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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 05, 1848
Page
6
A mosaic of quips and curiosities from a 19th century page. It blends reflections on Italy, nature, and poetry with brief anecdotes about animals, chemistry, and daily life. Notable items include a tale of a sheep aiding a stallion, a cholera note on chloroform, a railway traveler’s marriage joke, Cranmer and Latimer costs, and a survey of post office valuables.
A theatre page reviews Our National Defences with Madame Celeste as the organ boy and Wright, Woolgar, and others in comic roles. Brooke shines in Sir Giles Overreach while performances by Brougham and others draw strong applause. Also coverage of Twelfth Night at Sapien's Theatre and plans to enlarge Astley's amphitheatre stage.
Sporting intelligence notes a strong rise in early favourites Cracow Jonathan Wild Swiss Boy War Eagle Rufus and Lady Bylda at Chester with an immense betting market. Derby action is light aside from Cereus at 30 to 1 while Keraun sits at 40 to 1 amid broad lists of horses and varying odds with many prices shown for a wide field.
A March Wartick Assizes trial is set for Mr Gutteridge over a libel charge against the Bishop of Manchester. The case arises amid testimony about a disputed Bank of England note and alleged improper withholding of payment by bank authorities. A tradesman later seeks advice after the note was detained and claims the bank refused to change it without a brewer's consent. The proceedings include questions about whether the note was stopped and by whom, with suggestions of damages and legal action if the store declined to honor the note.
A Manchester gathering on free trade features Mr Milner Gibson defending the sugar bill, Cobden urging civilian control of armaments, and calls to extend free trade to shipping. Cobden quotes French reformers and argues pacific aims through commerce, while opponents question armament costs and policy. The event closes with leaders including Bright and George Thompson.
A Jamaica Assembly committee reports widespread decline in sugar and coffee cultivation since 1832 emancipation. Abandoned estates include 140 of sugar and 465 coffee holdings, with massive land losses and reduced labor. Costs exceed returns, wages prove inadequate, and machine substitutes offer limited help. They urge imperial protection to avert total collapse and urge a memorial to Queen Victoria.
A long inquiry opened at Roebuck Tavern Chiswick before 19 special jurors to determine the mind state of Miss Maria Collins 33 and her sister Miss Amelia Collins. Doctors testified her letters claiming Spanish crown descent and royal connections showed delusions. The jury initially found Maria sound minded but later, after a fresh review, returned a verdict of unsound mind before adjourning Amelia’s case.
Reports from Whitcomb detail a coroner’s inquest into the death of an illegitimate child found after being thrown from a window at No 8 Church Street. Julia Strickland is indicted for willful murder. inquiry reveals the father is of fortune and the child’s lineage is questioned amid fashionable gossip. In Yarmouth, workmen uncover a stone coffin in St. Nicholas church, with more bones and monastic garb revealed. scholars suggest a Benedictine monk or lay associate, aged around 35, buried around 1280, as relics are respectfully replaced.
An advertisement extols Parr's Life Pills as a world renowned remedy with widespread success in England and abroad. It asserts 30,000 boxes sold weekly, cites receipts from the United States Canada India and China, and notes authenticity marked by white letters on red government stamps with price details per box.
Advertises new publications on marriage obligations and self help for sexual health by Lucas and Co and Dr Samuel Lamert. Promotes coloured engravings, instructions for restoration after excess, and secret intimacies of youth with medical authorities offering consultations and home treatment via London and provincial agents.
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