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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jan 06, 1844

Page

7

The Robberies at Ward Sturt and Ward Premises

Details of a December burglary ring involving Ward Sturt and Ward, with entries through roofs and skylights. A large haul of hosiery and French silks valued around 250 pounds was taken. A distinctive shirt and a bed of burglary tools linked Davis, Robinson, and others to multiple robberies. A key clue led to a search of lodging where a curious instrument for cutting shutters was found along with many duplicates. Authorities connect the suspects to further crimes, while one prisoner claims a child theft case is involved.

Ward Wrad Etrust Sturt Wood-street Change Riley Storer Carey-lane Coe Lane Davis Leech Flaxton Old Town Lloyd’s-row St. John’s-Street Mr. Sturt Messrs Leaf, Coles, and Co Robinson Blythe Norwich

Escape of Six Convicts From Nottingham Gaol

A Sunday prison break frees six burglars from Nottingham county jail after overpowering under-turnkey John Williams. They lock up the governor and staff, flee the gaol using keys, and are pursued by police with two men reportedly seen on the Mansfield road toward Sheffield. One turnkey, William Lowndes, was severely injured but survived. Thomas Barton was captured soon after in Colwick wood. A handbill lists the six escapees with detailed descriptions and rewards, while authorities extend patrols and warn of further burglaries.

John Williams Thomas Green Thomas Morrow Fiskerton William Vickers John Binns Joseph Smith Joseph Bowers Sutton Bonington Thomas Barton William Thompson Vickers William Lowndes Smith Colwick Wood Barton Swinton Church Lowndes Nottingham Ashbourn Derbyshire Joseph Bower Mansfield Road Sheffield Thomas Dickinson Hall Wharton Manor Brierley

Reflections on New Year's Day and Mud for the Million

A verse on New Year's wishes contrasts wanting a new cat shoes coat and hat with the hard life of the poor. It is followed by MUD FOR THE MILLION noting orders for housebuilders to sweep footpaths and a jab at Lord Brougham about a forthcoming self help handbook for citizens titled Every Man his own Scavenger.

Paris England Saint Louis Longchamps Madame de Valcour Madame Papa Alexis Achille Hector Télemaque Cléopatra Euphrosyne Hermoine Monsieur Tortoui's Corps Diplomatique Abbes Monsieur le Chevalier de Monsieur le Chevalier Mademoiselle Theatre Français Monsieur le Redacteur D'Intelligence Mademoiselle Entrechar Hackney Figurantes Elrenner Serle Nina Lord Brougham

Remains of an ancient wreck found near Woolwich

A Woolwich correspondent reports discovery of massive vessel wreckage within 100 yards of the royal arsenal. Two large keel pieces, each about 44 feet long, and floor timbers of ten inches, reveal a keel as preserved as ebony. Timber merchant Mr E Griffiths has bought the keel and invites reader input on the wreck’s identity, perhaps a warship or large Tudor-era vessel.

Woolwich Royal Arsenal Royal George E. Griffiths

Quickfire Q and A on Social Paradoxes and Oddities

A playful exchange questions the phrase putting yourself upon the country and hints at old remedies for social missteps. The keeper of the Great Seal is misdirected to the Arctic Ocean, while breaches of trust are comically tied to trousers bought on Tick, reflecting a humor column style from a bygone era.

Arctic Ocean Zoological Gardens

Clock of St Clement's and Audited Wondrous Times

Humorous fragment references the clock of St Clement's with four faces showing different times and jokes about adding hands. It notes the clock working only when it does so itself and parodies a forthcoming fiction called St Clement and his times. Also mentions puzzled Walbrook antiquarians and a churchwarden's account marked audited.

ST. Clement's Hamlet Prince of Denmark Prince's Street St Clement St. Stephen's Walbrook

Anti Corn Law Meeting At Oldham Town Hall

A large audience gathered in Oldham Town Hall for a sixpence ticket Anti Corn Law League event to raise funds and discuss wages and labor through Cobden and others. Subscriptions totaled 860 pounds with varied donors while a later Sussex meeting opposed the league’s aims.

Massacre at Cloudy Bay sparks official inquiries in New Zealand

The July reports from Wellington describe the Cloudy Bay killings as not premeditated by natives, who sought to avert violence and pledged to await investigation. Magistrates plan to dispatch officials to the coast, clouded by further dispatches from Wairau and Nelson as authorities promise inquiries, amid reports of aboriginal fighting at Campbell's Hill and a willful murder verdict against unknown assailants.

New Zealand Macdonough Cook's Straits Wellington Cloudy Bay Rangharata Spain Wairau Rauparoha Wauzinatox Auckland Richmond Godfrey Land Claims Akaroa Edward Shortland Bennett Engineers 96Th Cloudy-bay Nelson The Mercury Campbell’s Hill Black Swan Maitland Port Stephen C. Prentice Tonge Grant Stephen Black Constable Tonge Glendon Mr. Scott Scott Sloan

Court martial in India sentences Paymaster Herry Routh

A British Paymaster in the 15th Hussars was found guilty of embezzlement and fraudulent appropriation. He received transportation beyond the seas for seven years. The sentence was approved by Sir Hugh Gough and he was sent to Fort St. George.

India Herry Routh Majesty 15Th Hussars Routh Hugh Gough Fort St. George FricHtyun Clifton-road Bristol Gallows Acrelane Wm. Jewell Jewell Commercial Road St. George's Tast Messrs. Johnson and Co Gloucester-street Cannon-street-gate London Hospital Sun

London Merchant theft leads to prison committal

The case centers on a breakdown in a vessel cabin at Downs's wharf where stolen property was found on the prisoner. He is fully committed for trial after the charge of breaking in and stealing from the London Merchant is established. Additional reports cover brutal assault on a wife, a ribbon theft at Newington Causeway, Bromley petty sessions, and a grand jury on toll disturbances.

FredErick Wilkinson Coke Isaac C. Taylor Moorgete Street Taylor Smith, Payne Cooke Pollock Whitecross-street Southwark Worper Sovra Easters Railway Company Kelly Hurrell Old Kent Road Guildhall Laudeny Price Frances Hanscombe Francis Hobler Hanscombe Redman Division of Police Alderman Wood Bow Street Carter William Hibbard Twyford National Animals’ Friend Society Strand Gore Pouierman Matthew Bentley Tottenham Court Road Anne Hunt Boston-place Dorset-square Coleman Dorset Arms Messrs. Drummond Hatchett Phelp D Division John-street Adelphi Marlborough Street Patrick Hayes Trishman Maltby Ann Reece Mr. Maltby Clerkenwell Robert Henry Simcoe Pritchard St Pancras Hannah Street Cromer-street Henry Jermyn-street Old Bailey Lambeth Street William Hughes London General Steam Navigation Company St. Neston O'Brien Downs’s Thames Brutan Husnayp Thomas Hipworth Charlotte Meis Ballantine Union Hall Suombrixe Harriet Fuller Traill Farn Newington Causeway Priser John Bennett Scott Wickham Court Charles Farnaby Bell Inn Bromley Samuel Scott Sir Charles Farnaby Sir Charles Melville P Division Can Marnthen Assizes Cresswell Dynevor Park Grand Jury George IV South Wales Ibhis John Jones Shoni Seyborfour Walter Rees Messrs. Chilton Queen's Counsel John Evans Queen’s Counsel E. V. Williams E. C. Floyd Hall Miss Vincent Osbaldiston Mr. Osbaldiston Victoria Theatre Waterloo Road Blackfriars Magdalen Miss Incent

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