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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 03, 1843

Page

7

Extraordinary Case Attempt to Commit Murder Explored

A seventeen year old Leicester migrant, Joseph Growcock, confessed to planning and attempting to murder a girl near Derby after luring her from a Nottingham-Beeston area. He described assaults with a hammer, gagging, and intent to flee or be hanged, while his father observed signs of agitation but helped reveal the plot to authorities. The girl survived with head injuries. Growcock was remanded for further examination as investigations traced a troubled pattern from Leicester to Nottingham and Beeston.

Dezxly Joseph Growcock Leicester Nottingham East India Company Growcock Derby Borrowash Jane Lord Harrington Evaston Grewcock Thomas Growcock Notingham George Gee Maricourt Charlotte Street Gee's General Hospital Gee Tuerday Allwood Beeston All‘oh Gee’s Glasshouse-street Red Rover Melmoth Sting Hunt Seouer Bradley Hunt's Park-row Chapel-bar Hell Lenton Eliza Allwood Inshire Mansfield Hisoner Incorporated Law Society Hickinson Kemsey Hillhall Eccleshall Sarah Breese Whitleyheath Higginson Breese Buckridge Brutton

Toll grievances and farmer meetings across South Wales

A Times reporter covers crowded Newcastle Emlyn and Abersytwyth gatherings where farmers detailed toll barriers, parish roads, and poor law issues. Magistrates, trustees, and local gentry debated toll reductions, with crowds pressing for relief and a Queen’s petition. Later reports note a large rally on Menydd Mawr with petitions to the Queen, and toll-bar discussions in Aberystwyth. Violent incidents and strikes in Carmarthenshire and Swansea are also described, including gate destruction and copper workers’ strike tensions.

Newcastle Emtry Times South Wales Salutation Hotel Rees Goring Thomas Augustus Brigstock Lloyd Hall Mr. Jones David Evans Principality Hall Newcastle Emlyn Kilredding Bwllcland-gatuu James Evans Pengwernarkar Cardiganshire Carmarthen Llangellar A. Davis Evans Wales Welch Cardigan Aberystwith Lloyd Halli Trust Swansea Menydd Mawr W. Chambers Rees Kilymaen Abbrystwith The Turnpike Trust Colonel Powell J. Hughes Heillwyd J. M. Davies Pantyfelwan G. W Parry Lewiards P. Pryse Theophilus Jenkins Mr. Parry Jenkins Bullen Evan Killen Linxpovery Zimes Joshua Binder Middlebank Middle-bark

Inquest Opens on Staircase Accident at No 83

An inquest at No 83 Basingball Street into the death of five year old William Coast Lewis, son of a Guildhall messenger, after sliding on bannisters and falling. Witnesses note prior warnings of danger. surgeon confirms death from brain concussion. verdict: accidental death.

Payne Basingball Street City Police William Coast Lewis Guildhall William May

Epitaph and Peel Repeal Exchange in Curious Column

A column titled for the curious features an epitaph for a “Great Law Lord” and a satirical exchange between Sir Robert Peel and Abel Handy about repeal agitation. The dialogue mocks political fire alarms, fire engines, and hopes that agitation will die out, noting the flames of political conflict worsening as they discuss remedies.

Robert Peel Abel Handy Handy Sir Abel Bob

The Coming Man in Irish Arms Debate

In the closing debate on the Irish Arms bill Mr D Izraeli hinted at a great personage rising to lead the country from embarrassment to prosperity. Sir Robert Peel mocked the notion as a vague prophecy while Lane Fox revealed a private interview claiming a Messiah figure linked to D Izraeli. The tale spread, provoking laughter and secret understanding among a few.

Mr. D'Israeli Robert Peel D'Israeli Lane Fox Ipswich J. Lane Fox Shrewsbury

Mutual Help Quote on Aid and Society

A reflective excerpt extols mutual aid as essential to humanity. It argues every person needing assistance has a right to seek help, and those with power to grant aid bear guilt if they refuse. The passage frames charity from birth to death as a moral duty.

Sir W. Scott

Mathematical Demonstration by Professor Vince at Cambridge

A late eccentric Cambridge mathematician, Professor Vince, recounted a duel avoidance reply. When asked what he would do if told he lies, he said he would demand proof. If proven false, he would accept the lie. if not proven, he would pocket the affront, ending the matter.

Vince King's College Cambridge

Secret Love and Heidelberg Students Revelry Report

A poetic line on secret love contrasts with a Heidelberg students piece noting ill-treatment of locals. It portrays student life as rough and merry with beer, pipes, long beards, and a mock academy freedom, including a raucous rite at "kneip" with Cram Bambuli chant and possible clashes.

Germany Heidelberg Silentium

Defamation of a Dog at Correctional Police Court

An elderly couple Goulet dispute a tale of defamation over a poodle named Prénislas. The lodgers accuse the dog’s master, Brodier, of wasting court time. the judge dismisses the case and orders Brodier to pay costs. The tale lampoons petty neighborly quarrels in a defamation setting.

Goulet Jardin Des Plants Brodier M. Brodier Prénislas

Rights and heavenly titles versus earthly claims

The passage contrasts divine rights and earthly titles, arguing that human grants cannot exceed what heaven has registered. A second verse describes a long slender water weed that cannot rise against flow, whether gentle or rushing, illustrating limits of strength in different currents.

Earth

Downing Street Appoints Falkland Islands Magistrate and Dominica Provost Marshal

The Queen named Charles Le Blanc to be magistrate at the Falkland Islands and William Brade Lockhart to be provost marshal of Dominica. John Dunstan Sheppard is approved as consul at Glasgow for the King of Hanover. Royal Navy promotions and fisheries rules are noted along with insolvencies, bankruptcies, and a detailed execution report of Hickinson for child murder.

