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earlier, so as to enable persons to send a reply by the ordinary evening mail, which
will close at the absurdly early hour of 7.17 p.m. The other mails remain unaltered.

FAIR
Our annual November pleasure fair was held on Monday and Tuesday last, when we
had the usual motley collection of shows and stalls; the chief attraction for the
youngsters evidently being the steam roundabouts, which had the lion’s share of
patronage. Fortunately the weather was beautifully fine overhead, although the mud
from the previous rains made a visit to the fair anything but agreeable, and it certainly
was a relief on Wednesday to see the streets and Market Place clear of the itinerant
class who contrive to make a living by attending fairs.

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Sat 6 Dec
BROADMOOR ESCAPES
The Marquis of Downshire has written to the Times calling the attention of the
Government to the alarming fact that within the last six months three of the most
dangerous of the criminal lunatics have made their escape from Broadmoor Asylum
only one of which has been recaptured. His lordship points out the danger which
residents in the neighbourhood of the asylum incur and the alarm naturally felt lest
one of these ruffians should encounter any of the inhabitants and calls on the
authorities to take effective steps to prevent the recurrence of such escapes. The
subject has been the cause of much anxiety to residents in the neighbourhood.

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Sat 27 Dec
LONGEVITY
A singular coincidence occurred last week in the deaths of three old ladies in Rose
Street who resided within one hundred yards of each other. They were aged
respectively 77, 78 and 79; a satisfactory testimony to the healthy state of the town.

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Sat 24 Jan
The death of Lady Arthur Hill at the Marquis of Downshire’s mansion in Belgrave
Square on Friday. She was the daughter of Col. Cooke.

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Sat 28 Feb
Marquis of Downshire is seriously ill.

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Sat 21 March
RECORDER OF WOKINGHAM
The Recorder of Wokingham, George Russell Esq. Who for the past eight years has
ably filled the office of Judge of the Derbyshire County Court Circuit has been
translated to the Kent Circuit, in the room of W.C. Scott Esq., deceased. The high
estimation in which Mr. Russell is deservedly held by the profession was shewn on
the occasion of his last Court held at Derby.

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Sat 4 April
DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF DOWNSHIRE

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