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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 17, 1842
Page
5
Prince Albert grants twenty guineas to the Westminster Literary and Mechanics Institution. Notables including the Dukes and Marquis attend a visit by the Turkish ambassador. A general meeting approves funds for rescues at sea and reports on fisheries and local charity.
A mostly favorable critique of Westland Marston's The Patrician's Daughter, praising its ambition and moral stance while noting rough execution and overbroad stage machinery. Macready as Mordaunt earns high praise for emotion and discipline. Miss Faucit as Mabel impresses with delicate fidelity to love and high birth conflicts.
A private Barcelona letter dated December 6 describes the end of bombardment with 50 to 60 thousand refugees many returning, limited damage, and regent criticism. Jamaica reports horrific Myalism protests, 64 warrants for blacks, and a brutal keel death on a Liverpool bound barque.
The weekly chronicle notes the theatre capacity of 2300 and strong attendance. A second season starts Monday the 16th with forty representations on Mondays and Fridays, plus Wednesdays. Star lineup includes Eliza Forgent as directrice and many French stage artists. Madame Albert makes opening night. Pantomime named Punch's Pantomime or Harlequin and Magna Charta.
In a lengthy Middlesex bankruptcy hearing before Commissioner Evans, Mrs. Edmonds and creditors debated proofs of claims tied to bills, notes, and securities. Witnesses described large transactions, prior gambling-house dealings, and security assets including Colonel Copeland and Lord Huntingtower bills. The court ordered detailed accounts to be produced and adjourned the assignee selection to allow proper proof.
Brisk betting on the Derby shifts odds and bets for Winesour Blackdrop Aristides and the Oxygen colt with large sums placed at various prices. Newmarket coursing meeting results list winners in Puppy All aged Exiting Chippenham and Rutland Stakes. Lord Stradroom reports dogs drugged after a poisoning scare, causing alarm among handlers.
In two famed runs Sir Edward Deering's untried stags drew large crowds. Pipemaker circled from Epsom Downs to South Malden after an hour and twenty minutes, following a earlier near forty mile sprint. A second match on Blackheath between North Star and Gazley drew 5,000 spectators, North Star winning in five minutes ten seconds amid lively betting and a bustling crowd.
An inquest at Bermondsey on William Gillam, 53, found death by accidentally suffocated after a beef-steak pie lodged in his throat. The other report tells of the Meg Lee of Sunderland rescuing three Danish sailors from a distressed sloop in a Cattegat gale, keeping them aboard as their small boat flooded.
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