Chess match ends with Staunton victory in long St Amant duel
The twenty first and final game of the contest extends nearly fourteen hours. Staunton leads eleven games to six with four draws, as St Amant battles a French champion in a grueling marathon. Notes describe critical moves, errors, and eventual resignation after a tense late-night finish.
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M. St. Amant
Mr. Staunton
Cafe de la Régence
Paris Chess Club
Staunton
England
Galignani
Jev D'Esprit
St. Stephen’s
Walbrook
Howitt
Robin
Surrey Theatre
William Parrott
St. Vincent Street
Stepney
Perrott
Westminster Road
Parrott
Saunders
London Road
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Wilson’s
Braidwood
Henderson
Messrs. Wilson
West of England
Fontainebleau
The Great Dress Match and Bank Forgery Case Summary
The report covers a chess match at the Paris Chess Club with Staunton and St Amant, noting calm play and long sessions. It also details a Surrey Theatre assault and a major bank forgery trial at Mansion House, with Barber and Fletcher charged over forged wills involving Mary Hunt and Anne Slack, including testimonies and remand discussions.
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Clarkson
Messrs. Freshfield
Chambers
Barber
Ballantine
Fletcher
Forrester
J.B. Chappell
Farm Street
Berkeley Square
St. George’s
Hanover Square
Belgrave
Anne Slack
Price Jordan
Jordan
Ann Slack
London and Wesminster Bank
Mary Hunt
Bristol
Grote and Co
Westminster Bank
Thomas Hunt
Central Criminal Sessions
Seaton
Doctors Commons
P. W. Jolliffe
Sturt Cottage
Poole
Dorsetshire
St. Warburgh
Frances Jolliffe
Prescott
Prescott and Grote
W. G. Humforth
Puckle
Iggulden
Puackle
Doctors’ Commons
T. B. Fletcher
Puckle and Co
T. Hunt
Bircham
Mr. Bircham
D. Burgess
Queen Equare
Central Criminal Court
Mr. Ballantine
Mr. Clarkson
Mr. Chambers
Remand Fixing Set For Barber and Fletcher Case
The lord mayor fixed Tuesday January 9 for further examination of Barber and Fletcher after a lengthy debate on remand length. Reporters praised Mansion House for good accommodations but urged simpler, cheaper changes to aid press coverage in this inconvenient court setting.
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Her Majesty
Barber and Fletcher
Delinquent Pledge Claims and Legal Guidance Summary
A reader questions overcharged pawnbroker interest and possible police action. The column covers rights on pledges, six year debt limits, witness competence, and various legal notices including landlord distress, militia reorganisation, stamping instruments, and tax issues on dogs. It quotes multiple anonymous correspondents with practical cautions and precedents.
Rule for Sun and High Water Times in Britain and Ireland
Instructions show how to adjust sunrise and sunset by latitude and provide a table of high water times for major ports. The method uses London Dock time with additions or subtractions for Bristol Cork Falmouth Hull Milford Haven Brighton Cowes Dover Dublin Holyhead Liverpool Port Glasgow and Greenock to estimate tides at numerous harbours.
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Great Britain and Ireland
London Dock
Ates
Bristol
Cork
Cove
Falmouth
Hull
Milford Haven
Brighton
Cowes
Dover
Dublin
Holyhead
Liverpool
Port Glasgow
Agreenpion
The Week in 1843 December Holidays and Ephemeris
The entry lists religious lessons, moon age, clock vs sun, day length, and civil times for December 31 to January 7 1844. It notes New Year’s Day with museum hours, Leipsic fair, quarter sessions, feast days, Zadkiel’s year-influence forecast, and daily weather and ephemeris updates including moon phases and sun declination.
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Fair
Meteo
Isaiah Jx
Luke iii
Isaiah xlix
John ii
Isaia xliv
Price Increase for The Weekly Chronicle
Subscribers are informed the Weekly Chronicle will raise its price to sixpence starting next Saturday. The editors justify the move by noting comparable London weeklies, costs of editing and contributions, and insist the paper will remain well produced and valuable.
