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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Nov 19, 1848

Page

3

Turbulent Irish unrest and daring escapes unfold

A dispatch details land disputes and evictions driving unrest in Kinrare, including a note on land rents. It reports an assassination attempt on WW H Davies of Halston, a gun attack near Kilcornan and a dramatic escape of fugitives Richard O Gorman and John Dillon from pursuit, with convoluted routes via Dublin docks Smyrna Constantinople Paris Arran Galway and beyond.

Kinrare NM. Creagh H. Davies J.P Halston Daniel Athlone Robert Jones Kilcornan Fallon Glasson Ballivcliffy Betty Auburn Westmeath Richard O'Gorman Dublin Custom House Smyrne Sbe Bay of Dublin Halpin's Pool Pigeon House Fort Smyrna Constantinople Paris John Dillon Killenaule America Galway Church of Rome New York Arran Dillon Atlantic

Macaulay Wins Scotland Election in Four Nations

In Glasgow on Wednesday the election results showed Mr. Macaulay with 255 votes to Colonel Mure's 203, a 52 vote majority, with Macaulay carrying all four nations. Other items note the guilty verdicts for sedition against Grant and Ranken, an acquittal for John Grant, and a devastating blaze that destroyed the Adelphi Theatre on Glasgow Green with minimal property saved.

University Enection Loan Rucron Glascow Macaulay Colonel Mure Grant Ranken Hamilton Edinburgh Robert Homilton Henry Ranken John Grant Adelphi Tararae Adelphi Theatre Glasgow Green St Andrew's Episcopal Church Calvert Frank Reymond Mr. Belford Murdoch Adelphi Kerr Sheridan Knowles Phelps Butler Misees Cushmas Scotland

Wreck of Two German Emigrant Ships Off Kent Sands

Night-time wrecks on the Long and Goodwin Sands report two Bremen vessels, the Burgundy and the Atlantic, each with hundreds of emigrants bound for New Orleans and New York. Rescue efforts saved most aboard the Burgundy, while four lives were lost on the Atlantic as weather and heavy seas hampered aid.

Long Goodwin Sands Bremen Huntmaster New Orleans Foster Her Desmond Her Majesty Harwich Sande Wessel Paseengerz Deal

Memoirs of Castlereagh edition praised amid union debate

A lengthy literary notice reviews the Viscount Castlereagh memoirs edited by his brother Lord Londonderry. It critiques potential bias, highlights discussion of the Irish Rebellion and the 1800 Union, and quotes passages on informers, conspirators, and the 1798 drama. The piece also surveys Goethe translations and railway reform letters, with historical commentary on policy and public mood.

Mxmors Castia Muacz Charles Vane Londonderry London Henry Colburn England Castlereagh Lord Castlereagh Lord Londonderry Lord Brougham Sheares Versailles Trianon France Ireland Tandy Isle of ‘Arran Rutland Orlmeys Bergen Norway Isle of Arran Gunenat James Narren Tanpy Nis Shebmen J. N. Tanor

Public meeting notes campaign for tax reform and army cutbacks

Financial Reform Association holds a Liverpool concert hall gathering chaired by Mr Robertson Gladstone’s absence noted. Speakers denounce high taxes on consumption, excess standing army costs, and colonial expenditures, urging retrenchment, self government for colonies, and reform of the Commons to empower industry and the middle class.

Lord. Nelson Liverpool Robertson R. Gladstone Air Robertson Gladstone Hoe F. Boult England A.C. Stewart Charles II Great Britain Ireland Army West Indies Newfoundland Canada Malta The Cape Ceylon Gibraltar Spain United States Washington Downing Street British Guiana New York States of the Union London Horse Guards 1St Dragoon Guard Grenadier Guard Infantry of the Line Hearst Fiel Marshal Scotch’Fusiliers Prince Albert Ita Zo I Adam Smith House of Commons China Commons J. Smith J. Finch

Damages awarded in Pratt v Fletcher for criminal conversation

In a long London case, Pratt sues Dr Fletcher for damages after Pratt’s wife eloped with the defendant. Evidence outlines a five year marriage, a Portland Coffee House liaison, and a note left by the wife. The jury returns a verdict for Pratt with damages of 800 pounds, while a separate Nottingham inquest reports a death by own action under a cloud of suspected insanity.

Custom House Emily Taylor Bristol St. George's Hanover Square Croptey Street Hoxton Farron de Beauvoir Square Kingsland Mr. Farran Portland Coffee House Great Castle Street Oxford Market Bis Bia Platoff Thomas Price Portland Castle Street Cropley Street Tscertein John Farran Plaintiff Eliza Heath Cropley Serjeant Humfrey Joo Alahores Mr. Farra Mympha Gabahter Farran Hamfrey Baron Plett Nottingham W. Brown Newcastle Upon Tyne Sneinton W. H. Whyatt E. Bull Pentlow Essex Motting W. C. Coleman St. James's Standard Hill E. Bell E. Ball Elizabeth Berry Cantra Lodge Ao Slarm Mr. White Hospitel Mr. Youll Gate Tavern Brewhouse Yard Swann Hobson Thomas Sith Bleaymire W. Butler Sod Boyer Captain Wright David Melville Corsham Jobn Wadsworth William Henson Park Lodge Thomas Berry Joseph White General Hospital W. H. Wyatt J. Blesymire Elizabeth Hickman Skidmore Bneinton Mr. Brown Caroline W. Thorne Collin Street Abe Waa Maton Mary John Croshaw Pelham Street Brown John Jackson Hoe John Bayer Prussia Sundersland Riel J. Septimus Alderson Nottingham Asylum Bell Alderson Lauy

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