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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Feb 18, 1844

Page

7

Tor SECRET Passion in Elizabethan manners critique

A London review discounts a three volume novel nominally about Shakespeare but filled with anachronistic modern dialogue. The critic lampoons the author for shoehorning Shakespeare into melodramatic scenes and makes a long, scathing excerpt of a quarrelsome family scene involving Shakespeare and his wife Susanna as it unfolds with a chorus of meddling aunts.

Tor Shakepeare Shakspeare Beas Toledo Susanna Quist Talbot Anne Bhafridans Aunt Prateapace Bates Aunt Breedbate Aunt Gadabont Prythea England Judith Simon Alent Passel

Kean Hamlet Draws Crowded House at Princess Theatre

Charles Kean's Hamlet drew a full audience with praise for his portrayal, especially the ramparts Ghost scene and Ophelia's tenderness. Theatres across Nottingham report bustling shows with Bounce, or the Ojibbenay Indians, a King Richard burlesque, and Dickens Christmas Carol adaptations drawing strong crowds.

Dury Lanz Charles Kean Hamlet Shakspeare Hamet Prince Denmark Mr. Kean Ophelia Shakapeare Warner Cooper Diddea Minster Parincess Messrs Oxberry Walter Lacy Fitzjames Richard the Third Adelphi Mr. Wright Kean Emma Stanley Lady Anne Charles Dickens R. Lawrence Strand Theatre Miser Scrooge Mr. G. Bennett Bob Cratchit Mr. Attwood Fred Mr. Roberts Jacob Marley Mr. Ayliffe Cratchit Tim Fred Pleasant C. Webb Bennett Mademoiselle Cerito Florence Parma Count Mazzinghi Royal Society of Musicians Horncastle Oxford Duprez Paris London Congé Academie Royal Mademoiselle Bertucat Teatro Goldeni Fanny Elssler Lucile Grabn John Frost Riste-place Maperley Hills Nottingham Review

Sporting Intelligence at Tattersalls and St. Helena Outrage

The column reports thin attendance at Tattersalls with odds on two thousand guineas and Chester Cup events, plus prices for the late Marquis of Hastings hunters. It then notes a pheasant decoy scheme on Shardley Hall preserves and a Plumstead-common penny-piece feat. Finally an accident at the Duke of Beaufort’s stables leaves a groom badly injured with facial trauma.

Marquis of Hastings Messrs Tattersall Fidget Rufus Gambler Ishmeel Isabella Councillor Peacock Serjeant Mathew Reailroad Regalia Erin Spencer Cesar Consul Carlow Jather Caleb Quotem Louis Philippe Brenda List Preissnitz Little Tommy List Hazard Saucepan Discount Little Peter Nimrod Marengo the Romp Tom Tug Charity Belshazzar Saootine St. Helena Shardley Hall Michael Hughes Esqq J.P Hughes Chester Chronicle Bennett Plumstead-common Kent Duke OF Beauront Thomas Enwright Duke of Beaufort Apple Tree York-street St. James’s,square Enwright St. George's Hospital Keate Her Majesty

Great Free Trade Meeting at Covent Garden Theatre

The fourth weekly meeting of the National Anti-Corn Law League at Covent Garden Theatre drew a crowded audience. Mr Hume praised the cause and contrasted its progress with thirteen years ago, while notes on government, conspiracy, and free trade were volleyed by MPs Christie and Fox. Mr O'Connell was invited to attend the next gathering as cheers echoed for the league's persistence.

National Anti-Cornlaw League Theatre Royal Coventgarden Hume Duke of Richmond House of Commons League Mr. Christie Weymouth J. Graham James Graham Home Office Ireland de Stael Graham Peel Fox R. Peel House of Lords Commons Marquis of Westminster Duke of Bedford Westminster Abbey O’connell

Great League Meeting at Free Trade Hall Manchester

The Free Trade Hall in Manchester was packed for a periodical League meeting with Cobden, Colonel Thompson, and R. R. Moore among speakers. Cobden argued for open fields for industry and urged electing tenant farmers to Parliament, praising farmers Latimer, Chawnor, and Hope, and stressing the need to counter monopolies with free trade. The report notes the Earl of Aberdeen’s convalescence and Maher’s unopposed election as MP for Tipperary.

