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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Mar 11, 1838

Page

2

Fierce 1820s French Coastal Floods and Royal News

The sea rose along the French coast on the night of the 24th, flooding banks and dikes from La Vend ee to Medoc and washing away defenses near Gueriniere and Boyan. Reports also note unrest over Don Carlos and ambassadorial moves, with Toledo welcomes and Madrid palace tensions. International dispatches cover Hanover, Switzerland, Constantinople, and Chilean actions in Peru, plus Abd el Kader’s envoy in Algiers.

la Vendee Teef Gueriniere Paris Duke of Bordeaux Henry V Dos Carlos Spain Constitutionnel Mesager Don Carlos Gen Clouet Marshal Bourmont Madrid Aban Flinter Toledo Yebener Ayuntamiento Cabildo Alcantara Echauri Alava Carlos Estella Navarre Indicateur de Vittoria Espertero France Don Francisco Hanover Council of State Luzenburg Hildsheim Stade Marburg Gottingen M. Hugo Holeawd States General Grand Duchy of Hesse Navie Rhins Bel Prince William Frederic Henry Singapore Straits of Malacca Calcutta Swizerland Lausanne Geneva Nenichatel M. Fraisse Louis Napoleon Constance Celogne Posen Breslaw Prussia Berlin M. D’altenstein Cologne Constantinople Etters Redshid Bey Ahmed-F Thi Pacha London Pacha Marseiless Porte Mediterranean M. Bailly Syria Ibrahim Pacha Persia Teheran Frankfort Black Sea Gelendjick Poxunda Rambera Hagres William Ines Ior Caucasus St. Vladimir Chibei Peru Banco Valparaiso Arica Taena Customs House Eden Rover Blanco Acteeon Portemoeuth Rio de Janeiro Bahia Aprica Algiers Falton Toulon Abd-el-Kader Babazoun Abouderbach Louis Philippe Gaipane Daled Zeitoun

Widespread Poor Law Controversy and Local Misery News

A Monday meeting of guardians sparked a heated debate over medical branch changes in the union. Dr J P Johnson defended the profession against perceived frugal reforms. Reports describe workhouse distress, a Burrington churchyard expansion, and harsh treatment of a poor family in the Barrow district.

Atebama Board of Guardians J. P. Johnson Burrington Axminster Mir Waite Musbury Axe Barrow Basford Coleman Nottingham Busford Colonel Coape Bath William Eastman Astler Lion Hotel Timabury Magdalen Fields Meathers Berwick

Contested Canada Debate Prompted Brougham Sleep Comment

A day after a Lords debate on Canada, Lord Brougham visited Lord Sidmouth and quipped about the impact of the discussion. The irritable peer claimed to have woken Glenelg and added that he himself was sent to sleep.

Lords Canada Lord Brougham Lord Sfton Glenelg

Trial of the Fewinglurderers at Hertford court

In Hertford, on a pension day, Roach Fletcher and Sams faced trial for the murder of William Bennett. Witnesses described Bennett’s death on Scrab’s Field near Tewin and identified the three prisoners with varying degrees of certainty. Confessions from Sams and Fletcher detail planning and actions to rob Bennett, including the assault and theft of money and the watch, with further testimony about Bennett’s pension and the postcrime movements of the suspects.

Roach Fletcher Sams William Bennett Mise John Bennett Sutton Burnham-grees Joseph Shadbolt Scrub’s Bojamin Squires Pewin Scrub’s Field Aont Bennett Squires Davies John Davies Hertford Eoronar Tewin Charles Bassett Excise James Crawley Hertingfordbury Errington Deceased Taylor Henry Ewington Digswell Askour Witness Whiter’s Hill George Biten Abourer Welwyn Holly Bushes Sele Broom Wosed Bilton Reach Grolther Fietcher Charles Watson Wheelwright Tewin Upper Green Burnham Green Charles Thomas Wish Burmham Green William Plumb Fewin Scrab Panchett’s Wood Abraham Harding Mr. Thornton Joseph Shadtell Scrab’s Gate Hanigh Treanery William Treanery St. Andrew-street Bayford Ear House Henry Chesshyre Thomas Knight Trennery Gorge Byner Ludgate Hill John M. Carter Longatore Rosch Ryland Espinasse Justice Vaughan David Sams Rich Bennet Fieteher Beccause Benedett George Fletcher Sams A Trennery’s Preston Fair Nest Sama Preston Fair Thea Roach Tween Rwach Bath Mr. Chambers Adams Lapstead Gutteridge Park Lane Sass

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