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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 21, 1841
Page
3
An unreadable OCR snippet from a local page shows terse marks and initials, offering little clear event or names but indicating a small, dated notice fragment likely tied to a community item or filler.
A dense colonial era dispatch covers European concerns over recruiting in Upper Silesia, France, and Portugal, with notes on the Peers and Deputies in Paris, the timber trade, and fortifications. It reports Jamaica drought, an 1830s murder case, New Brunswick boundary talks, and New Zealand settlement news including Banks Peninsula and Tararua exploration.
A Crown and Anchor Strand meeting chaired by Mr J Gifford condemned Hawes proposed bill regulating medical practice. Delegates argued the measure harms chemists and the poor, urged postponement of the second reading, and formed a committee to oppose passage. A Marylebone vestry debate followed on ecclesiastical control of the parish. A British Anti-Slavery Society deputation also met Viscount Palmerston to seek government intervention for emancipated Africans aboard slave ships.
In Carnarvonshire a gamekeeper Evan Evans vanished and a tailor Edward Chubb faces a sheep stealing charge after bloodied clothes were found. A drastic, disputed tale by the prisoner’s wife recounts murder attempts and a fatal plunge into a slate quarry pool leading to a dramatic rescue and an inquest finding wilful murder against Chubb. In Cheshire a young Ann Simpson’s disappearance prompts a wide farm search amid allegations of pregnancy and possible foul play, with no firm evidence against William Hewitt. LIVERPOOL reports a major embezzlement case as John Denton Holt surrenders after allegedly diverting nearly £1500 from Hall and Co. and related firms, with assets recovered later including coins and a watch. A Wallingford coroner probes a suspected murder by Hannah Rymes and John Grace after poison is found in the deceased’s stomach. Windsor elopement news concludes with court action against the adulterous bookseller.
Ireland. Mr O Connell criticizes the French electoral system and Lord Stanley's registration bill, arguing Irish sentiment favors France over English policy in a letter to the Morning Chronicle. He warns English aristocracy to beware amid fears of shifting British policy and French alignment.
The piece notes British efforts to secure humane treaties with Spain and Brazil over emancipation of slaves, led by Lord Palmerston. It also reports an adjourned Middlesex magistrates meeting about Hanwell asylum management, and a large fire at Mr Hyde’s Bermondsey premises damaging a hat factory and affecting nearby properties, with insurance details. A city church service praised the City of London School of Instruction and Industry, raising £35 10s from a donation collection.
In Scotland a man linked to the Tulloch murder is captured after a twelve mile chase at Knockando Findhorn. Cameron is committed for trial in Elgin. A Chartist meeting in Castle Dovels ends in disaster as the floor collapses under about 70 people, leaving thirty injured and several with broken legs.
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