Man charged with murder after household razor incident
The coroner’s inquest finds William John Marchant guilty of wilful murder over a kitchen razor used in a crime. The jury rejects malice as absent, despite initial juror doubts, and Marchant is committal to Newgate for trial. The case highlights legal standards for manslaughter versus murder.
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William John Marchant
Newgate
Moran
Lawrence
Cadigan-place
Shepherd’s Bush
Hammersmith
Windsor
Extraordinary and Mysterious Murder in Wales
The narrator recounts discovering a dead young woman on a Welsh hillside near Plinlimmon. A knife wound to the left breast suggests foul play, with no clear identification or clues found in her attire or purse. The scene centers on a mountain inn and a couple who vanished, leaving mystery surrounding their identities and fate.
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Plinlimmon
Stedva Carrig
Dreas
Diary Memoranda for Present May 26 to June 1
A diary notes daily events and civil calendar data from May 26 Trinity Sunday to June 1 detailing scripture readings, day length 16 hours, and high tides at London Bridge. It records historical anniversaries such as Charles II’s birth and the restoration in 1660, Pope death in 1744, and the 1814 Paris peace. It also tracks sun rise and set times and nautical high-water marks for each day.
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Suxvay
Martin
John v
London-bridge
Wednespar
Charles II
Oliver Cromwell
High Water
Medical Admonitions and Home Remedies in Chroncle Letters
A medical editor responds to reader queries with home remedies and cautions. The column covers tonics, tinctures, ointments, and dietary advice, urging professional consultation for complex cases and private correspondence for follow ups.
Amaryllide Plants Featured In Cottage Garden Notes
A garden section discusses Amaryllideae with crinum giganteum the Cape Coast Lily and Amaryllis varieties including formosissima and belladonna. It covers cultivation tips, timing for shifting offsets, planting media, warmth, and flowering periods from March to September, plus notes on taxonomy and habitat adaptations along with miscellaneous reader remarks on lilies and related flora.
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Cape Coast
Africa
Brazils
Portugal
Murderers of M Pozzo di Borgo Shot Near Ajaccio
The Journal de Bastia reports that Pozzo di Borgo’s murderers were tracked down and shot near Ajaccio by the Corsican Voltigeurs fourth company after a long clash in which a soldier was killed and another seriously wounded.
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Journal de Bastia
M. Pozzo di
National Gallery Portraits to be Engraved for a New Series
The Weekly Chronicle launches the National Gallery a set of engraved portraits of eminent public men and notable royal figures. It outlines publication order pricing and biographical memoirs, with artists named, steam-powered production, and aims to elevate public taste and national pride.
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WeEkly Chronicle
Wrekly Chronicler
National Gallery
Senate
Queen Victoria
Teu Weekly Chronicle
Nationa Gaxuerr
Weekly
Chronicle
Portrait of the Duke of Wellincton in Narrowan Gallery
Trade notice from Weekly Cornnticle proprietors announces first July delivery of Portraits No I in the Narrowan Gallery, up to two hundred thousand copies. London agents must include the same number of papers next week when orders are placed. subscribers urged to enter names now to avoid disappointment as memoirs accompany the issuance.
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Stanhope
Columba
Weekly Chronicle
T. Carter
Stockport
Newcastle
Bacelot
Cannington
Jamenr Stuart
Philo
R. V
A.W
Nottingham
M.jakeon
Maria M
National Gallery
Nationa Gallery
United Kingdom
Comrontcle
Duke of Wellincton
London
William Cowper Re-elected MP for Hertford After Contested Race
The Times notes the Hertford contest ended with William Cowper returning as Whig candidate. It cites his candor about opponents, Tory reactions, ministerial despotism concerns, and Liberal support forming after his stance on the £10 Household Franchise and Ratepaying Clauses. Voters faced intimidation from Conservatives amid a busy canvass.
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William Cowper
Hertford
Cowper
Robert Peel
Commons
Duke of Wellington
Lords
Manufacturing Districts Distress and Reform in Chartism Era
The article critiques distress in Manchester area manufacturing districts, linking short time work to Chartism and arguing for pragmatic reform. It endorses constitutional change over violence, praises Liberal leaders like Lord Durham and Grey, and calls for reconciliation, economic reform, and colonial land use to ease tensions.
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Oldham
Manchester
Mr. Stephens
Weekly Chronicle
O’briens
Feargus O’connors
England
London
Liverpool
Bath
Sheffield
Birmingham Journal
Fussell
Brown
Wales
Charles Wynn
Paris
Surprise in London as narrow majority decides seat
The London result remained uncertain until late as the poll stayed open to the final minute. Mr. Cowper benefited from family ties and his declarations against the Finality Principle, with help from Mr. Duncombe of Finsbury during the last 24 hours. had Cowper followed earlier pledges, over 40 voters who swung the margin might have stayed away.
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London
Cowper
Duncombe
Finsbury
Tory Radicalism in a Liberal Review
A critical piece charges a journal calling itself Liberal with Tory-leaning biases and a hostile tone toward Liberal leaders. It accuses the Spectator of undermining Reform and public confidence by denigrating Lord Durham Lord Normady and others while praising conservative aims and portraying Peel as the alternative for honest elections.
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O’connell
Lord Durham
Lord Normandy
Liberal Party
Lord Normanby
Tattersall’s
Robert Peel
Outrage at Cambridge as gownsmen disrupt Mr Smith lecture
Cambridge recounts a riot at Mr Sidney Smith anti corn law lecture. Gownsmen clashed with townsmen in the theatre, benches torn up, hats and coats scattered, police restored order, rioters fined, and Smith praised the crowd for defending free discussion.
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Cambridge
Smith
Sidney Smith
Huntingdon
Mr. Smith
Blackguards
Robert Peel
Bien
Shearman
Cambridge Independent Press
Cambridge Chronicle
Friends of
Royal decree forms commission for Belgium Holland settlement
Brussels reports a fourteen member commission formed to prepare the financial settlement between Belgium and Holland. PM Raikem may become minister of justice. Debate begins on the Scheldt toll. Isle of Man adopts copper coinage. A separate note mentions a manslaughter in Gloucestershire where Simms struck Woodington, causing his death.
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Belgium
Holland
M. Raikem
Chamber of Representatives
Saxe Coburg
Portugal
Scheldt
Her
Isle of Man
Isle
Manzx Advertiser
Glasgow
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Munter
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Ee Ellis
Dos Ohn Cross
St. George’s
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Henry Woodington
Woodington
Simmons
Don Jota Cross
Simms
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