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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 21, 1845

Page

2

Foreign Intelligence. Change of Ministry in France dominates.

Paris and London papers discuss Lord Palmerston’s return to office as a threat to peace, with Whig victory seen as destabilizing the French cabinet. Reports cover stock trades, naval plans, and a new消 economical measure, while noting deaths and suspicions in Paris and Lisbon.

Fpranwge Lord Palmerston France M. Thiers Monieur M.de Saint Marc Girardin Bia M. Gabrielle Isot Grevelle Paris Lavs & French Journal Caen Lord J. Russell Duke of Wellington Orleans Rouen Northern Havre Avignon Vierzon Diepe Bordeaux Boulogne Troves Montereau Basle London Lyons Creil St Quentin Fampoux Troyes Dieppe

Alive in a well rescue saga at Arbroath

In Arbroath a crowd gathered after word spread that William Brown and M Leish were entombed while repairing a well on Mr Barclay's property. Brown was rescued a day later. M Leish remained trapped and believed dead as engineers and townspeople struggled to bore a new shaft and pump fluids to preserve them.

Fenran William Brown Mamail Leish Brown M'Leish M‘leish Turnee Alexander Grant Messrs Clageton Stephenson Low Roberson Duvdes Glamwirs Mesars Eddy Blackadder Leslie Dundee Arbroath Dundee Advertiser M‘leiah Daudes Edinburgh

OConnell presses for Corn Law repeal and famine relief

In Dublin Dec 15 a crowded meeting heard O Connell urge open ports and repeal of the Corn Laws to feed Ireland. He backed Lord John Russell and the Whig ministry for cheap bread, while preserving Repeal. He proposed railway works finance, fixity of tenure, and government loans on security to create work, not charity. A later disruption saw an elderly critic expelled as a public meeting closed with Repeal fund at £207 19s 11d.

Cal Ausociation Peel O'Connell O'Brien House of Lurde Commons Clontarf Duke of Wellington O'Conne Lord J. Russell Ireland R. Peet London League Cobden Bright Reiawaj O'Connall Hear Cabe Lord John Mussell John Russell Dublin Mr. O'Connell Lord John Russell Hoe Commodore Watson Lord Fortescue Lord Ebrington Cashel Waterford Kilkenny Dundalk Enniskillen Belfast Limerick Ballymens Mortgegen Dong Lord Stanley Lord Jobn John Runcell Lord John Messrs O'Briee John O'Connell Caleb Powell Maurice O'Connell Henry Grattan D. Browne Clements O'Hes Sir Colman O'Loghlen J’arliament Cubden Henry O'Connell

Unnamed Sailor's Grim Resolve After Loss At Smyras

Jof Bia departed with an unfortunate friend but failed to succeed. He kept a ring as a souvenir and rushed to Nack to care for the dead, arranging burial for his companion and Nicoll at the Greek chapel with the rites of the Greek faith. News among Smyrna's English residents is deeply melancholy.

Jof Bia Nigel Nack Meck Smyras

Metropolis Court and Church Aid Items

The Metropolis notes a second season meeting of Culland Buinvrxe Socretr chaired by the Lord Bishop of London. Grants totaling £3640 funded new and enlarged churches adding 8545 seats for 113,000 people, with 5781 seats allocated to inappropriable use. New churches listed at Camden Town, Tunstall, Shepley, Pembury, Monkwearmouth, Oldhem, and enlargements in Llanidioes, East Collingwith, Haletack. Society funds show £17,781 18s 1d short of needs. Lord Eldon donated £1000. Bank of England quarterly court convened with limited attendance and adjourned after routine minutes. Evidence from Bishopsgate fire inquiry concluded the destruction was accidental.

Camden Town St. Pancras Tunstall Catterick Yorkshire Shepley Huddersfield Pembury Kent Monkwearmouth Durham Oldhem Lancashire Llanidioes Montgomery East Collingwith Selby Haletack Dorchester Lord Eldon Bank of ExGuaxp Bank of England Gil Heath Inez Frias Conoxen Bishopsgate W. Payne City of London For and Grapes Tavern Primrose-street

Arrival of the Britannia brings British news to Mersey

The Britannia, commanded by Captain Hewitt, has arrived in the Mersey with 75 passengers after departing Boston on the 2d inst delayed by fog. Dispatches from New Orleans, Detroit, and Washington detail Oregon policy debates, Calhoun's stance, and calls for arbitration over possible war. Reports from New York, Montreal, and Halifax cover British interests, Canadian administration, and looming congressional topics including tariffs and the Sub Treasury plan.

Britannia Royal Mail Hewitt Mersey Lord Metcalfe Tis Boston Halifax New Orleans Washington Union Oregon Michigan Detroit Washington Journal of Commerce Calhoun Pakenham Courier and Enquirer Alt Senate United States Great Britain Nue Cleimante Polk United States Gazette Louisiana Great Briwic New York Herald George Simpson Hudson Bay Company Sir George Simpson New York Nashville Union Tennessee Herald Boston Post Buchanan Pew Executive Department Supreme Bench Hogan St. Domingo Congress New York Courier and Inquirer Texas Charleston Mercury Memphis New York Courier Saya Tezes Lake Erie Rochester Hull Montreal Canada Earl of Cathcart Che Gazelle Mun

Great Free Trade Meeting in the City of London

A large crowd gathered at the Guildhall in London for a decisive meeting on corn laws and free trade. Speakers including Mr Cobden urged repeal of the Corn Laws, challenged protectionist leaders in Essex and Buckinghamshire, and called for immediate abolition of food taxes amid scarcity fears and calls for government reform.

Wa. Hawes Lande Cher Mr. Cobden

Fata Accipsyt ox to Great Wistens Railway disaster

A Paddington special train for Exeter struck labourer Green on the down line near the station in near total mutilation. The incident recalls a previous fatality on the same spot thirteen months earlier. Green was 47, married with no children. A separate Morpeth case reports Ralph Joicey accused of causing his father’s death by poison, with disclosures rumored but not yet public. Edingham Wilson creditors meeting yielded 74d in the pound, with £1,350 paid to creditors. Jurors at the Secondary Court were fined for nonattendance. Frederick Greenwaller, 63, a retired custom-house officer, died after a fall at Mile End Road. verdict accidental death.

Fata Great Wistens West Dwartox Paddington Exeter Green Cranch Oy Crighton Morpeth Edingham Wilson Perrone Baker Taiagoas Arma Gloucester-street Mile End Road Frederick Greenwaller

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