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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 24, 1841
Page
3
Ashore they leaped into a boat intended for landing when a sea struck and capsized it. Five were rescued by a passing vessel, but one named Cole disappeared and was not recovered. Deceased left a wife and six children. Essex Herald reports the tragedy.
Military strength in Ireland on the 15th shows Royal Artillery 111,629 ranks and files total across all arms. In Downhill and Bushmills regions, mobs of Orangemen attacked towns, erected arches, fired guns, and chanted anti Catholic phrases, with attacks on a widow and schools, prompting fear of further clashes and calls for protection.
In Scotland’s Perth a large gathering of nearly 500 noblemen and gentlemen marked a liberal demonstration at a dinner honoring the right Hon. Fos Maule. Reports from Glasgow, Dumfries, Jedburgh, and Edinburgh note accompanying ceremonies, dignitaries, and the absence of the Duke and Duchess of Richmond.
A garbled reminiscence recalls Thomas Lawrence and billiards, noting a reply about not playing for money and high bets. The speaker mentions giving up and past matches with the Duke of Poer, reflecting on past games, challenges, and shared wry moments.
A stark critique of London slums in Drury Lane and surrounding parishes. It details sublet schemes that profit from desperate tenants, the filthy conditions, and how lodging houses corrupt youths into theft and prostitution, painting a grim portrait of urban misery and social neglect.
A river excursion ends in tragedy as a party of seven, including Benjamin Harbour and Caroline Stedman, are thrown into the Thames when a wherry is driven into a pier near Westminster bridge. Three drown, four rescued. two survivors treated at a doctor’s home, one woman later in Middlesex Hospital.
Rudolph Kuihnapfel, a tailor, was executed by the wheel for the murder of Bishop Von Hatten and his housekeeper at Frauenburgh. The scene drew over 10,000 spectators, mostly women, as the sentence was carried out near Elbing on the morning of the seventh. The prisoner confessed, received the sacrament, and met death with composure.
A printer named Brownjohn, visiting near Gravesend, leaped to seize the reins of a driverless cart to avert harm to ten to twelve children playing on the road. He suffered a compound fracture and other injuries but survived, aided by the inn landlord and medical help before being transported to Gravesend and London.
In London, the literary chronicle reviews Legends of Many Lands by William Brittain, praising the sixpence volume for four or five tales per number. The excerpt centers on a tale of Madrid courtship, exile, Manuela the manola, and a widowed countess Inez describing a love triangle, secrecy, jealousy, and a dramatic revelation set against Spanish social mores.
A Spanish nobleman seeks to marry Inesilla Moralés, widow of Don Miguel, after a dramatic revelation in which Manuela, the manola, dies from poison and exposes a web of seduction. The count’s past ensnares them, but M. Longpré pledges protection as he marries the widow.
In 1541 on the Stour near Canterbury two men meet a mysterious elder who offers a gem ring with a single condition. Edward Fitzallen buys the ring and its strange glow hints at dark fate, as Stephen Montague warns of pride. Edward faces his bargain amid plans with Agatha Fondlove and family ahead.
Edward and Agatha wed amid joy and gifts yet encounter a sinister old man with rings claiming a debt. A dramatic night at the dwarf oaks ends with a blaze and vanishings, leaving only scorched oaks and blighted ground by the Stour. the couple, Stephen, and Agatha’s father vanish. The tale links to the legend of the Devil's River and a sacred musical note on later pages.
A June letter from Tallahassee depicts violence and fevers in the region near Santa Petra, recounts a mutilated Alabama acquaintance, and notes enduring illness and moral gloom amid plenty of fish and game. A Paris flower girl conceals spirits of wine, smuggled beneath a false bottom, sparking a police arrest. Aboa constrictor attack at a zoological garden ends with the keeper narrowly saved. the constrictor’s strength and a close call are described, with the keeper recovering.
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