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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 28, 1841
Page
5
Comprehensive ledger lists seventy eight souls aboard the ill fated steamer with names, ages and origins, noting Irish passengers dominate and detailing a few notable individuals and family groups among those lost and rescued. The report describes the vessel’s condition after collision and the wreck’s appearance alongside Liverpool docks.
A private from the 7th Dragoon Guards was to wed in Radford union office Nottingham when a military authority escorted him to the barracks for absence without leave and marriage without permission, leaving the bride in distress.
The western circuit opens with 52 prisoners for trial in Hampshire where George Wiley’s bigamy conviction stands, and Carlisle reports a brief, low-key assize with four civil trials and several minor crown cases. A notable case involves Harrison Fluther, accused of swindling Carlisle’s Morris Davis via forged Miss Moore letters and money transfers, culminating in a guilty verdict with sentence deferred.
A long appellate saga over the hereditary head butchership of Ahmednugger, Bombay presidency, traces lineage from Motee Lal in 1069 Hegira. The Lords of the Council uphold the respondent Darood Wullad Nunoo, preserving his family's control after a chain of judicial reversals.
A civil engineer sues Gustavus Lambert for 337 pounds for professional services on the Dublin and Drogheda Railway opposition. The jury finds in favor of the plaintiff. In the same session, Pretty v Vaux concerns a 2200 pound Globe Insurance policy claim with a verdict for the plaintiff. Sheriff’s Court awards about 1195 pounds in Parr v Poole after bond dispute.
Officers defend a destitute intake policy as the city seeks investigation into alleged mistreatment. Guardians are praised for humanity while a porter faces a fully proved charge of brutal conduct toward beggars seeking shelter at the West London union. The commission vows scrutiny of failures in the system.
A 29 year old law student Henry Flayes was charged with drunken indecent assaults on several women in Coppice-row Clerkenwell. Elizabeth Esther Whiting faced an aggravated assault on her eight year old daughter at No 16 James Street St Pancras and was remanded for investigation. Henry Wigan was jailed for drunkenness and assault aboard a Southampton railway train. A pawnbrokers fraud case saw William Furnaby Henry Harding and Mary Ann Franklin linked to imitation diamonds defrauding dozens of shops. A leg found in ashes near Hammersmith led to a wide inquiry with multiple suspects and a decision to inter and later study the limb.
City police commissioner complaints reveal refusals of aid to three destitute men at West London union. Gatekeeper barred entry, leading to a straw-yard shelter night. alderman urges parliamentary action on poor relief amid rising distress.
Samuel White and Margaret Boden faced final examination for allegedly ill treating and nearly starving a three year old illegitimate girl. Evidence described savage beatings, hanging by the legs, forced eating of excrement, and long daily confinement without adequate food or warmth.
The woman claimed parish relief from St George but was told to enter the workhouse without her child. Mr Rooke, relieving officer, said he had no recollection of her applying for relief. Both prisoners were committed to Newgate for trial and witnesses bound over to prosecute.
Mrs Doyle accuses Larry Keane of disrupting a wedding with a doorway blockage and tossed litter followed by a shouted Fire Fire. Witnesses including Jamesy Brinnan and Shaun Cusack back the claim. Magistrate orders Keane to pay 2s 6d plus costs for the half hour of mischief.
A humorous column about Larry O Gaff a brave boy turned soldier of fortune. It lampoons finances marriages widows and courtship with comic maxims and social satire.
A twenty six year old man plans a quiet home with a coachman cook three footmen and a chambermaid and seeks a well educated young girl of good family as a female companion to serve the household exceptionally. The notice recalls 1804 Paris ads for a deceased blind beggar and his dog shown in newspapers.
A lyrical fragment describes a dancer leading with streaming hair and vine wreaths. The chorus repeats the question who weaves the garland of the speaker's song. The imagery blends honeyed sweetness with a swift, electric allure.
Fragmented reminiscence recalls the widow Margaret praised by the Queen through Lord Melbourne. Died on the Mth instant age unknown. Exile, love, and loss mark a tale of sacrifice for liberty, with memories of Gerald, Skirving, Palmer, Muir, and a distant tomb in a churchyard. Reform Club notes February 18 1942.
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