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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 23, 1840

Page

2

AERONAUT MR CHARLES GREEN TO EXHIBIT BALLOON

The veteran aeronaut Charles Green has permission to exhibit his Nassau balloon in St Marys Hall Norwich. He will inflate with atmospheric air and then perform private ascents, accompanied by Mr Crawshaw and other scientists. Reports about his earlier accident describe a sternum dislocation and rib fractures as a minor injury.

Charles Green Highgate Nelson RicHard Graves Macpownett Parthenon Club Richard Graves Macponnell Macdonnell Mr. Green Duckworth Nation Gloucester-street Queen-square

French King and Royal Family Escape From Shipwreck

An extended report recounts the King of the French, the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, the Princess Clementine, the Dukes of Aumale and Montpensier, and ministers narrowly escaping peril in the English Channel after their steamer grounded on Calais jetty. They were landed safely amid cheering crowds while authorities and observers noted the peril and subsequent public reactions.

France Duke Duchess de Calais Rngt Nee Teton Tee Kibeg Madame Adelaide Royal National Guard Boulogne Galignani Paris Treport Clementine Marine and War Heymes de Laborde Warn M. Thiers Journal Des Débats West India Courrier Francais la Vendée Britanny Holland Havre Mitchel and Sons Prince Louis Narotzoux Sirine Turspay Court of Peers Luxembourg Chamber of Peers M. Pasquier Louis Napoleon M. Frank Carré Duke Decazes Prince Louis ‘Bonaparte Edinburgh London Louis M. le Prefect Madame Laffarge Nancy M. Guyot Les Bains Mademoiselle Capelle

Vaccination debate over St Pancras poor relief policy

In St Pancras vestry the Vaccination Act termination of prior low pay for vaccination is debated. Simpson argues for raising to 2s or 2s 6d, while Houghton notes large births and many unvaccinated children, leading to a costly year. The board keeps 1s 6d and empowers vestrymen to issue orders to the poor.

St. Pancras King’s Road Vigors M.P Simpson Hear M‘gahey Times and Morning Herald M‘william Scadding Fitzroy Kelly Board of Directors M.william Camberwell Fair Richardson Theatre Royal Messrs Johnson Nelson Lee Clarke Algar Almack Lord Merryweather Ned Neal Streatham Norwood Lonpoy and Greenwich London Tavern Croydon, Brighton South-eastern Shadbolt Croydon Railway Company Nelson Costumy Duke of Northumberland George Cockburn Herries Peter Laurie Nelson National Gallery Trafalgar Square Grissell Peto Bailey Croker Dublin Lough House of Commons Royal Exchange England Court of Common Council Evans Wheelton Metcalf Hopgood Bishopsgate City of London William Evans London Middlesex John Wheelton Messrs. Hansard Prince Albert

Provincial Birmingham Attack in Birchall Street

Richard Sharp, a pearl button-maker, was stabbed in the throat by his wife after a drunken quarrel. He was removed to hospital in a dangerous condition. The wife denies the act, but witnesses confirm the strike and she was brought to the public office for remand.

Birmingham Richard Sharp Birchall-street Birmingham Advertiser Edinburgh Prince’s Street Gardens St. David’s-street Scotland Prince’s Street Tron 2D Dragoon Guards Royal Institution Earl of Rothes Earl of Stair Lord Belhaven Lord Cockburn David Kinloch J. Robinson H. Jardine Wilson and Graham Horsman M.P Fletcher Dunans J. Steel Bank of Scotland Old Town Grand Lodge W. Rae Steel Sir Walter Royal Artillery Scott Committees Grand Lodge of Scotland Glasgow Cullen Thomson Hackett Jones Pattison Liverpool New Ferry Lang Burr Dratu Miss Sankey Tranmere Chester Mr. Hayes Liverpool Custom-House Sankey Mary Anne Cooper Hayes Ostle Thomas Storey Robert Heckle Robert Dixon Mersey

Vessel Africa Fire Claims Crew and Cargo Loss

Aboard the Africa most of the cargo burned with the vessel and crew. Four-fifths of the sugar was lost along with the ship and the captain lost everything but his chronometer. A dragger next to the Africa saved ten birds of sugar and escaped damage. Total loss undetermined but likely substantial.

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Remarkable preservation of health at Dollar academy

A Stirling Journal note reports that from the parish of fourteen thence to the academy at Dollar the average number of parish children attached to the institution has seen no death in thirteen years. The unusual health record is described as remarkable and persistent despite local hardships.

Academy Dollar Stirling Journal

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