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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 25, 1842

Page

3

Unclear OCR fragment prompts dated title request

Fragmentary text references people and ships with scattered terms such as lover packet and cutter. No coherent event or entities form a reportable item.

Dreadful Irish Row Wrecks Field Lane Neighbours

Nightly disturbance erupts into brutal brawl in Field Lane Holborn where Coleridge and Wingrove fight, fire tongs and weapons used, several injured including a husband, police intervene, suspects remanded, public alarm widespread. Also reports on All Saints Chelsea consecration, a maniac scuffle in Pimlico, and a disastrous fire relief effort in Whitechapel with funerals and civic meetings.

Figlpcane Kiuzep Field Jane Holborn Coleridge Wingrove Field Lane John Coleridge All Saints Cuerca St. Pancras R. H. Inglis London Hugh Hughes England Committee of the Metropolis Churches Fund Duke of Bedford Scala Vella Dominica Mehemet Ali St. George's Hospital Lock-Jaw Pollock Bethlem Goopman Swan Tavern Whitechapel Thomas Mills Mr. Scovell John and Edward Cook Holland Whit Schapel Proudfoot Prescott-street Goodwan Ink Place Montague-street Brick-lane James Holland Wadetreet Poplar Hearty Towns Bilt Congregational Library Blomfield-street Moorfields James Graham Martin James House of Commons Cunstaas Parparatioss Voventearden Ringestrest Portman Quar Leadenhall Newgaite France Germany Newnsington Nora Linary J. South Keatington Observatory Camden Hill Ken. Pag Peskyeork Vamim Heydatiers Gteter

Auction of a famed Kensington equatorial instrument ends in odd sale

A mixed crowd gathered at Sir James South’s residence for a hand sale of brass parts from the failed Kensington Observatory equatorial instrument. The salvage and fragments attracted marine dealers, instrument makers, and scholars, with prices drifting low as the tool’s vast brass tube and mahogany section fetched only nominal sums.

Astronomical Society Airey Astronomer Royal M‘lelland Kensington Observatory Messrs. Troughton and Simms R. Sheepshanks England James South Professor Airey Sir J. South London

Sailors Charged With Plunder On Stranded Vessel Near Sunderland

Two sailors named Thomas Vipond and Thomas Kirth faced magistrates in Sunderland on a charge of stealing from the stranded vessel 574. Evidence showed they boarded the ship from the beach, loaded a rope and other goods, then sailed toward Seaham. The court held the case might fall under Admiralty jurisdiction, committing the men to Durham gaol for transfer to London for trial.

Brighton Charles Dench George Tugwell Mary Moon Ellen Wynn Major Allen G. Westphal Town Hall Solomon Superintendent White Thomas Street White Tugwell Paris Dench Cambridge Watermocn Johm Hunt Hunt John Hunt Wiles Coombe Frederick Augustus Cranmer Cottenham Waterbeach Josiah Hammond Adenbrooke’s Hospital Sarah Hunt Mr. Coombe Mr. Bays A. Cotton Cambridge Independent Liverpool Walnut Street Parkes Weekly Chronicle Liverpool Courier Sunderland Pionpenine Thomas Vipond Thomas Kirth Ryhope Henry Callinson Seaham Collinson Seaham Harbour Court of Assize Durham Court of Admiralty Bruce Leach London Admiralty Court

Murder at a lime kiln in Miltown Ireland shocks town

Dustin Dec 19 A burning lime kiln near Miltown yields the body of a young man with throat wounds. The coroner orders an inquest for eleven o'clock tomorrow. Police and constabulary investigate while suspects include a local factory worker. identity pending. The victim, a tailor, may have been killed elsewhere and moved to the kiln for disposal.

Dustin Miltown Patrick Tynam Classon’s Bridge M‘carthy County Dublin Garlibardo Angel of Death Ben Nevis Lochabar Fort William Kilmonivaig Macdonell Killichouate Kennedy Vanman Ethiopia Inverness Courier SuocKixe Muurver Glascow Charles May Wynd Bridgegate M-Kay Glasgow Chronicle

Gathering of the League Meetings in Manchester and Across England

Reports detail multiple Anti Corn Law League events across cities including Manchester and Bury. Crowded meetings, large subscriptions, speeches by Cobden and Bright, and plans for further protests and banquets mark a nationwide push against corn laws and for free trade.

