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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 03, 1843

Page

7

Death at Coventry workhouse sparks inquest and anger

An inquest into George Robson a Coventry workhouse pauper found death caused by long shoulder joint disease and chest effusion worsened by neglect and dietary deprivation. The Coventry directors and governor faced strong public ire as verdict blamed inattention and demanded accountability along with adjourned inquiry for further witnesses.

Leicester Coventry George Robson Catherine Robson House of Industry Palmer Robson Mrs. Palmer Watts Hinckley Fox Humberstone Gate Spencer John Holman Tosswill Mr. Tosswill Wright Margaret Hall Edward Bicknell Browett Staines Rotherham Law of Humanity John Palmer Mr. Palmer Jarrom Coventry House of Industry

Calamitous Willersey fire kills farmer's wife and five children

In Gloucestershire near Broadway a large farm house fire claimed the farmer's wife and five young children and a charwoman. The husband and three sons escaped. The blaze threatened nearby thatched structures until engines from Campden and Evesham arrived. Insurance is listed at £800. Inquests at MitBank Penitentiary report two natural deaths, William Biggs and Alice Lyons, as inmates with prior felonies. A Manchester swindling case centers on Sir John Mather promising vast estates and salaries to Holt family members, with James Holt the main witness.

Broadway Willersey Gloucestershire Rimell Campden Evesham Phoenix MitBank Penitentiary Higgs William Biggs Alice Lyons Groves Salford March Maidstone Assizes W. Bayley Manchester Guardian Beswick Borough Court Manchester Sir John Mather Jonathan Holt Cambridge-street Chorlton-on-Medlock Holt Rawstorne Preston Mather Watts America James Holt Sheldon Swan Street John Sir John Rawatorne Col. Rawstone Bury London Mr. Holt Mr. Beswick Mr. Maude

The Chemist To His Love In Metaphor And Pun

A playful verse compares love to chemical bonds. The speaker blends poetic romance with chemical imagery ranging from acids and bases to salts. He imagines joining as compounds such as Glauber’s salt or potash and hints at a Johnson Briggs union in playful puns.

Mary Glauber Epsom Briggs Johnson

Druidic Stone Altar in Portugal Inspires Reverence

In Portugal I found a circular Druidic altar of immense stones tapering to a scalloped top with a slanted flat cap and a door to the south. Inside, a thorn tree grows as a silent testament to ancient Celt and Cymbrian history, standing amid ruins of other empires. Borrow's Bible in Spain.

Portugal Europe Borrow Spain

Extraordinary monster fish hauled from Laguayra Roads

A Barbadoes paper recounts a calm August day when a brig Rowena tangled with a giant flat, tusked fish weighing 8,602 pounds. The creature, 18 feet long tail to tusks and 20 feet wing to wing, with a batlike tail, was towed ashore for display. French trial details follow about a murder by Jean Labat, involving a seduced wife and a shameful crime with 66 witnesses.

Barbadoes Rowena Laguayra C. S. Dit

New Comet Observed Near Orion by Paris Astronomer

A comet was discovered near the star Gamma in Orion by M Faye of the Paris Royal Observatory. Observations on November 22 and 24 1843 show the comet's right ascension and declination shifting, with a visible tail about four minutes of angle long. A letter from J Sovrm at the Kensington Observatory dated November 30 1845 reports the comet near A Ortonis with precise coordinates and telescope details.

Gamma Orion M. Faye Royal Observatory Paris

Irish Special Commission Clash in Court over Law

OConnell apologizes for informal attire and snacks in court while Baron Pennefather is honored. A breakfast study session unfolds as barristers brief the jury about the accused, with OConnell contesting a key point and drawing first blood in the legal clash. Ireland and its Rulers since 1829.

O'Connell Baron Pennefather Doherty Crown O’connel Ireland

Extraordinary Sagacity of a Perthshire Collie in Drove Rescue

A Perthshire shepherd recounts a collie that guided about four score sweep seventeen miles home, alternately carrying her own whelps and leading the flock. After delivering the sheep, the two pups died and the dog dug two rabbits to suckle them, then set off to meet her master thirteen miles away. Caledonian Mercury.

Robert Murray Samel Richmond Condie Dunning Perthshire Murray Falkirk Collie Caledonian Mercury

Statistics of a Bee Hive from the Quarterly Review

The article explains that a hive contains two bee kinds the workers undeveloped females and the drones males. The queen rules. In a strong hive workers exceed 15 000 and drones about one to ten of them, a ratio rarely exact. A single family with swarming prevented may reach 60 000 or more, and wild swarms may greatly exceed this in honey yield.

