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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 22, 1841
Page
6
A lengthy Croydon assizes record details a trespass dispute over a cottage linked to Lord Grantley. Witnesses describe repairs, plantings, and long ownership, with damages set at £275 after jury verdict. Separate Bristol and Insolvent Debtors Court items follow, including a printing firm dispute and a music prof's insolvency with his daughter's celebrated appearances.
The Court of Bankruptcy records the final examination of the eminent composer Balfe. He confirms funding theatre operations from £2,505 8s 6d and explains plate and personal assets were modest. He admits ownership of three incomplete manuscripts The Bohemian Girl The Magic Mirror and Adelina, pledged to insurers and creditors.
The court heard from witnesses including Captain Roberts and Robert MCormack about certificates tied to disabled Spanish legion claimants. Somerville faced accusations of debt, forgery, and withholding instalments while denying wrongdoing and claiming he acted as an agent for payment. The lord mayor urged immediate repayment and return of certificates, condemning Somerville as unworthy of credit.
In a lengthy case at Mansion House, Charles Diggles, a cutter for Moses the advertising tailor, faced charges of stealing cloth remnants worth six shillings hidden in his hat. Moses testified to his strict payroll, while the prisoner denied the theft, claiming the hat was not his. The lord mayor ordered the cutter committed for trial and noted Moses’ evidence and the peril of such behavior to other workers.
In Guildhall an elderly watchman testified that 67 sovereigns were stolen from his room beneath the accused Tar Traper Passion-John Mansfield’s lodgings. The money lay hidden under a floorboard. the room showed no direct clues pointing to the prisoner who was discharged after the examination.
In Marylebone sessions Thomas Lee Edward Lewis and William Taversham face final examination for embezzling theatre funds belonging to lessee Eliason. Evidence focuses on wages due and checks found on Lee while bail is set for Isaacs and Mendez. Court adjourns with jury to decide.
An applicant asks if a wife may remarry while her husband is abroad and if bigamy would result. Mr Long rules the wife cannot wed while the husband is out of the country. Another matter concerns a wife living with another man and four children. the parish must prove the children are not hers. A boy named George Ward, 16, is charged with stealing a glass scent bottle from Mr. Kibble's shop. Edward Clint is charged with assaulting his wife at No 23 Gloucester-place, with a party of servants present. he is bailed after a disturbance and alleged violence.
Thomas Tuckwell and James Perkins faced Mr. Combe charged with burgling Hawthorn and Co. tea dealers at No 74 High Holborn. The duo allegedly entered the house, stole £63 plus, and hid on roofs while leaves and a fire-escape ladder vanished. Perkins confessed after promise of forgiveness. Tuckwell hid in lofts and sugar cellar until capture. Witnesses and officers traced the loot to their custody. both committed for trial. A separate case saw James Goodman accused of indecent assault on a 12-year-old, then mobbed at Hatton Garden before being escorted to safety by police.
A prisoner faced two charges in London after a box theft and a later receiving of about £15 worth of scented soaps and perfumery sent by Kennedy and Co. The goods were traced to his home. Mrs. Scott of Barnsley proved non delivery. He was committed to Newgate for trial while other details showed a young girl stealing boots and being held in a Roselane house. the woman keeper faced potential prosecution.
Solicitor Hunt petitions Henry for aid to engineer Gibson who was allegedly wronged by a publican over beer and bills. Gibson recounts a mock court scene with wigs and gowns, a five shilling penalty, and a demand for the balance of £12 10s. The case exposes alleged abuse by the landlord and resistance to court attendance.
A poem praising Queen Victoria for her just and merciful rule. It extols enfranchising the sufferer and slave, tempering sensuality, and delivering the hard won franchise. The piece promises enduring loyalty and urges steadfastness against oppression and faction.
A reprint of Rev. Mr. Parkin gy argues that personal attention and affection shape behavior more than harsh discipline. He contends kindness builds loyalty, while suspicion harms honesty, and urges applying domestic warmth to master servant relations for mutual benefit.
At a Lincoln Temperance Society meeting last week the group debated whether brandy in plain puddings constitutes infringement. After a lively discussion, it was resolved that brandy in puddings is eaten and not drunk and does not fall within prohibited articles.
The piece lampoons England’s failed culinary reform under Careme. It describes a royal pavilion with failing state support, empty resources, and English aides who misunderstand gourmet aims. Careme sees a culture lacking culinary language and faces the Herculean task of creating a new kitchen tradition.
A list of long lived animals with widely varying ages including elephants living up to 400 years, swans to 300, a tortoise 107, and birds like ravens to 100, plus other species and noted examples such as Alexander the Great naming a sun dedicating Ajax the elephant and the 350 year gap before the inscription was found.
The report details Mr Richard Tattersall conducting a horse auction. Ambrosio by Waterloo sold for 310 guineas, Juniper the grey gelding for 200, a phaeton carriage for 15 guineas, and Captain Candour the hunter goes to a baronet for 446 guineas. The auctioneer notes the cheapness of Candour despite flaws, while critiquing the horses and buyers amid a bustling crowd.
Lyons manufacturers use about 1,000,000 kilograms of silk yearly. Four cocoons yield one gram, so Lyons consumes roughly four billion cocoons annually. Each cocoon averages about 50 metres, and the silk thread laid end to end would dwarf the Earth sun distance, the Moon’s orbit, and planetary scales.
A compact fragment from a 16th century register notes the extraordinary longevity of Thomas Cumates, born in Richard II’s era and living through twelve sovereigns. The piece is followed by light verse on botany and horticulture, including tributes to Mary and Molly with vivid fruit and flower imagery.
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