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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Feb 13, 1842

Page

6

Protests Over Corn Laws Stir Kelso and Britain

A mass meeting denounces the corn and provision laws as national sin and calls for total repeal. Delegates vow to pressure Parliament, with religious leaders urging sacrifice and moral resistance while Queen Victoria is petitioned to abolish the laws. Public anger grows at Peel’s handling amid warnings of a coming crisis and potential moral clash with law and aristocracy.

Kelso Cbeart den Mr. O'Connell House of Commons Robert Peel Sir Robert Mr. Cobden Turpin Forhire Joseph Sturge Birmingham United Kingdom Sterge Dunn Laren Prentice Manchester P. Thompson J. Massey Duke of Buckingham Justice Blackstone

Decision on Memorial to Queen by Anti-Corn Law Conference

The conference debated presenting the memorial to Queen Victoria in person or via peers Lords Ducie Radnor and Kinnaird. The committee voted to entrust presentation to these peers to preserve momentum, as delays could sap moral force and many delegates might have left.

Scotland England Wales Tuileries Hinton London M‘leod O'Connor Fitzwilliam Radnor S Sutherland Sussex Mr. Wadden Masser Ducie Kinnaird P. A. Taylor R. Peel Nottingham Anti Com Law Association House of Commons Bradford Reform Club Derby Robert Peel Nottingham Free-trade Society of Sheffield George Thompson Manchester Hume Thompson Ashworth Bowring Wilkinson Exeter Bai Taylor

Petitions on corn laws show 579 in favor of repeal

The Glasgow Chronicle notes 580 petitions were presented on the corn laws, 579 advocating repeal and one from Sunderland in support, via mill owners seeking duty adjustments to protect home manufacture. It also reports no trade improvement this week, with gloom across manufacturing towns and relief-list tallies for Paisley, Johnstone, Bridge of Weir, Kilbarchan, Barrhead, and Glasgow.

R. Peel Sunderland Kilbarchan Paisley I Johnstone Bridge of Weir Barrhead Glasgow Chronicle

Law Case on Land Tax Jurisdiction in Southwark and Exhquener Court

In a Monpsy court dispute Tse v. Commissioners of Land Tax for the City of London and Southwark borough, the jury found for the plaintiffs on whether Southwark premises near old London Bridge fell under London or borough land tax. Insolvent debtors' court heard two cases, one involving Tomas William Snare Sedgley and debts of £1,587 with ill‑gotten marriage scheme, the other James Wittiam Wattack, actor Wallack bail matter, adjourned for required certificates.

Court OF Exchequer Monpsy Tse Lorypon Boxovues Southwark Ist of Victoria Thames Commissioners of Land Tax City of London Borough Old London Bridge Fenning W. Follett Erle Tomas William Snare Sedgley Edwards Sandell Clements Chester Dublin London Hodson N. James Wittiam Wattack Cooke Haymarket Theatre Mr. Wallack Commissioner Bowen Inisa Driscol

Central Criminal Court Trial Of Baron De Behr

Charles de Behr a self styled baron aged 38 faced trial for obtaining 50 pounds twice and a 160 pounds bill from William Rich by false pretences linked to the Snow and Rich family affairs. Witnesses including Elizabeth Dickson Georgiana Snow and Rich gave evidence about letters alleged to compromise Mrs Snow and the prisoner’s claims of being secretary for foreign affairs. The jury found him guilty and the court sentenced him to seven years transportation.

War Office Aentleman Snow Mrs. Snow Lord Aberdeen Miss Dickson Mr. Rich Rich Mr. Snow Therisoner William Osborne Rich Bodkin War-Office Sydenham Baron de Behr Portland Place Priner Ave Fonds Mr. Charnock Squires Long's Hotel Bond-street Arlington-street Portland-place Saville-row England St. Paul’s School Surrey Charnock Phillips Preoeet Eicestershire

Drunken fight ends in fines after Strand disturbance

John Thorpe and John Hensley faced drunken and disorderly charges after a scuffle in the Strand near Temple Bar. A magistrate fined them ten shillings each or five days’ jail, while a coffee-house proprietor secured compensation for broken jugs and glasses. Other items note a May visit by singer Joshua Anderson and a theft case involving Lady Mildmay.

Cariulanus John Thorpe John Hensley Strand Temple-bar Hensley Mr. Hensle Thorpe

Banishment and prison sentences handed down in March court

At the session’s end several prisoners were judged with a range of terms. Transportation for life was imposed on William Yates and John Atkinson alias Smith, with hard labour for the latter before expatriation. Other sentences included fifteen, fourteen, and seven year terms, plus numerous periods of imprisonment with hard labour in the house of correction for different counties. The court adjourned to Monday the 28th for the next March session.

