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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Nov 24, 1839

Page

3

Police and public affairs from London and beyond

A digest of late legal notices, charity bequests, public edicts, and local incidents. It covers police appointments approved by the Queen, St Pancras poor law matters, the Duke of Bedford funeral, destitution cases at Worship Street, beet sugar refinery news, scurvy on a ship from Calcutta, extensive charitable bequests, parish vestry politics in Marylebone, and regional items from Bristol to Dublin with assorted crimes and civic acts.

Aled City of London White Harvey Ralei Brixton Daniel Whiffle Harvey St. Pancrass St. Pancras King’s-road Poor Law Commissioners Ctrvets Frances Smith Commissioners of Police Duke of Bepforp Duke of Bedford Belgrave-square Watford Rickmansworth of Bedford Tavistock Wriothesley Charles Edward Henry Alexander Cosmo William Russell Key Cheynes Russell Marquis of Marquis of Abercorn Broughton Eastoff Brushfield Board of Guardians Parish of Spitalfields Bethnal-green Old Brentford Robinson London Wakley Holden Thameshank Chelsea Wandsworth France Belfast William Nicholl Potter St. Katharine Dock Calcutta Frederick West John Musgrove Thomas Browne John Arthur Reavy Queen’s Hindalley Wapping Spon West Musgrove Brown Arthur Mrzg.Reay Deal Williai Nicholl T. Hid South Lambeth Surrey Serbiton Kingston-on-Thames Doctors’ Commons John Squire James Grady Thomas Willett Charles Bennett Middlesex Hospital Deaf and Dumb Asylum Hampstead Road Lord Elden Battersea Victuallers’ School London Missionary Society Home Missionary Society London Bible London, Evangelical’ Society Eva Lical Lange Day St. Maryn Knoxe Paugh Dibdin Lord Stowell Spry Chandler Newcastle-upon-Tyne North Shields London and Croydon Dartmouth Arms Lewisham Lyde St. Paul Deptford Camberwell Peckham Walworth St. Mary, Newington Elephant and Castle London and Brighton Croydon Penge Norwood Streatham Dulwich Hernehill Stockwell Kennington Lambeth Prince's-street Leicester-square Cranbourne-street Longacre St. Martin’s-lane Bow-street Charlotte-street Bloomsbury Holborn Middle-row George-street Plumtree-street Newgate Street Bartlett Waterloo Southwark Vauxhall Adelaide Earl of Warwick Warwick Castle

Murder at Matfen leaves killer and victim dead in dispute

A violent confrontation at a Matfen residence ends with a man fatally injured by a kitchen poker wielded during a dispute with Barnes. The attacker remained at the scene, was arrested, and lodged in the house of correction. The victim’s widow collapsed in distress. Barnes, described as head-injured from prior accidents, is held responsible for the deadly crime.

Matfen Barnes House of Correction Ey Kilrush Micky Leary Micky Pat Doyle Leary Mr. Leary St. Ruth Doyle Mick Leary Pat Deseas Gineral Sarsfield Gineral O'Neil Botany Bay Liverpool Manchester Calcutta Commercial Advertiser Frederick Wilson Bombay Isle of France Ceylon Penang Curtew Owens Bonny Africa Curlew Mansfield Edmonds Liverpool Albion Wewcastle Duke OF Sussex Newcastle Central Exchange Earl of Durham Durham Chronicle Peneryn Falmouth Baron Rolfe Exchequer Bench Penryn Plumridge R.N Wales St. David's David T. Jones St. David's College Aberwilly Novi Lewellyn Joshua Davies Principality Ioney J.B. St. David’s.” Cambrian

Post Office Compared Paris and London 1837 Revenue and Methods

A detailed report contrasts the Paris and London post offices, noting receipts expenses and net revenue in 1821 and 1837, with Paris showing lower gross revenue but improved delivery and faster metropolitan service. It describes sorting practices, carrier divisions, six daily deliveries, and the handling of valuables, franking, and small parcel transmission. The piece also covers metropolitan railway proposals and a light social note on a Windsor visit.

Feesee Et Ane France England Hill Paris London Metropolitan Banlieue Petite Poste Dexivertis—t Moxey OapEers Post-Office Annuaire Des Postes

London Murder Case Opens With Grim Confession

A man named William Lees murdered his wife in Chapman Street after closing his shop. He confessed to relatives that he had severed her head with a razor. The body lay on the shop floor with multiple wounds and a bloodied razor found on the scene. Police and witnesses described a brutal assault and Lees’s lack of remorse as the inquest began, with coroner and magistrate ordering further proceedings.

Bristol Coxston Edward Colston Redcliff The Dolphin Society H. W. Newman White Lion Pr. Goodenough John Harding Montague All Saints’ Church J. B. Clifford J. N. Barrow C. B. Fripp Anchor Society Royal Gloucester Hotel F. H. F. Berkeley G. E. Sanders R. Ashe J. Drake Charlton Richard Andrews Dover Smith Charlton Church Youden Mason Greenwich Azetle Dereynane Abbey O'Connell Ireland Canterbury Chesterfield Peel Wellington Dublin Common Council Quinton Corporation of Dublin Bradshaw Dooly Windsor Castle Thomson Jones Faullmer Dublin Evening Packet Ifr Murrell Higham Gloucester Chepstow Taime Anselm Bailey Churcham Higa Bailey Samuel Nicholas Big Sam Joseph Chicken George Barnes Evenkig St George's Noni William Lees Aslington Lees Denmark-street Valentine Ratcliff Highway Chapman-street Lambeth Hardwick Norman H Division Cook Garrett Sarah Bayley Benjamin Bayley John Lees John George Francis Keanes Bill G. F. Keanes Cannon-street Road James-street William Cook Garratt Newroad St. George’s Hariwick Clerkenwell Newgate

Two Parsons Brothers Drown Crossing Thames With 84 Sheep

On Monday at Wargrave near Henley two Parsons brothers and their shepherd drowned when a ferry boat sank mid stream as the sheep rushed to one end after the shepherd's dog barked. Waterman saved. bodies not recovered. The flood may carry them far downstream. All sheep were saved.

Parsons Kidmore-end Wargrave Henley-on-Thames Thames
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