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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 08, 1843

Page

7

The White Quakers Extraordinary Auction Day

A Dublin Evening Post report describes Joshua Jacob and the White Quakers in William Street as a sequestration case. The house was opened for an extraordinary furniture sale amid crowding, disputes, and disturbances by sect members and an alleged deranged onlooker, with police present to maintain order.

Littledale Joshua Jacob Fes Cours Marshalsea Jacobs William Street William-street Bennett Bedlam William Honner Queen's County John Child Miss Jacob Joshua Jacob Child Homer Dublin

Dreadful Kingston Fire mocked by Punch satire and Jamaica notes

The issue recounts a Kingston Jamaica fire of August 26 destroying hundreds of houses with losses estimated up to half a million pounds. It includes a satirical London candidate Punch for Parliament, civil disturbances in Hayti and Jamaica, details of damages, plunder, and relief efforts by Royal Navy and troops, plus a Jamaica Royal Gazette extract on Salomon’s faction and French protection aims.

Royal Mail Southampton Admiralty Tay Vera Cruz Miller Uhde Garaycoechea Cueto Gaunt Dickinson A. Davis Trinidad Mr. Palmer Demerara Navino Flemming Jamaica Miss Tobias Lazarus Houghton da Costa Cohen Constantine Oakley Dr. Waring Jacmel Dupuy and White Porto Rico Mr. Sauvage Grenada Mr. Beam Bermuda Lady Chamberlain Major Crood Ensign Coffin Gardner City of Mexico Ja. Maria Havannah Nasaan Kingston Royal Gazette Hayti Salomon France Providence James's County Mesara Maxwell Famea Harbour-street Thames-street Gold-street Lombard-street Rum-lane Law’s Street Atheneum George’s-lane East-street John’s-lane Duke-street Trinity) Church Rowland Her Imaum Albatross Ringdove Houston Biddlescombe Royal Artillery 60Th Rifles 2D West India Regiment Ebenezer Depass Hanover Street Alexander Reid Scott Port de Paix Riviere Port Au Prince Aux Cayes Provisional Government Souffrant Lezarre Voltaire Wood Hall Bouillie Mr. Howard Mr. Lambert S. R. da Costa Aaron de Cordova Duverger Willock Moses de Cordova Daniel Jacob Samuel Jacob A. Jacob A. Jacob's Ditto; Mr. Phillip Lawrence D. Alexander Mr. Smith H.M.C Mr. Mullett A. da Costa Mr. Vicker Mr. Wiltshire Dr. Magrath Lambert Mr. de Souza Captain Elliott Mr. Davis Dallas D. Porter Alexander R. Scott Mr. Geoghegan Peace Office Mr. Churchill Jamieson Carr

Adjudged Wilful Murder In Haggerstone Inquest

The inquest into Mary Haynes death at Haggestone resumed before Coroner W. Baker. Witnesses described packets of a white powder labeled Sulphate of petals and a husband William Haynes admitting repeated doses to induce miscarriage. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Haynes and he was committed to Newgate.

Rebecca and Her Daughters at Royal Amphitheatre Liverpool

A new 1848 dramatic bill announces Rebecca and her Daughters or Paddy the Policeman at the Royal Amphitheatre Liverpool with Welsh titles and fictitious police figures. It promises vigilance of civil and military authorities a 100 pound reward for Rebecca and ten for each daughter, a dramatic chase by Paddy Whack and action in Liandilo glen at midnight.

Royal Amphitheatre Liverpool Rebecca Paddy Watkin Wiseacre T. Williams Squib Coe Johnson Jenny Jones Miss Fife Yeomanry London Police Paddy Whack

Dress of O Connell at Mullaghmast Dinner Sketch

The Times reporter sketches Mr. O Connell at Mullaghmast after the great meeting. He notes his appearance as resembling a mogul with a purple and blue velvet national cap adorned in gold embroidery, a grey coat, an aldermanic gold chain, and a purple velvet gown with fur trimmings.

