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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 23, 1838
Page
7
Reports detail Captain George Goring’s suicide amid questions of his mental state and a prior Belfast incident. Witnesses describe his regimented habits and a farewell letter. Additional cases include a Shadwell cabman’s death from apoplexy and a Islington destitution death, plus a Thames collision with two drownings and a near miss.
Francis Smith was charged with maliciously kidnapping William Blizard, a nine year old boy, in a tale of abduction and forced labor. The boy described being coerced, beaten, and taken through multiple towns before being brought home, with authorities committing the suspect to await further proceedings.
A small tractate explores greetings across cultures, then analyzes the words how and do. It urges readers to apply reflection to conduct and pursuits, urging virtue over vice and cautioning against unbridled gaiety.
The Greenwich community is shocked after Mary Callison a 70 year old wife of pensioner John Callison was found dead in a ditch near the Ship and Billet public-house. Suspected jealousy and alleged self harm threats loom as coroner’s inquest is awaited.
Royal Engineer officers report success in blasting and weighing remaining wreckage of the brig William and the Glamorgan schooner in the Thames. Divers, smacks, and canister charges used to fragment and bury debris. Masters of William and Elizabeth of London and the Charlotte of Faversham certify demolition complete and assess low risk to navigation.
The ceremony for consecrating the new synagogue drew about 1000 attendees, including many daughters of Israel, with the chief rabbi Dr Hirschel presiding. The service featured an anthem, psalms, and an English Hebrew address, followed by a donation list, a Hurgitz hymn, and a Hallelujah finale. The Italianate edifice includes a grand ark, marble, ornate columns, and two officer residences, designed by Mr. Davies.
A Westminster undertaker removed the body of Benjamin Joseph Turner who died at 60 Great Tothill Street. The infant had four legs four arms and two bodies with a perfect head. The mother refused offers exceeding £200 for the body and had it sent to Preston where the father was buried. Medical men wished to view it but were blocked by parish authorities.
To promote wide use of the Poor Man's Pill a free comprehensive Almanack for the year is included with each box. The almanack lists calendars mortality tables bank officers ministers and royals, and is encased for wall display. Prospective agents for wholesale sale should apply to Hannay & Co. at 63 Oxford Street.
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