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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 13, 1843

Page

6

Father Mathews Temperance Mission in Kennington Common

The Reverend Theobald Mathew resumed teetotal pledge administration at Kennington Common with crowds, many temperance societies, and 6000 present at peak. 5000 pledged on Monday and 3500 on Tuesday, plus 1500 on Wednesday, with supporters including Earl Stanhope and several clergymen. The procession faced disruption when a man assaulted a servant. Mathew continued to address thousands, with further pledges and remarks by Protestant and Catholic leaders. He then toured Fulham, where about 3000 people gathered to take the pledge.

Theobald Mathew Commersaltoad Father Mathew Society of Friends FaTher Mathew An Kennington Common Temperance Societies Hart's Temperance Hotel Aldersgate Street Philharmonic Society Charles Orme Blackfriars Road Ission Mr. Orme Thomas Finn Hooper Trotter Southwark Bridge Kennington Common Father Earl Stanhope W. Cash Jabez Burns Green Lion Street New Kent Road Moore Dooley Sirdar Guy’s Hospital Lord Stanhope M. Miles M.P P. H. Howard Russell Bishopsgate Father Athew Father Athen Monckton Milnes Howard Cash Safety of Friends Protestant Temperance Association London Ireland Liverpool Father Isthen Tor Mathew Tomain Clements Ramsgate Chuat Key Galway Fulham Tsited

Inise Insolvent Court provisional assignee named

In London a provisional assignee is appointed by commissioners for the insolvent estate with an annual salary around £500. The case notes indicate financial administration steps and the involved official duties.

Scott Molloy Patan Baker London Hospital Cornelius Lynn George-yard Whitechapel A Lynn Richard Andonald Johnson Castle Street Donald Richard Johnsons Richard Johnson Clapton Johnson Charles Wayt Ner

Breach of Promise Case at Haverfordwest Assizes

Miss Caroline Williams sues Rev Frank Thomas for breach of promise. The trial featured long-standing family prominence, letters from 1834 to 1842, and testimony on seduction claims. The jury awarded £500 damages as the case closed at the Haverfordwest assizes.

St. Mary’s Pembroke College Frank Thomas Thomas Australia Howell Phillips Society For the Propagation of the Gospel Phillips Caroline Frank Goat-street F.T Franx Miss Williams Heathfield Terrace Swansea Haverfordwest Haverford Jesus F. T Heathfield Terrace Forsooth P.S Learned Counsel Margaret Thomas Martha Howell Goat Street W. Evans Williams R. R H.J. Phillips Church of England London John Harvey J. Evans Queen’s Counsel the Assizes

Death From Sympathy Inquest At Fetterlane

An inquest in George, East Harding street, Fetterlane, into 25 year old coppersmith Edward Pearson found death likely from heart disease hastened by fright after a copper roll narrowly endangered coworkers. Post mortem planned. At Westminster petty sessions barrister George Dawson Lowndes faced a new indecent assault true bill. bail set at £500 with two sureties of £250 each.

Payne the George East Harding-street Fetterlane Edward Pearson Messrs. Pontifex and Co Wray Westminster Petty Sessions George Dawson Lowndes Thomas Thomas Oxford-street Broad-street Golden Square

Marlborough Despatches Found in Woodstock Deeds

A rediscovered Woodstock stash of eighteen boxes held Marlborough war despatches and correspondence. Letters to Prince Eugene and foreign rulers are largely in French, and the cache promises rich historical insight beyond Gurwood’s published collection. Sir George Murray oversees their custody for inspection.

Duke OF Marlborough Woodstock Marlborough Archdeacon Coxe Blenheim Prince Eugene Gurwood George Murray

American manners and hotel life with Yankee visitors

In a Montreal Ottawa hotel scene a guest recalls Yankee visitors at Governor Thomson in lively terms. A British regiment in kilts impresses guests while a New York style remark tops the humor. A balcony and window view exposes the hotel life and etiquette amid political figures. A thief notice notes a prior theft of a light coloured silk velvet trimmed Macintosh and a remedy via returning to the Ottawa hotel.

