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Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 18, 1841

Page

5

Modes of Registration in Cities and Boroughs

The text outlines voter eligibility under the English Reform Act for urban male residents, detailing requirements to vote by property value of £10, residence within seven miles, and obligations to pay the poor's rate and window tax by specified dates. It covers lodgers, landlords, and notice procedures, with deadlines for lists, objections, and claims to be rated, plus steps to obtain or lose registration.

Mersons London Guildhall Royal Exchange N.B House of Émmons Reby Westminster Anceabens

Moreton Dyer and the Prisoner Medhurst affair

A long correspondence from Mr. Moreton Dyer explains his relations with prisoner Medhurst at the Middlesex House of Correction. Letters to Lord Normanby and the lord chancellor recount Dyer’s attempts to aid Medhurst, the improper nature of those efforts, and the resulting removal from the commission of the peace.

Devonshire-place House Middlesex Westminster Medhurst Sor Normanby Lord Normanby Clerkenwell Fillary House of Correction Bull H.C. Moreton Dyen Marquis of Normanby Haines Commission of the Peace Bruton-street Dyer Home Department House of Lords Commission London and Westminster Insurance Society Bruton Street Insurance Society Edmond Argyle-chambers Argyle-place John Edmond

Singular Charge of Shooting at Oxford Woman

In Oxford on July 13 a 19 year old printer's apprentice, William Eden, stood trial for maliciously shooting at Hannah Reeves alias Emme Bennett with intent to murder. The case described a later attempt to shoot the prosecutrix after a day of intoxication and provocation, with witnesses detailing the altercation at Jericho and a thwarted pistol scene at the Prince Albert. The jury returned not guilty after considering whether the act was a drunken frolic or an actual intent to kill.

Oxforp F. W. Lee Oxford Emme Bennett Jericho St. Thomas Mary Ann Bryant Bryant Prince Albert Albert F. V. Lee Reeves Coleridge

Riots and steam-boat dispute plague early 19th century England

The report chronicles nightly arson and property destruction across England after the Tory departure, with proclamations offering rewards for fire raisers and a military presence increasing in disturbed districts. It also covers a Mansion House tribunal over the New Greenwich Steam-Packet Company, where claimed overcharging passengers at Woolwich led to a compensatory refund and charitable donation.

England Lewes Scott Government Police Gazette Nathan Jones Blaen-y-Cwm Trevethin Monmouth Henry Morgan Monythuslwyn Monmouthshire Peter Peters Llanfynfydd Llandilo Carmarthenshire Charles Powell Navigation Inn Crumlin Joseph Barritt Benjamin Whittle Stainland Barkisland Halifax Yorkshire James Malay Thomas Colwell Michael Hand Fleetwood-on-Wyre Lancashire John Bloomfield John Smith Maidstone Kent James Hume Slater Perthshire William Milne Hatter Glasgow George Everett New Greenwich Steam Navigation Company Thomas Samuel Woolwich Savauel Hungerford Stairs Greenwich Everett Waterloo-bridge Woodwich Steampacket Company Samuel

Shipwreck tale and peril amid London disasters

A selection of perilous incidents from the era includes the Pollux disaster where Dr. Alertz and companions escaped in a small boat after the Montegibello collision, a Pimlico fire damaging grand interiors, a fatal street accident and a harbor barge tragedy. Reports cover railway earthfall near Fareham, a river drowning, a suicide attempt from Blackfriars Bridge, convicts buried by sand, and a fatal chaise accident on St George's Road with multiple injuries and a coroner's verdict of accidental death.

Montegibello Mae Alertz Huieeitrann Ahiore Prince de Camine GiDesraverive Batox-squane Pimlico Staritonnes Pimlico J. R. Hayes Faton-Square Rupert Street Haymarket Cranbourne Alley Regent Street French St. James's Parish St. James's Poland Street Fatan Accinens Phenix Gas-Works Bankside Southwark William Snell Southwark-bridge Blackfriars-Bridge Western Police Bailey Fata Royal Arsenal Patrick Derry Scotland Vincent-place Islington Broughton Worship-street Ellis Attenborough Crown Street Finsbury Trengric Kingston Richmond East Sheen Byng Samuel Garbett Fareham F. Smith St. Grance's Road Payne Gibraltar St. George's Road Anne Elizabeth Purfleet John Crawford Prospect-place St. George’s Road Elephant and Castle Walworth-road Pope Gelatly Henningham Atchelor Paddington George Killingham Grafton-street Fitzrdy-square John Coyly London-road

Quadrilateral China Razor Sharpener advertised

Eases shaving with Elsas B and S C Cowran’s invaluable quadrilateral razor sharpener. Simple process sharpens blunt razors or penknives and reduces irritation. Specimens shown at Royal Polytechnic Institution and Royal Adelaide Gallery. Available at No 164 Fenchurch Street and through perfumers across the United Kingdom. Prices listed 5s 6d, 7s 6d, and 9s 6d. Also Cowran’s Cantonato Strop Paste offered at 6d, 3s, and 2s per packet.

Elsas Cowvan Royal Polytechnic Institution Royal Adelaide Gallery Lowther-arcade Cowran’'s Fenchurch-street London Messrs. Barclay and Sons Warringdon-street United Kingdom Jenner Stinchcombe Gloucestershire John Maynard Berkeley BE. J. Carter Slimbridge Bristol Cathedral W. Joyner Ellis Hsq County of Gloucester Long Royal Hotel Clifton Sherborn Mornington, Place Hampstead Road Wm. Woollwright Bretherton North John-street Liverpool N.B Sarah Merrett Pike Government

Grimstone's Eye Snuff Promoted by Royal Patronage

An 1840 advertisement touts Grimstone's Eye Snuff as a universal restorer for eye and head ailments with royal endorsement from Her Majesty and the Duchess of Kent. It includes testimonials from Mrs L S Brewer and E Robson, cautions on genuineness, and lists prices and distribution details across London and other towns.

H.R.H Duchess of Kent the Treasury Grimstone G. J. Guthrie F.R.S L. S. Brewer Edge Terrace Kensington Grimatone Alexander Broadstreet Bloomsbury L.S. Brewer T. W. Grimstone Bell-street Edgeware-road Marylebone E. Robson W. Grimstone Broad-street King-street Long-acre London

Hygeian System of Medicine Promotes Self Cure Reform

The Hygeian system advocates universal access to Morison's medicines at low cost, arguing it cures many diseases via a single blood and fluid imbalance theory. Critics in the medical profession oppose it, while supporters urge trials at the Exeter Hygeian Dispensary under Richard Tothill.

Morison Exeter Richard Tothill Heavitree British College of Health Hamilton-place New-road King’s-cross London Trinidad West Indies Mickson Hamiton-place King's-cross

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