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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 23, 1840
Page
3
A fragmented scan presents anecdotes and quotes from Punch and other sources, weaving London and continental humor. It mentions a Welsh rector, a London painter, Irish mischief, Cromwellian puns, and Swiftian satire. The piece surveys temperance, astronomy, and learned jest, with reflections on public life and hospital lore.
Excitement in Wapping over three tradesmen missing after a dingy capsized near Limehouse. They survived after drifting among vessels, thanks to a Swedish crew and later their return to Wapping. A sentry blown from Deptford wharf was rescued, with warning of dangerous, unprotected quays. An inquest found a drowned youth, wrapped in odd clothing and a temperance society paper. A Thames waterman died after a rope failed, with passengers aboard his boat. Four youths narrowly escaped a wreck off Waterloo Bridge, aided by a coal porter. A Woolwich packet scene near Hungerford market saw two boys saved after a steamer struck a small boat. Two large fires struck Leather Lane and Lisson Grove, with many residents rescued or fled naked to safety, uninsured loss anticipated for Hollings. The fires prompted warnings about unsafe boat practices and waterproof matches.
At Bow Street, Messrs Selby, Melville, and Salter faced information for staging the farce Hunting a Turtle at the New Strand Theatre on 28 July without license or royal authorization. The magistrate dismissed two cases for lack of proof and the third for insufficient evidence, ordering the common informer to pay six guineas costs to the defendants, who celebrated the defeat.
Mrs. Wallace of Gilmerton died by self inflicted action after mental derangement. She tore a sheet into strips, broke a locked window, and lowered herself with a rope fashioned from the fabric. An inquest verdict was insanity. A Boswood park boy's accidental gun discharge killed him instantly after a miscue with a loaded firearm.
A coroner's inquest into the Colne disturbances finds Richard Boothman as principal in the death of Mr Halstead, with James Wilkinson and Thomas Riley as accessories. Military protection is extended, 78th Highlanders stationed, Cloth-hall converted for barracks, ensuring continued quiet in Colne.
Severe rainfall caused the Ribble to surge to historic heights flooding streets and riverbank areas. Brockholes bridge on the Blackburn Preston road partially collapsed after trees lodged beneath arches. A netsman on the bridge narrowly escaped. Debris washed away timber and disrupted travel while three boys reached Cuerdale-hail. Rail traffic near Stavely forge also suffered when a freight axle broke spilling goods and destroying several trucks with losses estimated at 500 to 1000 pounds.
Moxmouth August 14 before Baron Parke, William Foster Geach a Pontypool Newport solicitor charged with uttering a forged acceptance for £1,057 16s 9d on a bill. Evidence shows Geach arranged discounts with Williams Bankers and claimed an Edmund Williams delegate. Williams testifies he never accepted and Geach's acts are described as accommodation bills. The defense argues absence of malice and notes Geach’s bankruptcy. Baron Parke instructs that intent to defraud may be inferred from uttering a forged instrument and that full jury deliberation is needed to determine guilt.
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