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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 15, 1841
Page
6
In Gloucester, the master of the rolls order for a special jury was challenged as impracticable due to panel locality. The judge refused tales and halted proceedings to avoid a costly second trial, noting potential Privy Council outcomes and signaling a significant costs burden.
In the Court of Bankruptcy before Commissioner Sir C F Williams the hearing on Mr Smallpiece's proof for John Sparkes of £17,243 8s 10d tied to stock frauds by William Sparkes was postponed. The commissioner demanded a full account of dealings, noting uncertainties about abatements and Richard Sparkes estate liabilities, while creditors pressed for a dividend. The official assignee reserved a 4s in the pound, pending the account.
The crowded Insolvent Debtors Court examined Rosa Gaapy the Griffin public-house keeper who fled custody. Creditor Nicholson alleged loss on purchases tied to licenses, while witnesses testified to alleged perjury and attempted arrest. Court condemned bad conduct, discharged the insolvent, and adjourned the related Ferguson case to determine malice and potential discharge.
A lengthy Mansion House hearing reports alleged forgery and theft connected to Scott certificates and Somerville as agent. Captain Roberts accuses Somerville of pocketing instalments from forged certificates while Scott swore he never signed any document. Sir Peter Laurie orders payment or return of money if prosecutions proceed, with further witnesses to be called.
Edward Eliason, lessee of Drury Lane theatre, alleges that Lee and Taversham with Thomas Lee and accomplices stole money and checks. Gimson, a check taker, details repeated offers of money to entice theft and the plot coordinated with police. Trial adjourned with remand until Tuesday for further evidence against Lewis and others.
In Paddington a group of seven suspects including Anderson Wright Butts Jeffery Cork Burgess and Kelly were found sleeping under a hayrick in a field. They were charged but discharged after accounting for lack of clear ownership and promising not to repeat the act.
In a court scene described by Mr. Hardwick, a Patney omnibus conductor pleaded guilty to assaulting a police sergeant. The magistrate condemned the conduct of omnib us drivers, stating such behavior endangers lives, and fined the defendant 3 pounds with admonition. prior related conduct noted.
Frances Thompson, head bound and badly bruised, testified that Christopher Barnet assaulted her after she returned home in Westminster Newway. She fainted twice in the outer office. Moran noted she was sober at the station. Barnet denied provocation, claiming she abused him while intoxicated. Gregorie urged no mitigation. punishment set at £5 or two months hard labour. Defendant locked up.
Poem noting Lord Morpeth’s defeat in political strife, his noble restraint, and gracious farewell to rivals and supporters. The piece shifts to a fragment about Jews petitioning the lord protector and a discussion of financial and legal changes affecting property and civil rights, with scattered garbled text.
There were about sixteen thousand steam engines in use in Britain a year ago. If each averages 25 horsepower, this equals four hundred thousand horses. Five and a half men are needed for one horse, so the nation gains vastly in steam power. Each horse consumes two acres of land for food, leaving eight hundred thousand forty acres free for human subsistence, more than would exist without steam-powered industry.
In Arboretum notes Mr Loudon cites the cypress of Soma in Lombardy as potentially the oldest tree, with measurements of 121 feet height and 23 feet girth. He cites historical mentions from Julius Caesar to Napoleon, challenging Humboldt on the famed dragon tree of Teneriffe and noting Hafiz cypresses near Shiraz.
The text notes that Moors and later Europeans fused medicine with chemistry alchemy and astrology, linking physician and algebraist as nearly synonymous terms. It cites Don Quixote’s scene where Samson Carrasco is treated by an algebrista to mend his broken ribs.
The Bermondsey parish, noted for an early flourishing abbey, and its Norman era church, is described as a prime antiquarian subject. The Domesday record cites a king’s manor and a seat of the Earl of Morton near Lunnieth, reflecting an historic node of church and noble residence.
A traveler describes a ridge route to Aguchapa with a plain below a lake and town. The region features smoking hot springs, crusted sulfur, venting craters, and boiling pools. a steam filled basin and warm sulfur bath are reached along a stone dam.
A compilation of historical notes on the Speakers of the House of Commons from early precedents to notable figures such as Sir Richard Walgrave Richard Rich and Thomas Moyle. It also mentions later episodes including Bulwer Garrick and Mrs Clive with miscellaneous curiosities and public notices.
A translated German poem describes a troubled heart but bright May scenes by a lime tree, a bastion, and a river where a boy floats and birds whistle. Pleasure-houses, gardens, people, linen washing, and cattle fill the landscape as a distant mill wheel gleams. A red-coated soldier paces by the grey ancient tower and toys with his musket, hinting at a threat to the speaker.
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