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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 30, 1838
Page
3
A column mixes Ben Jonson lines with short literary notes about a Buffalo library visit. It describes a quiet room, shelves, and a courteous but formal clerk who declines payment for a stranger, plus clipped anecdotes about Alfieri, presence of mind, and eccentricities.
A critical notice discusses Barry Cornwall's edition of The Works of Ben Jonson with memoirs and its biographical portrayal. It also reviews Eve Effingham or Home, three volumes, noting uneven tone, scenes of American society, and editorial annotations.
The scene centers on Aristobulus urging street ball play against village trustees and Mr. Effingham. Dickey the street leader defies rules, and the group moves to the public street where balls fly into the main thoroughfare. Effingham’s ambassador reports Mr Lather declines the proposal.
In January the new Huddersfield College plans to open offering first-rate classical and scientific education modeled on London University with daily prayers. It aims to educate sons of Christian dissenters while not excluding churchmen and will emphasize religious practice in daily routines.
A reader proposes using Silesian sugar beet as a superior substitute to Mangold Wurtzel for beer. He cites beet sugar production in France and continental uses, notes failed British beet ventures, and outlines a beet beer method with pulp as livestock feed. Kent signs as a steady admirer offering further sugar-making details.
A letter from the Duke de Leuchtenberg to his mother fixes his departure from St Petersburgh for the 19th inst the day after the emperor birthday. He was expected to arrive at Munich on the 31st and had been formally betrothed at the Palace of Zarskoje Selo. HypropHonia. In Odell resides Thomas Wells who claims cures for distressing malady and offers to treat rabid animals with his medicine while seeking large sums for the recipe.
The article lists Christmas day allowances for paupers in London workhouses, detailing parishes like St Marylebone St Pancras and others. It records numbers of paupers, adult and child portions, and gifts such as tea tobacco snuff or bon bons, with meals of roast beef pudding potatoes porter and beer, distributed in the presence of parish guardians.
The Greenwich Union board of guardians resolved unanimously on Thursday to admit reporters at future meetings after an ex parte and false report appeared in local papers. The move aims to let the guardians' conduct and proceedings be accurately represented to the public.
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