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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 09, 1840
Page
2
Reported dispatch of 3000 Mexican troops to the neighbourhood of Rio Grande amid feared uprising. Commercial New York accounts note Europe-bound flour shipments at higher prices and a weak English exchange around 107 to 107 4.
Newfoundland papers report the governor opened the colonial legislature on January 3 to address pressing needs of the people. A despatch from Lord John Russell advised officials to view their offices as held at the pleasure of the crown, causing much discussion.
A large public meeting convened by London merchants and chaired by the lord mayor urged repeal of the corn laws. Speakers including Horsley Palmer and Dillon argued the law harms agriculture, commerce, and currency, while opposition from Wells faced crowd disruption. The resolution backing repeal carried amid Chartist attempts to amend it.
James Pearce an orange merchant of New Brentford was fined 5s with costs for erecting a stall on the Uxbridge carriage-way, a ruling that the new metropolitan police act overrides historic market privileges. The issue also covers vestry opinions on borrowing £25,000 and reforms for pauper children’s education at St Pancras workhouse.
A Gateshead publican reports a well-dressed man who lodged for the night, left behind bloodstained clothes, and vanished. In Glasgow, a boy died after being forced to clean dozens of chimney vents, with authorities investigating. Separate notes discuss postal oddities, a Skye owl shipped by post, and Northampton elopement intrigue involving Miss Shaw and solicitor Cave Hall.
A collage of humorous anecdotes from Bentleys Miscellany and Frazer's Magazine includes Mathews pranks with a pawnbroker, remarks on Covent Garden theatre decorations, a satire on a disreputable broker Nibble, and scenes from Nimrod in France and Master Nincompoop at school. The passages mix theatrical lore, social manners, and light political flavor with lively character names and dated setting.
The newspaper reports that her Majesty's marriage to Prince Albert is fixed for Monday the 10th. It describes preparations at the chapel of St James's, the Queen's closet, and the royal reception spaces. Alterations expand seating to about 500 with galleries and arrangements for foreign ministers and procession order led by Sir William Woods and the earl marshal.
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