The Late Fatal Duel Fourth Sitting Of The Coroner Jury
The coroner's inquest into Lieut con Fawcett's death continues with Sir Benjamin Brodie and Mrs. Lawford testifying. The proceedings reveal a fatal duel with Lt Munro, notes in Colonel Fawcett handwriting, and a plan to produce documents from Kensington. Mrs Fawcett remains ill in Sloane Street.
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David Lyner Fawcett
55Th Regiment
Camden Aras Tavern
Randolph-street
Camden Town
Munro
Royal Horse Guards
Camden Arms
Bodkin
Humphreys
Gulliver
Benjamin Brodie
Benjamin Collins Brodie
Saville-row
Westminster
David Lynar Fawcett
Fawcett
Colonel Fawcett
Gullive
Humphrress
B. Brodie
Sir B. Brodie
Mr. Munro
Sarah Lawford
No. 188
Sloane-street
Grant
Aggs
D. Trevor Grant
Great Portland Street
Col. Fawcett
Harriet Delamore
Lieutenant Munro
China
Sloane Street
Cuddy
Mr. Gulliver
Blake
Kensington
Thomas L. Williams
Haymarket
Syco
Duel inquiry fields more letters from Colonel Fawcett
Coroner and witnesses recount meetings and threats between Colonel Fawcett and Mr Munro over a June 30 duel plan. Eyewitnesses describe lodging, arrivals, and departures at Great Portland Street and Brighton, with letters from Lynar Fawcett detailing the quarrel and its resolution attempts.
Verdict of Wilful Murder at Marylebone Coroner’s Court
The coroner's inquest returns a verdict of Wilful Murder against Alexander Thompson Manro Duncan Trevor Grant and William Holland Leckie with George Gulliver found to be a second-degree principal as a medical attendant. Witnesses bound over. Gulliver to appear before magistrates next Monday. jury to sign the inquisition Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gulliver
Gulliver
Aggs
Mr. Cumberland
Mr.Foreman
Alexander Thompson Manro
Duncan Trevor Grant
William Holland Leckie
Daniel Cuddy
George Gulliver
Central Criminal Court
Marylebone
Blake
Colonel Tawcett
Humphreys
The French Republicans and the Irish Repealers
The Journal des Debats notes a Paris republican demonstration in support of Ireland and mocks attendees and Ledru Rollin's planned visit to O Connell. The National details the 14 July banquet with Arago and Ledru Rollin, urging France to aid Ireland, open a nationwide subscription, and warn England. Ledru Rollin accepts the mission, pledging to convey French sympathy and aid to the Irish repeal movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Journal Des Debats
Paris
M. Ledru Rollin
Ireland
M. Humbert
Humbert
Chamber of Peers
Marquis de Boissy
Dub
M. Guizot
MM. de Boissy
Dubouchage
Spain
Madrid
United Kingdom
Mendizabal
National
Bastille
England
Extreme Gauche
M. Jacques Laffitte
National Guard
Institute
Republicans
Rouen
Orleane
Chamber of Deputies
MM. Arago
Carnot
Ledru Rollin
de Courtais
Legendre
Viellard
Garnier Pages
Europe
New World
M. Garnier
l'Union du Parti
Orleans
Gauche
M. Marrast
M. Ledra Rullin
M. Ledru Rullin
Initjas
Physiologie de la Presse
Rédacteur En Chef du Journal Judiciaire
le Droit
Juris Conculte Estimable
Orateur Laborieux
Avocat Mediocre
Députe du
Governor seeks arrangement as staff resigns amid tensions
ATH. Maprio July 12 reports the governor meeting General Aspiroz to avoid collision that could cause floodshed. The general staff has collectively resigned. The Espectador notes a convention between Mendi Zabal and Manuel Salvador Lopez to insure interest payments on Three per Cents from December 1843 to June 1848, secured by Lopez’s assignments of quicksilver and guarantees from two Madrid mercantile houses. The contract, dated Madrid July 5, 1843, lists Joachin Fegosga, Manuel Gill de Santibanez, and Joseph Manuel Collado as securities. The Espectador’s copy circulated in town. Paris, July 18 reports the French g9-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ATH. Maprio
Aspiroz
I’spectador
M. Mendizabal
M. Manual Salvador Lopez
M. Lopez
Cuba
Madrid
M.lopez
D. Joachim Fegosga
Manuel Gill de Santibanez
Joseph Manuel Collado
E’spectador
Paris
United States
LiverPoo
Columbia
Garrick
New York
Tyler
Jefferson Brick
Dickens
Martin
New York Commercial Advertiser
Aft
Spencer
Mr. Tyler
Robert
Jonathan
New York Herald
O'Connell
Maine
Florida
Repeal Association
Bob Tyler
Mooney
Philadelphia
Irish Repeal Association
The
Philadelphia Ledger
Great Britain
Ireland
Atttorney
Legare
New England
Daniel Webster
Mr. Legare
Boston
Washington
Christina Cochrane
Gilman
Paisley
Liverpool
Porter
Pennsylvania
Beauharnois
Canada
St. Timothy
Montreal
Kentucky
Princeton
James F. Fitzmaurice
Hopskinsville
H. J. Harmon
Globe Tavern
Fitzmaurice
Harmon
Insurgent Movements Eyed as Madrid Crisis Deepens
Telegraphic dispatches report Marshal de Cecayo Castro leaving Barcelona with 4000 militia and artillery to fortify Chinca as a reserve to General Prim. Narvaez and Cortinez advance toward Madrid with battalions, cavalry, and artillery while divisions move from Vittoria and Pampeluna to Burgos. Madrid’s fate and the regent’s plan draw sharp scrutiny. rumors of martial law, queen’s escort, and resistance by Madrid authorities frame a tense political-military standoff.
