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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 08, 1839

Page

3

Second Case Of Tory Bribery At Cambridge Court

The Cambridge magistrates hear a bribery case involving William Marsh a Fitzroy street watchmaker and a Long suspected of offering ten sovereigns to influence votes. Witnesses describe meetings at Long's house and a plan to sway electors for Mr Sutton with money. Bail set at £200 with two sureties of £100 each as the case proceeds.

Slicks Favell Marsh Fitzroy-street John M. Doyle Magistrates’ Court Cambridge William Marsh Fitzroy Street Mr. Long Eden-walk Messrs. Swann Long Gibson Ipswich Long Ther The Britannia Sir John Doyle Sir John G Bson Goal-street Wall of Eden Chapel Oliver Mr. Oliver Mr. Sutton Mr. Cooper Charlotte Smith George Smith Hobson-street Mrs. Smith Edward Cory Benett-street Henry Foreman College- Butler Brighton Hastings Dover Boulogne Dieppe Kent Sussex Dupes Eastbourne Longshaw Church George Hatherington Seaford Hatherington Cudhmere River Mentury Law Magazine Politican Review London Richardson and Co Law Magazine House of Commons A. Colburn Barnaby Anglice Cauvery Mysore Shikarpoor Mansfield

Lightning Destroys Ships and Panics Sailors in Royal Navy

Parliamentary returns reveal 174 lightning damage cases to British navy ships since 1793. About one sixth of these ships were set ablaze in masts and rigging. half of the incidents saw crew casualties. Seventeen dead and many wounded across several vessels, including the Resistance Loup Cervier York and others. Fear and panic followed, with sailors rushing hatchways during storms. Lords of the Admiralty urged safer conductors to replace faulty lightning protection.

Resistance Loup Cervier York Cape Frangois Plymouth Mediterranean Lord Exmouth Toulon Admiralty Falmouth Jamaica Snake Port Royal Puerto Rico Havannah Holland Sierra del Pilar Onium Pickle Gresham Trust Mercers’ Company Robert Smirke Hardwick Barry Royal Exchange London Newgate Privy Council North Smith Board of Superintendence of Sir Edward Blakeney Justice Perrin Blake Board of Board of Superintendence Eterimls Dublin Evening Post Stevens Wheal Kitty Mine Cornwall Royal Gazette Burley’s Lane Leicester Eppystone Babarter Hugh Brown Plymouth Journal

A Caffre Hero and the Rise of Shaka the Zulu

The article recounts the 1780 rise of Tingescho and the boy Chaka who becomes Shaka. It details Chaka's brutal conquest uniting tribes into the Zulu nation and his ferocious warfare, including the adoption of the stabbing assegai and mass killings. Dingaan ultimately assassinates Chaka and seizes power.

Tingescho Toghela Senzengakona Chaka Tingesco Umtogas Tingeswho St. John’s River Dela Goa Bay Attila Dingaan

The Boers of the Cape and Ingenious Smuggling Tales

A pithy colonial survey contrasts Boer marksmanship and mounted warfare with Zulu tactics. It then recounts elaborate smuggling schemes at Beachy Head, including a cliff derrick, chalk platform stations, and a dramatic rescue of a sentinel.

Beachy Head Eastbourne

Nightly horror recalled in smuggler tale of peril

A vivid account describes a man peering over a chalk-pit where smugglers hid at night. The scene ends with the figure hanging near the brink and a ships officer later guiding a West Indies voyage, suggesting the tale mirrors real danger and lingering dread.

Bhurmah Hag Vilage Mansfield Hisollowers

Smuggling Foiled by Dog Tracking and Tiger Hunt

In the early blockade era smugglers buried cargo near a lighthouse and used bladders to move liquor inland. A coast guard officer trained a Newfoundland to sniff brandy scents, leading to seizures until smugglers killed the dog with a ball, ending the chase.

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