Thomson 93D Buffalo Citizen Jackson Mamma Lord Sydenham Montreal Ottawa

Teetotal Intelligence and Victorian Balloons in Paris

A Punch summary notes Father Mathew's visit drew thousands to pledge teetotal vows at pawnbrokers across the metropolis on Saturday night. The excerpt also includes verses from Copper Horse and a lyric from Lord William Lennox, plus a comic account of a hydrogen balloon incident and a Debats list of Napoleon’s Paris dwellings from garret to the Elysée Bourbon.

Father Mathew Everal William Lennox Pointoise Francois Carrie Napoleon Paris Ecole Militaire Quai de Conti Hotel de Metz Rue Mail Hotel Des Droits de l'Homme Rue Des Fossés Montmartre

Father Mathew's Pilgrim at Kennington Common

An eccentric Irish figure travels with Father Mathew on temperance missions through Ireland and England. He appears daily near Kennington common with a rush crown, bare feet, a carved staff, and a blue riband with a brass cross. He attracts locals, resists questions, and receives small offerings.

Father Mathew Pilgrim Apostle of Temperance Ireland England Kennington Common

Consul George Brown noted. Scottish benefices appointments listed

The Gazette records the Queen approving George Brown as consul in London for the republic and lists church livings filled in Cupar St Cyrus Denny among others. It also includes official notices of parliamentary elections, insolvencies, bankruptcies superseded, dividends, certificates, and partnerships dissolved with numerous names and places.

Warr Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards Henry Wedderburn Cumming 69Th Foot Graves Sth Regiment of Foot Augustus George Charles Chichester 65Th Foot Lambart 7Th Foot Henry Moore 41St Foot Chichester 45Th Foot 87Th Foot Henry Stone 68Th Foot Edwards Adolphus William Chichester Pilling 70Th Foot 48Th Foot Wood Richards Charles Allen Young John Edward Hall Purchase Richards Henry Vincent Watson Hall Frederick West Royal Military College Watson Bidwell John Douglas Murray Edwards 37Th Foot Stone Adolphus Edward Paget Graves Cumming 85Th Foot Edward Arnold Henry Ford Lambart Sth Foot Oswald Pilling Robert Carew 75Th Foot Christopher Capel 91St Foot Dickson Edward John Dickson 76Th Foot Capel Hood Richards Ononanck Royal Regiment of Artillery John Powers Matthews West Riding County of Essex West Essex Regiment of Yeomanry Cornet Samuel Bolton Edinborough Colvin John Round Edern Chapel Edern Carnarvon Great Britain Henry Bicknett Grocers’ Company Cambridge G. Chapman Aylesbury Buckinghamshire W. J. Brown Winchester Street Silkman E. Cragg Kendal Westmoreland W. Howarth W. Williams Manchester J. Whitaker Newchurch Whalley Lancashire R. Gregson Liverpool W. Woodward Birmingham H. Lewis Haverfordwest W. Harrington Aldgate W. Musgrave Leeds J. Burton Sheffield J. Parry Draper J. R. Atkinson Castor Lincolnshire H. T. Harrison Tavistock Row Covent-garden T. M'Conkey Lambeg County Down T. Dixon Thirsk Yorkshire South Australia G. Miller D.T. Ingham Barber and Son Great Yarmouth Norfolk Bernard and Co Port Au Prince Hayti—Younge and Smith Wingate and Fergusson Chapel-walks Muskett and Cross Diss Fergusson and Forren George Brown London Republic Church of Scotland James Cochrane Adam Cairns Cupar Thomas Mackintosh Alexander Keith St. Cyrus Colin M'Culloch John Dempster Denny Crown Orricg Ranaly Ayr Alexander Oswald James Carr Boyle Viscount Kelburne Earl of Bland Carmarthenshire Royal Carmarthen Regiment of Fusiliers Frederick Ross Cowes A. Dunlop Chorlton upon-Medlock E. L. Child Norwich T. Blade Chas. H Acomb E. Hide O. H. Toulmin Newington-place Kennington G. F. Ryan Hilderthorp F. W. Hevey Deptford J. Clayton Goole John Williams Coventry T. Pemberton Oswestry J. Thompson Chatham Shepman T. Wisher Ponder's-end Enfield M. Robinson Bradford J. Smith Lichfield Saddler J. Moore Bingley Stonemason J. Dillon Mirfield T. Hickman Nottingham J, Senior Thornhill Beerseller T. R. Hawker Bell-yard Fleet-street H. L J. L. Becker Calico-Printers J, Johnston Waping W. Smithson G. Savage Heffield Beer and Bastick St. Thomas the Apostle Devonshire T. Parry Mold Flintshire draper—Boulton Greenbank, and Co Tunstall Staffordshire W. Jones Landkey J. J. D. Denenlain Leicester Square F. Markby Peterborough J. Nottingham Cheltenham A. Howie Down G. Leeson Factor E. Jenkins Leominster J. Nye Bridge-house-place Southwark Quickfall Newcastle-upon-Tyne Llandovery R. Feild Plummer's-row Whitechapel T. Gidden Farringdon J. Vines Battersea Mealman H. Elvins Arwick E. Collings Southampton W. Elliott Wakefield J. Auty Heckmondwicke W. Bury Blackburn H. Conn Truro R. Pitt West Bromwich G. Butler Witham Essex J. N. Ryans E. Conden Milton-street Dorset Square J. O. Palmer F. Popplewell Batley J. Burgess H. W. Blackburn M‘connell Fontaine Davis Calvert and Haworth Houghton Rppell Fildes P. Houghton Inglesent and Wolstenhome Victuallers J. L. and W. Clothier Frederick-place Borough-road Palmer and Jay Hungerford-market R. and L. Jordan Berners-street Oxford-street D. and E. Smith Brandreth and Goldsmith J.D. Hollis New Windsor J. and T. Fletcher S. Denniston Elland Gibbets and Parnail

