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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 03, 1844
Page
4
A critical written barrage likens Peel and his allies to ward nurses and poachers, arguing great principles sustain the political struggle while condemning expediency and hollow concessions. The piece accuses leaders of skulking in league grain stores to win support, doubting confidence in current heads of affairs.
Inquest into the death of Sealy near Taunton reveals arsenic poisoning by his daughters Mary and Faith Sealy. Faith confesses to seeking arsenic to poison, detailing procurement from Joyce and others, and the two sisters are charged with wilful murder. The jury returns a verdict of wilful murder by poisoning against both defendants.
Weekly traffic receipts across major rail routes show Birmingham and Derby £1270, Birmingham and Gloucester £1573, Dublin and Kingstown £337, Eastern Counties £3522, Edinburgh and Glasgow £1796, Glasgow Paisley and Ayr £1122, Glasgow Paisley and Greenock £627, Grand Junction £6438, Great North of England £1378, Great Western £11590, Hull and Selby £958, Liverpool and Manchester £4122, London and Birmingham £13630, Blackwall £590, Brighton £2804, Croydon £205, South Western £4269, Greenwich £718, Manchester and Birmingham £2541, Manchester and Bolton £76, Manchester and Leeds £5251, Newcastle and Carlisle £1272, Newcastle and North Shields £279, North Midland £3791, Northern and Eastern £1553, Paik and Rouen £2732, York and North Midland £1394, South Eastern and Dover £2186, Taff Vale £553, Ulster to
The Right Hon. Sir N C Tindal and Lord Denman led judges set assize dates. Northamptonshire, Rutlandshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Somerset and others listed with exact days in February and March across multiple towns including Northampton Oakham Lincoln Nottingham Derby Leicester Coventry Warwick Reading Oxford Worcester Stafford Shrewsbury Hereford Monmouth Gloucester Hertford Chelmsford Maidstone Lewes Kingston New Sarum Dorchester Exmouth Exeter Bodmin Taunton and more. The remaining circuits have not yet fixed dates.
In the bail court Weperspay case Pacer v Hort Mr Wordsworth for the defendant sought a writ of certiorari to transfer the indictment from Central Criminal Court. Lord William Paget had indicted the defendant for libel and Mr Bodkin secured the writ of procendo. Justice Patteson held the matter should be tried in the Queen's Bench due to potential new libel law issues tied to a plea of justification. Justice Williams stayed the writ with agreement to proceed once Lord Denman directs.
In Teespar Cuaxxixne versus Burce a writ of inquiry was ordered by a common jury to assess damages for broken promised marriage. The case, originating in the Court of Exchequer after default judgment, traces allegations of attachment in letters and a failed marriage plan, with plaintiff Miss Mary Ann Channing and defendant Thomas Burge.
A detailed transcript from the London courts reveals a marriage entanglement and a whaling voyage assault case. The March 26 1842 letter to Mary accompanies an assault verdict awarding £60 damages. The Insolvent Debtors’ Court case centers on deception, debt pledges, and the involvement of M J O Connell, with pearls seized and later returned as arrangements unfold.
A recent order in council from the colonial office suppresses all distilleries in New South Wales due to the demoralising effects of ardent spirits on that colony's population. Government awards compensation in every instance.
Edward Jones, about 30, was brought before Mr Alderman Johnson on a capital charge of attempting to set fire to Mrs Ridee’s house at 65 Dorset-street Fleet-street. He threatened his sister and mother, then the police found bedding on fire and the suspect pretending to sleep. Also in court a nineteen year old George Fondelly drunkenly cried Emma dear Emma and was dismissed. William Hanford faced trial for attempted murder of his son Arthur after a violent scene with a fire shovel, while coroner’s inquest later judged the child died in its mother's arms with no direct violence.
A London magistrates court hears uproar over chimney sweeping reforms. James Cook alias Climbing Jimmy, famed for speed, faces fire engine backlash after his own chimney burns. A carver and gilder, John Bartholomew, stands accused of attempting to murder his baby amid a Chelsea fracas. A boiler maker, William Daisley, faces alleged infant death charges, while Harely and others grapple with a drugging and drowning plot at a Hammersmith wharf. Liverpool case sees a captain flogging a flagged American sailor with a sword.
A column notes Napoleon Bonaparte was born on a rough rug in Corsica while Madame Bonaparte attended Mass. The piece highlights his future rise to emperor and occasional darkness of origins, with reflections on the birthplace and early life shaping a destined ruler.
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