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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 16, 1843

Page

5

Southampton and Lord's matches paint a busy cricket day

The report covers a Lord's match with Kent and England amid large crowds, Kent's bright batting led by Pilch Mynn and Wenman, a dramatic Dorrington catch, and further sailing and rowing events. It notes Southampton course setup, its orderly triumphs, and a grand sailing match won by the Mystery over the Enigma with a Blackwall to Holly House leg. It also mentions game fowl abundance in northern counties and cub foxes in hill country, with hunting motives for protecting flocks.

John Clarke Newmarket Craven Southampton Versailles Cricks T County of Kent Att Exotanp Lord’s Duke of Beaufort Earl of Aboyne Earl of Winterton Earl of Munster Viscount Grimston Drumlanrig Viscount Brooke F. Beauclerk Marcus Hill E. Hill Lord Gardiner F. G. Halliburton F. Grimston R. Grimston C. Grimston Edward Grimston W. G Kent England Pilch A. Mynn Wenman Barker Dean Mynn Grimston Mach Mr. Felix W. Mynn Mr. Whittaker Hillier Martingale E. Bayley Adams Dorrington Por Withens Nding Toy Kynaston Lillywhite Good Sussex Lilly Mr. W. Mynn Wenman I Gentlemen of Lord Alfred Paget Mr. Reid Royal Thames Yacht Club Ditchburn and Mare Reid Ipswich Mare Ditchburn Blackwall Hollyhouse Gravesend Marquis of Anglesey Wauienatt Whitehall Stairs Duke of Buccleuch Robert Peel Lord Liverpool Lord Gage Guards’ Club Whitehall T. Prince R. Hood J. Jones T. Jones T. Piner Liverpool Lucas Hungerford Thames Westminster Bridge White Job Jones Piner Jones Warren Curland Westmoreland

Westminster School Endowment For Westminster Students

Good authority reports the right rev Dr Carey Bishop of St Asaph has placed £20000 in trustees hands for the benefit after his death of Westminster school pupils elected to Christchurch Oxford. A proposed railway from Salisbury to the South Western line would connect with the Great Western and reach Bristol and Southampton ports.

Westminster ScHool Carey St. Asaph Christchurch Oxford Salisbury South-western Railway Ine Great Western Railway Bristol Southampton

Assize Proceedings at Winchester Major Court Session

The Hampshire high sheriff greeted the judges Coleridge and Erskine at the castle and cathedral, with prayers and a sermon at Winchester. Later the Queen v Lord Huntingtower case opened. after prosecution objections, the jury returned a Not guilty verdict on perjury charges arising from an affidavit in a prior suit.

Winchester Hampshire Hughes Hughes Assize Justice Coleridge Justice Erskine Archdeacon Hoare Henry Thompson W. W. Sturges Bourne Philip Williams Q.C New College Winchester College QUEEN Lonp Mr. B Cockburn Butt Poulden Ball Horatio Cauty Lord Huntingtower Maberly Captain Cauty Capen Cauty Baron Rolfe Mr. Cockburn Mr. Ball Bere

Law cases and bankruptcy notes from the Privy Council and courts

Monday session features Pawton v Williams judgment reversing the lower ruling amid doubts over testamentary papers and the testator's conduct. Other items include divorce pleas in Stone vs Stone and Frankfort cases, bankruptcy proceedings of a socialite linked to the Arlington Club, and a Middlesex trial of Palmer the astrologer, with a one month sentence imposed.

Temperance row and court actions in London Parks

police report covers a temperance dispute in St James's Park involving John Phillips and Patrick Looney, with Phillips found liable for bail and Looney discharged. also details a cab stamp case, a penny dreadful MP scam warning, an attempted suicide by Luke Dimond in Hackney, and magistrate Mr Maltby imposing fines and sureties in several nearby incidents.

Temperance John Barleycorn John Phillips Patrick Looney Father Mathew Hall St. James’s' Park Atcherley Phillipa Looney Drayman Phillips Witnness London

Fatal Du el Inquiry Resumes In Marylebone Court

The inquiry into the death of Lieutenant-Colonel Fawcett of the 55th Regiment continued before Mr. Long. Attending were Mr. Gulliver's counsel and his sureties, with Lt. Col. Richardson, Capt. Oliver, Capt. the Hon. H. Pitt, and the Earl of March prominent in court. Isidore Blake, brother-in-law of the deceased, observed proceedings as Inspector Ages recalled earlier testimony from Ist and Sth inst, including statements by coachman Longman and Mr. Cotes’s servant Holland.

