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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Nov 20, 1841

Page

7

A Curious Column on Fire and History in England

A fragmented column blends poetic reflections on a great fire with military escape tales. It details ruins of Britain’s symbols, a French dragoon clash, and a wounded retreat, then shifts to curious notes on civic lore, ancient cannon history, Chinese views of punishment, and a tip about pencil cedar to deter moths in drawers.

Emily AZOR England Thames St. Bride Cits St. Paul Albion Pame Little Gover Eiher Bruce Barbour Werewater Friar Bacon Cressy Froissart

IMSLICK'S DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SWEETHEART AND A WIFE

A long rambling sketch mixing rustic dialect and comic observation contrasts courtship and marriage. The piece explores seasons, courtship rites, and the transformation of a lover into a husband, ending with warnings about marital constraints and gendered expectations.

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Accipient From Gunpowder Tragedy At Whitechapel

A 15 year old James Vernon and companion John Hanley set off gunpowder indoors in North Street Whitechapel. A spark ignited the powder, burning Vernon severely and sending him to London Hospital in grave danger. Police warn of similar dangers and urge care.

St. Catherine Cree Leadenhall-street London John Gager John James Vernon North Street Whitechapel John Hanley Leicester Square Baker Roebuck Lower Tottenham Jane Woods Charles Birkett Edmonton Austin Holt John Murphy R. Woolaston

European tensions rise as Espartero pressure and Madrid executions

Reports from Paris say Espartero demands Madame Munoz removal and threatens recalling the Spanish ambassador if refused. France expands frontier forces and ships to Spanish ports to protect residents. Madrid meanwhile saw execution by firing squad of Brigadier General Gregorio Quiroga y Frias for treason, amid a broad crackdown after the royal conspiracy.

Paris Espartero Madame Munoz France Manzrp Isabella I Peale Spain Don Gregorio Quiroga Y Frias Campo de Guardens Madrid Leon Bonna Maria Christina de Bourbon Deedalus Martin Liverpool Africa Iger Niger Soudan Constantinople Grruan Manxet Germany Hanover Duchy of Oldenburg Augsburg Duchy of Brunswick Berlin Louis Philippe Don Carlos Christina Morning Chronicle Her Prince Albert Lord Hill Earl of Haddington Admiralty Prince of Wates Court Journal Tre Duxley Wettington Duke of Wellington du Guex Earl de Grey Ireland Viscount Melbourne St. George's Church Hanover-square Lord Walpole Earl of Orford Harriet Bellina Frances Pellew Fleetwood B. R. Pellew C.B K.C.H Pellew George Pellew Norwich York Viscount Exmouth Pollington Henry Frederic Walpole Webster Henry Hart Mary Fox Johnstone Sibley Town Windsor Sir Stratford Canning Robert Gordon Vienna London Court of Queen’s Bench Henry Goulburn Exchequer Ernest Bruce Privy Council Boroveu Macist James Graham Home Department Commission of the Peace Lord Hontaxp Little Holland-house Lord Holland Florence Barzway Birmingham Derby Junction Gloucester Dundee Arbroath Eastern Counties Glasgow Ayr Paisley Greenock Grand Junction Chester Crewe Great North of England Great Western Hull and Selby Lancaster Preston Junction Manchester Blackwall Brighton Shoreham Croydon London and Greenwich London and South Western Belton Bury Leeds Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle Northern and Eastern North Midland North Union Preston and Wyre Ulster York and Camberwell Strand Union Edsward Willoughby Dowling Lamagte Church Street Ball Hine Mr. Ball

Unsound Mind Case at Bow-Street and Local Fires

A series of court and inquest notes: Miss Fisher, admitted Oct 23, 1840, at Kensington Lunatic Asylum, exhibited violent, incoherent behavior and claimed women were men in disguise. The jury found unsound mind. Other items report manslaughter probes at Bow Street, incendiary fires in Herefordshire, a timber-yard death, poverty lighting needs, and the inquest into George Bennett, famed African traveler. Also details of a murder tied to George Barber and a shipwreck rescue at Table Bay with officer John Merewether.

Joseph Henry Parkes William Webb London Fire Establishment Payne St. George's Mint Street Webb Parkes Jonathan Roberts General Post-Office Friars-Road Robert Blandford Patrick Gashman M Division Robert Thomas Farrell Evans Stones’end Borough James Kindon Edward Haines Kinder Adams Braidwood Ellen Tubb Miss Fisher Philp Lunatic Asylum Kensington Vienna Bow-Street Hall Jones Scard Abrahams Packards Central Criminal Court John Lloyd Penlead Huntingdon Herefordshire Army and Navy Club St. James’s Square Standard Smithey Bedford-court Covent-garden Chandos Street Rosemary-lane King Street Tower Hill James Parker Seaman and Snewin Back Hatton-garden Bartholomew’s Hospital West Hackney Suppen George Bennett Baker Hackney-road S. Robinson Religious Tract Society Africa Erdict Munper John Smith Houlston Edward Kearsey Shotfordhall George Barber Shetford Waveney Smith Barber Shetford Bridge Skeet Needham Rogsby Pulham Rogaby J. Muskett Zsq Mouille-point Bucephalus John R. Merewether Fulcher Mr. Merewether Fie Sergeant Merewether Whitehall-place London Cape Town Sucephalus England

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