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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 26, 1843
Page
2
In a Dublin gathering Mr O Connell denounces Brougham and Beaumont as wretches while defending emancipation. He accuses them of perjury and insults toward Christians and urges unity for Ireland. The event ends with cheers and donations collected for the cause.
The Paris press rages at Britain over a Newfoundland fishing death and Tahiti salute clashes. The article compares English actions to a historic Partridge case, questions official exonerations, and notes French claims of provocation while urging reparations for the fisherman’s family.
From the Barcelona journal August 14 to August 17 reports show disorder in the city with liberals marching under a banner shouting liberty or death and opposing Queen's majority. The Supreme Junta formed, General Arbuthnot and Brigadier Prim involved, citadel guards reinforced the volunteers, and tensions rise as authorities clash with protests.
The Europe packet brings a day later New York news. Mrs Gilmour case in Scotland looms with US president favoring Supreme Court reference. Texas Mexican skirmish near Arkansas, US troops and captured prisoners. Reed forger case sails to England for trial. Kingston and canal disruptions affect Canada West trade. Markets show languor with small stock sales and modest exchange rates.
Augsburg Gazette notes a Bologna report that French troops landed at Ravenna and Ancona. A crowd armed with swords and pistols cried out, shots fired at police, troops called out, streets lined with cannon, a powder magazine threat found, and Austrian forces ready for further disturbances. Cologne Gazette cites Naples letter on commerce talks with England, French opposition to British preference, and Naples’ king backing the German Customs Union.
The half year report for Brackwall Railway shows 999,683 passengers and £17,351 in receipts, with reduced fares yet a £2,411 revenue deficit. Directors re elected. £1,000 remuneration set and a steam-boat traffic fund proposed. New Zealand Company discusses a £50,000 loan for two colonies with government charter support.
The article details a daring escape from a workhouse by a tailor who used a crutch and a barrel to climb to a shed and wall, then dropped into the street but was hurt. It also argues for Serpentine river bathing on the south bank to curb indecorous conduct, noting Duke of Cambridge orders and dangers on the north bank. It closes with a Middlesex sessions verdict: William Sanderson, 50, convicted of assault with intent on Harriet Ryland and sentenced to four months.
A large assembly witnessed the laying of the foundation stone for the Queen's College of Medicine at Birmingham on Friday August 18 1843. The ceremony opened with prayers, a brass plate was placed in the stone and a donation of £1000 funded four £10 scholarships for students resident a year and well behaved. Speakers included Rev Chancellor Law and Sands Cox among others with cheers for Queen Victoria.
Bennett recalled a crude joke by Drew ending with a razor stroke toward the throat. The razor cut nearly three inches and depth near the windpipe. Surgeon Mr Campbell promptly sewed the wound, keeping the man in hospital facing weeks of recovery.
Reports from Belfast describe arrangements for a large open air anti repeal demonstration with the Marquis of Donegal chairing. Resolutions urge public show of union strength while acknowledging loyal Ulster Protestants disappointed by a decision to hold the Sept meeting indoors. Signs from Ballyjamesduff allege ribandmen drill near Lismern Fort as police pursue suspects. An inquest in Galway blames police for a fatal shot at Tulloughmore, while harvest weather improves crops and a Belfast editor dies after illness.
The Dunfermline presbytery met at Kinross on the 2d current and saw a clash of patronage as Rev Charles Rose withdrew from Cleish to take Cargill, while Rev Charles Ross accepted Torryburn but then moved to Cleish, prompting reactions and debates. A separate Aberdeen bishopric letter from Aug 11 denounces Rev William Dunbar for schism, declaring him outside the Scottish Episcopal Church and urging avoidance of communion.
Farmers from Treleach Ahernaat Conte Pembayer and Langellar gathered at the Blue Bell Inn Conwil to tell their reporter their grievances on toll roads new gates and parish labor tolls and the delay in road improvements They accuse trustees of unfair charges demand justice and reject a rural police presence They also condemn the New Poor Law and rising rents pledging to oppose magistrates fees and potential police action while praising the Times for coverage.
In Manchester trade shows lively demand for cloth with brisk sales in India and China fabrics and a 24 percent rate improvement over a week ago. Domestics remain heavy while twist fabrics stay in strong demand and prices rise. Leeds reports similar brisk activity at cloth halls with gains in fancy cloakings and shawls and improved warehouse sales. Bradford Market notes steady buyer attendance, firm prices, and good yarn demand. wool sales remain fair though supply is high and buyers seek better terms due to London price trends.
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