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Chronicle
London
A Christmas Glimpse of Reform and Recall of Lord de Grey
In a reflective Christmas 1843 piece the author notes improved trade, rising wages, and charity easing the poor as mild weather and fodder prices aid working families. It laments Ireland’s governance under Lord Lieutenant de Grey, urging abolition of the office and a unified Irish policy under a single cabinet secretary, praising Peel if he acts decisively.
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Midland
London
Hullah
Jullien
Lord de Grey
Dublin
Home Department
Ireland
Mr. Goulburn
Lord Wellesley
Charles Grant
Lord Talbot
Lord Eliot
Lord Howick
Dublin Castle
Trish
Robert Peel
National Vice of Drunkenness and Free Trade
A historical lament on gin and spirits fueling working-class distress, contrasted with elite excess. The piece argues for cheaper subsistence under free trade, criticizes the Ashley and Lord John Manners faction, and calls for a government truly aligned with common welfare. It credits Providence for improvements but urges Peel to be consistent and accountable for policy outcomes.
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Lord Grey
St. James’s Street
Carlton House
Pitt
House of Commons
Father Mathew
Ashley
Lord John Manners School
Brazils
Canada
United States
Robert Peel
Early Oregon Territory Move Rumored in President’s Message
The President’s Message hints at immediate occupation of the Oregon Territory as a preliminary to negotiations with England. The prospect alarms readers about potential emigration and the establishment of military posts for American citizens, signaling heightened diplomatic tension and strategic stakes.
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Oregon Territory
Ashburton
England
Tyler hints at Texas annexation and Oregon disputes
The article critiques President Tyler's approach to foreign affairs, warning that his stance on Texas and Oregon could drag the United States into broader conflicts. It notes past negotiations with Spain and Onis, and suggests the administration revives untenable claims to justify expansion. The piece also remarks on American protectionism and public policy influences from Britain.
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Oregon
Lord Ashburton
New York
Tyler
Mexico
Texas
United States
Louisiana
Chevalier Onis
Spain
Sabina
Departure of the Court for Claremont and Fire Alarm
The court fixed to depart for Claremont next Thursday with the Queen and Prince Consort, possibly returning by the following week. A fire alarm at the Princess’s theatre revealed a blaze in a upper-tier water-closet caused by a gas-pipe melt. no injuries occurred as flames were quenched and performances continued. Sir Edward Brace of the Admiralty House dies at 70. and a Liverpool sugar refinery fire threatens vast losses with up to £60,000 in sugar and several workers in danger. Additional notes report arson rewards in Stockport and a Pimlico inquest for a drowning case, plus a Dublin-correspondent tale of a scandal involving Mrs. Colonel Howard and a young protégé family alliance.
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Claremont
Walton
Wells Street
Epward Brace
Sir E. Brace
Admiralty House
Sheerness
Virginie
St. Albans
Spain
Cadiz
Berwick
Genoa
Algiers
D. Milne
St. Wilhelm
Bath
Charles III
St. Maurice and St. Lazare
Robert W. Otway
the Nore
Bow-street
Morton
Great Moor Lane
Stockport Great Moor
Stockport
Peter Oldham
John Brown Malins
Pollicott
Ashendon
Harrington Street
Mathew Street
Thomas Brancker
T. Brancker
Higgs
King’s Head
Pimlico
Harriett Hall
Cadogan Canal
John Cowan
Robert’s
Ebury-square
Ran
Sary
Dublin
Freeman's Journal
Colonel Howard
M.P
Wicklow
Castile Howard
Godbold
London
Lady Moore
Henry Moore
Marquis of
Drogheda
Cole
Freeman Journal
Castle Howard
L. Howard
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W. Yeates
X.Y. Z
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