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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Feb 12, 1837

Page

5

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.

Quirk Quickset Miss Podge Quickset Fin Crow Martin Mr. Quickset Podge Rice Jim Crew USA Wilkinson Buckstone Miss Daly Charles Kean Dowton Fitzwilliam Manchester Sir Giles Overreach Falstaff John Reeve Norval Sterling Rendolph Oxford-street Braham Macready Brown Morris Cock Salmon Alexander Lee Dublin Potteen Waylett Birmingham Aleck Emerald Island Jack Reeve

Delicté Affair in Hewish v Sixton Court Case Report

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.

Libel Trial Over Banff Chemist Pills and Dispatch Allegations

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.

Alexander James Banff Scotland Moat Weekly Dispatch Dispatch Mr. K Paris College of Health Richardson York Mackenzie Salmon Serjeant Wilde Practical Medicine

Court hears claims on universal pills case and manslaughter verdicts

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.

College of Health Steele H. Walford Hume Daniel Roots A. Carlisle Elliotson Birckbeck Paris Hawkins Key Marsden Kelly

Literature notices and critique from a 1837 era periodical

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.

A. W. Webster London Simpkin and Marshall Knox Sherwood & Co Vicesimus Knox Cow Penn Southey, Baldwin and Gainsborough Falener Frankenstein Saunders and Ottley Lapy’s Dobbs and Co Michelle de Vitry Richard Jones Elizabeth England

Central Court Dates and Results From December Trials

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.

James Hance Edward Honeywood Central Criminal Court Henry Livingston John Jones Marianne Boothe Hertford Street May Fair Sarah Ligo Messrs Phillips Jerningham Adolphus, Prendergast Payne Hertford-street Bow-street Ballard Fletcher Read Vere-street Clare-market Livingston Jones Ligo Adolphus Prendergast Lige Turrsday James Skreen George Thompson High Seas Curwood Recorder Cowan Venables Harmer Newgate House of Correction William Everett Thomas Rawlinson William Bennett John Thorpe James Brady Felix M.guinness Charles Frederick Radford Joseph Bailey Wm. Evans Michael Lally Edward Callaghan Samuel Harris Wm. Briley Wm. Johnson Wm. Connor George Carter Timothy Rawley Charles Silabury John Warner Joseph Worcester Edward Rast Benjamin Moss Dennis Prendergast John Coventry Jas. Bullock Wm. Thurling John Thurling William Hopgood Henry Skinner James Godfrey Arthur Knox Patrick Crawley George Jennings James Wilson George Burt Robert Beale William Stewart Fred Wilson Thomas Court John Smith Richard Hart Robert Cupitt Charles Jones Dennis Collins Henry

Debates and rules at the House of Commons gallery

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.

House of Commons Ewart Potter Speaker Mr. Ewart Peoples’ House P&b Ireland Donnybrook Fair Orange O'Connell Recorder of Dublin Grattan Jackson Irish Liberal Party Major Sturgeon Conolly Mr. Roebuck Bath Times Westminster Hall John Russell Dublin England Lefroy James Graham Lord Morpeth Sir John Cam Hobhouse John Westminster Sir Robert Peel Orange Party of Ireland Orangemen

Notable Deaths and Life Sentences Across a Court

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.

George Walker Daniel Driscoll Joan Hutton John White Thomas White Wm. Powell John Clements John Fishington Robert Spencer Stapleton John Stapleton Charles Young Betsey Simpson Mary Simpson Mary Simmons Margaret Taylor Henry Johnson Frederick Blackwell John Smith Thomas Cannell Dennis M‘carthy Charles Green William Tucker Thomas Marshall John Jones Jonathan Bailey George Demsy John Wootton John Minter Hart Edward Blake James Smith Charles Kittle Thomas Westwood George Allen Henry Livingstone Chaplin William Mills Henry Bates John Pegsworth John Holliday Bethink

Carlist Expedition Plans Amid Spanish Conflicts and Odd Theatre Incident

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.

Spain Castille Urbistonde Don Sebastian Bilboa Espartero Naples Theatre of San Carlos England Wales Westmoreland Cumberland Berkshire Hertfordshire Huntingdon Herefordshire Yorkshire Shropshire Kent Bedford Essex Wiltshire Derbyshire Nottinghamshire Staffordshire Gloucestershire Cheshire Rutland Lincolnshire Oxford Buckinghamshire Northamptonshire Worcestershire Warwick Lancashire Romersetshire Leicestershire

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Court OF Exchequer HeEwisu Charlotte-street Fitzroy-square Regent-street Snow Town Mrs. Hewish Court OF Comi Fine Arts Trhomans Moore, Esq G. R. Ward G. Mulvany R. H.A Green Isle Anacreon
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