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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 11, 1838
Page
3
A column blends poetry and miscellany on life death and eternity with fragments on a gilt button acorns and a Montgomery monument. It includes brief notes from Gardener's Gazette and a Cromwell mulberry tree anecdote alongside a mother's portrait plea from a crippled child and Quebec notes.
A review of Bentley's Wild Sports of the West detailing its Irish setting and a dramatic tale of wealth and ascent after a dying uncle’s will. Also covered is Van Voorst’s Natural History of the Sperm Whale with whaling lore, dangers, and historic incidents, plus Wann’s 1839 Yorkshire Almanack noting contents and price.
The piece surveys Ures Dictionary of Arts and a projected Chemical Science volume, praising utility and anticipated impact. It also critiques lateral works: Crotchets in the Air a balloon satire and The Poor Gentleman and Palace of Gis manuals for urban living, plus Lion’s Lady burlesque and Seymour's Pictorial Legacy Part 2, noting merit and societal aims.
Art note lauds Mr Minasi for a pen and ink portrait of Izaak Walton after a National Gallery original. The likeness remains true while the age is varied from 60 to 50, and the drawing is to be shown to Her Majesty for consideration.
A Tamworth blaze at the Castle Hotel on Friday night into Saturday morning killed six female servants and left Miss Smith severely burned. Rescue efforts saved Mrs. Webb and Mr. Webb, while Mr. Cato escaped through a window as flames consumed the upper floors. Firefighters from Tamworth and Fazely battled the blaze, believed to have begun in a flue beam, with half the house already evacuated by dawn.
An inquest at Tow Hall examined deaths of several people including Ann Smith the barmaid found on the staircase. The coroner and jury viewed the bodies at the King's Arms Inn with many local notables including the Right Hon William Peel in attendance. The proceedings opened with sorrowful silence as witnesses were heard.
Testimony details the Castle Hotel blaze that killed six servants including Ann Smith and Harriet Bonner. Witnesses describe dramatic escape attempts, gas and heat conditions, and the coroner's ruling of accidental death with no proven blame.
The Wesleyan Conference president Rev. Thomas Jackson of London calls leaders to Manchester on the 7th to set a general plan for a year of centenary celebrations marking the Wesleyan Methodism phenomenon. The piece also criticizes governess conditions and social pressures on middle class families, noting the rise of governess work as a remedy for poverty and pride.
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