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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 13, 1847
Page
7
Two neighbouring farmers quarrelled on a canal returning from Nottingham fair. They fell into the water but one swimmer saved the other. They then settled their dispute at a public house with a pot of stout restored friendship.
The Archbishop of York died at Bishopthorpe Palace near York after a brief illness. Born in 1757, Edward Harcourt rose from Westminster to Christ Church Oxford, became Bishop of Carlisle in 1790, and was translated to York in 1807, serving about forty years. He was widely respected for piety, liberal charity, church extension, and education.
On Sunday morning October 31 a violent clash occurred between Marquis of Ailesbury's keepers Grant and King and four poachers near Marlborough and Froxfield. King was knocked unconscious, Grant fought with a flail. Two poachers were captured, two fled. One of the captured, Moses Meadham, died six hours after arrival at Bedwin from a brain concussion. The other brother Thomas Meadham was injured as were the keepers. An inquest returned a verdict of Justifiable Homicide amid community unrest. A third man was taken into custody and a fourth remained missing.
A London letter details Miss Birch’s controversial debut at the opera, describing managers’ neglect, a sham performance, and Birch’s superior stage craft. It notes other artists like Duprez and Agamemnon, praising Birch’s vocal warmth and diction, while scolding management. It also reports Bingley and Noble in Parma and the death of pantomime great Wieland at the White Hart Tavern.
The Worcestershire Handicap results include Chandler and Daddy Longlega among top finishers with Tom Brown breaking a leg rider Kemp uninjured. Worcestershire Free Handicap Hurdle heats saw Chance and Jack compete with a split outcome. Bettling at Tattersall's resumes with scarce money and diverse odds. Commentary notes deer forest plans in Cheviot districts and critiques Lowlands hunting traditions.
On Friday the fifty third anniversary of the acquittal of Hardy Tooke and Thelwall was marked at Radleys Hell Bridge Street Blackfriars. Speakers praised jury justice and the sovereignty of the people, with notes on Queen Elizabeth and the need for reform. Attendees included Galloway Reed Taylor and others. memories of 1794 and the London Corresponding Society were toasted.
The Insolvent Debtors Court in Dublin scheduled at least 60 cases on Saturday with nine lawyers, one barrister, a law student and a physician among attendees. The foreign press reports a death after a homeopathic dose of a strychnine-like preparation. Also noted are multiple firework accidents in London areas including Whitechapel and Tower Hill with several boys injured, one severely, and other minor injuries not leading to hospital admission.
Important sale notice for REES ESSENCE CUBEB SALTS promising quick cures for urinary and blood impurities with no mercury. Also advertised are Silent Friend and Perry products for sexual health, preventive lotions, and medical works on marriage and nervous debility by Lucas, Lamert, and Curtis, with multiple London outlets and home consults offered.
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