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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 19, 1846

Page

2

Foreign Intelligence Notes on Polk and Paris Clash

The Journal des Debats discusses US politics and Polk's waning popularity amid press speculation. It covers the Mauritius dispute between Admiral Dacres and the French Consul Barbet de Jouy, and notes French efforts on pensions for workers, Algiers reorganization, and Paris weather.

Journal Des Debate United Tates America Polk Calhoun Meuritios Dacres Island Paria Quosidienne Mauritius M. Barbet de Jouy M. Guizot United States Barbet de Jouy Muut Algiers Medeah Oran Mascarab Constantine Sred Touis Paris Toulon Mediterranean Fsexce Margirius M. Barbet de Jony Bes Decres Lord Palmeraton Portefeuille Cracow Parise France Vienna M. de Flabant Vicans Prince de Metternich Council of Ministers England Esprit M. Thiers St. Cloud Chamber of Deputies

Public Society meeting over turmoil and withdrawals

A crowded Monday session at the Crown and Anchor discussed the turmoil within the Metropolis Distaraszp Nyepitwomen’s Society. Alderman Farebrother led a long briefing on disputed accounts, withdrawals by Lord Ashley and others, and the push for a paid secretary to stabilize finances.

Distaraszp Crown and Anchor James Luke Havsard Alderman Farebrother Lord Ashley Shaw Jeffrays Cooper Su Ashley Farebrother Jeffreys FemwaLgz Onrxaxs William Shadbolt Enq Commissioners of Sewers Queen Street Cheapside Spitalfields Bethnal-green Playhouse-yard Whitecrose-street Great Ogle-street Foley Place Glass-house-street Smithfield East End Beamoroser Olney Upper Russell Street Bermondsey Atlas Fire Office WestMinstEx Daily Press Leader Westminster Reform Society Westminster Prant Prout Comporites The Stannard’s Hotel Upper Wellington Street Covent Garden Danina Axp

Plunder in the street and vestry quarrel over coroner

A gang broke into a shop, stealing 140 watches valued near £970 while a cab sped away with the loot. At St Pancras vestry a dispute about Deputy Coroner Mills’s conduct dominated a crowded meeting, with calls to seek Queen's Bench guidance. A separate London Mercantile Journal report accuses bonded warehouse fraud at St. Katharine Dock, alleging £20,000–£30,000 in duties evaded via a faulty locker certification and missing duty payments.

Mossra, Savory and Co St. Pancras Conowsa Gordon Square Wagstaff Churchwarden Mills M'Gabey Joseph Woodward Coroner's Court Court of Queen's Bench Auciatepe Mille Alille Bolting Mont Fraups Custom House St. Katherine's Dock Locker Lower Thames Street Grose London Mercantile Journal

Provincial Attack on a Night Watchman in Glossop

An under keeper named Matthew Cooper for the Duke of Norfolk fought off three poachers on a Sunday night. He was struck with a stone, severely injured, and taken home in a dire condition. Two suspects, Samuel and Mar Bray, were later committed to Derby gaol for trial. Cooper’s condition is precarious but improving.

Glossop Barrat Matthew Cooper Duke of Norfolk Samuel Mar Bray William Sidebottom Derby Gloucesthe Atleozd Hiauway Ronazay Saturdey Batpost Griffin John Wells Elmore Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Gloucester Fair Charlton Kings Wells Dick Turpin Williams Parry Leatherbottle Lane Parry's Griffin $Noo Gloucester Journal Liverfool Liverpool Dusaix Tipperary Westmeath King's County Chronicle William Lloyd Church Lane Lloyd Wood Keenan Hhs Ballough Hoehes Mr. Lloyd Watkins Duncan J. Warburton T. Hackett J. P. Grome Kelly R.M. John Duncan S. I O'Connell Thomas O'Hagan O'Hagan Association Burgh Quay Gardiner Mr. O'Connell Freeman's Journal Repeal Association Daniel O'Connell M.P Merrion Square Dawist O'Conng Sr T. O'Hagan Birmingham Peter Flanigan High Street Meath Peter Flanigans Navan Rernopuchus Beening Mail Mullingar

Appointment figures for town officers and embezzlement scare

The report notes surveyor and medical officer appointments with salaries fixed at £700 and £300 respectively plus private practice. It also records a sweeping embezzlement scandal involving Mr Smith tied to Mr Shuttleworth’s Stamp Office, with losses claimed up to £10,000. Further items include a frightened hotel intruder at the Fountain Hotel in Bheerness and a monument meeting for Thomas Clarkson in Woodbridge.

Smith Shuttleworth Stamp Office Statleworth Mosors Strutt Belper Derby Stamp-office Trueman Manchester Leeds Mercury Bheerness Fountain Hotel Amellus Elaire Gregory Hoe Woodbridge Thomas Cranxton Shire-hall Thomas Clarkson Playford Church Robert Newton Shawe Webster Taylor Lord Brougham Westminster Abbey Philanthropiat Ipswich

Alarm in Ireland as conference plans loom large

Reports from Dusaix and King’s County detail rising violence, famine, and unrest. Calls grow for drastic action while Parliament considers sending troops to Ireland to restore order amid murders, rent woes, and intensified coercion by landlords and authorities.

LITERARY CHRONICLE REVIEWS ON SIKH WARS AND CHILDREN'S TALES

A dense review covers Dr. W. L. M Greogris Sikh War history with notes on Native versus European troops and water scarcity in battles. It also surveys Gates and Gooorgo Govind accounts, and the pictured Lahore rulers, alongside extracts from Gates’s Nusqrat Ansval. The piece then previews two children’s books The Goop Genxivs That Turned Everything to Gold and a Mayhew tale, critiquing style and moral content.

Brothers Mayhew London Countess de Gramont Ge Astory Lizzy Mayhew

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