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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 04, 1836
Page
4
Times of sunrise and sunset listed in a fragmented schedule. Morning and afternoon references for high water and tides show inconsistent annotations. Names appear as Hien Waten and Hian Water, suggesting transcription errors.
A compilation of legal dicta and reader correspondence on malice and probable cause in malicious prosecution, pawnbroker loans, seduction cases, property law and wills, and notes on debt and lawyers. It includes opinions on bail, vagrants, deacons ages, and the sheriff, with critical commentary on a money market downturn and a promiscuous mix of legal quips and editorials from various correspondents.
A satirical quill discounts Ventitas and Brru rwrr as lacking brains and truth, rebukes Vindicator for whitewashing recent England scandals, and condemns the Whig Ministry for resisting pension abolition. The piece calls for a political Hercules to cleanse both Lords and Commons in a broad critique of contemporary governance.
One proprietor travels to the country to meet with news agents and arrange expansive measures to extend the Weekly Chronicle’s circulation amid extraordinary demand. The move aims to maximize distribution and reach across regions.
London readers urged to join the London Anti-Corn-Law Association and form local groups nationwide. The piece notes the broad moral appeal of repealing the bread tax, links Corn Laws to an American tariff, and argues landlords profit from oppression while free trade benefits the country and the poor.
The piece denounces ministers and their supporters for voting contrary to pledges, calling it a long-running aristocratic fraud. It argues the Septennial Act enshrines defection, warns radicals to doubt Whig officials, and questions the sincerity of promises in elections.
The London Working Men's Association sent an Address to Belgium's working classes. It aroused strong reaction in Brussels with a large meeting appointing a committee to draft a reply to London, signaling possible significant outcomes.
The article notes growing Belgian and Paris press excitement over London Working Men’s Association meetings and correspondence with Working Classes. It highlights liberal support versus aristocratic denunciations, defends the association’s size character and public speaking ability, and predicts rising recognition of its members’ capability.
In the Irish National Association resolutions for abolition of the Tithes are moved by O Connell with Crawfurd seconding. O Connell added resolutions favoring ministers. Crawford expresses dis sentiment to confidence in Ministers. A compromise emerges between the agitator and rival, with broader political discussion pushing for open declarations of views.
Reports say Serjeant Garcia and accomplices plotted another revolution to dethrone the Queen, assassinate ministers, and proclaim a Republic. Garcia and two other serjeants with others have been arrested as the Cortes move slowly on constitutional revision.
A public dinner will be hosted at the White Conduit-house Tavern tomorrow to honor Hetherington and Cleave for advancing a cheap honest press Augustus Beaumont, Esq. chairs the event. MPs and distinguished supporters of press liberty expected attend. The meeting promises sharp criticism of ministers for press policy.
A London city brief reports gradual improvement in monied and commercial sectors since the week’s start, despite high interest rates. Rumors of failures are denied except an old East India firm about to resume. Private bankers ease discounts and grain markets stabilize, with US and UK exchanges inching upward and bullion flows anticipated. Railway shares rise modestly while mining and banking stocks remain costly. Reports from Canton, Calcutta, Madras, and Singapore note dull trade, heavy rains, and regional disturbances, with Amsterdam Courant printing delays. Consols firm, Exchequer Bills and India Bonds up, Portuguese and Spanish bonds quoted, as foreign markets show limited change.
Probate notes reveal a singular will by Mr Day, a Holborn blacking manufacturer. It provides Mrs Day a life income of 2000 pounds and residence rights, while his daughter Mrs Claggett gains 3000 pounds yearly and 1000 pounds on each birth. He bequeaths thousands to nieces nephews and poor relatives, funds for an indigent blind asylum, and after selling his business to about 60,000 pounds at five years' purchase, the residue accumulates for 21 years then is divided among surviving legatees. The Surrey estate at Catterham is excluded, and total property is around 450,000 pounds.
The theatre season features Drury Lane clinging to the Siege of Corinth and Bayadere with Braham and Miss Vincent, contrasted with Covent Garden's stronger ensemble. A new Sheridan Knowles drama The Wrecker’s Daughter receives praise for its sentiment and Miss Huddart’s acting, while Braham’s orchestra is faulted for poor tuning and economy. The Olympic Theatre introduces The Two Figaros in a returning farcetta.
Colonel Cherubino schemes to wed Count Almaviva’s daughter with the aid of a crafty Major Domo and a footman. Liston and Mathews star as two Figaros while Madame Westing portrays Susanna in a lively stage spoof of the classic intrigue with disguises and comic reversals.
The Irish Court of Exchequer argued the Rep. B. Green v Hogan case on rebellion writs. O Connell won on discharge grounds, releasing 105 detainees from Marshalsea. The decision, hailed as justice triumph, could reshape false imprisonment actions and indictments against rebel leaders and their supporters.
The Bank of England directors resolve to aid a major joint stock bank facing stoppage. The plan requires the bank to withdraw its notes, adopt Bank of England paper, and wind down most branches. The move aims to avert wider financial collapse amid a possible paper-circulation centralization quest.
A Friday report from Lisbon notes an insurrection in Algarves, sending Portuguese shares down from 44 to 43, a fall of 1. Merchants in Amsterdam reportedly back a Canal between the Rhine and Danube linking Heilbron to Lake Constance and Basle to the Danube. The late gale's effects show fewer deaths than feared with hospital totals at 28 across St Bartholomew's, London, Guy's, Westminster, North London, and Middlesex hospitals, two deaths and three in precarious condition.
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