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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Nov 15, 1840

Page

7

ENORMOUS FIG TREE AND DARING TIGER TALES

A column recounts Roscoff’s vast fig tree with a trunk girthed by sixty paces of branches and uplifted by timber supports. It also narrates a tiger encounter near Nelondagah, where Whistler and companions track and kill the creature after a perilous descent into a rocky den.

Roscoff St. Pol Ci-Devant Cordeliers Rollope Brittany Madras Hyderabad Nelondah Secunderabad Nimrod Whistler Nelgondah Uejur Napier

Curious Disclosures of the British and Australian Bank Scandal

A London inquiry at the Mansion House explored the British and Australian Bank Moorgate Street over forged and mismanaged credit schemes. Directors and agents in Adelaide Sydney and London faced scrutiny as allegations of dishonoured drafts, misapplied funds, and misleading letters surfaced.

Moorgate-Street City Gough Chatham Bank Moorgate Street Boucher Moorgate Bank Adelaide Sydney F. Boucher Ashurst Messrs. Bass Burton-on-Trent C. Boucher London Mesars.Bass Thomas Charles Boucher Establishment Sydney Herald England Sydney Frerala British and Australasia Bank Rajasthan Messrs. W. Walker and Co Messrs. Walker, Brothers and Co F. Boucast South Australia British and Australian Bank Charles Fred. Boucher Alderman Pirie South Australian Land Association Frederick Boucher Beddome British and Wheeler South Australian Bank Grote Australia Atlantic Mauritius Caroline Beddume British and Australasian Bank Wr. Beddome Capital W. H. Burnard George Cox Daniel Fryett James Brodié Gordon George S. Ogilvie William Henry Scamett Walter Scott George Witcomb James B. Gordon William H. Scarnett Alderman Copeland George Whitcomb W. H. Bernard W. Scott Richards Patrick Hughes Mr. Richards Hughes Gougar Cabinet Makers’ Trading Society Leadenhall-street Haberdashers, &c

Death in a Park Residence A Gentleman Ends His Life

A coroner's inquest at Park Street, Qiamtec Square, heard that Mr Richard Brooke Jones a 26 year old gentleman of fortune shot himself at his lodging after a period of disturbance. Witnesses described his altered conduct, medical prescriptions, and a pistol found in the room. Letters recovered suggest distress. verdict: temporary derangement.

Eee Baler Park-street Qiamtec Square Higgs Richard Brooke Jones Margaret Turmer Margaret Turmer Deposed That She Was Servant To Mr. Baker Bristol John Baker Christchurch College Screene Messrs Elsegood Squibb Torquay Devonshire Baker Thos. Acland Forsythe James Cooke Exeter Branwhite Lucy Pownall

Hilanthropic Life Assurance and Endowment Society Proposal

The Hilanthropic Life Assurance and Endowment Society proposes to offer life assurance with premiums from £10, payable weekly or monthly, and to issue deferred annuities from £5, with endowments for children. Three-fourths of profits go to the assured, applied to premiums or added to policies, with capital £300,000 in 30,000 shares of £10.

Hilanthropic Life Assurance West Strand Wamily Endowment Society Life Assurance and Annuity Office Chatham-Place Blackfriars London George Alfred Muskett M.P W. Butterworth Bayley

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