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Vernment T
de Cecayo Castro
Barcelona
Chinca
Prim
Chacon
Narvaez
Madrid
Vittoria
Pampeluna
Burgos
Zurbano
Aa Moniteur
Penricnan
Majorca
Tacon
Balearic Islands
Cortinez
Lerida
Seu d'Urgel
Serrano
Concha
Cordova
Mequinenza
Molina
Calataynd
Castro
Catalonia
Maprio
Aspiroz
el Pardo
Baylen
Cadiz
Horse National Guard
Aspiraz
Puan
Andalusia
M. Mendizabal
M. Manuel Salvador Lopez
M. Lopez
Cuba
Journal Des Débats
Mendizabal
Urbina
Portugal fears unrest as Cortes declares blockade
Lisbon reports up to the 10th. Spain’s Cortes frigate has declared at Algeziras. Portugal tightens frontier controls and contemplates possible resignation of Duke de Palmella. Seville and other coast towns cut trade with Cadiz. confinement of the Queen of Portugal expected within a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Southampton
Spain
Portugal
Duke de Palmella
Cortes
Algeziras
Seville
Malaga
Barcelona
Valencia
Cadiz
Greek loan dividend proposal sparks ambassadors’ rebuff
Letters from Athens received at Ancona report King Otho’s ministers proposing to resume loan dividend payments from 1 May 1844. The ambassadors refused and demanded a restart date of 1 September. A conference was set for 27 June.
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Athens
Ancona
Otho
Excerpts from Sir William Nott on Afghan excesses
The letter replies to accusations against British troops in Afghanistan. Nott defends the army’s conduct at Ghuznee and Rosa, denies private property damage, argues no unresisting individuals were harmed, and asserts the army acted with forbearance. He notes Ghuznee fortifications were destroyed for security reasons and claims Mag Wellington era discipline upheld honour. He contrasts reports of plunder and murder as falsehoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly Chronicle
William Nott
Overland Mail
N. Carmarthen
Lucklow
India
Affghanistan
George Pollock
G.C.B
Ghuznee
England
Candahar
Guuzner
Palmer
Affghans
Rosa
Ghuznec
Cabul
Afghanistan
Statement by W Nort on Kabul occupation and government panic
The document records W Nort major-general asserting he informed the Indian government he could hold the country and told Lord Auckland in December 1840 of plans to re occupy Cabul with his force. He denounces English critics as a disgrace to a religious man and British officer, and signs as your obedient servant to Major-general J.R. Lamley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Auckland
Cabul
England
W. Nort
J.R. Lamley
Metropolis School Fair and Fire Archive in Old Kent Road
Reports describe a rain flower show and fete at LicEnsep Victuallers School on Old Kent Road with bands, a decorated marquee, and happy children. It also details the Blackwall railway fire and collapse of arches with heavy damage.
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Victuallers’ School
Kent Road
Blackwall
Messrs
Pinchin
Johnson
Stephenson
Borough Road
William Pritchard
Southwark
Lord Brougham
H. Kemble
E. Antrobus
Benjamin Wood
John Horton
St. George’s, Southwark
Ewart
M.P
George Wait
London Correr and Eatine House Kcreens’ Association
Anderton's
Fleetstreet
Marshall
Abbot
Lord Grosvenor
Air. Hare
Kirton
City-road
Michael Barrett
James Tye
Messrs. Craven and Co
Duncan-street
Whitechapel
Meno
Tye
Barrett
London Hospital
Gloucester-ward
Ward
Gardener
Hamilton
Andrews
Adams
Foley
Virginia Street Chapel
Craven
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Clarke
William
55Th Regiment of Foot
Holland
Mr. Cuddy
Brighton
Mr. Grant
John Smith
Knightsbridge Barracks
Hyde-park Barracks
Manro
Edward Hayward
Regent’s Park Barracks
John Holland
Charles Longman
Portland Street
Brecknock Arms
Lynar Fawcett
Mr. Blake
Tsay
Lynan Fawcett
Humphreys Rose
Mr. Humphreys
the Weekly Chronicle
Foreign Intelligence
Greece
West Indies
West India
Peninsula
Fatmoura
Royal Mail
Tweed
Sharp
St. Thomas’s
Bermuda
Fayal
Severn
St. Thomas's
Guadaloupe
Antigua
Lord Elgin
Jamaica
Lady Elgin
West India Islands
Gibraltar
Oporto
Vigo
Der
Ephorial Danners
Vicksburgh
Hagan
Vicksburgh Sentinel
Mississippi
Locofoco
Fattex
Champroy
Jams Hagan
Murge
Sentinel
Jackson
Ariel
Governor Tucker
Samuel Butterworth
Fathy Matthews
Solicitor Adams
Graves
Freeman
Tucker
George Adams
Mississippian
Southron
the Metropolis
Erdigh Afr
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