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Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Feb 12, 1842

Page

5

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Peel reform debates and parliamentary patronage noted

The Morning Chronicle mocks Peel’s limited reform plan focusing on ecclesiastical courts and the law abolition as a start. It cites the Dublin Register’s list of Peel family salaries and officials, highlighting vast patronage and pensions. Various brief items follow, including shipboard rescues, parish poor rates, bank losses, a royal security watch, and a lengthy inquest record with multiple local notices.

Ned Rapicat The Morning Chronicle Ee Tier Robert Peel Standard Terl Jonbine Dublin Register Sirbert Peel Treasury Ahan Peel Once Rye Guards George R. Dawson Customs George Cockburn Robert Iaby Laurence Peel Supreme Court of Bengal Lord Jersey Peel Sir Robert Banox WueeLasout Gils Alexander Baring England Coke Earl Leicester Hon Atleman J. Coke Atleman Manly Dover Christ’s Hospital Aing-Hall Jesandua M. Durand Mers Clerkenwell Clerkenswell Court Tuckett Hussare Ld Cardigan Ceylon Rifles Comercial Bank of England Manjester

Acis and Galatea at Drury Lane Awes The Audience

A dramatic review praises Macready produced Acis and Galatea as a masterful, original staging with remarkable sea-scene effects and superb chorus unity. Miss Horton and Miss Romer are commended for singing, while Polyphemus and Acis are portrayed with dramatic force. Jerrold’s Prisoner of War is also praised for lively plotting and strong acting at Covent Garden.

Davay-taNe Theatre Her Majesty's Servants Acis Adntea Macready Gay Handel Stanfield Galatea Annibal Caracci Polyphemus Fauns Nymphe Nicolas Poussin Nereides Pan Miss Romer Cupid Miss Gould Miss Horton Romer Ower Douglas Jerrold Navy Phelps Anderson Hudson Keeley Miss Fortescue England Eleve Covent Garven London Assurance London Percy Ardent Charles Mathews Herley Lord William Daventry Farren William Stanmore G. Vandenhoff India Miss Merrion Andria Supple Cooper Stanmore Gammon

Meagre plotting mars London stage with comic mixups

A review crumbles a vaudeville style plot where misread letters trigger jealousies and stale contrivances. Lady Daventry ejects the Irish heiress to Ireland, meeting in dark rooms and a parade of stage devices. Stanmore and an unseen wife provide a faint conclusion as the scene bears lavish Twickenham verve.

Lady Daventry Lord Daventry Ireland House of Stanmore London Stanmore Messrs. Collinet Dantonet Delabarre Deloffre de Folly Howell Herr Stjenn Keating Herr Koenig Herr Muller Pilot Prospero Richardson Stjenn Thalberg Mics Day I Puritani Messrs Jullien M. Collinet Mitchell Ketly Moliére Perlet M. Jourdain M. Cartigny M. Oudinot Dorante Scribe St. Jean Queen Lover Andy Handy Birmingham Liverpool Standard

Derby betting and royal hounds tale from Tattersall's market

Sporting intelligence notes Derby odds and futures on Chatham Canadian and other contenders, with close prices across cups and races. It also reports the royal buck hounds hunt at Woking with Percy the deer killed after a bridge mischance, plus a Jockey Club meeting over Mr Gurney's Epsom account and a strong opening salmon fishing day at Stirling.

Tattersall Monpar Chatham Ballinkeele Robert de Gorham Lord of Circe Auckland Meteor Joanna Kirby Lord Westminster G. Clark Lord of Holderness Scott Gregory Bowes R. Meiklam Bird Dr. Allen G.clark Woldsman Sir G. Feathcote Lot Dircecolt Artful Dodger Aget Caxs Etwall Passion Wilson Lawton Jersey Hen Surrey Woking South Western Railway Percy Woking-common Purbright Henley-park Far Mr. Davis Royal Huntsman Lord Rosslyn Paddy Royal Staghounds Ascot Guanzy Jockey Club Aun Gurmey Epsom Woburn Gurney G. Anson Duke of Bedford Byng Duke of Richmond Marquis of Normandy Stradbroke Albemarle G. Bentinck J. Fitzroy Wilton C. Manners J. Shelley Rous Peel Greville Payne Irby Shelley S. Stanley E. G. Cann Mr. Archer Plymouth Stirling

Anti Corn Law Delegates in London Assembly

Provincial anti corn law delegates met at the Crown and Anchor Strand to form executive and finance committees and to send a deputation to Sir Robert Peel. Notables like Cobden and Bright spoke as they pressed total repeal of the corn laws and proclaimed the suffering of laborers under the current system.

