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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 20, 1840

Page

6

Widow Scandal Case Ends in Brixton Prison Sentence

In a Camberwell court report a prisoner was found to have forged letters to solicit charity for a widow and child. Letters to Lord Shelburne and Lord Lilford were traced, with Mendicity Society inquiries ordered. The prisoner, identified as James Yates, denied the accusations, and was sentenced to three months’ hard labor at Brixton.

Mendicity Society Lord Shelburne Lord Lilford Isle of Wight Wm. Hees James Yates Drummond Ann Johnson Howard Barnard Lord Mostyn Horsford Bow-street John Salisbury Foxly Road Camberwell Spencer Drummond R.N Bodkin Jeremy Spencer. Drummond Knivett Vendicity Society Brixton

Pacification of the Levant Convention of 1840 Proclaimed

Plenipotentiaries sign a convention for Levant pacification. The articles authorize immediate measures prior to ratification and outline Ottoman light-vessel firmans, Mehemet Ali communications, and consular coordination with Britain Austria Prussia and Russia. A secret article allegedly exists to close the straits to war vessels.

Great Britain Austria Prussia Russia Levant London United Kingdom Great Britain and Ireland Hungary Bohemia Russias Mehemet Ali Pacha Egypt Ottoman Empire Europe Porte Constantinople Syria United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Henr John Viscount Palmerston Baron Temple Ireland Privy Council Order of the Bath Emperor of Philip Baron de’ Nieuman Portugal Henry William Baron de Bulow Hanover St. Waldemir St. John of Jerusalem Sultan’ Abdul Medjid Chekib Effendi Nichan Litchar Wertet Sultan Hung Mediterranean Bosphorus Dardanelles Black Sea Patwerston Neuman BuLow Bronow Chekis Pachali Acre St. Jean d’Acre Ras-el-Nakhara Seisaban Tiberias Said Lake Jordan Dead Sea Red Sea Gulf d’Akaber Gulf d'Akaber Gulf of Suez Suez Alexandria Arabia Candia Adana Pachalic Patmenstox Nizuman Bruxow Chekir Proroco Ottoman Porte Sublime Porte Palm Merston NrEvmax Bu- Low Brunow Loxpow Palmerston Nieuman Butow Bruyow Herald

William Ward Dies After Queen Dowager Accident

The groom to the Queen Dowager, William Ward, who was injured when thrown from a horse in Hyde Park, died early Tuesday morning at St George's Hospital. The report also covers a severe derailment on the North Midland railway near Derby, with multiple carriages derailed and one French passenger killed.

William Ward Hyde Park St. George’s Hospital Hz Norra Leeds North Midland Railway Derby Newcastle

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