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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 02, 1838

Page

7

Prisoner Remanded as Evidence Links Camberwell House to Duke of Normandy Case

In a London magistrates court the prisoner was remanded after witnesses tied him to the Duke of Normandy case. Duke described sightings in a garden and a foreigner’s letter tied to the suspect. Mrs Bridges and Sophia Upton corroborated visits to the Camberwell Green residence, while a clerk connected a clay smear on the prisoner’s shoe to the crime scene.

Jeremy Normandy Sked Camberwell-greer Switzerland Mr. Jereway London Rince Sophia Upton Duke of Normandy Therisoner Camberwell-green Clarence-place Mr. Jeremy Bridges Johnson Whyche

Tragic Shipwreck Off Winterton and Local Assaults

Five crew lost from the brig Wonder as rockets failed to save them amid a heavy east wind and surf off Winterton. Nine men and one woman are injured or dead in related wreck events. In Liverpool a vitriol attack injures two sawyers. one may not survive. A shoemaker receives a month of hard labor for mistreatment of his wife. A Mrs Johnson dies after terrier saliva exposure tied to a dog bite scare.

Wonder Moss Hamburgh London Winterton Dennett Sawyers Brownlow-hill Liverpool O’gorman Pellew- Street M‘donald Dagenham Griffin Board of Guardians Bird Barkingahs Chadwell Heath Powenough-Square New-street Fleet-street George Johnson Johnson Mr. Johnson

Disease in London: Death Likely From Hydrophobia

An inquest is planned after a pregnant 24 year old woman died, likely from hydrophobia after exposure to a dog. The dog owner Mr Johnson had given the dog to a friend ten miles away before returning home, and two other people reportedly were bitten by the same animal.

Inquests Record Fragment of Hoxton Juvenile Stabbing Case

A Hoxton inquest finds 12 year old Marsh guilty of manslaughter in the death of Ryall after a head wound from a knife. A second inquest reports Accidental death for Joseph Hay after a sister’s plate strike. Multiple inquiries reveal a spectrum of fatal injuries and unidentified outcomes.

Hoxton Ryall Marsh Lucifer Newgate Payne Bartholomew Close Joseph Hay Thomas Williams Stirling Grafton Arms Tottenham Court-Road John Raphael Mary Anne Knight No. 1 Fitzroy-square Boulogne Arnott Anthony Watt Britannia Terrace City-road St. John’s Wood Rothsay Castle Sheriff Raphael Middlesex Hospital William Bourne Rupert-street Haymarket George-court Rose and Crown Carter James, Kibblewhite Brunswick-row Brunswick-street Blackfriars-road Christchurch Menzies Kibblewhite Tottenham-Court T Roop Christopher Wildman British Legion University College Hospital Gower Street Finsham

City of London Reform Society rails at corporation excesses

A London meeting of the City of London Corporation Reform Society denounces wasteful spending during the Queen's visit. Speakers accuse common councilors of lavish gifts, expose salaries, and push for a full corporation reform and police consolidation ahead of St Thomas's Day.

City of London City of London Corporation Reform Society Guildhall James Hannen Hannen London Remembrancer City’ Works P. Montague Hall-keeper Chamberlain Ig Meee Ag Len

Adulteration in Drug Trade Revealed By Inquiries

Professor Thomson testified before the Medical Poor Inquiry Committee that traders sort drugs by quality and adulterate many remedies. He cited opium with iron, calomel with barytes, chalk in seamony, and Peruvian bark mixed with charcoal and other substances. He warned that poor customers, especially paupers, are most at risk as prices drive frauds.

Thomson Medical Poor Inquiry Committee Apothecaries’ Company London

Alleged Case of Suffocation in City Church Sparks Inquest

The inquest into James Frickey's death at St Michael's church Cornhill resumes. Experiments with a new stove show carbonic acid levels under one and a half percent and the verdict cites death by apoplexy accelerated by impure air. Also notes Legos mayor's oath omission and potential void appointment.

James Frickey St. Michael's Church Cornhill Cooper and Brande Golding Bird Guy’s Hospital Cooper Legos Holdworth

Wonders and Publications in a Penny London Weekly

A promotional notice for a penny publication titled Wonders and a large literary miscellany called Franklin’s Miscellany. It advertises Tom Jones and The London Free Press priced at a penny or three halfpence, printed in London with continued weekly issues and an emphasis on high literary standards and original genius with weekly author remuneration.

London Free Press Tom Jones Henry Frerpine The B. D. Cousins Duke-street Lincoln’s« Inn.fields London Hed Hranklin Franklin Benjamin Franklin the Younger

List of Books Now Publishing by B D Cousins

A catalog of cheap editions and pocket volumes offered by B D Cousins at Duke Street Lincoln’s Inn London. Includes Volney’s Ruins of Empires, The Moralist, Six Lectures on Charity, The Shepherd, Refutation of Owenism, New Christianity, Eternity of the Universe, Words of a Believer, Legends and Miracles, Zadig, History series, Palmer’s Principles of Nature, Don Juan, System of Nature, Theological Works of Paine, Rights of Man, Age of Reason, and The Vision of Judgment with prices and formats.

B. D. Cousins Duke-street Lincoln’s-inn London Volney Pocket S. A Robert Owen J. E Smith St. Simon Price J. E. Smith M.A Voltaire England Palmer Robert Dale Owen Lord Byron Thomas Paine Rights of Man Watson Lord Byron Wat Tyler Robert Southey

Splendid Pictorial Almanace A 1839 Everybody's Almanack

A 1839 almanac advertisement describes an illustrated almanac with life stages from infancy to 100 years, allegorical artwork by Holbein and Landelis, vignettes of seasons, and Time in his Chariot. It notes zodiac border, accurate calendar, life expectancy table, and sales through Sherwood Gilbert Piper Co. and paper agents.

Verybody Holbein Landelis Jac Callot Sherwood, Gilbert, Piper, & Co Paternosterrow Holbsin Weekly Chronicle Sherwood & Co Mongine Chroniclee

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