Crown and Anchor Strand Robert Peel Duncan Maclaren Edinburgh Scholefield M.P Cobden Bolton J. Sturge Birmingham Bell Coventry M‘laren Aytoun W. Buchanan Glasgow J. Burder J. C. Symons Stroud Biggs Leicester Ackroyd Halifax Batley Huddersfield T. Spencer Hinton Bath Finance Committee Southampton Times Globe Hear Mr. S Board of Guardians Mr. Sparen Church of England Prentice Manchester William Rawson Elkanah Armitage Homer Stansfield Edward Evans Samuel Lees Bright Rochdale Society of Friends Pye Smith O'Connell Sir R. Peel Dr. Bowring Ewart Sir Robert Peel Cairns Paisley Taunton Jon Brooks R. Peel, Bart Whitehall W. H. StepaEenson John Brooks House of Commons Crown and Crown Somerset-house St. Stephen's Parliament-street Privy-gardens Baronet Brown Palace-yard Duncan M‘laren St Brown’s Hotel

Simcular Coincidences in Royal Births

The Leeds Mercury notes coincidences in timings of births and royal events. David Hinchcliffe of Moldgreen Huddersfield married the same day as Queen Victoria's union with Prince Albert, his wife bore a daughter the same day the Princess Royal was born, and she also bore a son the same day the Prince of Wales was born.

Buckingham Place Russell Constitution Bill Royal Mews Pimlico Zicn School Wibsey Prince of Wales Tim Leeds Mercury Feseran G. B. Daviper Davidge-terrace Walcot-place Lambeth South London Norwood T. P. Cooke Wilkinson Willis Jones R. Laurence Nash P. Bedford G. Stansbury Honner Bunn Stamp Marsden Bolten Ethe Davidge Osbaldiston George Boswell Davidge Handel P. Bedfrd Green Crouch Perring Lloyd Miss Jackson Davidgelrace Manca Foot Guards Waterlooiridge Brighton London-Bridge Duraprut Wabley Queen's Head Islington Hinnah Nathaniel Ellis No. 3 Maria Oxley Robert Attwood Wapping Attwood Ipswich Ening Payne Black“ars-road H. E. Cheshire Hus Derry Sentinel Dinay Dublin-street Snr Heath Curlew David Hinchcliffe Muld Green Huddersfield Marrie Prince Albert Princess Royal

Corn Law Talks with Lord John Russell and Food Prices

The Anti Corn Law Conference executive committee members Grey Rawson Bright Brooks Dixon and Evans met Wednesday with Lord John Russell to press total repeal of the corn laws. They argued against a fixed duty and urged relinquishment. Prices of food at home and abroad show London bread and flour dearer than Paris and New York, with various regional wheat and flour quotes and duties noted.

Messrs Grey, Rawson Bright Brooks Dixon Evans Lord John Russell John Russell Paris London Marklane New York Abbeville Hamburg Leghorn Robert Peel Robert Inglis Oxford Grillon’s Earth Sky the Times Manchester Guardian R. Peel Sunderland Nottingham Review Wipow O- Fox Charles James Fox Buckley Mosleystreet Chertsey Paisley Kilbarchan Dh Johnstone Bridge of Weir Be ‘Barrhead Glasgow Chronicle

The Gundry inquiry at Gray's Inn continues with wild testimony

On Thursday morning witnesses describe Gundry’s bizarre behavior including long rides in a cab, shouting beasts and brutes, and dispersing crowds. Police and court officials testify to assaults, confinement, and a foul, filthy Albany residence. The hearing adjourns amid contested evidence rules and grim details from surgeons.

Blunt Murray West Gray’s-inn Timothy Giblett Gundry James Noel Albany John Huggins Runary Sarah Kessar Stephen Holding House of Toogood, Rogers, and Co Michael John Fitzpatrick Marlborough Street Tothill-fields House of Peers Hardwick Giblett Hampstead Tracy Tothill Fields Mediterranean Sutherland Mary Fowler Messrs Mary M‘mims Alexander Sheppard Nicholls Piccadilly Frederick H. Nicholls Che Thomas Young Mr. Gandry Mr. Young George II Charing Cross Rascal Commissioner Blunt Lewis Tothill-fields Prison Phelps Kensington-house

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Meir Ble Will Sporting Intelligence General Conference United Kingdom Villiers Metropolitan Anti- Corn Law Association TounsDay Mr. Grey George Thompson Jand Sampson Mr. Thompson Massy League
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