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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Feb 19, 1842

Page

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Meeting of the charity society reads Romans and raises funds

Members shared readings from Romans chapter eight and a charity collection. Letters of apology arrived from gentlemen including Sir C Forbes with a £10 10s donation as a result of the meeting, which approved resolutions to extend the society’s benefits and paid several sums to the lady mayoress and others.

Celeste at Birmingham Theatre Ends Short Engagement

Provincial report notes Celeste concluded her brief run with a crowded audience. The program featured The Wept of the Wish-ton-Wish and St Mary's Eve, followed by Monday's Thirty Years of a Gambler's Life. Performances drew praise for elegance, vivacity, and emotional range amid a noisy crowd.

Birminghad Theatre Celeste Mabile Pizarro Callina Muitany

Destructive fires and shipwrecks loom large in UK towns

Across Glasgow and Manchester crowds rally against Peel sliding scale as fires devastate Okehampton church and Sheerness boating tragedy shocks dockyard towns. Fatalities plague the Swift and Caroni shipwrecks, with coroner verdicts of accidental drowning after a capsized boat near Sheerness.

James Graham Nottingham Glasgow Swift Greenock Guthrie Lisbon S.W Gareloch Point Jean Belfast Couch Larne Caroni Trinidad John Wilson Wighton Lions Dr. Anderson Carfin Coats J. Gibson Wm. Cameron Wilson Gray Helensburgh Ardmore Cluddach Imee Walker Smith Brotherton Ferrybridge Great North Turnpike Road Manchester Pyxrt Manchestzer Robert Peel William Neild W. R. Gregg Mhember Stevenson’s Square John Brooks Thomas Gisborne Northwebake Big Moore Finnigan James Howie House of Commons Commons House of Parliament Salford Okehampton Okehampton Church A. Saville Devonshire Chronicle Sheerness Her Majesty's Dockyard Hawke Williams The Revenge W. Waldegrave Shannon Ocean Hind Isle of Sheppy River Medway Jin Peaceare Sioe

Literary Chronicle excerpt ends with a madcap bedchase

The excerpt from Hanry Axpy continues the comic tale of Handy hiding under a bed during a looming duel. A frightened widow and niece misread noises as midnight assassins, while Andy battles fear, confesses amid chaos, and the cabin erupts in comic pandemonium as doors, animals, and a pig complicate the escape.

Hanry Axpy Handy Andy Oonah Alanna Consh Boneh Oonsh Dick Dawson Misther Dick Mrs. Rooney Jintlemen Donalh Ooneh Dawson Chaynee

Review praises wood cuts and old relics in new publication

The writer shows deep subject knowledge and devotion to antiquity, weaving history with sketches of notable old places. The illustrations are praised as nearly perfect, and readers express strong interest in the publication's success.

Marriage bill moves through government urged by Armagh report

A report from Armagh notes a meeting on the marriage question with Dr Henry in the chair. Several resolutions passed, but the government plans a bill to legalise such marriages in Ireland without delay. The piece also covers honesty in saving a found bag, Lunatic Asylum statistics, a Paris court case, and various minor notices.

Armagh Henry Ireland Paddington Conveyance Association Anwell Lunatic Asylum Hanwell Conolly Car. Cox. Rx Paris Crim Tribunal de Premiére M.D M. D Herusband Excise Molly New York Bowery Fleet Jeremiah Beard Commissioner Harris Court of Chancery Gustavus III. of Sweden Ankerstrom University of Upsal Queen's Head Strand Gell Charles William Hodgson Hodgson Adelphi Theatre Major Gadlys Llangynwyd Cambrian Novers Beminster William Bishop Exeter Bristol Mercury Crawley Randall James Page Northampton Mercury Mephinz Johnstone Edinburgh Church of Scotland Tyranly Mayo Deate Ellen Sisson Prince William-street Liverpool Suppen Datas Sundon Baker Horn of Plenty Globe-road Mile-end Andrew Chalmers Story Globe Goldsmith’s Row Haggerstone Elizabeth Overton

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT FRIDAY SUMMONS ON CORN LAWS

Petitions from Scarborough and other locales pressed total repeal of the corn laws. Lords passed the Buildings Regulation and Boroughs Improvement Bills through committee and set third reading for Monday. Provisions on exchequer papers, Creole case, and private bills were discussed alongside tariff and Syria questions.

House OF Lords Scarborough Marquis of Normandy Boroughs Duke of Wextinaron Exchequer Bile Office Lord Montgaare Queen's Bench House OF Commons Arkwright Leominster Rills G. Creux Strutt Robert Clive Rice Villiers Stuart Wrightson G. Cavendish Compton Brotherton Pakington Forbes Beckett Bramston Walker George Philips Bell Gibson Craig O'Conor Don Mr. Mackenzie Mr. Horsman Eliot Yorke Kemble Aglionby John Yarde Buller Captain Jones Mr. Thornely J. Barneby Mr. Chalmers Tatton Egerton Stansfield Lord Stornley Henry Baillie Edward Buller Wm. Heathcote Hope Johnstone Morgan John O'Connell Packe George Wm. Wood Evans Home Drummond Parker Marshall Charles Douglas Lord J. Russerts Mixer Gissox Baronet R. Peet Sir C. Naritz Sir B. Peel R. Stopford Mitchel Jackson Stewart Mehemet Ali Lord Ponsonby Wood Lebanon Roszet Pez Syria Sir Robert Peel Porte Lord Ashburton Marx Paitres Mr. Amory Lord Palmerston Lord Aberdeen Lord Canning Fox Maine Court of Session Court of Semis J. Goawam Fox Mavte Waxter Rogerucs R. Pzer O'Cannell Hare Johnson Mitres House of Correction Salford James W. Dearden New Bailey Manchester Clement Rogers James Royds Rochdale Graham Church of England

Debates on Corn Laws and Creole Refugees in Lords

Lordship discussions cover total repeal of corn laws and Irish dissenters marriages, with Sir Robert Peel and Lord Aberdeen weighing foreign refuge cases. The Creole incident prompts debates on law, neutrality, and whether England can extradite or protect suspects.

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