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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 24, 1837
Page
3
A historical miscellany column blends graveyard inscription lore with romantic Jasmine origins and verse. It surveys a Hanover chorister’s laconic memorial, a Tuscan jasmine origin tale, Emma Margaret’s blessing, formal witticisms, phrenology quips, and playful morality anecdotes across people, places, and bygone cultures.
A humorous extract builds a portrait of Master Timothy from Birchfield Academy with his precocious studies and mischiefs, and then celebrates Punch with playful adoration. It closes with a promotional note on a legal manual by Hudson, arguing for accessible guidance on wills amid recent law changes.
The article explains new statutory rules for witnesses to wills, allowing incompetent witnesses to still validate a will, outlines who may or may not be a witness without invalidating the will, and details revocation and alteration methods. It covers marraige revocation, partial revocation, revival, and methods to alter a will by marginal signatures or codicils, plus a brief note on Tom Hood on Angling and related topics.
A Grieve published plate from Nicheles-lane Edinburgh shows St Barnard’s Well drawn from nature and engraved on zinc. The specimen demonstrates zinc’s potential for book illustrations and represents a highly polished artistic gem worthy of inspection by readers interested in taste and artistic progress.
A large Sheffield town hall meeting called by the Master Cutler and led by Mr Feargus O Connor debated reform and the ballot. Speakers including Mr Ward MP and Ebenezer Elliott urged universal suffrage and parliamentary pressure, with a vote favoring the original motion for the ballot and liberal reform aims.
The Gazette des Tribunaut reports two caleches conveyed a prisoner and attendants to police custody, naming M. Jules Lebroux as a supplementary judge. Habert is said to have escaped to England while Hubert arrives with police. The Charter and Debats discuss weapons plans and a supposed plot, with ministers claiming ongoing secrecy and Paris papers divided on its reality.
Reports from Montreal and Quebec detail arrests of six Montreal suspects for high treason and a dramatic rescue attempt by Royal Montreal Cavalry. The rider contingent pursued two prisoners to Longueuil, repelled by armed locals, with casualties among riders and horses. Martial law discussion and further arrests in Quebec follow, amid tensions threatening civil conflict in Canada.
A soldier from the 79th foot regiment was brutally assaulted about a year ago near Barrowfield toll Glasgow and died at the barracks from injuries. A prime suspect fled but was captured after police tracked him to a Coatbridge colliery. He is committed for trial for murder.
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