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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jan 29, 1843

Page

3

Shipping news and Jamaica affairs in late December

Tay transports Savannah mails to Bermuda and erases the 3d for St Thomas's. Payal mail senators Medway Teviot left St Thomas's on December 2. Her Majesty's ship Illustrious sails to Jamaica, while Orestes and Victor are unaccounted for. Jamaica Assembly nears adjournment as governor and legislature clash. Crops in the island show a propitious outlook.

Er Tay Savannah Bermuda St Thomas's Payal Medway Teviot St. Thomas's Her Majesty's Shipiot Barbadoes Jamaica Trent Illustrious Sir Series Agb Orestes West India Victor

Metropolis brief notes from charity elections and temperance meetings

The Metropolis reports a charity election at Jogal tavern electing eight girls and seventeen boys from 134 candidates, with notes on the Wellington Fund and year-end balances. It also covers meetings on river water supply, temperance gatherings at Exeter Hall, and a Bristol-like array of charitable and trade notices including a ball for land funds and protective society debates.

Caraax Asylum Jogal Tavern Alderman Thompson James of eTsey Read Cae eThat Htate Wellington DT and Hervey Byng N.P Briscoe M.P Ke ‘Ox Bank of Aet Parton Duto Colonies Messrs. Robinson Levy Burnand Lord Stanley Meek Southwark Lambeth Vauxhall Marshall Wandle Thames Surrey Southwark and Vauxhall Company Henry Weston Exeter-hall Everal Coldstream” Guards Thay B. Rotch Bowley J. S. Buckingham J. Sherman G. B. MacDonald C. Stowell W. Spencer Hunt G. W. Alexander Macdonald Spencer Father Mathew Boz Dickens Tug Axp Poortenens Willis's King-street St James's Messrs. Wills E. C. Bessell Adams Taapz Protection Society Eelation High Holborn Mir Bartholomew Parrott Parker Lotta Cutacu Society Music Hall Store-street Bedford-square Rese Com-P North London George Finch Africa Cape of Good Hope Lower Canada Iward Islanda Angroy Lagt St. Luge Ado Hay Cowper-street Ep Band Allon Bailey

Fraud, arrests, and a Burton escape across oceans

Detail packed account of vestry clerk fraud totaling £3628, a fraudster fleeing to America, and a devising by Bacon the workhouse master to seize assets. Followed by a London major meeting on the Urals Airlines venture, Great Western Railway votes, and a chaotic Glasgow style riot with a dying infant amid a near riot in Gray's Inn Lane.

Parsons Board of Guardians England America Bacon Burton Lord Williams Mantua Philadelphia Buchanan Messrs. Bush and Co Goudhugh Messrs. Barings and Co Foreign Department Joseph Burton Uxitep Mexicas Airline Association London Tavern Sir John Easthope, Bart Royas Great Westers Railway Company Cheltenham Sturge Mr. Bailey Major Wayth Mr. Sturge Wousley

Fire at Distillery Destroys Premises and Stock

A blaze confined to a distillery and two outbuildings consumed several thousand gallons of turpentine and related equipment. Authorities rule out a definite origin but suspect a worker lighting a copper started the fire. Loss estimates run to many thousands of pounds, with limited insurance coverage for the building.

Ballykeeran guardians hear claim of land clearance abuse

In Athlone Sentinel notes, Michael Gosling and his four sisters seek admission to the workhouse. He says he was turned out after land seizures by agent Mr Hill on Ballykeeran property under Colonel Bligh’s ownership. Neighbours describe coerced payments to agents, with families dispossessed and up to 280 souls affected. Guardians plan to inform Colonel Bligh.

Gosling America Hill Mr. Hill Devil Mysel Disney Ballykeeran Childer John Doyle Jem Heaton Lerry Dearden John Kearney Captain Stubbs Tim Gannon Colonel Bligh Mr. Disney

New Zealand Colonization Pamphlet Review

A brief notice of a pamphlet by John Jenning on the New Zealand Company system and colony governance. It outlines objections and proposed remedies to preserve colonization benefits for settlers, presenting practical aims for future settlements.