Richardson Oliver H. Pitt Earl of March Isidore Blake Fell Inspector Ages Jones S. Longman Munro Holland Cotes New-road Mr. Long Longman

Witnesses Describe Carriage Scene and Wounded Man

Magistrate questions witnesses about the attack scene near Brecknock Arms Camden Town. James Coop testifies to shots fired at dawn and identifying Holland and Lee guiding a brougham containing a wounded man, with Gulliver and a tall medical figure present. Cooper recalls a mahogany case and orders to forward the wounded to Saville Row, while others corroborate hearing gunfire and noting a duel implication.

Mr. Long Holland Colonel Fawcett Mr. Fell Aggs James Coop Carey-place Vauxhall-road Rhodes Lee Holloway Gulliver Brecknock Arms Mr. Gulliver Arty Camden Arms T. Lee Adam’s Place John Belford Belford Davis English Bodkin

Fraud Trial Reveals Impostor Lady In Pontefract

In Corroboration of a prior letter a woman admitted not being a Pontefract native. Lord Pollington questioned her while a police constable seized papers and slips listing MPs and constituents. Prosecutors allege a wholesale fraud scheme. the magistrate orders three months hard labor.

Parker Thomas Parker T. B. Manshatt Pontefract Hutting Viscount Pollington Lord Pollington

Lunatic in Court Over Violent Assault on Mary Anne Redmond

Thomas Wallace, an elderly man, was charged with brutal assault on Mary Anne Redmond at Canonbury Place Islington after chasing and tearing at her clothes in the presence of servants and a gardener. Evidence showed Wallace claimed derangement from white lead fumes and was remanded for care with a private settlement reached to avoid further punishment.

Broughton Mr. Broughton James Chaplin Cohen Canonbury-place Poelice Islington Old Friends’ Society Bellcourt Gray’s Inn Lane Flinn Gray’s-inn-lane Highbury

Waterloo Bridge Suicide Attempt and Trial at Union Hall

Ann Smith, a young woman, was brought before Mr. Cottingham on a charge of attempting suicide by leaping from Waterloo bridge. She recounted abuse by Hadaway, a steamboat captain, and claimed he ruined her when she was fourteen or fifteen. The magistrate ordered the girl released to her mother after admonishing Hadaway for his conduct and his role in the affair.

Taxspay Addams Jenner Queen’s Advocate Bayford Lushington Thomas Knox Holmes Holmes Lord Sussex Hodges Viscountess Frankfort Montmorency Count Frankfort of Viscount Frankfort Court OF Bankruptcy Monnar Mancarnet Epmann Evans Lord Huntingtower and Co Copeland Cooke Lord Lichfield Arlington Club Count D’orsay Lord Allen Lord Castlereagh Park Place Crockford Tattersall’s Dobson Palmer John Palmer James Farmer Middlesex Clarkson Wilde Lambcourt Clerkenwell Raphael Eagle-street J. Palmer Stevens Doctors’ Commons Lyon’s Inn Mary Farmer William Fitzgerald Worship Street Luke Dimond Cumberland Street Hackney-road Bingham Ann Smith Cottingham Waterloo Bridge William Skinner No.3 Warren Street Ratcliffe Somerset House Witness Lowry Surrey Samuel Hockaday Robert Lindsay Crawford Crawford Dublin London Ireland Grinsell L Division Commissioners of Police Vauxhall Westminster-bridge Robert Mrs. Lindsay Mr. Cottingham Lindsay Hiesway Roxssery John Tucker James Tucker John Okey No. 2 Clayton-place Kensington Houme Londonbridge St. Saviour’s Church Surrey Assizes

River Law Case Overcharges Thames Boatman at Brentford

William Franklin, a Thames boatman, faced magistrate Mr G Clive for demanding excess fare from Wm Delanous of Brentford. The court found the legal fare near half a crown, levied a fine of 20s with costs and 21 days imprisonment if unpaid, and the defendant was taken to the lock-up declaring himself a martyr.

Hammersmith William Franklin Thames G. Clive Wm. Delanous Brentford Delanous Hammersmith-bridge Clive Waterman’s Company Mr. Clive

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