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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 22, 1839

Page

7

Case of the Times libel against Larkins ship owner damages

The Times published a letter alleging the East India ship Larkins was used for convict transport and seaworthiness concerns. Plaintiff Chinnel sues Lawson and others for damages, claiming injury to business from alleged unseaworthy vessel and libel. Jury awards £900 damages to the plaintiff.

Ixcham Lawson Kelly the Times Cape Larkins Ingram East India Service Calcutta W.T Times Madras Charles Ingram H.C.S Cug East India Docks Jerusalem T. Haviside and Co Sun-court Cornhill Uwns London Fletcher William Tyler Pait Ndant Uklyemember Thames Paintiff Justice Maule The

Arrivals and News From Rio to Monte Video and London

The Liverpool steamer arrived after a Sunday due date and the Opossum from Brazil docked with freight worth £3000. Reports from Rio Janeiro through River Plate detail Rosas loyalist advances and French aid to Monte video defend. Chamber votes to authorize treasury notes while ministers shuffle. Express brings Vera Cruz through Tampico and Havana with freight $300,000. A fox hunt spectacle ends with Reynard killed atop a clergyman’s house in Corchester, drawing crowd attention.

Monte Monte Video Rivera Rio Grande Porto Alegre Juca Leno Jacintho Calderon Rio Chamber of Deputies Rio de Janeiro Treasury Exchange London Paris Ham Packet Lieut Croke Mexico Vera Cruz Tampico Ha‘anna Corchester Botanic Gardens Reynard Legth Clark Seaman

Meeting in Shadwell to curb leet juries amid scales theft

A large London Dock area meeting at the Coffee-house Shadwell condemned leet jury actions against tradesmen. Speakers described scales seizures as robbery and called for legal action and parliamentary abolition with public subscriptions and a committee to press Lushington and Clay for reform.

Shadwell Stebenheath London ‘Dock Lower Shadwell Peter Mellish Shadwell ’ Parish Mellish Lhet J. Sayre Highstreet Herday Plummer’s-row Commercial Road Sayre Thames Police Court Marquis of Normandy Goode Royal Oak Broad Colson Stebonheath Stepney Traver Mackey Lushington Clay

Exemption Debate and Parliament House Alterations Highlight News

Inquest in Marylebone debates medical and legal exemptions from coroner summons. Parliament undergoes major renovations for ventilation and access, with speakers gallery changes and new seating arrangements. North of England railway shareholders vote to resist calls while awaiting compensation. The Slave Trade remains a central issue with Britain settling a compensation to the United States between twenty and thirty thousand pounds.

Marylebone Wakley Watkins High-street Mr. Wakley Mr. Watkins House of Commons Parliament House of Lords Commons Tey Greeat North Liverpool Clarendon Rooms Stevenson Treasury Department Bank of England United States Bahamas Nassau

Death by Brain Effusion Attributable to Homeopathic Treatment

A coroner’s inquest heard testimony on the death of a woman treated for fever under homeopathic care. Witnesses questioned Dr Epps and Dr Quinn, reporting delayed bowel relief and delirium. the coroner warned of the system’s dangers and the jury found death by brain effusion accelerated by improper treatment.

Payne Ania Coen Telany Norrington St. Ae Mary Burt Street Avda Epps Gale Quinn Wnever Martha Lane Rose-street Brickline Lowe Ann Preston E. Norrington Fan-street William Thomas Lowe Aldersgate Street Malibran Manchester

Destructive Fire at Isle of Dogs Tar Factory

A major blaze at William Jegon and Co tar and spirits works on the Isle of Dogs began Thursday afternoon when spirits ignited in a refining house and overflowed into nearby storehouses. Fire brigades from multiple stations, aided by floating engines, fought the flames until five o'clock, with losses estimated at 6 000 to 7 000 pounds. several barrels of naphtha and oil were saved from the ditches, but much of the premises were destroyed.

Isle of Docs Messrs William Jegon Braidwood Watling Street Isle of Dogs Southwark-bridge Rotherhithe Monarch Scottish Union Cornwall Southwick St. Saviour Bridge-street Emanuel Cooper Benjamin Wood Wood Atithe John Harris Winchester-house St. George Howell Benj. Wood Dreaprut Fine Bermondiey Messrs. Jackson and Medley Jackson Cates Phenix Royal Exchange Inspector Brindley Caxt Holborn Central Criminal Court Duke of Bedford John Russell Shelford Greenwood Hatton-garden Charles Rickerby Bank of England Smith M‘cowall Birmingham Price and Co King William-street Webb Oxford-street Holland Drury-lane No. 1 Bridge, Houseplace Newington Surry Shaw and Thornton Gullen Rickerby Mr. M‘cowell Mr. Humphries Sunbury Middlesex Mc Cowall Guilén Mr. Holland Waterloo-bridge Shaw Thornton House of Correction Rossery Felix Booth Joseph Parker John Parker Therisoner Sir Felix James Nash Joseph John

Trial on murder case cites temporary insanity defense

Doctor Tuomas Hopexix argues the prisoner Lees may have suffered transient insanity linked to head injuries and alcohol, suggesting he was unfit for capital punishment. He cites medical authorities Pritchard and Esquirol and notes prior behavior and self harm as indicators, concluding the act could be impulsive madness rather than malice.

Oplion William Lees Dental Criminal Court Ani Eile Pritchard Esquirol Georget Mark Simpson Lees Tuomas Hopexix Lower Brook-street Grosvenor-square

Obituary and civic notes including police extension debate

The Dowager Baroness de la Zouche dies at Hyde Park Place aged 80, leaving two daughters Harriet Anne and Katherine Annabella with titles and marriages to notable figures. The article discusses Metropolitan Police expansion plans to extend jurisdiction fifteen miles from Charing Cross, plus public debate on widening Charing-cross improvements and other local civic matters and a Monday election meeting in Southwick.

de la Zouche Hyde Park Place William Southwell Edward Lord de Clifford Cecil Lord de la Zouche Harriet Anne Baroness de la Zouche Robert Curzon Earl Howe Katherine Annabella G. R. Pechell R.N Adelaide George the Proness Commissioners of Police Secretary of State Police Act Metropolitan Police Charing Cross City of London Charing-cross St. Martin’s-in-the- Fields Her Majesty’s Treasury King William Street Haymarket Leicester-square Churchwarden Staunton Midgely Strand King William-street St. Martin’s Lane Jermyn-street T. H. Wilson Commissioners of Woods and Forests Coventry-street
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