Times O'Connell Mullaghmast

Gold dream causes raid on farmer Fitzgerald's house

A Sunday night dream of buried crock of gold spurred a crowd near Saleen to seize the Fitzgerald farm between Middleton and Cloyne. Armed men overran and undermined the house, forcing the family inside. Police protection was later sought as the scene became a temporary barrack.

Fitzgerald Saleen Middleton Cloyne Viet Armis Cork Examiner

Hand-loom Weavers Benefit From Cotton Revival

The Liverpool Times reports that hand-loom weavers, long suffering, gain from renewed cotton demand for mousselines de laine. They are mostly fully employed and earning higher wages than in the past decade, marking an improvement in the trade.

Liverpool Times

Prisoner Remanded After Final Examination at Worship Street

On Thursday the prisoner appeared again at Worship Street police court for the reading of depositions and commitment for trial. The court, crowded with onlookers, saw him brought in by Tilt the usher via a private door to spare public insult. His father, sister, and four year old son awaited a heartfelt reunion. No new evidence was offered. the magistrate deemed previous testimony sufficient. Depositons read in prisoner's presence and witnesses bound over, then he was committed to Newgate for trial.

Newgate Old Bailey Lord Brougham London Guildhall Saint Paul's Templejar Tog Magog Peter Laurie Sheriff Whittington Templett Naples Rome Lacquarrie Harbour Peckham Chatterton Old Bailey Court Moon Puncu P.S Worship-street

Shocking accident at Kensington palace lifts a butler

John Presley, a Kensington palace butler, was injured in the ale cellar when a barrel toppled, causing a serious fracture of his right thigh. He was quickly transported to St George's Hospital for treatment by house surgeons Babington and Pollock. Presley had long served in the Duke of Sussex’s household since youth.

Shocaine Keysington Palace John Presley Kensington Palace Presley St. George’s Hospital Messrs. Babington Pollock Royal the Duke of Sussex

Proclamation on Gold Coin Weight Standards 1848

The London Gazette reports a royal proclamation dated October 2 1848 under Queen Victoria. It declares gold sovereigns under 5 dwts 2 grains and half-sovereigns under 2 dwts 132 grs non current. Such coins remain non payable, while compliant coins retain values of 20 shillings and 10 shillings respectively. The proclamation commands subjects to reject deficient coins in all payments.

Victoria George III George IV Kindom Great Britain and Ireland Windsor

Merchant and manufacturer listings and dissolutions in Scots notice

A dense 19th century style listing covers partnerships dissolved and businesses active in Britain and Scotland. It names numerous tradesmen and firms across counties, including ironfounders, drapers, grocers, linen drapers, woollen dealers, and others, with locations such as London, Sheffield, Manchester, Hull, and Edinburgh. Also notes scotch sequestrations affecting several merchants and tradesmen with dates in October and November.

Fortune King's Cross Battle Bridge W. Pullen Great Western Gloucestershire S. F. Parsons Ponterdale Glamorganshire Reynolds and Fairbank Heathcote Sheffield Tarry Mold Flintshire Draper T. Bull Blythe Marsh Staffordshire Winton and Co Wood Street Cheapside J. Watts Holborn Victualler Henderson and Veysey Nethernworks Moorfields A. Homson Leadenhall Street J. Bowie Shoe Lane D. Bolton Kingston-upon-Hull R. Crosbie Sutton Cheshire J.L. Dobson Kidderminster J. Hallop Bedminster W. Aslett Bitterne Southampton C. Maidlow Finchley St. John's Terrace St. John's Wood C. Beasley Birmingham T. Cooper Streod Kent Fellmongers J. and E. Butt Mortimer Street Cavendish Square J. Oram Chard Somersetshire Shipman and Callis Mansfield Nottinghamshire Maugham and Atkinson Mercers Barker England Huddersfield Naylor and Robertson Liverpool Gardiner and Butler Boxford Suffolk T. and Wonsonby Regent Circus Piccadilly Carvers Egerton Dya Works Company Berton Lancashire Jones and Edwards Townhill Wrexham Enbighshire Holder and Lawton Macclesfield Bamford, and Co Woolstenholme Rochdale Sharp and Co Horsham Sussex E. B. Lockyer Edinburgh J. Hardy A. Brown Greenock

