Extraordinary Case Attempt to Commit Murder
A Nottingham Derby area case recounts Joseph Growcock, a seventeen year old who confessed to planning and attempting to murder a girl in a Derby lane after luring her from a Derby mill job. He led police to the crime scene, where the girl lay badly wounded but alive. he was remanded for further examination.
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Joseph Growcock
Leicester
Nottingham
East India Company
Growcock
Derby
Borrowash
Lord Harrington
Evaston
Grewcock
Growcork
Reorganization of the Chartists Convention Forming
A new Chartist convention is being formed to sit in Birmingham and reorganize the United Kingdom. Delegates from every district will be sent to the convention to advance the common reform agenda. The plan mirrors a London model from 1839 40.
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London
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Courts of Equity
Scotland
Higginsey
Stafford
Knightley
Johnson
Meertown
Ewport
Sandiland
Victim
Kemsey
Hillhall
Eccleshall
Sarah Breese
Whitleyheath
Higginson
Breese
Bishop's Wood
Buckridge
Actien
Atremorred Incendrarnis M
Titterton
Carnarvon Herald
Blood Money plot lands two youths in court
Thomas Nichols aged 17 and James Spelman aged 19 faced magistrates in Bow Street on a case involving forgery three counterfeit shillings, entrapment fears, and alleged pressure on constables. Spelman denied wrongdoing while Nichols claimed entrapment and recounted events linking the pair to a spree of bad money and a public house. The magistrate ordered Spelman held on bail and Nichols sent to the House of Correction for surveillance ahead of next week’s proceedings.
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Thomas Nichols
James Spelman
Mr. Broughton
Sheeup Sixes
Mondlay
Serjeant Arker
H Division
Spitalfields
Spelman
Trew
Burcham
Elder-street
Nichols
Mailley
Jackson
Mailey
Shoreditch
Magpie Alley
Elderstreet
Green Dragon
Half Moon-street
Bishopsgate-street
Union-street
Crispin-street
Boy Nichols
Elder Street
Old Bailey
Witness
Barker
Green
Serjeant Barker
Harris
Bow-street
Broughton
Teakle
Trevor Burcham
Nichole
Spitalfields Market
House of Correction
Fatal Accident at Thames Bank Claims Young Man
A 22 year old Charles Kine of Vauxhall Road died after drowning while bathing with a companion named Forster off Thames Bank between Westminster and Battersea. Forster, unable to swim, raised the alarm, but rescue drags failed to recover the body. A spate of bathings has already claimed multiple lives in the area in the past two weeks.
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Thames Bank
Charles Kine
Vauxhall Road
Forster
Thames
Westminster
Battersea
John Williams
Llandebie
Williams
Lilandebie
Campbell
Islay
Laggan
Corrary-bridge
Bowmore
Izaak Walton
Glasgow Journal
Postponed Answers in Weekly Chronicle Legal Corner
The Weekly Chronicle updates readers on delays due to the Legal Editor’s indisposition and outlines responses to reader questions. Topics include property rentals, tenancy notice, indenture stamps, invention acts, post office issues in Ledbury, and inquiries about Chancery funds and income tax procedures.
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Wrexrelyy Chronicle
Peter Laurie
London
A.R
Warneford
G.S
Te Biel
H. M
Hong Kong
Fou
Doctor's Commons
St. Paul's Churchyard
Hilgay Norfolk
J. A
C. H
J. W
Woolwich
Weekly Chronicle
Manchester
Court of Chancery
Accountant-General
Chancerytone
Monge Posterrick Monstro
Ledbury
J. S. Baastex
N.B
M.S
R. L
Income Tax Commissioners
Humale
E. H. Batty
W. B
Lorp Brovenam at Home and Legal Alarm in 1843
A Globe letter recalls a lord’s failed ten guinea donation to an orphan school and notes a new act regulating attorneys and clerks. It prohibits unqualified practice, requires oath and registrar oversight, and enables suspension or imprisonment for misuse of attorney names.
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Lorp Brovenam
The
Globe
Times
City 10Adt
Oxpaan Worgine Schoor
Incorporated Law Society
Shell
Sunrise and High Water Rules for Britain and Ireland
A guide explains methods to compute sunrise and sunset times by latitude and daily shifts, and gives corrective times for high water at major ports. It lists adjustments to London Dock high water for Bristol Cork Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow and Southampton.
