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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 24, 1843

Page

6

Warrant Dealings Over Leaden Coffin Discovery

The case centers on Rev. Isaac Bridgman and family amid a leaden coffin found buried six inches deep near Bridgman’s yard. Witness Pritchard describes discovering the coffin containing a skull and bones, with the lid bearing the deceased’s inscription likely removed. Authorities seek Bridgman’s apprehension as he allegedly aided in removing the coffin with his son while Tawney laments grave insecurity and pending repairs.

Clarkson Isaac Bridgman James Bridgman Mr. Bridgman Entleman Pritchard Bridgman Tawney Cottingham l

Honorable Talbot and wife remanded on jewellery theft charge

A fashionably dressed man identified as Thomas Adolphus Talbot and a woman named Elizabeth Talbot were brought to the Old Brompton court on suspicion of stealing jewellery from Mr. O. H. Passau’s residence. Witnesses testified to forged bills and false pretenses connected to the Talbots, with police seizing duplicates and redrawing the case for further evidence while remanding both defendants to await Thursday’s proceedings.

wiTad Thomas Adolphus Talbot Barrie-cottage sOrd Brompton Thomas Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury Edmead Barrie Cottage Old Brompton Owen Henry Passau Gloucester-grove West Paynter Elizabeth Talbot Edmend Eliabeth Talbot Archbutt Sloane Square Wisoner O. H. Passau Gloucester Barn Cottage Kessan Messrs Webster and Son Cornhill Talbot Alder Messrs. Petrie and Bent Richescourt Lime-street City Nichols Shrewsbury Tlan F. H. Talbot Cavenish.square F. H.talbot Coutts and Coutts’s Earl Shrewsbury Harrington Lodge Crogin Payntt Clerkenwell Pers Kent

Repeal Speech of Robert Tyler at United Irish Rally

The New York Herald reports a massive Washington hall gathering of the United Irish Repeal Association to hear Robert Tyler son of the president denounce British rule in Ireland. Tyler extols Irish struggle, argues sovereignty cannot be alienated, and urges legislative emancipation for Ireland, then faints from heat as reporters struggle to cover the event.

New York Herald Washington Hall United Irish Repeal Association R. Tyler United States Tyler Alderman Purdy C. O’connor B. Connor Elijah F. Purday Purdy Erin England M‘keon Robert Tyler France Napoleon Bonaparte Sheridan Burke China Ireland Wellington Vattel Free States Confederacy Legislative Union Wallace

Royal hospitals observance and Bank of England meeting

On St Matthew's day the lord mayor and governors attended service at Christ Church Newgate Street and heard Latin English Greek and French orations on royal hospital benefits. At the Bank of England a dividend of 30 percent was approved and motions discussed regarding currency and capital stock. An anti corn law lecturer Buckmaster faced heckling at Cuckfield while Dr Byass and others clashed. a separate inquest into Richard Lewis's death at Millwall concluded the death from exhaustion after a fall and thigh fracture.

Caxtet St. Matthew's Day Royal Hospitals Christ Church Newgate-street Nathaniel Heynar Christ’s Hospital Oxford Cambridge Victoria Prince Albert Duke of Sussex Bank of Enxclany Bank of England Cotton Court of Proprietors John Cook Williamson CuoKrreny Buckmaster Cuckfield Sussex Dr. Byass Cobden League Faral Faral Accident At Messrs. Szwanps Millwalt Mills Brown

Gates, Rosa, and Nott at Somnauth Gate Romance

A witty India letter notes Sir W. Nott plans to marry Miss Rosa Dore, linking his famed Gates of Somnauth theft to a promised Door. The verse humorously celebrates the union while musing on fate and a paradoxical triumph as Rosa loses the Door in the tale.

Somnauth Agra W. Nott Rosa Dore Mahmoud Rosa India Nott

French ideas of English government referenced in wit

A French periodical imagines the Queen and ministry in exile in France with a de facto ruler in England and other Irish and Welsh figures, a caricature of the empire’s decline. The City jester at Mansion House offers inimitable puns about ex-regents and teetotal missions, cited from a Westminster Review pamphlet.

France Great Britain Cobden England O’connell Tara Ireland Doctor Chalmers Scotland Times Supreme Prince Wales Padre Mathew Spain John Pirie Mare Mansion House Westminster Review

An American hotel as seen by Marlin Chucslewit

The narrator describes a grand National hotel near the railway with a vast brick courtyard and many whitewashed passages. A busy night reveals booted boarders on the verandah and cigars smoke drifting from the public rooms while supper is prepared. The scene emphasizes sterner, institutional architecture and crowded, noisy hospitality.

National Hotel Marlin Chucslewit

Anecdote of Napoleon and the finest day of life

A Napoleonic anecdote recalls his remark that the finest day of his life was his first communion, shared with his devoted staff. The tale, told by General Dronault, caused a smile and a grave silence from one general. The piece also cites comments from the Times on Irish rents and Peel versus Melbourne policy, ending with a note that Punch is praised for pedantry.

Napoleon Austerlitz Pyramids General Dronault Lord Burleigh Punch

Shower of Puppies Reported in French Orchard

A Sept 9, 1843 Paris report claims a shower of nine puppies fell from the sky over Saint Gilles de Livet orchard. A labourer nearby feared for his safety, cried for help, and witnesses confirmed the phenomenon. Officials attributed it to a balloon inscribed feeding nine orphans, tying the meteor to a playful hoax.

CassieMer Catrapos Saint Gilles de Livet Paris

The Singing Mouse and Drury Lane Opera Letters

The piece recounts an échange between Alfred Bunn and the Singing Mouse about an opera at Drury Lane, with playful letters on cat anecdotes, Stilton bribes, and theatrical maneuvering, followed by Royal Army and naval appointments notices and assorted 1843 to 1848 public records.

