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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 06, 1845
Page
2
In a climate of tight schedules and shifting allegiances both government and opposition mobilize for an approaching vote. Reports detail measures to influence voter rolls and tax assessments, while Swiss unrest notes hint at cautious preparations and dispersal of doers amid frontiers and militia debates.
A young postulant in Bermondsey receives the holy habit and veil in a ceremony at the Convent of Mercy and church of the Most Holy Trinity with bishops priests and a large spectator crowd. The rite includes vows questions and blessing before she becomes a novice.
The article notes a ceremony at Cadugen Street in Cheloem with the Society of Apothecaries speakers praising liberal conduct of the College of Surgeons council and commending the National Association committee. It covers a procession, remarks by Mr Petre, and the new St Joseph school and convent with funding by Mr Knight. It also reports a charity dispenser meeting at the British Museum area and a severe fire at Tuckfield’s Church Street factory with heavy damage.
A Spanish national, 49, was seized at Snow Hill on Good Friday with a large press, dies, and blanks for French coins and £70 in gold. Investigators traced documents to a Manchester hotel room and seized a carpet bag with pistols as the Mint is alerted. The case expands with related evidence and planned magistrate proceedings.
The prisoner admitted organizing cheaper feather making in Newcastle and hid feathers sent for cleaning. Feathers never returned to the Kendal hotel, supposedly stolen. Police chief Lipsome pursued via Sunderland mayoral warrant, arrest made in Deverell Street London. Seven five pound notes and three sovereigns found on arrest. Remand granted to Wednesday.
Dublin notes say Mr O Connell plans to leave for London at week’s end to seek nomination for a parliamentary committee deciding western Ireland rail lines. The move risks angering Connaught supporters and a reform town council, while others suspect broader aims like Maynooth funding and liberal policy goals. Repeal activities proceed with prizes won and more banquets planned. Ardglass church reforms remain in flux as church leaders urge restraint.
A devastating Friday morning collapse near Pollokshaws Glasgow killed five of seven residents after a adjacent building under construction cast its gable and chimney onto their thatch house. The tragedy followed a hurricane with widespread wind and flood damage across Scotland.
The body of a teen girl about three years old, five feet four, was found in the river Tharves near the Red Hate, Battersea at about one o'clock on Tuesday. She wore two aprons blue and black and a red silk handkerchief bound around a leg wound. she appeared well dressed, with a neat bonnet and upper garments, and was identified only by these clues.
A chaotic review highlights Coracen's Moxtail issue and a long array of essays and extracts. It notes portraits of celebrated European statesmen, The Talleyrand Papers, and various literary pieces, with commentary on French society and intellectual salons.
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