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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 13, 1843

Page

2

Siege and relief actions amid riverine defense detailed

The report recalls a February morning defense of an agency post where Captain Conway and a 15th regiment detachment resisted with limited ammunition. Officers and soldiers held the line until evacuation to a steam boat, preserving lives, while the garrison’s discipline and restraint under bombardment are praised. later, honors are conferred on Portock and Norr for their roles in broader campaigns and a formal Bath investiture occurs at Agra.

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Metropolis Social Meets Discuss Sailors Moral Cause

A crowded public meeting at the Hall of Commerce Threadneedle Street, chaired in Hindley's absence by George Frederick Young, considered the Baritisa and Foneren Sattors' Society aims to spread moral and religious instruction to sailors. The balance sheet showed last year’s income of £2,287 12s 4d with liabilities over £900. Clergymen urged retrenchment. resolutions in support were carried unanimously.

Baritisa Foneren Hall of Commerce Threadneedle-street Charles Hindley Req M.P George Frederick Young Esa Ferguson Burrisa Fuzzicx Seaper Society Exeter Lord J. Russell Lord Monteagle Earl Fitzwilliam C. Hindiey Colonel Fox W. Smith B. Nuel J. Burnet Reid John Russell England Dr. Reid Baptist Noel Alder Wesleyan Society Lord's Pay Society Winchester London Freemasonshall Great Queen-street Plumptre Salisbury Thomas Wilson Fishbourne R.N Saumarez Preston J. Davis T. Baylee Mencaant Seamen's Capuan Asylum London Tavern Bishopsgate Street Bathe Breadie Earl of Haddington J. H. Pelly Lushington John Walter Notingham M‘gregor Board of Trade Fraser F. Young Nelson Trinity House East India Company J. Walter H. Nelson Navan Asp Military Beatre Society Hanover Square Rooms Marquis Cholmondeley Ilfery Woolwich Plymouth New York Abodle Chester Portsmouth Birmingham Whitehaven Amsterdam Nova Scotia Madras Northwich Uxbridge Dudley Etruria Inland Navigation Society R. P. Bernard Leighton T. Walker Sir Edward Parry E. Sidney Jenkin Jones T. H. Davis Trinity Church Nottingham St. James's Street B. Macaulay Marquis of Lansdowne Viscount Morpeth Earl of Carnarvon Mount Stuart Elphinstone George Staunton, Bart J. Pirie W. Heygate Recorder J. Shaw James Shaw Baronet Matthew Wood Chamberlain T. B. Heath Bank of England Corporation Alderman Thompson John Pirie Stevens William Heygate Wm. Heygate Lord Morpeth Duke of Cleveland House of Lords Iis City of London William ‘Heypate Albion Tavern Alderngate-street Lord Skelmersdale Archdeacon Wilberforce Lrtenant Fund Diaxes Freemasons Duke of Sutherland Lincoln Foas Her Russia Prussia Exeter Hall M‘ghso H. Stowell Ireland Earl of Galloway Morgan Loxcox Missionary Society London Missionary Society George Grey Bart Church of England Reading Hindley John Bickersteth J. J. Freeman West Indies Payne Mintstreet Southwark Nathaniel Thomas Rutter William Evans St. George-the-Martyr Williamsplace Webber-street Baldwin L Division Evans Robert Suffolk Sizewell-gap Aldborough Sigewell Bank W. H. Walters Robert of E.S.E Coast-Guard Menu I. Greenhow and Co Greenlows and, Co Convac Thomas Thompson Newcastle Coastguard Walters Admiralty Greenwich George Smith County of Kent Smith Chapel George Sturton Sonthe Charlotte-street Fitzroy-square Keable Col. Fead Tony Anti Com Law League Clarence Inn Lower Islington Bowring Islington Anti Corn Law Branch Stead Harsent Storrer Sidney Smith League Baker Three Crowns East-road Shoreditch Thomas Edward Blakeney Vincent-street Old-street-road Watson Shoreditch Workhouse Sir Herbert Taylor Robert Joseph Cummins Mayo Captain Blakeney Paxos Ionian Islands Sir Edward Blakeney Howard Douglas St. Bartholomew's Hospital George Fewins Scholes Milton-street Cripplegate Fore-street Curry

Education clashes over Sunday schooling and secular knowledge

A wide range of speakers at a London meeting attacked compulsory education and the Factory Bill while defending voluntary Sunday schools and religious instruction. They warned that state control could curb religious and moral education and urged continued support for Sunday schools.

Poisoning deaths in Glamorganshire prompt inquiry

In Laleston Bridgend authorities probe the deaths of Mr Howell and nurse Jane Hurry. Arsenic found in Howell stomach after exhumation. Jane Hurry’s stomach shows poison effects though no arsenic detected. Evidence implicates Mrs Thomas and husband while witness John Morgan recounts tampering and fear, with motives tied to inheritance and reversionary interest.

Glamoerganshire Langstox Laleston Bridgend Howell Jane Hurry Herapath Bristol Jane Harry W. Pritchard H. L. Pritchard Abraham Verity Mr. Herapath Thomas John Morgan Lewis Abs Morgan

Welsh beer poisoning case shocks Glamorganshire

The statement links poisoning to a beer drawn from a cask at a house where Margaret Matilda Lewis and Mrs Thomas were present. Servants describe powders, treacle, and kissing the ill man while inquiries continue. Magistrates hold back further details as excitement spreads through Glamorgan and the whole principality of Wales.

Margaret Matilda Lewis Edward Lewis John David Glamorganshire Principality of Wales

Ireland in Distress as Levy Warfare Spreads Across Counties

Reports detail lawful seizures and pricey distress costs under the Gaultier system in Waterford and surrounding areas. The piece covers rising opposition to the Poor Law Bill, the Curragh assembly for repeal, and a brutal murder of magistrate John Gatchell near Clonbullogue with seven wounds and a young family left behind.

Nate Campatey Fretano Gaultier Waterford Lord Eliot House of Co . Waterford Maileahan Ublin Curnacuw Kilige Corn-exchange O'Connell Kildare Meath Dublin Tuam Board of Guardians D. Tally Waterford Mirror Tramore Guinness Bautar Murper Ay Intse Macistrats Leinster Express Ireland John Gatchell Coolegegan King's County Clonad Saunders Coole- Gegan Rathangan Portarlington Clonbullogue

Split Glasgow presbytery divides in two factions

Glasgow Chronicle notes the Presbytery of Glasgow has split into two rival sections both claiming to be the true presbytery. The assembly faces numerous commissions and unclear majorities, risking unfair judgments on disputed cases.

Presbytery Glasgow Presbytery of Glasgow Chronicle James Clark Stockwell-street Royal Infirmary Mackartur Murpgener Carneally A. Young James Graham Her Mackay Victoriou Coatbridge Hamilton Mary M‘millan Brock Langloan Airdrie Coat-dyke Old Monkland

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