The Weekly Chronicle Adopts a New Political Course
The Weekly Chronicle announces its shift to a rational radical platform since May 1837, aiming a new enlarged form on January 6, 1839. It pledges independence from party, openness to reform such as expanded suffrage, Treenial Parliaments, and free trade, with a fixed price and strengthened editorial standards.
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Planes for Greenwich Rail Opened and City Church Growth
The Greenwich line opened to the public with high traffic and swift 18 minute trips. London church expansion proceeds with Stepney and Rotherhithe growth, new churches and schools funded by the metropolis and Mrs Hyndman.
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Stepney
Charles Morgan
Tredegar Square
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Blick
Trinity
Rotherhithe
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Metropolis’ Churches
St. George’s
Southwark
Metropolis’ Church Building Fund
Her Majesty’s Commissioners
Whitechapel
Berwick Street
Soho
London
Potts
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Canada and United States Dispatches on Prescott Action
Reports from Kingston and Montreal recount Captain Sandom praising Lieut. Fowell and David Elliot and Royal Marines for repelling the Prescott attack. List of killed and wounded includes several Royal Marines. the Montreal and New York papers note Russian consul arrestee in Lower Canada and court-martial developments with militia officers named.
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Sandom
Canada
Charles Paget
Kingston
Dundas and Young
Prescott
Fowell
David Elliot
Experiment
C. A. Parker
Royal Marines
Robert Kershaw
David: Elliot
Samuel Wade
John M‘dermott
John Chapman
Josh Humm
George Crackett
Richard Wakeham
Wm. Ward
John Stephens
Richard Parry
John Powell
William Miller
Thomas Burton
Richard Dibben
William Sanpom
Edward Newman
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Montreal
Boston
Lower Canada
Baron Frattelin
Montress
Beauharnois
65Th Regiment
Quebec
George Arthur
John Kirby
Frontenac
Francis’ Raynes
John S. Cartwright
Lenox
John Turnbull
Hastings
William Logie
Thomas Fitzpatrick
James Sampson
David John Smith
Hugh M.gregor
Elijah Beach
John Strange
James M.farlane
John Plant Bowers
John i. Forsyth
John B. Marks
3D Regiment of Frontenac Militia
William Henry Draper
2D Forth York Regiment
Montreal Herald
Leprohon
Leclair
Barron
Bruneau
Russian Consul Freed After Montreal Spy Charge
The Russian Consul at Boston, seized as a spy in Montreal, was examined by Sir John Colborne and released. An acquittal letter was issued by the Attorney General, and the envoy returned to the United States. Letters from Vienna mention a Hungarian Diet opening with the Emperor and Empress expected in attendance around the 18th. A Persian ambassador may arrive mid March. Potatoes fail in America, boosting exports from Britain and Holland, though quality varies. A Toulon dispatch reports a mutiny aboard the Surprise brig under Lieutenant Chaigneau with most of the crew abandoning ship. Lunar theory challenged by Arago. A Kingston petty session poaching case ends in 40s fine despite dubious identity testimony and a mere appeal.
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Montreal
John Colborne
United States
Vienna
Persia
Tehran
America
Scotland
Ireland
Holland
Toulon
Chaigneau
Raoul Rosette
Greece
Pratique
Cus Moon
M. Arago
Kingston Petty
Weighty Matters Discussed Postage Absurity
A periodical notes ridicules the postal system charging by enclosed scraps. It cites two letters circulated to illustrate the scheme. One letter matches the size of a described diagram and highlights how postage could double or treble despite minimal content.
Weighty postage folly and a penny post plan
A letter to the editor critiques 19th century postage rules noting a tiny paper weighs several grains while a much larger sheet carries light postage. It discusses double postage, weight based charges, and Hill's Universal Penny Post proposal to charge by weight, arguing it would simplify rates and curb fraud.
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Papal power in England and prominent notices from Durham and Islip
The article reviews early English church conflicts with the Pope and royal taxation, noting 70 000 pounds paid annually during Henry III’s era and Parliament’s response under Edward III. It reports a new mining professorship at Durham University and describes Islip’s King’s Chapel font, plus a Vienna wedding event and a plan for a larger Royal Exchange with architectural refinements in London.
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de Hammer de Purgstall
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Finch-lane
Angela Burdett Coutts presses charge against Irish barrister Richard Dunn
Miss Angela Burdett Coutts and her father Sir Francis Burdett appeared at Bow Street to charge Richard Dunn with annoying and insulting conduct. Dunn followed the lady, watched her, and created signals from a Gloucester Coffee House room. Bail was refused at 12 months, with £500 by the defendant and £250 each by two sureties.
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Angela Burdett Coutts
Francis Burdett
Parkinson
Lincoln’s-inn-fields
Humphreys
Newgate-street
Bow-street
F. Roe
Richard Dunn
York Castle
Stratton-street
Piccadilly
Duchess of St. Albans
Gloucester Coffee-house
Duke of Devonshire
Ballard
Burdett Coutts
Fall
Gloucester
Beetham
Lincoln's Inn
Act of Parliament
Tothillfields
Durance
Bread and cheese distributed from Paddington church steeple
In a Sunday charity act two maiden ladies funded a grant for the poor of Paddington. Loaves and cheese were thrown from St Mary’s church steeple into the churchyard as required by the grant. Reports tie the scene to wider unrest and legal moves over the Poor Law amendments.
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Paddington
Topmorden
F. Roe
Maule
London
Frederick Roe
John Russell
Myr
Fielden
Sheffield
Todmorden
Cobbett
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