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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 07, 1837

Page

3

Desperate Assault at Stratford Ends with Trial

Thomas Cornell a Stratford carpenter faced final examination for attempting to cut the throat of Mary Ann Austin on April 12. Witnesses described the assault at his house and in the governor's room at Ilford gaol before Essex magistrates.

Thomas Cornell Stratford Mary Ann Austin Ilford Wm. Davis Wm. Pearse County of Essex Dr. Maiden Witness William Hogg Stratford-green Greening Johnson James Thomas Vallance Stratford-greer Anatia Mr. Vallance Nome Central Criminal Court Sadame Aisertazzi London Francis Howson Signor A. Costa M. Costa Madame Citadini Argyle-rooms King’s Theatre Signor Grazziani Signor Albertazzi Signor Costa Brighton Mr. Rolandi Berners-street Milan Madrid Paris Turin Booksellers’ Festival New York Washington Irving Samuel Rogers Irving Mr. Rogers America Great Britain Rogers Halleck Mr. Irving Suppen Bolton William Heywood Black Bull Bradshawgate Brighton Gazette Scotland England Paley Carlisle Church of England Grant Thorburn Galt Lawrie Todd Providence Trieste Lestere Symrna Hydra Santorino Greece Bury Walshaw-lane Sudren Butholt Stanley-street

Edge of a Ragor and Social Mayhem Across Nations

A miscellany of notes recounts a Magazine of Popular Science claim about the edge of a ragor approximating a mathematical line unseen under a microscope. Other items report a Hall of Science meeting opposing flogging in the military and detailing abuses in the 17th Lancers. The capture of the Vesta by Gaboon natives is described with killings and plunder, alongside local curiosities and humorous exchanges about dyspepsia and diplomacy.

Magazine of Popular Science Hall of Science Richard M‘cormick 17Th Lancers Thompson Richard M‘ Cormick Hogan Hull William Harper Quale East Indies William Melsop Armagh Barret John Champagney Dundalk Law Puyste Josiah Eldad Governor Ball Slickville Josy Webster Comfort Payne Areebap Liverpool St. Clara Gabeon Purcell Jocker’s Purcel Jocker's Point Clara John Cabrew Halliburton Richard Lawlin Susan Elizabeth New York Cabrow Gaboon Susan Elizabeth Hopewell Vesta Carpenter Lawlin Qua Ben Prince William King Glap Jake Casels Clara Pureel America

Gentleman Jack and a Sailor's Tale from a Fleet Mutiny

A caustic review of a 1837 naval novel linking mutiny at the Nore to Tory governance, with vivid extracts including Leavitt and Barebones, a Bristol medicine spoof by Sawyer, and a Boz Pickwick teaser. The piece blends literary critique with episodic humor and social commentary.

Gentleman Jack Cavendish London Colburn Peregrine Pickle the Nore Chapel Chapman and Hall Newgate-street Boz Sam Weller Pickwick Fleet Prison Mr. Winkle Bristol Robert Sawyer Esquire Guy’s Hospital Lant Street Bob Sawyer Mr. Winkie Sawyer Neckemort Rob Sawyer Sam Benjamin Allen Boo Sawyer

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