Longevity in a French Marsh Village Near Lyons

In Vaux en-Velin near Lyons a family of five siblings born to the same parents has a combined age of 430 years. The eldest is 92 and the youngest 80, all living in a marshy Rhone area and in good health. In Parliament Mr. Bright presented petitions from Great Torrington and Shaftesbury for immediate repeal of the corn laws, and from Alnmouth for abolition of the established church in Ireland.

Vaux en-Velin Lyons Rhone House of Commons Bright Great Torrington Devon Shaftesbury John Rutter Alnmouth Northumberland Ireland

PHILENOR ON MARRIAGE

Publication about marriage law and medical disqualification, with cases and engravings. Aimed at those about to marry, noting jurisprudence and practical considerations. Published by Sherwood and others with post prices and seller locations in London.

Philenor Pairenoz M.D Sherwood Paternoster-row Carvalho Fleet-street Hannay Oxford-street Mann Cornhill Samuel Lamert London University of Edinburgh London Hospital Medical Society Apothecaries Gilbert John Field Regent-quadrant Jackson New Bond-street Gordon Leadenhall-street Noble Chancery-lane Mansell King-street Southwark Westerton Park-side Knightsbridge Heywood Oldham Street Manchester Newton Church-street Liverpool Watts Snow-hill Birmingham Barraclough Fargate Sheffield Davey Broad-street Bristol Manchester Chronicle la Mert Wakefield Journal La'Mert Etic Boston Free Press Stockport Advertiser La’Mert Bedford-street Bedford-square J. Curtis and Company Burgess Medical Bookseller Coventry-Street Haymarket Barth Brydges-street Strand Strange Guest Bull-street Sawler St. Ann’s Square Philip Sout Castle-street Annin and Co Grafton-street Dublin Bolster Cork Henderson Belfast Drummond High-street Edinburgh Messrs. Curtis England Essex and Herts Mercury Mesara Messrs. Curtis and Company Frith-street Soho Square Dannery

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