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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Feb 20, 1842

Page

6

M S Bee Rescued Amid Stage Alarm Then Death of Haymarket Manager

An onstage medical emergency interrupted a performance as M S Bee was carried to an ante room believed lifeless before surgeons revived him. The Haymarket Theatre manager, Mr. D E Morris, died next day after a long decline, leaving a son in the 1st Dragoon Guards and a history shaping through Colman and Kean associations.

M. S. Bee M. Delafire Dantonnet D. E. Morris Tar Haymanket Theatre Suffolk-place Haymarket Morris Mr. Morris Chance George Colman Colman Admiralty Haymarket Theatre King’s Bench Ox Dibdin Messrs Tahourdin Wilston Vefors Paul Pry Bannister Munden Fawcett Dorton Charles Kemble Mathews Jones Charles Young Terry Warde Rae Edmund Kean Sheridan Knowles 1St Dragoon Guards

Derby betting notes and notable horses at Tattersalls

Derby betting showed widespread support with most horses following the latest odds patterns. Chatham moved to 16 to 1 with a strong backer while Auckland fell back. Chester Cup hints showed Vulcan and Alice Hawthorn improving, Lass of Lenton drifting to double value. Notable entries and weights listed, along with regional meet notes and steeplechase entries for the season.

Tattersall Chatham Auckland William le Gros Vulcan Alice Hawthorn Lass of Lenton Peel Lord Verulam Robert de Gorham Wreford Wiseacre Dixon Gregory Scott Goodman Rover G. Clark Aget Lord Jersey Phoenix J. F. Wood Faulkner Observatory Oaxs Etwall Passion Wilson Allen Lord Chesterfield Lord Stanley

Cornwall Sheriff Pick Likely as Buckingham Palace Court Fails

Sir William Molesworth seems poised to be chosen high sheriff of Cornwall for the coming year, with no county selection made at the Buckingham Palace court recently held to prick sheriffs due to the Jord wardens absence. Concurrently, Edmund Elton, former Cambridge midshipman, was released from the Marshalsea by order of the Lords of the Admiralty, amid rising attention to his case. Exports and imports data show 1841 declared export values higher than 1840 across cotton, linen, wool, metals, silk, and woollen goods, though home cotton wool for consumption fell year over year while sheep wool rose.

Wm. Molesworth Cornwall Buckingham Palace Jord West of England Edmund Elton Cambridge Marshalsea Admiralty Iseeeeeers

Dentist from Moorgate Street Found Guilty in Nudity Case

In the Queen v Aupert at the Guildhall, a Hebrew dentist residing on Moorgate Street was found guilty by a Nisi Prius jury for appearing naked at his bedroom window to the opposite house. The defence argued lack of identity and insufficient evidence. Judgment deferred to the next term.

Queen’s Sench Guildhall Weprespay Queen v. Aupert Nisi Prius Lord Denman Moorgate-street W. Chambers

Court actions and insolvency cases from the Exchequer and other courts

Reports detail Convery v. Loan over board and lodging for a son, with Lord Abinger ruling on contract proof. other entries cover marriages, secondary court trespass, lobster bill suit, insolvent debtors, bail approvals for actors, and a Westminister bequest court case about an itinerant organist.

Disorderly conduct in court case ends in dismissal

The court dismisses the complaint after Mr Twyford suggests propriety, Mistress Connor thanks the banner for humanity, and the usher declares case 18 dismissed. The defendant and complainant part briefly, then two fish-venders are seen drinking together at a nearby public house.

Court of Justice Venice Gravesend Mary Connor Emerald Isle Twyford Catherine Hayley Clare Market John Bull Connor Mistress Catherine Hayley Mistress Connor Mrs. Hayley Duff Sampson Dennis Crator Oman

Paris Scandal Case Reported In Public Notice

In a lengthy Paris case, Miss B., an English heiress from Devon, recounts a nighttime intrusion by Mr C at the Hotel Bedford. She and her maid fled after he entered her room. C. is accused of an attempt to coerce a marriage. The affair prompts broader public scrutiny and accompanying letters defending Lord and Lady Paget.

Arches Court Fox Frarn Feanx Fearon Vines Stuart Srovant H. Jenner Miss B Hhis Villaieyser Bedford Paris Devonshire County of Devon Highfieldhouse Conterrace Exeter W. P London Mr.c Mr. H Lord Mr. C Charlotte Chapman Francois Lord Cowley Lawson William Paget Globe The J. Bess W. Paget Argyll-street

The Marseillaise Hymn and Wellington Dinner Tale

A column blends the stirring Marseillaise reflection with an anecdote about the Duke of Wellington at Larix dining with Cambaceres. The verse praises liberty and resistance to tyranny before recounting Cambaceres’s alarm at Wellington’s indifference to the meal. The piece shifts to a witty clash over purpose and appetite amid Napoleonic era history.

