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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 14, 1841
Page
6
A poem excerpt from Mrs Trollope in Colburn's New Monthly portrays a moonbound speaker addressing the moon. The monody explores longing, night, storm, and inner turmoil as the speaker pleads for peace beneath lunar light.
In Philadelphia I saw Franklin's library chair preserved in the American Philosophical Society. The old high-backed leathered chair hides a pivoted bottom that forms a ladder to reach high shelves. Also noted are a fancy fair anecdote and several humorous pieces about domestic life and education.
Rome reports the Befana holiday bridging Epiphany customs with New Year gifts, a festive citywide practice spanning toys, sweets, dresses, wine, and jewels. Cardinals join the pope in celebrations, Latto games unfold, and merriment brightens winter streets despite austere circles.
A special meeting of London Hibernian Society subscribers at Exeter Hall, chaired by the Marquis of Cholmondeley, approved changes to make the society a church led institution. Lord Teignmouth outlined rationale amid declining dissenting support, preserving independence from Church Education Society while expanding scriptures and secular instruction. The new rules shift control to Anglican and Irish churches, appoint clerical and lay committees, and grant voting to subscribers, with unanimous approval.
A court case in which a medical student, heir to Beau Brummel’s name, sued Lieutenant E C Jackson for seducing his wife Miss Magan. Witnesses detailed a Brighton marriage by licence and subsequent adulterous meetings in London, Horsham, and Redhill. The jury awarded £500 damages to the plaintiff as recompense for ruined domestic happiness.
After the Lords adjourned, the learned lord lay unwell with no danger per Dr Chalmers but may resume duties soon. In Deptford a man named Ware, 24 or 25, was rescued from mud near the General Steam Navigation works by Constables Evans Horton and others, was revived with restoratives, and says a companion may have perished.
The British College of Health releases Part II of Morison's Medicines cure cases under Ke Towhill. Reports include Elizabeth Scoffell cured of tongue and mouth ulcers, George Heard improved from long stomach and liver troubles, and Maria Sprague cured of breast cancer after prolonged treatment. Signed Ritano Tormini G M B C S L Heavitree February 3 1841. Mr Towhill offers to verify cases on request.
The society, over two years old, invites working people to insure life and property from £10 upwards with quarterly premiums. It offers life cover, sickness provision, annuities, and child endowments, with options for monthly or weekly payments. Prospectuses available at the office or through agents.
An 19th century notice promotes a hospital infirmary for the cure of strictures of the urethra and other urinary diseases. It states patients may receive treatment through a surgeon at Courtenay's home, with hours from eight to ten in the morning and seven to nine in the evening, and Sunday morning access only.
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