Queen appoints Rev. James Robertson at St Fergus

In Aberdeenshire the Queen approves the presentation of Rev. James Robertson to the church and parish of St. Fergus following the vacancy created when Rev. James Anderson ceased serving. The notice lists insolvency declarations, bankruptcies, dividends, certificates, partnerships dissolved, and related legal actions across multiple counties and trades.

Warematt James Robertson St. Fergus Aberdeenshire James Anderson Church of Scotland Warwickshire J. Davies Cardiff J. Denton Leeds G. Sutcliffe Bradford Yorkshire J. R. Fawkes Weymouth Portland Place Beehee May Albany Road Camberwell Hoendraer T. Evans Crown Street Soho S. Ellis Northumberland Terrace Bagnigge Wells Road H. Coles High Row Knightsbridge J. Donnelly Chapel Place Bermondsey B. B. Brad Talyllyn Merionethshire J. Cockburn New Broad Street C. Thompson St. Andrew's Road Newington P. P. Thoms Warwick Square J. W. Harend Paradise Street Lambeth Ocober A. Stirton Chandos Street T. P. Chalk Linton Cambridgeshire Draper C. Gilhy Greenwich W. Ward Blackfriars’ Road G. Chapman Aylesbury G. Sadler Cheltenham M. Atkinson Temple Sowerby Westmoreland J. Laidman Sen C. H. Griffiths Enfield G. Walter Oundle Northamptonshire Grocer W. Jefferat East Harding Street J. and J. Baylis Gutter Jane H. Walton Jun Crowland Lincolnshire Wheelwright A. Harris Chichester J. B. Cooper Drury Lane N. Bromley Little Bentley Essex R. Almond Orrell Lancashire R. Law Rochdale J. Barwise Pall Mall E. Topham Manchester J. Whitaker Newchurch J. B. and W. Robinson Macclesfield C. States Southampton T. Smith Newcastle upon-Tyne J. Higgs Watling Street W. J . Roome Gracechurch Street S. Napper Stamford Street J. D. Stewart Skinner Street Bishopsgate J. Farren Nine Elms Bateson and Sona Liverpool J. G. Bateson Cordingley and C London Pearse and Hall Exeter Aldridge and Son Northumberland Street Strand jewellers—Gaskell and Co Picciotto, Mongredieu, and Co South Street Finsbury J. Guillemard Foster and Son Cambridge Brewers KE. Foster Hall and Plumbers Carlisle Robson, and Co Bristol Haberdashers J. H. Day Cholditch and Barter Wolverhampton Davis and Powell Queen Square Aldersgate Street Jones and Co Great Tower Street Victuallers W. Jones Fryman and Watts Rye Grocers R. and W. Fairbsirns W. Yonge Jamieson, Richardson, and Co Moorgate Street Pirie and Co Vaughan and Crautchfield Bloomsbury Market Porter Arts, Son, and Go Cornhill Muskett and Isley Norwich Eglen and Potter A. Viener Godley and Underwood General Commission Blackett and Robinson Eeds F. T. Lee St. Martin's Lane Carpenters Faber and Pettiner Mansfield Nottinghamshire Hill and Smith Shrewsbury Oswestry T. and D. Toyne Sheffield Ecclesfield Huntly Tolboys R. Jameson Aston

Windsor Prorogues House to November and Army Promotions

The Windsor council orders the prorogation of Parliament from October 19 to November 14. Military promotions follow across regiments: Whitmore Jones and others named to cornet and captain, surgeons and ensigns advance by purchase or exchange, and staff positions updated. Also notes Chancery appointment for Daniel Paul in Scotland and insolvency declarations with a long list of discharged or bankrupt tradespeople.

