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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 14, 1839

Page

7

Smuggling Probe Ends With £10 Penalty and Costs

The court examined allegations of a stewardess’s search of passenger ladies on the vessel, noting concealment methods in bustles, linings, and drawers. After debate on reasonable grounds for search and conduct, the full penalty of £10 plus costs was imposed, with praise for Mr. Bush’s prosecutorial handling.

Bush Wm. Tune Wm. Curis the Revenue Guid Pirie the Revenue Alderman Pirie W. Curtis

Riots at Birmingham as London police clash with Chartists

Birmingham during the bull ring meeting ends in crisis as London police arrest leaders and disperse the Chartists. Dr Taylor is seized, two policemen stabbed, and several officers injured. Dragoons and Rifle Brigade deploy to restore order. nine held for trial, including Dr Taylor.

London DR. Taylor Birmingham Metropolitan Home Office Moor-street 4Th Royal Irish Dragoons Chatterton Scholefield 4Th Irish Dragoons Rifle Brigade Chance Searce Reason Laxton Male Messrs Baynham C. Porter Holloway Head Taylor M‘douall Red Lion William Hall Oakes Gem and Barlow Warwick Eleazar Hughes Thomas King James Rhodes Ditto John Taylor Storey Ditt Shears Eades Drinkworth Salter Moor Street

Birmingham Chartist Riot Fears Rise as Sessions Open

Reports from Birmingham describe heightened security and a town in excitement as the first borough sessions begin. Police, troops, and magistrates seize the streets while a riot act warning locks bars and inns. Eleven officers are hospitalized from stabbings, while authorities prepare extra constables and reporters monitor the volatile scene.

Birmingham Martin Rifle Brigade Weedon Biimingham Peton Scotland Yard H. Genn W. Bartow E. Rybano

Sermon Precedes Executing Youth Convict at Newgate

Sunday morning in the chapel of Newgate Rev J Carver preached to W J Marchant, awaiting execution. Authorities limited public access, while the condemned man sat with calm reverence, listening intently as the pastor offered mercy and reflections on sin, repentance, and divine judgment. The discourse moved many prisoners to tears.

Newgate J. Carver Alderman Pirie Hosea God Hogarth Jaudanum Eton College Carver Jesus Christ W. J. Mancuant N.B E. P Elizabeth Paynton Times Marchant Jeremy Taylor Tillotson, Barrow, &c

Public execution at Newgate and convict confession

The article recounts William Marchant’s execution at Newgate after his conviction, noting his serene demeanor, ritual burial, and posthumous discussion of a confession. It details involvement by the ordinary Rev. Carver, sheriffs, aldermen, and a crowd, plus reactions from associates and a later disputed confession story.

Convicted Murderer’s Confession and Times Critique at Newgate

A letter from the convict at Newgate details a brutal murder of Elizabeth Paynton, with his account of threats, a near razor, and multiple wounds. The Times commentary condemns the prison chaplain’s fiery condemned sermon as inappropriate and urges calmer, more restrained guidance for repentant offenders.

Earthquake destroys royal palace and shakes houses in Ava

Reports from Ava describe a violent earthquake demolishing the royal palace and collapsing several houses. Ceylon intelligence notes April troop sickness and multiple deaths. An English parliamentary note rebuts a Westminster election rumor, while Bristol Channel Mission Society grows from Rev. J Ashley's work on Flat Holm and Steep Holm. Execution at Maidstone details Willis the artilleryman’s death by hanging, crowd reaction, and burial at midnight.

Ava Ceylon Westminster Leader East Surrey Westminster Reform Society Bristol Channel Church of England J. Ashley L.L.D London Caldy Holme Flat Holm Steep Holm Weston-super-Mare Penarth Bristol Channel Mission Society MardsTone Willis Woolwich Maidstone

Migration to New Zealand free passage offered to workers

The New Zealand Land Company directors announce applications for free passage to their first principal settlement in New Zealand. Eligible are mechanics gardeners and agricultural labourers married and not over 86. Ships sail from England in August. Details and forms available at the company's offices. John Ward secretary Adelphi July 2 1839.