Manchester Free Trade Hall League Cobden M.P Colonel Thompson R. R. R. Moore Anti Corn Law League House of Commons Latimer Hereford Chawnor Lichfield Hope Leicestershire Edward Knatchbull Bonett Wiltshire

Great Somerset County Meeting Against Corn Law League

A public gathering in Bridgwater, Somerset, with 4000 attendees, backed by the high sheriff, denounced the Anti Corn Law League. Speakers including Joan Hancock, Sir Alexander Hood, W Beadon, P Perrott, and others urged free trade and opposed corn-law repeal, with a petition to Parliament supporting protection. The meeting adjourned after adopting a pro free trade petition and a vote of thanks to the high sheriff.

County of Somerset Bridgwater P. Bouverie Anti Corn Law League Joan Hancock Halse Anti Corn-law League Alexander Hood League Millocrat England John Bull Sir Alexander Thomas Lethbridge Mr. Sandford Revolutionary League W. Beadon West Somerset East Somerset House of Commons Old Weathercock Robert Peel Mr. Beadon Beadon Perrott Lord Melbourne Taunton Sanford Mr. Perrott T. Lethbridge W. Gore Langton Hancock A. Hood Thring E. A. Sanford Anti Cornlaw League Blandford Orchard Portman John Browne A. Crosse, Esq Bloomfield Browne Mr. Browne Turner Great Britain and Ireland John Summers T. D. Acland T. D. Acland, Esq., M.P Bouverie

Royal appointments and insolvency notices in The London Gazettes

The Gazette records a series of royal appointments including Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson to the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath and Henry Sibley Hodson to the Queen's corps of gentlemen at arms, plus ecclesiastical livings, militia promotions, and a long list of insolvency declarations. It also notes many bankruptcies and partnerships dissolved across multiple trades with detailed names and locations.

Downine-Street Henry Creswicke Rawlinson Bombay Grenadiers East India Company Blewitt Wakenatt Reginald Hobhouse St. Ive Cornwall John Hope John Lamont Croich Kincardine Ross-shire Gustavus Aird Church of Scotland Glamorgen Royal Glamorgan Lights Infantry Battalion John Nicholas Lucas East Retford Nottinghamshire Manchester Richmond Surrey Ducie H. Carman Holywell Flintshire W. Thomas Portobello Glamorganshire J. Tammond Rotherham J. Lilley Birmingham C. Higginson Oxford W. Dawson Chesterfield R Pool W. Brown Waterloo Road T. Rolfe Great St. Helen's Cooper R. Williams New Brentford H. Rogers Melverley Shropshire J. Hargreaves Bond Blackburn J. Pritchard South Row New Road W. Hinchcliff Marlborough Road Chelsea J. T. Morgan Feckenham Worcestershire G. Taylor Prestbury Cheshire Johns Woodhouse J.willey D. Bates Huddersfield C. A. Petterson Leeds T. Owen Liverpool W. South Whitgift Yorkshire J. Jackson Skipton J. Croft J. Davies Dyserth W. Cooper Ryde Isle of Wight T. Bland Christchurch Monmouthshire D. White Glocester-place Walworth C. Nurse Maidstone J. Laws Wells Street Cripplegats R. Mayes Ravensden Bedfordshire C. S R. Bremridge Hampton J. Bond C. T. Oliver White Hart Court Bishopsgate H. C. Carpenter Coborn Road Mile End B. Smith Northampton F. W. Winsor Trafalgar Street W. Hemming R. Bassum Hingham Norfolk J. Hands T. S. Atkins Leicester D. Armfield James Fryer Chorley Lancashire W. Wrockter Rochdale C. Knowles Gawsworth T. Leach R. Forrester Chatham G. Penny Totnes Devonshire H. Cope Old Radford W. P. Stokes J. W. Turnbull Exeter J. Rhodes J. Faulkner Dover Street J. Milner Brook Street T. Amos Kingsland Road E. M. Marks Mortimer Street Cavendish Square Stanhope Street Regent's Park G. Field Bondcourt Walbrook R. Turner Almondbury Kirkburton T. Higginson J. H. Barry T. Lay Dudley R. Lang Birstal G. Nettleton Brompton Kent J. Harrison Brighton W. Boyd Kingston Upon Hull St. John Cartwright Worksop R. Ferris J. H J. Bugler W. Jacks Bristol G. Holdsworth Halifax R. Hansworth Weymouth W. P. Georges Devonport J. R. Munden Barwick Somersetshire A. Webb G. Hood Brownhills Staffordshire J. Bate T. W. Jones Wellington Draper G.wheldon Clothier Knight and Cutress Preston Sussex millers—Edwards and Foy Aldermanbury Purcell and Nicholls Brixton Battersea Littledale and Co R. Aspinall Richardson and Holliday Barnes and Beswick Sunderland Butchers Briercliffe and Co Bolton Adam and Pearson Bath Derbyshire E. and E. Grainger mercers—Slipper and Cornick Little Britain Marrian and Reynolds Rands and Son C. Margetts Turner and i Hunt Chorlton Upon Medlock Yeomans Standfield, and Co Sheffield Cattley and Qu Cousin Lane Upper Thames Street W. J. Bryant Edgeware Road Hoyle and Sykes Huidersfield Linney Alton Hants Hatfield and Brazilier South Molton Street Crosland and Hemingway

