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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 15, 1839
Page
7
A reflective column from The Glasgow Courier features seasonal verse about autumn’s approach and fading beauty alongside a miscellany of literary excerpts. It surveys youth and age, origins of English, legal philosophy, anecdotes, and Paris and London scenes with brief, period voice items.
At St George's hospital Dermis McCarthy and Thomas Campbell died from injuries after a scaffold pole broke and planks gave way during work on Buckingham Palace. McCarthy age 46 directed the scaffold. Jury finds accidental death with a ten pound verdict against the scaffold.
A period of widespread fires hits London and nearby districts, with two hundred blazes in three months causing sixteen deaths. Reports detail a serious house fire at No. 16 Walcot-place, Westminster-road, Lam beth, and a fatal incident at St George’s hospital involving five year old Elizabeth Gear. A Newport Pagnell fire destroys stacks of corn and hay, with a £200 reward offered for offenders. An inquest on stockbroker William Taylor at Islington cites possible poison and a life of intrigue, while Croydon magistrates fine several for selling spirits without proper licenses. Post-office deliveries surge under the new fourpenny rate, though losses rise.
In Shoreditch at the Victoria Saloon Church street sixteen people faced charges for an unlicensed entertainment. Mr Wilson the proprietor and performers including Jemima Ball were fined with some detained or discharged. A mob incident led to further penalties for Richard Terry.
A Manchester Guardian report notes the Queen will likely not reside at the Pavilion this season due to Parliament's January assembly. The piece also mentions new titles granted by letters patent to Sir John Colborne as Baron Seaton and to John Marquis of Breadalbane as sheriff principal of Argyl, plus various oddball local items and a court scene at Kensington.
Sealy, the principal in the elaborate forgery case, was captured in Bath after a lengthy confession to magistrates at Chandos House. He described the scheme with Candy family involvement, detailing how deeds were forged and distorted, the materials used, and payments exchanged as authorities prepare for trial at the next assizes.
A newborn male infant wrapped in linen was found by lamp lighter Joseph York on Waterloo bridge and taken to St John’s church for a coroner’s inquest. Also reported: a Birmingham coach accident caused a rider to die from a fractured skull after a collision with a coach foot-board. A large police action broke up a dog fight in Fox Street with multiple arrests and fines.
The Capitole editor M Durand was arrested by police in Paris Tuesday, held for hours and released after examination. He recounts a night of ransacked rooms and a grim cell, noting police brutality and potential Bonapartist ties while warning fellow editors that arrests may target all journalists as chambers open.
The British appoint G R Porter with Bulwer and M Gregor for France England trade talks. Paris conference resumes urged. M Gregor to London for accounts. Madrid reports Catalan envoys to Espartero. Castel lera fortifications and Cabrera replaces leaders. Ottoman ban on grain exports noted. Hanover letters mention a king’s apoplectic fit. A comic incident in Paris ends with a guard detaining a melodrama dreaming worker named Robert after a drunken street scene.
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