24 Dec 1842
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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 24, 1842
Page
1
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A pointed critique of the Quarterly Review for its extended defense of the Corn Laws and its attack on the Anti Corn Law League. The piece argues the Review misrepresents facts, inflames rhetoric, and weaponizes religion, while asserting the League’s peaceful, constitutional aims to repeal the Corn Laws and relieve starving workers. It stresses inflexible opposition to aristocratic interests and defends Cobden’s stance as sincere and necessary for justice.
In Bristol, the Consistory Court before Dr. Phillimore heard Payne v Rowtey. Prudence Payne sues Mary Rowley for defamation over statements that Payne had cohabited with Rowley's husband. Letters showing intimate correspondence were read. judge dismissed the suit, finding harmful implications. Hawt v Collins and Nelson v Nelson noted for similar outcomes as other matters adjourned.
Wellington arrives at the castle to dine with a royal party including Viscountess Canning and other nobility. London poor receive bounties for aged and infirm, with 168 gate alms recipients getting thirteen shillings each under the almonry. Reports also note deaths, accidents, and charitable gifts in progress.
An explosion of gas at the Norwood Cemetery Company, 70 King William Street, shattered glass and drove an iron safe door from its hinges. An old man tending the premises with a candle was severely injured and taken to Bartholomew's Hospital after the blast. The incident occurred between nine and ten on Wednesday night.
A grand tea party and soirée in Bury drew about 800 attendees at the Methodist Association Chapel. Richard Arthur chaired as Dr Bowring and Mr Cobden spoke for the Anti Corn Law League. Subscriptions neared £772 with large donations and copper money, signaling strong support amid a broad league gathering.
In a high profile Chancery case, affidavits reveal deep scrutiny of the late Marquess of Hertford’s finances and gifts. John W Croker testifies to long friendship, access to accounts, and a £4,000 credit line to Nicholas Suisse, with entries detailing gifts, bills, and travel money. Witnesses discuss Suisse's payments to servants, charity, and alleged irregularities, while doctors testify on the Marquess’s sanity and last illness amid court scrutiny of the executors and Suisse.
The document details an 1822 oath by a deponent in the fifth year of Queen Victoria’s reign. It names Richard Marquess of Hertford and Francis Charles Seymour Conway and references Dorchester House and Nancy France, noting the Marquess’s death on the last day of March. It frames legal provisions and service to the Hertford lineage.
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