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Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 17, 1846

Page

3

Attack on troops at Porirua described in detail

A long report recounts the assault on the 48th Regiment at Mr Boulcott's stockade near the Hutt. About 200 natives attacked at daybreak with bullets and tomahawks, killing four soldiers in a tent and wounding others. Lieutenant Page led a stout defense, aided by local militiamen, and the rebels were forced back across the river after about ninety minutes of fighting. Casualties and property losses are noted, with emphasis on the bravery of the British troops and the swift response to reinforce and evacuate the wounded.

New Zealand Spectator Rangibaeata Porirua Ekanad Muturoa Pipitea Pah Richmond Hutt Page Mr. Boulcott Kapsreteheu M*hardie M-Hardie Thomas Hoseman Galbraith 99Th Boulcott Last 99Th Regiment Huttbridge Hardy E. Puni Rengihaeata Wellington Wellingtop Turnbull Trong Weihout Ceptein Stanley Cuailiope Petoni Galtraith Peteni D. Statt Ireirs End

Execution and workhouse dietary changes reported

A dispatch from St Petersburg describes the brutal execution of a soldier for murdering a commissioned officer, including bayonet attack and dismemberment. The sentence required the executioner to endure regimental blows until death. The incident ended with the victim deemed dead after a surgeon’s examination. Also noted is the St MANGEBUNE Workhouse meeting where directors voted to revert the dietary to the 1843 standard, rescinding the 1848 July diet.

Hennizie Minitany Ressta A_ jeter St Petersburg St. Manglebune Ir. Anderson

Revolution in Geneva toppled government troops by insurgents

Rumor reaches Panys of a swift Geneva revolution driven by religious and political clashes. The Grand Council rejected Zurichs concordat and prepared extraordinary diets to secure peace while Catholic cantons push a free corps alliance. Protests, barricades, and a shifting power landscape culminate in a provisional government and disbanded paid guard. James Jazy and others emerge as leaders in the new regime as Geneva faces potential civil strife and reconfiguration of its constitutional framework.

Panys Geneva Vaud Ultra Radical Free Corps Switzerland Diet Schwartz, Uri Unterwalder, &c Grand Council Zurich Grand Council of St. Gervais James Fary Confederation Samuel Muller Faubourg Council of State Dijon Syndic Fern de Geneve Rhone James Jazy Louis Rilett Leonard Gentin Bordier Francois Janin Balthasar Deeret Caystoi Pons

Debates on Workhouse Reform and Asylum Plans

A public deputation pressed the Female Penitentiary for standard prices to curb underpriced work. Governors at three establishments pledged to advocate for fair rates. The piece critiques asylums for youth, arguing reform must start with morals, not costly new institutions, while reporting a voyage enterprise and a wreck where 40 to 100 sheep and multiple bullocks were lost at sea.

H.W. Herbert London Fr. Coburn Swart Lempriere Paulus Averna Julia Paulus Cicero Cataline Gaia Rostrum Easnaring Triclinium Min Curius Fualvia Paclus Lucia Catiline Crestilla Dianna Neenlewomen S Society Pentonville Milbank Mose Honourable House Editora United Kingdom Vermuuth Norfolk Hotterdam Hallend Exuterprise Vermouth Harbour

Morro-Re a Bishop Killed by Islanders on Astrolabe Harbour

Chronicle reports the murder of Bishop of Sion, Milanesia, and Vicar Apostolic, during a landing at Astrolabe harbour in December 1815. The party, including Rev. Fremont and lay brothers, faced a coordinated attack by about 100 natives. Bishop Epaille died after multiple injuries and a pistol shot. Also noted are unrelated London bridge inquest results and other maritime notices.

Dacapree Meunsen Tive John Baptist Epaille Sion Milanesia Marouisie Yeahble Sidney Richards Marian Watson Astrolabe Harbour Ms. Fremont Chauraine Ley Brothers Secon Ysable Dra Chantaine Fremont Seawan de Isigna Ty Signe Chavraine Chauraice Grostr Pettinas Chaureille Astrovede Cape Prieto Acresé I Hamececu Gaapes W Payne Guy's Hospital John Killerby Belog London Bridge Esmet Brighton Dhet

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