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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 25, 1844

Page

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Derby at Epsom Under Police and Gambling Tension

Report on racing day at Epsom notes Sir James Graham’s crackdown on gambling booths, police pressure, and a chaotic course. It details crowd movement, betting prices, and the Derby result with Running Rein winning and Leander's injury, plus aftermath and international updates.

James Graham Epsom London and Croydon Southampton Kingston Stoat'n Nest Tottenham Corner Bertine Ratan Rein Ionian Orlando Leander Akbar Momus J. Day Crockford Bowes G. Heathcote Ford J. Osborne Moi Charles Lord G. Bentinck Cro’ Oil A. Hill Beaumont Lichtwald Westminster Hall

Extensive sale planned for south side of Buckeridge and Ivy streets

Commissioners of woods and forests order sale of about seventy houses on the south side of Buckeridge street and Ivy street St Giles to clear decayed blocks in the locality. Many houses in the Rookery are said to be worth under five pounds each. Lord Huntingdon grants twenty acre cottier plots in Waterford land dispute resolution. Rev Thomas Dale to leave St Sepulchre parish after sixteen years as lecturer and advocate for the Clothing Fund.

Commissioners of Woods and Forests Oxford Street Holborn Buckeridge-street Ivy-street St. Giles’s Lord Huntingdon Waterford Charnley Cottiers Thomas Dale St. Sepulchre Ascnraines Protection Society Crosby-hall Bishopsgate-street W. Cowper M.P Dr. Burnett Hodgkin M.D Society of Friends M. Cadotte London Globe Hadson’s Bay Pacific Guiana United States Africa Tz Nationa Tsmprgaxck Society National Temperance Association Exeter Ball Temperance Friends of the Cause J. S. Buckingham Benjamin Rothh Sherman Evans Thompson Cource Missionary Society West London Church Missionary Association Hanover Square Prince Albert Tax Peace Society Finsbury Chapel Moorfields Switzerland America Belgium France Herefordshire Society Freemasons Bacon Robert, Pulsford Clive Herefordshire Ashmole Messrs Sporle Edney Lloyd Jones Ones Cauren The Incorporated Society For St. Martin's Place Trafalgar-square Canterbury Sugar Corree Curizs Viscount Combermere Willis Mackinnon Manilla Sugar Deats Baker Blue Anchor Anchor-street Bethnal Green James Beazley Elizabeth Mayhew Hare-street Edward Moore Hackney Road Metropolis Thames Whitehall-place Earl of Lonsdale Ashworth Austin Carpenter Cox Holmes J. M‘adam Kensington Brentford Isleworth Tyburn Uxbridge Highgate Hampstead Stamford Hill Green Lanes Seven Sisters City Hackney Leebridge Levi Bolton Harrow Tame Kilburn Edgeware Hands St. David's Ely-place J. R. Williams Dover Dustin Nenagh James Hickey Hanly Greenhall John Cooke Nowlan Rogerea Hickey Cooke Clonmel Moylan Inevana College Street James Crassan Bank of Ireland Arthur Murray John Irwin P James Harding Lennon Harding Poriey England Repreal Association W. Gernon John O'Connell Wisconsin Watertown Hamilton Gore West Canada Buffalo New York Halifax Nova Scotia Providence Rhode Island Fawnriver Massachusetts Philadelphia Robert Tyler J. O'Connell Texas Tyler Steele Ireland Duke of Leinster Marquis of Downshire T.N. Redington Marquis of Lansdowne F. Shaw Robert Peel Marquis of Clanricarde T. Vesey T. Wyse Downshire Earl of Devon Lord Adare G. A. Hamilton Dustin Garrison Garrigon John Cordery Carrickfergus Gaol Dodd 60Th Regiment 66Th Regiment Suh Flinter Cordery 66Th Stoke Buckinghamshire Land Commission Court of Chancery Lord Devon Marquis of Waterford Curraghmore Patrick Hallinan Glin Limerick Bianconi

Accidents on the Antwerp and Brussels Railway

A severe crash near Antwerp on Friday left about forty injured and several dead as carriages toppled after a rail bolt failed. The wreck involved English passengers. one wounded man was treated at St Elizabeth hospital before moving to a private home. The incident prompted critique of carriage design and rail maintenance.

Brussels Antwerp St. Elizabeth

Escape plan noted for Prussian rail passengers

Carriage doors unlocked allowed many to escape including the author and a friend. The writer suggests noting the incident may prompt Prussian authorities to use the same approach, though currently all passengers remain locked in to face the consequences of the accident.

