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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 02, 1843

Page

6

Romanticized Clerical Feud Over Puseyism Ends in Damages

A lengthy London court report describes a libel case where the rector of Mildreth is accused of labeling a former curate a papist in disguise. The jury finds for the plaintiff, awarding damages of 40 shillings after a tense trial highlighting parish strife and religious contention.

Norfolk BeLary Torrox Tindal Kelly Andrews Sergeant Byles Sanders Sergeant Storka Gunning Belany Sergeant Storks Tibet Priti

A Confrontation in Guildhall Over Milk and Contempt

In Bishopsgate street a publican’s pot boy, James Jefferies, quarreled with a milkwoman after spilling eight quarts of milk. Alderman Gibbs ordered bail or custody for contempt. The same session hears James Maddox of the Royal Marines charged with attempting to murder his wife Grace with a knife in Ireland Yard, Blackfriars, as details of the domestic dispute emerge.

Tas Swett Stuzz James Jefferies Bishopsgate-street Gibbs Ana Nield Gibba Jefferies Alderman Gibbs Ireland Yard Blackfriars Woolwich Matthew Wood Matthew Syria Jean d’Acre Perporn Ae Maddox James Williams No.3 Trelany “Yard

London Court Notices and Assault Cases Scene

A long court report details numerous cases from Bow Street and Marylebone including a stabbing death of a boy in Kentish Town, a post office letter theft linked to a shopman, assaults on a wife with a fatal neck wound, a theatre warrant dispute, and a copyright designs dispute involving a Paris trip. The narrative covers testimonies, remands, and magistrate decisions across multiple London districts.

Marylebone William Meller Mansfield Street Kentish Town Rawlinson Samuel Haut Baker Cuen Place Hampstead William Maynard Crown Place Mansfield-plage Sibzey Thomas Baker Baving Rawlingen Sud John Maddox Princess's Mr. Maddox Mr. Rawlinson Maddox

Prisoner Charged With Theft Before Worship Street Magistrates

William Alexander Grier aged nineteen appeared at Worship Street before Mr. Broughton charged with stealing a large quantity of plate and other valuables from the residence of Lady Anne. Witnesses testified to the value of the recovered items and to Grier's method of concealment. The court committed him to Newgate for trial and bound witnesses to prosecute.

Bow Street Bensone George Goddard Congete Jardine Peacock Smith Twopenny Post-Office Moorgate-street Jane Gregory St. James’s Square Bristol Mr. Gray Moorgate Twopenny Mayo Edward Mayo Newgate Ronsgar William Alexander Grier Broughton Ly Anne Dalston Royal Navy East India Service Ireason Watson Aldgate Cotton George Cripps Thompson Commercial Road Whitechapel Church Willamot Yarmouth John Ware St. Leonard Shoreditch Henry Thomas Henry Edwardes Thomas Shoreditch Workhouse Joux Wark Kilpin Hoxton Old Town Board of Trustees Bodkin William IV Ware

Curious Information Concerning Cards and Antecedent Phrases

A blend of Victorian prose reflecting on proverbs, dog sympathy, and social concerns, followed by a note on the origin of the proverb hook or crook and a detailed explanation of playing card symbolism. It traces cards to 1300 and explains suits, kings, queens, and knaves with linguistic and historical references.

Hook Crook Hooke Crooke Charles I Spenser Charles Warton Charles the Sixth France David Alexander Cesar Regina Esther Judith Sallas Hoghe Lahire

Making Christians in Tonga Taboo and its harsh origins

The excerpt argues that enforcing religion through severe punishment harms conversion efforts in Tonga Taboo. It cites rope punishments on women, criticizes missionary brutality, and contrasts harsh methods with Tahitian and Tahiti mission experiences. It praises softer approaches seen in Tahiti, Huaheine, and Raratonga, noting private observations of pastors and the benevolent influence of Mr Warff and Mr Buzacott.

Tonga Thomas Sandwich Island Tahiti Sandwich Islands Warff Wiliams Raratonga Buzacott John Bull Mr. Orme Eduard Feleher

Privileged to Wear a Hat: De Courcy's Helmet Cleave Feat

In 1203 Philip of France summoned King John to answer for Prince Arthur's death. John de Courcy, famed Ulster conqueror jailed on treason suspicions, faced the English king as a champion. He refused to fight for John but vowed to defend his country's honor and, when pressed, cleaved a helmet with a single blow, proving strength before king and peers.

Philip France John of England Arthur John de Courcy Kingdom of Ulster Bel John de Couurcy de Courcy de Courcys

Blind Woman Distinguishing Colours in Scotland

A blind wife of a Cambusbarron weaver, long blind, could distinguish colours in worsted as they passed through her hands, showing little inconvenience from her loss of sight. An assize court scene in Taunton featured a murder case defense drawing a laugh as a prosecutor munched a sandwich while a witness hovered between mercy and acquittal. A Dartford church antiquities tale recounted nun-made tapestry stock converted into carpets after being worn out, with a joking remark on Hector and Andromache.

Oxford Starroup Cooper Curran Tench Air Justice Erskine Copper Serjeant Talfourd Erskine Indy Prerenaxp Roberts W. Jones Townsend Pwllheli Elizabeth Pritchard Mary Projecth Temple Wales Mary Pritchard Laura Thames Michael Donovan Trish Broderip Ellen Donovan Hain London Nary London Hospital Central Criminal Court Cambusbarron Scotland Taunton Stone Parsons Justice Cresswell Bin Dartford Hector Andromache

Extraordinary mild weather spurs vegetation bloom in city streets

A report from Punch notes an astonishing milder climate causing tree and street wood pavements near St. Clement Danes to sprout shoots, two inches long, despite Baltic and American timber blocks. next week the pavement may bloom fully if this weather continues. Also mentioned are unusually large mussels found in the Wyre river near Fleetwood, averaging six inches long with eight inch circumference and rich fish inside. The piece closes with a domestic verse about a dog returning after three months.

Temple-bar Church of St. Clement's Danes Wyre Fleetwood Siz Preston

London Markets Corn Exchange Morning Quotations

Morning market notes show English wheat in short supply with dull Friday sale at reduced prices. Foreign wheat sold better at the reduced rate. bonded trade inactive. Barley cheaper as malting season ends. beans and peas weak. Out trade declined. Quotation highlights include wheat rents barley oats peas rye flour and feed at various shillings per quarter.

Norfolk Suffolk

Market Report on Wheat Barley Oats and Legumes

On Wednesday there was more activity in the wheat market with some business done, but today trade was slow and sales limited at the Monday prices. Barley is scarce with falling prices, peas and beans sold slowly at Monday rates, oats more saleable with stock reduced. London averages show weekly figures for March 21 with Wheat 47s 6d Barley 45s Oats 50s 1d Rye 18s 1d Beans 29s 6d.

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Smithfield Market Mosnayr Prices Amid Tight Beast Supply

The Smithfield market reports a small supply of beasts with cold weather and improved trade. A few prime Scots reached 4s per stone while sheep sold better than recent weeks. calves were in demand with 24d advances per stone. Lamb trade unchanged. overall prices varied with limited supply and a mixed demand pattern across cattle, calves, sheep, and beef products.

Smithfield Mosnayr Masket

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