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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 19, 1837
Page
5
A woman seeks aid from the parish overseer to move her sick mother to Ledbury. He advises writing to Ledbury and not seeking local relief, while the magistrate notes the case and a plan to pursue help, as the claimant tearfully pleads hardship with pawned items and ruined circumstances.
Currey Ratts notes ongoing public meetings across the country to petition the Legislature to abolish an odious impost. He calls the universal rate indefensible and harmful to recipients, with church-rate meetings widely reported in country papers.
A high profile bastardy case before the Recorder and Aldermen centers on Brighton assistant overseer Thorncroft and the parish of St Mildred in the Poultry. Mary Warmington testified to repeated visits and improper proposals after moving to Brighton to receive parish aid. The court found insufficient corroboration of paternity and allowed costs to be paid by Thorncroft despite parish reluctance.
A London paper reports a drowning death of William Helsey after a gust capsized his boat near Waterloo Bridge while his companion fled in fear. A separate accident sees James Richardson impaled on iron spikes during a late night attempt to scale a railing. A Deptford case follows, where Mr Sloane disappears and is found found drowned in Ravensbourne with missing watch and money, leaving an open verdict and suspicions of foul play. The deceased was a former Royal Artillery fencing and drill master.
A Victorian catalog entry advertises durable Prayer Book by Rev Joan Wenger with 3000 scripture references and fourteen engravings, plus a prefixed history of the English and Irish liturgy. It notes London sales and availability from T Kelly and others. It also promotes The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopedia in sixteen monthly parts by Luke Heraert and H Galloway, detailing steam engine innovations with 300 engravings and a projected sixteen parts at two shillings each.
An advertisement lists The Practical Gardener and Modern Horticulturist volumes with monthly parts on kitchen and fruit gardens, heating for forcing houses, Flora and Pomona companion volume, and The New and Improved Practical Builder and Work Man's Companion. It cites authors including Clarles M'Intosa, C.M.C.H.S. and mentions illustrious architects such as Brunel, Nash, and Soane. One part publishes every fortnight at 3s., totaling about 30 parts.
An advertisement extols The Oxford Encyclopedia as a compact, authoritative treasury of Arts and Sciences in distinct treatises with extensive engravings. It promises accessibility through 83 parts at 3s or numbers at 6d each, or seven large quarto volumes for £13, with London publishers and booksellers listed.
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