Bologna executions stir British outrage over papal rule

A private letter recounts a military tribunal in Bologna sentencing 50 youths to death or long galley terms after a failed mountain insurrection. Six, aged 21 to 23, were executed by firing squad on May 7. The writer urges Britain to pressure the papal government via the press to halt such oppression.

Papal States Botoera Staro Ponttetoro Bologna England Romagna Ala Gregorina Liberta Provisiona Prato di St. Antonio Riza Pasha Roneali Great Britain Stato Pontificio

Polish Jews Face Mandatory Military Service

Hamburg papers report Poland plans to levy Jewish recruits from all governments this month with no exemptions. The move, amid widespread Jewish lament, is to enforce compulsory military service across the kingdom as ordered by authorities.

Potedam Poland

Wreck and gale havoc along the coast and in Dover

The coast endures a violent storm with easterly gales driving ships from Dover to the Downs. A schooner foundered off South Foreland with all hands lost, while a brig and other vessels were driven ashore or damaged. Ports at Ramsgate Dover Folirstone and Sandgate bay report dozens of ships seeking shelter as crews struggle against high seas.

Downs Dover South South Foreland Dover Roads Ramsgate Folirstone Sandgate Bay

Algeria Fray as Duke d Aumale Handled in Fog Battle

The Ka byles clashed with Duke d Aumale's column on the 24th in dense fog. Arabs fled the Goum flank with significant French losses, including Lieutenant-Colonel Gallias. Two artillery pieces were recovered. D Aumale was saved by a field officer. Bad weather and disease hindered the expedition toward Dellys.

Algeria Marseilles Kabyles d’Aumale Gallias Marshal Bugeaud Dellys Algiers

Prussia PM changes as Alvensleben resigns

The King accepts Count Von Alvensleben's resignation from his cabinet post but keeps him in the state council. Count Von Bodelschwingh becomes finance minister, with Chief President Floattwell also appointed to finance. Empress of Russia expected May 22, to visit Landsburgh May 21 night.

Madrid M. Armero Narvaez Barcelona England France Duke de Glucksberg Count Bresson Paris Marquis de Villama General Armero Ciudad Rodrigo Salamanca Count de Bomfim Borgo de Osma San Prussia Berlin Count von Alvensleben Council of State Br. von Bodelschwingh Count Alvensleben Floattwell Russia

Harbour of Refuge site eyed after Brighton deputation

A government commission led by admirals and officers surveyed Seaford Bay and Newhaven to assess breakwater options from Woolnore to Seaford Head and consider a harbour of refuge. The party noted 25 windbound ships in the bay and may select Seaford Bay for a harbour of refuge. The group planned to proceed to Portland Roads and Plymouth.

Brighton Newhaven Albion Hotel Windon Howard Douglas Byam Martin Dean Dundas Aldergon R.E J. H. Pelly Robert Raikes W. Symonds Colquhoun Westmacott Fisher Washington Eastbourne Woolnore Seaford Head Henry Shiffoer Cole William Stevens Franklyn Seaford Bay Portland Roads Plymouth Bristol Great Britain Canterbury Daniel Dixon Moldash Faversham Norwich Phenix Kent E. Knight Godmersham Dixon Devizes John Philpot Devizes Union Dorset Lyme Regis Leavington Chard Winfreth Dorchester Stoke St. Mary Redford Sherborne Thornford Earl of Digby Longfleet Poole Woodford London Road Trowbridge Guernsey Namba Gurrassy Napier Tupper Ozanne Carré Burge Stuart Wortley James de Saumarez William Collings Guille London Guernsey Star Oxford Charles Marriott Oriel College James Garbett Garbett Marriott J. H. Newman Regius Macmullen Bathurst New College Lingen Balliol

Execution in Nenagh and Crime Trials Across Ireland

Reports from Nenagh detail the execution of James Hickey and John Cooke for murder, with family farewells noted. Additional items cover a Bank of Ireland fraud case, assize postponements, charity appeals from America, and various Irish crime and public notices.

Scottish church funds reported and Brown pardon news

The free church reports total funds of about £31 790 with later subscriptions pushing near £32,000 for education India home missions colonies Jews and regional totals. A letter from British Consul in Charleston confirms John L Brown pardoned for aiding a slave escape in South Carolina. Both kirk and free kirk assemblies adjourn with no major business, Dr Candlish attacking secularism.

General Assembly Assembly of the Free Church Makellar Board of Missions and Education India Home Mission Sutherland Totel Upwark Jonn L. Brown Edinburgh John L. Brown South Carolina United States Charleston Winnsborough William ‘Ogitpy North P.S Scotland John Urquhart The Kirk Free Kirk Candlish Free Assembly S’useyiem

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