New Zealand NEW Zealand Land Company England John Ward Adam-street Adelphi The Jolly Ward

Newton's Commercial Hotel Advertises Central London Rooms

An advertisement for Newton's Commercial Hotel opposite Stamford Street outlines central, convenient lodging for commercial travellers with modest charges and proximity to Leaping Bar and Horse and Groom Livery Stables. It notes steam-boat links from Blackfriars and distances to St Paul’s and bridges, plus a separate notice offering Evans stove grate wholesale prices and ranges with sizes and steam apparatus.

Newton Stamford Street Blackmars Road London W J. Newton St. Paul's Westminster-bridges Blackfriars-bridge Surrey Side London-bridge Hungerford Westminster-bridge Vauxhall South Western Railway

Mutual Insurance Shares Open to Small Earners in Society

The Board of Directors announces 10,000 new £5 shares to enable workers with modest means to join mutual insurance, alongside £20 shares. Deposits total 28s 6 4d per £5 share and 10s per £20 share, with further payments at deed signing. Application forms available at Lincoln's Inn Fields or Finch Lane brokers. Henry Willsom, actuary and secretary, notes two thirds of net profits go to shareholders while one third goes to Subscription Capital.

Lincoln's Inn-fielde

First Colony of New Zealand Society Formed

A society named the First Colony, for heads of families intending to settle in New Zealand, is formed. It invites others to join, requires five hundred acres or one hundred acres for membership, and plans to depart August 15 to reach New Zealand by midsummer. The committee meets daily at No 1 Adam Street Adelphi to provide details.

Adam Street Adelphi New Zealand New Zealand Land Company No. 1 Adam-street Abernethy Oxford-street London United Kingdom Foland England Ireland Scotland America Yoland Cooper H. Ley Clark Green Messrs. Graham and Co Holborn Hannay and Co Johnston, Cornhill

Money money inflows lift English stocks in July dividends

A surge of money from July dividend payments drives interest in English securities with prices rising across Consols Reds Three per Cents Exchequer Bills and foreign bonds. Treated premiums and discounts appear for Great Western London and Birmingham Brighton Blackwall Greenwich Southampton and major banks reflecting market optimism.

Great Western Railway London and Birmingham Brighton Blackwall Greenwich Southampton London and Westminster Bank London Joint Stock Bank

Insolvents and bankruptcies in London and Liverpool trades

London Gazette list of insolvents including T Robinson and J Page with trades in metals and groceries, plus bankruptcies superseded for W Frankland. KRUPTS entries name R Adams and T Yarrell among engineers and engravers. Certificates dated July 26 list Stanhope Street builders, Gloucester draper, and other trades. Partnerships dissolved span jewellers to cotton spinners, including Brady and Packer. Nunnely Swain. Ruddock and Heelis. Turper Garstang. and many Liverpool and Manchester merchants, millers, and manufacturers.

London Gazette Famay T. Robinson Hungerford-street Strand J. Page Wickham Southampton Ounderg T. W. Hall Fencourt Penchurch-street Crysalter W. Dalmaine Abchurch-lane Canon-street P ‘Jackson Great Bolton Lancashire J Bentley T. Brown Manchester Badford Yorkshire B Hobson Liverpool Kester J. Fraser Commission-Agen A. M Coy J. Beckett Iron T. Stephens B. W. Franklin S. Bird Leamington-priora G. Sutton Harlington Derby Draper and Grocer Parkes Stanhope Street Clara E. Hopson Stonehouse Gloucester Draper Golland Sheffield Ceater Haines and Colnett Pier-hotel Gravesend Brady and Packer Quadrant Regent-streat J. Goodacre Nottingham C. F L. Engstrom London Nunnely Swain Nunneley Paddy Leicester Ruddock and Heelis Ainley Cockroft Clough House-mill York Pennington and Thomasson Hindley Turper Garstang Garstang Newton Northshire Mill Company Dowie and Sanders Lowther-arcade Williams and Jones J. Bealey W. Leigh Huddersfield Jane Hodgetts Sarah Hodgetts Jemima Webber Bath Edges Barker F Woo'field Birmingham Tortis and Gayford Norwich Wood and Vigne Stock Exchange Forrest and Fogg Prittern Jessop Winterbottom Breflit Castleford J. and W. Stockwell

