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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 13, 1840
Page
2
Reports recount the Chusan bombardment and town seizure by British forces led by Brigadier Barrow, detailing ordnance capture, casualties, and the governor's contested control. The dispatch covers Canton routines, Lin’s mobilization, and naval blockades, with Allied plans, deserters, and the broader Punjab and Afghan fronts.
Paris journals report animalversions on late financial disclosures that surprised the French public. Armaments costs have surged, totaling about £30,000,000 in eight months, a burden described as a thunderclap. Thiers journals claim the former president of the council bears only £8-9 million of the outlay, a large sum to be spent without return.
In Paris the address passed 247 to 161 as Mehemet Ali credits and a peace agenda dominated the session. Amid the uproar M Desmousseaux de Givré demanded dispatch explanations while chaos and jeers filled the chamber.
A lengthy 1840 Dublin Evening Mail exchange centers on a Wellington note denying a self blamed deception linked to an Irish Municipal Bill. The letters recount Publisher refusals, requests for names of accusers, and a Standard editorial reply about misrepresentation. The piece also covers Aldermanic elections, ward actions, lists of freemen, and a Western Literary and Scientific Institution meeting with funding needs.
The Queen steamer and Caledonia arrived on the 19th, expected to impact trade. United States Bank shares quoted 67.5, foreign bills London 885 prem. News from Montevideo limited. Buenos Ayres blockade continues, Rosas nearby with troops. French admiral awaited to resume port trade. In Adelaide crops seen at 60 000 bushels with 40 000 for home use and mills planned. Spur to explore north of Spencer Gulf. Lake Torrens described as barren. Boisterous weather, wreck reports emerge. Maria brigantine lost near Encounters Bay, with murdered passengers. rings identified. Government probing killings. a hostile southern tribe linked to the case. Prohibition of distillation bill debated. first reading recorded.
The Crane from Vera Cruz reports Senor J M G de Estrada, Mexico's foreign affairs secretary and former plenipotentiary in London, argues for a convocation to decide on adopting a European style constitution. The Crane carried about 95,000 dollars with no passengers, leaving Vera Cruz October 29 and Havana November 10.
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