Rarus Mus Ferris Whittington Fitzball Mouse Alrrep Bunn E.S Alfred Bunn P.S Drury Lane Drurylane John Cooper Cher Souris Malibran Alyrzp Bunn Covent Garden Singing Mouse France Paris Alpred Bcunn

Original Lines by the Late Lel

Poem excerpt describes a soldier on a raven steed facing a gallant host and his weeping lady who urges concern for their infant son rather than his fame The stanza highlights chivalric valor and familial sacrifice in a martial scene

Lel

Dissenters' Marriage Act and Insolvency Declarations List

The London Gazettes lists certified places for solempiting dissenters marriages including Trabernacle Blackburn and Albion Chapel Kingston upon Hull. It records insolvency declarations for many tradespeople such as G Dickinson chemist J Burnham omnibus proprietor W L Phillips and J D Lockhart attorney along with bankrupts, dividends, certificates, partnerships dissolved, and Scotch sequestrations with names and addresses in multiple locations.

Whitehall Prince Albert K.G Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex Royal Regiment of Horse Guards Vincent Rowland Corbet Purchase Proctor George Watson Milles Cornet Corbet 15Th Regiment of Foot Daniel Capel Ashhurst Charles Theodore de Montenach Capel 36Th Foot James Nugent Reeve Henry Archibald Cubitt Richard Lloyd Nugent Brice Manners Wood Lloyd George Robert James Marshall Wood William Sinclair de Courcy Willesford Price Lyons John Swin County of Leicester Willoughby Woolstan Dixie George Joseph Palmer Edward Basil Farnham William Harrick George Moore John Bainbridge Story Leicestershire Yeomanry Willoughby Wolston Dixie Clarke Viscount Campden Dixie William Ward Tailby Woodcock Domville Grocers’ Company Grocers -Hall Wesleyan Association Redruth Cornwall High Street Gateshead Durham Independent Withybrooke Warwickshire Heullan Denbighshire Zionhill East Tisbury Wiltshire Hermon Dowlais Merthyr Taft J. Ridgway Manchester Iongmonger C. Clark Liverpool J. Rowe Blandford Street Marylebone A. Bohter Sackville Street Piccadilly J. Chaloner Chester Currier W. Pattinson St. Cuthbert Cumberland Calico W. A. Bradford Longacre G. Johnson T. and J. Parker and Co Woodhouse Carr Leeds Dyers W. Gordon Colchester Essex T. Radclyffe Birmingham Warwick Little Bolton M. Macgregor Gairloch Ross-shire Wett Dundee Trabernacle Blackburn Albion Chapel Kingston Upon Hull G. Dickinson Chenies Mews Bedford Square J. Burnham Harrold Bedfordshire W. L. Phillips W. Phillips Montfort Place Kennington Green J. D. Lockhart Sarah Street Yorkshire W. Barnes Kinnerton Street Knightsbridge R. W. Webb Walworth Road Carey Street H. Manley Belveders Buildings Southwark W. Jeffery Queen Street Brompton Brighton J. Ames Holywell Flintshire J. Stead S. Hinchliffe Calverley W. King Edmonton W. H. Patten Plymouth E. Duncombe J. Davies Allen Street Goswell Street M. Banyard Brunswick Street Carr Devonshire Street Newington W. Stroud E. Eardley Exeter S. Sleep Altarnum R. Lindon Snapes Devonshire A. Harris Sharp's Buildings Tower Hill T. P. Chalk Linton Cambridgeshire Draper M. Nelms Back Hill Hatton Garden Hearth H. Ellis Norwich J. and G. Lockwood Wakefield St. John's New Brunswick H. M. Newton Kirkburton Victualler M. D. Protheroe Bristol West India

Perry and Co Venereal Cure Advert The Silent Friend Balm

An 18th edition print lists medical works on generative infirmities and reproductive losses with engravings. It promotes Perry and Co remedies including the Cordial Balm of Syriacum and Purifying Specific Pills, detailing prices, locations in London and Birmingham, and consultation times at 19 Berners Street.

Irmingham London R. and L. Perry Bull-street Birmingham Perry Messrs. Perry Berners-Street Oxford-Street

Self-Preservation: Secrets of Generative Disorders Explored

A 19th century promotional essay by Samuel Lamert offers guidance on debility nervousness and disorders linked to excess and solitary habits. It advertises the sealed Seventh Thousand edition priced 2s 6d, or 3s 6d post free, with notes on marriage anatomy and treatment, plus a list of London and provincial booksellers. Lamert offers private consultations at No 9 Bedford Street, with a £1 fee and guaranteed discretion.

Samuel Lamert London University of Edinburgh London Hospital Medical Society Apothecaries Barraclough Fargate Sheffield Davey Broad-street Bristol Manchester Chronicle la Mert Bedford-street Bedford-square C.J. Lucas & Co Newman-street Oxford Street Brittain J. Gordon Leadenhall-street G. Mansell King-street Southwark C. Weaterton Park-side Knightsbridge A. Phillips Oxford-street Field Quadrant Regent-street Hue High-street Birmingham J. Fryer Westgate-street Bath G. Davey Broad Street W. Grant Castle-Square Brightor H. Guy Chelmsford W. and H. Robinson Greenside Street Edinburgh T. Price Dame-street Dublin United Kingdom Lucas Theaw Bell Mesars, Lucas and Co J. J. Cunris Conrany Consulting Surgeons Burgess Medical Bookseller Coventry-street Haymarket Barth Brydges-street Strand Mann Cornhill Strange Paternoster-row Lonsdon Guest Bull-street Sawler St. Anns Square Manchester Philip South Castle-street Liverpool Foonin and Co Grafton-street Bolster Cork Henderson Belfast Drummond

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