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Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 19, 1841

Page

3

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Inquest Opens Over Delves-green Murder near Walsall

An inquest at the Red Lion, Wednesbury, investigated the Delves-green murder of Matthew Adams. Key testimony described break in, pistol found, and confessions leading to charges against Joseph Wilkes, James Wilkes, and George Giles, with Boswell implicating others and police plans for trial.

Birmingham Red Lion Wednesbury J. Smith Stafford Matthew Adams Delves-green Delves Green Walsall West Bromwich Old Church Adams Raymond Thomas Boswell Boswell Ceret Brown Delvesewn Mr. Adams Witness Pitt James Adams Tame Bridge Job Rollason Thomas Pittsworn Welsall Samuel Hatherley Little London Dilves.green Alms J. Adams Simness Japany Miss Adams Joseph Wilkes Wilkes Joseph Heph Wilkes Humphries Rvent Walter Baggott Baggott Lingard George Giles Jorge Giles Joseph Kes Hartley Thomas Osborne Rushall James James Ilkes James Wilkes Rhnother John Lingard Short-acre Little Joe Joseph Wilkes Eee Thoconwell

Frederic the Great reviewed by Literary Chronicle

The Literary Chronicle discusses Frederic the Great in Thomas Campbell’s edited volumes from H Colburn London. It critiques Campbell for not authoring the work, praises the preface on Prussia’s political and social state, and previews extracts about William III’s contemplated heir and the English throne.

aNp Times Frederic the Great Thomas Campbell London H. Colburn Campbell Prussia William the Third

Frederick the Great Accession and Early Reforms Tales

An 18th century narrative recounts Frederick the Great’s early reign amid famine and reform. It covers opening granaries, low grain prices, charity to the poor, abolition of torture in most cases, and reforms in justice and marriage dispensations. Anecdotes include a Prague visit and Voltaire’s quips over sugar and tea during a campaign.

Frederick the Great Frederick Frederick William I Cementz Neisse Tobias Stusche Stusche Prussia Voltaire Prague Bohemia Silesia Glatz Griinau Thiebault M. de Voltaire Bagatelles

Anti Corn Law Movement Telegraphed Across London Districts

A London press summary reports multiple local anti corn law meetings and lectures led by Sidney Smith. Groups in Lambeth Marylebone Paddington St. Margaret Westminster and Paddington pledge petitions, enroll members, and call for immediate repeal. Stroud and Bath notes show rising chartist ties and public meetings with unresolved tensions.

Metropolitan -Anti-Corn-Law Association West Strand Francis Place Sidney Smith Maidstone Marylebone Paddington Lambeth Whitechapel Wareham Tottenham, &c Lampety Huggett Kennington Road St. Margaret Westminster York Street Smith Boroves Duffield’s Marylebone-lane Ryan Young Poland Grady Reynard PappineTon Praed Street H. B. Smart Audley D—L St. Luke’s Enfranchisement and Anti-Monopoly Association British Institution Cowper-street City-road Robert Fletcher Finsbury-square Palliser Walker Clarke Knight Stroud Cheltenham Examiner

Dutch Pasty and Virtuoso King in Amsterdam Tale

During a stay in Amsterdam a king sought a Dutch pasty. A landlady, noting the cost, challenged payment and learned of a flute virtuoso guest. Frederick played well enough to earn coins, convincing the landlady to feed him a pasty. The narrator doubts Frederick’s greatness beyond stage peers.

Amsterdam Balbi Frederick

Anatomy of the peers No If

James Hamilton, the second Marquis Abercorn, holds three peerages across the kingdoms with numerous family ties to the Dover, Bedford, Gordon, and Hamilton lineages. The entry notes his titles, portraits, residences, motto, and a history of service and influence, along with similar sketches of Abercromby, Abergavenny, Abingdon, and Asinger barons and their connections.