Downing-Strret Charles le Blanc Falkand Islands William Brade Lockhart Dominica John Dunstan Sheppard Glasgow King of Hanover Office of Ordnance Henry Sebastian Rowan Buckingham Palace British France Ireland Privy Council Royal Regiment of Artillery Philip G. Pipen

Commissions Signed for Deputy Lieutenants in Stirling and Norfolk

Odd note of commissions by the Lord Lieutenant for Stirling and Norfolk appointing deputy lieutenants and a cornet. Also Holmepierrepont Troop appoints Lieutenant Byron and a promissory notes report covering average amounts in the UK four weeks to August 19, 1843, including Bank of England and private banks.

Stirling Charles Alexander Moir Sir Henry James Seton Stuart Bart William Ramsay Ramsay Peter Blackburn Norfolk Prince Albert's Own Corps William Freeman Cornet Nottingham Holmepierrepont Southern Regiment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry George Anson Byron T. B. T. Hildyard United Kingdom Bank of England England Wales Scotland Bank of Ireland Ireland Victoria Ngland Henry L. Wickham Great Britain Henry Bicknett Grocers’ Company Surrey Place Walworth Sarah Eliza Scott Blake Street York W.H. Hoggarth Reform Artillery Place Woolwich W. Wyatt North Road Irlams O Eccles Lancashire R. Ayton Frith Street Soho W. D. Hughes Rufford’s Islington W. T. Sumpter Brudenell Place New North Road J. Pickford Hazlegrove Cheshire J. Allen Alfreton Derbyshire J. J. M. M. Scott Liverpool T. Hitchcock Alrewas Staffordshire G. Parsons Long Sutton Lincolnshire J. Lythgoe Cooper J. Ricards Oxford Street Stamford Street Blackfriars J. Brown Lancaster E. Hipkins Egremont Chester J. Oram Chard Somerset G. Hewitt G Hewlett Manchester J. M. Carthorn March Cambridge J. Skill Kidderminster F. Markby Peterboro W. North Bath A. Carter Custom House Chambers Lower Thames Street J. Rowe Blandford Street Marylebone J. J. D. Deneulain Leicester Square D. G. Gordon Mortimer Street Cavendish Square W. Densem J. L. Foster Jewry Street Aldgate Eyre and Jackson Bristol Henry Bruce and Co George Town British Guiana Williams and Davies M'Bride, Tapp, and Co Kingston Upon Hall Edwards and Martin King William Street Strand W. and T. Frisby Leicester Hosiers Litchfield and Owen Chancery Jane Forder and Hellingsworth Groavenor Street Commercial Road J. and W. Palmer Tonbridge Street New Road Victuallers Greene, Nyner Sedgwick Regent Street South Redness Yorkshire Silk and Winrove St. Paul's Churchyard Hatch and Blades Wells Hindley, and Co Wigan St. Helen's Simpson and Nicholls Stoke Upon Trent John Davies, and Co Shrewsbury drapers—Fabrer and Newsom Tottenham Middlesex Martin, Flint, and Co Gutter Lane

TIRLING REES ESSENCE PROMOTES Rapid Cure

A Victorian advertisement extols Stirling Rees essence as superior for a wide range of maladies including rheumatism scrofula and blood disorders. It claims cures in three to four days and urges purchase through J W Craurion Stirling Chemist Whitechapel with prices listed and delivery by post.

Tirling Whitechapel N.B. I

Lamert on Debility and Disorders From Excess

A sealed new edition announces Lamert on debility and nervous disorders stemming from solitary habits and youthful excesses. The work covers anatomy, treatment, and moral guidance, urging renunciation of marriage felicities, with details on purchase and consultation in London.

Samuel La’mert Beprorp Senate London University of Edinburgh London Hospital Medical Society Apothecaries Manchester Chronicle

Manly Health and Happy Marriage Promote Restoration

Lucas on Manly Health offers a comprehensive guide to restoring vigor and marriage harmony after sexual excesses and youthful imprudence. The work, by C J Lucas & Co, details bodily and mental weakness, urges professional supervision, and explains remedies to regain health, vigor, and moral confidence. The authors advertise consultations at 60 Newman Street London with strict secrecy and a £1 fee, urging thorough case detail from country patients.

Birmingham London Yenhe R. and L. Perry Perry Messrs. Perry Berners-Street Oxford-Street Greet London Morning Journal Goss Edinburgh Glasgow Dublin Morning Journal Dublin Weekly Journal Sherwood and Co Paternosterrow Porter Grafton-street Dublin Messrs. Goss Strand Waterloo-bridge C.jucas Newman-street Oxford Street Brittain Paternostertow J. Gordon Leadenhall-street G. Mansell King Street Southwark C. Westerton Parkside Knightsbridge Briggate Leeds J. Noble Market-place Hull T. Lawler Courier-office St. Ann's-square H. Whitmore Market Street Manchester W. Howell Dale Church.street Liverpool J. Howell Waterloo W. Wood High-Straet Lucas Bell Messrs. Lucas and Co J. Curtis and Company Burgess Medical Bookseller Coventry-street Haymarket Barth Brydges-street Mann Cornhill Strange Paternoster-row Lonsdon Guest Bull-street Sawler St. Anns Square Philip South Castle-street Faonmend Co Bolster Cork Henderson Belfast Drummond High-street Messrs. Curtis Clangland Essex and Herts Mercury Mueasrs Curtis Messrs. Curtiss Messrs. Curtis and Company Frith-street Soho-square

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