League Manchester Peter Street Great League Fund Peter-street Bury Methodist Association W. Shepherd Richard Arthur Langfield Bowring Quarterly Review Portenigs Anti-Corn Law League Bethesda Chapel Shelton Anti Cornlaw League Col. Thompson Richard Cobden M.P John Bright Mr. Moor Potteries Staffordshire Marylebone Institution Edward-street Portman-square Waymouth T. M. Gibson, Esq J.E. Hevenden Colonel Thompson R. A. Taylor de Lacy Evans Anti-Cornlaw League Smart James Wilson

Tax and income tax debate and curious notices

A letter protests a £100 surcharge on income tax, railing at government use of “other means of computing.” Newcastle council plans to petition Parliament for repeal of property and income tax. Raucous letters joke about corn laws, Puseyite media influence, and political intrigues. Other items note Sir Charles Bagot’s serious illness, a rabbit hoax in Thirsk, fowl imports to Brighton, and American beef packing for Britain.

Globe Newcastle Council W. A. Mitchell Tyne Ercury Duke Buckingham Leeds Times Cuarves Bacor Chas. Bagot Lord Stanley Toronto Herald Thirsk Robert Peel Brighton Havre General Steam Navigation Company Lord Melville London Baltimore New York Norrok Dickinson Norwich Mercury Drayton Manor Lord Fitzgerald Goulburn R. Peel Earl of Aberdeen T. Fremantle Daly St. Patrick's Dublin Cashel Clogher Hawarden Balfour Cole Ireland North Suversaire England Lord Hill House of Peers Shropshire Standard Viscount Clive Earl Powis Rowland Hill Perrage Lord Clive J. P. Stanfield Marford House Surrey Robert Cardington Wilford Westwood Common Mr. Stanfield Sir Robert Baker Old Fountain Baldwin Street St. Luke's Catherine Fosket Peggy Turmer Bath Hull Sth Victoria Bond Caledonian Mercury City of Aberdein Morrison Irongate Aberdeen LeaGue Great League Fund Times Post Northern Star Glascow Relief Committee Te Bar Glasgow Chronicle

Meeting to erect marble statue for late Mr Kirkman Finlay

In Carstairs a meeting was held by friends of the late Mr Kirkman Finlay to plan a marble statue as a tribute. The duke of Hamilton and Brandon and other notables attended. a committee was formed with the lord provost presiding to carry out the project. The report also recalls an exhumation tale from the cholera era.

S.c.c London Advocates of Free Trade Marquess of Granby Tavern South Audley-street Grosvenor-square Sidney Smith Smith Harrisson Robinson Anti Cornlaw Association Haydon Paddington Marylebone Ant-Cornlaw Wheatly Friends of Free Trade Bloomsbury St. Giles and Bloomsbury Anti Corn Law Association Angelin Nlivh Mgr. M‘laren Epps St. Giles and Bloomsbury Association Thauns Tuestascan Thape Baxguer D. KR. Hay Edinburgh Friends of the Free Trade Cause Uiis Glasgow Glasgow Chronicle Cross Treasury Robert Peel Bailie Leadbetter Eligus Peel Kinkwan Fintay Grasgow Monteith Carstairs Kirkman Finlay Duke of Hamilton and Brandon Belhaven Stenton James Campbell Sheriff Alison Macfarlan Alex. Gordon James M.call Dalhouse R. Findlay RK. Dalglish A. S. Dalglish Moorepark John Smith Andrew Bannatyne R. D. Alston A. Mitchell James Monteith Bailie Leabetter Guild Cogan James Reddie Finlay Lord Belhaven Duke of Hamilton

Horrid murder near Ilkley shocks Nesfield parish

The Leeds Mercury reports the discovery of William Hastwick's murdered body in a Nesfield field on the Ilkley to Beamsley road. The beating was brutal. his cousin Joseph Hey, identified as a suspect, was detained as the coroner’s inquest opened. A verdict of wilful murder against unknown actors was returned.

Tikley Addingham Nesfield Ilkley Beamsley Bolton Bridge Middleton Lodge W. Middleton Jose Middleton Wm. Hastwick Joseph Hey Hey Thomas Brown Skipton E. C. L. Kaye Farfieldhall John Lister Hustwick Flisttvick Illingworth Ikley-bridge Kley Thomas Hardwick Middleton-lodge Leeds Mercury

Crown witnesses and the Dublin police office inquiry

Extraordinary courtroom scene at Henry Street Dublin as three men Staunton Hughes and Wilson are charged after a violent assault on constables during a Crown witness dispute. Staunton boasts of government protection and a pistol is found. fines are imposed and tensions mount as witnesses credibility is questioned.

Turkey Ireland Strance Henrystreet Dublin James Staunton Peter Hughes Hanratty Richmond Avenue Benjamin Wilson Trinity-place Duffy John Flood Flanagan Abbey Street Flood Staunton Ballybough Bridge Ballybough-bridge Dundon Powell Armagh Ballyboughridge Veter Hughes Hughes Armagh Assizes Wells Lintz Hussars Chevalier de la NS Paytox-Streer Gell Horse and Grout Whitcombstreet St. Martin John Dunn Jerman Stone Panton-street Haymarket Charles Waugh Saster

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