Queen Souaere Roppery Lady MildMay Mary Fulbrook Northamptonshire Phillis Martin Charlotte Pulpit William Yates John Atkinson Alias Smith House of Correction Patrick Flannagan John Harcourt Mary King Mary Taylor Sarah Price Alias Pugh J. M‘gregor J. Payne W. Smith David Harrington Willam Metcalfe J. Brown John Berry Alfred Mortimer William Smith John Bennett John Charlton T. Eggleton Sarah Atkins Alias Jones John Williams James King Thomas Carroll Wiliam Thomas John Brown Mary Banks William Beglie James Nicholson William Esturby J. Jones Thomas Breen Charles Whitmore J. Dalen John Davis Robert Light Alfred Pluckrose William Henderson W. Livermore J. Richards W. Connor Mary Regan John Allen Sarah Barnes F. A. Lake Elizabeth Hawkins James Hopkins Mary Biggs Edward Bourn George Coyle Alias Simpson Elizabeth Sarah Haigh Daniel Markham H. Giles Charles Brock J. Edmonds Jeremiah Donnovan John Jewell Dorothy Ginley William Warner W. Skiggs T. Cluney J. Souter J. House Daniel Dann W. Francis Robert Jackson John Agar Maria Jones Charles Meeson Henry Smith W.smith W. Baker W. Hart J. Smith Henry Stone Charles Martin J. Williams Ann Walters G. Moss J. Puttock J. Kemp Charles Fox J. Madden Charles Parker Sarah Aver Ann Rouse Richard Roberts George Golding Warmer Clayton John Croxhall Eliza Jones Dinah Mills J. Prudence J. Groves Henry Martin Henry Cole Robert Smith John Petch Geo. Phelps Ann Cole Frek Spicer John Tyrell Eliza Watson Raymond Riddle John Fox W. Johnson J. Elliott Henry Halladine F. Marchant J. Malen William West W. H. Horden Ann Davis John Tae George Allen John Turner George Gardner Henry Bradwik Henry Wilson W. Cornish J. Swan Charles Dicker Thomas Pitcher John Sparks Peter Collins Sarah Miller Elizabeth Lloyd Edward Acres

Guizot Faces Decision on Right of Search Treaty

In a Paris Foreign Office scene from Charivari, M G ivot weighs ratifying a contentious treaty amid harsh French opposition and mixed British support. The secretary warns the move would ruin France’s maritime power and hurt national honor, while English ministers see gain for theirs.

Foreign Office Paris Charivari M. Guizot England France Guizot Aberdeen Peel Wellington Lady Cowley Chamber Chamber of Deputies House of Commons United States of America Russia Prussia Austria M.guizot Tata iExit

Two Feet Long Hunter Knife by Rodgers and Sons

A Sheffield showpiece, a two foot long hunter knife with a thousand blades. Mother of pearl handle inlaid with stones, gold shoulders and plate gold edges. Blades etched with English and American landmarks, royal portraits, sports scenes, and medallions. Nearly two years to complete. hailed as a national treasure and a marvel of British craftsmanship.

Messrs Joseph Rodgers and Sons Sheffield England Windsor Castle Buckingham Palace New Houses of Parliament New Royal Exchange Haddon Hall Brighton Kirkstall Abbey Fountains Abbey Capitol Washington Vic Senate House Columbia Bridge Park and City Hall New York Berkeley Berkeley Iiot, In Fallory; the Chatsworth Coursing Party; the Duke of Rutland Queen Victoria Royal Prince Albert Queen Elizabeth William the Conqueror Dukes of Wellington Marlborough Fox Pitt Milton Francis Chantrey Isaac Newton Shakspere Earl Fitzwilliam Watt Benjamin West British Museum

Parody Poem on Duke of Buckingham Crises Arrives

A correspondent presents a lamenting parody about the Duke of Buckingham’s political life and a personal crisis. It mocks the Unfortunate Miss Bayley tale with lines about a premier in Downing Street and the duke’s alleged self destruction. The piece critiques Sir Robert and Sir James Graham with midnight visitations and calls the duke’s fate unlucky.

Duke of Buckingham St. James's Street Miss Bayley Downing Street Treasury Duke Bucky Bucky Sir Robert Bellamy’s James Graham Captain Smith Fremantle

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