Sleeper Traveller Charged for Exceeding Fare Distance

James Lewis, a Coventry to Weedon bound passenger, admitted overshooting his paid fare on the London and Birmingham Railway. Inspector Wilkinson reported similar fare-evasion cases daily. Lewis was fined twenty shillings, then discharged after promising to settle 7s 6d and redeem duplicates for the remaining fare.

London and Birminhuam James Lewis Wilkinson London and Birmingham Rawlinson William Coldwell Camden Town Coventry Weedon Mr. Rawlinson William Balls Wolverton Euston Square London Bedford

Slaughter of the Aborigines in South Australia

Adelaide papers report a violent clash as overland travelers led by Mr Robinson and a party of twenty six are attacked by Blacks near the Rufus river. After clashes with protectors, thirty to forty natives are said killed or wounded, with others captured. A magistrates’ inquiry is to be held. Fire disasters follow with losses at Hare’s shop in Wapping Street and Cooke’s drying-rooms in Bermondsey, stock destroyed and crews responding with multiple engines.

Convery Loan Manor-place Haggerstone Truman Hanbury Buxton Chambers Byles Taylor Soar Lord Abinger Mr. Chambers Lord South Australia Hobart Town Adelaide Marys Hobart-town Robinson Sydney Mr. Robinson Moorhouse Wapping-street Union-street London Hare Glebecourt Royal Exchange

Naturalist find in elm tree hollow in Bishop-Hill

In York upholsterer Bee's wood-yard workers cut a large elm and uncovered a hole containing a starling nest with decayed eggs and a skeletal remains. The bird likely entered the cavity long ago, a mystery to be solved as to how it reached the nest in such a confined space. Hull Ties.

Bee York Bishop-Hill

Time Wasted and Duty in Moral Reflection

A fragmentary meditation contrasts time as life’s material and moral death from misused hours. It likens time’s rights and duties to the Duke of Newcastle, notes Tim’s stern claims to duties, and recalls a Lady clamatier remark about valuing time while at whist.

Duke of Josephus Molitor

Prejudice and religious intolerance linger in history

The excerpt argues prejudice endures through time, equating it to a ninefold mortality. It laments ongoing civil disabilities for Jews and the slow repeal of discriminatory acts while condemning persecution of opinion and the lingering influence of hostile religious authorities.

Extraordinary invitation to Townsend field turnip delivery

Richard Shackell invites those who already took part of his turnips from Townsend field to attend today between ten and twelve to receive the remaining portion. Only those who have taken the earlier share are expected. Published by the crier in Sampford Peverel on January 21.

Richard Shackell Townsend Field The Crier Sampford Peverel Jfestern Times

Longevity of the Peerage Ages List of Peers

A compilation of prominent peers with ages reaching into the 60s to 90s, naming titles such as Earl, Marquis, Duke, and Lord alongside their listed ages. The record highlights a broad range of aristocratic names including Leitrim, Lonsdale, Lynedoch, and Wellington among others.

Abercromby Abesenny Earl Ailsa Marquis Anglesea Orners Besborough Bexley Bristol Carberry Cathcart Colville Cork Delamere Dine Ben Donegal Dorset Duver Ferrers Grafton Duke Grey Earl Gray Hamilton Harrowby Huntley Leitrim Limeries Lonsdale Ludlow Lynedoch Macclesfield Manchester Miners Maryborough Mayo Mitdleton Mostyn Norfolk Northwick Plunkett Plymouth Pessonby Portland Rolle Rossmert Saye and Sele Shaftesbury Sidmouth Sinclair Stamford Stanley St. Germain's Strathallan St. Vincent Teynham Wellesley Wellington Western Westminster Wynford

Giant four yards long finds noted in Cumberland tale

A curious Cumberland account from 1601 describes a giant found near Bees in Cumberland. The report to Sir Rob Cowell claims the giant was four yards underground, four and a half yards tall, in armour, with a two span broad sword and a yard long battle-axe head. Teeth said to be six inches long.

Cumberland Carlisle Hugh Hodson Thornewa Y Rob. Cowell Bees. Cumbland

French Coffee Houses in London Describe a Lively Nineteenth Century Scene

In a London district near Leicester Square a French expatriate crowd gathers in coffee houses beneath Napoleon symbols. They smoke, drink coffee, discuss politics, and read Le National while bantering in a mix of French and English. The scene captures playful rebellion, social caricature, and a lively, dated cultural snapshot.

London Leicester-square France Napoleon le Grand Pisister Paris Parsons le Tronverez la Societe d'Assassins du Roi Hommes Louis Phil le National Blackwood

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