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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 10, 1837
Page
7
A magistrate hearing described a young man denying entering the complainant's house with felonious intent after visiting Miss Berry. The nursery maid testified for leniency, saying she trusted him and stayed in the kitchen to help him leave at daybreak. She was discharged. the lover must find £20 surety for six months of good behavior.
A series of London incidents includes a pedestrian hit by a fly van on Bishopsgate with fatal injuries, Oliver of Francis Street Chelsea fatally wounding himself, a groom dragged to death after a horse spooked near Buckingham Gate, and a police sergeant assaulted in Middlesex Mews with further suspects sought. A rooftop pigeon diver's fall near Rathbone Place caused death at hospital.
An inquest at St Thomas's Hospital examined Thomas Bush who died of erysipelas aged 43. The wife alleged police violence but witnesses found no grounds for misdeeds by the police. Bush, drunk near Elephant and Castle, was locked up, later died from erysipelas linked to intoxication. The panel also recorded multiple short inquests including a child death by burns and a man who died by suicide in Fitzroy-square. A murder inquest at Lambeth investigated James Reeves found dead after being pulled from a creek near Bridge House tavern.
Extraordinary case at St Bartholomew s hospital concerns the death of Sarah Gallard aged fifty. The coroner and jury found the death accidental, caused by the deceased setting fire to her clothes while in a fit, with unclear cause for her mental state and a note of possible selfinflicted wounds.
A facetious Hood's Comic Annual extract presents an unpublished Sydney poem in a lightly translated pastoral voice. The speaker, a former shepherd, narrates his failed rural life and comic misadventures in Australia, interweaving old country references with comic anachronisms and self mockery.
The Court of Directors revised cadet retirement rules for East India Company cadets educated at the Military Seminary Addigcombe. Cadets who stay past sixteen and complete four terms count their time there toward a full pay pension, preserving existing advantages against direct entrants and avoiding supercession.
Advertising blurbs for Veneer’s Prayer Book and the Book of Common Prayer with illustrations and scripture references. Includes medicinal elixirs and tonics such as Sarsaparilla decoction, teeth cure claims, and Olis essence of honey with prices and London sellers.
Advertises Turner’s Gout and Rheumatic Pills claiming fast relief from gout and rheumatic head and facial pains. Lists vendors in London and price points. Includes a dated testimonial from Charles Pearson praising swift restoration after years of suffering.
Advertises Gordon's Specific Mixture as a rapid, effective treatment for gonorrhea and related urethral conditions. Claims no dietary changes needed, mild ingredients, and immediate relief within hours with a cheap, hourglass price. Details outlets in Soho and London vendors, with warnings against counterfeits and testimonials.
Extensive ad copy promotes Occult Lozenges from Croesthwaite & Co and Owen's Balsam of Anished with claims to cure coughs colds and chest conditions. It lists numerous agents across the United Kingdom and mentions Powell's Balsam of Aniseed with government stamp authentication and royal patronage notes.
A 18th century style advertisement touts a new medicine called the Poor Man's Pills. It claims mild yet active effects, non constipating aftercare, and suitability for all ages and conditions. It lists numerous depot locations across London and other towns for purchase and agency applications with licensing details.
Quotations from newspapers praise Hygeiana as a moral and practical work and note its sale by Sherwood and Co. at five shillings. The Goss surgeons offer remote consultations with mailed case details and remittance for advice and medicine from 7 Lancaster Place Strand London.
A testimonial from A Key of Guy’s Hospital endorses Wrights Pearl Ointment for severe skin diseases. The ad warns of spurious copies and lists prices in pounds shillings pence. Proprietor Zaccheus Hunter markets the genuine product in London and urges use of the official name and stamp. The notice also promotes Dr Wright’s Family Cathartic Pills as a gentle remedy for females and children.
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