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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 20, 1845

Page

5

Dragon Monopoly Defeated By Free Election Crusade

A satirical tale set on a British island portrays Knight Cobden and the People’s Champion rallying against the Dragon Monopoly. They trap him with legal tricks, smoke out his regiments, and reveal his hoards of mortgage deeds and rent rolls before a victory feast at Free Trade Castle. Ships arrive as liberation is declared.

Cobden Nad Ieng Dragonty Ignese Bfe Sant Argu Raven Kran Humphrey Knight Cobden Tire Haight Russell Arthur Dragen Tred Castle

Ministerial Movements and Russell Takes Office

The Times reports Lord John Russell accepted office after postponements and delays following Sir Robert Peel’s retirement. A Windsor audience with Queen Victoria confirmed his ministry while lists of appointees remain speculative.

R. Peel John Russell Windsor London Times Lord John Russell Robert Sir Robert Aforning Chronicle Lord Cottenham Thomas Wilde Cigott Rutherford Ireland Scotland Lord Palmerston Colonial Office Earl Grey Home Office Lord Morpeth Marquis of Lansdowne Windsor Castle Chesham Place Duke of Bedfords Belgrave Square Woburn Abbey Duke of Bedford Earl of Auckland Earl of Clarendon Viscount Palmerston Viscount Morpeth Lord Monteagle John Cam Hobhouse Earla Denis le Marchant Viscount Ponsonby Viscount Torrington Edward Ellice Stanhope Street John Hobhouse Charles Buller Robert Peel Whitehall Gardens

Atrocious murder in St Heliers court case noted

John Noon stood trial for the brutal stabbing of Thomas Hodge aboard the Siren after a dispute at a Malcaster lodging house. The jury found Noon not guilty by reason of insanity after evidence was heard from police and medical experts. other criminal briefs follow including a child murder in Edmonton and a separate attempted assault in Dunmow.

Jersey St. Heliers Thomas Hodge John Noon Royal Court St. Heller's le Gros Malcaster Atrest Hodge Bailli Godfray Attsupt Muanen Pothswan Turner White Hart Lane Tottenham Murpes Central Criminal Court Thoreday Eliza Huntsman Emily Huntsman Clarkson Parnell Mary Stacy Ar. Parnell Lower Edmonton Bruce Terrace Sarah Wallis Edmonton Jesse Lawrence Mr. Parnell Stanley Fame Stanley-brook William Fordham Samuel Hammond M‘murdoc Newgate Justice Patteson Danie Dexmow Charles Horawell Little Easton Viscount Maynard Dunmow and Stortford Easton Lodge Horawell Horanell W. Codrington Coddington Park W. J. Ellis Gloucester Journal Martha Browning Elizabeth Mundell London Sheriff Laurie Sheriff Chaplin Samuel Quennell Fitzgerald Abbott Surrey Keane Horsemonger-lane Paris Lyons Creil SS Quentin Orleana Rouen Mapaio Melitta Moller Buenos Ayres Rotas Alicante Monte Video Tsade St Suzanne Orthez Lower Pyrenees Bank of England Mr. Heath V. Astler Dog Emile Theatre Des Varietés M‘leiah M‘leish Mr. Leslie Dundee Brown Arbroath Mr. Barclay Leish Edinburgh Bottonx Mark Windrass Aince Borough Court House Taylor Mesir Robert Sharpe Barlow William Maudsley Richard Badger Richard Nightingale John Green Walter Mangnall Thomas Yates Richard Reynolds John Dean Charles Skelton Thomas Kirkham Isaac Barrow E. H. Sumner Thomas Barnes Stephen Blair Thomas Ridgeway Bridson Peter Rothwell Robert Walsh John Slater William Fairbairn Manchester Fairbairn

Lord Wharncliffe Dies In London Curzon Street Residence

Important obituary notes the death of Lord Wharncliffe former Lord President of the Council at his Curzon Street home. It records birth in 1776 marriage in 1799 to Elizabeth Caroline Mary and his parliamentary service for York, with his titles passing to Hon. John Stuart Wortley as Lord Wharncliffe.

Divistus St. Peel Robert Peel Baronet Earl of Aberdeen Sidney Herbert Earl of Lincoln Janes Grehaon Duke of Wellington Lord Stanley Duke of Duke of Bedford Duke of Devonshire Earl Grey Lord Wharncliffe Curzon Street Lord Elizabeth Caroline Mary John First Earl of Erne John Stuart Wortley West Riding of Yorkshire Charles Stuart Wortley James Archibald Stuart Wortley County of Bute Caroline Jane Wortley York House of Lords League

The Whipping Post and Public Debate on Monopolists

A sprawling 19th century satirical rant critiques the Corn Laws and monopoly debates. It lampoons the Standard and Morning Herald while lampooning Cobden Peel and Lord Russell. The piece references political factions, pamphleteering, and public discontent with bread and taxes. It blends poetic asides with pointed jibes at newspapers and politicians of the era.

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