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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 14, 1841
Page
5
A collage of brief reports: Royal British Association meeting in Manchester Hall, Peckham lectures on Corn Laws, Sark silver ore shipments, and various local notices. Also mentions Camberwell fair, navy promotions, medical certs for navy officers, and centenary fundraising. Diverse items reflect parliamentary, social, and industrial topics of the era.
Sporting intelligence reports heavy wagering on the St Leger with Middleham and Tearaway as top backs. Doncaster odds are listed and a Derby aside notes light room attendance due to Wolverhampton races. It also details the Great ContesT for the Silver Sculls with Jenkins retaining the prize amidst a long, curious backstory of Jones the Buckingham Palace incident and the boy's voyage hints.
Monday highlights include Macready as Virginius at the Haymarket with Faucit and Wallack receiving strong applause The new farce A Lady and Gentleman charms Keeley and Waylett at the English Opera House Meanwhile the Surrey shifts to equestrian entertainments under Ducrow with Mazeppa leading the program after Astley changes.
Reports from Worcester Guardian to Hampshire Guardian describe variable skies and rain hampering harvests while crops show resilience. Wheat and barley suffer in parts but oats, turnips, and potatoes improve. prices and stock levels fluctuate as optimism for a fair average crop persists. Local buyers and farmers assess yields, with some areas already harvesting wheat and others delaying due to wet conditions.
Friday afternoon fire at an oil manufactory on the Medway near Chatham destroyed a building used for distilling oil. Frederick Chesson, 30, died in the blaze. his partner Henry Holding vowed to have cautioned him about the dangerous still. An inquest at the White Horse, Gillingham, heard testimony about the accident and the unsafe apparatus. The property loss was about £200, with 120 gallons of oil and 22 cwt of resin on site.
A sequence of fires disrupts the city. At Coldbath Fields House of Correction the washhouse fire caused notable damage with no blame assigned. The new Reform Club in Pall Mall suffered a major blaze affecting the furnace room. firefighters from multiple stations contained it after more than an hour. Deptford’s Britannia pub skittle-ground burned with significant losses. Blackheath Grove house destroyed including the dwelling of Captain Waller and several adjoining properties. water supply shortages hampered efforts. The Waller house collapse left families displaced and valuables lost, with Captain Waller reporting cash and jewels stolen. The piece notes prison reform advocate Howard and his harsh discipline.
At Carlisle Assizes John Kirkpatrick and James Jackson stood accused of killing a police officer Jardine during a riot on nomination day. Kirkpatrick struck Jardine with a life preserver and Jackson aided. The jury found Kirkpatrick guilty of manslaughter, Jackson acquitted. Sentenced to fifteen years transportation at Bodmin. Also covering a mass assault case in Cambourne where Jane Karkeet was brutally violated by multiple defendants, all youths aged 16 to 19, found guilty with death trials pending but sentenced to life transportation. Further notes on a major trial in Gloucester before Mr Justice Maule with high-profile counsel and jury issues.
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