Windsor James Macnaghten Egg Jones John Mure 7Th Foot Pitcairn 8Th Regiment of Light Dragoons George Samuel Jenkinson George J. Huband 7Th Regiment of Foot Thomas Moore Sunter Mure 4Th Light Dragoons 15Th Foot George John Walmsley Purchase de Montenach 16Th Foot Benjamin Usher Hamilton Dowse Foot Thomas Moore Philson John Hervey Elton Elwes Royal Military College Calder John Porter Davie John Sivewright Porter William Brownlow Forde Geunt Sivewright 76Th Foot William Hugh Barton Saunders John Christopher Minuitt Barton 9Th Foot John Borthwick Gordon Rifle Brigade William Hale Young Peregrine Charles Baillie Hamilton Hale Charles Edward Barry Baldwin Hamilton Ospital Starr George Kincaid Pitcairn Baird Richard Robert Dowse Parker William Biddulph Lawrance Tallon 43St Foot Regiment of Foot Maydwell 41St Foot 82D Regiment of Foot Mayd Great Britain Henry Brerweth Grocers’ Company B. B. Bradley Cheltenham E. Brassington Stafford J. Parker Worcester S. Driver Calverley Yorkshire J. S. Morley Keighley T. Poole Dorrington Street Clerkenwell G. Aston Red Lion Passage Holborn J. A. Prothero Bridgend Glamorganshire W. C. Davis Peat Hawksbee Camden Street Islington Levick King Street Cheapside W. Harker York J. Webster Blackburn Lancashire J. Massey Whitehall Cheshire J. Lane South Shields T. Cook St. Albans W. J. Cumming Matlock Buth Derbyshire T. Stigger Kingsdown Kent W. Starters Hatton Wall W. Smith Lewisham Road Greenwich G. Mitchell Manchester Buildings Westminster House of Lords R. Stockbridge Pickering Place Paddington Southampton Row Bloomsbury P. A. Nuttall Edward Terrace Chalk Road J. Bedford Melvia Place Westminster Road J. Harvey St. Mary Axe G. Keeling Manchester Brewer—S Gould Liverpool E. K. Bullman Leeds GG. Sadler Draper G Fisher Bradford R. Watson York Silk Mercer J. E. Pearson Sheffield R. and J. Campion Whitby Bankers J. and W. Camion Brown and Powell Stubbins Calico Printers

Debates on bishopric union and church circulars

Reports from Parliament discuss the Powis motion on the Glocester and Bristol sees union. A circular from resident clergy to Lords Powis and Wellington claims the union harms the church, which the peers acknowledge. The Times notes further scientific and literary societies tax exemptions and prison dietary reforms, plus cotton tax implications and UK–China trade rivalry.

St. Asapp Baxcor Earl of Scotland Gloucestershire Chronicle New Orleans China Great Britain Celestial Empire England Canton Manchester Guardian

Extraordinary Cure Report for HALSE'S Scorbutic Drops

Guardians of Brant Devon sign declaration praising Halse's Scorbutic Drops after Thomas Rolins, once bedridden with large running wounds, shows marked improvement after first bottle and fully recovers with continued use. Other local cures cited. Wholesale agents listed. Price 2s 8d. See next week for another case.

Halse Brant Devon Thomas Rolins John Elliott John Menning William Pearse Henry Goodman Arthur Langworthy London Barclay and Son Farringdon Street Hallett High Holborn Prout Strand King Blackfriars Road Sanger Oxford-street Schulze and Co King William-street N.B

Jeremie's Sedative Opium Solution Promoted Worldwide

A Patna devised opium sedative praised for minimal nervous disturbance and wide use in cough influenza cholera and bowel ailments. Endorsed by Bengal Medical Board and listed are doctors and hospitals across India and Britain. Sold by Francis Lean Plymouth and others worldwide in various bottle sizes with government stamps.