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Great Britain and Ireland
London Dock
Bristol
Cork
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Southampton
Weather and religious calendar for the week with astrological notes
Sunday through next Sunday details a church liturgy list for two Sundays with proper lessons from Kings and Romans, plus moon age and daylight shifts. It includes daily weather prognostications from Legh, Meteo, Ephem, and Zadkiel, burgess list deadlines under the Municipal Reform Act, and date specific notes such as Old Bartholomew day and Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Legh
Meteo
Ephem
Zadkiel
Tuurspay
Eunarchus
Session of 1843 reviewed by The Times
The Times of last Wednesday provides a detailed résumé of the recent Session, faulting Peel and the Government for blunders and coercion while praising minority opposition for forcing discussion on Ireland, the Chelsea Pensioners, and the Irish Arms Bill. It argues the Session was wasted despite a large majority and suggests alternative measures and policy might have yielded better results.
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Times
Robert Peel
Chelsea Pensioners
the Times
Lord Clements
Hume
Ireland
House of Commons
Frederick Pollock
Lord Howick
Villiers
Smith O'Brien
Home Secretary
Ward
Villaious
Autobiography of Lord Brougham and the Whigs
A sharp critique argues the Standard’s “from a Correspondent” piece on Lord Brougham is shameless self promotion. It denies a formal Litchfield House Compact and credits Sir Robert Peel with the Municipal Reform Bill fate, while lampooning Brougham’s vanity and alleged self attribution as the Standard’s author.
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George Robins
Warren
Lord Brougham
The
Whigs
John Russell
Edinburgh
Lord Grey
Lord Durham
Ritchfield House
Litchfield House
Charing-cross
Ireland
Lord Normanby
Lord Morpeth
Lord Melbourne
House of Lords
Lord Lyndhurst
Robert Peel
Lords
London
Sir Robert Peel
House of Commons
Father Mathew
Standard
Mr. Roebuck
Leader
Times Critiques Delays in Cross-Channel Security Debate
The Times laments the weak outcome of intercountry talks, noting a large inert majority and a small overwhelmed minority. It questions whether its own past shifts in stance and tendency to panders to prejudice weakened popular judgment and the nation’s legislative strength leading up to Christmas.
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the Times
Eliot
Spain’s Revolution Woes Undermine Allied Trust
The article critiques Spain where a once stable revolution, built on a constitution and Cortes, has collapsed into personal power. It questions the government’s legitimacy and the future meeting of the Cortes, highlighting international concern over Spain’s political derailment and its impact on Europe’s balance.
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Spain
England
France
Europe
Cortes
Spain and the Royal Family's Tangled Intrigues and Narvaez
A commentary on Spain under the Regent and Queen Mother, condemning Narvaez for risking the queen’s safety to advance French influence. It notes Montpensier’s southern journey, La Granja intrigues, and the fragile, factional Cortes. The piece critiques Espartero’s exile, the Bourbon alliance, and the Family Compact’s remnants amid volatile politics.
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France
Beu
Louis Phillippe
Duc d’Aumale
Duc de Montpensier
Irenees
St. Adefonso
Madrid
Narvaez
Spain
Don Francisco
Delice
la Granja Si
Engl
Trafalgar
Louis XIV
Paris
Versailles
Philippe the
Benjamin Keene
England
Napoleon
Bayonne
Louis Philippe
Queen Mother
Christina
Gazette of
Munoz
Espartero
Cadiz
Catalonia
la Grange
Castenos
Duke of
Baylen
Seville
War Office
Queen’s Visit to France Prompts Friendly Greetin g
A London paper reports the Queen's arrival in France as a historic first to announce the visit early, noting general French welcome and the potential to mend Anglo French relations. The writer cites early editions and contrasts public speculation with the cheerful reception anticipated across France.
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France
London
Times
Chronicle
Duc d’Aumale
Espartero
England
Aston to Recognise Spanish Government and Install Jerningham
The Morning Chronicle reports the English government orders Mr. Aston to recognise the new Spanish government. Aston will quit Madrid immediately after installing his secretary Mr. Jerningham as charge d affaires.
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Aston
Spain
Mr. Aston
Madrid
Mr. Jerningham
Morning Chronicle
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