Insolvents and bankrupts listed in London Gazette July 9

Insolvents include Christopher Brayshaw of Great Castle Street. Bankrupts named cover many trades from Potts cabinet maker to Mould cheesemongers and Sutton wine merchant. Certificates dated July 30 list traders and partners in cities across the kingdom. Partnerships dissolved include Vercoe of Bodmin and Gibbons with M Adam of Carlisle.

London Gazette Christopher Brayshaw Great Castle-street Regent Street George Potts New Montague-street Spitalfields John Green Wharf City-road James Galloway Philip Solomon Israel Jacobs Manchester John Trenor Bernard Trenor Bradford Bow Lane Josish George Robinson Liverpool James Renwick Liverpoot George Sutton Harington Oerbrshire John Ramsbottes Temple Cottage Cheatham-hill Hackney Richard Smithies Runcorn Cheshire Joseph Lawless George Moody Milk Street Cheapside Richard Calvert Sheppard Great Scotland Yard Westminster Jamez Haddon John Porter William Toll St. Germains Cornwall John Jackson Ranelagh-street Pimlico Strivener W. Hounton Maxwell Antrima Ireland J. Simpson Carlisle-street Scho R. Bishop Greenwich R. Cowen Nottingham Iron and Brata A. and R. Vercoe Bodmin Gibbons M.adam Carlisle Grocera Birstaw and Stead Yorkshire W. and J. Duane's Barbicap London Victuallera Marden Bridle Genge Beaminster Dorgetshire drapers—Wand and Chambers York Boot-Makera Marten Brasted Kent Knapp and Powell George-yard Aldgate Farriers Child and Mortimer Livya’s Lowthin and Douglas Gateshead Durham Johnson and Lawson Hitchcock and Suitzer Poms Mill Lichfield Swanawick Atkinson Hall BR. Torift Stayleybridge Lancashire Mayor and Stevenson Roughsedge and Harrison St. Helen’s Ramsey and Smith Norwich T. Parratt Cheltenham Konmongera—Whitworth and Coates Leadenhall-street Merchants Maclean and Co Glasgow

Birth notices from Walton Sandgate and Montague Square

On the 5th inst at Walton Lady Mordaunt bore a daughter. On the 1st inst at Sandgate Kent the lady of Thomas Haviland Burke of a son. On the 7th inst at No 8 Montague Place Montague Square the lady of Alexander Trotter of a son.

Walton Mordaunt Sandgate Kent Thomas Haviland Burke No. 8 Montague-place Montague-equare Alexander Trotter Sidmouth Devon Ann Cranmer James Blencowe Jane Unwins Isaac Sheffield Hanley-road Hornsey-road Prescot-street Goodman’s-felds Woburn-square John Latken Careston-street Tottenham-court Road Sarah Charles John Pugh Covent-garden Theatre Queen-street Goelden-square Triquet Mr. Triquet Werner Carlton West Riding of Yorkshire Thomas Stapleton Stapleton Beaumont House of Lords Miles Stapleton

London Classified notices from 537 Strand Strand 1859

Printed at No 337 Strand Middlesex JOR Norris of 83 Fetterlane Holborn London Published for the Proprietors by Cuantes Paxny Office 537 Strand Advertisements and Communications requested to be sent Sunday July 14 1859

Strand Middlesex Jor Norris St. Andrrw Holborn London Cuantes Paxny

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