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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 10, 1847

Page

4

Farmland Innovations Spark Rethink On Land Use

A farming meeting featured Rev. A Huxtable advocating breaking up poor pasture for tillage to boost wealth and employment. Farms described include a 95 acre dairy operation increasing wheat to 600 bushels and cattle to 40 head, with 80 pigs and 100 sheep. Innovations include deep drainage, boarded cattle stables, minced manure tanks, and a green elm irrigation pipe system enabling efficient liquid manure distribution to forty acres. A Belgian worker later carried out a revenge shooting on a contractor after bad conduct.

A. Huxtable Start Edmund Chadwick Holland Manchester Woodward Dickinson Curzon Street Lyon Shertieber Buckland Baronet England

Alleged Murder of a Wife in Clerkenwell Court

William Joseph Clifton aged 42 was charged with the willful murder of his wife Matilda Clifton, 38, after witnesses described a late night assault at No 6 Beacham Street Holborn. Coroner’s jury later found him guilty of manslaughter. he was remanded, then bailed for final examination at Clerkenwell police office.

William Joseph Clifton Clerkenwell Matilda Clifton William Beery Martin Beacham Street St. Andrews Holborn Pollock Hallow Garden Lytogen Aaid Margaret Goodwin Ensid Mr. Pollack Thomas Ennis Elizabeth Clifton M. Tyrwhitt William the Fourth Beauchamp Street Wakley Newgate Sidney Tyrwhitt Army Arms Witness Bie John Morten Thomas Morten George Roberts Withers William Thorp Maurder Johnson Overend Towix Hatz Patrick Flannery 40Th Regiment of Foot John Dalton Dragoon Guards Barrack Lane Thomas Morton A. C. Branson T. W. Rodger Branson Green Mulannon Rennyson Henryson Flannery Mr. Branson Bir. Raynor Home Office Patrick Mahannan Queen's Star Inn Rennyton St. Philip's Church Kelvin Grove Reanyson Renoyson Dalton Thomas Armitage Acorn Street Milton's Head Allen Street Mulannan John Morton Thorpe Robert Thorpe Serjeant Johnson Samuel Linley Pissnery Ren Sn Nme York Dery Hodge Acete Eves Haederra

Windsor Castle terrace accident and Carlisle murder inquiry

A horse drawing ice on Windsor Castle terraces killed itself by leaping the rampart after being left unattended. In Carlisle a brutal murder inquiry followed a reported attack on a traveling tinkers’ family, ending with coroner sessions and six soldiers committed for trial in York on charges of willful murder and affray.

Windsor Castle Queen's Terrace Victoria Terrace Brora Murpes Carlisle Greyatone Cottage Blackwell Road Hodgson Greystone Cottage Botchergate Peter Hanlin Ench Charles M'Minnis Durbar Henlin M‘minnis M'Minnis Hanlin

Punishment of Death in the Modern Era Opined

The essay denounces capital punishment as barbaric while praising reforms that restrict death sentences to murder and treason. It cites Maidstone and Dundee cases, inclines about telegraph delays, and notes former convicts freed after wrongful sentences. It also mentions Cant, Debney, Lonsdale, Williams, and Mary Hont in debates on justice and innocence.

Cheepside Leicestershire North Riding Tyburn Bentham Maidstone Home Office Leith Dundee Hunt Briley Home Secretary Cant Debney Lonsdale Williama Mary Hont Mouke

Time of sunrise and high water notes from historic guide

The excerpt outlines methods to compute sunrise and sunset by latitude, noting adjustments per degree from 61 80 and 51 80, and lists high water times for major ports with variations for several locations including London Dock, Bristol, Dublin, and Liverpool. It also contains calendar notes from The Week-Lvxpar dated October 10th on Michaelmas terms, biblical lessons, and lunar phases.

Great Britain and Ireland London Dock Bristol Ork Cove Falmouth Ball Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyheld Harbour Liverpool Port Glasgow Southampton Trinity Cambridge Daniel iii Daniel vi Oxford

Judge and Matron Jury Debate Infanticide Case Legacy

A historical moral editorials discuss the aging role of barber-surgeons and jury of matrons in pregnancy cases. The piece critiques reliance on traditional authority, urges medical testimony, and questions execution versus infanticide. It probes humane treatment of convicts, including crimes of passion and childbirth.

Newgate Aries

Spain eyes a French backed ministry in Madrid crisis

Telegraphic reports claim a new Spanish ministry formed under Narvaez with Sartorius Orlando Ros de Olano and Cordova. The piece questions authenticity of a French government letter praising Montpensier and warns of political plots amid Bulwer's failed stance against France.

Narvaez Spain France Madrid General Narvaez M. Sartorius M. Orlando Ros de Olano M. Cordova Ministry of the Interior Infante Conde de Montemolin Ferdinand Duc de Montpensier P.si

Public grievance over wrongful punishment and royal leniency

A historical critique argues that law should not permit injustice to stand, recounting four men wrongfully convicted and transported, later pardoned by grace. It notes Home Office grants a ten pound gratuity and condemns reliance on royal mercy while urging redress for the unjust sentence and degradation endured.

Queen Victoria Hudson Railway Potentate Home Office

Corrupt Concession Prompted by Official Inquiry

An 19th century letter fragment quotes J H Capper Eng and Sir George Grey on a large compensation awarded per week for suffering. The text notes communication to Mr Wood joiner and remarks on propriety, propriety of feeling, and national disgrace under the circumstances. It reflects an official tone about a controversial adjudication.

J. H. Capper Eng Tam Deis Rx Marzclay Wood Groves York George Grey

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