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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Nov 26, 1848

Page

3

Death by prassic acid and a dangerous railway incident

A coroner’s inquest found death due to prassic acid while in mental aberration. In Sunderland a French ship’s crew sparked panic by attempting to shoot Thomas Greenwood, the railway foreman. the assailant was detained after a gun was drawn at a police officer.

J. Dodd Richmond G. Jackson Foxley Road Ronse Walham Green Reese Sunderland Thomas Greenwood Greenwood Laguna Baermnnda St. Leonard’s May Barbotiére Bermuda Newfoundland Cape Breton Europe Falmouth England

Ireland News Roundup Includes Smith O'Brien Appeal And Famine Report

The report covers Smith O'Brien’s writ of error appeal heard before the Queen, with Francis Fitzgerald for the prisoner and David Lynch for the crown. It notes his removal to Richmond Bridewell and a crowded Court of Queen's Bench. It also summarizes famine remedies, falling prices, emigration, and land distress in Ireland, plus unrelated notes on clerical communications, a near house fire at Adamstown, and local relief figures in Skibbereen.

Smith O'Brien Richmond Bridewell 17Th Lancers Tipperary Limerick Chronicle Cox Higgins Ardegh Awsons Carrick-on-Shennon Pius IX Rome Holy Father Rizapethan Ireland Theas P. Dawson W.G E. Johnson Ferns Adamstown Ross Wexford Globe House John Martin

Chartist Trials in Scotland Sentencing Delayed After Verdict Question

The High Court of Justiciary in Evrssoses debates the verdict in the sedition case of Robert Hamilton and Henry Rankin. Judges consider whether the jury's omission of the word intended alters the guilty finding, with sentencing postponed to next court after arguments from Crown and defense.

High Court of Justiciary Robert Hamilton Henry Rankin Mackenzie Medwyn Wood Logan Merse Hoe Scotland Crawford

LITERARY CHRONICLE Review of Leigh Hunt's Towns and More

The piece surveys Leigh Hunt’s London travelogue style from St. Paul’s to St. James’s, praising his ability to illuminate familiar streets, recount anecdotes of past literary figures, and animate old houses with a newly found spirit. it also touches on related literary notices and cultural history.

Leigh Hunt London Smith and Elder St. Paul’s St. James's St. Paul's Fleet Street Leigh Hont Johneon St. Mary le Strand New Church Stows John Clarges Ann Monk Duke of Somerset House Strand Isaac Newton Wanstead Wansteld Park Europe Weadell St Andrew Undershell St Mary Je Strand Gibbs St. Martin In the Fields Sity Somerset St. Ia's St. Clement's Baily Raleigh Goians Moy-pole Beily Gwyn Ralph Malton Brayley London and Middlesex Kadmand Saul Dizon Gardener's Chronicle Office Selborne

Remarkable Escape of Six British Officers

Brrax Miran, Captain, 5th Fusiliers, recounts a near drowning incident off Mahebourg Mauritius on June 30 1864. A boating party outruns a sudden squall, six officers cling to a drifting boat for hours, one by one swim to shore and are saved by Creole proprietor M Chiron and son in a pirogue after a desperate night. One creole boatman perishes from cold.

St. Maurizione Bark von Savatos Aqaba Dove Albion Chapel London Wall M. Peto M.P Angas Agu Statistics East India Company Idian United Kingdom Chelsea Kilmainham Hull Robertson Gladstone Liverpool Financial Committee Liverpool Journal Cagpivy Cardiff T. Lewis Malay John Concern Daveston Oliver Luck East Peckham Kent Srse Upstaire Lhat Betsy Luck Kilwinning Maria Roberta Greenock Reid Cohum Coburn Ayr Kilmarnock Journal Gibraltar M’cleverty J. B. ‘Oater Glasgow Cape Tree Foroas Morocco Dawn Foster Robert Wilson Cape Tres Forcas Gibraltar Bay Vasey Moira Polyphemus Wessel Bia Mahebourg Island of Mauritius Colquitt Bellew Fitegerald 5Th Fasiliere An Palmer Colquitt and Fitzgerald Bellew Hence Grand River Mons Chiron Pirogue MM. Chiron M. Chiron Brrax Miran Fusiliers

Late Accidents and Suspicion Ring Datchet Collision

An inquest at the Grand Junction Inn Hulme examined the deaths of Hannah Chapman aged six and her sister in a Burials Club linked tragedy. The coroner warned of rising suspicion in burial club cases after a mother left two children alone allowing a fatal fire. Verdicts returned were Accidental Deaths.

Hastings J. G. Shorter Mary Aon Newman Catarina Villa St. Leonard's John Moore Caterina Ville Baptist Jans Cancan Witness Jane Cannon London Henry Mitchell Harwood Miss Moore Witnesa Robert Cumming Pierson Continnes Mr. Chapman Grand Junction Inn Warde Street Hulme Hannah John Chapman Mark Street Carter Thomas Chapman Mr. Miller Ts. Miller Dale Street Richmond Sarah Chapman Pendleton Stockport Boltos Essex Manchester Guardian

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