Appointment notices and trade intelligence from 1844

The Queen appoints Francis Evis to the gentlemen at arms and John Francis Davis as plenipotentiary and chief superintendent of British trade. A county by-election returns Nicholay Maher in Tipperary. Sugar prices rise to thirty-five shillings and three pence per hundredweight. Notices cover marriages, bankrupts, dividends, and dissolutions of partnerships across various firms, with many names, places, and dates.

St. James’s Panaer Lord Forester Francis Evis Honourable Corps of Gentlemen At Arms James Norton Smith Fenzigs-Orrice John Francis Davis Ring Crowy-Orrer Tipperary Nicholay Maher Turtuila Valentine Maher Great Britain Henry Brexsent Grocers’ Company Grocers Hall Sion Truro M. Murphy Liverpool J. Holroyd Northmoor Northumberland Hi Holden Dewsbury Yorkshire Fuller's Earth E. Jones West Bromwich H. Mitchell Nottingham T. Nuttall Rochdale Lancashire T. Norman Penketh H. Jackson Mincing-lane A. Jarrett Castle-street Southwark Beerbohm, Slaughter, and Co Fenchurch Street Evans, Foster Upper Ground Street Christchurch Surrey M. Potter New Bond Street H. G. Clapton Backhall Bristol Corbett and Booth Regert Place Birmingham Watson and Clarke Longrow Curteis Kingsford, and Son Canterbury Bradbury and Morris Moor Lane Fore Street City J. Broadbent Longwood Lindley Barwick and Truste Buckley Street Whitechapel Pembroke Duck Drapera Howarth and Heap Accrington Jane Jeckson Wylfe Lowiie Hall Rolfe Braton Bont Millinar

Silent Friend and venereal cure advertisements lead London market

Removals from Birmingham to London publish 13th edition priced at 2s 6d with post copy. Advertisements for The Silent Friend a medical work on generative system infirmities and restoration, plus Cordial Balm of Syriacounum and Penny purifying pills. Addresses in London Birmingham and Oxford Street listed for consultations and sales.

Birmingham London R. and L. Perry Strange Paternoster-row Field Quadrant Regent-a Street Son Oxford-street J. Gordon Leadenhall-street Guest Bull-s Ir Pberry Berners-Street C. J. Lucas and Co Newman-street Brittain Dale-street Liverpool W. Wood High-street W. and H. Robinson Greenside-street Edinburgh T. Price Dame-street Dublin Trnath The New Bell’s Weekly Messenger Meesrs. Lucas and Co Newmanestreet Oxfordestreet Aiine Advier, &E J. L. Curtis and Company Burgess Medical Bookseller Coventry-street Waymarket Barth Brydges Street Strand Main Gurnhill St. Bullestreet Sawler St. Anns

Generative Debility and Nervousness Essay Advertised

Manchester Chronicle reports Samuel La Mint's Seventh Thousand edition of a controversial self help medical essay on sexual health and reproductive disorders. The notice lists London and Manchester addresses, consultation details, and a promise of secrecy for patients seeking guidance on marriage and related concerns.

Samuel La’mert Bedford-Street Bedford-Squady London University of Edinburgh London Hospital Medical Society Licentiate of Apothecaries Watts Snowhill Birmingham Baraclough Gate Sheffield Davey Broadstreet Bristol J. France and Co Butcher Bank Newcastle on-Tyne Patern and Love Nelson-street Glasgow Manchester Chronicle La’Mert Bedford-square

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