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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 11, 1847
Page
5
A heated debate in the press centers on Times price, its costly supplement, and competition from lower priced papers. The Daily News and Horning Chronicle weigh in, arguing advertising sustains modest daily papers while the Times relies on ads and a costly supplement to prop up its fivepenny model.
Recovery of six collier bodies after a fire damp explosion at Kirklesshall Colliery, buried in Wigan on Sunday, nine coffins paraded to public sympathy. Debates over whether the men survived briefly before death and future inquest actions are noted. Also reports a Tours railway driver fined for causing a death and poisoning cases in Lincolnshire with exhumations, plus a Lambeth police court disturbance case about a man pursuing a marriage proposal with persistent letters and bouquets.
At the General Post Office three men assaulted Bradley, a Lombard Street letter carrier, as he delivered registered letters in Mitrecourt Wood Street. He clung to his bag despite a blow with a life preserver, the suspects escaped, a £300 reward was offered, and police sought the attackers while Bradley recovered.
A fatal rail disaster occurred early this morning on the Peterborough and Ly line near the Hundred-foot-bridge. The 6 10 express ran off the rails on a 1 in 250 gradient. the engine driver Staples was killed, the stoker seriously hurt, and several passengers escaped with minor injuries. Rails fractured in three places. cause under inquiry as inspectors contact company officials and the Railway Commissioners prepare a report.
A Wednesday morning thunderstorm caused a fierce fire across Brewer's Lane and Coombe's Court in Greenwich. Mr T Wiseman's private dwelling burned as did warehouses of W and R Hently and homes in the surrounding courts. Fire engines from Greenwich Hospital Deptford Dockyard and various brigades fought the blaze, saving some structures but destroying multiple tenements and a waterside house known as the Tubs and Yacht. No one was injured, though several residents suffered losses and one woman, Mrs Flynn, was badly shocked. The storm also damaged St Mark's church Kennington and caused scattered damage across Surrey Kent and Middlesex.
The latest intelligence surveys court cases and political turmoil from Paris to Madrid and Dublin. Censorship clashes with Pro-repeal voices as criminals and exiles shift agendas.
Report of the Chesterfield inquiry into the murder of George Collis details Anthony Launt being committed for trial after evidence tied him to aiding the burial of Collis. Witnesses recount the night’s events in Bunting’s yard and Hopkinson’s shambles, with Launt denying involvement and remaining composed despite mounting testimony.
In the Chancery Court Mr W Moxon seeks an injunction to stop W Martin and W Lewis from printing and selling An Ode on the Installation of Prince Albert and related works bearing the plaintiff’s name without consent, with a request to seize unsold copies for destruction and to bar future publications. The other case in Common Pleas sees Daily News sub editor Darmsges awarded £500 after dismissal amid a dispute over a garbled bankruptcy report and conflicts with editor Wearing, while a Barber of the Queen’s Bench hears bankruptcy matters and railway speculation notes involving the insolvent Epwanp Ricaards and Fabian connections.
M Jullier signs a three year lease for Drury Lane Theatre with plans to present promenade concerts, legitimate drama, and English operas. A first rate band and chorus will be engaged as talent is secured for the venture. The detailed report on the Chinese junk Keying accompanies this item, describing its voyage and remarkable construction.
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