New Zealand John Jenning London Pelham Richardson New Zealand Company

Court questions church case after Lords ruling

In a Times report Lord Jeffery declared satisfaction that the Court of Session and House of Lords rightly decided the church violated statute law and that the courts can restrain excess of power. The note emphasizes petitions to Parliament and potential secession concerns. Blackburn works sale disaster leaves floor collapse injuring few. two hundred people fell nine to ten feet with minor bruises and alarm.

James Graham Lord Jeffery House of Lords Court of Session Parliament Blackbury Fatima Mintett William Turner Blackburn

Disbessive Suicipe at Prince Regent public-house

In Globelene Mile end Mrs Beaton landlady of the Prince Regent public-house was found hanged in her bedroom. A man of loose character she trusted betrayed her and caused ruin. Police court inquiry suggested she was grossly persecuted and driven to suicide at about age 50. Also reports two robberies: a Methodist preacher Peter Wilkinson robbed near Knaresborough of a silver watch with engraving, chain, seal and book. and a Manchester worker knocked down near St John’s church with £80 in charge, by two men described in vague clothing.

Laughster Tyndall Gray’s-inn-lane Bruils Suockixc Fiss Beker London Hospital John Gibson Elizabeth Arnold Crossailey Wapping Waight Rotherhithe Messrs. Garton and Co Turpentine Distillers Quebec-wharf Wells Bristol Errick Thomas Davis Mangotsfield Downend Fishponds, &c Davis London Ireland General Post-Office Attwood Clifton Mr. Walton Cardmarthen William Burnhill Carmarthen E. H. Stacy Davies H. Thomas Society For the Prevention of Cruelty Abergwilly Margaret Lewis Thomas John Shafto Vaughan Llangennech Carmarthen County London Mail Llandilo Vaughan Burnhill Abergwilly-bridge Camarthen David Evans Abergwilly Bridge Zoon John Weare House of Correction John Newman William Newman Newman Walten-hill- House Tewkesbury J.E. Viner Nathaniel Bell Gloucestershire Rural Police Tewkesbury Road Cheltenham Viner Denbigh BisHomics St. Asaph and Brangor Ruthin St. Asaph Bangor Viscount Dungannon William’ Bagot Watkin Williams Wynn Townshend Mainwaring Manchester Joseph Ablett, Esq John Lloyd Wynne Archdeacon Newcome Col. Yule John Heaton C. G. Wynne Charles Wynne Ed. Lloyd R. B. Clough J. Jocelyn Foulkes J. H. Clough Trevor Mather James Hughes R. M. Idan Hh Sir Henry Cunliffe Tivbeepool Orexixa Colegiate Institu- Tion James Cox Trinity College Dublin Alrey Gladstone Edmund Molyneux James Lawrence Joxias Booker William Shand Ita Liverpool Standard Morpeth Escorg Monpeth Belsay Castle Gool Atorpeth Fattal Rencontre Tibberton Joseph Bevan James Wilkes Bevan Wilkes Cooke Boutehlamipton Homby Olice Gosport Portsmouth Terry Humby Gos Rial Payne St. Martholomew’s Hospital Emma Ranger John Wilkinson Shackell Division of Police Wortship-street Wilkinson John Sheddin Horton Weston Hoxton New Inn Yard Shoredich Bowers Geaton Hicaway Knaresborough P. W Messrs. Higgins and Sons St John's Church

Great League meetings and anti corn law banquets begin

Aggregated meetings of the League are set for January 30 to February 3 with chairmen reports, progress on the Great League Fund, and debates on corn laws affecting agriculture, manufacturers, and the people. Banquets are planned at Peter Street Pavilion. deputies are asked to submit attendance.

The Tree Prize Agricoltere Anti-Corn Law League Manchester J. Gadsby London R. Groombridge League W. R. Greg Tae Gathenine Tar Lracue Peter-street Great League Fund Peter Street Concecaile Bronrese Philip Harwood Cormlaw Mechanics’ Institution Chancery Lane Newcastle Bristol Ashton-under-Lyne Glasgow Buckinghamshire Lord Orkney Thomas Fremantle Lord Orkney Peel Thomas Post Philo Agnatios England Times Friends of Free Trade Exeter Hall St. Stephen's Marsham Buckingham Pape Band Fide Heaven Board of Guardians of the Stourbridge Union Sheffield Mechanics Hall Glasgow Chronicle

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