Patna Bengal H. C Medical Board of Bengal India Jeremie Sir David Dixon Royal Naval Hospital Plymouth Cockworthy Plymouth Dispensary Dr. Watson Middlesex Hospital London J. G. Perry Foundling Hospital Dr. Rae Royal Hospital Chatham J. R. Martin Calcutta Grosvenor-street Jackson Graves Meath Hospital Dublin Philip Crampton Hannay Glasgow Yonge Hingston South Devon Hospital Francis Lean George-street Jeremies Fras. Lean Messrs. Barclay and Sons Farringdon-street Edward Winstanley and Son Poultry Evans and Son Exeter Bewley Sackville Scott, Thompson, and Co Binney Madras Tracher and Co Bombay Menzies and Co Jamaica Wm. Blake Montreal

Nervous Debility Treatments and Related Medical Ads

An 19th century advert. Culverwell and Cory advertise books on nervous complaints in youths and a range of medical products. Cory offers Gonorhoea relief and glandular remedies, Lupuline Essence of Sarsaparilla, and consultations at Drury Lane with notices of exclusive sale points and no ties to prior Lambeth residence.

WM. W. Cory Drury-lane Long-acre Cory C. King Blackfriars-road J. Eades High-street Borough Bridge Road Lambeth

Silent Friend and Perry Remedies in a London Sale

A historical catalog note from Birmingham to London announces The Silent Friend a medical work on generative infirmities with engravings and observations on marriage. Perry and Co publish cordials purifying pills and syrups addressing venereal debility and related ailments with home locations in London and Birmingham and daily consultation hours at Berners Street Oxford Street.

Birmingham London R. and L. Perry Strange Paternoster-row Field Quadrant Regent-street Philip Oxford-street J. Gordon Leadenhall-street Bull-street Birmiham Perry Messrs. Perry Berners-Street

Lamert on Debility and Nervous Disorders Advice Book

An 18th or 19th century advertisement for Self Preservation a popular essay by Samuel Lamert. It promises treatment and cure for nervous debility constitutional weakness and sexual diseases, with marriage guidance and reproductive anatomy notes. The piece lists London booksellers and notes secrecy and a £1 consultation fee.

Samuel Lamert London University of Edinburgh London Hospital Medical Society S. Gilbert John Field Regent-quadrant Jackson New Bend-street Gorden Leadenhall-street Noble Chancery-lane Mansell King-street Southwark Westertor Parkside Knightsbridge Heywood Oldham Street Manchester Newton Church-street Liverpool Watts Snow Fargate Sheffield Davey Broad-street Bristol Bearrigge Manchester Chronicle la Mert Bedford-street Bedford-square

Manly Health and Restoration for Youthful Indulgence

A Victorian medical tract by C J Lucas and Co. offers VyanalY Health guidance on premarure decline from gel tary and delusive habits with a focus on marriage, gonorrhoea, syphilis, and stricture. It promotes restoration through professional advice, detailing sales outlets across the UK and urging discreet, fee-based consultations at No. 60 Newman Street, Oxford Street, London.

C.J. Lucas & Co Huett High Holborn J. Buckton Briggate Leeds J. Noble Market Place Hull T. Lawler Courier-office St. Ann's-square H. Whitmore Market Street Manchester W. Howell Dale-street Liveool J. Howell Waterloo Lace Church-street Liverpool W. Wood High-street Irmingham J. Fryer Westgate-street Bath G. Davey Broad Street Bristol W. Grant Castle-square Brighton H. Guy Chelmsford W. and H. Robinson Greenside- Street Edinburgh T. Price Dame-street Dublin United Kingdom Lucas Thean Bell Messrs. Lucas and Co Newman-street Oxfod -Street London J. . Curtis Messrs. Curtin Oldogland Essex and Herts Messrs. Curtis Messrs. Curtiss Messrs. Curtis and Company Frith-street Soho-square

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