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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 13, 1844
Page
4
In Cork on Monday a large meeting against the repeal bill drew 300 ladies and prominent figures including Mr. OConnell, while in Edinburgh the foundation stone for Dr Candlish's church on Lothian Road was laid by Sir Forrest in a devout service.
The article reviews a Tuesday reopening of Her Majesty's Theatre with Bellini Puritani. Grisi returns in fine voice alongside Lablache and Fornasari, praising the ensemble and orchestral performance. A Don Pasquale premiere follows, with Semiramide and a new divertissement teased for crowded attendance.
At dawn the Ojibbeway interpreter Not-een.a-akm wed Miss Sarah Haines of George Street Euston Square in St Martin’s church. Alexander Dacotte, half French Canadian and half Indian, wore a blue robe with shells and wore a vivid scarlet shawl. The ceremony drew a fashionable crowd, with praise for the Indians’ devout conduct and the couple’s pledge to live together after returning to their people.
An inquest in Westminster found that seventeen year old artist Arthur Pether died from locked jaw after an accident while splitting wood on March 21. He bruised his left little finger, sought medical help, and deteriorated, leading to his death on Tuesday morning. The verdict was accidental death. The second item reports the Greenwich Stone Pier damage, with fears of imminent ruin as piles fail and walls crack.
Reports from Paris and Madrid note Hanover king’s illness and a possible mission to Queen Victoria. Parisian dispatches mention Lieut Reine and confidential talks with the marine minister. Dover carries Prince Albert’s return from Ostend with royal salutes and details of Eaglehurst as royal nursery. Prices rise as bread and iron prices advance amid railway demand and industrial talk. ADeptford tragedy unfolds with Dickinsons life and letters amid a broader investigation into the murdered wife and silent children.
Philo Twist voices strong opposition to Lord Worsley’s Incloure Bill and to Sir Robert Peel, arguing Parliament should not enclose common land or shift power to masters. He accuses ministers of corruption, defends public land rights, and urges government-led reform to protect the poor and commoners from oppressive legislation. Postures government inertia, calls for accountable action by Peel and the Crown.
A Soho inquest heard James Ingles a baker aged 35 from No 4 Three Crowns Street returned from a spree and later died. He fell from a staircase window in his lodging, leaving a large wound on his head. The verdict was accidental death.
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