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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 11, 1839
Page
5
A collage of 1840s notices and tidbits covers ministerial changes, railway plans, rail construction progress, floods in Ireland and England, court decisions on patronage, shipwrecks, accidents, and political hints. Names include Poulett Thomson, Francis Baring, and Sir George Grey among others, with events across Cheltenham, London, and Bath.
The report describes Her Majesty and the Duchess of Cambridge attending a royal theatre night. The Queen saluted the Queen Dowager from her box, then left during the second act. The piece notes a lively reception for Balfe's L Elisir d Amour at the English Opera House with Balfe, Rainforth, Frazer, and Leffler, plus talk of an English adaptation and plans for an Italian opera in Manchester.
Betting room busy over Goodwood settling with Bloomsbury and Charles the Twelfth leading the field. Derby odds quoted with many horses backed. races at Liverpool and St Leger noted along with cup prospects. Grouse and partridge notes discuss season, while a Ayrshire dispute covers a tournament at Baurmoun Castle with safety assurances from Lord Eglinton.
Archibald Bolam writes from confinement in Newcastle Gaol to Rev. Patterson of Harbottle, recounting his innocence in the Millie case, detailing the alleged diabolical plot against him, his support from the chaplain and Macindoe, and his hope for acquittal at the assizes. He recalls boyhood lessons, thanks various friends, and asks for continued prayers and testimony.
Sentences were pronounced for Birmingham riots offences. Jeremiah Howell Francis Roberts and John Jones received death sentences. Neale Shears Eades and Pomeroy got eighteen months hard labour. Drinkworth twelve months. Rhodes nine months. Storey Mason and Salter six months. Tatlow one month. Others were discharged or jailed. Separately a sad event saw solicitor Mr Chadborn, executor in James Wood's will, die by suicide after a period of despondency linked to a disputed will. Sir Matthew Wood serves on the grand jury.
In Harefield Middlesex on a Saturday night George Coker stabbed Moses Gates in the abdomen after a dispute over salmon. Gates died next morning after a lengthy inquest found Edward Coker guilty of wilful murder. The trial proceeded with magistrates and a crowded jury.
The Lords passed amendments to several bills including the Custod of Infants and City of London Police. A debate over the Ireland oath conspiracy continued as ministers defended governance. In the Commons notices were given on property tax, poor laws, and bastardy revisions with bills advancing to committee and third readings. A Portugal slave trade suppression bill was introduced.
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