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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 27, 1842
Page
7
Reports from Manchester Leeds and Nottingham describe widespread factory stoppages and civilian disorder amid military and police deployments. Chartist leaders face charges, troops quell gatherings, and sheriffs extend security as workers rally to demand the charter while authorities pledge protection and work resumes.
In a dramatic update from Birmingham through Wolverhampton Dudley Stourbridge and Staffordshire Potteries crowds remain large but orderly. Guards protect factories and gas works as magistrates act decisively arresting many. leaders flee, shops close, and pinned prisoners rise. Coroners report justifiable homicide after Burslem deaths.
Our Sheffield correspondent notes no disturbance despite nightly meetings in Paradise square led by Julian Harney and others. Ashton reports a standstill in trade with crowds at Chapel-hill plotting wage scales before an illegal gathering was dispersed by a magistrate and police. Bradford mentions quiet mills, some unrest at Denholme, and rioters tried at York castle with several arrests. Barnsley describes peace with busy hand loom weavers, magistrates vetoing a Barebones meeting amid Barnsley feast. Preston notes factory hands turning out for higher wages. South Wales reports widespread strikes in Merthyr and surrounding coal and iron districts after delegates arrived from the North.
After Islington-green meeting dissolved, a large crowd formed a procession led by a committee, marching via Clerkenwell Holborn Fleet Street Newcastle Street and Clare Market to Lincoln's Inn Fields. Speakers urged resolve against police, pledged discipline, and announced further meetings at Bethnal Green Smithfield and Palace Yard.
Reports from London describe a day of unrest as police enforce crowd control at Clerkenwell green and Bow Street. Around 400 to 500 chartists gathered, many dispersed or arrested after attacks on officers. A large security operation included divisions patrolling streets, with warnings issued against assembling and possible trials for rioting.
A Copenhagen letter in the Leipsic Gazette suggests Russia’s demands may derail the planned convention with Britain Russia and Austria over the Sound. Instead Denmark may sign a separate accord with Prussia, altering alliance dynamics.
Margaret Easter, a 35-year-old Irish woman, stands besides a harsh crowd in a Salisbury court charged with the murder of her two twins by drowning them in a wash tub. The prosecution alleges deliberate actions amid testimony of witnesses, while defense notes her kindness toward children and questions lack of direct evidence. The jury found her guilty as the judge conveyed a somber sentencing mood.
In a sensational court scene, a younger woman sues an elderly man for breach of a secret betrothal. Read letters reveal a poetical ruse with signatures like Collin and Nilloc. The old lover vows marriage within six months, but his passion cools, prompting damages awarded to the plaintiff.
London magistrates hear a spree of minor crimes from Nicholas Lane bar break in to tearing down proclamations at the Old Bailey. A string of cases follow including bad half crowns, mob assembly, knife possession, assault on police, highway robbery by women, theatre quarrels, and pickpocket activity at Camberwell fair.
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