Bevan Quarterly Review

Queen appoints Miller sheriff for Selkirk shire

The London Gazettes record the Queen appointing James Miller to be sheriff depute of Selkirk shire, replacing the deceased Thomas Hamilton Miller. Also noted are appointments of Rev. David Williamson to Kinloch Linnart parish, and Daniel Florence O'Leary to be chargé d'affaires and consul general of New Grenada, with other diplomatic and civil notices including Royal Engineers promotions and insolvency declarations across multiple towns.

Whiterall James Miller Selkick Hamilton Miller David Williamson Kinloch Ikart Kinloch Linchart Contin Ross Alexander Macbean Leghorn Crown Orrice Ember New Sarum John Henry Campbell Wadham Wyndham Orrice Onowancer Corps of Royal Engineers Edmund Twiss Ford Bailey Henry William Barlow E. T. Ford Wesleyan Pateley Bridge Yorkshire Russell Street Dover J. Clark Walton Lancashire P. F. Faucher Chelsea T. Barker Sheffield J. Shaw Upper Bridge Otner J. Hilton Meare Somersetshire Clark A. J. Phillips Opentreet Spitalfields J. Vaughan Bedwardine Worcestershire Whitesmith W. Payne Bath J. Farrell Ancoats Manchester F. Cockman Taunton A. Jeacock Little Carter Lane R. Crowther Weston Street Snowsfields Southwark J. Selkirk Spring Street Bayswater M. Ramson J. Morley Sussex Street Bedford Square J. Ogden Shoulham Street Marylebone H. Grosvenor Tichborne Street Piccadilly W. Saunders Saunders Street Chatham J. L. Adcock Southampton Street Fitzroy Square W. Beards Brenton Wolverhampton J. Hodges Old Brompton G. Bennet Cutthorpe Derbyshire J. Clay Deighton Huddersfield M. Leggett Portsea W. C. Coles Hoxton Old Town Praed Street Paddington G. A. Gibbons Dempsey Street Commercial Road Hast S. L. Upton F. Finnimore Great Collee Street Camden Town H. Clagett Newroad J. Seymour Neath Glamorganshire J. Huckstepp Lewes Sussex Limehouse C. Robinson Great Trinity Lane J. Deakins Elmley Castle T. W. Jones Wellington Shropshire Draper—I. Parsonage Birmingham W. Miers Leeds J. L. Keasley Long Lane Bermondsey Roberts Maybury Champion and Cadman Kemble Bow Street Chapman and Featherstone Whitby Park Lane Lewis and Co Barmouth Merionethshire Workman and Webb Basingstoke Miles and Brunt Fountain Stairs tar—Baird M‘crackan Cardiff Bowling and Pickering Hammersmith Cock and Cragg Preston curriers—Richardson and Elmslie Moorgate Street City West India Relfe and Co Cornhill J. Relfe J. Rylands Moyle and Minson Wardrobe Place Doctors’ Commons Outhwaite and Ferguson Goold and Co Tewkesae Gloucestershire S. Stott Blackburn J. Booth Forfar J. Morrison Dinburgh J. Gibson Glasgow J. M'Donald Parkholm Printfield J. Stewart Edinburgh

Queen appoints MacMorland first minister at South Leith

In a Friday notice from Waitsuatt dated November 29 the Queen names Reverend Peter MacMorland to the charge and office of first minister of the church and parish of South Leith in Edinburgh's presbytery, following Reverend Doctor James Grant's move to St Mary's, Edinburgh. Other items list commissions, militia appointments, court appointments, and various bankrupts, dividends, certificates, partnerships dissolved, and Scotch sequestrations.

Peter MacMorland South Leith Edinburgh James Grant St Mary’s Church County of Brecon William Davys Harries County of Fife Fife Regiment of Militia John Balfour John Dalyell Waitzxart John Suffern the Younger Belfast Ireland High Court of Chancery United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain Henry Bicknett Grocers’ Company K. Lowes Sunderland G. Boggs, and Co Great Winchester Street S. M. Long Rodney-hall Norfolk W. Ward Blackfriars Road Draper G. Bloor Wharf Road City Road Ridge and Co Chichester Bankers J. Gregory Sheffield D. H. Brown Haverfordwest W. Burton Great Glenn Leicestershire Currier M. Jackson East Palekiey St. Andrew Auckland Durham Miller M. Hanson Blackburn Clark and Burbery Wood Street Cheapside Robert John Edward Evans New Bond Street John Healey and Co Bolton Lancashire Joseph Baker James Butcher Chew's Ride Little Moorfields Goodfellow

National Benevolent Institution Anniversary Meeting Report

The National Benevolent Institution held its anniversary meeting and general election at the Freemasons Tavern Great Queen Street with the Duke of Richmond in the chair. The year’s report noted prosperity and urged renewed effort for applicants. At Christmas 1842 pensions of £20 and £30/24 each were paid to 238 recipients, 18 men and 220 women, average age over 73. Total pensions since formation reached £87,623. Last year’s receipts were £7,322 and disbursements £7,296, with £5,263 for pensions, £1,190 for funded property, and £842 for expenses. Thirty-eight candidates were considered for this year’s election, including 23 pensioners, from 117 names on the list. The motion to receive and adopt the report passed unanimously, with thanks to the royal family and officers, and the meeting adjourned after the ballot between three and four o’clock.

