles O'Malley Henry J. Baldwin Jeremiah James Murphy Henry Martley Gerald Fitzgibbon Joseph Nelson James O’brien Lord Charlemont County of Tyrone Earl Belmore Calcraft Grisi Lablache Mario Miss Campion Belfast Suicipe Tarouca Love 60Th Rifles Cullen Beggar's Bush Barracks Dublin

Emigration Plan by Paisley Unemployed for Port Philip

Resolutions from a Paisley meeting of unemployed workers urge emigration to Port Philip or Sydney due to near total job scarcity. They seek clothing funding and government aid, urging subscriptions via John Scott, banker, and Provost Bisset. The motion calls on MPs Hastie Maxwell Stewart and Viscount Kelburne to press for support and lists committee representatives.

Paisley Port Philip Sydney John Scott Provost Bisset William Monrmison Philosophical-hall Seed-hill William Morrison Clyde Colonial Land and Emigration Committee Lord Melbourne Elizabeth Hastie Patrick Maxwell Stewart County Viscount Kelburne Ayrshire Her Alex Chisholm James Mackintosh Peter Mackintosh Daniel Campbell Andrew Weir William Monrisey

Execution of John Self the Murder of Jemima Stimpson

Public justice was carried out today for the murder of a innocent girl. John Self faced the scaffold at Norwich Castle Hill with ministers present and a large crowd assembled as the rope dropped, ending his life swiftly. Witnesses described a grave yet orderly scene, with a sense of penance and shock among spectators.

John Self Jemima Stimpson Hong Agin Hethersett Sulu Norwich Weompani Persil

Weyman the Condemned Hero of Peninsular War

A London paper recounts Weyman the condemned man awaiting execution after a long life of military service. It notes his four forlorn hopes at Ciudad Rodrigo, his head wounds, and his petitions to the Duke of Wellington amid hopes for clemency as his life nears its end.

Wryman Duke of Weltinnes Tur Kan Ciudad Rodrigo Colborne Elou Gurwood Thomas Picton Crawter Weyman Uiler Home Secretary Gloucester Chronicle Lamrdas Havre William Brown Monte Video Leopoldina Rosa Video Haglish Ameren James Dickson Dicksen Dewi Procureur Yeni Mo Eney Demi Mittal Bess Waterloo Bridge Aldi Arlington-street Lambeth Regent-street Westminster Hawes Ig Chandler Milbanl Putney-brigg Fort Ever Phelps Atalanta Battersea-bridge Farhaan Stockton Eal Hermitage Wapping Son Nicholson Bell

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