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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 03, 1839
Page
2
The article notes a leader remaining firm on territorial aims while counting on Allied powers split to avoid decisive action. It mentions a change in the Bombay steamer schedule delaying Indian mail to Alexandria, causing mercantile disappointment and inconvenience.
The French government demands the evacuation of Bis cay harbour and passages held by the English since the civil war began. London’s cabinet hints at no formal refusal, but argues the fortress should not be abandoned until the Peninsula is fully pacified. An exchange of notes has irritated both governments.
A meeting condemns insults to the Church of England clergy and backs Dr Spry in upholding legitimate ecclesiastical authority. It resolves to advertise the resolutions in the Times Morning Herald Morning Post and Standard, expressing sympathy and esteem for the reverend gentleman and the rectory.
Provincial notices warn Birmingham tavern keepers of a Holland or Belgium native who robbed Dee's Hotel last Tuesday to Sunday, stealing six pairs of silver spoons and forks marked D, described as a 50-year-old man, 5 feet 8 inches, dark hair, hollow face, light eyes, foreign accent, with hay and turnips found in luggage.
A coroner's inquest at the Rokeby hotel, South Stockton, investigated the death of groom Thomas Gray struck by the Raby Castle locomotive near Stokesley. The jury returned a manslaughter verdict against engine driver Matthew Appleton and levied a deodand of 1400 pounds on the locomotive, provoking public debate on rapid transit and railway responsibility.
Mrs. Nixon, age 88, of Faversham, fell into a 15 foot deep well with seven feet of water in a kitchen yard. She surfaced after twenty minutes, grabbed a lead pipe supplying a pump, and was rescued with only a few bruises after the brick and timber covering gave way. Canterbury Journal reported tremors in Perthshire with a sequence of earthquakes from April 10 to 14, causing structural noises, moving floors, and chilling weather. An Edinburgh note cites Sir Ralph Howard opposing ministers and urging reform on Wicklow voters, warning the open ballot and Reform Bill changes threaten constitutional balance and urging a more moderate government.
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