National Benevolent Institution Peter Herve Freemasons’ Tavern Great Queenstreet Duke of Richmond Henry Pownall Levesque

Bowden Parish Church Robbery Suspects Reward Offered

Information reports Bowden Cheshire parish church broken into on the night of the 21st. Stolen items include a crimson velvet communion table cover, a wine-stained cotton velvet cover, a fine linen surplice, two silk hoods, four large prayer books labeled Bowden churchwardens pew, and other goods. Churchwardens offer a £10 reward for thieves.

Bowden Cheshire

Grimstone Eye Snuff Promoted by Royals and Surgeons

An 1842 advertisement touts Grimstone’s Eye Snuff as a universal restorer for eye and headache ailments under royal and treasury endorsement. Letters from users claim relief from pain, improved vision, and cure claims for cataract and ophthalmic conditions. The ad lists canister prices, inventor signature, Queen’s Arms, and distribution addresses in London.

H.R.H Duchess of Kent Treasury Grimstone G. J. Guthrie F.R.S Upper Stamford Street G. W. M. Rernoxps W. Grimatone Yeurs George Smith York-place Kentish-town W. Grimstone Oxford Street Broad-street Bloomsbury King-street Long-acre Cuba Grand Cairo

Blair's Goat and Rheumatic Pills Advertised Testimonials

Letters from Frimley Brimley and others praise Blair's Goat and Rheumatic Pills for easing long standing rheumatic and gout pain. Testimonies claim sleep returns, pain relief, and renewed mobility after use, with multiple signatories and locations in Surrey and London. Sold by Prout at Strand and other UK vendors.

Blair Prout Strand London Frimley Bagshot Surrey John Gites Pirbright Edward Bridger Geord Innwood John J. Giles Eng Blackwood Giles Hardy Row Epon J. Lance J. J.giles Thomas Prout United Kingdom

Death and inquest on master tailor Henry Butcher at Red Lion

An inquest at the Red Lion Strand discusses the death of 64 year old master tailor Henry Butcher. Evidence shows he collapsed while turning off gas after shuttering his shop. Coroner notes probable fatal brain rupture, and comments on aperient medicines as a contributing factor. Verdict given as Died by the Visitation of God, with a quip about neglect and Parr's Life Pills.

Higgs Red Lion Strand Henry Butcher No. 1 Catherine Street Mr. Snitch Wild Westminster Morning Herald Parr Butcher United Kingdom London Edwards St. Paul's Churchyard Barclay and Sons Farringdon Street Sutton Bow Churchyard Manchester Mottershead and Co Edinburgh J. and R. Raimes and Co Dublin Machin D'Olier Street Paris T. Roperts and Co Cranecourt Fleetstreet

Manhood and its disorders by Curtis and Company

A Victorian advertisement for Manhood by Curtis and Company presenting an eleventh edition on sexual health, detailing ailments tied to excessive habits and infections. It notes press opinions praising the work and urges readers to consult Curtis and Company at Frith Street Soho for private, discreet medical guidance with a £1 consultation fee.

Birmingham London R. and L. Perry Perry Messrs. Perry Berners-Street Oxford-Street Samuel Lamert University of Edinburgh London Hospital Medical Society Snow-hill Peerablaarh Fargate Sheffield Davey Broad-street Bristol D. France and Co Butcher Bank Newcastle-on-Tyne Patern and Love Nelson-street Glasgow Manchester Chronicle la Mert Bedford-street Bedford-square C.J. Lucas & Co Gonenleg Newman-street Oxford Street Brittain Patemmoster-row J. Gordon Leadenhall-street G. Mansell King-street Southwark C. Weaterton Parkside Knightsbridge Field Quadrant Regent-street Huett Princes-street Leicester-square T. Lawler Courier-office St. Ann's-square Manchester Sg Howell Dale-street Liverpool W. Wood High-street W. and H. Robinson Greensi Edin. Paige T. Price Dame-street Dublin Lucas New Bell Mae - Messrs Lucas and J. . Contis Messrs. Curtis Old England Essex Herts Mercury Messrs. Curtis and Company Frith-street Soho-square

Land near Manohenoh Aay coniy under guardianship

On time of land near Manchester Dihien, three or four years ago, there have been seventy five loads of potatoes, each 252 pounds, and equal teB7Etons, valued at 45 per ton. The land is under the supervision of the guardians of the Manchester Dihien.

Chatmioss Manohenoh Aay Coniy Haatai Manchester

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