Apercornn James Hamilton Marquis Abercorn James Scotland Earl Abercorn Paisley Abercorn Hamilton Mountcastle Kilpatrick Strabane Leicester United Kingdom House of Hamilton Dukes of Hamilton Brandon Claud Hamilton Mary of House of Peers of Ireland John James Garter 69Th Dungannon ‘Fort Foot Louisa Jane Russell Duke of Bedford Viscount Hamilton Carpenter Dudley-house Park-lane Priory Stanmore Middlesex Baron Ralph Abercromby Abercromby Aboukir Tullibody Ralph James Abercromby House of Commons Viscount Melville Fox Maule Lord Dunfermline Lord Redesdale Lord Alvanley Montague Dundas Henry Viscount Melville George Ralph Limner’s George-street Hanover-square Ayrshire-castle Stirlingshire Aberdeen Earl of George Hamilton Gordon Dukes of Gordon Earls of Elizabeth Gordon John Gordon Haddo Charles the First the Cross Edinburgh Methley Tarves Kelloe Fermantine Earl of Aberdeen Gordon K.T M.A. F.R.S FVH The Antiquarian Society of London King’s College Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council R. Gordon Barbadoes Sophia Catherine Elizabeth Earl Aberdeen Viscount Gordon Great Britain Viscount Exmouth Viscount Lake Marquis of Abercorn Earl Morton Metternich Venice Wellington Tories Portugal Don Miguel House of Lords Holland pSpeRnter Peel Earl Argyll-street Haddo-house Aberdeenshire Abergavenny Henry Neville William Beauchamp Earl of Warwick Edward Neville Bergavenny George Viscount Neville Mary John Robinson Wykehouse County Middlesex Henry Harwich Earl of Abergavenny Earl Talbot Earl Clarendon Berkeley-square Mount-street Eridge-castle Tunbridge Apinapon Montagu Bertie Abingdon Norreys Lancashire Speke Henry the Sir Henry Norris Elizabeth Baron Norris Rycote Oxfordshire Lord Norris Berkshire Dorset Lindsey Earl Lindsey James Bertie Earl of Plymouth Shaftesbury Thomas Robert Campbell Baron Hingger Baron de Lisle Dudley Baron Fitzgerald Vesey

Infamous pensioning and Lord Abinger’s political shifts

The piece critiquess the pension awarded to Lord Abinger’s son after a replaced mastership in the Exchequer, notes the family’s Jamaica birth, and tracks Scarlett’s shifting Tory stance from Whig patronage to opposition. It also outlines the rise of Albemarle and other nobles, their seats, patronages, and marriages, with focus on titles, lineage, and public roles.

R. Scarlett John Campbell Exchequer Robert Scarlett Norwich Court of Exchequer House of Lords Lord Abinger Baring William Follett Jamaica England Cambridge Nner Temple Poe Peterborough Fitzwilliam University of Cambridge Charles Wetherell Canning Scarlett Lord Goderich Sir Charles Duke of Wellington Cockermouth Lord Lonsdale Malton James House of Commons Peel-Wellington James Scarlett Carpenter New-street Bruce Tottenham Wilts Thomas Brudenell Ailesbury Charles II Earl of Viscount Savernake Earl Bruce Henrietta Maria Noel Lord Bentinck George William Frederick G. W. F. Bruce Ernest Bruce Marlborough Moria Berwick Earl Cardigan Ranger Savernake Forest Grosvenor Square Lottenham Park Sheen Surrey Ailsa Archibald Kennedy K.T F.R.S Earl Cassilis Lord Kennedy Nova Scotia United Kingdom Baron Ailsa Carrick Ayr Kennedy Gilbert Kennedy James the Fourth Margaret John Erskin Dun Angus Archibald Earl Cassiles Marquis of Breadalbane Bristol Earl of Cassilie Kinnaird Jonathan Peel Huntingdon Countess of Newburgh D. Baird Guards Whitehall Gardens St. Margaret's Isleworth Middlesex Cassilis Cubrian Ayrshire Arriis Alyth and Lintrathen Baron Ogilvy Scotland Sobleman David Ogilvy Thane James Ogilvie Lord Ogilvie Airlie Find Charles I Kilsyth Clementina Garcia Drummond Claverhouse Dundee David Graham Drummond Ogilvy Margaret Bruce Harry Bruce Clackmanan Forfarshire Royal Highlanders Earl Leven Melville William Charles Kepple Arnold Joost van Keppel Augustus Frederick Viscount Bury Earl Charlotte Susanna Sir Henry Hunloke, Bart Earl Coventry Earl Scarborough W. Coke M.P R. Adair

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