The Peacock and the Crow Burletta at the Theater
A new burletta The Peacock and the Crow was staged on Monday. Rice stars as Jim Crow with Quickset and Podge in a plotted hoax. comic mishaps and a chase end with a forged will and a fatal wound.
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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 12, 1837
Page
5
A new burletta The Peacock and the Crow was staged on Monday. Rice stars as Jim Crow with Quickset and Podge in a plotted hoax. comic mishaps and a chase end with a forged will and a fatal wound.
Court of Exchequer hears Hewish the tailor sue Sixton for damages in a criminal conversation case. Evidence describes Hewish’s wife’s liaison with the defendant during Hewish’s illness and absence, with testimonies from the wife’s cousin and an apprentice detailing late night visits and alleged infidelity.
In a London Court of Common Pleas session, Morrison sues Harmer and partners for libel in the Weekly Dispatch claiming damages of 1000 pounds. Plaintiffs, led by a Banff family chemist inventor and his sons, defend their medicine as safe with vast sales, while defendants allege poisoning and professional slander tied to a rival paper.
The trial recounts alleged abuses by the College of Health and its doctors with pills said to harm patients. Witnesses criticize the system as cruel and ineffective while debunking claims of vast cures. Lawyers clash over medical practices leading to manslaughter verdicts and public scandal.
The brief item catalogues current books and authors including Webster's A Treatise on the Structure of the Ban with an otaphone note, Knox’s Works edited by Southey, Cow Penn’s edition of Cowper and Hayley, Falener a novel, Our Lady’s Magazine miscellany, and a portrait of Thomas Moore. It comments on style, translations, and fashion trends of the period.
Central Criminal Court reports a £2000 conspiracy charge against James Hance, with bail at £2000 and two sureties of £500 each. Burglary verdicts include Henry Livingston and John Jones guilty, with Sarah Ligo acquitted. A seven hour trial led to Livingston and Jones found guilty of theft, Read-testimony cited, and a Not Guilty on insanity grounds for James Skreen in a separate felonious wounding case. The Recorder delivered numerous sentences ranging from ten days to seven years, including a large transport list of names and durations.
A Chronicle of parliamentary clashes from February 1 to February 8 describing gallery access changes, voting confusions, and sharp exchanges on Ireland. The piece notes Ewart and Potter motions, Serjeant-at-Arms custody rules, and critiques of speakers including Roebuck Morpeth Russell and Peel amid Irish disputes.
A historic court record lists transportations for fourteen years for a group including George Walker and others, life terms for several Simpons and Taylor, and a death sentence for James Smith and accomplices. John Pegsworth pleads guilty to murder as the Recorder delivers a stern, mercy-laden exhortation and the court schedules the next session for February 27.
Reports from Spain describe a seven battalion Carlist diversion led by Urbistonde to clash with Queen's forces. Provisions delays hinder Espartero’s operations while Naples notes a theatre disruption where a mad caller claimed God’s voice. England’s county rent averages list varied prices across regions and Wales.
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