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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 09, 1843
Page
3
A dangerous assailant fled his home after the offense. On Tuesday evening last a girl nearing her home was stabbed in the neck by a person seen only vaguely. Three deep wounds, likely a peculiar instrument, narrowly missed the carotid artery. No identification yet, but strong suspicion points to a union member and motive remains unclear.
An Irish correspondent reports on Earl de Grey’s theatre appearance, Dublin politics, repeal agitation, and civic entertainments. The Mansion House meetings urge memorials to the Lord Treasurer, while O'Connell condemns press nonreporting. A grand civic event with French consul Mons Marcescheau prompts praise of hospitality amid Franco-British tensions. Police raid gambling hells in South Frederick Street and Pitt Street, detaining dozens for examination.
In Glasgow a man named Big Coleman, erratic and fixated on Sir Robert Peel, demanded two clerks to assist him in London. Policymen enticed him into a noddy and he was sent to the Glasgow lunatic asylum. He had been a shoemaker with a pension and a wartime wound, and the incident prompted commentary on other nearby mad cases.
A broad survey of literary pieces and humorous sketches in a late issue, naming Hood's The Confessions of a Phoenix, Trollope’s Barnaby in America, and a long satirical piece on duplicating poets Walter Scott Samuel Rogers and James Grahame. It also recounts a mock dinner scene with Elliston Sims Quick, a Stilton shock, and a mock funeral, plus varied magazine notices and critical readings.
The Lords discuss treaties and papers on Washington and Ashburton, the Mutiny bills, and the right of visit. Debates cover the Dogs Bill defeat, emigration, and election law reforms. In Commons, Ipswich Dock Bill amendments fail, various notices and committees proceed, and opium trade policy and education provisions spark heated exchanges.
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