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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 02, 1841

Page

7

The Tories in Ireland in Ben Jonson’s View

A column on Ireland under Tory rule, ten years of Whig respite, and the changing balance of power. It contrasts old Castle methods with new rulers, notes the decline of past abuses, and asserts Ireland’s calm under Whig sway while joking at Tory successors and their “mock-regal reign.”

Eric Ireland Goulburn School Isle Teady Alf Bashaw Ania Boden Pat Stanley Ben. Jonson

Lincoln's Inn Summons to Dinner and Calcutta Death Customs

A Victorian miscellany blends tales of Lincoln's Inn dinner customs with a grim account of Mahomedan burial practices near Calcutta. It describes the Butcher's Garden graveyard, monsoon rotting, cremation contrasts, and river burial, followed by notes on Moscow halls, German epigrams, insanity and Byron boatman lore, and assorted antiquarian curios. The piece juxtaposes haunting death rites with literary anecdotes and museum-like curiosities.

India Calcutta Mussulman Presidency Hooghly

Murder and Piracy At Nonchowry Bay 1840 Sailors Plundered

A detailed account from the Sag Harbour Corrector recounts the massacre and piracy aboard the whaling ship Pilot. After entering Nonchowry harbour on December 22, 1840, natives attacked shore parties, killing several and driving the crew to sea in a small boat. The survivors, 10 men, were rescued by HMS Cruiser on December 29, after a desperate voyage of 1000 miles with meagre rations. The attack left 33 aboard the Pilot dead or missing, with the ship plundered and hull damaged beyond repair.

St. Helena Nicobar Islands Timor Sandal Wood Sumatra Java Peggy Islands G. Wheeler Bay of Bengal Chewry Islands Teressa Bom Nonthowry Harbour Nowcowry Harbour Wheeler Sai Mr. Snowdon William Hardy George Preston J. Robinson Mr. Clark Snowdon Robinson James Robinson William Burt James Clark Chowry Island Ceylon Her Sage, &c Hugh Gough China Hobo Bay Comarta Nonchowry George Wheeler William Gedney T. Higgins Cooper Thomas Rowland Thomas Naylor J. Nile David Williams Charles Nickell Theodore Grant John Morton John Milter Antonio Miguel William Godfrey Dominique Peter Rosetrap George Williams Georges Baker Benjamin Mellish Richard Arch George Jackson Thomas Snowdon W. Blackwell W. Burt Alexander Morrison James Morgan John Penly Adam Sutherland John Martin William Sexton Bey London

The Fasting Impostor Bernard Cavanagh at Hanover Square

A London crowd views Bernard Cavanagh, famed for fasting, at Hanover Square rooms. Report notes equivocation on eating and drinking, questions his motives, and suggests he aims to promote Romanism via a funded chapel. Observers label the display an imposture while hinting at manipulation by backers.

Bernard Cavanagh Hanover-square-rooms The Times M. Lafontaine Richard Brothers Cock Lane Stockwell Bernard Ireland Cavanagh the Times

A Precious Part in Cork Elections and Gas Row

In Cork County the security for prosecuting the petition against O Connell and ally includes Rev Somers Paine, a noted Cork dignitary, and Robert Nettles, Cork Conservative official. The piece mocks their methods and cites attempts to suppress tenant regis tration. A separate scene reports the Commercial Gas Company clashing with Whitechapel road trustees over laying mains, leading to a comic dueling of earth and shouts. Further items record a Strand fire at Mr Geddies, an inquest into Robert Webber’s death, and a seaman’s death by arsenic tied to harsh treatment aboard the Styx. The page also notes Paris, Madrid, and London market items, plus a dahlias show in Strand.

O'Connell Cork County Somers Paine Robert Nettles Ireland Orange League Cork Nettles Rosy Parson Cork Conservative Society Commercial Gas Company London Hospital Whitechapel-road Long Robe Strand W. A. Geddies Chandos-street Surcipe Styx Baker Globe Brunswick-street Blackwall Francis Beach Sheerness Er Fancz Paris Grenoble Montpellier Aieguna Didier Ontle Clermont Aubiere Beaumont Senor Alozaga Tuileries Madrid Huracan Correo Nacional Congrego Finance Department Ay &c Augsburg Gazette Cologne Rome Prussia Count Bruhl Breslau Vienna Lemberg Gallicia Alexandria Pacha Cairo Bey Constantinople Tahir Pacha Candia Samos Dardanelles Sylvertoon Warren Trapton Streps Bronterne O’brien Lancaster Mr. O'Connor Manchester Queen's Theatre Liverpool Messrs Grissell Peto Messrs. Grissel Mr. Allen Messrs. Grissell Peel Edward Knatchbull Canterbury Kent Herald Wincheap-gate Dover-road Edward Gutteridge-gate John Bunyan Weekly Chronicle Pilgrim's Progress Fairspeech Christian Mr. Byends Turnabout Smooth Anything Two-tongues Hammersmith William Johnson Farnham-green White Hart Thos. May Bell Wharf Shadwell Bellamy Bowling-green-street Kennington Waterloo-bridge Orleans Versailles M. Mailet Madame Mallet Plorricurruna Society Loxpoy Crown and Anchor Bates Oxford Headland Cambridge Sind King Iver Charles Knight Kentish Town Cook Nottinghill Headley Hackmey Lidgard Wildman Brown Slough Mountjoy Ealing Jeffries Smith Hackney Ansell Camden-town Paull Cheshunt Prothéro Layton Astwell Uxbridge

Watermen fight ends with river plunge and injury

Middlesex Sessions report indictments for attempted murder in a rowing dispute. Henry Tames allegedly caused Hopkins to fall overboard after a boat confrontation during heats. Hopkins survived and was treated. defense claimed heat of argument and accident. Jury found all defendants guilty after a lengthy trial.

London court hears cases of love and cruelty at Marylebone

In Marylebone on Saturday a sailor and a young woman sought a magistrate over a broken betrothal and a disputed hammock. A brutal stepmother faced a charges for beating a 11 year old. she was fined and jailed if unpaid. In London, further cases included an indecent assault on charity school girls by a chemist. A hospital patient wounded a nurse with a knife, and police were censured for rough handling in a domestic disturbance. A bank manager’s sudden disappearance also sparked searches.

Crim Cape Dee Angatt Eerowise Wie River Thames Chambers Hopkins Aenoii Radford Hensone Henry Tames James Morris Middlesex J. Witcom Bi. Chopaar Wm. J . Esqrs Wm. Murray Greengrocer St. John-street Turner Samuel Mayne George Painter St. John-street Road Walter William Smith Tabernacle Walk Thomas Padman Siden Yow Henry Pepper Arthur-street St.Luke's Childe Francis Hawksbee White Cross-Street Chapman Wm. Short Whitecross-street Benjamin Hawkins David M.kenzie Reeves Abraham John Favence Lower Thames-street James Street Fayence Mr. Fayence Compter Mansion House P. Laurie Favence Peter Laurie Hobler Roberts Wilmore Birchin-lane Bombard Street Lombard-street Yorkshire Bridewell Old Bailey Bow Street Emma Evans Twyford Thomas Edwards Queen Street Lincoln’s-inn-fields Porte of St. Martin’s Lock Hospital Royal Free Hospital Greville-street Hatton‘garden Sr S Marylebone Jack Tar Farn Franklin Long St. Giles’s Church Museum Street Neptune Mary Anne King Somers’town Russell-square Mr. Long Josephine King Mitcham Tippens Broomhall John Richards Bunhill Row Bingham Finsbury Charity School City-road Charlotte Brown Mullins Brennan G20 Cripplegate School Lambeth Street London Norton John Lampton London Hospital Sarah Skelly Valentine Union Hall Potrcemey Scully Tranl Commissioners of Police Thames John Mellor Nottingham and Notts Mellor Wood's Furnival's Inn Mel

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